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

Chapter 377 Naming the Children, Xu Lin's Initial Virtual Game Collaboration
Five more days passed quickly.

That day, Xu Lin made time to go to the hospital for a prenatal checkup with Chi Linyue and the other woman.

My due date was around mid-November, and it's already mid-September now, so there are only about two months left until the baby is born.

Both of them were heavily pregnant.

Pei Danqing is alright, but the more you look at Chi Linyue, the more maternal she seems to radiate.

The prenatal checkup results were all normal; both women were in good health, and so were the babies in their wombs.

After the prenatal checkup, Xu Lin and the two women went home.

To provide the couple with a quiet and comfortable environment for pregnancy, they recently bought another villa in Jiangdu.

This villa isn't very big, but it has a fantastic environment. Like Xu Lin's first villa, it's located on a mountain, and you can see the beautiful scenery below and into the distance as soon as you step out of the door.

After all, it cost Xu Lin nearly a billion yuan to acquire it, so it wouldn't make sense if the environment wasn't good.

After returning home, the two beautiful pregnant women sat down on the sofa.

Xu Lin was in the kitchen making hot milk for the two of them.

Seeing Xu Lin busy at work, Pei Danqing thought of something and said, "Xu Lin, have you thought of names for the children yet?"

"Don't worry, I thought it through a while ago."

"What's your name?"

Chi Linyue was quite curious.

Xu Lin coughed lightly and said, "Qingqing's children, the son is named Jingqing and the daughter is named Wenjun. Yueyue's son is named Chongyan and the daughter is named Daoyun."

Xu Jingqing was chosen by taking one character from each of Huo Qubing's and Wei Qing's courtesy names. Huo Qubing's courtesy name was Jinghuan, and Wei Qing's courtesy name was Zhongqing.

Actually, Xu Lin wanted to use the name "Jing Huan" separately, considering how much Huo Qubing had accomplished at such a young age.
However, considering Huo Qubing's untimely death, Xu Lin decided against it.

There are also taboos when choosing a name. You can't name someone Liu Che just because your surname is Liu, or Li Shimin just because your surname is Li. You might not be able to bring it down.

As the saying goes, first is fate, second is luck, third is feng shui, fourth is accumulating good deeds, and fifth is studying.

It is also said that a person with lofty ambitions cannot achieve them without good fortune.

You may not believe in these mystical things, but you should at least respect them.

The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits; he respected them but kept them at a distance.

As for Xu Chongyan, Chongyan was Han Xin's courtesy name.

The names Xu Lin gave his sons naturally reflected his high hopes for them.

Especially since they are Xu Lin's first two sons, Xu Lin hopes they will be outstanding in the future.

The same goes for his daughters, Wenjun and Daoyun, both famous talented women in history, which also symbolizes Xu Lin's expectations for them.

All four of them will be born into one of the most unique families in the world, without exception.

Because their father was good enough.

Moreover, Xu Lin still has a long way to go, which means that their lives will not be ordinary, and Xu Lin does not want them to be ordinary.

The children of the Xu family can't just laze around and wait to die, can they?

But if they are truly mediocre, there's nothing that can be done. Xu Lin won't force it; he can only say that he has this expectation for the children now.

After Xu Lin finished reciting the names of the four children, he briefly mentioned the reason for choosing those names to Pei Danqing and the other woman. Only then did the two women realize why the children were named that way.

"Yes, my darlings, your future can't be bleak!"

Chi Linyue lovingly stroked her belly.

"Xu Lin, they've responded; the baby is kicking its mother's belly."

Chi Linyue said.

"Let me hear it?"

Xu Lin walked over, squatted down, and put his ear to the other person's stomach.

I'm due to give birth in two months, and I actually started feeling fetal movement a long time ago.

“Xu Lin, I’m getting a response from my belly too,” Pei Danqing said at this moment.

"Here it is, let me feel it."

So Xu Lin pressed his ear against Pei Danqing's stomach and listened.

Xu Lin listened to both sides.

Meanwhile, Pei Danqing and Chi Linyue were chatting about their child.

The family of three lived happily together.

For the next two days, Xu Lin stayed home with the two of them.

A husband has to do his job properly when his wife is heavily pregnant. No matter how busy he is at work, he has to make time for her.

In addition, we now have a housekeeper at home. She earns a high salary of 100,000 yuan a month. She is excellent at taking care of people and has top-notch cooking skills. She is essentially a postpartum nanny, but the best kind.

Xu Lin is usually busy and can't be home with them every day. Besides, their bellies are getting bigger and bigger, so Xu Lin can't let them cook for themselves or eat out all the time. It would be better to have a capable nanny to take care of them.

After the babies are born, we'll need two more postpartum nannies, since there will be four babies in total.

Their family is not short of money, so they will naturally give them the best they can afford.

It's mid-September.

It has been more than ten days since the virtual world was announced, but the hype has not subsided.

In particular, the capital market has begun to speculate on the virtual world.

As we all know, that's how capital works; they hype up whatever's trending.

For example, the hype surrounding the metaverse in the past.

What is the metaverse? It's a virtual world, but unlike Xu Lin's virtual world, which is just a myth, Xu Lin's virtual world is real. Moreover, it allows your consciousness to log into this world, making it a truly parallel world to the real world.

Your metaverse isn't that awesome.

So the metaverse eventually fizzled out, and many people belatedly realized that this thing was just hyped up by capital and was nothing at all. After the metaverse came AI, which also saw a lot of AI bubbles.

