The surface world's landscapes, items, and creatures were nearly completed, and work on creating the Hell and End dinsions was underway.
Additionally, a team was working on refining the crafting system developed by Lincoln to ensure it was seamlessly integrated into the ga's style.
As for mods, although they were still in planning, Little Chun noted that once the most complex parts were complete, creating mods based on the existing ga would be much quicker.
Even if many new elents like magic, monsters, bosses, and chanics were added, it'd still be simpler than creating the base ga from scratch.
Lincoln assured, "No need to hurry; we've got plenty of ti."
He was also concerned about Little Chun's physical condition, fearing she might overexert herself.
Nevertheless, Randall ntioned that she seed rather stable in recent months, with no signs of deterioration like before.
Randall believed that a person's mindset and emotional state might have an impact on their health to so extent.
After saying this, he repeatedly thanked Lincoln, which made Lincoln feel a bit awkward.
—After all, he should be thanking them for their hard work, not the other way around.
Fortunately, both Randall and Little Chun had achieved financial freedom because of Lincoln's generous rewards, so no one could accuse him of lacking a conscience.
Next, Jero reported on the work being done by the International Affairs Departnt that everyone was interested in.
Izumo and Baekje were on the right track, and as long as there were no unexpected obstacles, the market share, user base, and profit would continue to steadily grow in the foreseeable future.
All Cloud Dream needed to do was pay attention, monitor, and conduct strict audits.
Progress was also being made rapidly in Southeast Asian countries.
It was estimated that Mirage Consoles would be available in these countries from mid-November, accelerating the growth of the player base.
Lincoln clapped his hands to comnd Jero and the staff of the Marketing and International Affairs Departnts for their achievents.
Of course, this applause rely symbolized the recognition, as their compensations and bonuses next month would better reflect it.
Especially the bonuses, which could amount to a significant sum!
After reporting on these "important matters," Jero briefly ntioned the collaboration with dostic brands.
Previously, talks with more than ten partners had concluded.
Unexpectedly, these partners discovered that tropolis and Night City were connected!
This realization made them understand that Cloud Dream's gas were different from other gas.
Almost all other gas had only brief periods of popularity; then, they quickly faded, becoming sothing tasteless yet slightly hard to let go of.
However, Cloud Dream seed to be different!
If the "Speed Chase" Night City could be connected with tropolis,
Would future blockbusters also be integrated with the existing maps?
If so, wouldn't that an that the "lifespan" of these maps could extend far beyond just a few years?
As Cloud Dream developed more gas and attracted more players, wouldn't these maps beco more and more prosperous?
Before, they had carefully considered the popularity of "Assassins' Alliance" before placing advertisents, finding that it had declined sowhat after a month or two.
So, when "Speed Chase" was released, they instinctively shifted their focus to Night City.
Even if it ant spending twice or thrice as much, larger and longer-lasting traffic was the ultimate goal, right?
If every new ga released by Cloud Dream were connected with the existing maps, the virtual environnt world as a whole would have a never-ending stream of "living water." At that point, the maps' lifespans could exceed years!
And their storefronts would no longer be limited to just one ga, but would be located in the ever-growing "virtual world" created by Cloud Dream.
In fact, the residents of this "virtual world" were not only from Daxia!
—There are already users from Izumo and Baekje, and in the future, there will be users from all over the world!
What does that an?
It ans advertising directly to users all over the world!
The value of that is simply incomparable!
Of course, this is just a future possibility, and it may not necessarily co true, so risks are inevitable.
But when they think about the person leading everything is Lincoln, a genius who created a business miracle in just four months, they can't help but feel: It's totally worth a gamble!
The only problem standing in their way is—the collaboration has already been discussed, and contracts have been signed.
And it's only signed for one year...
During the negotiations, it was they who thought Cloud Dream's asking price was too high, so they cut the collaboration ti in half to lower the price.
After all, they felt that with Cloud Dream's developnt speed, the ga might have no players in just one year, and everyone would have moved on to new gas by then.
Looking back at the negotiations, they wish they could slap themselves twice.
But giving up is not an option, they start contacting Jero again, hoping to talk and sign for more years.
As it is now, Cloud Dream's asking price is indeed high, but if they had signed a five-year or ten-year contract, it might have been a great bargain when looking back!
However, by this ti, the brands that realized the huge comrcial value of the virtual world were not just them.
All the brands with strength and vision were aroused by the imagination activated by the connection between tropolis and Night City.
As a result, the employees of Cloud Dream's marketing departnt were bombarded with countless, enthusiastic emails and phone inquiries.
These brands lined up to send money to Cloud Dream like they were crazy, all to achieve long-term cooperation.
All marketing departnt employees suddenly entered an unprecedented state of busyness.
"So this is the current situation." Jero summarized. "Shall we lift the restriction on long contracts?"
"Of course not." Lincoln shook his head resolutely without thinking.
He's no idiot!
"Stick to the old rules, maximum two years. Take it or leave it. Anyway, every ti we expand a city map, we'll raise the price. Let those who want to hesitate, keep hesitating."
"Understood." Jero nodded, unable to help but sigh in his heart—
People with plenty of money do talk tough.
The reports of the employees were all very earnest, but Lincoln's replies gave a sense of cutting through the Gordian knot.
No matter what issue was brought up, he solved it in just a few words, without even having ti to ponder and hesitate.
It made everyone start to wonder: Is the boss really so confident, or just disinterested in what's going on and wants to finish the eting quickly to slack off ...
Not until Samuel began reporting, ntioning the newly erged topic on social networks—"The Battle for the First Completion of 'Speed Chase' between Izumo and Daxia players"—did Lincoln suddenly fall into contemplation.
Everyone looked puzzled at Lincoln.
Earlier, Fred, Randall, Little Chun, Jero... no matter who reported, each topic was undoubtedly related to Cloud Dream's developnt and was important.
Yet, Lincoln had been casual all along.
How could a social networking topic about the battle for a ga's first completion make him think so seriously all of a sudden?
That level of topic popularity is not a big deal for Cloud Dream, right?
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