In the past life, as the originator of casual pastoral life simulation management games, the "Ranch Story" series has always had quite a lot of loyal fans, but due to the business strategy of its production company MMV, as well as console restrictions and other reasons, this game has been tepid, and sales hovered in the hundreds of thousands.

However, in the era of the rapid development of the Internet and the rise of independent games, a parody of "Ranch Story" has made people see the potential of this kind of game.

An American under the pseudonym "Melancholy Ape" spent four years independently making a game called Stardew Valley.

His original purpose was just to make up for his regrets by developing a game similar to Ranch Story on the PC platform. Who knew that after the game was released on the Steam platform, it was an immediate success, selling 400,000 copies in just over ten days!

Melancholy Ape himself, from a part-time dick in the theater, to the peak of his life in one fell swoop, becoming a multimillionaire.

Qin Han, who has experience in his previous life, knows that games like "Ranch Story" with a fresh style, a soothing rhythm, and full of rural fun are extremely marketable, and can meet the yearning of modern urbanites for rural life.

Do you still remember the once popular QQ farm? It was a crazy era when uncles and aunts who had never been exposed to games would set an alarm clock and get up in the middle of the night to steal vegetables.

Pastoral games have always had an audience, and in this world, it was easy for Qin and Han, as pioneers of the genre, to achieve success.

However, since the Touhou series has a strong fantasy color, then he can't copy "Ranch Story", and should also refer to his extended work "Rune Workshop" series to add RPG combat elements.

After thinking about it clearly in his heart, Qin Han began to introduce his plan to the fat man Tanaka.

"Gensokyo is a mysterious place isolated by a spell barrier. It's home to a lot of wonderful creatures - all in all, cute girls. One day, the protagonist travels through time and space, strays into Gensokyo, and has to start a new life here. The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, Hakurei Reimu, is given to the protagonist to take care of an abandoned farm, hoping that he can help the residents of Gensokyo and build this place into a beautiful and rich paradise......"

"Oh, that sounds interesting!" Kensuke Tanaka's eyes lit up.

Today's fandom community,Most of the productions are galgames.,The type is quite single.。 So as soon as Qin Han started to introduce, he realized the value of this idea.

"The game is pixelated and not very demanding on the artist. In addition to the protagonist's farm, the Gensokyo map also has locations such as Hakurei Shrine, Red Devil Hall, Meiren Temple, and Eternity Pavilion. The protagonist can grow crops on the farm, take care of animals, or hang out in Gensokyo, complete various quests, make friends and even fall in love with the residents. In addition, there are elements such as fishing and mining......"

"Wait!" Kensuke Tanaka took out his mobile phone and opened the notepad, "Please Qin Sang continue, I want to write down all these genius ideas!"

It was just a small talk, but suddenly the game project began.

Even Qin Han himself didn't know that a game series that would be popular all over the world in the future and endure was born at the noisy summer fanfair.

When it was time to close, Kensuke Tanaka left satisfied.

However, the game is still in the draft stage, and there is still a long way to go before it is completed.

After discussion, Qin Han will be responsible for the character setting, plot script, background story, overall planning of "Oriental Gensokyo Story", and other art, programs, music, data settings, etc., which is the matter of the C2 organ.

Today's doujin exhibition was a great success, and Qin Han decided to treat him to a barbecue restaurant to celebrate.

It's just that Aragaki Yui left early because of the request of the office, so in the end only four big men went to dinner.

Full of wine and food, with the smoke and fire of barbecue, Qin Han returned to the apartment.

Take a shower and go to sleep.

Early the next morning, Qin Han was woken up by his mobile phone.

"Who is it early in the morning?"

He picked up his phone in a daze and found that it was an unfamiliar phone number.

"Hey, who is it?"

"I'm sorry to bother you early in the morning. I'm the head of the Tiger's Den. ”

Tiger's Den is a large-scale chain store that has been in business for more than 10 years, centered on doujinshi, and also sells other anime book products. In the minds of Dongying Zhai, it is famous.

Every year, the R18 comic sales ranking released by Tiger's Den is the most authoritative list in the eyes of many gentlemen.

Look for a book according to the ranking of the tiger's den, yes!

As soon as he heard the call from the tiger's den, Qin Han also cheered up: "Fortunately, I will be lucky, is there anything wrong?"

"Teacher Qinren, it's like this. We think the fanbook you're selling on the summer CM is a great one, and there's a lot of commercial potential to be tapped. Would you like to reprint? We can assist with sales. ”

There are three types of doujinshi sales channels.

Venue vendors (sales in the same exhibition hall), store vendors (sold in physical bookstores), and general sellers (communication sales, that is, online shopping).

Now with the cooperation of the tiger's den, Qin Han's homo already has two more sales channels, which is obviously better than fighting alone and going to the same exhibition to set up a stall.

Of course, Qin Han would not refuse a good thing to make money, he said: "It is my honor to cooperate with the Tiger's Den. How many copies do you think I should reprint?"

"Let's print another 5,000 copies. ”

"Five thousand?" Qin Han felt that the other party was a little too bold.

"Teacher Lao Qinren, if you go to your own Twitter and take a look, you will know that 5,000 copies are a very reasonable number. ”

Qin Han opened Twitter and was taken aback by the thousands of extra comments that came out overnight.

"Teacher Qinren, why don't you limit the number of purchases at the Doujin Exhibition? I just came one step too late and didn't buy it!"

"Yes, yes, now on the Internet, "Daily Assured Milk" has been fried to 3,000 yuan a copy!"

"I'm a fan from Huaxia, may I ask the teacher's work, is there an online shopping channel?"

"I beg the teacher to reprint it!"

"I beg the teacher to reprint it!"

"I beg the teacher to reprint it!"

…………

Looking at the series of formation messages, Qin Han didn't know what to say.

In order to complete the task and sell out 5000 copies of the same book as soon as possible, he did not implement purchase restrictions. As a result, many people do not buy it.

He immediately tweeted: "Thank you all for your enthusiastic support. I'm sorry for the trouble people who didn't get the work. The good news is that I've reached a sales agreement with Tiger's Den, and reprints will be going on sale soon. ”

After tweeting, Qin Han found that his Twitter followers had exceeded 20,000.

"I don't know how much economic benefit these fans can be turned into?"

As a man with a debt of 20 million, Qin Han now thinks about money anytime and anywhere.

"I don't know how much economic benefit it can convert. But I can digitize your real-life popularity. ”

The system suddenly interjected, and then a new task was issued.

"Side quest released. ”

"Become a junior influencer!"

"Goal: Reach 50,000 Twitter followers (real data). ”

"Quest Reward: Unlock a new feature: Realistic popularity can be linked to the system and converted into fame points in a certain proportion. ”