Chapter 1266 One Dares to Send, the Other Dares to Accept

Sun Xi nodded: "I see, I understand."

"But I still have a problem with the price of the skin."

"As Mr. Pei said, you can use skins to charge, so why not charge a higher price? "Bullet Scar 2" does not compete with GOG. It is not surprising that the skins of two different game types have different prices. "

"As an FPS game, the player base of "Bullet Scar 2" is small, the skin price is low, and the profit is naturally low. If the sales cannot be increased, won't it fall into a vicious circle?"

"I think it's better to set the price of the skin a little higher at the beginning. If the profit situation is more optimistic, then slowly discounting and lowering the price can also stimulate consumption, and it is more secure."

Pei Qian: "..."

Good guy, sure enough, people outside are not very fooled.

Although the group of people in Tenda's game department are also very professional, in general, they trust President Pei too much, so many times, even if they have doubts, they will not ask more, but will think for themselves.

The people from the Tianhuo studio obviously have a sharper problem.

But this little problem is obviously not enough to stumped Pei Qian.

Even a senior in the game industry like Mr. He An can fool around. Isn't it easy to take care of a few young people?

Pei Qian thought for a moment and said, "I think this is a chicken or egg problem."

"The player said: If you sell your skin cheaper, I will buy more."

"The game dealer said: you buy more first, and then my skin will be discounted."

"No one is willing to make concessions first, so it's stuck in an endless loop."

"If as you said, sell at a high price first, and then slowly discount it later, then I ask you: If the skin is sold well at a high price, would you still be willing to give a big discount? If there is a discount, there will be a 50% discount, Is it 30% off or even lower? I'm afraid it will be 20% off or 30% off at most."

"If the skins don't sell well, will the discounts make the price of the skins appear inflated, making players gloat at the misfortune and not buy them?"

"So, your idea is very optimistic and beautiful, but the actual action is not strong."

"If you don't do some things at the beginning, then the difficulty of doing them in the middle is unimaginable."

"As for the issue of game groups..."

"It's also a chicken-and-egg question."

"If a certain game is not attractive enough to players, then there will naturally be fewer players; with fewer players, the game's income is low, and there is no money for subsequent updates, and the game's attractiveness to players will further decline."

"Over time, it's a vicious circle."

"So, if you don't succeed, you will become a benefactor. Since you have to do it, you must do your best. At the beginning, you should lower the price, so that players will feel embarrassed if they don't spend money, and make them feel that they are not human if they don't buy such cheap skin. cycle!"

Pei Qian's expression was quite serious, and he conquered everyone in his aura.

Sun Xi nodded, he was speechless.

What Mr. Pei means is that although there are not many players now, as long as "Bullet Scar 2" is done well enough and has enough conscience, there will always be more players in the future.

This is something that will happen in the future, and no one can judge it, so there is no way to deny it.

Otherwise, wouldn't that be slandering oneself?

The game has not been released yet, so it would be too frustrating to think about what to do if no players come to play.

Therefore, in this direction, the topic has also stopped.

Zhou Muyan coughed twice: "Well, that's how the charging model is set."

"But I think that Longyu Group will have some criticisms about this charging model..."

The cheap price of skin is obviously not conducive to making money for Longyu Group.

Tianhuo Studio is a research and development company, and Longyu Group is an operating company. Obviously, the operating company is more concerned about this aspect.

Pei Qian chuckled: "Why do you care so much about what they think? You can't let the operating company do the game pricing. It's like asking a cat to eat dried fish, there will only be one answer. "

The goal of the operating company is "to make the game operate better" in a good way, and "make more money" in a bad way.

These two statements appear to be the same on the surface, but in practice, they often produce large deviations, getting closer and closer to the latter and farther and farther from the former.

Zhou Muyan nodded and silently gave President Pei a thumbs up.

Sure enough, an awesome game producer like President Pei can completely ignore the operator's opinion.

Even President Pei's operational skills are unparalleled in the world, so why bother thinking about what Longyu Group thinks? GOG can beat ioi all over the place, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Okay, then the problem of the charging model has also been solved, and then there is only the problem of the style of painting."

"Mr. Pei, what style of painting do you think is more suitable?"

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "Let's listen to everyone's opinions first."

Zhou Muyan looked at Sun Xi again.

Sun Xi pondered for a moment and said: "The success of "Fortress at Sea" lies in the relatively exaggerated and cool shapes of epic weapons such as Fire Qilin and Barrett. It can be seen that most players want to be realistic, but add After the special effects, it will be really delicious.”

"I think we have to work hard in this direction too, make it a little more exaggerated and cool."

Designers including Zhou Muyan nodded.

This is what they analyzed when they summed up the failure experience of "Bullet Scar", which can be said to be the consensus within Tianhuo Studio.

However, at this moment, a voice said faintly: "Really? I think things like weapons should be low-key, simple, and realistic, and there's nothing wrong with them."

