Late at night in Japan, Koji Ikeda was on the Internet arguing with those brainless Internet right-wingers. The phone rang, and the harsh ringtone woke up the landlady and her family, making the 50-60-year-old Obasan, who weighed more than 200 pounds, slapped him with dissatisfaction.
The tatami beneath me sent vibrations through the thin walls.
Ikeda quickly answered the phone, covering the topic and whispered: "Hi, Miss Kyoko?"
"Sorry to bother you, Ikeda-kun, are you going to the support event tomorrow?"
"What support activities?"
"Canaan Games, those people in the city hall are using the excuse of data security and privacy issues to set up obstacles for Canaan Company. Japan may be missing from internationalization this time."
"Ah, these horse manure...is the news reliable?"
"Reliable, we have organized many people to protest at the city hall tomorrow, will you go?"
"Of course, how can I be spared such a thing? What do I need to prepare?"
"White shirt, trousers, sneakers, other guilds are prepared!"
"Okay, what time and where will we meet?"
"At 8 o'clock in the morning, at Ximending, the school."
"Hi, see you then!"
After hanging up the phone, Ikeda searched for relevant news on the Internet, and sure enough, he found that the negotiations between the city government and the International Business Department of Canaan Corporation were at an impasse, thinking that there were local secrets and privacy protection issues for the data.
No wonder those Internet right-wingers whose minds are full of the dregs of old ideas are like taking aphrodisiacs collectively. It turns out that this is the source of their confidence.
Ikeda cursed angrily, got up anxiously and walked a few steps on the tatami. As soon as the squeaking sound came out, he shivered again. Angry and frightened expressions appeared on his face at the same time, and he looked particularly motionless.
funny.
Early the next morning, Ikeda tidied himself up according to the required attire. Before going out, he even apologized to the landlord Obasan for what happened last night.
"So, what's the matter, Ikeda-kun? Why do you stay awake at two o'clock in the night and must wake up my patient who has been suffering from insomnia for a long time? Hmm!?"
"I'm so sorry, there won't be a next time!"
"Next time you get out of my house!"
"Hi, I'm so sorry!"
He left the rented kennel in embarrassment and took a deep breath outside. The early morning sunlight shone brightly on his face that was a little haggard due to lack of sleep.
"Come on, come on Ikeda, you can do it, definitely!"
To cheer himself up, he waited for the bus to the school. Half an hour later he arrived at the Ximending area of the school. He saw that the shops were not open yet and the streets and alleys were already filled with men and women dressed in uniform.
Ikeda found Kyoko Morita in the crowd, and was assigned a forehead wipe and a banner that two people needed to hold high. Under the organization of the organizer of the event, the president of the Canaan Games Dongyingyun Player Support Association and dozens of officials
After finishing the team, we headed towards the main road outside the street.
The police who came after hearing the news had just set up a roadblock, but they were pushed away by these excited men and women. During the tearing, Ikeda fell, and two dark footprints were trampled on the white banner.
Baga!
Thousands of people queued up to block traffic, and vehicles going to work early in the morning were blocked on the road. Drivers and passengers stuck their heads out of the car windows and yelled.
The organizers of the event quickly moved people through and bowed and apologized to the vehicles. After hearing that it was a support event for the Canaan Games, many passengers on the bus spontaneously got off and joined the parade.
Ikeda was deeply excited by this phenomenon. After more than an hour, more and more people were there, and gradually the head and tail could no longer be seen.
When we arrived at our destination, there was already a television broadcast vehicle waiting in the square. Blockades and roadblocks were already in place. The police who were waiting in full force did not take it seriously, and some people were still eating breakfast.
"We want Canaan!"
"Canaan, Canaan all over the world, cannot be without Japan!"
“Down with bureaucracy!”
"..."
At first, the bureaucrats of the city hall came in and out, and no one took the protesting crowd seriously. But within an hour, they could not sit still because more protesting crowds were coming from all directions.
"Baga, the horse manure in the city hall should be committed seppuku!"
"It's a great thing that Canaan Games has entered Japan. Is there anyone stupid enough to put up obstacles?"
“Nasty politics stay away from the Canaan game!”
"We want Canaan, we want game qualifications, and we want to be Canaan players!"
Students, white-collar workers, and even uncles and aunts in their forties and fifties with stable careers and families.
