Chapter 150 I Have a Plan that Will Eclipse All the Kryptonians in the World!

"..."Ezio" sold 121 million in sales in the first month. After the recharge interface was unblocked, sales exploded again in the first week of the next month."

"In addition, "PUBG" sold 35.87 million last month, a year-on-year decrease of 37.3%. Without the support of the in-app purchase system, it is actually pretty good that "PUBG" still has this sales volume one and a half years after its release. It can stably sell about 300,000 copies every month."

"Arknights celebrated its anniversary last month. The Shuiyue dungeon was opened. Shirte entered the store, Shan and Thorn entered the rotation pool, and 198 self-selected six-star operator gift packs were opened. Yueliushui ushered in a small explosion. , reaching a turnover of 87.03 million. It is expected that in Xiahuo two months later, when the holiday Weilong Chen is launched for the first time, there will be another wave of explosion."

"The monthly revenue of "Everlasting" has exceeded the 100 million mark. Also because there is no in-app purchase system, the revenue is expected to start to decline within a quarter. By about this time next year, the revenue may be the same as that of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". "

"Then……"

As the general manager of Ready Player One, the new month has arrived. Gou Chehua reported last month's company financial report to Ke Jin as usual.

Among them, the more stable ones are undoubtedly online games. Either because of the competitive gameplay or the continuous updating of new content, the revenue can be maintained in a stable range.

Stand-alone games usually only experience explosive growth within half a year of release, but then fall into decline after half a year.

For example, "Brother Dan" and "iwanna" were produced when they were just starting out. Now, even if new players continue to join the game every month, the revenue is only hovering in the pitiful five-digit range, and they don't even need a dedicated operations department. Just let other departments keep an eye on it for a while.

However, the overall revenue of Top Player is stable and upward.

Last month it reached a whopping 356 million.

Even excluding taxes, labor costs and other expenses, nearly 200 million fell into Kejin's pocket.

Of course, a large part of this factor is the revenue generated by the launch of the new "Ezio" game.

Moreover, Ke Jin estimates that after the recharge interface of "Ezio" is unblocked this month, the income will be even more than last month.

"Let the Finance Department allocate 20 million from the company account as a development bonus for "Ezio" and distribute it to the top players and Oasis employees based on performance." Kejin said.

Hearing this, Gou Chehua's eyes suddenly showed a hint of admiration.

You know, Ezio's sales in the first month just exceeded 100 million. Although it is expected to reach more than 200 million in the next month, and it will maintain a certain level in the first half of the year after it is launched, the overall estimate is that it can sell at least more than 670 million. , is already considered a relatively popular 3D masterpiece.

But when you first get 100 million, you can directly set aside 20% as a performance bonus and pay it out.

20% of game revenue is used as bonus, and only the top players in the entire game industry are willing to give it up...

There are only more than 800 people in the two companies. Even if they are divided equally, each person can get a bonus of more than 20,000.

But for Ke Jin, money has never been the key to his concern.

Isn’t it easy to make money?

For those games that have already been released, just throw away your conscience and reintroduce the in-app purchase system into them.

Chicken and Eternal Tribulation continue to launch special effect skins that need to be opened out of the box. Each skin is guaranteed to cost several thousand yuan to be released, instead of getting a 70 yuan pass every cycle to unlock all the skins in the current period for free.

The water flowed up instantly.

But doing so will seriously damage the reputation of the number one player. How is it different from those big companies that rip off money?

"Mr. Ke is very generous. The employees will be very happy when they find out." Gou Chehua said, and then mentioned the current status of the "number one intelligence".

Through the high-intensity binding with "Ezio", "Number One Intelligence" reached one million registered users in the first month of its launch.

Daily active users fluctuate around 100,000.

Moreover, in the past month, the APP has been continuously updated, launching a second video section, and optimizing the most important core section - the forum.

A token called 'Player Essence' has been added to the forum.

Post high-quality high-quality posts or high-quality secondary videos, and after review by the administrator, you can get the best players.

These tokens can be redeemed for official merchandise launched by Ready Player One.

Such as the character picture book of "Arknights".

LEGO models of PUBG’s firearms/vehicles.

Figures of the Little Knight and various bosses from "Hollow Knight".

It also includes the limited edition "Ezio" assassin suit that is being customized by the manufacturer recently.

These items are not for sale to the outside world and are only distributed to high-quality creations.

In addition, Kejin also paved the way for the development of "Number One Intelligence".

