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Chapter 297: Taoyuan Township VR Horror Game is a Big Hit, and the Industry War Begins! (2-in-1 Order Request)

In the comment section of the live broadcast and the scoring section of many game websites, many players gave positive reviews:

“The VR experience of this game is so real, especially the feeling of weightlessness when I was falling in the elevator. It was very exciting!”

"Just played for 2 hours, here's my review. The art design is amazing, each floor has unique horror elements and is full of tension."

"Fuck, I think this plot is pretty good. It's similar to what my colleagues experienced when I was working in the company. I won't spoil it for you. I highly recommend it."

“From the crayon-drawn code to the nightmarish chase with the ghost girl, the level pacing in this game is fantastic!”

“The combination of sound effects and images is perfect, especially the ghost girl’s eerie laughter. I get goose bumps every time I hear it.”

Chun Hei also left a comment under his own video:

"The current domestic game industry is still leaning towards involution and competitive social games.
VR games themselves are very rare, and the theme of horror games can be said to be a perfect fit for VR devices!
Well done, Taoyuan Township! "

Various cutting-edge gaming media outlets have given positive reviews in their homepage articles or columns:
A Security Guard's Night: A Real Nightmare in the Virtual World, It Will Give You Chills and Make You Scream with Fun!

《The new favorite of horror games?! Taoyuan Township allows you to experience tension and excitement in the VR world!》

A new realm of VR gaming! "A Security Guard's Night" takes you into a world of visual and psychological terror!

In the game developer forum, there are even professional film critics and drama critics who comment on the game plot.

Among them, the most viewed one is the review from the script writer Qian Shanxue:

"A Night for a Security Guard" is a test work by Taoyuanxiang that breaks with its usual style.

In the past, the company's games were either about pretty girls or light-hearted, casual and funny.

But this game has opened up a new field of VR horror, and I think Taoyuan Township’s decision is very bold!
The game is based on a workplace urban legend, with a strong sense of immersion and a thick atmosphere of horror.

In fact, if players pay attention to the recent developments of Taoyuan Township, they will find that Taoyuan Township intends to break the outside world's inherent perception of it and constantly innovate in new themes and types!
As a small and medium-sized startup company, I think this decision is very bold and the head of the company is very resolute and courageous!
Of course, Taoyuan Township’s games still adhere to a spiritual core, which is "anti-involution"!
Aren’t those office workers in the building who keep working overtime, the intrigues and killings in the office all the result of internal circulation?

This is what makes this work truly thought-provoking.”

Horror games were originally a relatively niche subject, but with various media and professionals speaking out, the game broke out of the circle.

After the game was released, the sales of the bundled set of "A Security Guard's Night" and VR test machine soared rapidly, becoming one of the most popular horror games of the season.

Taoyuan Township's Wushao Technology Company was obviously caught off guard by the out-of-stock situation of this test machine. Mao Wuyong quickly contacted the OEM factory to rush out a batch of new VR sets, but they were sold out every time they were restocked and put on the shelves.

At the same time, the game's unique atmosphere of craziness has also attracted many game video creators to produce related commentary and live videos:

【Must-Read】The most complete guide to a security guard's night! Unlock hidden plots and challenge levels to the extreme!

[Live] Those with weak hearts beware! A security guard's complete overnight commentary, leaving no detail unseen!

[Gossip] Qin Fenjin's office affair exposed: who arrived first, the girl in red or the mature woman in black stockings?

[Detailed] What specific business does the company in the game do?

【Ghost】Red Sister Dance: The Disease is Called Love

Many domestic players have moved the videos to YouTube.

Soon, those terrifying chases and the Qin Emperor's game clips around the pillar began to spread like wildfire, and some YouTubers began to live broadcast the game and make videos:

《Amazing horror experience! Security guard's one-night VR game real-time reaction!》

China's VR gaming market may be poised for a major explosion! A night of wonder for the security guard!

Rewriting the Rules of the Game! From a Strange Small Country to a Night with a Security Guard: China's Innovation in VR Gaming

Here are some comments from foreign players:

"Chinese horror games have evolved to this point, but Japanese horror games are still stagnant. Shouldn't our Japanese game industry reflect on this?"

