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Chapter 177: #177 - Who said Dream Building was stingy? Apologize!

The astonishment lasted only a moment before Song Zhicheng reacted:

This wasn't stealing his job; it was finding him work!

《King of War》, while a buy-to-own game, wasn't a one-time transaction but a game requiring continuous operation and maintenance.

As the operations director, he had participated in many development meetings.

However, the game hadn't been released yet, and operational work hadn't even begun, so his energy was mainly focused on 《Project Frost》.

But now, a large client from 《Project Frost》 had come to his door, wanting to organize a 《King of War》 competition.

— No, it had already started!

They'd already issued the announcement, and the number of players who signed up had exceeded 300,000!

At this point, Dream Architect couldn't possibly turn a blind eye.

Intervention was definitely necessary!

The only thing to consider was how to intervene.

But one thing was certain:

No matter how they intervened, he had to prepare to work overtime like crazy!

He couldn't possibly let the boss do these trivial things, right?

Thinking of the boss, Song Zhicheng put down his mouse and quickly called Xu Meng to report the situation.

He could do the work, but the decision had to come from the boss.

Especially this card game mode, which was completely created by the boss alone. Even if the 《King of War》 project team employees wanted to help, they couldn't find a way to get involved.

On the other end of the phone, Xu Meng's spirits lifted after hearing Song Zhicheng's description of the whole thing—

"You said how many people are participating??"

"Currently, the backend registration exceeds 300,000. At this rate, it might exceed 1 million participants in the end."

Xu Meng was silent for a moment, then sincerely praised:

"Awesome."

He, who had created the gameplay himself, naturally knew the situation best—

This gameplay was just to entertain the players; it was just a mini-game.

Besides the fun, the only rewards players could get were game currency and the golden revolver in the dealer's hand.

But these people were actually able to use such a restricted gameplay to organize a considerable competition.

This initiative really made him look at them in a new light!

And he felt a little like joining in on the fun.

"Help!" Xu Meng said without hesitation.

"I'll look into the technical support. They can have the titles and personnel they want."

"As for the prize money… Forget it, let's not spend extra money to avoid overshadowing them. Let's add some physical rewards—"

"Each of the top three in each region will get a Mirage Gaming Kit, and a virtual world poker card collectible."

"The ultimate Gambling King can also be given a character title."

"Which sounds more imposing, [Card Emperor] or [Gambling Saint]?"

Song Zhicheng thought they were both about the same.

They were both full of chuunibyou (middle-schooler syndrome) vibes.

Xu Meng's standards had never changed:

The 【Honorary Player】title shouldn't be given to whoever spends the most money.

That would be meaningless.

"You can hint at them… Forget it, just tell them directly that if they're not willing to waste this money, we'll make it up ourselves."

"Understood." Song Zhicheng hung up the phone and convened a meeting of the operations staff.

After quickly unifying their thinking internally and discussing a general charter, they quickly contacted the event organizers to modify the unreasonable parts of the plan.

The name "Six Provinces League" was discarded immediately.

— There are 34 provinces in Xia, and you're holding a Six Provinces League? Are you asking for trouble?

Next was the schedule, personnel planning, and a series of other things.

There were many things, both big and small, and it would take Huan Yue and the others a week to completely sort them out.

— After all, the complexity of one person leading and six people discussing is completely different.

But with Song Zhicheng leading the team, things were very different.

He brought Dream Architect's consistent high efficiency to this player-composed event team.

With everyone's concerted efforts, that night, Huan Yue and the others re-released an announcement—

[Ultimate Death Bluff Card Competition Rules Update Announcement]

In this new rule, the 6 prize money were all integrated.

The prizes also included 【Mirage Gaming Kit】, 【Commemorative Poker】, 【Commemorative Badge】, and the 【Card Player】, 【Card Emperor/Gambling Saint (to be voted)】 titles.

The preliminary round was divided into five major regions: Southeast, Northwest, Central.

When players sign up, they don't need to consider these. As long as they register their province, the backend will automatically classify players and arrange the competition schedule.

… …

All kinds of details were much more rigorous and meticulous than the dynamics that Huan Yue and the others released at the beginning.

After that, the official 《King of War》 account forwarded this dynamic, wishing the event all the best.

Players could see at a glance:

Dream Architect had entered the game!

It wasn't surprising that Dream Architect had entered the game. It wasn't the first time they'd seen official support for folk activities.

But—

"What the hell is the 【Commemorative Poker】 in the prizes??"

"You have to get into the top 3 in the division to get it?"

"No way, a deck of cards on the roadside costs two yuan and fifty cents. Are you giving this to the top three? You can't be this stingy!"

… …

Everyone couldn't understand why there would be a deck of cards in the prize pool?

Until half an hour later, Xu Meng's Pilipili account released a short video—

At the beginning of the video, he was holding a deck of cards in reality, trying to do cardistry.

But he obviously hadn't practiced. His technique was quite clumsy, and if the speed was a little faster, the cards in his hand would scatter all over the ground.

He spread his hands, indicating that he really couldn't do it.

Then the screen turned, and he was wearing a haptic suit and VR glasses, entering the virtual world.

Standing outside the lakeside cabin that netizens were already familiar with, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

With a crisp "snap" sound.

A deck of black and gold poker cards appeared out of thin air and fell into his hand.

Then Xu Meng covered his hand on the poker cards, and pulled his hands to both sides, and the entire deck of poker cards was pulled into a long string!

Close and pull your hands!

Flying up and down!

The poker cards in his hand quickly changed shape with his movements, making a rustling sound.

Coupled with the fast-paced lens switching and the gradually passionate background music, the cardistry performance was gorgeous and dazzling.

The audience only felt that they couldn't take their eyes off it!

But at the climax of the video, the camera suddenly switched—from the lakeside cabin in the virtual world back to reality.

So the passionate music and gorgeous cardistry disappeared at the same time.

In the house, there was only Xu Meng wearing a haptic suit and VR glasses, humming a song along with the previous BGM with his out-of-tune voice: "Na na na ~ na na na ~ na na na na ~ ~"

While waving his empty hands randomly in the air, like he was pulling an invisible accordion.

The video ended abruptly here.

The comment area was in an uproar:

"@Dream Architect, someone come and manage your boss!"

"Awesome! So it's not a real card, but a virtual world card!"

"It also comes with cardistry actions! Cool!"

"Where's the background music? Does the BGM come with this action? That's too awesome?!"

"I want it! Can it be put on the shelves? I'm willing to spend money to buy it!"

"Who said Dream Architect was stingy just now? Apologize to me, all of you?!"

"I know this is just a string of data, but this string of data is so damn cool! I want to participate too!!"

… …

The video views soared, and a bunch of players in the comment area wished that Dream Architect would put this poker up for sale.

The registration for the [Ultimate Death Bluff Card Competition] has also become more enthusiastic!

Competition, games, Xu Meng, props…

For a time, they all became hot words in the player circle.

The atmosphere was in full swing, and the situation was great.

… …

Seeing this scene, Yang Hui completely broke down.