I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 203 - 90: Completely Free Game!_3

Chapter 203: Chapter 90: Completely Free Game!_3

Just this?

Is there anything worth mentioning to me about this...

A perfunctory routine meeting, some media interviews and whatnot, followed by a forecast of the future development of the game industry.

Ke Jin hated these pretentious meetings the most.

With the effort it takes to put on this facade, it would be better for everyone to go home and seriously figure out how to properly develop games.

If the quality of games improved, would there still be worries about the industry not developing?

If you had even a fraction of the creative spirit of those excellent independent game designers on Earth, the industry wouldn’t be in this sorry state after two or three decades.

And yet there are those symposiums every so often.

Now, even dragging the regulatory body to endorse them, to appear all formal, huh?

No way!

"Just tell the regulatory body I’m not available lately,"

"Got it." Gou Chehua chuckled again, "Actually, I guess Mr. Ke would have this attitude, but I still had to inform you. And the officials are quite funny, saying that the main purpose of this meeting is to have manufacturers create a completely free public welfare game. It’s clearly a losing deal. Which manufacturer would take it on? Alright, alright, Mr. Ke, I won’t disturb your travels anymore."

Gou Chehua was about to hang up the phone.

But Ke Jin’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"What did you just say?"

"Eh? That the regulatory body wants to invite you to the symposium?"

"Not that, the sentence after that."

"Err... a completely free public welfare game?"

"Tell them I’ll be there tomorrow, my flight’s tonight!" Ke Jin made a decisive decision and then hung up the phone.

Leaving Gou Chehua on the other end of the phone, standing disheveled in the wind.

After a long pause, he could only squeeze out a word.

"Huh?"

...

Initially, Ke Jin was wondering what to do for the next game release.

Now, as the leading gamer in the limelight, the buzz wouldn’t die down anytime soon.

And once the buzz did die down, it would probably take several months at least.

That was going to be a difficult time.

And unexpectedly, the opportunity just presented itself!

Not to mention that Brother Tong Zi had always been quietly supportive.

It seemed that even Heaven couldn’t stand to see his plight and personally intervened!

The most troubling issue for Ke Jin had always been how to get players to spend as little as possible under the necessity of charging fees.

Now, look at this.

The authorities have stepped in!

A special exemption for a completely free game!

This, isn’t this an enormous opportunity!

All I have to do is develop the game, I won’t even need to set up a payment page!

Players want to spend like their life depends on it?

Heh, what does it mean to be the chosen one?

Even Heaven is on my side!

This time, there’s no way I can lose!

Having made up his mind, Ke Jin briefed the two young girls about the general situation.

And received full understanding.

After all, career comes first.

That night, Ke Jin booked a red-eye flight to West Lake City, ready to seize the opportunity at the symposium tomorrow!

He also booked return tickets to Jianglin for the two girls.

After a brief farewell at the airport, Ke Jin boarded the plane first.

"Bro, take care on the way, and remember to send a message to me and Yu once you land to let us know you’re safe," Luo Xinlin said softly with a gentle smile, waving goodbye.

"Will do," Ke Jin responded with a smile, then strode into the boarding area.

Meanwhile, Ke Yu looked on with a face full of suspicion.

She scrutinized Luo Xinlin’s face.

Then glanced at the retreating back of her own elder brother.

Her fine eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Hiss... something’s not right."

"Lin Bao, these past few days, I’ve felt... that you seem a bit too cozy with my brother?"

"You even added him on WeChat?"

Luo Xinlin looked a bit puzzled, "How does adding on WeChat translate to being flirty... I have a lot of male classmates on my WeChat too, you know. Sometimes we need to contact them for group projects, that’s pretty normal, right..."

"Hmm..." Ke Yu still felt something was off, but couldn’t quite put her finger on it.

Just the act of adding on WeChat wasn’t really an issue.

She thought long and hard.

Her little brain was almost overheating.

Forget it.

Go for a direct hit!

Be straightforward, then observe her facial expression and that would tell all!

"You couldn’t possibly have a crush on my brother, could you?" Ke Yu threw a fastball and then stared intently at Luo Xinlin’s delicate face.

Usually, if the person being asked such a question did harbor some thoughts,

their expression would inevitably show a hint of unnaturalness.

However, Ke Yu couldn’t detect the slightest irregularity on Luo Xinlin’s face.

Her eyes were as clear and pure as ever, only tinged with a bit of confusion, as if she was seriously pondering her actions over the past few days, before responding.

"Uh... why would you say that?"

"Well..." Ke Yu couldn’t come up with an answer all of a sudden.

Maybe I’m too sensitive?

Xinlin had interacted with Mr. Ke before.

But it was always superficial, and Ke Yu realized that she never really understood how Xinlin saw her brother.

Now that they had spent a night together, it seemed normal for their relationship to have grown a bit closer.

After all, they were more acquainted now. If you brought another normal friend over, had dinner, chatted a bit, you’d also quickly close the distance between each other.

Seems like there’s no problem.

"Okay, I was just guessing, hehe." Ke Yu shook her head and pointed to the big screen displaying boarding information, "Oh no, our plane will take off soon, let’s go, go, go!"

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The plane carried two youthful and beautiful girls across the sky.

After just two hours, they landed at Jianglin Airport.

The girls got off the plane and waved goodbye to each other.

Then they went their separate ways, each returning to their own home.

Before long,

in front of a luxuriously decorated yet exquisite duplex villa,

Luo Xinlin stood at the entrance with a pretty handbag, ready to unlock the door with her fingerprint.

At this moment, a well-maintained lady whose age was hardly evident on her face, opened the door with a smile.

"Xinlin, back from your trip so soon?"

"Yeah, some issues cropped up at Mr. Ke’s, so we cut the trip short," Xinlin replied as she stepped inside and her mother closed the door.

Then, the sound of a mumbling conversation between mother and daughter drifted from the house.

"Mom, do we have a spare picture frame?"

"A picture frame? What do you need that for?"

"Someone painted a picture for me; I want to frame it and hang it in my bedroom. Look."

"What is this mishmash? This painting is so ugly... Isn’t it?"

"It’s not ugly at all! They took half an hour to paint it with care; you just don’t appreciate art, I don’t even want to talk to you!"

"Alright, alright, no need to get angry, my daughter has the most artistic taste. However, we don’t have a spare frame; you’ll have to figure it out yourself."

"Oh, then I’ll go to your bedroom and take down the frame of you and dad’s wedding picture."

"??? You dare!"

"Then find me a frame! I want to hang it up today, come on, hurry up!"