If you want to capture the essence of players, the works you create are not limited to games released by Ready Player One.

As long as the second creations of other game manufacturers pass the quality standard and are popular among players, they can also gain the best of players.

This move instantly triggered heated discussions among some veteran game players.

Among them, there are some big players who only play a few specific games. They are hardcore players who specialize in a certain game and have a deep love for a certain game. They have also settled in "Number One Information"

Kejin did not directly learn from Perak station to calculate the income to the creators based on the number of views or three consecutive data, etc.

What he wants to create is an original ecological community built purely by gamers.

If you follow the major mainstream video platforms, you can create various incentive plans.

It's easy for some ghosts and monsters to sneak in and gain attention through various tricks, selling meat on the side, etc.

Although this can achieve rapid user growth, the quality of the influx of users is actually very cheap, which will make the entire community environment chaotic and make some players who just want to come here to find guides and watch second creations feel uncomfortable.

Under the temptation of the exquisite peripheral prizes officially launched by Ready Player One.

"Number One Intelligence" is also growing with a daily registered user base of 30,000 to 50,000.

Moreover, this user base will grow larger and larger in the future. When the number of users reaches a certain scale, word of mouth will also become a very important way of exposure.

"By the way, Mr. Ke, there is something else I want to tell you."

Ke Jin moved his eyes back from the fish tank, looked at Gou Chehua and said with a smile: "You tell me."

"There is feedback from the operations department that if your next game is going to be an online game, you need to find a new server manufacturer in advance."

"Why, wasn't it good to work with Xunjie before?" Ke Jin was startled.

All of Ready Player One's current online game servers are in cooperation with a company that specializes in servers.

This company was originally a small company with quite favorable prices.

After starting out with Top Player's "Goose and Duck", in subsequent cooperation, it signed server supply contracts with Top Player for three games: "Arknights", "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and "Everlasting".

The price is still the same, it can be said to be economical and affordable.

But a subsequent problem is that after the network volume is increased, the cost of operation and maintenance becomes more expensive.

Although I haven’t reached the level of making ends meet, I can still make money.

But it is a bit embarrassing for a company to make this kind of money when it is small, and to still make this kind of money after it expands.

In order to seek better development, the company began to expand more external channels and reach cooperative relationships with more game manufacturers.

Right now, the quotas that can be allocated are no longer enough.

If Top Player releases a new online game and takes off again, the pressure on the server ports of Xunxuan will be a bit unbearable.

So they discussed it with Ready Player One in advance.

New online games can try to cooperate with other server providers. When the scale of communication is expanded in the future, excess shares will be reserved for the top players as soon as possible.

The price is still the same, just consider it as a feedback to the noble number one player.

Ke Jin can understand.

Everyone is busy trying to make money, and it is impossible to live by one company as the number one player.

Moreover, the game types currently produced by Ready Player One are relatively complex and span a wide range.

No one knows whether your next game will be a stand-alone game or an online game.

There is nothing wrong with selling excess server resources to other manufacturers.

"Okay, let Xiaoliu handle this matter. I'll be fine with the final selected partner." Ke Jin nodded.

"...The above is last month's financial report. Do you have any other instructions, Mr. Ke?" After the report was completed, Gou Chehua put away the folder.

"No, you get busy first." Ke Jin waved his hand.

By the time Gou Chehua was almost out of the office.

He was stopped by Ke Jin again.

"By the way, move this fish out."

Oh shit.

He was still counting on the sunfish to give him a wave of negatives and positives.

As a result, who knows how many games have been completed? It is not the game's fault, but the system's fault.

Clean up some useless cars, unlucky things!

Claw!

…

A few days flew by.

After learning that the number one player had server needs, several business leaders in the industry went directly to Jianglin to meet and negotiate with Kejin to show their sincerity.

It was too troublesome to chat one by one, so Ke Jin simply chose to meet together.

The number one player is no longer the same size as it used to be. If you have to worry about everything by yourself.

How to play games then?

I worked my butt off to open a company to make games, wasn’t it just so that one day I could lay down and play games without any worries?

Not long after, Liu Xuanxuan, the director of the Ministry of Commerce, knocked on the door and told Kejin that four heads of the server industry were already waiting in the conference room. Another one was still on the way due to traffic jam, but he should be arriving soon. .

After hearing this, Ke Jin stood up and went to greet him.

After shaking hands with several responsible persons one by one.

Everyone began to introduce their own advantages.

