Getting rich: starting with a journey through the World of Warcraft game

Chapter 1 Warcraft national server is dead
Some people are alive, but they are dead in everyone's heart.

Wen Xin attended the online memorial service for the president of a game company and sent him the most sincere greetings, wishing him a long and healthy life, a happy life and a happy family.

On January 2023, 1, the national server of World of Warcraft, which had been in operation for 23 years, was discontinued due to agency issues.

The national service is dead, and there is something to pay homage to the electronic urn.

In the middle of last year, Wen Xin, who invested all his wealth in the World of Warcraft game studio and was about to show his strength, went bankrupt with the closure of the World of Warcraft national server.

The house leak happened to be raining all night, so my mother called the day before yesterday, saying that a certain person in the village was engaged and was going to get married in a while.

"The dowry is 23 yuan, and the three golds are 6 yuan. The man's house needs a man's bag, and the woman's family is a big family. At least 30 to [-] yuan is needed. The total amount is more than [-]."

It rained all night, and yesterday my mother called again.

"The so-and-so who played with you when you were young bought a house in the city, and I heard that he will soon buy a car worth 30 yuan. Now when people in the village mention him, they all give him a thumbs up, saying that he is promising."

At the age of 33, Wen Xin, who is still unmarried and has achieved nothing, is under a lot of pressure. When she gets older, she is most afraid of hearing such bad news.

It is clearly a pure post-1990s generation in 90. After graduating from university for so many years, they can only earn 996 or [-] a month for working at [-] every day.Not to mention buying a car or a house, I dare not even go on a blind date, because I can't afford a bride price at all, and I am afraid that talking about money will hurt my relationship.

In order to change the status quo, Wen Xin chose to resign and start his own business.

He doesn't have much level, the most powerful is playing games, World of Warcraft.

Wen Xin has participated in many global first-kill competitions for large-scale expansion packs of World of Warcraft. Although he did not win the first kill, he has won a good ranking and is somewhat famous in the circle.

Moreover, playing games has brought him a lot of income. Sometimes he is lucky, and the money he earns from games every month is more than 996 wages.

There is a specialization in the technology industry. On the eve of World of Warcraft 10.0 Age of Dragons and the eve of the launch of the nostalgic server Lich King Rage, Wen Xin decisively seized the opportunity and chose to open a World of Warcraft game studio.In order to be able to quickly develop the studio before the official server Age of Dragon and the nostalgic server Lich King Rage, he invested all his savings over the years into the studio, and only waited for the opening of Dragon Age and Lich King Rage, from many A piece of the studio.

However, it is counterproductive.

Just as Wen Xin's studio was developing in an orderly manner and just beginning to take shape, a thunderbolt came from the blue.

Netease and Blizzard's contract renewal agreement collapsed, and the game will be closed on January 2023, 1.

Like most people, Wen Xin had fantasized that the two companies would not really tear each other up for money, and that the national service might still have a chance for a turnaround.

The facts slapped the face, and the two companies really tore their skins apart, completely losing the little room for maneuver.

As soon as the news of shutting down the service came out, Wen Xin, a small studio that had just started, suffered a heavy blow.Originally, the orders that could not be finished every day were rapidly reduced, and the daily orders from all night to day became leisurely and comfortable.

"Let's go to the Asian server."

Someone once suggested to Wen Xin to give up the national server and switch to the Asian server.

But Wen Xin couldn't do it, because he didn't have enough funds, and if he wanted to move to the Asian server, he had to invest more.

Moreover, the future of the Asian server is unclear, and it is easy to fall into the abyss if you invest hastily.

In just one month, Wen Xin's studio went from prosperity to downfall, and the employees saw the future of the studio and chose to leave and moved to a large studio.

Wen Xin didn't blame them. After all, we are all adults and life is not easy. In order to let everyone have a good year, we will give everyone the bonus for half a year.

In this way, his studio has only been in operation for half a year. With the closure of the national server, he himself went bankrupt.

pat.

Warmly shut down the computer and ignite a melancholy.

At the end of the Chinese New Year, he immediately returned to the city from his hometown to deal with the "funeral affairs" of the studio.

