The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 106: Touch it openly!
"Boss, should we ban him?" Song Zhicheng handed the phone to Xu Meng and showed him the operation of this cheating kid.

"Block it! It must be blocked!" Xu Meng said without hesitation, "But before you block it, send him a private message to ask about the situation."

"Ask him where the cheat came from, and try to get the information of the person who sold the cheat."

"He also needs a copy of his own identity information."

"Then we asked for his home address and his parents' contact information, and said we were very grateful to him for providing the information about the cheater, and we also expressed our concern for his situation and wanted to give him some local specialties."

"Local specialties?" Song Zhicheng was puzzled. "A figurine?"

Zhang Baiquan has already finalized the cooperation enterprise for the production of the figures, and the first batch of three figures are now available for pre-order.

——These three figures were selected by all players through voting in the game.

The three characters with the highest votes are Tongque, Heyin and Feiyun.

The last one, Feiyun, originally received very low votes.

But with the crazy canvassing and promotion by Fang Shuo and a group of abstract fun people, it went against the trend and took the third place.

As a result, when the product page was launched and pre-sales were actually opened, the number of pre-orders for the Feiyun figure was much lower than those for the Tongque and Heyin figures!

——Less than one-fifth.

Obviously, a large number of people who are just having fun just like to stir up trouble and don’t really want to buy the Feiyun figure.

When Zhang Baiquan saw this outrageous data, he went straight to Xu Meng's office and asked if he could change his role.

The original words were: "How much less money would this make?!"

Xu Meng rejected it.

The original words were: "We are not short of money."

With Zhang Baiquan's puzzled expression, Xu Meng had to put away his joking thoughts and explained: "The trust of the players is more important than this little money."

So that was settled.

Apart from these three figures, there is nothing else in the company that can be called "local specialties".

We can’t ask the original artists to send out signed original paintings, right?

Xu Meng shook his head frantically: "Still want a figurine? Stop dreaming!"

"Isn't he going to be a senior in high school? Send him three boxes of test papers and past exam questions for each subject."

"???"

Song Zhicheng once again felt the huge difference in thinking between himself and his boss.

Xu Meng still felt unsatisfied: "Five boxes! Three boxes makes us look petty."

"After sending it, I told him that his ID information showed that he was underage, so his account was blocked first."

"When you are an adult, bring your ID number and five boxes of completed papers and real questions to have them unblocked."

"I won't solve it until it's finished."

"Who told him to cheat?"

"Then... I'll go now?" Song Zhicheng finally confirmed.

"Go quickly." Xu Meng urged.

Well, now Song Zhicheng was sure that the boss was not joking, so he started to execute the order without saying anything.

Xu Meng reflected on the whole incident and wondered where the problem lay.

Finally, he concluded that there are two reasons:
First, "Frost and Snow Project" is really popular.

We thought the female player had been exposed, but the heroine who was looking for Dai Lu in Mengjin taught everyone a lesson.

We thought minors were no longer allowed to play games, but now this guy has taught us another lesson.

As for the second one, it is undoubtedly——

Konjac game!

Without them stirring up trouble, this matter would not have caused such a big stir.

Xu Meng never forgot the grudge between her and Konjac.

We had been keeping our hands off until now in order to wait for the development of their new game to catch up.

Only in this way can the sunk costs of Konjac Games continue to rise until they become too high for them to bear.

If it is exposed too early, at most they can be asked to change the name of the project.

It’s absolutely not okay if it doesn’t hurt or itch!
Even if he was attacked again this time, Xu Meng had no intention of changing his mindset.

However, we cannot keep swallowing our anger.

Otherwise, your competitors will think you are easy to bully, and who knows how many disgusting things will happen in the future.

He also has to develop new games and has no time to deal with these people.

"In that case, then... "The Divine Bird"!"

Xu Meng made a decision.

They are all konjac games anyway, all the same.

"When will the next new character be introduced in 'The Divine Bird'?" he asked Song Zhicheng.

“The preview will be released on the 25th of this month, and the new pool will be updated on the 1st of next month.”

Song Zhicheng was still communicating with Li Xinghao, but when he heard Xu Meng's question, he quickly gave an answer, obviously paying close attention to his competitor.

"Bumped into us?"

Dream Building updates too frequently, with new information coming out from time to time, and there is no stable time for previews.

But there will be a big update on the 1st of every month, and the st of next month is no exception.

"Yes." Song Zhicheng confirmed.

"Okay, let's save it this time and release the preview on the same day."

"In addition to announcing new characters, a new mode for Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt, and news about the Cologne Games Show were also announced."

"Since you are not happy with us, what's the point of playing dirty tricks all the time? Let's have a fight openly."

Xu Meng thought for a moment and asked again, "When is their next preview?"

Song Zhicheng glanced up and did some calculations: "If nothing unexpected happens, it will be September 9th or 8th. The "Divine Bird" is basically updated every 9 days, and the preview will be released a week in advance."

