The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 462 Black Fire! A new idea to be a superman when you are happy (asking for monthly tickets)

Wu Shuang knew the importance and sensitivity of this matter.

But she didn't ask too many questions.

After patiently listening to Xu Meng's description of their meeting, he quickly continued the previous topic:

"Old volunteers between 60 and 100, right? How many are needed for each age group? 500 or 1000?"

Xu Meng shook his head: "With a five-year interval, 5 people in each interval will be enough."

After that, he quickly added: "Old people can install a dream machine at home and cooperate remotely. Don't let the old men and women get tired from traveling and causing problems."

"No!" Wu Shuang shook her head immediately. "There are many old men and women with nothing to do in the Veteran Cadre Activity Center. I can pull a group of them out for you tomorrow."

"For the sake of sample diversity, I'll find you some farmers, workers, and scholars of the same age."

"Oh, we also have to consider the regional issues. We need people from both the south and the north. There is also the issue of bloodline. Elderly people from different nationalities and countries..."

Wu Shuang is as smart and capable as ever.

Her mind raced, and she immediately began to think about the specific implementation details based on Xu Meng's requirements.

After getting Xu Meng's confirmation, Wu Shuang hung up the phone and started to get busy -

The first thing: arrange for someone to find volunteers.

Then he went to his leader to report Xu Meng’s online meeting with the US President.

Next is Xu Meng’s [Rejuvenation] project.

The originally most important [photonic chip] technological breakthrough has fallen to the last tier.

There is no doubt that she is about to start another busy life.

……

……

After Xu Meng hung up the phone, he was still a little hesitant: should he work first, or play games with Xiao Meng first.

But Xiao Meng helped him make the choice: "Great!"

“It’s a more powerful chip!”

"Xiao Meng can build a new home now!"

So Xu Meng stopped worrying and took the pink-haired little pirate to check the results of the photonic chip and arrange the next stage of tasks.

It took me several hours of work to basically get these things done.

Finally, I can free up my hands to accompany the little pirate who has been waiting for a long time to rob players.

[Dream] sets sail and begins to sail across the Caribbean Sea! ——
With the activeness of Xu Meng and Xiao Meng, hot posts quickly emerged on social networks——

[Oh my god! I was robbed by Xu Meng and Xiao Meng!]
[Oh my god, the Dream Building boss is here to beat people up!]
[Hahahaha, we hacked Xu Meng to death! Look at the group photo!]
[Luckily the ship didn’t blow up, otherwise I would have suspected that the development team personally stepped in to reclaim the game currency!]
……

Xu Meng and Xiao Meng appear in every post.

And there are the strange crew members made by Xiao Meng——

A chubby pirate chef.

A lookout as thin as a stick.

A silly dog ​​that can only bark, but can wield a sword with its mouth.

A parrot with a very poisonous mouth.

There are also a group of human-shaped pandas, hippos, crocodiles, elephants...

These are obviously not the natives in "Sail in the Blue Sea".

They look very funny, but their fighting strength varies.

The success rate of robbery is only 50%.

And even if they succeeded, they would only knock the person unconscious, steal the pirate ship's flag, or one or two bottles of wine, and some food.

The main experience is the process of "grabbing" rather than the things that are grabbed.

If you are defeated, just lie on the deck and pretend to be dead for a while.

Then run away in shame.

The sight of these animal characters running away with their butts sticking up creates a lot of funny scenes.

Xu Meng was also chopped down several times.

Only Xiao Meng, the players are reluctant to kill this little guy.

Later, when Xiao Meng jumped onto the boat, the players on the boat split into two groups:

A group of people chased Xu Meng and hacked him wildly.

The other group of people raised their hands and lined up to surrender to Xiao Meng.

Xiao Meng didn't think that she had won unfairly. She proudly held up the small dagger and took photos with her captives.

The captured players all cooperated and made frightened expressions.

The Golden Compass, which has become famous in the past two days, was also snatched away by Xiao Meng.

A widely circulated photo was also born:

A group of people sat on the deck, captured by Xiao Meng holding a thin little sword.

They surrounded Xiao Meng and took photos with her happily.

Xu Meng was tied up and thrown next to a wine barrel in the corner, looking miserable.

……

It was noisy all afternoon.

By the time Xu Meng and Xiao Meng logged off, it was almost time to get off work.

Each project team has completed their tasks and is waiting for Xu Meng's acceptance.

The promotional video for the elderly has some minor deviations and needs to be modified.

However, the [Brooding] project team already had a plan in mind, and the plot trailer was quite good.

Xu Meng was very satisfied after reading it and asked them to publish it directly.
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So, while the players were still talking about Xu Meng and Xiao Meng's robbery, they suddenly saw that "Sailing in the Blue Sea" released new promotional materials -

"Blue Sea Sailing" plot trailer: [Black Fire]
It's not just the players who are crazy about playing games.

Because of the large-scale protests by black people and the continued decline in game ratings, a large number of netizens who were just watching the fun also turned their attention.

Not to mention the black people who were protesting, they were the first to look over.

Stewart and ShaDow were also in the live studio watching with the audience.

It is worth mentioning that although ShaDow has always been emotionally calling on players to oppose the slave trade in the game, he has never directed his spearhead at Zhumeng, let alone attacking Xu Meng.

His target of attack has always been the slave trade in the game - now he has to add the "evil as festering" villain Happy Superman to the mix.

Even when someone in the live broadcast room incited people to take to the streets to protest and demanded that the government sanction DreamBuild, ShaDow would calmly present facts and reason, and persuade everyone not to do so.

But heat is a double-edged sword.

He gained huge traffic and profits by inciting racial sentiments, but after experiencing a crushing defeat and humiliation, he also suffered strong backlash.

