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Chapter 325: 206 Let's Work Overtime (second shift)_1
Chapter 325: 206 Let's Work Overtime (second shift)_1
Chapter 325: Chapter 206 Let’s Work Overtime (second shift)_1
[For the first time, I felt like I fed my youth to the dogs, Druid Entertainment, you’re amazing!]
[I was just a passerby before, but now I must support Wang. Druid Entertainment, you’ve gone too far!]
[I admit Druid Entertainment had a lot of interesting games before and we had some good times. I bought quite a few pirated copies back in the day, but later I paid it back triple. I even kept recommending Druid Entertainment’s games to others, but now I feel like a clown.]
[I always believed Druid Entertainment was just in a temporary slump. When I saw “Fallen Mecha,” I thought they were making a comeback. In fact, they did come back, from a dung pit, and smeared shit all over my face in the process.]
The verbal and written attacks against Druid Entertainment had turned into a trend, even to the point where Bilibili temporarily suspended its partnership with the company, but Druid Entertainment had yet to make any response.
As the situation escalated, some Huaxia people who had worked for Druid Entertainment began to make anonymous contributions, and the reason behind the early release of “Fallen Mecha” was finally unearthed.
Druid Entertainment was about to be acquired.
It wasn’t clear yet who the buyer was, only that they would purchase most of Druid Entertainment’s shares on the day of the acquisition as per the agreement, completing the transfer of equity.
The early release was to accommodate the market manipulators, driving up the company’s stock price in order to sell themselves at a higher price.
Thanks to the sales of “Fallen Mecha,” Druid Entertainment’s stock had risen from $70 to $90, allowing every shareholder to profit from the process.
However, it remained unknown whether “Fallen Mecha” would continue to be developed after the sale, or whether the grand promises made by the development team would be fulfilled.
What enraged domestic players even more was that 38% of “Fallen Mecha’s” sales were contributed by them.
Moreover, the domestic version of the game was generally more expensive by $30 to $50.
It didn’t even come with a collector’s set, which was given for free with the standard edition overseas!
The reason it treated domestic players so poorly was entirely because it wanted to milk them dry and leave. It didn’t even attempt to hide its scumbag nature, wanting to disgust people on its way out.
Wang’s predicament wasn’t so simple either, with some suspecting that the mysterious buyer wasn’t particularly fond of Huaxia. A casual suggestion was all it took for Druid Entertainment to take the opportunity of the second video to cause trouble, completely severing its ties with Huaxia.
After all, the game was nearly sold out, so they didn’t care anymore.
One by one, the company’s despicable actions came to light, revealing the true face of Druid Entertainment, now fully controlled by capitalistic interests.
“Refund RNM” became the mainstream call, and in the hearts of players, the Druid Entertainment that had produced many quality games was no more, leaving behind nothing but a reincarnation from filth.
But by then, the company had already fled overseas, preparing to boost its reputation with upcoming competitions, then inflate the stock price again, and sell itself off completely.
Even so, there were still people claiming Druid Entertainment was not to blame, that the domestic players were at fault—if we had “pleased” them more comfortably, none of this would have happened, right?
Fang Cheng Studio noticed this as well.
Huang Ping, who had just purchased the deluxe edition, saw the news and began to lose his hair, following in Mr. Shen’s footsteps.
He was also a fan of Druid Entertainment. He had been playing “Fallen Mecha” and even used to recommend various Druid Entertainment games to Monkey every day.
What he didn’t expect was that all his past recommendations had turned into boomerangs, and now one was lodged in his chest.
It really hurt.
But he felt utterly helpless.
He could even imagine the Druid Entertainment executives popping champagne, mocking the stupidity of the domestic players while watching their soaring stock prices ecstatically, devoid of their initial passion.
He could only turn his anger into motivation, imagining all the monsters in the game as Druid Entertainment, letting his mecha smash them into meat pulp, venting his inner rage.
Fang Cheng also saw the related reports and understood what Wang Say Games had gone through.
After this blow, Wang Say Games hadn’t updated for several days and had even stopped streaming.
The fans in the chat group had become much more subdued and advanced the way they addressed Wang to “Sir.”
The words Druid, Entertainment were banned in the chat, which annoyed some of the forum regulars who were not used to it, feeling something was off without being able to use their key mantra.
Logging into his own account, Fang Cheng straightforwardly messaged: [Are you there?]
A few minutes later, Wang Say Games replied: [Yes.]
Seeing the reply, Fang Cheng wasn’t quite sure why he had asked in the first place.
After pondering his feelings, Fang Cheng was surprised to find he was somewhat angry.
It seemed that, without realizing it, Fang Cheng had come to see Wang Say Games as half a colleague, which rounded up to half a Protector.
Savoring this rare emotional moment, Fang Cheng took quite a while before replying: [Take care.]
[Yeah.]
After the exchange, Fang Cheng looked around at the employees in the office.
Huang Ping was full of rage; he too felt betrayed. This fury made his eyes bulge, and it seemed as if sparks were flying from his back teeth.