They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 254: Playing Games While Working

When the news of Zhang Wei winning the Fields Medal reached back to China, the mainstream media reported it, but just as Zhang Wei himself expected, it did not cause much waves.

Because at this time, the domestic media's attention is on that man.

2006年7月12日，刘翔在国际田联超级大奖赛洛桑站男子110米栏的决赛中，以12秒88的成绩打破了沉睡13年之久的男子110米栏世界纪录。为中国体育书写了最辉煌的一页！
Liu Xiang's achievement is absolutely of great value. In the history of Chinese sports, I dare not say it is the first, but it is definitely ranked in the top three.

Two years ago at the Athens Olympics, Liu Xiang won the gold medal, which was a major breakthrough for Chinese sports. At that time, Liu Xiang was already a media darling, and now that he has broken the world record, all the spotlights are naturally on Liu Xiang, and other news has become dim.

The news of Liu Xiang breaking the world record is there, who would pay attention to other things?

What is the Fields Medal? Few ordinary people know. When reporting on the news about the Fields Medal, we must first explain to readers what the Fields Medal is.

In this era when the high school admission rate is only 40%, the undergraduate admission rate is less than 30%, and advanced mathematics is still the most failed subject in college, if we introduce a mathematics award to the general public, I guess many people will fall asleep after reading the beginning!
It is a thankless task to make news about the Fields Medal. There is no way it can be as eye-catching as the news about Liu Xiang breaking the world record. Even if there is a row of railings on the track, it is still possible to tell who is faster and who is slower!
As a result, when it came to the newspapers, Liu Xiang's news dominated the front pages for many days in a row, and various media people and experts came to take advantage of the popularity. However, Zhang Wei's winning of the Fields Medal could only be mentioned in the science and technology section or the education section.

The same was true on television, where the news devoted a lot of space to reporting on Liu Xiang, from the competition process to the post-match interview, and CCTV alone broadcast it several times in rotation. However, Zhang Wei's Fields Medal was only accompanied by a "please watch the news briefing below."

It’s not that the country does not attach importance to scientific research, but it’s that scientific research is too far away from ordinary people.

There was no self-media at that time. If it were now, as soon as there was a breakthrough in the field of scientific research, the self-media UP host would immediately make a video to explain the matter clearly.

In 2006, journalists probably didn't even know what Mersenne primes were. How could you ask them to explain them to their readers?
You want people who study journalism to explain mathematics? Come on! If they were good at mathematics, would they study journalism?

Zhang Wei is not too concerned about this result. It is normal that scholars cannot attract as much traffic as celebrities and athletes. Moreover, this is Liu Xiang at his peak!
Take mathematics as an example. Apart from Hua Luogeng and Chen Jingrun, how many mathematicians do ordinary people know?

If it weren’t for the era of self-media, who would know Peking University’s Wei Shen?

If you study mathematics and participate in a math competition, even if you win the championship, who will know you if the self-media does not follow suit and report on it?

On the contrary, as long as the self-media is willing to follow the trend and take advantage of the popularity, even if it only gets a place in the preliminary round, it will become well-known by people.

Even in today's era of self-media, how many mathematicians can we ordinary people name who are in their prime?
But who can’t name a few popular entertainment stars or athletes?

Someone asked me to name a Chinese football player. It was such a difficult question, but I could think of Wu Lei. I can also name other popular athletes in other sports without much difficulty.

There was no self-media in 2006, so scholars could not compete with celebrities and athletes in terms of fame, let alone top athletes like Liu Xiang.

Although science and education are the key to national prosperity and science and technology are the primary productive forces, it is difficult for ordinary people like us to intuitively feel the power of scientific research.

People often say that scientists work for decades, but it is not as good as a live broadcast by an internet celebrity. Then there are a series of pills, followed by a bunch of reflection monsters.

However, for most people, daily life is tiring enough, and chasing a TV series, watching a live broadcast, and waiting for a game are already the cheapest entertainment.

