The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 307: Angry players! Encirclement and suppression of Dream Building!
Dear players and friends:
Hello everyone.

We are very sorry to inform you of a bad news -

The holographic display device that was originally planned to be on sale on the 24th can no longer be sold as scheduled.

Future release date is yet to be determined.

Two hours ago, FBI agents and the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Committee came to the door at the same time and took away all the bottled media on the grounds that they were dangerous chemicals.

Once again, we must clarify:
[Bottled media] are by no means "hazardous chemicals"!
We know clearly that two months ago, the holographic equipment was put into use in the Ningzhou Dream Building Experience Store.

So far no one has been harmed.

Half a month ago, holographic display devices were launched in Xiaguo and more than one million units were sold.

No one was harmed as a result.

It makes no sense to say that bottled media are hazardous chemicals and that holographic display equipment poses a safety hazard!

Before the media entered the country, we carefully completed all the reporting work, without missing any link and without being questioned in any process.

But after the equipment was delivered, someone came to the door immediately and took away all the media...

We cannot accept such unreasonable and brutal treatment and are determined to use the law to defend our reputation and interests!

Until the FBI and CSB complete their investigations and clear us of all charges, the sale of holographic equipment will have to be suspended indefinitely.

——Dream Building Games Los Angeles Branch
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The cargo plane arrived in Los Angeles in the evening.

The FBI and CSB also came to the door in the evening and took away all the bottled media.

The Los Angeles branch contacted the headquarters and wrote and released the announcement very quickly after receiving Xu Meng’s request.

This resulted in the announcement arriving in front of their leaders while the five FBI and CSB vehicles were still moving on the congested road.

At the same time, it has also reached tens of millions of dream-building users in the United States.

The players in the United States were furious on the spot:

"Wardfa?! Does the FBI even care about games?"

"CSB? You don't care about the chemical pollution from the train overturning, but you come here to care about games??"

"I've been waiting for two months, and now I'm being cut off?"

"I even changed my bed to a double bed! Now you're suddenly telling me I can't buy one?"

"Shit CSB, hate comes from Texas!"

"Is it possible that this is just a misunderstanding, and CSB will return the items tomorrow, so Dream Building can still be released as planned?"

"I think the more likely scenario is that they said there was something wrong with DreamCraft's equipment, but a few months later, Sofort and AsiaInfo both started selling holographic equipment."

"Fcuk Soford! Fuck Asia News! Fuck CSB!"

……

The reaction from American players was quite strong.

Their distrust of the federal government and big business is almost instinctive.

The announcement from the Los Angeles branch of Dream Building provided a lot of details and was very convincing.

This has resulted in the players who have been waiting for a long time becoming as angry as they were before!
However, their anger was directed at the federal government and large corporations, and the only unit that was targeted was the CSB.

——Almost no one is criticizing the FBI.

The American people still know who they can and cannot mess with...

But they are afraid of the FBI, while players from other places are not.
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Domestic players have mixed feelings.

On the one hand, we realize that there is one less competitor - after DreamWorks no longer supplies the U.S. market, the domestic supply of holographic equipment will definitely increase a lot!

It's just got easier to buy holographic equipment.

But on the other hand, they couldn't help but worry about Xu Meng:

What if the holographic display technology is cracked?
Wouldn’t that be a big loss? !

Thinking of this, they became extremely dissatisfied with the FBI, CSB, and even the entire federal government for doing this.

Xia country players are not afraid of the FBI, they will curse when they need to!
Many people even felt unsatisfied and deliberately climbed over the wall to go to the US social media to curse.

It wasn't until my account was blocked that I felt a little relieved.

In contrast, European players, who are geographically separated from the United States by the Atlantic Ocean but politically closely connected to the United States, have less complicated thoughts.

They are so happy!
DreamWorks has branches in Germany, the United Kingdom and France, the three largest game markets in Europe.

However, due to limited production capacity, the first batch of goods was only sent to the United States - after all, when it comes to the gaming market, the United States is larger than Europe.

