Chapter 309 The temptation of earning 800 yuan a day!

Jiangning, Yang Erge Hot Pot Restaurant.

As soon as Chen Ba finished ordering his food, he heard a heated discussion coming from table number seven not far away.

"Brother Zhou, you are mining in the dormitory. What if you are found out?"

"Don't talk nonsense! How could I be mining? I was clearly playing games. Is there any rule in the school that forbids us from playing games in the dormitory?"

“We didn’t catch up with the good time when Bitcoin skyrocketed, but we can catch the train of Abacoin. Let me tell you, this thing will definitely rise in the future…”

Chen Ba turned his head and took a look.

These young people who were talking seemed to be college students from the university town next door, but I didn't know which university they were from.

But that doesn't matter.

The important thing is, it has only been a few days, but the news that the game "Abba's True Story" can be mined has spread so widely? Even college students are secretly mining Abba coins in their dormitories? "From what I know, your company should be a game company, right?"

Wang Ya, who had taken a sip of juice, seemed to have heard the discussion among the young people, so she asked, "Since it is a game company, why did they come up with something like Abacoin?"

Chen Ba: “…”

You ask me? How would I know! Although he made the game, he didn't write the core code. How would he know that the Iron-Han-Han system had a special algorithm in the game? "It's just a coincidence!"

Chen Ba tried to clear himself up by saying, "Apart from this accident, The Legend of Abba is still an excellent public welfare game."

“But no one cares!”

"How many people come here for the gameplay of Abba's Story, and how many come here for mining? You must know that, right?"

Chen Ba had nothing to say.

Although what Wang Ya said was unpleasant to hear, it was an indisputable fact. Up to now, the game "Abba's Story" has millions of players.

Among these millions of players, how many of them are playing games seriously? The answer may disappoint you!

There is a special bug in the game "Abba's True Story". After the news leaked that a certain number of "Limited NPC Abbas" could be produced through this bug, the subsequent influx of players almost all came for mining.

It cannot be banned at all!

The game is put on sale on major platforms. People have paid 198 real money to buy the game. There is no way Chen Ba would not sell it to them, right?

By the way.

The number of players of the game is currently around 1.5 million, but the sales of the game exceeded 3 million copies as early as 9 o'clock last night.

Yes, 3 million copies!

Don’t ask why the game was able to sell nearly 3 million copies when the number of players is around 1.5 million?

At first, Chen Ba, like everyone else, was very confused and even puzzled by the sales data. After all, this scene did not conform to common sense.

It was not until he asked Xiao Lu to gather some intelligence that he realized that just yesterday, as the "black market" price of an Aba coin exceeded 800 yuan, a large number of regular troops began to enter the market.

"What is a regular army?"

Wang Ya didn't quite understand these jargons, so she asked curiously.

“Ordinary players use their own computers to mine, which is too inefficient and the output is not stable enough. The regular army refers to those mine owners who use mining machines in batches to mine.”

Chen Ba explained: "They are much more professional than ordinary people. The mining efficiency of professional mining machines is much better than that of home PCs."

This is also the main reason why game sales have skyrocketed, but when counting the actual number of game players, the number is nearly half less.

Because these mine owners don’t buy games one by one, but buy dozens or hundreds of copies at a time and then use them for mining machines.

Of course, because the same Tianba account cannot be used to purchase the same game repeatedly, they purchase the game Cdkey activation codes in bulk through third-party e-commerce platforms such as "TB" or "JD".

"Wait a moment!"

"I have a question. Abacoin is different from other virtual currencies. You need to run the game "Aba's Story" while mining. Am I right?"

“That’s right!”

Chen Ba nodded.

This is also one of the main reasons why Abacoin is "difficult to give birth", because there is one more condition for mining, which is that the game "Aba's True Story" must be running.

If you don't run the "Abba's Story" program, you won't be able to mine according to the algorithm, and you won't be able to get NPC Abba.

"Then how do they use so many game CDkeys they bought at one time? Do they use them on the same machine? Or do they open multiple machines?" Wang Ya asked curiously.

