It is no longer a big secret that Liu Yifei owns Plague City. For many people, they even remember the disbelief shown by the player community when the news was announced.
However, we all know that there are only a handful of people who are truly lucky enough to be able to "visit" the Plague City!
If you don’t count NPCs and the people around Liu Yifei... then probably only one person, Star Tower Shield, has ever had this honor~
But today may be the busiest day for Plague City since its founding! Because Liu Yifei has invited a total of more than 20 people to come over as "guests".
And for the Star Tower Shield, this is also a very important thing!
Almost at the same time that he received Liu Yifei's private chat application, he immediately sent someone offline to notify the boss of the studio and inquire about his intention.
Although the boss had previously mentioned in regular studio meetings that he wanted to find opportunities to deepen cooperation with Liu Yun, Tadun did not expect that Liu Yifei would move even faster! They were still planning how to find an entry point.
Bian had already come over to contact him, but Tower Shield was somewhat caught off guard.
But the boss of War Soul Studio is obviously a decisive person. He immediately sent someone to reply to Tower Shield: he agreed to the other party's invitation, actively cooperated in the process, and made every effort to promote in-depth cooperation between the two parties.
With the boss's approval, Tower Shield had nothing to hesitate about. Anyway, there was nothing going on in the mercenary group recently. He spent a few minutes gathering his own men and then headed to the Plague from the small teleportation array in Stormwind Fortress.
City, and Liu Yifei has naturally relaxed the transmission restrictions on these participants.
This is the first time for these twenty people to come to Liu Yifei's Plague City, and the Plague City is no longer as chaotic as it was before the server was closed.
During the seven days when the server was suspended, the game world was obviously still undergoing the minimum standard "evolution" under the control of the mastermind. The result was that by the time players came back online, the construction of Plague City had been completely completed, and the entire city had become a
It is as grand as a systematic city, making people feel curious and fresh wherever they go.
After all, this is a player’s city! It feels different from an NPC city~
Everyone came to the meeting hall laughing and joking, and at this moment, Liu Yifei and others had gathered.
There were acquaintances on both sides, and everyone sat freely around the large conference table and greeted each other familiarly, especially Liu Yifei. After all, everyone had not seen each other for a long time.
After Liu Yifei completely withdrew from the Star Wars Mercenary Group due to excessive busyness, the normal affairs of the Mercenary Group were not affected. Everything was developing in an orderly manner, and now the Mercenary Group has advanced to c
Level mercenary group, with one thousand full members and five hundred reserve members!
Although the Star Wars Mercenary Group is not the only C-level mercenary group among the ghost clan, they are the most famous!
This is inseparably related to the glory and reputation that Liu Yifei personally earned for the mercenary group in the early days, but it is also directly related to the good management system of Star War Soul Studio itself!
A guild with chaotic management, tense personnel relations, and a bad reputation obviously lacks the necessary factors to become the final winner in the game.
A C-level mercenary group also has many managers, many of whom were recruited after Liu Yifei left. He is still a bit unfamiliar with Liu Yifei, but Liu Yifei knows Tadun and other core personnel relatively well.
I also believed in everyone’s judgment, so I still chatted with everyone in a familiar manner.
"Okay, okay~ Now that we are all here and have said hello, we have to discuss some serious matters.
Tower Shield, what's the current situation of the mercenary group? How long does it take to upgrade to level B?"
"It's hard to answer this question. Anyway, the mercenary group's points are just at the beginning.
Our branch is the studio's best run among several races and has the greatest development potential. The other brothers in the human and elven races are not doing as well as us.
Considering our situation here and your big backer, the boss has decided to increase part of the investment in our branch, so we can be a little bolder than before in the points task of the mercenary group, but the situation is still not optimistic, I
I guess at least one and a half months is the limit."
After the level of the mercenary group is upgraded, the number of members will be greatly increased, but even so, the time required to upgrade the mercenary group is getting longer and longer! Because the increase in points is even more exaggerated.
"Well, okay~ But for the time being, the current scale is already very large. From my experience, we don't need to spend a lot of money to rush for development like others. Our advantage is that we have a great reputation and a wide range of people. For the local guild,
The control is also quite strong.
As long as we do a good job in internal management, organize various affairs while urging everyone to improve their strength, and avoid any controversial negative news, it is unlikely that any new opponents will appear in the ghost clan to threaten us."
Liu Yifei said calmly.
"Haha~ Not only is it unlikely that there will be new opponents? Even those old opponents are in danger!
Ever since you gave Godzilla a hard lesson last time, their mercenary group has completely shrunk!
I heard that the loss was too ugly, and their game investors were very unhappy. Later, they simply withdrew their funds and stopped providing them with large amounts of cash support." Godzilla seemed to have thought of something very happy, and couldn't help grinning.
