一款年盈利2628亿美元的游戏《圣地（DOTA3）》

一款年盈利2628亿美元的游戏《圣地（DOTA3）》

献给马尔克斯、伊恩、卡梅隆、克里斯托弗、罗琳、斯蒂芬妮、@winterduck04

“遗失乐园”创办的第三个月，一个神秘人士拜访了它。这个人名叫米蒂，或男或女，他自称是个记者，要求采访乐园的创始人之一的伊恩·麦克尤恩，询问关于《圣地》这款游戏的开发过程，实际上他不是记者，而是另外一家JQK网络游戏公司的CEO。就在半年前，这家JQK公司因为开发一款宇宙游戏，融资了超过100000亿美元，项目巨大，但时间漫长，结果失败，投资人纷纷撤资。米蒂因此日夜焦虑，近乎崩溃，就快要患上精神分裂症了。他想要让这游戏上市，但游戏还不完整，怎么上市，拿什么上市，于是他想在全球寻找新的股东，但诺贝尔文学奖获得者评估他的游戏十分垃圾，新闻报纸满天飞，都是关于他的负面消息，他想自杀，却害怕死亡，他需要安慰，老婆却说他无能，最后，他解雇了JQK公司的所有员工。但就在那天，他却无意看到一本杂志，记载着伊恩、马尔克斯、海岛一系列文学大师正在遗失乐园开发一款名为“圣地”的游戏，据说，这款游戏明年就要上市了，年利润达到20000亿美元。但是，令他感觉奇怪的是，这家名为“遗失乐园”的游戏公司，却在联合国上注册是一家精神病院？

“我可以模仿制作这款网络游戏？”

米蒂脑际灵光闪现，他给遗失乐园打了个电话，说要收购这家游戏公司。但令人意外的是，遗失乐园拒绝任何商业合作。于是，他想到了一个主意，可以冒充美国中央情报局的记者，采访遗失乐园，其实真正的目的，他想看看这么多天才文学家是怎么制作《圣地》这款游戏的。只要获得了商业机密，他就可以模仿生产，赶在《圣地（DOTA3）》完成之前，自己制作一款类似的游戏。然后世界新闻纷纷报道这款游戏，从前纷纷撤资的投资人，股东，都会像做爱一样纷纷回来的。而他，就是下一个比尔·盖茨、沃伦·巴菲特了。米蒂选择了一个快乐的星期天，命令他的司机，驾驶私人飞机来到了这座神秘岛。由于遗失乐园是家精神病院，所以是拒绝一切外来者的，所以，他冒充记者，装作是采访伊恩、马尔克斯、海岛这几个文学大师，再设法观察《圣地》的游戏内幕。

遗失乐园里，正在开一场有关“记忆科学”的会议。无论是伊恩，还是马尔克斯，这两个文学大师都超过70岁了，因为人类本身的细胞衰老论，导致他们的记忆能力降低，他们迫切需要研发一种医疗科技，可以恢复细胞，恢复记忆，恢复年轻，这样他们就可永远不败了。但是，令他们这些文学家感到奇怪的是，各个国家都对文学持漠视态度，商人、科学家、明星都不投资他们的医学项目。所以为了资金，他们这些小说家才决定自己合伙经商，开发一款海岛设计的《圣地》游戏。既然世人都对文学报以冷漠，他们这些文人，为什么不自己投资制作一款年盈利可达2628亿美元的游戏项目呢！只要游戏成功，他们就有资金，可以研发细胞学了，从而医治好老年痴呆症，让他们永远年轻。

米蒂做梦也想不到的是，他冒充记者采访到的是这些信息，所以，他最后卖掉了JOK所有的股份，转而持股了遗失乐园一笔数量不小的股份，并且还在隔日搬入了遗失乐园居住。

A game that earned $262.8 billion annually: *DOTA 3*

Dedicated to Gabriel García Márquez, Ian McEwan, James Cameron, Christopher Reeve, J.K. Rowling, Stephanie, and @winterduck04

In the third month after the founding of Lost Paradise, a mysterious figure visited it. This person, named Mitty (or perhaps female), claimed to be a journalist and requested an interview with Ian McEwan, one of the founders of the park, to inquire about the development process of *DOTA 3*. In reality, he was not a journalist, but the CEO of another online gaming company, JQK. Just six months earlier, JQK had raised over $1 trillion for a massive, time-consuming, and ultimately failed project, with investors withdrawing their funding. Mitty was driven to despair by this, on the verge of a nervous breakdown and succumbing to schizophrenia. He wanted to launch the game, but it wasn't complete yet. How could he launch it? What would he use to launch it? So he tried to find new shareholders globally. However, a Nobel laureate in literature rated his game as rubbish, and newspapers were filled with negative news about him. He contemplated suicide but was afraid of death. He needed comfort, but his wife called him incompetent. Finally, he fired all the employees of JQK. But that very day, he stumbled upon a magazine article about a series of literary masters, including Ian McKellen, Gabriel García Márquez, and Isiah Thomas, developing a game called "Holy Land" in Lost Paradise. It was said that the game would be released next year, with annual profits reaching $2 trillion. However, what struck him as odd was that this game company, Lost Paradise, was registered with the United Nations as a mental hospital.

"Could I create a similar online game?" A thought flashed through Mitty's mind. He called Lost Paradise, offering to acquire the game company. But surprisingly, Lost Paradise refused any business cooperation. So, he came up with an idea: he could impersonate a CIA reporter and interview Lost Paradise, but his real purpose was to see how so many literary geniuses created the game *Sanctuary*. Once he obtained the trade secrets, he could imitate its production and create a similar game before *Sanctuary (DOTA3)* was completed. Then, the world news would report on the game, and investors and shareholders who had previously withdrawn would return like lovemaking. He would be the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffett. Mitty chose a happy Sunday and ordered his driver to fly his private jet to the mysterious island. Since Lost Paradise was a mental hospital, it refused all outsiders. Therefore, he impersonated a reporter, pretending to interview literary masters like Ian, Márquez, and Ioan, while trying to observe the inside story of *Sanctuary*.

In Lost Paradise, a conference on "memory science" was being held. Both Ian and Gabriel García Márquez, these two literary masters, are over 70 years old. Due to the theory of cellular aging, their memory is declining, and they urgently need to develop a medical technology that can restore cells, memory, and youth, so they can live forever. However, what puzzles these writers is that various countries are indifferent to literature; businessmen, scientists, and celebrities are not investing in their medical projects. Therefore, to raise funds, these novelists decided to partner up and develop a game called "Holy Land," an island-themed game. Since the world is indifferent to literature, why don't these writers invest in a game project that could generate $262.8 billion in annual profits? If the game succeeds, they will have the funds to research cell biology, thereby curing Alzheimer's disease and making them forever young.

Midi never dreamed that the information he obtained by posing as a journalist was this. Therefore, he eventually sold all of JOK's shares and bought a substantial number of shares in Lost Paradise, and moved into Lost Paradise the next day.