"I really want to try this VR game. Well done China! Love from India."

“This game is so cool! I wish it supported Spanish.”

On a game hardware sales statistics website, the accompanying VR kits for "Weird Country Simulator" and "A Security Guard's Night" were all sold out in less than a month.

The total sales of the two sets have reached 50 sets.

This is already a very high sales volume for a machine that is only in a temporary internal beta version.

Moreover, what is currently limiting game sales is the hardware itself.

After all, it is a test machine and is of little use. Technology has only produced 50 sets. A large number of players have money but nowhere to buy it, so they can only seek help from scalpers or buy it at a high price in the second-hand market.

The second-hand bundle set has been sold at a high price of 3 RMB.

……

Jianghai City, Longteng Group Branch Building, Pei Shengnan’s office.

Pei Shengnan, who was in charge of the VR industry layout, browsed the various news about Taoyuan Township VR games on the web, and his brows furrowed even more tightly.

As the future helmsman of the commercial giant Longteng Group, Pei Shengnan's expression showed a subtle fluctuation.

This was the first time he had experienced such a subtle change in emotion in all the years he had been in the family business.

If one product is successful, it means there is some luck involved, but if products are successful one after another, it is not just luck.

Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township seems to be more difficult to deal with than imagined.

Firstly, the two games, Weird Little Country and One Night Security Guard, just hit the two core demands of VR products precisely, namely, gameplay and atmosphere.

Second, Pei Shengnan admired Lu Yu's courage very much.

Taoyuan Township's current testing machines are obviously sold at a loss. 50 testing machines will result in at least hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs.

But Mr. Lu has the courage to go all in, and you can’t deny it!

It's as if Mr. Lu doesn't care how the company's money is spent at all and is just spending money with his eyes closed.

This is exactly what is said: those who achieve great things must not pay attention to small details...

I underestimated this man before.

Pei Shengnan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Strategically, Pei Shengnan still despises Taoyuan Township because its current size is not worth mentioning.

But tactically, Pei Shengnan is ready to start taking it seriously!

It is obvious that Taoyuan Township's conquest of the VR field has threatened Longteng Group's base.

Now, the gaming industry around the world is in the pioneering era of land grabbing in the VR field. How much territory can be grabbed in this era will affect the subsequent competitive landscape!

Pei Shengnan needs to let Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township understand the strength and determination of Longteng Group!

After all, in Jianghai City, even the Liu Group had to give him some face.

As for the small Utopia—

It's a dragon, you have to hold it!

If you are a tiger, you have to lie down!

Afterwards, Pei Shengnan once again found Huang Zhong, the founder of Burst Network, and asked about the development progress of "Gun War Girls 2".

This game is the first flagship masterpiece of Longteng Group's VR game console. It is of great importance and cannot be lost.

"Boss Pei, don't worry. The first generation of the Gunfight Girls series is already a classic IP and has accumulated a large number of fans.

We at Burst Network have made disruptive innovations in graphics and gameplay based on the first generation!
In terms of the game's plot, we've even written the second installment in the series as a group drama, with each tactical figure having a unique life and history...

They are no longer puppets of the commander! They have their own lives and their own partners.

Let me put it this way, when our game is released, all VR players will discover that VR games can actually be played this way!"

Huang Zhong patted his chest loudly and spoke with spit flying everywhere.

After playing for ten minutes, Pei Shengnan raised his hand helplessly to interrupt:

"Well, Mr. Huang Zhong, I believe you are a professional when it comes to understanding 2D games.

The company's first game console depends entirely on your masterpiece. You have to make sure it is foolproof and make sure it catches the attention of young users.

If you need anything right now, just ask. Whether you need money or people, I can take care of it."

After Huang Zhong heard this, he was secretly delighted and asked tentatively:
"To be honest, Mr. Pei, we are still short of money..."

"It's easy to talk about."

Pei Shengnan waved his hand, and Longteng Group once again invested 20 billion in Exploding Network.

