Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

“So the truth is only one, you definitely have a goal far beyond the concept of ‘game’!”

Camille Victoria’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was convincing, full of confidence.

“Haha.” Lincoln couldn’t help but laugh, but he didnt change the topic.

He just said, “Miss Camille Victoria, congratulations, you have passed the interview.”

“Ah?” The sudden change by Lincoln left the princess dumbfounded, and she repeated subconsciously, “Interview? I passed?”

Lincoln nodded in affirmation laughing, “Yes, that’s right, welcome to Cloud

Dream Studio.”

“So…” The princess clearly didn’t want to give up, “You must have a grand scheme in mind. Everything you’re doing now is just laying the groundwork, right?”

“No, not at all.” Lincoln denies shaking his head.

“Then what about these things that you’re doing?”

“Well, those are all coincidences. At most, I just have a bigger goal in mind, and when the time is right, I play some casual chess moves.”

“So you admit that you have a grand plan?” Camille Victoria kept watching Lincoln, hoping to get an answer.

“Yes, I’m not denying it.” Lincoln admitted, it wasn’t something to hide from the world, and he had never been secretive.

“So, what’s the plan?” Seeing Lincoln admit it made Camille Victoria thrilled. She was right!

Lincoln thought for a while, “What if it’s not that my goal is just beyond the concept of ‘game’, but my plan is to expand the concept of ‘game’ to its limit?” “Expansion?” Camille Victoria seemed a bit confused.

“For instance, using the game as a starting point, creating a public space able to accommodate a massive number of users. This space would have almost everything found in reality and could connect with every virtual environment that existed before or will exist in the future. Liberty of connecting countless virtual worlds to create a virtual world.”

“An incredibly huge virtual world?” The princess tried to imagine such a world, following Lincoln’s description.

However, she lacked any reference experience or relevant theories in this world. She was unable to form a direct intuition, which seemed like trying to discern flowers through a misty view, only able to see some vague outline.

“Virtual world, game world, cyber world, second world, metaverse, oasis, space-time hub… You can call it whatever you want. Anyway, it’s all up to us.” Lincoln remained calm, since he believed anybody who developed the technology to build virtual worlds would find it hard to resist the temptation of creating a second world.

It is, after all, the highest honor in the virtual world, destined to be written into the history books of the world.

Furthermore, to some extent, it has a high possibility of becoming the indisputable digital powerhouse of the next era.

However, people at present simply cannot imagine these, which are entirely beyond their cognition.

Seeing the increasing scale of the games developed by Cloud Dream, they only thought of Lincoln as a successful businessman. They may even feel he is depriving children of their studies with wasteful entertainment.

Just like now, although Lincoln has been very explicit, Camille Victoria would never think of things like digital supremacy – as there isn’t such a concept in this world.

Centuries of strife and confrontation have led to distrust between great countries, almost entirely severing their internet connections. Global internet connectivity was slowly established after the ceasefire.

Furthermore, to get their standards adopted by more countries and territories, everyone behaves impeccably, or at least appears to do so.

Therefore, Lincoln can move freely, doing as he sees fit.

Hitherto, his relationship with official factions is favorable.

Since the establishment of the studio, the hefty income also means substantial tax payments. Local government institutions wouldn’t make things difficult for a major taxpayer like Cloud Dream.

In addition, with the affordable pricing of the equipment, it can attract a vast number of users. If there could be 100 million users accustomed to entertaining and interacting in the virtual world, the formation of the second world would likely naturally occur.

Of course, in the future, Mirage will inevitably step out of domestic boundaries and explore overseas markets.

However, all these are still distant matters of the future.

Lincoln is not particularly eager to do a certain thing, nor does he have an obsession that he can’t survive without the second world.

Definitely not at all.

All these things were just thoughts in his head at the moment, not even a planned idea.

In Lincoln’s opinion, the best course of action would be to let things progress naturally. As long as everything fell into place smoothly in the end, that would be the ideal scenario.

If things didn’t work out in the unexpected event, that would also be fine.

He’d already amassed enough money to last him for generations; if worse comes to worst, he could just idle about every day, surrounded by the splendor of life.

There was absolutely no need to do anything risky.

Princess Camille Victoria naturally could not see Lincoln’s laissez-faire attitude. She wasn’t just oblivious to it, but was deeply attracted by the world he was painting for her.

Her initial intention to intern at Dream Cloud Studio was merely to be part of the game creation process, to participate in creating a casual game, and to experience the beauty of designing a world from scratch.

But little did she know, Lincoln dreamed of creating an entire virtual world!

The grandeur of this goal left her astounded, and it only hardened her resolve to join Lincoln.

“To intern at Dream Cloud, do I need to prepare anything?”

Lincoln thought for a moment, “Prepare a Work-from-Home Application.”

“What?” Princess Camille was taken aback. She hadn’t set foot into the company yet and she already needed to apply to work from home?

“Can’t I go to the Dream Cloud Studio?” She was a bit unresigned.

“Of course, it’s not like that. I’ll have your access sorted shortly. You can go whenever you want.” Lincoln reassured her, “But there’s really nothing much to see there. Everyone works in the virtual world. If you go to the office, all you’ll see is a bunch of people with headbands on, lounging about, sleeping on the sofa, with a few cats and dogs running around.”

Camille Victoria understood that Lincoln was trying to make things convenient for her given her somewhat special circumstances.

For instance, having a guard follow her around while she works in the office, stationed in a corner, with a sharp gaze fixed on everyone would definitely make it hard for others to stay focused on their work.

Even if she could convince her family and persuade Jordan not to tag along, her mere presence might distract the other employees.

And there’s the issue of public opinion online. Dream Cloud Studio currently enjoys a great public image and doesn’t need further heavy-hitting topics that might cause it to be scrutinized under a magnifying lens, scrutinizing every move the company makes.

Still concerned about committing a social taux pas, sne asked, “Don’t I need to meet them?”

“It doesn’t really matter if you meet them or not. Even in a virtual world, introductions are possible or you could alter your virtual appearance and introduce yourself under a different identity.”

“What? You can do that?” Camille Victoria was taken aback.

“Of course, and it’s pretty easy to do. However, there are two people who I hope you’d meet as yourself.”

“Alright, I’ll do as you say.” Princess Camille Victoria nodded in agreement.

“Of course, I am now your boss, naturally, you should listen to me.”

“Alright, alright, everything you say.” Camille Victoria didn’t mind at all.

Looking at the bright-eyed and cheerful young girl before him, Lincoln couldn’t help but tease her, “Can I hear a ‘boss’?”

Camille Victoria slightly lifted her head, saw Lincoln’s expression, and burst into laughter.

Nevertheless, she decided to indulge his playful request.

“Is, hello boss.”

The shy, head-down girl, the shimmering lake under her feet, and the rustling leaves background.

Looking at this sight, Lincoln was lost in thought for a moment.

What a sweet girl!