prynovel Chapter 173 Golden Keyboard Award
Chapter 173 Golden Keyboard Award
Chapter 173 The Golden Keyboard Award (Thanks to North Sea Megaman1412 for their support)
Time flies, and the days pass like an arrow.
There's a theory circulating online that, based on various principles, if a person can live comfortably to 80, then their median lifespan isn't 40, but rather 18.
Therefore, once a person is over 18 years old, their perception of time becomes increasingly dulled, and they always feel that the speed at which each year of their life passes is accelerating.
Many Chinese people feel that a day is incredibly long when they are young and in school, and that time drags on endlessly. However, when they become adults, they feel that a year passes in the blink of an eye. It feels like only a short time has passed since the Spring Festival, but in another six months, it will be the Spring Festival again.
It is now mid-May.
An ordinary workday, an ordinary hot afternoon.
Inside a Luckin Coffee shop, a young man in a suit and tie is answering questions from an interviewer on the other end of the computer with a serious expression.
"Young man, you did well. Now for the last question: please give me a reason why you, a student from a second-tier university, were chosen over other graduates from the class of '92?"
The interviewer maintained a faint smile throughout, but the questions he asked sent a chill down the young man's spine on that sweltering afternoon.
After some stammering and rambling, the young man reluctantly gave a reply that hardly counted as an answer.
The interview session on the computer abruptly ended with the interviewer saying, "Wait for notification."
Looking at the cool black monkey wallpaper on the computer screen, the young man felt a deep sense of helplessness, and his eyes gradually lost their sparkle.
"Looks like I'm going to fail again—" After muttering to himself, the young man was about to close his laptop and leave the coffee shop when a pop-up window suddenly appeared in the lower right corner, interrupting his actions.
[Shocking! China's first world-class gaming award is about to be held!]
The first world-class award in the domestic gaming industry?
Seeing the GG pop-up window that automatically appeared in the lower right corner, the young man paused his finger that was pressing the computer power switch, then touched the mouse and clicked on the GG pop-up window.
As the window opened, after a brief loading period, the full picture of this gaming news appeared before the young people.
"The Golden Keyboard Award, a world-class gaming award hosted by the CEO of Steam Platform?"
"Not only have many internationally renowned games been invited to participate, but Starcard Games has also explicitly stated that 'Black Myth: Wukong' will participate in the inaugural Golden Keyboard Awards?"
Seeing the familiar game name appear in the news, the young man couldn't help but smile wryly.
"What a pity, if Black Myth: Wukong could have been released a year earlier."
The arrival of graduation season forced this young man, who deeply loved games, to completely abandon them and immerse himself in the real world. He simply didn't have the extra time or energy to play the game he had been looking forward to for so long.
The memory of indulging in the game "Black Myth: Wukong" during the Spring Festival is still fresh in his mind, but now, he is just a college graduate from a second-tier university struggling to find a job.
Closing his laptop, the young man tugged at the white shirt and ill-fitting suit jacket stuck to his back, and slowly walked out of the Luckin Coffee shop.
"Manager, is the air conditioning in the store not enough? I see that customer's clothes are soaked with sweat."
"Really? Then take the remote and turn it down a few degrees."
In Hangzhou, at Xingka, in Chen Dong's office.
As the head of development for the game "Black Myth: Wukong," the product development team leader was giving Chen Dong a final report before the game's launch.
"Mr. Chen, 'Black Myth: Wukong' has been developed and is now undergoing final testing. It will only take a week to complete. You can issue the order to the publicity department now."
The team leader smoothed his hair, which resembled an African savanna, and spoke slowly, his voice filled with the weariness of many days of hard work, but his face betrayed an uncontainable excitement and exhilaration.
After all, Black Myth: Wukong, China's first AAA title, has been under development for nearly a year and has long been treated as a child by him and his team. Now, it is time for this child to grow up, leave its parents, and achieve success. How could they not be excited?
Faced with the team leader's suggestion, Chen Dong smiled indifferently, "Given the popularity of 'Black Myth: Wukong,' even without using the publicity department, I believe it won't have a significant impact."
The team leader smiled as well, his eyes filled with the pride parents have for their children after their success.
However, despite this, Chen Dong did not actually let the Star Card's publicity department sit idle.
With the announcement of the upcoming official release of "Black Myth: Wukong", coupled with the promotional efforts of Star Card's marketing department.
Originally, "Black Myth: Wukong" was showing signs of gradually disappearing from the internet, but it suddenly resurfaced and frequently appeared in the sight of fans, players, and even passersby on major video platforms, game forums, and social media.
The sudden surge in popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong" initially puzzled many people. However, after learning more about the game and discovering that the official version was about to be released, their initial confusion turned into a wave of online celebration.
The announcement posted by the official StarCard Games account attracted a large number of comments from fans and players.
"Wow, if Starcard hadn't suddenly released this announcement, I would have thought that the first domestic AAA game was going to be stillborn."
"Upon seeing this announcement, I immediately woke up my great-grandfather who was fast asleep next to me and told him that the game he had been waiting for for many years had finally been settled."
"Thanks to Mr. Ren from the Steam platform. If it weren't for his proposal to present the first world-class game award in China, the development of the 'Black Myth: Wukong' game's star cards might have taken much longer."
"This is another 'once-in-a-lifetime' moment. I was so envious watching others play the beta version during the Chinese New Year. I hope the price of the Star Card isn't too high, since I'm just a student. *sobs*"
In the comments section, apart from these abstract comments, most of the messages expressed support for Star Card, with at most a few joking remarks, while negative comments were nowhere to be found.
There were no insults, no slander, and no mockery; there were only a bunch of jokes about the slow development of Star Card.
Such a harmonious comment section, appearing under an announcement from the official account of a Chinese game developer, is extremely rare.
This alone is enough to make many domestic game developers envious, not to mention the extremely strong loyalty of Star Card fans and Star Card's terrifying popularity among casual users.
Some industry insiders even believe that Starcard's spending money to support its publicity department is practically charity, or it could be said to be providing employment opportunities for society.
After all, much of the work that originally belonged to the Star Card publicity department has been spontaneously done by Star Card fans and even passersby.