149: Chapter 149: Prelude to Part Two
"Then thanks, Sister Yang." Zhou Yang grinned.
Soon, they returned to the villa.
Originally, Zhou Yang thought Yang Ruoxue staying at his house was just a joke, but it turned out she was serious.
She had someone send her luggage over that very day.
Furthermore, she curiously asked him about the two World Wars.
Zhou Yang had no choice but to tell her about the content of these two World Wars.
He spoke from World War I all the way to the end of World War II.
Of course, he only covered some rough details, such as the key battles of these two World Wars.
He would only explain further if Yang Ruoxue continued to ask for details.
Before Yang Ruoxue had even finished listening, she was so shocked that she didn't know what to say.
After a long while, she finally spoke, asking somewhat incredulously, "Zhou Yang, did you come up with all of this yourself?"
"Mm." Zhou Yang nodded.
He couldn't exactly say this was history from his past life; that would be too absurd.
Therefore, simply accepting it was the easiest thing to do.
The more he explained, the more loopholes there would be.
"Then you are really amazing." Yang Ruoxue sighed sincerely.
"I'm not like that; I can't think of a single thing in my head." Yang Ruoxue shook her head slightly.
She didn't really like using her brain to think about such things; it was too mentally taxing.
Since she could just lie flat, there was no need for her to rack her brains starting a business or anything like that.
Zhou Yang smiled slightly and said nothing.
Although this did indeed require some brainpower, he was merely a porter of history.
He didn't have the great ability to write a history himself.
"Sister Yang, do you want me to continue?" Zhou Yang looked at Yang Ruoxue with a smile and asked softly.
Upon hearing this, Yang Ruoxue shook her head gently.
"No need, what you just said made me a bit sleepy; it gave me the feeling of listening to a Chinese teacher's lecture."
Zhou Yang couldn't help but laugh when he heard Yang Ruoxue say this.
He knew that his delivery was dry.
After all, what he was talking about was history; curious people might listen for a while.
But listening to it for too long would become boring and dull.
The content was novel, but the words were dry.
After all, historical records aren't as engaging as novels.
"Alright, then I'll go back to work." After saying that, Zhou Yang returned to his room.
The workload for the new game was substantial, but he didn't need to work ten-plus hours a day and sleep only four or five hours like he did before the Anti-War Competition.
That kind of work intensity was too exhausting.
There was no rush to release the new game; he had plenty of time.
He had already planned to work four or five hours a day, focusing on the idea that since he had money now, he shouldn't overwork himself.
...
The awards ceremony had just ended, and Zhou Yang's remarks at the ceremony had already spread all over the internet.
Netizens were very curious about what this complete worldview was actually like.
Especially the two World Wars.
Netizens didn't even dare to imagine a regional war, let alone World Wars.
"This Zhou Yang is too daring; once for a World War isn't enough, he wants two."
"Although it sounds very whimsical, I'm very curious."
"It sounds like bragging; it's not even certain if he can actually make it."
"I feel like he can definitely make it; after all, the first part is already done, and work on the second part has started."
"I hope he hurries up; I don't want to wait for a 'lifetime' series."
The Netizens' discussion was very intense.
After this awards ceremony, Zhou Yang's name spread across the entire Chinese internet instantly.
Leveraging the traffic and opportunity from the awards ceremony, the popularity of the new game was constantly rising.
Needless to say, the popularity of the second game would inevitably be higher than the first.
As long as the game quality didn't flop, he could basically live off it for a lifetime.
He had already piqued the Netizens' interest in these two World Wars.
At this moment, in Wang Ye's livestream room.
Wang Ye was still livestreaming the open-world mode; he was persistently trying to change the ending of the Battle of Nanjing.
Even though he knew it was difficult, they refused to accept defeat.
Wang Ye was currently doing manual labor in the game, carrying bricks.
Of course, it was literal brick-carrying.
They needed to build a factory, and they needed people to carry bricks.
Wang Ye didn't know anything about machinery; as a computer science student, he had no use for his skills here.
After all, there were no computers for him to use.
He only had his physical strength.
Fortunately, this was a game, not reality; otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to lift these bricks.
Right now, he was carrying forty bricks in one go; each brick weighed over a kilogram, so forty bricks came close to a hundred jin.
If it weren't for his game character being a dock porter, he wouldn't be able to carry so many.
A moment later, he finished another trip, found a spot, covered in dust, and sat on the ground to rest.
He had started over a dozen games in the last two days, but not a single one was successful.
Over time, this had damaged the confidence of many players.
However, most players were still persisting.
Wang Ye sat on the ground and glanced at the audience comments in the livestream room.
Suddenly, one comment caught his attention.
"Old Thief Zhou's new game is coming out, it's called something like 'World War II: Pacific Campaign'."
"A new game? I'm looking forward to it so much!"
"What's the point of just knowing the name? Not a single bit of game content has been revealed."
"Yeah, they didn't even say when it would be released, just gave a name."
Seeing this, Wang Ye was also very surprised.
What had he missed?
"Brothers, what are you guys talking about? What new game from Old Thief Zhou? Who is Old Thief Zhou?"
Upon hearing Wang Ye's words, the audience immediately explained it to him.
"Old Thief Zhou is the producer of the game you're playing right now, Brother Wang; his full name is Zhou Yang."
"Right, right, and not to mention, he looks quite handsome, but why are the games he makes so hard? He insists on torturing us; his heart is truly black."
"Brother Wang, Zhou Yang is the producer of this game. He revealed the news about the new game at the Anti-War Competition awards ceremony. Brother Wang, you can search for it; there are livestream recordings."
The audience's comments scrolled by, answering Wang Ye's question.
Seeing this, Wang Ye immediately understood what had happened.
He didn't care about any awards ceremony; he only had one thing on his mind right now, and that was the new game.
Because a new game meant new traffic!
Although his traffic was quite good right now, that was because this game had only been released for a few days.
If a month or two passed without a new game to take over, the traffic in his livestream room would still drop.
Wang Ye didn't want to rack his brains testing other new games; the risk costs were too high.
If it didn't take off, it would be a huge loss.
Now that this World War II series was actually releasing a second part, he didn't even have to think about it.
No matter what, he was definitely going to play it.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "This is great! Brothers! Once the new game comes out, I will definitely be the first to go play it. I'm sure you guys are all looking forward to this new game too."