Chapter 64: Player Gathering

"Dear TB Gambling Company, on behalf of players worldwide for ’Star Emperor’, we are extremely pleased to extend our warmest congratulations to you and your team..."

"TB Gambling Company? Star Emperor?" Lu was perplexed.

What’s all this?

Even though it’s machine-translated, it shouldn’t be this abstract, right?

"Don’t interrupt, Dong, you continue reading!"

Chen Ba used his eyes to threaten Lu to shut up, then signaled Yang Dong to ignore him and continue reading the Chinese email sent by foreign players.

"Congratulations on obtaining the rights to release ’Star Emperor’. We believe in your team’s potential and your ability to play a significant role in the upcoming game..."

"Please forgive me for not being able to contact your players in time, but I hope to see better text instead of terrible machine language that drives me mad &@..."

The email wasn’t long, but Yang Dong read it with a tingling scalp.

The machine translation traces were too obvious!

Although he knew that this email was probably written in English first by the other party, who, fearing they wouldn’t understand, used translation software to turn it into Chinese before sending it over, but this was too ridiculous.

"Well, it’s barely understandable."

Chen Ba mumbled, "He probably hopes we provide better text translation and English voiceovers for the official version of ’Star Emperor’."

"But is that necessary?"

"How many foreign players does Star Emperor have? Is it necessary to do professional English translation and voiceover for such a small group?" Lu, once freed from restriction, couldn’t help but ask.

"It is necessary!"

Chen Ba said with full conviction.

Unlike the previous two simulation games, ’Star Emperor’ clearly has a handful of foreign players, which can be seen from the foreign currency settlement items in the background.

For Cold Window Study Simulator and Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator, foreign players are approximately zero. Even if there are any, it’s people changing regions for purchase, and no one cares about the crappy machine translation of the game text.

But ’Star Emperor’ genuinely has foreign players, and quite a few of them indeed, the true overseas sales should be around four or five thousand copies.

Four or five thousand genuine overseas purchasing players are not low.

Providing them with slightly higher quality text translation and English voiceover is also appropriate; always using crappy machine translation feels a bit embarrassing, doesn’t it?

"Alright then, let’s do it."

Since Ba has spoken, others wouldn’t disagree.

After all, English translation and dubbing for games already have a fairly mature industry chain, which can be done with a little money.

We hope that once the new English dubbing and text are launched, they can attract a batch of overseas players to join ’Star Emperor’. If money is spent and not a single new player joins, isn’t that a pure fool’s errand!

...

August 1st, Tuesday.

No drum rolls, no firecrackers, definitely no crowds, the official version of ’Star Emperor’ was released so quietly.

Most players can’t even tell the difference between the official version and the early access version; weren’t they priced the same?

Oh! There is a deluxe edition!

Also, new English subtitles and dubbing were created, the Path to Immortality got an additional risk warning, and then?

On the festive day of ’Star Emperor’ official release, shouldn’t there be a report on the progress of Tianba Manor’s project for everyone?

"When’s the house handover?"

"Hurry, hurry, I’m in an urgent rush! The mortgage is paid off, when is Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator getting updated?"

"Where’s Ba? Didn’t he say once ’Star Emperor’ is done, he’ll come back for the new version update?"

"Local Jiangning resident here, just went to the Food Plaza to gather intelligence in the afternoon, and Tianba Studio has already been vacated!"

What?!

Upon learning the official version of ’Star Emperor’ was released, jubilant Tianba Manor homeowners waiting for new house keys were dumbfounded at the sight of a photo taken by a local Jiangning resident.

This was a photo taken outside Tianba Studio’s front door, showing no one inside the studio, the door tightly shut...

Gone for real?

Alright, alright! Locked the door too, huh?

Chen Ba, who was calling employees for an outing meal, saw the picture in the group chat on his phone and quickly clarified, "Didn’t run away, we just went out for a meal!"

"Eating out? You still have the heart to eat out?"

"That’s everyone’s hard-earned money! You use it for feasting, do you not feel a pang of conscience?"

"Give the address; I want to join for the meal too!"

Seeing that the group friends were very indignant, seemingly angered by their actions, Chen Ba also felt a bit embarrassed.

Indeed!

Using others’ hard-earned money for buying homes to feast on lavish meals, indeed makes the conscience feel a tiny bit guilty.

"How about, you guys come too?"

The dishes hadn’t been fully served yet; it was still timely to invite a few local Jiangning players over for the meal, it’s just a matter of adding a few pairs of chopsticks.

It just happens to be an opportunity to communicate face-to-face with these players and explain the reasons why Tianba Manor’s handover is delayed.

"Wait, I’m coming right over!"

Once local Jiangning players heard Young Master Chen was inviting, they enthusiastically signed up, quickly gathering thirty people.

"So many?" Chen Ba was shocked.

He originally thought, even if there were some local Jiangning players in the group, the number wouldn’t be many. Treating them to a meal, how much could it cost?

But then thirty people signed up, leaving him bewildered.

On one side, it was unexpected that there were so many local Jiangning players, and these were the ones who signed up for the meal; counting those who didn’t, there might be fifty in the group.

On the other side, meeting so many players offline, even if Chen Ba hasn’t done anything bad, inevitably feels a tiny bit nervous.

Damn!

Thirty players, each giving him a punch, would land him in the ICU for half a year.

If some Tianba Manor homeowners come, or those failed seekers who blew up their graphics cards battling the Path to Immortality show up, wouldn’t today’s meal become the final supper?

After temporarily saying something to the restaurant manager and adding three more tables, Chen Ba finally awaited the arrival of the first player.

Qian Xin!

Online name Qian Duoduo, a well-known game UP host of Thunderbolt, veteran player who made great contributions to promoting Cold Window Study Simulator.

"So you’re Ba?"

"Call me Chen, forget about Ba!"

Faced with this benefactor, Chen Ba appeared very humble, inviting him to sit while asking, "How come you arrived so quickly, do you live nearby?"

"No! I just reached, planning to see if you really ran away."

Chen Ba: "..."

Why does everyone think he’d run away?

Is he that untrustworthy? Or are these players terrorized by the stalled real estate in real life, fearing real-life events would be enacted in games?

It’s impossible.

Tianba Manor, absolutely won’t end up stalled!