Otherworldly Architect

Dozens of seconds passed after Mingyan finished speaking.

Yu Bing's brain slowly digested this amazing news, and almost every nerve was able to hear the sound of "Damn it".

He was dumbfounded, his mouth was in an O shape, and he said, "Oh... oh!"

Even such a simple word, I can't wait to stutter.

God knows how shocked Yu Bing was!

Blue Star Studio and Tulong Baodao Studio... Aren't they two extremes? !

One is an existence like the flower of Gaoling, the most conscientious and purest game production team in the hearts of players, an angel who can't even send money;

The other is ridiculed by players in every possible way, creating a new game category for money, and known in the industry as the "God of Wealth" money-grabbing bully...

In Yu Bing’s school, the teachers usually mention these two studios as two types of people;

On the forum, the latter is used to contrast the extraordinaryness of the former;

In the industry, practitioners who support Blue Star and those who support Tulong Baodao despise each other, which can be called a golden tearing topic between "dream party" and "money party"...

——Two studios so different from each other are actually twins?Was it created by the same designer? !

Yu Bing was completely enlightened.

When I read Mingyan before, I was already looking at a big senior in the industry, the kind with outstanding achievements and brilliant records, which made people unable to help but look forward to it.

Now we have to add the record of Tulong Baodao studio...

VR works are well-received and well-received, arousing huge repercussions in the industry; mobile game works can quickly lead the trend, and their ability to attract money has reached its peak.

At this time, Yu Bing had only one thought in his heart: Fuck, this is not a human being at all!It's a devil who plays with people's hearts! !

If this secret is known to the fans of Blue Star, if it is known to the members of the Ming Cult who worship Mingyan's personality to the extreme...

Yu Bing couldn't imagine that scene at all.

Mingyan also saw Yu Bing's shock.

It was quiet for dozens of seconds before and after, and Mingyan had to cough to remind him to regain his senses.

"All in all, if you want, you can try to do an internship in Tulong Baodao Studio first." Ming Yan said, "Whether "Fingertipman" wants to cooperate with us to continue development—"

Before he finished speaking, Yu Bing hurriedly said: "Yes! Of course I am willing! I can give all the authorization of the entire game to the leader!"

Ming Yan said with a smile: "No, no, I still have to follow the rules. I will ask my secretary to discuss the authorization fee with you. Although you are still a student, you have to learn to protect your own interests and don't hand it over casually."

Yu Bing naturally responded in every possible way, and he could see Mingyan's appreciation for him.

He felt flattered.

After that, Mingyan gave Yu Bing a few pointers on the design of "Fingertip Man", and the time soon reached noon.

The secretary gave Yu Bing a temporary meal coupon and asked him to go to Blue Star's staff cafeteria for a free meal.

In the future, the offer from Tulong Baodao Studio will be delivered to Yu Bing's mailbox soon.

Today he can visit Blue Star freely—of course, if he can't see his work computer.

Blue Star's secrecy work is still quite in place, especially at the beginning of the new game development stage.

Yu Bing firmly grasped the opportunity of this "Blue Star One-day Tour".

You know, such an opportunity can be sold for a sky-high price on the Blue Star Forum.

He excitedly went to several areas where he was allowed to enter, and asked several old employees for their autographs with a cheeky face.

——Your Excellency Wrynn! ! The prototype of the swordsman's first skin in "League of Legends" is also the current leader of the art team, an old-timer in the industry!

——Mr. Schrödinger!The boss of the program group, spare no effort to fight against cheating, a technical leader who is supported by players!

——Senior Ling Xiaoman... Hey, senior is so pretty! 0.0

……

Time slowly entered late autumn.

The turmoil of the first star show competition held by the IPP family passed away quickly.

The contestants who won the championship have all joined well-known large companies in the industry, which has attracted a lot of attention.

The third runner-up Yu Bing's team is also——

Because there is a clear statement to be optimistic first, many teams would rather believe what they have than to believe what they have not. Out of unconditional trust in the statement, they all cast olive branches to Yu Bing and others.

It's a pity that Yu Bing went directly to Tulong Baodao studio for an internship.

In terms of the abundance of funds, this studio is famous.Therefore, when the competitors saw the situation, they had no choice but to give up in despair.

On the other hand, the cooperation between Zhu Wenshu and the IPP family has been temporarily suspended.

Because he announced that he would leave the original company and join a new studio with his new work.

