Chapter 287 It’s not easy even though it’s here, it’s the Chinese New Year
"The interview was very successful. You were published in a daily newspaper at such a young age. Some of my old friends have been talking about you recently..."
"Vaulting horse, just say it without saying anything. I'm still worried that something might be inappropriate..."
"If you say it, it won't be published in the newspaper..."
"Let's revise the manuscript. Besides, you are here..."
"Hahaha, you have robbed a baby before, very..."
"By the way, speaking of publishing in the newspaper, I came over today to ask you something..."
"..."
It’s the weekend again!
As usual, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao came to see old Comrade Shen for dinner.
As the first round of the Peak Eight Challenges of "Apex Kingdom" entered the regular map pool, Steel Chain Finger also began to plan a new round of Peak Eight challenge locations.
As for the golden experience, after Gu Sheng presented the plan for "Overwatch", the production of the game started in full swing.
In fact, for Jiang Yun and his team, the production of this game is not difficult.
After all, it is the production team of an old shooting game. Although this time the game design has canceled the second-generation FPS setting that they are best at and enabled the old-school virtual crosshair.
But after all, the foundation for making shooting games is there. The golden experience team has experienced the production of many shooting games such as "Long 4 Dead", "PUBG", "Titanfall", etc. They have rich experience and can shoot well with their eyes closed.
In terms of game form, they not only have experience in making skill + shooting games like "APEX", but also have accumulated experience in making game modes like "Garden Warfare".
It can be said that with these accumulations and Gu Sheng's meticulous planning, there should be no big problem in replicating the glory of the summer of 2016 in his previous life.
And after everything is arranged properly.
Gu Sheng finally had time and came to see Lao Shen for tea, dinner and chess.
In fact, in terms of frequency, with the opening of the steel chain fingers, the number of times Gu Sheng came to Lao Shen to play chess was not as frequent as before.
Before, Golden Wind hadn't completely taken its steps towards the international market, and there was only one studio. He had quite a lot of time and would come basically every week.
Now, he only comes once every two weeks.
but.
Somehow, maybe distance actually creates beauty.
The less frequently they came, the closer the relationship between him and Lao Shen became.
From being cautious at the beginning, to relaxing later, and now I am playing chess with Lao Shen cross-legged.
The solidity and warmth that he had never experienced gradually took root in Gu Sheng's heart.
In Gu Sheng's heart, Shen Wanlin gradually became the old Comrade Shen from the high-ranking head of Shen Capital who controlled the huge capital empire at the beginning.
"General!"
Snapped.
As Gu Sheng's red men went down, they directly attacked Shen Wanlin's defense line.
Shen Wanlin was stunned and seemed not to notice the secrecy of Gu Sheng's red car in Chencang.
"...Hey, you have committed a crime..."
Shen Wanlin opened his mouth and put down his teacup hand ready to move.
"Hey! Uncle? Just say it, don't do anything..."
Gu Sheng held down his car vigilantly, and Old Shen Huiqi did it not once or twice
At first he was quite calm, showing the demeanor of a general who makes no regrets.
But as the relationship between the two fathers became closer and closer, Lao Shen became more and more reluctant to act.
Not only did Hui Qi sometimes take advantage of him to steal his carriage, horse and cannon while he was refilling his tea and water.
Highlight a ‘bad record’!
For this reason, Gu Sheng ‘had to be on guard’!
At this time, Shen Miaomiao next to her was even more alert. She jumped off the armrest of the sofa directly from Gu Sheng, hugged the chessboard, and protected the chess pieces in her arms:
"That's right, old man, you have something to say, what do you mean by extending your hand?"
For a while.
Looking at the two young people opposite who had the same hatred, Old Shen couldn't help but choked up speechlessly and froze on the spot.
The two sides ‘confronted’.
After a moment of stalemate, Shen Wanlin looked at Gu Sheng, then at his baby daughter, who was on his elbow, and then turned to Gu Sheng.
Think for a moment!
A slight cough!
Speak slowly:
"Hiss—yes, Ah Sheng, you just said you had something to ask me, Mai?"
"Why--???"
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao's eyes widened:
"Dad! You are a bit ungrateful!"
This old man actually wanted to use the question that the old man wanted to ask as a bargaining chip in exchange for a chance to regret his move!
Even though he was his biological father, Shen Miaomiao could not help but curse in her heart that it was a good threesome!
