"Ding... ding..."

Betang was currently suffering from insufficient blood supply to his brain.

Not because Shen Miaomiao had bargained him down.

But because his blood pressure had almost reached its limit.

Who knew how much effort he had put into pushing this deal through!

That little Chinese company he once thought he could easily acquire had now become their financier, their god, strutting around in their territory, throwing its weight around and ordering them about!

Of course.

That wasn't the key point.

The key point was, during the negotiation process, Betang despairingly discovered—these two Chinese people were just too damn good at showing off!

Compared to them, their so-called "old money nobility" with merely two hundred years of history seemed like childish upstarts playing house.

Couldn't beat them in games, couldn't acquire them through buyouts.

Now, they couldn't even show off as smoothly as them!

Betang was about to explode!

But he had to keep smiling!

"Good thing the negotiation ended, otherwise I felt like Betang might die right at the negotiating table..."

Walking out of the CloudPower building, Gu Sheng chuckled and joked.

"Serves him right,"

Shen Miaomiao looked like she hadn't had enough:

"Daring to talk to me like that back then, just wait, sooner or later I'll acquire this thing and make that bastard clean toilets!"

"Wow—"

Hearing this, Gu Sheng couldn't help but suck in a cold breath, grinning:

"Women really hold grudges."

"Say more and I'll make you join him!"

Hearing Gu Sheng's teasing, Shen Miaomiao turned her head and 'fiercely' glared at him, then like an angry little lamb, butted his arm with her head.

Making Gu Sheng laugh heartily.

Pulling Shen Miaomiao over, he then like magic, pulled out an instant camera from his briefcase:

"Then let's commemorate the first successful step of our reverse acquisition of CloudPower Group!"

Seeing this, Shen Miaomiao's eyes lit up, quickly raising Gu Sheng's arm.

Then like a kitten, she nestled into Gu Sheng's embrace, took the camera, and made a peace sign:

"Come on! One, two, three! Cheese!"

Click!

On the bustling Third Avenue of San Francisco, a beautiful couple stood taking commemorative photos in front of the CloudPower Group building.

Only their outfits... didn't seem very auspicious for CloudPower—

"I should get a chain, you should get a lock, then we both wear hats, one saying 'Wealth at First Sight' and the other 'Peace Under Heaven'..."

Gu Sheng commented, making Shen Miaomiao giggle uncontrollably.

With the successful acquisition of Ubsoft, Shen Miaomiao was in extremely high spirits!

This was such a rare rotten donkey!

Goodness, with this terrible reputation, wouldn't future games just lose money left and right?!

Of course!

The good news didn't stop there!

By 8 PM tomorrow, the sales figures for "Overwatch" would finally be settled!

Right now, there was still one and a half days until the settlement deadline—

【Sub-project: Overwatch】

【Project investment amount: 138 million USD】

【Project settlement time: 7 days (+0 days)】

【Project rebate multiplier: 1018x (+0x)】

【Current revenue amount: 119 million USD】

【Expected rebate amount: 19.342 billion USD】

【Remaining settlement time: 34 hours 28 minutes 18 seconds...】

That's right!

As of now, Overwatch's total revenue was 119 million USD, still some distance from 138 million.

Of course, this 119 million USD was already after deducting platform fees.

Actually, Overwatch's current sales amount was 25% higher than this profit.

Total copies sold were about 2.64 million.

Six days! Total sales of 2.64 million copies!

Averaging 440,000 copies per day!

Although this number included their pre-sales, even so, these sales figures could still be described as terrifying.

You know!

Before this, whether it was "Escape" or "Garden Warfare," or "Escape from Hell" or "Peak Kingdom," none had managed to break the million-copy sales record in a single week!

In fact, up to now, among all the motion-sensing pod games they had produced, only "Sekiro" had surpassed a million copies in its first week, and even that was only slightly over a million.

But now.

In just six short days, "Overwatch" had already achieved sales of up to 2.64 million copies.

Even excluding the 810,000 pre-sales, its six-day sales had reached 1.83 million copies, far exceeding "Sekiro"!

If we're talking about the market alone.

Then without a doubt, "Overwatch" was successful.

Very successful!

But if we're talking about Shen Miaomiao's system statement...