At this time, people are still asked to worry about the country and the people. They have to reflect on themselves. Do you think the mountain of life is not heavy enough and do you want to add two more bricks?
……

After returning to China, Zhang Wei accepted several exclusive interviews, but as public opinion was focused on Liu Xiang, the interviews did not cause much stir and were only circulated in the academic community. As a result, the media no longer looked for Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei was happy to have some free time. He first had a meal with Wang Xing and learned about the development of the campus network.

In the past two months, the development of Xiaonei.com has been going according to plan. No new content has been launched, and no mistakes have occurred. The number of users has been growing steadily, and the money for renting servers is sufficient. After all, in 2006, prices were low, and it was not easy to burn through $100 million.

Then Zhang Wei went back to Weiguang Technology. The development of the new web game "Hot-Blooded Three Kingdoms" was nearing completion, and Yao Xiaoguang was contacting advertising agencies and posting job openings to hire people to act as agents.

The game content of Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms is much more complicated than the previous Three Kingdoms Generals, so the agents hired this time need to be trained in advance and familiarize themselves with the game content.

Moreover, Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms has a guild function. At that time, two agents can each establish a guild, and the two sides will PK to stimulate the bosses in the guild to spend money. These are all important contents of training.

Zhang Wei tried out "Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms" and felt it was pretty good, better than he had imagined. After briefly making a few suggestions for revisions, he became a hands-off boss again and threw all the trivial matters to Yao Xiaoguang.

After arranging these things, Zhang Wei planned to return to his hometown in Qinhai.

It's hot in Beijing this summer. It's summer vacation again, so why not go back to your big villa by the sea, where the temperature is 26 degrees, the sun is shining, and you can read a book in the sea breeze. In the evening, you can have two kilograms of fresh beer from the second factory, and your life will be so comfortable.

……

It's a hot summer day and I have no mood to work.

This is the case with Kong Xianglin. Although he is a white-collar worker sitting in an office with air conditioning, every time he looks out the window and feels the earth being scorched, he is always unable to concentrate and has no interest in working.

Fortunately, his work is not heavy, and he can often slack off when he is not busy. It doesn’t matter if he is seen by his colleagues. As long as he is not discovered by his leader, there will be no big problem.

At this time, Kong Xianglin, who was not interested in work, started to slack off again. He opened an Excel document and seemed to be checking a table, but in fact his fingers were on the ALT and TAB keys. With a light press of his fingers, he switched to the novel website of Qidian Chinese Network.

Reading novels is a good way to slack off at work.

The novels Kong Xianglin is currently reading are "Song of the Evil Wind" and "We Are the Champions", and he quickly finished reading the latest chapters.

But I still don’t want to work!
"What should I do? How about checking the news?" Kong Xianglin opened the web page out of boredom and prepared to go to the portal website to check the news.

A line of red words on the homepage of Hao 123 instantly attracted Kong Xianglin.

“I can play games while working.”

Seeing this slogan, Kong Xianglin, who was at work, instinctively clicked on the link. After a short loading period, the four big words "Hot-Blooded Three Kingdoms" appeared on the screen.

Of course, there is also a picture of the greasy senior sister designed by Kim Taehyung.

The greasy senior sister had a loving look in her eyes and her body proportions were terrifying. Although she was an animated character, Kong Xianglin couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

As the registration interface popped up, Kong Xianglin instinctively entered his account and password and completed the registration.

After entering the game, the most basic game tutorial will begin, teaching players how to build cities, how to recruit soldiers, how to recruit generals, how to send troops to fight, how to use items, etc.

Kong Xianglin is not a novice in gaming. He has played some games before. After a series of tutorials, he has become familiar with how to play the game.

Finally, we reach the last step of the tutorial, and a message box pops up:

"Please set a boss key."

"What is the boss key?" Just as Kong Xianglin was confused, a new prompt appeared under the information box:
"The boss key is specially designed for office workers. Its main function is to instantly hide the game window through a set shortcut key. When the player is playing the game, the boss makes a surprise inspection. With just one click, the game window can be instantly hidden and the system volume can be turned off. After the danger is over, press the shortcut key again to restore the hidden game window."

