Agreed to make bad games, What the Hell is Titan Fall 117
by admin## Chapter 117: The Official Version of the Investment Rebate System! Embark on a New Journey!
It was night.
23:59 AM.
Shen Miao Miao nestled in her small bed, wrapped in a pink blanket, her eyes fixed on the countdown on the ArtTour official website.
The luxurious riverside mansion she used to rent for tens of thousands of yuan a month had been replaced by a simple one-bedroom apartment in an ordinary residential area.
The spacious living room was gone, the dreamy gauze canopy bed was gone, and even a separate study was nonexistent.
Now, she simply placed her computer on a lazy-susan desk and worked from her single bed.
Yes.
Her battle with Xun Teng Technology in a state of frenzy, although causing significant losses and making Chen Guangde and Xun Teng suffer, with their tails tucked between their legs, they were now behaving themselves (at least towards Golden Wind).
But Shen Miao Miao’s losses were equally severe.
In a week, she burned through one hundred and seven thousand yuan of her savings, including her deposits, last year’s dividend, and most of this year’s salary.
Now, she had only a little over five thousand six hundred yuan in monthly wages.
Forget comparing with Gu Sheng, Jiang Yun, and other high-level executives; her current salary was even lower than the company’s cleaning lady.
Five thousand six hundred yuan.
If she were an ordinary child from an ordinary family in a second or third-tier city, this salary wouldn’t be considered much, but it would be enough to live a comfortable life.
But the problem was, she wasn’t from an ordinary family, and this wasn’t some second or third-tier city.
“Life is hard…”
Shen Miao Miao sighed and wrapped her small blanket tighter.
Fortunately, this predicament wouldn’t last too long.
There was one minute left before the launch of ArtTour X2.
As soon as the countdown ended, ArtTour X2 would officially be available for purchase. At the same time, two other accompanying blockbusters, “Titanfall” and the first batch of games for the sensory pod, would also be available for purchase.
An investment of 170 million yuan and a retail price of 198 yuan.
Even with ArtTour’s preferential policies for accompanying blockbusters, without any commission on this product and with Titanfall needing to sell almost 860,000 copies, it would take nearly two months for the company to break even.
It was impossible.
Shen Miao Miao was sure of it.
Because, as far as she knew, the first batch of ArtTour X2 sensory pods produced only a million units, released globally.
After that, the production of the second batch would be determined based on sales and trends.
Production took time. If the sales were good, and they decided to produce another million units for the second batch, it would take at least one and a half to two months to get them off the production line.
By then, her system would have already completed the settlement.
In other words, for Titanfall to break even, it had to meet two conditions!
First!
Her purchase rate in the initial batch of sensory pods had to be above 85%!
Second!
The initial one million ArtTour X2 units had to be sold out before her system’s settlement time!
After all, Titanfall was an exclusive, accompanying game for ArtTour X2!
You needed a device to purchase and play the game.
To achieve sales, you had to ensure sufficient market scale!
Therefore!
This was an impossible task!
Shen Miao Miao was confident!
Shen Miao Miao was extremely confident!
Shen Miao Miao was almost divinely inspired!
Shen Miao Miao was destined to lose!
By then, once the system settlement was complete, she would definitely return to her luxurious villa, live a sophisticated and bohemian lifestyle, and regain her status as a wealthy woman!
With that thought, Shen Miao Miao chuckled, unscrewed her diluted Helena Black Bandage face cream, scraping the last bit out, and applying it to her face.
Ding!
Just then!
Shen Miao Miao heard that familiar, pleasant system notification voice ring in her mind!
It was here!
Exactly at midnight!
The ArtTour official website refreshed, and the brand-new ArtTour X2, equipped with the full-sensory auxiliary system, and the first storyline blockbuster game, “Titanfall,” created by Golden Wind, were launched globally!
And the next second!
Something unexpected happened!