……

In the following days, with the investment from Longteng Group, "Gun War Girls 2" began an overwhelming publicity campaign across the entire network!
D-Force's front page headline released a promotional video: [Latest gameplay footage of "Gun Girls 2: Exile" released!] At the beginning of the trailer, unidentified special forces soldiers attack the humanoid girl Lightning.

Then, the scene switched to an intense and exciting battlefield, with drones dropping bombs in the air.

In the tactical chessboard under the hail of bullets, the girls climbed up the high tower, jumped into the deep pit, hid behind the cover and fired fiercely at the enemy.

The commander also uses VR equipment to go deep into the battlefield environment and command the girls' battles in real time.

The barrage of comments was enthusiastically flooding the screen:

"Come on, domestic games!"

"Isn't this how XCOM is played? Love it."

"XCOM 2 and War Chess veterans are ecstatic!"

"It feels pretty good. I'd have a blast playing it on the real machine!"

“If this were really made into a VR game, it would be absolutely awesome!”

After the promotional video was released, it quickly exceeded 200 million views.

The Internet exploded while the iron was hot and immediately uploaded another promotional video:

["Gun Girls 2: Exile" preparation room interactive display of human figures]

In the scene in the maintenance room, the tactical humanoid girl "Wepree" is wearing a JK miniskirt and standing shyly on the ground. The commander wearing VR glasses is patrolling around her like an LSP.

The commander stretched out his hand with the sensor glove and touched Vipre's butt.

"Really, Commander, hentai!"

Vipre immediately covered her skirt and stamped her feet.

LSPs who watched the video started flooding their screens with comments:
"Cute~"

"What a beautiful modeling! The fingers are so detailed."

"Please serve it quickly, I can't wait!"

“I’m so excited. I want to do some naughty things with the girls in the preparation room. o(*////▽////*)q”

"Thai pants hot, I want to play now!"

……

As the anticipation for the trailer reached its peak, the Burst Network began a further publicity campaign.

At the Jianghai International Convention and Exhibition Center, Explosion Network held an offline promotion meeting for "Gun War Girls 2".

Basically all the well-known UP hosts on Station D have received business orders.

Including He Tongxue, Film and Television Hurricane, Lao Fanqie, Huaguo BOY Super Gorilla, Xiaoyao Sanren, Hand-made Geng and others were invited to become promotional ambassadors of the game.

Longteng Group and Explosion Network jointly announced that the game will be officially released for public beta on March 3th!
At the same time, the official will provide 15 billion in reward funds to support the game's secondary innovation community.

This is the first time that many people in the gaming industry have seen such a huge move!
Finally, when Zuo Wenting, a well-known domestic female singer who has won numerous awards, took the stage to sing the game's public beta theme song "Girls Are Not on the Front Line", the atmosphere on the scene reached its climax!

The players in the live broadcast room watching the press conference were completely dumbfounded:
"Wow, apart from the Top 100 UP Masters Awards Ceremony, this is the first time I've seen so many UP Masters appear at the same press conference."

"My dear, 15 billion in secondary innovation support funds, is this the financial strength of Longteng Group?"

"This amount of money is higher than the development costs of many games. I'm jealous."

"I'm really looking forward to the game, and it also features my favorite singer Zuo Wenting. I'm totally supporting it!"

"Gun Girls 2 is really putting a lot of effort into this. This morning, when I opened the apps I frequently use on my phone, almost all the splash screen ads were promoting this game."

With Longteng Group's financial strength and promotional campaign, "Gun Girls 2" quickly dominated the discussion and hot search terms on the entire network, and the discussion heat of various other games declined.

Some manufacturers even canceled their paid promotions on their own initiative to make way for Gun War Girls and avoid the competition.

There is no way. Facing a giant like Longteng Group, the little money we have for buying traffic is just a drop in the bucket.

however!
This is not over yet!

The next day, Longteng Group quickly live-streamed the launch pre-launch conference for its first VR game console, “Longteng Fantasy,” on the entire internet.

