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Saturday, the last day of the Summer Game Developers Festival.

The rankings of the games on the leaderboard are basically fixed, and even if there are occasional fluctuations, they only hover within one or two places up or down.

During this summer's Game Developers Festival, two games, Devil Roulette and Rock Isle, sparked considerable controversy.

Devil Roulette is undoubtedly number one, with its huge number of downloads, players, and extremely high ratings making it far more popular than the second-place game on the list.

As for "The Rocky Isle," although it is still in the top ten, it has fallen to eighth place, just two steps away from becoming the gatekeeper of the top ten.

Hangzhou, Star Card Games.

Although it was a day off, almost all the employees stayed at the company to work overtime so that "Vampire Survivor" could be released on time tomorrow.

The development team used the last bit of time to do a final check and fill in any gaps in "Vampire Survivors".

Yin Qingying was responsible for negotiating with the game platform and submitting the pricing for the two games and the bundled game package, which was approved by Chen Dong.

She also secured a half-day homepage recommendation spot on the homepage of three major gaming platforms: Steam, Tencent, and EC.

As for Chen Dong, the boss of StarCard Games, after receiving the one million yuan bonus that the Steam platform had distributed in advance, he took out a portion of the bonus and gave it to his employees as an incentive and reward.

Unlike most bosses in the market who only make empty promises, Chen Dong, although he also makes promises, makes promises that are real.

Therefore, the employees of StarCard Games will believe Chen Dong's promises, and after seeing the real money in their hands, they will work even harder for him.

Chen Dong chose to leave the remaining funds in the company's account to pay next month's rent, utilities, and employee salaries.

As for his own debts, Chen Dong could only hope that the release and sale of "Devil Roulette" and "Vampire Survivor" would allow him to quickly raise some funds.

It was exactly six o'clock in the afternoon.

The banner for the Summer Game Developers Festival that used to hang on the homepage of the Steam platform has quietly disappeared, replaced by a huge featured spot for "Devil Roulette".

In addition, Starcard Games also uploaded "Vampire Survivors," which had been polished for a week, at the last minute, and also released an announcement on social media.

The office area of ​​Starcard Games.

All the employees gathered around a huge screen, their attention focused on the game sales figures displayed on it, their faces showing tension, anxiety, or worry.

Only Chen Dong and Yin Qingying seemed quite shocked.

The former has absolute confidence in both games and therefore does not feel much tension or anxiety.

The latter is due to a cool and aloof personality; they generally don't easily reveal their emotions unless they really can't help it.

18:01

Sales were zero.

18:05

Sales were zero.

18:10

Sales were zero.

Ten minutes passed, and seeing that the game's sales on the screen remained at zero, many people were clearly getting restless.

Qin, who has a rather impatient temper, got up and took two steps forward, patted the screen in front of him, and kept refreshing it while muttering complaints.

"Is this thing broken? It's not making any noise at all."

Even the usually calm and composed Yin Qingying showed a hint of worry in her eyes.

Turning her head, Yin Qingying looked at Chen Dong standing to the side, only to see that his expression had not changed at all, and he still looked calm and composed.

Although she didn't know why Chen Dong seemed so confident, Yin Qingying's emotions calmed down after seeing his composed demeanor.

When she looked at the unresponsive screen again, Yin Qingying's eyes returned to their usual calm.

18:20

Despite Xiao Qin's attempts to fix it, the sales figures displayed on the screen remained zero, indicating that the problem wasn't with the screen itself.

However, while the display screen is fine, many employees are probably worried.

18:30

Just when everyone was feeling hopeless, a turning point appeared.

The sales figures displayed on the screen jumped from zero at the bottom to three thousand.

Looking at the almost vertically rising straight line on the screen, a flame of hope suddenly ignited in everyone's hearts. They involuntarily slowed their breathing and stared intently at the screen in front of them.

next second.

The display screen has changed again.

This time, the sales increase was even greater, jumping directly from three thousand to three hundred thousand.

In other words, within half an hour, a total of 300,000 players purchased "Vampire Survivor" produced by Starcard Games.

When Xiao Qin displayed the sales figures for "Devil's Roulette" and its bundled games on the screen, all the employees were immediately shocked by the enormous numbers before them.

"One, ten, hundred...million!"

Within half an hour, the sales of the game bundle exceeded one million.

Although Devil Roulette went through a free-to-play phase during its developer festival, its addictive gameplay still attracted many veteran players to pay again.

As a result, sales of "Devil Roulette" quickly broke through 100,000 and 200,000, and gradually moved toward 300,000.

It's worth noting that Chen Dong didn't price these two games very low.

The price of "Devil Roulette" is 12 yuan, and the price of "Vampire Survivor" is 25 yuan. As for the bundle of the two games, it is 70% of the total price of the two games.

In other words, in just the past half hour, Starcard Games has earned more than 20 million yuan, which is almost two-thirds of the company's registered capital.

Chen Dong only needs these two games to recoup the costs of starting his business.

Looking at the cheering employees and glancing at the ever-increasing sales figures on the screen, Chen Dong smiled, shook his head, and turned back to his office.

After this ordeal, he no longer needs to worry about his debts of over ten million yuan, nor does he need to fear being kicked out of his home by bank debt collectors in half a month.

With his worries about survival resolved, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After quickly composing himself, Chen Dong walked out of the office again, looked at the employees who were still hugging and celebrating, and announced loudly with a smile.

"Everyone will still need to work hard for the next two days to handle any follow-up issues that may arise."

But please rest assured, the triple pay for working overtime on holidays will definitely not be reduced, and you will have two paid days off next Tuesday and Wednesday.

In addition, everyone's bonus will be doubled this month!

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd erupted in a cheer loud enough to lift the ceiling.

Chen Dong covered his ears, and seeing the genuine smiles on his employees' faces, he couldn't help but feel happy too.

In fact, if you want employees to focus on their work, work hard, and love their work, and improve the company's work efficiency, you only need to do one thing: improve employee compensation.

However, many company owners in China are unaware of this.

They could have increased the salaries of some employees simply by buying fewer luxury cars and fewer villas.

But these bosses would rather donate the money than give it to their employees.

This matter has troubled Chen Dong for a long time, and he still hasn't been able to find an answer.