Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“President Xu, my feelings may not have too much depth, but I hope that they can be valuable to you. Let me talk about myself first. You might not know this, but before I joined the company, I was a serious gamer with more than ten years of gaming experience. It can be said that there are no games that I haven’t played before.”
“Later, in order to survive, I applied for a job. President Qin found me, so I worked hard in the company, and I’ve been doing market research.”
“Before you came, President Xu, when I worked under President Qin, I had the same opinion about games as everyone else. Or rather, everyone in Bluestar’s gaming circle had the same opinions. I thought that games would one day become like a second world for humans in Bluestar. When that time came, game worlds would become more compelling than reality. We were working hard in that direction.”
“However, today, when I was testing Jumping the Line of Fire with our company’s employees, I suddenly had a feeling… I seemed to have misunderstood the nature of games. Especially today, when I was playing biochemical mode, it reminded me of a scene from more than ten years ago.”
“At that time, I was playing a game on TV, and the quality of the graphics was very poor, like a mosaic. However, the joy at that time was something I would never forget in my life. Especially when I was playing a game called Tank Wars with my friends. At that time, we could play all day without feeling tired.”
“In the past few years, the games on the market became more and more high-definition, but I had lost my happiness. However, did you know that today I actually found this feeling, President Xu? Especially when I was fighting off zombies with machine guns with a few colleagues, my whole body felt as if it was about to explode, and I was filled with happiness. I felt that hormones were coursing through my veins.”
“I think, we may have taken the wrong path before, compared to the limited graphics quality, games should pay more attention to the aspect of infinite playability. I think President Xu, you led the company to develop this game, it’s the right path! I believe that our game will be popular after the launch.”
“Also, President Xu, when I was doing this research just now, I found that there is no similar game on the market. That is to say, we do not have any competitors. President Xu, do you know that my admiration for you right now is like a torrential river, endless, overflowing, unstoppable. To be able to work under President Xu, it’s really my…”
“Stop, stop!”
After hearing the last sentence, Xu Zhi was still nodding. Who would have thought that Zheng Quan would suddenly shift the topic onto him, and it caused him to be a little dumbfounded.
However, after taking another look at Zheng Quan’s balding head, Xu Zhi felt that he could not blame Zheng Quan.
After all, compared to other directors in their thirties and employees in their twenties, Zheng Quan was already in his forties. This age was an extremely dangerous dividing line in the company. For Zheng Quan, his position as director was at stake.
Or to put it another way, with his age, it was already very difficult for him to have a good future in other companies outside the Dream Game Company.
A small company might want him, but he might not even be able to take care of his family. As for a larger company, they had already trained their own talents. Zheng Quan was already in his forties. No matter how one looked at it, he was not a suitable candidate.
Zheng Quan was naturally a lot more anxious on daily basis. When he faced Xu Zhi, he could only say nice things.
However, Xu Zhi did not want to replace him, especially after what he had said today.
“Alright, that’s it for today. Let’s go home first. Work hard in the future, I promise to treat you fairly.”
Xu Zhi stood up and patted Zheng Quan’s shoulder heavily.
“Then take care, President Xu. I’ll tidy up here.”
Xu Zhi nodded and left Zheng Quan’s side. When Zheng Quan saw that Xu Zhi had left, he let out a long sigh of relief. He reached out to wipe the sweat off his forehead and wiped it with a tissue. After tidying up the table, he was ready to go home.
Xu Zhi went downstairs to the company and drove away in his Samurai.
Speaking of driving…
Originally, after he had run home that day, Xu Zhi had thought that he would not drive in the future. He would just run home. Not only could he train his body, he could also release stress. In addition, he could save energy and protect the environment. He could kill three birds with one stone.
However, what Xu Zhi did not expect was that after running for less than a week, he discovered that someone was following him.
It was a woman with a decent appearance.
Xu Zhi originally thought that she was some kind of enemy or something. When Xu Zhi was ready to fight with her, that woman actually stopped him and asked for his contact information. She said that she wanted to be friends with him. He did not know whether to laugh or cry.
After Xu Zhi explained that he was married, she still pestered him.
Xu Zhi was so scared that he even tried to take a detour the next few days, to no avail. She even gave Xu Zhi a few love letters on the way. The words on them made Xu Zhi blush.
They were words like ‘You are the most fatal poison for women’, ‘The sky has lost its color when I see you’, ‘My heart is burning for you’, “I am your little sweet fudge’, and so on.
Xu Zhi really did not dare to read any further.
Later, he had no choice but to resume driving home.
Just like that, when he was driving some time ago, Xu Zhi still saw the woman at the intersection, where she was still searching for him. A few days later, she was nowhere to be seen.
He drove home. Although it was late, Xu Zhi still did not feel like sleeping.
After looking at the selfie Qin Zishu posted, Xu Zhi opened the online Jumping the Line of Fire forum to take a look. Other than the in-game beta announcement, there were only a few unexpected posts.
“What the hell is this Jumping the Line of Fire? There’s no one on the forum either. I’m a player of Real Battlefield 1, and I’m still waiting for Real Battlefield 2. Why is Dream Game Company coming up with this Jumping the Line of Fire game? They’re not going to launch Real Battlefield 2 anymore?”
“If it wasn’t for the free gifts from participating in the closed beta, I wouldn’t play it.”
“What kind of game is this? Jumping the Line of Fire? Jumping? Do they want us to jump into the fire pit? Jumping mice? Jumping tigers? Big kangaroos?”
“Let’s wait and see what happens tomorrow. I have three beta codes in my hands, but no one seems to want this thing. Let’s try this game tomorrow.”
“Just looking at the name, it doesn’t look fun. Not really looking forward to it.”
After reading for a while, Xu Zhi turned off his computer. Whether it was good or bad, all would be revealed tomorrow. One could not expect players to praise a game that they had never played before. Thinking too much at this time was just asking for trouble.
The next morning, Xu Zhi arrived at the company early, at around seven o’clock.
Jumping the Line of Fire had already been launched, and the game could be downloaded in the early hours of the previous night. The closed beta test officially began at ten o’clock this morning.
It was still early, and the company seemed to be deserted. Only a few employees who were responsible for maintaining the server stayed up all night, on duty.
Xu Zhi walked over.
“President Xu.”
Seeing Xu Zhi, a few employees stood up with dark circles under their eyes.
“How is it? How many downloads are there?”
Xu Zhi asked one of the employees. The computer in front of him was displaying the data in the background of the download server..