Dazui said.
And after hearing what he said, everyone around him started laughing.
The last time Liu Yifei went out for leveling, it didn't take long for that crazy Godzilla to suddenly gather a large number of people to kill Liu Yifei for no apparent reason. Everyone remembers what happened at that time.
Speaking of Godzilla, that guy is really unlucky~
Several super powerful NPC subordinates under Liu Yifei have rarely appeared in public, so few people know about him. Although Liu Yifei's strength has been greatly reduced due to his recent rebirth, his subordinates are strong.
still!
With just a few summons, Liu Yifei pulled all his men over, almost killing Godzilla and the entire united camp with his own strength!
Although the people from Star Wars later received the news and rushed over in time, the situation was already under control by Liu Yifei and the young assassin who rushed over first. The people from Star Wars went over just to do the finishing work.
The "encounter" process was both exciting and funny~
But the final result is that Godzilla was deceived by Liu Yifei's good habit of "habitually keeping a low profile"!
Not only did he pay a large amount of compensation for the defeat in order to "redeeme his people", but he also made his sponsor completely angry~
The way of survival of their Western online game studios is very different from the self-sufficiency in the East.
Dongfang's studios are accustomed to dividing them into departments with different functions based on the strength of internal members. Some people collect resources, some do tasks, and some lead people. In short, each of them uses their strengths and earns money by completing commissions while accumulating their own strength.
profit, while also taking into account the business of buying and selling items and reselling gold coins.
The way to survive in the West is to gather a large number of online game masters, constantly build a reputation for themselves, and then find sponsors. After getting sponsorship, they continue to compete in the game and act as virtual advertisements for real partners.
full cooperation.
Their model is more advanced and comprehensive, and it also allows studio members to focus more on improving their abilities without having to be distracted by other trivial matters.
But as a result, they also have an unavoidable problem, which is huge operating costs!
In ordinary virtual games, a price of hundreds of thousands to millions is enough for them to find a suitable sponsor, but in this Heroes Invincible OL, this amount of money is not even enough to develop a town-level territory.
To the level of a small town.
Therefore, the amount of investment required is extremely huge ~
Generally speaking, the sponsors they are looking for are related companies such as various snacks, fast food, retailers, etc. After all, these things are more relevant to game players, and direct endorsement advertisements from experts in the game can also
Drive huge potential sales.
However, there are only a few companies in these industries that can spend a lot of money on advertising, and there are many famous Western studios that want to rob them, so even they may not be able to take advantage of Godzilla.
Fortunately, this is a lord battle type game, and many rich people don't mind spending more money to find enough excitement and sense of accomplishment in the game!
As a result, many new patron candidates have emerged for these Western studios.
Their previous patron of Godzilla was this kind of socialite who had a lot of money and wanted to find something new and exciting in the game.
I can’t say whether the tower shield is new or not. Anyway, Liu Yifei’s ability to “fight one against a thousand” seems to have greatly stimulated the opponent! He directly began to question Godzilla’s business level and management ability, and then decisively quit, making
Godzilla will not be able to continue to compete with Star Wars in the short term for the title of "The First Demon Mercenary Group".
At that time, the news that the "Godzilla camp" was defeated by Ryuun Kazuo caused a sensational response in the surrounding area!
At that time, Liu Yifei was busy upgrading and preparing for the ring competition, and had no time to pay attention to these gossips. But for a mercenary group with a large number of people, what news could not be heard?
Godzilla has already been defeated, how can other organizations dare to jump out and make trouble with the Star Wars people?
Even a fool knows that the relationship between Liuyun and Star Wars is unusual!
Therefore, at the beginning of the arena, organizations that were once close to the Godzilla camp or that were originally neutral either actively fled to other ghost areas to find room for development, or took the initiative to contact people from Star Wars. All they did was
Just all kinds of goodwill.
The current Star Wars, at least in the Kingdom of Solna, is the largest mercenary group, and the "Star Wars Alliance" led by it includes hundreds of mercenary groups and players of various sizes.
The guild can be said to be the largest and strongest player organization in the entire ghost clan at the moment.
Although the identity of Star Wars is no longer what it used to be, Tower Shield will not put it on airs with Liu Yifei. To some extent, he even has to curry favor with Liu Yifei~
"Oh? Is there such a thing? I really don't know...how about Godzilla himself?" Liu Yifei was stunned after hearing this, and subconsciously asked with some worry for the other person.
Of course, this is not because Liu Yifei is a good person and pities others.
It’s just that he feels that when it comes to playing games, he has a different way of making money than ordinary professional players, and there are no other competitors likely to appear in the short term, so why bother to make other people’s jobs unsafe?
