Chapter 127: Founding a Weekly
"Yes! You heard it right. Li Fangcheng replied in the affirmative.
"Aren't you crazy? These days, whoever develops games is quiet, I wish no one knew, you are going to the fire pit?" Lin Yinger was shocked.
Li Fangcheng smiled bitterly: "Calm down, do you think, in the past, everyone hid and pinched, for what?"
"I must be afraid that the opponent will be on guard! After all, the game comes and goes, once the opponent knows the type of game in advance, then a hegemon like Nintendo will definitely fight with us, once it attracts Nintendo's attention, we will inevitably meet the suppression of Nintendo's core lineup!!" Lin Yinger's tone couldn't help but be a little anxious.
"What do you think is our advantage?" Li Fangcheng was very calm and asked Lin Ying'er rhetorically.
"Advantage?" Lin Ying'er was stunned and said with a little hesitation: "Advantage...... Our games are fun. ”
"Then why is it fun? Have you thought about it? The reason is not complicated, our game is more fun than others, this kind of fun, it is unstoppable, if we are just starting out now, then we must be low-key, but we have now become the second party of Sega, Nintendo, there is no way to stop the launch of our game. As long as our game can be successfully launched, what do we need to worry about? Are we worried that the game is not good enough??"
"But, aren't you afraid that Sega will treat our games coldly? after all, once our games are leaked in advance, Sega will also secretly compare them, in case ...... Sega felt that our game was a threat to their home game, so ...... "Lin Yinger still felt that this idea was risky.
"You have too many concerns, the form of Nintendo's dominance has been formed, except for the arcade field, the current Sega, what else can compete with Nintendo? As long as Sega has a life-saving straw, it will desperately grasp it, what is the impact of our three games? As long as Sega is not a fool, it will not fight with us at this juncture. Li Fangcheng stood up and walked to the window.
"And, Ying'er, do you think I'll release all the information about the game?" Without waiting for Lin Ying'er to answer, Li Fangcheng continued: "No, what I want to do is to hang my appetite!"
String somebody along?
It's a novel term.
However, Li Fangcheng thought of a lot of new words, Lin Yinger pondered for a while, and also somewhat understood what Li Fangcheng was saying.
Although she didn't understand the details very well, Lin Yinger looked back at all the decisions Li Fangcheng had made all the time, and she hadn't missed anything so far, and she couldn't help but feel a little less worried.
"Okay, how to do it specifically, I really don't understand this aspect, what you said is hanging, this scale is difficult to grasp, and your guidance is definitely indispensable in the early stage. Lin Yinger knew that since it was already something Li Fangcheng had decided to do, there was no need to worry about the consequences.
"In addition, the second column takes the way of game rating and evaluation, similar to the concept of game hall proposed by FAMICOM communication last year, but our scoring mechanism is different from theirs, our scoring mechanism is not static, nor is it scored by the judges, we let players score!"
"Players, how do players score?"
"It's very simple, make a batch of cards, distribute them to the stores where they are sold, attach a card for each game cartridge sold, and then wait for the player to play it and then fill in the score for the game, and then take it back to the store, so that we can get all the ratings and evaluations after we make the final summary, and once we do this, it will inevitably enhance the interaction between players and us, so that we can easily get all kinds of caution and information, and it is easier to find the shortcomings of other games. ”
"What does the rating and review style of the card need to have? ”
"Did you hear from them about the way we review our internal playtests?"
"You mean the five-star rating system?"
"That's right! Directly use the five-star rating system, using the same internal review mechanism, in this way, it shows that we have spent a lot of time and energy to do this seemingly unprofitable thing, but in fact, as long as it is done, then no matter what game is released in the future, we can grasp the pros and cons of this game for the first time. It's the equivalent of an alternative way of intelligence!"
"I see, that's it!"
Even the most stupid person knows it at this moment, it turns out that Li Fangcheng's appetite is so big!
Directly turn each store into your own eyes and ears, and connect all game stores to this huge network with Miracle Release as the center!
Once it is done, it will become the mouthpiece of the game industry to its importance!
This is the real ambition!
If someone in later generations knows Li Fangcheng's idea, they will know that this is simply a common routine used by stores when selling goods on Dibao.com!
Along with the delivery of the item to the buyer, it is a paper card asking for a five-star review.
In fact, Li Fangcheng did follow this approach.
And compared with online evaluation, this offline method is more trustworthy.
After all, in this way, players can only get this rated card by actually buying the game cartridge.
"However, the bosses of those stores may not cooperate!" Lin Yinger immediately thought of how troublesome this matter was, for ordinary dealers, of course they would rather have more than one thing.
