After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 288 It really is Young Master Xu

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After finishing his chat with Rong Xiyan, Xu Lin used his computer to open the backend of "A Man's Guide to Success".

After another two days of fermentation.

How many characters have you purchased?
Xu Lin took a glance.

2136585 people!
I never expected it to reach 213 million.

Xu Lin was a little surprised, since he had initially expected the number of people to reach one million after two days, but he did not expect it to jump directly to more than two million.

Looking at the Steam reviews, they're full of comments expressing shock and urging for more story updates.

Besides these two comments, there are others.

For example, one comment requested that the map's activity area be expanded.

To save trouble, Xu Lin has not developed any more areas at present.

Currently, there are only two main locations in the game: the protagonist's neighborhood and company. The rest are some minor, unimportant locations. Moreover, the game world allows for teleportation. Otherwise, if it were like real life, with a half-hour commute to work (and that's half an hour by car), who would bother commuting in the game?

Therefore, players cannot go to many places at present. For example, in a residential area, the protagonist can only go to his own floor by taking the elevator upstairs. The same applies to the company. The protagonist's company is on the 31st floor of a commercial building. He can only go up by elevator and cannot go to other floors.

So overall, the map is very small.

It's not that Xu Lin doesn't want to expand, it's that his hardware isn't up to par yet.

If he had millions or hundreds of thousands of servers, and a group of top-notch technical personnel, Xu Lin could move the entire Jiangdu into it.

Is Jiangdu very big?
It is indeed very large, with a population of over 20 million.

Macau Island is about the size of Jiangdu Airport, while the neighboring Hong Kong Island is six times the size of Macau Island.

Moreover, Xu Lin put Jiangdu in exactly the same size, not compressed into it.

But technology is a comprehensive concept. For example, a mobile phone is a collection of many technologies. It's not like you could make a smartphone by hand twenty years ago.

Xu Lin read the comments for a while, then looked at the Little Black Box. It was already number one on the most popular list, and it had also reached number one on Steam's featured list, both appearing in very prominent positions.

"I wish there was a company like that."

Xu Lin suddenly realized that if he had a company, he could do even more things, and it would be easier for him to make money.

However, Xu Lin thought about it again and felt that it would be too much of a waste of energy.

Xu Lin is a man who values ​​his energy and tries to keep things simple whenever possible.

Moreover, and more importantly, if he owns a company, many unpredictable problems will arise.

It is important to understand that everything in the world has two sides, and Xu Lin cannot only think about the good side while ignoring the bad side.

For example, once you own a company, you need to assume corresponding social responsibilities and outwit and outmaneuver various other companies.

Business and politics are the same; both are bloody slaughterhouses.

For example, in business, if your idea or project is very valuable and a big company wants to buy it, but you refuse, then the big company will stop talking to you and just copy it directly, or they might skip the purchase process altogether and just copy it. Then you want to sue to protect your rights, which is even more interesting. In the end, you'll find that you can't even win a lawsuit against them.

Especially as you grow bigger, the problems you face will become larger and more complex. Once you reach that position, you won't be able to control them anymore; you'll be pushed along. For example, if the company is responsible for a portion of the city's employment and tax revenue, you can't just say you don't want to work there anymore.

Just like the kings in chaotic times in ancient times, if you have 100,000 troops under your command, or even less than 100,000, 20,000 or 30,000, then you will have to contend for the world whether you want to or not. When the weather gets cold, someone will naturally put a yellow robe on you. If you don't want to put a yellow robe on you, someone will naturally help you to maintain your dignity.

Xu Lin realized these things, so he didn't have much of an idea about starting a company; it was just a passing thought.

"Let's see next year. Maybe we can set up a studio, do some small things, and have a dozen or so elite employees."

Xu Lin opened the development program.

This is his dedicated Chinese programming development program.

Xu Lin didn't sleep that night and spent more than seven hours developing the third part of the game.

This part has two parts: one is that the protagonist further gains the female lead's trust, and the other is that the protagonist collects evidence of the adulterous couple's affair. There's not much to say about this kind of plot; just continue to develop it.

Another point Xu Lin plans to make is to open up a larger map area.

But there aren't enough servers.

"We need to rent some servers."

A little after four in the morning, Xu Lin checked his latest wealth value.

It's now mid-November, and his online article royalties arrived a couple of days ago, totaling over six million yuan. Adding that to his original balance of over three million yuan, Xu Lin's total savings now amount to only nine million three hundred and sixty thousand yuan.

How many virtual machines would it cost to rent 10,000 cloud servers from Alibaba Cloud per month?
The next day, when Xu Lin had some free time at the Hengdian film set, he called Alibaba Cloud service provider.

Ultimately, Xu Lin found out that 10,000 Shenlong cloud servers would cost 400 million yuan a year, which works out to more than 30 million yuan a month.

