This is not a BUG, this is a game feature

Jiangning, Yang Erge hotpot restaurant.

As soon as Chen Ba finished ordering his meal, he heard a heated discussion coming from table No. 7 not far away.

"Brother Zhou, you are mining in the dormitory, what if you are found out?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Where did I mine? I was obviously playing games. Is there any school rule that prevents us from playing games in the dormitory?"

"We haven't caught up with the good time for Bitcoin to skyrocket, but we can ride on the Abacoin train. Let me tell you, this thing will definitely rise in the future..."

Chen Ba turned his head and glanced.

The young people talking to them all seemed to be college students from the university town next door, but I didn’t know which university they were from.

But that's not important.

The important thing is that in just a few days, the news that the game "Abba" can mine has already spread so widely? Are even college students secretly mining Ababa coins in their dormitories?

"As far as I know, your company should be a game company, right?"

Wang Ya, who took a sip of juice, seemed to have heard the discussion of the young people, so she asked: "Since it is a game company, why does it come up with something like AbaCoin?"

Chen Ba: "..."

you ask me? How could I know!

Although he produced the game, he did not write the core code. How did he know that Tiehanhan System had a special algorithm in the game?

"It's just a coincidence!"

Chen Ba tried to clear his mind and said: "Apart from this accident, "Abba" is still an excellent charity game."

"But no one cares!"

“You don’t know how many people come here for the gameplay of Abba, and how many people come here for the mining, right?”

Chen Ba had nothing to say.

Wang Ya's words are unpleasant to hear, but they are an indisputable fact. So far, the game "Abba" has millions of players.

Among these millions of players, how many are actually playing games?

The answer may be disappointing!

After the news leaked that there was a special bug in the game "The Story of Abba", through which a certain amount of "limited NPC Abba" could be produced, almost all the subsequent influx of players came for mining.

It cannot be banned at all!

The game is sold on major platforms, and people have spent 198 real money to buy the game. It is impossible for Mr. Chen Ba to not sell it to them, right?

By the way.

The number of players of the game is currently around 1.5 million, but the sales of the game exceeded 3 million copies as early as 9pm last night.

Yes, 3 million copies!

Don't ask why the game has sold nearly 3 million copies when there are about 1.5 million players.

Chen Ba, like everyone else, was very confused or even puzzled by this sales data at first. After all, this scene was not in line with common sense.

It wasn't until he asked Xiao Lu to get some information that he realized that just yesterday, as the "black market" price of an Abba coin exceeded 800 yuan, a large number of regular troops began to enter the market.

"What is a regular army?"

Wang Ya didn't understand these slang words very well, so she asked curiously.

"Ordinary players use their own computers to mine. The efficiency is too low, and the output is not stable enough. The regular army refers to those mine bosses who use mining machines in batches to mine."

Chen Ba explained: "They are much more professional than ordinary people. The mining efficiency of professional mining machines is much better than that of home PCs."

This is also the main reason why game sales have skyrocketed, but when counting the actual players of the game, they are less than half.

Because these mining bosses do not buy games one by one, but buy dozens or hundreds of copies at a time, and then use them for mining machines.

Of course, because the same game cannot be purchased repeatedly under the same Tianba account, they purchased game Cdkey activation codes in bulk through third-party e-commerce platforms such as "TB" or "JD".

"Wait a moment!"

"I have a question, that is, Abba Coin is different from other virtual currencies. It needs to run the game "Abba True Story" while mining. Am I right?"

"That's right!"

Chen Ba nodded.

This is also one of the main reasons why Abacoin is "difficult to produce", because there is one more mining condition, that is, the game "Abba's True Story" must be run.

If you do not run the program "Abba", you will not be able to mine according to the algorithm, and you will not be able to obtain NPC Abba.

"Then if they buy so many game Cdkeys at one time, how do they use them? Do they use them on the same machine? Or do they open multiple machines?" Wang Ya asked curiously.

"Just modify the mining machine."

Chen Ba shook his head: "If it doesn't work, then use the stupidest method. Have you ever been to an Internet cafe? The workstation + diskless system operation mode of an Internet cafe can also be used to mine Aba coins."

