Summit Farmer
Chapter 1569 - 1568 Selling Cheats_1

Chapter 1569: Chapter 1568 Selling Cheats_1

In an office at the headquarters of Divine Domain Games, Edward Nelson looked somewhat haggard. He hadn’t dared to sleep since last night and had been guarding his computer, his eyes fixed on his email inbox.

Not just him, the company’s chairman, Matthew Lee, had also been sitting anxiously in his office all day, canceling all activities, just waiting for Peter Brown’s response.

Email after email had been sent out, but it was like casting stones into the sea—no response came back. The more this happened, the more anxious they became, completely unaware of the other party’s intentions.

The technical staff in the company had also been busy trying to crack Peter’s program, but to their growing horror, they found the program was utterly unbreakable. As soon as the program was installed, characters in the game would level up rapidly, unable to be stopped, and even with countermeasures in place, they discovered they didn’t work.

Everyone understood that if this program got out, Divine Domain as a game would be ruined.

As he thought about how profitable the game was, Matthew Lee had called several times to inquire whether there had been a reply yet.

Suddenly, a reminder sound went off.

Edward’s spirit immediately invested fully into it, his eyes locking onto the email that had just come in.

When he tremblingly opened the email, Edward saw a QQ number.

The other party was willing to communicate!

Excitement surged through Edward, and he immediately picked up the phone and dialed Matthew’s number, shouting, "He’s sent an email! He’s sent an email!"

Upon hearing this, Matthew grabbed his cell phone and rushed out.

Soon, Edward’s office was filled with several leaders.

"What did he say?" Matthew asked loudly.

"He sent a QQ number, and I’ve added it."

"Find out where it’s coming from right now!" a deputy manager barked.

With a wry smile, Edward said, "Not only have I been preparing, but I’ve also asked a few top experts on the Network to help me trace it, and the results are frustrating. The number comes straight from QQ’s own system. We tried to trace it, but the settings were too complex—we couldn’t find him."

"Could it be QQ itself?" someone asked.

Shaking his head, Edward replied, "Impossible, they wouldn’t do such a thing."

On reflection, everyone agreed that such a large company couldn’t possibly engage in such actions.

"Is it possible to ask that company to see if they can find his address?"

"It’s useless. Since we can’t break his program, he must have many precautions in place. I’m worried that if we anger him, it will be a catastrophic blow to our game."

As Edward finished speaking, everyone fell silent, and Matthew nodded, "You’re right. We should try to resolve this as far as possible. He hasn’t spread the program yet, so he probably intends to sell it to us. As long as the price isn’t too outrageous, let’s just pay to eliminate the problem."

"How much should we pay?" someone asked.

With that question, everyone’s gaze turned to the QQ chat.

Edward had already typed a line: "I’m the technical director of Divine Domain Games. Speak up, what do you want?"

Little did Peter know that so many leaders were watching as he saw that line. He was somewhat dumbfounded, wondering how much he should sell his program for.

He had not really thought that through.

"You should be aware of the situation with the program. I created it to sell to you. Of course, as long as the price you offer is reasonable, I promise not to spread the program. Name your price."

Peter wasn’t sure how much his program was actually worth, so he decided to let the other side make an offer.

Seeing the other party indeed intending to sell, Matthew breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Edward, "What do you think we should offer?"

With a wry smile, Edward said, "We’ve just announced our monthly gross revenue, which has exceeded ten million. If he calculates his asking price based on this, what do we do?"

Everyone went silent at that.

A deputy manager said, "We don’t calculate profits like that. Though our company was booming last month, compared to the big companies we are way behind. Our game’s distribution on various platforms and our dealings with partners require spending five million a month on marketing and promotion alone, and with that, our monthly gross of over ten million leaves us with only half in hand. Plus, our second-month revenue dropped to eight million, and we can’t cut down on necessary promotional and advertising expenses. After all these costs, we’re only left with a profit of one or two million."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Matthew said, "You need to understand one thing: if he decides to do damage and leaks the program, can we still run our game?"

The somber expressions on their faces showed their concern; continuing the game meant making money, but if they stopped, their entire investment would be lost.

"I get the feeling he isn’t an old hand at this, probably a newbie. We could start with an offer of one hundred thousand and see how he reacts," suggested one deputy manager.

Another deputy manager agreed, "Many of these tech geeks really have no idea how much their skills are worth. It’s worth a try."

Edward looked at Matthew and then typed on QQ: "We offer one hundred thousand to buy out your program, and you can’t spread it any further. What do you think?"

Peter, sitting there, saw the price of one hundred thousand come up and, after thinking about it, felt it was fairly reasonable. His intent was merely to make some money to improve his living situation, and he was about to agree.

Just then, Peter felt a discomfort in his stomach. He couldn’t hold it back and dashed towards the bathroom.

The people at Divine Domain Corporation were also nervous about this offer, all eyes glued to the computer screen, waiting to see how the other side would respond.

Yet, to their dismay, there was suddenly no response from the other side.

What’s going on?

Seeing the situation, everyone gave a wry smile.

The marketing director said, "He’s probably unhappy, doesn’t even want to deal with us!"

Edward hurriedly typed line after line, inquiring about Peter’s thoughts.

But there was still no response.

"We have to raise the offer, see what he’s thinking!"

The deputy manager who had suggested the one hundred thousand offer said awkwardly.

"Let’s go up to three hundred thousand," Matthew suggested.

But even when they offered three hundred thousand, there was still no response from the other side.

As time ticked by, their anxiety grew, fearing that Peter simply didn’t consider their offer worth his attention.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand!"

One of the deputy managers suggested.

"Let’s offer five hundred thousand," another deputy manager said after a while.

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