Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 299: How Do You Know There’s Still Good News?!

With the release of the first hero’s personal promotional video,

a dazzling "fancy promotion" swept across the globe, accompanied by personal videos for other heroes, each making their grand debut!

Every hero had their own independent story!

Every promotional video left a unique, unforgettable impression!

More importantly, these heroes ca from all corners of the world!

There was Soldier 76 from the United States in "Heroes," the old warrior wearing red goggles.

The line "I am no longer a hero" stirred a sigh of regret.

Though he did not see himself as a hero, he still chose to stand up in the face of danger.

There was the dazzling and cute pro gar girl D.Va from Korea in "Starlight Shines."

Her lively, responsible personality imdiately won fans from all over the world the mont her video was released.

Fans with outrageous usernas like “Dogs Who Want to Be Miss D.Va” or “I Live to Be D.Va” or “Feels Like D.Va’s Crawling on ” appeared endlessly.

There was Xiaoi, the data analyst from China’s scientific expedition station, in "Let’s Go."

Kind, reliable, resolute, and steadfast.

Her spirit of "instead of lanting the difficult path, just set out imdiately" perfectly showcased China’s millennia-old kindness and perseverance to players worldwide.

There were the two brothers of the Shimada family from Neon in "Twin Dragons."

Though not the orthodox Five-Clawed Golden Dragon of China, when Shimada Genji unsheathed his sword and that phrase "Liujin Nu Kai Youku Lian" rang out,

the entire Neon player base couldn’t help but erupt in excitent, shouting wildly, "Gu Sheng is truly a gaming immortal!" and worshipping him to madness.

Besides these, there was also the "Winston, your blood pressure is high again" from "Return."

Or the fortress’s bubbling and players teasing "Fortress is right" in "The Last Bastion."

One vibrant character after another, one vivid story after another, gradually enriched the background story of Overwatch and pushed the ga’s popularity higher and higher!

Just like Shen Miaomiao’s blood pressure.

Useless!!!

Golden Wind chairman’s office!

Shen Miaomiao, newly appointed chairman of Golden Wind’s board of directors, was gnashing her teeth fiercely while peeling a banana, mumbling under her breath.

I’m turning into Winston.

It’s been a whole month!

Brother!

I really want to know what the hell Yunwei is doing!

Weren’t they supposed to start with courtesy before force?

Weren’t they supposed to offer a toast before punishing?

Where are the soldiers? Where’s the punishnt?

Have they punished themselves?

Old Gu’s side was on fire, the entire Golden Experience Studio buzzing like they were on adrenaline, progressing super fast.

In about half a month, Overwatch would be ready to launch.

Then, another half month after passing testing, the ga would be released.

Wake up, Yunwei!

Your situation is just like China’s football team in the second half—ti is running out!

Konik...

I really want to roast you!

Shen Miaomiao wished she could slap Konik across the ocean all the way in the United States.

Why do you make yourself useless when given a chance?

“Useless!”

Angry at this thought, Shen Miaomiao slamd the banana peel into the trash can in frustration.

Plop.

As the banana peel landed, the computer fans abruptly stopped spinning.

Great.

Shen Miaomiao shrugged.

Power outage again.

Checking the ti, unsurprisingly, it was 3:30 PM.

Actually, according to the developnt schedule, Overwatch’s completion shouldn’t have been delayed until next month.

The plan was to finish developnt this month and test next month before release.

But!

Recently, every afternoon around 3 PM, the power would go out on their three floors.

It was said to be caused by wiring issues.

Then, building staff would be sent over to fix the wiring and equipnt, usually lasting until 4 or even 5 PM.

Shen Miaomiao’s attitude toward this was ambiguous.

You see, the building’s big boss, Uncle Li, was a friend of her father, Comrade Lao Shen.

Theoretically, if this happened more than once or twice, she could have called Uncle Li directly.

Yes, Golden Wind was no longer under Shen Capital, but she hadn’t cut ties with her father!

One call could have thoroughly investigated the power outage problem and stopped it completely!

But!

