Boss Jia's team was made up of professionals, so he left France after the competition entered the final stage. There was no need for him to stay there any longer. Boss Jia had already made all the necessary arrangements. If something were to go wrong, the entire team would have to be replaced.
This was the first big thing that happened on the first of August in Daqian. The second big thing was the release of Diablo, Red Alert, and the Legend of Sword and Fairy.
"Ah, I want to go to France too!" Huang Yiming mumbled to himself in front of Grid Mall in New York on the first of August, 1995. He was the chubby guy who had helped Boss Jia bandage his wounds.
Huang Yiming had originally planned to go to France to participate in the Pokemon World Championship. As the deputy editor of the newest gaming media in the United States, Huang Yiming had the financial ability to do so.
However, Huang Yiming's parents didn't want Huang Yiming to go to Paris alone. Huang Yiming wanted his entire family to go with him, but his parents were even more against it. It would cost tens of thousands of USD!
Huang Yiming's travel expenses alone were 5000 USD. If a family of six (Huang Yiming's grandmother, father, mother, and two younger brothers) were to travel together, wouldn't that mean that they would have to spend 30,000 USD?!
Well, of course, this was unrealistic. Actually, Huang Yiming estimated that if his mom went out with him, she would probably spend less than 5000 USD for 6 people, and 4000 USD would be used to fly back and forth.
All in all, Huang Yiming's plan to go to France was ruined. However, Huang Yiming's determination and desire to participate in the Pokemon World Championship didn't change. He just wanted to change his strategy and find another opportunity to participate.
However, not participating in the Pokemon World Championship wasn't without benefits. At least Huang Yiming would be able to attend the release of Diablo and Red Alert.
Huang Yiming didn't attend E3 in Los Angeles because of his parents. However, Huang Yiming learned quite a bit about E3 from the reporters in his magazine. Huang Yiming regretted not getting a pre-order code for Diablo. Otherwise, he would've been able to get a limited edition of the game.
This made Huang Yiming very depressed, so much so that he didn't smile all the way to the shopping mall. One must know that according to the official announcement, this pre-sale peripheral was absolutely out of print and would not be sold again for any reason in the future. How could Huang Yiming, who was a collector, stand this? He was so depressed that he was about to die.
With such a mood, Huang Yiming arrived at the Grid Mall. He found that a large number of people had gathered at the entrance of the mall, and they were basically all young people. This surprised Huang Yiming.
New York Grid Mall opened at 10 o 'clock in the morning. Although it was Sunday, it was a good time for young people to lie in bed and sleep. Why were there so many people gathered at the Grid Mall?
"Sigh, the first release was only at the Grid Mall. I had to take the bus for half an hour to get here!"
"What's half an hour? I rode my bike for an hour and a half to get here. I woke up at 6 o 'clock in the morning. "
"Let me tell you guys, if Diablo isn't fun, I'm going to curse at Daqian and Blizzard on BBS … Oh right, there's also The Gamer Magazine. They made Diablo sound so good. If it's not fun, I'm going to cancel the Gamer Magazine that I've subscribed to for three years!"
Huang Yiming couldn't help but scratch his head when he heard the words of the nearby players. He seemed to be the Deputy Editor of the 'Gamer' magazine.
However, Huang Yiming finally understood why there were so many people gathered at the entrance of the Grid Mall. They were all players like him, here to buy Diablo.
"Looks like there are more and more people playing the same game in this world!" Huang Yiming couldn't help but sigh. Even though Huang Yiming was only sixteen years old, he was an old gamer with ten years of gaming experience.
Huang Yiming's memories were connected to gaming for as long as he could remember. He clearly remembered that when PC games were first released, there weren't many people around the shelves of PC games. It was very quiet.
That was the peak of console games. When a famous console game was released, there would be hundreds or even thousands of people lining up to buy it.
He didn't expect PC games to have such high expectations and player numbers. Huang Yiming estimated that there were at least five hundred people waiting in line for the Grid Mall to open.
"It's a shame that I don't have a pre-order code …" Huang Yiming sighed. Just as he was about to line up with everyone else, a sneaky looking guy suddenly approached Huang Yiming.
"What do you want!" Huang Yiming looked at the guy who had approached him warily. Although he was also a Chinese man and not a black man or a Mexican, Huang Yiming was still a little scared when he suddenly approached him.
"Don't be nervous, friend. I'm just asking if you want a pre-order code?" The sneaky looking guy asked with a smile.
"What pre-order code?" Huang Yiming's eyes lit up. Wasn't this a gift?
"Of course it's a pre-order code for Diablo!" The guy laughed, "You can get a pre-order code for Diablo for only fifty dollars!"
"Fifty dollars!" Huang Yiming exclaimed, "But you can get it for only thirty dollars during the pre-order!"
"Friend, if you can, go back to the E3 a month ago!" The guy laughed, "If you can, then help me bring back a few hundred pre-order codes. I'll take them all for forty dollars!"
"You bastards!" Huang Yiming cursed, but could only pay the money obediently. He had no choice, the pre-order products were too tempting.
"Thank you, boss!" Seeing that Huang Yiming paid the money, the guy smiled even more happily.
"You're buying pre-order codes for forty dollars? Looks like you're selling well!" Huang Yiming suddenly asked.
"Of course!" The guy laughed, "When I went to E3, I bought three hundred pre-order codes. I was worried that I would fail. I didn't expect to sell more than two hundred in a month. I only have less than eighty left. Maybe I'll sell them all today!"
"That's crazy!" Huang Yiming shook his head, then asked, "By the way, do you have a pre-order code for Red Alert?"
"I'll have to ask for you. Because there weren't many people who bought it, we didn't have any. But there weren't many people who bought the Red Alert pre-order code. You're the third one! Do you really want it? If you do, I'll get it for you! But it's more expensive, eighty dollars! "The guy laughed even more happily!
"I'll take it!" The chubby guy gritted his teeth and said. Then he saw the guy take out a mobile phone and make a call. A few minutes later, someone actually delivered a Red Alert pre-order code.
"Yo, you have a mobile phone. You're really making money!" Seeing the mobile phone in the guy's hand, Huang Yiming was a little envious.
"Hehe, this is a Daqian mobile phone. It's very cost-effective, only fourteen hundred dollars!" The guy said.
"Only fourteen hundred!" Huang Yiming's eyes lit up. A fourteen hundred dollar mobile phone was half of Motorola's cheapest. It was really affordable!
Or he could buy one himself!
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