At the beginning of the press conference, Pei Shengnan personally took the stage, holding a real VR machine, and showed the audience the appearance design of the game console.

The VR body adopts an alloy shell. The delicate texture and glittering design show a sense of luxury, and the classical dragon-shaped decoration is the finishing touch.

The live broadcast cleverly captures every detail, and many players watching the live broadcast are mesmerized by the light and shadow reflected from the surface of the machine.

Immediately afterwards, the press conference entered the second part.

Pei Shengnan smiled and said, "We strive to bring the most diverse lineup of game launches to our players!"

On the big screen behind him, the logos of many game companies appeared alternately, and a new game appeared behind each logo.

Whether it is guns, cars, balls or RPG, all the themes are available.

These game companies that appeared on the stage were all acquired or invested by Longteng Group.

Of course, these games don’t seem to be that big.

Therefore, at the end of the promotional video, "Gun Girls 2" still makes its grand finale appearance!
The audience burst into warm cheers!

After the audience's enthusiasm subsided a little, Pei Shengnan continued with a smile:
"We are well aware that hardware performance is very important for a game console, so we adopted an extreme stacking design!"

The internal structure of the VR device was displayed on the large screen, and the graphics chip and other high-end hardware were introduced.

Pei Shengnan: "We have adopted the most powerful graphics chip to date, perhaps the most powerful this year. At the same time, Longteng Group has worked closely with the School of Computer Science at Jianghai University to provide technical support for the hardware, bringing players an unprecedented sense of immersion."

Afterwards, he continued to introduce supporting peripherals such as VR sensing gloves, dance mats, cameras, stereo headphones, etc.

Finally, the press conference finally reached the much-anticipated price segment.

Industry experts have long speculated on how much VR equipment should be priced.

After all, the VR glasses just released by Apple are priced at more than 25000 RMB. Longteng’s VR equipment is so packed with features that it is estimated that the price will not be lower than this.

“Although we are a newcomer to the gaming industry, we will never let our players down.”

Pei Shengnan smiled slightly and pressed the page-turning button on the PPT.

【9999】Four big words suddenly appeared on the screen!

Now, the players watching the live broadcast were completely excited!

No one expected that they could buy a coveted VR game console with top-notch hardware for less than 10,000 yuan.

……

After this live broadcast, various discussions about the "Dragon Fantasy" game console flooded the gaming community.

"This looks pretty cool. It would be cool to wear it on the street."

"Wake up, passersby will just think you're a moron when they see you pointing fingers at the void."

"Holy crap! Top-tier CPU and graphics cards! No wonder they're a Fortune 500 company. Longteng is serious about making gaming consoles this time."

"This price of 9999 is really good. I must buy it when it's first released, okay?"

“Indeed, although Longteng Group’s VR device was not the first to be released, it appears to be more mature than other companies’ products.”

After Longteng Group announced the specifications and price of its VR game console, other competing companies soon felt tremendous pressure.
Some press conferences had not yet started, but they had to modify the PPT overnight or even cancel the conference.

Some smaller startup teams, seeing no chance of survival, simply closed their companies and terminated their projects.

The battle in the VR field launched by Longteng Group has caused the industry to start inward-looking.

……

With the overwhelming discussion online, the discussion about Taoyuan Township’s game quickly declined.

In the office, Pei Shengnan watched the changes in public opinion and smiled slightly: "This is the correct way to play the Internet. Mr. Lu, you are still young, so watch and learn carefully."

He chuckled and prepared to pursue the victory!

The so-called pulling and stepping on something naturally means both pulling and stepping on it.

Pei Shengnan instructed the public relations team of Longteng Group to find Daji, the middle volume of the Five Volumes of Central Plains, and prepare to ask her to produce a review draft.

As the most popular beauty editor among the five editors of Zhongyuan, Daji has very insightful reviews of beautiful girl games, so she has always been sought after by LSPs.

Pei Shengnan's purpose in doing this is very clear, which is to directly pull down and step on others. With this set of combined punches, let's see how your Taoyuan Township can respond!

(End of this chapter)