I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 236 - 101: Clearly even the heavens are helping me complete my mission! But how can someone still prevail over fate?_1

Chapter 236: Chapter 101: Clearly even the heavens are helping me complete my mission! But how can someone still prevail over fate?_1

As Ke Jin had expected.

After just over half a month since the game’s release, the public welfare farming project had spread throughout the gaming community.

At first, the game served as the medium.

After all, even if something was free to claim, many people would not dare to click on a random link shared by someone unfamiliar or suddenly posted in a chat group.

Therefore, the high-quality players that Ke Jin needed came into play.

Good game quality would gain their recognition, and they would earnestly recommend the game to friends and family.

When the means of spreading the message expanded from a few, to dozens, to hundreds, and even thousands,

it gradually separated from the game itself, and just the farming assistance link could create a chain reaction.

Within just a few days, it successfully sparked a craze within the gaming community.

A small portion supported it out of sympathy.

But the larger consumer group did so because the official endorsement of the farming-themed event meant it was both reliable and of great value for money.

"Sometimes, there are many good things that just lack a channel to help spread the word. Good wine needs no bush. Just like how you’d forget that today is Crazy Thursday if I didn’t mention it, right? Venmo me 50 for an iced Americano, and I’ll moisten my throat before continuing to explain the cause and effect here." Facing his younger sister, who was lying on the couch expressing her amazement at the recent hype over "Stardew Valley" and the "Farming Assistance" topic in the gaming community, Ke Jin explained as he came out of the bedroom to get a soda.

"Don’t even start, big boss. You’re now scamming your own employees, huh?" Ke Yu was sunken into the couch but raised her small hand high above her head.

Then, a slender and fair middle finger slowly rose from behind the couch’s backrest.

"I’m not even making money here. Look at these two games I’ve released; have either of them made a single penny?" Ke Jin, as Little Bear, spread his hands: "Even the bitter tea money is almost lost."

At these words, Ke Yu suddenly propped herself up from the couch, poked her cute little head out, knelt on the couch holding the backrest, and looked at Ke Jin.

"Eh, brother, I’ve wanted to ask for a while, why are the prices of your games always so... so weird? Or what did you call it? Anyway, you get what I mean."

The pricing of "Iwanna" that got more expensive with more purchases, "Skyline" with its ads covering the recharge interface, "Wind Traveler" allowing unconditional refunds, "Hollow Knight" making the game harder through in-game purchases, and now "Stardew Valley" being completely free.

Even if Ke Yu was slow on the uptake and not sensitive to business matters, she still felt that this pricing wasn’t something a normal game company would do.

"There’s no point in saying anything else, just tell me if you’ve made money or not." Ke Jin was already well-practiced in responding to such questions.

The inspiration even came from a previous interview with the China Times. After going back, the article had praised him, calling him a new-generation people’s entrepreneur and even brought out the "Use First, Pay Later" method.

Great, I can’t think of an explanation, so you all line up to rationalize for me, huh.

"You just notice the odd pricing of the games, but our company has reached the incredible milestone of a monthly turnover of fifty or sixty million within just a year. Doesn’t that prove that my decisions are correct?"

"Oh, so what you’re saying is that you’ve made money, right? Then why did you just say you haven’t earned a penny? So you were lying to your sister." Ke Yu’s eyes suddenly lit up with a mischievous smile as she spread the palm of her hand: "Then Venmo me 50, I also want to experience Crazy Thursday, hehe~"

Ke Jin: "..."

Dammit, when did Baby Yu’s little brain start working so well...

She actually managed to twist me in knots...

But looking at his younger sister’s smiling, rosy cheeks, Ke Jin didn’t care whether it was her Venmo-ing him 50, or him Venmo-ing her 50.

"The red envelope is sent, let me have a sip when it arrives, aow."

"Not giving!"

"Fine, fine, forget the well-digger once the well is full, right."

"Why should I share a red packet I got with my own smarts with you, no way!"

"Alright then, I’ll just have to ask Xinlin for it. I feel like if I text her saying I’m a little thirsty and today is Crazy Thursday, she would probably help me order an iced Americano, right?"

"You dare!!!"

"Hahaha, why are you panicking?"

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Chang Detai was a bit anxious.

"Master, can you please drive faster? Yes, just drop me off at the front gate of the China Broadcasting General Bureau."

It had been a month since he received the notice about the farming assistance project. (Note: This month refers to one month after the regulatory agency received the task; the protagonist is at around day 23)

Within this month, the discussion of "Stardew Valley" within the community was not low.

Whether it was industry peers’ lively discussions proving the viability of farming game mechanics,

Or the love from players.

On top of that, its highlighted farming theme received an unexpectedly strong response, beyond Chang Detai’s expectations.

Although he couldn’t see the exact backend data—since to prevent the farming assistance from being exploited, the China Broadcasting Bureau required all entertainment industries to unify their promotional directions with links redirecting to their official websites, eliminating any middlemen from profiting.

But based on the enthusiasm alone, Chang Detai estimated,

The quota of fifty thousand boxes was surely met, and there might even be excess, like seventy or eighty thousand, perhaps even breaking a hundred thousand!

Regardless, the task would definitely be completed beyond expectations.

He was also planning to take advantage of the upcoming quarterly meeting to see if he could mention it to the higher-ups.