Restart life

Chapter 39 0038 [Legend of the Abyss, coming soon]

Except for Xie Yang and Tao Xue, no one in the school knew about the private server.

In recent days, Chen Guiliang goes to the Internet cafe to browse posts for an hour every noon and evening.

He constantly monitored public opinion, and if he detected any potential problems, he would immediately dispatch Yang Yuhui and his army of online trolls to guide the discussion. If a topic proved difficult to direct, he would have Tao Chenggang update the "development log" and share details about the private server development process to divert attention.

Every time they went to the Internet cafe, Xie Yang followed closely and witnessed Chen Guiliang's operations throughout the process.

Xie Yang was stunned by what he saw!
In a blink of an eye, it was Friday, November 28th.

At 8 o'clock tonight, "Abyss Private Server" will be launched on time.

At noon, in the Internet cafe.

Xie Yang browsed the posts and said to Chen Guiliang, "The netizens are so enthusiastic. They can't wait."

Chen Guiliang sent a QQ message to Tao Chenggang: "What is the total number of game downloads on major forums?"

"It was put up at 9 a.m., and only about 200 people have downloaded it so far," Tao Chenggang said worriedly. "Players aren't going to be all excited about it but won't actually play the game, are they?"

"No, the download peak hasn't arrived yet," Chen Guiliang said. "In fact, I'm worried about insufficient server capacity. How many internet cafes are cooperating now?"

Tao Chenggang replied, "Including those in Longdu City, there are a total of 52 internet cafes. In a private server cafe, there are usually only three to five people online at the same time, and at most a dozen or so. A good estimate of the number of people online simultaneously in all 52 cafes is around three to four hundred."

After repeated discussions among Chen Guiliang, Tao Chenggang, Yang Yuhui and Feng Tao, they decided to open five districts directly, each of which can accommodate 1000 people.

This kind of gameplay is actually not in line with the nature of a private server.

First, when a new version of a private server is first launched, usually only one or two zones are opened.

Second, each zone has a capacity of four to five hundred people at most, and some private servers can only accommodate two to three hundred people.

But netizens in major game forums were so enthusiastic that Tao Chenggang had to rent more servers to leave enough space for 5000 people to be online at the same time.

This is a terrifying statistic.

You know, "Fantasy Westward Journey" went through a month of internal testing, extensive publicity, and was officially launched for more than half a month before the number of online users finally exceeded 6.

Now it's just a private server, and if you tell others about it, people will laugh at you for thinking it's unrealistic.

At this moment, Chen Guiliang and Tao Chenggang were both worried.

Chen Guiliang is worried that there are not enough servers and players will not be able to play the game normally.

Tao Chenggang was worried that players would default on their payments and waste the server rental money.

"Let's go." Chen Guiliang ran to the network administrator to get off the computer.

Xie Yang quickly followed and said, "I won't go home this weekend. I'll run the private server with you!"

"Okay, I'll take you with me when the time comes." Chen Guiliang agreed.

This week is the end of the month, and high school seniors can have two days off to make it convenient for rural students to go home and get living expenses.

By the second semester of senior year, time will become even tighter: half a day off on weekdays and one day off on the weekend at the end of the month.

On the way back to school, Tao Xue called and said, "Nephew, let's take a taxi together after school this afternoon. My brother said he can reimburse the fare."

"Then wait at the school gate and call me when the time comes," said Chen Guiliang.

Tao Xue smiled and said, "I'll wait for you. Haha, our last class on Friday is physical education."

After saying a few more words, Chen Guiliang hung up the phone.

A bus passed by and he saw Bian Guanyue sitting by the window, smiling and waving at him.

Walk back to the school and enter the classroom.

Bian Guanyue was already studying and asked her deskmate Wu Meng for help with a math problem.

"Good morning." Chen Guiliang said as he passed by the first row.

Bian Guanyue looked up and asked Chen Guiliang, "Would you like some small potatoes?"

Wu Meng also looked up, smiled shyly, and continued to explain the topic.

Chen Guiliang picked up a piece of potato with a toothpick, put it in his mouth without touching his teeth, and put the toothpick back in his mouth: "It tastes good."

"I bought it at the school gate." said Bian Guanyue.