The name of the studio is not mentioned, but it is directly injected by the cruise capital!

That night, Zhu Wenshu sent a long letter to Xia Cheng's mailbox.

In the letter, he said: [... just wait and see, I will definitely prove myself!As long as I have the same resources, as long as I am treated fairly, my talent and future will far exceed those of Blue Star's moths!I will prove myself in the next game!And he is nothing! 】

In fact, Xia Cheng just glanced at the title of the email, confirmed that it was a private matter, and threw it directly into the trash can.

Just kidding, Zhu Wenshu only has Xia Cheng's work email.

During working hours, it's too late to check a bunch of official emails. Who wants to watch a villain's chatter.

On the contrary, Zhu Wenshu's former boss, out of a feeling of regret, persuaded Zhu Wenshu a few words.

——Although Cruise Capital has a big business, they basically don't do games. They just sell games as ordinary virtual goods, and they don't owe any affection!

——Gamers who really want to make good games, unless they have to, will not choose to join a large group like Cruise Capital, just like the choice of Blue Star.

But when the word "Blue Star" was mentioned, the boss hadn't praised the other party's arrogance.

Zhu Wenshu exploded, and said angrily: "It's Blue Star again! It's Mingyan again! What's so great about him? Isn't it just playing games? I can do it too! What I can do is [-] million better than him Times! You all just wait and see, don’t bully the young and poor!”

Then he blocked all those who advised him.

This is a way to go to the end.

Others can't say anything about his choice. Maybe with the strong financial resources of the cruise line behind him, Zhu Wenshu can really open up a path?

The boss thought: If it is like Tulong Baodao Studio, it may not be a bad thing.

Contrary to what most players think, in fact, Dragon Slaying Sword is very promising in the industry.

After all, the insider knows the way.

Looking at the games released since the establishment of Tulong Baodao, one is "Anti-Tianjue", a fast-paced numerical game, famous for "making money so fast that you can say it is robbery".

One is "Card Alliance", a brand-new game category. Although it was jointly developed by Bluestar, the game content itself is excellent-but the card drawing mode itself is a new profit plan that shocks professionals!

It is still unclear whether this profit model was developed by the leader of Blue Star, or by the people who slaughtered the dragon sword.

But in any case, Dragon Slaying Sword is still a pioneer of a major genre, opening the door to a new world for many gamers who suffer from unprofitable games.

The editor at the Atlas family is already a well-known "Dragon Slayer" in the industry.

He also published a long blog before, defining the "item charging" model of Tulong Baodao as a major milestone in the profit model of the game industry, and "buyout charging" and "time point card charging" as the three major profit models .

Games like "Nei Tian Jue" have almost become cold in the past two years, because the content of the game itself is not much, in their opinion, it is not worth promoting.

But its profit idea can be used for reference.

For example, mounts with a shiny appearance, such as weapons that can be enchanted, strengthened, synthesized, inlaid and other upgrade methods, and some simplified privileges in the game process, and special title certification for server rankings, etc... These things are actually Let players play more cool!

Such a game is really great for paying players, it is really the coolest game tailor-made.

When the game came out, it was groundbreaking.

Now that I think about it, there are still so many things worth learning.

The most regrettable thing is that the people in Tulong Baodao studio are very "reclusive".

Their person in charge has not shown up so far, and all invitations are pushed as soon as they can be pushed, and the deputy chief division is sent if they cannot be pushed.

The real chief designer, Shenlong, is also known as the "mysterious God of Wealth" both inside and outside the circle.

According to rumors, a local tyrant in "Ni Tian Jue" spent a lot of money just to see each other, but in the end he still failed to meet.

Some people even joked: "The God of Wealth is afraid that once he shows up, you will wipe away the immortal energy on his body."

So far, there are more than 20 employees in Tulong Baodao Studio in name.

Most people are also not responsible for developing the game, only responsible for maintaining the operation of the two main mobile games.

The real development team is someone else, and it's very small.

After all, the development cycle of mobile games is shorter, especially Tulong Baodao also likes to hire outsourcing teams and use money to spend more human resources.

After Yu Bing joined with "Fingerman".

"Mysterious God of Wealth" also delivered the revised plan to the studio.

As soon as the small meeting started, everyone understood that the main content of the second half of this year will be this "idle game".

No hesitation, no pressure.

——The God of Wealth has proven his ability to make money countless times in the past!

