Chapter 278 The gears of the gaming empire begin to turn
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Not because it is too niche!
It's so niche that no one is willing to sponsor such a weird suicide project!
For a moment, there was an awkward atmosphere in the conference room.
See the situation.
Matt also opened his mouth in embarrassment, wanting to take back what he just said.
He has never been an arbitrary person.
As a chief marketing manager, he knows very well that a mature company must not be led by an arbitrary person.
Unless this person is a chosen one, with foresight and a 100% unmistakable sense of the market.
Matt thinks he doesn't live up to that perverted standard.
Therefore, he has always been good at listening to the opinions of management in Tencel Group.
But now, just looking at the expressions of the managers, Matt knew that his proposal was somewhat fanciful.
It’s good to have a niche project that no one is interested in.
But similarly, it has no popularity and no one recognizes it.
If you think about it carefully, sponsoring this thing seems to be no different from sponsoring a community football team.
However, just when he was about to speak.
I heard Xu Zhixing next to me suddenly say:
"I think this idea is quite good."
What--?
In an instant, everyone's eyes shifted from Matt to Xu Zhixing.
It’s broken, there’s going to be a big problem today!
The chairman and CEO fell ill at the same time!
The senior executives couldn't help but look disgusted.
If only the chairman has a brain twitch, the CEO will correct him.
If it's just the CEO who has a seizure, there is still a chairman who can change the direction for him.
But if the first and second leaders of the company fall ill at the same time, what should we do?
In an instant, the sound of a pin drop could be heard in the conference room, and all the executives attending the meeting looked hesitant and unhappy.
Just listen to Xu Zhixing say:
"Everyone knows that I was born in Ganzhou, China. I changed my nationality later when I came to Siam with my mother,"
"I still remember that when I was in junior high school, there was a very powerful entrepreneur there,"
"Very, very rich. My family has numerous luxury homes and cars, and my personal assets exceed one billion."
"What do you think he does?"
After hearing this, many executives speculated——
'car?'
'Mining?'
‘Silk industry? Isn’t China’s silk famous around the world?’
'Technology?'
'I think it might be finance. The first batch of people who came into contact with finance were very profitable...'
‘…’
However.
Facing the discussion among the senior executives, Xu Zhixing just shook his head:
"No, he is just a rice noodle seller,"
"To be more precise, he is the largest rice noodle supplier in our entire city, county and district,"
"More than 90% of the rice noodles sold outside for two or three yuan a bowl are purchased through his channel."
As soon as these words came out!
There was an uproar in the conference room.
While everyone was surprised, they seemed to suddenly understand what Xu Zhixing meant——
Looking around the world, any industry can make a lot of money as long as it forms a certain monopoly.
Whether you are selling rice noodles or selling drinks!
As long as you can monopolize a certain amount of channels, you will be a well-deserved overlord!
"That's right,"
Xu Zhixing nodded:
"Although today's extreme sports are still niche, they seem not worth mentioning, with little attention and few people participating,"
"But don't forget, there are 233 countries in the world with a population of more than 8 billion,"
"If we assume that on average only 100 people in each country are qualified to participate in extreme sports, then there are more than 23,000 extreme athletes in the world,"
"And in so many countries, on average, only 10,000 people in each country are willing to watch live broadcasts of extreme sports events, so the global audience is more than 2.3 million,"
"Extreme athletes need a platform to showcase and a way to be recognized,"
"Although the group that pays attention to this sport is a small one, when they come together they are a big force,"
"So I thought we might as well give it a try,"
"Besides..."
Speaking of which.
Xu Zhixing paused.
Then he said:
"Besides, I can ask my friends in Neon to try to find manufacturers who are willing to cooperate with us in developing extreme sports projects,"
"Although they are a gaming company, it sounds further away from extreme sports than our beverage company,"
"But the extreme sports game they recently developed has indeed caused quite a stir, and has even been somewhat of a breakthrough,"
"I think……"
…
"...We can contact Tiansi appropriately."
Talking.
Moritani Toru also pushed a can of golden tinplate-packaged drink to Gu Sheng along the conference table.
Snapped.
After receiving it, Gu Sheng picked up the drink can and looked at it carefully.
I was surprised and funny at the same time.
Damn it, no wonder I couldn’t find anything when I searched for “Red Bull Challenge” before!
Look at the familiar [BULL] logo on the packaging, and then look at the two opposing red bull logos on the can!
It turns out that Red Bull in the parallel world is here!
It is also the same Tencel Group, and it is also developed by the same Austrian and Chinese-Siamese partners!
