Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 135: The Gaming World Bullies Me Beyond Help, Taking

Midnight at twelve o’clock!

In a small rented apartnt with one room and one living room, the lighting was dim.

The girl had clearly just finished showering.

At this mont, she sat in front of an old dressing table, gazing at her reflection in the mirror.

Her jet-black hair was ssy and loose, with droplets of water dripping from the tips.

Her half-revealed small face, though without makeup and barefaced, still could not hide its stunning beauty.

Moreover, the faint tear glistening in her large eyes made her look even more pitiful and fragile.

She looked like a beauty who had been violated and repeatedly washed herself but could not wash away the sha—her gaze vacant, dull, and desperate.

It was no one else.

It was Shen Miaomiao.

She had indeed been violated—violated by Gu Sheng.

More accurately, Gu Sheng had brutally ravaged her soul and spirit.

Since!

The announcent of the second half of Titanfall!

Shen Miaomiao had not slept a good night since then!

This thing was too explosive!

Previously, Golden Wind was a small, quiet ga company; many news pieces had to be actively searched for to appear in so obscure corners of the dia.

Therefore, when Phasmophobia was released before, they were especially surprised when “reviews” landed on them.

But now!

Especially now!

In a one-against-three situation!

Golden Wind had clearly beco the dia’s favorite, and they were pulled out and praised at every turn!

Various ga dia reviews kept coming nonstop!

There was no need for Yan Sheng to use his reputation fruit to specially cultivate dia reports anymore!

The situation had completely reversed!

Now, Golden Wind had beco the dia’s sugar daddy, and everyone wanted a taste!

So!

For Shen Miaomiao, the reports about Golden Wind had shifted from “actively searching” to “passively receiving”!

In other words, from the very first day the second half of Titanfall was announced!

She knew things were bad!

After all, the ga length of the second half was only about three hours, so the news exploded that very night!

Besides the ga dia crazily competing to report!

The term “Titanfall & Pacific Rim” once again climbed the hot search list for ga entertainnt!

Last ti it was eighth!

This ti it was fifth!

Shen Miaomiao’s head was buzzing!

Originally, she just hoped the second half of Titanfall could maintain the quality of the first half.

Yes, she didn’t dare to hope Gu Sheng’s ga would start strong and fade—just that there wouldn’t be any more shocking highlights, and she’d be grateful.

But!

The most despairing situation still happened.

The intense ch battles ignited players’ passion; the deep boss fights brought players’ feelings with BT to a peak.

Finally, a tragic ending sealed this epic ga.

And it didn’t end there; even when the final credits almost finished rolling, it still hid a surprise.

An electronic invitation card laying the groundwork for a spin-off.

With this operation alone!

Don’t say Shen Miaomiao couldn’t predict it.

Even the seasoned chief responsible for escorting the three generals of XunTeng had to admit, “You’re one sly genius.”

A 103% platform ga coverage ratio.

Even those without a motion-sensing pod might have a copy.

Under the enormous pressure of such achievent, Shen Miaomiao endured for a whole week without daring to check the system, having nightmares almost every night—

Gu Sheng, Chu Qingzhou, Yiyou, many competitors…

The gaming world bullies beyond help, taking turns to congratulate on a new success.

Shen Miaomiao was terrified and anxious!

Shen Miaomiao was uneasy and restless!

Shen Miaomiao tossed and turned!

Shen Miaomiao couldn’t sleep!

She knew this ti, her odds were probably slim to none.

That was why she hadn’t dared to check the system, like an ostrich waiting for the judgnt to fall.

And today!

The last day of system docunt settlent!

Shen Miaomiao finally couldn’t hold back!

She carefully opened the system, wanting to see if she still had any room to avoid losses on this final day.

Just as she opened it, she saw the “expected rebate amount” item completely reset to zero.

[Project: Titanfall]

[Project Investnt Amount: 170 million yuan]

[Project Settlent Ti: 14 days ( 1 day)]

[Project Rebate Multiplier: 10 tis ( 1 ti)]

[Current Revenue Amount: 170,000,028 yuan (858,586 copies)]

[Expected Rebate Amount: 0 yuan]

[Remaining Settlent Ti: 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds…]

Not bad.

Because of her small gamble back then, extending the settlent day by one, the Titanfall project successfully turned a profit.

But!

What did that matter?

Even if she hadn’t extended the day!

Even if Titanfall settled one second earlier and sold one fewer copy!

198 minus 28 yuan, net loss of 170 yuan, rebate 11 tis, totaling 1,870 yuan.