As the saying goes, "Killing someone's job is like killing their parents." Liu Yifei doesn't mind having some opponents and competitors in the game, because this in itself can improve the excitement of the game! But if he wants to play until someone's career is in jeopardy, then it's up to him
It seems a little too much...
"Godzilla himself? Not really sure~
Since returning that time, Godzilla seemed to have taken the blame and resigned, giving up his position as studio boss to his deputy, while he himself took the studio's shares and retreated behind the scenes.
Later, I heard that the new Godzilla Studio had found another sponsor, but it was not a foreigner, so they simply moved away collectively. In their opinion, they didn't seem to have enough capital to compete with us if they stayed.
As for Godzilla, I haven’t heard anything about him, but it was the last time I saw him in the ring.”
Tadun didn't realize there was anything strange about this. In fact, this was caused by Liu Yifei's lack of understanding of the "professional gamer" circle.
Although the promulgation of the "Virtual Property Protection Regulations" has guaranteed the interests of players in the game to a great extent, this protection is also targeted! It means that the players' virtual property is not subject to interference and infringement from the real outside world.
, and for game behaviors that conform to the settings of the game itself, this protection regulation does not hold.
Therefore, there are many immature studios that are extremely easy to go bankrupt!
For example, the boss invested more than 100,000 yuan in advance, and later invested 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. For the boss who usually runs a small studio, it is basically impossible to have too much cost, otherwise others can do it.
It’s a regular business, why bother doing this?
But an investment of half a million yuan may not be able to make it stand up in the game!
Even for many crazy RMB players, one person can spend half a million!
In a small professional player studio, as long as you accidentally offend certain people or certain organizations, it can easily lead to disaster! Others can kill all your men back to level zero with just a few moves, and all your equipment will be exposed.
All the territory is demolished! Then basically all the money invested by the boss will be wasted~
Professional players themselves do not have any work contract issues. So far, they are only a gray profession and are not protected by labor laws. Therefore, as long as the boss cannot pay enough salary, whether they are experts or peripherals, they will immediately start looking for new players.
The owner of the house, and the little boss... the end is not as miserable as usual~
Therefore, for the gaming industry, it is normal for all kinds of families to be destroyed and people's jobs to be ruined. However, Liu Yifei does not understand these, so he feels that he has pushed Godzilla too hard...
..
Although Liu Yifei felt a little embarrassed, he didn't feel guilty or self-blame.
Originally, he was playing the game normally, and it was Godzilla and the others who wanted to cause trouble for him. His behavior was a reasonable counterattack, and Liu Yifei did not feel that he had done anything wrong.
And Liu Yifei is very different now than he was a month ago!
In reality, it is true that he is a carefree player, but in the game, he is a prince! He is a strong man of the generation! He is also a super talented person who was selected by Sandro as his successor!
The things he shoulders are no less than Godzilla. Even in terms of games alone, Liu Yifei's mission is even greater, and his vision has been broadened by Sandru. Liu Yifei also keeps in mind the teachings of the deceased.
Therefore, his entire temperament and character have been transformed, and it only takes a matter of minutes to adjust his mentality.
"Okay, let's not talk about Godzilla for now.
But now that Star Wars has entered a stable development period, and there is nothing worthy of special attention at this stage, I wonder if you, Tower Shield, would like to spare some time and help me out?" Liu Yifei said with a chuckle.
"Oh? Master Liuyun will also need help. It seems that the problem is more serious than the civil strife in a country!" Tadun made a small joke. To this day, there are posts on the forum discussing Liu Yifei's trip to the human race.
There were still a lot of things, but for Tower Shield, he knew very well how Liu Yifei went out alone and then came back with an exaggerated load! So in his opinion, this Liu Yun is a magical guy who can create miracles.
"Of course, if the problem is not big, I will make a decision today! I think everyone here will not mind helping you, it is what you ask for!"
But if we need to use more manpower and material resources... you also know that our boss has work behind us, and things are not what we say, so I have to go back and ask, but don't worry,
We must fully support you." Tower Shield said seriously.
"I don't need help with material resources. Not only that, I can also provide you with some comparable materials. What I need is manpower.
Currently, my territory lacks a large number of management personnel, and I intend to open this city to ordinary players in the future, and will establish more town-level transit points in the Sighing Mountains to serve as forward positions for players.
Once the stall is spread out, the number of players involved will inevitably be large. In order to prevent any chaos, I need your help to manage my entire territory!
Here, I sincerely invite you, the Star Wars Mercenary Group, and even the entire Star Wars Soul Studio to settle in my Plague City and become my ‘territorial guild’...”
