Restart life

Chapter 45 0044 [A little stimulation and the rich will spend money again]

"Brother Gang, server one is lagging again!"

"Didn't the players who were watching the fun leave?"

"I do not know either."

"Issue a game announcement to guide low-level players in Zone 1 to transfer to other zones."

"..."

Around 8:30 PM, Zone 1 experienced another lag.

Following that, including the newly opened sixth district, the other five districts gradually became full.

Chen Guiliang carefully checked the latest replies on the forum and then used a secondary account to log into the game and chat, quickly figuring out the specifics of the situation.

However, new players have been coming from other private servers such as "Dudu Legend" and "17577 Legend".

Actually, quite a few private server players heard that "Abyss Legends" was very interesting last night, so they wanted to try it out. However, the download link was broken at the time, so many people could only wait until today to play.

These players had already flooded in by noon today.

Players who stayed up all night grinding dungeons also logged into the game after getting a good night's sleep.

The number of internet cafe players is also increasing.

How could the game not lag when several groups of players collide?

"It's not too laggy, you can still play it," Yang Yuhui said.

Tao Chenggang said, "We need to rent more servers."

Chen Guiliang said, "Give the wealthy players a free accelerator. Don't make a fuss, you don't even need to tell them, they'll understand on their own."

Just then, Tao Chenggang's phone rang.

He ran to a corner to answer his phone, and after a few words, he waved to Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tao Chenggang said, "Luo Xiaoping, who made the 'Dungeon Manager' for us, didn't he get a friend to work with him? Our private server became a huge hit, and his friend went to the forum to brag about it. Now everyone knows that they made the Dungeon Manager, and many people are contacting them to buy it, wanting to follow suit and make private servers with dungeons."

"This friend is probably himself, isn't he?" Chen Guiliang suspected the worst.

“Definitely not,” Tao Chenggang said. “Luo Xiaoping is still very reliable. He often shares the private server tools he develops for free. So many people have asked to buy the copy manager, but he hasn’t agreed yet. Instead, he called me first to discuss it.”

After considering it for a moment, Chen Guiliang said, "We spent ten days adjusting the data to make our private server better. We can agree to let him sell it, just to make friends. Those copycat private servers that go online in two or three days will definitely be far less playable than ours. If it takes ten days to go online, it won't affect us much, because Shanda has already taken action against us."

Tao Chenggang dialed the number again, chatted for a few minutes, and then hung up: "He plans to price it at 10,000 yuan. At such a high price, I guess only a few companies will buy it."

Chen Guiliang said, "We don't know when Shanda will make their move, so we need to hurry up and make some quick money. If they announce that the siege will start tomorrow night at 8 pm, we can apply for the qualification now to incentivize players to grind dungeons for equipment!"

……

A few minutes after the game announcement was posted.

Boss Shi stood directly in the safe zone and shouted: "Guild recruiting, only players level 28 and above are accepted. Joining the guild will give you 3 Abyss tickets, plus a weekly stipend of 5 tickets. Join now, first come, first served! Let's grind all night tonight and take down Shabak tomorrow night!"

Even Master Jing, Fu Guoqiang, was stunned; he also planned to recruit people in the same way. However, joining would only grant one ticket, and he would only receive two tickets as wages each week.

"Who the hell is this? So rich!" Fu Guoqiang couldn't help but complain.

An older member of the team said, "I know his underling; he's an old ID from the game 'Legend of Mir.' The guy who was shouting just now might be the owner of Brain Gold."

"Damn! How are we supposed to rob Shabak now?"

"Brother Qiang, how about we switch servers? We can't compete with them in terms of spending money."

"What's the point of switching servers? Did you play all night for nothing? This private server doesn't sell equipment, and the Abyss tickets are only 5 yuan each. No matter how much money he spends, he won't make any difference."

"Is Brother Qiang planning to go all out?"

"Whatever benefits he offers to recruit people, I can offer the same. You guys shout out to recruit people, and I'll deposit a few thousand more yuan."

"Yeah, kill Brain Gold! I've been fed up with their ads for ages!"

"..."

In preparation for tomorrow night's siege event, wealthy players from all six servers have started an arms race.

The recharge amount increased dramatically in an instant!
This also increased the enthusiasm of the vast majority of free-to-play players and the small number of players who spent money. They flocked to join guilds, obtained dungeon tickets from wealthy players, and then happily ran dungeons in guild mode.

Xie Yang stood behind the customer service representative, staring intently at the transaction records.

This money is so easy to make.

Saturday night, the players went crazy.

Even more insane is the attack on the city tomorrow night.

As more and more internet cafes proactively contacted him for cooperation, Tao Chenggang opened a new seventh district on Sunday noon.

"Brother Gang, we'll head back to school now," Chen Guiliang said after lunch.

"Okay. Studying should be the priority; we can't let it interfere with our studies."

Tao Chenggang took out two hundred yuan and handed it to Xie Yang: "Thank you for your help, young man."

Xie Yang quickly declined, "President Tao, there's really no need. I just helped post a few messages and chatted with customer service on QQ when they were too busy."

"Take it, we'll cooperate again in the future," Tao Chenggang said with a smile.

