Chapter 378: The End of the Tang Family

The drop rate is a bit low, but the benefits are high, so most players should be able to accept it.

Su Yu's account didn't have much luck.

"Try another one."

Liang Yan gave another account, "Give it a try."

Su Yu finished drawing cards and was very satisfied.

"The game experience on this account is pretty good; what's the difference?"

Liang Yan, smiling broadly, said, "I've visited many B‑tier game communities, including some draw‑card game forums. Their hallmark is that the more you spend, the more 'non'! Some people even become obsessed with metaphysics, calculating birth times, directions, and the like."

That shows odds are very important to players. Other developers like to keep lowering drop rates to trick spending.

I'll do the opposite!

I had it set so that the more someone spends, the higher the odds!

Drop rate is a range value with an upper and lower bound. Typically developers, when short on cash or when giving away too many benefits, secretly lower it a bit. When there's a massive player exodus, or when players start returning, they raise it again to retain them.

Sometimes, the higher the daily active users, the more 'non'. Developers understand sunk cost; they don't believe that users who fill the daily active count would willingly abandon their accounts.

"But your revenue will decrease."

What does drawing cards gamble on? It's gambler psychology! Having wins and losses sparks desire, prompting people to keep throwing money in.

If you always profit, always win, the player's emotional response becomes flat. Without emotional swings, people lose the urge to spend. Many spend not to buy things but to make themselves happy.

"Hehe, I know, you said it before~"

Liang Yan felt a bit embarrassed and whispered into Su Yu's ear, "I had them adjust the drop rate for each event in stages, based on the amount spent."

Su Yu instantly understood Liang Yan's method! "Huo Huo is really impressive! So clever!"

Each time you spend, it resets; to get a good experience you must top up.

This method is pretty good!

"Hehe!"

Liang Yan was very happy! On the second day after the game launched, Liang Yan saw the revenue and download numbers and was quite satisfied, exceeding her expectations.

Su Yu saw Liang Yan was happy, so she didn't bring up the request for her to make a batch of data accounts.

……

"Can Can, are you really going over?"

Liang Yan clutched Tang Can tightly, not wanting her to leave.

"Xiao Yu sister, please persuade Can Can!"

Su Yu typed "tap tap" on the keyboard, "Persuade what?"

Liang Yan puffed out her cheeks, childishly covering Su Yu's eyes, "No work allowed, it's the weekend! You're too over‑driven!"

Su Yu wanted to demonstrate to Liang Yan that she could operate the computer blindfolded, "The weekend isn't a time of no survival and no spending; this is my fun right now."

The higher‑ups approved Su Yu to establish a Holographic Online Game company under the Su Family name, but the core technology must remain in state hands. The first version released to market has to be a stripped‑down Holographic Online Game.

After players adapt, the real Holographic Online Game will go live.

For this project, Su Yu seized any free time and worked overtime desperately, wanting to finish it quickly to make money!

She loves work too much, which made Liang Yan quite annoyed! Especially since their little partner now faces a major life event! "Can Can's parents are letting her go, aren't you worried her parents will scheme?"

The whole family moved in, intending to use family ties to kidnap Tang Can, making her a puppet to marry someone for resources—how long ago was that? Now they play the emotion card, saying the family is completely finished, wanting to see her one last time, the whole family going abroad—does that sound too fake?

Su Yu had previously warned them not to go abroad! If they were kidnapped, Xiao Yu sister couldn't rescue them at all, nor could she give up anything for them.

Su Yu doesn't lack the desire, but she carries too much baggage and has no freedom to trade! Liang Yan understood this, so her parents' honeymoon trip was changed to a domestic tour.

"If it really is a scheme, expose it. But honestly, back then the Tang Family was truly good to Can Can."

If back then the Tang Family was just a patriarchal bunch treating Tang Can poorly, Tang Can might have had reason and could have been ruthless...

Actually, that's not the case!

She once was the family's little princess! Sweet memories are damaging. Let Tang Can just not see her parents and relatives? Su Yu bets that Tang Can will definitely regret it. Rather than let her live in regret, constantly idealizing her parents and relatives, it's better to let her go and resolve her inner knot.

"Huo Huo, human nature is complex. Maybe Can Can's mom and dad regret it."

