629: Update again, mini games

Ning Mansion’s assembly hall.

Seeing Cang Poshi walk over, the worry on Ning Jiushan’s face lessened slightly: “Old Cang, come, take a look at this matter.”

Listening to the Lan Family Head’s words, Cang Poshi stepped forward in confusion and took the letter from his hand.

“This was just sent by Buxiu. It says that on the road from Five Directions City to Bianshi Town, there are large beasts appearing! They have already eaten several people!” As Cang Poshi read the letter, Ning Jiushan paced back and forth and explained: “You also know that our telephone industry is now in a state of explosive popularity.”

“And our target audience isn’t just the people within Five Directions City. Below Five Directions City, there are eight Towns, nine Villages, and three to four hundred Villages.”

“We don’t need to worry about those in the Villages. They will go to the Town to buy telephones, and these Towns and Villages are an important part of our Ning family’s telephone industry expansion!”

“Bianshi Town is almost the largest scale Town among all our Towns and Villages. The Ning family’s telephone industry must go there.”

“But it just so happens that there are large beasts appearing on that road, so I want to ask Old Cang to lead a team, send a few batches of telephones over, and let our telephone industry expand there.”

“This.” Cang Poshi thought about the matter in Huangniu Town that he hadn’t dealt with, and was about to refuse.

However, he saw the Lan Family Head in front of him speaking earnestly again: “Old Cang, you also know that our Ning family is now betting everything on the telephone industry, and only with you escorting this batch of goods can I be at ease.”

“Moreover, time waits for no one. We must take advantage of the momentum of the Zhang Bing case before it passes, and let some people get telephones and use telephones!”

Listening to the Lan Family Head’s words, Cang Poshi sighed slightly in his heart, then nodded slightly: “Then I’ll go on this trip!”

Compared to Huangniu Town, the Ning family was the one who truly showed him kindness and care.

Now that the Ning family was at such a critical juncture in the release of this industry, he really couldn’t find an excuse to help Huangniu Town.

He could only wait until he finished being busy for a while before going to check on the situation in Huangniu Town.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Cang Poshi asked one more question: “Is the news that Master said there are large beasts appearing reliable?”

“Of course it is. Has Buxiu ever lied to me?” Ning Jiushan said slightly displeased.

“Uh, that’s true.” Cang Poshi chuckled twice.

...

Wang Mansion Restaurant.

Two of the four major families in Five Directions City.

Wang Family Head and Qiong Family Head were gathered here.

In front of the two of them was a table full of delicious dishes, and their wine cups were filled with fine wine.

Logically speaking, with such a standard of food and drinks, the two of them should have been eager to eat, eating and laughing.

However, at this moment, the expressions of the two Family Heads were very unpleasant.

Just like the gloomy shadows in the corners of the room.

“Why? Why can this stone from their Ning family sell so well?!” Wang Family Head found it difficult to accept, and his voice was somewhat hysterical.

Qiong Family Head took a sip of wine and sighed slightly: “That stone is not a simple stone.”

“Didn’t you see the notice issued by the County Office at noon? The function of this thing is much greater than we imagined.” Qiong Family Head said at the end, and a sense of unspeakable emotion also appeared in his eyes.

Clearly, they were still mocking fiercely in the morning, and now, in less than a day, they were severely slapped in the face.

“The only thing that makes me feel a little better is that although the Ning family sells a lot of these things, the pricing seems very low. According to my accountant’s estimation, they only earned about seven to eight hundred taels today despite going through so much trouble.”

“Seven to eight hundred taels? Do you think seven to eight hundred taels is very low?” Wang Family Head stroked his large belly, his eyes filled with resentment: “The Ning family is operating a completely new industry, and they have this much money at the start. If they raise the price a little in the future, won’t they earn even more?”

“We don’t know how much the Ning family will earn in the future. In my opinion, while the Ning family is just starting to show improvement, we should tell our subordinates to also make these stone bricks and sell them!”

“The market has been opened up by their Ning family. We cannot hesitate at all. We must get a share of the pie!”

“Making stone bricks?” Qiong Family Head frowned: “But there are some functions inside the Ning family’s bricks that we don’t have the relevant technology for.”

“This is simple!” Wang Family Head suddenly grinned: “Don’t you know that the Ning family has already cleared out contract workers?”

“This Ning family is either stupid or too greedy. How good it would be to honestly produce it themselves at this time, yet they dare to hire contract workers!”

“Several of the small families they hired as contract workers are actually under my control!”

“As long as we disassemble it, my Wang Family’s craftsmen can perfectly replicate what the Ning family calls a telephone! It’s just a stone brick. No matter how complex it is, what technology can there be?” As Wang Family Head said this, his eyes on his fat face narrowed, revealing a smug smile.

“Oh?” Qiong Family Head’s eyes also lit up: “This is good!”

“As long as we have the technology, and then make telephones with better quality jade block Materials, our two families will be able to directly squeeze out the Ning family when we unite!”

“Thanks to the Ning family, they have opened up another way for us to make money.” Wang Family Head was in a much better mood.

Opposite, Qiong Family Head thought of something and asked again: “What about the Zhou family? Seventh Princess previously sent someone to notify our Qiong family to stop suppressing and swallowing the Zhou family’s industries. Are we… still dealing with the Zhou family?”

