In fact, in the eyes of many people, Mao Yi is just fooling around. Domestic pirates are so arrogant, don't you just want to die if you go to make a stand-alone machine?

Do you have to make that kind of big production?

In fact, "Demon's Souls" is strictly speaking, between 2A and 3A.

Because its time itself is not long.

Although he was instructed by Mao Yi and increased his speed, the people on Mao Yi's side, after all, still have to get started for a while, so in the case of one plus one subtraction, it took nearly a year.

And that's not all.

But in this era, 3A production is a big gamble in another sense.

Win the luxury car BMW, lose and roll to move bricks.

In terms of gambling, it is not inferior to those film and television dramas.

But the problem is that as long as the single-player game is on a suitable platform and will not be plagued by piracy, as long as it is made, it means that there is no cost.

In order to achieve the greatest degree of anti-cracking, all the games under Bilibili are implanted with a kind of thing.

Internet access is required to use it.

In other words, even if you are strong in technology and crack the game, you can't play it if you don't have an internet connection.

Once you change this setting, the game is useless.

After connecting to the Internet, you can play and update.

To this end, Mao Yi is also considering whether to establish a new channel independent of Netcom and Telecom.

Of course, all of this takes time and money.

Especially money.

It's hard to do that.

But soon, when "Sword and Fairy III" is sold and the funds are returned, Mao Yi will begin to consider laying signal towers nationwide.

It's certainly a big job.

But it is also necessary.

In his previous life, Mao Yi hated the most was disconnected from the Internet.

As a gamer, technology is secondary, but once the network fluctuates, or the game company's server is attacked, the impact will be very troublesome.

What Mao Yi has to do now is to get the general framework out.

At least the first-tier cities need to be laid, and then you can continue to wait while paving.

When Netcom can't continue to operate, it will acquire Netcom and completely open up the north-south network.

At that time, not only can a large number of jobs be created, but also the local economy can be driven, which is also a good thing.

Of course, what will follow is bound to be a series of attacks.

But Mao Yi is not afraid.

With Lion here, Mao Yi has enough confidence.

Almost a month later, on March 16, the day after Consumer Rights Day, iQIYI released the first four episodes of "The Chef of the Flower Teapot".

Two episodes are free, and two episodes are charged.

However, what is surprising is that this time the free episodes, because they are just simple web dramas, only have the first two episodes.

Later episodes can only be watched by VIP members.

Of course, while members can skip the pre-roll ad, the game's small theater ad cannot.

But fortunately, iQIYI's members have long been accustomed to this kind of small theater mode of advertising.

Actually, it's normal.

Advertising or something, we don't hate it, after all, websites or producers also have to eat.

But the problem is that the advertisements on TV stations are broadcast endlessly, and some people can endure one, but not necessarily for a few minutes.

Small theater advertisements, on the other hand, are generally only two or three commercials, and the length of time will not exceed one minute.

And one minute is a very delicate time to dissuade the audience.

Of course, the most important thing is the frequency of advertising.

The advertisements of this era are not as standardized as those of later generations, which can really be described as inserting TV series in advertisements

A TV series, even divided into four parts!

At the beginning of the advertisement, there was an ad at an interval of ten minutes, and then at an interval of ten minutes, another ad was a good 45-minute TV series, but it turned out to be divided into four parts.

Who wants to go to TV in this situation?

Even if there is a little bit of moderation, a TV series has to be divided into three parts.

At the critical moment, the ad came in.

And what are the advantages of small theater advertising?

Because of the advertisements in the small theater, the actors in the performances are all characters in the play, which leads to the fact that even if the audience knows that this is an advertisement, they will not have a strong sense of drama, but will smile.

Thus strengthening the sense of substitution.

Naturally, the ads work well.

For users who don't have members, the one-minute pre-roll ad is not long, and there are no ads interspersed in the middle, so you can see the end from the beginning to the end without any discomfort.

Everything is based on user experience.

As for the advertising position.

In iQIYI, it is divided into pre-roll advertisements, small theater advertisements, floating window advertisements when film and television dramas are paused, and advertisements played on the homepage in a special advertising area.

Everywhere else, there are no ads.

At this point, Youku is the opposite.

Click through to the website.

A pop-up ad pops up.

After you finally turn it off, after opening a certain movie and TV show, a pre-roll ad will appear, but it will take two minutes.

Then there will be a two-minute commercial time in the middle of the film and television drama.

Even if you also sign up for Youku's membership, it will pop up, the difference is that you can turn it off manually.

But obviously, this has a big impact on the user experience.

Then it's time to pause the window ads.

On the main page, there are not only pop-up ads, but also floating ads on both sides, and when you scroll down, the advertising section will appear again.

It can be said that this mandatory experience of making people watch advertisements is really speechless.

So much so that Youku's users are moving to iQiyi little by little.

After all, for the same viewing of film and television dramas, although iQiyi's film library is not as complete as Youku, and some old Hong Kong films cannot be found, but the film and television dramas after entering the millennium can be watched.

And the key is that on Youku, there are no films of Zhou Yi and Sugar Man.

In this day and age, without the films of these two companies, it would be a disaster for a video site.

But that's right, when Peng Hui acquired the two companies, he had already taken back the film libraries of these two companies, and even if he breached the contract, he also removed the film sources of the two companies from Youku.

It is the most direct competitor, and there is no reason to do it to the extent that everyone is good and I am good.

Youku was naturally not to be outdone, and ran to buy Hong Kong films.

However, when he bought out the Hong Kong drama, he was rejected.

The newly rising Bilibili in the mainland, Shao Liuye still knows.

Although he no longer cares about work, with his status, no one wants to say a word, and no one wants to agree.

Youku certainly knows why.

Xiangjiang has declined, and Hong Kong films and Hong Kong dramas are the only glory that remains.

If this kind of thing is monopolized in a certain place, it will be extremely cruel to the future of Xiangjiang.

Shao Liuye doesn't care what happened when he was young, but he does have a sincere heart for Xiangjiang film and television dramas!