Chen Mo has also updated an entry on “Azeroth Universe”.
“Moonglade: This is one of the most extraordinary places on the whole continent of Kalimdor. The forest is not corrupted by the burning legion, and it remained pure and peaceful. Different from the other places in Kalimdor, Moonglade’s land is a place of peace, and those who endagered the forest and create disputes will be expelled by the Druids. Therefore, Moonglade is often chosen by the Alliance and the Horde as the location for neutral meetings, and the Tauren will come here to consult the Elves on the way of the Druid.”
Many people left their comments not long after the entry was updated.
“What the hell, Chen Mo actually updated an entry while I am still alive!”
“Sofa*, You forgot to mention the last post!” (Note: Internet slang meaning first replier to a post)
“Every time it is only a few dozen of words then he leave us, Chen Mo, do you still not want to learn more than 10,000 words from those web novel writers?!”
“Aaaaah, this is not enough at all!”
“Hey, just because you are earning enough money, you will be lazy and not update!”
“When are you gonna make Azeroth Universe! Don’t just give us a card game like 《I am MT》!”
“I want to send some blades, any of you wanna send it together?!”
“Upstairs +1!”
“+2!”
Chen Mo smiled a bit and then closed the interface.
Opening “Azeroth National Geographic” as usual to see if there are any new posts.
“Hmm? Tong Ren? He is quite popular.”
Chen Mo noticed that there was a post that was recently published, and it had 7-8 pages, which seems to be very popular. The title of the post is 《Tong Ren’s story： Orphans of Orgrimmar》
Chen Mo clicked on the post, and sure enough, this is a long serial work of the same person. The protagonist is an orphaned Orc that was born in Orgrimmar, it mainly tells the story of him growing up, becoming a tribal warrior and experiencing adventures.
Of course, the following are all guessed by Chen Mo. Currently, there is only less than 20,000 words that was written in this fanfiction, and the story hasn’t yet unfolded.
But Chen Mo can see that his writing is quite good. Generally speaking, it is easy for the Chinese to go to two extremes when they write Western Fantasy. They are either not authentic at all, or have been translationese*. However, this post has no such problem at all. (Note: It means that it has foreignization, not smooth, unnatural, hard to understand, etc.)
What’s more, the story’s structure is reasonable, the plot’s tension is good, and you can even see some foreshadowing for the future, and the whole story’s framework should be very complete.
No wonder it has a high popularity and the quality of this guy’s work has indeed crushed the works of others that have the level of “novel written by middle school student”.
“This guy is talented.” Chen Mo is surprised.
In fact, Chen Mo had such an idea when he started “Azeroth Universe”. Azeroth has too much content and just by relying on him alone, it might take him several years to create the VR version of 《World of Warcraft》 by just writing the texts on Quest and story dialogues could even kill him.
Therefore, Chen Mo did “National Geographic of Azeroth” in advance, in hoping that he could find a group of artist and writers, who love this subject and have a strong ability, that he could use in the future.
Otherwise, it’s hard for him to find satisying personnel just by relying on himself, not to mention the time and effort it takes
Just as how 《I am MT》 in his previous world benefitted from the NGA forum.
It’s just that Chen Mo didn’t expect to find one so soon.
Chen Mo looked up at the author’s Thunder Game Pass information, which also happened to be bound to their mobile phone, and directly found his mobile number.
Chen Mo called the author.
After a short wait, someone picked up the call, “Hello, who is this?”
Chen Mo was a bit disappointed when he finds out that it is a man.
“Hello, I am Chen Mo, the game designer of 《I am MT》.”
The other side was stunned for a while and then said, “Ah? Chen Mo? really? Are you really that Chen Mo? Aren’t you just impersonating him?”
Chen Mo became speechless, “I should not be famous enough to get impersonated…I am really Chen Mo, what should I call you?”
Guy said, “Oh, I am Zheng Hongxi, or you can also call me by my allias, Magic Light.”
Chen Mo, “…that’s hard to remember.”
Zheng Hongxi, “…”
Chen Mo said, “Anyway, do you currently work?”
Zheng Hongxi said, “No, I had just resigned from my previous company, and now I’m unemployed at home. I have nothing to do and I am very interested in the ‘Azeroth Universe’. so when I got an idea, I posted it.”
Chen Mo said, “Are you interested in developing in Imperial City?”
Zheng Hongxi asked, “Ah? I can go to Thunder Interactive Entertainment?”
Chen Mo said, “I am quite interested in your work. Which city are you in currently?”
Zheng Hongxi said, “Uhm, in Shanghai”
Chen Mo said, “This way, I will reimburse you for the high-speed rail tickets and accommodation costs. Come to the Imperial Capital, and we will have an interview. By the way, bring all your previous works.”
Zheng Hongxi said, “Alright! I will clean up and go the day after tomorrow!”
Chen Mo nodded, “Okay, wait for a bit and I’ll send you the address so that you can just come here directly.”
After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo sent the address of the experience shop to Zheng Hongxi.
“If this guy is suitable, then I only need someone who is good at numerical value.”
After the launched of 《I am MT》, it has been able to make steady profits. Now, Chen Mo has some capital to make a large-scale games.
However, the first goal of Chen Mo for the time being is to further expand his own player base. Only when he have more players can his first large-scale game go more smoothly
During this period of time, Chen Mo needs to recruit 2 more assistants, one in charge for the plot and the other for the numerical value.
Of course, Chen Mo can do it all by himself, but after all, it’s a waste of time because a lot of them are just repetitive work. It’s meaningless for him to do it over and over again.
At least until he could recruit a reliable plot designer and numerical designer, Chen Mo will not do large-scale games. If they could only do it slowly then no need to consider it, if they get too much work then it would become messy, and he couldn’t guarantee the quality.
Chen Mo thinks that the foundation of Zheng Hongxi is good, and if he is trained a little bit then he has potential.
Just then, his phone rang.
Chen Mo turned speechless, what’s going on, the phone calls these past few days are coming one after another.
Chen Mo answered the phone, “Hello?”
The other side is a girl’s voice, “Hello, is this Mr. Chen Mo?”
Chen Mo, “Yes, who are you?”
The sister said, “I am Han Lu, a reporter from Horizon Game Channel. I want to arrange an exclusive interview of you, do you have the time?”
Chen Mo was shocked, “Ah? Interview?”
Han Lu said, “Yes, because our editor thinks that your game, 《I am MT》, is very successful and topical, and so we want to interview you. It won’t take up a lot of time, only 1-2 hours would be enough, and it’s mainly about some of your ideas when you designed this game.”
Chen Mo thought for a bit, “Alright.”
Han Lu said, “Okay, do you have time tomorrow morning? I intend to go directly to your experience shop.”
Chen Mo said, “Yes, I do.”
Han Lu, “Okay, then it is tomorrow morning. Let’s see each other.”
Chen Mo looked dazed after hanging up the phone.
Why, an exclusive interview? Do I have such qualification now to meet such people?