Chapter 1 A Pleasant Start to the Day

After ordering a breakfast delivery from Moyu Takeout, Qiao Liang could finally refresh his phone with a clear mind.

He hadn't dared to earlier, fearing spoilers. His Moments and fan groups were likely riddled with them, and one slip could ruin the experience.

But now, Qiao Liang had watched all the plot of "Mission and Choice," safe from any spoilers!

It was already dawn, the fan groups were completely silent, and the Moments posts boasting movie tickets had long been buried.

Various forums still had many posts discussing the plot of "Mission and Choice," but most of them added a "spoiler alert" tag, avoiding any negative impact on those who hadn't seen the movie.

Qiao Liang flipped through the fan group's chat history and browsed the online posts discussing "Mission and Choice."

"As expected, great minds think alike. Everyone can see that this movie is well-made!"

"But everyone is repeating the same praises. We still need to wait for professional film critics to blow rainbow farts for it to be truly impressive."

Qiao Liang continued browsing the online posts, still immersed in savoring the plot of "Mission and Choice."

However, netizens' praise for "Mission and Choice" was too limited, mostly uninformative words like "awesome." It became a little aesthetically tiring after a while.

It's more interesting to read professional analyses from film critics.

Because "Mission and Choice" didn't have any previews, professional film critics couldn't watch the movie before its release, and naturally couldn't write reviews in advance.

The word-of-mouth for "Mission and Choice" would probably explode around noon.

By then, the daytime audience would have seen the plot, various film reviews would be released, and the scores would stabilize. "Mission and Choice" would surely usher in a new wave of moviegoing.

Qiao Liang continued browsing the forums and suddenly realized something.

"Huh? Why aren't many people mentioning the game?"

Even in the movie forums, most posts about "Mission and Choice" in the game forums were also discussing the movie!

"Have you guys seen Tenda's new movie, 'Mission and Choice'? It's so good! I never thought this classic domestic trash game could have such a day!"

"I saw it, but after watching it, it's even more confusing. Wouldn't this theme be more suitable for a game? Why did they choose to make a movie?"

"Maybe the game will be released soon, who knows?"

"Maybe they think RTS games are dead, and it's not profitable to make them? At least movies can earn box office revenue."

"I don't believe it. How could President Pei, a business genius, do anything that doesn't make money?"

Seeing these people discussing this, Qiao Liang was both anxious and amused.

Still guessing when the game will come out?

It's already out, you just haven't noticed!

Qiao Liang's first feeling was that this was quite outrageous. There were at least a few million loyal single-player game players in China staring at Tenda Games, and yet "Mission and Choice" was released, and no one noticed? Only he played it?

That's a bit ridiculous!

But Qiao Liang thought about it and realized it made sense. Tenda's operation was like a big filter, filtering through several layers.

To discover the remastered version of "Mission and Choice" like Qiao Liang, you need to meet the following conditions simultaneously.

First, you must purchase the original "Mission and Choice" in the "Domestic Classic Games Collection."

Second, after purchasing, you must keep the game itself and not delete it.

Finally, at dawn today, you have to check the update content pushed by "Mission and Choice" or enable automatic updates and notice the downloaded content to know that the original client of "Mission and Choice" has been replaced!

The first condition alone eliminates 99% of the players. Everyone's money isn't blown in by the wind. Everyone knows that "Mission and Choice" is an extremely trash game. At the same price, you can buy some discounted AAA games. Who would buy this trash game?

If you have too much money, you can throw it into the water, at least you can hear a splash. What's the point of buying a trash game?

The second and third conditions are also difficult because even if you buy it for collection, there's no need to keep its client on your computer, let alone pay attention to its update content. Because all players know that this company has gone bankrupt, and no one will update this game.

Moreover, the current time is dawn.

This update package was pushed around midnight, probably at the same time as the movie.

Those players who are really paying attention should have gone to the cinema to watch the movie, and those who didn't buy tickets have gone to sleep.

Players like Qiao Liang who accidentally opened the original version of "Mission and Choice" should be one in a million.

Obviously, without Qiao Liang, it would take a long time for other players to discover the update of the "Mission and Choice" game.

Thinking of this, Qiao Liang instantly got excited.

"As expected, I am President Pei's soulmate!"

"What is President Pei making so many arrangements for?"

"To prevent players from discovering the remastered version of 'Mission and Choice'? To save everyone money?"

"How is that possible!"

"It must be to give everyone a surprise!"

"Appearing in this way is more ritualistic!"

Qiao Liang suddenly understood President Pei's intention.

If he simply released a game called "Mission and Choice Remastered," most people wouldn't associate it with "Mission and Choice," but would think that these are two completely different games.

But President Pei's cleverness lies in letting "Mission and Choice Remastered" be reborn from the dead corpse of "Mission and Choice," which has a very strong symbolic meaning!

It symbolizes the end of the shameful era more than ten years ago, the rebirth of the game "Mission and Choice," and also heralds the arrival of a new era to all players!

And these are all hidden in the "Domestic Classic Games Collection," hidden in the game "Mission and Choice," waiting for players to discover.

Thinking of this, Qiao Liang decided to post a Weibo.

"Thank you for the gift that President Pei gave to all domestic single-player game players on this special day!"

Then, he took a screenshot from his computer, which was the current game capacity of "Mission and Choice" at dozens of gigabytes, and posted it below this Weibo as a picture.

After posting the Weibo, the takeout arrived.

Qiao Liang finished his breakfast, feeling relaxed, and happily went to bed.

He had completed his phase mission, letting all domestic game players know about the existence of the "Mission and Choice" remastered version.

Next, he had to rest well, recharge his batteries, get up for lunch, and then go to see the movie "Mission and Choice." After watching the movie, he would play "Fantasy Battle Remastered," and finally create a "God-Tier Work" video.

