Chapter 56: I wanted to get along with you as an ordinary designer, but I didn't expect to get in exchange for estrangement
The news that the Wind Journey people have entered the masterpiece has also spread in the game industry.
For a dark horse that has suddenly burst out in recent months.
Naturally, everyone's attention is indispensable.
The masterpiece itself is not a noteworthy point, and the income that can be earned is nothing more than floating in the thousands.
But it's nice to have someone who keeps pushing the old and the new and adding new energy to the gaming industry.
Because there's something new to copy.
Even if you push a new one, we will lose if our speed is slower than two months!
But this person has been challenging the default rules in the industry.
Then everyone doesn't like it very much.
Letting you serve the table and share the cake is not for you to tear the table off.
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Quarterly symposium, the top floor of a financial building.
Round table room.
The huge conference hall was packed, but there were only a dozen or so chairs surrounding the round table.
Someone who can sit on it.
Without exception, they are the leaders of the old B-level and new A-level game companies in China.
Holding three or five masterpieces and at least one classic-level work, the monthly flow of each work alone is 30 million.
It can be regarded as the mainstay of the industry.
As for the others, whether it is an assistant or a reporter, they can only lean a little next to it.
It's a game symposium held every quarter, and it's an old tradition in the Bluestar gaming industry.
Let's summarize the trends of the game industry in the last quarter and share the outlook for the future development of games.
Let the reporters and media interview a little bit, and go back to the publicity, so that players know that they are working hard for the majestic development of the game industry.
At least on the surface, it's an effort.
In this way, it can consolidate the image of the game company in the hearts of players and unite a group of die-hard fans.
In these years, everything has to be set up, and it is easier to get out of the circle and sell well.
The gaming industry can't run away either.
After a long and polite official remark, the reporters dismissed.
The bosses of the various companies are also preparing to leave.
It's just that at this time, a man sitting in the center crossed his fingers and slowly spoke, retaining everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is one thing I want to discuss with you."
Hearing this, the CEOs of various companies glanced at Yu Xiao in surprise.
Discuss?
What to discuss?
Everyone is just going through the motions, pretending, and cooperating with the reporters and media in the game area to do a publicity.
If there is really any real trick or a new way of playing that has opened up the industry, it will definitely not be said here.
Isn't it fragrant for my own company to make a fortune?
Aside from the discussion of the game, there is no need to discuss anything else.
It is reasonable that everyone is a competitor, and if you are too close, you will be stabbed in the back.
It's just that Yu Xiao's next words made the bosses who were about to get up sit back obediently.
"Kejin carved designer, you should all be familiar with this person's name. I'd like to talk to you about the designer. β
When they heard this, they all looked at each other.
Kejin?
It's a familiar name!
In just three or four months, I almost heard my ears calloused.
I don't know where to kill a ruthless person, who has opened up three or four industry blue oceans in one go, and expanded the new wind track.
Carry forward the three ways of playing: torture, psychology, and randomness. (This is just the naming of these three new genres within the Bluestar industry, and there is no need to correct them)
The game industry, which has been stagnant for more than 20 years, has finally begun to roll forward at this moment.
Such a ruthless person is the object that every company wants to recruit.
But helplessly, people have their own ideas, and they set up the number one player company three months ago.
The identity has also been directly upgraded to a competitor for everyone here.
And his style of play is also very arrogant and unreasonable.
First, the goose and duck killed the one-dollar purchase, and then the skyline advertisement instead of the in-app purchase.
Now there's a buyout system again, but it's possible to get a refund without any questions.
After a few moves, it is not enough to completely disrupt the ecological chain of the industry.
But it would be impossible to say that there is no impact on the industry at all.
It's just that the impact hasn't reached the head yet, and the giants above probably don't know that there is such a No. 1 peer.
This wave of pressure has also come to the company of its own size.
Although I know that Kejin belongs to the industry disruptor.
But the CEOs here are helpless.
So what to do?
People are talented and young, and they have already achieved such achievements just after graduating from college.
We are a group of old Deng, and the youngest are in their thirties and forties before they sit in this position.
What to fight him?
He can boil everyone here just by boiling the old man.
Don't go back and tear up the two sides and let other companies pick up the leaks.
This is also the reason why during this period, Kejin's several sets of recharge plans are outrageous, but there is almost no movement in the industry.
Looking at the bosses in the conference room, they were all thoughtful, and when they mentioned the name of Kejin, they were accompanied by a trace of solemnity.
Yu Xiao knew that the time had come for him to rectify the dark horse newcomers!
Even, this is the desire of the people!
He was originally the director of Jinpeng Entertainment, a subsidiary of Netcom.
The last time I reported "Skyline" was unsuccessful, I let my game be targeted by the regulatory authority, and ordered it to be removed from the shelves and rectified several models, and even the best-selling "Store Manager Chong Chong" was almost affected.
thought that after this incident, his position as director would not be guaranteed, and he would be fired if he couldn't do it.
