"Are you tired of the modern city made of steel and want to feel the forest streams and the fragrance of birds and flowers? Are you depressed by the unchanging black fog and thick clouds and want to see the endless mountains, rivers and seas? Are you troubled by illness and weakness? Do you want to run in the sunshine healthily, or even become a super human in the comics?"
"Come here, wear gold and armor and become a general, and feel the heroic ambition of fighting on the battlefield with gold and iron horses!"
"Come here, become a knight when encountering injustice, and experience the pleasure of flying across the rivers and lakes!
"Come here, become an immortal, a Buddha, a demon, and experience the ultimate romance of immortality, flying into the sky and entering the earth!"
"The virtual world "Datang" created by Montnets with passion will give you the most ultimate gaming experience!"
Between several skyscrapers, a huge translucent virtual screen projected by the equipment is playing a huge advertisement of Montnets in a loop.
"Ahem, to tell you the truth, I used to be a street boy in the Lower Ten District."
The face of a young man with short hair and thin cheeks suddenly appeared on the advertising screen: "Like many people, I don't have a stable job. I can only make a living by working here and there to make a little money..."
"When I got sick, I had no money for treatment. I endured the pain every day and had to do manual labor... I had no money to buy gifts for my girlfriend, so she broke up with me and got together with a white-collar employee with a stable salary..."
"But it wasn't until recently that I started playing Montnets' game "Datang", and my life began to change dramatically!"
The short-haired young man's voice was full of incitement and his eyes were shining brightly.
"Everyone knows that birth status in "Datang" is random! It is undeniable that some props can increase the chance of becoming a noble status, but we ordinary people in the Lower Ten Districts, as long as we persevere and try a few more lives, the same There is a chance to be assigned a good role! And even if you are just an ordinary person, it doesn’t mean you won’t have adventures!”
"For example, a week ago, when the Tang Dynasty server was launched, I was accidentally assigned to a 'farmer'. I thought I would spend my whole life farming, but I didn't expect that I actually dug up a treasure chest buried by my ancestors in my field. , which contains a full three hundred taels of gold! Through this, I earned my first pot of gold."
"Then I bought a secret book of internal strength, started practicing, and became a policeman in the local county... There, I met my confidante! Xiaoxia, who was assigned the role of the county magistrate's daughter... In reality, she is the mist area A company clerk, thank Datang for letting us get to know each other, now...she is my girlfriend."
"The gold, silver and jewelry in "The Tang Dynasty" can be exchanged for common points in reality... When I was a policeman in "The Tang Dynasty", I earned more than many white-collar workers in reality! I now regard it as my main job. The job is done.”
"As long as I work hard for a while, I can buy a house in the foggy area and get married to Xiaoxia... From a street boy with nothing to now having both love and career, I really want to thank "Datang" for giving me a A life-changing opportunity.”
There seemed to be tears hidden in the eyes of the young man with short hair! The feelings seemed extremely sincere.
The scene changed again, turning into another ragged middle-aged man.
"We have elderly parents to support and ignorant children to take care of. This is a helplessness that only middle-aged people understand... In the Lower Ten District, all we can do is work hard, get up early and stay late, and exchange our health for money." The middle-aged man's voice was deep, a sigh that seemed to express endless exhaustion.
"How many middle-aged people like me are running around for money, and eventually their bodies are exhausted and they are forced to wear mechanical prostheses... But since I played the virtual game "Datang", I seem to have discovered a treasure!"
"As long as you lie down at home and put on the neural access device, you can wander in the world of the game... You can also work in the game, such as farming, iron smelting, carpentry, brickwork... and it will not damage you in real life. body! People like me can finally have a good rest and earn money to support their families."
"I have been working in "Datang" for a week, and now I have become a famous local blacksmith. People from dozens of miles away come to me to make weapons and agricultural tools."
The middle-aged man talked for a while, and then the screen changed...
Countless advertisements are playing in a loop over the streets and alleys of the Lower Ten Districts.
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Montnets headquarters building.
On the 42nd floor, in the huge conference room.
"After the first week of promotional rewards, how is the data of online players?" A middle-aged man in white clothes with black hair mixed with white silk asked calmly.
Soon a person in charge reported: "The number of online players has dropped by about 5%, and they are basically players from the lower ten districts. However, it is still far from our estimated 12% decline."
"That estimated value is a joke." The middle-aged man in white sneered, "Those untouchables in the Lower Ten Districts all dream of turning their backs on themselves, not to mention the one in a thousand chance of being assigned a good identity, even if it is ten thousand. One in one, one in a hundred thousand, will still sharpen its head and rush in desperately.
"Besides, the restaurants in the game have so many delicacies cooked with original ecological ingredients, and the brothels have so many cheap and beautiful prostitutes controlled by AI... Countless enjoyments that they cannot get in reality can be obtained in the game! Once Let them taste the sweetness, even if the time reward is cancelled, they still can’t stop.”
The little person in charge smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Mr. Qi is right."
"Next, maintain the stability of the server, optimize the identity allocation algorithm, and give those untouchables a little sweetness at the appropriate time... During this period, we must stick to these online players in the Lower Ten Districts, the company Their participation is indispensable for our next big plan!”
The middle-aged man in white distributed the tasks, and everyone quickly took their orders and left.
The middle-aged man glanced at a seat next to him... This seat had been empty during the meeting just now.
"Xiaojing..." A trace of pain flashed in his eyes, but he quickly shook his head, his eyes returned to indifference, and several video calls were placed on the virtual screen at the same time.
Soon they were all connected, and four people appeared on the other side.
Astonishingly, they were the four pampered people who originally presented "gifts" to the God Lord Arachne!
"Everything is ready. The poor people in the lower ten districts are still in the net, and not many are out of control." The middle-aged man in white surnamed Qi looked very respectful and bowed slightly.
"Okay, we are contacting other companies, please continue to be stable here." One of the handsome men with an almost transparent face nodded, "A thousand places need to be negotiated one by one. Those guys like to bargain the most... …So it will be at least another two weeks before it’s finalized.
"But don't worry, the company has taken the absolute initiative in this reshuffle of interests, and it will definitely make a fortune! When it is done, you will naturally be given the rewards you deserve!"
"Everything will be decided by the board of directors." The man in white had a very low attitude.
