Chapter 77: The Industrial Revolution in the Tang Dynasty_i
After seven days spent on warming up, combined with the studio’s prior reputation, the sales of “The Naless” just barely crossed the million mark. For an average studio, that number might call for champagne, but compared to its predecessors, the sales of “The Naless” can only be described as bleak. Moreover, the completion rate of the ga was only 3%, and most players who finished it scored no higher than 60, which shows just how punishing the difficulty of this ga really was.
The only consolation was that the ga received high praise.
Players who enjoyed this type of ga declared it a masterpiece and said they felt uneasy if they didn11 play it every day, loving the thrill of going through life and death.
However, this group of players was after all a minority, with most preferring gas that were more relaxing and casual.
Life was already tough enough; there was no need to suffer again in a ga. After analyzing the data for half the day, Wang Xiaoying sighed and felt that she had screwed things up.
No matter how she looked at it, this operation couldn’t be considered a success. Compiling this operation into a case study, she uneasily approached Fang Cheng with the report and said nervously, “Boss, I didn’t handle this well, the ga sales… aren’t great.”
“It’s okay, you’ve done very well,” Fang Cheng revealed a smile as warm as a spring breeze, “Don’t worry, there is no problem with the outco this ti.” Seeing Fang Cheng’s smile, Wang Xiaoying felt even more uneasy.
Boss, could he have been angered into confusion?
Full of doubt, Wang Xiaoying returned to her seat, and the “Workplace Survival Guide (Intern Edition)” she had read involuntarily sprung to mind.
“When you feel you’ve botched sothing, you indeed have; when you think you’ve done sothing quite well, it’s possible you’ve also botched it.” “After you’ve ssed up, it’s best to pray for the boss to berate you; that ans he still holds so hope for you. If the boss smiles at you, it ans he’s already found a better employee.”
Filled with trepidation, Wang Xiaoying found Huang Ping and asked in a low voice, Brother Huang, has the boss lost his mind from anger?” “No, why should the boss be angry?” Huang Ping asked in confusion.
Look, the ga sales aren’t doing well. Compared to ‘Princess Dungeon’ and
‘Quiet Cultivation’ before, this data is really bad.”
Seeing Wang Xiaoying’s worried face, Huang Ping felt it was ti for so rookie education.
Having her sit down beside him, Huang Ping asked, “Did the boss smile?”
“He did.”
“Then there’s no problem. The boss isn’t one to play mind gas with us employees; at most, he would make so small jokes.”
“…What’s considered playing mind gas, and what’s considered a joke? I can’t tell the difference,” she said.
“You’ll understand in ti. In any case, if the boss smiled, it ans that everything is under control.”
“What if he didn’t smile?”
“That would an the boss is brewing sothing big; after a while, when the boss unleashes it, there will be no problem,” Huang Ping replied.
Wang Xiaoying looked at Huang Ping doubtfully, then hesitantly asked, According to what you’re saying, everything is fine no matter what happens?” “Absolutely,” Xiao Douzi, who was sitting nearby, turned his head and said seriously, “The studio actually has only one rule, and that is to trust the boss.” Huang Ping pushed Xiao Douzi aside: “Don’t listen to him; he’s just a fanatic. But he’s not wrong; you can always trust the boss.”
Looking at the confident Huang Ping, Wang Xiaoying felt that there wasn’t much difference between him and Xiao Douzi; both were fanatically trusting to an extre extent.
Although the two said everything was fine, Wang Xiaoying was still quite worried, and could only repeatedly refresh the videos and information on various platforms, hoping to find an appropriate breakthrough.
Unlike the anxious Wang Xiaoying, Fang Cheng was feeling sowhat pleased at the mont.
Refreshing the steam platform, he watched the players1 comnts with satisfaction, feeling that the developnts this ti were quite good. Although most were complaining about the difficulty, players who enjoyed battle stated univocally after getting into it that it was very satisfying. “The feeling of killing soone with a single blow is genuinely exhilarating.” “The bow and arrows feel spot on, and even though there’s no reticle, I can make one myself.”
“I especially love cutting off my opponent’s thumb and then putting it back, they 11 never be able to shoot a bow and arrow again in their life.”
So-so.” (From a player who had spent over too hours in the ga.)
The high difficulty of battles and realistic environntal simulations highlighted the fine line between life and death excellently, fully demonstrating the cruelty of war and the pleasure of victory.
Looking at these comnts, Fang Cheng was very pleased.
Staring intently into the sky, Fang Cheng saw the emotions of the world converge into flas that burned fiercely in the air.
These were the flas of the secular world, also the flas of Dustfire, with countless people’s emotions gathering here, forming the lting pot of earthly sentints.
While gazing at the Dustfire, Fang Cheng also narrowed down the scope, filtering the content of the Dustfire he saw using “The Naless” as a keyword, until he saw a red fla.
Red symbolized strife, and for most players ntioning “The Naless,” their first impression was the combat within it.
And he had defined “The Naless” as red as well.
As long as the red nurtured by “The Naless” reached a certain level, he could imrse his Taoist Heart into it, blend the two together, complete his Taoist Heart through this, and achieve enlightennt.
As Fang Cheng waited for the red to increase, a hint of green began to form and started to constantly infect the surrounding red.
Although so impurities would not affect his Taoist Heart, this green had a sense of tranquility and determination, and it was continuously interfering with the surrounding red, making Fang Cheng feel that so anomaly was about to happen.
Before he could figure out why, he heard Wang Xiaoying exclaim with surprise,
“Boss, is this also part of your plan!”
“What plan?” Fang Cheng withdrew his gaze and asked with confusion.
Wang Xiaoying then revealed an expression of sudden realization and admiringly said, “Boss, so you’ ve been planning this all along? Worthy of the boss, truly bold. Creating a talking point through hidden gaplay and using easter eggs to overturn the previous gaplay. But this approach is too risky, and next ti, you better let know.”
“So what are you talking about?”
Wang Xiaoying looked dissatisfiedly at Fang Cheng, “Boss, don’t hide it from now, see for yourself.”
Clicking on the video link Wang Xiaoying had sent over, Fang Cheng realized where that hint of green was coming from as soon as he saw the title of the video.
“The Naless: Farming is the Only Way to Break Through A Hundred Percent”
Seeing this title, Fang Cheng had a bad feeling.
What have these players discovered now!
Imdiately clicking on the video, Fang Cheng saw a completely different scene.
In the Protectorate of Anxi, there were workshops everywhere, electrical wires transmitted the electricity generated from simple power stations to every household, making the entire Protectorate of Anxi seem as if it had co to the early 20th century ahead of ti.
The industrial revolution had arrived nearly a thousand years early, with steam engines fueled by coal roaring as they transported materials to Anxi, thus forging a massive industrial empire.
Viewers of the video comnted that it seed like a mod, made quite convincingly.
But Fang Cheng knew it was not.
So player had brought about the industrial revolution.
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