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Chapter 106 Sad Story

"what!?"

Si Jinliang's voice was very loud, but the first people to react were those from Mingyu Technology's operations team.

These people are actually guarding Mingyu's shut-down game... But it has nothing to do with Si Jinliang, but with the investors behind Mingyu Technology. The investors want to squeeze out the remaining players of Mingyu Technology's game called "Dou Pai" and then arrange them to other games under its umbrella.

Of course, these are not games under Mingyu Technology, but other games invested by investors.

After all, although Si Jinliang failed, their game "Dou Pai" actually still had quite a few players... It was just that they couldn't make money, and with the withdrawal of investors, the whole thing collapsed.

In fact.

Tang Yao felt that the number of people in Mingyu Technology's operations team was decreasing, and it was not an illusion.

It is indeed becoming less and less.

After all, it was the investors who took over the operation of the game, and the salaries of this operation team were all paid by the investors. As the value of the players of "Dou Pai" was squeezed out and the game was in chaos for several months, there were not many players left, and most of them were complaining... or to be more precise, they were full of resentment.

Not long ago, all R&D was withdrawn, the game no longer maintained versions or fixed bugs, and recharges and most entrances were closed some time ago.

And just yesterday, the server closure announcement was released. Once the server closure announcement was released, it was almost equivalent to the dust settling.

The entire operator also received a notice to leave.

Because the game is about to officially cease operations and the game server will be shut down.

"Boss... No, Brother Liang, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Yanbo, the current nominal leader of the operations team, stood up curiously, walked over to Si Jinliang, who had just been down for a while and was shouting when he came to his senses, and asked curiously.

"What's wrong!?"

Si Jinliang turned his head abruptly, pointed at Avalon Studios, and said in shock, "Tang Yao just said that they made 'Fate/Grand Order'!?"

"..."

Hear this.

Yuan Yanbo was silent and looked at Si Jinliang with complicated eyes.

The other operators were not much better, and their expressions were equally complicated.

what?
"Brother Liang, they've been here for so long, don't you know what they do?"

After a long time.

Yuan Yanbo slowly said, "Haven't you ever met Yuxin and the others? Even if you haven't, you already know about Fate/Grand Order. Didn't you see the logo before it launched? And those PVs also had logos after they aired, right? Besides, isn't their studio's name posted on the door?"

Si Jinliang recollected it briefly and did have some impression of the LOGO, but it was not the huge 'Aniplex'. He only remembered it was a small boat with some deformed letters underneath?
“But the name of their company…”

Think of this.

Si Jinliang widened his eyes slightly and pointed to an A4 paper with the words "Utopia" written on it not far away. Halfway through his words, he suddenly realized something.

Yuan Yanbo's expression grew even more complicated. "Haven't you read the comics? The scabbard of the Sword of Promised Victory in Fate/Zero, the distant utopia, Avalon... And why do you think we all look at Tang Yao every time she walks by? Is it really just because we're drawn to her beauty?"

Si Jinliang subconsciously said: "Isn't it?"

"cough……"

Yuan Yanbo choked and couldn't help but cough. "It's mainly because of their game... We all participated in the first test of their game. Didn't they invite you?"

The players in the initial testing of "Fate/Grand Order" were all people Tang Yao was familiar with, plus people from Mingyu Technology who were found by Chu Yuxin.

"..."

Si Jinliang opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Because Tang Yao did invite him, but he subconsciously refused at the time, mainly because he didn't want to be reminded of the painful memories.

Let alone communicating with Chu Yuxin and others who defected to Mingyu Technology... he couldn't even chat with Yuan Yanbo and others. This conversation was a rare exchange in the past two months.

Because he has been locking himself in the office every day for the past few months.

When Yuan Yanbo saw Si Jinliang's expression, he probably guessed the result and sighed.

This unlucky boss...

But he can also understand the other party.

Because they stay here not to make the game better, but to squeeze out the last value of the game and divert the game players elsewhere.

Don't worry about Mingyu Technology's "Dou Pai". This is also a product that Si Jinliang spent countless efforts on. He is like his own son... and now his own child is going to be "humiliated by plastic surgery" and "skinned and fleshed out" in front of him, and the ones who did it were Yuan Yanbo and other "relatives" who created the game.

As his biological father, you can imagine how painful it was for him.

It would be better to say that his biological father also took action.

Because in fact, until last week, Si Jinliang was still maintaining the game... many of the methods used to exploit players were implemented by him.

Of course, all of this came to an end with the service suspension announcement.

Mingyu Technology has reached the end of its life, in stark contrast to the rising Avalon Studio.

"They are really amazing..."

Think of this.

Yuan Yanbo looked in the direction of Avalon Studio, sighed softly, and felt a little melancholy.

Because at the beginning, he, like Si Jinliang, was not optimistic about the other party and felt that the other party's ending would not be very good.

But after playing the game for the first time during the test, he changed his mind.

And the reality was just as he expected.

Their game was a huge hit after its public beta, and now it's even showing signs of breaking through the circle. Although he didn't know the turnover situation, he asked other operators and found that they all topped up...

This is already very illustrative.

It’s clearly the same location, and one could even say that the employees are the same group...Except for Kang Ming’s trio, all the people in Avalon Studio are from Mingyu Technology.

But fate is not the same.

So what is the gap between Mingyu Technology and Avalon?

It's actually quite obvious.

The boss is different...

On the other hand, Si Jinliang obviously also realized this.

The studio next to him, the one he always thought would repeat his mistakes and experience his own painful experiences, turned out to be the producer of the popular game "Fate/Grand Order"...?
Did they succeed…?
Those words I said back then, those words of advice that even seem a little funny when I think about them now...

When Si Jinliang thought of this, he stood there in a daze, and then after accepting this fact, he smiled bitterly.

I am really... self-righteous.

Although they are the same group of people, they have different fates.

Then why is there such a big gap among the same group of people?

Putting aside the self-deception that the markets are different, the platforms are different, and the games are different.

The biggest change is that the boss is different.

After all, would he have dared to spend a fortune on mobile games in that environment? Would he have dared to continue with it even though comic book readers at the time didn't accept it?
dare not.

Their boss...

Si Jinliang thought of that beautiful girl, her smile when she faced the advice, and his own words. Feeling embarrassed, he smiled bitterly again, turned around and waved to Yuan Yanbo, then walked towards his office, which was both his home and his workplace, in a daze.

Yuan Yanbo watched Si Jinliang leave, shook his head, and then looked in the direction of Avalon Studio.

I should have changed jobs earlier...

the other side.

soon.

Si Jinliang returned to the office and sat down in front of the messy computer desk. He looked at his unrecognizable game on the screen, then looked at "Fate/Grand Order" on his phone, and suddenly covered his face with his hands.

Obviously the same group of people...

Why did my game become like this?

I am really a waste...

……

at the same time.

Avalon Studios.

Because of Si Jinliang's loud scream, Tang Yao was forced to interrupt her thinking... She reached out and smoothed her long, smooth hair that was let down by her ears because it was warmer. She did not continue to think about operations, but because of Si Jinliang's scream, she remembered Kang Ming's acquisition proposal just now.

Acquire Mingyu Technology?
In fact, at this moment, Mingyu Technology has been squeezed almost to the limit...

The equipment has been purchased, the people have arrived, and Avalon Studio will soon have money, so there is no need to rely on Mingyu Technology to save costs on many things.

There is really no need to catch a sheep and pull it out.

But Kang Ming’s words just now caught Tang Yao’s attention...Mingyu Technology’s game!
(End of this chapter)