Villain’s Programming - Chapter 280



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Episode 280 Prince Yeongyo

The morning star was frustrated.

‘I want to tell the Master everything, but that damn system!’

A lot of what he was talking about wasn’t showing up because he wasn’t qualified yet.

‘Still, Master is amazing. You’ve inferred what I’m trying to say with the word fate, right?’

It wasn’t just an inference. The Master linked the words ‘destruction’ and ‘fate’ to guess that the person who sent the ‘letter of fortune’ was the ‘black pillar’.

‘Honestly, I hadn’t thought about it either. Did the black pillar really send the email?’

If that were true, this would be a huge deal. It would become clear that there was another being other than himself who could physically ‘interfere’ with the ‘world where the Master is’.

‘How can he do that? And what is the Black Pillar trying to do through the game called Prince Yeongyo?’

Curiosity surged. Saetbyeol looked at the black pillar.

‘Maybe if I put my hand in this time, I’ll be able to find out why?’

Saetbyeol, who had been thinking, shook her head.

‘No. I haven’t heard what the black pillar saw in me last time. It’s sinister when I think about it.’

The broken Saetbyul suddenly felt helpless. This was because she realized that there was nothing she could do for her Master right now.

‘I can’t put my hand on the black pillar, and I can’t ask the heavens for three years. Eight. It’s annoying!’

The annoyed Morning Star threw a stone into the lake. Then the Master said,

‘What? You think you know what they’re going to do, and you think there’s something they’re missing?’

Saetbyeol, who thought that if this was true, she could give the ‘Black Pillar’ a blow, immediately asked.

Dojun said with a smile.

“No. That’s part of it, but there’s a solution to it. I’ve already announced it before, so Baeksent might follow suit.”

“That’s true. But the country that released the game is China. China has a population of 1 billion, so even 1% of them is 10 million people. Even if just 1% of them play the game, it’ll be a huge hit.”

The morning star frowned.

Dojun answered with a bright smile.

“network.”

“It’s complicated to explain. I’ll go to China and show you right away.”

* * *

The next day, Dojun headed to Shenzhen, China.

“Fight!”

Minmay was there to greet him at the airport. Dojun greeted Minmay and asked.

“Minmay, it’s nice that you’re here to pick me up. Don’t people around you say anything? Is it okay for the CEO to come out to pick you up like this? You’re busy.”

Minmay answered with a snicker.

“Who can say anything when he comes out to greet Sabu? Besides, why would Sabu come for no reason? He must have come for work. And it must be quite important work, right?”

Dojun said, ruffling Minmay’s hair.

“I have nothing more to teach you. Get off, Minmay.”

“Chi. Hassan has already been here. But, why did you come here all of a sudden without any prior notice? Could it be? Because of the prince’s wedding?”

“Right. There’s something I want to check.”

“What is it?”

“Follow me.”

After saying that, Dojun went to the ‘telecommunications office’ at the airport and connected to the Chinese telecommunications network.

The word ‘3G’ was displayed at the top of the phone.

“Minmay, do you know a good restaurant?”

“Yes, I know. But you’re not going to tell me? What do you want to check?”

“I’ll tell you when we go to a good restaurant.”

“Okay. Got it.”

Dojun got into Minmay’s car and went to downtown Shenzhen.

While moving, Dojun carefully looked at the ‘communication’ sign displayed on his smartphone. There, he saw the sign ‘2G’.

‘2G! My guess was right.’

Minmay asked.

“Ssabu. What have you been looking at so intently since a while ago?”

“The Prince’s Solution.”

Minmay tilted her head.

“Huh? The solution? Is the solution written there? It looks like there’s nothing there.”

“That’s why you can’t get off the mountain yet. Okay, I’m being generous. I was going to tell you over a meal, but I’ll tell you right away. Look here. What does the communication status say here?”

“2G?”

“that’s right.”

“Why is this?”

Dojun smiled brightly.

“Don’t you know? Well, you were in China, so that would be expected. Let me give you a hint… Game genre?”

“What game genre is it?”

Minmay frowned and blinked her eyes in thought.

“Oh my god, Prince Yeongyo is in the AOS (Aeon of Strife) genre. Network! It may be okay on 3G, but it won’t play properly in a 2G environment!”

Both LOL and Prince Yeongyao are games belonging to the AOS genre.

Naturally, the network was important, and if the network was cut off in the middle of the game, it was a genre where you would become a so-called ‘runaway ninja’ and the people you were playing with would ask about your parents’ well-being.

“That’s right. It’s okay to play AOS games on 3G, but the network lag is too bad on 2G to play properly.”

