The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 360 April Fools' Day Product Launch! (Seeking monthly tickets)
Xu Meng in turn advised Wu Shuang: Don’t be so extreme.

That's a lithography machine, not a bank.

If you rob a bank without leaving any evidence, the police will not be able to figure out who did it.

But grabbing the lithography machine...

There are so few people who have criminal motives for this thing! Even if there is no evidence, people will still suspect you.

Unless it is a necessity, then it is really not necessary.

Especially now that the US president has started building a "digital wall", he is clearly very wary of dream-building.

At this time, we have to steal their most advanced lithography machine using holographic equipment and hacking methods.

Xu Meng was worried: Would the president react with stress and directly add Zhumeng to the military blacklist and impose a complete ban?

——Today you can steal a boat without anyone noticing, so tomorrow you can sneak into the white house and steal my Coke button? !
Then the gain outweighs the loss.

Only then did Wu Shuang hang up the phone doubtfully.

……

……

In the next few days, Xu Meng and Wu Shuang were very busy.

Wu Shuang went to organize talents for Xu Meng and communicate between scientific research organizations and semiconductor production companies.

While educating Xiao Meng, Xu Meng was also carefully preparing for the public launch of the dream machine.

Naturally, the players’ calls for Xu Meng fell on deaf ears.

It was not until April 4 that he finally appeared in front of everyone again.

The Dream Building official account suddenly released a live broadcast notice:
[In 30 minutes, Dream Building will hold a large product launch! ]
[Dream Builder founder Xu Meng will appear in person to introduce various magical products to players! ]
[Dear players and media friends, don’t miss it! ]——
Under this live broadcast preview, all the netizens were skeptical:

"A surprise press conference? In half an hour? This is too sudden!"

"Press conference? Today? Is this a serious press conference?"

"So, this is the April Fool's joke you prepared? There wasn't actually a press conference, it was just a hoax, right?"

“This is too careless.”

"Don't waste your energy! I won't be fooled!"

"It may not be fake! I heard that Dream Building even invited the media to the event."

"It's so funny, is it a rare thing for Xu Meng to tease players and the media?"

……

The players were talking about it, half believing and half doubting.

It was not until half an hour later that Zhumeng really opened the live broadcast room, and the debate about "whether there was a press conference" came to an end.

Then everyone started discussing whether this press conference was serious or not.

The discussion also shifted from the comment section of the announcement to the live broadcast room.

With Xu Meng appearing in person, there is no need to say much about the popularity of the event.

As soon as the show started, a large number of comments slid across the screen, greeting Xu Meng.

In the picture, Xu Meng was standing on the podium in a rare formal suit, with an extra-large LED screen behind him.

When the viewers in the live broadcast room saw Xu Meng's serious look, their attitudes immediately became more serious.

——As everyone knows, Xu Meng doesn’t like wearing formal clothes.

Before, it seemed that he would only wear formal clothes and look serious like this when he apologized via video.

At other times, they mostly wear loose clothes, look relaxed and smiling.

Plus he likes to stir up trouble and make things happen.

In the minds of netizens, it has almost become a stereotype.

But because of this, when he suddenly put on formal clothes and appeared in front of the camera in a serious manner, netizens immediately became serious.

I also looked forward to the product he was going to talk about next.

In such anticipation, Xu Meng started the press conference——
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"good morning guys!"

“Welcome to the 2026 Dream Building Games Company and Neuromancer Technology Co., Ltd. large-scale product launch conference!”

“At this conference, we will showcase a series of fantastic products full of fantastic ideas to users around the world!”

“The hardware and software engineers at Dreambuilding and Neuromancer worked together and put in a lot of effort to make these products possible.”

“So first of all, I want to thank them for their hard work!”

"By the way, I would also like to thank Mr. Zhang Yang, the young master of Yuanyang Group, for his help!"

The camera suddenly turned to the audience.

Also wearing a formal suit, looking like a decent person in Xu Meng's eyes, but looking young and handsome in the eyes of netizens, Zhang Dashao appeared on the live broadcast screen.

It's just that Mr. Zhang's expression at this time wasn't very natural.

I wanted to cover my face, but it didn't seem appropriate, so I forced myself to smile and wave at the camera.

On the contrary, the editor-in-chief of "Game Observation" Gu Chen and editor Huo Dao, who were sitting on his left, had anticipation and excitement on their faces.

On his right sat Wu Shuang, who looked very serious.

Behind them are the local media in Ningzhou.

Further back in the row are the players living around Jinghu Lake.