"Mr. Ke, our 'Jingfa' company has a long history of Internet server architecture. We have entered the Internet industry as early as the beginning of the millennium. We have a very complete set of solutions for some sudden server problems. Our prices yes……"

"Well..." Ke Jin nodded politely, but didn't say anything more, but turned his attention to the next person.

"What about your family? Are there any advantages?"

"Mr. Ke, it's like this. Our family uses the latest generation of LinX. The kernel execution efficiency is high, the response speed is fast, and the stability is very high. There is basically no network fluctuation. And our company also has the largest Advantage of……"

Kejin listened to the introductions of the four families in one breath, and suddenly felt a little numb.

There is not much difference between us.

Some are more stable, some have faster solutions to server problems, and some are cheaper.

But actually the difference is not that big.

If I had known that the server industry was so deeply involved, I would not have personally intervened.

What a waste of time.

"Xiao Liu, what do you think?" Ke Jin asked in a low voice, planning to leave it to Liu Xuanxuan to make arrangements.

"Mr. Ke, I think the competition companies are quite good. In fact, the stability and network speed of each company are not bad, but if some more difficult problems can be dealt with quickly, the impact of emergencies on players can be reduced. inconvenient."

"Well, then..." Ke Jin nodded, before he finished speaking.

There was a knock on the door of the reception room, and Wu Shi, the girl at the front desk, walked in with a middle-aged man with a sweaty face. She grabbed Ke Jin's hand and shook it, with a slight apology on her face.

"Mr. Ke, I'm really sorry. There's a traffic jam on the road."

"It doesn't matter, let's talk about your company's advantages." Ke Jin went straight to the topic.

This middle-aged uncle named Qin Xiong is the general manager of a company called Tianci Network.

Although he was a few minutes late, he was very sincere.

The preparations are also more complete.

He spoke eloquently for nearly ten minutes, detailing the advantages of his own server from the inside out.

It can be seen that this company's intention to cooperate is still very strong.

However, Ke Jin felt drowsy after listening to it.

I feel like you are... comprehensive.

But there is not much difference from the previous four...

It's all stuff I've heard before.

So, on the premise that the gap cannot be opened too big.

The few minutes you spent in a traffic jam, even if it is based on a first-come, first-served basis, have actually put an end to this cooperation.

Qin Xiong also seemed to see the intention to cooperate that was gradually disappearing in Ke Jin's eyes.

He hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead and said hurriedly.

"Mr. Ke, if you choose to cooperate with our 'Tianci', we can give you an additional small server quota for free."

As soon as this statement came out, several other companies looked sideways and were slightly surprised.

Server maintenance costs have always been relatively high, and bandwidth is controlled by several domestic state-owned giants, so this money cannot be saved.

Especially those like Top Player who pursue network stability.

Then the server installation requires the establishment of service sites in big cities such as West Lake, Magic City, Yangcheng, Shenchuan, and Beijing.

These first-tier cities and even beyond first-tier cities have large budgets for bandwidth, rent, and equipment expenses.

Server companies usually only earn money by helping people maintain and operate services and make timely repairs.

To put it bluntly, his role is more like a cyber electrician.

Have you ever seen any electrician who directly said, "I'll give you another small power station" in order to seek cooperation?

Ke Jin was also surprised when he heard this.

Didn’t you expect this industry to be so busy now?

Look at this man, when he opens his mouth, several of his colleagues next door are stunned.

For Ready Player One, server expenses are not a particularly heavy burden.

As for the small server quota provided, I'm afraid it can only support an unpopular small partition in a popular online game. If there are more people, the server will be destroyed.

It doesn't feel like it makes much sense.

At this moment, Liu Xuanxuan also lowered her voice and spoke to Ke Jin.

"Mr. Ke, I think the first one has more obvious advantages. And I heard that the fifth company is Tianci Company. Because it has only entered this track in recent years, many times it is not experienced enough. The main server is relatively stable. The sub-level servers are not optimized very well. Servers often crash every once in a while. Players sometimes cannot even recharge money. Even if they are given to us, the quality of this kind of server is too..." Liu Xuanxuan has not finished speaking. .

Suddenly seeing Mr. Ke, his eyes lit up, and then he waved his hand to her, stopping her from continuing.

Immediately, he stood up and strode enthusiastically to Qin Xiong and held his hand.

"Taking all things into consideration, I feel that the positive and uplifting outlook of the company Tianci Network is more suitable for our number one player!"

Liu Xuanxuan: "?"

Qin Xiong: "?"

Other server manufacturers: "?"