Regarding this, the three branches have already answered European players, and European players also know clearly that if they want to buy holographic equipment, they have to wait until at least mid-March.

Everyone has already accepted it. The market is not as big as others, and the number of players is not as many as others. It is reasonable for Dream Building to have some inclinations.

But now it seems that the United States can no longer sell it?

That's great!
Now that the biggest competitor has been eliminated, all the goods originally belonging to the United States can be sent to Europe!
Although this batch has been seized by the FBI, it is estimated that they will not be returned.

But there is still the next batch!

And the next batch, and the next batch, and the next batch... they're all ours!
European players rejoice!
Even better, the next day, German players received good news:

The holographic device, which was originally scheduled to go on sale in mid-March, has been moved up by two weeks and will be available for purchase as early as March 3st!
The UK and French branches also announced that the release date was moved up by a week!
Less than an hour after the announcement.

[Thank you, FBI] became a hot word on social networks in Europe and the United States, and quickly topped the hot trend list.

This made American players very angry.

Plus, a whole day had passed and there was no follow-up to this matter—

The FBI and CSB neither announced publicly that there was a problem with the batch of bottled media, nor did they say that there was no problem.

The question is "Testing is in progress, please wait patiently for the results."

American players became even angrier.

Then, on social networks, there were a lot of angry words like:
"The somatosensory synchronization suit is fine, so how could the holographic display be dangerous?"

"I'm really worried that Dream Building's hardware is in danger. Why don't you investigate the Fantasy Game Kit as well?"

"The medium is not dangerous at all! Otherwise, they would not just seize the medium but ignore the Dream Building Company that sent the medium in!"

"That's right! How can you seize dangerous goods without checking the shipping company? You should act more professionally, right?"

……

These voices appeared suddenly and created extremely high heat in a short period of time.

Niiiko was confused:

"what's the situation?"

"What kind of idiot would say something like that?"

“Are these people really gamers?”

……

of course not!

Since the bottled media of Dream Building's Los Angeles branch was seized yesterday evening, Hermann, CEO of Sony Entertainment North America, immediately took action!

On the one hand, we kept a close eye on the whereabouts of that batch of media, exchanged money for information, and strived for admission to holographic technology.

On the other hand, take this opportunity to strike at all of DreamZhu’s businesses in North America!
These public opinions are not the key.

——This crude trick can’t fool anyone with a discerning eye, or even smart netizens.

But it doesn’t matter, Herman’s goal is not to deceive netizens and players.

This is just a reason to intervene.

With this reason, the money and connections spent on the other side can promote another thing -

Conduct a comprehensive investigation into DreamZhu’s business operations in the United States!
All the money he had spent and the connections he had accumulated before began to cash in at this critical moment!

In addition, the Softor game box provided cover.

That’s how it happened—

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has questioned the content rating of "Project Frost" and the privacy of user data, saying it does not rule out the possibility of re-examining and removing the game from the shelves.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused the game's card-drawing system of "Project Frost" of engaging in deceptive marketing, inducing users to spend far more money than expected, and demanded $2000 million in compensation from DreamBuild.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) brought up the "war simulator causing consumers' fractures" incident again, questioned the security of the Fantasy game platform, and required DreamCraft to submit a more detailed third-party security verification report. If it fails to pass, it may lead to a ban on the sale of related products.

……

In just two days, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

One official agency after another appeared, almost forming a siege on Zhumeng!
The little bit of room for maneuver left is just to wait for a result.

It's just that this result came much slower than they expected...
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A biological laboratory in Los Angeles that has never been open to the public has been brightly lit and has been working continuously night and day.

Several older scientific researchers were having dinner at home when government employees came to their homes and invited them to this laboratory.

It’s just a pity that their progress is not very optimistic.

Several middle-aged scholars in lab coats sat in front of the instruments, looking at the composition and property analysis of the substances in the "bottled medium" and fell into deep confusion.

"Can this thing... really display dynamic holographic images?"

(End of this chapter)