What's worse is that when he turned to look at Gu Sheng, he saw that old Gu was contemplating, as if he was thinking about the value of this chip!
"Hello……"
Shen Miaomiao was speechless:
"Can you two respect the game of chess and this gentleman's sport?"
"hiss--"
Hearing this, Gu Sheng looked at Shen Miaomiao and nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, it is said that a gentleman is magnanimous and magnanimous, but a villain has a long-term relationship!"
"Hey, right..."
After listening to Gu Sheng's words, Shen Miaomiao was satisfied, let go of her hand, stood up and patted Gu Sheng's shoulder.
I was about to open my mouth to praise.
Then Gu Sheng continued: "Playing chess is one of the six skills of a gentleman. You should treat it with an open mind and an open mind. Don't be fussy about it!"
Say it.
Gu Sheng leaned forward, pulled the red car back to its original position, and pushed the soldier:
"Gongzhu! Uncle, please!"
Shen Miaomiao:......
ah?
Is that what I mean?!
After wanting to speak but stopping, Shen Miaomiao stamped her feet angrily, looking up to the sky and sighing:
"Shameless! Shameless! I don't even use Dumbo's tricks now! You... tsk... ugh...!!!"
A long sigh!
Shen Miaomiao stamped her feet and went to wash the fruits, leaving the two of them laughing on both sides of the chessboard.
Just laugh.
Shen Wanlin also waved his hand, and the two of them looked serious.
Yes, it was just a chess game, and the two of them just used it as an excuse to stir up a conversation.
As for who wins and who loses, no one cares, and it doesn't matter to them at all.
Gu Sheng said: "Siam's Tencel Bull came to us this week to discuss cooperation..."
…
good.
Just this Friday, Chairman Matt and CEO Xu Zhixing of Tencel Bull Group visited at the same time, kicking off the first round of cooperation negotiations with Golden Wind.
Shen Miaomiao naturally welcomed this with both hands.
She was supposed to lose money in "Peak Kingdom", but due to her momentary cowardice, she didn't lose a penny and only received a 100% charity rebate, totaling just over 100,000 dollars.
And now, the Tencel Group, through which Toruya Moritani was the matchmaker, has arrived and wants to cooperate with them.
Shen Miaomiao naturally welcomed him warmly.
After all, this is equivalent to giving her a spin-off project.
"Then the specific form of cooperation is...?"
Shen Miaomiao was very concerned about this.
This is related to her rebate form.
"Oh, that's right,"
Hearing this, Xu Zhixing opened his mouth and said:
"Our initial plan here is to hold events, which will be jointly funded by the two of us and share advertising space, so as to increase brand influence and create greater profits,"
"And, after that, we can also set up a special competition and make profits as the organizer,"
"Even sponsoring athletes or groups in other related sports events in the form of co-branding,"
"This will achieve greater profitability and publicity effects."
Advertise.
To put it bluntly, the purpose of the cooperation method proposed by the Bulls is to advertise.
What is the profit from establishing a competition, and what is profit from sponsoring sports groups.
All nonsense.
Pointing to those who make money is pure fantasy. The investment is far higher than the income.
But for that!
Shen Miaomiao was very happy!
OK!
This is a purely money-based advertising project!
It doesn’t matter whether you advertise or not, the key is to spend money purely and lose money!
Where can I find this unfair project?
Without thinking, Shen Miaomiao was not prepared to continue listening at all, she nodded on the spot, wishing she could sign the contract immediately and start burning money!
But at this moment!
【Ding dong!】
Suddenly, a crisp sound in her mind interrupted Shen Miaomiao's reckless charge——
[A new project form detected - publicity project]
【Do you want to view details?】
yeah?
Shen Miaomiao was stunned.
You know, as of now, her loss rebate system has only two major categories of project forms: [regular projects] [charitable projects]
There is no need to mention conventional projects. Starting from a base of ten times, subdivided into main projects and derivative sub-projects, the multiple changes can be achieved by adjusting the number of days.
Charitable projects are special project types that are independent of regular projects. Depending on the amount donated, the rebate is 1% of the total donation.
But now.
Cooperation negotiations with Tencel Bull came to our door.
