Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 26 [026] Mingqian Tea and Rainy Day Tea

"Of course I hope someone will play."

Xu Jinhuan explained, "Games attract players through positive feedback mechanisms and negative feedback mechanisms. Most games have positive feedback, such as Mario Bros., where you get rewards by moving forward, and you feel happy when you get rewards. You get positive emotions through playing the game, which is positive feedback.
"There aren't many games that rely on negative feedback to attract players, but some games have both positive and negative feedback, like Plants vs. Zombies. If you win and complete a level, you get positive feedback because you're happy and want to keep playing. If you lose, you get negative feedback because you're not convinced and want to keep playing."

Considering that Xie Wanqing hadn't played many games before, Xu Jinhuan specifically used the game she had just played as an example. "The League of Legends that Xiaoqiang and I played was the same. Positive and negative feedback existed at the same time, but it mainly relied on positive feedback to attract players..."

Xie Wanqing was surprised to see him speaking so calmly and confidently. A strange glint flashed in her watery eyes. She smiled and joked, "You know quite a bit. You speak so professionally."

Xu Jinhuan said modestly, "I'm just showing off my skills in front of an expert. I just assumed it was okay. If no one plays the game after it goes online, I hope you won't laugh at me, sister."

Xie Wanqing encouraged him, "No, it's amazing that you can actually make this game."

Xie Wanqing heard the sound of Xie's parents chatting outside. She went out to take a look and soon came back, shouting, "It's time to prepare dinner."

She then said to Xu Jinhuan, "You can eat with me too. I've told Auntie in advance and have prepared your meal."

The Xie family had a nanny, so Xu Jinhuan didn't intend to be polite. He responded and went out to say hello to Xie's father and mother.

Xie's parents had just heard about him making games. Although, like most parents, they were naturally averse to games, they were still surprised that a student of his could actually make games.

Xie's father, Xie Zhanpeng, asked, "Wanqing said you made a game. How did you do it?"

“Just write the code on your computer, package it into a software package, and then you can install it.”

Xu Jinhuan explained with a smile, "It's just like writing on a computer and publishing it into a book. It's a small game, not very difficult."

"Isn't this too difficult?"

Xie Wanqing went to help her aunt serve the dishes. She only heard the last sentence and couldn't help but complain, "I played a few games with Xiaoqiang, it was so difficult..."

"This is it."

Seeing his parents asking about it, Xie Zhiqiang handed his sister's phone over and explained to his parents how to play the game.

Xie's father and mother were quite curious. After trying it a few times, they both crashed into the first pipe and quickly lost interest.

Sitting down to eat, Xie Zhanpeng asked, "Can you make money by making games?"

"can."

The dinner was quite sumptuous, with six dishes and a soup. Xu Jinhuan picked up a piece of braised pork ribs and put it in his bowl while answering, "You can choose to pay for the download, but my game is not suitable. I'll make it free when it's put on the platform later. When more people play it, we can take in ads and make money from them."

Xie's mother, Tao Menghua, said, "Just like a TV commercial?"

"Correct."

Not to mention Xie's father and mother, Xie Wanqing and Xie Zhiqiang also didn't understand this aspect, so Xu Jinhuan briefly explained how to make profits from smartphone software.

"I heard from Xiaoqiang that your uncle and aunt run a food processing factory?"

Because of Xie Wanqing's incident, he had a bad impression of Xie's parents. The couple completely used their daughter's lifelong happiness as a bargaining chip to exchange for the Ding family's connections and resources. However, considering the relationship between Xie Zhiqiang and Xie Wanqing, he still casually mentioned a few words:

"Smartphones are getting cheaper and cheaper now. Taobao and JD.com are starting to sell things on their phones. I think you could pay attention and set up an online store selling direct from the manufacturer, or maybe even wholesale... I don't really understand much, but I think smartphones are an opportunity. Maybe I can make a fortune."

After the mobile Internet wave swept across the country, traditional brands and regional time-honored brands began to pay attention to online promotion. Before that, there was a window period of at least three to five years. Given Xie Zhiqiang's family situation, if they had built their own brand online at this time, the probability of success would have been very high.

The famous "Three Squirrels" was only established this year after more than ten years.

"well."

Xie Zhanpeng and Tao Menghua found it funny that a high school student like him was actually talking about these things seriously, so they just dealt with it casually and didn't take it to heart at all.

