Cheat Warning; Arrangements

The next day.

After PUBG launched on the Xingye Gaming Platform the previous night, players and streamers had spent the night playing it, generating plenty of trending searches and related videos.

Some of the trending searches were about PUBG, while others were about the streamers.

[PUBG-Starfield's new release, with truly innovative gameplay!]

[A hundred players parachute into battle, an unprecedented new gameplay concept.]

[Qisheng's plagiarism falls apart. They thought it was Shooting Simulator, but ended up copying nothing.]

[Starfield's new release is a massive hit, with over a million players in the early hours.]

[Loot Box Ma Epic is constantly updating for you.]

At home, Su Ye brushed his teeth while pulling out his phone to look at the trending searches.

PUBG was halfway to success. The next step was to wait until players were familiar with the game and hold the first tournament. Only then would it be a true success.

He wondered how things were going at Qisheng. By now, they were probably about to go under before even making their money back.

At the thought, Su Ye snickered and nearly swallowed the foam in his mouth.

"Cough, cough."

After coughing twice, Su Ye rinsed his mouth, got dressed, and went out onto the balcony to stretch.

He gazed quietly at Shencheng outside the window, sinking into thought for a moment.

The company's development was already on the fast track. When he had time, he needed to start making arrangements for a new company site.

He would build an office tower for the company himself. Only then would Starfield truly have a foothold in Shencheng.

"Buzz, buzz~"

Just then, the phone on the table rang. Su Ye sat down on the sofa and picked it up. A glance showed that Luan Le'an was calling.

He answered, and Luan Le'an's voice came through.

"President Su, I discovered someone trying to modify our game data and use the modified data to play the game."

Su Ye frowned at the news, as if something had occurred to him.

Are there already signs of cheats? I really underestimated those guys with crooked intentions.

In his previous life, rampant game cheats had given countless players and companies headaches and made them furious.

Some company executives had even made cheats themselves and sold them. They were a blight.

But he would never allow cheats to appear and ruin the game's balance.

Why had PUBG gradually gone downhill in his previous life? It was because cheats had run rampant.

They had gradually diminished players' experience. That was the most hateful and disgusting part.

He said to Luan Le'an, "I'm coming over now. Get ready for a meeting."

Inside Qisheng Game Company.

Teng Hua stood behind Qin Shou, his eyes red, and said angrily, "Qin Shou, you have to make me a cheat program for PUBG within the next few days."

"I gave you a chance with Shooting Simulator. You have to get this cheat program made."

"If anything else goes wrong, you can get out too!"

Cold sweat broke out on Qin Shou's forehead when he heard Teng Hua behind him.

Remembering President Teng's furious tirade the night before, he was genuinely terrified.

If he hadn't had a flash of inspiration and shifted the focus to making a cheat program to ruin PUBG's reputation, he might have been cursed to death last night.

"P-President Teng, I understand."

"I've already got the team working on it. This month... no, we can definitely finish it this week."

Qin Shou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his lips trembling as he spoke.

Teng Hua stared hard at Qin Shou, who was sitting in front of him. Then he glared at him before returning to his office.

PUBG's launch the previous night had dealt Shooting Simulator a crushing blow.

Not only did they have no chance to fight back, they couldn't even sue the other side for plagiarism.

The two games had different gameplay. If they sued on the grounds that nobody else could make a shooting game because theirs was one, the other side might just sue them for monopolizing the market.

Back in his office, Teng Hua sat in his chair, breathing heavily as he stared coldly at the trending searches on his phone.

Starfield, since you won't let me live, we'll die together!

Their Shooting Simulator had not only drained the company's last cash flow, but also required them to borrow a substantial sum from the bank.

Yet the game hadn't even recouped half its cost, and they still owed the bank several million.

The other games under him weren't making money at all anymore either, because... the players had all left. Four or five games were bringing in only tens of thousands a day, nowhere near enough to repay the bank.

Teng Hua gritted his teeth and gripped his phone tightly, wanting to smash it to vent his anger. But he was in debt now, so after thinking it over, he decided against it.

Inside Starfield Game Company.

After arriving at the company, Su Ye tossed the plastic bag from his buns into the trash and went straight to the meeting room.

Inside, the heads of every department had already filled the room.

When they saw Su Ye arrive, they all stood up and said, "Hello, President Su."

Su Ye nodded slightly. "Everyone, sit down first."

He sat in the empty seat at the front, then looked at Luan Le'an. "Tell everyone what you discovered."

Luan Le'an gathered his thoughts before saying, "President Su, here's what happened."

"This morning, when I checked the game's backend, I discovered someone trying to access it."

"I investigated the code logs and found that they were trying to modify our code to produce abnormal game data."

Su Ye nodded and said approvingly, "You caught it in time."

"Now that our game has become a massive hit, people with crooked intentions will have their eyes on us."

"That includes those who want to cheat in the game. They want to cheat for the thrill of it, or make cheating software to sell to others."

"This must be treated as a top priority. Every department needs to pay attention to it."

As he spoke, Su Ye handed Deng Jiajia, who was beside him, the information he had put together on the way, asking her to print it out and distribute it.

Once everyone had a copy, Su Ye continued, "First, Luan, split your game design department into two groups. One will optimize the game, while the other develops a cheat detector."

"It will detect abnormal data in the game."

"Also, add an in-game reporting option so players can report anyone they encounter in a match who seems suspicious. We'll introduce a manual review system."

"Deng Jiajia, recruit people for that. Preferably people who play our game, to conduct the manual reviews."

"Publicity department, keep an eye on online discussions. Report anything about cheats immediately."

"..."

Su Ye continued assigning tasks, and everyone wrote them down.

When he finished, Luan Le'an hesitated before saying, "President Su, we... we don't have enough people in the game design and development department."

Su Ye frowned slightly. Now that the new game was out, they would need more and more staff.

"All right, start recruiting. As long as they're capable, bring them in."