Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch-Chapter 1023

Chapter 1023: Chapter 949: A Grand Petition!_1 Chapter 1023 -949: A Grand Petition!_1 “Are you planning to give military aid to an African country?”

“No way!” Before Lincoln could explain, Henry changed his question, “You’re going to give military aid to half of Africa, aren’t you?”

“Not at all…” Lincoln tried to defend, “Why would I assist Africa militarily?”

“What do you mean, ‘not at all’?!” Henry became a bit agitated, “More than ten large mechs!

Equipped with weapons and logistics, it’s enough to conquer most of Africa!”

——It’s not surprising that he’s so agitated.

After witnessing Lincoln’s live demonstration today, he carried the test data back to the research institute in the afternoon.

After rigorous discussion and simulation, they gave a surprisingly positive evaluation for the mech they had initially not thought much of.

The outrageous operation system was the primary reason for this difference.

This 24-meter-tall giant moved with smoothness in Lincoln’s hands as if it was a living being!

——Even under remote control, it was incredibly agile!

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With such mobility, if it functioned as a combat platform carrying powerful firepower, and launched surprise attacks on cities, it could achieve astonishing battle results.

The harsher and more underdeveloped the battlefield, the stronger its performance!

——Of course, the prerequisite is to solve the issues of endurance and lifespan.

If these problems can’t be solved, then it might only be useful in large-scale disasters where it could substitute large engineering equipment for some rescue tasks.

In summary, there are many issues, but also many highlights.

As a technical attempt, it has a high value.

However, the military wouldn’t conduct this kind of research since the cost-benefit ratio isn’t that high, and this kind of “alternative” research approach wouldn’t pass approval, let alone receive funding, from the beginning.

Thus, they are actually happy to see Lincoln messing around.

At the same time, they appreciate Lincoln’s value more, and even some said to Henry in the meeting, “Why don’t you ask him if he’s interested in the electromagnetic gun?”

At the end of the meeting, they playfully discussed the topic of “how many divisions Lincoln could hold off” before they adjourned.

The final conclusion was: if all limitations were lifted, and normal resources sales were allowed, Lincoln could solve most technical problems by himself and form an unmanned, intelligent army.

Under ideal circumstances, he might be able to conquer Australia single-handedly!

Although it was just a joke, the fact that so many technical and military experts recognized his potential is absolutely extraordinary.

And now, not long after the meeting ended, Lincoln called to place an order for more than ten mechs…

It is absolutely normal for Henry to lose his calm.

“Not at all…

I’m not interested in Africa.

There’s only one server center for the entire continent, why would I attack them?

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“Then why do you need so many mechs?” Henry was confused.

“I told you, they are orders, orders from various cultural tourism bureaus.

Magic City, Yangcheng City, Pengcheng, River City, Hangcheng…

All of them are not short of money.”

“?” Henry was a little puzzled, “Didn’t Xiajing City place any orders?”

“No, I guess they think they can enjoy it for free?” Lincoln speculated.

After all, [Crimson Storm] is located in Xiajing City.

As long as Lincoln doesn’t plan to move it, Xiajing City can’t possibly miss this tourism bonus.

Moreover, speaking of this icing on the cake, does Xiajing City, the capital of Daxia, lack tourists?

They are more interested in the [Cloud Dream Paradise Plan] compared to this.

Henry didn’t comment, since they were not in the same system, he just said: “We can manufacture, but this time we need to schedule normally, and we can’t do it for free.”

The first time was to verify Lincoln’s mech technology, which was his special treatment.

Continuing for free would be unaffordable——this thing is expensive to manufacture, it’s impossible to make it for free for Lincoln to profit from.

“Of course, you just quote the price, and I’ll add some more to quote the customers.” Lincoln was quite calm.

Well, that’s pretty straightforward!

Henry sighed inwardly.

“If it’s about manufacturing more than ten, we can basically start modeling and set up a production line in the factory, which will greatly improve the production efficiency——of course, as I said, it can’t be faster than your mech.”

“Got it.” Lincoln wasn’t surprised at all, as his mech had obviously been given special treatment, “Then I’ll go place the order with the factory manager.”

“Wait a moment!” Henry stopped Lincoln.

“What’s up?”

