Chapter 129: I like it when you are partial to me

Shen Yu and Li Xiang have been afraid to read the comments section for the past few days, with many players saying they want to send them razor blades.

"See, I told you the players were going to blow up when you wrote the script like that!"

"What a touching story! Everyone must have been impressed."

Li Xiang is very pleased with himself, but Shen Yu has left another happy ending line open, and the players gradually figure out the trick to the happy ending as they play.

The game is not completely intelligent, and the plot has to be triggered by the program. Once you listen to 'Arya's secret', you will easily get to the ending of the knife. Arya lives happily ever after.

With a normal romance game, players may forget about the plot after a few quick hours, whether it's a knife ending or a happy ending, they won't be too impressed to see the meat of it.

Unlike Azure-2120, which allows players to truly experience the relationship element that should be at the heart of a romance game, players are emotionally invested in their daily interactions with Arya.

There are only two endings to the story line and not many side stories, but the freedom is quite high.

Some players even enter the daily routine without any intention of advancing the plot, and just spend their days chatting with Arya.

A number of game review bloggers have shared the game, and a large number of players have posted long reviews as well as 'cheats' in the comments section:.

At the time of writing this review, I'm already a veteran galga player, and I've played a lot of scripts like this with hyper-technology as a clue, but there's just no other game that I want to be impressed with right now that does that except for Azure, which is simply more free than you can imagine, allowing me to interact with Arya freely, and her responses aren't fixed lines, it's like falling in love with a real person, this The built-in AI is not a gimmick, it really got me going and I was sad that I didn't get to the happy ending with Arya, but it did make me think, about people themselves].

[I just want to send a razor blade to the script writer! I can't believe I'm drowning in such a desperate attempt to jump between happiness and reality.

[The game as a whole is slightly rough, but the gaming experience is incomparable, such a domestic gal, is a real high quality masterpiece]

[Don't buy it and you'll regret it! Also: Don't listen to the secrets! Don't listen to the secrets! Never, ever remember!

[Hurry up with the second edition! Add dubbing!

[Photo - I'll just show a wedding photo with Arya's wife, take your time, I'm off to have a baby with her]

......

Since the 19th, the number of downloads of the game has spiked rapidly.

By the time the twenty-third day came around, the total number of downloads had exceeded 50,000.

The game is priced at $19.90, and after deducting the platform's share, as well as some messy fees, Shen Yu's actual revenue is around $380,000.

When he really saw so much money, even he, who had never valued money, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Nowadays, 300,000 is not a lot, but it is definitely not enough to get married, buy a house or a car.

But at least he can be supported to continue along this direction. According to Shen Yu's estimation of the figures, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the game "Azure" to break 100,000 copies sold, and the current version is too rough.

If the game had been made by another major studio, the art, music and scenes could have been greatly enriched, and with Shen Yu's AI core on board, it could have been sold for $168, which at $19.90 would have been a bargain.

After the heat has passed, it will probably remain at around 80,000 sales, but it's something to be proud of, as this game alone will bring in 700,000 to 800,000 for Shen Yu. But if we want to take another step forward, we'll have to upgrade the game.

For example, players are free to set their character's personality and appearance, making it the ultimate free-form role-playing game - after all, Arya's character is now fixed in Azure, and her personality is naturally not to everyone's liking.

Shen Yu plans to officially open Three Blues Technology after this semester, during the winter break, and recruit a few more helpers in addition to the five of them to work in the company on a permanent basis to maintain the operation of "Azure". It was the first bucket of money.

He had never thought about making money before, but now Shen Yu has unconsciously changed his mind. He doesn't care how he lives, but if he gets married later, he can't let Li Xiang suffer after him, because after all, Li Xiang's dream is to be a full-time wife.

Aww shucks! Ugh! Yuck! Chop! Chop! Chop! Boom boom boom mee boom!

Why do I think of her when I think of marriage?

There's a problem!

Why should I get married? What's wrong with having money to do something else!

It must be Li Xiang who's been hanging around him all day lately, always telling him things like, "The game is making money! What do you want to do when you've made money? Do you want to get married?" He's been talking nonsense like that and it's messing up his thinking.

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At noon on the 23rd, Shen Yu called Jiang Ningle and Zhao Yage Ke Liangji, brought along Su Zhifu, the company's doorman, and all the members of Three Blues Technology to a restaurant for a celebration dinner, ordering all the delicacies that they normally cannot afford to eat.

