Have you ever made games? Then you should write about games!

The next day.

Before the alarm clock rang, it was the bank's debt collection call.

I pressed the answer button, and a familiar voice came through the receiver.

"Mr. Chen, there are only 10 days left until your loan expires. Please prepare in advance to avoid overdue payments."

"Understood. I will go to the bank to make the repayment within three days."

Upon hearing this, the bank employee in a suit immediately became enthusiastic.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, would you like me to make an appointment for you in advance?"

"No."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, have a nice day."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Dong couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle when he heard the other person's final words of blessing.

When I was unable to repay the loan before, the bank not only urged me to repay a month in advance, but also acted in a very businesslike manner.

Now that I have the ability to repay the loan, the other party's attitude immediately became much more enthusiastic.

Sure enough, this society is ultimately driven by money.

Afterwards, while washing up, Chen Dong opened the writer's assistant and uploaded all the content he had finished the night before.

Attending the game producer conference hosted by Steam took up a lot of time, leaving Chen Dong with very few drafts left. He could only write today and publish tomorrow.

If anything unexpected happens, Chen Dong will only have one option left: to take leave and stop updating his work.

However, taking a break from updating during the new book's release period will not only affect subsequent recommendations, but may also have a huge impact on the book's performance.

Spitting out the mouthwash, Chen Dong muttered to himself.

"The storyline of Terraria has just ended, so I'll post four chapters and save six for the next few days to build up my drafts."

As he spoke, Chen Dong opened the system panel.

[Game Novel Master System]

[Host: Chen Dong]

[Linked to novel: "We Promised to Develop a Match-3 Game, But What's with Titanfall?"]

[Games featured in the novel: Devil Roulette, Vampire Survivor, Terraria]

[Redemption Requirements: Obtain 1,000 monthly passes within 24 hours!]

[Redeemable Games: None]

[Games already redeemed: Devil Roulette, Vampire Survivor]

As expected, after today's chapter was posted, Terraria appeared on the system panel.

However, Chen Dong froze upon seeing the requirements for redeeming Terraria.

puff.

The splashing water cooled Chen Dongju, bringing her back to her senses.

After tidying up the mess with a few sheets of paper, Chen Dong pulled up his pants, washed his hands, and pondered how to collect the one thousand monthly tickets required by the system.

Monthly passes are items that readers can only obtain by spending real money, and only 1-2 can be obtained each month, which shows how precious monthly passes are.

Therefore, unless they encounter a novel they really like, readers generally won't casually give away their monthly votes.

Compared to the previous requirement of 1,000 followers, this requirement of 1,000 monthly tickets is obviously more difficult to achieve.

After tidying up, Chen Dong went downstairs, got into the car, and gave the last four digits of his phone number in one smooth motion.

By the time he came to his senses, Didi had already stopped downstairs at the company.

Good morning, Mr. Chen.

Good morning, Mr. Chen.

Good morning, Mr. Chen!

Faced with the warm greetings from his employees, Chen Dong smiled and nodded repeatedly in acknowledgment.

When he returned to his office, his neck was sore and stiff.

Rubbing his neck, Chen Dong sat down in the boss's chair, turned on his computer, logged into the author assistant's backend, and posted and pinned a comment in the novel's comment section asking for monthly votes.

Only then did he begin his writing work for the day.

With the novel currently boasting tens of thousands of favorites and over two thousand readers, getting a thousand monthly votes within 24 hours is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

An hour later.

After finishing a chapter, Chen Dong took a break and checked the backend data.

"I got two hundred monthly passes in just one hour. Looking at it this way, the system's redemption requirements aren't too difficult."

Seeing such encouraging data, Chen Dong's creative enthusiasm soared, and he stopped taking breaks and turned into a relentless typing machine.

Two and a half hours later, it was almost lunchtime.

Chen Dong stopped typing, glanced at the three chapters he had just finished, and smiled with satisfaction.

