Agreed to make bad games, What the Hell is Titan Fall 127
by admin## Chapter 127: Terror Percentage! The Second Half Begins!
This morning!
The Golden Wind Project Department!
Everyone was having breakfast.
“I have two leftover buns, Yun Ge, do you want to…”
“Alright, give them to me. I just drank a bit too much soy milk…”
“Senior, I ordered noodles, I can’t finish them by myself, let’s share them…”
“Okay okay good, then we’ll split…”
“It’s share, not split!”
“What’s the difference…”
“It’s just… never mind, I won’t give them to you!”
“Huh? Ah?”
“…”
While everyone was eating, the door to the big office opened, and Lu Bian, waving a sheet of paper, walked in with a smile on his face!
“Brothers and sisters! Comrades! The first week’s data for Huayun Digital is out!”
Whoa—
Upon hearing this!
Everyone was in a frenzy!
Since Titanfall’s initial release and rave reviews, the game’s popularity has been steadily high!
After Director Gu personally took action and reached a joint promotional partnership with Legendary Pictures, the game, in a dominating manner, became the only true god amongst the six escorting masterpieces that once shook the gaming world.
Now!
The first week has passed!
Everyone wanted to see what kind of achievements their BT-7274 mech, Lu Bu, had created under such hype!
‘How much is it, Bian Ge!’
‘Hurry hurry, I can’t wait!’
‘How much? Did it exceed 300,000?’
‘Are you crazy? 300,000 sets would be 60 million in revenue! This is a new generation of sensory pods!’
‘True, if it was ArtTour X1, I guess it would sell more.’
‘Alright, Director Lu, give us a direction, first reveal the sales situation of ArtTour X2, our programming, planning, and art teams will each think of a number, whoever is furthest off will buy breakfast tomorrow?’
‘What the… good!’
‘Come come come! We, the programming team, are bound to win?’
‘Hey! Don’t cheat! Bian Ge can’t be considered your programming boss now, he’s the judge!’
‘Director Gu! Shengzi Ge! Want to play?’
‘…’
For a moment, everyone in the project department was in a playful mood, turning to look at Gu Sheng who had finished his breakfast and was lighting a cigarette.
Click.
Gu Sheng lit his cigarette, nodded amidst the swirling blue smoke:
“Play, I haven’t seen the sales figures either, I’ll count myself as a team.”
As he spoke!
Gu Sheng pulled out a piece of paper from the printer on the table, wrote a number on it, and folded it.
“This is the number I guessed. I won’t look at the sales volume of ArtTour X2, a blind guess,”
Gu Sheng shook the white paper in his hand and pressed it under the ashtray:
“Your turn.”
Whoa—!!!
Such a display of arrogance drew a gasp from the project department.
Arrogance born of confidence!
Seeing that even their boss was eagerly playing along, everyone hesitated no longer, urging Lu Bian.
“Alright alright,”
Amidst the urging, Lu Bian pressed his hand down:
“Listen carefully, as of last night at 11:59 PM, ArtTour X2 has sold a total of — 358,920 units!”
Hiss—!!!
As soon as this number came out, the entire project department gasped!
358,000 plus units!
Remember!
On the first day of ArtTour X2’s release, sales were 46,000!
In other words, with the boost from Titanfall, ArtTour’s X2 sensory pod, in subsequent sales, not only didn’t decrease but actually increased, achieving an incredible sales surge!
Calculating this way…
Everyone gathered in groups to discuss!
Not long after!
The three teams in the project department came up with their final results!
Da Jiang, representing the art team, raised the white paper in his hand: “300,000 units, purchase percentage 83%.”
Jiang Yun, representing the planning team, followed closely behind: “250,000 units, purchase percentage 73%.”
Finally, Kai Lang, representing the programming team: “280,000 units, purchase percentage 78%.”
The three sides presented their guesses!
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Lu Bian, who held the final answer!
Lu Bian, after hearing everyone’s answers, showed a subtle expression:
“Comrades…”
“I don’t know if you’re looking down on Lao Gu, or underestimating yourselves…”
“The percentage, none of you even reached 85%, tsk tsk…”
As he spoke!
Lu Bian took a deep breath, unfolded the data sheet in his hand, and announced loudly!
“As of yesterday morning, Titanfall, weekly sales—”
“355,430 sets, total sales revenue 70,370,000, purchase percentage 99%!!!”
Buzz—!!!
The sales summary results came out!
The project department erupted in a cacophony of noise!
‘What the… heck! How much?!’
‘355,000 sets?’
