Fire Knife wasn't sure what impact his manuscript had on Dream Builder, Devil Taro, or even the Fourth Dimension game.
He didn't care either.
He was just happy that he had successfully secured an expedited visa and was confirmed to attend the Cologne Game Show to get an exclusive interview with Xu Meng and firsthand news about Dream Builder's new game!
The only thing that could excite him more than that was the technology Xu Meng showcased at the end of the preview.
Following "character scale," Xu Meng once again broke the upper limit of ACG games, creating a brand new possibility!
What Fire Knife loved most was this kind of innovation that broke the game's upper limit.
So until the Cologne Game Show, he would be a Dream Builder fanatic for a month!
As for whether to renew for another month after the expiration date, that would depend on Dream Builder's performance at the game show!
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The next day, early in the morning, whale spender Huan Yue started his live stream.
When viewers entered the live stream, they were a little confused:
"So early today? Usually, you should be sleeping at this time, right?"
"Whoa! Outdoor live stream? First time seeing you go out."
"What's going on? Buying breakfast? So many people in line."
...
Huan Yue raised the handheld stabilizer in his hand, turned around in place, and showed the viewers in the live stream a panoramic view.
"See clearly?"
"I'm not lining up for a snack stall."
"I'm currently queuing outside the German Consulate."
"What am I doing here?" Huan Yue read a viewer's comment.
He raised his other hand and shook the information in his hand.
"Isn't this a coincidence? I just planned to go to Germany for fun a while ago and made an appointment to submit materials today."
"As expected of the top cyber渣男 (scumbag) who marries all the characters!"
"Nonsense, traveling thousands of miles just to see his waifu, this... this is pure love!!!"
"Insane, going to see a dozen waifus at the same time, this is also considered pure love?"
"I don't care, in our two-dimensional world, this is pure love!!!"
"Only loving the two-dimensional world and disdaining the three-dimensional world, isn't this also a kind of devotion?"
...
In addition to these fun-loving people, some people advised Huan Yue to calm down and not get too carried away:
"I advise you not to have too high expectations, so as not to be too disappointed when the time comes."
"Yeah, Xu Meng said it a bit too mysteriously. Whether this technology is real or not, or how powerful it is, is still debatable."
"I've seen people enter the virtual world, but they are all VR chat rooms, very rudimentary, and they are all players chatting and interacting in suits."
"Yes, interacting directly with the character... it feels a bit unrealistic to even think about it."
"You can't say that, isn't AI developing very fast now? It may not be impossible."
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Everyone was talking about it.
This was not a novel scene.
Regarding Dream Builder's new technology—Xu Meng's description of "entering the virtual world and touching virtual characters" at the end of the preview was the most discussed topic in the game circle today.
Yesterday's Dream Space had already popped up dozens of pages of related guesses and discussions.
The most popular post, in just one night, had been discussed with tens of thousands of replies.
But this was not the most popular place.
The most popular were the chat groups composed of players. Last night, I don't know how many people temporarily muted message notifications in order to fall asleep smoothly.
When many people arrived at the office and sat down the next morning, they were still talking about this.
From a distance, you could hear the sound of keyboards clacking, thinking they were working diligently.
In fact, when you got closer, you could see that they were all chatting about games in small groups.
Even now, as long as someone mentioned it, it would immediately stir up a bunch of people discussing it in the live stream.
Everyone was too curious! And too expectant!
But the more they expected, the more they worried, and the more they dared not firmly believe that this was true, so they had to actively lower their and others' expectations.
But Huan Yue was different.
He was full of confidence in Dream Builder!
"Stop guessing, don't think about the technical difficulties first, think about this first—"
"Didn't Dream Builder's [Eternal Ring] put on the character's ring finger?"
"Didn't Dream Builder's promised wedding dress put on the character's body?"
"Can't you hear Dream Builder's promised marriage proposal voice when you open the game now?"
"Won't Dream Builder's promised full-favor invitation task be implemented in the next update?"
"Dream Builder has already fulfilled its promises so many times."
"Why not try to give them some trust?"
Huan Yue's tone was firm.
In the past two months, Dream Builder had already gained his trust.
So this time, even if he had only just seen a glimpse, he rushed in without hesitation!
Plus, the coincidence that he originally planned to go to Germany...
It was as if his two-dimensional waifus were calling him!
With such a fate, it would be really inexcusable not to go!
Huan Yue's confident appearance temporarily silenced the discussion about technology in the live stream.
Because when everyone thought about it according to his words, they realized—
"It seems like it!"
So the pessimistic comments decreased a lot, and everyone started chatting randomly again.
Then another kind of comment popped up:
"Insane! I just went to make an appointment for a visa, and the time was directly scheduled for a month later! The game show will be over in a month! What the hell am I applying for!"
"At least you made an appointment. I filled out the form for a long time just now, and the webpage crashed when I submitted it."
"The visa appointment here has stopped! Is it already fully booked?! How many people want to go abroad! !"
