Kaiyuan No. 1!

The number of players online in Warfire Hero skyrocketed.

Its download count was also steadily increasing.

On Weibo,

News about Warfire Hero was everywhere. Even those who had once been pessimistic about the game had all gone off to download and play it.

The "true fragrance" phenomenon never changed, no matter where it happened.

[Online sources claim that Warfire Hero had reached three hundred thousand players online last night and would break its peak again today. Who said Future Technology Crystal Company couldn't create a good game? The data proved everything!]

Big V: "I tried Warfire Hero yesterday, and it's quite impressive. Whether it's realism or graphics, it's far superior to PUBG. There's no lag and no server crashes. In that regard, it's done better than PUBG!"

As long as the game was good, all kinds of Big V accounts would promote it for you.

After Warfire Hero became hugely popular, the major gaming groups did not issue statements or take action immediately.

They were all downloading Warfire Hero, analyzing it piece by piece, and trying to clone its source code.

The game Warfire Hero was simply too bizarre.

Judging from the size of its File Package alone, it was over twenty gigabytes. How could that possibly make a game's graphics so clear, with even the smallest details rendered so perfectly? It was impossible. There had to be some kind of technology behind it.

Moreover, they wanted the Thousand-Player Team Fight technology too.

Their goal was to obtain the technology used in Warfire Hero.

Once they had all of it, it wouldn't be too late to deal with Warfire Hero afterward.

Future Technology Crystal Company Headquarters.

The servers had finally stabilized.

All the employees had collapsed over their desks and fallen asleep. Only a few were forcing themselves to stay awake and monitor the data.

The number of players online had stabilized at around four hundred thousand. That was neither the highest nor the lowest figure. Ye Fan believed that as time passed, the number of players online would continue to grow.

How long had it been since the game launched?

It had been less than two days, yet it already had such massive figures. That was already considered a great success—at least compared to other games, it was extremely successful.

Clatter, clatter.

Inside Ye Fan's room, the sound of typing on the keyboard rang out without pause.

Artificial Intelligence programming was still continuing. The workload was simply too huge. The various core calculations and computational methods involved were things humanity could not currently understand.

If Artificial Intelligence were to appear, it would take at least another twenty years.

And that would only be the most primitive form of Artificial Intelligence. At present, the major groups already possessed the rudimentary beginnings of Artificial Intelligence.

Cloud computing was one example.

"Boss, how should we charge for Warfire Hero? Should we charge a one-time fee, or make it free and charge for items?" Qin Jiang stood before Ye Fan and asked.

Ye Fan set aside his work and smiled at Qin Jiang. "The game will be free, but items will cost money. Make the skins and so on flashier, but the prerequisite is that they must not affect the game. Also, as long as players meet the required conditions, they can randomly obtain various skins."

"For example, killing an enemy with a headshot from five hundred meters away, killing one with a headshot from a thousand meters away, or killing multiple enemies with close-combat weapons."

"Every skin can be freely bought and sold on the official website. You'll handle that. As for the relevant documents, deal with them yourself."

Qin Jiang's eyes lit up slightly when he heard his boss's words.

His boss wanted to turn this game into a mining game. If equipment could be traded freely and players could even loot gear, it would directly attract a large number of gaming studios to come and strike gold.

Is this still a war game? Qin Jiang rubbed his nose. His boss's idea was simply too novel. At present, there wasn't a single game capable of doing this.

They called it a war game, but none allowed players to loot equipment and trade it freely.

Most games involved opening loot boxes. Players spent money to open boxes, but the drop rates were terrible. Only boxes bought with money could produce good items.

If I can spend money to buy keys and open loot boxes, why wouldn't I just spend money to buy what I want directly on the market?

That would be both convenient and trouble-free.

And he wouldn't have to worry about the drop rates.

"By the way, half an hour from now, come out with me. I should get out and take a look around too," Ye Fan said to Qin Jiang.

"All right, Boss. I'll go make the arrangements first!" Qin Jiang said before walking out.

Ye Fan had already been staying at the company for almost half a month.

He hadn't even stepped outside once.

Half an hour later, Ye Fan rode in the company's Buick L8 toward Kaiyuan No. 1.

Today was the day Kaiyuan No. 1 opened for sales.

He wanted to buy a house.

He still didn't have a home of his own.

On the way, Ye Fan chatted with Qin Jiang.

"Qin Jiang, after we get back, find a place where we can buy a plot of land. Preferably somewhere remote, in the suburbs, with a large area. I estimate that our company headquarters will need to be moved and that we'll have to build a headquarters of our own."

"All right, Boss!"

Qin Jiang drove with his eyes fixed straight ahead.

When they arrived at Kaiyuan No. 1, it was opening day, but not many people had come—only a dozen or so. After all, this was merely a small fifth-tier city, not some major metropolis.

Moreover, Kaiyuan No. 1 was currently the most expensive residential complex in the city, with prices of around six to seven thousand yuan per square meter.

Most people in a fifth-tier city couldn't afford such expensive housing. Only a small number could, so naturally, not many people had come for the opening.

"Boss, you're buying a house?"

Qin Jiang was stunned. In his view, Future Technology Crystal Company would eventually move to a major city.

After all, developing in a small city placed limits on one's prospects.

"The company will expand into major cities in the future, but for now, I don't want to go to one of those cities!"

"Also, I'm not just buying a house for myself today. I'm buying them for the employees in the Technology Department too!"

"They worked themselves to the bone this time and deserve credit. Buying houses for them is a reward. Once the houses are purchased, whether they live in them is up to them. If they don't want to, they can sell them and turn them into cash!"

"Giving them money directly would seem insincere!"

Qin Jiang smiled helplessly at that. You could give me money. I'd consider that extremely sincere.

"Sir, are you here to view the houses?"

A plain-looking young saleswoman came over and asked. There was none of the impatience or disdain often found in novels.

Instead, the young woman was delighted. So many people had come on opening day, and if she sold even one unit, her salary this month would be quite substantial.

She would earn at least tens of thousands of yuan in commission.

"Yes. Please introduce me to your larger units," Ye Fan replied with a smile.

Larger units.

The young woman's eyes immediately lit up.

"Sir, we have two kinds of larger units here. One is 130 square meters, and the other is 150 square meters. Which one would you like to see?"

"The 150-square-meter one."

"All right, Sir. This way, please!" The young woman became a little excited inside and repeatedly reminded herself to stay calm.

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