Chapter 702 Reasonable Speculation
Shi Jinhao's life has been a bit miserable recently. He gave 100,000 of the 500,000 he earned from selling the paralysis ring to his friends, and used the rest of the money mainly to buy a house.
Later, he obtained some equipment, earned some money, and set up a studio. However, he never got a top-notch item like the Paralysis Ring again, and could only barely maintain the operation of the studio.
It was twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and Shi Jinhao, who had been playing with equipment all morning, felt a little dizzy. He moved his stool back, stood up and stretched.
Seeing his friends still fighting hard to earn gold in the game, Shi Jinhao sighed helplessly and asked, "Did you get any top-quality equipment this morning?"
In fact, he was talking nonsense. If top-grade equipment or top-grade martial arts secrets had really been obtained, the entire studio would have been in an uproar. How could it still be so quiet?
Someone looked up and said, "It's just a level 6 arm guard, which costs a few dozen dollars."
"A pile of loose parts."
Shi Jinhao said: "Let's gather in the safe zone. Let's exchange equipment and see how much equipment we can get."
The equipment in "Legend of Mir 2" has a clear and seemingly simple upgrade synthesis route, but in fact it increases exponentially. The consumption of low-level materials caused by cross-level upgrades is unimaginable.
For example, a level nine battle suit requires four level eight pieces, sixteen level seven pieces, sixty-four level six pieces, and two hundred and fifty-six level five pieces.
Since there are several professions in the game and the equipment is not interchangeable between professions, even if you have 256 level five items, it is basically impossible to synthesize a level nine item.
The highest level of equipment that can be naturally dropped by wild monsters in the game is only level five.
In this case, even if one is extremely lucky and 50% of the equipment obtained are of the same profession, it would still take more than 500 pieces of level 5 equipment to synthesize a level 9 equipment.
The key is that these equipment will also drop when being killed in PK...
This also leads to high-end equipment being extremely expensive.
If you want to get level 5 equipment, you need to challenge super awesome dungeons.
If you want to challenge the most awesome dungeon, you need super powerful equipment and skills.
With economic interests involved, various gold-making studios have emerged, and many people rely on this to make a living - they are game players themselves, and now they can make money by playing games if they are lucky, so why not do it?
Shi Jinhao's studio is like this, making a living by helping the boss upgrade, collect materials, and get top-quality equipment and martial arts secrets.
But unfortunately, perhaps that paralysis ring overdrew all of Shi Jinhao's luck. From then on, for a whole year, they never saw such a top-quality thing again.
Shi Jinhao sighed, opened his wallet and looked inside, only to find that there were only a dozen hundred-dollar bills inside.
This is the entire studio's cash flow.
Shi Jinhao's studio has six people and three accounts. They basically play in three shifts around the clock, so their levels are very high and their equipment is very luxurious. They have made a name for themselves in the game. They often sell some equipment and game coins they get from high-difficulty copies to wealthy players. They have actually started to make money without knowing it.
Unfortunately, because his parents still regarded games as a scourge, Shi Jinhao did not dare to tell his family about this. After school every day, while his father and mother were playing mahjong, he would sneak out to surf the Internet .
Hong Yutao is no longer studying. The studio was set up by two partners, both of whom wanted to make a fortune from the game "Legend of Mir 2".
Everyone gathered in the safe zone, exchanged equipment, and upgraded and combined a few pieces, but even if they sold them, they could only barely cover the expenses.
Shi Jinhao said: "Let's go, shall we go out for dinner?"
Hong Yutao complained: "I haven't made any money yet, how can I eat?"
Shi Jinhao looked at the huge dark circles under Hong Yutao's eyes and said, "Why don't you take a nap first?"
Hong Yutao said unhappily, "I can't sleep."
Shi Jinhao used the 500,000 yuan he got from selling the paralysis ring to buy a house, but he spent the money lavishly.
It is easy to spend money but difficult to make money. After being used to a life of lavish spending, Hong Yutao now can only eat instant noodles every day. How can he bear it? Naturally, he dreams of turning the tables.