Originally, Shen Miao Miao had been prepared to read the details of this investment, but to her surprise, after that crisp sound, a synthetic female voice spoke in her mind—
【Detecting total investment exceeding 100 million yuan for a single project. Auto-starting summary of profits and losses for historical projects within the stipulated time…】
【Project 001 – “Mao Liao”: Profitable】
【Project 002 – “Who’s the Daddy”: Profitable】
【Project 003 – “Vampire Survivors”: Loss】
【Project 004 – “Terror Phobia”: Profitable】
【Project 005 – “Left 4 Dead”: Loss】
【Project 006 – “PUBG”: Profitable】
【Project 007 – “Overcooked”: Profitable】
【Summary complete】
【Total number of projects: 7】
【Number of profitable projects: 5】
【Profitability ratio: 71.43%】
【Approved: Host’s single investment project amount exceeds 100 million yuan and profitability ratio exceeds 60%】
【Trial version of investment rebate system automatically closing】
【Loading… Loading complete…】
【Investment Rebate System v1.0 Official Version】
【Officially launching!】
What the…?!
Shen Miao Miao jumped out of bed, almost overturning the lazy-susan desk!
This thing had an official version?
Or to put it another way…
I’ve been playing the trial version all this time?!
And!
Looking at the v1.0 version number after the official version… there would be updates later?!
Hiss—
Shen Miao Miao gasped, clicking her tongue, her big eyes wide with excitement.
Practice is over!
The new journey begins now!
Thinking about it, Shen Miao Miao couldn’t wait to reopen the official version of the system and carefully read the version update notes!
【Investment Rebate System v1.0 Official Version】
【Introduction: When a single project investment reaches 100 million yuan, or the total number of investment projects exceeds 10, the system will automatically start detection. If the conditions are met, the system will be upgraded to the official version】
【Update notes:】
【① Rebate multiplier: Basic rebate multiplier remains unchanged, starting from ten times】
【② Rebate time: The basic rebate settlement time will be automatically generated by the system within 1-4 weeks based on comprehensive data】
【③ New mechanism: Rebate time extension mechanism】
After a project is established, the host can lock the cost at any time to generate a rebate slip, and adjust the settlement time before the slip is officially activated. For every +1 day in the basic settlement time, the project rebate multiplier increases by +1 times, with a maximum multiplier of 100 times (without any additional benefits).
【④ New mechanism: ???】
Unlocked after this project settlement.
I—am—blown—away!!!
The brand-new official version of the rebate system made Shen Miao Miao gasp in shock!
This was a complete upgrade!
With the basic multiplier remaining the same, she could now start adjusting the rebate time and multiplier!
Thinking about it, Shen Miao Miao hurriedly brought up the “Titanfall” system slip!
Although theoretically, this project slip had already been activated, and it was impossible to enjoy the time multiplier adjustment, the system considered the upgrade and slip activation to be simultaneous, so it gave Shen Miao Miao an extra ten minutes to familiarize herself with the official version’s functions.
【Project: Titanfall】
【Project Investment Amount: 170 million yuan】
【Project Settlement Time: 14 days (+0 days)】
【Project Rebate Multiplier: 10 times (+0 times)】
【Current Revenue Amount: 0 yuan】
【Estimated Rebate Amount: 1.7 billion yuan】
【Remaining Settlement Time: Awaiting activation】
“This is fun…”
While speaking, Shen Miao Miao tried to pull the project rebate multiplier to its maximum in her mind!
【Project Settlement Time: 14 days (+90 days)】
【Project Rebate Multiplier: 10 times (+90 times)】
【Estimated Rebate Amount: 17 billion yuan】
“Ohhhhhhhhhhhh—”
Seventeen billion yuan!
If she put all this money into her own vault, she would instantly achieve financial freedom and embark on a lazy life!
Of course!
This scenario only existed in her dreams.
Because to get that 17 billion yuan, she would have to ensure that “Titanfall” didn’t sell a single copy for three and a half months.
That was ridiculous.
So, after having fun for a while, Shen Miao Miao pulled the slider back, letting it stay at “+1.”
Just a little test.
One more day meant one more times the rebate!
But in just fifteen days, the sales of ArtTour X2 probably wouldn’t exceed half.
Even if they sold 500,000 units, and every buyer purchased Titanfall, that would only be 500,000 copies, with a total sales volume of 99.9 million yuan, rounding up to 100 million yuan.
With no commission, the revenue was what you saw. 170 million yuan minus 100 million yuan, leaving 70 million yuan, with a rebate of 11 times—
770 million yuan.
