Chapter 577: Unexpected News, the End of the Catastrophe
Snap——
Amidst the crowds!
A young man wearing a pointy-ear knitted hat held a burger in one hand and took a photo of the Overcooked-style restaurant sign with his phone in the other. He tapped the GoPro on his chest, as if he was recording a video for someone:
"Dude, look at this, the Breakup Kitchen. Damn, this is so damn authentic. It's exactly the same as in the game, don't you think?"
Talking!
The young man in the pointed hat turned around and walked forward along with the bustling crowd.
Along the way, the young man was amazed and full of interest:
"Hey, look at that, damn... the Draco spaceship! Damn! This young man! Damn! He's really become an amusement park pilot, damn!"
"Wow! That! A phantom-phobia themed haunted house! They even have AR assistance! A thermometer, a purple flashlight... hahahahaha, there's even an EMF detector! Awesome!"
"Oh my god! Look at this! Life-size sculptures of Vincent and Leo! Let's take a photo together. Let's stand according to our original role assignments. I'll stand on Leo's side..."
"Oh my god! Oh my god! The float parade is coming! Wall of Nuts! Pea Shooter! And the Dancing Zombie hahahahaha! Holy crap! The sunflowers are singing - Wuhu! The Sunflower Gate will live forever - OHHHHHHHH -!"
"...Ah, it sounds so good, I love Kui Kui...Hello? I want a diamond axe-shaped lollipop, thank you...Dangdang! Diamond axe! Oh no, you haven't played this, let me tell you, this game is awesome, it's really fun..."
“…”
Sightseeing! Playing! Explaining!
Although the young man was alone, he was chatting very enthusiastically with his GoPro.
It's perfect.
No one can question the Golden Wind and its leader Gu Sheng's superb control over the players' psychology.
They know what players love so well!
It is not an exaggeration to say that as long as you enter this land developed by the Golden Wind Group, all the buildings, facilities, projects... here will attract you firmly!
The screams and cheers never stopped, echoing one after another in every corner of the bustling park!
For players, there are surprises everywhere!
In the morning, you can wake up from the Stardew Valley Resort and have a plate of Stardew Valley specialty, pan-fried cod toast, accompanied by a glass of ancient fruit drink.
Afterwards, you can wander around the estate, go fishing, weed, or go to the picking garden to choose your favorite vegetables for dinner and fully enjoy the leisurely life in the estate. It’s all up to you.
Of course, more people will choose to take the manor sightseeing bus to the theme park by the river.
Here, you can go to Overcooked, order a drink, take a photo with the passing Roadhog, and give a heart to the beautiful DVA.
In order to fully mobilize the emotions, you may choose to form a wild team in the phantom-phobia-themed haunted house and play the role of an amateur ghost hunter. Or maybe you are more reckless and have the courage to go through the Resident Evil 8 basement alone and get a beautiful "Village Phantom" 3D book.
And after you’ve recovered from the shock, you can head to the toy castle not far from the themed haunted house, stroll through the familiar building block city, bump into Cutie III and ask her how her ears are.
Of course, this may touch upon her sad memories, and there is a certain chance that the little cutie III will be made to cry by you.
However, if you can make her laugh again, she will generously give you a pair of clay Cody and puppet Xiaomei.
But you have to keep these two dolls safe, because the upcoming Draco spaceship and zipline roller coaster projects are quite exciting, so don't lose Cody and Xiaomei.
After experiencing the exciting rides, you can safely grab the candy cart and pick out your favorite candy to replenish your energy. There are strawberry-flavored Yaksha Lu, mint-flavored Yueyin Candy, pineapple-flavored Gangju Candy, raspberry-flavored Hengjiang Candy and blueberry-flavored Hajiang Candy for you to choose from.
Oh, and if you encounter a hoarder on the road, we suggest you try to give it something in exchange for the items left to it by the previous player. There might be a surprise.
After eating the candies, go for a ride on the APEX spaceship-shaped bumper car and put on the Big Head helmet to enjoy a hearty collision.
Also, the Fire Keeper seems to like that area very much, and you can get an elemental bottle of orange-flavored soda from her.
After playing and shopping, you may be a little hungry now, so just choose any of the small shops along the corridor.
Dave's kitchen has his favorite sandwiches, Baker's Mansion sells sausages and foie gras, and Steve's shop's signature is mushroom stew.
But the most mouth-watering thing is the fragrant roast chicken in the vampire survivor’s hut.
In addition to the above-mentioned independent projects, if you have good physical strength, you must not miss the large-scale theme projects in the theme park.
For example, the real-life simulated shooting project assisted by AR technology is favored by people like Eggplant and Winter Melon.
Or maybe——
“…We’re here. This is it.”