“Just modify the mining machine.”

Chen Ba shook his head: "If it really doesn't work, then use the dumbest way. Have you ever been to an Internet cafe? The workstation + diskless system operation mode of the Internet cafe can also be used to mine Abacoin."

To be precise, someone has already done this.

Before Chen Bagang went out, he saw a post in the Tianba community. The poster was actually an Internet cafe owner.

Due to the popularity of personal computers and smart phones, the Internet cafe business is very depressed. He is also worried and sighing about this, and is about to close down.

Unexpectedly, at this time, someone introduced him to the game "The Legend of Aba" and told him to run this game on all the computers in the Internet cafe. He didn't have to do anything and just lie down and collect money every day.

“Everyone is going crazy!”

Chen Ba smiled bitterly and said, "Because Abacoin is a new thing, it has only been around for a few days, so you know, it's very easy to do it now."

How simple is it? As simple as an ordinary home computer. The configuration does not need to be top-notch. As long as it can run 3A masterpieces smoothly, it is almost enough.

With a computer of this level, you only need to buy a copy of the game "Abba's Story", then debug the bug in the game and let the algorithm run in the background for six or seven hours, and you will be able to calculate an NPC Abba.

"Only one?"

"What are you thinking about? Have you forgotten what I said before? Up to now, one Aba coin can be sold for about 800 yuan on the black market!"

Chen Ba laughed: "Eight hundred yuan may not mean much to a rich girl like you. After all, a meal costs you more than eight hundred yuan."

"But you have to know that more than 90% of the workers in the country do not make 800 yuan a day. Moreover, this money comes too easily. You only need a computer and a game to do nothing but let the game run in the background."

Speaking of this, Chen Ba was also helpless.

The temptation is too strong. Precisely because the temptation is so strong, the college students sitting at table number seven not far away, including a large number of netizens, flocked in.

The game achieved sales of three million in just a few days, bringing in nearly 300 million yuan for Tianba Studio.

"What you said is true. The revenue is so huge. No wonder everyone is going crazy to play Abba's Story."

Wang Ya sighed: "But if I'm not mistaken, this situation shouldn't last too long, right?"

"That's for sure."

"Not to mention that the price of Abacoin is not stable. Where there is potential for a sharp rise, there is also room for a sharp fall. Even if the price remains constant at 800 yuan, this current frenzy will not last long..."

Chen Ba saw it very clearly.

Why is mining Abacoin so profitable at this stage? Because Abacoin is a new thing, not many people have entered the market at this time, so one computer can mine one coin a day.

But what about after a while?

One million people have already entered the market. If nothing unexpected happens, while the output will increase sharply, the difficulty of obtaining NPC Aba will also increase infinitely.

Perhaps in a while, the good days of using a computer to mine an NPC Aba a day will be gone forever.

At that time, you might have to dig for three to four days, or even five to seven days in a row, to dig out an NPC Aba.

Don't ask why this works.

The problem is that there are too many people and too little porridge, and due to the limitations of the underlying algorithm, the total number of NPC Abas generated by a bug in the game "Abba's Story" has an "upper limit".

This upper limit was also discussed and studied within Tianba Studio, and finally Chen Ba himself came up with a rough estimate after reviewing the code written by Tiehanhan system.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Because of the game bug, the total number of NPC Abbas will probably remain in the range of 50 million to 60 million.

This is actually not difficult to calculate.

Not only Tianba Studio has made an estimate, but others, even if they have not viewed the source code like Chen Ba, can still estimate a rough value.

Precisely because this thing has an upper limit and cannot be produced infinitely, the more miners participate in the calculation and mining at the same time, the smaller the chance of each person getting it on average.

To put it bluntly.

The logic of this thing is actually equivalent to a test paper with a constant number of 100 questions. You can solve all these questions, but it just takes some time to "calculate and deduce".

If you are the only candidate answering the questions, you can finish all 100 questions with your eyes closed, after all, no one is competing with you! But if 100 candidates answer the same question at the same time, whoever gives the answer first will get the points?