"No...... They will definitely cooperate......" Looking out the window, a small person downstairs was walking in a hurry, Li Fangcheng said with a little emotion: "The characteristics of businessmen, focusing on profits, we are worried about the problem when dealers sell game cartridges, but you look at it from another angle, what is the most feared thing for each dealer?"
"The most feared...... Unsalable?" Lin Yinger's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had caught something.
"That's right, all stores, whether they are game cartridges or not, but what every store is most afraid of must be the accumulation of goods and the inability to sell them. As a result, there is a backlog of goods, and the money is trapped and cannot even be recovered. And what we're doing, from their point of view, is guiding them to make arrangements for purchases, and who doesn't want to be a way to make money compared to the possibility of facing losses?"
Li Fangcheng walked back to the table and continued: "If we add a subsidy, for every valid card recovered, a certain subsidy will be given, so that the motivation will be more sufficient, although we will pay a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but compared to the ending of Atari, I prefer to be able to feedback the shortcomings of the game all the time." ”
Lin Yinger didn't need to ask anymore now, and knew that what Li Fangcheng said was the truth.
"Then, the next target is the weekly section, then actually, I don't think I need to go to Japan, wouldn't it be better to teach Tang Zekaiyan directly? Lin Ying'er thought about it, and it seemed that she didn't need herself, and Tang Ze Kaiyan could do it completely.
"There are others, you seem to be a little impatient today. Li Fangcheng was helpless, he didn't finish it, he thought it was finished every time.
"Aren't I in a hurry to arrange it?" Lin Ying'er was slightly embarrassed.
"There are two other columns, the third column is to serialize comics, and the fifth column is to be published. Li Fangcheng quickly described.
"The comics and the dragon sword and the heavenly sword have not yet confirmed the final manuscript. In case I don't make ...... out."
"Worry, this will definitely be launched, and the date is almost a certainty. If you don't serialize it again and don't give time for the market to ferment, the effect may not be good. ”
"Okay, but in that case, we need to publish a little more content each time, otherwise we won't have enough to read. If you wait two weeks to see a bit of content, you'll have to rebel. ”
"Who told you two weeks? We're going to do a weekly! not every other week!"
"What?Weekly?We're a game magazine, not a pure manga book like Shonen Jump. Game Weekly is currently only published every two weeks. ”
"That's someone else's magazine, we want to order it to be a weekly!"
Lin Yinger and Li Fangcheng are staring at each other with big eyes at the moment!
“...... Okay, you won, no wonder you asked me to go to Japan again, if it's a weekly, the number of people in the entire team will be doubled! In this case, if all of them are dealt with by Tang Ze Kaiyan, it is estimated that he will go crazy. Lin Yinger said dejectedly.
"Hard work, then you go to do it as soon as possible, there are two things that must be remembered, the first issue of this weekly must be launched within this month, and the issue of distribution will be handed over to Tang Ze's family to get it, you feel that you will establish a team to do the content. The second point is to reject all advertisers. ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Lin Yinger was directly blown up.
"Without advertising fees, how can we guarantee our income!" Lin Yinger wanted to bite Li Fangcheng to death.
"We deliver, it's as simple as that. Li Fangcheng replied with a natural face: "I don't want to use this magazine to make money." ”
Lin Ying'er almost didn't have a mouthful of old blood sprayed on Li Fangcheng's face.
Yes, you are the boss, rich and capricious!
I don't even do anything to make money.
Looking at Li Fangcheng's helpless expression, Lin Yinger silently turned around and left.
It can't be helped, it's poverty that limits imagination......
Watching Lin Ying'er leave, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Fangcheng's mouth.
That's right, making money is indeed not the primary purpose, but the biggest reason is not because I don't want to make money, but because Li Fangcheng hopes that the content brought by the magazine to readers will be pure, without considering the problem of advertising, and a lot of content will not have to be spent in the process of negotiating and compromising with Party A, and gradually become unrecognizable.
Advertising makes a lot of money, but it is also easy to ruin something.
Recently, I have received a lot of monthly tickets from book friends, and I have been busy with other things, so I forgot to thank you, although I know that there are not many people who have subscribed, but I also thank you for your support, thank you for the monthly tickets of several book friends: Crying in the rain, jeyo, maple and apricot, the moment of the passing year, the epiphany of dreams, a care and no regrets, the day is gone, and an unknown book friend.
Books are of course niche, but as long as people insist on reading, then they will try their best to write well, worthy of the support of these book friends, thank you!
(End of chapter)