“Seventh Princess also sent someone to warn my Wang Family.” Wang Family Head said in a muffled voice.

And in fact, the reason why the two of them had such unpleasant expressions at the dining table at the beginning was because of this matter concerning the Zhou family.

They didn’t expect that what was originally just a commercial dispute between a few families in their Five Directions City would actually attract Seventh Princess to personally intervene.

“Since Seventh Princess has intervened, as for the Zhou family… let’s just forget about it.” Wang Family Head shook his head somewhat wearily.

They really couldn’t figure out why Zhou Wuji, that direct descendant of the Zhou family, could still attract Seventh Princess’s protection after committing such a heinous crime at the poetry gathering?

...

Nanlou Street.

Ning Buxiu was in an inn next to this street.

In front of him were three items that exuded a strange and cold aura.

A jade hairpin, a jade bracelet, and half a metal mask.

As the original author, Ning Buxiu himself had an impression of the specifics of these three items.

Coupled with the System’s prompts, he only used about half an hour to gather the three items together.

In the original work, Zhou Wuji relied on these three Ghost items to directly gain fifty to sixty years of cultivation, which can be said to be a crucial transformation!

Now, Ning Buxiu naturally also wanted to give his external help a transformation.

“System, use all of them, update Small Grass Map!”

The first updated function, the takeaway function, was very good from all angles.

But in this era, telephones are not yet widely known to the public, and the takeaway function needs more telephone users, plus the accumulation of time, to truly play its role.

Ning Buxiu needed a more practical ability, preferably a function with short-term feedback!

Looking at the Small Grass Map that was showing updating in front of him, Ning Buxiu clasped his hands and prayed.

Not long after.

The three Ghost items, with the extraction of Ghost energy, turned into a dull, decaying color.

At the same time, Ye Tian’s words fell into the Host’s ears.

“Ding ~ Small Grass Map version 3.0 has been updated.”

“This update adds a mini-game function. Currently, there are three types of games, namely, Snake, City Escape, and Dou Dizhu.”

In his mind, the lingering sound of the System’s broadcast remained.

And Ning Buxiu, after the initial Stunned, was filled with ecstasy!

Snake, City Escape, Dou Dizhu, if takeaway was the ace, then this update was the trump card, truly starting the money-making mode!

With slightly hurried breathing, Ning Buxiu opened his telephone.

He found the updated Small Grass Map.

The icon, compared to the original, naturally had some changes, looking more in line with the style of this era, not out of place.

After clicking into the software.

The first thing that came into view was obviously the main map function.

The map routes were constantly being refreshed and expanded with the footsteps of each telephone user.

Compared to before, the current map coverage had extended to a place thirty to forty kilometers outside of Five Directions City.

Besides this main map function, on the homepage, there were two sections, one on the left and one on the right.

On the left was takeaway, and on the right was the mini-game area.

Looking at this mini-game section, Ning Buxiu reached out and clicked on it.

Then, three games appeared.

With a strange feeling, Ning Buxiu started a game of Snake.

After one round of experience, it wasn’t great.

Compared to the endless Snake games of his previous life, it could only be considered mediocre or even below average.

But, this thing was in this era!

In an era where the entire population had never been exposed to electronic games!

Even a mediocre Snake was a dimensionality reduction attack, created by a Celestial God!

He turned around and started the next game, City Escape.

After entering the game, the game character ran quickly, collecting gold coins one by one, with monsters constantly chasing behind.

Ning Buxiu remembered that in his previous life, around 2011-2012, these types of games were incredibly popular. This thing was addictive!

Next, Dou Dizhu.

After a game with two AI opponents, Ning Buxiu felt as if he had returned to his previous life in a trance.

It wasn’t that he thought about playing in his previous life, but that he thought about company employees slacking off and playing this game.

Compared to the first two, this game was even more of a money-making tool!

The three games were hosted on the Small Grass Map.

Perhaps because they were not independent software, the quality of these three mini-games was not high.

But for Ning Buxiu, it was enough!

Did your Snake die, losing a life? It's okay, one copper coin can be exchanged for ten crystal stones, and one crystal stone is one life.

Did your City Escape also run out of lives? It's okay, crystal stones can also revive a life. Recharge one hundred wen at once and get ten extra crystal stones!

Did your Dou Dizhu run out of beans? It's okay, crystal stones can be exchanged for beans. Recharge money to buy crystal stones, crystal stones are not money, spend them freely.

What? You don’t want to spend money? That’s also fine. Ning family restaurant is having a big promotion. Buy a dish priced at one hundred wen (cost 50 wen) to take home and eat, and get 50 crystal stones for free.

One by one, marketing ideas were born in Ning Buxiu’s mind. In this era where entertainment could only be found in brothels, listening to music, admiring flowers, and fighting crickets, mini-games would be a decisive blow!

“It’s a pity there’s no ranking.”

“Ding ~ Host can invest a sum of money for minor updates in the software functions.” Ye Tian reminded him in a timely manner.

“Can I update the mini-games with money?!” Hearing this, Ning Buxiu’s mind immediately became active.

Shouldn't I update a ranking list, shouldn't I update a Village mark, and shouldn't there be skins, right?

“Phew, let’s first send an update message to these esteemed customers.” Ning Buxiu grinned.