To be precise, someone has already done this.

Before Chen Ba just went out, he came across a post in the Tianba community. The owner of the post was an Internet cafe owner.

Due to the popularity of personal computers and smartphones, the Internet cafe business is very sluggish. He is also worried about this and is about to close down.

Unexpectedly, at this time, someone introduced him to the game "Abba" and told him to run this game on all the machines in the Internet cafe. He didn't have to do anything. He could just lie down and collect money every day.

"Everyone is so crazy!"

Chen Ba smiled bitterly and said: "Because Abacoin is a new thing, it has only been born a few days ago, so you know, it is very easy to do it now."

How simple is it?

It can be as simple as an ordinary home computer, and the configuration does not need to be too top-notch. As long as it can run 3A masterpieces smoothly, it is almost enough.

For a computer of this level, you only need to buy a copy of the "Abba" game, then fix a bug in the game and let the algorithm run in the background for six or seven hours, and you can probably calculate an NPC Abba.

"Only one?"

"What are you thinking? You forgot what I said before. As of now, one Abba coin can be sold for about 800 yuan on the black market!"

Chen Ba chuckled: "Eight hundred yuan may not be a big deal for you, a rich man. After all, your meal costs more than eight hundred yuan."

"But you have to know that more than 90% of migrant workers in the country do not earn a daily salary of 800 per day. What's more, the money is so easy to come by. You don't have to do anything to play a game on a computer, just let the game run in the background. It’s done.”

Speaking of this, Chen Ba was also helpless.

The temptation is too strong. It is precisely because the temptation is too strong that the college students at table 7 not far away, including a large number of netizens, flocked to the venue.

In just a few days, the game sold 3 million copies, earning nearly 300 million yuan for Tianba Studio.

"It's true what you said. The benefits are so considerable. No wonder everyone is going crazy to play "Abba" now."

Wang Ya sighed: "But if I guessed correctly, this situation shouldn't last long, right?"

"I am very sure of that."

"Not to mention that the price of Abacoin is not stable. If it has the potential to rise sharply, it will have room to plummet. Even if the price is constant at 800 yuan, the current frenzy will not last long..."

Chen Ba saw it clearly.

Why is it so profitable to mine Abacoin at this stage? Because Abacoin is a new thing, not many people have entered the market at this time, so one computer can mine one in a day.

But what about after a while?

There are already millions of people entering the game. If nothing else happens, while the production volume will increase sharply, the difficulty of obtaining NPC Abba will also increase infinitely.

Maybe in a while, the good days of a computer digging an NPC Aba a day will be gone forever.

At that time, you might have to dig for three to four days, or even five to seven days, before you could dig out an NPC Abba.

Don't ask how this works.

The problem is that there are too many people, and due to the underlying algorithm, there is an "upper limit" on the total number of NPC Abba generated due to bugs in the game "Abba".

Tianba Studio also conducted some discussions and research on this upper limit. Finally, Chen Ba himself checked the code written by Tiehanhan System and came up with a rough estimate.

The total number of NPC Abba generated due to bugs in this game will probably remain in the range of 50 million to 60 million.

This is actually not difficult to calculate.

Not only Tianba Studio has estimated it, but others, even if they have not checked the source code like Chen Ba, can still estimate a rough value.

Precisely because this thing has an upper limit and cannot produce unlimited output, the more miners participate in computational mining at the same time, the smaller the opportunity for each person will be on average.

to be honest.

The logic of this thing is actually equivalent to a test paper with a constant 100 questions. You can answer these questions, you just need to spend some time on "operational derivation".

If you are the only candidate answering the questions, you can finish these 100 questions with your eyes closed. After all, no one will compete with you!

But if one hundred candidates answer the same question at the same time, whoever gives the answer first will get the score?

That's obviously, rolled up.

If you calculate faster than anyone else, you will definitely not be able to grab this opportunity, and the points you will get in the end will be much less.