“2G is a luxury. There are so many places where there is no connection to the telecommunications company at all!”

Dojun looked at his phone. The bar indicating the reception sensitivity was going from one bar to the next, then disappearing.

“That’s right. There are many places where there is no connection at all.”

China is a large country, but it was too large. It would be okay in the late 2010s, but in 2012, mobile communications were not yet smooth.

‘This is not only China, but also the US and Europe. Korea was particularly smooth. This must be a national trait, right?’

“Ssabu, I guess I was worrying for nothing. If that’s the case, then there’s no need to come up with a plan. We’ll win 100%!”

Dojun shook his head at Minmay, who had a bright face.

“I don’t know about that. Baekseon is not stupid. How could he not know this? He must be coming up with a plan that I don’t know about.”

“Fine. You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Huh? Why?”

Minmay snickered at Dojun’s words.

“I heard that the inside of Baeksent is on the verge of a complete explosion right now.”

* * *

Liao Weisheng tilted his head at the secretary’s report.

“The Korean Hwang Do-jun said he wanted to meet me?”

“Yes. I heard he’s in Seonjeon right now. What should I do, sir?”

“Hmm. Why did you ask to see it?”

“Maybe… LOL it’s because of copyright?”

Prince Youngyo was a game that was copied from LoL.

“It’s definitely worth coming here after seeing the video.”

“Shall we set up a meeting?”

Liao Weisheng shook his head at the secretary’s words.

To be honest, Liao Weicheng wanted to see Huang Dujun. The reason was that the people he wanted to kill more than Ma Huateng were Huang Dujun and Min Mei.

‘You bastards who threw me into the abyss!’

Liao Weisheng tightened his grip on the ballpoint pen.

– Inactive.

The ballpoint pen broke into two pieces. The startled chief secretary approached him.

“Sir! Are you okay?”

Liao Weisheng opened his hand. The broken ballpoint pen fell onto the desk.

“Oh, it’s okay. These days, ballpoint pens… are cheap.”

Liao Weicheng threw the broken pen into the trash can, took out a new one, and said.

“Don’t make plans just because you’re busy.”

Liao Weicheng had a strong desire to kill them when he saw them, but he held back.

‘I don’t think I can stand seeing them.’

What he had to do was to maintain his ‘reason’. Liao Weicheng endured and endured.

“Yes? But Hwang Do-jun came all the way to Seonjeon. Should we just back off like this?”

“It’s okay. There’s nothing Hwang Do-jun can do this time.”

Regarding the copyright issue, I received a definite answer from the ‘Communist Party’ that they would resolve it.

‘Even if we go to court, it will take five years.’

The lifespan of a typical game is about a year. After about two years, unless it was a huge hit, it was forgotten by users.

‘I don’t know how many years Prince Youngyo will last, but it would be okay if it folded after 5 years.’

“Okay. Next, let’s report to the Prince Youngyo Development Lab.”

Liao Weisheng looked at the report.

“Hmm. You made two versions, one high-spec and one low-spec? This is supposed to be a solution to the smartphone spec problem? Have you checked the effectiveness of this?”

“Yes. This effect has already been proven in the Korean mobile version of the baseball game. It’s a game created by Hwang Do-jun.”

“If Hwang Do-jun made it, then it’s certain. He must have analyzed it thoroughly, right?”

The chief secretary confidently responded to Liao Weisheng’s words.

“Yes. Baeksent has a team of reverse engineering experts. They thoroughly disassembled the Korean baseball game and analyzed what was different.”

“Yes. We must not forget our strengths. We must not waste our efforts on making unique games, but copy well-made games.”

“All right.”

After hearing the chief secretary’s answer, Liao Weisheng looked at the report again. The target audience and test results for ‘Wang Ziyingyao’ were written there.

“Hmm. It’s a network problem.”

“Yes. The development team says there’s nothing they can do about this.”

“Hmm.”

Liao Weisheng thought for a moment and then said.

“Okay, I’ll go now.”

The chief secretary asked with wide eyes.

“Sir, what should we do about the network problem? If the report says so, it’s a big problem… … .”

“Think about it and then tell me.”

The chief secretary bowed his head deeply at Liao Weisheng’s words.

“Understood, sir.”

As soon as the chief secretary left, Liao Weicheng opened the messenger. There was a person named ‘Bruce’ there, and Liao Weicheng sent a message to ‘Bruce’.

[There are reports of network problems. What should I do?]

The reply came right away.

[Just release the game as is. You don’t need to fix network issues.]

[Huh? The report says that doing that will ruin the game?]

[It’s okay. It’ll be resolved soon. And don’t forget our purpose.]

