There had been quite a few standout games in the anti-fraud competition; titles like Mao Pian and Anti-Fraud Storm had both sparked heated discussion.
Games like these might have gone viral because of their gameplay, or perhaps because they triumphed through unique design.
But the shock these works brought was far less violent than that CG sequence from Blood-Red Golden Triangle.
“Just focus on maintaining the game. There absolutely cannot be any mishaps during the open beta.”
“Leave publicity and everything else to me!”
Shen Yingying took a deep breath and looked at Chen Jiajun.
“No problem!”
“I guarantee the mission will be completed!”
Chen Jiajun thumped his chest and gave his assurance.
He could tell that Shen Yingying had been shaken by that CG sequence.
That reaction was not unfamiliar to him.
Back then, hadn’t he himself walked resolutely into the cinema because of the trailer for No More Bets?
Although that film had toned down many real details in order to pass review, placed on this Blue Star that had yet to be baptized by telecom fraud, it was already a dimensional strike.
The people here had never experienced those scams, so naturally it was hard for them to imagine just how rampant fraudsters could become.
If no controls were put in place, then sooner or later, Blue Star would be drawn into the same whirlpool.
Wasn’t that precisely the meaning of the anti-fraud competition?
He believed Blood-Red Golden Triangle would give the entire Blue Star a proper lesson.
When players entered the compound and became dog-pushers,
after experiencing it personally, they would come to understand countless fraud schemes.
There would definitely be people asking:
If they couldn’t win in a fight, couldn’t they run?
Why not call for help?
Why did no one come to rescue them?
What would their ending be?
All these answers lay within the game’s plot.
Players needed to explore them on their own.
Every choice the player made, every word and action, would influence the direction of the story.
Chen Jiajun had fully developed the cases of northern Myanmar and even the Golden Triangle.
Every NPC was one of a kind.
It was as if one were standing in another real world.
This was a dimension other companies could not hope to reach.
No matter how wild their imagination was, on the technical level, they ultimately could not compare with the system.
After seeing Shen Yingying off,
Chen Jiajun began making the final preparations for the open beta.
He released an announcement: the game would go offline for testing, and the open beta would begin three days later.
All that remained was for Shen Yingying to give the order, and the game would go live immediately.
Penguin Headquarters.
Game Division.
“I asked you to get me a closed beta slot, and you couldn’t even handle such a small thing?”
Zhao Kai slapped the table, currently scolding his subordinate.
In truth, this matter could not really be blamed on the subordinate.
He had simply walked right into the line of fire.
What happened was this:
Yesterday, his superior had asked him to inquire about Seal Studio’s situation, and while he was at it, get a closed beta qualification for Blood-Red Golden Triangle.
After much difficulty, he found the reservation link and got hold of a medical examination report.
Just as he was about to send it over, the system prompted that the closed beta channel had been shut down.
After asking around in many places and reading the forum posts, he found out that Blood-Red Golden Triangle was about to be listed.
They were preparing for the game’s release.
So he reported the situation truthfully.
After Zhao Kai heard it, he flew into a rage.
A defeated opponent he had personally beaten down had stood back up again.
For someone as arrogant as him, how could he not be burning with fury?
Knock, knock, knock...
At that moment, there was a knock on the office door.
“Come in.”
Zhao Kai forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
The person who came in was a young woman.
He knew her—Liu Wenwen from the public relations department.
“Supervisor Zhao, hurry and take a look at today’s trending searches.”
“Trending searches?”
Zhao Kai frowned and took out his phone in confusion.
When he opened it, he was instantly dumbfounded.
#Some Unlucky Goose Spent Hundreds of Millions, Only for the Game to Be a Project Seal Studio Had Eliminated...#
#Seal Studio’s New Game Blood-Red Golden Triangle: Survivor Is About to Release#
#Seal Studio Boss Shen Yingying Claims This Is the World’s First 4D Game, with Realism as High as 100%...#
He clicked into any random one, and the comment section was full of trolls.