The Dream Forge's preview livestream, reaching 20 million in popularity, unexpectedly "ignited" the Cologne Game Show.
This exhibition, previously only drawing attention from game media and hardcore single-player game enthusiasts, suddenly garnered significant interest from mobile game players and casual gamers.
The keyword "Cologne Game Show" experienced an almost vertical surge in popularity!
This led many game media outlets, which initially had no plans to travel abroad, to scramble at the last minute, desperately trying to send staff over.
If Germany wasn't feasible, they would try France, Switzerland, Austria...
Since they were all EU countries, as long as they could obtain a Schengen visa, they could send people over, one way or another.
It would just mean more connecting flights and extra hassle along the way.
Competitors, potential competitors, potential collaborators, media, players...
All sorts of people began converging on the Cologne Game Show.
The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ is ⊥ at ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ hair!
A grand gathering of the gaming world was brewing.
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But before that, there were a few minor incidents ---
Three days after the preview ended, the assistant, Chen Mengling, suddenly rushed over in a panic, saying, "Boss, something bad has happened!"
"What is it?" Xu Meng asked with a smile.
He was already somewhat accustomed to this kind of scene.
"E-e-mail! A document from the Press and Publication Administration!"
Xu Meng's smile faded as he took the tablet from her hand and began reading the email content.
The thing he had been worried about had finally become a reality ---
Dream Forge had received a document from the Press and Publication Administration, citing [extensive changes to the game content, significant differences from the submitted version] as the reason, requesting a second review of "Project Frost Snow."
Dream Forge needed to resubmit a client for compliance review within 10 working days.
Xu Meng put down the tablet without saying a word.
The assistant was very anxious: "What do we do, Boss?"
Xu Meng looked at the anxious assistant and calmly shook his head to reassure her: "It's okay."
"Actually, receiving this notice now is much later than I expected."
If it weren't for the current economic stagnation and prominent employment issues, with the state giving consideration to private enterprises and the cultural and entertainment industries, Dream Forge would have been approached long ago.
"Ah?" The assistant hadn't thought of that. "Then... what do we do?"
Xu Meng said while pondering, "Didn't we make a [censorship switch] for the streamers to facilitate their broadcasts?"
"Yeah, I know," the assistant nodded, then said somewhat uncertainly, "Are we going to change the game to that censored version?"
Her tone was full of reluctance.
Having been by Xu Meng's side for so long, she knew very well that doing so would greatly reduce the core competitiveness of "Project Frost Snow."
Even with the support of the [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] gameplay, the revenue would be greatly reduced.
And the players would definitely be very disappointed!
Under Xu Meng's example, she very much didn't want to disappoint Dream Forge's players.
Xu Meng first nodded, then shook his head.
"My initial idea was: if 'Project Frost Snow' encounters review difficulties, then let's do the opposite—turn the censored version into the main game, and hide the simple and easy-to-use anti-censorship methods in the client."
"Then, pretending to be a random player, spread the anti-censorship methods to everyone in a big way."
This was not difficult at all; Xu Meng had already prepared for it.
He had even prepared a censored version of the client with hidden anti-censorship methods.
The assistant looked at Xu Meng in surprise: "You can do that too?"
"Why not?" Xu Meng spread his hands a bit mischievously. "When the government has policies, the people have countermeasures!"
"Senior is so smart!!" The assistant admired him endlessly.
Xu Meng just shook his head.
What he was thinking about was not the response plan, but—
"This notice came a bit too late."
"Late?" The assistant was puzzled. "Later is definitely better than earlier, right?"
Xu Meng shook his head again: "Not necessarily."
A guess arose in his mind—
The authorities actually didn't want to interfere with him.
The remastered version of "Project Frost Snow" was launched on June 1st.
But after the launch, the higher-level departments hadn't made a move for two consecutive months, always turning a blind eye, obviously intending to pretend they didn't see it.
Even when some bloggers on Weibo who feed on feminist traffic called on fans to report "Project Frost Snow" together, the authorities didn't react.
Why now, suddenly, do they want to interfere?
—Naturally, it's because a more powerful "force" than those who only have a mouth and can't do anything besides feminist rants has intervened.
Who?
The moment this question surfaced, it was automatically answered:
Of course, it's a competitor.
In many industries, there is an unbreakable truth—
"Competitors are idiots."
Gacha games are no exception, of course.
"Moyu Games..." Xu Meng subconsciously spoke this familiar name.
No evidence.
Don't know if it is.
But whatever, let's just assume it is!
Who told you to keep provoking me?
6:18... Another all-nighter.
Let me explain to everyone, I update at 12 o'clock, it's not because I have a backlog, and not updating more is not laziness or perfunctoriness... it's really not.
I finish writing all night, set the timer, and then fall asleep, waking up at 4 pm.
After that, except for eating, I sit in front of the computer all night, then finish writing and set the timer, and fall asleep again...
I'm slow at writing, it's really like this.
But I will try to improve efficiency!
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Finally, weakly asking for monthly tickets.