‘99% purchase percentage is insane! For every 100 ArtTour X2s, 99 people bought TTF?!’
‘Holy crap—’
‘This… damn… too crazy!’
‘Is this unprecedented?’
‘Never before seen, and there probably won’t be anyone like it in the future.’
‘Right, how much did Shengzi Ge guess?’
‘Yeah, how many sets did Director Gu guess, if he guessed right, we have to treat the planning team tomorrow…’
Amidst the exclamations!
Everyone turned to look at their boss!
They all wanted to know how Gu Sheng, as the creator of the game, would envision its success.
Clack—
Gu Sheng crushed out his cigarette, pulling out the piece of paper he had written from under the ashtray.
He slowly unfolded it.
A large “350,000 sets, 97%+” was written at the top of the paper.
However, he crossed out this line of speculation at the end.
He then wrote “1 set” below it.
“I shouldn’t have changed it, tsk,”
Gu Sheng clicked his tongue, shook his head with an expression of regret, then looked around at everyone in the project department with a smile:
“What do you want to eat for breakfast tomorrow?”
The project department paused for half a second!
Then, a wave of friendly laughter erupted!
Director Gu is Director Gu!
He has a near-supernatural sensitivity to the market.
At the same time, he’s also the undisputed backbone, a great boss!
‘I want to eat Wagyu buns! Shengzi Ge!’
‘I want to eat lobster siumai! Director!’
‘I want to eat three shrimp noodles! Boss!’
‘Our demands aren’t high, I just want to eat a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in the morning…’
‘Hey? I’m letting you all off easy! You guys are ungrateful—?’
‘Hahahahahaha…’
Laughter and joy echoed through the Golden Wind company.
No one noticed that their laughter would eventually turn into sharp arrows, slipping through the cracks of the door, piercing Shen Miao Miao in the president’s office.
Ugh—
Shen Miao Miao heard the sounds coming from the project department, feeling her blood rush and her head buzz.
70 million in a single week, 140 million in two weeks.
Her original projection of a net loss of 90 million was suddenly reduced by two-thirds.
One billion became three hundred million.
Shen Miao Miao was miserable.
But now, no matter what she did, she couldn’t change the fact that Titanfall was a hit, with a 99% purchase percentage.
Alright!
In the end!
Shen Miao Miao sighed, blew a kiss into the air, saying goodbye to the six or seven hundred million that should have belonged to her.
Three hundred million is three hundred million, at least it’s two Titanfall production costs in profit.
That’s a victory!
Thinking about it, Shen Miao Miao nodded, looking at the time —
“Whew — the second half is about to begin, hopefully TTF performs like a normal game,”
“It’s been a week already, it’s time to return to normal, sales should drop a bit…”
…
As dusk fell.
Shark, Black Flag, Dragon Tooth, Little Break Station…
One after another, on various game streaming platforms, banners were hung.
BT-7274 and the Pilot’s figure appeared on the homepages of major streaming platforms.
And the total audience numbers for various streaming platforms today seemed unusually high.
Especially in the live streams of those big streamers.
Even before the live streams started, the barrage in the black screen was already a boiling sea of commotion!
‘The seventh day without Titanfall, missing it.’
‘I really can’t wait, these past few days I’ve been living to play TTF…’
‘Strongly suggest not waiting this long in the future, sniff sniff sniff…’
‘Want to play… Titanfall (BT addiction acting up)’
‘I really can’t wait, hurry up and unlock it bro, please (beg), my hands are itching so bad (cry), I beg you, I’ll be good, I’m crawling with ants now (cry) (stick out tongue) (twisting crawl), please unlock TTF (cry)’
‘This is the worst BT addiction I’ve had, I’m lying in bed, desperately chanting the Great Compassion Mantra, I’m so uncomfortable I keep scratching myself, I thought pilot training was okay, but then I saw all the pilots in the world running faster than me, I slapped myself repeatedly, harder and harder, until tears streamed down my face, I really don’t know what to do, I really want to BT so badly I’m going crazy (cry) (cry) (cry)’
‘Can you stop with this crap?’
‘Let the old thief infect you, huh?’
‘It’s hard to imagine the mental state of Golden Wind game players’
‘Too overpowered, I can’t comment’
‘The new bible has been born…’
‘…’
The barrage was filled with discussions, discussions of live performances, abstract bibles, you name it.
Finally!
8 PM.
The unlock countdown reached zero, the more grand and exciting second chapter of Titanfall, unlocked on schedule!
“Oh— what the… bro, bro!”
In Da Xiao Mei’s live stream, a scream rang out!