Hong Yutao didn't want to eat, and Shi Jinhao had no choice but to go get two buckets of instant noodles and eat with Hong Yutao.
"Then let's eat instant noodles. We can't go hungry."
The two of them ate instant noodles and did not dare to continue playing the game. They might be PKed by others when they left the safe zone, and if some equipment was dropped, they would be in tears.
You know, the account of their studio is known to many big shots , and they have been PKed by a group of people before.
Once they leave the safe zone, there will definitely be a lot of people looking for a fight with them.
There is no way, who let them have good equipment? If one of them explodes, you will get rich.
Hong Yutao was browsing the forum while slurping instant noodles.
Suddenly, he shouted "Fuck!", which scared Shi Jinhao who was standing next to him.
"What's wrong?"
Hong Yutao pointed at the screen and said, "This is awesome! Someone has posted the source code of the game MU."
Shi Jinhao was also very surprised: "Who is so awesome? Did he break through the firewall of the game company?"
As a game studio, it is impossible to focus on only one game. Recently, "Miracle MU" has become popular, and Shi Jinhao and his team even discussed whether to set up a "Miracle MU" team and work on both games at the same time.
However, the profit model of "Miracle MU" is still unclear, so no action has been taken for the time being.
Now, seeing that someone had posted the source code of "Miracle MU", the two of them immediately became excited.
Hong Yutao said: "Miracle MU is very popular recently, and many people are playing it. The key is that with the source code, we can find someone to develop a plug-in. It is much easier to make money than manually brushing. "Legend of Mir 2" is good in every way, but it is too harsh in cracking down on plug-ins, and accounts are often banned."
Hong Yutao and his friends had tried to use plug-ins to get equipment before, but their accounts were quickly blocked. It wasn’t worth it, after all, it was too difficult to upgrade and get equipment in "Legend of Mir 2".
Shi Jinhao touched his chin and said, "I think we can do this. Find someone to make a plug-in, and go into Miracle MU to kill monsters and get equipment. Now many games can trade equipment, accounts, and currencies. What's the name of that website?"
"5173."
"Yeah, I think our studio can expand its business. When the time comes, we can make plug-ins that can automatically kill monsters and get equipment. Wouldn't that save us the money of hiring people to play games?"
Not long after, various "Miracle MU" plug-ins appeared on the Internet.
By the time Tamron noticed this, almost every player of "Miracle MU" already had an AFK script. The gameplay of this game is originally the simplest and crudest way of grinding, and it is too boring to do it completely manually, so AFK scripts became the first choice of players.
Ma Teng noticed this situation very quickly. He knew very well how destructive cheats were to the life of a game. He immediately went to Zhang Zhidong with a gloomy face and asked, "What happened? Who leaked the source code of the game?"
Zhang Zhidong was also very helpless. In fact, he had already known about this matter a few days ago.
"I asked someone to investigate. The source code first appeared on a game forum in South Korea, and then quickly spread to China, and then spread everywhere. I didn't notice it at first, but when the level data of the players in the game showed abnormalities, I realized that something was wrong."
When Ma Teng heard that the news came from South Korea, he was immediately furious and said sternly: "Contact Webzen immediately and ask them what's going on!"
We finally introduced a money-making game, and it has just started, but the South Korean side has started to do something outrageous. It would be strange if Ma Teng was not angry.
The emergence of plug-ins is equivalent to destroying the balance of the game. Although data such as login time and point card sales will increase wildly in a short period of time, the cost is that the entire game will be destroyed!
In this way, the biggest loser is the agent Tamron.
Zhang Zhidong said: "I contacted him."
Ma Teng stared and asked, "What did they say?"
Zhang Zhidong said with a gloomy face: "Those Koreans are fucking worthless. They actually want to put the blame on us, saying that we, Tenglong, leaked the source code of the game, and they want us to compensate for the losses, otherwise they will sue us in court."
