Chapter 101: Chapter 100 Your Product's Competitiveness is Too Weak

"Mr. Bi, you're drunk."

A strong scent of alcohol assaulted the nose, and Hu Shuo frowned instinctively, stepping backward.

"Nonsense, how could I possibly be drunk? Last time I drank all night with Supervisor Wang from Shengda Game's investment department and didn't even get tipsy. Do you think Shengda Investment came out of nowhere? It was won through drinking!"

Bi Jian raised an eyebrow and glared, spraying saliva as he spoke, too inebriated to forget boasting about his past achievements at the drinking table.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Bi, you're not drunk, but you must be tired coming back so late, right? Go rest in the office!"

Armed with an unnecessary proposal, Hu Shuo shielded himself from Bi Jian's saliva, then pretended to support him, hoping to appease him into the office.

This was not the time to let Bi Jian discover that Simulating Billionaire had been removed from the Shengda Game Platform.

Otherwise, he'd surely go on a drunken rampage, and no one would have an easy time!

But Hu Shuo had overestimated his own standing in Bi Jian's heart.

Bi Jian paid him no heed, fended off his arm with a liquor bottle, and stumbled toward Kang Jia.

Hu Shuo could only keep shooting meaningful glances at Kang Jia.

Kang Jia, easily grasping his intent, immediately switched away from the back-end data page of Simulating Billionaire, replacing it with a saved data chart from before the game's removal.

On the surface, apart from the static data, everything seemed normal.

"Kang Jia, let me see Simulating Billionaire's data, has it reached a hundred thousand downloads yet? Hahaha, you all voluntarily working overtime tonight is great, this month gives everyone a two-hundred-yuan raise!"

Bi Jian's laughter was slurred, and his intoxicated expression was as if he had already made hundreds of millions with Simulating Billionaire!

Kang Jia discreetly disconnected the wireless mouse's Bluetooth and turned the laptop to show Bi Jian the data chart.

Bi Jian's blurred vision couldn't make out the numbers on the timeline, but he could see the data line climbing steadily upward, indicating that Simulating Billionaire's stats had been on the rise all day.

He picked up the mouse, wanting to enlarge the details.

But after several "clicks", the cursor on the screen didn't budge. seaʀᴄh thё Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Bi Jian glanced curiously at the mouse, then at Kang Jia.

Kang Jia took the mouse, pretended to inspect it, and said, "The mouse must be broken? It's been a bit unresponsive today when I used it."

"Oh."

Bi Jian was unconcerned.

Kang Jia breathed a sigh of relief, thinking Bi Jian was no longer interested in seeing the details and was about to take back the laptop, but Bi Jian held it down:

"Then I'll use the keyboard..."

Kang Jia and Hu Shuo standing beside him instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

Was the truth going to come out now?

As both men's complexions shifted from red to white, Bi Jian had already placed his right hand on the keyboard, and their hearts leapt to their throats.

Bi Jian couldn't manage the keyboard with one hand, so he lifted his left hand, forgetting that he was still holding half a bottle of beer, which promptly spilled onto the laptop's keyboard.

"Oh no! Mr. Bi, my laptop can't handle liquid!"

Kang Jia exclaimed, snatching his notebook back from beneath Bi Jian's hands, then hurriedly wiped it with tissue paper.

"Burp… sorry about that."

Bi Jian belched and casually apologized.

After such a scene, he lost interest in the details.

The alcohol going to his head, he suddenly felt dizzy and unsteady on his feet; Hu Shuo immediately stepped forward to support him to the office.

Finally, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, Hu Shuo emerged from the office, while the two managers who had helped Bi Jian back and the passersby had already left.

"Bi Jian has fallen asleep; what do we do now? Even if he hasn't noticed now, he'll find out tomorrow morning."

He approached Kang Jia and asked in a whisper.

Kang Jia's expression was equally troubled. Appeasing Bi Jian was merely a temporary fix; once Bi Jian discovered the truth, there would be no need for them to leave—he'd kick them all out himself.