——Just do what he said, and wait for the rewards to be distributed after finishing the work.

……

Mingyan's two studios have entered the intense development process of new games.

At the same time, he had to find time to focus on the third season of "League of Legends".

Entering its third year, the game is finally starting to show its power.

If, in the first year, Blue Star still had to make a profit at a loss, but in the second year, it could finally be responsible for its own profits and losses, and get sponsors...

The third year is a fruitful year.

Before October, the third season must enter the preparation stage.

Because the size of the players is different from the past, the applicants from the sixth star province alone have already filled the three registration channels, not to mention the participants who came from other star provinces from thousands of miles away.

After all, after the two waves of "propaganda" by the father of League One, Blue Star is now famous all over the world.

The third season is also the first time that the number of participants from other star provinces exceeds that of the sixth star province!

The official notice has not yet been issued, and many companies have already asked about sponsorship.

You must know that during the league last year alone, the No. 5 sponsor got a channel performance improvement of about [-]%.

According to the analysis of targeted traffic, the traffic from the League of Legends advertising space has brought them at least 2000 million sales bonuses, not to mention the expansion of the potential user market.

what is this?

This is the golden signboard of God of Wealth.

Bluestar directly used a game to prove that people in the game industry can make money by cooperating with them, and so can people in other industries!

One of the great benefits of the League of Legends professional league is that it is equally enjoyable to watch and entertain. Even players who don't play this game can still get a certain amount of fun from watching it.

And looking at it, the influence of this game has spread among the general player group.

The pan-player group refers to some ultra-light players. They may not play games at all, or are old players who have already left the game circle.

Once these people return and start playing games again, if they don't go back to play emotional games, they will probably choose the most popular game at the moment.

——Without him, because at least I have a certain understanding.

From this perspective, the past League of Legends is still constantly absorbing new players in the game circle.

The League of Legends, which started from the third season, has already begun to recruit potential user groups for the game circle.

As Blue Star became more optimistic, the cooperation with sponsors became more and more in-depth.

Many people who don’t play games may suddenly see game characters on the packaging of their favorite beverages, they may be affected by what they see when chatting and eating with people, or they may stop and see when they pass by Internet cafes or big screens in commercial districts. A wonderful scene in the game.

Even when a restaurant hears a BGM, someone will whisper, "It's the login music of the League of Legends!"

When many students are playing on the computer during the holidays, the elders who don’t play games at home will suddenly ask: “What game are you playing? Is it League of Legends?”

……

Such incidents are all phenomena that can only be caused by a big IP game.

In Internet terms, this is called "breaking out of the circle".

Therefore, the sponsors who come to bid this year are also various and varied.

There was even a men's underwear manufacturer who came and sent ten sets of the season's new styles directly to Blue Star Studio, plus a set of small gifts for each person.

Operations like this are quite common. As long as the gifts are not too large in value, Blue Star defaults to small benefits, which are piled up in the warehouse together with the gifts sent by the players.

But the bad thing about this one is that the style of the underwear itself is too coquettish, and there are even tails.

The talents in Blue Star Studio started playing immediately.

It is impossible to wear it, and it is impossible to wear it in this life.

But Blue Star also has an image ambassador and press spokesperson!

Sisi: "?????"

Headed by the boss Schrödinger, Varian as the dog-headed military adviser, and Ling Xiaoman as the actual executor, the employees captured Sisi alive, and then put a set of furry underwear with rabbit ears on her.

Sissy: "..."

God is sorry to see, Xixi was so wrapped up that she could barely walk, she was spinning around in a daze, trying to see what was on her buttocks.

Mingyan, who came to work this day, was shocked to see Xixi's appearance.

——What did the golden retriever do wrong again!

Mingyan decisively took out his mobile phone to take a picture of this humiliating scene, and said: "It's so beautiful! Change a set every day from now on!"

The employees cheered happily.

All in all, a certain underwear manufacturer has inexplicably won a small cooperation qualification.

Although Blue Star has no plan to directly advertise in professional leagues, they are planning to cooperate to launch a pajamas series skin.

Five occupations were selected by voting in the studio, and then handed over to the original manufacturer, allowing them to submit a set of underwear that meets the characteristics of the occupation.

Exposure is impossible, in short, it must conform to the core values ​​of socialism.

Wrap it so tightly that you can't see anything below the neck, and you're done.

To be honest, although underwear manufacturers are confused, it does not prevent them from happily celebrating with champagne.

