Game designer: I am making games, not charity

After making a decision in my heart.

Mr. Ma even called all the employees of the game department of "Legend of the Warriors" to have a meeting together.

Although the time is almost close to 9:00 pm.

But at this time, there is still no employee in the Penguin Building who dares to leave work.

As soon as the news that Mr. Ma is going to hold a meeting is passed on.

Throughout "Legend of Warriors", all employees of the game department came directly to the meeting room.

When these employees filled the meeting room, Mr. Ma was still in the office and did not rush over.

In the conference room, all the employees were trembling and panicked.

The speed of message transmission in the company is very fast.

Almost all of them have heard about it. Not long ago, Mr. Ma fired Xu Chen, the director of the game department of "Legend of Warriors" in a fit of rage!

Xu Chen is the person who has received the most attention from Mr. Ma in the entire goose factory in the past few years.

He is also the person who has been promoted the fastest in recent years.

But now, even Xu Chen was fired!
This is fully enough to prove the matter of "Legend of the Warriors" and Waterloo.

How angry Mr. Ma was!

Then what kind of thunderous anger awaits these employees...?

For a moment, people in the conference room were naturally panic-stricken, everyone was in danger, and everyone lowered their heads. No one dared to touch Mr. Ma's bad luck at this time.

clap clap clap...

The crisp sound of leather shoes sounded from outside the meeting room door.

The sound is getting closer.

Employees in the conference room were also getting more and more nervous.

at last.

creak.

The door of the conference room was pushed open, and the employees all shrank their necks and turned their heads to look like quails.

However, he was surprised to find that after entering the conference hall, Mr. Ma did not have a trace of anger on his face.

Instead, with a faint smile.

Looks very kind.

It doesn't look like he's angry at all.

what's the situation?
Was the messaging wrong?
It's impossible, the computer version of "Legend of the Warriors" has become like this.

How could Mr. Ma not be angry?

Mr. Ma also seemed to see the solemn atmosphere in the conference room, and walked to the main seat with a smile on his face.

Looking around for a week, he smiled and said, "Why are you all pulling a face?
Our game is still in its infancy and requires hard work from everyone!

How can I continue to work in such a state of mind? Come and smile. "

Seeing Mr. Ma like this, all the employees couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Many new employees who joined the company felt that the news they heard from the old people was wrong.

A gentle person like Mr. Ma should not dismiss employees casually.

That Director Xu may have committed other problems besides this game.

That's why Mr. Ma couldn't bear it anymore, and finally he was expelled with pain.

And some old employees, although not as naive as the new employees.

But also relieved.

Since Mr. Ma did not continue to pursue the responsibility, it means that this time the failure, almost all the blame was taken by Xu Chen who had already gone home to rest.

These people should be safe in a short time!
But whether it will be safe in the future... no one knows.

Mr. Ma still had a smile on his face, and continued to speak: "Now that "Legend of the Warriors" has encountered setbacks and Xu Chen has left again, everyone must be very panicked and worried, right?
In fact, these emotions are completely unnecessary! "

Speaking of this, President Ma paused for a moment, and the smile on his face became even wider: "In the past, we encountered problems because Xu Chen was contemptuous and despised his opponents.

The attitude of doing things is very not serious. This time the player who was shot complained about the perspective problem, and it was also because he was eager for quick success and quick benefits, and he didn't make too many changes, so he directly started the internal test.

So for the time being, I'll let him go home and calm down.

Next.

The entire computer version of "Legend of Warriors", the game department, will be handed over to me for the time being.

I have fully understood the situation of our game before, and I have basically made a plan to deal with it.

The content of this meeting is mainly about this.

So everyone must cheer up quickly, I am here to give orders, but the real, important work still depends on you to do it! "

Mr. Ma's words immediately made the originally gloomy conference room a little bit more energetic.

Those employees who lowered their heads and didn't even dare to look at him also opened their eyes wide and their faces became serious.

Seeing this, President Ma nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he took out a list, named the senior executives of the finance department, and said, "If we encounter difficulties, we will solve them.

The most important thing now is to eliminate the anger of the players. Since the players are angry and clamoring for a refund, the finance department will deal with it immediately. "

A senior executive in the finance department wondered: "Mr. Ma, do you really want a refund?"

Mr. Ma nodded: "Yes! Not only do we want to refund, but we also want to refund quickly!

I give you one day to calculate the sales amount of the internal test activation code, and then one-on-one, all refunds will be made to the internal test players!

Work hard tonight everyone working overtime! "

The senior executives in the finance department immediately nodded in agreement.

At the same time, President Ma turned his head and said to the executives of the operation department: "Also, the operation department, immediately summon the public relations team and issue an apology statement! If you fail, you must review it, and if you make a mistake, you must admit your mistake! You must have a good attitude!"