Xie Yang turned to look at Chen Guiliang. "Take it," Chen Guiliang said.

Xie Yang then somewhat awkwardly accepted the money: "Thank you, Mr. Tao."

In a small city where the average monthly salary is only a few hundred yuan, a student received a huge bonus of two hundred yuan for just helping out with a small favor over two days. This is quite rare for a poor student.

After Tao Chenggang left the small restaurant, Xie Yang pulled Chen Guiliang to the restroom: "President Tao is so generous."

"That's really generous," Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

I was only able to give him two hundred yuan because of Chen Guiliang.

The other customer service staff and online trolls all receive a monthly salary plus a small bonus.

When they returned to school, Chen Guiliang, Xie Yang, and Tao Xue chose to take the inter-county bus instead of rushing back.

Tao Xue quickly grabbed a window seat and waved to Chen Guiliang, saying, "Nephew, come here quickly!"

"Okay, Aunt Xue." Chen Guiliang was in a good mood after making money, and he gave Tao Xue a nickname.

Tao Xue pondered, "Why does this title sound familiar? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."

Xie Yang laughed heartily: "Romance in the Rain".

Tao Xue suddenly realized what was happening and punched Chen Guiliang on the shoulder: "That sounds awful, I don't want to call you Aunt Xue."

“Okay, Aunt Xue,” Chen Guiliang said even more happily.

"Asshole, I'm going to kill you!"

Tao Xue immediately flew into a rage, grabbing Chen Guiliang by the neck with both hands and shaking him violently.

Chen Guiliang rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue in perfect cooperation, looking as if he had already been strangled to death.

Xie Yang sat across the aisle at the next table, watching the two of them playfully bickering, thinking: Which one will Master Chen choose? Bian Guanyue is prettier, and Tao Xue is so cute. Damn it, I couldn't choose either. We can't just draw lots to decide, can we?

The three of them took a bus to the county's bus station, and then transferred to a public bus to return to school.

Chen Guiliang got out of the car and ran straight to the pharmacy on the roadside.

Tao Xue thought he was going to buy some medicine, but when she followed him, she found Chen Guiliang weighing himself.

"I only gained two pounds this week. It seems I've been working too hard," Chen Guiliang reflected seriously.

Tao Xue said irritably, "You came all the way to the pharmacy just to weigh yourself?"

"Otherwise what?" Chen Guiliang said.

Xie Yang stood at the entrance of the pharmacy, too lazy to follow them in, and complained, "I'm used to it. This bastard comes to weigh me every two or three days."

The three walked into the campus chatting and laughing. Near Chen Guiliang's book stall, they waved goodbye and went back to their dormitories and apartments.

It was still quite early, and no one was in room 302. The other six students had not yet returned to school.

Xie Yang lay sprawled on the bed and said, "Returning to school all of a sudden, these past two days have felt like a dream."

Chen Guiliang also lay down on the bed: "What are your thoughts?"

"I can't even imagine," Xie Yang exclaimed with deep emotion. "The rich are just too rich. They spend thousands of yuan at a time just to buy dungeon tickets. If they keep doing that, they could buy a house in the county town."

In the old staff housing in the county town, a single apartment costs only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan!

"Want to play games again?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xie Yang seemed to have suddenly kicked his internet addiction. He said, "Playing games is boring. I want to make games that people can play. Master Chen, are you planning to start a company with President Tao in the future?"

“I can’t work with him. Even if we did, we’d fall apart sooner or later,” Chen Guiliang said, shaking his head.

Xie Yang said, "President Tao is a very straightforward person and a good business partner."

Chen Guiliang said, "I'm the same kind of person as him. If he's unwilling to cooperate with Boss Shi, will he listen to my decisions in the future? Once we disagree on major issues, we won't be able to have fun together anymore."

"So he wants to make his own game, and you're not going to participate?" Xie Yang asked.

Chen Guiliang said, "I don't have any capital right now, so he will definitely hold the controlling stake."

Xie Yang said, "You can also own some shares, and then sell them to start your own business when the company grows bigger."

Chen Guiliang said, "The founding shareholder's shares cannot be sold casually; they must be approved by more than half of the other shareholders. Moreover, he also needs to attract investment, which will dilute my shares. Whether I sell my shares or my shares are diluted, it could potentially create a lot of conflicts."

Xie Yang hesitated, unsure of what to say, because he genuinely didn't understand these things.

He suddenly rolled over and sat up, then walked to the dormitory door and asked, "Going to the classroom?"

"What?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xie Yang said, "I need to study and get into a good school first. I've realized I don't know anything. These past few days, I often can't get a word in edgewise when you guys are talking; I just stand there like an idiot. I don't want to be an idiot, and I'm not an idiot."

Chen Guiliang was both amused and exasperated: "You're really not going to play games anymore?"

"It feels really boring to play now," Xie Yang said.

Chen Guiliang declined to comment; who knows how long this guy can keep it up? Maybe in two or three days, Xie Yang will be back at the internet cafe.

"gone!"

Xie Yang tossed his hair with a flourish and disappeared through the dormitory entrance.

(End of this chapter)