Chapter 429 - 267: That Day, Ba Became Light! (Happy New Year to Everyone)

Otherwise, rely on oneself?

Among billions of people, there are indeed a few exceptional individuals who can depend on themselves, without parental help, to buy a house, a car, and even get married. But that’s merely an exception.

Understanding this reality, upon learning about this matter, even though it has nothing to do with Chen Ba or Tianba Studio, he still wanted to do something for these players.

Ba, the soft-hearted god!

Even if he did nothing, the players wouldn’t blame him. After all, this incident is simply a coincidence of "name collision."

But the four characters "Tianba Manor" made Chen Ba feel very guilty, considering the things he did in the game were quite regrettable to the players.

Consider it to repay the debt and atone!

Chen Ba logged into his long-unused [GameBugs] admin account and posted a themed thread in the Tianba Community.

The content of the post was simple, saying Tianba Studio will provide all possible help to the players affected by this incident.

This includes legal aid, which is presumably urgently needed by the affected players.

On the other hand, Chen Ba would also utilize his connections, inquiring with or negotiating with the developers, striving to seek justice for the players and maximally avoiding the occurrence of "unfinished buildings".

It’s okay if the house handover is delayed a little!

Compensation must be adequate, and the building cannot become an unfinished project, which is something Chen Ba doesn’t want to see.

He doesn’t know this real estate company nor has any connection, but if necessary, he would definitely stand up for the players.

To prove his determination and show he’s not just making empty talk, Chen Ba displayed a housing purchase contract, clearly showing he has personally subscribed to a house on the 4th floor of Building 8 at [Tianba Manor].

Alright, now he has a reason to intervene in this matter, and after all, he is now a property owner too, not a total outsider unrelated to this incident.

"Good, good, good!"

"Ba YYDS!"

"I knew Ba wouldn’t sit back and ignore this, I’m glad I’ve been a fan of Ba for ten years..."

"Hey, the guy above, could you change your ID from [Ba Fans Eat Sh*t] before you say that?"

"Deadly funny, it’s the first time I’ve seen everyone approve of Ba like this, even haters and fans are praising him, is this still the Tianba Community I’m familiar with?"

The community was in an uproar of excitement.

No one expected Ba to step in, after all, sympathy aside, this matter really has nothing to do with Ba, and Ba has no obligation to handle it.

Yet Ba took action!

This is somewhat touching; usually, people might criticize Ba, but in this kind of matter, whether haters or real fans, everyone at this moment supports Ba and Tianba Studio.

Indeed!

None are as touched as those affected owners of the [Tianba Manor], the veteran players of "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator".

Initially, they posted in the Tianba Community just to vent and complain about their bad luck, without the intention to blame anyone or drag anyone into it.

After all, it was their own choice; they should blame themselves for being blinded by the name [Tianba Manor] at that time, failing to see the unreliability of this developer.

They never expected Ba, upon learning about their situation, would decisively extend a helping hand.

Oh my God, is he the light?

Everyone is young; they all watched "Ultraman Tiga". Ba’s actions naturally brought to mind something Captain Ju Jianhui once said to Dagu.

"You have no obligation to face an utterly unbeatable enemy!"

Dagu had no obligation, so does that mean Ba has the obligation to meddle in a matter entirely unrelated to him?

But he went for it, exactly as Dagu decided, Ba in this moment also turned into the light in the eyes of these affected players!

...

"I’m speechless."

Chen Ba’s statements in the community moved thousands of players, regardless of whether they have played the game "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator", everyone admired and respected Ba’s approach.

This also led to a lot of moved players sending him local specialties to express their gratitude!

To be honest...

For all the years Chen Ba has been making games, this was the first time he’s received so many gifts sent by players, which made him feel quite touched.

It’s clear everyone put a lot of thought into the gifts.

Someone sent cured meat, someone sent dried fish, someone sent sweaters, and someone sent shoes...

Perhaps these gifts aren’t very valuable, but they deeply moved Chen Ba.

Indeed!

Moved as he was, he wouldn’t easily overlook the matter of some haters seizing the opportunity to sneak in their personal agenda, sending him canned herring, stockings and bras, little dresses, and diapers.

"Oh, there’s even a letter?"

Lu, who was helping Ba unwrap gifts, suddenly pulled out a treasure, drawing out a letter and a stack of photos from the package.

"Let me see what’s written..."

Upon receiving Ba’s approval, Lu started reading the letter’s content, ready to pick out the significant parts to tell Ba himself.

The result amused him no end; he wanted to laugh but dared not, feeling extremely uncomfortable holding it in.

"What’s up?"

Chen Ba looked up from the package, noticing Lu’s odd expression, couldn’t resist asking: "What does the letter say? Didn’t someone specially write a letter to curse me?"

"How could anyone curse you? Your current reputation is as good as Tiga’s; even haters are praising you; who would curse you?"

Lu stifled a laugh: "This letter is from an affected player, who greatly appreciates you and expresses the intention of introducing you to someone."

"What the heck?!"

Shocked, Chen Ba nearly dropped the scissors he was holding, turning to Lu: "Are you sure that’s what it says? Why am I finding it hard to believe?"

"Why would I lie to you? Look! They’ve even sent a photo, this player’s younger sister, she’s still a college student..."

Chen Ba’s expression was quite peculiar, but under Lu’s teasing gaze, he reluctantly reached out for the photos.

To be honest, the girl is quite pretty!

But isn’t she too young? Introducing such a young lady to him, is this really something her brother can do?

"Forget it, let her go!"

"Women only distract me from game development, and besides, I don’t want to be criticized for preying on the young..."

Chen Ba wasn’t really interested.

After stuffing the photos and letter back into the envelope, he waved dismissively: "Send it back to the original address, let Dong help write a reply later."

"Alright!"

Lu sighed: "Not interested in that, not interested in this, Ba, what on earth are you thinking? Do you really plan to stay single forever?"

"Mind your own business!"

Annoyed, Chen Ba offhandedly dispatched Lu next door, to continue working the 3D modeling for "Star Emperor 2."

Clearly, he didn’t want to dwell on this topic.

Besides, he knew it well; Lu and Huang Qing and others keep nudging him because they’ve accepted Old Chen’s incentives, which is also Old Chen’s intention.

Ever since moving to Jiangning, having seen the old folks and ladies with their grandchildren, Old Chen has been anxious.

Chen Ba now dares not go home; aside from work being a convenient excuse, the real reason is his fear of Old Chen’s nagging about marriage; having an old man constantly murmuring in one’s ear is unbearable for anyone.

He even posed such questions to Yang Dong.

At the time, he jested, saying when Dong becomes un-single, he’ll follow suit, and no one’s allowed to jump the gun.

But now, he is indeed a clown!

Years of persistence finally succumbed to the pressure of reality. Yang Dong sees things clearly now, no longer plans to wait for his ex-girlfriend, and surely will follow his family’s plan and using his personal condition will get un-single this year.

"What about you?"

Dong chose to end his struggle, and in some sense, has come to terms with it; he’s curious about Chen Ba’s decision.

After working together and living for so many years, others might not know Chen Ba’s inner thoughts, but Yang Dong knows them well.

He made his choice, he’s eager to know if Chen Ba has made his.