Chapter 143 Game Service Suspension

Fu Xiaochun was very frustrated.

The game promotion cost several million, the R&D cost nearly ten million, and the "fight" with Dafei cost several million, totaling 20 to 30 million.

And the consumption is still continuing!

With so much money, there is no hope. After all the trouble, he ended up making wedding clothes for "Audition".

Yesterday, someone sent him a video. In the video, there were players operating in an Internet cafe. During the charter time, they minimized their games and played "Audition". Seeing this video, Fu Xiaochun really wanted to cry but had no tears.

Fu Xiaochun sighed and said.

"Let's go, come with me to Liangyin Media!"

...

Yang Han, as the middleman, contacted Lin Chudong.

Half an hour later, Fu Xiaochun came to Liangyin Media with his assistant.

"Dafei, Mr. Liang, we meet again."

Fu Xiaochun smiled, without a trace of tension.

Lin Chudong also prepared tea and fruit plates, and warmly welcomed Fu Xiaochun.

"Mr. Fu, how are you? How's the game going? Why did you have time to come to my place today?"

Wang Zhi was serving tea and water beside him, feeling a little curious.

At the level of a CEO, do you have to talk like this? The two of them didn't talk about the topic. They were obviously sworn enemies, but they had to pretend to be good friends.

Fu Xiaochun smiled faintly, "Why ask when you know the answer?"

"Our game is not a major game, we just have some spare money to develop it."

"It's actually not good for anyone if our two companies keep wasting money like this."

"I came here to negotiate this actively. Let's cooperate. There is actually no competition."

Lin Chudong said, "Oh? How to cooperate? Tell me."

Fu Xiaochun said, "Under normal circumstances, your game is more social, while our game is more like krypton gold competition. The core content and essential gameplay of both sides are different."

"So as long as everyone occupies their own market, there will be no competition."

"So I propose a modification plan, you see how it works."

Fu Xiaochun took out a document and handed it to Lin Chudong.

This is the modification suggestions for "Audition".

There are many settings on it. The first is to change the game's competition to leisure, cancel the ranking and level division, and focus more on making friends, so as to avoid a collision with "Fingertip Piano".

Then the piano part was deleted and changed to pure drum sound effects.

Finally, the up, down, left, and right arrows were changed to drop from top to bottom, so that the difference between the two games was very big.

If you like good-looking skins, go play "Audition", and if you like competitive hardcore, go play "Fingertip Piano".

Fu Xiaochun said, "Of course, our game will also be modified, and the parts that overlap with yours will be deleted. Everyone will take a step back and win-win."

Liang Yin frowned, feeling a little dissatisfied.

Who do you think you are? You come to us and ask us to change the game?

And you change our core content. Just because it's the same as yours, you have to change it?

Fu Xiaochun is obviously a loser, but he still has the confidence to come and talk about peace. It's really funny.

However, Liang Yin didn't say anything, so she waited for Lin Chudong to speak.

Da Fei spoke more tactfully. He could refuse people without offending them. In this respect, she was much worse than Da Fei.

Lin Chudong put the file on the table and said lightly.

"Why should I listen to the orders of a defeated general?"

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Liang Yin: ... withdraw the thought just now.

Fu Xiaochun's smile gradually faded.

"Defeated general? Do you think I lost?"

"This is just a newly developed game of our company. Our company's focus is not here at all."

"With "Blast Three Kingdoms", do you really think I need to compete with you to make a living? You underestimate me too much, don't you?"

Looking at Fu Xiaochun's embarrassed and cunning appearance, Lin Chudong said lightly.

"Then why did you come to me?"

"..."

Fu Xiaochun was silent for a while.

Lin Chudong said, "You must know the current situation. You are doing the Internet cafe charter activity to help me."

"If you don't do a big activity, there will be no users."

"I don't agree with what you said about not interfering with each other and attracting players in their own fields."

"No matter what type of game players like, no matter whether they have played music games or not, they are all our target users."

"As I said, only children make choices, and of course I want all adults."

"If you want me to give you an idea, I have a suggestion. Don't go online after the public beta is over. It's not too late for you to go online after our game is over."

"That's all. Wang Zhi, send President Fu downstairs."

Fu Xiaochun and the others were covered with a layer of haze, and they got up and left.

Lin Chudong threw the modified file into the trash can. It was really funny. He dared to put forward any conditions.

