Chapter 29: Everyone Take on a Task
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Chapter 29: Everyone Comes to Take on Tasks
“Work eight hours a day, with no educational requirements whatsoever. As long as you know how to draw, you can earn over ten thousand a month and over one hundred thousand a year. Even ordinary people can make money sitting at home!”
“Is this thing for real? Why does it sound so much like a scam or pyramid scheme?”
“I think so too. Is there really such a thing as money falling from the sky?”
“I don’t know, but this really does seem to be an announcement posted by Cosmic Technology itself. I saw it on their official website too!”
“Holy crap! Is President Zhang really going this far? This is wild!”
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On the online forums—
Whether it was the Desert Bicycle forum or the Beat the Alpaca Silly forum, this money-making advertisement was being reposted everywhere.
Many people were utterly incredulous when they saw it, especially when they read the claims of earning over ten thousand a month and over one hundred thousand a year. They all rushed to reply to the post.
The first thought that came to their minds was—
Money falling from the sky? That didn’t seem very realistic!
After all—
In 2005, even in Beijing, not every highly educated professional could earn over ten thousand a month!
And this post…
When they realized that it had been published through the company’s official work account, they all breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Their second thought was—
What attention-grabbing stunt was President Zhang pulling this time?
But regardless of what they truly thought deep down, countless users on the forums clicked into the post at once.
After entering—
They saw a link!
Could it be that the official account had been hacked? What was this link?
Many users immediately remembered another piece of news.
A few days earlier, the public security authorities had issued a warning about fraud, saying that if people encountered links from unknown sources, they should avoid clicking them whenever possible, since such links might leak their personal information.
Still, after hesitating for only a moment, they began clicking on it one after another.
The instant they entered—
“Can you draw? Yes or no!”
“Can you skillfully use drawing software? Yes or no!”
“Please download the drawing software!”
“Task One: Draw a blade of grass…”
“Task Two: Draw a house…”
“Task Three: Draw a handsome man…”
“Task Four: Draw a beautiful woman…”
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Once they clicked inside, they were presented with numerous options and a series of baffling drawing assignments.
Many people scribbled something at random, only for the software to stop responding afterward, as though it had frozen.
Others, however, received a notification that their task had been completed as soon as they finished drawing and uploaded their work.
After completing the task, a beautiful woman’s QQ account suddenly appeared.
“Task completed. Please add Little Wei on QQ…”
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Mustang Technology.
Ten o’clock at night.
Shen Yi was not asleep. He remained in front of his computer, browsing the Desert Bicycle and Beat the Alpaca Silly forums.
“Work eight hours a day, with no educational requirements whatsoever. As long as you know how to draw, you can earn over ten thousand a month and over one hundred thousand a year. Even ordinary people can make money sitting at home!”
Good heavens!
This was simply too attention-grabbing.
In fact, the post was not merely running rampant across those two forums. It had also spread to other communities—the Art Forum, the Otaku Forum, the Amateur Science Forum…
All of those popular forums were filled with the same advertisements.
The post’s level of attention had actually surpassed sixty thousand views in only a few hours!
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Cosmic Technology was as boastful as ever!
Over ten thousand a month!
One hundred thousand a year—even Mustang Technology might not be able to offer ordinary people that kind of salary!
And Cosmic Technology…
What on earth were they playing at this time?
Shen Yi thought about it for a long while. He had nearly gone bald from all the thinking, yet he still could not figure out what Zhang Yang was trying to do.
When the moonlight fell across his face, he let out a deep breath.
For a fleeting moment, he felt as though he had grown old.
Knock, knock, knock!
At that moment—
He heard someone knocking on the office door.
“Come in…”
A moment later, a girl with a high ponytail and jeans walked in. She looked fresh-faced and beautiful.
“Uncle Shen…”
“Oh, it’s Ruohan.”
“Uncle Shen… I originally intended to come see you first thing today, but everyone else was so enthusiastic, and there were so many positions in the company that it took me until now to familiarize myself with everything…”
“Haha, it’s enough that you had the thought. The sooner you become familiar with your position, the sooner you can begin working.”
Shen Yi looked at the beautiful young woman.
His feelings were complicated.
When the company had first been founded, Liu Ruohan had still been a little girl barely past ten years old.