However, Chen Dong's smile vanished the moment he saw the increase in monthly votes.

Two and a half hours passed, but the number of monthly passes had only increased by one hundred.

Including the previous monthly passes, there are only three hundred, far from the one thousand monthly passes required to redeem the game.

Even so, Chen Dong was still confident that he could gather a thousand monthly tickets within 24 hours.

however.

That confidence began to crack slightly before the end of the workday.

Looking at the computer screen, where the number of monthly tickets had stopped at four hundred, Chen Dong felt somewhat incredulous.

"In the morning, I received 300 monthly passes, but by the afternoon, I only received 100 more?"

Chen Dong's resolve began to waver.

If he continues to ignore the situation and takes no action, he may not be able to obtain the required 1,000 monthly tickets within 24 hours.

As for whether the system will impose a penalty after a failure.

Chen Dong dared not gamble.

"A thousand monthly passes? Where am I supposed to get a thousand monthly passes?!"

Just as Chen Dong was feeling overwhelmed by this, Yin Qingying, carrying a stack of documents, pushed open the wooden door of the office and walked to Chen Dong's desk.

"Mr. Chen, the sales figures for 'Vampire Survivor' on its first day of release have been calculated, totaling 1.05 million copies."

The bundles of "Devil's Roulette" and the two games sold 770,000 and 1,830,000 copies respectively.

Yin Qingying placed the documents on the table, took a half step back, and gave a brief report.

"After deducting the revenue share from each platform and the taxes payable, Xingka will receive a total of about 30 million yuan."

The money will be deposited into the company account tomorrow, after the start of the work week.

Upon hearing that 30 million yuan would be deposited into the company's account the next day, Chen Dong's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

"Perfect timing, I'll let Manager Yin know in advance."

In a couple of days, I need to go to the bank to pay off a loan of ten million.

After a brief pause, Chen Dong shifted the topic to the future development of Star Card.

"In addition, we will need manpower not only to maintain the games that have already been released, but also to develop new games."

Therefore, it's time to put the first round of expansion for StarCard on the agenda.

Meeting Chen Dong's burning gaze, Yin Qingying seemed to be burned, quickly looked away, and nodded slightly.

Next.

The two discussed the matter for a long time in the office.

It wasn't until the afterglow faded and night fell that a preliminary draft of the Star Card expansion plan was finalized.

"I'm sorry, Manager Yin, for keeping you from leaving get off work. I'll talk to HR and you can count these two hours as overtime."

As he clocked out and stepped out of the company, a cool breeze greeted him, and Chen Dong said somewhat embarrassedly.

Yin Qingying gently shook her head, causing her long, smooth hair at the back of her head to form waves.

He took out his phone, glanced at the time, fiddled with it for a while, and then looked up again, smiling.

"It's not safe for a girl to walk alone at night. I've called a ride-hailing car for you. It'll be there soon."

When employees join StarCard, they need to provide a contact address, so Chen Dong knew Yin Qingying's address in Hangzhou.

A rental house located almost on the edge of the city.

however.

Yin Qingying waved her hands repeatedly in refusal, wanting Chen Dong to cancel the order before the ride-hailing car arrived.

In her opinion, taking Metro Line 3 to the transfer station, then transferring to Metro Line 7 to the terminal station, and then taking bus 715 for four stops to get home would only cost 13 yuan.

Choosing to take a taxi home would cost 77 yuan, which is almost enough for her to make three round trips between home and work, so it's not worth it.

Besides, her grandmother had said that one should not accept rewards without merit, and Yin Qingying did not allow herself to accept other people's contributions with a clear conscience.

Sensing Yin Qingying's strong resistance, Chen Dong did not force his good intentions upon her, but instead made a request.

"Manager Yin, I'd like to ask you for a favor, as a way of repaying you for the ride."

"What kind of help?"

"I want to take a close-up photo of your legs."

"ha?"

"No, don't take them off, I want the stockings!"

"ha???"