Chapter Thirty-Eight: Great Reputation

  What a huge amount of information! Is it necessary to be so explosive?

  Yang Yunqiu let out a sigh, and after some thought, it seemed that there was no big deal, who wasn't born from stone cracks, he must have had a father and mother, since he had been an orphan for so many years, his parents were probably really gone.

  Li Zifeng sighed, Fang Ru's future husband was surnamed Zhang. The Zhang family itself wasn't a peaceful household, with many disputes and struggles. He really didn't want Yang Yunqiu to get entangled in such troubles, which were too annoying. So when he recognized that Mr. Zhang had an 80-90% resemblance, his face being extremely similar, he didn't say much, only telling Lu Lan.

  Whether it was Li Zifeng or Lu Lan, their expressions were tense, "What have you decided to do? Are you going...to the Zhang's house?"

  From his expression, he was unhappy that Yang Ruqiu went to the Zhang family's place of dispute. If it weren't for Yang Ruqiu's younger half-brother being there, nothing more needed to be said, and they would have parted ways like death, with no further entanglements between them.

  But now - "Zhang Jiansheng's kid is your cheap younger brother, it's not good to be with him, you'd better not have too much hope."

  Yang Yunqiu suddenly lost her smile. Could it be that she looked so much like a love-deprived, melancholic young man? Was she really causing people to worry to this extent?

  Li Zifeng really thought that since he had lost his parents at a young age and had been an orphan for so many years, he would certainly hope that there were still other relatives in this world, even if it was just a younger half-brother from the same mother but different father, and that would also be something to hold onto.

  "I'm busy now and don't have time to think about those idle things, you can rest assured."

  The online game "World" is becoming increasingly popular

  And it's no longer just people who like online games who are paying attention.

  Many people say that they don't know why, but playing online games has a purifying effect on one's mind. After playing for a while, it seems like negative thoughts will gradually disappear.

  Bai Xi is a psychologist. On the mainland, this profession is not as popular as it is abroad, but with social progress, it has gradually opened up the market.

  He is somewhat famous in this field, although young, his seniority is not inferior to those predecessors, and because there are some connections among the elders at home, he entered the Psychological Research Institute of the Military Medical University, and his career is booming. In the past year, he has been invited by the public security department to provide psychological counseling for juvenile delinquents.

  To be honest, although this job can enhance his reputation and fame, Baixi has always been very headache about it.

  Those juvenile delinquents' psychological problems have become so severe that they can't be easily solved. At a young age, they only see the dark side of the world, committing murder and arson, looting, and being more ruthless than adults.

  These are just scum, and Baixi is not a saint. Although it's necessary to work hard at professional ethics, if there's no way to save them, then so be it, without excessive regret.

  There is just one young man, and he's making him quite entangled.

  The young man's name was Ming Yu, only sixteen years old. In ancient times, he might have already been a grown-up who could set up his own household, but now, he still had a lot of childishness about him.

  Ming Yu's family background is very good, his father is a lawyer, his mother is a teacher, and his grandparents are all old Red Army soldiers. The whole family has a strong foundation in revolutionary ideology, and their guidance for him has always been very strict. As a result, this child had no major problems before the age of 16, was quite obedient, and although his academic performance was not good, he still worked hard. But when he turned 16, he suddenly became rebellious.

  He developed a strange habit of stealing things from people. He would steal anything he saw, expensive or cheap, and accumulated a large pile of miscellaneous items. He was caught many times, but since he was young, his parents couldn't do much to discipline him, having tried scolding and beating him to no avail.

  Finally, this kid made a big move, he attempted to 'steal' from the bank and almost succeeded.

  Ming Yu didn't know where he learned that move from, but the police officers all joked that those American and British dramas really could corrupt kids.

  That kid copied the bank staff's ID card, trying to sneak in and cause trouble. If he wasn't too young and didn't look so fake, he might have succeeded, even if he couldn't steal anything important, it would still cause a big mess for the bank system.

  This time it's not just about detention centers anymore.

  Ming Yu's mother cried all day, trying to persuade him for a long time, but he was unmoved. Bai Xi also cared about this child very much, but only after meeting him did she discover that this kid had a clever mind and understood a lot about psychology. His resistance was too strong, so the psychological intervention had little effect.

  But didn't expect that recently there was a sudden change.

  Bai Xi originally was a doctor with great talent and diligence, naturally able to perceive the psychological changes of his "patients" in a timely manner.

  Ming Yu has changed a lot, he used to be a dead water, dull and only interested in stealing, but now he's alive, he cares about his parents' situation, when he hears his grandfather's voice, he shows remorse, and it's not fake.

  Moreover, he is no longer interested in those petty thefts. For a whole week, the prison guards did not complain about their cigarettes and lighters being stolen.

  Bai Xi was greatly shocked and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what could have caused such a change in him.

  For a professional psychological worker, not getting to the bottom of this matter would be fatal. After some deliberation, he rushed to discuss with the prison warden, who definitely gave him face. Besides, it wasn't troublesome at all - surprise inspections were common, only this time they were more secretive. As a result, they discovered that Ming Yu had somehow managed to get his hands on a tablet, which was even modified, and could access the internet in prison.

  The warden and several prison guards suddenly turned black-faced.

  Although ordinary people can also apply for some internal websites and learn something on weekdays, Ming Yu is not such a situation.

  Bai Xi took over the confiscated tablet and saw that he was playing an online game called "World".

  Ming Yu was obviously obsessed with this game. When they went in, the lights were on and they were focused on the computer, immersed in their own world.

