Chapter 22: Extra Capital

It was strange that he had forgotten that, but he still smiled at the extra source of income. After reviewing the documents, he quickly informed Larry that he had signed them. There was no need for an elaborate meeting to get this done.

Since that part was finished, Richard began a livestream. It was tiresome doing it, and it was even worse that the so-called game he was coding had already been completed long ago.

He hadn't just woken up one morning and decided to livestream himself creating the game, Oasis. He had wanted to create such a world, so he had done so with the help of Unilang.

The code for the game, even with the extremely powerful Unilang, was almost a hundred lines long. The game was fully functional, and all he needed to do was set up his servers and unleash the game to the world.

However, in order to attract more traffic to the game when it was released, he opted to continue his livestream. Today, he planned to render one of the default worlds within the game.

Research Bot seemed capable of creating realistic 3D renders, but to get better results, he created a whole new bot. It was designed to create such renders.

To add more NPCs to the game, he made a link to it and made it public, announcing in his livestream that if they wanted to add their likeness to the game, they could do so now.

All they had to do was take a photo of themselves, front and back, and then a short video of themselves doing one thing or another.

He didn't actually plan to use them verbatim; the goal was to train the new bot on what realistic human movement looked like. Of course, the option wasn't limited to humans—scan your cats, dogs, a plant near you, or even your house.

They were all important. Apart from that, it was also important to develop the map of this new world.

Though he planned to cheat a little for this part, Constellation was one of the biggest digital map makers in the entire world. They had a 3D version of the entire Earth and more, so he didn't need people to scan everything they had.

That was simply to create variety. Importing the data from Constellation was as easy as pushing a button, and immediately a small loading screen appeared.

A Virtual Reality world like Oasis had hundreds of virtual worlds or planets within it. Very few of those were default worlds, and he was creating one such world now. He had finished creating the foundation of the game; now it was time to build it up.

He didn't have an official name for it yet, but this was meant to be the place where players appeared after they logged in. He planned for it to be an exact replica of Earth.

Well, not exact, even if he could do that. If he did that, people would complain. The livestream lasted for three hours, and during this time, he managed to create the world successfully.

The next livestream would be for testing, and after that, he would need to add a bit more content to the game.

"Okay, everyone, that will be all for today. Tomorrow, we'll be working on testing the game and refining the NPCs," Richard said with a smile before ending the livestream.

Today's livestream had earned him about $500 or 500,000 Naira. This would have been a big amount for him yesterday, but now, it was just that.

Ding!

A loud sound drew his attention to his phone. Looking at it, he found a message from his bank. It was a credit message, and in it, he could see a long string of zeroes that nearly made him dizzy.

Ringtone!

Just as he was about to open the message to see it in full, a call came in. It was his account manager.

"Good day, sir."

"Don't worry, it's mine," Richard said, anticipating the standard suspicion question.

"Huh? No, sir, I'm calling to inform you that your card is ready for pick-up, or for just 1,000 Naira, we can deliver it to your home today," the lady said.

"Oh, I want it delivered then," Richard answered.

After that, he gave his address and ended the call. The life of the rich was truly convenient.

Opening the message again, Richard saw the long string of zeros again. 500 million dollars was now sitting in his account.

"At least I can now confidently order the machines," Richard said aloud.

He didn't know how much it would cost for him to get the machines created as he wanted. It was a custom order, and those were costly. Deciding not to think about the cost, he immediately opened his email to see the reply from the company.

He had made it clear that he was unable to visit them physically but was open to a video call if needed, and that was exactly what they had requested.

The scheduled time was an hour away, so he still had some time to kill. He went through their website to see their reviews, and they were rated well.

However, seeing this, his heart just continued to sink further and further. Good reviews did indeed mean good results or products, but they also meant higher prices.

"It's all for the greater good," Richard thought.

However, at the same time, he began to reconsider his course of action. He still planned to go through with it, but did he plan to only be a gaming company?

It made more sense for him to expand naturally, and even if he couldn't do so now, he could prepare for it. One such expansion was into the telecommunications industry. The game size after production would likely fall into the tens of terabytes or possibly even more.

The average gamer would never download that, so as part of his structure, he planned to create Quantum Transmitters—essentially relay towers to facilitate quick and almost instantaneous transfer of information between player and server.

He didn't need to build thousands of them, just 200. The Research Bot had already created the production method, so all he needed were the machines. Then, he could either rent a space or buy some land in each country to build them.

If he did that, he would have essentially created the framework for a telecommunication company—one that was faster, better, and much more secure than anything the others could ever create. Even more, it would allow the world to be connected through only a monthly subscription.

He knew he would sign up for such a good deal himself, and he didn't need to question the speed of quantum communication. He had done practicals in the Akashic Library… well, they were destroyed and unstable, but he had a clear map to create them now.

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