Now it's the virtual world again. Basically, whatever is trending in the times is hyped up. The bookmakers set up a scheme to reap the profits from the gamblers who enter the game.

Xu Lin glanced at the recent hype surrounding the virtual world in the capital market but ignored it.

These things have no effect on him.

When his virtual world officially launches on New Year's Eve, even though it's just a pilot program, this world will realize who truly dominates the virtual world—you'll all have to call me grandpa!
In fact, Xu Lin is now considered a grandfather figure in the country.

In recent days, several major domestic game companies have tried to meet with Xu Lin.

There's no way around it. A new era has arrived, and the virtual world has emerged. If you don't jump on this bandwagon, you won't be part of the next era.

It should be noted that Sohu and Baidu used to be top internet companies in China, but as we all know, their fortunes have declined, with one company faring worse than the other.

In the internet age, it can be summed up in one sentence: its rise and fall are both sudden.

Perhaps in the blink of an eye, there will be no place for you in this era.

The emergence of a true virtual world now means that the internet age seems to be coming to an end, and the next era will be an infinitely upgraded form of the internet, which we can tentatively call the virtual world era.

Although Xu Lin said that the virtual world will have the greatest impact on the game market, he also mentioned in his paper that the future communication system will undergo a huge transformation. Because if you are in North America and I am in China, as long as we log into the virtual world, we can sit down and talk face to face in the virtual world. At that time, the existing communication system will quickly become similar to a green train.

The old green trains still run today, but they have basically become a thing of the past because high-speed rail is faster and more comfortable.

This is the era!
this day.

Xu Lin was sitting on the main sofa in the president's office of Moon God Technology.

On the sofa to the left sat the heads of two major domestic game companies, one surnamed Ma and the other surnamed Ding.

A female secretary then came over and poured hot tea for the three of them.

"You two don't need to be so formal. I'm a very easygoing person."

Xu Lin pointed to the hot tea, "Please have some tea first, no need to be so polite with me, that would be too formal!"

"Young Master Xu, then I won't stand on ceremony!"

"Young Master Xu, let me offer you a toast!"

Both of them treated Xu Lin with respect and courtesy.

Being in their position, they knew all too well what a powerful figure Xu Lin was, so how could they act so casually?
Besides, it was quite difficult for both of them to get here today.

Those with even greater influence, such as the top international giants, can't even find Xu Lin's shadow now.

After drinking half a cup of tea, Xu Lin said, "I'll get straight to the point. I know why you've come. You want to collaborate with me on virtual games, right?"

"Yes, Young Master Xu!"

"Yes, we all hope to achieve cooperation with Young Master Xu!"

Both of them nodded seriously.

"Cooperation is fine, but I have one condition."

"Please speak, Young Master Xu!"

Both of them looked intently at Xu Lin.

"I can give you the technology to develop virtual games, but your games must use my virtual world as a transit point. In other words, to log in to your virtual games, you must first enter my virtual world."

"Young Master Xu, I don't understand this virtual world either. Could you explain the principles behind it to us?"

As they spoke, Mr. Ma and Mr. Ding exchanged a glance; their doubts were genuine.

Xu Lin wasn't afraid to tell them, and besides, it wasn't really anything confidential.

"I want to create a virtual universe. Do you understand what a universe is? Planets, stars, galaxies, and so on are all part of the universe. They together make up the universe. The same applies to a virtual universe. One day, other countries will also be able to develop virtual worlds, but I need our virtual world to occupy most of the world, at least 75%, and we will be in charge. Do you understand?"

"So, Mr. Xu, this is the principle behind market dominance?"

"Yeah, that's the truth."

Xu Lin nodded slightly.

Xu Lin: "Apart from this requirement, all the other miscellaneous terms, such as profit distribution, are negotiable. Oh, by the way, your two companies are quite notorious in the game market, so when you develop the virtual world, please make sure it's high-quality, not just some garbage. Our virtual world only produces high-quality and top-notch products. Also, you should know that I'm giving you a chance now. Otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, you might become a third-rate company in five years."

"Young Master Xu is right. Don't worry, I can do it!"

"Young Master Xu, me too!"

Neither of them offered any rebuttal.

As the saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to be grateful, and he who takes another's gift is obligated

Now that you're asking a powerful person for help, how can you possibly argue? From now on, you should just be honest and obedient.

They knew perfectly well that they were not in the same league as Xu Lin.

Moreover, Xu Lin was right about one thing: if they missed this opportunity, five years later, not only would they become a third-rate company, but it would be hard to say whether the company would even still exist.

The changes of an era are always massive and spectacular. Whoever stands at the forefront of the tide seizes the opportunity, while those who fail to seize it perish without even knowing where they are. It's incredibly cruel. In the past few decades, there have been countless examples of this, both domestically and internationally.

Shortly after, Sheng Minghua entered and began to sign various terms with the two individuals.

For example, in terms of profit distribution, Xu Lin wanted to take 40% of the profits from their virtual game.

This price is actually very low.

It's like meeting a benefactor. If this benefactor helps you earn 100,000, it's not too much for you to give them 70,000 or 80,000. In fact, it's reasonable to give them money in the first few times because they're the ones who helped you make money, introduced you to business, and guided you in various ways. Without them, you'd be nothing; you'd just be a beast of burden, having to endure the boss's nagging.

However, Xu Lin only took 40% of the profits.

In addition, Xu Lin took 2.1% of the shares in their two companies.

They have to agree to all of these conditions if they want to cooperate.

But both of them understood that once the contract was signed, they were at the forefront of the times, and the next era was beckoning to them.

It's all worth it.

(End of this chapter)