Chapter 590 Heavenly Emperor
Question:
What's the fastest-growing project in Changshan County right now?
Cost: 5%.
Answer:
[Xia Xiaoxiang's private money.]
Question:
【Qin Luoshuang has no money? 】
Cost: 5%.
Answer:
【Too little money, no effect.】
Lin Wen felt a little regretful. Before he knew it, Qin Luoshuang had been plucked naked by him, and he could no longer enjoy the pleasure of plucking her.
But she soon became happy again. Xia Xiaoxiang had actually saved more than 50 million in private money. When her father saw that Changshan County had risen, he quietly unfroze his daughter's bank card.
Lin Wen immediately transferred the money to Lao Xie to temporarily cover the cost of the equipment, which gave Changshan County a break and made Xia Xiaoxiang furious.
But this was far from enough. Lin Wen continued to ask questions and soon found the warehouses where the major groups stored high-value goods.
Using tactics such as box stealing, armored car stealing, warehouse stealing, and sewer stealing, Lin Wen stole several tons of precious metals, several tons of banknotes, two large containers of chips, two trucks of satellite phones, and a total of more than 600 million imperial yuan worth of goods.
With this income, Changshan County finally got over the pressure.
But overall, although the harvest was good, the cost-effectiveness was not high and Lin Wen consumed a lot of energy.
This is incomparable to the efficiency of the last time when only a few hundred Yuan Shens were able to produce 130 tons of gold.
But such an opportunity only comes once in a century, and now everyone is more on guard, knowing that Changshan County has some sneaky ways to steal things.
Lin Wen couldn't force his way in either. He had calculated that with his current abilities, an average of 60-70% of his spirit could destroy a colonial warrior.
In other words, if he were to fight head-on, his full spirit would only be equivalent to nine to ten colonial warriors.
Unless he has special luck.
But last month, all he opened were the Witch Lady suits, so Lin Wen now has no luck that can be used in actual combat, and all of it is auxiliary functions.
With Changshan County's current size, sustainable development can no longer be achieved by relying on robbery, and it must rely on its own industries.
Lin Wen carefully sorted out the context. Changshan County currently has a lot of industries, numerous ongoing projects, and even more planned projects that have not yet been implemented.
If Lin Wen only wanted money, he would have many ways to do it. He could skyrocket the prices of new drugs and new houses, impose heavy taxes and levies, and reduce all unnecessary expenditures. Then Changshan County's financial statements would immediately look good.
But that would be killing the chicken to get the eggs.
The reason why Lin Wen works so hard is to avoid skyrocketing these projects and reducing these expenditures so that Changshan County can maintain its operation and develop rapidly.
As long as good karma continues to grow, all problems will eventually no longer be problems.
But now the financial pressure is too great, Lin Wen decided to change his strategy and give priority to using magic to quickly complete projects that can quickly make a profit.
For long-term projects, just use human power to carry out normal construction.
After next month's good luck arrives, he will gradually accelerate.
Haha, perfect technical control measures.
This is the wisdom of the Great Emperor, which is as high as 250.
Lin Wen was not too intoxicated by his own profound wisdom. This was just the basic operation of the emperor. He began to think about which projects in Changshan County could achieve profitability more quickly?
Soon, Lin Wen discovered it.
"Legend of Sword and Fairy".
This project has been going on for a year. Lin Wen has no time to manage it, otherwise he would never have let it continue for so long.
What the hell is Qi Mu doing?
Lin Wenfeng rushed into the Network Technology Department in a hurry.
The current Network Technology Department has become an extremely large department with its own large office building.
In the building, rows of computers form countless workstations.
Lin Wen immediately spotted Qi Mu and the others in the center, and when he walked over, he found that Li Yuchen was also there.
He was arguing fiercely with Qi Mu.
"Tragedy is the eternal classic! Happy endings are too cheesy. Only tragedy can be engraved in people's minds!"
