The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 121: The Heaven-Defying Lottery Props

Fei Zhiyuan's premonition soon came true.

While the mobile phone players were still posting worried comments, Lu Cong on the live broadcast screen walked away from Jiang Chengji and sat down at another table.

The person in front of him turned into Peng Linmu, the program director of Dream Building.

Lu Cong asked on behalf of the players as if he could see the comments in the live broadcast room:
"In the next version, [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] will have two new modes, both of which will place higher demands on mobile phone performance."

"The [Unlimited Firepower Mode] that is currently under development will place even higher demands on mobile phone hardware."

"I believe many gamers are worried about whether they will be unable to play games smoothly on their mobile phones in the future."

"Does Director Peng have any solution to this problem?"

Peng Linmu took over the conversation: "Yes, we have noticed this problem."

“We hope to provide players with better game graphics, more refined characters, and more exciting game modes.”

"But the performance of mobile phones limits us."

"So, our boss, Mr. Xu Meng, made a bold decision to launch the cloud gaming version of Project Frost and Snow."

"Oh? Cloud gaming? It sounds like a very powerful feature."

Lu Cong played the role of a novice player, supporting Peng Linmu.

Peng Linmu has no expressive talent and can only repeat as if reading a script:
“Yes, despite facing many problems and challenges, cloud gaming has always been seen as the future gaming trend.”

“It allows players to get rid of the limitations of hardware and play games more easily and conveniently.”

"Really?" Lu Cong asked Xiaobai's question again, "If DreamBuilder launches this feature, will mobile phone players no longer have to worry about game lags?"

"That's right." Peng Linmu nodded. "After the cloud game is launched, as long as players' phones can maintain a stable network connection, they can play any content of "Frost Project" smoothly. They no longer have to be restricted by the performance of their phones and endure low image quality and lag."

"..."

The two of them sang in unison and made the pie of "cloud gaming" bigger and rounder.

So the worried voices in the live broadcast room quickly turned into cheers and praise:

"Finally! It's here!! I can't stand the lowest quality picture anymore!"

"Great! From now on, I can use high-definition graphics when I play Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt in the company toilet!"

"Need a very good network signal? That's it. I can't play in class."

"No buddy, aren't there a lot of people trying to snatch the internet from you during class? What class are you taking?"

“I heard that cloud gaming is very expensive, but DreamWorks is willing to spend the money!”

"Don't be afraid to sacrifice chicken feathers! The wool comes from the sheep. Wait until the price comes out before making any calls."

"If you think it's too expensive, don't use it. I'm not forcing you to use it..."

……

Obviously, it is difficult to change the second-tier game players' vigilance towards game companies.

This is all caused by the gaming companies year after year, and it is difficult for DreamWorks to reverse this impression in a short period of time.

But Lu Cong believes, and many employees of Dream Building also believe that

Xu Meng will reverse this phenomenon.

Because Xu Meng's series of practices are completely different from those of traditional second-hand travel companies.

Just like the bold decision to launch cloud gaming this time.

——“Cloud gaming” has always been a toy of giants.

Currently, looking at the entire second-party game circle, and even the entire mobile game circle, only Four Dimension Games has launched the cloud gaming function.

As a result, many Dream Builder employees have received messages from former colleagues, classmates, and friends:

"Are you going to go to war with the Four Dimensional Game?"

His tone was full of surprise and confusion.

Because of dream building...

Too young! No matter what, he can't even be considered a "giant".

If they didn't have an enemy relationship with the Four Dimensions and wanted to get close to the enemy, they really couldn't understand why DreamCraft wanted to engage in cloud gaming.

Fei Zhiyuan listened to the conversation between Lu Cong and Peng Linmu, and after estimating in his mind the cost of cloud gaming, he found it both ridiculous and absurd.

There was no way he could spend this money.

My peers won’t spend it either.

The high server and bandwidth costs are already a heavy burden.

Cloud gaming often also means that game development will continue to become more complex and costly.

Only more sophisticated modeling, more gorgeous special effects, larger battle scenes, and more complex level designs require continuous improvement of hardware levels so that cloud gaming can play a significant role.

There are only two types of companies that need cloud gaming:

Companies with deep pockets that want to further expand their user base.

A company that is determined to forge ahead and continue to challenge the upper limits of genre games.

But no matter which one it is, it requires long-term investment to see results - and it is full of uncertainty.

For most mobile game manufacturers, it doesn’t matter whether the technology has advanced or not, and it doesn’t matter whether the products have been improved or not. As long as the turnover is high enough and the users’ willingness to spend money does not decrease, it’s fine.

