Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 734: Chapter 695: Mysterious Internet Cases

According to the filtered results, out of the over 6 million supporting replies, more than 3 million were from Daxia players!

For a moment, Lincoln didn’t even know what kind of expression to make.

When did the atmosphere in Daxia become so open-minded?

Or has Cloud Dream’s userbase grown so large that even the perverts have reached millions?

In that case, the situation has become somewhat complicated.

If it were just the “Pants-Off Party,” it wouldn’t matter. Even with ten million views, it could be treated as a joke and laughed off.

If it were just the “Naturists,” that wouldn’t be a problem either, as the heat wouldn’t rise, and Lincoln’s initial approach—pretending not to see it—would be perfectly fine.

But now that these two groups have come together, the situation has become more complex—

It has turned into a highly heated and quite serious petition.

At least in the eyes of the vast overseas users, this is indeed a serious petition.

In the eyes of European and American users, a petition is a pretty serious matter. The American government even launched a special website, stating that as long as an online petition collects 100,000 signatures, the government must respond.

Although their responses often amounted to “we have nothing to say on this matter” and other nonsense, and the petition website eventually disappeared altogether.

But the act of petitioning itself, like the protests they often hold, is indeed a matter to be taken seriously.

The employees of Cloud Dream’s [International Affairs Department], knowing these issues, consulted Lincoln early on about whether to respond to the demand.

In their consultation, they also included a discussed coping strategy:

The response must be swift, sincere, and fully express a sense of importance.

But a “Nudist Beach” cannot be created.

This concept conflicts with the traditional values of Daxia, and if it were actually created, it could potentially spark strong controversy in Daxia’s public opinion.

And Cloud Dream’s primary audience will always be Daxia users. Only the public opinion issues of Daxia are the real public opinion issues.

Moreover, it is very detrimental to the implementation of [Marriage Contract] and [Lover Contract].

Lincoln nodded subconsciously.

At least the staff members in the [International Affairs Department] have clear minds and know to prioritize Daxia while complementing it with overseas tasks without confusing the two.

But for the specific plan, Lincoln had a better idea:

They want a nudist beach, right?

Just give it to them.

And Cloud Dream is so generous that giving just one is not enough. Just give them two! No need to say thanks!

Lincoln made some adjustments on the tablet and assigned the task.

The task is not complicated. On the coastline of [Seaside Paradise], find a beach that is relatively far from the crowd and slightly hidden, and put a little decoration and some items on it.

Apart from that, everything else is simple. Just set up mirror division rules and entry restrictions.

Afterwards, monitor the player traffic, and if necessary, consider expanding into a Naturist Town.

These tasks will be completed in one or two hours after going to work in the afternoon.

…

After assigning tasks, Lincoln felt that his morning work was done, so he adjusted his lying position to make himself more comfortable, and then began to ponder: whose live broadcast should he watch?

After a short hesitation, he decided to check out Yelang’s situation first since he was one of their own anchors.

He quickly opened Yelang’s live broadcast room, but found that Yelang wasn’t playing games, but chatting with his viewers instead.

The comments were also a bit strange:

“In the absence of a tiger, the monkey is called the king!”

“That kind of person can scam 300,000. If Xiao Yeye comes out, won’t it be at least 1,000,000? It’s crazy!”

“This is the last piece of the puzzle for Xiao Yeye! Can you really bear to let Xiao Yeye be silent forever?”

“I beg you, I don’t have 300,000, but I’ll give you all my Spring Festival’s money this year!”

…

It seemed that the viewers were crazily asking Yelang to do something, but Yelang was crazily refusing, shaking his head like a rattle.

As Lincoln watched, not understanding the situation, he sent two conspicuous messages in a row—n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

[???]

[What are you guys doing?]

As soon as Lincoln appeared, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room instantly became even more heated:

“The big boss is here; you should just do it now!”

“Transform quickly! Transform now and make Lincoln happy. Maybe he’ll make you the number one sister of Cloud Dream!”

“Clinging to the Boss is embarrassing, but clinging to a super boss like Lincoln isn’t! Just go for it!”

“Others crossdressing as women in online relationships can only scam 300,000, but you can definitely scam Lincoln’s shares in Cloud Dream and the live streaming platform!”

