Losing Money to Be a Tycoon c1-883

by Inebriation-seeking Blue Shirt, 青衫取醉

  Of course, many gamers would also find it difficult to adapt to mobile operations. Some would find that many things had to be cut off in the mobile game as opposed to the client-side game. As a result, they would feel disdain.

  However, that would be when GOG’s other merit would look outstanding: the integration between the client-side game and mobile game! Gamers could play the game on the client or on their mobile. What’s more, players would be matched according to the device that they were using, to ensure fairness and balance in competition.

  All in all, the mobile version of GOG looked to be doing very well. One could even say it was perfect! It was only lacking time. As time progressed, the game’s content would become richer. Naturally, things would only improve. Of course, it could also be overtaken by other mobile games in the future. Pei Qian looked at the game’s market and realized that it looked a lot like Ocean Stronghold’s market. However, there was no 888-yuan product for sale in GOG.

  There were twenty-odd heroes in GOG. Each one had a classic skin and a brave skin. Apart from that, some heroes also have epic skins and legendary skins. However, not every hero had those. That was probably because creating legendary skins for all the heroes would require too much effort. In terms of pricing… Players would get all the heroes free of charge, but there was a proficiency system in place. Once trained to a certain point, players could use the heroes to fight other players. Otherwise, they could only use the heroes to play against the computer. The brave skins would only be given to players once they have maxed out their proficiency. The model and splash art would be completely different, and there would be some additional unique effects. Epic skins were sold for 18 yuan. The models and effects would be completely different, and there would be more particle effects. There would also be a few additional voice-overs. Legendary skins were sold for 45 yuan. The models would look exquisite, and there would be unique animations, voice-overs, and special effects. Gamers would find them worth every cent, for sure.

  Apart from those, there would also be limited edition skins, which gamers could obtain through various methods. For example, they would have to play the game for a set amount of time or compete for a certain number of times.

  In that way, it was similar to Ocean Stronghold. The skins would not change the heroes’ stats; they would just make the heroes look cooler.

  However, there were no other purchase options.

  After looking at the prices, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief.

  It’s alright, it’s alright. I can accept those prices. The Tengda spirit was still proving effective!

  Pei Qian thought that the pricing strategy alone could prevent him from earning too much from the game!

  The market had obviously been modeled after Ocean Stronghold’s successful market. A lot of the rewards could be earned if gamers just spent more time in the game. Moreover, the most expensive skin only cost 45 yuan. The game was very good-hearted indeed. “It’s a good thing that the prices have not been set too high. GOG shouldn’t have too many players in the beginning. That means any revenue generated should be within an acceptable range…” Pei Qian could not help but play another round. Once he was done, he bought Modest’s Dan Dao Hui skin.

  “Ai, all things aside, this rotten game is really quite fun…”

  This was the first time Pei Qian was playing a game like that on his mobile ever since he traveled back.

  Although he had played Gods Rising before, he had only done so on the computer. To a lightweight player like Pei Qian, the mobile version of GOG was much more user-friendly.

  After two rounds, Pei Qian suddenly realized that turning the game into a mobile game was not necessarily a bad thing. Although it was more burdensome for him and it would generate more revenue, this world would now have MOBA games on mobile. He would also have his own unique skin.

  Having one more fun thing to do was not a bad thing! As he explored the game, Pei Qian noticed an advanced option in a noticeable location on the settings page. “Eh? High-frame-rate mode?”

  Without thinking too much, Pei Qian clicked the option. Obviously, a high-frame-rate mode would prove more effective in competitive games like GOG. Although it would consume more battery and heat up one’s cell phone, it would be worth it as long as it improved one’s gaming experience. Yet, after clicking on it, Pei Qian realized that the option was gray. A notification window popped up instead. “The high-frame-rate mode would only be available if your cell phone’s screen has a high refresh rate. The Otto E1 cell phone is recommended for a better gaming experience.”

  The notification window only remained for a short while before it disappeared.

  Pei Qian, “…” He quietly clicked the button again, so that he could study the words closely. Then, he smacked his head.

  “Holy sh*t!”

  At Otto Technologies… Chang You was observing the orders on the platform as he watched a video uploaded by a cell phone reviewer not long ago. The figures had been increasing at a very slow rate earlier. However, ever since GOG was released in the morning, the figures started increasing rapidly again!

  As more orders came in, more Otto cell phones were distributed from the warehouse. Although most of the orders were still from Lincheng and Jingzhou, there were still some from Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities!

  At that moment, the video that Chang You was watching was a detailed review of Otto E1.

  “Everyone has been debating about this cell phone recently. Some say that it was very kindly made, some say that it’s a product with an IQ tax that relies completely on hunger marketing. “To provide a complete review, our review team remained in Jingzhou after the news conference, just to experience the full benefits of buying this cell phone. During that process, I realized that this cell phone is a hidden treasure. It brings everyone new surprises at every turn! “This cell phone increases your standard of living in various aspects, from your daily activities to your work and entertainment. It’s more than worth eight thousand yuan!