Using huge cost to fight for an uncertain thing, and the input-output ratio is so low...

It's really not a wise decision.

It is far better to spend the money on promotion and buying traffic.

The effect is immediate, it is convenient for making reports, and it also has a better impact on employee performance.

This is the difference between "long-termism" and "living in the present". Fei Zhiyuan understands this, so he doesn't understand even more:
Why is Zhumeng so confident?
You did become rich overnight, but it only lasted less than two months. How much more money can you have?
Where does the confidence come from to do so many things that won't produce any short-term results?
The team is expanding, new games are being developed, simulators are being developed, cloud games are being developed...

These are all projects that require continuous investment of huge costs.

This is too radical!

Once any link collapses - for example, "Frost Project" is reported and removed from the shelves for rectification, it is likely to trigger an avalanche-like collapse!

This is not a curse, this is reality.

Reports on the "Frost and Snow Project" have always been going on, almost without interruption.

Even several peers have joined this group, planning to give Dream Building a big push - a few days ago someone even invited Mokon to join as well.

Fei Zhiyuan was very tempted, but still refused.

This matter is too taboo.

Once exposed, the company's reputation in the industry will be completely ruined.

Konjac Gaming is a large company and it is not worth taking such a big risk.

It would be more appropriate to let those companies that are struggling to survive do this kind of thing.

He looked back at his own live broadcast room and saw that the popularity was still maintained at the 900 million mark.

He knew very well that at least 200 million of them were bought with money.

The only good news is:
The money was indeed burned, but it was not completely wasted.

Some of the exposure pushed by pilipili will indeed be converted into users, but the conversion rate will be very low.

After all, forward-looking activities are mainly aimed at old users, and the effect of attracting new users is far from comparable to that of carefully prepared promotional materials.

He took out his cell phone and sent a message to the operator of "The Divine Bird" and Gong Feng respectively.

As a result, the 900 million views of the "Divine Bird" live broadcast room began to decline rapidly.

He gave up resisting.

Because at this time, the popularity of the "Frost and Snow Project" live broadcast room has reached the 1600 million mark with the help of the big news of cloud gaming!
Faced with a popularity gap of nearly 700 million, Fei Zhiyuan was really powerless to struggle.

Especially after the substantive content was over, the host began to talk about game optimization, character costumes, and brand linkage.

After that, players will be given a lottery and some benefits, and the preview can be declared over.

There is no need to continue struggling.

In the DreamZhu live broadcast room, after Lu Cong and Peng Linmu finished talking about cloud gaming, the screen switched to Zhang Baiquan, director of the marketing department.

He announced the detailed production and delivery schedule of the figures, and after showing the finished figures in 360 degrees, he moved on to the lucky draw session.

Generally speaking, this is the signal that it's over.

Fei Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that the popularity of "Frost and Snow Project" would finally stop rising.

But the next second, the lottery items that appeared on the live screen made him dumbfounded——

It was a desk lamp shaped like a girl’s lower body!
The girl, wearing over-the-knee white socks with suspenders, kneeled on the table with her knees together to act as a lamp post, while her calves were spread apart to form a triangular structure to ensure the stability of the desk lamp.

Beyond the fleshy absolute area between the socks and the hem is the girl's white skirt.

However, as soon as the white skirt appeared, the screen went black.

After that...

In the darkness, the light from the white skirt lit up.

The soft light penetrated the thin skirt, casting a circle of warm yellow halo around it, illuminating the surroundings.

The words slowly emerged——

[Collector's Edition Table Lamp: The Saint's Skirt]

[Limited to 5 pieces]

[Send the comment [I always like the Frost and Snow Project! ] to participate in the lucky draw]

"???"

"???"

"???"

……

The live broadcast room was instantly flooded with a large number of question marks.

Obviously, it wasn't just Fei Zhiyuan who was dumbfounded, but also the millions of viewers in the live broadcast room.

No one has ever seen such a heaven-defying desk lamp!
——Originally, during the lottery draw, someone is needed to introduce the prizes and lottery rules.

But this desk lamp is so amazing that no one is willing to introduce it on camera.

Xu Meng was quite happy about it, but was stopped by Song Zhicheng and the assistant.

So this part becomes a pure video display and text prompts.

But this does not affect the audience's desire for these five lamps at all!
After the overwhelming question marks, there was a burst of lottery comments and fierce complaints:

"Is this... the lower half of Bai Wei's body?"

"I have said this word too many times!!"

"God damn the saint's skirt!"

"Yes, it is the Holy Light!! I saw the Holy Light!!"

"Fuck your mother! Go to the link directly!!"

(End of this chapter)