The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 17 Yang Muye, your game... has been copied.
The game graphics look quite exquisite, and you can play the first level without registering an account.

Yang Guanjun originally wanted to click the "X" to quit, but he was attracted by the bizarre name "Sheep" and started playing.

It's a very simple match-3 game.

Yang Guanjun clicked the mouse a few times casually and cleared the level.

Before the second level even started, a page popped up asking for login/registration.

Registration is quite simple; all you need is your ID number and mobile phone number.

Yang Guanjun was entering his phone number when Xie Zhiyao's voice rang out behind him once again.

Xie Zhiyao was on her way back from using the restroom when she happened to pass by.

What are you registering for?

"A Kaixin.com account."

"You still use Kaixin001?"

"I need a Kaixin001 account to play games, do you know this website?"

Xie Zhiyao casually replied, "I know, it's similar to Renren.com, but it mainly targets white-collar social networking."

"Xiaonei.com?" Yang Guanjun vaguely remembered hearing about this website somewhere.

Xie Zhiyao hesitated for a moment before explaining, "It's just a social networking site for college students."

Yang Guanjun's expression changed.

College student?
Okay, goodbye!
It has nothing to do with me, a student who failed the college entrance exam.

Then they sped up the process of registering Kaixin001 accounts.

The entire registration process took less than half a minute.

The anti-addiction certification took a little longer than usual.

Xie Zhiyao was about to leave, but when he saw the game screen of "Sheep and the Sheep", he was stunned.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the time when a certain game had driven him to the point of sleeplessness and emotional breakdown.

More importantly, this game is a complete knock-off with a different shell; even the name is a knock-off.

Watching Yang Guanjun play a game and fail after only a few clicks of the mouse, Xie Zhiyao felt an even stronger sense of familiarity.

Back at his computer, Xie Zhiyao immediately logged into Kaixin.com, registered an account, and then found the game "Sheep's Goat" in the game list.

After playing it myself, I finally confirmed that it was a complete rip-off of "Niu Le Ge Niu" and a counterfeit product.

When Xie Zhiyao opened QQ and saw that his friend "Tianyuan Muye" had a grayed-out profile picture, he immediately took out his phone and dialed Yang Muye's number.

"Hey?"

Yang Muye's voice came from the other end of the phone, accompanied by a series of "beep beep beep" QQ notification sounds.

"Are you online on QQ?"

"Yeah, I'm invisible. What's wrong?"

Xie Zhiyao hung up the phone without saying a word, and then sent a string of ellipses to "Tianyuan Muye" on QQ.

The other party immediately replied with a question mark, and their status changed to online.

Xie Zhiyao initiated a video call, which was immediately accepted.

Yang Muye appeared in the video in the chat box.

The scene behind me looks like an office, with a sofa and a TV.

"You're in the hotel?"

"Yes, this hotel is only a five-minute walk from our school gate."

As Yang Muyi spoke, he rotated his laptop screen, showing Xie Zhiyao the room from every angle.

He has been staying in the hotel for the past few days, spending most of his time in the hotel gym, except for eating and sleeping.

"Workout? You're already so thin, why are you dieting?"

"It's about building muscle. School's about to start, so I need to get stronger first."

"Isn't there military training when school starts? Are you sure your body can handle this kind of physical exertion?"

"Our school doesn't have military training at the beginning of the semester; it's only during the summer vacation after freshman year."

"So cool?"

Yang Muyi didn't want to provoke too much hatred, so he immediately changed the subject:
"Why did you suddenly decide to video call me? You're still in an internet cafe at this hour; you're really addicted to the internet."

“I just arrived, okay? And Yang Guanjun dragged me here. He arranged a video call with Xie Qiang.”

"Has Xie Qiang already arrived in Shenzhen?"

"Yes, Yang Guanjun is going there in a few days too." "And you, when are you planning to come to Yanjing?"

"I estimate it will have to wait until before the start of the school year, and my father will definitely be coming with me."

"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner then."

"Oh, by the way, I need to tell you something, about that game of yours—"

"We launched on Renren.com today. What, you're still not giving up?"

"No, I just saw Yang Guanjun playing a game on Kaixin.com called 'Sheep's Sheep,' which is just a different shell, but otherwise exactly the same as your game."

Xie Zhiyao sounded very anxious.

In the video, Yang Muye appeared calm.

"I know that game; it's a copy of 'Niu Le Ge Niu'."

"So you're just going to stand by and watch them copy it, and do nothing about it?"

"Haven't you noticed that the two games are very similar in every way?"

"What do you mean?"

"Actually, I also made 'Sheep'. Don't look at me like that. That's right, I copied myself. Of course, you can also understand it as a differentiated product strategy for different platforms."

Before Xie Zhiyao could even complain, the "beep beep beep" notification sound suddenly rang out.

It was a message from Yang Guanjun.

Before Xie Zhiyao could even read the message, Yang Guanjun's head popped out.

Just as I was about to say something, I saw Yang Muye in the video chat box.

"Makino, are you chatting with Ayao?"

"Yeah, I was just staying offline when he called me online."

Xie Zhiyao, sitting in front of the computer, thought to himself that Yang Muye didn't have that much influence, but he didn't expose Yang Muye to his face.

Unlike Xie Zhiyao, Yang Guanjun didn't have many things in common with Yang Muyi, and their conversation ended after a few words.

Yang Muyi was certain that Xie Zhiyao had contacted him to discuss "Sheep and the Sheep," so he greeted him and hung up the video call.

Xie Zhiyao only then saw the message Yang Guanjun had sent him, which was a link inviting him to register a game account called "Sheep's Goat".

"Ayao, help me register. I can get a free restart."

"Besides sending it to me, who else did you send it to?"

"I've sent it to all the classmates, but right now only you and A-Qiang are online. Oh, and Mu Ye is here too, I'll send it to him now."

Xie Zhiyao hadn't figured out how to tell Yang Guanjun about this when Yang Guanjun was already urging him.

"Hurry up, Muye and Aqiang have already helped me register via the link, now it's just your turn."

"I had already registered when I saw you playing."

Yang Guanjun stared intently at the computer screen in front of him: "Never mind then, two chances to start over, maybe I can beat the game."

Xie Zhiyao thought to himself, "You're dreaming!"

He played the beta version for so long, but never finished it.

Yang Guanjun wants to pass the game with only two chances, unless he really gets incredibly lucky and hits that one in ten thousand chance of passing.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly heard Yang Guanjun shout excitedly.

"Yes, I passed!"

Xie Zhiyao leaned closer and actually saw the game completion celebration screen appear on Yang Guanjun's computer screen.

At the same time, a list of top-performing provinces also appeared.

The above shows that Yang Guanjun is the third person in Yunnan Province to pass through customs.

This guy really got incredibly lucky!

Watching Yang Guanjun take screenshots, save them to his QQ album, and post them in QQ groups to show off his smooth combo moves, Xie Zhiyao suddenly remembered something.

"Champion, have you spent any money on this game?"

"I recharged it with my phone credit. I used up all the 9 chances to retry for 3 yuan. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sent you guys the link to get free challenge attempts."

Judging from his tone, the 3 yuan seemed like a pretty good deal.

It's just like how Xie Zhiyao was when he got really into playing "Niu Le Ge Niu" back then.

After keeping his fingers on the keyboard for a long time, Xie Zhiyao finally decided to log in to his Renren account.

He decided to try again!
the last time!
(End of this chapter)