Chapter 697: Chapter 662: [Fried Rice in the Bar]
On the phone, Kyle was also a bit confused.
“Boss, are you going to the company right now? Why the rush? I’m still out discussing a partnership. There are people here who want to bring our products to overseas markets, so I can’t come back.”
‘Since when did the boss become so diligent?’ Kyle was quite surprised in his heart.
According to his understanding of the boss, Lincoln would go to the company to see the results in at least the afternoon or possibly tomorrow morning.
Because the boss hates running around the most.
“It’s okay, go about your business, no need to come back.”
Lincoln, whose eyes were almost at the gate of the company, breathed a sigh of relief before continuing, “I’ll go eat first, take a break, then I’ll go over in the afternoon.”
“Oh, okay, understood,” Kyle breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the boss was still the same boss.
*
Yue Pengju drove Lincoln to eat.
Lincoln, sitting in the co-driver’s seat, didn’t really start slacking off.
He was thinking about a very troublesome issue, which was extremely troublesome.
Both the [silent communication technology] and the [dual synchronization control] technology of Pacific Rim game had a natural limitation—
Chinese users only.
This was because the technology was not originally part of the virtual world, nor did it touch the most fundamental underlying technology. Instead, it relied on massive amounts of real player data to find approximate solutions through big data enumeration.
And the players who provided this data – that is, the players who participated in the Rehabilitation Plan – had already accumulated a terrifying 130 million!
This number was not the limit; Cloud Dream had to stop the plan voluntarily.
Because, at this level, adding more would be meaningless, as the amount of data was already more than enough.
And among these, 99.99999% of the participants were Daxia users.
Their data could only serve Chinese-speaking users.
In other words, Izumo, Baekje, and a small number of Southeast Asian players who speak Chinese can actually play.
However, in Europe, America, Africa, Australia, where Chinese isn’t spoken, the technology wouldn’t work at all.
That is to say, the Pacific Rim game hasn’t even been developed yet, and the player group is already limited.
Does this mean that this game will become Cloud Dream’s first “region-locked” game?
Or will it still be sold, but overseas players who don’t speak Chinese can only play single-player mechs and not control the super-large dual-player mechs?
Would that become a crippled version of the game?
Would overseas players mind?
As soon as this idea came up, Lincoln laughed himself.
Nonsense! Of course they would mind!
Even if some people have no friends and may not play even if provided with dual-player mech gameplay.
But if they don’t get it, they absolutely won’t accept!
Lincoln knew all too well what players were like.
With this thought, the problem becomes quite troubling.
As for replicating the Rehabilitation Plan that had been done in Daxia to go overseas?
Lincoln felt that it wouldn’t work.
One hundred and thirty million player data could not be put overseas.
Even if it were reduced tenfold, there might not be enough users willing to give up their privacy data – let alone updating firmware and collecting more extensive data over the long term.
With this, the problem is stuck here.
Lincoln couldn’t think of a solution for the time being.
“Forget it.” He shook his head, deciding that the unresolved issue could be put aside for now, and the game would be prepared in advance.
At most, it would only be sold in Daxia and neighboring countries. After all, with 200 million users in Daxia, there was no pressure to digest one or two games internally.
Anyway, he was determined to make Pacific Rim!
The early preparations for the game didn’t require much work; just adjusting the pace of the Virtual City Plan would be enough.
The next location selection should not just consider the fame of large cities in reality but prioritize the game’s needs and build a worldview framework first.
As long as the framework is built, the game content can be added directly when needed later.
This can significantly speed up the development cycle.
Having made the decision, Lincoln stretched his shoulders and waist, relaxing once again.
*
On the other hand, after returning home and resting for a morning, Stanley planned to start a live broadcast in the afternoon.
The reason was to prove that his body was completely OK and crush the online rumors completely.
Of course, this reason was for the group friends to hear.
As for his real thoughts?
Hmm, it’s rare to be this popular, and not to show off, it’s just unsatisfying!
His Spiritual Rhinoceros account had only 64 followers before, but after the game crashed last night, his account was dug up and grew wildly to 1.87 million overnight!
Directly becoming a minor celebrity!
Of course, most of these people are just joining in on the fun, and they’ve already started unfollowing since he was discharged from the hospital.
In a few days, it would be good if even a tenth of them remain.
So while there are still many people, he also wants to experience the feeling of being in the spotlight!
…
Put on the headband, start the console.
Stanley was surprised to find that instead of entering the virtual house, he entered a void, and a line of text appeared in front of him –
[Warning, your mental state is not good, you should rest as soon as possible.]
[Are you sure you want to log into the virtual world?]
“Sure.” Stanley replied
Seeing this line of text, he felt even more relaxed.
Since the Mirage didn’t refuse his login, it means the problem isn’t too big.
Indeed, in the next moment, the light shifted, and he arrived at the familiar virtual house again.
However, the system sent one more reminder:
[Please note: Anti-addiction time has been reduced, your remaining game time for today is: 3 hours]
“Alright.” Stanley didn’t mind this limitation, as he hadn’t planned to stream for too long for his first live broadcast.
The live broadcast announcement had already been sent out in advance, and as soon as it started, a flurry of eager audience members began to comment –
“Boss is awesome!”
“Boss, teach me how to crash Cloud Dream’s server!”
“Boss, when are you starting your sellout?”
…
“???” The last question left Stanley full of question marks.
Why should I sell out?
Instead of hurrying into the game, he first opened his mailbox, where lots of player letters were inside, as well as one highlighted system email.
Click [Confirm Receipt], and a giant oil painting 1.5 meters long and 2.4 meters tall appeared in front of Stanley.
It was a romanticist oil painting full of vibrant colors and an exaggerated style.
In the painting, a hero dressed in armor, holding a spear, with a stern face like it was carved of stone, attacked the sky in an endless glow, his eyes filled with bravery and fearlessness, full of artistic sense.
“The person in this painting is… me?” Stanley said incredulously.
In the system’s note, the name of the painting is –
[Breaking the Sky Light]
No doubt, it’s full of pretentiousness.
“Awesome!”
“Worthy of Boss!”
“Lincoln knows how to please the players!”
“So sour! The painting even synced to Terraria, I found it in the game this morning, but it was much smaller, only a foot long and wide.”
“Boss deserves it!”
…
The audience in the live broadcast room praised.
Stanley was also astonished, he didn’t expect to receive this treatment.
The only regret is: it’s just a painting, at most hanging in the virtual house. It would have been great if it was an achievement or a title, then it would be bragging rights anytime, anywhere.
He logged into the game with some regrets.
In the game’s “Journey Mode” update, character difficulty was renamed to [Soft Core], [Medium Core], and [Hardcore], and map difficulty was also added to the game after the first kill, [Ordinary], [Expert], [Master], and [Legendary].
However, Stanley didn’t research that for now, and instead, he first entered his previous game world to see if the “pipeline” was still there.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the game world, a somewhat goofy piece of music suddenly began to play, and strange, mosaic-like lights began to gather.
“This is… an achievement?!” Stanley was overjoyed.
Is it coming? That cool title?
Soon, the music ended, the mosaic disappeared, and a strange achievement trophy in the shape of fried rice appeared in front of Stanley.
As always, the name of the achievement was engraved on the base of the trophy like before –
[Fried Rice in the Bar]
“???” Stanley was full of question marks, “What does this achievement… mean?”