Everyone turned their heads in unison, and found that it was President Pei who was speaking.

The meeting room fell silent.

It feels like... have the roles of the two sides switched?

Shouldn't it be Tengda's crazy talk about the successful experience of "Fortress at Sea", and then Tianhuo Studio said that they should stick to their own ideas?

How come back?

Now it has become that Tianhuo Studio kept trying to use the successful experience of "Fortress at Sea", but President Pei kept denying it.

outrageous!

Sun Xi tentatively asked: "Mr. Pei, are you saying that we plan to sell skins to make money, and then the skins of the guns are still low-key, simple, and realistic, right..."

Pei Qian nodded: "What's the matter? I think it's low-key, simple, and realistic, and it doesn't conflict with being good-looking and unique."

The crowd fell silent again.

Good guy, it's alright to let you say everything right and wrong!

Mr. Pei's words simply reminded everyone of the kind of unscrupulous party A who opened his mouth to "colorful black" and "colorful white", and directly gave a self-contradictory request. Anyway, what did it look like in the end? , can pick faults from Party B.

Zhou Muyan said with emotion: "Mr. Pei, you really do whatever you want because you have Mr. Ruan..."

"Can you lend Mr. Ruan to us for two days? I think he is the only one who can handle this kind of request."

Let Ruan Guangjian paint?

How can that be done!

Pei Qian immediately shook his head: "Ruan Guangjian may not be able to escape, and Tengda also has a lot of projects handed over to him."

"Besides, doesn't Tianhuo Studio have its own original artist and modeler? There's no need to look far away. I think the painters on your side are also very good."

Zhou Muyan was a little helpless: "But they are only good at writing propositional essays!"

The painters in Tianhuo Studio basically create works strictly according to the needs of the designers, and have become accustomed to this working mode.

Do you want to give a broad concept directly and let the artists play freely?

It's too hard for them.

Ruan Guangjian has been designing independently from the beginning and has cooperated with Tengda for so long, so his skill in controlling the style of painting is not comparable to that of ordinary painters.

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "There is always a first time for everything."

"I think the artists in Tianhuo Studio are excellent. Since they have worked together for so long, they are all trustworthy. Let them try it out, and maybe they will have some dazzling effects."

Zhou Muyan and the designers looked at each other and saw similar expressions on each other's faces.

President Pei, do you think everyone is Ruan boss?

As far as the level of our company's painters is concerned, we really can't believe it!

The requirements are clearly given, but the result is still easy to argue, so if they are allowed to design freely, wouldn’t it be even worse?

But I can't say this directly, otherwise, if it gets out, the art director will get angry.

At that time, the art team collectively protested to them, and it was indeed too much to bear.

So everyone, look at me, I look at you, and no one speaks.

Pei Qian just couldn't ask for it.

Now that you guys are all right, I'm going to leave!

He looked at Min Jingchao: "How is it, do you have a general idea?"

Pei Qian didn't want to talk too much, because too much words would be lost.

What should I do if there is a self-contradictory point in the conversation behind me?

Therefore, as long as Min Jingchao said that it was almost the end, he would leave immediately.

Min Jingchao looked at the contents of the small book, recalled the "President Pei's intention analysis method" and Hu Xianbin's previous design experience, and said, "Well...it's a little bit confusing."

Hearing this sentence, Pei Qian stood up immediately: "Okay, let's live together!"

"Everyone, let's break up the meeting first, and wait for Min Jing to come up with the big game plan in more than two days, and then assign tasks to you."

"Mr. Zhou, please take your time to decide on the executive director of the "Bullet Scar 2" project. If you are unsure, you can discuss it with Min Jingchao."

Zhou Muyan was stunned, and this series of words made him feel genuinely confused.

What the hell is going on here?

Nothing has been decided yet!

From the discussion up to now, I only know that the feel of this game is similar to that of "Bullet Scar".

Even the prototype of the game has not been decided yet.

As for the main strategy of execution for Min Jingchao, there is no clue at all.

Zhou Muyan originally wanted all of these designers to come and listen and give their opinions at the meeting to see who is more confident in this project and has a more suitable resume, and then arranges whoever will do it.

The result is good now, these designers are like him, and they are lonely.

I haven't found a chance to speak at all, and the meeting has already ended.

These people must also be confused, they don't know what to do with this project, and they ask in vain.

Everyone looked at Min Jingchao in unison.

The meaning is very clear: it's okay if we don't understand, if you don't understand, hurry up and keep President Pei!

After all, you are the main designer, and you will have to develop this game.

However, Min Jingchao nodded: "Okay, Mr. Pei, I think it's almost the same."

"..." Everyone fell silent in unison.

This kind of superior and inferior is absolutely impossible.

One really dares to send tasks, and the other really dares to accept tasks!

Wouldn't this be too sloppy!

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PS. The extra episode was squeezed out a few days ago. It has a total of 6000 words. I am quite satisfied with it. Those who haven't watched it must not miss it~