This Game is Too Real

  Chapter 424 We do not export goods, but can export standard

  The ideal city.

   In front of a spacious door, Fang Chang stopped, glanced at the envelope in his hand, opened it, took out a card, and swiped on the door.

  Light blue ripples spread along the door lock, and the door opened back with a click.

  What comes into view is a spacious reception room with a few sofas on a plaid carpet with interlaced black, white and gray colors. The simple and atmospheric decoration is very corporate style.

   In this crowded city, spaciousness is a luxury in itself.

  A woman about twenty-five or six, sitting on the sofa in the middle. She was wearing a silver coat on her body. What impressed her was her long legs and her beautiful eyebrows.

   Those two delicate eyebrows were like a soft crescent moon, but they couldn't hide those heroic eyes and the radiant light in those eyes.

  The people who can attend this party are mostly the upper class people in the ideal city.

   And from her temperament, Fang Chang can feel that this is at least a rich woman.

   At least.

   "Hello, Ms. Li Shuyue, I've kept you waiting for a long time." Anyway, he was a guest, and Fang Chang made a gentle opening remarks.

   The woman sitting on the sofa made a gesture of please and said in a sweet voice.

   "Don't be so polite, warriors of the alliance, I took the liberty to disturb your rest, please don't be so polite, sit down as you please."

   "Then I'm welcome."

   Fang Chang smiled lightly, and found a sofa not far away to sit on.

  The waiter brought tea to the two of them.

There is a fragrance in the    mist, which smells very light, but has a refreshing and comfortable feeling.

  The two chatted for a while, but they talked about irrelevant topics.

   What is very interesting is that Fang Chang can feel that she is different from those rich ladies on the dance floor. There is no admiration or curiosity in her twinkling eyes, and her appreciative eyes are more like to encourage herself to continue talking.

Is    to examine the investment environment of the alliance?

  Thinking of this, Fang Chang couldn't help but lift his spirits, and he was no longer cautious, and began to run the train with his mouth full, blowing from the development of the alliance to the individuals in the alliance.

  For example, Teng Teng, who runs a small workshop, was blown by him to be a master of art.

  The perceptual powerhouse Yaya, who hangs around like a street boy all day, was blown by him to become a mushroom fairy who pursues the most perfect mushrooms.

   And scrambled eggs with tomatoes became the heir to the scrambled egg family who mastered 888 lost recipes, and Irena became the father of Bei who explored edible aliens...

   Even the second-hand Mosquito was blown by him into a rocket scientist who dreams of exploring the edge of the galaxy.

  Manager...

   The manager doesn't seem to need him to blow, the figure riding the claw of death, bathed in the sunlight piercing through the dark clouds, is all over the top.

   I heard that Ideal City already has a film studio, and plans to use him as a prototype to shoot a movie.

  I don't know if he knows this.

  When he was bragging, Fang Chang didn’t have any psychological burden at all. After all, it was more than 3,000 kilometers away from the Alliance, so it was impossible for everyone to go there even if they were curious.

   "Wait, what is that lost 888 recipes..." After listening for a long time, Li Shuyue seemed to be most interested in this and asked curiously.

   Fang Chang said with a smile.

   "Well, there is so much content, I can't finish it in a while. Among the items that appeared in the previous auction, food-related items are more or less related to the recipe."

   "Including this?"

While    said, Li Shuyue reached out and took out a pack of instant noodles from the drawer of the table next to her, her eyes filled with curiosity.

   Seeing the Laokeng sauerkraut instant noodles in her hand, Fang Chang's expression suddenly became embarrassed.

   "Uh, this was made by mosquitoes."

  Li Shuyue frowned.

   "But didn't he dream of being a...rocket scientist on the Kuiper Belt?"

   Fang Chang quickly and forcefully explained.

   "This is the work of his interest. Although his main business is to tinker with rockets, he occasionally comes up with some strange things...such as this one in his hands."

  Oops, the bragging goes too far, it seems a little bit of a mess.

   Fang Chang secretly said in his heart.

