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That night, Mingyan accidentally fell asleep while scrolling through comments.
Fortunately, the office had already been renovated. The AI butler summoned a housekeeping robot, which carefully pulled out a folding bed and placed Mingyan on it.
Even so, Mingyan still didn't sleep well and woke up very early the next morning.
Then he discovered that someone in the studio had woken up even earlier than him—
The entire publicity department was present very early in the morning and was having a tense meeting!
As soon as Mingyan woke up, the AI butler quickly reminded him of an "urgent matter": the publicity team wanted him to attend a meeting.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was serious and tense.
After Mingyan arrived, he didn't make a fuss and quietly found a chair in the last row to sit down.
After seeing the projection in front of him, he quickly understood what had happened last night—
The Galactic Empire, the enemy nation whose royal family has ancient dragon blood, has sent a secretary from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire about the situation on Earth!
Of course, it was just a "friendly and cordial meeting".
The secretary from the Galactic Empire was visiting the Chaoyang Alliance when he happened to arrive just as Mingyan was posting his blog.
It's worth noting that almost everything Earth does now generates its own buzz, attracting a massive amount of attention. So it's not surprising that it's drawing the attention of foreign friends.
Surprisingly, this foreigner also really wanted to play Dragon Hunter.
The secretary comes from the Galactic Empire, so naturally he has a high degree of respect for dragons.
Elder dragons, in particular, are essentially equivalent to royalty for the Imperials.
The differences between dragon species are enormous. While the intelligence of other dragon species may still fluctuate between that of a wild beast and a 7-year-old child, fantasy and gem dragon species may already be superior to that of humans.
Ancient dragons... are said to be descendants of dragon gods, and their wisdom and knowledge may far surpass those of humans.
Bluestar Studios also had this concern at the time and did not include Elder Dragons in Dragon Hunter – game developers always have to consider all aspects.
Thus, the secretary of the Galactic Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs became curious about the dragon hunters of Earth.
Unfortunately, a busy man like him obviously couldn't come to the Golden Gate Bridge to collect the dragon eggs in person, and he had already missed the opportunity for closed beta testing, so he could only exchange a few pleasantries during the "diplomatic greetings" phase.
However, this news quickly alarmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chaoyang Alliance, and the higher-ups sent people to meet with Lanxing.
—They wanted a small number of beta test slots, and at the same time, they were preparing to begin reviewing the Dragon Hunter game.
The beta test slots were given out immediately, of course.
Mingyan, realizing this was the first time he'd ever worked on a game that involved a diplomatic setting, ran to Xia Cheng, bewildered, and asked, "Is there anything I should be careful about?"
Xia Cheng calmly said, "Don't take what they say seriously."
Mingyan: "?" No, that's the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
Seeing that he still seemed quite confused, Xia Cheng took out his phone and sent him a phone number, saying, "This is my uncle. He works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Alliance and occasionally makes the news. You can contact him if you need anything in this regard."
Clearly stated: "..."
Here we go again! The "Xia family has connections everywhere" series!
Mingyan returned to his office, and soon the topic returned to "Dragon Hunter".
A game involving formal diplomatic occasions cannot be judged using ordinary rating methods.
A specialist from above arrived quickly and came to Blue Star Studio the following afternoon.
By this time, the internal meetings on Blue Star had almost ended, and the overall policy was simple: to cooperate as much as possible with the review process from above and make the game more "harmonious".
...At least, with people from the Galactic Empire paying attention here, it's impossible for an ancient dragon to emerge; everyone knows that.
The next morning, at exactly 8 o'clock.
The reviewers arrived at the Blue Star Building, while Blue Star Studio had already dispatched a team to be on high alert.
As the company grows, the HR department always has a few key figures, all handsome men and beautiful women, who stand at the door to welcome the reviewers in.
The examiner, named Robert, was about forty years old. He appeared in a suit, his hair was neatly combed, his face was very serious, and there was a crease between his eyebrows.
He frowned as soon as he arrived: "I'm here to review your company's product, 'Dragon Hunter.' Please, everyone else, step aside and let the game's chief designer come out to see me."
The receptionist hurriedly explained, "Chief Engineer Ming worked overtime very late yesterday. In this situation, he usually doesn't come to the company until midnight..."
The examiner's brow furrowed even more: "Knowing that I was supposed to start the review today, why did you work overtime last night? Is it to express your personal dissatisfaction, or do you disagree with the orders from above?"
With this serious accusation leveled against them, the group quickly bowed their heads and apologized, continuing to explain as they led the person into the Blue Star Building.
Blue Star has the typical atmosphere of a game company; the morning is not a time when employees are "fully engaged in their work."
In other words: everyone's a night owl! Who would get up in the morning to do important work? Everyone's catching up on sleep!
So the office was quite deserted, with only a few people sitting there yawning constantly.
As examiner Robert walked toward the conference room, he looked around, his brow furrowed in a deep frown: "I thought the renowned Blue Star Studio would be a disciplined place, but it's so lax and undisciplined, which is very disappointing."
By this time, the person receiving the receptionist was already somewhat dissatisfied.
The employees' loyalty and pride in Bluestar are unwavering. They can say bad things about Bluestar themselves, but if outsiders say anything, it will be a serious offense.