So what?

Not even enough to pay her rent.

Shen Miaomiao was silent for a full thirty seconds!

Mouth open, scratching her head.

Wanting to laugh but couldn’t, wanting to cry but didn’t.

At this mont, she didn’t even know what expression to wear to face the fact that Titanfall took half a month to break even.

She randomly grabbed her hair, pacing back and forth in the cramped bedroom five tis!

No matter how much she thought, she couldn’t understand!

It was like lanting fate’s unfairness, or accusing fate’s trickery. Shen Miaomiao raised both hands, her face full of confusion, unwillingness, and incomprehension.

She questioned the quilt, questioned the curtains, questioned the air conditioner blowing cold air!

Her steps staggered, like a soulless zombie, stumbling to the dressing mirror.

“Ah—ah—!”

She asked the sky and earth, or maybe herself:

“This industry!”

“...Who exactly is losing money?”

“This ga developnt industry!”

“...Who can actually lose money?”

“Ah?”

“No matter how lucky I am... I can’t... can’t make money all the way from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to Titanfall, right?”

“No matter how lucky I am!”

“...It can’t sell 170 million yuan worth in 15 days, right? Huh?”

“So... so this industry...”

“This gaming industry...”

“Who exactly is losing money, huh???”

...

“It’s us! It’s us! It’s us! Damn it, it’s us!!!”

Bang!

At the sa ti!

In a XunTeng video conference!

Sitting in his ho study in front of his computer, Chen Guangde slamd the table heavily!

Just now!

The weekly sales report of the motion-sensing pod battle’s second week was released!

The data showed that after two weeks, the total sales of the Polar Bear third generation were 500,103 units worldwide.

Compared to Yiyou X2’s total sales of 830,000 units, it lagged by over 300,000 units, missing one-third of the market!

“We’re the Waterloo of motion-sensing pod sales!”

“Our ga reputation is poor!”

“Our overall revenue is far behind!”

“At this rate, we’ll be utterly defeated!”

In the video conference, Chen Guangde angrily slamd the table at the three forr top generals—three dostic first-tier FPS ga directors—expressing heartbreak and fury!

“Could it be that, our glorious XunTeng Gas! The nation’s top-tier ga conglorate!”

“Without underhanded tricks, we’re struggling to survive?!”

Once he said this!

The video conference fell into dead silence!

Even Chen Guangde himself opened his mouth, unsure how to continue.

He was bitter inside!

Indeed!

Previously, the Shen family young lady’s fierce anger shocked everyone, proving she was not a lucky charm in business.

But!

That warning strike only forbade XunTeng from cheating and did not backstab or use dirtier thods to retaliate!

What she did was rely confiscate their cheating tools and put both sides on an equal footing!

In other words!

Chen Guangde, a veteran top professional who had weathered storms in the gaming industry for years!

Had lost fairly to Shen Miaomiao, a newbie just erging in the gaming world!

And!

She managed to break through his three-pronged siege!

What could Chen Guangde say?

Was his side too weak?

Of course not.

This ti, they had a solid first-generation FPS, a trendy second-generation FPS, and a carefully crafted story-driven masterpiece.

Without Golden Wind!

Just relying on Yiyou’s Rage and Kol, they would lose the new generation FPS market of motion-sensing pods, surrendering absolute initiative!

Moreover, their concentrated tactical breakthroughs might have affected Yiyou’s planned racing and sports sectors!

But all calculations failed to consider!

Golden Wind.

This tiny ga company with a total volu not even five hundred million yuan, managed to turn the tide with a single 170 million yuan investnt, taking on the three giants!

This was not XunTeng’s failure.

It was that genius designer Gu Sheng being too formidable.

He was like soone from another world, bringing spectacular, imagination-breaking ga works from his original world to dominate here.

That kind of dinsionality reduction strike ability was terrifying.

Especially after Titanfall’s release, Chen Guangde even felt his fear turning into a Stockholm syndro-like admiration for strength!

In all his years in the industry, he had never t such a company!

This company was ridiculous!

Gu Sheng was ridiculous, his mind not normal, effortlessly mastering gas big and small, winning despite weakness like eating and drinking!

Shen Miaomiao was even more ridiculous. Knowing her company’s size couldn’t compete with mature giants in the market, yet she let Gu Sheng repeatedly lead the charge with a “I must not lose this ti” mindset, showing no fear of loss and relying on near-blind trust to fight strong enemies again and again!

Both crazier than the other!

Gu Sheng brilliant, Shen Miaomiao tough, and Golden Wind both brilliant and tough!

