This is the ninth art

Chapter 189 Three days of playing, "Stardew Valley" cured my internal friction!
Qian Dai just celebrated his birthday yesterday.

Thirty years old, a bowl of longevity noodles and a poached egg.

Because he didn't buy candles, he pressed the lighter.

The swaying flames pulled the noodle bowl like a black yurt.

He clasped his hands together, and sincerely made a wish that had been repeated countless times.

"I hope to get a promotion and raise my salary next year and find a girlfriend."

This wish may sound ridiculous.

But for Qian Dai, it is not easy to achieve these.

He is ordinary-looking and taciturn. Although he is serious and attentive in his work, he is not smooth enough and doesn't understand the world.

So much so that after graduating from university, he is still a low-level employee of the company.

The roommate who had a good relationship in college has already become the manager of another large company after three or five job hopping.

In the past eight years in the position Qian Dai has stuck to, his salary has only been raised by less than double.

At that time, it was in the early three thousand, and now it is six thousand.

But prices have also nearly doubled in eight years.

Looking around, colleagues and friends have already married, and the family is happy and complete.

And he.

Even girls' hands have never been touched.

It is said that the old man named him Qian Dai when he was just born, which is a homonym for money bag.

This is a good wish for my grandson to make a fortune every day in the future.

But Qian Dai feels that he can only tighten his wallet now.

The high monthly cost of living in a big city almost made him breathless.

Usually, even a minor illness like a cold is only dared to wait for the company's free medical examination before getting it.

Of course, poor people don't get rich because they're poor.

The rich do not become poor through waste.

Sometimes I watch those glamorous people in online videos, who drive the best cars, live in the best buildings, wear the best clothes, and use the most expensive cosmetics.

Qian Dai also often feels the magic presented by reality.

But sometimes, life does not mean that if you work hard, you will be rewarded.

At least for now, Qian Dai feels that he has passed the age of passion for pouring himself chicken soup.

To be untalented is to be untalented, to be inferior is to be inferior.

Qian Dai has to admit that this social gap cannot be bridged.

Standing up is too tiring.

He just wants to lie down now.

Lying under the bridge hole that is warm in summer and cool in winter, covered with a small quilt that leaks the wind, he will be right to anyone who comes. Isn't this a kind of happiness of reconciliation with oneself.

Originally, this was just Qian Dai's self-deprecating statement.

But what he didn't expect was.

Immediately it becomes real.

The phone receives a text message.

It's not to congratulate him on his happy birthday. In fact, Qian Dai has no friends.

Even 10086 may have forgotten that he is such a number one person.

It was the boss of his company who sent the message.

He hesitated for a long time.

Finally he spoke.

"Xiaoqian, the company's earnings have been really sluggish recently...I've been struggling with layoffs for a long time. You've been with the company for the past eight years, and I've noticed your efforts for the company, but now The landlord's house has no food left..."

Qian Dai was startled.

After reacting, I realized that the company was going to find an excuse to fire him.

In the ensuing chat, the boss talked to him for a long time.

This attitude is the best that Qian Dai has experienced in the company for eight years.

The boss wants to fire me, but he is still willing to find a reason?He lowered his profile and begged me to leave?

Damn, I won so thoroughly!
After agreeing to the boss's one-year wage subsidy, Qian Dai turned off his cell phone.

After sitting in a daze for a while, he sucked off the soaked longevity noodles.

Then he turned off the light in the living room.

Now he is an unemployed person, and the electricity bill of 0.53 gross/kWh has just been included in the ranks of luxury by him.

Qian Dai didn't just sit still.

He was looking back on what he had achieved in the eight years since he graduated from school.

A skill?

No, as a low-level employee in the company, what he can do is limited. In a sense, his authority is not as good as that of a security guard with the company's door key.

A shrewd person who has worked hard in society?
nor.

Although Qian Dai really wanted to put gold on his face, the reality was that he would be nervous when talking to the beautiful new sister from the HR department next door.

After thinking silently in his heart for a few minutes, Qian Dai found out that he seemed to have gained nothing in the past eight years since he left the society.

"I'm not special." Qian Dai said to himself.

He feels that he is a dispensable person to this society, the most ordinary person struggling to survive.