There were more and more people, and soon the initiators and organizers of the support activities only accounted for a small part of them. Ikeda was very excited, and his face was red with some acne residue. He shouted slogans at the top of his lungs, and he didn't know it when he got excited.
Whoever takes the lead starts to attack the human walls and roadblocks!
As a last resort, the bureaucrats in the city hall had no choice but to come out to put out the fire and use loudspeakers to assure the crowd that the obstacles were purely rumors. In fact, the Canaan Games Japan Division has been established. The city government is open to the cooperation and introduction of Canaan Games.
, inclusive and welcoming attitude…
In the end, this support event attracted more than 100,000 supporters, and was broadcast live by major TV stations, causing a huge response throughout Japan.
The opposition was still loud, and the voices of supporters could not give in. In the midst of such noise, the Canaan-Japan Division was established.
In fact, this business unit has been established a long time ago, but it has never been listed.
Canaan game peripherals, copyright cooperation and licensing have been carried out in Japan for a long time. The game warehouse has sold hundreds of thousands of units, but it has never been listed.
On the day of listing, it attracted tens of thousands of supporters from all over Japan, and Koji Ikeda was one of them. At this time, there were large-scale support activities all over the world, and controversies continued. Politicians frequently came out to speak out, like chameleons.
, changes its color according to the composition and proportion of supporters and opponents. If you supported it yesterday, you may be opposed today. If you are opposed today, you may change your tune tomorrow due to one or another reason.
The influence of Canaan is too great, and overseas cloud players have been longing for it for a long time. This is a love that transcends country, nation and ideology, and has huge benefits that no one can ignore.
"Ikeda-kun, it's settled, Japan will be allocated 10,000 game qualifications."
"10,000, only 10,000?"
"The United States only has 10,000 people, but they have a population of more than 300 million."
"10,000 divided by 100 million, the probability of becoming a player is less than 1 in 10,000?"
"Next, be careful of those horse dung that are full of shit. One ten thousandth is already pretty good, and everyone in the meeting was very satisfied."
"Are you satisfied, Mr. President? Okay, it seems to be the best situation."
"Yes, Ikeda-kun, you must be content, haha..."
"I hope I can become one in ten thousand."
"Who is not? Let's pray... I heard that the gods of China are particularly efficacious, let's go and worship too!?"
"Hey, what kind of spirit is it?"
“I heard it’s the ‘Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara’.”
"Isn't that the god who governs childbirth?"
"All the cloud players in China are attracted by it. Maybe it's because the business is expanding?"
"Hey, what time is it? I'll prepare it."
Japanese shrine culture was prevalent. Ikeda brought back a statue of Guanyin that had traveled across the ocean and prayed day and night. Once, the landlord Obasan thought there was a fire and almost left him on the street.
Ikeda is an orphan. He grew up in an orphanage and worked part-time to survive until today. His biggest ideal was to be admitted to Japan University, change his destiny, and join the upper class of society. After this ideal was shattered, he had no choice but to hang out in a third-rate community college.
Life is already like the sun at six or seven o'clock in the afternoon, just waiting for sunset, there is no hope.
The social class in Japan is particularly hardened. Entering a good university, entering a good company, and getting a good job are the only ways for most ordinary people to strive upward. It is not uncommon to have one job for a lifetime.
Heavy workplace pressure and no promising future have made many young people choose to lie down and live a life of low desires. It is said that there are millions of people, and Ikeda Moto is one of them. It was the appearance of Canaan that made him
I saw hope and redemption.
Canaan is not just a game for him, it is the hope of life, a bright color, and the only practical way to change his destiny.
Now, the probability of this path is one in ten thousand.
One in ten thousand!
Because of this, he consciously fights against all criticism and criticism of Canaan, both on the Internet and in reality.
With 120,000 devout prayers, he also struggled to learn Chinese eulogies. He also often visited official Chinese websites and used automatic translation software to translate hot posts on forums, eagerly absorbing everything about Canaan.
For knowledge, common sense and strategies, always pay attention to the official website’s updates.
In the blink of an eye, the day came when the game was discontinued.
That morning, he took a bath and changed clothes as usual, knelt devoutly in front of the statue, murmured a few prayers in broken Chinese pronunciation, then lit a stick of sandalwood, first glanced at the door guiltily, and finally inserted it carefully.