“You…” Henry hesitated for a moment, but eventually, he asked, “Are you interested in railguns?”

“?” Lincoln paused, “What, you plan to equip a [Crimson Storm]?

That’s great!”

“No, no…” Henry shook his head again and again, “What I mean is, are you interested in improvements or optimizations?”

“I…

I don’t know much about that.” Lincoln declined.

After all, he was not an arms dealer.

With regret, Henry hung up the call.

Lincoln then dialed the next call, beginning to get in touch with the factory manager of the mechanical manufacturing plant.

Although for now a heads-up is all he can give, the specifics on quantity, price, and construction period still need someone arranged by Jerome to discuss.

But after all, the factory manager was a good man, always very enthusiastic, so it was necessary to make premature contact.

As for the weapon system of these mechs…

Hot weapons are illegal, but what about water guns or water cannons?

If the water pressure and flow rate are large enough, the power of a water cannon is impressive!

Lincoln wrote down this idea, planning to research it once he was done with his tasks.

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Meanwhile, far away in Brazil, Giselle had quickly cleared all the stock of the secret book of stick techniques in her hands.

After all, it was just a quest line, basic stick techniques weren’t rare items, and rapid price increases were inevitably unsustainable.

Although selling later could have made more profit, who knew if she would end up taking a loss, with all of it stuck in her hands?

Therefore, Giselle knew when to stop, making one score and cutting her losses.

Although it was just “one score,” because she was decisive enough to use all her liquid capital to take a risk, by the time she had cashed out and left the scene, her capital had quintupled.

Five hundred thousand Reais, no matter how you look at it, it was a full-on “first pot of gold”.

However, Giselle was well aware that such great opportunities were rare, so she had no idea of squandering it, nor was she anxious to expand her team’s size, but rather she prudently saved the money, continued to do her previous work steadily, waiting for the next opportunity.

Especially since the implementation of this plan deviated considerably from her estimate, which made her even more cautious.

——In Giselle’s expectation, the “selling goods phase” should have been very easy, with no problems.

But it wasn’t the case in reality.

The current largest consumer group of the game —— Daxia players, due to the much larger number of “scalpers” in Daxia compared to Brazil, she had to face intense competition from her peers.

Add to that the Daxia players seemed to all have a bit of a martial arts plot, the proportion of old players in “Chang’an” was outrageously high, so the demand for the secret book of stick techniques was lower than expected.

So the profit margin was much lower than Giselle’s expectations.

As for her main customer group – players from Brazil and Latin America, unfortunately a large half because they couldn’t pass the [Chinese Proficiency Test], were barred from the game.

Even though they want to support her business, they are incapable of doing it.

However, Giselle was optimistic about this situation.

Because a grand petition movement was spreading among global players.

Different from the void petition before the game launch, after the formal release of “Pacific Rim”, as a large amount of game intelligence becomes public, not only did the players see the grand scenes of the mech battles, triggering their impatience, but they also found out the reason why “Pacific Rim” adopted [Limited Release in Chinese-speaking Areas]:

Even if they pass Cloud Dream’s [Chinese Proficiency Test], when connecting with other players to pilot mechs, they would also face a series of problems such as connection difficulty, low synchronization rate, operation delay, etc., which would result in a significant decrease in the combat power of the mech.

Not only would this reduce their own game experience, but the experience of their connected teammates would also be greatly discounted!

After all, no one wants to operate with a teammate who simply drags the team down.

Knowing these specific problems, they can make targeted petitions:

[Don’t allow mech connection], [Match those who pass the test separately from those who do not], [Before passing the test, only single player mode is available], [If you don’t pass the test, you can only play as a monster in multiplayer mode], [Even if only ‘World Conquest’ and ‘Spectator’ quest lines are available it’s fine]…

All sorts of petition reasons, with their own “solutions”, constantly sprang up.

And all these appeals, the most core point is consistent:

[We want to buy the game too!]

[We want to pilot mechs too!]

The volume of the petition had grown to an extent that could not be ignored.

Even Cloud Dream’s partner companies in various overseas countries were caught up in this powerful voice and had to ignore the time zone to call Cloud Dream to pass on the voices of the players in their home countries.

Jerome, Samuel, Jason, one after another started being forced to work overtime.

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