"No, I don't accept it. This is a forced tragedy! Why did Ling'er have to perish together with the Moon Worshiping Sect Leader? How did Li Xiaoyao, once the head of Mount Shu, end up as a poor and lonely Taoist priest? What about A'nu? What about Yueru?"
"Do you understand human nature? Do you understand reality? Why should a woman with a vibrant personality and flesh and blood share a husband with someone else? Authenticity is what matters..."
"I%...￥&"
Lin Wen interrupted with a frown.
"What are you guys working on? How's the progress on 'Chinese Paladin'? When will it be released?"
When Qi Mu and Li Yuchen saw Lin Wen coming, they immediately looked happy.
Qi Mu said loudly: "Chief Lin, we are doing a good job, but this guy insisted on interfering and making suggestions..."
Li Yuchen shrieked, "Old Qi, what you said is so unkind! When I came to work, didn't you praise my work and invite me to join? I'm a member of the project team now. Why can't I offer suggestions?"
Qi Mu said angrily: "You don't understand art at all..."
"You don't understand!"
The two started arguing again.
Lin Wen immediately interrupted them and asked, "How much of 'Chinese Paladin' is finished? I'm about to launch it. If you delay any further, all my future plans will be affected."
Qi Mu said: "It has been completed, only the final outcome has not been determined."
Lin Wen said unhappily, "Just for this?"
When he gave them the script, for the sake of localization, he only gave them the general outline of the story, without writing specific details or the ending. Lin Wen was more concerned about gameplay and player experience, and he never cared about the plot.
But he immediately regretted it.
Qi Mu brought the script over, and Lin Wen felt disgusted as soon as he saw it.
The original ending of the classic version of Chinese Paladin 1 is quite tragic. Ling'er dies, Anu is lost, and there is only a scene where Lin Yueru waits for Li Xiaoyao in the wind and snow.
After Qi Mu's processing, the whole plot went out of control. The Moon Worshiper killed Li Xiaoyao, drowned Zhao Linger, dug out Anu's heart, Lin Yueru sacrificed herself to resurrect Li Xiaoyao, and Li Xiaoyao exploded on the spot, blew up the Moon Worshiper, and saved the world alone.
But all his confidantes died, and Li Xiaoyao was heartbroken. He gave up his position as the leader of Shushan and wandered around the world all day, becoming a poor Taoist priest.
At the end of the picture, under the glow of the setting sun, people are surging like tides, the world is like the sea, and Li Xiaoyao stands alone in the crowd.
It's still his style...
Li Yuchen shouted, "Look, Wenjun, aren't you just trying to disgust me? Are all the efforts you've made so far in vain? Are all the grudges and hatred you've shared going to be forgotten?"
Qi Mu angrily said, "You know shit, this is called art..."
hiss!
Lin Wen tore up the script directly.
"You all shut up, redo the ending, do it the way I say."
Lin Wen went straight to the chief planner's workstation and ordered, "Open the editor."
Qi Mu hurried over, turned on the terminal screen, and opened the game's background editor. The buzzing sound of the mainframe was heard, and the lights in the entire network technology department dimmed.
"The power supply system is still too primitive. Once a mainframe starts to carry the load, the voltage will drop." Lin Wen thought.
While thinking, Qi Mu had already edited the editor to the final battle.
"Okay, now listen to me and change it. Just seal this ending and make it BE, which means bad ending."
Qi Mu felt a little relieved, knowing that the tragic artistic ending he had carefully crafted could be preserved.
The moment County Chief Lin tore up the script, he was really worried that his ending would be deleted.
Li Yuchen smiled victoriously.
Lin Wen continued, "Now, add any item to the game. Let's use this wooden sword. Hide it in a treasure chest and you can get it by defeating a demon."
Qi Mu operated quickly, and these were already very familiar to him.
Friends know that County Magistrate Lin wants to use this condition to trigger a new ending.
Everyone is looking forward to it.
What ending will County Mayor Lin write?
"Okay, if the player comes here holding this wooden sword, the hidden ending will be triggered."
