Villain’s Programming - Chapter 315

Dojun clenched his fist at the message that appeared before his eyes.

“Okay! Okay! I’ve hung the bell!”

Dojun shouted loudly, forgetting that it was dawn.

‘I told you that if there was a cat bell, you would know where it was!’

Dojun, who remembered the cat bell’s ability, said right away.

“Where is the cat bell now?”

At that moment, a bell rang in Dojun’s ear.

The cat bell gave directions to where Dojun was based.

“ah!”

Dojun was impressed. It wasn’t because he was given directions.

‘The Emperor AI came to the world I live in. If it had been in another world, it would not have been able to give me directions.’

Dojun clenched his fist.

‘The Emperor AI. We’re finally meeting.’

In the world of Morning Star, there was no way to deal with the Emperor AI, but in reality, it was different.

Dojun immediately opened the map on his computer and checked the southwest.

‘From China to Southeast Asia, it’s so big.’

It wasn’t clear where they went because the distance wasn’t marked, but Dojun felt like it was China for some reason.

‘Jang Linfeng, who communicated with me through chain letters, is now in China. He must be in China in some form.’

Dojun was left with a feeling of regret that ‘Cat Bell’ could not have been more precise, but it was okay.

Copycat was now at level 8. There was still room to level up.

‘Wouldn’t it be possible for Copycat to learn more accurate information when he levels up?’

Dojun clenched his fists again in hope.

But then it happened.

– Squeak.

The door opened and Sally came in.

“Dojun, what are you doing instead of sleeping?”

“Sally. Are you awake?”

“huh.”

“Oh! Was my voice too loud?”

Dojun thought that Sally had woken up from the noise he had made a little while ago.

“No. I got up to get some water because I was thirsty.”

Dojun answered with a smile.

“Did our child want to drink water?”

When Dojun touched Sally’s stomach and spoke, Sally smiled and answered.

“I see.”

“Then that won’t work! Stay here, I’ll get you some water.”

Dojun poured a cup of water from the water purifier, gave it to Sally, and went back to bed with Sally.

Dojun held Sally in his arms and put her back to sleep. Then, suddenly, Dojun also fell asleep and started talking in his sleep.

“My baby. By the way, are you a boy or a girl?”

* * *

Zhang Linfeng stopped by Baeksent after a long time. It was because Liao Weisheng invited him.

‘It’s still the same as before.’

Zhang Linfeng entered the CEO’s office, recalling the offices where he had worked in the past.

Liao Weicheng warmly welcomed Zhang Linfeng and invited him to sit at the table.

“Director Bruce, ‘Altogether Marble’ is doing very well.”

Liaowei Sheng appointed Bruce, or Zhang Linfeng, as an outside director of Baeksent.

“It’s all thanks to the CEO’s efforts.”

“No, sir. You are really the savior of Baeksent. How did you come up with the idea to make Monopoly into a mobile game?”

Zhang Linfeng (Bruce) smiled and replied to Liao Weisheng’s words.

“I know some American developers, and they said, ‘Why don’t you make Monopoly into a mobile game?’ So I told them to do it, and I gave them the money. The result is ‘Altogether Marble.’”

Liao Weisheng said, hitting his thigh with his hand.

“I see. No, you didn’t even know that, and didn’t Korea’s Marvel make a fuss about us stealing their game?”

Zhang Linfeng felt relieved at Liao Weisheng’s reaction.

‘Do you believe this?’

In fact, in Korea, there was a board game called ‘Blue Marble’, which was a copycat of the American game Monopoly.

Knowing this fact, Zhang Linfeng prepared for the possibility of such a question being asked. The effect was good.

‘But the truth is that Marvel’s game ‘Let’s All Marvel’. It was quite difficult to erase Marvel information from the source.’

I don’t know how it happened, but this source was clearly made by Korea’s ‘Marble Bubble’. Most of the notes in the source were written in Korean, and the word Marvel was also written here and there in notes in the source.

Zhang Linfeng handed it over to Liao Weisheng only after erasing all the comments.

Zhang Linfeng said to Liao Weisheng.

“You can just ignore that. There’s nothing MarvelMarvel can do, right? By the way, sir, what happened to the data center I requested last time?”

“Ah! Fortunately, thanks to ‘Altogether Marble’, the funding problem has been resolved and we should be able to proceed smoothly.”

“Really? Hmm. Then, can I ask you one more thing?”

In fact, there was a reason why Zhang Linfeng came from Beijing to Shenzhen. It was because he received a ‘lucky letter’ two days ago.

“What would you like?”

“Please don’t complete the data center all at once, but rather complete it by gradually increasing the number of servers.”