As a result, even Yu Xiao didn't expect it.
Hey, I got a promotion......
I found out after a little inquiry.
It's not that I'm doing it well, and it's not that I see myself as a loyal old employee.
It's purely that the people of Netcom's own subsidiaries with low revenue rankings are worse than him.
Although Yu Xiao is a stinky chess basket, he makes frequent faint moves.
But at least the heart is still towards the company.
But the leaders of the subsidiaries of the latter brother are even more inappropriate, and every day they are either thinking about how to turn the big secretary into their own personal friend, or thinking about how to embezzle public funds.
This time, Netcom directly integrated several subsidiaries with lower revenues, changed them to Jinhai Entertainment, cut the bastards who should be cut, and integrated an elite game production team that can still play.
And appointed Yu Xiao as the general manager of the company.
Even if it is backward, it belongs to the phoenix tail of the big brother like Netcom.
Therefore, as soon as Jinhai Entertainment was established, it became an A-level company.
At a symposium of this scale, Yu Xiao naturally sat in the top spot in the middle of the conference room.
Now that he has the right, Yu Xiao is clear.
It's time for you to clean up the mid-level game market.
Shock that little big brother of Kejin's stinky boy!
Let him be more restrained in the future, don't send it blindly to muddy the waters.
Don't you see that the rumors in the market are all saying, 'The number one player can get a refund for free, why can't your company?' 'What is the price of the number one player?' Why do you dare to do this? β
This gang of players who force them to open and close their mouths every day is to benchmark against the number one player.
A broken C-level game company, it's numb!
Arrangement!
Must arrange!
"Now that the media are gone, and there are no outsiders here, I might as well be straightforward." Yu Xiao gently pressed his hands on the table, looking at the bosses.
"I believe that the CEOs are definitely not here to do charity, and everyone wants to make as much money as possible."
"For the current mainstream gacha system pricing, there is still room for growth."
"But the behavior of the engraved designer has already begun to damage our interests here."
"Medium-sized game companies, the average price is about 50 yuan a draw, players used to shout conscience, much cheaper than the big manufacturers, but now everyone is shouting expensive, isn't this ridiculous?"
Yu Xiao's words seemed to have hit the hearts of the CEOs.
A group of CEOs who have been suppressed for several months can't help but express their opinions.
"Why do they shout expensive? Isn't there a player who has the core character they want as soon as they pull out? β
"With a 3 out of 1,000 probability of drawing, three out of a thousand players can win the character that our company has worked so hard to design at the lowest cost, what else do you want?"
"This is also the game industry, in other industries, how many people out of a thousand people can win the lottery if you draw a lottery?"
"We don't need money to open a company? Operation, publicity, channels, manpower, public relations, etc., etc., add up to almost 30% of our company's expenditure, and we will get 70% of the game in the end? Joke! β
"Now it depends on the player's face to get seventy percent, there is such a scourge as the number one player, it's hard to say whether you can get fifty percent in the future."
"I don't think the price of 50 yuan a draw is too low, if there is no such company as him, I will adjust it to 60 yuan a draw when I prepare for the Golden Autumn Festival. But I'm afraid it's not going to be easy now. β
Seeing that the emotions of the CEOs were mobilized, Yu Xiao also smiled with satisfaction.
He clapped his hands lightly.
"I know everyone is in a hurry, but don't worry, I have a plan."
Hearing this, the conference hall, which was full of complaints, instantly fell silent.
Here, Jinhai Entertainment is an A-level company.
Due to the integration, its games have all been merged in channels.
The current volume of this company is at least 3~500 million per month.
The leader who can be in charge of this company says that he has a plan.
That must be a clever idea!
We will listen to you!
"I don't know if you've found a thing." Yu Xiao spoke slowly.
"Kejin is a designer, although the game design is very good, but when it comes to pricing, he is clumsy like a novice."
"His thinking is actually obvious, it is nothing more than to rely on low pricing, forcibly squeeze into the game industry that has gradually stabilized, and absorb a wave of player traffic, just like we have a lot of things in the current shopping industry."
"I can only say that this idea is too naΓ―ve. The game industry is different from traditional shopping, and when the price of your traditional shopping is lowered, users who need it will keep going. But this is the game industry, even if you accumulate word-of-mouth in the early stage, if the next game can't be done, users won't buy it, so the return of each game is crucial. β
"From this, it is not difficult to judge that he should have no brains, and there is no superior person around him to guide him."
"Then it's clear what needs to be done next." Yu Xiao smiled incomprehensibly.
It immediately attracted the attention of all the CEOs.
They couldn't help but ask.
"Mr. Yu, how do you say this?"
"Mr. Yu, everyone has been working together for so long, might as well make your words clearer?"
"Huh." Yu Xiao paused for a moment and made a downward movement with his palm.
"It's very simple, in the next game, we will fight a price war with him!"