Even if it's not a super-traffic promotion like the professional league, but Blue Star is willing to give a set of skins, that's pie from heaven!

Skins are a long-term investment. If players enter the game and watch their favorite characters wear their pajamas every day, won't they become their loyal customers sooner or later?

Originally, when they saw the bidding situation of this sponsor this year, they felt that they were hopeless.

Never expected, but for some reason it was hand-picked?

Hmm, could it be that... Chief Designer Ming likes this toned underwear? !

Important information, write it down!

In addition to several long-term partners, the sponsorship of this year's professional league has finally been finalized.

Last year's high-quality partners, without exception, want to renew their contracts this year. In the end, the big sports car manufacturer last year won the bidding, and the other two were replaced by a chain restaurant brand and a jewelry company.

The catering boss also offered to distribute free coupons in his plan, and at the same time launched a snack in cooperation with Blue Star, called "Little Star".

Blue Star's marketing cooperation department also reciprocated. On the video account of the official website, it took the initiative to launch a series of videos, mainly editing contestants speaking from the microphone on the field. The effect of the program was hilarious and passionate.

There are quite a lot of video programs like this on major websites.

You must know that a game that becomes popular can always drive countless peripheral content, including videos, comics, novels, music and so on.

Now the government has launched several programs on its own.

While showing the video of the official recording of the game, while "officially playing tricks and killing the same people", it can be said that it is a professional user of fans.

This year's League of Legends professional league is also the first time that Mingyan has completely let go.

He handed over the design of the profession, the balance of values, etc. to the corresponding person in charge, and he no longer intervened.

As it turns out, the designer can also handle the heavy lifting.

He took full responsibility in the first year, and he did a very good job, completely stabilizing the version on the eve of the finals.

When the finals started, it was time for Bluestar Studios to watch the competition collectively "without doing business"!

Contrary to what many people think, in fact, designers also know how to "chase stars".

In the third year since the game was launched, the routines developed by the players have basically exceeded the imagination of the designers themselves.

He said that he would be amazed, those professional players' operation and awareness are really at the peak, and he would definitely not be able to replace him.

If the designers don't keep up with the development of the event, maybe the next version will be ruined by professional players.

Therefore, those professional masters who have developed routines are actually written down in the designer's small notebook, and they are regularly watching their highlight moments on the field.

During the group stage this year, a class even had a bug-level combo on the field. The person in charge was so frightened that he sent an emergency message to Blue Star's design team.

"Is this a bug?" asked over there.

The game over there was suspended on the spot, but it definitely wouldn't last too long.

When the two commentators bit the bullet and started chatting, the designers of Blue Star were also hurrying to discuss.

In the end they said it was not a bug and there was no need for a rematch.

But the next game version must be patched, so that this bug-level combo will disappear from now on!

However, that professional player was completely famous, claiming to be "the man who asked Blue Star to patch him up".

There is a card in the end!

He quickly single-handedly killed almost all players on the field, led the team to the finals, and killed all opponents with a professional assassin.

In the end, he won the championship of the third season with a score of 3:1.

This contestant with the ID "Devil King" brought another trophy to the sixth-star province because he came from the sixth-star province.

It is now recognized on the Internet that the sixth star province is the first division of the League of Legends. It already has the world's number one ADC player, but this time it is likely to have the world's number one mid laner assassin player.

The people in Blue Star Studio also compared all the data of the same period and gave a ranking list.

Sure enough, this player ranked first in the assassin rankings.

After the finals, the official also interviewed him.

When asked "Why did he choose this name", the contestant smiled confidently and said, "Because my idol is the god of assassins in the e-sports circle, the Great Demon Lord Odin."

It also sparked heated discussions online.

There are a total of five positions in the League of Legends, and now there are three positions in the world that belong to the sixth star province.

A total of three season finals, two championship trophies belong to the sixth star province.

For a while, the players in the sixth-star province were also filled with a sense of honor. There was even a saying on the forum that "the master of the first division is equivalent to the king of other divisions".

As a result, players in other competition areas are of course very dissatisfied.

On the official forum, a wave of healthy competition soon set off.

Players from different star provinces of the Chaoyang Alliance started to fight against each other spontaneously, and the online appointments were also well played.

And Blue Star's designers just watched Mingyan's thoughtful expression.

Shivering.

The boss must have had the idea of ​​the devil again!