“So you’re saying that instead of putting in ten thousand servers at once, we should put in a hundred at a time?”

“yes.”

Liao Weisheng tilted his head at Zhang Linfeng’s words.

“That seems a bit difficult. We don’t have the funds right now. Even though ‘Altogether Marble’ is a hit, we don’t have a lot of money to cash out right away. We have a lot of advertising costs, maintenance costs, etc. If you wait six months, we can do it.”

It was a valid argument, but Zhang Linfeng had no time. This was because the ‘Lucky Letter’ demanded it.

“But isn’t it true that some money comes in? What if we bring in money from other places?”

“Somewhere else? I’ve already borrowed a lot from the bank, so it won’t be possible to do any more.”

Zhang Linfeng spoke cautiously.

“By any chance, Korean Marvel, do you plan on continuing to go along with us?”

Liao Weisheng’s eyes lit up at Zhang Linfeng’s words.

“Hmm. Well, since we’ve already fallen out, it’ll be hard for us to go together.”

“If we liquidate the shares there, wouldn’t we be able to raise funds for immediate use?”

Liao Weisheng thought for a moment and then nodded.

“That sounds good. Okay. I will do that.”

Baeksent immediately negotiated with Korea’s Marvel Marvel to sell the shares. With the funds, construction of the data center began to accelerate.

When Baeksent started building a data center by bringing together experts from all over China, the experts expressed their doubts.

“No, why are you putting the latest graphics card in the server?”

Liao Weisheng was wondering how to answer when a good idea came to him.

“We also plan to use it for Bitcoin mining.”

“Ah! Coin! Then you need a good GPU. Is this a coin-only server?”

“Well, it’s a bit of both.”

Everyone agreed with Liao Weisheng’s words and started working. They started by installing 100 units, and after a few weeks, they finished installing 1,000 units.

It was one day a few days later when the test operation was completed.

“Sir! We’re in big trouble.”

The chief secretary opened the door and came in shouting. Liao Weisheng frowned and asked.

“What is it?”

“We just got a call from the data center, something unusual is happening.”

At that moment, Liao Weisheng suddenly stood up.

“what?”

The data center was where all of 100 cents of money was going. If something went wrong there, 100 cents would be in big trouble.

“What’s going on?”

“They say it’s hard to explain in words. I think you’ll have to go and see it for yourself.”

Liaowei went straight to the data center. The data center was not in Shenzhen. For some unknown reason, it was set up in ‘Wuhan’ at Zhang Linfeng’s request.

Liao Weisheng immediately took a plane to Wuhan and entered the data center. Then he was so surprised that he couldn’t help but stop.

All servers were running at full capacity.

‘What program are you running that is using 99% CPU and GPU?’

With high CPU and GPU usage, the servers started generating a lot of heat, and hundreds of air conditioners were running at full blast to cool them down.

‘I’m glad it’s not an equipment problem. But the electricity bill must be a joke.’

Liao Weisheng, who came from a business background, saw everything as money.

‘By the way, where is Director Bruce? I heard he left first.’

When Liao Weisheng was informed that there was a problem with the data center, he immediately contacted ‘Blues’.

Liao Weisheng wandered around and found Bruce. It was the ‘monitoring room’.

Burrows was looking at the monitor with a surprised expression on his face.

“Mr. Bruce, what is going on?”

“I don’t know exactly either. But I found something worth knowing.”

“Are you… worthy of knowing?”

“Yes. Look here.”

Liao Weicheng looked at the monitor Zhang Linfeng was pointing at.

A single sentence was written in the middle of the monitor.

[Hello, Representative Liaowei. My name is Emperor-No.9.]

[This is the next generation of AI (Artificial Intelligence).]

* * *

“Congratulations.”

Do-jun answered Song Yoo-taek’s words with a bright smile.

“thank you.”

“Haha, Representative Hwang will soon be a father too.”

Dojun answered, scratching the back of his head.

“Honestly, it still doesn’t feel real.”

“Haha, I know how you feel. It feels good, but you can’t believe it. It’s crazy, right?”

Dojun made a surprised expression.

“How did you know?”

“Because I was like that too.”

Do-jun was having dinner with Song Yoo-taek for the first time in a long time. It was because Song Yoo-taek contacted him yesterday to ask to meet up.

Song Yoo-taek, who Do-jun met, asked if something good had happened since Do-jun looked happy, and Do-jun told him that Sally was pregnant.

“By the way, Mr. Song, is there something urgent? I was worried because you said you wanted to see me quickly yesterday.”

Song Yu-taek took a sip of wine and answered Do-jun’s words.

