Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch - Chapter 138
Chapter 138: Chapter 136: Under the Spotlight (Extra Update)
Translator: 549690339
Xu Wen tried to calm himself down, opened the web page, and attempted to search for information about this “Awesome Law Firm.” But after searching high and low, he couldn’t find any information.
Even the law firm’s official social media account was nonexistent!
As for trying to figure out who Cloud Dream’s representing lawyer was and their track record, he didn’t even know where to begin.
Just then, a message appeared in a group that had been silent for many days.
“I got sued by Cloud Dream?”
What happened? Were there others being sued too?
Xu Wen hurriedly opened the group and found out that it was the “Anti-Cloud
Dream Alliance.”
The person who posted the message was from one of the media outlets that had previously accused Lincoln of “forging an official seal” -C Player Tribe]. He quickly asked, “You guys got sued by Cloud Dream too?”
The moment the message was sent, a similar message appeared almost simultaneously.
[All-Powerful Guide Team]: “You guys got sued by Cloud Dream too?”
“???” Xu Wen was even more shocked. What was going on? Three media companies were being sued by Cloud Dream at the same time?
The people in charge of the other two media outlets were also angrily ranting in the group, cursing Cloud Dream for their unscrupulous behavior. “If they want a lawsuit, then let there be a lawsuit! Who’s afraid!? We’ll drag it out for a year or so, and in the end, we’ll just have to compensate them with a few trivial things. Do they think we’ll be scared?!”
Xu Wen caught the main point: all three media outlets, including Sanwen
Media, had been involved in accusing Lincoln of ‘forging the official seal.’
Since Lincoln had already initiated the lawsuit, it was very likely that he had evidence from the beginning, making it difficult to win the case. Still, he needed to consult a lawyer first.
Xu Wen logged in to his official account and deleted the content related to the “forging official seal” accusation against Lincoln while searching for a reliable law firm.
At the same time, he left a message in the group, “Right! We can’t give up! Who’s afraid?!”
Even if they sought an out-of-court settlement in the end, it would be better for other idiots to bump heads with Lincoln, so he came out with the least loss.
On the other hand, NetDragon R&D Center.
As always, Warner once again issued a notice for all employees to start purchasing.
What was different this time is that he finally understood why thousands of employees couldn’t get a single device before – Lincoln’s announcement to crack down on scalpers undoubtedly affected them too.
One could only say that they were affected, not mistakenly hurt – because what they were doing was indeed the same as scalping, but with no intention of reselling them.
In fact, Warner was even inspired by this announcement: even without the anti-scalping measures, Cloud Dream might have rejected requests from NetDragon IP addresses.
After all, their relationship was not just business competitors – they were completely enemies now!
Although NetDragon had enjoyed some advantages at the beginning, they had been beaten up ever since.
In conclusion, he learned his lesson and required all employees to use mobile networks for purchasing while reminding everyone in the group to have the devices shipped to their homes instead of the company.
Just in case, Warner allowed everyone to go to work two hours later than usual so they could place orders at home!
In the end, whoever got the device and handed it in would receive a raise! A bonus of 50,000 Yuan!
It’s no wonder that Warner was anxious. One week ago, he had obtained 12 Mirage Consoles from the Market Department, which he promptly disassembled and reverse-engineered.
As for the results, it’s not like there weren’t any – they had completed the analysis of most of Mirage’s headband and internal hardware components.
The conclusion was: it was very simple, with no difficulties in copying. Any random researcher could assemble it.
But there was one particular component in the console that they couldn’t understand at all – the neural modulator-demodulator.
It was easy for them to guess the function of this thing – to convert telecommunication signals into neural signals and vice versa. But how was it made? And how did it work smoothly?
They were at a complete loss.
Warner encountered great difficulties in hacking the microchips.
During this week, the 12 microchips disassembled from the 12 Mirage consoles were distributed. All research groups tried their hands at non-invasive cracking methods.
The result was — nothing gained!
Warner then had no choice but to order invasive hacking methods.
This physical attack method not only risked damaging the microchips but also required professional equipment, a lot of time, energy, and unavoidable massive expenses.
As soon as the research on physical hacking began, Warner unsurprisingly found that these microchips indeed had very complex anti-physical attack measures!
The deadline he promised in the meeting was getting closer, and Warner’s methods became increasingly extensive. In one week, a full 8 microchips had been completely destroyed during the hacking process.
They had wasted a lot of money and energy, but the result was still — nothing gained!
Now, Warner urgently needed to replenish a batch of new microchips, or else research would come to a halt!
However, getting hold of Cloud Dream’s Mirage console was still not an easy task.
Although he had avoided the traps that Lincoln and Xiaomeng had been blocking all along, who else was watching the Cloud Dream Mirage sales page now?
It wasn’t just the players.
The “Middle-aged Money Making Group” Shuihuas was invited to join was just the tip of the iceberg.
Making money is not limited to men or women, nor to the young or old!
Many anchors even worried that they might not be able to grab one of the 5 million consoles!
So they publicly stated in their live stream: If they themselves can’t grab the console, and any of their audience do, please contact them, they are willing to buy it at 8 or even 10 times the price!
After all, being an anchor is not as glamorous as it seems to outsiders. If you lag behind your peers too much and miss out on trending traffic, the losses are hard to estimate.
It could even lead to a decline in popularity.
Even famous anchors, unless you are genuinely unique and irreplaceable, will always be in a competitive industry. Being a little slack means you could be dead in the water.
Interestingly, some anchors, after publicly stating that they “might buy” the console, would nervously emphasize: “It’s purely for personal use. Absolutely not for resale! There’s no idea of making money from it! Please don’t mistake me for a scaloer! I’m truly not one!”
This was a lingering influence after Cloud Dream publicly issued a letter prohibiting a group of anchors from streaming Cloud Dream’s games.
Even though nearly three weeks had passed, the deterrent effect was still astonishing.
Finally, amidst the anticipation of tens of thousands, the time had come.
[Saturday, 08:00]
Without waking up the still-sleeping Lincoln, Xiaomeng swiftly put up the 5 million Mirage consoles for sale.
Then she immediately added a purchase option for the “Assassins’ Alliance” in-game store page, with a selling price of 500 yuan.
This price was higher than computer and household console games but much cheaper than VR games.
The game review area also opened at the same time.
However, most of the attention was still firmly focused on the Mirage console sales page, with no time to notice these changes.
Even many people who already owned the console wanted to join in the excitement and see how long it would take for the consoles to sell out.
Of course, there were also quite a few players who wanted to log into “Assassins’ Alliance” immediately. They didn’t hesitate to pay and start downloading the game.
Then they were immediately surprised to discover the game was ready?!
They didn’t understand why it was so fast, but they couldn’t worry about that now. Logging into the game as soon as possible was the most important thing!
But they were still stopped outside.
— Because the Mirage console finally received its first major update..