The young man in the pointed hat stopped.
In front of us, a huge venue is located here.
A chilling cold air emanated from the venue.
A huge, two-story-high statue of a cute cat head stands in front of the venue, and the venue's sign stands next to it -
[Peak Country Indoor Ski Resort]
The young man took off the GoPro camera from his chest and held it in his hand, aiming the camera at the giant cat's head.
Then, the young man pointed:
"Hey, man, look at—you."
good.
The young man who was "talking to himself" with his GoPro along the way was none other than Catman's friend. He was the one who conveyed Catman's last wish to Golden Wind's Dawei.
This is the end of their trip.
And at this moment!
Just as Dawei's camera was about to leave the cat head and walk into the venue for a tour!
Suddenly, a pair of special legs slowly stepped into his field of vision.
Those are a pair of prosthetic limbs.
The black carbon fiber limbs are angular and carved with intricate and delicate hollow patterns.
The gold edges on each corner make the prosthetic limbs look extremely cold and cool.
A moment!
Dawei was struck by lightning.
Slowly moving my eyes upwards, I saw a foreign guy wearing a prosthetic limb standing next to the cat's head, and he seemed to want to take out his mobile phone to take a photo.
The young man looked young, probably in his early twenties. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, had slightly curly brown hair, a high nose bridge, blue eyes, and a sunny .
"Oh..."
Dawei's lips moved slightly, and he called out tentatively:
"Octane?"
At this moment, the young man next to Mao Mao's head also heard his voice, and immediately looked over and waved to Dawei:
"Yeap, Mudhowl?"
Octane.
Octane.
This moment!
Fate's subtle but perfect guidance allowed them to meet here.
Once upon a time, Dawei conveyed the dying wish of Catman to Golden Wind, and with Golden Wind's active response, this power was inherited by Octane, who took him to visit extreme scenery around the world in the virtual world and completed the unprecedented eight peak challenges.
Although Octane has never met Catman in real life.
But this bond in the virtual world ties the two people together tightly.
"...To be honest, my skiing skills in real life are not that good,"
On the high snow slope, fully armed Octane carefully pinned the GoPro on his chest to ensure it was secure:
"But I am also constantly learning and trying. One day I will climb the Alps myself, and then we can go together."
Talking!
Everything is ready!
Xinhan took a deep breath, put his two fingers on his head to make a cat ear gesture, then patted the GoPro stuck on his chest, posed for a dive, and spoke in a firm and deep voice, just like always:
"Hold on tight, Catman! Let's go!"
Hiss——Sha——!!!
With the dazzling white snow flying!
The roaring Octane takes Catman on a ride on the real snow track!
At this moment, the illusory virtual world and the real world are wonderfully intertwined...
And the true meaning of the game seems to be becoming more and more full and complete...
…
"call--"
As night falls, the atmosphere in the theme park becomes more and more heated!
The opening ceremony performance is currently taking place on the huge stage in the center of the park.
On the giant LED screen, light and shadow interweave.
Under the colorful sky, fireworks bloom.
The noisy crowd danced along to the exciting performance on the stage, and the sudden appearance of Keanu Reeves wearing John Wick's iconic suit made the audience scream wildly.
And in the midst of this noise and joy!
At this moment, Gu Sheng, who was sitting backstage touching up her makeup, took a deep breath and seemed particularly nervous.
"Why are you still panting, my Mr. Gu?"
Seeing this, Shen Miaomiao, who was highlighting Gu Sheng's silhouette, laughed and teased:
"I strolled leisurely at the Asian Games, was at ease at GDCA, and even when I won the TIGA Lifetime Achievement Producer Award last month, I was not so nervous when I gave my acceptance speech. Why am I still nervous at this small event with only 10,000 people today?"
"Who panted? Me? Am I nervous? I'm not!"
Gu Sheng was stubborn and twisted his body unnaturally:
"I... I'm fine, haha, just kidding, Mr. Gu, you haven't experienced all kinds of situations..."
"Blow, blow again,"
Shen Miaomiao pouted her lips, obviously seeing through Gu Sheng's pretended calmness at a glance, and then bared her teeth and said threateningly:
“Don’t stutter when you go on stage. This is a project that I personally oversaw with great difficulty. If you fail me, I will—”
Ugh, cough, cough——cough——
Before she could finish, a wave of dry retching and coughing interrupted Shen Miaomiao's words.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Sheng quickly stood up, supported little Nezha and patted her back:
"If I don't say I'm more handsome than Zu, it won't make you sick, right?"
"Ahem... ahem... I'll make you die of poverty."
After coughing twice and barely suppressing the feeling of nausea, Shen Miaomiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry and lightly hit Gu Sheng.
