Chapter 428 - 267: That Day, Ba Became Light! (Happy New Year to Everyone)

Chen Ba never dreamed that there could be such a coincidence in this world!

In the game, there is a Tianba Manor, where the developer left the project unfinished. Fortunately, they didn’t run away and later funded themselves to complete the project.

In reality, there is also a Tianba Manor, where the developer left it unfinished. Whether they ran away is unclear, but it’s likely they won’t be able to deliver the property on time, as it hasn’t even topped out yet!

This thing is for real.

After learning about this, Chen Ba specifically searched for the project online, confirmed that the real estate project indeed exists, and also found it to be unfinished. He almost couldn’t hold back.

Why say this?

Because the startup date of this "Tianba Manor" project was around the time when "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" became wildly popular.

Counting the time, it’s been three or four years...

At first, Chen Ba thought the name was intentional since this real estate company isn’t called "Tianba Real Estate." Where did "Tianba Manor" come from?

Later, after delving deeper, he found out it was purely a coincidence!

The project was named "Tianba Manor" not because the developer had any connection with Tianba, but simply because the original place was called "Celestial Dam."

Presumably, thinking the word "Dam" sounded too earthy, the developer wanted something fancier, hence the project got a fancy, domineering name—Tianba Manor!

"Bad, bad, bad!"

Chen Ba lamented, "The name coincidence is nothing, as there’s no regulation against real estate projects having the same name. But the problem is, why are there so many ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’ players among the deceived buyers?"

What were these people thinking?

Are their heads swollen or waterlogged? Getting cheated by Ba in the game once wasn’t enough to learn the lesson; when they saw "Tianba Manor" in reality, they still didn’t avoid it and had to buy a house here?

What, can’t they feel at ease without living in a Tianba Manor house?

"You guessed exactly right!"

Yang Dong covered his face and laughed, "According to these players’ self-reports on community forums, most of them are local, aged 25-35, and are either planning to marry or have been newly married for just a couple of years."

At this age, they’re already pondering buying a house under the urging of their parents or spouses, so they have the intention to make such a purchase.

Just perfect!

Isn’t this a coincidence?

A new local project emerges, the location is decent, and the amenities are adequate. And the name is the awe-inspiring Tianba Manor.

"I’ll bet, any player of ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’, once they have the intent and financial capacity to buy a house, cannot resist the temptation of a project named Tianba Manor."

The self-reports of the parties involved well explained why most of the project’s buyers are young and had played ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’ before.

No kidding!

Who could refuse this?

In outsiders’ eyes, "Tianba Manor" is just an ordinary project without many highlights or advantages.

But in the eyes of veteran players of "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator," even if the location is a bit off, the amenities are lacking, transportation is inconvenient, and pricing is somewhat high...

None of this matters!

As long as the project is called "Tianba Manor," and they can be the proud owner of a "Tianba Manor" property in real life, all this can be ignored.

Hence, they fell for it.

The project is located in an inland provincial city, with only a few hundred young people having played "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator."

However, the awkward part is that most of these few hundred are marriage-age males facing pressure to buy a house for marriage or future plans.

For this reason, when the "Tianba Manor" project appeared out of nowhere, at least 80% of these marriage-age or married players fell for it.

The remaining ones who didn’t fall for it, it’s not that they didn’t want to buy a "Tianba Manor" house—it’s purely because their wallets were empty.

"Are there really that many people?"

"Only more, not less!"

Yang Dong emphasized, "In a city with millions, is it strange that a few hundred young people have played ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’?"

"Not strange!"

"OK! Then, consider their ages. Are these ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’ players now generally facing parental pressure to marry or have they already married?"

"Pretty much!"

"Then, at this time, if a project called ’Tianba Manor’ appears in your city, would you, as a veteran player of ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator,’ be interested?"

Chen Ba: "..."

Logical and convincing!

Indeed, as Yang Dong said, although the name coincidence is just coincidental, whether coincidental or intentional, the name "Tianba Manor" strongly attracts these players.

Especially as they are at an age where they’re pressured to buy a house for marriage, it’s natural for them to show interest.

However...

Thinking of this, Chen Ba couldn’t help but feel sorry for these poor players.

In the game, getting scammed for game coins and buying an unfinished project was one thing, mostly a waste of time and emotions, but not too damaging.

But in real life, being deceived by unscrupulous developers and buying a truly unfinished building incurs a significant loss...

"Many people scraped together their parents’ entire savings to afford a house; otherwise, these young folks could hardly support themselves, let alone buy property."

"Exactly!"

What Yang Dong described was indeed true; most young people buying houses empty their parents’ savings to make the purchase.