Chapter 522: Chapter 511: Press Conference (1st Update)
The next day, the frenzied press conference of Cola.
Showing off had always been sothing that Bubble liked to do, especially after clinching the championship, Bubble had to flaunt triumphantly.
His way of showing off was to hold a press conference and invite journalists from TV stations around the world to boast.
This action was strongly opposed by General Yin, and his secretary Xue Bi also expressed that such a large-scale press conference was sowhat improper and prone to problems.
But how should I put it… After a person swells with pride, many things beco resistant to advice. Bubble had been building up Cola Frenzy for so long, finally winning a championship and having a mont of pride, it was only natural for him to declare it to the world.
“That Cola Frenzy…”
“Just call Bubble. I prefer this ID over my real na these days,” said Bubble.
“You successfully won the championship of the Holy Spirit League, and the prize was 20 percent of Dispute Company’s parent company’s shares. The value of this shareholding is imasurable. Although you entrusted the shares to the Holy Spirit officials after winning the championship, the officials later stated that this reward would indeed be given to you. So, what rewards did you give to the players who won the first Holy Spirit championship afterward?”
“What you want to hear is the amount of the prize money, right? I’m not so heartless boss, everyone at the club who worked hard for the Holy Spirit League championship received a bonus they couldn’t spend in a lifeti. The specific figures, I’d rather not disclose.”
At the press conference, Bubble didn’t show off too much but was quite restrained. Although… holding this press conference was already like a seal coming ashore, flaunting joyously on another level.
“Then may I ask, after you beco a shareholder of the Dispute parent company, do you have any intentions of interfering with the company’s decision-making? Currently, the stock of Dispute has been on a decline since the death of Gabby Wiz, which is not a good on,” another journalist asked.
“As for interfering with decisions, all I can say is… this is Mr. Gabby’s legacy. He has always been a ga producer whom I greatly respect, and I will continue his will, striving to make VR gaming experiences even more superior.”
Bubble’s answer was also perfect. The decline of Dispute parent company’s stock price was inevitable since thirty percent of the shares had been swallowed by a rival company, and this was bound to cause fluctuations in Dispute’s stock price.
But no matter the fluctuations, or even if there was a significant drop in the player base of Dispute’s ga, the company’s foundation was still sothing that club managers like Bubble needed to look up to.
“Next, you,” said Bubble, pointing to a foreign journalist raising his hand.
“Mr. Bubble, I’d like to ask about so specifics of the Holy Spirit League. After your player Caral won the championship, he went on to challenge an NPC nad Thorne. This NPC exhibited combat power that clearly exceeded the level of Holy Spirit players, but during the fight, Caral used a professional skill that Swordsman players have never seen before to defeat him. Do you think Caral’s character stats also exceed the current level of Holy Spirit players?” the journalist asked.
“That’s when… ah…”
Just as Bubble was about to respond, he suddenly felt a sharp pain at his feet. Sitting next to him, Xue Bi kicked Bubble’s shin with great force.
Bubble endured the pain and glanced at Xue Bi, only to find Xue Bi glaring at him with a fierce gaze.
That look ant ‘Stop blabbering! Shut up!’
“I don’t understand what you an. Next,” Bubble simply chose another journalist.
There were only two players and Xue Bi with him at this press conference. Since beating Thorne, Caral had not slackened off but showed signs of turning into Zhao Mingwei.
That was to beco an eSports Ascetic Monk. Previously, Caral only focused on leveling up and improving equipnt stats, but now he had begun to imrse himself in honing his swordsmanship and refining his combat skills. God knows what had spurred him.
“Mr. Bubble! Mr. Bubble! What I an is… did Caral cheat!”
That journalist was apparently on an assault mission. His remark plunged the previously noisy press conference into a weird silence. Everyone, including Bubble, looked at the journalist with a serious expression.
“Do you realize you’re questioning a ga led by Tiangong-13?” Bubble asked.