Take off!!!
“Humph, I’m going to turn my life around!”
Speaking of which!
Shen Miao Miao held her breath!
The slip was locked in her mind, and the official version of the system was activated!
【Project: Titanfall】
【Project Investment Amount: 170 million yuan】
【Project Settlement Time: 14 days (+1 day)】
【Project Rebate Multiplier: 10 times (+1 times)】
【Current Revenue Amount: 0 yuan】
【Estimated Rebate Amount: 1.87 billion yuan】
【Remaining Settlement Time: 14 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds…】
No time to explain!
Let’s make money!
…
“Yo, what the hell! This is freaking awesome!”
One day later!
Weekend.
In Piao Lao Shi’s livestream, Pigskin Bully excitedly slapped the ArtTour X2 package box beside him, happy like a 300-pound child:
“Hey, just to let you guys see the new generation of X2 as early as possible, me, Qiezi, Lao Ma, and a few other friends,”
“We literally rushed to the ArtTour factory. I told their product manager: do you want this thing to be on Shark Stream or not? If you do, get it delivered to us ASAP,”
“Wow—the product manager was totally scared, you know? He personally sent someone to get it from the factory for us…”
Piao Lao Shi spoke excitedly, with a confident air!
But the viewers in the livestream were already in stitches—
‘Translation: We couldn’t wait for delivery, so we begged them to ship it online.’
‘So, you guys are basically couriers?’
‘What are you talking about? No courier is as fast as these guys. My sensory pod is still on the way. It’s going to arrive tomorrow morning.’
‘The main thing is we couldn’t wait any longer.’
‘These guys are crazy…’
‘Pigskin Bully seems to have flown it directly from Yunan to Shanghai, right?’
‘But gotta say, that was fast.’
‘Stop bragging, Piao Lao Shi, alright? Just open the box already.’
‘…’
As the barrage of comments urged him on, Piao Lao Shi realized that his boasting had been exposed, so he awkwardly scratched his head and beckoned his apprentice to bring the sensory pod in front of the camera.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
As the wooden frame packaging was pried open, the two of them worked together to pull out the cardboard box and unpack the layers of packaging. Then they connected the wiring.
Finally.
A sleek, angular black sensory pod appeared in front of the camera.
The sharp angles made it look like a knight of the night, with glittering breathing lights adorning the edges.
On the pod cover, the ArtTour logo was understated yet stylish.
“Yo, this is really cool—“
Piao Lao Shi circled the sensory pod three times, marveling continuously, then said, “Little Yi, Little Yi?”
【Yes, I’m here.】
A sweet female voice responded, and the voice-activated sensory pod door opened, revealing the cockpit inside.
Voice recognition was no longer a novelty in this world.
However, it was the first time it was used in a sensory pod.
That name, though… it was quite ordinary.
Piao Lao Shi explored it curiously for a while, and then couldn’t wait to get into the sensory pod.
Click.
As the door closed, Little Yi’s notification sounded—
Welcome, [Dragon Slayer], do you want to activate the “Full-Sensory Auxiliary System”?
(After activation, we will perform real-time scans of your health status)
Piao Lao Shi knew that the biggest selling point of this ArtTour X2 sensory pod was the newly added “Full-Sensory Auxiliary” system.
With the help of this technology, the immersion of gameplay would be greatly enhanced, with the experience becoming closer to real-life feedback and sensation.
“Activate.”
That’s why he bought it!
Without hesitation, Piao Lao Shi chose to activate it.
After the scan results showed that he was fit, there was another round of pain level adjustments.
Yes, with the addition of the full-sensory auxiliary system, ArtTour X2 achieved a breakthrough for the first time, integrating pain sensation while ensuring complete safety.
The levels ranged from low to high, with five levels in total, allowing players to choose their level of intensity after experiencing it, and the system would intelligently fluctuate within that threshold.
Intelligent fluctuation was necessary because pain varies in intensity.
Maybe some players chose five levels of realism, aiming for a truly immersive experience.
Then, when they got slapped, they would feel real pain, but for things like being shot, fracturing bones, being stabbed, or giving birth, the system would also adjust the intensity accordingly.
