—I only got lost for two months, how did this cause such a big commotion?
Mingyan clearly underestimated his influence over his "hometown".
Since his disappearance, local news has been bombarding us for over half a month; everyone knows that Mr. Ming, a prominent local entrepreneur, has gone missing…
Not to mention the entire network of the Sixth Star Province, where Blue Star's fans are scattered all over the place, with countless people posting on their blogs three times a day. Some die-hard fans seem to think they can't live without Blue Star.
Such a major news event directly alarmed provincial leaders, and several vice mayors were asking every day: Have we not found the chief designer of Blue Star yet?
Finally, Mingyan has been found! This is big news!
To show his appreciation for outstanding local young entrepreneurs, the vice mayor personally came to the port and waited for him for a long time after learning that Mingyan would be returning at this time today.
Not only the deputy mayor, but many other people were standing behind him.
They are spontaneously forming a queue based on their identities, waiting one by one to shake hands with Mingyan.
The delegation included the president of the Jialian branch, regional heads from several major platforms such as IPP, leaders from multiple business partners, envoys from the Central Star Province expressing their condolences, and representatives from the Blue Star Research Institute...
Mingyan was in a daze. He shook hands with everyone and felt that everyone had tears in their eyes, as if they were old friends he had known for many years.
Finally, everyone saw it: Yes, Chief Designer Ming is still alive and well.
The media also took enough photos.
The deputy mayor shook Mingyan's hand again and said, "We have reserved a table at the Red Eagle Hotel—"
Before he could finish speaking, a cough came from behind Mingyan.
Xia Cheng remained expressionless, took two steps forward, took Mingyan's hand back, and said, "Let's talk about it another day. Mingyan just got back, and we're all exhausted."
When he appeared, everyone fell silent for a moment.
The media all spontaneously withdrew their cameras; no one dared to film Xia Cheng as well.
The deputy mayor's smile remained unchanged as he said, "Yes, yes, it was our oversight. Chief Engineer Ming has been traveling for days and must be very tired now. He should go back and get some rest."
It was as if he himself hadn't been the one who made the suggestion.
Xia Cheng smiled, seemingly not needing to respond, and simply took Mingyan's hand, walked through the welcoming crowd, and left the bustling port.
Chapter 98, First Promotional Material
Having just returned home, Mingyan naturally followed Comrade Xia Cheng's instructions and went back to get a good night's sleep...
Actually, he didn't rest for very long, because he wasn't really tired.
There wasn't much to do on the spaceship, except for the sheer number of brilliant ideas generated each day, and the lack of practical equipment to bring them all to fruition.
Mingyan felt mentally exhausted.
He hasn't worked overtime or played games for two months straight!
The inspiration he was generating was almost bursting his brain; what kind of pain was that!
Upon waking up, Mingyan immediately got up and checked his notebook where he had recorded his inspirations.
However, after he turned his phone back on and finally reconnected to the Chaoyang Alliance network, he discovered...
During the two months he was away, his inspiration was more than just overflowing.
My text messages exploded! My email inbox exploded!
My personal social media feeds exploded with private messages, followers, comments, and all sorts of messages!
Those red dots representing "new messages not yet read" were enough to make Mingyan's scalp tingle.
He only likes making games, but he really dislikes social activities related to games...
A moment later, Mingyan's blog was updated.
[A small favor: Thank you everyone for your concern, I've arrived home.]
This is just an ordinary sentence, like something you might casually post after working overtime.
Mingyan's idea was simple: just use this sentence to reply to everyone, and then there would be no need to reply to each message individually!
But he didn't expect that such a simple sentence would top the trending list within minutes.
The fans of Blue Star and the followers of the Ming Cult haven't seen their leader for two whole months!
Blue Star Studio has been unusually quiet these past two months.
In reality, at night, less than half of the lights on the Blue Star Building are actually on, which is so moving that it almost brings tears to the eyes of anyone who sees it.
Every day, countless people go to the Blue Star logo to place flowers and pray, and countless others buy countless copies of the game out of nostalgia.
This year's Game of the Year, "Mortal Souls," is experiencing a phenomenal sales surge, breaking Blue Star Studio's historical records with daily sales reaching hundreds of millions—a truly astonishing figure.
The first thing the leader did upon his return was to let everyone know he was safe.
Although those who were following his case had already received news from the media that he had returned safely, they were still inevitably excited.
A flood of messages kept pouring into Mingyan's backend.
Mingyan decisively chose... to play dead.
The news that all members of Blue Star Studio have returned safely after the Lunar New Year is probably the first super good news of the new year.