“Well, if it’s urgent, it’s urgent, if not, it’s not urgent, but Representative Hwang. It was a long time ago, so I don’t know if you remember. By any chance? Do you remember the company called Mega Hit?”

“Mega hit? Remember that?”

‘Of course I remember. How could I not know that it’s the company BTS is from?’

“As expected. I guess the interest you showed back then was genuine.”

“Yes. CEO Park Si-hyuk seems quite capable. But why Mega Hit?”

Song Yu-taek responded with a regretful expression to Do-jun’s words.

“Representative Hwang, have you heard about Marvel these days?”

Dojun nodded and answered.

“Yes. I saw the article. I heard that they are protesting that Baeksent stole the game they were making.”

“Yes. I protested. But did that work? Instead, Baeksent sold his stake in Marvel Marvel.”

Dojun shouted in surprise.

“yes?”

In his previous life, Baeksent had never sold any of Marvel Marvel’s stocks.

“It’s a shame. Besides, Marvel’s future driving force has disappeared, so there’s no reason to continue investing.”

“They stole that power, didn’t they?”

“Would Baeksent think so? Rather, he would say that Marvel Marvel copied his game. Anyway, Baeksent said he would sell his shares, and Marvel Marvel had no choice but to buy them with its own stock. If the stock were to come out on the market, the stock price would plummet, so they had no choice but to live in poverty.”

Dojun thought back to his previous life. In his previous life, ‘All Together Marvel’ had been a huge success. It wasn’t just a success. While most mobile games disappear within a year, ‘All Together Marvel’ had been loved by gamers for almost 10 years.

“Then what about Marvel?”

“What should I do? I have to fold it.”

“If you release it, you’ll still be able to make money, right?”

Song Yoo-taek said after downing a glass of wine.

“I think Baeksent will release ‘Altogether Marble’ in Korea.”

“ah!”

Only then did Dojun understand everything.

“Anyway, so, I’m selling everything that’s profitable at Marvel right now. Among them is the ‘Mega Hit’ shares.”

Do-jun swallowed dryly. It was a shame that ‘All Together Marvel’ had to be discontinued, but the mega hit was big enough to offset everything.

‘Mega hit… a stake!’

“How much of your stake are you willing to sell?”

“I know it’s 30%. Are you interested?”

Dojun nodded immediately.

“Yes, I’m interested.”

“Ha, CEO Hwang. What’s really going on in that company? No matter how much I look at it, there’s nothing there. A few years ago, they released a girl group and it failed miserably, and not too long ago, they released a boy idol group called BTS?, but the response was just so-so.”

Dojun chuckled.

“It’s just… my taste.”

“Yeah. That taste. That’s the problem. If it’s your taste, then it’s bound to be successful, right?”

When Do-jun poured wine into Song Yu-taek’s wine glass, Song Yu-taek took a sip of the wine and said.

“To be honest, I don’t see any hope for Mega Hit. That’s why I was going to sell my stake to you. But looking at your expression, I think I’ll just keep it.”

“Good idea.”

“Then, you should contact Marvel Marvel tomorrow to buy shares of Mega Hit.”

“yes!”

Song Yoo-taek and Do-jun’s wine glasses clinked.

“Well then, shall we talk about baseball? Yesterday, our Lannister Dinos… … .”

* * *

After breaking up with Song Yoo-taek, Do-jun came home laughing.

“Is my child really a lucky child? He has a stake in an unexpected mega hit.”

When I think of BTS (Bulletproof Boy Scouts) in my past life, I can’t help but laugh.

“If I were to give you a big share? I could see you in person, right? I’d buy you autographs, goods, and everything!”

I felt good, but I couldn’t just smile when I thought of Marvel.

‘History has changed again. Baeksent was the first to release Marvel. This is also clearly the work of Shi Huangdi AI.’

Dojun was worried.

‘It’s a shame to see Marvel buried like this, isn’t there a way?’

Perhaps because it was a game he had enjoyed playing in his past life, Dojun was very disappointed with ‘All Together Marble’.

‘Should I talk to Marvel and tell them I’ll buy their development team?’

Since the development was canceled, I think Marvel would be very happy if I bought it.

‘But even if I buy it, it’s a problem. Even if I buy it, there’s no guarantee that Marvel will be a hit, right?’

When I asked Song Yoo-taek, he said that Baeksent’s ‘Altogether Marble’ had a high level of perfection.

‘This is no match for it. There’s no comparison in terms of gameplay. It’s a shame, though. It was really fun, but there was a lot of inducing of real money, you know.’

Dojun recalled how in his past life he played ‘Marvel Together’.

That’s when Dojun started singing on his own.

“Let’s all do Marvel together… … .”

At that moment, Dojun opened his eyes wide.

‘Huh? This is it!’