Qi Mu operated quickly, white boxes of various sizes kept appearing on the screen, and various triggers were used with ease in his hands. In just three minutes, he completed Lin Wen's requirements.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for Lin Wen's next words.
"After defeating the Moon Worshiper, the flood in Nanzhao Kingdom subsided, and everyone received Nuwa's blessing."
Qi Mu nodded. It was a very conventional and ordinary ending. Did County Chief Lin just want a happy ending?
This is not bad, a profound tragic ending and a comforting reunion ending.
Qi Mu's fingers moved rapidly. This ending would be finished soon. By then...
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Lin Wen continue speaking.
"At this time, the Shushan Sect's patron goddess, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, descended from the mortal realm to take Zhao Linger, a descendant of Nuwa, back to the divine realm for custody to prevent the abuse of Nuwa's power. Li Xiaoyao angrily attacked Jiu Tian Xuan Nu."
Qi Mu opened his mouth wide and stopped moving his fingers.
"The God Realm is enraged and wants to destroy the human world. Li Xiaoyao leads the women to the God Realm, defeating all the immortals and gods in the sky, stepping on the Emperor of Heaven, destroying the hierarchy established by the Emperor of Heaven, flattening the God Realm, eliminating all corruption, ascending to the throne himself, and naming Zhao Linger, Lin Yueru, and Anu as Queen Mothers. He suppresses the world, destroys the immortals and destroys the gods, and lives a happy and shameless life from then on."
After he finished speaking, the whole audience fell silent.
Qi Mu opened his mouth wide, without typing a single line of code, his saliva dripping onto the keyboard.
Li Yuchen seemed to be offline, his expression was frozen.
The friends behind him were all petrified.
Lin Wen urged, "Don't be in a daze! Do it now!"
“This…this…”
Qi Mu had a sad face. He regretted very much not listening to Li Yuchen. If he had added a happy ending earlier, it wouldn't have turned out like this.
Li Yuchen burst into laughter: "Hahaha, I call you art! Lao Qi, I'm dying of laughter..."
"Chief Lin, this doesn't fit." Qi Mu tried to find a reason to deny this ridiculous plot. "This is too disconnected from the previous story."
Lin Wen said impatiently, "What's the point of separation? The Emperor of Heaven established a hierarchy, decreeing that the gods rule the mortal world. The gods became corrupt, and humans rebelled. The Emperor ordered a rebellion, but when humans resisted, he ordered the Heavenly Queen, Nuwa, to destroy humanity. Nuwa disobeyed and descended to protect humanity. The Emperor of Heaven expelled Nuwa from the divine fold, forcing her to die alone in the mortal world."
"Isn't this a standard villain? The Moon Worshiper is just a piece of shit. If we don't defeat this villain, what's the point of all the previous plot? After all this effort, if there is no positive result, isn't that just feeding the players shit?"
"For players, I paid you money just to stuff shit in my mouth? Do you think Tonglibaba's reputation isn't bad enough? Look at how many people are cursing you online."
Qi Mu's face was twisted. He didn't even pay attention to this background because it had nothing to do with the plot. He didn't expect that County Chief Lin would lay such a big trap.
“But…but…”
He tried hard to find a rebuttal, but suddenly an idea struck him, and he said, "Well, County Chief Lin, we're about to go online, and we don't have time to do such a long plot."
Lin Wen asked impatiently, "Is it difficult?"
Qi Mu said hurriedly: "Of course it's difficult! You see, we have to make a map of the God Realm, the enemies of the immortal gods, and the Emperor of Heaven. It's a huge project."
"Your thinking is too rigid."
Lin Wen was simply disappointed with his friend.
"You've worked at Blue Moon, but look at this map of Yangzhou. If you add a layer of volumetric clouds and two layers of golden light, wouldn't it be the divine realm?"
Qi Mu was stunned for a moment. A scene had already appeared in his mind: the prosperous Yangzhou City was submerged in white clouds, and the ancient buildings were shrouded in golden light.
It seems to have some appearance of the divine realm.