In order to save money, Wen Xin lives in the studio, and there is still half a year's rent left, so he can't live for nothing.

"Sell it."

The studio was empty except for the cold, unpowered computer.

Wen Xin plans to transfer all the computers in the studio to another large studio in two days, at least to get back the capital, so that half a year of busy work will not end in vain.

This time the blow was very heavy for him, and when he closed his eyes, what echoed in his mind was his mother's chatter again, asking him to go back to blind dates, marry him, and make him stand out.

"It's better to go back to my hometown and start a small business."

33 years old is not young. Wen Xin, who has been working for 9 years, is tired of the 996 lifestyle. He decided to sell his computer and return to his hometown after getting his money back. He wanted to start a small business and settle down for two years.

If you can't live in your hometown, you can still meet the right girl, and you can get married without a high-priced gift.

After all, getting married and having children is, in a sense, far more important than making money.

Ding Dong!

The doorbell awakened Wen Xin's meditation.

Wen Xin came to his senses, could it be that the employees left something in the studio and came back to pick it up?
Wen Xin suppressed her melancholy and went to open the door.

When the door opened, the imaginary employee did not appear, but a courier boy.

The courier brother held a big cardboard box and asked Wen Xin: "Is this Mr. Wen Xin, here is your courier."

my courier?
Wen Xin was sure that he did not shop online, so he asked in confusion, "Are you sure it's my courier?"

The courier brother glanced at the courier information pasted on the cardboard box and confirmed, "This is No. xx, xx building, xx street, right?"

Wen Xin nodded: "Yes."

The courier brother said again: "Then your mobile phone number is 182xxxx4001?"

Wen Xin nodded again: "That's right."

The courier brother said: "That's right, this is your courier, please sign for it."

Everyone's life is not easy, Wen Xin will not embarrass a courier and take the carton from the courier brother.

The carton is not small, and Wen Xin is prepared to be very heavy.

However, when the carton was purchased, Wen Xin found that the carton was very light, very light, so light that it seemed to be an empty carton.

mischief?
Wen Xin was full of doubts, it was not a prank, why did he send an empty cardboard box by mail, it was strange.

The courier brother left, Wen Xin closed the door, and decided to open the cardboard box to find out.

Take out the key directly, and use a sharp point to cut the carton seal.

open.

"Good guy."

Wen Xin was speechless, there was actually a smaller cardboard box inside.

Yes, continue to disassemble.

"It hurts."

Wen Xin was speechless again, and there was an even smaller cardboard box inside.

Okay, let's keep going.

Cardboard boxes are stacked one after another, Wen Xin can now be sure that it must be someone's prank, but he decided to be stubborn to the end, to see what kind of air can be removed from the innermost part.

After dismantling ten layers in a row, Wen Xin finally unpacked something from a palm-sized cardboard box.

a card.

World of Warcraft Game Card

The pattern on the card is the game picture of World of Warcraft, which seems to be the promotional picture of World of Warcraft during the public beta.

What will this be?

Wen Xin held the card and looked at it carefully, wanting to find out: "The oldest version of the game in 05 is the point card? It's not like that. How can the workmanship of the point card in 05 be so good? The point card and mobile phone recharge card at that time It’s the same, it’s made of paper, and it can be broken if you bend it casually.”

Could it be...

Wen Xin thought of a possibility: "Could it be a commemorative gift for an 18-year-old World of Warcraft player?"

After all, they are the oldest group of players. They have been playing since the public beta and have not missed a single piece of expansion. Now that the national server is closed, the game company has finally become a second person. It is normal to give some small gifts to old players as souvenirs.

That's the packaging. Does a small commemorative card need to be packed in a 10-layer carton?

Well, it can be seen that the national service is closed, and the staff of the domestic operation department are unemployed, and they are pretending to be emotional.

Wen Xin smiled and put the commemorative card into his pocket.

"Didi..."

"Reading user information..."

"Username: Wen Xin"

"World of Warcraft game card binding successful"

"Sleep login game assist function is turned on"

Wen Xin didn't notice that the "commemorative card" in his pocket disappeared mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)