Chapter 140: Game Beta and "Fire Punch" Release
"Hello, hello."
Kenji Tanaka was sleepy at work and answered a strange call.
"Hello, is this user 'Science and Engineering University Student'?"
A serious voice, similar to a customer service representative, came from the phone.
Kenji Tanaka was stunned to hear his username. "What's wrong? Uh, that's me."
"That's right. I'm the customer service staff of Akatsuki Cultural Company's official website. I saw your message in the official "Chainsaw Man" post half a month ago. You've been selected."
The customer service staff patiently said: "In addition to the "Edgerunners" peripheral keychain, you also won the qualification for the "Cyberpunk 2077" beta...".
"Excuse me, where do you live now? Could you come to Hyperion Game Development on Huanke Road, Free Trade Zone, New Tokyo Area, Tokyo, next Sunday at 10 AM?"
Kenji Tanaka worked in Tokyo and, as expected, was very happy to hear that.
"Yes, yes, yes! I work in Tokyo; it's super fast!"
Kenji Tanaka quickly agreed, not caring whether it was a scam or not, fearing he would miss the opportunity.
"Alright... Then I will contact the courier to send you the corresponding peripherals and the "Cyberpunk 2077" beta qualification certificate. When the time comes, please go to Hyperion Game Development with the certificate to test the game first."
The customer service staff said: "Please leave your courier address and contact information. Delivery will be no later than this week's weekend. Some remote areas might be delayed by two or three days...".
Kenji Tanaka immediately provided his courier address and contact information.
Afterward, he looked at the boring code page in front of him and instantly became excited.
Thinking about being able to enjoy "Cyberpunk 2077" next weekend, he would be a cybernetic migrant worker at that moment, and his fingers on the keyboard were particularly strong!
At the same time, the completion of "Edgerunners" animation seemed like a signal.
"Cyberpunk 2077" is not only preparing to start internal testing, but will then be ready for online release with the animation.
Ren has also completed the preliminary work for the release of the single volume of Fire Punch.
However, as a gift for manga fans, Fire Punch does not have to be released online along with the animation and game, but directly...
Ren recorded a video at home holding the first volume of Fire Punch in his hand, with the protagonist Agni's flaming face on the cover.
After starting the recording, he spoke directly to the camera and said: "Hello everyone, I'm Ren Amamiya, the author of the manga "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" and "Chainsaw Man"."
"Next, I bring you a special gift that I have carefully prepared for a long time."
"A new manga: "Fire Punch"!"
"This "Fire Punch" will be released directly as a single volume; I hope you like it."
"And since it's a work for everyone, I've selected 10,000 copies of "Fire Punch" and will give them away to everyone through a lottery."
"Everyone can participate in the lottery by leaving a message in the Twitter comment section and on Akatsuki's official website."
Everyone can participate in the lottery by leaving a message in the comment section below. First come, first served.
"Thank you for your support; I hope you like the work "Fire Punch"!"
After recording the video, Ren considered that there were no problems, so he directly posted it on Twitter and sent it to Akatsuki's official website operator, asking for help to publish an official post.
Everything had been arranged in advance.
This is what he called a gift for manga fans: 10,000 copies of the single volume of "Fire Punch" for free.
Judging by the price, it's worth millions of yen, but he gave it away. He's very kind.
However, Ren did not buy it at market price.
For these 10,000 copies of the single volume of "Fire Punch", he only gave Akatsuki 100,000 yen, and the publisher's cost price is truly low.
Soon, the lottery video appeared on Twitter and Akatsuki's official website.
This also aroused the curiosity of countless people.
The same thing happened to Fan Siwei. After checking the posts on Akatsuki's official website daily, he found this video.
Then he looked at the volume of Fire Punch in Ren's hand and became very curious.
"Fire Punch... a volume?"
Although he had never heard of "Fire Punch", it was Ren's work.
He is the manga genius creator of "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners", and his new work, "Chainsaw Man", is also very popular.
A person's name is like a tree's shadow, so "Fire Punch", also Ren's work, immediately attracted the attention of manga fans.
This is the celebrity effect.
"First come, first served?"
Fan Siwei didn't care directly; anyway, he could get it through a lottery without spending a single cent.
Although he didn't know if "Fire Punch" was good, it was best to get it for free.
So he immediately left a message under the comment: "Come on, come on, come on! Slap me, slap me!"
As soon as the video was posted, hundreds of comments appeared in the blink of an eye. Half an hour later, there were already a thousand!
But it didn't matter, because Fan Siwei had already posted one.
And soon, backstage, he received the contact information of the manga's official staff.
The single volume of "Fire Punch" was already in his hands!
Fan Siwei gave the official staff his courier address and phone number, and quietly awaited the arrival of the single volume of Fire Punch...
However, it was very soon.
Friday, Kobe.
"Hello, your courier is here. Can you come down and pick it up?"
Fan Siwei picked up his cell phone, and the courier's voice came from the phone.
"Okay, I'll come down and get it!"
Full of excitement, he hung up the phone and ran downstairs.
When he ran downstairs, the courier was already waiting for him on a tricycle.
"Are you Fan Siwei?"
"Yes, that's me," Fan Siwei said. "Where's my package?"
"Here...".
The courier pulled out a thick stack of paper from behind. "Is it a book? It's a bit heavy."
"Yes, it's a book, a manga."
After signing, Fan Siwei ran upstairs with the package.
Eight individual manga volumes are a bit heavy, but he still went up without any problem.
He was looking forward to opening the package and found that it contained eight manga.
This made him very happy; after all, he had won it without spending a single cent in the lottery.
And speaking of that, no matter what, even if this "Fire Punch" is extremely ugly, he will finish reading this manga! After all, he had won it for free in the lottery.
"Well, I'll read one first now and then read it slowly."
Fan Siwei took the first volume of "Fire Punch", happily leaned back on his bed, and began to read carefully.
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