With limited funds, Xu Lin could only downgrade to an enterprise-level server, which would cost 1920 million yuan a year, or 160 million yuan a month.

Xu Lin decided to rent for three months first.

Later, when he has more money, Xu Lin will upgrade to the Shenlong Cloud Server.

During the day, Xu Lin stayed on the film set.

It's quite windy here, blowing really hard, but thankfully it's not raining.

Filming for "The Great Jing Dynasty" is still in full swing.

This drama is quite explicit. It's not that it contains any explicit content; on the contrary, there's absolutely no explicit content. What explicit content could a historical drama possibly have?
The scale here is large, mainly in its political metaphors and critiques of reality. Since it's a historical drama, if it doesn't have some intensity, what's the difference between it and the palace intrigue in "Empresses in the Palace"? Neither of them are presentable.

Similar to "In the Name of the People," this drama's airing was achieved despite widespread opposition, and it's highly unlikely that another one like it will ever be made.

So at lunchtime, when everyone had some free time, the director came over to ask Xu Lin, “Speaking of which, this drama is quite explicit, and I’m worried it won’t be able to be released. But we can’t lower the standards, can we? That would be a real shame. Mr. Xu, your script is excellent.”

"No problem, I'll take care of it. We'll film it however we want."

"What did Mr. Xu say?"

"You just need to focus on filming. Getting this TV series approved is just a matter of a few words."

"Haha, I was overthinking it."

The director didn't ask any more questions. If a middle-aged man has made a name for himself in this society, he can't be mentally challenged. It's best to keep your words brief and to the point. Asking too many questions might offend people. There are rumors in the industry that Mr. Xu has a very powerful background.

There was another scene to film that evening, so Xu Lin didn't leave until after 9 p.m.

He went out for a meal in the middle of the night, and Xu Lin returned to the hotel to continue working a little after 11 p.m.

The third part of the game has been completed, and the latest 10,000 cloud servers were put into use this afternoon.

So everything is ready.

At exactly 12:00, Xu Lin officially updated the third part and simultaneously released an announcement on the Steam game homepage.

As the game updated, many players clicked on it immediately.

"Holy crap, it's finally updated."

"This update time is really weird. If it were five minutes later, I would have gone to sleep."

What kind of gameplay will we be doing in this part?

"A fitness system and an in-game store?" "Holy crap, there are things in this store that cost real money?"

"The mall only has one item, a prop called 'Manifestation in Front of People'."

"What's this?"

Curious people can scan the QR code to pay with WeChat. It costs 10 yuan per use, and each use is limited to 15 minutes. You can use it twice a day, which is half an hour.

Xu Lin doesn't offer unlimited access here. After all, it costs ten yuan per session. If those rich guys buy a bunch at once, what's the point of the game?
"Damn, this prop is amazing. I used it once and noticed that the security guards in the community looked at me differently. When my protagonist looked at him, the security guards had to stand at attention."

"Me too, it's like traveling with the leaders."

"Strictly speaking, this is a cheat tool, the so-called 'showing off in front of others,' which means it lets you show off in front of others, making you awesome. If I can't show off in real life, can't I at least show off in the game?"

"Can the author consider the feelings of us rich people? Why can I only use it twice a day? And it only costs me twenty yuan a day? I give at least two thousand yuan in tips to the delivery guys in the same city, or can you offer a more expensive meal to distinguish me from these poor people?"

"With your wealth and resources, Brother Fu should check out the V50."

"Is no one going to discuss the fitness system?"

"I'm studying it. This fitness system is quite interesting. It actually requires players to design their own fitness plans, including diet, rest, and exercise time. Although I'm currently working out, isn't this a bit too troublesome?"

"This fitness routine seems to be mandatory. The author requires everyone to work out. Why? I also find it too troublesome."

"A comeback? How can you make a comeback if you don't work out? Are you going to continue being a greasy guy in the game? Didn't you notice the game's slogan? 'The ultimate goal is to become a top-notch man.' You're a greasy, pot-bellied man, a top-notch man, huh?"

It was exactly 12:30.

Xu Lin has released a new announcement: 10,000 new cloud servers have been added to ensure a better gaming experience for more players. In addition, the map will be further opened and more gameplay will be updated tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM. Please stay tuned.

Below, a wave of anticipation swept through.

"The developer's name is Gongzi Lin, and the author, are you Young Master Xu?"

"Some people have analyzed that the developer of this game is most likely Young Master Xu. Currently, he is the only one in the world who has mastered the AI ​​self-thinking model. Moreover, the AI ​​generates absolutely realistic real people. The combination of the two is almost like a parallel world. Currently, perhaps only Young Master Xu can do this."

"It's because this game is closed-source and you can't see the code, otherwise you would know if it's Young Master Xu. Moreover, it is said that some experts tried to crack it, but the game's defenses are too strong, and they were able to block even the experts."

