Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Lincoln’s Pettiness

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Lincoln finally returned to his trusted fan group after a long time, and of course, the students were very excited.

These days, the students watched as their familiar classmate suddenly rose to prominence, not only directly confronting a giant corporation like NetDragon but also repeatedly putting NetDragon in a vulnerable position.

The gaming console produced by his own studio was in hot demand by the market, with hundreds of thousands of consoles being sold out in just a week. They couldn’t even have the chance to purchase one.

Now, not only in his class, but also throughout Donghua University, Lincoln was definitely a key figure.

The thing is, Donghua University has a special vacation schedule. Their summer break starts and ends one month later than many other universities.

Therefore, many universities are already back in session, but Donghua University is still on summer vacation. Otherwise, who knows how many people would be heading to his classmates’ dorms, asking about Lincoln.

However, since establishing his studio, Lincoln appears to be quite busy and seldom spends time in the group chat.

That being said, Lincoln didn’t spend much time in the group chat before either. If not studying, he was working part-time and seldom had free time.

So the students didn’t think too much about this.

However, since the man himself voluntarily showed up, they can’t miss this opportunity.

“You remembered to come back? Every day you were gone, I was so lonely.” “Lonely my hammer, speak nicely!” Lincoln said with a glum face.

“Boss Lin, you’re doing big business, aren’t you going to treat us?”

“Too small, too small! Can we get a backdoor deal to buy a Mirage console?

Can’t get it, can’t get it!”
“Yeah! Give us a chance, we want to support you, boost your sales!” One person directly sent a photo of his wallet, “Do you see my wallet? Quickly take it away!”

Seeing the students’ enthusiasm, Lincoln thought for a moment and decided to open a back door for them, not that it would be a hassle.

“That’s not impossible, but I’m really busy and don’t have the time to individually arrange each console for you. Those who want to buy the Mirage console, choose a representative, then compile everyone’s phone numbers and accounts and send it to me all together. When the next batch of consoles is available, I’ll reserve your orders in advance.” “Great! Monitor! Where’s the monitor! Count me in!”

“And me! And me!”

“I want one too!”

“Can I get two? I have a little sister…”

At this point, the monitor stepped up, “One for each person, that’s already very generous, don’t be greedy and cause trouble. You have a sister, he has a brother, she even has a boyfriend, if we all count them it would never end. Are you treating Lincoln like a purchasing agent?”

“Monitor is wise!”

“Monitor is mighty!”

There was a flurry of flattery, as everyone was relying on the monitor to take care of things at this point.

Lincoln also joined in the fun: “We’re all classmates, the treatment definitely can’t be the same as other people, how about this, a grand discount of 10% off for everyone!”

“What a great discount!”

“I can save ten meals! Hooray!”

“Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!”

Lincoln didn’t take the students’ sarcasm to heart, as it was he who started the joke anyway.

At this time, Princess Camille Victoria, who rarely chatted in the group, also showed up.

However, she did not join in the previous chatter, but brought the topic back to Lincoln’s original question, “Lincoln, you’re going to an amusement park for research?”

Seeing Camille Victoria appear, the chatterbox students quieted down for a moment, realizing they had forgotten about Lincoln’s initial question.

“Yes, I’m a poor boy who has never been to such a large amusement park before. The last time I went to an amusement park was a small one in my hometown’s park, but it was too small and old-fashioned, not much of a reference. So I thought I’d ask everyone who knows much about this. Do you know anything, Student Zhu?”

Before Camille Victoria could answer, the students became lively again.

“Poor boy, underline that.”

“Not wrong at all, the poor boy has fully made use of the power of reading and made a huge turnaround in life.”

“Yes haha, it’s just like the saying ‘fortune and misfortune are the lot of men for thirty years’, never despise a young man’s poverty! Hahaha!”

“There really are houses of gold in books!”

Luckily, the topic didn’t stray too far this time. The classmates still respected Princess Camille quite a bit.

It’s a pity that Camille Victoria knew nothing about it.

“I’m sorry, but I’ve never been there. If I did go, I’d likely attract a crowd of people taking photos. I don’t want to cause trouble for others, so I’ve never been.”

“What a shame.”

“Yeah, it’s such a pity. Couldn’t you just put on a hat and mask and go secretly?”

Everyone was giving Camille Victoria advice.

Of course, they didn’t forget about Lincoln. The class monitor was the first to suggest to Lincoln, “You might consider Xiajing Century Amusement Park. It’s a large area with a variety of rides.”

“Right! I just went there in the first half of the year. It was fantastic!”

“Indeed, I highly recommend it! Our entire dorm went there together, and we had a blast!”

Lincoln didn’t respond immediately, but instead turned to his private chat with Camille Victoria, asking, “Student Zhu, are you asking because you want to go as well?”

“No!” Camille Victoria hastily denied, “I was asking if you were going to the amusement park to gather materials for creating a new casual game.”

“Not exactly, I plan to add a large amusement park to “Assassins’ Alliance”, so that more casual gamers can play inside it. Otherwise, if “Traveler of the Wind” takes too long, they might get bored and the Mirage console may be left to gather dust.”

“Wow!” The princess was instantly cheerful, ‘Which means I can now go to the amusement park in the virtual world! Lincoln, thank you!”

Lincoln thought for a moment and asked, “Do you want to go to a real-world amusement park?”

“I do, but it’s very inconvenient. If I go secretly, I may be discovered. If I go publicly, it’s also troublesome. So I can’t. But that’s ok, I can go to the amusement park in your game. That’s already fantastic!” Don’t be so easily satisfied, girl.

“If we go together as a group, should be no problem, right?”

“Ah? Go together?” Camille Victoria was surprised.

Lincoln didn’t respond to her, but instead he switched back to the class group chat.

“Earlier, a classmate offered to treat us all to a meal, but I think we can skip that. We aren’t adults. But we should celebrate. I’ll cover all costs for classmates in Xiajing to go team building at Century Amusement Park! Let’s all go and have fun together!”

The classmates immediately cheered.

“Long live Lincoln!” “Let’s all go together!” “All hail You!”

“Nice one, haha!”

It wasn’t really the allure of going to an amusement park for free, as the ticket prices aren’t too high. But with the opportunity to go out together as a group, especially with the celebrated Lincoln, they were, of course, happy to go along.

Soon, the monitor had another task to organise.

Lincoln switched back to his private chat and asked Camille Victoria, “How about it? Going with a large group of classmates should be fine. With so many classmates acting as cover, and familiar faces around you, you should be able to enjoy yourself more freely.”

“Thank you, Lincoln, I’m really very happy. Thank you so much!” The princess excitedly agreed – she had been wanting to go for a long time!

“Ok, we’ll go together then.” Lincoln was also very satisfied.

He hadn’t forgotten that it was thanks to the princess’ help that he was able to smoothly produce the prototype of Mirage. He always remembered this help.

In some sense, the princess was also one of his angel investors. Therefore, if the princess had little wishes like these, he’d try his best to fulfil them if he could.

Suddenly, he remembered someone else and hurried back to the class group chat.

“Almost forgot someone. We don’t need a certain black fan with the surname

Zhao.”

Exactly, he was talking about Edmund Zhao. Lincoln almost forgot about him.

That’s unacceptable!

If you frustrated me for a while, so I get to frustrate you as long as I can. That’s my small-minded motto..