Started as a comics editor

Chapter 98 Public Beta
"one million!"

"Awesome! One million!!"

At Avalon Studios, Kang Ming and Sun Gong shouted out excitedly together.

All the staff stopped what they were doing and looked at them.

But soon.

They reacted and turned to look at Tang Yao... Tang Yao was standing behind Chu Yuxin giving instructions, and was suddenly stared at by everyone, her body stiffened slightly.

She looked around, then looked at Kang Ming, pretending to be calm and said: "Keep paying attention, don't make a fuss..."

"..."

Many people looked surprised or even disappointed.

Jumping...

"One million!"

Seeing Tang Yao's calmness, Kang Ming was also a little surprised. He quickly added, "We've basically never promoted it through other channels. These are all core users! One million core users! Although it's not as many as those top online games, it's still a lot of people!"

As a small studio, Avalon Studios' first game has such exaggerated data.

"Ok, I know."

Tang Yao nodded and replied, "But it's only the second day, and many people don't know about the pre-download... The number will increase on the launch day, so just be calm."

After all, she worked on mobile games in her previous life... She was very familiar with the installation volume and monthly active users of most secondary games.

In the first two years after FGO was launched, the number of monthly active users was probably between 140 and 160 million.

This is the data when the number of pan-two-dimensional users had not yet reached its peak.

After all, this game was quite old in Tang Yao's previous life... and the number of installed users of this game was around 18 million in .

If the server is launched, including those who uninstalled the game and didn’t play it... the installed capacity will at least double.

Of course, this is the result of the long-term accumulation of the previous Fate series, as well as the achievements made by Bilibili's additional promotion and publicity.

But the domestic territory of this world is larger... and the population is larger, and the corresponding two-dimensional circle is actually larger as well. After all, Tang Yao's previous job was a comic editor.

In addition, you should know that in Tang Yao's previous life, the largest group of FGO players came from her own country, that is, her Sakura Mansion...

So it is normal to have one million pre-downloads, and this is not the peak yet.

"..."

Kang Ming felt a little unwilling to see Tang Yao so calm, and wanted to say something more.

Tang Yao glared at him lightly and interrupted, "Don't focus on the number of pre-downloads. The public beta is the most important..."

"……it is good."

Kang Ming smiled foolishly and finally stopped talking. He turned back and continued to stare at the background data, very excited.

Tang Yao looked around and found that all the staff were like this... She didn't say anything else. After being busy for a while, she walked out of the studio and planned to go to the bathroom.

Close the studio door gently.

Tang Yao took a deep breath and stood at the door. She didn't rush to the toilet. Instead, she smiled charmingly, stood on tiptoe slightly, and then put it down lightly. After repeating this many times... she hummed a song softly and walked towards the toilet.

And next.

Just as Tang Yao expected.

The one million pre-downloads is not the limit at all. As the popularity grows in the next few days, the data will continue to rise!

Originally, the staff from Mingyu Technology were able to remain calm at the beginning, but as the number of pre-downloads exceeded three million... they could no longer remain calm.

Because... this is even more outrageous than Mingyu Technology's game! The number of pre-downloads has almost doubled!

Moreover, Mingyu Technology spent a lot of money from investors on publicity and promotion before it reached the million-level level!
But Avalon Studio... Let me put it this way, without Tang Yao Studio, it would have to say goodbye immediately.

After all, in order to save money... she took on too much work, so much that other people in the studio looked at her strangely.

In this case, how can there be spare money for publicity and promotion?

But precisely because there was no major publicity for this data, the entire studio was very excited!

And in this exciting atmosphere... the game has reached its final public beta day.

On this day, just after midnight, countless readers opened "Fate/Grand Order" without any prior arrangement... wanting to see what this game, which is so different from other online games on the market, is all about.

In the end... is it fun?

……

"Mobile game?"

The day when "Fate/Grand Order" was officially launched.

Wenxin Hall.

When Zhao Fangsheng heard Shang Tao's words, he slowly put up a question mark.

Although the relevant topic has been extremely popular recently, some people still don’t know about it, especially executives like Zhao Fangsheng.

Because he has too much work to do every day.

So he had no idea that "Fate/Zero" had been completed and the game had been launched. Although he would normally read the comic, it was only when he had some free time... and unfortunately, he had been very busy these days.

This was the first time he heard the news.

"right……"

Shang Tao nodded. "I took a look yesterday, and most of the ACG community was discussing this online game—no, mobile game. It's terrifying, but I don't usually play games... I can't say whether it's good or not, but the game's developers are really geniuses at marketing. They actually used the ending of Fate/Zero to create such a big stir..."

"This is to drain the last bit of traffic from Fate/Zero!"

