Qi Tian's Parents (Invest Quickly!)

The online backlash came quickly and faded just as fast.

In less than a week, everyone had achieved their respective goals, and the buzz naturally died down.

For Liang Xing, it was not entirely without benefits.

Some parents had never been part of the target audience, and children who were too young truly were not suited to becoming GD Racers drivers.

After all, the base-model GD Racers cost 998 Huaxia Currency at full price, while parts ranged from dozens to hundreds. Even if a child was interested, most parents would be reluctant to spend that much.

Besides, a truly one-of-a-kind GD Racers car required hands-on modification.

Only when drivers truly understood the performance of their GD Racers could they bring out its best results.

But clearly, most children could not modify a GD Racers car on their own.

Even the simplest step of choosing parts was enough to stump them, and most parents found it difficult to help.

As for more advanced part modifications and GD Chip editing, even fewer people could actually carry them out.

Qi Tian was an exception.

His circumstances were simply too good.

Ever since he had brought home that GD Racers car and a huge pile of parts last time, his enthusiasm for studying had soared to unprecedented heights.

That was because Liang Xing had given him a Special Edition Manual.

What parts suited which situations, how air resistance should be used and calculated, and countless other details—ordinary people found it headache-inducing just to look at.

Qi Tian did not understand much of it either, but he was interested!

He even dug out his parents' old textbooks and began trying to read relevant materials. Whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he pestered his parents about it. Before long, his father had started researching GD Racers too.

Qi Tian's father was named Qi Ren, an honest and simple programmer.

Qi Tian would constantly pester him with some unknown manual in hand, so naturally he became interested in what it contained.

After working himself to the bone all day and coming home, his kid still came to ask him about things he could not even understand. As a father, knowing nothing about them made Qi Ren feel that he needed to learn more.

And with that, the Qi Family gained two GD Racers drivers.

Qi Ren used to watch short videos for a while after getting home before going to rest. Now, things were different.

The latter half of the Special Edition Manual Liang Xing had given them was filled with methods for editing GD Chips and case studies.

Although the programming programmers learned differed from this kind of editing, Qi Ren found it very interesting, and that interest naturally extended to GD Racers.

He also felt that this toy was different from the toy cars of the past.

It combined hands-on work with mental effort. His son was having fun, and he was happy to see his child devote himself to learning about something he loved.

Qi Ren himself had become a programmer because he loved it. Although his work had deviated somewhat from his original aspirations, he had never forgotten why he started. In his spare time, he still imagined programs of his own.

Most of the short videos he watched in his free time were programming-related, with the rest serving to broaden his thinking.

Scientific studies showed that regularly looking at beautiful things was good for both body and mind.

Qi Ren was not out fooling around. He was merely watching videos to relax, and perhaps an appropriate idea would come to him.

But clearly, in this Parallel World that valued innovation, developing a program of one's own was not so easy.

Later, the father and son secretly went to Liang Xing Toys Factory again to buy parts. Qi Tian was recognized by some regular drivers and got dragged into taking first place several more times.

Qi Tian had diligently studied the Special Edition Manual and modified his car whenever he had an idea. Even though he had not come to the physical store's track for actual runs in quite some time, his skill was still beyond comparison with the drivers crowded into the store.

In the nearly two weeks since opening, many private Mini 4WD tracks had been converted into GD Racers tracks.

Although most were nowhere near the scale of the physical store's track, they spared people from waiting in line forever just to run one lap, and they also let drivers adapt to different tracks.

The instruction manual introduced GD Chips, and the drivers from the old Mini 4WD community were all hardcore players. They paid even more attention to such details, so this development came naturally.

A Lie had not visited the physical store for several days either.

The lines were simply too long, and they truly did not make for a good livestream.

Besides, business at the physical store was already so good that he felt his promotion would not have much effect. He might as well find somewhere else to livestream.

As long as his livestream performed well, it would naturally be the best promotion for GD Racers.

Unfortunately, he received his viewers' reminder a little too late. He had been preparing to race someone at the time and could not simply leave, so he missed his chance for revenge.

For various reasons, Qi Tian easily claimed victory, and the onlookers also noticed that his car had become much lighter.

Quite a few people asked Qi Tian for modification tips. Qi Ren realized that the Special Edition Manual contained many techniques others did not know, and an idea struck him: perhaps he could develop software specifically for sharing GD Racers modification techniques.

In fact, GD Racers drivers had already formed many clubs. Usually, like-minded drivers gathered together to race and share modification tips.

Baisha City had the most GD Racers drivers, and they could find companions through the physical store.

But drivers elsewhere had a harder time.

At present, most of them recruited through A Lie's livestream chat. The problem was that A Lie now had over a hundred thousand followers, and they were all real people!

Even if only one-tenth were online at the same time, and only one percent sent chat messages, that was still no small number.

Basically, only bold golden messages could achieve any recruiting effect at all.

Others took a different approach and chose to recruit in the comment sections of news articles attacking GD Racers.

But that method carried the risk of having comments deleted or accounts muted.

Someone else was banding together to seize the market, and you were recruiting right under their noses. Who were you looking down on?

Banned!

Some parents first encountered GD Racers under such circumstances, and they were far more invested in playing than their children were.

Because the internet required real-name registration, there were few social platforms in this Parallel World like Weibo on Earth, and most were social platforms for specific communities.

After all, people had to take responsibility for what they said online. There was no real need to deliberately develop a general social platform.

Only when players in a particular community truly needed to discuss things frequently did a social platform have value.

Qi Ren believed GD Racers could become popular, and Qi Tian seemed to have some talent in this area as well. So why not give it a try?

After anxiously waiting for his wife to return home, Qi Ren told her about his idea.

Qi Tian's mother was named Li Na. She was the daughter of Liang's Father's eldest sister. Back when the Liang Family was not well-off, Li Na had not been very serious about school, so after graduating high school, she simply went out to work and help support the family.

Li Na had been born with a pretty face, and her appearance had distracted her from her studies in high school.

Though she listened to her family and refused to date, other people did not listen!

Growing up, Li Na, as the eldest sister, had always cared deeply for her younger brothers and sisters.

Among them, Liang Xing had the best grades, and he had never lacked spending money.

So when Li Na asked him about it, Liang Xing could not have wanted it more.

He had far too many ideas that needed to be put into practice. Having such a social platform controlled by relatives and friends was naturally ideal.

So Li Na quit her job and began preparing the relevant documents, Qi Ren developed the program, and Liang Xing did not have to do anything yet received a thirty-percent stake.

That was only because he truly could not refuse it. Qi Ren had initially planned to give him fifty percent.

Liang Xing also offered a suggestion. If we're doing this, let's make it big!

Qi Ren believed him.

The initial plan was for one GD Racers section and one general section, making future additions easier.

He firmly believed that Liang Xing Toys Factory would have even more massively popular toys in the future!

The contract notification is here. Readers who have not invested yet, hurry up and get in on it!