Started as a comics editor

Chapter 107 My cousin doesn’t even care about this little money

to be frank.

Although Tang Yao was also the main artist of the game in her previous life, she was actually just a bigger screw in the project, after all, she was just an ordinary worker.

Moreover, the company she worked for in her previous life was really rubbish. They didn't think art was important at all. Most of the time, everyone from top to bottom believed that players wouldn't look at the art, so just copying it and making it look like a high-quality second-hand game was enough.

Therefore, artists have no say when discussing gameplay, interaction, and distribution.

Sometimes art is even separated from other departments.

It was not until Tang Yao came to this world and took the initiative to undertake the overall management of a project that she realized how difficult and troublesome it was to make a game.

Of course, the Mingyu Technology game had no appeal to Tang Yao. After all, it was all gone...

But perhaps because she had tasted the sweetness, she was quite interested in the technical aspects of this game, such as the underlying architecture. After all, Avalon Studio's "Fate/Grand Order" saved a lot of effort because of Kang Ming's battle platform, and the website was also...

It’s almost foreseeable now...the success of “Fate/Grand Order” will officially usher in the era of mobile games.

It is estimated that the major game companies will enter the market next, and an era of chaos will begin.

Avalon Studios has a first-mover advantage, so although it cannot sit back and relax, it is estimated that it will be able to make a lot of money for a few years by relying on its advantages.

But what if...what if.

At this time, Avalon Studio, which had already gained a little fame with "Fate/Grand Order", was getting ahead of the big companies at the fastest speed. While the big companies were still studying the successful elements of FGO, it launched another mobile game... or it was slower and launched a new mobile game after the big game companies entered the market to build momentum.

Is Avalon Studio completely stable now?
Thinking further, "Fate/Grand Order" is currently a mobile game, only available on mobile devices. After the revenue of "Fate/Grand Order" is exposed, major manufacturers will probably immediately turn their attention to mobile games.

But it is too early to declare that the PC has no future. In Tang Yao's previous life, mobile games had developed to that level, and there was still a group of loyal PC game players.

Especially here.

So, when major game companies are turning their attention to mobile games, Avalon Studios is the first to launch dual-end games. Without giving up the mobile game market, while taking care of end-game players at the same time, will it make more money?

If you want to do dual-end, Tang Yao doesn't dare to mention other game types, but card games are the easiest to do dual-end.

And she recalled that Mingyu Technology's game seemed to be a strategy card game?

"Dou poker?"

Tang Yao quickly recalled the games from Mingyu Technology and searched for them.

Fortunately, although the server is going to be shut down, the official website of the game has not been shut down yet.

Tang Yao quickly downloaded the game.

Waiting for downloading.

Tang Yao checked the forum again and found that as time went on, more and more players were discussing the issue. Some people even started posting fan art, such as the head of the fan...

At the same time, some players began to wonder about the revenue of this game.

Because there seem to be quite a few players who have recharged money.

Tang Yao flipped over and found that she was indeed just one step away from breaking the circle.

operations……

Tang Yao looked at the website she opened and had no idea for the time being. She couldn't help but think of Mingyu Technology's operation team and Kang Ming's proposal.

And just then.

Ding.

The game has been downloaded.

Tang Yao's thoughts came to an abrupt halt. She immediately switched pages and installed the game.

Come to think of it, she has never played Mingyu Technology's games. After all, she was busy like a top every day recently.

Moreover, this type of game is completely different from the games she made, so she can't take care of it at all.

"What kind of card game is this..."

Tang Yao opened the game curiously, feeling a bit excited.

But this expectation disappeared as the game screen appeared.

Looking at the in-game pop-up windows that keep popping up in front of me, guiding players to recharge money, looking at the words "first charge", "discount" and so on that fill the screen, it looks like the main page of the game is just short of having the word "recharge" written on it.

Tang Yao was shocked...

No.

"Isn't this too much? Where's the guidance? Is there no acting involved? Is this a web game?"

Tang Yao looked at the fancy page for a while before finding the game entrance... and clicked to start the game.

Now there is finally guidance.

Soon, she no longer cared about the fancy operations of the game.

As the guidance deepens, you will gradually understand how to play.

Tang Yao looked at the game on the screen and muttered in disbelief, "This game...why does it look so much like Hearthstone?"

……

at the same time.

Tang Yao was studying a competitor's game.

In fact, some friendly competitors are also studying her game.

no way.

Although it has just been launched in public beta, the game "Fate/Grand Order" has already attracted the attention of many game manufacturers and producers during its initial pre-launch period.

At that time, discussions could be seen in all the two-dimensional related forums and groups.

And there are old 2D fans everywhere... There will definitely be people from the game company who will notice this game that is stirring up the 2D circle.

However, at the beginning, most of the staff of the game companies did not pay much attention to it. They just felt that there were so many screaming players in the two-dimensional circle.

A mobile game specifically for core users of the 2D world.

Really great ideas.

After all, it can be seen from the situation when Lin Shuang and Tang Yao met that although the trend is towards mobile devices, most game manufacturers will certainly not think of targeting the two-dimensional group. They are more focused on the original terminal games, and their main target is also terminal game players. The route is basically to switch from terminal games to mobile games.