After reading this tip, Kong Xianglin roughly understood the meaning of the boss key. He thought about it, and pressed A in the boss key setting box. From then on, button A became Kong Xianglin's boss key.

After the boss key is set successfully, there is another prompt: "Press the boss key to hide the game window, and press the boss key again to restore it."

Kong Xianglin directly pressed the A button on the keyboard, and the game window disappeared instantly, leaving only the EXCEL table on the desktop.

"Is it a one-click minimizer?" Kong Xianglin looked at the task bar at the bottom of the screen, and there was no task box for "Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms".

"Not minimized!" Kong Xianglin was full of curiosity. He minimized the EXCEL spreadsheet again, but still did not find the game interface on the desktop.

"It's really gone!" Kong Xianglin pressed the A button again, and the game interface instantly returned to the screen.

"It's amazing! This design is great. I press a button and the game interface disappears completely. It doesn't even appear in the taskbar below. Even if my boss comes to look at my screen, he won't be able to tell that I'm playing games."

Kong Xianglin tried it a few more times and found that this function is really easy to use!

When playing games in the office, the biggest fear is being discovered by the boss. Even if it is not working hours, the boss will feel uneasy when seeing the game on your screen.

Now with this boss key, you can play games without anyone noticing!

For those who slack off at work, this feature is simply a magic weapon!

Regardless of whether this game is fun or not, this function alone makes it very suitable for office workers like Kong Xianglin.

So, Kong Xianglin was immersed in the game for the whole afternoon. Occasionally, when the leader came over, he only needed to press the keyboard, and instantly he would change from being a slacking Kong Xianglin to a hard-working Kong Xianglin.

Finally, even the leader couldn't stand it anymore. He stretched, stood up, and walked around the office as if to stretch his muscles. When he walked to Kong Xianglin, he found that Kong Xianglin was staring at a data report seriously.

I looked at the computer taskbar again, and apart from the EXCEL icon, no other programs were running, not even a browser was open.

"Xiao Kong, it's been the whole afternoon and I haven't seen you drink water or go to the toilet. You've just been staring at the computer. Why don't you get up and exercise!" said the leader with a smile.

"Thank you, Director. I will finish reading this report right away!" Kong Xianglin said.

"Young people are so capable!" The director nodded with satisfaction.

Regardless of the work efficiency, there is nothing wrong with the work attitude!

As soon as the director left, Kong Xianglin immediately pressed the shortcut key.

"Huh? There's actually a Sun Ce in the tavern. This Sun Ce has a very high command ability and a very good fighting power. He's awesome. We must recruit him.

Recruiting Sun Ce actually requires a treasure, 200 Night Pearls. It seems that the Night Pearls can only be obtained by completing a quest, and it is a quest that can only be completed by spending gold ingots!"

Kong Xianglin hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't bear to leave Sun Ce.

Then let’s spend money on gold!

……

After charging some gold ingots, Kong Xianglin recruited powerful generals, equipped them with equipment, and improved their attributes.

Then I went out and fought a few battles, and I felt pretty good and that I was pretty awesome.

After clicking on the ranking list and flipping through a few pages, Kong Xianglin also saw his ID.

At this moment, the private message icon flashed, and a player sent a letter to him.

When Kong Xianglin opened the letter, he found that a player had invited him to join a guild called Juyi Villa.

Kong Xianglin clicked on the guild rankings again and found that Juyi Villa ranked third on the guild list.

"After joining the guild, the construction speed, recruitment speed, and general attributes are all increased! This must be increased!"

Thinking of this, Kong Xianglin accepted the invitation without hesitation.

Soon, a pop-up window appeared on the interface. It was a member of the same guild, inviting him to join in a mission to defeat Karasuma.

Kong Xianglin readily agreed and completed the task with several guild members, obtaining a golden treasure chest.