They had even dug up Penguin’s past dirt.
“Fuck!”
“Seal Studio is trying to stir up trouble!”
“What are you people doing? Hurry up and get these taken down!”
“Their game is about to release. This is them warming it up in advance.”
“We absolutely cannot let them succeed.”
Zhao Kai flew into a thunderous rage, slapping the table until his hand turned red.
Even the people outside the office could hear him, and every one of them was too afraid to breathe loudly.
Where had Seal Studio pulled in investment from?
How did they still have money to buy trending searches?
“Supervisor Zhao, the boss wants you in the conference room for a meeting.”
The office door was pushed open. No one knew who had come in. After leaving the notice, the figure vanished.
Zhao Kai rose with a dark expression and walked straight toward the conference room.
For the next hour or so,
he was given a thorough scolding by the big boss, who pointed right at his nose the entire time, berating him so badly that he could not raise his head.
After returning to the department,
his face was ashen, and all the anger in his chest could only be vented on his subordinates.
Looking at the evasive gazes of this group of people, he only felt his brain buzzing.
A bunch of useless trash.
For the entire day, the team worked in a flustered mess and finally managed to take the trending searches down.
Because of this matter,
Zhao Kai did not even go home, directly making do with a night in the office.
Early the next morning,
Zhao Kai yawned as he pushed open the office door. Just as he was about to catch up on some sleep, he heard a subordinate’s startled voice.
“Seal Studio has climbed onto the trending searches again!”
“They released the game CG!”
“You can watch it on Bilibili and the official website!”
As soon as the words fell,
a rustling sound immediately spread through the entire work area.
Zhao Kai’s pupils contracted. With slightly trembling hands, he took out his phone and hurriedly checked the trending searches.
Fortunately, although this trending search did not mention them, its ranking was also relatively low.
But when he clicked in and took a look, his heart instantly went cold. The comments below were all bashing Penguin.
“Don’t get angry, don’t get angry...”
Zhao Kai comforted himself and took a deep breath.
He clicked on Seal Studio’s official website link attached beneath the trending search.
The next second,
it jumped to Blood-Red Golden Triangle’s official page.
What entered his eyes was a crude webpage, with a leopard-head logo printed in the center.
Then, the game CG began playing automatically.
“If you want success, go mad first!”
“Charge toward money at all costs!”
The camera shifted along with the music.
Every cut in the visuals perfectly matched the rise and fall of the melody, bringing Zhao Kai wave after wave of impact.
Until the screen went completely dark.
The words “Blood-Red Golden Triangle: Survivor Coming Soon” emerged.
After watching this game CG,
Zhao Kai fell silent, and the entire office was deathly quiet.
Unwilling to believe it, Zhao Kai kept replaying it.
Again and again, he scrutinized every frame, trying to find flaws within it.
Even modeling defects, or meaningless shots, would do.
But he found nothing.
Instead, the more he watched it repeatedly, the more he discovered several exquisitely designed details.
Zhao Kai, who had originally planned to rest, instantly became alert.
His sleepiness vanished in an instant. He raised his head and looked at everyone in the office.
“Stop pretending to be mute.”
“Tell me your views. What did you all see?”
The office remained silent for a long time, with no one speaking.
Seeing that Zhao Kai was about to blow up, one employee braced himself and said:
“Boss, I think we’ve been set up.”
“This game was definitely already in production before Mao Pian.”
“Previously, they deliberately leaked information to lure us into the game. After we invested resources and heated up the market, they pushed it out in full.”
“Their fundamental goal was to step on our shoulders and climb up!”
“I found out that this time, they’re planning to do bundled sales, packaging the game and the virtual helmet together.”
“I think we can take action now and gather every piece of information we can get.”
“When the game officially goes live, if their reputation doesn’t collapse and their popularity doesn’t fall short, we immediately follow up and ‘borrow’ all their core gameplay and creative ideas.”