I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 535 - 173: If other hosts saw my operation, wouldn’t they feel so ashamed that they’d uninstall the system overnight?_2

Chapter 535: Chapter 173: If other hosts saw my operation, wouldn’t they feel so ashamed that they’d uninstall the system overnight?_2

Looking at it this way, there really was no need to hold a design competition.

But helplessly, the top player, a freak, emerged out of nowhere, and in just three short years, relied on various masterpieces and even magnum opuses.

In three years, he completed what other major factories might need ten or even twenty years to achieve.

Therefore, within these three years, the gaming environment began to change, and Ke Jin also continuously found various scale design competitions on the internet.

Among them, Tengjing and Netcom each held a competition last year.

The first prize of the competition reached a generous one million yuan in cash.

This did surprise Ke Jin.

It seems that these two big factories,

Although they are a bit shady on a regular basis, and show no mercy when it comes to exploiting gamers,

But regarding the future development of the industry, these two big factories are still willing to invest.

However, Mr. Ke’s vision is much bigger.

His sights are already set far beyond the domestic realm.

This game design competition, he wants to face the world, to recruit potential game designers globally!

Well, that’s the official rhetoric for the public.

But his private thoughts are,

To skim a little more from the task revenue.

Holding a design competition domestically, dishing out 10 million yuan feels like it’s hitting the ceiling already.

What best creativity award, best story award, best design award, giving 1 million to each winner of these awards, and you can’t even spend all of 10 million.

If you give out more, you might even draw the attention of the relevant departments.

But when you look at the world, it’s different.

What one million.

Ten million!

Ten million for each person!

Don’t let the foreigners think Huaxia Nation’s game manufacturers can’t afford to pay out!

Of course, ten million per person is still somewhat exaggerated.

If the stakes are too high, it could be targeted by some companies, who would rig votes and manipulate rankings to buy reputation.

It seems like this problem is easy to solve, right?

Just rigorously investigate the vote manipulation, right?

But when profits reach a certain level, the dark side of human nature will be unleashed.

If you investigate vote manipulation,

Then I, being in second place, will pay to have votes rigged for the first place like crazy.

How would you deal with that then?

To investigate or not to investigate?

Or perhaps, help the top few rig their votes and then tightly control the data, ensuring you always win by a slight margin.

Trying to cheat, you can’t really prevent it.

If Mr. Ke can’t even defend against players who silently pour money into the game, how do you expect me to stop the big baddies intent on backdoor dealings?

"Let’s tentatively set aside 10 million for one group then,"

"Divide it into five categories: Best Creativity, Best Design, Best Story, Best Visuals, and Best Game."

"Each category will have one top award and five best nominations, with the top award winner receiving 3 million in creative incentive prize money, and the remaining five nominations getting 1.5 million each."

"This way, each group gets 10.5 million, which adds up to 52.5 million in revenue for the five groups."

"In the coming month, if the related revenue from the competition stays below 52.5 million, the task will be successfully completed, and the ultimate reward package that I’ve been dreaming of will be mine!"

In this gaming sector, if you players like to spend money, so be it, after all, games must have a recharge portal, there’s no helping it.

But what’s before you now, is a game design competition!

Hey, I’m not even making a game this time!

Will you stake your lives on recharging?

"Hiss! Genius!"

"How could I come up with such a perfect plan!"

"If the other hosts in the System Nebula saw this, wouldn’t they be so ashamed that they uninstall the system overnight?"

You just watch, Brother Tong Zi, you just watch how steady I am, and that’s that!

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Time to clock out!

Unless there was a rush job requiring overtime, Ke Jin always refused to work late.

Promote a happy workplace!

A game company where the employees don’t have time to play games? Unthinkable!

Especially Ke Jin, who had a solid plan in place, was in an exceptionally good mood today.

Everybody off work!

The last to leave will have to stay and sweep the floor!

Ke Jin, anyway, was taking Baby Yu and leaving early as a matter of principle.

Walking home, Ke Yu, with childlike innocence, kicked pebbles along the way and spoke up.

"Bro, are you free this weekend?"

"No."

Where would I find the time on the weekend?

I’ve got a date to save Princess Peach and casually break a spire or two along the way.

Very busy indeed.

"Xinlin won some amusement park tickets, she wants to invite us to hang out there this weekend, said she hasn’t seen us in a while, so..."

"Thinking about it, it has really been quite some time since I’ve been to an amusement park," Ke Jin rubbed his chin, pondering aloud.

Baby Yu promptly served him with an eye roll.

"Are you thinking about going to the amusement park? I’m embarrassed for you!"

"Ha, you call that an opportunity and you can’t even take it! Looks like big bro has to step in! After it’s all said and done, you calling her ’sister-in-law’ wouldn’t be too shabby."

Ever since he laid his cards on the table to his brother about his feelings for Xinlin, Ke Yu didn’t bother to hide it anymore.

And as for the fact that his older brother also had a crush on Xinlin, he wasn’t too opposed to it.

The saying goes, why should the water from one’s own spring flow into another’s field?

If he really couldn’t win her over...

Better to leave her to his own brother than let someone else snatch her away!

However, things were far from settled at this point.

Baby Yu had not admitted defeat!

"Dream on! Maybe it’ll be after I’ve sealed the deal that you’ll be calling me... uh... uh... what was it that you’d call me?" Ke Yu’s CPU was overheating.

"See, that’s why you can’t close the deal, can’t even answer a simple question! It should be... emmmm..." Ke Jin pondered for a moment, his CPU also overheating.

Typically, after a brother gets married, his sister would call his spouse ’sister-in-law’.

If a sister gets married, the brother would call her partner ’brother-in-law’.

But with Baby Yu, it was a bit special.

Leaving aside all other external factors, if Baby Yu really ended up with Xinlin.

Then would Xinlin be his ’brother-in-law’?

It just felt odd.

"Then why not just call her ’Lady Sister-in-law’?" Ke Jin, with all the wisdom he could muster, concluded, "It’s a superposition state of ’sister-in-law’ and ’brother-in-law.’ When you observe Xinlin, she is your ’brother-in-law’; when you don’t observe her, she is your ’sister-in-law.’"

"Cut it out, Schrödinger’s Cat is it?" Ke Yu continued with another eye roll.

"What Schrödinger? That’s Xue Rengui’s Cat!"

"Wasn’t Xue Rengui the one leading troops in battles?"

"Can’t a person have a side hustle? Mind your own business about the general’s affairs!"

"Pfft! All talk and no sense, I don’t want to talk to you, hmph."

The siblings’ routine bickering continued as they noisily made their way home.

"I am back, Laina!" Ke Yu pushed open the door excitedly and was about to bend down to take off her shoes.

Suddenly, she saw a guest sitting in the living room, the coffee table nearly filled with various gifts, while their dad was hosting the guest across from him.

Ke Yu was stunned; she hadn’t ever seen this guest before.

And during her moment of distraction, Ke Jin, who was following right behind, bumped into Ke Yu who was bent over changing her shoes.

The two nearly fell to the ground together.

Fortunately, Ke Jin was quick on his feet, grabbing the door handle with one hand and steadying Ke Yu by the waist with the other.

After that, he too glanced into the living room.

What surprised Ke Jin, though.

Was that their usually stern and serious father unexpectedly showed a hint of panic upon seeing his children return home.