Chapter 13: Lu Yu: Do you believe this world has light?

Uncle Chen, today is only the first day the game went online, right?

I remember you seemed to say last night that you would limit the download limit.

It seems that within three days, only one million downloads will be allowed.

Lu Yu finally spoke up; it was time to educate… let Chen Qiao get used to it.

It's just a single-player game of Plants vs. Zombies; is it really worth being this excited about?

In Lu Yu's plan, this… isn't even the start yet!

Chen Qiao's mouth kept twitching; he had indeed said that, but…

Damn it, how many domestic games actually exceed one million downloads?

Single-player games are small in size and easy to download, so even people who don't play much will casually download one, but… that's not a reason for the download volume to exceed a hundred percent!

He told Lu Yu about this last night, and it was actually because… of the suggestion Lu Yu had previously made: hunger marketing.

To be honest, for Chen Qiao right now, this concept is a bit… unrealistic.

He's afraid that if he keeps starving, he'll starve to death!

So, he really was just saying it offhand.

"Well… Xiao Yu, actually I also just… said it offhand; a million downloads is actually already considered a very good result in our gaming circle…" Chen Qiao also felt embarrassed lying to a seven-year-old child.

Lu Yu gazed idly at the white clouds outside the window and said: "Uncle Chen, do you believe this world has Ultraman? Do you believe this world has light?"

That line is pretty chuunibyou, but coming from Lu Yu's little mouth… it fits perfectly!

Chen Qiao, however, looked bewildered; Xiao Yu also… likes watching cartoons?

"Uncle Chen, whether you believe it or not, I think Plants vs. Zombies will definitely be liked by more people." Lu Yu said that.

Chen Qiao fell silent.

At that moment, Lu Yu faced the window and lifted his gaze to the sky.

Outside, the sky was a vast expanse of blue, with fluffy white clouds, very beautiful.

Light shone in from outside, falling on Xiao Yu's body.

There really is light!

Suddenly… Chen Qiao had another strange feeling.

He, the esteemed founder of Grand, a top-tier domestic game developer, in front of a seven-year-old child, how could he feel so… weak?

Even Lu Yu thinks the current results aren't much, yet he feels satisfied!

"Mm! Xiao Yu, you're not wrong; Plants vs. Zombies will definitely be liked by more people, and I… I will also believe this world will have light!"

Chen Qiao's tone became increasingly resolute.

He felt a sense of elevation, because… because of a seven-year-old child.

That's just unbelievable!

……

Zhou Li is an ordinary office worker.

She goes back and forth between work and home every day, work to home, home to work.

Life is just this boring, but… one still has to go on.

Fortunately, Zhou Li has a computer she can use to pass the time after work.

But Zhou Li, after all, is not a boy; shooting games, single-player strategy games—all are too unfriendly for her.

She often only plays card games like poker and mahjong, and sometimes plays Snake.

Even so, she feels her life has gained some happiness because of it.

This is the current state of domestic gaming.

Impoverished, dull, uninteresting.

Today, she returned home on time, turned on her computer, and prepared to browse a website to look up some work-related information.

Just as she opened her browser, a page popped up.

The words "Plants vs. Zombies" instantly occupied her field of vision.

Unlike Chen Qiang's reaction, Zhou Li's first impression upon seeing this screen was not being addicted, but…

This screen is really cute!

Wow!

Is this a zombie?

Is this sunshine?

Is this a pea?

Just a single page has already captured all of her attention.

Zhou Li hesitated not at all and clicked straight in.

She saw the two characters 'Grand'.

She had heard of Grand before, knowing it's a relatively powerful domestic game company.

But… she didn't care about any of that.

She immediately found the download button.

According to her past experience, downloading a game usually takes over an hour.

After all… the internet speed of this era still needs improvement.

She intended to use this time to look for information, to cope with tomorrow's work.

Ding-dong!

Suddenly, she heard the sound of the download completing.

Has the game Download finished?

Such a small memory game?

As for this, Zhou Li actually still had no concept; at this moment she merely happily opened Plants vs. Zombies.

Then...... the nightmare began!

These zombies are so annoying!

Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine, I need more sunshine.

Peashooter, give me a go!

Don't come over, you all don't come over!

Zhou Li didn't even realize that while playing the game, she let out bursts of roars.

She also didn't notice that she would laugh loudly upon clearing a level, feel sad when her home was destroyed, she......

The peaceful, boring life seemed to have undergone some changes.

Wow! How did it become two o'clock already!

Damn! I haven't taken a shower yet.

By the way, I still haven't found my data!

Unbeknownst to her, time had slipped away, and Zhou Li only then realized it was already late at night.

She was a bit anxious.

Ding-dong!

A clear sound came from inside the computer, the sound of sunshine being born.

Zhou Li subconsciously looked at the computer, and then her hand subconsciously rested on the mouse.

Play a little longer, play a little longer then sleep.

Zhou Li comforted herself like this, already...... her eyes could no longer move away from the computer screen!

There are many ordinary people like Chen Qiang and Zhou Li.

They all learned about Plants vs. Zombies through pop-up windows, and then came to like this game.

This led to a result.

Director Chen! Now the Plants vs. Zombies Download volume has already reached one million!

According to our previous rules, we have already locked the Download at this point.

We...... should we release the Download function early?

Now the time is ten o'clock at night; Chen Qiao is not in the Office, it was a technician who called him.

Chen Qiao was having tea with a friend when he suddenly jumped up from his seat, even knocking over the tea cup.

The tea soaked his pants, but he didn't care at all.

"What? What did you say? Say it again!" Chen Qiao was very excited.

"The Plants vs. Zombies Download volume has exceeded one million!" The technician repeated his earlier words.

Chen Qiao this time was quite clear, but......

It felt as if he were dreaming.

One day's time!

Just one day's time, a single-player game, a game made alone by a seven-year-old elementary student, its Download volume reached one million!

Chen Qiao no longer knew how to describe this achievement.