Stealing Business

Lin You hung up the phone regretfully.

Sure enough, there are some things that you still have to figure out on your own, especially Ami, which is too difficult.

Lin You couldn't think of any clever ideas, so he simply took Xiaomeng and went to the "Chang'an" project team.

The development of the "Chang'an" project is a little outrageous——

The main storyline has not been finalized yet, but ideas for various lively activities and celebrations are constantly emerging, and they are being done very quickly.

According to Lin You's idea, in the first chapter of "Chang'an", the richer the various activities, the better. Even if they are not needed for the main line, they can be placed there to increase the players' exploration fun.

Therefore, as long as it is an activity that everyone agrees with and does not seem to be against the law, even simulated business elements such as "private boat" are allowed to be included in the development plan.

Of course, the threshold for this gameplay is relatively high. Collecting beautiful girls, educating and training them, purchasing boats, and decorating them all require huge investments.

But if you want to make money in "Chang'an", it will only be more difficult than Night City.

After all, the more a game wants to operate for a long time, the more strictly the economic system must be designed.

As for the plot, it's not that there is nothing. Everyone put forward many ideas one after another, but they felt they were not satisfactory enough, so they all entered the alternative.

But the plot is really very important, so as soon as Lin You came to the project team, he joined the plot discussion group to think about plot design together.

Time flies by while you are engrossed in your work.

During the lunch break, Gong Shi, a veteran employee of Yunmeng Studio, suddenly ran over to Lin You and said excitedly that she had thought of a great new idea.

——Whenever the development team employees have new ideas, they can put them forward and add them to the game as long as they are suitable.

This is something Lin You has said long ago, and it is precisely based on this rule that Metropolis and Night City can always remain dynamic and have new things constantly appearing.

"Chang'an" has given everyone enough room to play right from the development stage.

"What do you think? Tell me." Lin You was very interested.

Gong Shi said excitedly: "[Harem Battle]!"

Hearing these four words, Lin You immediately had questions on his face: "War in the harem? What does it mean? Does the harem interfere in politics and cause a war?"

"No, no!" Gong Shi shook his head repeatedly, with an expression of disgust as if Lin You lacked imagination.

"That's it. I plan to design an event specifically for female players to participate in. Through "audition voting", the selected candidates will enter the harem, and then through various means such as displaying talents, intrigues, fighting for favor, and framing, they will be sealed at all levels.

Compete for the final throne of queen."

"We can definitely make it a quarterly event. If the response is good, it can also be turned into an e-sports event or variety show to expand its influence."

"By the way, it can also call on netizens to vote for their favorite players. The topic and attention will definitely be explosive!"

"Wait a minute!" Lin You quickly stopped her, "This won't work."

Without even thinking about it, he just killed the plan.

"Why?" Gong Shi was unwilling to give in, "It's okay for martial arts competitions, and it's okay for oiran competitions, but why can't it be done for post-election conferences?"

Why? No need to ask! Why are you playing "Harem 101" here?

"Can these properties be the same? When choosing an oiran, you choose an NPC, not a player."

Gong Shi still looked unconvinced, but after thinking about it carefully, she sighed and left: "Okay, then I'll think about something else."

Lin You didn't forget to tell her later: "Think of someone more reliable next time!"

*

When Yunmeng started taking a lunch break, it was late at night on America's east coast.

Northeast of the capital of America, in a seaport warehouse in Baltimore, "Honest Epic" was gathering in a small conference room with several confidants, arranging the work of the younger brothers for the past two days.

"Tomorrow is Christmas, and the citizens of Baltimore are waiting for us to give them a surprise."

"The good news is: our old man has caught up. In another hour, 150,000 units of Mirage will be delivered to us. I need you to deliver them to customers in the shortest possible time. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" The six confidants in the room nodded at the same time.

"Do it better this time, and next time we can get 300,000 units. Brothers, success is just around the corner!"

The five people in the room nodded heavily, but one Xiao Hei was a little reluctant: "Uncle, this thing is not as profitable as drugs, why do we spend so much effort on this?"

Epic didn't hesitate and slapped this stupid kid on the head.

But for the sake of kinship, he still looked at the "strategist": "Explain it to him."

The only man in a suit and tie in the room nodded and explained to the stupid kid: "Smuggling mirage, the profit margin is indeed not as exaggerated as that of drugs, but it is far more than other things, and this thing has no worries about sales, and the risk is still very high

Low, even if you are caught, it will be a small problem, just a few days in jail and a fine."

"Selling one console is enough to pay the fines of thirty people. Have you ever seen such a high profit and such a low risk?"

"In addition, this is still an emerging industry. Unlike the traditional drug business, which will face fierce competition everywhere. Once we stabilize the supply, we can go out of Baltimore and explore a broader market. The drug business is basically

Can't get out of Baltimore."

"Finally, just because mirage business is illegal now does not mean it will be illegal in the future. The comprehensive embargo has not only caused large-scale protests among the people, but also has many different voices among members of the parliament. No one knows whether the trend will be reversed after the next general election.

have no idea."

"If we can make a good layout in advance, once the wind direction changes, we can quickly clean up the business and become a legal business that makes money every day, and get on the train of the new era."

…

Epic’s vision is indeed first-rate.

Not long after Mirage was launched, he was keenly aware of the opportunity and acted without hesitation, sending an email to Yunmeng seeking cooperation.

Although he received no response, and even after Mirage was completely embargoed by the government, he did not give up and was always looking for opportunities.

And today is the time to reap the results.

As long as this order is completed, the road ahead will be smooth!

Just when Epic was feeling happy, suddenly a junior quickly rushed into the small conference room while shouting, "Boss, it's bad!"

"Boss, it's bad! Our goods were robbed by the coast guard!"

"?" Epic's expression changed. He looked at his phone, which was always silent, and turned around and asked, "How do you know?"

"Electricity, TV!" The younger brother gasped and pointed to the TV in the corner, "Nightly news!"

A confidant found the remote control and turned on the TV. After changing channels several times, he successfully found the news on the live broadcast.

Looking at the background, this cargo ship had only a few minutes to dock, but it was stopped by the Coast Guard for inspection so close to its destination.

The reporter stood in front of the camera and reported the breaking news with a serious face——

"It is reported that during this raid, the Coast Guard discovered that the ship owner was smuggling a large amount of drugs, game consoles and a small number of illegal immigrants..."

"According to reports from the Coast Guard, the most valuable item among them is the Mirage game console. According to preliminary statistics, there may be more than 50,000 units!"

…

In the blink of an eye, the relaxed atmosphere disappeared, everyone fell into silence, and only the sound of the TV echoed in the room.

Xiao Hei was the first to speak: "Isn't this our product? We have 150,000 units, right?"

He thought his brother had made a mistake and that the Coast Guard was searching someone else's goods.

But before anyone could explain, Epic suddenly said angrily:

"Damn it! The Coast Guard is here to steal business too?!"

Thanks to [Wuyouyingwu] for the 500 point reward.
Chapter completed!