These words directly broke the defense of Ma Teng, who usually looked gentle and elegant, and he cursed: "Isn't this just a lie with open eyes? The code came from Bangguo to Xiaguo, and they actually said that we leaked it? They want to sue, right? We will fight to the end! How dare the little Bangguo be so arrogant. If he wants to fight, then let's fight!"
After complaining to Zhang Zhidong, Ma Teng returned to his office. He still felt depressed and couldn't help but complain about the matter in the QQ group.
The recent popularity of "Miracle MU" has, of course, attracted the attention of these Internet giants, and the emergence of plug-ins like mushrooms after rain has also made everyone feel very strange.
Seeing Ma Teng bubbling, Ding Sanshi directly @Ma Teng: "Hey, Lao Ma, what's going on? There are cheats everywhere in "Miracle MU". You just finished the public beta not long ago, right?"
Ma Teng sent an emoji of a pained mask and said, "I wonder who did this immoral thing."
If a game has reached the end of its operating cycle, and there is no need for players to use external plug-ins, in order to squeeze out the last bit of surplus value, the official will probably personally make internal plug-ins to make those rich young people happy, and then shut down the service and the game.
But now "Miracle MU" has just been in public beta for a short time, and its life cycle has just begun. It is the time to climb steadily!
If a cheat comes out at this time, it would be fatal.
The key point is that now it's not just a plug-in, but a directly public source code. It's ok to make a plug-in, but if someone goes and makes a private server, it will definitely be digging into the lifeblood of "Miracle MU".
There is no doubt that if the plug-in problem or the source code problem cannot be solved as quickly as possible, "Miracle MU" will be doomed within a few months!
Ding Sanshi started to stir up trouble again, and directly @Lu Yiming: "Boss Lu, it wasn't you who did this, was it? MU: Miracle has become popular, and the biggest influence is your Legend of Mir 2."
Although many people have thought so, Ding Sanshi said it directly in the group, and it has to be said that this was just to flatter Lu Yiming.
After all, Lu Yiming bought his pig farm at a low price, and he was still very dissatisfied. Now that he had caught an opportunity, of course he had to talk about it.
Ma Teng didn't think much about it at first, after all, he was so angry about the Korean webzen that his mind was confused. Now, after hearing what Ding Sanshi said, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was the case!
Ding Sanshi's chain of suspicion is completely valid. Not to mention Ma Teng, the person involved, even the other onlookers think that this is the case! After all, if "Miracle MU" fails, "Legend of Mir 2" will be the biggest beneficiary.
"@Lu Yiming, President Lu, do you want to come out and say something?"
Lu Yiming was having a good time playing games, but when he opened the chat window and saw that it was all @him, he immediately felt depressed and asked, "What did I say?"
"Is it you who leaked the code of Miracle MU?"
Lu Yiming immediately complained: "Hey, hey, hey, you need to provide evidence when you speak. I didn't develop this game, so where would I get the code? Besides, you guys suspected me first. If I really did it, wouldn't that be playing a clear card? You know me. If I really wanted to ruin Miracle MU, I would just buy the game server and shut it down. How could I do such a boring thing? When people in the company told me about this, I was still cursing which bastard framed me."
Lu Yiming's words caused everyone to think deeply.
The people in the group are all smart people, and they think much more long-term than ordinary people. If Lu Yiming really did this, then isn't it just playing an open card? As long as you are not a fool, the first suspect is Lu Yiming.
And just as Lu Yiming himself said, doing this is not his style at all. Over the past few years, Lu Yiming has simply spent money to buy anything he likes, and he simply doesn't bother to do anything tricky.
It really seems more like Lu Yiming's enemies are framing Lu Yiming.
With this thought, Lu Yiming's suspicion was immediately ruled out.
Ma Teng was even more depressed. After all, if it was really Lu Yiming who did it, even if Lu Yiming spent money to ruin the game, he would feel comfortable. The problem now was that someone was working on "Miracle MU" and framed Lu Yiming.
This is so fucking uncomfortable!
Seeing the content of the chat in the group gradually go off track, Lu Yiming raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
These people are so gullible.
