Chapter 97: Chapter 96: Shengda Game Platform Exploded!

Gu Yu's hand holding the fork suddenly paused.

He hadn't expected that the supervisor from Honey Jar Ice City was seeking him out for this reason.

Endorsement... In his mind, it involved just taking a few photos and then having them posted on various store signs and product packaging, which didn't seem too troublesome.

Moreover, the endorsement fee could easily be several hundred thousand or even millions.

He couldn't help but feel tempted, especially since he would definitely have many expenses in the future; it was time to start saving up some funds. Continue your adventure at m|v-l'e -NovelFire.net

Of course, this was also because he had always had a good impression of Honey Jar Ice City; the company didn't have any negative news and had been very active in various disaster relief efforts.

"Well, let me think about it."

Gu Yu looked at the postcard in his hand, his mind racing.

Just then, Lin Xinyue finished playing her game. Sёarᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Ah! 9999 years old! I've become the Immortal Emperor!"

She put her phone on the table and stretched a big lazy stretch, exhaling a long breath.

The game was really fun, giving a sensation similar to reading a novel, though playing it was a bit tiring as it took thousands of taps on the screen to reach the grand finale.

She was blissfully unaware that most people, with the initial talents given in their first game, are considered lucky to live till seventy or eighty years old!

Only she managed to get three top-tier talents on her first game, triggering the best storyline!

"What are you thinking about?"

First, she glanced at Qi Fenghua, who was still smiling across the table, then curiously asked Gu Yu.

Gu Yu lifted his head and simply repeated what Qi Fenghua had just told him.

"Being the campus spokesperson for Honey Jar Ice City in Haidong District?"

Lin Xinyue pouted a little in surprise.

But then she thought about it and it kind of made sense, given Gu Yu's huge popularity.

Probably not only Honey Jar Ice City was eyeing him, but many other brands were also eager.

"Yes, what do you think? Miss Lin Xinyue, I now officially hire you as my full-time agent!"

"Supervisor Qi, concerning all my commercial engagements from now on, please discuss them with my girlfriend and agent, Lin Xinyue!"

Gu Yu said in all seriousness, effectively making himself an absentee manager.

Lin Xinyue could see what he was getting at—he was tired of handling it himself!

With a resigned pout, she still chose to take on the matter, since Gu Yu was her boyfriend after all!

Smiling at Qi Fenghua, "Mr. Qi, sorry, but as you heard, I'm now fully in charge of my boyfriend's commercial activities. If you have any questions, you can directly discuss them with me."

She first politely apologized, then transitioned into taking over the conversation.

Her fluent business tone combined with a charming smile eased Qi Fenghua's mind.

Just from a few words, he could tell that this beautiful girl had some negotiation skills.

She must be studying a relevant major, or her family owned a business!

"In that case, why don't we talk in one of the private partitions at the back?"

Qi Fenghua stood up, gesturing with a hand in a welcoming gesture.

Since this was the main store in Haidong District, the interior was lavishly decorated and even came equipped with three small glass partitions for emergency use by people needing to have a talk.

Lin Xinyue understood that discussing such business matters in the main hall obviously wouldn't do.

She stood up, first glanced at Gu Yu, and after receiving a reassuring look from him, followed Qi Fenghua into one of the glass partitions.

Gu Yu sat and watched for a while as Lin Xinyue moved like a professional negotiator, truly living up to her status as a business school honor student.

She was handling the situation with ease!

Worthy of being his girlfriend, as outstanding as he was!

After a bit of secretly feeling proud of himself and realizing he couldn't understand lip reading after all, he stopped paying attention to what was happening inside the partition.

Since he had left it to Lin Xinyue, he was at ease.

He grabbed a small stool and joined his elder brothers to watch them play games.

…

Meanwhile, at Shengda Game Building.

Unlike the relaxed and comfortable afternoon tea Gu Yu and his friends enjoyed, the department responsible for the mobile operations of Shengda Game Platform was swamped with work.

The operators, usually spending their office hours playing Fight the Landlord, scrolling through Dou Ying or slacking off, saw their workload suddenly skyrocket!

"Hurry, hurry, contact IT to expand the resource distribution channels for us!"

"Oh come on! Why are you bothering with 'Simulating Billionaire'? Focus on stabilizing the data for Life Restart Simulator!"

"Using up resources? Take it down! If Hot Legend is down, why hesitate with that trashy billionaire game? Stupid pig!"

"Du, where are these users coming from!"

"..."

The operations manager, Zheng Shou, who had grown as round as a ball, stood on a stool, loudly directing his subordinates.

After finally organizing everyone's tasks, he jumped down from the stool.

His huge, round body made a thudding sound as it hit the ground, his fat quivering.

He casually grabbed some tissues from a desk to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Seeing the office gradually returning to order, Zheng Shou exhaled a warm breath.

He had been enjoying afternoon tea downstairs at Starbucks with a new intern girl, when the operating team leader gave him a barrage of urgent calls.

As soon as he answered the phone, before he could even curse, the team leader shouted, "Manager, the app's Android operating line has blown up!"

He didn't hear clearly, thinking the team leader said the office had exploded, which scared him into running back to the operations department, stumbling and crawling.

Only then did he learn that the Android version of the platform he was responsible for had crashed.

The game platform, which usually didn't exceed fifty thousand online users, suddenly had nearly five hundred thousand new users pouring in!

The long-untended servers simply shut down on the spot!

His first thought was the platform had been hacked.

Luckily, although he had been slacking off for years, being a veteran employee who had endured the company's peak periods, he immediately thought of a solution.

First, he got the platform back online, then immediately requested an expansion of the server's capacity and began investigating what exactly went wrong.

It turned out it wasn't a hacker attack at all but because a game called "Life Restart Simulator" had suddenly become popular!

Masses of new users downloaded the app through unknown channels, logged in, and did just one thing.

They downloaded that game!

As a result, the overwhelming number of simultaneous downloads caused the resource distribution system to shut down, then the platform protection mechanism kicked in, and it automatically went offline!

He knew about the game, which had been submitted to him directly after the test department finished testing it at midnight the night before.

Without thinking much, he directly placed it in the daily new release recommendations.

In the morning, he had glanced at the data. Although the downloads were decent, they were still overshadowed by Simulating Billionaire.

He didn't pay much attention since he knew all too well just how poor the state of their own platform was, as he was the operations manager.

All he did was instruct his subordinates to give a little promotion and channel distribution to "Simulating Billionaire" since the leadership had instructed that the small company developing this game would receive investment from Shengda Investment later on.

He told them to treat it a bit more seriously.

Of course, it was only a bit, because after instructing his subordinates, he went downstairs to flirt with the girls.

And this mess happened!

"I've figured it out! The vast majority of new users are coming from the Dou Ying channel, and they keep flooding in, taking up the distribution channels even faster than before!" said an employee as skinny as a monkey, with glasses thick as beer bottle bottoms, turning around.

Zheng Shou arched an eyebrow, immediately guessing that the game was promoted on Dou Ying.

However, with such a good promotional result, the product's quality must also be solid.

Zheng Shou got interested, pulled out his Pear phone to download it, and then discovered that the game hadn't been made for iOS!

Having no choice, he used an employee's phone to download it.

Five minutes later…

"Choose three talents out of ten? Looks kind of interesting!"

Zheng Shou, crammed into the executive chair like putty filling a crack, began his journey of restarting his life.