The only difference is that in this world, Red Bull...oh no, it should be called Bull now.
Bull Beverage has just completed the unification of domestic beverages, occupying the top position, and extending to Southeast Asia.
There is still a long way to go before they dominate the extreme sports market, sponsor the F1 Formula One team, and advance rapidly as a sports sponsor.
However!
It's just a small change in this world line.
But it brought about a pattern change like a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, just like a butterfly flapping its wings in South America!
Xu Zhixing and Moritani are actually old acquaintances!
Fate is wonderful...
Now, as the deputy director of Golden Wind, Moritani's main project is "Peak Kingdom"!
What if Golden Wind really cooperates with the Bulls?
Gu Sheng's expression became subtle——
RedBull?(×)
GoldenBull!(√)
Golden Bull Extreme Challenge! Golden Bull Extreme Rally! Golden Bull Soapbox Challenge! Golden Bull Formula Team!
The best opportunity to break out of the circle seems to be waving to you!
And seeing the situation.
Shen Miaomiao also raised an eyebrow!
That’s not bad!
I just increased the single odds of "Apex Kingdom" by 100 times, and a derivative project came to my door?
Tencel wants to seek cooperation and is preparing to rope them in to sponsor an extreme sports challenge event that has no shitty audience base?
What's the difference between his grandma's and taking money for nothing?!
Oh, there is still a difference.
After all, you can still make a fuss about wasting your money.
This stupid activity is just throwing money away.
Shen Miaomiao was extremely happy and was even willing to take on the insurance for those who signed up for the challenge!
After thinking for a while: "I think we can make preliminary contacts. What does Mr. Gu mean...?"
Shen Miaomiao looked at Gu Sheng.
Gu Sheng thought for a moment, then pulled the tab of the drink, took two sips, and looked at the ingredient list.
Yes, that's what it tastes like.
then!
Gu Sheng also nodded slowly: "It's a good opportunity to try..."
Actually at this time!
The two silly ideas are relatively simple.
What Shen Miao was thinking about was that this sand sculpture derivative project was purely a money-losing product. When she asked the system what the loss rebate rules were for sponsoring events like this, she could imagine how to maximize the loss rebate.
But what Gu Sheng thought was that the soap box car challenge was really fun, and stratospheric skydiving was awesome. If he and the Bulls became a sponsor, he would be able to travel around the world to watch soap box sand sculptures and desperate athletes challenge their limits.
However!
What they don't know is!
As the two held their own ideas at the same time, they extended their thinking to derivative industries other than games for the first time!
The gears of fate have begun to turn quietly.
A huge empire with games as its absolute core is gradually being built in an incredible way.
...bah.
Shen Miaomiao took the drink from Gu Sheng and drank it in one gulp, then poked the empty can on the table and smacked her lips.
It tasted pretty good, so I asked the supermarket next door to buy some and put them in the claw machine.
Thinking about it, Shen Miaomiao clapped her hands:
"Okay, let's leave the sponsorship as it is. Director Moritani will go back and discuss with Mr. Gu, and we can make preliminary contacts with the Tencel Group."
"Anything else to report?"
Because Shen Miaomiao, the salted fish president, rarely attends meetings.
Therefore, once the executives of various departments and studios receive the news that Mr. Shen will attend the meeting, they usually summarize some recent work and project status and report it specifically to Shen Miaomiao.
This was Gu Sheng's instruction, and it was also the instruction of Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen Wanlin.
In Shen Wanlin’s words, ‘It’s understandable that you’re not as professional as others, but at least you can’t be ignorant of everything you ask. I can’t afford to embarrass that person’.
Although Shen Miaomiao was quite reluctant to this.
But if you think about it carefully, keeping abreast of the company's project developments can provide her with richer data and experience, helping her to go more smoothly on the road to losing money in the future.
So, he reluctantly agreed.
And now!
Reports to relevant senior executives have been completed.
Next, it’s time to talk about the highlight that Shen Miaomiao is most concerned about - the "Garden Warfare" spin-off project!
now!
[Loss-Project Multiplier Purchase Voucher] is just lying quietly in her system warehouse!
Redeem a loss of RMB 10,000 to double the rebate!
She has a loss rebate deposit of 10.03 million!
Plus the 15x rebate rate that comes with the original receipt of "Garden Warfare"!
A total of 1018 times the rebate!
Here comes the opportunity to open a restaurant and eat for a lifetime!
Shen Miaomiao cleared her throat: "There is nothing else to report, let's talk about the spin-off project of "Garden Warfare"!"
Oh no!
