After leaving the dark room, Mingyan was quickly summoned to the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio.
The matter is very simple:
A month and a half after "Iron Horse and Ice River" was launched, Jialian actually released a review report.
Moreover, the overall score was not bad, with an 8.5 out of 10.
The sub-scores are as follows:
[Visual presentation: 10/10, immersive experience]
[Music and sound effects: 9.5/10, exhilarating]
[Story Experience: -/-]
[Game Fun Rating: 8.5/10, Outstanding]
[Content Depth: 7.0/10, Mature and Refined]
Everything is very realistic.
Although players have many complaints about the paid content in "Iron Horse and Ice River", from the more professional perspective of the Jialian Association, paid content can only account for a small part of the rating.
However, in other parts, Iron Horse and Ice River almost maximized its strengths.
The city building and national war systems are designed to be quite mature and perfect. The graphics bring out the best in the mechs, and the music was composed by a well-known composer at a high price.
Even if the reviewers look at it from the most critical perspective, they can only find minor flaws in a few small scores.
Finally, after review by the higher-level association, it was still given a score of 8.5.
So here's the problem.
This year's AAA game prize pool didn't have Blue Star's perfect score of 10 to dominate the competition; instead, an 8.5 score barely earned a small "Best Performance Award."
An email was sent to the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio, inviting the chief designer to come over.
At the same time, the nomination for "Annual Masterpiece" for Blue Star Studio also arrived, and Chief Designer Ming was invited to attend the awards ceremony again.
Clearly stated: "..."
That night.
Mingyan said, "...What should we do, Lao Xia! We're about to be exposed!"
"Xiaoming, calm down," Xia Cheng said calmly. "Do you have a stunt double?"
"The deputy chief engineer?" Ming said. "The award can be accepted by someone else, but I still have to be there in person. An invitation and signature are required for entry!"
Xia Cheng said, "How about... you..."
Mingyan looked weary: "I don't want my identity to be exposed. If it is, I'll face double the pressure to update."
Xia Cheng: "Isn't it double now?"
Mingyan said, "...The account for 'Slaying Dragons' is managed by the deputy chief engineer." I don't care, I can't see the update requests on that account at all.
Finally, they devised a more sophisticated solution.
That is, Mingyan will lead the Blue Star team directly to the League of Legends awards ceremony, while the Deputy Chief Engineer will lead the Dragon Slayer team first.
After arriving at the ceremony, he made it clear that he would quietly go back and sign his name again.
After signing his two names, he could slip back to his seat on Blue Star.
As for the signature, the problem is easily solved—one of them simply signed it in Earth's script! In this day and age, practically no one can understand it!
In the past, when I encountered legal documents and contracts, this was always the agreed-upon solution.
Because his identity information determined his special ethnicity (the kind that even gives extra points on the college entrance exam) during registration, and Blue Star script is his first mother tongue, while the Alliance language is his second mother tongue.
Therefore, signatures in both languages have legal effect on him.
That's how the problem was solved, though the process was rather thrilling.
Moreover, there is one step in the middle that cannot be skipped.
—Because he received his first nomination for the Jia League Annual Championship, the God of Wealth, who wielded the Dragon-Slaying Saber, also had to leave his image, ready to enter the Jia League's Platinum Hall of Fame at any time.
Clearly stated: "..."
Xia Cheng: "..."
Staff: "..."
This is very awkward.
The staff member glanced at Mingyan, then lowered his head, put on his glasses, and carefully examined Mingyan again: "If I remember correctly, you should be Chief Designer Ming from Blue Star Studio, right?"
You definitely can't be mistaken!
When Mingyan first came here, this person seemed to be just an intern doing odd jobs.
Now, seven or eight years have passed, and Mingyan has come here countless times. This intern has now become a junior manager.
Mingyan braced himself and said, "Ahem, you may have mistaken me for someone else. I am the chief designer of the Dragon Slayer Sword Studio. You can call me... Mr. Long."
The staff member's eyes widened, almost bigger than his own glasses frames.