The wages owed to Li Xiang and Jiang Ningle were also settled. Jiang Ningle's $15,000, plus a bonus of $3,000, was paid to her in the amount of $18,000, which was due to her.

Shen Yu hasn't sent it to Li Xiang yet, and Li Xiang is in no hurry, concentrating on eating.

She loves these dishes, they are so delicate and delicious. Shen Yu must have brought her here on the pretext of giving a celebration dinner, but it is so expensive that she can't afford to eat it every day.

When we got back, Shen Yu was in the studio on the ground floor looking at the back-end data on the screen, and Asaba Li Xiang was sitting next to him watching it, and every now and then he would sneak a bump on his shoulder, very close to him.

"What for."

"I didn't mean to da!"

"I think you're doing it on purpose."

"The wheels of the chair keep wanting to roll your way and there's nothing I can do about it ......"

"Well, can't you go back to your own seat and sit?"

"You're warmer here ......"

The afternoon sun was nice and both of them were in a good mood, so Shen Yu didn't bother with her, she looked like she hadn't grown up all day and it was fun to just touch him.

When Shen Yu picked up his mobile phone, Li Xiang wanted to peek at who he was talking to, but he turned his head away from it.

"Ding..."

Li Xiang's mobile phone vibrates and she picks it up to see that it is Shen Yu who has sent her her salary.

Li Xiang's salary of 60,000 yuan and Shen Yu's bonus of 40,000 yuan made up the full 100,000 yuan.

"It's yours, don't tell anyone, take it secretly for yourself."

"It's too much!!! I dare not ask for it!!!"

Asaba Li Xiang waved her hand repeatedly, she had never earned so much money, her father only gave her 8,000 yuan a month for living expenses, and she only earned less than 30,000 yuan in total for drawing her own comics, 100,000 yuan was a lot more for her!

"Take it, it's not like I'm going to do anything to you ......"

"It doesn't have to be so much! Shen Yu don't ever be partial to me, you have to save for yourself, you'll need a lot of money for your wedding later."

"Who's biased ...... you deserve it, just the script and those original drawings, stand-ups and so on, it's worth over 60,000, and then you saved me money on advertising, if you hadn't been helping with video traffic, we probably wouldn't have even sold 5,000 copies thanks to you. "

Li Xiang suddenly felt useful as she watched Shen Yu sincerely thank her.

And he must be biased, Li Xiang likes him to be biased.

"Does Shen Yu find me useful too?"

"Well ...... can you ask some logical questions?"

"Isn't that a logical question?"

"Not at all."

"Hmph~"

Li Xiang thought about it and took the $100,000, but she transferred another dollar back to Shen Yu.

"Why turn a piece for me."

"Ninety-nine...it sounds better."

"Then why don't you give me more of a spin, I think eighty-eight...sounds better."

"No!"

After all, it's a game that two people make together, so it's a wonderful feeling when you make money. It's like the feeling of a young couple who have been working together on a stall all day and finally come home at night and sit cross-legged on the bed together to count their money.

"Shen Yu, you've made a lot of money too, what are you going to do with it?" Li Xiang came up to Shen Yu and bumped him again.

Her body is soft and Shen Yu's shoulders are hard.

"This is enough money for what, when the winter break comes, I plan to rent an office outside and recruit a few people then ......"

"Me me me me!"

Asaba Li Xiang was the first to raise her hand, and before Shen Yu could finish, she said, "I want to be the first official employee!"

Shen Yu said breathlessly, "You are on an international student visa and you can sign an employment contract?"

"Well, then, I can apply for it."

"Where's your comic? No more drawing?"

"It's okay, Matsushima said I could take my time, and it's inspirational, it's not like I can just draw whenever I feel like it, so I'll draw when I'm free, okay, okay, I'll be the first official employee! I'll be the first official employee!"

Shen Yu did not refuse her, after all, Li Xiang was really useful after all this time.

"I'm going to be your little secretary!"

Shen Yu was sipping his water and almost sputtered as he listened.

"What do you think listed big companies are? I need some kind of secretary!"

"It's just a little assistant, because there's not much I can do, I can help you serve tea and make coffee, no one else does it as well as me for sure, I'm very attentive."

