The Boss Behind The Game Chapter 8


    Chapter 8: Buying At A High Price


    Trantor: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio


    Wu Guoyi hung up immediately at Mu Qingshui’s unreasonable request.


    Turning off the tablemp, Wu Guoyi wanted to continue sleeping at first, but Mu Qingshui’s words


    were repeating themselves in his mind.


    As he couldn’t fall asleep, Wu Guoyi finally turned on themp and walked into the reading room.


    He rubbed his eyes and turned hisputer on. When the machine was booted up, he logged into the


    admin page of tform173, and clicked on the list of games pending verification.


    Among the hundred plus games, it took him quite a while to find the one named Battle Online


    mentioned by Mu Qingshui.


    Just like what Mu Qingshui said, the game was surprisingly small, only 800 megabytes. Wu Guoyi was


    still for a moment, before he took down the VR headset, connected it to the PC, and downloaded the


    game into it.


    With an intention of testing the waters, Wu Guoyi entered the game.


    When the game booted up, Wu Guoyi’s eyes were wide open. The graphics were perfect, just like what


    Mu Qingshui said.


    Wu Guoyi, still doubtful, continued to search far and wide in the game for bugs like invisible walls and


    such.


    He spent the whole night ying, until he entered the Ghost Mountains and met aherworld


    creature. He was knocked out with one hit and it was game over.


    After quitting the game, he was still quite excited. A moment of contemtion passed before he fished


    out his phone from his pocket and called the tform’s manager.


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    The manager of tform173, who picked up the phone freaked out. Usually, Wu Guoyi would not call


    him.


    “Sun Chi, find out who developed Battle Online right now, immediately, at this instant! Then, send me


    their contact information.”


    Manager Sun was a little puzzled, but he immediately received the task.


    He did not dare dy his boss’s order, so he quickly logged into the backend portal of the website.


    But when he found the game, he noticed that only the developer’s website was noted down, with no


    mention of their telephone numbers. This made him anxious.


    Thankfully, they had a verification mailbox. He quickly typed a short paragraph and sent it to Lu Wu.


    After that, he waited for the reply.


    At the same time, Lu Wu was having a meal with Bei Li at a store by the road. His phone vibrated.


    When he took out his phone, he realized that he had received an email from tform173.


    Feeling excited, Lu Wu opened the email.


    Sadly it wasn’t to notify that his game had been verified. It was an email asking for his contact number.


    While he wasn’t sure why they needed it, he still sent his number over.


    Looking at Bei Li who was chowing down her food voraciously, Lu Wu smiled gently and slipped his


    phone back into his pocket. He rubbed her head, suddenly feeling sorry for Bei Li because she had to


    follow him through the many difficult days.


    ……


    Pacing around the room anxiously, Sun Chi finally saw the notification of the long awaited reply, and he


    quickly clicked on it.


    He saw the numbers that his boss wanted. He immediately exhaled in relief, and forwarded the number


    to his boss, Wu Guoyi.


    Just like Sun Chi, Wu Guoyi was sitting in his reading room, smoking. The ashtray was filled with


    cigarette butts to the brim. His red eyes were a sign of a sleepless night.


    But Wu Guoyi was still very excited, because he knew that this was a chance for the tform to rise.


    After reading Sun Chi’s message, he immediately called Lu Wu without any hesitation.


    “Hello, may I know who this is?” a young voice answered.


    Wu Guoyi inhaled deeply, and said, “Hello, are you the owner of Battle Online? I am in charge of


    tform173, and I have something to discuss with you. Are you avable?”


    Lu Wu was surprised, but thought that there were some issues with his game that the tform wanted


    to talk about. “Alright, no problem, I will be there soon!” he replied.


    “It’s alright, I cane to you. Where are you?” Wu Guoyi asked quickly.


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    From these words, Lu Wu realized that his game was being recognized, and was subtly expecting


    more. He then sent his location to Wu Guoyi.


    Wu Guoyi was still excited after he hung up the phone. He was going to arrange a flight, but he realized


    that Lu Wu was also in Indigo City.


    He quickly contacted his driver to pick him up. He changed his clothes, tidied himself up, and left his


    home hurriedly.


    Within twenty minutes, he arrived at the ce shown on the navigation app.


    There was an old restaurant in the distance. Confirming that the location coordinates on his phone


    were correct, he left the car and walked toward the restaurant.


    It was noon, so there was quite a number of patrons. Looking around, Wu Guoyi couldn’t tell which one


    was Lu Wu, so he took out his phone to make a call.


    Then, he saw Lu Wu who was picking up the phone.


    Wu Guoyi took a step forward, “Nice to meet you… I’m Wu Guoyi… we talked on the phone!”


    Lu Wu was shocked. He did not expect Wu Guoyi to arrive so soon. He stood up and shook Wu


    Guoyi’s hand.


    “Hello, how may I help you?”


    “May we speak privately?” Wu Guoyi looked around. Obviously, it wasn’t a ce suited for business


    conversations.


    “Come on! Let me finish first!” when she heard that they were leaving, Bei Li was very reluctant. She


    had been having instant noodles with Lu Wu for a few days now, so it was difficult to part with the


    proper meal she was having now.


    “This girl is…?”


    “Ah, this is my younger sister!” Lu Wu replied.


    Since Bei Li did not want to leave, Wu Guoyi resorted to temptation, “Hey, little girl, why don’t we go


    somewhere else? The food is even more delicious there!”


    “Really!?” It was super effective, Bei Li turned her head with shining eyes.


    “Of course!” Wu Guoyiughed.


    Only then did Bei Li reluctantly put down her chopsticks. She then held Lu Wu’s hand and went into Wu


    Guoyi’s car.


    In the car, Lu Wu was quietly amazed. Is tform173 so wealthy? He is just a manager but he can


    afford a limited edition Maglev Racer!


    ……


    Wu Guoyi valued this meeting very much. He booked a dining room in the Pce Hotel, the finest in


    Indigo City. He even bought a bottle of wine worth more than his apartment.


    Lu Wu’s jaw dropped when he saw the menu. He must be damn rich!


    When all the dishes were served, Wu Guoyi smiled and finally asked Lu Wu, “May I know which


    prestigious studio developed this game?”


    Lu Wu was stunned. He really could not answer this. There wasn’t a studio, there were just two people


    on the team, the Old Ancestor and Bei Li. Moreover, he himself was merely a coordinator.


    “Confidential, huh? It’s alright! Come, drink!” Wu Guoyi smiled awkwardly, thinking hard on how to


    frame the question.


    Facing a table full of dishes, Bei Li had long began eating, and Lu Wu wasn’t shy either. Whenever Wu


    Guoyi offered him a toast while he was eating, he would drink a little.


    “Hey, Wu. Do you n to sell your game?” Wu Guoyi finally entered the main topic when his face was


    beet red from the alcohol.


    “Don’t worry, we will give you a fair price!” Wu Guoyi continued as he seemed to have thought of


    something.


    You sly fox, Lu Wu whispered in his heart. As expected, Wu Guoyi was aiming for his game.


    “We’ve put a lot into developing this game, so we don’t really n to sell it,” Lu Wu rejected his offer


    tactfully.


    “Ten billion, what do you say?”


    Taking a deep breath, Lu Wu calmed his agitated mind, “We started doing this because of our passion,


    we don’t care about…”


    “Fifteen billion!”