Chapter 141 Technical Breakthrough

Pei Qian smiled slightly and explained, "Because of the relationship between our game and the movie, if they are released at different times, it will definitely spoil the plot in advance. So they have to be on the same day."

"I also feel it's a pity to miss the May Day Golden Week, but we have to make trade-offs."

"Besides, releasing it on April 14th will still allow us to ride the coattails of the May Day Golden Week."

Hu Xianbin's mouth twitched slightly. He thought, *President Pei, your words are too obviously meant to comfort me!*

Even people who don't understand the film industry should know that a movie released on May 1st is released on its first day. If it's released on April 30th, then May 1st is the second day of release. The difference is huge!

What's more, it's being released as early as April 14th?

For movies, the box office is generally highest in the first few days of release. For some bad movies, the box office on the first day of release can account for more than half of the total box office.

That's because they're just trying to trick this one batch of suckers. Once the reviews come out, they can't trick anyone anymore.

Of course, "Mission and Choice" isn't a bad movie, but this rule still applies.

The data on the first day of release is crucial. Riding the coattails of the May Day holiday and actually being released during the May Day holiday are two completely different concepts!

However, Hu Xianbin didn't say much. After all, since President Pei had already decided to arrange it this way, there must be a reason for it.

Huang Sibao and Zhu Xiaoce are in charge of the movie. They've already successfully made one movie, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Pei Qian continued, "By the way, this matter must be kept secret. Don't mention it to anyone."

"Not even to people in our department."

"You don't need to tell them that the game will be released on the 14th. Just tell them to complete the final testing and packaging work before the 13th."

Pei Qian wanted to hide it for as long as possible. If the release date of the game and the movie schedule were leaked, it would definitely trigger a series of chain reactions, and it might become popular before it's even released.

Therefore, only a few core people in charge knew about this.

Hu Xianbin quickly nodded, "I understand!"

"Then… President Pei, what should I do?"

Pei Qian smiled and patted him on the shoulder lightly, "You don't need to do anything. The game is already finished. There are no problems. I've already arranged for the advertising and publicity department to handle the promotion. Next, we just need to wait for the game to be released, and everything will be foolproof!"

He reassured Hu Xianbin, telling him not to mess around, and wait for the game to be released and crash into "Fantasy Battle Remake," causing it to fail quickly. *Plan complete!*

The doubt on Hu Xianbin's face disappeared, replaced by a heartfelt trust and peace of mind.

But then he suddenly thought of something, and a look of worry appeared on his face again, "Wait a minute, President Pei, there's another problem!"

"When you and President He came to inspect before, President He said that with the current AI technology, even if the game's AI is completed, it won't greatly improve the game's combat experience."

"At that time, I didn't quite believe it, because the game's AI was still in a very rudimentary state and hadn't been fully developed."

"But now that the game has been fully developed, I've found that the situation is really as President He said. The game's AI experience seems to be a bit lacking."

"Especially in the later 'Realistic Battle' part, the AI needs to simulate the feeling of a real battlefield. Whether it's the soldiers running away uncontrollably or them making other actions, it all depends on the intelligence of the AI, but I always feel that the current feeling is a bit lacking…"

"However, the current level of artificial intelligence technology can only do this much. I think this is a minor flaw. If there wasn't 'Fantasy Battle Remake,' then it shouldn't be a big problem, but now we're going to compete with this masterpiece. Any small detail could determine our success or failure. This…"

Worry reappeared on Hu Xianbin's face.

After listening to Hu Xianbin's words, Pei Qian was even happier.

*Is that so?*

*This is simply an unexpected surprise!*

Pei Qian suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Don't worry, this matter is not a concern at all!"

Although this is just a small flaw, it should directly affect the players' game experience and the infectiousness of the plot. It's not enough to determine the success or failure of the game, but it will definitely reduce the reputation and sales!

With the right timing, location, and people, how could he not succeed?

At this moment, Pei Qian wanted to look up at the sky and laugh three times. Everything was under control!

Just then, the system light screen suddenly unfolded in front of Pei Qian, and a line of text appeared in his field of vision without warning.

【Random Technology Breakthrough Completed.】

This line of text stayed for five or six seconds before gradually disappearing, as if to ensure that Pei Qian could see it clearly and prevent any information errors.

Pei Qian's smile instantly froze on his face.

*What's going on?!*

He almost thought he was seeing things or had made a mistake.

*Why is there a random technology breakthrough? Didn't we only have that last cycle? This cycle doesn't have this special task at all!*

*Moreover, didn't Xunke Technologies already make a breakthrough last cycle? Wasn't Aeeis born because of Xunke Technologies' technological innovation?*

Pei Qian was extremely puzzled, but the system light screen wasn't fake. That line of text was extremely clear, and it even deliberately stayed for a few more seconds, as if afraid that Pei Qian hadn't noticed it.

*What exactly is going on?*

Hu Xianbin noticed that it had suddenly become quiet. Just as he was about to find a topic, his phone on the table rang.

President Pei was here, so he was embarrassed to answer it, but he didn't expect President Pei to nod to him, "Answer it."

Only then did Hu Xianbin answer the phone.

Pei Qian calmed down a little. Fortunately, this call came in time, otherwise it would have been too strange for him to suddenly become stunned like a goose, and it might have caused some unnecessary suspicion.

He would take advantage of Hu Xianbin's phone call to figure out what was going on.

Historical information could be viewed in the system light screen, so Pei Qian immediately found the information from the last two settlements.

The settlement before last was on September 30th. At that time, he received a mysterious reward: a random technological breakthrough would occur within the next 6 months.

And the last settlement was on January 31st. No words related to "technological breakthrough" appeared in the settlement interface.

Pei Qian still didn't believe it, so he read the information from the last settlement from beginning to end, word by word, and there really wasn't any!

Pei Qian suddenly felt cold hands and feet, realizing that something was wrong.

*Crap, something big has happened!*

The appearance of this line of text in the system today clearly indicated that the technological breakthrough related to the system reward would have very clear prompts.

But there were no prompts at all before the last settlement, which meant that Xunke Technologies' artificial intelligence technology wasn't a technological breakthrough rewarded by the system at all. It was just the normal technology tree and technology accumulation of this world!

And what appeared this time was the real system reward.

Pei Qian silently calculated in his mind. The time when this special reward was released was September 30th, and the time was "within the next 6 months," October, November, December, January, February, March…

Today is March 29th, which meant that until March 31st the day after tomorrow, it was still within the scope of "the next 6 months"!

"*Crap, I've been tricked!*"

Pei Qian understood in an instant.

Before, he subconsciously thought that the so-called technological breakthrough of the system must be completed within the current cycle. In addition, Xunke Technologies' artificial intelligence technology did appear relatively abruptly, so he naturally regarded this as the technological breakthrough rewarded by the system.

But now that he thought about it, the system's technological breakthrough didn't say that it must be completed within a cycle!

The system said "6 months," and now it was just within 6 months!

Pei Qian instantly froze. He couldn't accept this fact!

At the same time, Hu Xianbin had already finished the phone call.

The excitement on his face was almost overflowing, "I knew why President Pei said that the AI problem of 'Mission and Choice' was not a concern at all. It turned out that it had already been arranged!"

"Just now, Jiang Yuan called me, saying that the Numa Artificial Intelligence Laboratory only selected the game field as the research direction last week according to your instructions. They had only studied for less than a week, and suddenly they discovered several new algorithms based on their previous research!"