245: The game is a big hit

For some reason, people in Sakura Country, even when many of them ate together, would only order a small amount of food and then chug down alcohol.

That little bit of food, anyone could finish it.

Even if he wanted to pick up some scraps, it was extremely difficult.

And the restaurant staff would chase him away.

Having not showered for days and not eaten for days, Shi Hongzhuang was howling with hunger.

Unable to bear it any longer, he tried to call for help, dialing his old fair-weather friends.

Not a single one was willing to help him.

They wouldn't even lend him a thousand yuan.

Helpless, Shi Hongzhuang could only call Xiao Xin.

But he found that he had already been blacklisted.

When he tried to call again, he realized his phone had run out of credit.

It was then that Shi Hongzhuang remembered this was an international call, plus roaming...

"Ah! Qian Ziyong, I want you dead!"

Every time he felt helpless, he would curse Qian Ziyong loudly.

Only then could his emotions be vented.

To think that Shi Hongzhuang, a favored son of heaven, a rich second-generation heir with money and connections...

His life used to be so flavorful.

But how did he end up like this today?

It was all because of Qian Ziyong!

It was all him!

It was all his fault!

Although cursing Qian Ziyong felt good, it couldn't fill his stomach.

Shi Hongzhuang had no money to top up his phone or to eat, so he could only sell his phone.

Because the phone was a Huaxia version, it sold for a very low price there, only enough for a pitiful amount of money, which he used to buy some bread and water at the supermarket before it ran out.

One month later, Shi Hongzhuang's body was discovered under a bridge.

"A Sakura Country national 'lonely died' under a bridge."

"Beneath his body, countless Huaxia characters were found, written in blood, already somewhat dried: the three characters 'Qian Ziyong'."

"Perhaps the person named Qian Ziyong was his beloved relative or friend, whom he couldn't forget even before he died."

"We hope that the person named Qian Ziyong, upon seeing this news, will come to claim his body."

This is reporter "Huskymura" reporting for this station.

...

On the other side, Qian Ziyong had been sneezing a lot at home recently, feeling like he was catching a cold.

To prevent infecting his workers, Qian Ziyong comfortably stayed home playing games.

However, recently, Qian Ziyong felt something was off, as if he had overlooked something.

It wasn't until Bi Chengwang messaged him, saying that trouble in the kitchen 2 was about to be completed, that Qian Ziyong finally realized something was wrong!

He would occasionally send encouraging words in the game group, and the employees were full of enthusiasm, showing no signs of dejection.

This was very wrong!

If kitchen chaos had suffered a terrible loss and achieved nothing, the employees shouldn't be so motivated.

At the very least, they should be comforting each other!

But in the group, besides his continuous encouragement, everyone else was silent.

It was as if kitchen chaos had not failed, but had succeeded.

What was going on?

With confusion, Qian Ziyong privately messaged Bi Chengwang: "How are the results for kitchen chaos?"

Bi Chengwang said: "Boss, kitchen chaos is a big hit! Both its reputation and sales are soaring!"

"I thought you already knew, that's why I didn't tell you..."

Qian Ziyong, who was originally lying in bed scrolling on his phone, shot up when he heard this astonishing news!

"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"How could such a trashy game be a big hit?"

"Are today's players' demands for games really that low?"

Qian Ziyong was puzzled and started searching online.

He opened a gaming website, a platform specifically for game streaming, with numerous game streamers, it was the hottest gaming website currently, "Qiqiharqi".

Just as he opened the website, he saw kitchen chaos appearing on the homepage.

"This..." Qian Ziyong's heart jolted, and his bad premonition became even less subtle.

He entered the website's main page and found that a large number of streamers were playing this game.

And these streamers had many viewers.

He clicked in and saw a lively scene, with countless viewers interacting with the streamers, very bustling.

Qian Ziyong even saw two streamer rooms with over 100,000 concurrent viewers!

Qian Ziyong felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow.

It's popular?

Why is it popular?

How did it get popular?

If it were other industries, Qian Ziyong might not be proficient, and being backstabbed by others, or even backstabbing himself, he could still understand it.

But the gaming industry was absolutely his forte.

He was an old gamer.

How could he be backstabbed in the gaming industry?

How could that broken game possibly become popular!

Wait!

Qian Ziyong's eyes widened as he stared at the game the streamers were playing.

Was this the same kitchen chaos he had played before?

How come the game these streamers were playing was completely different from the kitchen chaos he had played?

Weren't the protagonists a mouse and a squirrel?

What was that fire-breathing thing, and what was going on with that little person spitting saliva and having a gourd on its head?

Also, why were there boats in the kitchen, and why were there monsters?

And the way to fight monsters was to cook for them?

Was this the kitchen chaos he knew?

It shouldn't be, right?

Qian Ziyong typed below: "Streamer, what game is this?"

Besides him, many others also asked the same probing question.

They were all asking for the name of this game.

The streamer played and said with a smile: "This is a very popular game recently, developed by our domestic game company, called kitchen chaos!"

"This is a pride of our nation, a groundbreaking good game, truly very fun!"

"And the game company is very conscientious, with over twenty game characters. If it were other game companies, they would definitely make them into DLCs and sell them separately."

"But this game company doesn't sell DLCs, they give them directly to players for free!"

"And the game was released as a full version from the start, no beta version, you can directly play very mature game content!"

"Most importantly, such a fun game only costs 59."

"I haven't taken any money from the game company, but for such a conscientious game company, I just want to tell all the viewers, you can't lose, you can't be fooled, don't hesitate, go for it!"

Hearing the game streamer say "go for it," Qian Ziyong trembled with fear, wishing he could run in and cover his mouth!

Don't go for it!

Come back!

This game is not fun.

It's not fun at all!

Just then, Qian Ziyong received a private message. Someone was tagging him, in response to his question to the streamer about what game this was.

"This game is so popular now, it's been popular for two or three weeks, and you still don't know what game this is!"

"Are you sure your badge isn't fake?"

Qian Ziyong was a level 18 big badge user on the Qiqiharqi gaming platform, an old user of this website.

Qian Ziyong noticed that it was mostly new users asking what game this was; it seemed he was the only old user asking about this game.