And at this moment.
Tap-tuk——
As there was a knock on the door, I turned around and saw the chief secretary Chu Qingzhou walking into the room.
She glanced at the stylists and costume designers in the room, then turned her gaze to Gu Sheng who was sitting in the middle and nodded slightly.
Gu Sheng understood and waved his hand: "You all go out first."
Click.
As all the outsiders cleared out, Chu Qingzhou turned around and closed the door. For a moment, there were only three people left in the room.
Then, Chu Qingzhou began to report:
"Boss Gu, President Shen, there is some unexpected news from Yunwei."
As soon as these words came out!
Gu Sheng couldn't help but shudder all over.
Collapse, resignation, condemnation, fire...
Although Yunwei has not officially announced bankruptcy and dissolution, everyone can see that its complete demise is only a matter of time.
Moreover, this time will not be too long.
After five years of confrontation and countless clashes, with the shocking explosion of the thunder of "The Day Before", the world's largest game manufacturer, which has always coveted the heavy copyright IP in the hands of Golden Wind and is supported by the world-class consortium Vivendi, seems to have finally been beaten to death on the beach by the tide of the times.
Now that Golden Wind's greatest enemy has fallen, everything seems to be coming to an end.
However, Gu Sheng always felt that something was not quite right.
He always felt that this matter was over, but it was not completely over.
And today!
The news brought by Chu Qingzhou finally made him feel relieved.
"Both pieces of news are confirmed. It will probably be officially announced soon."
As Chu Qingzhou stretched out two jade fingers, she spoke in a deep voice:
"First of all, Vivendi,"
"Currently, Vivendi, as the parent company, is conducting bankruptcy liquidation of Yunwei. The removal of this cancer will be enough to hurt Vivendi for a long time."
"Given Konami's failure in Asia and Yunwei's global failure,"
"Vivendi has passed a resolution to remove Sarah Gascogne, the former vice chairman responsible for the development of the gaming business, from all positions within the group and to launch an investigation into her,"
"At the same time, Vivendi's board of directors has completely lost confidence in the gaming industry and is currently cutting off all gaming-related businesses that it has expanded externally. It is expected that a formal announcement will be made before the end of the next quarter."
Vivendi has completely withdrawn from the gaming industry.
It can be seen that Yunwei’s sudden collapse had a serious impact on Vivendi.
To the point that they were forced to give up their efforts to survive, or even completely withdraw from the gaming industry.
Perhaps, this is one of the few moments when Vivendi has a clear understanding of the gaming industry.
Vivendi obviously understands that with the collapse of their largest agent in the gaming industry, CloudWise, it's time to wake up from their dream of completely monopolizing the gaming industry.
The era when Yunwei and Konami dominated the world is over.
The Golden Alliance, with Golden Wind as its core, has now formed a huge industrial network with industrial integration, coordinated development, and a common destiny.
They share technological advances, market resources, and jointly weave a second virtual world.
There is no longer any place for monopoly in the gaming industry.
It is not an exaggeration to say that from now on, as long as the golden wind exists.
Then, Vivendi would not have any chance to intervene in the gaming industry.
“Smart choice.”
Gu Sheng suddenly smiled.
He knew that Vivendi could not be completely killed.
Now, Vivendi, which has been carrying out hostile takeovers and harming the gaming industry for nearly two decades, has been completely kicked out of the gaming industry.
Such a result is enough for him, for Golden Wind, and for the entire gaming industry.
Nodding, Gu Sheng then asked:
"What about the second news?"
"The second news is——"
Hearing this, Chu Qingzhou paused for a moment, then said:
"Bobby Kotick fell from the building,"
"Just yesterday, at an InterContinental Hotel in Finland,"
"Sixteenth floor. Preliminary investigation shows that he fell accidentally."
quiet.
As Chu Qingzhou's voice fell.
For a moment, the entire dressing room fell into silence.
"oh……"
After a long while, Gu Sheng opened his mouth slightly, as if to answer, and nodded slowly:
"Uh-huh……"
At this moment, Gu Sheng seemed exceptionally calm.
Although before this, he had cursed Codick countless times when he would die.
But when he actually heard with his own ears that this greedy fat pig had finally performed the once-in-a-lifetime aerial acrobatic feat, he found that he was not as excited and applauding as he had imagined.
Instead, there is a kind of tranquility that witnesses the dust settling.
It makes people sigh deeply in their hearts and sigh——
Yeah.
Did Kotick really fall from the building accidentally?
Gu Sheng's attitude towards this is ambiguous.
He is not a sir, and it is not his responsibility to investigate murder cases.
However, compared with the conclusion of "accidental fall and death", Gu Sheng seems to be more inclined to another darker possibility.