In short, after seven rounds of joint testing and identification by quality inspection departments and authoritative medical institutions, ArtTour’s “Full-Sensory Auxiliary Technology” guaranteed 100% safety.
That’s the situation. The next question is whether you dare to go to level five.
‘Level five! Piao Lao Shi, go all out!’
‘It’s okay, Piao Lao Shi, don’t be afraid, if you die, 100,000 viewers will go to ArtTour!’
‘Twelve authoritative institutions have certified it, Piao Lao Shi, don’t worry, just tell us if you dare or not.’
‘You’ve endured the pain of smoking backwards, come on, Piao Lao Shi, I believe in you!’
‘No more chatter, level five, ten rockets right now.’
‘Buying your life with money, huh?’
‘Hahahahahaha’
‘I think you guys just want to eat some pork…’
Viewers always love to watch the drama unfold.
But it was Piao Lao Shi who was in a tough spot.
Not going to level five? He would be more comfortable, but the viewers wouldn’t be happy.
Go to level five? Who knows how outrageous the pain sensation at level five would be.
After weighing his options!
Finally!
Piao Lao Shi bowed to the barrage of membership cards and rockets in the chat!
“Ah, whatever! I am the ultimate fearless badass! Level five!”
The chat erupted with cheers!
‘Amazing, can’t wait to see you grimace.’
‘Brave piglet is not afraid of difficulties.’
‘It’s a shame this game doesn’t have a childbirth simulator, otherwise, we’d have to get Sao Zhu to try it.’
‘Xiao Ma, open the betting, let’s bet on when Piao Lao Shi can’t take level five anymore.’
‘I’m really curious what it would be like to run Terror Phobia on this thing. Would twisting necks have a pain sensation?’
‘Are you a living demon?’
‘Golden Wind & Gu Sheng: Received, the next game will be a horror game.’
‘???’
‘What does that mean?’
‘Golden Wind pointing at the comments, a game confirmed.’
‘Hahahahahaha…’
After some preparation!
The full-sensory system was loaded, and the level five pain sensation was set.
The next step was to choose a game to experience!
“This…”
Piao Lao Shi clicked his tongue, entering the ArtTour platform’s X2 section, looking at the dozen or so games, he said,
“I think there’s really no need to choose, guys,”
“I believe a lot of brothers in the livestream, just like me, are here for the mecha.”
Piao Lao Shi, a veteran streamer for years, knew exactly what his viewers wanted to see, and he controlled the livestream rhythm like a pro.
As soon as he said that, the chat was flooded with “I concur!”
After rounds of publicity, the players’ anticipation for this game had reached its peak!
Now that the game was finally released, everyone wanted to see if this highly anticipated Golden Wind storyline blockbuster was truly worth all the hype.
Of course, Piao Lao Shi had his own reasons for choosing “Titanfall.”
‘Logically speaking… mecha games shouldn’t have much pain, right?’
‘If it gets too bad, I’ll just hop in a mecha, as long as my armor is thick enough, no one can hurt me…’
Click to purchase!
The accompanying blockbuster was pre-loaded in the sensory pod.
So, after payment, it would be immediately unlocked!
Click to start the game!
The screen went dark.
The barrage of comments was in an uproar, with viewers scrambling to get their seats ready, and the livestream’s already high heat of 30 million was continuing to rise at an alarming rate!
Piao Lao Shi took a deep breath—
“Brothers, the game is about to start!”
Hiss—
Boom!!!
Before he could finish his sentence!
A rocket attack!
The promotional video that had been seen countless times appeared again in the livestream.
But from Piao Lao Shi’s perspective, the sensory experience was completely different!
In a flash!
The smell of gunpowder filled his nostrils!
The shaking ground, the screams in his ears, the burning battlefield, the deadly wind of stray bullets whistling past his head!
Massive mechas loomed over him, blocking out the sun, the terrifying clash of steel shook him to the core!
And when the expectations that had been fulfilled were over, and everything returned to silence,
The screen went dark again, and the name of the stage appeared in the lower left corner of the UI:
【Ironclad Trial】
A strong smell of engine oil wafted over.
Then, a rough, thick male voice came through, as if greeting him:
“Rifleman Cooper, let’s get started.”
(End of Chapter)
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