“Although the official announcent states that ‘Sacred Spirit’ is fully operated by Sky Palace No. 13, the ga’s activities and official notices suggest human operation behind the scenes; we just don’t know who the operators of the Sacred Spirit company are! Caral’s performance in the match against Thorne showed damage output that clearly exceeded the server’s limits, and he used a… second awakening skill that other players could not possibly master, a system that was only announced on the official website the day before yesterday and hasn’t even gone live yet. But Caral had already mastered it before the announcent. Could this be considered cheating?”
This reporter ca prepared and seed to have conducted a deep investigation into the ga ‘Sacred Spirit’.
“Then you must also be aware of the official statent that if players master a skill to a high enough degree of proficiency, they can obtain the second awakening skill early,” Bubble knew exactly how to respond.
The Divine Sword Skill·All Swords Return to Origin showcased by Caral in the battle against Thorne has been a hot topic on forums recently, with the general gist being, why don’t I have this skill as a Swordsman, and how can I master this skill, and so on…
“Skill proficiency is a very vague concept. Shouldn’t the ga design make the conditions for equipnt and job advancents public? As it stands, there’s no clear mission in ‘Sacred Spirit’ to achieve a second awakening… Or do you think one could really cultivate Sword Qi within ‘Sacred Spirit’?” the reporter asked jokingly.
Indeed… from a player’s perspective, Caral mastering the second awakening early is outright cheating. Caral is strong in PVP techniques; every player might agree with that. But why should Caral possess a bunch of brand-new powerful moves and finishing techniques?
To put it bluntly, what is Sword Qi, fluctuations, psychic power? To most people, these are rely elents of the ga’s background setting, not sothing that actually exists.
If these elents were real, the ‘Sacred Spirit’ system should label them, like psychic power cultivation value, Sword Qi cultivation value, and how to achieve second awakening after a certain amount of cultivation.
But ‘Sacred Spirit’s system hasn’t been marked with these, and even if these features are updated in the future, they seem irrelevant in the face of current skepticism.
“…” Bubble was montarily at a loss for words, and Xue Bi, who had been silent beside him, spoke up.
“It can.” Xue Bi gave a response that caused an uproar among all the reporters present. “I believe ‘Sacred Spirit’ is a revolutionary ga, many elents within it are getting close to the real world, including the ga’s professions, skills, and strength that are not rely background settings, but actually concrete existences embedded in the ga’s values.”
“What about the concrete thod of cultivation? VR gaming devices can’t be controlled with the brain, right? The sensory experience in the ga is rely simulating feedback on clothing. Are you saying that mastering this so-called Sword Qi is just an effect of a malfunction in the haptic suit?”
This remark by the reporter was obviously… beyond what a reporter should say. Now, Xue Bi had every right to call security to throw this guy out, but Xue Bi managed to control his temper.
“So frogs take pride in the small patch of blue sky they see from the bottom of their well. I’ve always heard that journalists from England’s BBG Broadcasting Company lack knowledge, but I never expected them to hire elentary school students as reporters. Security… can you kick this noisy fellow out?” Xue Bi issued the eviction order without hesitation.
The towering security guards, each over two ters tall, imdiately grabbed the reporter and threw him out. They literally threw him out.
“This… isn’t this a bit too much? The whole world is watching the livestream… how are we going to explain this?” Bubble suddenly beca genuinely timid.
“No explanation needed,” Xue Bi stood up from his seat. “Today’s press conference ends here. Everyone, please leave.”
The reporters were ushered out of the Cola Frenzy club by the security guards, while Bubble returned to the Cola Frenzy training room feeling sowhat uneasy.
But inside the training room, so workers were installing a strange machine.
“What the heck? I don’t rember buying a nutrient pod? Isn’t that a scam?” Bubble exclaid at the sight of the tallic coffin, but the label beneath this ‘coffin’ wasn’t from so scam company; it was… the Dispute Company’s logo.
“This is a prototype gaming pod produced by Dispute Company, designed for full consciousness imrsion. Mr. Lv Yinling sohow got a batch from the parent company, and I think you should try it out first,” Xue Bi said.
“Gaming… pod?”
Bubble tilted his head slightly, a puzzled look on his face.
Because just a second ago, a gaming pod was sothing that existed only in science fiction movies.
“Just try it out, stop whining,” Xue Bi seed to be on the verge of losing his patience.
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