   But that Ms. Li Shuyue didn't seem to think that there was any loophole in the story, she just sighed softly after being silent for a long time.

   "Unbelievable... It seems that the rumor is indeed not unfounded."

   Fang Chang was stunned.

   "Rumours? What rumors?"

   "There was a discussion on Endpoint Cloud, saying that the ancestors of Vault 404 were all artists," Li Shuyue said with a smile, "I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it."

   Fang Chang coughed.

   "Although I don't know where you heard this rumor, but it's okay to say so...of course! We did inherit some special things from the People's Federation, especially at the cultural level."

   Hearing him say this, Li Shuyue's eyes brightened.

   But Fang Chang could feel that she didn't fully believe what she said, at most half of it.

   But what does it matter?

   The corners of his mouth held an imperceptible smile, and he had already predicted her prediction.

   half of the letter?

  I can't believe it...

   seems to have grasped the information she wants to know, Li Shuyue suddenly changed her expression and said with a serious look.

   "Introduce myself again, I'm the CEO of Ruyue Group, and this is my business card."

With   's slender fingertips, the light blue holographic window appeared on the white coffee table and floated in front of Fang Chang.

   Fang Chang, who only regarded it as a game special effect, was not surprised. He dragged the business card with his index finger and took a look in front of him.

   But soon he found out that it was nothing to read. He, who didn't know the ideal city at all, couldn't understand what was written on this business card.

   Ruyue Group?

  Isn’t there only five major groups in the ideal city?

  "...Our company is invested and controlled by Ideal Group, mainly engaged in food sales and processing related industries."

  Looking at Fang Chang who was pondering at the business card, Li Shuyue continued in a sweet voice.

"To be honest, this is the first time I have seen such an interesting product. Although it is not very healthy and the shelf life is not very long, it tastes surprisingly good... How did you come up with these novel cooking methods? "

   Fang Chang's expression was slightly subtle, after thinking for a while, he made up a reason that sounded like that.

   "For us, food belongs to the category of culture. Eating is not only for nutritional needs, but also for spiritual satisfaction."

   "That sounds interesting."

  Li Shuyue said with interest.

"I have checked historical documents, and there have been similar cooking techniques in history, but in the early days of the prosperous era, they were gradually replaced by scientific concepts, and then the concept of diet is like what we are now... According to you, just for the sake of meet nutritional needs.”

   "Maybe it's because people after the prosperous era are rich enough in their spiritual world that they no longer need to sacrifice health or other things to get satisfaction. Of course, this is just my personal guess."

   Fang Chang just said it casually, but he didn't expect that the lady named Li Shuyue nodded thoughtfully.

   "This is quite an interesting idea, maybe it's just as you said."

   "Maybe, but I'm not an expert after all." Fang Chang said casually after taking a sip of his black tea.

   "But I think you know very well. I heard from your ambassador that you are not only a soldier, but also responsible for the promotion of alliance products." Li Shuyue looked at him with bright eyes, "Are you interested in cooperation?"

  It took me a long time to find myself because of this.

   Hearing Li Shuyue's words, Fang Chang's face showed a happy smile.

   Isn't that what he was waiting for?

   "Of course, we are here to seek cooperation, I don't know which way you want to go through?"

  No more nonsense, Li Shuyue said straight to the point.

   "According to our market research, we believe that the next six months is the best window for alliance products to enter the ideal city. The residents here are very interested in your cultural products. I think food will be a good entry point."

"We can provide two sets of solutions. The first set is that you are responsible for production and transportation, and we are responsible for sales. The second set is that we jointly establish a subsidiary, you provide personnel and technology, especially related food formulas, we Provide funds and venues to produce and sell locally in Ideal City.”

   After quietly listening to the detailed description of the two plans, Fang Chang nodded lightly.

   "No problem, we can provide everything you said."

  Li Shuyue was overjoyed, but she didn't show it on her face, she just smiled.

   However, just when she was about to use "happy cooperation" to bring the topic to the contract, the man opposite suddenly changed the subject.