After leaving Liangyin Media, Fu Xiaochun's face became completely gloomy.

The assistant asked, "Mr. Fu, what should we do? Should we keep spending money?"

Fu Xiaochun shook his head, "No, we can't afford it. I have to swallow this anger."

"Don't promote it for now. Let's focus on "Blast Three Kingdoms."

"Just treat the new game as a failure and leave it alone."

The assistant sighed, "According to the current progress, it will probably be destroyed in less than ten days."

The so-called ghost server means that no one is playing, there are no people to match against, and maybe there are not even enough robots.

"If it continues like this, maybe it will have an impact on our "Three Kingdoms"?"

Fu Xiaochun frowned, what he said made sense.

If you keep putting it off like this, it will definitely have an impact on your reputation. Who of the fans will believe you if you release a new game in the future?

It's time to make a break!

Fu Xiaochun said, "Let's do this. The game will be changed to single player, and all VIP content will be unlocked."

"The props in the game have also been changed to purchase with game currency, and the subsequent piano music can be purchased by accumulating game currency."

"Old players don't need money anymore. New players will adopt a buyout system and buy out the game for 30 yuan."

The assistant nodded, "That's a good idea."

Now this game is useless, it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless.

It would be better to make a decisive decision, switch to single-player mode while the heat is on, and change tracks directly.

This eliminates operating costs, and maybe if the single machine sells well, some of the cost can be recouped.

…

10pm.

An announcement was made by Spring Court Games.

""Fingertip Piano" has been changed to a stand-alone version of the game. All servers have been shut down. The game progress of old players will be retained. The purchase price for new players is 30 yuan to unlock all the content..."

As soon as this news was announced, it caused heated discussions.

"Did you get killed by Audition?"

"Weren't you very competitive before? Are you convinced now?"

“Yang Ma’s naming and praising was the last straw that broke the back of Fingertip Piano.”

"There is no way. Sister Deng personally helps to promote it. Da Fei's appeal is too strong."

"It has nothing to do with being a celebrity. The main thing is that the game is fun. Whoever plays this game knows about it."

"Yes, Space Destroyer. I have already broken two keyboards. I spent more than a thousand to buy a keyboard co-branded with "Audition". I hope it can last a little longer this time."

"The president of the Beijing branch of the Buried Love Family is here to report. You are no match for Spring Court Game. I suggest you be directly recruited by Da Fei. I hope you don't recognize the compliment."

"Audition is really popular, but it's a pity that there will be no free Internet access in the future."

"This game company is so fucking cheating. I paid more than a hundred dollars just to show off, but you changed it to a single-player game. Give me your money back!"

"What a fucking retarded game. The monthly card I just redeemed, you said it's free? x-on:武博, get out and pay me!"

"I endorse any kind of dog game, Wu Bo, get out and get scolded, and give me my money back!"

"The Dafei band is really going downhill. This kind of endorsement game is really rubbish."

"x-on:武博, don't pretend to be dead. How much did you get paid to endorse this rubbish game? Do you still have the fucking nerve to perform?"

"..."

Wu Bo almost cursed when he saw this comment at home.

"Who the hell did I offend?"

When people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven.

Isn’t it okay not to offend Da Fei?

This can be called a dog, I'm really convinced.

…

Wu Bo was scolded the most for the game's suspension.

However, Lin Chudong and the others had no intention of paying attention to this matter.

In the past few days, nearly 10 million has been invested in chartering flights to the Internet cafe, but now it is finally seeing the light.

The competitors have been eliminated, and all that is left is operations.

When it comes to Yao Qiang's area of ​​expertise, the next important task is to make players willing to pay for it.

Liang Yin answered several calls in the morning, "Da Fei, two companies came to talk to us about game licensing."

Lin Chudong said, "Oh, how much do they offer?"

"Half a million."

"Half a million? That's not expensive."

"They said they would give us half a million."

"..."

Wang Zhi and others' eyes widened, "Boss Boss, are you right? Give us authorization and pay us back?"

Liang Yin nodded, "Yes, but they asked us to recommend a few songs. For example, if male and female players form a couple and need to complete tasks, the songs for the tasks should be songs that they recommend."

Lin Chudong actually expected this situation to happen, but he just thought that someone would license it at a low price or even for free.

He never expected to give money to him. It seems that someone really saw the popularity of the game.