Despite talk of a raise, getting their salary at all was now uncertain!

"Let's do this, I'll talk to the operations team at Shengda, at the very least we need to get the game back online first."

Kang Jia hesitated for a long time but had no choice but to take a desperate measure.

He was also clueless as to why Shengda suddenly removed their Simulating Billionaire. After all, there was nothing in their game violating any rules!

It was still on the platform's recommended slots this morning!

And this afternoon it's gone?

Kang Jia, "First, let's contact Shengda's operators to ask about it! Even if we can't get it relisted, we need to find out the reason. As long as it's not our fault, then even if Bi Jian gets angry, he can't blame us!"

"Yeah, let's ask. But it's already past eleven now, Shengda must have finished work for the day, right?"

Hu Shuo voiced his concerns, considering it was so late, Shengda would surely have finished work for the day under normal circumstances.

Kang Jia didn't say anything, but instead made a call to the operation department of Shengda Mobile Game Platform.

"Welcome to Shengda Game, connecting now, please hold on patiently..."

The phone rang, and Kang Jia and Hu Shuo eyed the dialing interface eagerly.

They waited for a full half minute, their expressions turning from anticipation to disappointment, believing that Shengda had definitely finished work and were about to hang up.

"Doot——"

The call suddenly connected!

"Hello? This is Shengda Game Mobile Operation Department, I am Supervisor Wu Zhonglong, what can I do for you?"

The person on the phone sounded hurried, and it also seemed like there were a lot of people talking in the background occasionally.

Kang Jia and Hu Shuo exchanged a glance, full of surprise in their eyes.

Shengda, such a large company, is also caught up in this hustle?

Working overtime at past eleven at night just like them?

It seems working overtime in the internet industry is the norm!

"Hello? Are you going to talk? I'm busy here!"

An impatient voice came from the other end of the phone, and Kang Jia hurriedly spoke:

"Ah! Hello! Supervisor Wu! I am Kang Jia, the development manager from Sword Barrier Network, we just wanted to ask why our product 'Simulating Billionaire' was removed from your company's shelf?"

"If there's anything against the regulations in our product, we can change it! But we can't just be taken off the shelf like this!"

Kang Jia spoke politely, with a tone full of appeasement.

There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.

Then he faintly heard Supervisor Wu's voice, but it wasn't directed at him.

Wu Zhonglong, "Eh? Guang, did we take down 'Simulating Billionaire' from Sword Barrier Network?"

Guang, "Uhh... didn't Manager Zheng say this afternoon that 'Simulating Billionaire' was occupying the resource download channels for 'Life Restart Simulator'? And then it was taken down."

Wu Zhonglong, "Oh, then relist it now, there is enough bandwidth in the resource distribution channels."

After the exchange between the two, the voice of Wu Zhonglong in the phone grew louder again.

"Cough cough, your 'Simulating Billionaire' has been relisted!"

"But just between us, your company's product is not competitive enough, it's nowhere close to 'Ideal Paradise's 'Life Restart Simulator'."

"You have also spent quite a bit of money promoting it with us, right? Personally, I still suggest you try other platforms, Shengda Game won't have resources to promote for you in the upcoming period."

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"That's all for now, if you can take advice, take it. If not, keep wasting your money."

"Doot doot doot——"

The call was disconnected.

Kang Jia was baffled, what was that Supervisor Wu trying to say? The product isn't competitive enough, all the promotional resources were given to this 'Ideal Paradise'?

And they even said not to waste money at Shengda?

He looked at Hu Shuo for answers, but Hu Shuo was just as confused.

What exactly is 'Ideal Paradise'?

This company is so impressive?

It could get the entire Shengda Game Mobile Operation Department to pour all resources into it?

Just as the two were perplexed, they suddenly heard the staff, who were slacking behind, whispering.

"Hey, check out this game recommended by this up, it looks super fun!"

"What, I'm bored, what's the name of the game?"

"Life Restart Simulator!"