   "However, compared to the two solutions you provided, I have a better proposal. I wonder if you are interested?"

   The excited mood was poured with cold water, and Li Shuyue couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

"Oh?"

  Honestly, she doesn't think a relatively new idea can come out of a survivor's colony with a backward business.

but--

   Let's listen to what he's going to say first.

   didn't care about the disapproval in his eyes, Fang Chang cleared his throat and started his flickering.

"Whether it is exporting products or exporting formulas, it is not in our best interests. After all, those formulas are not difficult to tell the truth. If our products can really be sold out of stock in the ideal city, I am afraid it will not be used. In two days, your competitors will be able to refer to your sales data and make a competing product that is more in line with market demand."

   Li Shuyue said immediately.

"You can rest assured, we have perfect patent laws, and we also have our own R&D laboratory, which will improve the formula based on feedback from the market and consumers. As long as we do it faster and better than our competitors, we don't need to worry about being replaced. "

   Fang Chang nodded and said simply.

   "Of course, what you said makes sense, but let me make an assumption. If the follow-up formula is completed in the Ruyue Group, does it have anything to do with our joint venture subsidiary?"

   A look of surprise appeared on Li Shuyue's face, and her heroic eyes narrowed slightly.

   "Oh? Are you worried that we are not keeping our promises?"

   Fang Chang said in a gentle voice.

"Of course I don't mean that, it's just a reasonable assumption. You have a technical advantage, and you know the local market and rules better than us, and you can maximize your interests within the framework of the rules... Honestly, if there is a contractual I really have no confidence that I can win against you."

  Li Shuyue said impatiently.

   "So what is your proposal?"

   "It is not realistic to use expensive shipping capacity to transport cheap consumer goods, and the formula itself is not so valuable. We do not plan to export the product, nor do we plan to export the formula, but the standard."

"standard?"

   Looking at the hesitant Li Shuyue, Fang Chang nodded and said simply.

   "That's right."

  Li Shuyue frowned.

   "Can you be more specific?"

   "To be specific, it's storytelling."

   Looking at the blank expression on her face, Fang Chang smiled and threw out the set of rhetoric he had prepared for a long time.

"For example, Coke, this thing actually has no technical content, but the Nuka-Cola sold in Boulder is more popular than Vega Coke or other Cokes, because the managers of the league recommend it as a substitute for alcohol in public, because the league's Awakened people are drinking... Those mercenaries will think, if they drink that thing, they can also wake up."

"For example, fried chicken, the technical content is even lower, but as long as we want, it can annihilate a division of the legion tomorrow... I mean a team of 10,000 people. Another example is the package of instant noodles in your hand, although I honestly don't Love it so much, but it can also be our ration for as long as we need it...then they'll sell on the endpoint cloud, do you understand what I'm saying?"

   Listening to Fang Chang's vivid description, Li Shuyue looked at the man in front of him with interest.

   Good guy, even the Wastelanders know the brand effect?

   It does not use taste or nutrition, but uses cultural added value to empty consumers' wallets.

   If this is the case, it is indeed difficult for her company to kick him away after developing the market and upgrading the products. After all, it is no longer the patents and formulas that are valuable, but the inherent impression in the minds of consumers.

   In fact, the products of the Ideal City sell well in the wasteland, to a large extent, it is indeed not only because of the technology, but the brand influence behind it.

   And she has indeed considered doing so, creating a best-selling brand with alliance characteristics, using higher barriers to restrict the entry of competitors, and harvesting the wallets of the residents of the ideal city.

   However, she originally planned to do this after the Kisaragi Group had thoroughly digested the partner's technology.

   After all, this kind of hen who can lay golden eggs is of course better in his own hands, and there is no need to let others take a share.

   It's just that she didn't expect that the person in front of her was so ambitious.

   Just came to the ideal city from the backcountry, and he has already thought about making the alliance's products into ideal and best-selling brands.

   "It's interesting." There was a hint of admiration in Li Shuyue's eyes.

   She has seen many wastelanders.