In the incense burner.
After the landlord Obasan found out why he was so smoky every day, surprisingly she didn't blame him anymore, and just asked to add the name of her daughter Teruda Keiko.
Teruda Keiko is a little girl who lives in a gang and has been kicked out of the house a long time ago. The landlord Obasan seems to have made such a request, hoping that his daughter who has gone astray will get this opportunity and can be lost.
Once you know it's time to return, you'll have to go back to the right place, right?
There was nothing in the small room except a bed, a computer and a shrine. After the incense burnt out, Ikeda opened the door and window to disperse the smoke, sat cross-legged in front of the computer, and skillfully opened Canaan's official website.
He was delighted to find that Canaan's international website was open. He no longer had to browse Chinese websites that he couldn't understand, and had to rely on translation software to help him with everything.
The international website is very simple. The main interface at the beginning is similar to Gu Ge’s search homepage. After selecting Japanese, the real website content pops up.
A beautiful model of a Canaan game character fills the entire screen. The background is the famous kobold mine. The character model is an elf shooter. On a big, round button, it says in Japanese: "Fifth Test Qualification
Applications are in full swing.”
"Long live!"
Ikeda couldn't help cheering, and his face with pimples turned red with excitement. He picked up the phone and prepared to notify Fukada Kyoko, who was also born in a welfare institution. As soon as the phone was opened, the other party called first.
"Ikeda, here it comes, here it comes, hurry up..."
"I know, I just opened it!"
"Did you see it? Did you see it?"
"Saw it!"
"Application for qualifications, woo woo, finally here!"
"Be strong, Miss Kyoko!"
Ikeda shed tears and comforted his friend who started sobbing on the other end of the phone, "We will definitely be able to apply. Don't forget our agreement!"
"You guy...I won't lose to you!"
"That's it, I'm going to start!"
"Well, come on Ikeda-kun!"
After hanging up the phone, Ikeda took several deep breaths to calm himself down, touched the mouse with trembling fingers, moved the pointer to the button very slowly, and clicked.
"Tick!" There was a sound, and the page jumped, and a beautiful cutscene appeared, which vaguely showed several racial professional characters in the game doing various POSS, and several beautiful CG landscape paintings of the game. Finally, it was frozen in a group of various races.
on teenagers of various skin colors, countries and nationalities.
In front of these teenagers, there is a gate with "Canaan Online" written in simple characters. The gate seems to be open but not open. Strong and soft light shines through the gaps in the door, making the shadows of these teenagers grow longer.
call!
Ikeda pressed his heart that was beating wildly and felt that the whole world had stopped. The strong sense of substitution made him feel like one of the teenagers on the web page. There was a new world in front of him that led to infinite excitement and opportunities. All he had to do was open the door.
The door indeed opened automatically, bright light filled the entire screen, and a line of words slowly appeared.
"This is an almost real virtual world..."
"It has a real experience beyond your imagination..."
"This world is full of unknowns and wonderful things just waiting for you to discover..."
"Here, you will gain and lose, you will suffer and you will be happy, you will give, and you will also have the joy of a good harvest..."
"It is not perfect, just like reality is not perfect. It does not lack warmth, sunshine and iron-blood, and it also does not lack blood, betrayal, ignorance and cruelty..."
"Are you ready?"
"Then let's take risks together..."
"Welcome to book and apply for the fifth internal test qualification of "Canaan Online". In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, please fill in the following information truthfully."
A very hit-or-miss, affectionate opening line that all Chinese players brushed off, but it moved Ikeda to tears and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
After a long while, he wiped his face and saw that the page had jumped to the entry of identity information.
While carefully entering his identity, he scrolled through the long web page, scanning the Japanese warnings and regulations, but paying great attention to the official information from Canaan.
Finally, he saw a prepayment button.
"Baga, ten million yen!?"
It is well known that the price of a basic gaming helmet in China is only 1,999. When converted into Japanese yen, it is less than 40,000 or 10 million yen. Is this a robbery?
I quickly called my friend Kyoko.
"The president said it's all the work of those horse dung. They want to use high prices to keep us out of Canaan. We must never let them succeed!"
"What do you say, Mr. President? Please give the order!"
"Hi, the president is contacting more Canaan Cloud player organizations. Just wait for my news, Ikeda-kun!"