Da Xiao Mei, who had entered the game early and waited for the countdown to end, saw a flash of black in front of her after the countdown ended!
The Golden Wind logo appeared in front of her. Then, the ArtTour logo.
Finally, even a special thanks to Legendary Pictures logo.
After the three logos!
The words 【Director: Gu Sheng (SamGu)】 slowly appeared.
A grand orchestral background music began to play softly.
The sound of the wind whistling past her ears, it sounded like she was standing on top of a mountain.
Da Xiao Mei felt goosebumps all over her body!
“It’s starting, it’s starting! Did you hear it, brothers! Wind! There’s wind!”
At this moment, the live stream was also boiling!
‘Ohhhhhhh— finally started!’
‘What the… what the… my scalp is tingling!’
‘Barrage! Close! Streamer independent mic sound! Close! Sofa! Ready! Popcorn! Ready!’
‘You understand watching movies’
‘Streamer independent mic sound closed is the most awesome’
‘We’re missing a Chinese dragon right now’
‘Zzz— wait— wait, wait—!!!’
‘Grass hahahaha I didn’t expect there to be music’
‘Immersion is strong, I’ve already turned off the lights’
‘Peanuts, melon seeds, mineral water, beer, drinks, eight treasure porridge, come on, put your feet up…’
‘Dude, you’re in the wrong place, this is a movie theater, not a green train’
‘You’ll eventually be laughed at by the silly netizens…’
‘…’
The viewers were ecstatic!
And Da Xiao Mei’s long-awaited immersive experience was gradually enveloping her!
The cold mountain wind carrying a hint of gunpowder blew, the sound of mechanical movement rang in her ears, the hard surface beneath her buttocks felt like she was sitting on a piece of iron, the vibrations felt like she was constantly moving upwards.
The image gradually brightened.
Jagged stone walls slowly appeared in front of her.
It turned out she was sitting on BT’s shoulder, climbing a mountain range with BT step by step!
“Holy crap—!!!”
In the mountains, clouds and mist shrouded the area, bare rock walls were exposed.
Looking down, Da Xiao Mei’s legs went weak, the mountain gorge was bottomless.
Whiz—
As the sound of the jet engine roared, Da Xiao Mei let out a scream, clinging tightly to BT as it leaped into the air.
She felt a slight ache in her lower abdomen.
She was already afraid of heights, and under the immersive effect of the sensory pod, her legs felt weak, she felt like she was about to collapse on BT —
“Hey hey hey hey slow down! Slow down BT! What the! What the… this is so high, what the hell!”
“Who has a good game that has you climbing halfway up a cliff and then throws in the screen what the hell!”
“Don’t don’t don’t— ahhhhhhhh!!!”
Thump!
One person and one Titan landed steadily on a winding mountain path, BT’s familiar, deep, and steady synthetic voice rang out:
【BT: Cooper Pilot, Anderson is dead, but as long as we connect with the fleet, we can complete his mission, the interstellar signal tower ahead is perfect for this】
Right now!
The vanguard of the Militia heading to Typhon’s Star had suffered heavy casualties, with Lastimosa and Anderson, two pilots, killed.
The vanguard was completely scattered, fighting their own battles, unable to organize an effective attack.
The IMC was also preparing to deploy the Temporal Folding Super Weapon, ready to target and destroy the Militia’s Harmony Star.
The burden of the entire situation fell upon Cooper, the acting Pilot.
He had to get the information he had to the main force, to stop General Mad’s conspiracy.
Lone hero.
Except now, the lone hero’s legs were a bit wobbly.
After a long time!
Da Xiao Mei finally slid down BT’s body to the ground:
“Oh my gosh—”
“Next time there’s this kind of high-altitude work, I have to sit in the cockpit…”
As she spoke.
BT took a step, and Da Xiao Mei followed closely behind.
The prelude to a full-scale war had already begun, they needed to inform their comrades quickly and get reinforcements.
Following the winding mountain path forward, a sunrise slowly rose from behind the clouds, the golden-red morning sun bathed the mountains in a golden film.
【BT: Pilot, the signal tower is ahead.】
When Da Xiao Mei finally reached the top of the mountain following the path, looking into the distance as BT pointed, the scenery ahead was simply breathtaking—
She saw mountains, peaks towering towards the sky like cones, reaching for the heavens and connecting with the earth.
The dazzling golden sun, intermittently appearing and disappearing within the clouds.
A huge signal tower stood in the valley, the gigantic bowl-shaped signal receiver facing the sun, like a giant sunflower built of steel.
