I am a Big Player
Chapter 252 - 250, Big Boss (First Update)_1

Chapter 252: 250, Big Boss (First Update)_1

As Ren He stood in the courtyard watching the withering leaves, Fang glanced at him while tidying up the dishes and asked, "Boss, why do you look somewhat unhappy?"

The term ’Boss’? It’s quite an interesting title. Ren He smiled wryly, "It’s nothing; it’s just a bit hard to adapt to the quiet after the sudden hustle and bustle."

Fang laughed, "The thoughts of the wealthy are indeed numerous. As long as life is comfortable and there’s food to eat and clothes to wear, it’s better than anything else."

"Haha, Fang, you’re a true sage," Ren He laughed. What he said was undeniably true. He had everything he could want now, and the road ahead was still long. There were many more extreme sports to try. There was no point in feeling melancholic.

It was at this moment that the Dota beta client was finally ready, and the first thing Qinghe Games did was to report the good news to Ren He.

This was a refined game completed after nearly four months of day and night toil by many, unlike existing web games on the market. Dota started under Ren He’s guidance with the model and detail of Dota 2, along with slightly cute new hero designs and even brighter map scenes.

From its inception, it was designed to be more aesthetically pleasing than some current large-scale 3D single-player games. Ren He had initially planned to develop Dota in two months and then gradually patch it to perfection.

However, the birth of Kunlun in the online gaming world provided Qinghe Games with a powerful ability to generate revenue. Qinghe Games in Luo City was no longer the small outfit it used to be. An enormous entity was slowly taking shape, and numerous talented young people even wanted to leave the big cities to work at Qinghe Games, saying it dominated the online gaming industry was no exaggeration, as there was no other game that could compare to Kunlun.

Because of this, Ren He and his team proactively extended the production cycle of Dota, setting it up to dazzle countless people from the start.

The fact proved that launching Kunlun first was a wise decision. It not only gave Qinghe Games the ability to generate capital but also allowed Dota more time.

Xu Nuo called Ren He, "Bro, you need to come back. Dota is going into beta testing, and you definitely have to personally test it. Plus, there’s a surprise that will probably happen tonight."

After some thought, Ren He requested a week’s leave from Yang Lan and took a flight straight back to Luo City. Just out of the airport, he was picked up by Qinghe Games’ official company car and brought back to the headquarters of Qinghe Games.

Qinghe Games, with ample funding and Ren He’s approval, had purchased an entire floor of the office building, and the staff count had surged to over 400 people. Operating games on a large scale required many new departments, customer service being a significant one for instance.

Moreover, running such a game operation inevitably faced many malicious competitive hacking attacks. Aside from developing Dota, Xu Nuo and his team also had to deal with massive DDoS attacks, a situation that was inevitable even in the previous world of 2017, so they also needed a strong defensive system.

In this enviable battle of attack and defense, Qinghe Games was not just purely defensive. Once they found their targets, they struck back. In a month’s time, three online games were knocked offline, with their screens blank and servers inaccessible.

Thus, many in the gaming industry realized one thing: Qinghe Games had a super strong technical team!

And Xu Nuo’s online ID became thoroughly famous on the internet.

This is the virtual world, where Xu Nuo had gradually begun to rise to the forefront. He was no longer the naive Little Fatty he used to be. Pressure either spurs people to grow or defeats them completely, and this statement couldn’t be truer.

Upon arriving at the headquarters of Qinghe Games, Ren He saw a giant LED screen standing right in front of the entrance with nothing but a series of numbers, 890,021, and it was still jumping rapidly.

At that moment, Ren He realized what Little Fatty’s promised surprise was: It was the live user count!

And these were the numbers during the afternoon work hours, which is why Xu Nuo said, the surprise would come tonight!

Tonight, the combined online population of Kunlun’s 72 servers is about to reach 1 million!

For Qinghe Games, this is a milestone, and it’s no less significant for Ren He; he knew that Dota would reach this number, but he never imagined Kunlun would accomplish this feat first!

Up to now, no online game in the gaming circle has reached the million-level mark. As long as we hit 1 million today, tomorrow the media from all sectors will cover the news extensively—a free advertisement for Qinghe Games, a virtuous cycle indeed.

As soon as Ren He stepped in, all the Qinghe Games’ veterans cheered, "The big boss is here!"

Several hundred people turned around at once, and many newcomers to Qinghe Games had never even seen the legendary big boss, having only seen the "little boss" Xu Nuo.

At first, they thought Xu Nuo was the boss. The veterans always called him the "little boss." Adding "little" to "boss"—were they looking down on him? Later, everybody learned that there was a bigger boss at Qinghe Games, the very person who founded the company.

And all the tasks they were carrying out were decided by the big boss, while the "little boss" Xu Nuo was more involved in the technical aspects.

Later on, Xu Nuo admitted himself that he only held a 3% share, whereas the big boss held 97%.

The technical veterans praised the big boss for his decisiveness and vision.

The planning veterans praised the big boss’s genius grasp of gaming, which was why Qinghe Games had grown to its current state.

The female artists among the veterans praised the big boss for his charismatic personality...

Ren He, since he went to the Capital, had never returned, so for the newcomers at Qinghe Games, the big boss was a mysterious figure. Many were eager to find an opportunity to see him in person. The big boss was said to be young and wealthy, with a mysterious background, clear thinking, exceptional eloquence, and an imposing aura...

There was occasionally a sense of personal admiration within Qinghe Games, the highest affirmation for Ren He. Job-hopping is no novelty in this era, but many veterans felt that working with Ren He was interesting and promising.

Many words added to Ren He’s mystique and the newcomers’ anticipation, but they wouldn’t truly understand until they saw him with their own eyes.

However, when they turned around this time, they were shocked, "Damn, he’s so young!" Even though they had heard that the big boss was really young, the question was, just how young could he be, 27, 28 years old?

Yeah, who could imagine that the big boss of Qinghe Games, a company already raking in 1.2 million RMB daily, would be a high school student?! Although Ren He looked mature and was close to adulthood, he still appeared very young!

And with that 3-point charm bonus, many of the women at Qinghe Games instantly understood why the veterans said the big boss was so charismatic...

Ren He glanced at the big screen and said with a smile, "It will be some time before we reach a million, so let’s stick to the main topic and test Dota. Have you guys played an internal battle? How about we have one now?"

The best way to test a game is to play it yourself, at least that’s how Ren He sees it...

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Surprise, surprise, taking a break to hammer out a Chapter