Chapter 27 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

The food arrived half an hour later.

“The food’s here. I’ll be eating then,” Chen Mo called out.

Wen Lingwei waved him away with a shooing motion. “Go ahead, I’ll beat this level soon.”

Chen Mo brought the food into the meeting room and checked out the newly published games on the market on his phone as he ate.

The official market was different from the other, smaller channels. The smaller channels allowed promotional spaces that were available for purchase. In contrast, the official market didn’t accept any payments that could affect the ordering of the games. The ordering of the games relied on proper statistics such as release date and sales, making it very difficult to inflate the numbers to artificially improve your position.

Chen Mo wanted to see if Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Zen Entertainment had released any games recently. As these companies were massive and had huge user bases, whenever they released a game, they would be at the top of the leaderboards, because they captured the attention of many gamers.

Although Chen Mo was confident in the quality of Plants vs Zombies, he wasn’t going to go head to head with the two companies for now.

Luckily, the games on the newly published list were from smaller companies. Chen Mo downloaded a few of them and tried them out. He concluded that the best of them were similar to Adventures of the Storm Rider and were likely not competition for Plants vs Zombies.

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As Chen Mo continued eating, Wen Lingwei slammed the door to the meeting room open and finished the burger in a few bites. It was like strong winds meeting clouds, gone in a flash.

Afterwards she hastily finished her fries before finally shaking her Coke at Chen Mo, “Surely I can drink at my seat?”

Chen Mo, “…That’s fine.”

Wen Lingwei left the meeting room with the Coke in her hand, five minutes after she came in.

Chen Mo was only halfway through his burger.

“Are you really that into it? I’m starting to wonder if I hired you for publicity[1]…”

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After Chen Mo finished his meal, he cleaned out the meeting room table, then took the trash out.

There was still only him and Wen Lingwei in the experience store. Chen Mo sat at the bar trying to figure out the release date of the game. Wen Lingwei was immersed in her own battle, the room had only the sound of clicking.

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Three hours later…

Chen Mo stood up and walked around the store. What surprised him was that Wen Lingwei was still totally focused on the game. Moreover she was almost through the third stage, meaning she was more than halfway through the first playthrough.

-That’s pretty fast.-

It was evident that Wen Lingwei was pretty fast, given that she was a new player and managed to figure the game out. At this point, finishing the game was only a matter of time.

At this point, Wen Lingwei’s phone rang.

Wen Lingwei reluctantly picked up the phone after it rang a few more times.

“Hello?” Wen Lingwei picked up the phone with an unfocused tone, as her attention was still entirely on the screen, staring at the few Ducky Tube Zombies that required her attention.

The speaker on the phone was a guy, “Senior, where are you? We have been waiting here for five minutes.”

Wen Lingwei was shocked, “Waiting for five minutes? What for?”

The man on the phone said, “The regular meeting for the Publicity Department, today at 4 PM. It was you who decided the time.”

Wen Lingwei slapped her forehead after giving it some thought, “Oh, right! Was it this afternoon? Is it 4 PM already?”