What a perfect arrangement!

Qiao Liang was satisfied and quickly fell asleep in bed.

In his dream, he seemed to see the booming development of domestic single-player games, with various AAA masterpieces emerging and occupying a place in the world's game circle...

...

At the same time, Pei Qian had just gotten up.

He looked at his watch, it was 8:00 AM.

Originally, today was Saturday, and he should have slept in for a while, but Pei Qian tossed and turned in bed for a long time, but couldn't fall asleep.

He was simply worried!

Yesterday, he made a point of going to bed at 11 o'clock, neither watching the midnight premiere of "Mission and Choice" nor paying attention to online discussions.

He simply turned off his phone and pretended to be an ostrich, just in case he ended up crying in the cinema like last time.

If nothing went wrong, the movie "Mission and Choice" had been released at dawn today, and the game had been updated.

"The game is hidden so deep, it should last for two or three days, right?"

"The movie is a bit of a concern, but the screening rate isn't high, and there's very little publicity. Even if there's some word-of-mouth, as long as it doesn't break through, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Now that things had come to this, Pei Qian could only comfort himself like this.

After washing up, he sat on the sofa, picked up his phone, but hesitated.

He had the tension of checking grades after an exam.

The difference was that checking grades meant the lower the score, the more uncomfortable you feel, while Pei Qian now felt more uncomfortable the better the score...

Pei Qian couldn't help but think of the promotional strategies from a while ago.

"Meng Chang is really useless to look at. He made a series of fierce operations in the beginning, but then suddenly dropped the ball!"

"He patted his chest and told me to trust him. Trust him my ass!"

"Forget it, forget it, he's not completely useless. At least he suppressed the early hype. Anyway, it's his commission that's being deducted, not mine..."

Whenever Pei Qian thought of the early promotional work for "Mission and Choice," he got angry.

Meng Chang acted like he knew everything, patted his chest, and took on all the promotional work. Everything was going smoothly at first, but as the movie's release approached, it suddenly collapsed!

First, it was Fanqi Media's Weibo, and then the new hero of GOG. The hype that had been suppressed with great difficulty suddenly rose again!

Pei Qian saw it and felt anxious, but he couldn't intervene.

He could only comfort himself that Meng Chang should know what he was doing and was probably in seclusion thinking about countermeasures.

After preparing himself mentally for a long time, Pei Qian turned on his phone.

As soon as he turned it on, all kinds of messages started bombarding him!

"President Pei, congratulations, the movie's word-of-mouth has exploded, it's destined to be a masterpiece!"

"The movie's attendance rate is very good today, and the cinemas are already increasing our screenings!"

"#Lu Zhiyao's Acting Skills# is trending again!"

"The part where Lu Zhiyao and Aeeis have a dialogue at the end of the movie is receiving enthusiastic responses, and our Fully Automatic Smart Argument Machine is selling like crazy again!"

"President Pei, your approach of putting the remastered version of 'Mission and Choice' into the original game is amazing! Players are discussing it now, and in a few hours, they've pushed 'Mission and Choice' into the top five of the official platform's best-selling list. It's probably a matter of minutes before it reaches the top!"

Among these messages, some were sent by the heads of various departments, and some were sent by friends like Lin Chang and Wu Yue. In short, they were all good news!

The most outrageous were the messages that Lin Chang sent at dawn yesterday.

"President Pei, are you watching the midnight premiere? The movie is about to start!"

"[Picture] (The cinema is packed)"

More than two hours later.

"Amazing! This movie is simply amazing!"

"Needless to say, this movie will definitely be a hit!"

"President Pei, the last part of the plot is amazing, with twists and turns. I never thought that Captain Qin Yi would be betrayed in the end and become the Zerg Overlord! Can you reveal what the next plot will be like? I can't wait to see the sequel!"

"It's so unexpected that Lu Zhiyao can perform a one-man show so well!"

A few minutes later, Lin Chang probably called Pei Qian and found that his phone was turned off.

"President Pei, are you already asleep? This confidence is admirable..."

"By the way, I'll be in Jingzhou tomorrow at noon. President Pei, please do me the honor of having a drink together. Regarding Awan's matter, the old man has new instructions and asked me to communicate them."

After reading this long string of chat records, Pei Qian fell silent.

Qin Yi was betrayed in the end and became the Zerg Overlord?

Did I just... get spoiled?

He had never watched the entire movie "Mission and Choice" from beginning to end. He didn't watch the midnight premiere yesterday, so he still didn't know what the specific plot was.

As a result, Lin Chang spoiled everything...

Obviously, Lin Chang would never have thought that President Pei, the boss of Tenda Group, the source of the movie's ideas, and a gold-medal screenwriter, wouldn't know the plot of "Mission and Choice"...

Originally, Pei Qian didn't want to pay attention to him. "Mission and Choice" suddenly had a successful opening, and Pei Qian was feeling uncomfortable, so he didn't have the mood to have dinner with him.

But then he saw that Lin Chang said it was about Lin Wan, and Pei Qian thought about it and felt that he should meet him.

What if the old man suddenly saw the light and was ready to let Lin Wan go back to inherit the family business?

Please take Lin Wan away, I really can't handle it anymore!

Since Pei Qian arranged for Lin Wan to go to Shang Yang Games, Lin Wan had successfully completed several projects. Although her presence in these projects wasn't particularly strong, her resume already looked very good.

But the more successful projects there were, the more flustered Pei Qian became.

Pei Qian felt that he should say a few good words about Lin Wan in front of Lin Chang this time and hint to the old man: Lin Wan now has the ability to stand on her own, it's time for her to go back and share your worries!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian immediately replied: "Okay, then we'll meet at noon!"