Chapter 12: Being a Jack of All Trades Will Only Hurt You!_3

"Not... as soon as I praised you for having a conscience, you turned into a profiteering merchant?" Old Mouse's mouth twitched.

He didn't even know how to describe this ultimate illogical charging system.

The barrage of viewers who were there for a laugh, upon seeing Old Mouse looking disgruntled, burst out laughing.

"Alright, alright! Not only making the game like this but also making the charging interface like this, huh? Well done!"

"This game's developer is playing psychology with the charging interface and messing with the player's mentality? That's outrageous!"

"I want to laugh, guys. The contrast between the streamer's expression and this charging interface is just too funny, hahaha!"

Ignoring the teasing comments, Old Mouse gritted his teeth and chose to top up anyway.

100 bucks, given his current situation, wasn't too much.

If the viewers liked watching, why not do it?

However, after the five Resurrection Coins that he bought for 100 bucks were quickly used up,

He opened the charging interface for the third time.

The gold package was gone.

Upgraded by the game developer directly to a diamond package.

And the content of the package...

Showcased something outrageous.

500 bucks, for a single Resurrection Coin.

"Damn, thanks for the 'upgrade' to the package, roar!" Old Mouse was so angry he saw stars.

This guy, not only is the game perverted, but goddamn, the charging interface too?

The barrage exploded off the charts, with '6666' filling the screen.

"Good, good, good, it's ruthless, and it's good!"

"Is this what I came to see? Yes, this is exactly what I came for!"

"I took Baby Ke for a check-up and found not a single carbon atom; the doctor told me that such antics are beyond what carbon-based lifeforms are capable of."

"I declare that after this charging interface came out, Baby Ke has become a deity! Baby Ke's super evolution, Ke Deity!"

"Ke Jin? Ban on spending! In my game, no one gets to splurge!"

"A game developer goes to great lengths to prevent players from spending money! He truly is... I forgot the rest."

"Dying of laughter, this game designer has so much personality, love it!"

A flood of comments provided even more popularity for Old Mouse's live stream.

The night was deep, and many streamers had already ended their streams to rest.

Viewers with nowhere else to go flocked to a live stream room that had so much buzz, curious to see what was going on.

As soon as they entered, they saw the 'extremely cost-effective' spending options and the streamer's somber face, along with a screen full of 'hahahaha's.

They couldn't help but be amused and decided to stay and watch the show.

Old Mouse was inwardly cursing the absolutely unreasonable spending content in the game.

Even though the current gaming market was always pushing players to spend more, this charging content was just ridiculous.

But then, he found that after trying out this game,

His followers increased by 5,000 overnight.

And all of them were real people.

What's more, the popularity of his stream skyrocketed from the original two or three hundred thousand to breaking the one million mark for the first time in his life!

Although there weren't many big gifts, the small ones added up, and he made a few thousand bucks that night.

Besides,

These passerby fans could generate additional value for him in the future.

In the long run, he couldn't lose.

"Could it be that people really enjoy watching me play the fool, spending money on meaningless things?" Old Mouse muttered to himself.

"If that's the case... then by calculation, it's not a loss at all. Even if I spend ten thousand bucks, I'd make it back in a few days, and the following fanbase that sticks around are all real supporters, which could even increase my contract salary."

By all accounts, it was all advantage and no disadvantage.

Good! Let's spend!

Old Mouse clenched his teeth and directly opened the blue and green modifier, bellowing out loud.

"Brothers, I mean what I say, if I said we'll clear the second level today, we will clear the second level! Even if I have to spend my way through the earth's crust, I'll make it happen! Let's wait and see!"

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3:30 A.M.

When everyone else is deep in sleep.

Ke Jin couldn't sleep.

He lay with his arms behind his head, staring blankly at the pitch-dark ceiling.

You tell me.

Why are there always people so foolishly rich in this world?

Why didn't I meet even one in my past life, yet in this life they rush to give me their money like benevolent deities?

My game "iwanna" had only been on sale for a few hours.

The total downloads hadn't even exceeded 100 yet.

And then suddenly, the system caught me off guard with a notification, Task B failed.

What? A forced task failure?

Ke Jin immediately scrambled to check the system log, and was stunned.

On the huge system interface, it clearly showed.

Game: I wanna

First-day revenue: 16,867 Yuan

[System Warm Tip: Your Task B has already failed, please do not lose heart, keep it up!]

...

Ke Jin, who had failed several times, had already shed his initial impetuousness and become mature and steady.

This time, he didn't freak out, nor was he overly joyful.

Instead, he just sighed silently.

"In this world, there are still more bad guys than good."

After several failures, Ke Jin finally realized the crux of the problem.

The recharge limit had to be firmly locked down!

You can't guarantee there won't always be players out for novelty or acting on a whim.

Their reasons for spending money are bizarre; one might spend money to celebrate the neighbor's new baby.

Another might eagerly spend a fortune to celebrate Deng's Explode Gold Coins win with a laugh.

Or even if his dream girl messages him at three in the morning saying, "Come push it, it's stuck," he might grit his teeth and forcefully spend money on the game.

After all, the world is full of oddities.

For these players, setting a recharge tier of a thousand or five hundred yuan with lousy rewards is useless; it's all nonsense.

Inertial thinking has already taken hold; they don't even care what the content of the spending is, as long as they spend the money, they feel good.

How do you reason with that?

To prevent this kind of thing from happening again,

Ke Jin had a clear plan.

For the next game, the recharge limit had to be severely capped.

To make sure they had nowhere to spend their money!

The minimum recharge is one yuan, right?

Recharge one yuan, and I'll give you a benefit worth a hundred yuan, which, apart from the gift package, also includes a one-yuan-off coupon.

Next time you recharge, you must use this 1-for-1 yuan coupon compulsorily.

"Like topping up, right? Recharging like this will only hurt you!"

"This time, I want to see how you are going to spend your money!"

"I don't believe I'll fail again!" Ke Jin clenched his fist, declaring firmly.