…

Even though these were still piles of garbage talk, Lincoln nevertheless managed to piece together a train of thought:

Apparently, there was a scammer pretending to be a woman in an online relationship and managed to scam 300,000.

So these viewers were encouraging Yelang to crossdress and “earn” money in the same way?

Also, what did “the last piece of the puzzle” mean?

Lincoln no longer relied on these foolish viewers, and used the extracted keywords “crossdressing,” “online relationship,” and “300,000” to search, quickly finding the relevant news.

Not because his search skills were advanced, but that specific piece of news was currently trending—

“Yuhang man uses [Eight Sides] Helm language customization feature to pretend to be a woman and scam 300,000 through an online relationship; the victim, unwilling to accept it, scams the mother of the scammer for 170,000 in return…”

The ellipsis was there because the news title was too long for the search engine to display entirely.

However, even so, this was incredibly explosive news!

The latest [Eight Sides] Helm was officially released on Thursday, and it had already sold across the country.

And Journey Prosthetics Company’s products never restricted purchases by ordinary people; they only offered subsidies to the disabled.

Ordinary people, without the subsidies provided by Cloud Dream and Disabled Assistance, would find it quite expensive to buy the [Eight Sides] Helm, almost approaching the price of a Mirage Console.

So, although there were some ordinary people buying it, there weren’t many, and Lincoln and Kyle just assumed that some people wanted to play with it or needed it for assistance, like those with visual impairment or hearing difficulties.

But they never thought that a normal person would purchase it to use the “customized voice” feature developed for those with communication barriers, and pretend to be a woman to commit fraud!

What’s wrong with just crossdressing as a woman and buying an ordinary voice changer? Why go to the trouble and expense of buying an [Eight Sides] Helm?

Did they have money to burn?

Moreover, the device had only been on sale since Thursday, and within just three days, the scammer managed to cheat someone out of 300,000!

If you have that kind of charisma, why not try your hand at pyramid schemes?

Didn’t like the idea of pyramid schemes? Then go overseas and enter the political realm!

Which one wouldn’t make more money than online relationships?

This was already absurd, and even more so: the victim then turned around and scammed the scammer’s mother for 170,000!

What kind of maneuver was that?!

Lincoln was fascinated and clicked on the link to see the follow-up developments:

After realizing that his mother had been scammed, the scammer was initially reluctant to make a fuss, as he had already scammed 300,000, and even with his mother being scammed for 170,000, he still made a profit of 130,000.

But the problem was that his mother didn’t believe her son’s accusations and wanted to continue transferring money to the scammer, even insisting on a divorce, claiming she had found her true love.

Unable to deal with his mother, the son eventually reported the incident to the police.

Upon understanding the situation, even the police were dumbfounded.

In the end, both the scammer who made 300,000 and the victim who counter-scammed 170,000 were arrested by the police…

Upon reading the bizarre case, Lincoln exclaimed that the world was truly a wondrous place.

He also got the point of what the viewers in the live streaming room were up to.

During Yelang’s previous crossdressing live stream, his disguise was nearly flawless, save for his inability to fake a female voice, which left some regrets.

Now the viewers were urging him to buy an [Eight Sides] Helm, choose a sweet female voice, and have a “flawless” crossdressing live stream.

Some fans were even prepared to give him an [Eight Sides] Helm, and as long as he agreed, someone would place an order immediately.

However, Yelang stubbornly refused.

Now, there was a fierce tug-of-war going on between the two sides.

Lincoln, while enjoying the lively spectacle, sent a message to Kyle, asking him to issue a statement condemning the scammer and adding him to the company’s blacklist as a deterrent.

After all, if this became a frequent occurrence, the impact could be dire.

It’s only because the case was so bizarre that people’s focus was on the gossip rather than questioning:

Is selling [Eight Sides] Helm to normal people by Cloud Dream appropriate? Are the company and its employees tolerating scammers for profit?

This wouldn’t do at all!

When Pokémon is released, Lincoln plans to sell [Eight Sides] Helm on a large scale to ordinary people.

One or two scammers couldn’t be allowed to hinder his plan!