Xie Yang already regarded Bian Guanyue as his sister-in-law, so she was no longer an outsider, so he also ate a piece of potato.

After returning to his seat, Chen Guiliang started doing the questions immediately.

His learning progress is pretty good.

Although he had to spend two or three hours every day discussing the operation of private servers, Chen Guiliang listened carefully in class and tried to do as many exercises as possible after class.

Every morning, I have to memorize 10 English words and consolidate them in the evening.

He had the memory of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old and the comprehension of a forty-year-old. Furthermore, the content was already learned, so a brief review would suffice.

You can master some knowledge points every day.

Steadily improving!

Chen Guiliang quickly immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge, but Xie Yang was still thinking about launching the private server tonight.

It seemed as if there were nails on the bench. He couldn't sit still anymore and ran over to Chen Guiliang and said, "Are you still in the mood to do the questions?"

Chen Guiliang flipped through the history textbook, writing down his answers on the exercise paper while memorizing the key points of this big question: "If you don't study hard in your senior year of high school, do you still want to repeat the year?"

"Shouldn't you pay more attention to private servers? That's a man's career!" Xie Yang said anxiously.

Chen Guiliang asked in return, "How can we pay attention now? Should we just sit in the classroom and worry?"

Xie Yang suggested, "Why don't we skip class this afternoon and go to the internet cafe and keep an eye on those forums."

"No need, just wait until after school." Chen Guiliang continued to do the questions.

Xie Yang sat next to Chen Guiliang for a few minutes, then felt bored and looked at his other roommates. He found that except for him, the guys in 302 were actually studying!

Even Xu Haibo, who was addicted to novels, rarely rents novels to read after the teacher started review teaching.

Xie Yang suddenly felt a sense of guilt.

Everyone is learning, only I am still playing.

Grass!
He hurried back to his seat, took out several sets of exercise papers, picked out one at random and started to do the questions slowly.

Xie Yang was actually quite bright, having ranked within the top 200 in the city on the high school entrance exam and being assigned to the top-tier Experimental Class 1 in his freshman year of high school. However, due to his addiction to novels and games, he was forced to choose a liberal arts major in his sophomore year.

At the craziest time, Xie Yang booked the entire night at the Internet cafe for two consecutive weeks and dozed off during classes during the day.

Because it is cheap to book an entire night, you can play for a whole night for 5 yuan, and occasionally you can play for an extra hour or two for free.

Even without paying attention in class and relying solely on copying homework, Xie Yang still managed to secure a spot in a second-tier university. Meanwhile, Yang Hao, the hardest-working student in dormitory 302, underperformed and only managed to get into a third-tier university.

After patiently finishing a set of exercises, Xie Yang ran to Chen Guiliang again: "How about you give Boss Tao a call and ask him what's going on?"

Chen Guiliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are more anxious than me."

"I'm not in a hurry." Xie Yang smiled awkwardly.

He returned to his homework, glancing back at Chen Guiliang from time to time, his admiration growing: "Master Chen is the man for great things. Even when faced with a mountain collapsing before him, he remains unmoved. I too must cultivate this kind of composure." "I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry. Do the homework!"
Finally, school is over.

Xie Yang couldn't wait to stand up and shouted to Chen Guiliang: "Go, go!"

Chen Guiliang slowly tidied up his desk, stuffed several sets of exercise papers into his schoolbag, and was pulled out of the classroom by Xie Yang.

Zheng Feng quickly ran to Bian Guanyue.

When the seats were adjusted, Zheng Feng was the happiest person. He felt that his chance had come again - Chen Guiliang could not sit at the same table with Bian Guanyue, but he could continue to take Bian Guanyue home from school.

Chen Guiliang actually admires this old man very much.

Because when Zheng Feng was waiting for the border checkpoint at the bus stop every day, he would use the waiting time to squat on the roadside to do his homework, and he was able to pick up girls and study at the same time.

"Do you have an urgent matter?" asked Bian Guanyue.

Xie Yang dragged Chen Guiliang and continued running: "We want to do something big!"

Zheng Feng took the opportunity to say to Bian Guanyue: "They must have gone to the Internet cafe to play games."

The moon at the border did not respond.

Arriving quickly at the school gate, Chen Guiliang called Tao Xue: "Where are you? There are so many people here, I can't see you."

