Honkai Impact 3rd: Join Anti-Entropy at the start and dominate the entertainment industry.

Won't this get me flamed to death by players?

This guy is definitely rebellious! What terrible ideas he's coming up with!

Old Ma gritted his teeth, his anger rising as he looked at his subordinate who had given him such a terrible idea.

Finally, he slammed his hand on the table and stood up!

"Alright! Stop talking!"

Old Ma said with a stern face, "Everything for Penguin Run is ready now. We have no choice but to release it. If we postpone the release, who knows what unexpected things might happen? So we can't change the release date!"

"Now, follow the procedure step by step and release it on time! I don't want to see any abnormalities!"

The middle-aged man immediately looked worried and wanted to say something, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Old Ma.

"I don't care what difficulties you have, if the game doesn't open on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll hold you responsible!"

"A game made by a mere indie developer can't possibly compare to our meticulously crafted masterpiece?! I simply don't believe it! Do you think Tencent Games is afraid of him?"

The middle-aged man couldn't help but complain in his heart.

They even prepared meticulously, copying the core code verbatim.

However, he dared not say it aloud, and no one inside Tencent dared to say it either; anyone who did would be fired.

After venting his frustrations, Old Ma took a breath and said, "That's basically it. Get the game online first, and we'll talk about the rest after it's online!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man could only nod with difficulty and leave the room.

Old Ma took a deep breath, saw the female secretary next to him, and lost the desire to continue the game. He waved for the female secretary to leave as well.

He knew that forcing his subordinates to release the game on time was a last resort, but as a leader, he still needed to be prepared.

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, it's me. Go find me information about a game developer. The game is called 'Angry Birds.' Yes, once you find it, don't tell him. Okay, that's it."

After hanging up the phone, Lao Ma crossed his arms, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

On the other side, Bai Qianqu was unaware that a game she casually released had caused such a huge uproar.

He had a dream in which he founded miHoYo, created the Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact series of games, and became the boss of the world's largest game company.

Just as he was feeling smug, a million players stormed into his company with their Switches, smashed the Switches in front of him, and angrily cursed him as an OP (Opposite to Interactive Entertainment).

Chapter 37 Bird Challenge

Startled, Bai Qianqu woke up and realized it was already time to get up.

He then realized it was all a dream and breathed a long sigh of relief.

This dream was absolutely terrifying.

Bai Qianqu felt somewhat relieved that this world didn't have a Switch.

Because he woke up a little late, Bronya was already downstairs waiting for him after Bai Qianqu finished washing up.

Bronya has been taking him to work these past few days, which not only saves him trouble but also allows him to eat breakfast made by Bronya herself. Bai Qianqu increasingly feels that not going to the Golden Courtyard was the right choice.

He went downstairs and, sure enough, spotted Bronya's silver sports car by the roadside. Just as he opened the back door to get in, Bronya patted the passenger seat.

"Come sit in the front."

Bai Qianqu was taken aback. Wasn't the passenger seat Xi'er's reserved seat? How could she be sitting there too?

Bai Qianqu, of course, wouldn't refuse Bronya's invitation and immediately went to sit in the front.

As soon as he sat down, he smelled a delicate fragrance. It was undoubtedly Bronya's body scent. He could smell it before, but never as clearly as he could now. Bai Qianqu couldn't help but sniff.

Bronya blushed slightly upon seeing this and couldn't help but glare at Bai Qianqu, but she didn't say anything and started the car directly.

As the engine roared to life, the sports car sped off, accelerating at a speed that left passersby speechless.

On the way, Bai Qianqu held a rice ball in one hand and a milk in the other, eating with great relish. The breakfasts she had been having for the past few days hadn't been the same, which showed that Bronya had indeed put a lot of thought into it.

Bronya glanced at Bai Qianqu and said with a hint of helplessness, "Today is the last day. Have you done anything to promote it yourself?"

Bai Qianqu stopped eating her rice ball, looking completely bewildered.

"Publicity? What publicity? Wasn't the company supposed to cover everything?"

Bronya was speechless: "The company did do most of the promotion, but as the song's creator, didn't you also post anything on Weibo?"

"Huh?" Bai Qianqu was still in a daze; he really hadn't thought of that.

Seeing this, Bronya was completely exasperated: "You really are the epitome of indifference."

Bai Qianqu felt a little embarrassed. People had been busy taking care of her, but she had just been a hands-off manager, which was indeed a bit unfair of her.

"Um, I'll register an account and post something right away."

Bronya sighed: "Forget you don't even have an account. After you register, remember to verify it. From now on, this account will be your official account. Remember to manage it well, as it will be the main tool for you to connect with your fans."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the company. After waving goodbye to Bronya, Bai Qianqu went straight to the composition department floor.

He had just taken his seat when he was startled by Li Yang sitting next to him.

"Holy crap, what's going on here?"

Li Yang had huge dark circles under his eyes and looked like he was half-dead and barely hanging on.

"Water," Li Yang uttered a hoarse sound from his dry lips. Bai Qianqu was afraid he would faint from lack of breath, so she quickly handed him a bottle of mineral water.

Li Yang drank it all in one gulp, which helped him regain some of his energy.

He took a couple of breaths before speaking: "I worked all night yesterday to catch up on this month's deadline, and I almost died."

Li Yang sighed: "Maybe I'm not very good at this industry. I've been in it for more than two years, but I don't have a single song that I can be proud of. If I can't produce any results soon, I might be on the next layoff list."

Bai Qianqu looked at him with some sympathy. Being a composer is really not easy. After all, this industry requires a lot of talent. If you don't have talent, you just won't succeed, and hard work won't help much.

