This city simulation game can affect reality.

Yunzhou, Nandu City.

The sky was shrouded in mist and rain in an office at the Hita Resort.

"Mr. Chen, our resort hasn't been doing very well on major online platforms this quarter. Our ratings on ChouTuan, Baidu Maps, and Dianping have all dropped significantly."

Across from Chen Jun at the desk, Manager Zhou handed him an analysis report.

As one of the original members of "General Manager Chen's" team, he has shared the ups and downs of the resort for many years, so it's no wonder he's worried at this moment.

"It's down by nearly 60% compared to the same period last year. Is someone maliciously giving bad reviews?" Chen Jun picked up the report and carefully read through it while raising his question.

"Not at all. I've done a thorough investigation into this. Most of the rating users are highly active accounts, and their content isn't templated. There's no possibility of malicious attacks from competitors."

Looking at the data highlighted in red on the report, Chen Jun's expression grew increasingly grave.

For the service industry, encountering negative reviews is inevitable. As long as they don't touch on the core issues, they usually won't have a significant impact on customer traffic.

The number of negative reviews for Koshita Resort has surged across various platforms this year, and the scope of the reviews has also broadened.

Poor service, outdated facilities, inconvenient transportation, hard-to-find restrooms, low cost-performance ratio...

Many customers not only write long essays, but also insist on leaving pictures as evidence, their tone full of grievance.

"Logically speaking, these are all old problems that were never resolved when Grandpa was alive. Why are they all erupting now?"

Manager Zhou, whose hair was thinning on his head, lowered his head and sighed, "In previous years, we were the only resort near Longding Mountain. Tourists had no choice. If the experience was bad, they would just blacklist us. We were used to doing one-off business."

"But since last year, a cluster of farmhouses with ethnic themes has been built halfway up the mountain. They attract a lot of tourists from other places by live streaming on the Internet. In comparison, the problems in Xita are exposed."

Chen Jun closed the report, tapping his index finger repeatedly on the table.

Having only taken over his grandfather's estate less than half a month ago, and not even fully integrated into all aspects of his life, he's already pushing himself to such a high level of intensity.

As an ambitious young man who liked to take risks, he originally did not want to inherit the family business at such a young age.

In the years following his graduation from university, Chen Jun tried many entrepreneurial ventures and earned his first pot of gold through his own efforts, opening a murder mystery game shop in the city center.

In the past two years, the boom has passed, and my income has gone from making a fortune to not making enough to cover my expenses.

Now that his grandfather has passed away, Chen Jun, as the old man's only grandson, has no choice but to go with the flow and pack his bags to return to his hometown.

Logically speaking, he had his father to support him, so it wasn't his place to bear all of this.

However, neither of his parents had any interest in business; instead, they plunged into the archaeology industry and are currently based in the Americas year-round.

My grandfather's funeral had just ended when I was called away by a phone call from across the ocean.

"Things should be done one step at a time. Uncle Zhou, go and inform everyone that we'll have a discussion meeting this afternoon to brainstorm and try to come up with a specific rectification plan as soon as possible."

Although he was anxious, Chen Jun knew that revitalizing the resort was not something that could be done overnight.

Manager Zhou, who was over fifty years old, nodded in agreement and turned to leave the room.

As an employee who had followed Mr. Chen for many years, Xita Resort had become a part of his life. Even though Mr. Chen had passed away, he no longer had the energy to change jobs.

The young man from the Chen family in front of him seemed to have some guts, but he really wasn't sure if he could bring about any change to the resort.

Only after hearing the door slam shut did Chen Jun pick up the report again and read it through several times.

"Welcome back to City Simulator. Would you like to continue the game?"

Just as I was getting into it, a cold, mechanical voice came from the laptop on my desk.

Chen Jun curiously opened his computer and found that the game was stuck on the pause screen.

He started playing this management game called "City Simulator" in his freshman year of college and continued until he graduated and started working. Over seven years, he played the original version and various mods and DLCs, accumulating a total of 3,800 hours of gameplay.

But in recent years, busy with life's challenges, Chen Jun has lost his initial enthusiasm, and the last time he opened the game was probably two months ago.

"Was it an accidental touch?"

Without bothering to investigate why the game had started unexpectedly, he immediately clicked the "Exit" option.

But the game seemed to be lagging, so Chen Jun pressed Alt+F4, intending to quit the game immediately.

The screen remains unresponsive.

To test whether the game was completely frozen, Chen Jun clicked "Continue Game" and returned to the city model interface.

The scene before him, however, puzzled him greatly.

"It looks like the game is only in its early stages, but... this isn't my save file..."

[Hita City]

[Area: 0.046 square kilometers]

[Basic Buildings: 27]

Resident satisfaction: 18 (low)

City attractiveness: 6 (very low)

Chen Jun was certain that, regardless of the business model or the sandbox model, he had never run a game with the same name as the resort.

Out of curiosity, he clicked zoom to bring up a detailed view of the poorly constructed city.

After only a cursory glance, Chen Jun was once again surprised.

The so-called City of Herta is clearly a 1:1 recreation of the resort in the game, and all other areas are filled with signs saying "to be expanded".

With a certain guess in mind, he dragged the camera to quickly find his office and switched to an indoor view.

Aside from the slightly rough modeling, all the scenery in the picture is exactly the same as in reality, and even the character models are displayed.

Even the laptop I was using was restored to the desktop.

Chen Jun dragged the desk in the game, moving it one cell to the right.

Almost at the same time, the cedarwood table in front of him also moved.

"This city simulation game can affect reality!"

Feeling his heart pounding, Chen Jun put the desk back on its original position and returned to a panoramic view.

As a masterpiece of the construction game genre, City Simulator not only boasts a highly customizable construction module but also features extremely sophisticated management functions.

At times in the past, he had fantasized that if the real world had such a system, he might become the "creator god" of the human world.

And now, it has all come true.

[Tip: If your city is not very attractive, you can redesign the building complex and build more infrastructure to improve the residents' experience.]

Once the city's attractiveness reaches 10, a new building, the Lumberjack's Hut, will be unlocked.

[Once resident satisfaction reaches 20, a new skill will be unlocked: Population Flow Simulation]

Three paragraphs of small text appeared in the upper right corner of the screen.

For Chen Jun, a hardcore gamer, these basic tips didn't significantly improve his gaming experience.

However, these solutions have now inspired his thinking.