  Bai Xi didn't usually play online games and was past that age, but this time he couldn't help himself and searched for it at night, downloading the game to start playing.

  At first, playing White Creek didn't reveal any issues, just that the special effects were well done and the graphics were beautifully rendered to an unbelievable degree, with random screenshots able to be used as wallpapers. The playability was also not comparable to ordinary games. Overall, this is just a pretty good online game.

  But after playing for a while, he vaguely felt something that couldn't be put into words, a kind of implicit hint.

  Bai Xi was deep in thought for a long time, startled and shocked - these must all be psychological suggestions, and even this psychology expert couldn't detect them, quietly influencing people's minds without leaving any trace, it's even more astonishing that they could hypnotize everyone so flawlessly.

  Fortunately, this game is a guide to goodness. Although on the surface, players can create their own characters, choose the era background, and choose every step of the way. They can be farmers, workers, scientists, astronauts, slaughter cities, kill hundreds, think of ways to climb to high positions, become emperors, and get everything that doesn't exist in reality. The game is like a real world, still dominated by players, choosing the gameplay, everything is open-ended, there's no more free game than this. But in fact, as soon as the player enters the game, they are led into a 'trap' by the game developer. All their actions, if they conform to certain rules, will get them everything they want. If not, they will never reach their goals.

  This rule is now seen as an ethical standard.

  Unconsciously, players will develop a habit of doing things that conform to moral norms. Whatever is not good, they will feel uninterested and even painful when doing it.

  Bai Xi thought for several days, repeatedly playing the game, creating various characters, and reading all the strategies. Indeed, as the internet said, this online game is very difficult, but it's also particularly fun to play. Even if you can't level up, you won't feel bored.

  After playing several times, Baixi finally let out a sigh of relief and wrote a rough analysis paper, analyzing the psychological principles used in the game. He pointed out at the end that he himself had no ability to thoroughly analyze this game, not to mention figuring out all the principles, even one percent or one thousandth of them would be difficult to understand. According to his analyzed psychological methods, there will indeed be an effect, but the effect will never be as obvious as in this game.

  Baixi is a popular figure in the circle, and the game 'World' is also very popular.

  The two combined, and the effect is not as simple as one plus one. The big shots in the field of psychology have started playing online games, and gamers are also amazed.

  Many parents with naughty kids at home also started paying attention to the "world" with a mixture of faith and skepticism.

  Of course, it's not just praise, some people say that this is a stupid and pretentious design of the game. The game is meant to be played, why bother with so many fancy things? No wonder the difficulty is so high, it's all because there are too many confusing things.

  An even stranger thing happened, someone played the game and then had a splitting headache, was dizzy and felt terrible, when he went to the hospital for treatment, he was still dazed and said that he was the murderer who poisoned a village of over 100 people ten years ago.

  Thus, a super-major case that had gone unsolved for ten years ended inexplicably with the perpetrator turning himself in.

  As soon as this happened, some netizens joked that if it were a psychopathic person with no conscience, playing this game would lead to mental collapse.

  Some psychologists also say there is a possibility of this happening.

  It's been reposted everywhere, 'a middle school game that teaches people to be kind', the number of downloads has increased greatly. A game can become so popular to this extent, it's absolutely not a problem to make a lot of money from it every day.

  Recently, just receiving the news that a certain game company wants to buy the game "World", I have received no less than ten of them, all of which are regular game companies. As for other studios and unknown investors, there are countless ones.

  These are far outnumbered by the number of companies vying for his team's services, with prices that are not low, with a basic annual salary of one million per person, and can also negotiate shares and performance bonuses.

  All dolls want to make a game that automatically generates small programs, they pretend to be studio staff, such as programmers, artists, musicians and so on, join a big company to make money, and save Yang Yunqiu from hard work.

  It's not that it can't be done, Yang Yunqiu thought for a moment with her chin in her hand. Anyway, the most important thing he wants will never be money. Without connections and power, even if you have money, you still can't buy those things.

  Collaborating with a powerful company is an easy and effortless way, but the method of the doll is not foolproof. After all, its team has no one, which makes others curious to investigate, and sooner or later, someone will uncover the truth. Once another company intervenes, confidentiality becomes a major issue, and there may be other obstacles.

  Yang Yunqiu especially hopes that there will be investors who only pay and take money, without asking anything else. Unfortunately, such people are unlikely to be businesspeople, and no one is a fool.

  However, his luck seems to have really turned around recently. Li Zifeng and Lu Lan suddenly appeared and solved most of his troubles.

  Yang Yunqiu furrowed her brow, with a hint of distress: "I've been really busy lately, to the point of being frazzled, and I don't have the energy to deal with other things. Can you guys introduce me to a game company that isn't too troublesome? Let me outsource the tedious tasks of making money and focus on my work in peace."

  Making money was a trivial matter, but Lu Lan immediately understood his thoughts and smiled as she patted his head: "Leave it to me, at worst I'll help you set up a company, I guarantee that we'll choose loyal and reliable people to manage it."

  Li Zifeng also smiled: "I can also help out, where I can be of use, just let me know."

  These two are obviously insiders, closely related to Yang Jingting, and their credibility is much higher than that of outsiders. They also have a good understanding of certain things and know how to gauge the situation, making them ideal partners.

  Yang Yunqiu thought for a moment, then pulled out a top-level contract, carefully listing the terms and conditions, letting Wa Wa carefully analyze them, with no loopholes, and the three of them signed their names together.

  "The World" game also first appeared in various attention-grabbing things - New World Group production, world team production.

  A very common name, but also quite impressive.