Seeing this, Xu Jinhuan didn't say much and concentrated on eating.

Xie Wanqing was afraid that he would lose face, and was about to respond when Tao Menghua asked, "How have you and Xiao Ding been doing lately?" Xie Wanqing's smile suddenly disappeared, and she said, "Nothing."

She originally had an average impression of Ding Wenjie, not a good one, but not a bad one either. However, Ding Wenjie's performance on her last birthday was too poor. His emotional intelligence was low throughout the whole process. He was impetuous and shallow, which led to her not paying much attention to him recently.

Apparently, Ding Wenjie saw that she was cold and went to talk to her parents again, so her mother suddenly brought up...

"He's a nice guy, don't take it lightly."

Tao Menghua pretended to be casual and said, "Xiao Ding's parents run a big business. They're rich, and he's not bad looking. He studied abroad and has great conditions... He's pursuing you so sincerely, don't let him down."

Xie Zhanpeng also said, "A few days ago, Xiao Ding sent me two boxes of tea. He said it was West Lake Longjing tea, or some good pre-rain tea. A pound of tea cost nearly 10,000 yuan."

"It has nothing to do with me that he gave you a gift."

Xie Wanqing whispered, "Don't accept his things all the time. I'm not necessarily with him... I haven't accepted any of his gifts. I only accepted it last time on my birthday because I felt embarrassed to refuse. I'll give him a gift later so I don't owe him a favor."

"What's wrong with a boy giving you a gift if he's pursuing you?"

Tao Menghua said with amusement, "Even if by some chance you don't accept it, they won't ask for the gift back, right?"

"Anyway, I don't want to owe him a favor."

Xie Wanqing's tone was still gentle, but her attitude was firm, "Next time if he gives you something, don't accept it..."

"Qingqing,"

Tao Menghua picked up the chopsticks and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "You can't be so willful. You are already such a grown-up. You should know how to share the worries of your parents."

She then slowed down her tone and said softly, "Xiao Ding's parents are a big business owner and have connections everywhere. They own the big Suguo supermarket in the city. Your father relies on them for a lot of things at the factory, so you can't offend them!"

Xie Zhanpeng sighed and said, "Qingqing, your parents are not putting pressure on you. Doing business is not that easy. Different channels, different people's faces, one in and one out, a slight difference in the price, that is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands..."

Xie Wanqing remained silent.

Xie Zhiqiang said impatiently, "My sister doesn't like him, but she can't marry him just because of this, right?"

Tao Menghua said angrily, "How do you talk to Mom and Dad?"

Xie Zhanpeng glared at his son, but seeing that Xu Jinhuan was still there, he held back and said nothing.

"Uncle and aunt, don't be anxious. Give Sister Wanqing some time."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and tried to smooth things over, then changed the subject: "I remember Longjing tea is divided into Mingqian and Yuqian. Tea picked before Qingming Festival is called Mingqian tea, and tea picked before Grain Rain is called Yuqian tea. Mingqian tea is of higher quality and more expensive..."

None of the four members of the Xie family drank tea much, and Xie Zhanpeng only drank it occasionally when entertaining guests. He didn't understand these simple knowledge and was stunned when he heard it.

Xie Zhiqiang finally found an excuse and asked hurriedly, "Dad, you just said that Ding Wenjie sent me pre-rain tea, right? Was he sending me a fake one?"

"Ding Wenjie will definitely not be stingy when it comes to giving gifts to uncles and aunts."

Before Xie Zhanpeng and Tao Menghua could speak, Xu Jinhuan spoke first, "It should be Mingqian tea. Maybe he misremembered when they introduced Mingqian tea and Yuqian tea, and thought it was Yuqian tea. In fact, it was Mingqian tea."

"That's probably it."

Xie Zhanpeng and Tao Menghua had originally looked a little awkward, but they started to laugh again after hearing what he said. Tao Menghua said with a smile, "We don't usually drink tea, so we don't understand these things."

"You seem to know a lot."

Seeing the topic change, Xie Wanqing smiled again on her dignified and beautiful face. She looked at Xu Jinhuan curiously, "When I was in high school, I was almost exhausted just by studying and doing homework every day. You actually know so much extracurricular knowledge... Where did you learn it all?"

(End of this chapter)