That's obviously rolled up.

If you can't calculate as fast as others, you are destined to miss this opportunity, and the score you get in the end will be much less.

"And this thing gets harder as you go further. You can probably just dig up a few Aba coins at the beginning, but it's not that easy later on."

Chen Ba said with emotion: "To be honest, when I was designing this game, I never thought it would turn out like this."

Family members, who understands? He just wants to use special themes to protect his TGA annual award.

Who would have thought that the game would actually create a brand new virtual currency!

Who could have imagined this? Tianba Studio was criticized by the higher authorities for this, saying that they were not good students and should have a sense of social responsibility and spread positive energy.

Fortunately, the subject matter of "The Story of Abba" is very special, otherwise this game would most likely be banned by the higher authorities.

Thinking of this, Chen Ba also broke out in a sweat.

Before the release of "Abba's Story", he announced that he would donate half of the proceeds from the game to set up a special charity fund to help people with disabilities.

This move was originally intended to create a good image and reputation, and to build momentum for the award. Unexpectedly, it was this move that saved the life of "Abba's Story".

It can be said that...

If it weren't for the special subject matter of "Abba's Story", the fact that it is a public welfare game, and the "profit donation" image that Tianba Studio had created in advance, this game would definitely follow in the footsteps of "GTA5".

“Is it that scary?”

“You don’t understand!”

Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Virtual currencies like Bitcoin are very sensitive in China. The reason why Abba was able to survive and avoid exile to overseas markets is entirely due to the fact that it is a public welfare game."

Of course, the game was saved, but the trading of "Abacoin" was severely hit.

That's why Chen Ba used the "black market price" to measure the value of an Aba coin. Because apart from the shady black market, there is currently no public trading channel for Aba coins.

"This is also to combat illegal activities. Virtual currency is just a game of passing the parcel, and there are many dark sides behind it."

Chen Ba said righteously: "So our Tianba Studio actively cooperates and also cracks down on the trading of Abacoin."

Wang Ya: “…”

Good, good, good, so positive! If she didn't know what kind of person Chen Ba was in private, she would have really believed what he said.

"Ahem, eat, eat!"

As the shabu-shabu pot he ordered began to be served, Chen Ba didn't want to talk about this topic any more, and quickly asked Wang Ya to start eating.

He is treating us to today's meal.

It was mainly to thank Wang Ya for helping him get in touch with a top interior decoration designer in Jiangning.

Mr. Chen wants to renovate the house because there is no children's room now. It will be inconvenient to take care of grandchildren in the future. The interior layout is not good. Anyway, he has enough money to renovate it.

"By the way, if your house is being renovated, where will you live during this time?"

"Old Chen is going back to his hometown to play for a while and visit his fellow villagers. As for me, the company has a room for me."

Chen Ba was not worried about this problem at all. Tianba’s headquarters was such a big building, how could there not be a place for him to sleep?

Besides, if you really have no place to live, just buy another house!

"My dad wants you to live in my house. My villa is very big anyway. Besides, my dad is in the hospital now and my mom is away all year round. There are a lot of empty rooms in the house."

"ah?"

When Chen Ba heard this, he almost dropped his chopsticks and said in embarrassment, "This is not a good influence, right?"

Old Wang lives in the hospital's VIP room, and Mrs. Wang is away all year round. So isn't Wang Ya the only one at Old Wang's house?

This... a man and a woman living under the same roof, it's inevitable that people will imagine a lot! Chen Ba didn't expect that Lao Wang would take this opportunity to make such a "let the wolf in the house" suggestion. Is he really tired of living in the hospital and wants to finish his role as soon as possible?

Considering that Old Chen was fine and suddenly said he wanted to renovate the house, Chen Ba couldn't help but wonder if these two old guys had colluded with each other?

But then again…

Old Wang was so deliberate, could he have arranged for the nanny to drug his food when he was admitted, so that he could hold his grandson just when he was discharged from the hospital? The more Chen Ba thought about it, the darker his face became. He felt that if he agreed to this, his life would be in jeopardy!

(End of this chapter)