Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 20: Rapidly Losing Money in One Hour!

Holy sh*t?!

This system… actually has a hidden achievent chanism?

Shen Miaomiao was stunned!

Was this so kind of compensation for her two failed rebate attempts?

Wait—no.

After rereading the system prompt, Shen Miaomiao understood.

Actually, the Investnt Rebate System was designed to encourage successful investnts.

The system’s main function was to safeguard her investnts, to make sure that even if she failed, she wouldn’t completely crash and burn.

In other words, this system was basically a safety net.

It’s just that she—a self-proclaid couch potato—had taken that safety net and gone full-on rogue mode.

But so what?!

Shen Miaomiao shrugged and curled her lip, wearing an expression that scread: “Yeah, I’m shaless. You got a problem with that?”

She’d already had two successful investnts—yet both combined hadn’t earned her as much as one single failed investnt with a rebate.

You only live once, right?

Go big or go ho! Bet small, win small! Bet wild, get a freakin' Land Rover!

Riding a loss into profit—that’s the real hustle!

With that in mind, Shen Miaomiao pulled up the [Settlent Ti Reduction Card] in her mind.

On the card, it read:

[Description: Upon use, this card will randomly reduce settlent ti.]

The instructions were simple.

But the tiny line of fine print beneath it caught her attention:

[(Note: If settlent is successful, it may affect the achievent determination process. Use with caution.)]

She reread it a couple more tis, then nodded to herself.

If her guess was right, achievent rewards from the system were all tied to successful investnts.

One successful investnt unlocked “First Pot of Gold.”

Two unlocked another milestone… and from there: ten, twenty, a hundred… progressing step by step.

But the mont she failed and triggered a rebate, the achievent counter probably reset.

Which ant—

her earlier hunch had been spot-on.

The system’s original intent was to encourage successful investing—not throwing in the towel! Not going full flop-mode!

Tch.

Shen Miaomiao snorted disdainfully.

Seriously, this system totally underestimated the determination of a true couch potato.

You really think I’d ignore the big fat payouts from failing just to scrape together so petty success cash?

Success? My a*!

I’m a full-on gambling gremlin!!!

With that thought—

Shen Miaomiao used the Ti Reduction Card without a second of hesitation.

In an instant—

the card turned to golden light and vanished in her consciousness.

Then—ding!

A crisp chi rang out in her mind:

[Ding! You have successfully used the Settlent Ti Reduction Card!]

[Random reduction complete. Your next investnt settlent ti has been shortened by—]

[15 days, 22 hours, and 59 minutes!]

WHAT THE FK?!**

Shen Miaomiao gasped.

A whole 15 days shaved off?!

No wait—technically 15 days and 23 hours!

That ans she could greenlight a project, lose money imdiately, and get her rebate on the spot?!

Just thinking about it got her hyped.

She grabbed her phone, ready to call Gu Sheng and tell him to launch a project—any project—and just dump a few hundred thousand into it.

That way, her account would instantly balloon by millions!

However—

The system, sensing her little sche, promptly issued another warning:

[(Note: The reduced ti must be less than the estimated rebate settlent period for the project. Otherwise, it may cause errors and system failure.)]

Shen Miaomiao: “…”

Figures money wouldn’t be that easy to lose.

She grimaced awkwardly and scratched her head, then began rethinking how best to use those 15 days and 23 hours.

At this point, the smartest move seed to be taking part in the YiYou Mini Ga Developnt Festival that Chu Qingzhou had just ntioned.

According to the system’s projection, if their project was entered into the festival, the rebate settlent ti would be 30 days.

And if she used her Ti Reduction Card—

that would chop off exactly 15 days and 23 hours.

Plus, the platform would provide a 14-day free trial period for all new entries…

That left a final duration of: 1 hour.

Oh hell yes.

Shen Miaomiao’s eyebrows shot up.

That ant the actual settlent ti for the project would only be one hour.

Let’s go, baby!!!

After running the numbers, Shen Miaomiao was absolutely thrilled.

She practically jumped off the bed with excitent!

One hour to burn through cash?!

No matter how good Gu Sheng’s ga was—even with strears hyping it up—there was no way they’d break even in just one hour.

This one right here—

This move’s a straight-up jackpot!!!

With her mind made up, Shen Miaomiao imdiately called Chu Qingzhou back and confird on the spot:

“Chuchu-jie! Call YiYou Platform right now!”

Shen Miaomiao was practically glowing with confidence—no longer moping like so tragic figure.

She was like an electrified warrior holding a pitchfork under moonlight—eyes blazing.

“Just tell them we’re honored to receive the invite, and we’ll definitely be participating in the ga festival!”

anwhile—

As Shen Miaomiao was riding high and ready to roll,

in the Vice President’s Office of Xingmang Gas, a voice was thundering just as loudly—

“You’re bringing this trash report to ?!”

SMACK—!!

A printed sales report landed hard on the desk, the sharp sound making the man across from it flinch.

Behind the desk sat a chubby, balding middle-aged man, nostrils flaring in fury.

“Fantasy Conquest! That’s one hell of an IP! It dominated YiYou’s best-seller chart for three whole months!”

“And this sequel is this much of a disaster?!”

“You got your a** handed to you by a glitched-out garbage ga by fifteen freakin’ grand?!”

“Jiang Yun, a lot of people told you’d lost your edge. I didn’t believe them.”

“I gave this IP back to you, trusted you to carry it forward—”

“And this is how you repay ?!”

A full-on tongue-lashing.

The man nad Jiang Yun opened his mouth to speak—but then thought better of it.

He had nothing to say.

Yes, the original Fantasy Conquest that once took the platform by storm was his brainchild.

And it was that ga that made his na—earning him a place among the top ga designers in Huaxia.

But Jiang Yun wasn’t one to coast on past glory.

After his success, he’d tried to shift gears—wanted to develop a new action-adventure title.

But the company had shot him down cold.

Their reasoning?

Why waste ti on risky new projects when they could just milk the sequel cash cow?

And that wasn’t the worst of it.

Vice President Chen Hang—greedy to his core—had doubled down.

He gutted the original design:

Characters that were originally earned through combat? Now locked behind a gacha system.

Maps that were once unlocked by exploration? Now only available via a first-ti purchase.

Flashy awakening skills? Stripped out and sold separately as “premium effects.”

The failure of Fantasy Conquest 2?

Jiang Yun had seen it coming a mile away.

So now—he had nothing to argue.

He could only sigh and nod.

“I didn’t do well enough. I’m sorry, President Chen.”

Just like always,

Jiang Yun chose to swallow his pride.

Because the truth was—

he didn’t want to leave, and he couldn’t leave Xingmang.