Thinking of this, Chen Guangde sighed.

These two were like two uneven puzzle pieces.

Normally, they would clash with anyone.

But only with each other did they fit perfectly, forming a complete picture and dominating the gaming world.

Such an incredibly rare probability terrified Chen Guangde.

Especially when he looked at it from Shen Miaomiao’s perspective, the bone-chilling chill almost made him shiver uncontrollably.

Because for Shen Miaomiao, there was only one correct answer—Gu Sheng.

Any other person, rookie or veteran, would lose everything with her reckless style.

Not to ntion the Three Heroes fighting Lü Bu; Golden Wind probably would have collapsed before even finishing the old Yiyou mini-ga festival!

Thinking this, Chen Guangde let out a long sigh!

It was fate and timing!

So rejoiced, so suffered!

Maybe now, Shen Miaomiao was even working overnight to draft Gu Sheng’s comndation plan to further secure this outstanding pillar…

…

“Scoundrel, take my punch! Hey!”

Bang!

Shen Miaomiao had indeed firmly grasped Gu Sheng.

Physically.

At this mont, she was tightly clutching a large Husky-shaped pillow, its dog head replaced with a photo of Gu Sheng, punching and kicking it.

The sounds of pounding echoed repeatedly in the small room.

Poor “Gu Sheng” was beaten until its head shook, twisted and distorted.

Finally, out of breath, Shen Miaomiao raised her small foot and gave a flying kick!

Bang!

The Husky version of “Gu Sheng” spun three tis in the air and crashed onto the floor with a slap.

“Huff... huff... huff...”

After venting, Shen Miaomiao collapsed exhausted, lying spread-eagled on the bed, gasping for air.

One billion yuan dropped to seven hundred million, seven hundred million dropped to three hundred million, and in the end, even the three hundred million vanished into thin air.

Originally, she thought she could break even with this wave and return to peak rich lady status.

But!

Gu Sheng kept pulling out incredible moves, and she ended up making a fortune!

One ga destroyed her rich lady dream for sure.

Looks like she still had to stew in this cramped little rental apartnt for a while.

Sigh...

Shen Miaomiao looked at the yellowed ceiling and sighed.

But on second thought, she had been blindly optimistic about the market situation back then.

At first, no one—from the dia to Yiyou, even to XunTeng—believed in this low-budget escort work, nor expected it to break through among bulky, mature competitors.

Everyone treated it as a giveaway, a low-tier horse, which led to her misjudgnt and completely ignoring Gu Sheng’s thick book-like plan, letting him freely perform.

So...

Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao’s brows furrowed.

The next project would have to be personally guided by her.

Indeed!

I once was like a goddamn ga design genius, accidentally hitting players’ sweet spots.

But as the saying goes, thirty years east, thirty years west!

Now I have grown!

I am no longer a greenhorn who knows nothing about the gaming world, impulsively giving wild guidance!

After over a year of experience, I’ve seen quite a few ga profits and losses!

Moreover!

Even from a taphysical perspective, my newbie protection period in the gaming world should be over!

So this ti, I will don the armor again!

Remove the dross, take the essence, rally the troops, and display my might once more!

Thinking this, Shen Miaomiao took a deep breath and regained confidence!

Maybe it was because she had been beaten down so much, but now she felt her ntal resilience had greatly improved, and her recovery was faster.

“System,”

With a thought, Shen Miaomiao summoned the system in her mind:

“Settle the Titanfall docunt. The road ahead is long and winding; we must focus on the future.”

Early settlent of profit docunts.

This was a new small feature added when the system upgraded to the official version—when a docunt was profitable and beyond the basic settlent ti but still within additional settlent ti, the host could settle it early.

Currently, the Titanfall project was within its additional one-day settlent period, so Shen Miaomiao could settle it early.

Anyway, there was nothing much left to settle; keeping it only caused herself trouble.

However, just as Shen Miaomiao prepared to settle this docunt!

[Ding!]

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang in her mind!

[Detected project profitability!]

[Investnt Return System v1.0 official version—New chanism ④ activated!]

[“Project Additional Derivative Investnt” enabled!]

Hiss—!!!

Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao jolted awake and jumped out of bed!

Right!

When the system upgraded to v1.0 official version, there was a hidden new feature that unlocked after project settlent!

If not for the system prompt, she would have almost forgotten!

With the unlocking of this final new feature, the complete version of Investnt Return System v1.0 official edition was ford!

Shen Miaomiao was overjoyed and hurriedly read the feature description carefully!

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