After a brief backstage scene, the camera returns to the stage again.

Xu Meng continued his straightforward style and went straight to the point.

“Well, without further ado, let’s get straight to the product introduction!” He raised his hands and clapped twice.

Chen Mengling, the young assistant wearing a dress and with rosy cheeks, walked up to the stage carrying a tray.

There was a bottle of white wine on the tray.

I don’t know if she was trying to hold back her laughter or was embarrassed, but the junior high school girl neither looked at Xu Meng nor at the audience. She just lowered her head and looked at the tray and wine in her hands.

Xu Meng remained calm, picked up the bottle of liquor from the tray, and introduced it to the camera:
“This is the first product of this conference!”

"【Vodka】!"

The players were shocked by Xu Meng's formal attire and serious expression:

"Fuck, white wine???"

"Vodka??? Is the knockoff so blatant?"

"A gaming company's product launch conference released a brand of liquor?"

"No, buddy, figure it out, who drinks before playing games?"

"Then I want to ask, is this wine brewed by the software engineers of Dream Building or the hardware engineers of Neuromancer?"

"Wait, why do the shape and label of this wine bottle look familiar?"

……

Xu Meng's introduction continues:
"This alcoholic beverage was well received by players during World War II. Since the launch of Lord of War, more than 200 million bottles have been consumed!"

"Of these, 280 million bottles were drunk, 677 million bottles were made into incendiary bombs, and 3000 million bottles were thrown at the enemy."

"More than 200 million enemies were knocked unconscious by it, and more than 400 million were burned to death after being ignited!"

"It is an absolute meritorious drink, a must-have for murder and arson!"

……

While Xu Meng was talking, the LED screen behind him began playing the game footage of "Lord of War".

The only difference is that what was played was not a mix of exciting games, but “How to use Baijiu on the battlefield”.

Various kinds of smashed, ignited, and thrown vodkas and liquors kept appearing on the screen.

“We worked really hard to finally recreate this drink!”

“For those who like to drink or make Molotov cocktails, don’t miss this!”

After Xu Meng finished speaking, the camera gave a close-up of the bottle of wine.

On the deliberately aged ginger label, there is a slogan:
【Smoking is harmful to health】

After listening to Xu Meng's nonsense product introduction and looking at the slogan on the bottle, the fans finally realized -

"I see! Is this a game peripheral?"

"I actually drank it in the game! After I drank it, my character couldn't walk in a straight line, haha."

"So where did the remaining 1 million bottles go? Were they shattered by bullets?"

“When I first saw the words ‘Smoking is harmful to health’ on the wine bottle, I thought Dream Building had made a mistake, but it turns out it was intentional…”

"Buy, buy, buy! Incendiary bomb lovers rejoice!"

……

Amid the excitement of the netizens, Zhang Yang covering his face in the audience, and the confused expressions of the media, the young assistant held back his laughter and walked off the stage with the wine.

Then Xu Fang walked onto the stage holding a large box in one hand and a small square table in the other.

After putting the table away, he put the box down again.

"On to the next product! Also well received!"

Xu Meng opened the box swiftly.

"Desk lamp: [Saint's skirt 2.0]!"

"You should be able to see that: unlike the previous collector's edition, the Saint has a new dress this time!"

“And we’ve added a new outfit-changing mechanism for her!”

"You can change the hem of the Saint's skirt according to your own preferences - that's changing the lampshade of the desk lamp!"

"At the same time, we have also added a game linkage mechanism to this product!"

"If you have used the Mind Cube before and happen to have a holographic display device at home, then..."

"You can make your own avatar appear at the head of the bed and fill in the missing upper part of the lamp."

"By then, what will illuminate you will no longer be just the skirt of the Saint, but the complete 'Saint'!"

"When the time comes, Miss Lamp can not only help you with lighting, but also chat with you and coax you to sleep."

"If you're lucky enough, and you have tactile gloves or a somatosensory synchronized suit, you can even touch your own lamp lady!"

……

As Xu Meng spoke, the big screen behind him showed images of users interacting with the lamp lady.

The player wearing the silver-white tactile gloves stretched out his index finger and touched the fingertips of "Miss Lamp".

Smiles appeared on both of their faces at the same time.

There was a sudden cry of surprise from the audience!
The players in the live broadcast room were screaming with excitement.

Only Wu Shuang, who had always been worried about the social impact of the dream machine after it was made public, looked at Xu Meng with a question mark on his face.

what's the situation?
Isn't today the day you unveil your dream machine?
What is this about vodka and lady lamp???

(End of this chapter)