126: Chapter 126 Fifteen Million in Revenue

Chen Fan finally remembered.

After the two of them added each other on QQ, Tang Tian had indeed initiated a message.

But he was quite busy at the time and couldn't keep up with the messages on his phone. He had glanced at that message, thinking he would reply later, but then completely forgot about it.

"Sorry, I've been a bit busy lately and forgot to reply to your message," Chen Fan said.

Tang Tian was taken aback for a moment, then immediately smiled, her eyes curving into crescents: "I thought you didn't want to talk to me."

"How could that be?" Chen Fan also smiled a little. "I really just forgot."

"That's good then." Tang Tian nodded, her tone becoming much lighter. "So, are we friends now?"

"We are."

"Then you have to reply to the messages I send in the future, okay?" She tilted her head to look at him, her tone carrying a hint of playfulness.

"Sure."

"It's a deal then." Tang Tian waved her hand and turned to leave.

"Bye."

Watching Tang Tian's departing back, Chen Fan withdrew his gaze. Her ponytail swayed gently as she walked, casting a beautiful silhouette in the sunset.

Zhang Yuhang had come over at some point, and with an envious look on his face, he lowered his voice: "She's interested in you~"

"What?"

"I said she's interested in you. Otherwise, why would she bring you water? There are so many people playing basketball on the playground, why did she specifically bring it to you?" Zhang Yuhang spoke with conviction, as if he had grasped some remarkable evidence.

"Alright, stop gossiping, let's go." Chen Fan picked up the jacket draped over the railing and turned to walk off the court.

Although he said that, a thought flashed through his mind—could Tang Tian really be interested in him?

But then he thought again, what if she just considers him a regular friend? Better not get ahead of himself.

The three great illusions of life: the phone is vibrating, I can make a comeback, and she likes me.

...

Midnight.

After taking a shower, Chen Fan lay in bed, his consciousness immersed in the wealth store within his mind.

After the product list refreshed today, he was stunned—

[Basketball Mastery], 500,000 wealth points.

Description: After purchase, you can obtain CBA-level all-around basketball skills, including but not limited to: dribbling, passing, shooting, driving, defense, tactical awareness, etc., as well as a slight enhancement in physical fitness.

Chen Fan looked at this item and was taken aback.

He had just played basketball yesterday, and this thing refreshed; could the system hear his inner thoughts?

However, he thought about it carefully, and it was impossible. Those items he had muttered about during his senior year of high school didn't refresh immediately either; it could only be a coincidence.

But, what did he need this for?

He wasn't a sports student, nor did he need to make a living through basketball. For him, the only use might be not failing his basketball class. Apart from that, it didn't seem to have much use.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan decided to buy it anyway.

It was only 500,000 wealth points, which didn't mean much to him. He would just consider it paying for his hobby.

With a thought, he chose to purchase it.

The next second, countless essentials of basketball movements flooded his mind—the rhythm of dribbling, the timing of passing, the hand posture for shooting, defensive footwork, positioning routes... All knowledge and techniques related to basketball, as if carved into his bones, instantly became his body's instinct.

He closed his eyes and felt it; his physical fitness seemed to have improved a bit, and he felt full of strength throughout his body.

Chen Fan's original strength already exceeded that of most adult males, and now, after this slight increase, it was probably even more monstrous.

Unfortunately, he didn't have a basketball on hand, so there was no way to test whether his basketball level had actually improved.

Besides, it was past midnight; even if he had a basketball, he couldn't just bounce it around at home.

So he would just have to wait until tomorrow during the day to test it.

Perhaps because too much information had flooded in at once, his head grew heavier and heavier, and his consciousness began to blur. A dozen seconds later, he fell into a deep sleep.

Over the next period, thanks to the leadership's promise, Chen Fan could finally "skip class" openly and legitimately.

He had greeted the counselor, the department had filed the records, and the school's flexible attendance policy for entrepreneurial students was finally implemented for him.

Consequently, he simply spent most of his time at the company.

"defend the carrot" went online with strong momentum, but the project was already on the right track, and it didn't need him to watch it constantly.

Chen Fan focused his main energy on "happy elimination".

This game was different from "defend the carrot"; the gameplay looked simple, but the numerical design and level rhythm were actually harder to adjust—if it was too easy, players would find it boring; if it was too hard, they would easily quit.

Under Chen Fan's intervention, the project team finally finalized key contents such as the core gameplay framework, item system, payment model, and game art style.

The core gameplay was set as match-three + level progression; each level had a step limit, and the score had to meet the target to clear the level.

The item system was designed with four types: color swap, bomb, shuffle, and add steps. The first three would occasionally drop in levels, while add steps could only be bought with money.

The payment model referenced the path of the "happy elimination" from his previous life—popping up a limited-time gift pack when players were stuck on a level, giving powerful items for the first recharge, and adding a monthly card to collect stamina every day.

After listening to the plan, Zhang Tao leaned back in his chair and thought for a long time, finally nodding: "There shouldn't be much of a problem making this, but the level numbers will need to be adjusted repeatedly."

"That's why I need you to keep an eye on it," Chen Fan said.

After receiving a positive reply, Zhang Tao led the team to start pushing forward with "happy elimination".

With the success of "defend the carrot" as a foundation, the entire team had immense trust in Chen Fan's decisions and was full of confidence in the new project.

Time flew by until October 20th.

"defend the carrot" had been online for exactly one month.

In the conference room, Zhang Tao stood in front of the projection screen, flipping through reports in his hand, his tone as calm as possible, but his voice still couldn't help but rise at the end:

"As of today, 30 days after the launch of 'defend the carrot', the total download count is 8.736 million, with 1.273 million daily active users. Revenue from the iOS channel is 9.824 million, and revenue from the android channel is 5.417 million, totaling 15.241 million RMB. After deducting the channel's share, the net income is approximately 10.36 million..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room went quiet for a moment, and then it exploded into chaos.

"Holy crap, over fifteen million?"

"We made this?"

Everyone present heard this data, and their eyes were filled with excitement.

Some widened their eyes, some opened their mouths wide, and some involuntarily clenched their fists. None of them had expected that they could create a game with a monthly revenue exceeding ten million.

When they first joined the company, to be honest, few people were optimistic about it.

A newly registered startup, plus an outrageously young boss—the buffs were fully stacked.

It wasn't like no one had whispered in private: "Can this company last more than three months?"

And the result? The first project, one month, over fifteen million.