Chapter 174: Changing the Rules!

No matter who it is, everyone likes to be praised.

Flattery never gets pierced, no matter how many times you stab.

But not every compliment represents something good.

Lu Yu has a clear understanding of himself; he does not think that, having won the competition championship again, his talent radiating from him can easily turn enemies into friends.

Those pulling the strings behind the scenes have even employed a heavyweight like Kai En, so one can imagine the opponent's attitude.

Under these circumstances, would the opponent abandon Lu Yu?

Cut their losses in time?

Impossible!

But the low scores from the imagined judges have not appeared.

What does this indicate?

The behind‑the‑scenes players are even more formidable than Lu Yu imagined!

To endure this at such a time, how big a heart must they have?

Then... will the opponent's next tactics become even more fierce and even more insane?

That is what worries Lu Yu the most.

But of course, meet the troops with a general, meet the water with earth—just deal with it!

Worrying now is still premature.

…

The next day, Lu Yu returned to Ke Da.

The relevant department finally confirmed the cooperation with Lu Yu.

At this moment, Lu Yu was in Professor Chen's Office, opposite him sat the two leaders from before and another middle‑aged man whom Lu Yu did not know.

The middle‑aged man wore thick glasses, his eyes bright, his posture upright—clearly an elite.

"Xiao Yu, this is Dr. Li Haoli; he graduated from Qing Da, then went on to further study at Science and Engineering, earning three degrees."

"He has also worked for several well‑known tech giants for a few years and has abundant experience in mobile technology development."

"He will become our side's representative; we hope you can have a pleasant cooperation."

One of the leaders introduced him as such.

Lu Yu's gaze couldn't help but fall again on Chen Hao.

Chen Hao also looked at Lu Yu.

There was no surprise in Chen Hao's eyes; he had probably heard about Lu Yu long ago.

The two stared at each other for a while; Chen Hao even reached out and said to Lu Yu, "I'm glad to cooperate with you; I believe we will achieve some good results."

Lu Yu shook his hand with him, gave a light nod, and said, "Pleasant cooperation."

"Just as you said before, Xiao Yu, you hold the highest command over this project."

"However, we hope you can also respect Dr. Chen's opinions."

"Mutual respect is needed to fully leverage each other's strengths."

One of the leaders said again.

Lu Yu naturally had no objection.

Both sides chatted a bit more, and the two leaders left together with Chen Hao.

Today was just a simple meeting; the project's actual implementation still requires more detailed discussions.

When the time comes, the matter will rest on Chen Hao and Lu Yu.

…

Chen Hao and the two leaders got into a car together.

"Chen Hao, do your best to make this project succeed and also try to seize the initiative," a leader's voice sounded inside the car.

The sentence seemed to contain little information.

But Chen Hao understood it.

After all, this is an officially‑backed project.

Just this attribute already explains a lot.

"I will do my best," Chen Hao said with a light nod.

"What do you think of Lu Yu?" another leader asked again.

Chen Hao was silent for a long while this time, then slowly spoke, "From Lu Yu's experience, he is a strong‑willed person."

"As for other matters, only after deeper cooperation can we speak."

The conversation inside the car ended there.

…

Lu Yu places immense importance on mobile‑system development.

He missed the chance when computer systems seized Huaxia's market, and now he truly does not want to miss the mobile‑system opportunity again.

One should know that after Mi Guo's computer systems took dominant position, Huaxia no longer had its own system.

There are many reasons: technological lag, slow start, difficulty of catching up…

And then?

Then Huaxia's computer systems never rose again.

That is a slow step, a slow step after step.

Now, Lu Yu happens to be in the era before the first generation of Fruit phones was released.

If he still does nothing, he would truly be letting himself down.

This is an opportunity for the Huaxia phone system, the best opportunity.

If Lu Yu can now withstand Fruit Phone's pressure and develop a system with enough games.

The possibility of change is far beyond the so-called phone landscape.

There are really too many things involved here, such as hardware development like crystal cores, and the competitiveness of the system's core.

Now, Lu Yu even wants to drop the International Game Maker Competition and directly get involved in developing the phone system.

However…

Lu Yu ultimately did not act on impulse.

This is a long process, especially given the current lack of top talent domestically.

Abroad has already taken a step ahead.

Most importantly, Lu Yu actually hasn't received much support.

He has to do too much preparation.

Such as screening and integrating personnel, determining the main focus, and securing stable funding……

Of course, before all this, finding an experimental site is the most important.

Originally Lu Yu thought of renting a place outside, but after thinking for a long time, he still decided to place the research institute at Ke Da.

But of course, all this is currently just Lu Yu's idea.

At this moment, what Lu Yu urgently needs to face is something else.

The Game Alliance is up to something again!

At this moment, the Game Alliance released a message through official channels about the third round of the competition.

This is the final round of this competition.

In this round, the final name rankings will be decided.

The winner will receive a generous prize.

Of course, the so-called 'generous' is only generous for ordinary people.

Any game developer who has made it to the third round already has substantial capital; money is no longer important to them.

What matters is that they can showcase their abilities to the world's people in this competition and raise their fame.

The economic benefits involved here can no longer be described as merely 'astonishing'.

Of course, at this moment, these actually aren't important.

Whether one wants to achieve results or to produce achievements.

At this moment, the Game Alliance announced the rules for the final round of the game competition.

"Thank you everyone for your attention and support of our competition over these days."

"This is a competition for game developers, and at the same time a carnival for global players."

"In order to give the competition a perfect ending, we have made the following adjustments to the third round."

"In the third round, we will not limit the number of works each contestant can submit."

"That is to say, a single game developer can submit one game, or two, or even more."

Upon seeing this, the entire internet exploded again.

Because before this, nobody had ever imagined such a rule.