Otherwise, composers wouldn't have such a high status.

Bai Qianqu didn't have any good way to help Li Yang, so she could only offer him a few words of comfort before starting her own work for the day.

Remembering Bronya's words, he immediately registered a microblog account with the name Qu Yin.

Then, in the certification section, Bai Qianqu randomly wrote "lyricist and composer" and filled in the information for review.

Once the review is approved, the verification is successful, and the account becomes an officially verified account.

After submitting the materials, Bai Qianqu didn't pay any more attention to them and casually opened the Steam platform.

When Bai Qianqu opened it, she was so frightened she almost jumped up.

He discovered that his private messages had been flooded with 999+ messages!

Without a doubt, it's because of the game he released.

Bai Qianqu knew that Angry Birds would definitely become popular, but he didn't expect it to become popular so quickly. He hadn't done any promotion, so the speed of its spread was just too abnormal.

He was unaware of what happened in Xilin's livestream. Yesterday, Xilin had boldly declared that she would complete the game in one night, but after a whole night, she had only reached the twelfth level.

It's not that it's that it's that it's particularly difficult, it's just that Sirin wanted to get a perfect score on every level, but she was misled by nitpicking viewers and ended up playing each level several times, so there wasn't enough time to complete it.

Poor Miss Pufferfish spent the entire night playing with the pig's head, she was completely obsessed, staring intently at the pig's head on the computer screen, her eyes even turned red.

Kiana, who came to call her for breakfast in the morning, was startled and quickly shut down her computer so she could go to sleep.

Meanwhile, clips of Xilin's live stream were immediately edited out, making many fans who missed the live stream very curious about what kind of game Angry Birds was that could make gaming expert Ms. Pufferfish suffer a defeat.

In addition, the price of 6 yuan is not expensive, just the cost of breakfast, so many people placed orders and put the game in stock. Anyone who opened the game and played two levels was invariably attracted by this novel gameplay.

This game requires not only considering the angle of the slingshot and the number of birds, but also choosing birds with different characteristics based on the terrain.

Although it's not very brain-intensive, it's still quite difficult for players who don't usually use their brains when playing games. Didn't you see that Sirin's CPU almost burned out?

In the past, games that required brainpower were very niche, and players would only play them out of novelty before leaving them to gather dust in their libraries.

But Angry Birds seems to have a peculiar charm that makes people reluctant to put it down. They always feel that they will not be satisfied if they can't kill the pig on the other side. Moreover, they have also found that several times when they were just about to kill the pig, they felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching their heart.

But the more difficult it was, the less willing they were to give up. Some even competed to see who could finish the game faster and easier, and they even recorded a video about it, naming it the "Bird Challenge".

Chapter 38 Unfounded Worry

This damn competitive spirit is drawing more and more people into it. Luckily, the game doesn't have a leaderboard, otherwise these people would be even more insane.

Bai Qianqu glanced at the comments and found that there were all sorts of opinions, with some even saying that the game was too easy and suggesting that the difficulty be increased.

Bai Qianqu glanced at it casually without looking at it much, then closed the Steam platform and opened the PiliPili bullet screen website to watch short videos and slack off.

After watching a few videos, Bai Qianqu also saw those so-called "Bird Challenge" and was somewhat surprised. It has to be said that the players in this world are quite adaptable. In just one night, some people have already reached level 12. Although they are not full stars, it is still quite a grind.

Angry Birds is actually quite moderately difficult; as long as you're not a perfectionist, it's relatively easy to complete.

Players who are stricter with themselves can also find enjoyment in the challenge.

It can be said that it takes into account the feelings of both casual and hardcore gamers.

This is one of the reasons why Angry Birds has been so successful.

Penguin Games, on the other hand, had a tough time. Their "Penguin Run" was released promptly at 8 a.m., and although it was quite popular, it fell short of expectations.

There's nothing we can do about it. Some players are so engrossed in playing the game that they haven't had time to download Penguin's games, resulting in Penguin's actual downloads being 5% less than the estimated downloads.

Don't underestimate this 5%. In the face of big data, this percentage represents a lot of information. At the very least, it proves that Angry Birds did indeed influence the release of Penguin Games.

Tencent's top management was very dissatisfied with this, and even held a meeting to discuss the issue. During the meeting, they severely criticized Jack Ma, who in turn severely criticized his subordinates.

The person who started all this slacking off all day, their only work being posting one status update on Weibo:

[My new song "The Wind Rises" will be released next month. Please subscribe!]

After doing all this, Bai Qianqu even pretended to wipe her forehead, as if she had put in a lot of effort.

To Bai Qianqu's surprise, her account had just been verified and her posts already had a lot of comments.

However, most people don't talk about his songs, but rather about him as a person.

Because of the previous anti-entropy promotional strategy, Bai Qianqu and Wendy were put in the spotlight. However, Wendy never goes online, so she can't be found at all. But Bai Qianqu created a verified microblog account today and was finally caught by netizens.

Netizens flooded into Qu Yin's comment section like a tidal wave, turning it into a party. Even people from the "Oatmeal" fan club came. Eventually, the internet administrators had to ban a few accounts before the crowd quieted down a bit.

Bai Qianqu had no idea that he was being targeted by Mai Pian. He had already closed his Weibo account and gone back to watching the videos of the young ladies.

The pleasant day quickly came to an end. The new song chart is updated promptly at midnight on the first day of each month. Many people stay up late to wait for the update, but Bai Qianqu had been slacking off all day (just kidding) and had worked hard all day. She was exhausted both physically and mentally, so she took a shower and went to bed early.

While he was sleeping soundly, in other places, some people couldn't sleep at all.