Chapter 4: Doomed (2)
Seeing my expression, the person opposite who claimed to be the producer of "Book Title" smiled: "It's easy to gain weight by drinking milk tea, my car is parked outside the school, and we take a step to talk." β
Seeing that I didn't answer, he snapped his fingers behind him and said, "I know it's hard to easily trust a stranger, let alone get into his car." So, I specially hired an introducer to prove my identity. β
Behind him, a young man in sunglasses walked up to us and sat down next to the middle-aged man, across from me. Look at me with an unpredictable smile.
Three seconds later, I believed that this middle-aged man was the game producer Wang Jingluo.
The setting in many superhero works is worth complaining about, as long as the protagonist wears glasses or covers his cheekbones, then even the closest people can't recognize the hero who saves the world as the person he faces day and night.
In reality, there is no such thing at all. At such a close distance, it only took me three seconds for me to identify the other person from his figure, demeanor, smile, hands, and the sports bracelet he was wearing, even though he was wearing sunglasses.
I used another five seconds, trying to control my trembling hands, pulled out my notebook and pen from the bag I had brought with me in class, and asked, "Could you please sign for me?" β
The man in sunglasses was also very generous, and wrote in his notebook:
"Zhang Guangyue"
The summer vacation is over, but it's clear that the dream trip isn't there yet.
Now I'm sitting in the back seat of a luxury car I've never sat in, Luna, a recently retired legendary contestant from "Book Title", is sitting in the front seat of the co-pilot, and the producer of "Book Title" is working as a driver for me.
"What the hell is going on?" The doubts in my mind now are no less than those of the kidnapped, and after ten minutes of driving, I finally couldn't hold back and asked.
Zhang Guangyue: "He doesn't talk when he drives, let's talk about the details when I get to the place." β
Me: "Oh, okay. β
The moon god has spoken, what more can I say?
After about twenty minutes of driving, we found a cafΓ© that was slightly closer to the city.
The waiters at the door seemed to know Wang Jingluo, and they all greeted: "Mr. Wang." He didn't need to say much, and led the three of us directly to a small private room on the second floor.
Wang Jingluo: "This coffee shop is our company's industry, so it's easier to talk. β
It's unimaginable that a company that makes games should also engage in a side hustle and open a coffee shop.
Wang Jingluo: "It's not surprising, there are still professional players who want to open a hot pot restaurant." After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Guangyue.
His answer startled me and made me wonder if I had spoken out what was in my head. Why does this man seem to have the ability to read minds?
When I sat down in the box, a waiter came to order, I asked for a latte, Zhang Guangyue asked for a cup of Mocha, but Wang Jingluo didn't ask for anything, I think the waiter knows his habits.
Not long after, three cups of coffee were served, and I noticed that Wang Jingluo asked for a cup of iced Americano, and I couldn't help but wonder if anyone could really drink this kind of pure coffee without milk and sugar?
Wang Jing rubbed his hands slightly, and then said, "I want to think about it, where to start?" Well, let's start from the yin and yang. β
Wang Jingluo: "But there is one thing that needs to be made clear first, I am the one who sent you an anonymous text message, and I have promised to talk to you face-to-face, I still talk about it, right?" β
I nodded, he was the one who used the anonymous number, that is, the "big man" who Zhou Zhenyu had been following me. Actually, I have already guessed seven or eight points about this in the car.
It can mobilize the top characters in the league such as Luna, Brother Tian, and Mr. Xuanqi, and has the network technology against the sky, and can also manipulate the team matching system in the game. Come to think of it, only this producer has all these conditions.
He clarified his identity at the moment, but he just made a big stone in his heart fall to the ground, and it didn't surprise me very much.
Wang Jingluo continued: "Perhaps you may have discovered from the clues that the internal practice materials 'Yin' and 'Yang' and the plot that triggers them are something similar to an easter egg, in fact, this is indeed an easter egg. β
Me: "What was the original intention for making this easter egg?" Aren't you afraid of players complaining that the game is unfair? β
Wang Jingluo: "You have also used this internal strength for a while, do you think it is so strong that it is against the sky?" β
Me: "Not really. "On the other hand, without Xie Liuying's cooperation, this internal strength would be even weaker than ordinary internal strength, and the biggest advantage is that the cultivation time is halved.
Wang Jingluo: "However, you're right, players don't care if you're strong or not, all we care about is such a unique thing, why can't we get it?" β
I noticed that Wang Jingluo, as a game producer, does not use "you" or "them" when describing the group of "players", but "us".
Wang Jingluo: "I'm embarrassed to say that this easter egg was actually made for myself quietly when "Book Title" was the most popular. β
Me: "Huh? β
It's a real hammer, the producer of "Book Title" secretly opened a back door for himself in the game, it's too shameless!
Wang Jingluo: "At that time, I had a fiancΓ©e, she didn't like to play games very much, and she was not interested in my career. But I really love this industry, and in order to pull her into the pit, I secretly made this yin and yang internal power hidden in the game, planning to surprise her at Christmas. β
Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile with some mixed feelings. Judging from the previous exchanges, this Wang Jingluo is not only excellent in network technology, but also has a high IQ. But I never thought that he was also an out-and-out straight man, a person who is not interested in games, and you can make her change her mind by doing a "double cultivation of internal skills"?
Or Xie Liuying said it well, if you love to play games, find someone who loves to play games together, and if you don't like to play games, find someone who doesn't like to play games together. No one is in the way of anyone, and there are a lot of contradictions in plain water.
Wang Jingluo: "But before Christmas, something big happened. The game market research report for that year came out near the end of the year. That's right, it's the year Lin Xun slapped fans. Actually, this event had already happened in the fall, but I didn't expect it to have such a huge impact on the game's bottom line. It wasn't until later that I realized that the decline in the game's popularity and revenue was only the fuse, not the main cause. β
Wang Jingluo: "I used to focus on making games, and I didn't know much about market operations, but later I realized that there were people manipulating behind the scenes. The game's annual report was so unsightly that I, as the producer, was of course fully responsible, and after an emergency board meeting, I was kicked out of the company. β