Chapter 21: Lu Yu: Uncle Chen, we still have to keep working hard!

At this moment, everyone's gaze in the hall focused on Chen Qiao and Huang Tao.

What?

The child standing in front of the podium, who isn't even as tall as they are, actually… actually completed a game's creation on his own?

They are both bosses of game companies, so they know very well how difficult it is to make a game.

Even the simplest standalone game would require the creator to be proficient in coding, right?

A slightly more complex game is a result that a team might not achieve even after working hard for a long time!

Other seven-year-old kids might not even be able to recite the multiplication table, right?

Shocked?

This is beyond what shock can describe!

Huang Tao was also stunned for a while.

But… he didn't give up!

"Even if this is true, so what?"

"I know the game your company just released, Plants vs. Zombies."

"What value does such a game have? How hard is it to make?"

"Such a game, any programmer at our company could knock it out!"

Forced reasoning?

Yes! Huang Tao is now engaging in forced reasoning!

Anyway, he has already broken with Chen Qiao, so naturally he will stop at nothing.

Chen Qiao was furious!

This is blatant humiliation!

Ding ling ling!

Then, at this moment, Chen Qiao's phone suddenly rang.

He involuntarily furrowed his brow, with no intention of answering the call.

What time is it now!

Why answer any call!

"Uncle Chen, your phone is ringing." Then, at this moment, Lu Yu's voice sounded.

Everyone's gaze shifted to Lu Yu again.

Lu Yu at this moment… still had a faint smile on his face, as if… nothing had just happened.

Does Lu Yu not know how serious the situation is now?

Is this kid… perhaps too immature?

These are the thoughts of most people present.

Chen Qiao also froze a bit, then he moved his throat, preparing to say something.

But Lu Yu's eyes kept fixed on him, his gaze firm.

Chen Qiao has seen all kinds of storms; when has he not been as steady as a mountain? So…

He still took out his phone and answered the call.

"Boss, we've struck it rich!"

"This time we really struck it rich!"

"You definitely didn't expect it, but just now—just now—the download count for Plants vs. Zombies reached ten million!"

"Oh my god! This is beyond what 'ferocious' can describe! I…"

"I dare say this record will become a legend!"

"One day, no! Just a morning plus half an afternoon, the download count surged from one million to ten million—this is a miracle!"

"A miracle that no one can surpass!"

The call had just been connected when an excited voice came from the other end.

The voice was loud, even a bit distorted!

At this moment, the entire hall was silent, so… the voice from the phone was still heard by some people.

Ten million?

Download count ten million?

The game's download count?

Is… this someone talking in their sleep?

How many netizens are there in the country now?

It's not 2021 now!

The number of people online is certainly not seven or eight hundred million.

A download count of ten million, for this era, is already beyond what a miracle can describe!

Is this a dream?

"What… what are you saying?" Chen Qiao's voice also trembled; his whole body trembled, and he couldn't believe it was real.

Plants vs. Zombies is very popular, and Chen Qiao knows that.

But on the first day of the game's release, Grand shut down the download channel.

This once made Chen Qiao feel extremely anguished.

He even thought that Plants vs. Zombies… was already… ruined!

After all, forcibly blocking players from downloading will offend people.

But now...

「Ten million! Director Chen, our game's download count has reached ten million! 」

「Although the growth speed of downloads has slowed, the download count is still increasing! 」

The voice opposite remained excited.

Chen Qiao couldn't close his mouth; he was now... his mind blank, not knowing what to think or say.

「Uncle Chen, what happened? 」 At that moment, Lu Yu's voice sounded again.

「Ah? Ah... 」 Chen Qiao finally reacted, looking toward Lu Yu on the stage.

「Um... the download count of Plants vs. Zombies has broken through... broken through ten million! 」 Chen Qiao finally managed to say a complete sentence, then couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Lu Yu... lightly nodded.

He glanced at Huang Tao, but... didn't say anything to him.

「Uncle Chen, ten million downloads is just that; now our domestic internet users should exceed a hundred million, right? 」.

「That is to say, only one out of ten users has downloaded our game. 」.

「We still need to keep working hard. 」.

「Just like a sentence I just heard, a game made by any random person could also surpass me. 」.

「We must keep pushing forward; we can't be laughed at. 」.

Lu Yu said lightly, matching his serious seven-year-old face, it was... rather pretentious.

Only one out of ten users downloaded your game?

Is this only the essence?

Do we still need to keep working hard? Are you serious?

Could a game made by any random person possibly surpass you?

Then we might not even be human; even everyone present, even all domestic people, are not human!

The people present really didn't know how to complain at this moment.

Is it meaningful? Is life meaningful?

No!

Chen Qiao and Lu Yu left, and they just left quietly like that.

Indeed, it was quiet.

Because at this moment, everyone in the venue was still in a state of shock.

After a while, they finally came to, and then... they all looked toward Huang Tao together.

Huang Tao's mouth corner twitched wildly.

Doubting what Chen Qiao said?

Totally unnecessary.

People of this era are relatively honest, unlike later people who like to... hype.

Moreover, such news can be known just by glancing online.

Chen Qiao didn't lie at all.

So...

Huang Tao came with a mighty aura, thinking today was his day to rise, but...

Turns out the clown is actually himself!

He now feels his face burning hot, as if on fire.

Yes!

From beginning to end, Lu Yu never said a word to him, and even just glanced at him once.

But... isn't this the most humiliating way?

He regarded Lu Yu as an opponent, but Lu Yu... treated him as a transparent person.

He never even considered him an opponent!

He, Huang Tao... doesn't even deserve to be glanced at more by Lu Yu.

And Lu Yu is merely... merely a seven-year-old child!

Huang Tao left.

He left bent over, head down, at the speed of a mouse being chased by a cat.

What else could he do?

That's how the gaming world is; user count represents everything!