A minute later, the noise from the phone died down. It seemed his mother had finished venting.
Only then did Chen Hao dare bring the phone to his ear.
He put on a servile smile and coaxed the Supreme Emperor at home. "I've just been busy all this time. Mom, I missed you."
"Get lost. Are you out of money again? You only remember you have a mother when you're broke. I'll transfer some to you from the bank later! Our family's business is doing better now, and you've started earning a little too. Don't spend money so extravagantly."
If his mother knew he had spent nearly ten million over the past few days, she might have been scared to death.
"This time it's not that. I have money."
"I'll believe that when pigs fly. Why is it so noisy over there? Where are you? How's the internship hunt going?"
"I'm at a construction site. I found a job, so I'm calling to give you the good news."
"What? You found a job? Which company? Is it tiring? How much do you earn a month? Do they provide food and lodging? How are you getting along with your coworkers?" A string of questions came flying through the phone like rapid-fire shots.
"I'm working as a construction supervisor. You wouldn't have heard of the company even if I told you its name. I'm at the construction site right now. I earn 1,500 a month, and they provide food but not lodging. It's not tiring, and everything's pretty good." Chen Hao had prepared his answers in advance. Glancing at the safety helmet on his head, he fabricated a job that was close enough.
He would find a chance to tell her about what he was really doing later, so he wouldn't make Second Brother worry.
"You studied computer science, so how did you end up as a construction supervisor? Fine. As long as you can support yourself."
"Yes, ma'am! I'll follow the leader's instructions to the letter!"
"Even though you're earning money now, your salary isn't enough for treating coworkers and such. I'll transfer two thousand to you later."
"Thanks, Mom~ I love you~ Muaaa~~"
"Such a suck-up. Call me a few more times when you have the time. That's better than anything else. Bye~"
"Bye, my beautiful and adorable mom~"
Chen Hao hung up.
Good grief, one phone call had left him drenched in sweat. Fortunately, he had managed to get away with his explanation about work.
After settling the two major matters of establishing the company and building the server room,
Chen Hao boarded a plane, ending his trip to the capital and returning to Ice City.
The trip had originally been expected to take half a month, but he had finished everything in less than a week. Chen Hao was quite satisfied.
During his few days in Beijing, he hadn't neglected the Legend of Mir Private Server Alliance either.
Aside from remotely managing the daily operations of Greedy Blue Moon Legend, he had also been handling the cooperation for Legend private server franchises.
There were now more than ten private servers listed on the Legend of Mir Private Server Alliance website, but none was as popular as Greedy Blue Moon Legend.
The private server franchise fees had already earned him over a million.
As more and more private server operators joined, Chen Hao also set up a bidding-based ranking system.
Speaking of bidding rankings, Chen Hao directly raised the bid for the keyword "Legend" on Baidu above Shanda's. The search results now ranked him first.
Shanda should have noticed by now, but he didn't care. After all, private servers were quick money for him.
You got what you paid for. These days, the private server player base was growing larger and larger.
With such a huge pool of players, even the private servers joining the alliance could make a fortune. Even if they couldn't get a share of the meat, they could fill their bellies with soup.
Some enterprising merchants running private servers even emailed to express their desire to purchase the Greedy Blue Moon Legend private server code. Chen Hao rejected them outright. What a joke—this was his most beloved creation, and it was absolutely not for sale.
During the first half of April, Chen Hao busied himself with matters related to establishing the company.
During the second half, aside from habitually checking his account balance before bed each day and opening a new server every three days, he spent all his remaining time writing code in the rental apartment. He danced with code all day long and enjoyed every minute of it.
Chen Hao intended to go big if he was going to do it at all. After all, running a private server was a one-shot business!
The Greedy Blue Moon Legend 2.0 version he was building this time was a brand-new version that brought together the most memorable elements from several major versions of the official Legend that he remembered from later years—a culmination of them all.
For the past half month, Chen Hao had been overhauling Greedy Blue Moon Legend for the new version. Under his guidance, Old Ban could now lend a hand, handling some specialized modules and helping speed up the schedule.
Part-time daycare director and software engineer, Old Ban had taken on so many identities that he was now undeniably a tool under Chen Hao's command!
After nearly ten days of work, development was finally complete thanks to Chen Hao's freakish typing speed and Old Ban's assistance from the sidelines.
They then spent another five days testing it. Under Pang Ban's nitpicking, the quality of the version grew increasingly polished.
Chen Hao posted the version update preview on the website three days early.
Greedy Blue Moon Legend 2.0 was practically a brand-new Legend built upon the foundation of Legend!
On the last day of April, Pang Ban gave a thumbs-up after testing all the functions offline on a secondhand laptop!
The two high-fived, and Chen Hao laughed happily!
Greedy Blue Moon private server 2.0 had finally been completed before the end of the month!
April 2002 had been a busy month!
This month, Greedy Blue Moon private server's revenue officially surpassed the ten-million mark.
Years later, when Chen Hao had nothing to do, he would remember it fondly!
Greedy Blue Moon Legend 2.0—Demon King Descends, a major update!
Maintenance will begin at 2:00 a.m. on May 1 and end at 10:00 a.m. The passionate battle is coming—awaiting your challenge!
New maps: Black Moon Gate, Blue Sun Canyon, and Unknown Dark Hall. You will encounter countless evil demons there. Great dangers conceal great treasures, waiting for warriors to conquer and explore.
New monsters: Blue Sun Series Monsters. The boss is the Blue Sun Demon King, an evil and powerful being that slaughtered countless warriors of Mir in ancient times. Now, deep within Black Moon Gate, the news has come again that the Blue Sun Demon King has awakened.
Countless mutated Dark Bosses lurk within Unknown Dark Hall.
Three new equipment slots have been added: shoes, medals, and wings.
New equipment includes the Blue Sun Series Equipment, consisting of Blue Sun Shoes, the Blue Sun Medal, and Blue Sun Wings, along with the legendary weapons that exist only in tales: Rage Slash, Dragon Tooth, and Carefree Fan.
New skills
Sun-Slaying Sword Technique (Warrior): A powerful straight-line, long-range attack. It unleashes tremendous force whether used against groups or in one-on-one combat. Warriors now have a ranged skill, freeing them from the awkwardness of being toyed with by ranged classes.
Meteor Fire Rain (Mage): A mass of enormous flaming meteors descends from the sky and strikes the targets covering the ground, dealing damage over a wide area. Mages can now command the heaven-defying power of both ice and fire.
Bloodthirsty Technique (Taoist): This skill drives a talisman to deal damage to enemies. After hitting, it can also drain the opponent's life and restore a certain amount of health to the user. From now on, in addition to their powerful Summoning Technique, Taoists themselves become formidable opponents to be feared.
New events
Monster Siege: At 7:00 p.m. every three days, the Blue Sun Demon King conspires with the Cult Master Demon Kings of every region and leads countless monsters in an assault on Black Moon Gate. All warriors are invited to provide support and defend it. The monster army contains vast quantities of top-tier equipment and ultimate skill books.
The Ranking Event has reopened. The top-ranked player can obtain an exclusive Greedy Blue Moon Legend title and the ultimate weapon for their class.
New server opening
District Eleven—War Rekindled, opening simultaneously.
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