Chapter 2 I don’t want to herd cows, I want to read a book!

Chapter 2 I don’t want to herd cows, I want to read a book!

Jiangning, Tide Hailing Restaurant.

While waiting for the waiter to serve the food, Qian Xin took out his mobile phone from his pocket, intending to see what his fans were saying in the comment area.

He is a UP host in the Perak Perak video network game area. His online name is "Qian Duoduo". He has 173,000 fans on this account and is relatively famous.

This is not a boast.

It has only been a few months since Qian Xin released his first video and now has 170,000 fans. The rapid increase in fans is enough to prove his excellence.

In fact, except for the first month of "nonsense", the views of his recent videos have exceeded 500,000, and the number of fans has increased rapidly.

If nothing unexpected happens, as long as he continues to maintain high-quality video creation, coupled with the promotion of the website, he believes that his number of fans will soon catch up with those of the veteran game area UP owners.

However... creating high-quality videos is not that simple. Just the copywriting of each video issue took Qian Xin a long time to finalize.

Not to mention, he recently took two catering orders and added advertisements to the videos, which greatly affected the viewing experience and fans continued to complain.

The comments area is full of demons...

Fortunately, most viewers can understand the behavior of "UP main chat" and do not criticize too much. Instead, they are very interested in the game mentioned in the video.

“We can’t wait for the next issue!”

Qian Xin knew very well that he shouldn't eat too frequently. He was now in a critical period of increasing his fans, so he couldn't lose a small amount of money and lose his few fans.

If you want to show it badly, you will have more fans later, or even after it is "purified" and then show it badly. How can you show it badly from the beginning?

So Qian Xin, who had just received the business order, was already thinking about what to do in the next video.

In the video of the UP owner in the game area, there is nothing else to do except talk about games, but what games to talk about is a huge headache for Qian Xin.

Popular games, such as a certain two-dimensional open world game that has been very popular recently, will definitely get traffic as long as they make videos, but this does not meet the premise of "high-quality videos".

To make high-quality videos, you have to make something that no one else has done, or that other game UP owners rarely do. Only in this way can you achieve "differentiation" and increase fans.

"Then let's make a new game..."

After much consideration, Qian Xin finally decided to start with newly released games to dig deeper into the game content and playability.

But he still has no idea what new game to choose. He plans to scan the new game lists of major game platforms after he returns home from dinner.

"Hey! Who is this?"

Just as Qian Xin was thinking about the next video, a chat message suddenly popped up and he was immediately stunned.

Kunkun doesn't play basketball?

Who is this? When had he added a boy with such a strange avatar?

Oh...I remembered it!

Looking only at the avatar and nickname, Qian Xin didn't remember that he had added such a friend, but when he clicked on the chat history, he recognized it immediately.

It turns out that this was a fan friend who was very supportive of him when he first started making videos. He was also a hardcore fan who accompanied him all the way.

"Recommend a game to me?"

I thought this die-hard fan had something to do with me, but I didn't expect that he was recommending a new game. Qian Xin looked a little confused.

Studying hard in the simulator?

Just hearing the name made him want to laugh. There were many simulation games launched on the market in the past two years, but he had not seen a few high-quality ones. Most of them were stitched together and shoddily made.

"Is it really that fun?"

Qian Xin couldn't ignore the suggestions from his fans. After all, he was worried that he would have no material for the next video. He was quite willing to believe the words of his fans.

"I lied to you, I'm a dog!"

After receiving Qian Xin's reply, Kun Kun vowed not to play basketball and said: "I can guarantee that this will definitely be a game that refreshes your knowledge..."

Is that too much?

Qian Xin, who was originally quite interested, suddenly became suspicious when he saw that his biggest fan looked like he had been brainwashed.

"Okay, I'll go back and play."

Although he felt that this die-hard fan was probably recommending it to him based on subjective emotions, and the game might not be as fun as he claimed, Qian Xin still decided to play it.

Anyway, without this die-hard fan’s recommendation, he planned to buy a new game.

Just believe him for now!

…

After eating and drinking, Qian Xin left Tidal Hailing Restaurant.

By the time he took a taxi back to his rental house, the bright moonlight had already shined through the floor-to-ceiling windows and onto his desk.

Turn on the lights and start the computer.

After making himself a cup of coffee, Qian Xin sat on a chair and logged into his Steam account, then opened the search box and entered "Hanchuang Studying Simulator".

"Only 18 yuan?"

Qian Xin was used to popular games being priced at dozens or hundreds of dollars. When he saw this price, he couldn't help but frown.

What games can I buy for 18 yuan?

You can’t even buy a slightly better Sese game, right? If this game was really as fun as diehard fans say, how could it only cost 18 yuan?

"No matter, let's play it for a while first. If it doesn't work, we can still refund the money..."

I clicked on everything, and it was really unreasonable not to play it. Coupled with the strong recommendation of his own die-hard fans, Qian Xin finally paid for the download.

The game installation package is very small, only 1.25G.

In fact, as a small pixel-style game, Qian Xin was a little surprised that the installation package actually had 1.25G.

But the size doesn't matter. After all, the Internet speed at Qian Xin's home is very fast, and the download was completed in less than a minute.

enter the game.

There is no opening animation, and the game enters the "naming" phase as soon as it opens.

After skillfully inputting the nickname "Qian Duoduo" and selecting a boy, pressing Enter to confirm, Qian Xin finally saw the true face of the game.

Rough, abstract!

This was his first impression of the entire game screen. It was not a problem with the pixel style, but a problem with the game producer’s weird aesthetic.

Fortunately, Qian Xin, who has played many similar games, quickly adapted to this abstract art style and began to explore the gameplay.

"In the game, you will play the role of a poor student and experience the journey of studying hard in a cold window and finally leaping over the dragon gate..."

The description in the game introduction allowed Qian Xin to quickly understand the gameplay mechanism of this game.

"Simple, time management!"

"Let me see, reading will consume physical energy and increase subject experience, and herding cattle will consume physical strength and increase learning motivation..."

Qian Xin simply understood the game mechanics and quickly controlled the game characters to cut pig grass and herd cattle. Only when his physical strength was reduced to half, he began to read and answer questions.

"It seems pretty simple?"

Qian Xin touched his chin and felt that things might not be that simple.

This is supposed to be a novice tutorial to guide players to familiarize themselves with the game operations and mechanics, so it gives the illusion of "easiness" when playing.

He guessed it right!

As time passed, Qian Duoduo finally survived the summer vacation, became a junior high school student, and officially started his education.

"Will going to school consume your energy?"

Qian Xin suddenly came to his senses after discovering that the character would not only consume physical strength during schooling, but also not gain much academic experience.

It turns out that the real test is here!

Except for weekends and holidays, the character spends most of his time in school, and attending classes consumes physical energy, so he can't do anything else.

Chores such as herding cattle, cutting pig grass, and breaking corn can only be done before and after school. How to plan study time has become the primary problem faced by players.

"I don't want to herd cattle. I want to take the high school entrance exam and in the future I will take the college entrance exam!"

"What's wrong with the college entrance examination? College students don't have to herd cows? Be obedient and remember to cut some pigweed and bring it back after herding the cows..."

Qian Xin was very angry when he saw in the plot that his father prevented the protagonist from reading at home and insisted on herding cattle.

Li Zai Gan is the devil?

I want to read a book, please don’t stop me. If I can’t get into the high school of my choice in the future, can I bear this responsibility?