Chapter 10 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The closed beta test was still ongoing. Xu Zhi had maintained his normal routine during the three days of the closed beta test, and was not affected in the slightest.

However, the gossip within the company was getting fiercer and fiercer by the day.

Sometimes, Xu Zhi could hear all kinds of discussions during dinner, but Xu Zhi remained silent about it. Regarding this, many people in the company were saying that President Xu had completely given up on Jumping the Line of Fire. They were saying that he was disheartened, that he had met his Waterloo. They also said that President Xu was powerless to save the situation, that he was going home soon, and so on.

Perhaps others would think so when they saw that Xu Zhi did not care about the data. However, if they could see Xu Zhi’s thoughts, no one would say that he did not care about Jumping the Line of Fire’s closed beta test.

However, compared to other people’s concerns about the data, he had concerns from another perspective.

For example, Xu Zhi had been reading the Jumping the Line of Fire forum for the past two days. And the more he read, the more confident he became.

Although many players had left negative comments, and some even called the game lousy, trash, and so on, there were also many players who expressed their praise for it. For example, many people liked the Biochemical game mode and kept praising it on the forums.

In a short three days, the game had created a polar contrast among the closed beta players. Those who loved it loved it, and those who hated it hated it.

These things could not be seen by the players who were randomly discussing them on the forums, but Xu Zhi could.

Actually, from Xu Zhi’s point of view, whether it was the game, or anything else, there would be people who liked it, and people who do not like it. That applied even to money. There would always be different opinions.

In this world, something that everybody unanimously loved had yet to appear. There was no such thing.

As long as this Jumping the Line of Fire could be liked by a portion of the people, it would be a success.

In other words, as long as they could grab hold of the right audience for Jumping the Line of Fire, the discussions of the others would not matter.

Today was the third day of the closed beta, and it was already 5:10 pm. The closed beta server had been shut down at 5:00 pm, on the dot. Xu Zhi tidied up his clothes and prepared for a meeting.

This meeting was not only to summarize the closed beta, but also to discuss the open beta tomorrow. This was a meeting that had been confirmed a week ago.

When Xu Zhi arrived at the meeting room, the leaders of the various departments and some employees who were in charge of the closed beta were already seated and waiting for him.

“President Xu.”

Seeing Xu Zhi enter, the employees who were seated all stood up. Xu Zhi waved his hand and let everyone sit down.

“Since everyone is here, good. I won’t say anything else and will go straight to the topic of the meeting. I wonder what everyone thinks about this closed beta. Who wants to speak first?”

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, the employees who were sitting below all lowered their heads and looked at the notebooks in their hands. As for the Directors, they were shifting their gazes at each other, but none of them had any intention of speaking.

“What? Do you want me to do the same thing as when I was in school? Do you want me to a roll call? Alright, Little Sister Ding, you go first.”

When she heard Xu Zhi call her directly, Ding Xiaomei did not panic. She took a notebook that she had written beforehand and stood up.

“Director Xu, the data for this closed beta is not very good. Up until today, there were a total of 8,500 downloads, and 8,100 people entered the game. Within three days, the highest number of people in the game was 1,930, and the retention rate was also not very good. Most of them entered the game to complete quests and get rewards. There were less than 1,000 players who had logged in for more than half an hour in the game, and the number of people who logged in continuously for three days was only 600 people. Since it’s closed beta, there only invited players were allowed to join.”

“Okay, you take a seat first.”