Lu Yiming was just about to go back into the game to fight again when the QQ icon in the lower right corner started flashing again. He clicked it and found that it was a small group created by Lu Yiming.
There are only four people in the group: Lu Yiming, Xiao Qinghe, Lu Yiping, and Li Quanwang.
Now, Xiao Qinghe and Lu Yiping have also set up a studio, and with the help of Lu Yiming and Li Quanwang, the studio is much more professional than Shi Jinhao and his team in terms of both scale and professionalism.
Xiao Qinghe: "@Lu Yiming, the plug-in you asked us to make before was sold for 800,000. This money is too easy to make !"
Lu Yiping: "@Lu Yiming, if there are any good things like this in the future, remember to contact us."
After Lu Yiming got the code, on the one hand, he had someone make it public on the Korean forum. On the other hand, he asked Xiao Qinghe and Lu Yiping to find technicians in the name of the studio to make the basic version of the plug-in and various modified versions, and then look for buyers who could afford it.
Although Lu Yiming did not personally take part in the incident, he was the mastermind behind the entire incident.
Although he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in one go, Lu Yiping still felt very sorry. He said, "It feels a bit of a loss to sell the plug-in directly. If we run it ourselves, I'm afraid it would be no problem to make three to five million."
For Lv Yiping and Xiao Qinghe's family conditions, hundreds of thousands of yuan can be considered a huge sum of money. But there is no way, Lu Yiming is the richest man in Asia with a net worth of tens of billions, and Li Quanwang is a top boss with a net worth of tens of millions, which makes Lv Yiping and Xiao Qinghe's eyes higher. Not to mention that the two of them are now following Lu Yiming to run this studio, which has already formed a scale and their net worth has exceeded one million.
Lu Yiming warned him, "Quit it while you're ahead. Cheats are a gray area. Just because they're not illegal now doesn't mean they won't be illegal in the future. There's no need to get yourself involved."
Although it was hard to give up Shancai, Lu Yiping and Xiao Qinghe were still very impressed with Lu Yiming, so they did not doubt his words at all.
"All right."
"800,000 is in the account, that's enough."
Afterwards, Xiao Qinghe talked about something.
"I was cheated when I was selling game cards a few days ago. Although 60,000 game coins is nothing, it's hard to bear. Can you check the backend database and expose the scammer?"
Lu Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Don't hurt me, it's illegal to disclose the privacy of players. I'll just compensate you for the 60,000 gold coins. I don't want to be sued for this kind of thing."
Xiao Qinghe: "Forget about the compensation, I don't need the money, the main thing is that I'm upset."
Lu Yiming had to study and worry about so many company matters, so even though he played games, he didn't play much. When he heard Xiao Qinghe say this, he suddenly had an idea and asked, "Why? Are there a lot of scammers in the game?"
Lv Yiping said: "It is indeed a lot. I often see players running to the main city to post notices after being cheated."
This is a small matter, but Lu Yiming immediately took it seriously. After all, scammers can't cheat much money in the game, but it can affect the gaming experience.
Then Lu Yiming went to the official website forum and found that there were quite a few similar incidents. Many unlucky people who had been cheated wrote down their experiences and posted them on the game’s official website forum.
Lu Yiming contacted Jiang Rongfa directly and explained the matter.
Jiang Rongfa was also troubled. He said: "Players being deceived has nothing to do with the game itself. We can't expose the true identity of the cheating players because of this kind of thing. We can only pretend that we didn't see it."
Lu Yiming said: "This matter cannot be viewed in this way. Players play games for fun. If an incident occurs in the game that makes players unhappy and the official does not deal with it in time, the popularity will definitely be lost, and then they will suffer losses. Therefore, this matter must be handled seriously. If necessary, the background data can be mobilized. If it is confirmed that a player is cheating, a small amount will be warned, and a large amount will be directly blocked, and then the police will be called."
Jiang Rongfa found that Lu Yiming had set such strict measures and had some doubts: "Will this bring unnecessary trouble?"