Shen Yu thought about it and it's really quite beautiful, a little secretary or something, it's great to think about.

"Let's talk about it then, pack up and go."

"Mmmmmm! Still bringing clothes back? Do you want to stay at home tonight?"

"I don't live anymore, I'll be back after dinner, I still have classes tomorrow."

With that, Li Xiang went upstairs to pack her things.

She was going home with Shen Yu later because her mother had asked Shen Yu to bring her home for dinner because she was going back to Yokohama for New Year's Eve in a couple of days.

......

Time flies, it's been a busy week or two, almost all about the game going live, and in the blink of an eye it's the 23rd today.

Li Xiang's flight has been booked for the morning of the 26th at 9am and she will be back on the morning of the 5th of January.

Since they met, the longest they had gone without seeing each other was eight hours of sleep, and this was the first time they had gone without seeing each other for as long as ten days.

Shen Yu had mixed feelings, he felt he should be happy, but he always felt a bit lost.

The sun has been shining nicely these days and there is something warm and cosy about basking in the sun on a winter's day.

In the yard, on the shelf made by Shen Yu, there are still five pieces of bacon drying, which started on the 6th and will be ready to be put away today.

Although it was the first time I had made bacon, Li Xiang's work was very good, with a light savoury smell and a beautiful colour.

Shen Yu put the bacon away in the fridge, Li Xiang packed up her things and took a jar of pickled radish from the kitchen, another piece of bacon, and things like pickled beans and plums that she had made.

"Aunty heard I was making these and she was keen to try them, so I'll take some back to her."

"It's 'going over' not 'going back'."

"Gee, Shen Yu don't care about the details, okay, it's not like it makes any difference."

"You added my mother to WeChat?"

"Mmmmmm!"

Li Xiang also opened WeChat to show Shen Yu.

Shen Yu saw a trio of people chatting: Asaba Li Xiang, Zhang Xiaoru and Shen Deyou.

What does that mean?

Who is the biological one!

"What did you talk about ......"

Shen Yu said he was about to take her phone and look at it, but Li Xiang hurriedly took it into her arms to prevent him from grabbing it: "I won't tell you!"

Shen Yu's face is stony.

He had just seen that Li Xiang and Mum and Dad's trio were full of news, much of it new.

He looked at his own and his father and mother's three groups of people, the last chat record is three months ago, on the top of a large list are all the mother sent over a variety of what: pork can not eat ah, chicken can not eat ah, who who who again all day on the computer died suddenly ah, the top ten advice to young people ah ...... and other kinds of shocking news, and brainwashing It's not like Li Xiang's group, where the conversation is so hot.

"I'm telling you, if my mother talks to you about anything weird, don't take it seriously."

"All right, all right, Vakalimacita!"

Li Xiang carries a full load of stuff, Shen Yu never goes home empty-handed, but she always takes something with her, like bacon and pickled radish, which she makes herself.

When she got into the car and fastened her seatbelt, she pulled the small make-up mirror on the car to fix her hair, and opened her handbag and took out a bottle of moisturiser and squeezed a little into it, rubbing the back of her hands and face.

"Shen Yu Do you want to apply it? It's good, it's dry in winter, it's good to apply this!"

"I don't want it."

"Your face is a bit dry, I'll send you a bottle when we get back, just put it on at night when you go to bed."

"I don't want it."

It took about half an hour to get back, but with Li Xiang along, the journey wasn't boring, although she was always talking.

Shen Yu rarely listens to music in her car, so Li Xiang felt it was a bit quiet, so she put on her own songs and listened to them.

Shen Yu and Li Xiang didn't understand it because it was in Cantonese, but music is a common thing and you can taste the emotions in it when you listen to it quietly.

"What about you, what are you going to do with the 100,000 you've earned now?" Shen Yu asked, seemingly offhandedly, as he gazed at the road ahead.

"Me?"

Li Xiang thought about it and said, "I plan to save up ah, because I do not need so much money now, later on the wedding to buy a house or something, also need a lot of money, when Shen ...... my husband can not afford it, we will buy together ah, I do not earn a lot of money, it is my good luck. The first thing you need to do is to save a little every month, and you'll have a lot more."

Shen Yu felt a warmth in her heart and whispered, "Your future husband shouldn't be so bad."

"It's not like you have to be able to afford a house to be great."

Li Xiang said, "I like him, so he's the best!"