   Those people are mostly rude, short-sighted, cunning, not big smart, but constantly small.

   However, it is not their fault.

  After all, in the precarious environment of the wasteland, people with long-term vision may not even survive until next month.

   Considering such long-term things, this guy really has two strokes.

  Do you want to agree?

   But even if they don’t agree, they can probably find others to cooperate.

   Thinking she was complimenting her proposal, Fang Chang had a happy smile on his face.

   "It seems that we have reached a consensus, then let's talk about the details of the cooperation...such as how to sell this standard."

  Li Shuyue stared at that face for a while, and suddenly threw out a word that had nothing to do with business.

   "While we generally do not grant permanent residency to wastelanders, there are some exceptions."

   Naturally changed her sitting position, her right leg rested lightly on her left knee, and the corners of her plump lips curled into a smile.

   "...I suddenly have a crush on you. Have you considered settling in the ideal city?"

   Although it was a joking tone, that expression didn't seem to be joking.

   Fang Chang admits that the proposal is indeed attractive.

   Life here is really good, it's like a different game compared to the wasteland world.

but--

   "It's my honor to be appreciated by you, but I already have it in my heart."

   Looking at the polite man in front of him, Li Shuyue was stunned for a moment, apparently not expecting that her proposal would be rejected.

   But she was only stunned for a moment, then smiled lightly and said indifferently.

   "Don't get me wrong, all I like is your business ability. Let's get down to business, let's talk about the details of the cooperation."

   Appreciation is appreciation, but it is just appreciation.

   is like passing through a shop window and seeing a fashionable luxury item.

   She didn't mind buying it by swiping her card, but she wouldn't go to the gate like nouveau riches in line.

   With her assets, family and appearance, she doesn't have any man she wants, and she can't rob her from anyone.

   But this guy's unmoved look still made her a little annoyed.

  Isn't the old lady attractive at all?

   did not take the irony to heart, Fang Chang just smiled faintly, crossed his fingers on his knees, and said calmly.

   "Of course, when I say my heart belongs, I mean that my heart already belongs to the alliance."

   "Then as you wish, let's talk about the specific details of the cooperation."

  …

   The lounge next to the banquet hall.

  The whole mole, who was paralyzed on the sofa, was enjoying himself with virtual reality glasses.

  Suddenly, the colorful light and shadow flashed and disappeared from his eyes without a trace.

  The blank-eyed Mole looked up and saw that the glasses were on Fang Chang's hand.

   "What are you playing? So devoted."

   Seeing that Fang Chang was about to put on his glasses, Mole quickly reached out and grabbed the glasses back, sweating profusely and smiling embarrassedly.

   "I just played some ordinary small games, and I just flipped through them on the endpoint cloud."

   It is worthy of being a resident of "Utopia", and the people here are really open enough.

   Fang Chang asked curiously.

"Is it fun?"

   "Generally average, not fun, but playing virtual reality games in virtual reality games is beyond my expectations."

While    said, Mole couldn't help but praise him for a while.

  One thing to say, these days, the big manufacturers are making games with their feet, making dlc with their butts, making money with their heads, and frying cold rice over and over again, but they are not willing to make new tricks.

   It is the conscience of the industry that such an in-game easter egg can be singled out as a masterpiece released by an independent masterpiece.

   must blow a wave of light, it is worthy of boasting a 100% real virtual reality game.

   This is too real!

   "...In short, the operability is OK, the degree of freedom is OK, the content is quite large, but it is not realistic enough."

   Fang Chang was stunned for a moment, then asked after a moment of silence.

   "...Is this game serious?"

"Pfft, what are you thinking? It's just a normal rpg game. Have you ever played the Free Lancers? It's the kind of spaceship watching!" Mole saw the expression on his face, and knew that this guy was going to think about it, and quickly Diverted the topic, "Stop talking, why did you come back so soon?"

   He still remembered that this guy went out around eight o'clock and came back before ten o'clock.

   is a bit fast...