"When I team up to complete a mission, there's actually a gold treasure chest? I remember that this gold treasure chest costs two ingots to buy in the mall! There's also this benefit of joining a guild."

Kong Xianglin opened the treasure chest and got a chance to have a grand feast.

"Let's have a grand feast, and a red general will definitely appear in the tavern! I'm going to have another red general!" Kong Xianglin was ecstatic.

Therefore, Kong Xianglin couldn't wait to invite fellow guild members to complete more tasks.

However, he was rejected. The other party thought he was too inexperienced and was unwilling to take him to complete difficult tasks.

Kong Xianglin suddenly became EMO!
Recharge, you must continue to recharge!

After getting some awesome generals and updating his equipment, someone finally took Kong Xianglin on a mission.

At this moment, another private message came. Kong Xianglin opened it and found that it was from the guild president.

"At eight o'clock tonight, there will be a guild war, our guild will face Xiaoyao Pavilion! There will be rewards if we win."

Kong Xianglin clicked on the guild list and saw that Xiaoyao Pavilion was ranked fifth.

"Their ranking is not as good as ours, they can definitely win!" Kong Xianglin signed up decisively.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the guild war began. Juyi Villa, where Kong Xianglin was, defeated Xiaoyao Pavilion. Kong Xianglin also obtained some treasures that could be used to recruit generals.

The guild president was even more generous and gave Kong Xianglin a Lu Su.

Then the president sent another message: "Tomorrow night there will be a guild war. Our guild will fight against the Tiandihui. If we win, we will be the second place. Come on, brothers!"

"Boss, I will definitely be there!" Kong Xianglin replied immediately.

At this moment, Kong Xianglin suddenly felt his blood boiling. Although it was a web game, the feeling of killing legends and attacking Shabak back then seemed to have come back again!

"Do you want to recharge some more gold and upgrade your equipment?"

Think about it, the guild boss is so good to me and directly gave me a general. If I don’t upgrade him, I would be letting him down.

So Kong Xianglin readily clicked on the recharge page.

……

In a rental house, there is a row of computers, and a young man sits in front of each computer.

"Tomorrow will be the time for our guild to PK." One of them said.

"I know. I have done the pre-war mobilization. I have sent messages to everyone in the guild. I guess many of you are busy recharging your gold ingots now." Another person said.

The top guild presidents in the server are actually hired by Weiguang Technology.

Each of them controls several guilds, and they fight guild wars against each other every day. From time to time, they give gifts to members to encourage them to participate in guild wars.

PK is the game mode that is most likely to trigger players’ desire to become stronger. If you want to become stronger, then just spend money!

At this time, another person walked into the room: "The boss just said that each guild should create a QQ group. It is best to add all guild members to the group. In the future, we should often send information about winning awesome generals and upgrading equipment. Only when they see it will they be willing to spend money!"

……

Kong Xianglin joined the guild’s QQ group.

The QQ group is quite lively. Some people teach how to match troops, some teach how to complete tasks, and some even directly call people to form a team.

Of course, the most unbearable thing is when someone shows off his military attributes.

"Look at my Zhao Yun?" A screenshot appeared in the QQ group.

When Kong Xianglin saw this screenshot, he was immediately shocked. Zhao Yun’s attributes are so awesome!
Immediately afterwards, this person took screenshots to show off his equipment.

"The Qinggang Sword, the Silver Armor, and the White Dragon Horse are all inlaid with third-level gems. This set of equipment is amazing!" Kong Xianglin's eyes were immediately filled with envy.

"Look at my Lu Bu!" Someone else sent a screenshot.

Someone immediately responded: "With the Fang Tian painted halberd, the red rabbit horse, and the beast-faced swallowing head chain armor, this Lu Bu is invincible!"

Looking at these powerful generals, Kong Xianglin suddenly felt that his own generals were all misfits.

At this moment, Kong Xianglin was deeply stimulated.

"No, I have to update my generals and upgrade my equipment!"

Kong Xianglin clicked on the recharge interface without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)