"And this thing gets more difficult as you get to the back. You can probably find a few Aba coins in the front by just digging around, but it's not that simple in the back."

When Chen Ba said this, he said with emotion: "To be honest, when I was designing this game, I never expected that it would end up like this."

Family members, who knows?

He just wanted to protect his TGA annual award through special themes.

Who would have known that the game would actually create a brand new virtual currency!

Who could have imagined this?

Because of this, Tianba Studio was named and criticized by the superior department, saying that they did not learn well and should have a sense of social responsibility and spread positive energy, so they were given a scolding by Balabala.

Fortunately, the theme of "Abba" is very special, otherwise this game would probably be banned by the higher authorities.

Thinking of this, Chen Ba was also sweating profusely.

Before the release of "Abba", he announced that he would donate half of the proceeds from the game to establish a special charity fund to help people with disabilities.

This move was originally intended to create a good image and reputation, and build enough momentum for winning awards. Unexpectedly, it was his move that saved the life of "Abba" in the end.

It can be said……

If it weren't for the special theme of "Abba" and the cover of a charity game, combined with the "profit donation" image created by Tianba Studio in advance, this game would definitely follow in the footsteps of "GTA5".

"Is it so scary?"

"You do not understand!"

Chen Ba shook his head and said: "Virtual currencies like Bitcoin are very sensitive in China. The survival of "Abba" and not being exiled to overseas markets depends entirely on the golden body of the charity game to save its life."

Of course, the game was saved, but the transaction of "Aba Coin" was severely hit.

That's why Chen Ba just used the "black market price" to measure the value of an Aba coin. Because apart from the shady black market, there are currently no public trading channels for Abacoin.

"This is also to crack down on black industry. Virtual currency is just a game of drumming and passing flowers, and there are many dark sides behind it."

Chen Ba said righteously: "So our Tianba Studio actively cooperates and cracks down on Abacoin's trading behavior."

Wang Ya: "..."

Okay, okay, so positive!

If she hadn't known what kind of person Chen Ba was in private, she would have truly believed what he said.

"Ahem, eat, eat!"

As the mandarin duck pot he ordered began to be served, Chen Ba didn't want to talk any more on this topic and quickly called Wang Ya to start using chopsticks.

Today's meal is his treat.

Mainly to thank Wang Ya for helping him connect and meet a top designer in Jiangning who is engaged in interior decoration.

Lao Chen wants to renovate the house because there is no children's room now, and it will be inconvenient to take care of his grandchildren in the future. And the interior layout is not good either. Anyway, if you don’t lack money, you can renovate it.

"By the way, if your home is being renovated, where will you live during this time?"

"Old Chen went back to his hometown to play for a while and visit his parents and fellow villagers. As for me, I have a room in the company."

Chen Ba is not worried about this problem at all. In a building as big as Tianba’s headquarters, how can there be no place for him to sleep?

Besides, if you really have no place to live, then just buy another house!

"My dad wants you to come and live at my house. Anyway, my villa is very big, and my dad is currently living in the hospital. My mom is away from home all year round, so there are a lot of empty rooms in the house."

"ah?"

When Chen Ba heard this, he almost lost his grip on the chopsticks in his hand, and said with embarrassment: "Isn't this a bad influence?"

Lao Wang lives in the VIP private room of the hospital, and Mrs. Wang is away from home all year round. So isn't Wang Ya the only one in Lao Wang's family?

This... a man and a woman living together under the same roof will inevitably make people wonder!

Chen Ba didn't expect that Lao Wang would take this opportunity to put forward such a suggestion to "lead the wolf into the house". Is he really tired of staying in the hospital and wants to finish the scene as soon as possible?

Thinking that Old Chen was in good shape and suddenly said that he wanted to renovate the house, Chen Ba couldn't help but wonder if these two old guys were colluding, right?

But then again...

Lao Wang was so thoughtful, wouldn't he have arranged for a nanny to give him medicine when he moved in, so that he could have his grandson just after he was discharged from the hospital?

The more Chen Ba thought about it, the darker his face became. He felt that with this promise, his life safety was not guaranteed!