"He wants to go the low-pricing route and smash our jobs. That's fine! We're here to the end! It's nothing more than taking out a half-finished game, our family can afford to lose a big business, his small company has a turnover of more than 10 million a month, and making a new game can cost them half a life. Once he is swept up by us, even if he has good ideas and ideas in the future, it will be difficult to make a comeback. Even if we do, we won't be able to make a bigger game for a while, at least for three and a half years, and we don't have to worry about him threatening us. β
Hearing this, the bosses' eyes suddenly lit up.
This way!
Not bad indeed.
In the past, they did not consider the idea of fighting a price war.
This way is very common, and in other industries, especially in the shopping field, price wars are rolling up almost every year, and there are many examples of killing each other at a loss.
The problem is that the gaming industry is not the same as the shopping industry, with a large number of large, medium and small companies.
If you don't work together, you will take the initiative to fight a price war with the number one player.
Even if you fight to the end of the net, it will only make other companies profitable.
And now, the B-level companies with heads and faces are all gathered together, close to 20, if they are twisted into a rope to fight a price war.
can really kill that small company.
But there are also bosses who think more and ask out loud.
"So what if he doesn't make a new game......
Yu Xiao became more confident.
"Don't worry, in two months, it's time for the annual Ice and Snow Game Festival. At this time, the players' year-end bonuses, red envelopes, and New Year's money are very abundant, and it is also the best time for major companies to release games in a year. β
"When the time comes, our old games will stabilize the price, launch some better benefits, harvest the coffers of a vote of players, and drag him down with new games."
Speaking of this, Yu Xiao got up, propped his hands on the table, and smiled.
"Who is for it and who is against?"
Without exception.
All the CEOs who participated in the symposium raised their hands.
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"It's coming, it's coming!"
Waiting and waiting, it is finally time for the deadline of the mission of "Wind Journeyer".
To be honest, this is the most anticipated end of the mission since Kejin obtained the system.
Without it.
The main reason is that Brother Tongzi said that he triggered a hidden task that bottomed out, and the next game can unlock the krypton amount.
Although there are other limitations, at least there is hope for anything.
Wash your hands, bathe and change your clothes, and make yourself look a little more European.
Finally, the pointer jumps with zero point.
The system's prompt also sounded suddenly.
[The companion quest of "Wind Journeyer" is being settled! γ
[Congratulations on completing one of the companion quests - regular quests!] γ
[Get Regular Quest Reward: Platinum Mystery Box*2!] System XP *10000EXP! γ
[Your ultimate mission completion fails, and since you have accumulated six failures, the hidden title 'Bottoming Down' will be triggered!] γ
[Hidden Title: Bottoming Out]
[Activation: Activate immediately after wearing!] γ
[Effect 1: Within two months from the activation of the title, any new game you have released, please note that it must be a companion quest of a new game released within two months, and the ultimate quest will be temporarily removed!] And the release logic of regular tasks has been changed from 'quota limit' to 'guaranteed turnover', and you can get regular task rewards when you reach the guaranteed turnover, so please work hard to make the game sell more turnover at that time! γ
[Effect 2: During the activation period, completing regular missions will increase the rewards of the ultimate mission!] In that case, please check the details in the companion quest of the game you are listing. γ
[Finally, I wish you a happy life!] γ
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Fog grass!
After seeing a series of prompts, Ke Jin's eyes suddenly widened.
Temporarily remove the quota limit?
This means ......
With a new game to be released in the next two months, he can set the price freely and go in the direction of selling more and earning more?
I didn't have a choice before, the system requires krypton gold restrictions, and once I deliberately raise the running water, I probably won't even be able to complete the regular tasks.
Even if he can't complete the ultimate task, but at least in the regular task, he can still open the blind box and do the next game, even if he does it under the limit, it will earn a lot more than he made in a broken class a month.
And right now, Brother Tongzi may be afraid that his Dao heart will be broken, so he will swing in place and spend the rest of his life holding the games he has made.
Straight to yourself for an indulgent meal?
Hiss!!
Behave...... No, do the system part.
It's up to me Brother Tongzi!
I actually know how to combine work and rest.
"Good!" Kejin was instantly full of energy.
Before, I tried my best to suppress it, and I didn't let the player go to Krypton as much as possible, for fear that the player would have too much Krypton.
But now, the seal has been lifted!
Then there's not much to say.
Recently, the number one player has also been attacked and smeared by some peers.
It's just that the number one player is in the rising stage, and the pace is not very large.
But it doesn't mean that Ke Jin didn't take those remarks seriously.
It's nothing more than that he took the initiative to lower prices and disrupt the market.
But you don't look at what the gacha games you make are like.
Players have been eating shit for a long time, and now they finally have a few meals that they can eat, and as a result, you guys behind the scenes are still not happy?
I wanted to get along with you as an ordinary designer, but I didn't expect to get estrangement in exchange.
Okay, I'm not pretending.
Next, I'm going to teach you how to make a gacha game!
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(End of chapter)