Zhao Fangsheng shook his head, as if he had guessed something. As he handed the signed document back to Shang Tao, he lamented, "What's so good about mobile games? They're just trying to cash in on the hype and then run away! That third-rate artist knows nothing and got fooled. What a shame for such a great IP!"

"yes……"

Shang Tao didn't refute it. After all, he was just saying it casually as a funny anecdote: "I heard that the sequel to "Fate/Zero" will be serialized in the game. It's really stupid." "Huh?"

Zhao Fangsheng was a little surprised when he heard this.

"I don't know the details... If nothing else, I'll be leaving first, Vice President."

Shang Tao shook his head, then left with the documents.

Zhao Fangsheng watched Shang Tao leave, thought for a while... and finally woke up the screen and opened the website where "Fate/Zero" was previously serialized.

soon.

Zhao Fangsheng saw the brand new website.

At the same time, we also saw news about the sequel "Fate Stay Night".

He frowned and cursed directly, "It's actually a sequel! How stupid! It's so popular! Can't we just continue drawing comics? Putting the sequel in a game that makes a lot of money and then runs away? What a..."

this moment.

He didn't know what to say. He just felt that this third-rate painter was simply crazy. It would be fine if he gave the comic copyright to a shady game company to make a mobile game, but he even put the sequel in the game?
Is there anyone more stupid than this?
This website is indeed fancy, but what does it matter if it’s just a face-saving project?
Mobile games?

Are there any good ones on the market?
Even PC games are better than this!
Zhao Fangsheng shook his head in anger, then moved the cursor and was about to close the page, but suddenly noticed the download button on the website navigation bar and paused.

"..."

Zhao Fangsheng hesitated for a while... In the end, he didn't close the webpage in a hurry, but clicked the download button and found the data cable and mobile phone at the same time.

He wanted to see what this third-rate painter was thinking and what was going on with putting comics in games.

After all, he is also half a "Fate/Zero" reader and reads it in his free time.

This is also why he feels regretful.

soon.

The game is installed.

Zhao Fangsheng looked at the icon on the phone screen and opened the game.

…The Avalon Studios logo appeared.

Zhao Fangsheng lowered his head slightly. Seeing this scene, he curled his lips in disdain: "A game that collects money and then runs away, and it's done so well..."

……

Four hours later.

Shang Tao came to the vice president's office again and knocked on the door.

But unexpectedly... there was no sound of inviting someone to come in.

But the lights inside were clearly on.

Shang Tao felt a little strange, reached out, grasped the door handle, and gently pushed the door open.

inside the door.

Zhao Fangsheng was sitting behind his desk, holding his mobile phone in both hands, wearing headphones, staring at the screen intently.

The documents on his desk remained exactly as they had been when Shang Tao left at noon… Nothing had changed, except for the addition of a wallet and a few bank cards…

"...?"

Shang Tao was stunned when he saw the scene in the office.

It was the first time he saw Zhao Fangsheng staring at his phone so intently that he didn't even notice someone coming. Did something big happen?
He was very surprised to find that the other party didn't even know he was here. He couldn't help but take a step forward and reminded, "Vice President?"

"!"

Behind the desk, Zhao Fangsheng, who had been concentrating on his mobile phone, suddenly came to his senses when he heard Shang Tao's voice. He looked up at Shang Tao slightly. After a few seconds of hesitation, he thought of something and suddenly turned his head to look at the time on the computer screen.

...Four hours passed.

When he noticed this, he just froze in place, his face filled with astonishment.

"what happened to you?"

Shang Tao became even more confused and asked again, pointing to the bank card beside him: "And Vice President, why did you leave your wallet there?"

Zhao Fangsheng ignored him and instead lowered his head again to look at the phone screen.

Shang Tao was so curious that he didn't care about being polite and looked at his phone.

Then, after seeing the contents on the phone screen clearly, Shang Tao was stunned again, because what was on Zhao Fangsheng's phone screen was not some important file, but... a game???
and many more.

game!?
"Shang Tao..."

Just as Shang Tao suddenly widened his eyes in shock.

Zhao Fangsheng finally took his eyes off the phone screen.

He raised his head, looked at Shang Tao, and said seriously, "Now... immediately contact that editor Tang Yao, no matter what the cost! Ask her to tell us the specific address of our third-rate painter!"

Shang Tao asked in shock: "Didn't you say that we shouldn't pay attention to him..."

"No!"

Zhao Fangsheng shook his head and interrupted, "I was wrong! Go get in touch! Hurry! No matter what the cost! You must find a way to find the third-rate painter himself! I want to visit him in person!"

"why?"

Shang Tao opened his mouth slightly and glanced at the screen on his phone: "Is it because of the game...?"

"Correct."

Zhao Fangsheng raised his phone and nodded solemnly, "I have a feeling this game will change the entire ACG industry!"

Shang Tao: "????"

(End of this chapter)