And most importantly, there are no successful products.

Tang Yao was a famous Yin-Yang master in his previous life, but there were only nine people when the project was launched... It was as big as a pig farm. At that time, the performance of the second emperor Million King Arthur who was the agent was pretty good, so it was not given much attention at the beginning.

Path dependence is too serious.

Anime? How much money can anime users spend on games?
So at that time, most of the staff of game companies just thought that Avalon Studio was quite creative.

But things are different now, mainly because many people from game companies have played the game! And they have also seen the enthusiasm of the core users of the anime!

"...Interesting! Really interesting!" Shen Lun, chairman of the second-largest internet company in China and president of his company's in-house gaming and interactive entertainment division, looked up and exclaimed, "Mobile games can actually do this?"

"Yeah, that's quite an idea."

aside.

A middle-aged man in a suit nodded. "It's anime-style, no PVP, lightweight, weak in social interaction and competition, and focuses on plot and character design. It doesn't have too many complicated gameplays, but it's particularly attractive to users."

"The most important thing is that this game is incredibly popular. Although we don't know the exact figures yet, it initially circulated only within the ACG community, but now it's being discussed on social media, and the popularity seems to be growing."

"In addition, the profit model of this game is also very creative, and there are definitely quite a few people who recharge."

"No, not quite a few."

Hear what your subordinates say.

Shen Lun shook his head and turned to look at the computer screen. "This game definitely has a lot of players who have topped up their accounts! Look... there are actually people saying this game is better than PC games! That's outrageous! The game's creators are incredibly clever! They know how to exploit players' weaknesses and use ambiguous pricing. This card-drawing system is obviously more expensive than many online game items to get specific characters!"

"..."

The subordinate had a strange expression on his face when he thought about his situation.

It really is……

"Let's check out the origins of this Avalon studio and see if they need money."

Shen Lun pondered for a moment and quickly made a decision: "At the same time, we can inquire about the possibility of acquisition. We can also set up a project internally and have the original PC game to mobile game project team study this game to see if there are any developers interested in this type of game. I have a hunch that the mobile game era is coming."

"clear."

At the same time, Shen Lun was not the only one who said this. In fact, there were many game companies that were discussing this mobile game just like him.

Although the data of the game "Fate/Grand Order" has not been disclosed and the specific performance is still unknown... the potential and popularity shown by this mobile game are indeed eye-catching.

And these game companies have noticed it, let alone venture capital.

After all, mobile games have always been very popular, and now as time goes by, more and more people are discussing it.

Some people who have absolutely nothing to do with the two-dimensional world jumped out.

Manager's Office.

After hearing that a certain celebrity had also shared the game, Lin Shuang immediately returned to her office and searched for information about the game on social media using the keyword "Fate/Grand Order".

Then the search took several hours.

She wanted to find evidence of the game's widespread negative reviews.

While we did find some negative reviews, they were far from overwhelming! The positive reviews far outnumbered them.

The most important thing is! Related discussions seem to be increasing every moment! What does this mean! Lin Shuang knows it too well!

this moment.

No matter how strong her self-esteem was, she couldn't ignore the facts.

“No way…it really worked!?”

Lin Shuang slowly raised her head. Her neck hurt from leaning forward for a long time, but she didn't care. After a long silence, she muttered something with a distorted expression and looked at the mobile phone on the table.

at the same time.

Wenxin Hall.

Li Xue sat in her seat, crossing her long and well-proportioned legs under the table, gently swinging the high heels on her delicate feet as she worked.

Anyone could see that she was in a very good mood.

In fact.

She was like this when she first arrived today and was in a very good mood. Many people in the editorial department were curious about her.

Everyone suspected that the deputy editor had won the lottery today.

But soon.

Li Xue's happy mood was interrupted. She looked at the incoming call notification on her mobile phone and frowned.

...It's this person again.

She looked at the phone screen in silence for a long time. Although she wanted to hang up directly, the good manners she had developed over a long period of time made her answer the call at the last moment.

"Hey...cousin."

"Hello, Sister Lin Shuang, what's going on?"

Li Xue's voice was very stiff, and she almost said "I'll hang up if there's nothing else".

Of course Lin Shuang also heard it.

She was stunned for a moment, and when she heard her cousin, who was usually gentle, sounding impatient, she immediately misunderstood that her cousin was unhappy because she lost money.

Could it be that... the game is popular but not profitable?

So she pretended not to hear Li Xue's resistance and got straight to the point, "I want to ask... I saw your friend's game was in public beta. How was the performance? Was it very poor? Why do you look unhappy?"

When Li Xue heard Lin Shuang's words, she found that her voice sounded anxious and a little confused.

But soon, she remembered that the cartoonists she followed this morning were discussing Tang Yao's game and realized something.

A touching smile suddenly appeared on her face, and she replied, "Normally."

"Average? What exactly is average?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"Did your friend tell you about revenue?"

"said."

Lin Shuang was silent for a moment, then asked expectantly, "...how is it?"

"I heard the first-day turnover was only 9400 million, which isn't a lot. I don't think my cousin would be interested in such a small amount, right?"

"…………"

The other end.

When I heard Li Xue say that number.