Immediately, the barrage erupted in a gasp—
‘Holy crap— this old thief’s aesthetic sense is truly amazing’
‘The composition, the light and shadow, truly amazing’
‘The art team at Golden Wind has some stuff…’
‘You call this some stuff?’
‘The time stop was delicate and exquisite, this signal tower is grand and magnificent, honestly, maybe they should make a movie someday’
‘Maybe they really will make a movie someday, the collaboration with Legendary Pictures is the first step’
‘So this level is about using this signal tower to upload a signal?’
‘Theoretically, but it’s definitely not that simple, maybe you have to climb up and repair the signal tower’
‘Hahahahahaha grass that’s too ridiculous, so high, she’ll probably just pee herself’
‘I wonder if the ArtTour X2 is waterproof…’
‘?’
‘…’
Looking at the barrage’s discussion, then at the towering signal tower, Da Xiao Mei grinned.
Hopefully not.
She really couldn’t handle that.
Thinking this, Da Xiao Mei went with BT to the control room not far from the signal tower.
However, as they were about to reach the control room, a chaotic radio signal came through the pilot’s helmet—
【Cole: Clack… Pilot! It’s the Pilot! Sir, can you hear me… Clack…】
【Cole: We’re under attack at the control room! Calling for reinforcements! We need… Clack… there are too many stalkers here…】
【Cole: Clack… request support… we can’t hold…】
Da-da-da-da—
Whoosh—
The sound of intense combat rang out in Da Xiao Mei’s earpiece.
Looking at the familiar name on the heads-up display, Da Xiao Mei suddenly had a subtle expression on her face.
If she remembered correctly…
Cole was a Captain in the Rifleman Corps, her former leader.
At the very beginning of the game, he was the one who threw the rifle to her, urging her to quickly finish the simulation training and go to the battlefield.
“Cough cough! Pilot received!”
As she spoke!
She drove BT down the mountain path, took a turn, and saw the control room being besieged!
The control room’s alloy door was tightly closed, countless stalker robots the same height as humans were attacking, looking like a swarm of zombies roused from their slumber in Left 4 Dead.
Under the intertwined network of fire, the control room door was riddled with holes, swaying precariously!
Faced with so many stalkers, the Militia squad, which was already a remnant force, was completely helpless.
Fortunately, now the pilot, Da Xiao Mei, had arrived!
Thump-thump-thump—
Whiz— Boom!
Titan cannons roared, cluster missiles washed the ground in waves.
The stalker robots that seemed extremely difficult for ordinary soldiers to deal with were like toys in front of the powerful Titan, even being crushed flat by its footsteps!
A wave of bombardments!
When the last stalker was crushed underfoot, BT’s voice rang out:
【BT: The enemy has been eliminated, good job, this victory is a testament to our good combat efficiency】
“Of course!”
Da Xiao Mei giggled:
“I’ve been doing pilot training every day this week, I haven’t lost my touch!”
As she chatted with BT, Da Xiao Mei reached the control room door.
She pressed her communication device: “Acting Pilot Jack Cooper, calling for Militia Captain Cole, all enemies have been eliminated by my unit, open the door.”
Clack— Rumble—
“Received!”
As the door opened, Cole’s voice came through the communicator:
“Thanks to you, sir! Those stalkers never stopped coming, we were about to give up.”
Upon meeting Da Xiao Mei, Cole was clearly startled, he hadn’t expected the acting Pilot flying BT-7274 to be her.
However, he still gratefully addressed Da Xiao Mei as sir.
Hearing this!
Da Xiao Mei’s mouth nearly stretched to the back of her head!
Woohoo! The wheel of fortune had turned!
In a flash, she had become Captain Cole’s superior!
Awesome!
Trying to suppress her Dragon King Returns-esque smirk, Da Xiao Mei patted Cole’s shoulder in a serious manner:
“Cough cough! Little Cole—”
“Don’t be so polite, it’s my duty, you’ve all worked hard,”
“Since you’re here, report the current situation of the signal tower!”
As the words left her mouth!
The barrage immediately filled with boos!
‘Hahahahahaha grass… you’re really gloating…’
‘Captain Cole probably wants to punch you twice right now’
‘Cole: I wish those stalkers had just killed me’
‘You understand gloating…’
‘Laoshi: I was also blind’
‘Hahahahahaha what a damn ugly face, grass…’
‘Let you get your revenge, huh?’
‘No, I really want to go through the internet line and give her a whack, so damn cheap!’
‘Hahahahahaha…’
(End of Chapter)
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