  “I’ll start with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe first…”

  The review team held their Otto Ei’s in their hands throughout the video. They had experienced nearly every single benefit that the cell phone had to offer and had recorded the entire experience! There were a few benefits that they could not experience such as dining at the nameless restaurant. Since time had been tight, they could not make a reservation. At the end of the review, they thoroughly compared the difference between playing GOG in high-frame-rate mode on their Otto E1 and playing GOG on a regular cell phone.

  Obviously, they had done this in a hurry before they uploaded the video.

  By the time Chang You watched this video, it had already become viral. The number of views was going through the roof!

  Although some reviewers had published reviews of the cell phone earlier, all of them had only covered the hardware. They had only introduced regular parts like the high refresh rate of the cell phone’s screen, the dual stereo speakers, and the like. That was because they had followed the same procedure as applied to any other cell phone. To experience all the benefits that the cell phone had to offer, one had to remain in Jingzhou for a while. However, most reviewers did not have the patience to do so.

  On the other hand, this team of reviewers had remained in Jingzhou after the news conference to experience those benefits. They had only completed filming, editing, and uploading their review today! After GOG was released and once the meticulously-created video was uploaded, it immediately became viral! Before this, many people already knew that the cell phone came with various benefits. However, they had not seemed attractive because people could not visualize them. Yet, after seeing the video, many people could hardly hold themselves back. What’s more, the cell phone could run on high-frame-rate mode. Coupled with the newly released GOG, it was perfect!

  What’s more, it was not a simple gaming machine. It was also a cell phone with high specifications and long endurance and a portable Tengda membership card!r />
  The first batch of users had affirmed that the cell phone only made use of mature technology. What’s more, the manufacturing was reliable, and quality control was commendable. Even if there were minor problems with one cell phone, customers could immediately swap it for a new one, thus dealing with any problems once and for all. This caused many people to have a renewed urge to purchase the cell phone. Now, all the stocks that Chang You had rushed to manufacture were being put to good use! From the morning, the number of orders kept increasing and the number of stocks kept decreasing. What’s more, it looked like sales were speeding up! Just as Chang You was getting excited, his cell phone rang. Seeing that it was Boss Pei, he picked up at once. “Hello? Boss Pei?”

  At the other end of the line, Boss Pei sounded low in spirits. “Send a cell phone over to me. I want to try GOG’s high-frame-rate mode.”

  Chang You glanced at his screen and then hesitantly answered, “I’m sorry, Boss Pei. It looks like you have to wait for a while.

  “The cell phones… have just sold out.”

  Chapter 454 - Start Scattering Coins

  Chapter 454 Start Scattering Coins

  “Sold out?

  “We had over ten thousand cell phones. We’ve sold them all?

  “In a single day?” At that moment, Pei Qian was finding it difficult to accept reality. He had thought that the stocks would last two or three days at least and that he would be able to reserve one for himself by calling Chang You directly.

  However, he was still too late! Chang You quickly explained himself. “I’m sorry Boss Pei, I did not think about this either. It’s my fault!

  “Other cell phone manufacturers would manufacture hundreds of thousands of pieces. Even newer cell phone manufacturers would prepare thirty to fifty thousand pieces. We only manufactured 14 thousand pieces, and yet they managed to last us an entire day. That’s not bad!” Pei Qian was speechless. “That’s not bad?! That’s not what you said two days ago! You kept saying that all of these stocks would just take up space in our warehouses!”

  Chang You quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, Boss Pei. I was short-sighted. It looks like you were right to tell me to stock up as quickly as possible. Ten thousand cell phones were too little!” Pei Qian, “…” F*ck you! It’s not the time to show off! According to Chang You, GOG had been released at 8 AM this morning. The official games platform, Shenhua’s application store, and various other channels had given the game a good recommendation spot. Thus, the game became extremely popular since it had been released! The reviewing team had already completed the main bulk of their review. However, when they saw that GOG’s mobile game had been released, they had decided to test it out. Then, they attached the footage to the back of what they had already prepared. After a lot of rushing, they finally managed to upload their video onto Aili Island at noon.

  As the video became increasingly popular and as GOG and Bloody Battle Song’s mobile versions kept recommending Otto E1, the cell phone’s sales volume naturally increased. At last, it peaked an hour ago, and all the stocks that Chang You had worked so hard to manufacture were finally sold out! All in all, the situation was completely different now. Although Pei Qian had already expected the sales volume to peak after the release of GOG’s mobile game, he had not expected it to happen so soon.

  Hearing no response from Boss Pei, Chang You quickly said, “Rest assured, Boss Pei! I already told the manufacturer to keep manufacturing cell phones. Once the new stocks arrive, I’ll send one over to you!”