Mr. Ma is truly sober in the world.

He single-handedly brought Penguin Company to its current position, and he is very clear about one thing.

If they run a game company, they must not offend the vast number of players!

A game company hated by players will not go far!

Although "Legend of the Warriors" encountered Waterloo this time, as long as it is handled properly, the responsibility will be shifted to Xu Chen, both openly and secretly.

Let the players' anger have a window to vent.

In this way, the players will not vent their anger on the whole goose factory.

It is more acceptable for the revised "Legend of the Warriors"!
You know, these players who are willing to spend money to buy internal test activation codes are very precious wealth of Goose Factory.

President Ma also wants these players to help him against Platinum.

This is another reason why President Ma fired Xu Chen.

Now the players' yelling and cursing have rushed to the forefront of Weibo's hot searches.

Naturally, such a major event cannot be regarded as not happening.

Therefore, there must be someone to take this responsibility, and this person's status in the goose factory must not be low.

Xu Chen, who is basically worthless, is naturally the best choice!
After arranging the more urgent matters for the past two days.

Mr. Ma immediately set his sights on the employees of the technical department.

The employees in the technical department are not as relaxed as other departments.

This time "Legend of the Warriors" was edited by them. In the current situation, they can almost be said to have an inescapable responsibility.

But Mr. Ma smiled lightly, and didn't blame anyone at all, but spoke directly, telling the next game production plan:
"If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first understand the enemy. Recently, I played all the games of Platinum and found that the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" they made is very similar to our "Legend of Warriors" in terms of expression. It is biased towards the realistic style of painting.

That being the case, we will immediately take the original version of "Legend of the Warriors" off the shelves, and return it to the furnace to modify it according to the model of "Legend of Sword and Fairy"!

The most important thing is to get rid of the perspective shake brought by the VR version.

Other things can generally be referred to, "Legend of Sword and Fairy", this game. "

A senior executive in the technical department asked hesitantly: "But Mr. Ma, but does this constitute plagiarism?"

Mr. Ma immediately shook his head: "This is a technical thing. If this is plagiarism, then all VR games have the same perspective and form of expression. Are all VR games plagiarism?"

The technical executive immediately lowered his head and dared not speak any more.

Mr. Ma did not continue. He was very familiar with the laws on plagiarism that were issued not long ago.

So for sure, this one definitely doesn't count!

Then, Mr. Ma looked around and attracted the attention of everyone in the conference room.

The voice suddenly increased a little, and he said very seriously: "There is one more thing, and it is also the biggest change we need to make to the game at this meeting.

Our computer version of "Legend of Warriors" will also be free from today!
Use the set of Platinum Dungeon, the game is free, and the item payment mode!
If anyone still doesn't understand this mode and what's going on, let me play platinum games in all my spare time after finishing my work.

After the modification of the game content is completed, the system of item payment will start to be built!

Wait until the next internal beta is open, and announce this news! "

Mr. Ma's long speech was resounding.

All the staff were dumbfounded.

We also do it for free?
But didn't Mr. Ma say that free games are a dead end?

A few executives with relatively higher status immediately asked in disbelief: "Mr. Ma, are we really going to do it for free?"

"That's right, Mr. Ma, after all, the Platinum game has only been online for one day, and today is only two days away. Even if they have items to pay for, they still don't know how much money they have made!"

"Yeah, and...you said before that it is absolutely impossible for our goose factory to make free games. If we suddenly change our mind now, it will inevitably be a little public..."

The executive didn't finish his sentence.

But anyone can hear what he means.

When Mr. Ma was promoting the TV series "Legend of the Warriors" before.

But I said it myself, I will never make free games.

Now that it's like this, isn't that slapping yourself in the face?

What a shame!

Although the others didn't say anything, the expressions on their faces fully expressed their thoughts, no different from these senior officials.

Looking at the expressions of these employees, Mr. Ma put away the smile for the first time.

He knocked on the table with his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "There is no need to discuss this matter. I have already made a decision. You can find a way to implement it. Are there any other questions? If not, then today's meeting will be closed." At this point, you should also go to work on your own tasks."

After Mr. Ma said so, the employees dared not have any objections, they all nodded in agreement, ended the meeting, and went back to busy changing the game.

Just half a minute later, President Ma was left alone in the conference room.

Employees can imagine the humiliation of making free-to-play games.

How could Mr. Ma not think of it?
But he will not affect the overall situation because of such a small matter as whether to lose face.

Businessmen are like this, and shopping malls are like battlefields.

As a mature and successful businessman, Mr. Ma is very clear.

If you want to win, face is the least valuable thing!
If you can make a fortune by being shameless, then this is definitely the easiest way to make money with the lowest threshold.

……

At this time, Platinum Games Company.

The employees of the entire platinum game company are also working overtime!
But what they worked overtime was to stare at the first-day data of "Dungeon and Fighter" in the conference room!