He was stunned and asked foolishly, "What about the enemy?"
"Just pick any one. For example, if you add two giant golden wings to this Caiyi, wouldn't she be the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens? If you give this Prison-Suppressing King, the Lonely Sword Immortal, ten more layers of golden light, wouldn't she be a soldier from the Divine Realm? If you add twenty more layers of golden light and twelve pairs of golden wings to this Witch King, wouldn't he be the Emperor of Heaven?"
Qi Mu was speechless. Instead, Li Yuchen became a little worried: "Wenjun, isn't this too simple? Will the players have any objections?"
Lin Wen laughed and said, "Impossible! They're already having a blast. If you're worried about complaints, then add a few more family photos featuring beautiful women happily playing together, and throw in a few subtle bonuses. Believe me, you'll be praised."
No one was speechless, and everyone was shocked by Lin Wen's wild imagination.
Lin Wen urged, "Let's get started now without delay. I want it online within three days."
Raising his voice: "Is it okay?"
Qi Mu and his friends were shocked and hurriedly replied, "Okay!"
"Well, come on."
Lin Wen turned and left, leaving the group scratching their heads, excited about the new ending which became more and more exciting the more they thought about it.
Three days later.
Tenglibaba’s latest work “Legend of Sword and Fairy” is now online.
The price is 98 yuan and it is sold in the form of CDs. Each CD has a unique D5 code to prevent people from taking it for free.
This is Lin Wen's advanced encryption technology. With the current computing power of the world, it will take about a year to crack it, unless someone shamelessly uses multiple mainframes in series to decrypt it.
Before going online, Tenglibaba carried out extensive publicity. The pop-up windows on seals were full of its advertisements, and Cao Yuan and others from Changshan County placed advertisements on almost all suitable pages.
According to the data from the Empire, approximately 9% of households in the Empire own personal computers, and the total Internet coverage rate is 11%. There are a total of 300,000 Internet cafes in 57 first-tier cities and more than 300 second-tier cities, with a total number of Internet users of approximately 500 million.
Compared to the total population of the empire, the number is not particularly large, but the online world is developing at the speed of light, with more than 10 million new Internet users added every month.
It can be said that there are prospects and potential for the future, and the "seals" who have made a lot of money clearly illustrate this point.
However, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was not well received.
Because this is the era of the Internet.
Standalone games are seen as a thing of the past with no future.
Upon hearing the news, Elder Cheng, who was conquering the online world, said contemptuously, "That little bastard has become arrogant. Changshan County is full of immature fools who can't see the development of the times. Sooner or later, they will be trampled under my feet."
The subordinate said, "Mr. Cheng, are we going to hinder them?"
Chengzhang shook his head. "No need. Let's focus on our project. If this thing can sell for tens of millions, I'll eat my son's ashes."
It's not just Cheng Group; most market observers think so.
Facts have also proved that their judgment was correct.
In its first week of sales, it sold only 1.4 million copies, with total revenue of only 140 million and an even lower net profit.
According to market model calculations, its final sales volume is 5 million copies, with total revenue of no more than 500 million. After deducting publicity and R&D costs, the net profit may be less than 100 million.
Considering the sales volume of a single-player game, it seems pretty good.
But judging from the current size of Tenglibaba and the scale of its publicity, there is no doubt that it has failed.
After more than a year of research and development, they earned what they earned in a week at their peak.
Many people sighed and felt that stand-alone computers had reached their end and that networking was the future. The Imperial Network Coordination Department was desperately building networks, pulling network cables, upgrading servers, expanding computer sales, and bringing more Imperials into this information age.
All electronic industry groups in the empire are moving towards networking.
It can be said that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a product that goes against the trend, and its failure is inevitable.
Even the people who were in pain were very discouraged, and Qi Mu was even more depressed. He felt that his whole life had become gloomy.
We've been struggling for so long, and this is the end?
However, Lin Wen was very confident and came over to comfort them, telling them that time would prove everything.
(End of this chapter)
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