  Pei Qian, “…Alright.” Pei Qian hung up reluctantly and then leaned back in his seat, falling into deep thought. Still, he regained his composure quickly. “How can I be defeated by such a small problem?! I have to hang in there, in case things have not become completely hopeless!” At that moment, Pei Qian felt like he had been renewed with encouragement. “According to what I understand about the System’s character-each time it closes a door while I wasn’t looking, it sneakily opens a window where I haven’t been paying attention. The more I earn, the more avenues the System would provide for me to spend money.

  “Thus, I have to find a new avenue to get rid of all of this money!

  “A threat can be transformed into an opportunity. It’s just like when ROF Computer-Installation became popular; I could use 1024 Digital Day to spend as much money as I could.

  “Although this would create more problems for the next cycle, I can always start more loss-incurring businesses at the start of the next cycle. That’ll give me more ways to get rid of money… “That’s right! I’ll do that!” The success of GOG and the cell phone threatened to give Pei Qian a lot more funds. If Pei Qian sat back and did nothing about it, he was bound to end up with profits during the settlement. However, Pei Qian refused to give up. He believed that there was still something he could do!

  “The real challenge has begun. If I want to lose money, I have to reduce inflow and increase outflow.

  “Reducing inflow means minimizing the profits generated by GOG and the cell phone in the short-term. At the very least, this should last until after settlement.

  “I can create a ‘delayed payment’ function in GOG. Gamers can pay one-tenth of the price for all the skins in the game, which would last them a month. “That way, I can get rid of ninety percent of GOG’s revenue… wait, that won’t do. People might start buying the skins with a vengeance. Perhaps only eighty percent of the revenue would be done away with after all. “Players can decide not to pay the remaining price for the skins if they don’t like it. It’ll be like they had spent one-tenth of the price to rent the skins for a month. If they like it, they can pay the remaining price at the end of that month.

  “We might end up making more sales in the end, but at least the revenue would only be earned after this settlement.

  “For the cell phones… most of the profit comes from the other departments. Once Otto Technologies takes care of cash flow, it can transfer those profits to the other departments, which can then take charge of spending them all…

  “There’s strength in numbers after all.

  “At the end of the day, I’ll give strict orders to all businesses to spend all the profits before the end of the month-not to leave a single cent untouched. Of course, they can only burn the money and not develop any new products. “Then, there’s increasing outflow.

  “There are still slightly over two weeks to settlement. In other words, I have another week before I have to complete all my projects. Time is tight. It’ll be too late to ask Chang You to invest a huge sum into research and development now.

  “Still, spending the money on rewards would still work!

  “First of all, GOG could spend more money on expanding the game’s cloud server and bandwidth. That would give gamers a better online experience and minimize the risks of lagging. It’s reasonable spending, isn’t it? “On top of that, I can think of more ways to spend money on the cell phone. We could rent a cloud server for users to make use of free of charge. That could add storage space for photos or videos that they can upload onto Otto’s cloud. “For cell phones that are damaged due to no human fault, not only would we provide a free exchange, but we could also provide monetary compensation… “Lastly, we can set up a reward system in GOG. The first prize would be a hundred thousand yuan, the second to tenth prize would be fifty thousand yuan, 11th to 50th would be thirty thousand yuan, and 51st to 200th would be ten thousand yuan. “That would add up to 3.25 million yuan each time… that’s not enough. “I’ll give something to those who proudly place 201st to 500th as well. If I give them a thousand yuan each, it’ll only add up to three hundred thousand yuan… no, I’ll give them five thousand yuan each. That’ll add up to 1.5 million yuan.

  “Altogether, that would be 4.75 million yuan at one go.

  “Yes… that’s almost as much as I can donate to charity.

  “This could potentially aggravate the problem we have with performers, but it doesn’t matter. Whether we distribute prizes or not, we would
face the same problem. We can deal with these performers using some other method. “Oh, that’s right! Players on the two devices are matched separately. That means we have to distribute two sets of prizes to double the happiness! The total sum has to be multiplied by two!

  “However, there’s another problem. I have to distribute this sum of money before March 31st, or I would not make it in time for settlement.

  “How about this? Each year could count as a competition season. It’s now the Year 2011; that’s Season One. To spend the money before the end of the month, I could split each competition season into four stages. “The Spring Competition would last from January 1st to March 31st. The Summer Competition would last from April 1st to June 30th. The Autumn Competition would last from July 1st to September 30th. The Winter Competition would last from October 1st to December 31st. “At least, that would be so for normal players. I’ll have to make time for the world championships for professional players… pui, pui, pui! Why would this game be a part of the world championships?! “The dates do not exactly coincide with the seasons, but I have no other choice if I want to make it in time for settlement. I’ll see how things go. The players should get used to it in time. “The last three days of each stage would be used to calculate points, collate the data, and distribute the prizes. All prizes must be paid out before the last day. “That way, I would be able to spend close to forty million yuan each year. I should be able to spend almost all the revenue that GOG would generate… “I’ll just be making GOG more popular and intensifying the competition at the top. That’ll give GOG a clear advantage over the other games. “It’s reasonable, right?” Pei Qian tested his plan out and made sure that the System did not give him any warnings. Obviously, it was allowed.