He started to lose followers, and a large number of viewers blamed him for the disastrous defeat due to his poor command, and some even chased him for refunds and compensation.

The atmosphere in the live broadcast room became very bad.

His persuasion was also ineffective.

In the end, all we could say was, “Everyone calm down, let’s finish watching this trailer and see how Zhu Meng reacts, and then decide what to do next.”

"If Dream Building is completely indifferent and ignores our voices, I will protest with you!"

As he said this, he clicked on this new trailer.
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The trailer opens with a gloomy overhead shot of a plantation, with ragged black slaves bending over to work in a sugarcane field.

A low violin sounded slowly in the background.

But as the camera zooms in, the sound of a whip mixes with the vibration of the violin.

A slave enters the scene being whipped by a farmer.

The sounds of heavy breathing, gradually increasing heartbeats, and the collision of chains on wrists were heard one by one.

……

This depressing opening immediately quieted the audience.

Everyone realized: This is Dream Building’s response to the current black protests.

So everyone watched more carefully.

……

The oppression that black slaves endured was so cruel.

The shackles on his hands and feet were stained with blood.

The sick and weak who fell down from working in the scorching heat were whipped by the slave owners and forced to continue working with difficulty.

Any black slaves who showed the slightest resistance were hung on trees and whipped to death, and their bodies were discarded without warning.

The parents of the black slaves had to kill their own children with great pain to save them from this cruel fate.

In just a few scenes, all the audience successfully empathized with the desperate situation of the black slaves.

Until another slave mother, crying bitterly, picked up a piece of broken glass and stabbed her infant child with it.

The turning point everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived——

A strong arm suddenly broke into the picture and tightly grasped the sharp glass!

The glass cut the big black hand, and blood gushed out of it and dripped onto the baby's brow.

The camera slowly moves up.

A calm, heroic black man appeared in front of everyone.

"Nelson..."

Black mothers cried out his name in despair and helplessness.

Nelson said nothing.

But the film began to narrate——

[When breathing carries the weight of chains]
Black man Nelson threw a Bible into the fire and lit a torch in the rising flames.

[Freedom is not a gift from God]
The old black man dripped the poison into the slave owner's wine glass with trembling hands.

Nelson put the shackles that bound the slave owner's hands and tightened them around his neck.

He climbed to a higher place holding a torch.

In front of him were desperate and confused faces.

As he spoke, fire ignited in eyes.

The hammer was raised high and smashed heavily on the rusty shackles in slow motion.

Sparks fly!

The black slaves raised the sickles used to harvest sugarcane high up and cut the necks of the overseers.

Warehouses and cotton fields were set ablaze.

The slaveholders' flag was cut down.

Amid the sound of cloth tearing, the flag slowly fell down and fell into the sea of ​​fire.

The charred cross toppled over in the flames.

[Only iron and fire can forge freedom]
The beats of African war drums became more and more frequent, and the chanting of black soul music suddenly sounded.

The dense crowd of black people rushed towards the slave owner's mansion like a black wildfire!

The next moment, the mansion was set on fire.

The rising flames looked like a column of blood-red smoke in the night sky.

The broken shackles were thrown into the furnace.

The red-hot molten iron flowed out of the furnace and was cast into spears by the strong black black blacksmith.

One by one, the black men took up their spears and went into the fields that had been burned to ashes.

Nelson, the original insurgent and leader of the black slaves, picked up the last spear and slowly walked into the crowd.

The camera zooms in to a close-up of Nelson's face.

He opened his mouth, continued the narration, and said the last two sentences:

"We are not the tears of history, but the flames that burn away the shackles!"

"We are, Blackfyre."

The last two seconds show a grand scene from an aerial perspective:
The rebels were holding shields and spears, charging towards the array of muskets with roars!
The Royal Navy in red uniforms collided violently with the dark-skinned rebels.

Red and black mixed together, and order was instantly replaced by chaos!
The trailer came to an abrupt end with the last heavy beat of war drums.
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After watching this trailer, netizens immediately realized:

Dream Building did not blindly follow the demands of black players and abolish the slave trade.

There is also no moral condemnation of players who sell slaves.

Their choice was: to show black players their attitude towards the slave trade.

——After knowing that there will be a black slave uprising in the future, it is not difficult to understand: the situation of the black slaves in the game now is a necessary plot foreshadowing.

The development team created content related to black slaves in the game not to mock or discriminate against black people.

Quite the opposite, actually.

This is a sympathy for the plight of black slaves in history.

For this purpose, an important plot is specially designed to help them fight for their freedom!

This is clearly the internationalist spirit of boundless love!
The black players were immediately excited!
In ShaDow's live broadcast room, the audience's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn:

"Black fire! Black flame! In this movie... we are the protagonists?!"

"I knew that a great scientist must have a broad mind. How could he be a racist?!"

"That's right! It's all those evil players who have hurt our trust in Dream Building! This is a conspiracy! We can't fall for it!"

"Thanks! Love from Tennessee!"

"This plot must be experienced with a dream machine! I'll take out a loan and place an order now!"

……

It’s not just black players.

Players of other skin colors were also excited by this super high-quality plot trailer. (Maybe except for some white players)

They all asked when this plot would begin.

Only when you are happy can you become a superman. My reaction after watching it is different from others.

He rolled his eyes and said to the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room: "Brothers... I suddenly came up with a great idea!"

Amidst the audience's barrage of question marks, he immediately quit the game and went to [Adventurer Mode] to create a hardcore character.

Then I went to Mengjin to post again——

[Does anyone know which farm the NPC Nelson is on? I want to send him some local specialties!]
(End of this chapter)