Back then, while vying for power and profit, they were enormously arrogant, believing they could strategize and win from afar, a business prodigy and the family's pillar.

But after being beaten down, they left dimly with a little money, having lost everything they once had; Tang Can's parents would probably regret it.

"Regret what?"

Tang Can, although decided to see her parents and grandparents, still felt very uneasy. As Su Yu said, the family once treated her well, but the later scheming by relatives made it even more painful.

"Regret not choosing you as heir."

Su Family's Su Yu is in charge, always assertive, and gets along with Tang Can. If the Tang Family were under Tang Can's control, Su Yu might not refuse to help. Liang Yan, though not cut out for business and not truly a decision‑maker, does have money!

As long as the two are willing to help Tang Can, the Tang Family will be better than it is now, no matter what.

Tang Can listened and felt very disappointed.

"I'm leaving!"

Su Yu didn't stop her, "You should bring more bodyguards; you can't meet your family alone. If you want to use your name to gamble on a thrilling one‑day tour, I don't mind either."

Liang Yan's warned dangers also concern Su Yu. But she trusts the family's bodyguards, so Tang Can won't have any trouble.

"Alright!"

Tang Can arrived at the airport with a group of bodyguards. In the regular boarding lounge, a squad in uniform with obscured faces—men and women—suddenly appeared, making both airport security and travelers a bit uneasy.

Tang Can swiped a card to book a private room, telling her family to wait there.

Tang Can's grandfather's eyes lit up, "Do you have an airport VIP card?"

Tang Can's previous VIP card belonged to the Tang Family. The Tang Family no longer has it, so her current VIP card should be her own. If Tang Can truly has that much influence, perhaps the Tang Family could regain its former standing.

Tang Can's grandfather, full of scheming, has already figured out how to use his granddaughter's power.

"No, it's soft—it's the one Su Yu gave me."

This card is Su Yu's spare card. Tang Can is now also a person of standing, saying goodbye to her family in the airport hall, and there may be quite a crowd watching. For her friend's face, Su Yu promptly sent out the spare card.

"Oh!" Tang Can read visible disappointment on the whole family's faces. Tang Can is also disappointed; she thought her family came to see her because they really couldn't bear to let her go.

Tang Can's mother stepped forward and patted her daughter's head, "I'm sorry, I could have stayed here with you, but I must go abroad. I suffered a fiasco at home and really don't want to give up what's abroad; those were my hard‑won efforts!"

Tang Can's mother returned to the country and, seeing her daughter "showing off her talents," felt envy, jealousy, and hatred, especially because her daughter refuses to hand over the business to her.

Later, she even teamed up with her ex‑husband, aiming to restore the business to its former peak.

But the fact is, the domestic market developed too quickly; their old‑fashioned methods no longer fit. Their investments went down the drain, and the industry was exhausted by their handling.

If the Tang family didn't have deep roots, they would still be repaying debts now.

Tang Can's father is tormented inside. He gave up on his scheming daughter, who now has a successful career. His sons, to whom he placed high hopes, have achieved nothing and are willful and selfish.

Just yesterday, he told his son that they would move back abroad; the child then threw a tantrum, went looking for his mother, and even stole the openly held family money.

Tang Can's father is now too exhausted to argue; according to the original plan, he will take the remaining money and fly abroad with his parents and ex‑wife.

After the small talk, Tang Can finally understood that the family truly sees her. From now on they won't come back, nor will they ask Tang Can to support them; they let her live her own life.

Tang Can feels very conflicted! She hands the two cards she prepared—one to her father, one to her mother—and then watches them board the plane under the flight attendant's guidance, heading abroad.

After her relatives leave, Tang Can feels as if she is the only person left in the world. In this country, she has no more relatives.

On the way back to the Su Family, Tang Can remains in low spirits.

Until she enters the house—Bang! —the streamers fall.

"You all, what are you doing?"

Tang Can stared blankly at Su Yu, Liang Yan, Luyingying and others standing in the center, holding a cake and walking toward her.

"May I ask whether Can Can is willing to become a permanent tenant here?"

Su Yu has discussed with her family; Tang Can can continue staying in the villa guestroom, which doesn't affect the Su Family nor make Tang Can uncomfortable. She can live there, symbolically paying for utilities and rent, and as long as Su Yu and Tang Can are happy, anything goes.

