Online Game: The Strongest Landlord

Chapter 38: The Connotation of the Game

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“What news are you watching?” Lao Yao stood up curiously and walked towards the sofa.

There was a huge 3D projection television in the living room. After the girls ended their games, they liked to hug their pillows and curl up on the sofa to watch romantic dramas. Furthermore, they severely deprived Lao Yao of his right to watch television. Under the absolute disadvantage of 1:12, Lao Yao had no choice but to compromise in grief and indignation.

Now, Ning Jing, who was known as the “television killer”, was actually watching the news unlike usual. This made Lao Yao feel a little curious. What kind of news could make the girls stare at it intently?

“Dear viewers, welcome to Focus of the Day!” The host, who was very familiar to everyone in the country, was introducing someone to everyone with a smile. “Today, we have the honor of visiting Galaxy International’s Swiss headquarters and speaking to the CEO, Mr. Lin! Here’s the interview!”

“The Focus of the Day is actually broadcast at this time?” Lao Yao scratched his head and asked curiously, “Also, Galaxy International? Isn’t it the company above the game Era of the Gods?”

Just as Lao Yao was feeling puzzled, Wang Ke suddenly said, “The Focus of the Day is broadcast live. It’s 10 p.m. here and around 4 p.m. in Lausanne, Switzerland!”

Lao Yao was enlightened. It happened to be daytime over there. No wonder the interview was carried out at this time…

As the news continued, Lao Yao and the group of girls became interested after hearing the keyword ‘Era of the Gods’ from the CEO of Galaxy International, Mr. Lin. They played this game to begin with, so they naturally paid attention to all information related to the game.

On the television, this chairman with the surname Lin was narrating the various epoch-making meanings of the game Era of the Gods. Lao Yao asked the girls curiously, “Strange, isn’t game advertising prohibited in our country? Why are they actually using such a big segment as the Focus of the Day now? And they’re even talking about the game Era of the Gods?”

Yang Yongle shook her head and said, “It’s not really banned. It’s like this in our country. Game advertisements can’t pass the political review of the television station. It’s kind of an unspoken rule! However, it’s indeed as you said. It’s rare to interview so openly and the content is basically about games.”

“There’s more!” Ning Jing interrupted. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but game advertisements have been everywhere about the Era of the Gods recently. The effect is amazing. A large number of people walk out of the novice village every day! Even the romance dramas we watch have game advertisements in the middle. This publicity campaign is very fierce!”

Lao Yao was a little puzzled. This was clearly different from the attitude of the country in the past.

“The Era of the Gods has been open for a week!” On the television, Director Lin smiled and said, “Here, I’ll report a number to everyone. There are a total of 500 million registered accounts in the Era of the Gods. The highest number of players online worldwide is 300 million. Moreover, the number of players entering every day is still increasing in the millions! This number was given by the World Data Surveillance Center. It’s absolutely reliable!”

Lao Yao and the girls were all shocked. This number was too scary!? The game they were playing was actually so popular?

“Now, let me reveal a little bit of information to the players!” Director Lin smiled and said, “Soon, the game will undergo its first update. At that time, a lot of new content will be opened. The most important thing is the currency exchange mechanism!”

“The currency exchange mechanism!?” The host asked in surprise, “Is it like in some novels, where game coins are exchanged into real currency?”

“Yes, more or less!” Director Lin nodded and said, “But there’s still a difference, because we don’t intend to open unlimited exchange! In other words, it’s impossible to convert game currency into real currency without limit. Here, I want to explain this exchange mechanism to everyone.”

“After every fixed period of time in the game, the amount of game currencies produced in the server during this period will be calculated and reported to the head office for review. According to a specific ratio, the head office will allocate a portion of the money from the World Bank to the country where the server is located to support the virtual item transaction!”

The host looked shocked and asked, “Will your company’s actions cause the risk of an economic crisis? You have to know that virtual currencies are not the same as real currencies. Their value is also different. It’s very dangerous to equate the two!”

“Don’t worry about that!” Director Lin smiled and said, “From the next update onwards, the game will enter the charging stage. This portion of money allocated by the head office is actually produced by the players’ consumption of the game. After deducting the company’s operating expenses and taxes, the profits will be taken out and given back to the players. It can be said that the value of this is still created by the players in reality. It’s just that it has entered the distribution segment again. The company actually doesn’t intend to make money by doing this. The Era of the Gods is just another form of free game. As we advertised, as long as you have the ability, you can still earn the money of other players in the game. Be it the virtual currency or the real currency, the two are the same!”

“Of course, we will also adopt a real-name certification system to strictly monitor the flow of every sum of money. We will also strictly counter money-laundering and maintain the financial stability of the game!”

In the following interview, Director Lin answered some other questions, but none of them were as shocking as the above. Everyone who watched this interview was inexplicably amazed by Galaxy International’s generosity. At the same time, they realized the huge power of the Galaxy Financial Group.

500 million players! Even if one person exchanged for one yuan, Galaxy International would have to fork out 500 million yuan! How many gaming companies nowadays could be so bold?

Some knowledgeable people lamented at Galaxy International’s sinister move. One could imagine that after this news was spread, more players would rush into the game. Putting aside whether these players could earn Galaxy International’s money in the game, even the amount of game card consumption they had was a huge number. And wasn’t it Galaxy International’s decision to give back the profits to the players?

This seemed like a trap, but one had to admit that the advertising effect it could bring was absolutely astonishing. No player would think that they were worse than others. This world had never lacked fantasy talents. Everyone would think in their hearts that they might be able to earn money in the game, right? There were definitely many people who entered the game with such thoughts!

Only a wealthy international financial group like Galaxy International had the courage to make such an awesome advertisement. Others could forget about it. If you want to imitate it, fine! Take out tens of billions to show the players your strength first…

In an instant, many CEOs of gaming companies in the world decided to close their own gaming companies or think of ways to cooperate with Galaxy International after seeing this interview. This was because they knew that after such an advertisement was released, no one would play their games anymore…

Finally, at the end of the interview, Director Lin used a promotional slogan to conclude: “We support the embodiment of individual ability! As long as you want to, you can do it!”

Upon hearing this slogan, Lao Yao’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Thinking back to the Free Mode that he had activated, Lao Yao seemed to have gained some indescribable insights!

After the girls watched the news intently, Yang Yongle finally couldn’t help but jump up excitedly. “Yay! Sisters! Our decision back then was right! We must work hard to develop in the game!”

“That’s right! Work hard!” The group of girls was also extremely excited. They followed Yang Yongle and shouted loudly. They seemed to have already seen the way to realize their dreams in this news…

Lao Yao smiled as he looked at their flower-like smiles. There were some things that were not easy to enlighten them with.

Lao Yao wasn’t sure if Silver Maple Leaf Studio would be able to grow and succeed in the game. He could tell from Director Lin’s words that something was amiss. He was puzzled and didn’t understand why Galaxy International would use such a method to promote the game. Even if it was really as Lin said, and Galaxy International’s gaming company wasn’t prepared to make money at all, why were they doing this? This didn’t conform to the behavior of a business group at all.

However, the girls from the Silver Maple Leaf Studio were currently in high spirits. Lao Yao could not bear to dampen their enthusiasm, so he could only take it one step at a time.

In the end, one had to continue playing the game to understand its true meaning…