Faced with Mu Qingshui's plea, Wu Guoyi directly hung up.
After turning off the desk lamp, Wu Guoyi had originally intended to go back to sleep, but Mu Qingshui's words kept resurfacing in his mind.
Unable to sleep, Wu Guoyi finally turned the light back on and got up to go to the study.
Rubbing his eyes, Wu Guoyi turned on his computer. Once it had booted up, he entered Platform173's management page and clicked on the list of games awaiting evaluation.
Among more than a hundred games, Wu Guoyi searched for quite a while before finding the one Mu Qingshui had mentioned, Battle Online.
Just as Mu Qingshui had said, the game was only 800 MB. Wu Guoyi fell silent for a moment, then picked up a Virtual Helmet from beside his desk, connected it to the computer, and downloaded the game into it.
With the mindset of trying something potentially awful, Wu Guoyi entered the game.
As the scene within the game emerged, Wu Guoyi's eyes immediately widened. The realism was truly just as Mu Qingshui had said—it was flawless.
Still unconvinced, Wu Guoyi began expanding the scope of his exploration within the game, wanting to find things like invisible walls.
He played through the entire night, only ending his trial when he entered the Ghost Mountains, encountered a Netherworld Warrior, and was beaten to death with a single punch.
After exiting the game, Wu Guoyi was still somewhat agitated. After thinking for a moment, he immediately took out his phone and called Platform173's supervisor.
The Platform173 supervisor was quite surprised to receive the call, because Wu Guoyi almost never called him.
"Sun Chi, immediately, right this second, get your ass moving and find the company that developed Battle Online. The moment you get their contact information, send it to me."
Supervisor Sun Chi was still rather bewildered, but he hurriedly agreed.
Sun Chi did not dare delay an order from his boss and promptly logged into the website's management backend.
However, after finding Battle Online, he discovered that only the publishing website was listed beneath the game. No phone number had been provided, which made him anxious.
Fortunately, there was an email address for Platform173's game review responses. He quickly typed out a message and sent it to Lu Wu.
After that, he waited nearby.
At the same time, Lu Wu, who was eating with Bei Li at a roadside restaurant, felt his phone vibrate.
Taking out his phone, he discovered an email from Platform173.
Filled with excitement, Lu Wu opened the email.
Yet it was not the approval notice he had been expecting. Instead, it was asking for his contact information.
Though he did not know why they wanted his contact information, Lu Wu still replied with his phone number.
Glancing at Bei Li, who was wolfing down her food, Lu Wu smiled faintly and slipped his phone back into his pocket. He rubbed Bei Li's head, feeling that she had truly suffered following him through so many hard days.
Sun Chi, who had been fidgeting anxiously while awaiting a reply, saw the email notification pop up in the lower-right corner of his computer screen and hurriedly opened it.
Seeing that it was exactly the contact information his boss wanted, Sun Chi breathed a sigh of relief. He copied the number and sent it to his boss, Wu Guoyi.
Like Sun Chi, Wu Guoyi was sitting in his study at the moment, smoking. The ashtray was already crammed with cigarette butts, and his bloodshot eyes showed that he had not slept all night.
Yet Wu Guoyi remained extremely excited, because he knew this was truly Platform173's chance to rise.
The moment he saw Sun Chi's text message, Wu Guoyi dialed Lu Wu's number without a moment's hesitation.
"Hello, may I ask who this is?" A young voice came through the phone.
Taking a deep breath, Wu Guoyi said,
"Hello, are you the owner of the game Battle Online? I'm the person in charge of Platform173. There are some matters I'd like to discuss with you. Are you free?"
Lu Wu was somewhat surprised, but he assumed Platform173 wanted to discuss issues concerning the game with him. "Sure, no problem. I can come over now!"
"No need! I'll come to you. Where are you right now?" Wu Guoyi hurriedly replied.
Those words made Lu Wu realize that his game had caught their attention. A faint anticipation rose in his heart, and he sent Wu Guoyi his location.
After hanging up, Wu Guoyi was thrilled. He had thought he would need to arrange a flight, but this person was actually in Jialan City.
Wu Guoyi then called his driver and told him to come pick him up immediately. He changed into a different outfit, tidied himself up, and hurried out the door.
In less than twenty minutes, Wu Guoyi arrived at the location shown on the map.
He looked at the shabby restaurant in the distance, then checked the location displayed on his phone again. Once he confirmed it was correct, he got out of the car and headed into the restaurant.
It was noon, and the restaurant was crowded. After looking around, Wu Guoyi could not determine who Lu Wu was, so he took out his phone and called him.
Seeing Lu Wu answer the phone not far away, Wu Guoyi stepped forward.
"Hello, my name is Wu Guoyi. You're the person I'm looking for."
Lu Wu was somewhat surprised. He had not expected the person in charge of Platform173 to arrive so quickly. He stood up, shook Wu Guoyi's hand, and asked,
"Hello. What can I do for you?"
"Could we speak somewhere else?" Wu Guoyi looked around. This was clearly not a good place to talk.
"Mm~ Don't rush me~ We'll go after I finish eating." Hearing that they were leaving, Bei Li looked deeply unwilling. She had eaten instant noodles with Lu Wu for days, and now that she finally had a good meal, how could she bear to leave?
"And this little girl is?"
"Oh, my younger sister," Lu Wu replied.
Seeing that Bei Li was unwilling to leave, Wu Guoyi could only say, "Little sister, let's go somewhere else and eat something even better!"
Those words worked wonders on Bei Li. Her eyes lit up as she turned and asked, "Really?"
Wu Guoyi could not help laughing. "Of course it is!"
Only then did Bei Li reluctantly put down her chopsticks. Holding Lu Wu's hand, she left the restaurant and got into Wu Guoyi's car.
Sitting in the car, Lu Wu was secretly astonished. Was Platform173 really this wealthy? Even a person in charge had a limited-edition deep-blue magnetic levitation supercar.
Wu Guoyi took this meeting very seriously. While in the car, he reserved a private room at Jialan City's best Palace Hotel. After arriving, he even spent 680,000 yuan on a bottle of famous liquor.
Seeing the prices on the menu, Lu Wu clicked his tongue inwardly. This supervisor was far too rich.
Once all the dishes had been served, Wu Guoyi finally smiled and asked, "May I ask which well-known studio developed this game?"
Lu Wu was stunned. He really could not answer that. If he had to name the development team, there were only two people: Ancestor and Bei Li. At most, he himself could be considered a planner.
"Is it inconvenient to say? It's fine, it's fine. Come, have a drink!" Wu Guoyi smiled awkwardly, secretly pondering how he should broach the subject.
Faced with a table full of delicacies, Bei Li had long since started eating with shining eyes. Lu Wu was not restrained either and began eating as well, occasionally taking a small sip whenever Wu Guoyi raised a toast.
After three rounds of drinks, Wu Guoyi, whose face was flushed red, finally got to the point.
"Brother Lu Wu, have you considered selling this game?"
As if remembering something, Wu Guoyi added, "Don't worry. Platform173 will definitely offer you a price that satisfies you!"
Having already realized the purpose of Wu Guoyi's visit, Lu Wu muttered inwardly, Old fox. So he really was after his game.
"Our team put a great deal of effort into developing this game. We truly have no intention of selling it," Lu Wu declined tactfully.
"Ten billion. What do you think of that price?"
Taking a deep breath, Lu Wu calmed his excited emotions. "We developed this game together because we loved it. As for money..."
"Fifteen billion!"
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