Xu Meng nodded: "That will be after the Cologne Game Show. By then, our new hardware will have been exposed. On that day, we will announce the VR backyard and supporting hardware information of "Project Frost and Snow". The first VR content of "Project Frost and Snow" planned by Xu Meng is an interactive scene, but since players have such high demands for the VR backyard, let's announce it together.

Anyway, it's just releasing information, it doesn't mean it has to be online immediately.

Xu Meng's tit-for-tat arrangement made Song Zhicheng's throat tighten.

He reminded Xu Meng:
"This... may not necessarily have a very good effect. Even if they lose popularity to us, they will buy more volume to support it."

"Better!" Xu Meng was not disappointed at all.

"What we want is for them to spend money! The more the better!"

"If necessary, we can also join the battle for buying traffic. If we can increase their cost of buying traffic by three or four times, it will be a great success!"

If it can really achieve this, Konjac will not only not make money, but may even start to lose money.

Other second-hand travel companies will also be in a state of half-death and excruciating pain.

However, Xu Meng thought about the scene, shook his head and changed his words: "Let's forget about the battle for volume purchases and see how things develop."

After all, engaging in vicious competition is not Xu Meng's style.

and……

He really didn't want to spend the money.

So much money, used to develop new games, expand the team, give bonuses to the project team, improve the working environment, upgrade the "Frost and Snow Project" server...

What's better than burning it?

So the plan was decided.

In the evening, the official account of "Frost and Snow Project" released two updates one after another.

One is to dispel rumors——
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The rumor that a player was caught cheating is pure rumor. Please pay attention to the official announcement of [Fengcheng Police Affairs] for details.

The player is under 18 years old and abused other people's identity information to pass anti-addiction measures. He also violated the user agreement and abused plug-ins. The account he used has now been frozen.

However, in order to show DreamZhu's care for minors, Mr. Xu Meng, the founder of DreamZhu, personally funded and sent condolences to the user.

Five boxes of excellent test papers and past exam questions for each subject.

Encourage them to work hard and study diligently at this critical moment in their lives, get admitted to a satisfactory university, and contribute their own efforts to the socialist modernization drive.
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Netizens who have been calling for Dream Building to severely punish Li Xinghao for a long time were instantly delighted when they saw this announcement:
"Well done! I knew Dreaming wouldn't let me down!"

"I say it again, the hanging dog does not deserve sympathy!"

"But it's worth it for the mother of the failed dog! Sending the test paper directly is a stroke of genius!"

"Hahaha, I've already foreseen his life for the next year. Forcing a poor student to study hard, what was Xu Meng thinking!"

"Xu Meng's Encouragement to Study"

"Do you want to see your wife? If you want to see her, then do your homework! Hahaha!"

……

Netizens all laughed happily.

Only Li Xinghao looked at [Account has been banned, remaining time: 358 days], his mouth wide open, wanting to cry but without tears.

Before the players’ laughter subsided, Project Frost and Snow released a second update:
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[Preview of the 1.2 version of "Frost and Snow Project"]

Dear players:

Hello everyone!
"Frost and Snow Project" version 1.2 preview trailer, will be broadcast on July 2025, 7.

The broadcast time is:

Noon【12:00】

或傍晚【19:00】、【19:30】、【20:00】

Due to technical reasons, the exact time will be announced separately on the 18th of this month.

Special rewards will be given out at that time, and everyone is welcome to watch! ——
This announcement left netizens a little confused.

Although it is not common to give a preview more than 20 days in advance on the second tour, it is not too surprising.

But the date for the preview has been set, but the exact start time cannot be decided.

They actually gave four people time to come out!

This is so crazy!

This is totally outrageous behavior that I have never seen before.

The comments section is full of discussion:
"Is there anyone who can analyze this for me?"

"It feels like this announcement...is not about previewing anything at all."

"I don't think so! It's so many days in advance and the time is not set. It seems like he is waiting for something."

"Wait until the preview program is finished?"

"Bullshit! There are still more than 20 days left. A few hours won't hurt in producing the preview program, right?"

"Ahhhh, I feel so uncomfortable, don't make me guess, tell me the answer now!"

……

This confusion lasted for quite some time.

Until Orange Juice, who had been playing "Bird of God" but had recently fallen into the crisis of quitting the game because of "Frost and Snow Plan", accidentally discovered an important piece of information -

The four preview live broadcasts of "Bird of God" before were launched at:

【6:10, June 20】

【4:26, June 19】

【3:13, June 19】

【1:23, June 12】

It just corresponds to the four time options mentioned in this trailer of "Project Frost and Snow".

And July 7th happens to be the time for the next preview live broadcast of "The Divine Bird"!

Now, everything fits together!
Orange Juice excitedly compiled this information, put it into a picture and posted a dynamic message:

[So, the exact time needs to be announced separately, is it to wait for the live broadcast time of the preview of the version of "Shen Niao" to be announced in half a month?]
After he reminded them, the players quickly came to their senses:
This is waiting for the announcement of "Divine Bird". "Frost and Snow Plan" will start at the same time, using the most intuitive live broadcast room popularity to compare the winner!
This is almost a challenge to "The Divine Bird"!

This is already a naked declaration of war!
　3k!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)