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the conference room became energetic.
Especially the executives of the Gold Experience Studio, headed by Jiang Yun, picked up their pens one after another, ready to record at any time!
Yes.
Just last Friday, as the new version of "APEX" was also updated and tested, the two multiplayer online competitive projects that Gold Experience is mainly responsible for also announced that this phase of work has come to an end.
Next, they will face the challenge of the "Garden War" spin-off project!
Jiang Yun looked solemn.
Because Garden Warfare is a rather special project——
It is the only one among the 15 games of Golden Wind to date that has received "mostly positive reviews".
According to the evaluation grade of the art game platform: those with a positive rating of 95% or more are considered "rave reviews"; those with a positive rating of 80% or more are considered "extremely positive"; those with a positive rating of 70% or more are considered "mostly positive reviews".
Perhaps for other game companies, it is considered good if their games can get mostly positive reviews. After all, according to the 100-point system, most of the positive reviews will be 70 points.
But, the golden wind is different!
Check out their other games.
Not to mention "Titanfall" and "Sekiro" are well-produced and hugely invested flagship products.
Not to mention "Vampire Survivor" and "Left 4 Dead", which are landmark works that can be regarded as pioneers in the game genre.
Just talking about the two small games that Golden Wind created at the beginning, "Cat Leo" and "Who's the Daddy", now have about 85% praise rate on the platform, and have won the evaluation of "Specially Positive".
Only "Garden Warfare"!
There are only 76% positive reviews.
Of course, you can say that the reason why it didn't get good results was because Comella was in the way and deliberately used simple business tactics to give them bad reviews.
but!
do not forget.
Since the announcement of "Sekiro", Comora's goal has completely shifted and it no longer cares about "Garden Warfare".
But even so, this game still hasn't been able to calm down until now, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to calm down again in the future.
Jiang Yun is actually quite awkward.
Although when the game first came out, everyone was criticizing Gu Sheng and saying that the old thief had fallen off the altar.
But in fact, this is also a criticism of the Golden Experience Studio and those who pioneered the golden style.
Golden Wind started out as a shooter and became famous.
But I stumbled upon a shooting game, leaving such a [mostly positive] scar.
This is a hurdle that Jiang Yun cannot overcome, and it is also a hurdle that everyone at Golden Experience cannot overcome!
Besides!
Today's steel chain fingers can be said to be very satisfying.
"Plants vs. Zombies" became an instant hit, with seven million copies in seven days, creating an industry miracle.
The game “Sekiro” overthrew Comora, attracted global attention, and was even regarded as a god by local Neon players.
Although they all belong to the same company, Jiang Yun has a very close relationship with Sato and his team in private.
But seeing how successful Steel Chain Finger is now, it would be a lie to say that Jiang Yun is not sour at all.
We are all studios under Golden Wind, and we all receive the same top-notch salary in the industry. You have made great achievements for the company and are in the limelight. Are we just eating dry food like salted fish?
To know!
Golden Wind has always had only one salted fish, and that is our boss Mr. Ou!
Which of the rest of the people did not enter the company with ambitions?
Even if we don’t talk about ambitions and ideals!
Ask yourself, does the answer sheet "Garden War" deserve Mr. Ou's trust?
Not even talking about trust!
Let’s talk about the most practical treatment——
The industry's top wages, full payment of seven insurances and two housing funds, strict implementation of weekend breaks, getting off work on time, and opposition to involution anxiety, and never taking any time off during holidays.
Even though overtime work is strictly prohibited, as long as they work overtime, three times the salary will still be credited to the card.
Such a company! Such a boss! Such treatment!
Plus a chief director who has never failed and is like a god of war possessing him!
Such a lineup!
I, a bunch of ‘humerus veterans’, actually handed in an answer sheet that seemed to be passing, but was actually stained?
Jiang Yun couldn't bear it.
I can’t stand the golden experience!
Think of this!
The executives of Gold Experience looked at each other, and they were all secretly angry.
Turn the situation around and avenge the previous humiliation!
The profit myth is here!
This comes from the introspection of humerus veterans. This is the creed of golden experience for FPS games!
We have created many myths such as "Land of Survival", "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", and "APEX"!
And this time!
this project!
It will be a myth among myths!
No profit, or death!
Think of this moment!
Just listen to Gu Sheng say:
"Although the final plan of the spin-off project has not been finalized yet, I have already thought of its name, and it will be called -"
"OVERWATCH"
"Overwatch"
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PS: Everything is done, there will be two chapters as usual tomorrow, and additional chapters will start on Saturday.