Chen Feng sat at the highest position, looked at the data on the big screen, and read slowly:

"On the first day, I made a profit of 380 from props charging.

Among them, the products with the highest recharge purchase rate are resurrection coins and anti-fatigue potions.

One was sold for 140 million and the other for 110 million.nice.

very good! "

While talking, Chen Feng nodded with satisfaction, obviously in a good mood.

All the employees around, headed by Luo Zhonghao, also felt a little pleasantly surprised.

They originally thought that this game would only lose money, but unexpectedly, it actually made money.

In just one day, relying on props to collect fees, he made a profit of more than 300 million, which is already a very good figure.

It's just... Luo Zhonghao glanced down at the computer and looked at the number of people online.

Twenty one million!
Although it has only been online for less than two days.

And when "Dungeon and Warriors" was released, they didn't do much publicity and advertising.

But already has such amazing data.

It is enough to show how popular this world's first free game is!

Moreover, this is the initial data.

As more and more players are connected, it will gradually attract other players around the player to join the game.

This statistic will only keep going up as time goes on!
Of course, the prerequisite is that there are no weird problems in the game's subsequent operations...

Luo Zhonghao was a little surprised by the first-day earnings on the screen before.

But if you put the first-day earnings together with the number of online people in front of you...

Luo Zhonghao's excitement was gone.

Instead, I feel like my heart is bleeding!

Under such strong publicity pressure from Goose Factory, their "Dungeon and Fighter" actually has more than 2000 million simultaneous online users!

Such good data, but... but only made more than 300 million?
Fuck, what a loss!
If the point card charging model can be adopted, the money earned in this day can at least be doubled by more than ten times, right?

And the comparison of these two data also shows.

Although there are indeed players who are willing to take the initiative to buy paid items.

But there are also a large number of players who are indeed prostitutes for nothing!

How can people stand it!

The game that I have worked so hard to make, these players can play whenever they want.

Luo Zhonghao and others who have never seen anything in this parallel world.

When I think about it.

I feel even more uncomfortable.

Of course, they also understand that if the game is not free, it might not attract so many players.

But that's what it says.

But Luo Zhonghao and the other employees still feel a bit at a loss!
Therefore, Luo Zhonghao thought for a moment, and tentatively said: "Mr. Chen, do you think we should increase the prices of the fatigue potion and resurrection coins?
The current price is really too cheap!
And as the level of players improves in the future, the demand for resurrection coins will only decrease.

And the anti-fatigue potion is selling so well, maybe it's just because the players just started playing and it's fresh, so they spend money to buy it.

After they play for a while longer, they may not be so crazy about buying.

When these two props can't be sold, Mengke will really lose money!

So I suggest, just suggest Mr. Chen, we can take advantage of the current sales volume and raise the price a little bit up! "

Luo Zhonghao's requirements are not high, and he can mention as much as he can.

These two props are selling so well now, if they can raise an extra dime, they will make an extra dime!
After Luo Zhonghao finished speaking, the other employees around nodded their heads in agreement.

They are also knowledgeable, knowing that the lifespan of a game will never be too long.

Even the most popular online game of Goose Factory can generally live for three to five years.

After all, the game industry has been improving, there will be more and more talents, and more and more new games will be launched.

It is impossible for a game to last 10 years and 8 years, right?

So you must make money back while you can make money!

Not to mention, their "Dungeon and Fighter" is still a free game!

Luo Zhonghao originally thought that Chen Feng should be able to agree this time.

But who knows, Chen Feng still shook his head, looked at the employees, and suddenly showed a smile on his face: "Our game is so good, it's all because of the support of the players, how can we increase the price?
Instead, we should give benefits to players who support our company! "

Luo Zhonghao and the others stared wide-eyed, their breathing stagnated, and they felt like their hearts were about to die.

However, Chen Feng was still there and said to himself: "We will soon release a small update in the game, and I plan to release an item called a magic box.

And a lucky magic hammer to open the box.

There must be a lot of good things out of the magic box, and there may be some garbage out, but in order to ensure the interests of the players, there must be a resurrection coin in the box at the very last.

This time the data is great. After the update, all players who registered in the past two days will be given a magic box and a lucky magic hammer for free! "

In order to be able to release the game in time, after finishing the main body of the game, Chen Feng opened the server directly.

And paid props didn't do much.

This is also the reason why the mall is placed in a corner that is more difficult to find.

After all, there is nothing for sale right now.

Today, the game has been successfully launched, not only sniping the goose factory, but also achieving such good results.

The construction of the mall and other paid props will naturally start to speed up!

However, after hearing what Chen Feng said, Luo Zhonghao and the others were completely paralyzed.

this fucking...

Mr. Chen really wants to get charity to the end! ! !