Shen Miaomiao didn’t say anything.

I’m not stupid! Isn’t it obvious who’s behind this?

Who’s building has power outages every day? Out of five workdays a week, two or three days without power? And they always pick the floors where Golden Wind is located?

She’d only heard vague rumors about "real business warfare is about pulling your power plug."

Never imagined Yunwei’s Iron Turtle would actually resort to such ridiculous dirty tricks!

But on the other hand, this move effectively delayed their developnt progress.

Because only the wiring for their floors was cut, the building didn’t activate the backup power supply, maximizing the purpose of “pulling your power plug.”

The only strange thing was that Old Gu didn’t make much fuss about it.

Besides equipping the operations departnt with a temporary backup power supply, there was no further action.

He even took this opportunity to organize “group afternoon tea” activities.

When the power went out, the team’s young masters, young ladies, and wives gathered in small groups downstairs to drink tea or go to the lounge to grab snacks (the claw machine had backup power provided by Shen Miaomiao, so no snack machines were powerless).

Leisurely and carefree, no rush or panic, acting like they were enjoying the mountain view from the city tower...

“...Outside the city, chaos reigns~”

Shen Miaomiao propped her cheek, watching Gu Sheng grab a prize from the claw machine while singing:

“Flags waving, sorsault shadows, it turns out to be Sima Yi—”

Plop!

A regular Bull energy drink fell from the claw machine.

Gu Sheng squatted to pick it up, singing in a long drawn-out tone, shaking his head and handing the drink to Shen Miaomiao:

“The soldiers are coming!”

Shen Miaomiao giggled:

“Old Gu, are you getting old? I heard online that when Chinese people reach a certain age, their national essence bloodline awakens automatically, and they like to listen to those cutesy tunes.”

“Exactly!”

Gu Sheng laughed heartily, striking a pose and taking wide steps.

“Back when my team first started, we had just over ten people and seven or eight guns. When the Imperial Army chased , I was dizzy..."

Singing this part, Gu Sheng bowed to Shen Miaomiao:

“Thanks to Sister Qing, she told to hide in the water jar!”

But before he finished,

Moriya happened to pass by and joined in, singing:

“That woman is... unusual!”

Gu Sheng imdiately lost it:

“Moriya, you’re the damn Imperial Army! Why are you singing that damn song with him?”

Hahaha—

Since there were many brothers in the lounge, everyone burst into laughter at this.

For a mont, the entire company was filled with joy and a lighthearted atmosphere.

However, at that mont—

Tat-tat-tat—

Suddenly, the sound of urgent high heels echoed.

“Chairman Shen, President Gu.”

A greeting rang out.

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao turned to see.

Outside the lounge stood Secretary Chu Qingzhou, the chairman’s chief secretary.

Her expression was less than ideal.

Shen Miaomiao sent a questioning look.

Secretary Chu said nothing, only gestured toward the eting room for a detailed discussion.

In an instant, the entire lounge fell silent.

Clearly, Secretary Chu’s face carried bad news—nothing to celebrate.

Shen Miaomiao’s heart skipped a beat.

Could it be...

“Yunwei has made a move.”

Because it was urgent, after following Secretary Chu into the office, she furrowed her brows and spoke:

“Just as expected!”

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao secretly rejoiced but still put on a worried look as if facing a great enemy:

“What’s the situation?”

“Look.”

Secretary Chu pushed her phone toward the two leaders.

It was a graphic tweet from Yunwei’s TYG Studio:

【TYG Studio: We are very pleased to announce that our new multiplayer battle ga High Energy Vanguard will launch stress testing at the beginning of next month, and is expected to be released on March 15. Please look forward to it!】

Above the tweet was a “family photo” poster.

A monkey in black armor, a soldier wearing an X-shaped holographic helt, a black male angel with a halo, a short-haired girl proudly wearing a flag and holding dual submachine guns...

Winston, 76, Angel, Tracer...

The prototypes were unmistakable, shalessly blatant.

This blatant copy left the two speechless, unsure of what to say for a long ti.

