After a few days of carefree fun with Fatty Ding, the promotion of Fantasy Westward Journey had already begun to be carried out in a frenzy. It even appeared on TV, thanks to connections made by Chen Fang. To be honest, games are like poison in today's society; they're not respectable. Kids playing games are seen as social trash.
Parents consider computers, the internet, and games to be highly toxic. If you dare to go on TV, they'll bombard you with complaints.
However, money can make the devil turn the millstone, and Zhejiang TV, Shanghai TV, Hunan TV, Pearl River TV, Guangzhou TV, and Shenzhen TV all put their ads on them.
The TV was showing Jay Chou cosplaying as the Bull Demon King, carrying a large cleaver and shouting: "NetEase's masterpiece, the turn-based massively multiplayer online game Fantasy Westward Journey, officially launches its open beta on July 18th! Fantasy Westward Journey, everyone plays it, it's strange if you don't!"
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Ding Pangzi also invested heavily, directly contacting internet cafe owners in first- and second-tier cities across China. They agreed that for every 10 game cards sold after installing the "Fantasy Westward Journey" recommendation, 2 would be randomly selected. They also offered a 15% discount on resale cards. This was all thanks to Pony Ma (Ma Huateng), who had contact information for owners of all the major internet cafes in China and created a QQ group. This gave "Fantasy Westward Journey" a massive initial boost in popularity.
Subway, bus, taxi, campus advertisements—everything that could be advertised has been advertised.
July 18th, Hangzhou Fujii Middle School.
"Little Wei, let's go hack and slash in Legend of Mir!!!"
Zhou Xiaowei glanced at his friend: "Liu Mou, aren't you doing your homework? There's only one year left until the college entrance exam."
Liu Mouren, with his chubby face, said nonchalantly, "The game is important, come on, I'll treat you to some Legend of Mir!!! We recently discovered a new dungeon while exploring, and Zilong Internet Cafe only charges 5 yuan for an all-night session tonight. Tutoring every day is so boring."
Zhou Xiaowei's eyes lit up: "So cheap?"
Liu Mou patted his pocket: "Let's go, I just got 100 yuan. All night, instant noodles, ham sausage, I'll add an egg for you, and you can even get it for free, Lao Zhang's happy fat man water."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!!! Happy Sunday!!!"
When Liu Mouren, Zhou Xiaowei, and two other classmates rushed into the internet cafe, it was already packed.
The four of them waited for a long time, until around 11 a.m., before they finally found a spot.
Liu Mou rushed to the front desk and slapped the money onto it.
"Old Zhang, top up 10 yuan on machines 68, 69, 70, and 71, plus 4 boxes of braised beef noodles, Master Kong brand, not Kangshuaifu brand, with eggs and sausages, and 4 cups of soda, it's on you!"
The network administrator, Zhang Yida, chuckled as he looked at Liu Mouren's chubby face: "Liu Mouren skipping class again to play games?"
While talking, his hands kept moving, and he made a note for Liu Mou to copy down four account numbers.
"Password. My treat to soda. Oh, and a new game came out today, a NetEase masterpiece, free to play at launch, no need to buy game time cards, you can give it a try."
Liu Mou took the note.
"No, no, I want to play Legend of Mir!!!"
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NetEase building.
"Xiao Zhang, how's the preparation going? No aesthetic issues, right?"
Bald programmer Xiao Zhang, sporting panda eyes and bloodshot eyes, replied, "Mr. Xu, it's fine. We've already tested it three times."
Xu Bo nodded and looked at his colleagues in the studio: "Brothers, Boss Shen said that after Fantasy Westward Journey officially launches, everyone can take a good vacation. This month's bonuses will be doubled, and Heaven on Earth has been booked out tonight, so everyone can play as much as they want!!!"
Upon hearing this, the more than 50 programmers present jumped up excitedly.
"Heavens, heavens, Heaven on Earth!!!! Is that Heaven on Earth!!!"
Xu Bo, seeing his subordinates' excited expressions, said sternly, "What kind of talk is this? Get to work! It's that Heaven on Earth nightclub. Boss Ding has arranged girls for everyone, and Boss Shen will pay for tonight's expenses. Stop talking nonsense and get back to work! Why are you all so excited about the girls? Haven't you ever seen a woman before?!"
Xu Bo's subordinates all looked at him with resentment. The entire Fantasy Westward Journey project team didn't have a single woman, let alone a female fly. Because they had to speed up the progress, they hadn't been home for three months and lived at the company every day. When they were tired, they would take a nap on a recliner and when they were hungry, they would make instant noodles with hot water.
Xu Bo is quite a character; he specifically targets single men who have no family, no job, and no girlfriend, whom he can exploit at will.
Xu Bo was startled by the wolf-like eyes of his subordinates. Good heavens, they were going to eat him! Thinking about it, he realized he had indeed been acting inhumanely lately.
"Ahem, everyone, calm down. Let's have some fun tonight. Our project's public beta test can't afford to fail. You guys don't want to work so hard on this project for so long only to see no results, right? Let's give it our all, brothers."
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