The third project form was also unexpectedly unlocked: [Publicity Project]
[Note: This project is an independent publicity project, mainly for brands, and does not target any regular project or charity project alone. It is an investment project independent of "regular projects" and "charitable projects"]
[Rebate form: Since the "Promotion Project" is mainly aimed at corporate brand power, the profit and loss judgment standard will also be judged based on the profit growth brought about by the promotion. If within the specified time, the profit growth is higher than that of the promotion If the cost is lower than the cost, the project investment is successful; if within the specified time, the profit growth is lower than the publicity cost, the project investment fails.】
hiss--
After looking at it, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but smacked her lips secretly.
A new way to play is here.
Sure enough, the system is not a fool. For projects like this that are purely about burning money and gaining reputation, the system also has its own set of judgment standards.
It’s a new thing, can you try it out?
Anyway, there are still at least three or four months until the development of "Overwatch" is completed.
Taking advantage of this gap period, you can try this new format first.
After all, they came all the way from Siam to sincerely seek cooperation, and it seemed like the Chinese New Year was almost here.
It’s not easy even though it’s here, it’s the Chinese New Year...
There’s no way you can refuse this, okay!!!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao pondered for a moment and asked:
"So in the initial cooperation, how will your company plan to promote it? How much is the total investment expected?"
There is a way!
Hearing this, Matt and Xu Zhixing looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.
"Our initial plan is to organize a Ridge Challenge,"
Saying that, Xu Zhixing took out a piece of information from the materials at hand and presented it to Shen Miaomiao, obviously prepared:
"According to our incomplete survey statistics, among the various extreme sports in the world, downhill cycling and skydiving are the two sports with the largest number of people,"
"But considering the visual appearance of skydiving, it is not as impactful as ridge rappelling,"
"So we propose to organize a global ridge downhill race to be held in Utah, USA, of course..."
Speaking of which.
Xu Zhixing added another point:
"Of course it's not the devil's ridge in your company's eight peak challenges. For safety reasons, we will choose a less difficult ridge for the competition,"
"The total prize money... is initially set at 300,000 U.S. dollars, and will be divided into first, second and third place."
Just listen.
Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
It can be seen that the Bulls have made a lot of preparations for this cooperation.
The sport format was chosen, the challenge location was scouted, and even the competition format and bonus tiers were prepared.
That is, if their Golden Wind agrees.
The [Golden Bull United Extreme Challenge] will begin soon.
Tell the truth.
This is the cooperation that Gu Sheng longs for.
but.
But it is the only project he is currently unsure about.
After all, he is just a game designer.
When it comes to games, he has everything at his fingertips. Whether it's planning or final results, he has a predictable future with the system and rich experience in his previous life.
But this joint challenge is different.
Strictly speaking, this stuff is no longer part of the gaming industry.
If it does, this would be their first out-of-game project to date.
Although in his previous life, Red Bull relied on this "I pay and you pay" publicity format to go from an unknown functional drink manufacturer to a world-famous beverage giant, spanning extreme sports, rally
, F1, football, rugby, ice hockey and many other sports.
But in this life, he is not sure whether this form can be achieved.
And the most important thing is - he has never done anything like this!
Think for a moment:
"What about the total investment?"
"The total is about..."
Xu Zhiyuan presented another report to Gu Sheng:
"About $7.6 million."
The words have not yet been spoken!
Then Shen Miaomiao screamed: "How many?!"
Across the way, Matt and Xu Zhiyuan were both frightened!
"Uh... uh..."
Xu Zhiyuan opened his mouth, although in terms of age, he was more than a round older than the little girl in front of him.
But neither the little girl's illustrious military exploits nor the Shen Capital behind her made him dare not look down upon her.
He hesitated for a moment: "About seven hundred...six hundred thousand dollars?"
"Tsk um..."
After confirming the number, Shen Miaomiao's brows furrowed.
What kind of crappy project is this? Huh?
Brother, did you make a mistake?!
Our total investment in "Peak Kingdom" is 101 million!
The purpose is to allow players to fight for their lives in the virtual somatosensory cabin!
But now!
This "joint challenge" you proposed allows real people to risk their lives, but it only costs 7.6 million dollars?
Let’s split it equally between our two families, 3.8 million dollars per family?
Do you treat extreme athletes like beggars?
Besides, if you do this, I will lose a lot of money for such a small amount of money!
Even if I lose as much as I can, it will only be 3.8 million. If multiplied by 10 times, the loss will be 38 million at best!
I might as well play a game when I have the time!
How can we increase the cost of this activity?
For a moment, Shen Miaomiao frowned, and after a moment, she slowly spoke: "My opinion is-"