Liao Weisheng’s eyes widened at the word ‘purpose’.

[I haven’t forgotten.]

[Our goal is not the success of ‘Prince Youngyo’. That is secondary. Never forget our real goal.]

* * *

Dojun returned to Korea after checking the development status of ‘Dotapjeongi’ in China.

– Fight. I looked into it, and Liao Weisheng is from the business division, so he doesn’t really know much about development. And he said he’s a mudapo.

Minmay said that Baeksent’s new CEO, Liao Weisheng, doesn’t know much about development and has had a lot of trouble with the development team.

‘I really hope so. Well, we’ll find out in a few days.’

Two weeks after Do-jun returned to Korea, ‘Prince Youngyo’ was released in China.

[100 Cent Prince Youngyo Released!]

Dojun entered the Chinese gaming community and checked the posts.

‘It’s actually released. Did you fix the network issues?’

The specification issue seemed to have been resolved by having separate versions for high-spec and low-spec smartphones.

Dojun chuckled.

‘Yeah, feel free to copy stuff like this.’

Separating high-spec and low-spec versions and distributing them was a technical matter, not a content matter. Dojun was willing to tell me about the ‘technical matter’ if I asked.

Dojun wanted to play ‘Prince Youngyo’, but he couldn’t play it because it was in Korea. Instead, he went into the Chinese gaming community to see what people thought.

– Is the game any good? It’s fun!

– Right. It seems better than LOL.

– I also like that it’s divided into high-spec and low-spec versions. If there wasn’t a low-spec version, I probably wouldn’t have been able to play the game.

The reaction from Chinese gamers was not bad. But that was short-lived. After about an hour, the message boards were on fire.

– No? What kind of game is this! It crashes when you enter the room?

– me too!

– Surely… you’re not telling me to do this while connected to WIFI? Then, you’re telling me to only do it at home? You can’t do it while walking around?

– Am I a runaway ninja?

Dojun chuckled after seeing the post.

“I guess it still wasn’t resolved.”

Dojun tapped the desk with his fingers.

‘Honestly, if it was the chain letter that sent it, I thought it would have solved the network problem as well.’

The skills Do-jun remembers are up to 2022. He has only glimpsed the skills beyond that as ‘lost memories’, and has not mastered them.

So, Dojun was worried that there might be something in ‘Wangjayeongyo’ that surpassed the technological capabilities of that time.

‘But it wasn’t. This makes it clear. Those who send chain letters aren’t perfect either. They have loopholes!’

Do-jun had been worried about not receiving help from Saet-byul for three years, because that meant they could continue to attack him for three years.

However, Dojun was convinced after watching the ‘Wangjayeongyo’ play video uploaded on YouTube.

‘Gap. If we can find that gap like this, we can escape their attacks!’

Dojun continued to look at the gameplay videos and posts until he got off work. The bulletin board was full of mocking posts.

“I don’t need to look any further.”

Dojun got up from his seat. At that moment, Minmay contacted him.

– Fight! Did you see the video?

Minmay’s voice was very memorable.

“Yeah. I’m watching it now.”

– Haha. Baekcent is totally in a state of shock right now!

“Of course.”

There were many Chinese gamers who were looking forward to ‘Prince Youngyo’, but many of them were angry when the game did not run smoothly.

The gamers’ resentment also affected Baeksent’s stocks, and Baeksent’s stock price continued to fall.

– That’s not all. There’s good news.

Minmay said that many of Baeksent’s internal developers are leaving the company and that they are absorbing a significant number of them.

– By the way, I have a quick question.

“What is it?”

– The problem with the Prince Youngyo network, isn’t that the same thing in ‘Dotap Jeonki’?

“That’s right. It’s the same.”

Of course, the genres are different and there is no comparison, but Dotapjeonggi was also clearly a game that used the network.

– Then what should I do? If the network is disconnected like that, I will be disconnected from the game and all the effort I put into the game will be lost.

Dojun chuckled.

“You can solve it.”

– How? How do you prevent the network from disconnecting? That’s a physical disconnection, right? Of course, you can reconnect, but even if you do, there’s no guarantee that you’ll be connected to the same server, right?

“That’s right. We can’t stop physical disconnections. But we can keep trying to connect, and create a server that doesn’t have any problems with the game, even if it’s not the same server.”

Minmay asked in surprise.

– Yes? There is such a server? Is it a new server developed by Sabu?

“No. It’s a server that you, me, and people all over the world are already using.”

– That’s ridiculous. Where would you find a server like that…?

Minmay paused for a moment and then asked.

– Fight… Really?

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