The young woman showed Ye Fan around the properties.
Meanwhile, at Bluehole Group headquarters.
"How is it? Have you finished analyzing Warfire Hero?" the Technology Department supervisor asked the technicians.
"Supervisor, we've analyzed a small portion of it. It's all simple code, like visual programming. As for the Core Code, we still can't crack it. Their technology seems to have some kind of X System in place. Whether we alter the code or use Trojans to infiltrate it, we can't break through the Core Code."
"Let alone peek at the Core Code."
X System!
Hearing this, the supervisor frowned deeply. The release of Warfire Hero had not dealt much of a blow to other games, but it had dealt PUBG a devastating hit.
Their current concurrent player count was under three hundred thousand, while their average daily player count was around six hundred thousand. The numbers would be higher during holidays.
But now, it had been cut in half.
How terrifying was that? If they did not resolve this quickly, PUBG could fall into a slump in a very short time.
And then there was the rampant cheating problem.
Speaking of cheats...
"You mean their game doesn't even allow Trojans permission to alter its files?"
"Yes, Supervisor. To put it simply, it means cheats cannot exist in their game. Even if cheats do appear, they'll be fixed in a short time. Cheat makers will never be able to keep up with the speed of their fixes. So this is a cheat-free game!"
After hearing the technician's report, the Technology Department supervisor's expression worsened.
Could there be any news worse than this?
A game without cheats—wouldn't that damn well keep a lot of players around?
How had H1ZI been ruined?
Wasn't it because cheats had run rampant, destroying game balance and ruining the player experience until it shut down?
PUBG was the same now—ant cheats, giant cheats, Superman cheats, flying cheats, wallhacks, Ghost Rider cheats, radar cheats, and so on.
It had everything imaginable, and plenty you could not even imagine.
"Have you compared the code?"
"Yes, Supervisor. Comparing the game content, firearms, and other elements, we found a ninety percent similarity. We've also marked out all code involving copyright. There are a total of one hundred and fifty pages of documents!"
The technician replied.
Hearing that, the supervisor finally breathed a sigh of relief. At last, there was good news. Since they could not deal with the Core Code, they would sue.
"Organize the documents and hand them to me on time tomorrow!"
"Yes, Supervisor!"
"Also, notify the China branch and have them launch a public opinion offensive. Once the lawsuit is filed, I want to wipe out Warfire Hero in one stroke!"
"They cannot be allowed to rise!"
The supervisor said coldly.
Bluehole Group was not the only company trying to crack Warfire Hero's Core Code. Other companies were doing the same, all hoping to obtain the technology behind its thousand-player Team Fights.
They had long since cracked Bluehole Group's hundred-player Team Fight technology, but their game content could not match it, so none of them had used the technology.
Still, they were not in much of a hurry. To them, this game was neither here nor there; it merely allowed them to squeeze into the gaming industry.
It was not some phenomenal masterpiece.
After all, not everyone liked war games.
Every company had its own classics. What did they have to fear?
What they did not know was that this game was merely Ye Fan testing the waters. On Ye Fan's desk were several more phenomenal masterpiece games. If not for hardware limitations, those games would have been released long ago.
What games were they?
Virtual reality games!
That was right. To make those games, he needed to develop Holographic Projection Technology. But Ye Fan feared that once the technology was created, its impact would be too terrifying. After all, Holographic Projection Technology was originally military technology.
It could not possibly be made available for civilian use first.
But it could be developed bit by bit, halfway at a time.
On the note on Ye Fan's desk, the next development projects had long since been decided.
At that moment, inside the sales hall of Kaiyuan No. 1 in Nanshan City.
The young woman was showing Ye Fan and Qin Jiang the building models.
Every building was nineteen stories tall.
Why not eighteen stories?
Because there was an Unspoken Rule in the Real Estate industry: whatever you built, you should never build an even-numbered eighteenth floor.
Even in elevators, an eighteenth floor was rarely seen. It was usually skipped altogether.
The eighteenth floor—the eighteen levels of hell!
"Handsome, this unit is currently selling for six hundred thousand. If you pay in installments, there'll be substantial discounts!" the young woman said with a smile.
Ye Fan nodded. The unit was one hundred and fifty square meters, quite spacious. Not bad, and the price was reasonable.
Six hundred thousand was only the base price. Add in all sorts of miscellaneous fees, and it would cost at least eight hundred thousand.
There was also the shared common area.
Shared common area: the elevator access area and other public space included in the listed floor area. So someone might say they bought a large one-hundred-and-twenty-square-meter home, but twenty square meters were shared common area, leaving less than one hundred square meters of usable space.
"I'll take forty of the larger units. How do I pay?"
Huh?
Hearing that, the young woman's legs trembled.
Forty units!
My God, how much would that cost?
"Um... our properties have full ownership rights, but current policy limits each person to one home. One person can't purchase forty units," the young woman hurriedly explained.
"It's fine, miss. This is our boss. He plans to buy them for his employees. Don't worry, every employee will come over to transfer ownership. Also, we won't be paying in installments. We'll pay in full!" Qin Jiang said with a smile.
Hearing that, the young woman's eyes widened as she stared at Ye Fan in disbelief.
Forty units.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Why did you stop receiving me halfway through? Is that how you do your job?!"
Just as Ye Fan was preparing to make the purchase.
A booming voice rang out.
Ye Fan turned to look, and his pupils contracted slightly.
Wasn't that his landlady?
Her fat body, bloated cheeks, greasy appearance, and booming voice made her impossible to miss throughout the entire hall.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I've already arranged for another sales representative to assist you!" the young woman apologized hurriedly.
"Another person? What, are you too busy or something? Are you looking down on me?" Ye Fan's landlady thrust her nostrils skyward at the young woman.
"Boss, this fat woman's personality is really extreme. She seems deeply insecure, afraid that nobody will notice her. She keeps drawing attention to herself, acting like she's such a big shot," Qin Jiang whispered.
"Who's insecure? What the hell did you say?!" The landlady seemed to have heard Qin Jiang and immediately roared in embarrassment and anger.
Qin Jiang shuddered from the booming shout. Damn it.
Who are you yelling at?
You scared the hell out of me.
"Oh, isn't this what's-his-name? Still holed up somewhere eating instant noodles? Here to buy a house? Do you have the money? Oh, I almost forgot—you seem to have made a little money. But can you afford a place here? Hahahaha!"
The landlady laughed mockingly.
Qin Jiang was dumbfounded beside him.
This fat bitch knew the boss? From the sound of it, the boss had rented a place from this fat woman before.
Eating instant noodles... the boss must not have lived very well in the past. No wonder he was so thin.
Once they got back, he had to make sure the kitchen prepared good food for the boss every day.
The boss's nutrition had to keep up.
Ye Fan was also stunned. He had not expected this landlady to be such an idiot. People like this were rare in society.
What was wrong with her today?
"Which screw came loose in her head?"
"Hmph, what are you looking at? Never seen anyone before?" Feeling the burning gazes around her, the fat woman immediately began cursing.
"What kind of person is that? Is something wrong with her?"
"Does this woman have some kind of mental illness?"
The people around them pointed and whispered, egging each other on.
But the fat woman ignored them entirely, as if she enjoyed it. She looked mockingly at Ye Fan and said, "What house are you buying? How many units? Hahaha, you'd probably be secretly thrilled just buying a ninety-square-meter unit. How long are you planning to pay in installments?"
"Aren't you tired?"
The fat woman sneered.
"Excuse me. This gentleman intends to purchase forty large units and is already prepared to pay. Could you please stop disturbing us?" The young woman's expression darkened as she spoke coldly.
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