Chapter 49
“Super Accelerator? Not bad. I could probably use it when I’m behind on work. But what use does this Anger Interferer have? Can I make someone beat me up by making them angry, then extort them for money?…
“Whatever, I’ll save it for now…”
Chen Mo didn’t have any current need for these special items, but drawing a bunch of Memory Playback Potions was a lifesaver. He wouldn’t need to strain himself like he did last time in the future.
He didn’t want to bother with the Designer Skill Books, and consumed them one after another.
After releasing Plants vs Zombies, Chen Mo’s ratings had increased. His Creativity, Coding, and Level Design had all been increased substantially!
Moreover, following the explosive growth of Plants vs Zombies, Chen Mo had been upgraded to a C-grade video game designer.
As for the monthly quota, it was something that didn’t matter anymore to him, as he now scorned the free resources included. However, they were still alright as placeholders.
Chen Mo felt quite relaxed after spending so much money on his top-ups.
Chen Mo now had many choices for his next game, even some Chinese Pay To Win games were now on the list.
However, when there were so many choices it became a burden. Chen Mo couldn’t make up his mind that late at night, so he decided to take a rest.
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At 8:30 AM the second day, Chen Mo was woken up by the ringing of his phone.
As Chen Mo opened his heavy eyelids, he saw that the phone call was from Su Jinyu.
“Hello? What’s up? Do you need some leave?” asked Chen Mo.
Su Jinyu said in a worried voice, “No, not at all. You should go online right now. Emperor Dynasty Entertainment are making a game called Guardian of the Holy Spring, and it seems like they copied Plants vs Zombies!”
Chen Mo shuffled around in bed into a more comfortable position, “Yep, I know. Wasn’t there a playtest video released two days ago? I saw it yesterday.”
Su Jinyu said, “Not just that, the Weibo of the designer of Guardian of the Holy Spring is being attacked by our players. Many fans of Emperor Dynasty Entertainment retaliated, bringing you into the mix! You probably should check your Weibo now.”
“Huh?” Chen Mo finally sat up. -How could something like that happen?-
Chen Mo washed himself and went on his computer.
Indeed, his Weibo had been attacked by the fans of Emperor Dynasty Entertainment. He had a few thousand comments under his newest Weibo, with two people in particular having a heated argument.
Chen Mo spent a good twenty minutes trying to understand the gist of the situation.
It had all started from the video Chen Mo saw yesterday.
A player secretly recorded that video when he was playing in the Emperor Dynasty experience store and uploaded it to the internet.
The video had been out for three days, and was discovered by a few diehard fans of Plants vs Zombies. As they had a strong sense of righteousness, they went straight to Qiu Bin, the designer of Guardian of the Holy Spring’s Weibo, and started going at him with some intense wording.
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“Hehe, how could Emperor Dynasty Entertainment miss out on following trends and copying games. Dogs will continue to eat shit.”
“Sure enough, a Plants vs Zombies bootleg was released in no time. I’m impressed by the work efficiency of Your Highness.”
“Plagiarizing dog. A B-grade video game designer nonetheless. He really is focused on making money in exchange for his dignity!”
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These comments received a lot of responses, and gained popularity soon after.
Qiu Bin didn’t say anything, but as a B-grade videogame designer and one who was working within Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, he had a huge amount of fans behind him, with plenty of brain-dead fans.
Upon seeing that Qiu Bin was being attacked, they retaliated without hesitation!