When I think of the not-so-substantial savings in my pocket, and the fact that my parents’ pension insurance has not been fully purchased, let alone various external pressures such as new houses and marriages.

After sitting quietly for a while.

Qian Dai swiped at his phone anyway, and began to pay attention to the recruitment information of related jobs.

As soon as I took out the phone, today's hot push came into view.

A game called "Stardew Valley" is about to be released, but due to the uneven distribution of BUG test places, the phenomenon of quota gouging is serious.

It was criticized by some netizens and became a hot search.

I think that with Junyue's current size, more internal test quotas should be opened, so as to live up to everyone's expectations.

When some netizens discussed how many quotas should be issued.

These keyboard warriors, who probably don't even play Junyue games, speak with their chests out of course.

"No matter what, there must be a 10+ quota, you have to think about how many people we have in Huaxia."

"Junyue's layout is too small, it's still hidden for a game."

"Don't you just want to sell more copies?"

"That's what capitalists do."

Qian Dai also took a look at all kinds of controversies on the Internet.

He has heard a little about the production company of the game.

It is Junyue company that has been swiping the screen all the time in the past two years.

It is famous for its high-quality game content, extremely innovative settings, unexpected gameplay and many other reputations.

However, none of this has anything to do with Qian Dai.

He doesn't play games.

More strictly speaking.

It's not that he doesn't want to play games, it's just that he doesn't have time to play.

The burden of real life made him almost out of breath. Every day when he opened his eyes, he had to think about how he would settle down in the future.

For Qian Dai, entertainment methods to kill time and amuse himself, such as games, are too extravagant.

However, when Qian Dai saw one of the netizens said.

At present, the quota for these 100 test numbers has not been issued, and the quota for one number is as high as five digits.

Qian Dai's eyes straightened immediately.

"This...a game qualification number can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars?"

"If only I could get a test number."

He thought enviously.

By flipping through the comments below.

I found that some netizens really gave out the way to draw numbers.

However, it is suspected of selling numbers.

The more people involved, the higher the value of their reselling accounts.

Qian Dai thought about it.

Still with a fluke mentality, go to Junyue official account to register an account according to the method provided, and submit the application.

It is not troublesome to submit a lottery application, what if you win?
of course.

After finishing it, Qian Dai himself didn't have much expectations.

No matter how you think about it, this kind of internal test qualification number is open to some senior players.

The result surprised Qian Dai.

He really hit it!
About half an hour or so.

He was still browsing the job hunting information, and he was wandering between a small company that offered 5500/monthly salary but could only take two days off a month, and another company that offered two days off but only had a monthly salary of about 4500.

Suddenly, an official text message from Junyue came into his sight.

[Dear Mr. Qian Dai, congratulations on passing Junyue Game's official closed beta qualification application and obtaining the "Stardew Valley" closed beta qualification.Internal test invitation code: 5JKYU****, please log in to Junyue official website to activate your invitation code.Start a happy life of a farmer who belongs to you! 】

Qian Dai stared at the text message for a long time.

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help being a little excited.

But I am worried that it is a new type of fraud.

I am a person who can't get along with the game.

The only intersection with the game is nothing more than that when the national game became popular a while ago, he would touch it out to play two games when he was squatting.

How could this internal beta number be sent to me?

However, after learning a little bit about the purpose of this company, Junyue, on the Internet.

He found that the core purpose of this company is to bring joy to players.

When the internal test number is released to the outside world.

In addition to senior players, some ordinary passers-by with no gaming experience will also be recruited to join the closed beta.

The founder of Junyue, Mr. Chu Jun, once publicly stated: The more people who don’t know the game industry, the more happy they can be in the game. Their existence is a precious asset for the industry.In my case, there are no players who are not interested in the game, some are just that the game is not attractive enough for players.

"Good guy, this is treating everyone in the world as his clients... The pattern is too big." Qian Dai was instantly in awe of this game designer who had never met.

After repeatedly looking for Junyue's official phone number, I found that it was exactly the same as the sender of the text message.

It belongs to the episode number of Junyue Game Customer Service.

This also means...

The internal test invitation number in his hand is real!