Whether it's successful or not is really hard to say.

After all!

According to Shen Miaomiao's previous calculations!

Within one week, for Overwatch to break even, total sales needed to exceed 3.06 million copies!

Over three million copies in a single week!

This condition couldn't be described as anything but harsh.

Even with Overwatch's impressive performance, it was still a full 420,000 copies short of the 3.06 million break-even target!

But now!

Looking at the current sales situation, if we exclude the accumulated 810,000 pre-sales and the explosive 480,000 first-day sales, 264-81-48.

Then averaging the 1.35 million copies over these five days comes to about 270,000 copies per day.

There's still a long way to go to make up the 420,000 copies needed to break even!

And this time!

Shen Miaomiao didn't need to incur huge losses!

After all, with a 1018x rebate multiplier right here.

Even if she just casually lost a million or so, which is only ten to twenty thousand copies.

She could receive a massive rebate of several hundred million, or even over a billion USD!

It's almost a guaranteed win!

Right.

Almost.

Because!

Tomorrow at 5:30 PM!

An 【Overwatch Streamer Showmatch · Finals】 jointly organized by "US Twitch," "Japanese Nicolive," and "Chinese Shark Live"!

Will hold its final showdown in Zhongjing!

And now—

...

Only 180,000 copies left to reach the 3.06 million target...

No matter who wins!

I win!!!

The next day, Zhongjing, International Convention Center Hall 2.

The Overwatch streamer showmatch finals, jointly organized by three streaming platforms with prize money sponsored by Golden Wind, officially began!

And now!

Sitting in the VIP section next to Gu Sheng, Shen Miaomiao, though showing signs of travel fatigue.

Couldn't hide the joy between her eyebrows.

Everything was under control!

Although the schedule had been packed these past two days with numerous matters, for Shen Miaomiao, it was absolutely worth it!

After all, this trip not only resulted in acquiring Ubsoft, that notoriously terrible game studio.

But also allowed them to strut around CloudPower and vent their anger.

And now, rebates worth over a billion or even several billion would be deposited into her account after this international streamer showmatch concluded!

Checking the time!

【Remaining settlement time: 2 hours 15 minutes 38 seconds...】

Two hours left!

But still a full 180,000 copies short!

Shen Miaomiao turned her gaze to the large screen on stage, beaming with joy, eagerly awaiting the arrival of a "win."

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the audience!

The competition footage appeared on the large screen.

Simultaneously, the voices of a male and female commentator sounded:

"Okay, as both teams prepare, this intense BO5 battle finally reaches its decisive moment—

Ilios!"

"Yes, in the previous four matches, we witnessed Golden Experience team XTT's terrifying aiming skills, and also saw Steel Chain Fingers team Octane's amazing five-man hammer swing!"

"Now, let's enter the final deciding round of this match!"

...

That's right.

In this final showdown, both participating teams had changed their names to those of Golden Wind's two major studios.

The reason for this change was partly to coordinate with this showmatch, and partly because both teams were actually "international combined forces," not teams composed of streamers from any single country.

For example, Golden Experience team had both XTT from China and Pew from Sweden.

While Steel Chain Fingers team had both Octane from the US and Hideki from Japan.

So in the final match, both sides used studio names, mainly for fun, creating a "internal rivalry" for Golden Wind.

"Okay, we see both sides are ready now! Three! Two! One!"

As the commentator's voice rang out, the attention of all audience members, as well as online viewers across three major global streaming platforms, focused on the competition footage!

"BO5 finals last match final round! Game start!"

—

As the preparation room doors for both teams opened, Golden Experience and Steel Chain Fingers team members rushed out like wild beasts, charging towards the point!

Ilios was a control point map.

Point A was located under a lighthouse by the sea, with terrain that wasn't particularly complex but was very narrow, emphasizing close combat.

"...Not only that, because the railings near point A can be broken, players from both teams need to be especially careful about being pushed off the map, resulting in environmental kills!"

"Indeed, and we can see both sides are using double tank compositions. Golden Experience's double tanks are player Y's DVA and Pew's Reinhardt, while Steel Chain Fingers' double tanks are Hideki's Winston and Octane's Reinhardt!"

"This is a battle between both teams' Reinhardts!"

"Indeed, the teams are making contact now!"