“Isn’t this... blatant plagiarism?”

Shen Miaomiao had expected Yunwei to be unscrupulous but never thought they would stoop this low!

However!

That wasn’t the worst part!

“The most critical point is they can start stress testing on March 1,”

Secretary Chu pointed out the core problem.

“You have to understand, from our early planning to developnt to the release of the first personal promotional video, Overwatch took two whole months.”

“And from the release of the first video until now, it’s been less than a month.”

At this, Secretary Chu shook her head slowly and looked at the two core leaders opposite her:

“In less than a month, Yunwei managed to replicate our ga and is releasing it ahead of us???”

Gasp!!!

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao finally grasped the severity of the problem!

Right!

A whole ga in less than a month?

No matter how strong Yunwei is, how many people or how rich, there’s no way they could replicate it that fast!

You can copy the ga models and chanics, but the modeling and data definitely couldn’t be done in just a month!

In other words...

Plop.

At that mont, the power ca back on.

Shen Miaomiao gasped softly, stiffly turning her neck to look at the tightly furrowed Gu Sheng...

“...So, the power outages delaying our developnt were only part of Yunwei’s plan. Their real plan was to bribe the wiring repair staff and steal our data while we were away...”

Click.

The apartnt door opened.

Shen Miaomiao followed Gu Sheng inside, feeling the suffocating pressure.

Yes.

Ever since Secretary Chu reported Yunwei’s sudden attack,

Old Gu’s face had been ashen.

Shen Miaomiao felt guilty.

She really didn’t expect Yunwei to use a chain of sches.

Beneath the seemingly ordinary "real business warfare" tactic, there was a deeper plan of secret data theft.

Indeed,

She hoped Yunwei would launch a fatal and effective attack to powerfully ambush Overwatch and prevent it from making huge profits.

But now, seeing Old Gu’s expression, she wondered if she had gone too far.

After all, if she had called Uncle Li earlier to investigate the wiring issues thoroughly, Yunwei wouldn’t have had this opportunity.

Ultimately, this was caused by her deliberate neglect.

Thinking this, Shen Miaomiao opened her mouth:

“This matter...”

“Is my fault.”

Gu Sheng said quietly.

Shen Miaomiao was stunned.

She wanted to say it was her lack of vigilance since she originally had the chance to nip this threat in the bud.

But before she could, Gu Sheng spoke first:

...“It’s my lack of vigilance. I thought Yunwei’s tactics were just pulling the power plug, nothing more. I even relaxed enough to let everyone go out for fresh air and tea during the outage, without a single person watching the house...”

Saying this, Gu Sheng sat down despondently on the sofa.

“Hey, Old Gu, don’t be like this,”

Seeing him like this, Shen Miaomiao felt even more heartbroken and guilty. She ca behind him, biting her lip and massaging his temples:

“This can’t be all your fault. After all, Yunwei’s tactics have only been about cutting power all this ti. Everyone thought that was all they had.”

“This matter, I’m also at fault. I was too careless.”

“But...”

Shen Miaomiao continued to massage Gu Sheng thoughtfully.

Her mind raced.

How to comfort Old Gu?

Now that Yunwei’s rush release of the knockoff High Energy Vanguard was inevitable,

what could she say to ease Old Gu’s mind and help him calmly face this major failure?

Maybe saying that them releasing first isn’t necessarily bad?

Maybe... they could still make so adjustnts based on Yunwei’s release effect?

Hmm—

This reasoning was admittedly a bit weak.

But at this point, she couldn’t think of a better consolation, so she forced herself to speak hesitantly:

“Yunwei’s data theft is certainly hateful, but the good news is—”

Just as she said this,

Gu Sheng suddenly clicked his tongue!

He turned abruptly to Shen Miaomiao and scrutinized her for a full three seconds!

Then, he burst out laughing with a mischievous grin like Song Xiaobao and slapped her hand:

“You sly one! You’re getting sharper and sharper!”

“How do you know there’s still good news?! Hahaha!”

Shen Miaomiao: ...Huh?