On the day of the opening ceremony, she had followed President Liu around, carefully carrying tea and pouring water while imitating the adults.
He had never expected so many years to pass in the blink of an eye.
“Uncle Shen, I came here today because I wanted to talk to you about Desert Bicycle and the Zhang Yang behind the game…”
“Oh? You’ve been paying attention to that too?”
“During this period, I played all the games released by China’s three major game companies. I’ve gained at least some understanding of the current state of the Chinese gaming industry. In fact, after returning to Mustang Technology, I discovered that the company’s current situation is not very optimistic… Of course, that is a matter for later. At present, I am mainly responsible for operations and marketing, so these matters are not within my official duties yet. What I wanted to discuss with you today is this…”
Liu Ruohan took a large stack of documents from her folder. Then she quietly glanced at Shen Yi.
“President Shen, I want to poach Zhang Yang. I think he is a talented person. What do you think would be an appropriate price?”
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The night was deep.
Zhang Yang and the other young people were still working away in front of their computers, their keyboards clattering nonstop.
Zhong Chongwen and two classmates were hammering out the framework for Beat the Alpaca Silly.
The framework for the game was actually very simple. Zhang Yang had already prepared it for them long ago.
Zhang Yang was also doubling as customer service, chatting with everyone.
He stubbornly continued using the same avatar.
After all—
That avatar was simply unbeatable.
Even the otaku men who knew it was not really her were still incredibly active.
The women were just as enthusiastic. After all, that avatar seemed capable of appealing to both men and women alike…
What about copyright infringement?
It was merely an image from the Internet. Countless people used it. Was anyone really going to sue all those users?
If you wanted to sue, go ahead!
I’m only using it as an avatar. I haven’t used it for any other profit-making venture!
At that moment—
Zhang Yang had already set foot on the path of knowingly breaking the law, and he was completely fearless.
“Hello. I’ve added all of you to one group.”
“Some of you draw plants, some draw animals, some draw storefronts, and some draw the sun…”
“Yes, it’s that simple. Plain and straightforward. The things we select will be used in the game. Once your work is adopted, we’ll pay you for it. The highest payment can be three hundred a day!”
“Please wait patiently. Tomorrow, I’ll divide you into groups and distribute your assignments!”
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Zhang Yang created a Q-Dog group.
More than a hundred people joined almost instantly.
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After seeing the hundred-plus members, Zhang Yang divided them into small groups, thirty groups in total.
Then he created another Q-Dog group.
This time, he added thirty people.
These thirty were the finalists whose scripts had previously been selected for awards.
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July 1.
A light drizzle fell.
Inside Star Internet Café—
“Holy crap, my story passed the review!”
“Does that mean I’m about to receive a thousand-yuan prize?”
“My God!”
“My idea can not only earn me money, but also let me customize a game setting and receive a private commission?”
“That’s incredible!”
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Qian Cai had suffered from insomnia the night before.
Usually, he would only come to the Internet café around noon to have fun. Today, however, he rushed into the café through the light rain at four or five in the morning.
The first thing he did was open Cosmic Technology’s official website.
The moment he clicked in—
He became so excited that he began shouting wildly, startling many of the netizens sleeping inside the café.
They glared angrily in Qian Cai’s direction.
Yet the noisy fellow was flushed with excitement, his entire face red and glowing. He looked half-mad with joy.
He instinctively opened Q-Dog.
Not long afterward—
He widened his eyes as he looked at the group to which he had been assigned.
“Hello, sir. What would you like to see in your game script?”
“Please specify three things you consider indispensable to the setting…”
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Before long, he had been placed in a three-person group.
A three-person group.
Qian Cai froze.
Then he excitedly hammered out his ideas on the keyboard.
After he named the three things—
He stared eagerly at the Q-Dog group.
He began imagining all the wonderful things that would happen in the group in the future…
Not long afterward—
“Excellent. Thank you for your suggestions and for supporting our company!”
“Please look forward to further updates!”
“Thank you!”
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He saw a notification appear in the Q-Dog group announcing that it had been disbanded.
His eyes widened.
What the hell?
The group had been disbanded?
Why did he suddenly feel…
as though he had been treated like a disposable tool?
Wait!
Had he been tricked?
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