After the commentators briefly explained both team compositions.

Amid the increasingly enthusiastic cheers of the audience, on the left and right sides of Ilios's snow-white lighthouse point!

Golden Experience team and Steel Chain Fingers team made their first contact!

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!

As XTT opened fire first, the two teams instantly engaged in combat!

In an instant! Steel Chain Fingers' Pharah soared into the air, unleashing a barrage of fire on Golden Experience's backline, attempting to bypass Reinhardt's defense and reduce the enemy's numbers before the point opened!

However!

This young Pharah ultimately underestimated XTT's aiming skills!

"Tuanzi! Give me damage boost! How dare she fly in front of me?!"

Click!

Tuanzi, holding her healing staff, switched connection modes. With a terrifying 30% damage boost, XTT raised his rifle, his incredible aiming skills making his crosshair seem magnetically attached to Pharah's head!

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!

The highly flying Pharah instantly dropped to critical health!

The player screamed and quickly adjusted flight posture, turning to dive into second-floor cover!

However!

This move undoubtedly doomed the Mercy following behind her.

Due to the inertia of the flight connection, Pharah's descent inevitably left the Mercy behind exposed.

And XTT was waiting for this exact moment!

Slap! Click!

Reload!

The astonishing tracking performance drew screams and cheers from the entire audience!

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat— — Boom!!!

Amid the rolling smoke of cluster missiles, Steel Chain Fingers' Mercy flew out like a broken kite, dying instantly!

"Perfect tracking! Terrifying headshot rate! Golden Experience team's XTT proved with his skills—facing a Soldier: 76 who might as well be hacking, no matter how experienced you are, as a Pharah you shouldn't take off casually! After all! What you're facing is a top-tier prodigy more accurate than Tactical Visor!!!"

Boom—!!!

With the enemy Mercy eliminated, point capture began, and Golden Experience team surged into the point like a starting truck, led by DVA and Reinhardt!

Explosive combat erupted instantly!

Winston's tesla cannon crackled with electricity!

Reinhardt's shockwaves split mountains and earth!

The bang of Peacekeeper accompanied flashbang explosions!

The ting of deflected shurikens and swift dart shots!

"He got pushed off! Octane's Reinhardt performed miraculously, precisely targeting the Genji amid the chaos and pushing him off the cliff!"

"Oh heavens! Goodness! The Genji actually managed to climb back up with a Swift Strike! Octane got outplayed!"

"Steel Chain Fingers' McCree returned the favor! The isolated Mercy got flashbanged and was taken out with a six-shot fan! But XTT avenged his Mercy with these six shots!"

"The battle has reached white-hot intensity! But XTT is still holding on with his biotic field! The enemy is going crazy, determined to eliminate this seemingly hacked Soldier: 76!"

"But Golden Experience is desperately protecting XTT! Reinhardt isn't moving, even DVA came back to be his bodyguard! The defense matrix placement shows obvious experience!"

"Clearly, the early Mercy elimination caused Steel Chain Fingers great trouble, disrupting their attack rhythm."

"Final push! Final push! We see the point capture progress has reached 89%! Steel Chain Fingers only has one last chance left!"

Morale ran high!

As the blue team Steel Chain Fingers launched their full assault, a furious roar was heard!

【Roar—!!!】

Primal Rage!

Steel Chain Fingers' Winston captain went wild like an unleashed mad dog, charging into the point and swinging his arms wildly, completely disrupting Golden Experience's formation.

Instantly, Golden Experience's team formation fell into chaos.

Steel Chain Fingers took advantage to enter the point, eliminating all Golden Experience players inside!

However!

Just as the last Mercy was cornered and executed by the following McCree!

Steel Chain Fingers' point capture progress had only increased by 2%!

A fierce shout was heard coming from outside the narrow point entrance!

【Nerf this!!!】

Next moment!

Whoosh—!!!

A massive BT7274 shimmering with unstable energy opened its cockpit, bursting into the point with an unstoppable presence before everyone's eyes!

Then!

Boom!!!

Double kill, triple kill, quadruple kill, quintuple kill, sextuple kill...

DVA ultimate sextuple kill!

YJ stepped into the point!

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Whoosh—

The entire venue exploded!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com