Post-2000 boss: You can be late up to seven days a week!

Chapter 209 Try the game again!

Faced with such an opportunity to lose money, how could Cao Che let it go.

I wrote a novel while working, and my job is not even writing-related work. In addition, it was rejected by countless publishing houses and said that it could not be commercialized. If this was published, it would be a novel.

I'm afraid the possibility of making a profit is less than one in ten thousand.

You will lose as much as you print. In this case, why should you worry about losing money?

"Ahem! That's it!"

"Teacher Liu, just talk to Guan Shan about the rest. I'll go check out the new project first and then determine the release date!"

Cao Che said and immediately ran out of the studio and returned to his office.

Within five minutes, Liu Guanshan walked into Cao Che's office with a USB flash drive.

"Mr. Cao, this is our complete version of the game!"

Cao Che inserted the USB flash drive very skillfully and started the game again.

This time it's the same as before, the familiar opening animation, and nothing has been added to the start menu.

Cao Che decisively clicked to start the game.

This time, a burst of unspeakable and very depressing music came from the headphones.

I could vaguely hear the howling of the cold wind and the sound of people sighing.

The finished version has a lot of music added, and the dialog box is no longer garbled.

This time, just like the previous trial version, a man with unshaven beard, thick dark circles under his eyes, and a depressed mental state appeared on the screen.

"It's another day where I want to die. When will this day come to an end..."

The first paragraph at the beginning is very depressing.

This time, dubbing was added, making it sound even more tired.

"It's really unlucky. I worked overtime until 12 o'clock yesterday, and was called up by the manager to write code at 3 o'clock in the morning. Now my head is still hurting, and now I have to go to work again. What kind of day is this..."

As before, after the protagonist's soliloquy, a phone call and option box popped up on the screen.

Cao Che ushered in the first option of the game, to answer the phone or not.

Cao Che chose to answer the phone last time, but this time he chose a different option.

I hung up the message directly.

Immediately afterwards, the protagonist talks to himself that makes people feel tired.

"Oh! This is a call from the landlord. He is probably asking for rent again..."

"Haha! I'm already thirty, and I still can't pay the rent or buy a house. I'm really living a failure!"

The protagonist had just finished laughing at himself, and Cao Che explored the room for a while.

This time there was a lot more detail than last time. There were some instant noodle bowls placed in the corner, as well as various household garbage, and clumped paper towels could be seen everywhere.

The decadent life of the protagonist is highlighted everywhere.

Just as Cao Che wanted to control the protagonist to leave the room, there was a knock on the door.

Before Cao Che could react, the sound of a key being inserted into the door lock and turned came from the earphones.

A bald man who looked to be in his forties rushed in.

A snarky voice sounded from the earphones.

"Okay! If you still don't answer my call, do you know that the rent is due?"

"How long have you been procrastinating? You are in your thirties and you can't even pay the rent of one or two thousand. What kind of waste are you?"

"I think you should go back to your country as soon as possible. This big city is not suitable for you!"

The landlord's voice came. Although Cao Che knew how mean the landlord was when he played before, the voice from the headphones immediately amplified the power of these words many times.

If there was a PK option in the game, Cao Che would definitely have prepared a set of King of Fighters' ultimate moves for the landlord.

The man listened to the landlord's ridicule and clenched his fists tightly. In the dialog box below, there was also a man's psychological activity.

"Calm down! Calm down! You don't have the medical expenses to pay to others now. Besides, if you hit someone, not only will you not have a place to live, you won't even have a job, and you will have to squat for a few days!"

After the conversation ends, the protagonist on the screen loosens his clenched fists.

Instead, a flattering voice came from the earphones.

"Brother Fang, isn't there really nothing I can do? How many days are you giving me grace?"

A pack of cigarettes appeared in the protagonist's hand and was handed to the landlord.

The landlord silently put the cigarette in his pocket.

"If you still can't pay the rent in one week, then get out of here! If you can't come up with money even if you go to work every day, if I were you, I would really find a spacious river and jump into it and drown!"

The landlord opened the door and disappeared from the screen, his voice fading away.

At this moment, the protagonist stood in front of the entrance and turned to look at his den.

The complaining self-talk recurred again.

"Ugh!"

"I work more than ten hours a day, and I can't even buy a place of more than twenty square meters. For such a place, even an ordinary person like me needs to work hard for the rest of my life. Is it possible that in my decades, I can't even afford it?" Isn’t it important that we don’t have this mere twenty square meters?”

Seeing the familiar words appear in front of his eyes, Cao Che was a little stunned.

He turned to look at Liu Guanshan who was standing aside.

"Guanshan. How do I remember that I seemed to have chosen to answer the phone before and had this soliloquy?"

Liu Guanshan nodded.

"Brother Che, the options at the beginning are actually not very different. This is equivalent to a novice tutorial!"

Cao Che nodded suddenly. Just as he was about to proceed with the next step, he suddenly noticed something similar to a health bar appearing on the screen.

[Mood value -20! 】

At this moment, most of the health bar in the upper left corner of the screen was depleted.

Liu Guanshan also immediately opened his mouth to explain.

"This is something similar to a blood bar. In order to increase the difficulty of the game, we subsequently developed the design. If the mood value returns to zero, the character will immediately burst out with a lot of frustration, and then enter a state of negative emotions. Overall It means that there is no way to develop the plot or anything like that!”

"If you want to restore your mood value, you can only use the game's specific methods."

Cao Che nodded and continued the next operation.

Next are three options.

[Option 1: Work conscientiously and reach the peak of life! 】

[Option two, take half a day off with your boss, and then go to the park to relax! 】

[Option 3: If it doesn’t work, just sleep at home! 】

Cao Che had chosen option one before, but this time he wanted to try option three.

The mouse was lightly clicked on option three, and the man's soliloquy was immediately heard from the earphones.

"I don't know how long it has been since I had a good night's sleep. I'd better have a good night's sleep today. As for the rest, I can only take one step and see..."

On the screen, the man dragged his tired body, lay down on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.

When I woke up again, it was completely dark.

I slept for a full nine hours.

At this moment, there are dozens of missed calls coming from the protagonist’s mobile phone.

(End of this chapter)