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Chapter 140 - 71: The First Official Live Broadcast Room of the Top Player! The content of the broadcast is actually! [Thank you, boss league master! _1

Chapter 140: Chapter 71: The First Official Live Broadcast Room of the Top Player! The content of the broadcast is actually! [Thank you, boss league master! _1

Pubg’s overall streaming platform popularity skyrocketed to 10 million on its launch day!

The download count also broke through the 200,000 mark in one go, instantly rejuvenating the top player with 20 million!

There was a stark contrast.

Wind Traveler was priced at 79, and only after a week of going on sale and combining millions of video plays on Thunderbolt and hot threads on NAA, did it just barely scrape past the 100,000 sales mark.

And Pubg, priced at 98, was more expensive, yet it completely crushed Wind Traveler, which had been on sale for over three months, within less than a day of its release.

If other players were to look at this, they might not care since the two games aren’t really in the same league.

They’re not even the same type of game.

Crushed or not, who the fuck cares.

But in the eyes of the employees at the top player, these two games shared one thing in common.

How much money the previously developed game had made.

Compared with

How much money the currently developed game has made.

The explosive success of Pubg meant Mr. Ke’s planning was absolutely perfect! Their efforts were not in vain!

And, the bonus for this month would see an extra sum added!

What further uplifted the employees was that,

on the third day when reviewing the revenues of the second day, the sales not only did not decline but advanced even further! A whopping 220,000 copies were sold!

Just two days after the launch, 420,000 copies!

Just 80,000 copies short of kicking open the doors to becoming a classic.

Two days, you know!

Less than three days to enter the hall of classic games, you know!

This was quite an accomplishment in the history of Blue Star’s gaming industry!

It was freaking awesome, to the point where we really wished we could help Mr. Ke strike a pose!

When heading to work on the fourth morning, every employee’s face was filled with smug satisfaction.

Greeting each other good morning, the bright smiles in their eyes could nearly melt the Antarctic ice.

Not everyone, though,

Some faces were as cold as the Antarctic itself.

Ke Jin walked into the company with a straight face, ignoring the congratulations like "Congratulations Mr. Ke, the new release is a huge hit!" coming from both sides.

He went straight to his office with an expressionless face and a hurried pace.

It wasn’t until the door to the general manager’s office closed that the employees looked at each other in confusion and then started whispering.

"Why does Mr. Ke seem unhappy today?"

"It was like that yesterday too. Ever since Pubg went on sale and became a hit, he seems to have had a long face."

"Do you even have to ask? He must be hiding his joy... He’s made over 40 million in two days, and the total development cost of the game hasn’t even reached a hundred million yet... Who wouldn’t be happy? I would be. Anyway, Mr. Ke must be grinning inside!"

"Got it, it’s not good to show it, right? After all, he needs to maintain his dignity in front of his employees. If he’s giggling all the time, he wouldn’t be able to maintain control. Last time, at the Arknights celebration, Mr. Ke was pretty reserved too, he didn’t drink much."

*Pfft*, just thinking about how Mr. Ke desperately wants to laugh but has to hold it back makes me think of Nicolas Cage’s memes."

"I bet my hat that Mr. Ke is definitely sneaking a laugh in his office right now!"

"Ahhhhh! What would Mr. Ke’s sneaky laugh look like? It feels so cute! I want to see!" A female employee couldn’t help but express her fan-girl thoughts.

"Any Macho Men willing to take a peek? Even I, a big dude, want to see, mainly because Mr. Ke is genuinely handsome, and his face perfectly fits my aesthetic, you know!"

Hearing everyone’s discussions, Deng Shuyuan, who had vowed to create the legend of the ’fastest to be autographed by Mr. Ke’, was somewhat tempted.

"No, I need to be the one who reports glorious news! These past two days, I’ve been posting promotional threads on NAA forums with alternate accounts to drum up hype for Pubg, and one of my posts even made it to the hot section of the board! With Mr. Ke in such a good mood right now, and after he hears about what I did, won’t that be double the happiness?" As he spoke, Deng Shuyuan stood up with a ’whoosh’.

"Help us take a look at Mr. Ke’s face!" the female employees chirped.

The chubby Deng Shuyuan turned around and flashed an OK sign.

With a grin, he knocked on the office door, straightened his tie upon hearing "Come in," and cleared his throat.

Like a soldier awaiting a medal from his general, he confidently opened the door to the general manager’s office.

Chest out, head high, he darted into the office, and casually closed the door behind him.

The other employees curiously listened for any noise from the inside.

Unfortunately, the soundproofing was too good.

It wouldn’t matter if it were a normal employee reporting, or even a secretary.

Not that they couldn’t hear; they really couldn’t hear.

Soon, not even two minutes later,

Deng Shuyuan emerged.

However, unlike the glee on his face when he entered,

the exiting Deng Shuyuan looked downcast, his face somber, silently trudging forward without a word.

"Hey, what happened?" the employees asked each other in confusion.

And the next moment, Deng Shuyuan suddenly lifted his head, his face again filled with indescribable joy.

"Hahahahaha!! After hearing about my efforts in promoting Pubg these past two days, Mr. Ke just waved his hand and gave me a half-year paid leave!!!"

Upon his announcement, everyone was shocked.

"What the fuck? That’s so awesome??"

"Damn, half-year paid leave? OMG... What kind of dreamy leadership is this?"

"I’ve never seen this before... Who the heck has witnessed this kind of treatment? I bet even those big gaming companies can’t offer such divine treatment!"