Chapter 57:
After chatting until late into the night, the three finally fell into a deep sleep.
In the following days, Tang Yu kept an eye on the movements of domestic game studios while urging the renovation team to speed up the villa refurbishment.
In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
On this day, Tang Yu, Hu Tao, and Silver Wolf got up early, drove toward the villa.
On the road, Hu Tao seemed quite excited.
She sat in the back seat, greeting the viewers through the camera: "Hello everyone~ Long time no see."
Seeing the mischievous Hu Tao, the netizens were overjoyed.
During this period, only Tang Yu had been appearing in the live room. The viewers' longing for Hu Tao and Silver Wolf had long become unbearable.
Almost the instant Hu Tao greeted them, the barrage exploded:
{Hu Tao wife, kiss kiss, kiss kiss.} {Hu Tao wife, where are you guys going?} {Wuwuwu! Heaven knows how I've been these past few days—nothing feels right!} {Bros, I feel so good, I'm done, hahaha!} {???? What did you just do??} {.....}
Hu Tao saw these barrages and gave a devilish smile.
She wasn't embarrassed at all.
She had already gotten used to the internet culture of this world.
The fact that netizens treated her as their wife meant she was very popular.
As a girl, who doesn't like being loved by others?
"Hm, we're going to our new home," Hu Tao said, turning the camera toward Silver Wolf, then to Tang Yu who was driving.
"This is our driver. Do you miss him?"
{Aaah! I did miss him at first, but after you and Silver Wolf appeared, I don't anymore.} {LOL! With you two here, who cares about Tang Yu!} {Exactly! Although he's quite handsome and almost as good-looking as me, my sexual orientation is normal, okay!} {.....}
"Hehe!"
Hu Tao couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing when she saw the viewers' barrage.
Tang Yu, who was driving, rolled his eyes and glanced at the phone from the corner of his eye.
"You guys aren't being fair," Tang Yu said with a light smile after looking away.
Silver Wolf covered her mouth and giggled softly, saying nothing.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the foot of Mother Hen Mountain. After repairs, the road leading to the villa had been completely redone.
They drove straight into the villa's small courtyard.
{WTF! So beautiful! This villa must be expensive, right?} {Haha! Actually not that expensive—because it's a haunted house! But it turns out ghosts aren't scary at all.} {Yeah! The cult members lived here for a long time and nothing happened!} {Jealous! Real name envy! Such a big villa!} {.....}
The three walked into the villa's living room, and the viewers immediately felt envious.
Even though it was a haunted house, it was still something many of them could never afford in their lifetime.
Working their whole lives, they still couldn't buy something like this.
This villa had more than a dozen rooms, which made Tang Yu very satisfied.
Now he could boldly purchase other female characters.
After choosing rooms, Tang Yu returned to the living room and found Hu Tao and Silver Wolf already sitting there, chatting and joking with the viewers.
"Have you two chosen your rooms?" Tang Yu sat down opposite the girls and asked.
"Yes, I'm sharing a room with Sister Hu Tao," Silver Wolf said with a smile.
"Alright!" Tang Yu nodded. He wasn't surprised by this.
After all, Hu Tao and Silver Wolf got along extremely well.
Their current relationship could even be described as ironclad best friends.
In the live room, when the viewers heard the three's conversation, they became even more envious!
{Wuwuwu! I also want to live with Hu Tao!} {Tsk tsk tsk! Really, I'd even sleep on the floor as long as it's the same room.} {Haha! You guys are such simps! Unlike me—I only love Tang Yu. Just to clarify, I'm a guy.} {.....}
Hu Tao handed the phone to Tang Yu, letting him interact with the viewers.
She was afraid that if she kept reading the barrage, she wouldn't be able to hold back her laughter.
Tang Yu took the phone and glanced at the barrage as well.
"You guys… you're all craving Hu Tao and Silver Wolf's bodies, right? Let me tell you, actually…" Tang Yu's mouth curved up, but before he could finish, he noticed two pairs of eyes staring at him from across the table.
With killing intent!
He quickly changed his words and said with a cheeky grin: "Actually, I'm craving them too. Who doesn't like 2D beautiful girls?"
Hearing this, Hu Tao and Silver Wolf finally withdrew their gazes and returned to their cute expressions.
{Hahaha! You're craving them? Then you have the advantage—water near the pavilion gets the moon first!} {Exactly! You've been living with them for so long. I refuse to believe nothing has happened!} {Upstairs, don't talk nonsense! My Hu Tao wife and Silver Wolf wife are pure and innocent.} {Wuwu! Actually, even if they've been… it wouldn't stop me from liking them. As long as they're happy, I'm happy.} {....}
The viewers' barrage was getting more and more off-track.
This left Tang Yu quite helpless.
He didn't want to continue on this topic.
It would be bad if it attracted the attention of the super admins.
So, he faked a couple of coughs and said to the camera: "Family, I mentioned before that I want to make a game. Now there's some progress."
{Huh? You're really going to make a game? We thought you were joking!} {Tell us! What's the progress?} {You said you'd acquire a game studio—did you do it?} {.....}
The viewers were successfully distracted by Tang Yu and began asking about the game.
Tang Yu smiled lightly: "I'll contact that game studio right now. Watch this!"
With that, he took out his spare phone and made a call.
At the same time.
Shanghai.
Bu Fan Studio.
In the conference room.
Eleven staff members were holding a meeting.
Sitting at the head was the founder of Bu Fan Studio, Da Wei.
On both sides of the conference table sat five men and five women. They all shared one common trait: they were young.
"Boss, are you really going to dissolve the studio?" a female employee looked at Da Wei in the main seat and asked softly.
The others also turned their gazes toward Da Wei, waiting for his answer.
Da Wei had average looks, but one distinctive feature: a particularly large mole on his nose. A single hair grew from the mole.
At this moment, he stroked that hair and said softly: "Yes. Ever since we lost the lawsuit against Penguin, all our investors have withdrawn their funds."
"I don't have much money left. As you all know, to keep this studio running, I've already sold my house, car, everything. Now I eat and sleep here in the studio."
At this point, Da Wei could no longer continue. His eyes were filled with mist.
But he was still a man. He quickly forced down his emotions.
He said softly: "We can't hold on anymore. There's no money."
Silence!
Everyone fell silent.
They had gathered together because of their love for games.
But love can't be eaten as food.
Da Wei, as the boss, could throw everything away.
But the others— to be honest, they could accept lower salaries, but they couldn't accept no salary at all.
Let alone contributing their own money to support the studio.
"Boss… maybe we can hold on a little longer. We can go without salary. I refuse to believe no one will invest in us," the female employee who spoke first spoke up again.
Da Wei shook his head, his face full of disappointment: "It won't happen. No one will invest in us anymore. This time, we offended Penguin."
"But this time, it was clearly Penguin's fault!"
"They copied our ideas, copied our content. We did nothing wrong."
"They relied on their size and power to steal our achievements and then made the game faster than us!"
The others' emotions were getting out of control. They all started speaking up.
Da Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Others won't believe that. In the end, it's because we have no background. Sigh!"
At this point, everyone fell silent again.
In this society, having no background or backing was itself a sin.
"Ring ring ring…"
At that moment, Da Wei's pocket vibrated, emitting a ringing sound.
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