"Even a top-tier team from a large company can't crack it. Do you think those game companies, or even tech companies, can sit still now? They're more anxious than anyone else. Forget about the big bosses; in front of a whole top-tier team, even the big boss is just a nobody."

"Is it really Young Master Xu? I haven't seen him respond."

While netizens were discussing the matter, Xu Lin continued with his work.

This time, Xu Lin will open up a larger map, including commercial areas and parts of the city. As for the protagonist's residential area, Xu Lin has also opened up other floors, such as residents' homes. If you ask for their opinions, the residents will let you in. Of course, you can also control your character to enter using certain special methods.

In addition, Xu Lin has opened an antique market and a second-hand market.

These two markets are for the protagonist to use for shopping, that is, places to make money. Otherwise, how can the protagonist turn the tables by working hard and risking his life for others?

In reality, truly capable people first accumulate capital by working hard for others. Money is a minor aspect; more important are resources and connections. For example, if you are fired by your boss, and you can take your clients with you when you leave, then those people represent your network of resources, which also proves that you are indeed very capable.

But this is reality. In the game, Xu Lin can take shortcuts. The antique market and second-hand market in this update are shortcuts. People can find treasures there, make money, and accumulate capital for their characters' rise.

As for how to find treasures, it depends on the players' initiative. Some people are definitely good at it. For example, someone who knows how to identify jade and antiques can get ahead of others. Meanwhile, some experts will share their experience with newbies.

Xu Lin will leave these matters aside for now.

He spent three hours tonight learning about jade, antiques, and other related knowledge before he created the antique market, so he didn't just do it haphazardly.

However, in future updates, Xu Lin will consider adding new overpowered items to the store, such as Golden Eyes or treasure hunting items.

In games, you can do whatever you want without considering whether it's reasonable or not in reality.

Because Xu Lin had announced in advance that the map and new gameplay would be updated at 6:00 AM, he now has more than two million players, of whom more than 200,000 stayed up all night and waited until 6:00 AM. In addition, several hundred thousand more set their alarms for around 5:50 AM.

At exactly six o'clock, Xu Lin's update was scheduled, so it was right on time.

"It's here! It's finally updated!"

What are the new gameplay features?

"The new approach involves antique markets and secondhand markets, through which players can make money."

"That's Taobao? That sounds interesting!"

"You'll find out once you go in and take a look."

Although a larger map has been opened, many players are clearly too busy with the new gameplay to pay attention to the new map and instead flock to both markets.

Thankfully, this isn't a martial arts MMORPG like Justice Online, otherwise, with hundreds of thousands of people flooding in, the area around these two markets would be completely jammed.

"The antique market is so interesting! There are so many experiences to be had. Of course, I wouldn't look at the genuine articles. Has anyone been to the secondhand market?"

"The second-hand market is quite chaotic. I even saw unused sanitary napkins, which is outrageous. You can think of it as a real-life version of Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace platform)."

Has anyone found a treasure?

"This new gameplay has only been online for a short time. Why are you calling it a treasure?"

"This new way of playing, I feel like I could really spend a whole day at the antique market. Damn, I have to go to work later."

"Sorry, it's time to go to work."

"It would be great if we could play it in VR. This kind of game is only perfect with VR. This computer is just not good enough."

With the update of the new gameplay, the Steam game review section, as well as related posts on Xiaohaihe and Tieba, are filled with player comments. Due to the high popularity, tens of thousands of comments were quickly refreshed.

However, at 8 a.m., a new notification from the game immediately went viral and became the number one trending topic.

Notice: I have opened a dedicated game section. If you have any comments, you can raise them in this section, and I will consider them accordingly. In addition, this section can be used to discuss game content.

Finally, a webpage link was attached.

The group clicked the link, and the webpage redirected.

Ok?
Where are you coming from?
Isn't this Mr. Xu's personal website?

"Holy crap! Awesome, it really was you, Young Master Xu, I knew it was you!"

"Who else besides Young Master Xu possesses this skill?"

"Are you sure it's Young Master Xu? He didn't make a statement, did he?"

"Why not? On Young Master Xu's personal website, only he can create the discussion forum. Netizens can only post, they don't have the authority to create forums, so it can only be Young Master Xu."

"Finally, we have a designated place to discuss this! Everyone, let's gather here!"

"Since you're willing to offer suggestions, I'd like to ask Mr. Xu, when will the VR version be released?"

"In reality, even those big-budget games can't be classified as AAA, let alone this groundbreaking game. It's even less likely to be. Moreover, current VR technology is not user-friendly and is still in a rather useless stage."

An hour later, the top trending topic was: It really is Young Master Xu!

The title of this trending topic is so obscure that I don't even know what it's about.

But when people clicked in, they discovered that Mr. Xu had recently made some big moves.

As for the top trending topic, there were several related trending topics following it.

For a time, it caused a great stir on the trending topics.

(End of this chapter)