Every Friday at the end of every month, at least four to five thousand students have to go home (there are nearly 6000 students in the school).

"Here, here!"

Tao Xue had already been submerged in the crowd. She stepped onto the green belt on the side of the road, jumping and waving and shouting.

Chen Guiliang and Xie Yang walked over to meet up.

Tao Xue said, "It's hard to get a taxi, let's walk for a while."

There were so many students waiting for the bus that one bus after another was soon filled with students and struggled to move on.

It was difficult because of the traffic jam.

There are private cars picking up children and illegally operated vans, all stuck in a mess, making it very difficult to turn around.

The three of them walked towards the street of Internet cafes and soon met a taxi heading towards the school.

"Master, let's go to the city!" Tao Xue sat in the passenger seat.

The driver thought he had misheard and kindly reminded me, "From here to the city, the metered fare is at least 25 yuan. Also, I don't take the county road."

"Just drive, someone will reimburse you." Tao Xue confidently cheated her brother.

"Sit tight!"

The driver stepped on the accelerator while turning the steering wheel sharply.

Chen Guiliang and Bian Guanyue had taken the county road and it took three hours to reach the city. This driver sped along the provincial road in just half an hour, giving the impression he was driving on the highway.

"Brother, we're here."

"Go to Lin San Xiaochao and wait. I've booked two tables."

More than ten minutes later, Tao Chenggang brought eight or nine people and rushed into the restaurant.

Yang Yuhui was always a chatterbox. When he saw Chen Guiliang, he patted his shoulder and exclaimed, "Fuck, not bad. You've become a handsome guy in just half a month!"

Tao Xue, standing nearby, said, "I saw him a few days ago and thought I had the wrong person."

As she spoke, she tilted her head and glanced at Chen Guiliang twice.

"In terms of handsomeness, I'm still not as good as Brother Yang." Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

Yang Yuhui was very pleased to hear this and laughed out loud, "Not bad, you have good taste. Your uncle is not like that, he always says I'm ugly."

Feng Tao said: "You are so handsome."

Tao Chenggang smiled and shook hands with Chen Guiliang: "The armies have finally joined forces. Let's have a big fight tonight!"

"Brother Gang, this is my good brother Xie Yang. He was also helping me post a few days ago." Chen Guiliang introduced.

Xie Yang quickly greeted: "Hello, Mr. Tao."

Tao Chenggang shook hands warmly and said, "Guiliang's brothers are my brothers. Work hard, and I'll give you a red envelope later!"

Xie Yang was flattered. He was just a poor student and didn't expect to be valued so much by his boss.

Tao Chenggang introduced other people.

Two of them were the network administrators when he opened his first Internet cafe, and they had been working with Tao Chenggang for two or three years.

The other three are the leaders of the water army selected by Yang Yuhui from the studio.

There are two others who are Tao Chenggang's former neighbors and childhood friends. They are currently working in a state-owned enterprise that is about to go bankrupt.

Two dining tables were moved together. As soon as a cold dish was served, Tao Chenggang raised his glass and said, "I'm not drinking alcohol today. I'll use tea instead of wine to toast my brothers. I wish our private server will be full every day!"

"cheers!"

Before Tao Chenggang could finish his tea, the person in charge called him: "Mr. Tao, the number of game downloads has skyrocketed, now over 800!"

"Okay, you continue to guard it and I will pack some delicious fish and meat for you." Tao Chenggang became even more excited.

He hung up the phone and said to Chen Guiliang, "The total number of downloads from several major private server forums has exceeded 800."

Chen Guiliang pondered, "It's time for office workers to go home. In big cities, the commute is even longer, and the download peak hasn't even arrived yet. I'm worried that the server capacity for 5000 people might not be enough."

"How is that possible?" Yang Yuhui said, "Some legitimate games only have 5,000 to 6,000 concurrent online players. Games with over 10,000 concurrent players are already considered popular."

Tao Chenggang said: "It's too late to rent a server temporarily now."

Chen Guiliang said, "I hope it won't get stuck."

In this era, there were already game queuing systems, but they were "cutting-edge" technology and were very immature.

Chen Guiliang’s private server naturally cannot queue up.

If a large number of players rushed in at the same time, the scene would be too beautiful to imagine...

(End of this chapter)