Tang Can breaks into a big smile!

"Of course I'm willing!"

Tang Can understands Su Yu's kindness! Her parents squeezed her out of the home. Now, a friend has given her a home!

"And me!"

Liang Yan raised a hand, "We can't be unfair!"

Su Yu said cheerfully, "Of course!"

Tang Can pouted, "Don't you have a father and mother?"

"But they're traveling, enjoying a couple's world, and don't want me to join!"

After staying with friends for a while, Liang Yan also gets tired of it. But each time she asks her father and mother to join the travel group, they politely decline.

After one, two, three or four times, Liang Yan starts to get a little upset!

Now, Tang Can and Su Yu seem to be having a "couple's world" again, and Liang Yan wants to seize the early moment, squeeze in, and expand this "world"! "Alright, alright, everything will have your share!"

Liang Yan heard Su Yu's words and smiled with squinting eyes! …

"Uncle, are you really not planning to marry? Sister Qin Yun is getting married!"

During the year Su Yu inherited the family business, Qin Yun of the Qin Family is actually getting married!

She is marrying a PhD, a first marriage, a research fanatic. His status is good, but judging from past experience, he won't be a considerate husband! At least for Qin Yun, he won't be!

These years, Qin Yun has always wanted to marry into a normal family, with a husband who is often present, a basic emotional foundation between the couple. It may not be love, but both sides wouldn't cheat, respecting each other and supporting each other through life.

At first, Su Yu saw Qin Yun not getting married and felt a bit regretful. She thought she had blindly believed the plot, taking Su Xi's feelings for Qin Yun in the story as reality, trying to matchmake Qin Yun, keeping the hope that Su Xi would marry her.

Before Su Yu inherited the former Su Clan Group, she also discussed this with Qin Yun. Qin Yun, however, had little interest in Su Xi, bluntly saying he wasn't her type.

But now, the person she's marrying is also not the type she wants! "If you don't plan, how could you later not care about me?"

"How could it!"

【Hmm, anyway I've arranged it, so if I'm not getting married, then I just won't be married!】

Su Yu, thinking of this, feels relaxed, and works on the company's business even more cheerfully! Ji Yan worries every day, fearing her daughter might suddenly die at such a young age!

The Su Family's overseas assets have already been handed over to the state. After the whole family discussed, they only asked for a piece of land as an exchange condition, without demanding money or equivalent assets.

Su Yi is idle at home, spending every day a couple's world with his wife. Worried about Su Yu, Ji Yan keeps thinking and finally decides to send Su Yi over to assist Su Yu.

Su Yu despises this biological father.

"Dad, are you here to cause trouble?"

Seeing Su Yi appear at the company, Su Yu's complexion turns sour! 【Ah, my destiny with dad is mismatched; we always argue! I wonder what mom thinks?】

Whenever Su Yu works with Su Yi, she can't tolerate his laziness or his mistakes. To keep herself from getting angry, Su Yu deliberately steers clear of Su Yi.

But dear mom!

Why did you just send someone over!

"You! You! You!"

Su Yi exploded in anger! He is full of zeal and kindness, only to be ruined by a contrary woman! "Dad, the Su Clan doesn't really lack people; why don't you become a supervisor?"

【This job is relaxed, and I don't have to worry about dad causing trouble!】

"You want me to slack off and fish? Then I'd rather stay at home!"

"Fishing, huh? Everywhere's fishing. Staying at home, I can go out with my wife every day!"

"It's not really fishing. We're currently producing the first batch of Holographic Online Game headsets. If mishandled, they're lethal! Their requirements are strict, so a supervisor is necessary!"

Relaxed doesn't mean it's useless! Su Yi would never slack off!

"You can't see this thing, huh? Do you expect to test each one individually?"

Su Yu nodded solemnly, "Yes, test every one, and let the batch responsible for production test them!"

The responsible batch, fearing for their own lives, won't assemble carelessly; this can to some extent prevent shoddy workmanship! The workers don't know which helmets they'll be randomly assigned to test!

Su Yi thinks this is quite time‑consuming! If he really didn't know which post was best, he wouldn't be watching that headset production line! Su Yi went to Shencheng. Upon arriving, Su Yi immediately vomited! Thanks for the votes, dear ones~ Good night, dear ones~