Lin You decisively agreed to this seemingly risky plan and chose the supplier factory most recommended by Qin Songyun.
At least in his estimation, this model posed almost no risk for the first 5 million units.
‘As long as I sell fast enough, debt won’t catch up to me!’ Besides, in his plan, all sales would be conducted online, with real-time data tracking, and Xiaomeng would keep a close eye on things.
If sales slowed down, they could always scale back and adjust in time.
After a quick dinner, Lin You entered the Virtual world, found Xiaomeng aboard the Sky aircraft carrier, and swiftly completed the translation and storage of sensory data for the weapons.
Translating sensory data was incredibly complex—even in Xiaomeng’s world, it was a task for Artificial Intelligence.
Doing it purely through human labor would have been far too costly in both time and manpower.
Once that was done, with Xiaomeng’s help, he reactivated his memory zone and began reconstructing the main scenes from Wanted.
He did this for two reasons.
First, the sensory experiences for various firearms were already quite extensive, enough to meet the needs of the game’s development.
As for the second reason…
Earlier, while dual-wielding pistols and mimicking Yan Shuangying’s shooting style, Lin You had a sudden impulse mid-shot—he flicked his wrist sharply, inexplicably confident that this shot would land.
After firing, he stood there savoring the moment, feeling like he’d just pulled off the coolest move ever. Then, under the bemused gazes of the staff and Yue Pengju (who looked at him like he was a special-needs child), he began searching for the bullet’s impact point.
Unfortunately, the bullet hadn’t hit the 10-ring. Or the 9-ring. Not even the 8-ring. Or the 7-ring…
Okay, fine—the bullet hadn’t even hit the target.
That stray bullet, flung who-knows-where by Lin You’s wild wrist flick, only left a mark on the wall…
But Lin You didn’t care. What mattered was that he’d captured the feeling of 《Curved Bullet Technique》 and 《arc shooting.》 Whether it actually worked or not, he needed to preserve that sensation while the inspiration was fresh!
So, together with Xiaomeng, he officially began the development of “Wanted”.
Naturally, they started with the environments.
Though the movie was set in a city, the game didn’t need to recreate an entire urban landscape—that would be far too demanding on computing power, and their rented servers couldn’t handle it.
Even if the servers only provided the core framework, with players’ brains filling in the rest through fuzzy processing, the data for an entire city was still excessive.
Unless they sold over a million units, allowing Xiaomeng to fully utilize Distributed Computing and storage, it wouldn’t be feasible.
Once they reached ten million units, they could essentially do whatever they wanted.
But for now, that wasn’t an option.
Fortunately, this was a linear game, not an open-world one, and it certainly didn’t have the ambitions like “C*berp*nk 2077”.
Therefore, there is no need to build an entire city.
They just needed to make the key scenes as detailed as possible—especially the climactic father-son train shootout and the assault on the assassins’ textile mill hideout. Those *had* to be 100% lifelike.
As for the streets and buildings that flashed by during chase scenes? A hollow shell would suffice.
‘No one’s going to suddenly jump out of a high-speed pursuit, ignore the mission target, and go knock on some random civilian’s door, right?’ No sane person would do that!
Once the key scenes were set, Lin You worked with Xiaomeng to inject the sensory data—particularly the all-important gunplay experience.
The movie featured many distinctive firearms:
The protagonist’s Beretta M92 went without saying.
But there was also the villain Sloan’s vintage Mauser, the antique blunderbuss used by the fake father in the opening, the protagonist’s real father’s long-range sniper rifle, even flintlock pistols and high-powered rifles…
And then there was Fox’s sidearm, which left a deep impression on Lin You—a Colt M1911 with engraved detailing, ivory grips, and an extended magazine.
But Lin You wasn’t about to obsess over these. After all, he wasn’t trying to turn every player into a weapons expert.
It was fine if players became virtual sharpshooters in-game, dominating the battlefield.
But once they removed the headset and left the Virtual world, the electrical signals translating those sensations would vanish—along with their gun god abilities, artificial rage, and the influence of virtual violence—dissipating like a fleeting illusion.
None of it would negatively affect their real-world emotions.
Of course, practical knowledge—like how to handle, disassemble, and reassemble firearms—would remain.
But that kind of knowledge wasn’t exactly rare.
Many people had already learned firearm assembly (and even construction) through VR devices, with no adverse effects.
After all, the Great Xia had strict gun control.
With the sensory data complete, Lin You hesitated briefly before asking Xiaomeng to directly visualize the film from his memory.
Having the movie on hand would save Qin Songyun and Xiao Chun a lot of work.
Once finished, Lin You planned to send the movie to Qin Songyun and Xiao chun—but checking the time, he decided not to disturb them after hours. ‘A capitalist with a conscience, that’s me.’
After washing up, he bid Xiaomeng goodnight and slept soundly.
The next morning, Lin You called Qin Songyun to confirm the supplier factory. With Xiaomeng providing some technical assistance for the neural modems, production could begin smoothly.
Manufacturing began today, and the product is expected to hit the market within a week.
Of course, since it was an automated factory, the factory had no right to arbitrarily inspect the software data Xiaomeng provided—unless it affected their interests. This had been agreed upon in the contract from the start.
Even so, Xiaomeng added multiple layers of security and embedded command traps in the modem’s translation code. Better safe than sorry.
Lin You solemnly told her, “It’s called ‘trust but verify.’”
Xiaomeng, of course, saw nothing unethical about coding traps.
If anything, she reveled in it, cackling villainously (*“Heh heh heh”*) as she worked.
Lin You could only stare in exasperation.
Once Qin Songyun finalized things with the factory, Lin You summoned him and Xiao chun into the virtual environment he’d created the night before.
Inside, the three of them sat at a café by the street.
Lin You took a sip of coffee, frowned at the taste, and made a mental note to try more expensive blends later.
“It’s a bit early today, but I’ve got important business later, so let’s go over what’s next.”
“First, the studio—I’ve asked someone to scout locations. We should have one secured in a couple of days, no rush. Even when we expand, we probably won’t be office-bound much.”
Qin Songyun and Xiao chun nodded, unfazed.
“Now, the main event—CloudDream Studio’s next big project: a brand-new game”
“Wanted!”
(End of chapter)