An early access qualification number worth at least tens of thousands of dollars!
Excited heart, trembling hands.

Qian Dai wanted to sell the number immediately.

However, the moment you exit the text message.

He scanned the text message again.

Noticed the last sentence of the text message.

[Start a happy life of a farmer who belongs to you! 】

The words "happy life" made Qian Dai feel in a trance for a moment.

The pressure of real life almost made him breathless.

Mortgage, parents' pension insurance, and future marriage are all expensive expenses.

Currently still unemployed.

In addition to such extremely small probability events as the pie in the sky, winning the lottery, the sudden demolition of the abandoned rotten land at home, and accidentally saving the richest man.

Qian Dai thinks that his future has long been fixed like a nail on a board.

This kind of life that can be seen at a glance.

Does it have anything to do with Ruyi?
Some people were born as Roman nobles, while others were born as mules and horses.

Qian Dai felt that his current state was very dangerous.

He lost any expectations for the rest of his life, and even felt like a waste.

When a person has no expectations for the future.

It is easy to do some irreversible things in an extremely disappointed mood.

Qian Dai stared at the internal test qualification number in his hand, and began to hesitate in his heart.

He didn't know if the game was really as advertised.

Can bring him a pleasant life experience.

Although things that cannot be experienced in reality, even if they are experienced in the virtual world, they are only deceiving themselves.

But compared to the fact that tens of thousands of dollars cannot change the status quo, if there is some relief on the spiritual level.

Maybe it will feel better.

Furthermore, what Jun Yue gave him was not money, but a qualification number for the internal test of the game.

Value is artificially assigned.

He never lost anything.

What is included in the game.

Perhaps it is the precious wealth that game designers really want to bring to players.

"I've heard of Junyue game for a long time, it must be a boutique."

"At the moment, I also happen to be unemployed and stay at home."

"Then..."

"Try?"

Qian Dai hesitated for a moment.

Finally a decision was made.

Experience a game that was once a luxury for him!
After entering the activation code on the webpage, because it is an internal test qualification number, it does not contain any in-game recharge channels.

Therefore, the qualification number will be recycled after the game is officially released.

So the IP will also be locked.

Clicking OK means that the qualification number worth tens of thousands of dollars will be cleared from this moment.

"I also want to experience a game worth tens of thousands of yuan." Qian Dai smiled helplessly with a bit of Ah Q spirit, and muttered to himself: "I hope this game won't disappoint me."

After entering the activation code, soon, a download page popped up officially.

The volume of the game is not large, and it will be downloaded in a short time.

Can't wait to click run.

A game full of pixel style was presented in front of him.

I heard the quiet and peaceful BGM in my ears.

This background music seems to have a special affinity.

Qian Dai, who was a little confused and irritable due to the pressure not long ago, is gradually relieving himself.

The game is pixel art.

Perhaps for many old game players, pixel-style graphics games are outdated.

But as Chu Jun said, the more people who don't know the game industry, the more happy they can be in the game.

People like Qian Dai who don't have much experience with games think that pixel style is a major feature of the game industry.

It is a distinctive feature of its own that other industries do not have.

Not long after, a CG popped up in the game.

Inside the Western-style house, candles flickered on the fireplace.

A white-haired old man was lying on the bed with a letter in his hand.

"To my most special grandson:
Please accept this letter.

Don't open it yet, please be patient.

listen.

The moment when you feel overwhelmed by the burdens of real life

The moment your spirit dies before the void

If so one day.

My grandson, you can open this present.

Well, let Grandpa rest well now. "

See this narration.

Qian Dai's eyes straightened immediately.

Overwhelmed by the weight of real life?

The spirit disappears in the incomparable emptiness?
Isn't this just talking about yourself?

He is so substitutable!

"Designer Chu is too good!" Qian Dai had to sigh.

Just a short prologue at the beginning of the game.

It already gave him a strong sense of substitution!
And I can't wait to know, what kind of special gift does the old man in the game want to give to "myself who has been crushed by life"?

　Without eunuchs, there is no way to cut books.

　　I have already thought about the ending, and it is a relatively perfect ending.

　　I will write slowly, please take your time to read, if you feel urgent, you can take care of it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)