After taking a look at the hot song list, I saw that the update of this list was actually somewhat affected by the game.

Liang Yin said, "Da Fei, is our game almost profitable?"

"Well, according to Lao Yao, it will be profitable in three months."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone rang.

Lin Chudong smiled when he saw the name displayed on the phone.

"It won't take more than three months, and we will probably make a profit today."

Picked up the phone and said with a smile.

"Mr. Wang, why did you call me?"

The caller was Wang Pengtao, the boss of Mongolian Milk.

"Haha, Dafei, you are doing well in this game. I will give you sponsorship points. The position of this advertisement cannot be too bad!"

The boss of such a big company personally called Dafei to sponsor, so he must give enough face.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, we will definitely promote it vigorously."

"Well, that's fine. I'll have the advertising department contact you later and sign a two-year contract."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chudong quickly received a call from the Mongolian Milk Advertising Department, offering a payment of 10 million, the same as Wu Siping.

Lin Chudong immediately asked Yao Qiang to make arrangements. The effect must be good, the conversion rate must be high, and the exposure must be high, but Hongyun Drink must still be the most important.

Both bosses were very generous to him, but there was a big difference between one giving him timely assistance and the other giving him the icing on the cake.

In the evening, Liang Yin and Lin Chudong went out to have a meal alone, Liang Yin said excitedly.

"Da Fei, we now have more than 70 million."

Except for the money Lin Chudong had withdrawn before, not much money had been spent.

Later, after Li Zhilin's compensation came in, they had money again. Together with the 10 million from Mongolian milk, they now have more than 70 million.

If Lin Chudong asked for dividends from the more than 70 million yuan, he would have 20 to 30 million yuan, but he was not going to mention it for the time being. He would open the treasure chest after finishing the photo of Bright Sword later.

"Well, how are you preparing for the establishment of the film and television department?"

Liang Yin said, "It's not going well. It's too troublesome to set up the film and television department. I have a headache just with the equipment. I don't know much about it. And I don't know much about the technical staff. I have to try my luck and take my time."

Lin Chudong nodded, "Then just watch it first. If it doesn't work, we'll rent it back next. We'd rather lack than waste."

"Hmm... By the way, a publishing house contacted me yesterday and wanted to publish your book "The Beginning". The price was 100 words per 1,000 words. It is estimated that the completed book will cost 200,000 to 300,000 words."

“We don’t have much money, can we still publish?”

Lin Chudong frowned, "Of course we have to publish it, but we don't want a buyout, we want a royalty system."

A thousand words and a hundred words, a book only costs 20,000 to 30,000, which is not enough to waste a memory search card of Lin Chudong.

Although everyone has watched the ending of "The Beginning", there are still some users who do not watch TV series, which can be considered a market.

Some people just like to read books. Only by reading books can they have space for brainstorming. They don’t even watch TV series no matter how popular they are.

There are actually quite a few fans of this type of book. If it were published, the effect would be quite good.

Not to mention how much money you can make in a big way, you can still make a small amount.

"We also need to talk about the royalty sharing ratio. It should be more, like 60 or 70 percent. We are now qualified to negotiate conditions."

"Well, I understand. Are you going to the capital tomorrow?"

"I'll go there as soon as I finish dinner and make an appointment with Teacher Zhao to write a script for them."

"Okay, then you go first. Wang Zhi and others will be recording the show and I will arrange for them to go."

"Um."

…

Beijing Airport.

Deng Siqing was visibly excited when she saw Lin Chudong.

Long time no see, I miss you very much.

After getting in the car, Lin Chudong drove with his left hand and held her hand with his right hand.

Deng Siqing's face was full of sweetness, holding his hand with both hands as if holding a treasure.

"Da Fei, are you ready for the Lantern Festival Gala?"

"My program is simple, just singing a song. This time I mainly direct a skit for Teacher Zhao Jinrong."

"Oh, didn't you help with "Kung Fu Order" last time? You are also very good at comedy."

Lin Chudong smiled, "Actually, I also want to perform a magic trick, but Director Qiu probably can't let me do it, right?"

Deng Siqing was stunned and said, "No, Director Qiu said that you are now CCTV's biological son. It is normal for you to have two programs at the Lantern Festival Gala."

Lin Chudong had a strange look on his face, "Really? How come I heard that they all call me CCTV's son-in-law?"

Deng Siqing suddenly turned red.