Qiao Liang was dumbfounded.

That was it?

That's how you beat the game?

All you get for beating it is one line of text?

You couldn't at least give me a trophy! Or a podium!

If you don't have those art assets, you could at least give me a cheering sound effect!

How much would a cheering sound effect cost you? Are you really that stingy?!

I beat the game in eight hours and all I get is a black screen with a mocking sentence!!!

Qiao Liang felt like he couldn't take it anymore, not physically or mentally.

He was really immersed in the game, really angered to the point of tears!

But, despite the collapse, despite the anger, Qiao Liang still had a little joy in his heart, a little bit of... relief?

Not because he was a masochist, but because he knew these were all valuable materials!

Seeing the up-loader suffer so much, wouldn't the viewers obediently like and forward it?

Qiao Liang checked again and found that his entire eight hours of gameplay had been completely recorded, very complete.

"Just you wait, I'll deal with you when I wake up!"

Qiao Liang said fiercely to the game, then saved the recorded video and fell headfirst onto the bed, falling into a deep sleep.

...

Three days later.

Pei Qian woke up naturally in his dormitory bed, feeling very happy with his life.

During this time, he had readjusted to university life.

Sleeping in every day, not having to worry about going to work, no pressure from KPIs, and no need to see the ugly face of his boss.

In short, it was comfortable!

Of course, it would be even better if he were a little richer.

First thing after getting up, call the system!

[Wealth Conversion System]

[Host: Pei Qian]

[Surplus Conversion Ratio 100:1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1:1]

[Next Settlement Time: 11 days]

[System Funds: 0 (↓50000)]

[Personal Assets: 367]

Seeing the "0" in the system funds, Pei Qian felt a burst of dark satisfaction.

Comfortable!

As for the pitiful number after the personal assets, Pei Qian couldn't do anything about it.

He was already saving as much as possible, but he just couldn't save!

He only had 1,000 yuan for living expenses each month, and even if he ate in the cafeteria for every meal, it still wasn't enough.

After all, the money couldn't all be used for food, and there would always be other daily expenses, right?

Pei Qian was already a little impatient, just waiting for the settlement in 11 days, when all the lost system funds would be converted into personal assets, which would be awesome.

The system funds were still 0, because the game platform's revenue share had not yet reached the company account.

ESRO's official game platform distributes revenue once a week, all automatically by the system. The developer and the platform split the revenue 50/50, which is quite intelligent.

Before the revenue share, if you want to check your income and game download data, you can check in the editor's backend.

In the first two days after the game was released, Pei Qian went to the editor's backend every now and then to take a look, and found that there were really a dozen or so unlucky people who bought and downloaded his game.

After all, it was a new game, and it was on a marginal recommendation spot, so it was normal for a few mindless players to download and play it.

A dozen downloads, after splitting with the platform, only gave Pei Qian a few yuan, which was harmless.

Moreover, these players, as expected, gave one-star negative reviews, which made the score of "Lonely Desert Road" already unbearable, and no mindless players should download it in the future.

After confirming that his game was bound to flop, Pei Qian had a very happy day yesterday, without opening the editor to check.

Although he felt that there would be no difference if he opened the editor's backend today, Pei Qian still opened it subconsciously.

Pei Qian's mentality was very strange.

Other designers open the backend to check their game's data, all expecting it to be as high as possible, wishing that every refresh would add thousands or tens of thousands of downloads;

But Pei Qian opened the backend, hoping that his game's downloads would be as low as possible, preferably a big zero.

"If I'm not mistaken, the number of downloads should still be in the double digits..."

"Damn it?!"

"What happened?!"

Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

He saw that the number of game downloads had reached four digits, and was constantly growing towards five digits!

"Pa."

Pei Qian slapped his forehead with his right hand, almost thinking there was something wrong with his eyes.

"How could there be more than eight thousand people who downloaded my game!"

"And it's about to break ten thousand!"

"There are still ten days until the next system settlement!"

Pei Qian panicked, completely panicked.

Things were a little beyond his expectations.

This was a math problem that even an elementary school student could figure out. More than eight thousand downloads equals more than eight thousand in revenue, and half of that is a net profit of more than four thousand after the platform takes its share.

According to ESRO's standards, most game income is taxed at about 5%, and there are tax incentives for independent games released on the ESRO official platform, so it can basically be ignored.

In other words, when the platform transfers this money to the company account this weekend, the system funds will become more than 4,000!

What does this mean?

Pei Qian earned more than 4,000?

No!

On the contrary, Pei Qian lost more than 4,000!

Originally, Pei Qian lost 50,000 in system funds and earned 50,000 in personal assets.

But now the system funds have earned back more than 4,000, so the net loss is equivalent to 46,000, and the money that Pei Qian can convert has shrunk from 50,000 to 46,000!

What's even more terrifying is that the number of downloads is still growing steadily!

Every time Pei Qian refreshed the backend, the number jumped up, sometimes by dozens, sometimes by hundreds.

Every jump was like rubbing salt into Pei Qian's wounds!

Because, the more he earned here, the less personal assets he could get!

What's more, there are still ten days until the next settlement. If the number of downloads increases tenfold during this time...

Hiss...

Something big is going to happen!

Pei Qian couldn't sit still.

"What does this mean? Is there a bug in the official backend?"

"How could such a garbage game have thousands of downloads? Are you kidding me?"

He still couldn't believe the fact, so he quickly opened the official platform and found the review section of "Lonely Desert Road".

To his shock, the game's rating had not changed much, but the comments had exploded by hundreds!

"Qiao Laoshi tour group!"

"Qiao Laoshi tour group +1"

"I'm laughing to death, there really is such an anti-human garbage game! I've learned something new!"

"I downloaded it, I challenged it, and I retreated after five minutes."

"One yuan, it doesn't seem worth the effort to get a refund, let's spit on it and leave, ptui!"

"I recommended this game to my friend and told him that he must persevere to the end, there are great surprises and easter eggs. And now my friend wants to break up with me, what should I do?"

"Are you even human? I very honestly told my friend that there is nothing at the end of this game, just a black screen and a sentence, and I told him the sentence word for word, but he thought I was lying to him and insisted on seeing it for himself. He hasn't beaten it yet and has already smashed three controllers. I think we're not far from breaking up either."

"Does anyone know the address of this producer? No other meaning, I just want to send him some local specialties."

"It is recommended that everyone not play it, just watch Qiao Laoshi's full gameplay, Qiao Laoshi really recorded it for eight hours..."

"Heh, I'm telling you, this game can indeed trigger some reflections on life, but you can't experience it by fast-forwarding through the video."

"Keep忽悠 (hūyōu, deceive), keep忽悠 (hūyōu)."

"This is true, doesn't the Tang Monk have to go through eighty-one tribulations to get to the Western Paradise? Do you think you can become a Buddha like the Tang Monk just by watching Journey to the West?"

Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

What is all this!

Where did all these comments come from!

Qiao Laoshi tour group???

Could it be that this was favored by some big influencer?

Pei Qian was confused, opened the browser, and searched for the keyword "Qiao Laoshi".

Soon, he found Qiao Laoshi's personal page on Fan Shu website, and saw a video posted a day ago.

"Trash Game Complaints Episode 64: I spent eight hours non-stop playing through a trash game, but..."

The number of views has exceeded 200,000.

Pei Qian was speechless.

He seemed to have found the culprit.