The voice on the other end of the line continued to blabber on.
Xu Chen quickly grabbed the phone from Xu Tian Tian.
“It’s you clowns who should be arrogant.”
“Technology and ideas can be surpassed.”
“Haven’t you been surpassed by Dragon Nation in many areas over the years?”
“Oh, no, I shouldn’t use the word ‘surpassed.’ You’re not worthy.”
“To be precise, it’s a complete wipeout.”
“Gaming isn’t the first area, and it won’t be the last.”
“Soon, all players around the world will be conquered by us.”
“South Korea? Japan? Do they even dare compare with us? They’re just a bunch of canine creatures with broken spines who can only bark.”
“Open your eyes and look at the sales on the platform, look at the number of online players.”
“Your pride is a joke in the face of achievement.”
“As laughable as the streets of your capital city, where security is appalling, and there’s a thief every three steps and a pile of crap every five.”
“The future is ours.”
“If you had woken up sooner, I might have considered giving you a cleaning job in the company.”
…
After finishing, Xu Chen hung up the phone.
Xu Chen had also been a regular on various online forums.
He was still holding back today, not going full throttle.
Otherwise, he would definitely have given this Mathilde, who pretended to be an international friend, a taste of the beauty and elegance of Dragon Nation’s language.
But after answering the phone, Xu Chen was prepared.
“Black Myth Wukong” is extremely popular right now.
From the perspective of all the major studios around the world, this is a piece of juicy meat.
Especially since the developers of “Black Myth Wukong” are a small, unknown studio.
Xu Chen has already explicitly rejected the cooperation proposals from Tencent and Jade.
He didn’t even need to wait until tomorrow morning; the entire gaming industry around the world would know about it.
For these big game companies, meat they can’t get their mouths on is poison, a bomb, an enemy.
It must be eliminated.
He expected that “Black Myth Wukong” would face a wave of attacks.
The number of internet trolls and black posters would surely explode.
Xu Chen had to be prepared to deal with this.
Seeing Xu Chen’s furrowed brow, Xu Tian Tian was also a bit worried.
She immediately grabbed Xu Chen’s arm, “Brother, I was a little tired from streaming the game, and I ate too much, why don’t you take me for a walk outside?”
Xu Chen nodded.
He understood his sister’s intentions.
Xu Tian Tian cheered.
Soon, the two of them left their home.
Reaching the door, Xu Tian Tian hooked her arm around Xu Chen’s.
They walked towards the park outside the neighborhood, tacitly in sync.
This park was very close to Xu Chen’s home.
It was also right next to the river.
Even late at night, there were still many people dancing, strolling, chatting, and even many street vendors.
It was quite lively.
Xu Tian Tian used to consider this place her playground.
Whenever she was in a bad mood, she would pester Xu Chen to come here to relax.
When they arrived, they went through their usual routine of playing ring toss, popping balloons, and chatting with the people taking walks nearby.
Xu Tian Tian even had some grilled skewers…
Xu Tian Tian’s weariness and the worry in Xu Chen’s brow quickly dissipated with the night breeze.
However, neither of them noticed that a young man in a corner of the park was holding up his phone, secretly filming Xu Chen and Xu Tian Tian.
After a dozen minutes, the young man quickly ran back to his rented room.
Then he contacted a news media outlet.
“I have some hot, firsthand news.”
“It’s about Xu Tian Tian, the first streamer for the recently-popular game ‘Black Myth Wukong.’”
“Don’t worry, it’s absolutely real, absolutely explosive!”
“Two hundred thousand, not a penny less.”
“Right now, so many media outlets are watching Xu Tian Tian. What I got is the big scoop.”
…
The next morning, Xu Chen opened his phone.
Soon, he saw a bunch of pushes related to “Black Myth Wukong” on several apps.
After a night of fermentation.
The sales data and real-time online player count for “Black Myth Wukong” had already been compiled.
Twenty-four-hour sales broke three million!
The peak real-time online player count exceeded two million!
This data shocked everyone in the gaming industry.
Dragon Nation’s domestic games have always been quite weak.
Even some big-IP games, while appearing good on the surface.
But the content was full of holes, extremely rough, and filled with countless money-grubbing activities.
Therefore, the sales of these games were very ordinary.
Over their entire lifespan, which is usually two to three years, if they could sell a million copies, it was considered a good game.
There has always been a voice saying.
Dragon Nation players don’t have buying power.
No gaming company in the world pays attention to the Dragon Nation market.
Anyway, it wouldn’t sell many copies.
Some big overseas productions didn’t even bother with Chinese voiceovers.
Some didn’t even translate the text.
They didn’t even have a Chinese version.
They made it clear that they didn’t care if you played or not.
But the appearance of “Black Myth Wukong” instantly shattered this situation.
Twenty-four-hour sales of three million!
This figure is already at the level of a global top-tier game.
In gaming history, it’s in the top three.
And this is without any pre-release marketing for “Black Myth Wukong.”
Actually, when “Black Myth Wukong” sales skyrocketed yesterday, some voices had already emerged online.
They said that “Black Myth Wukong” was developed by Dragon Nation people.
And it uses Journey to the West, a story familiar to everyone in the country.
So many people bought it purely for nostalgia.
They bought the game mostly to support domestic games.
They wouldn’t even play it after buying it.
But the online player count data slapped these people in the face.
Peak online player count exceeding two million!
After this data came out, those trolls were stunned.