   "Talked about some business matters,"

   "Only about business?" Mole looked at this guy suspiciously, "I don't believe it."

   Fang Chang rolled his eyes, too lazy to explain to him, so he found a place to sit at will.

   Of course he wouldn't tell this guy that he just negotiated a deal worth several hundred million for the Alliance.

   Ruyue Group, which is controlled by Ideal Group, plans to invest 100 million Cr to establish a joint catering chain "Changyue" Catering with Niuma Group.

   The currently identified brands include the "Kenda Chicken" fast food restaurant, which mainly provides fried chicken and cola, and the "Niu Ma" hot pot restaurant.

   Export "pre-cooked dishes"?

  Selling instant noodles?

   That kind of business can of course be done, but the profit is too low, and he really despises it.

   Moreover, the food safety standards in the Ideal City are too high, and ordinary food cannot come in at all. In addition, the Alliance’s own food is not surplus. Rather than importing food from the Alliance, it is better to directly produce it locally.

   As Fang Chang said, export standards.

   The plan that has been finalized so far is that the "Ruyue" group will send employees to the alliance, and the Niuma Group will be responsible for arranging the training of these employees. After the training, they will return to Ideal City to serve as chefs and store managers.

   Still immersed in the game just now, Mole pondered for a while, stared at the glasses in his hand, and suddenly said.

   "By the way... I found this virtual reality game interesting and interesting, but the gameplay is too simple."

   Fang Chang glanced at him.

   "How can you be richer?"

Mole: "It's not a question of how rich it is. Let me give an example. I just played about three rpg games, one with an interstellar theme, one with a fantasy theme, and one with an alternate history. All three games are It's an open-world type like Lao Gun, the map is the boss, the skills are dazzling, the NPCs can easily interact with each other, and the degree of freedom is also high... But the selling points of the three games are all the same, it's ridiculous!"

   Fang Chang glanced at him.

   "Isn't that good? If there is in reality, I'd like to buy it."

   By the way, even the easter eggs are made in such detail?

   In the past, Brother Guang boasted with him that most of the content of "Wasteland Online" was automatically generated based on the player's cognition and dreams. He didn't believe it at the time.

   Now it seems, it's really not bragging.

   He can have a good experience when he is free.

   Expecting Fang Chang's reaction, Mole made a helpless expression.

   "That being said, but it's boring to have this type on the entire game platform. Like moba, I haven't seen chicken-eating games at all...Is it out of breath?"

   Fang Chang was slightly stunned.

   Although this may sound a bit outrageous, he seems to have found another way to make money...

  …

   In the early morning of the next day, a certain building in the huge complex, the floor-to-ceiling windows of the president's office on the top floor shone a ray of sunlight.

   Looking at the draft contract in his hand, Li Shuyue leaned on the office chair and faced the steel forest that emerged from the clouds. Holding a cup of coffee in her hand, she took a sip with her brows tightly closed.

  100 million Cr.

   This budget is only a small amount for the parent company Ideal Group, but it is not small for Kisaragi Group.

   After thinking for a moment, she stretched out her index finger and stroked the table lightly.

   A light blue holographic window was projected in front of her, interweaving a bust of a three-dimensional composition.

   The AI ​​assistant said softly in an electronic voice without undulations.

   "Dear boss, what are your orders?"

   she said succinctly.

   "Get me a plane ticket to the southern part of La Vale."

   With a distance of 3,000 kilometers, no matter how true the news is, it will be misinterpreted.

  If she didn't go there to take a look, she was always at ease.

  AI assistant reminded.

   "The company does not have regular flights to the southern part of the River Valley Province. According to the relevant provisions of Resolution 1001, it is necessary to fill in a form to declare the capacity of the leased aircraft, explain the relevant reasons, and issue relevant certificates."

  Li Shuyue said casually.

   "Then you can just write it for me, just fill in the market research for the reason."

   The virtual image floating on the desk nodded slightly.

   "As ordered."

   The next chapter will be sent soon after correcting the typos. Brothers who have omissions can help me find it.

   (end of this chapter)