As soon as Ke Jin saw her expression, he knew she was just bluffing.
But the problem was, she said it with such conviction, he almost believed her himself.
Even his father was taken aback, "Is the gaming industry really so profitable now?"
"Absolutely. Just take my brother, for example. He told me that the game he made, what was it, Love King? It can make a million in a single day!"
"Pfft!" Ke Jin nearly spat out his drink from the side.
Naturally, he received another scolding from Ke Jun.
Before long, Mrs. Ke brought the food to the dining table.
Under the pretext of not wanting to disturb Ke Yu's studies, Ke Jin voluntarily delivered the meals to Ke Yu's room.
In the living room, the adults' convivial lunch finally ended amidst clinking glasses and laughter.
After the meal, Aunt Zhou left with her little cousin.
Ke Jun, however, started to murmur to himself.
"My dear, I just heard from Xiao Zhou that her cousin recently developed a new game that's blasting off, earning a million a day. Tsst tsst tsst... That's more than what I've earned teaching for ten years. Is the gaming industry really that lucrative now?"
"You're listening to her nonsense." Mrs. Ke wiped her hands nonchalantly: "She's just vain. After seeing our house and how we're doing well, owning property in the city, while she still has to rent with her child, she's probably feeling unbalanced inside. She just picked a topic at random to cover up her own embarrassment."
"Exactly," Ke Jin nodded in agreement.
"Her cousin indeed, I could say he's my cousin too," Mrs. Ke said.
"That's right... oh wait, no," Ke Jin quickly shook his head.
I could be anyone's cousin, but definitely not yours, Mom.
But Ke Jun was stubborn, shaking his head with pedantic seriousness, "We don't have evidence to prove someone is bluffing, it might be true. Do not dismiss someone's success so hastily."
Then, his gaze fell on his own good-for-nothing son.
Thinking about how, after graduation, his son had interviewed with a hundred companies and not one wanted him, how he loafed around at home every day, grinning foolishly, it irritated him more.
"You good-for-nothing, look at Aunt Zhou's cousin. He's about your age and already holding his own on that vibrant internet platform, having created such a successful career for himself!"
"And then there's you, goofing off all day. If you could even reach one percent of what Aunt Zhou's cousin has achieved, I would be at peace."
"Sigh."
He shook his head as if lamenting his inability to make steel from iron.
But no matter how useful or not, he was still his own son.
Ke Jun didn't want to criticize any further and was about to return to his room when he paused, then turned his head to look at his wife.
His expression changed from scolding his son to being meek and submissive.
"My dear, this weekend, I, um... cough, made plans with a colleague to go fishing..."
Mrs. Ke responded with both annoyance and amusement, "How big of a fish can you catch this time?"
"This big! Definitely this big this time!" Ke Jun gestured with his arms wide apart, "At least 20 kilograms!"
...
After an incident that was more of a farce than a drama, Ke Jin was reminded of something.
The progress of establishing his gaming company needed to be accelerated.
Otherwise, even if he used a pseudonym for his personal game development, the news would eventually be exposed.
After all, every family has an informed young person.
"After Goose Duck Kill is released and I get the ultimate system reward, I'll establish a game company! Even if I have to borrow money, I'll set it up first to pave the way for the future," Ke Jin thought to himself, figuring out the calculations.
Three days passed by like running water.
Ke Yu's foundation in art as a special admission student at a university was truly not in vain.
In just three short days, she devoted herself to helping Ke Jin rush out 12 sets of store skins and various nickname frames, chat boxes, and other effects.
She even exceeded the task requirements!
The immense workload left her with panda eyes, nearly making her unstable on her feet when she got up.
With a stagger, she clung to Ke Jin like a koala: "Bro... I'm dying... wuu wuu wuu... If I die, take Xinlin to the concert... She likes Ni Baibai too!"
"Alright, it's not just about Ni Baibai, I'll even take her to see Copernicus," Ke Jin steadied his sister and pulled out a bank card from his pocket, stuffing it into hers.
"What's this for?" Ke Yu blinked in confusion.
"There's fifteen thousand in the card, the money I made from developing games. You're starting school soon, right? As a girl grows up, she shouldn't scrimp so much. Dress yourself up nicely when you need to. If you need more living expenses, just ask me, don't go to mom and dad. They don't have it easy making money either." Ke Jin said with a smile, gently pinching Ke Yu's face, his voice soft: "You've worked hard these last few days, Baby Yu."
Tears the size of beans suddenly spilled from Ke Yu's eyes, which had only shown weariness. Her lightly bitten lips even trembled like waves, and she threw herself into her elder brother's arms.
"Wuu wuu wuu... Bro, when I go to college, I'll definitely find you a beautiful girlfriend... If one isn't enough, I'll introduce another one! Wuu wuu wuu!"
Listening to these words, both childish and funny, Ke Jin silently patted Ke Yu's back. After soothing her for a while, he coaxed her back to her room to sleep.
Putting on his headphones and with a serious expression, he started the final debugging work on Goose Duck Kill.
After being busy for a while, it was already late at night.
Having run several test plays without detecting any bugs, Ke Jin contacted a cloud service employee.
Huang Chun had already informed him that as soon as everything was ready on his side, he could get in touch anytime to go live.
The early hours are when there are the fewest people around.
Ke Jin specifically chose this time slot to launch the game with the intention of keeping the heat as low as possible.
Once he unlocked the ultimate task, it would be time to truly spread his wings!
After a chat with the cloud platform employee, the integration went without any issues.
"Confirm upload!" Ke Jin pressed the Enter key with force.
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Meanwhile.
At the WWgame platform.
The few night shift employees, who were already drowsy.
Suddenly, they received a call from their new cooperative partner, the cloud-end game platform.
Ke Jin's new game was live!
Suddenly invigorated, they quickly returned to their desks and put on their headsets.
Their fingers flew across the keyboards.
And at the same time.
All channels of the WWgame platform, the homepage banner promotions, were replaced one after another at lightning speed with a brand-new game.
In less than two minutes, all data was synchronized!
Displayed on the WWgame's various channel platforms was a cover design filled with sincerity.
[The new game "Goose Duck Kill" by rising star designer Mr. Ke Jin is here! WWgame joins hands with Cloud-end game for an exclusive launch! Ignite your gaming dream, this summer!]