The diva and I cross each other

Chapter 496: AAA Game of Blazing Light
"Toutiao's registered fans have exceeded 100 million, so shouldn't we further liberalize advertising?"

Rong Mu nodded and said, "I think so too. I have already announced that I will sell the splash screen ads and basic page ads of Toutiao. I think some companies will contact us soon."

"That's fine. What we need to do next is to increase the number of users of Neihan Duanzi and Toutiao as quickly as possible, and at the same time develop Douyin, and strive to have it listed on the New Year's Day this year."

"Er Ming, since Douyin is so important, do you think we should do something big?" Rong Mu asked.

"A big one? What do you mean?"

"If we launch TikTok on New Year's Day as you said, we can compete for the naming rights of this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala in November."

Luo Ming was stunned when he heard this. He really hadn't thought of this.

"Er Ming, WeChat got the title sponsorship of the Spring Festival Gala last year. I don't need to say much about WeChat now, right? If we spend money to let Douyin sponsor the Spring Festival Gala, the effect will definitely be great.

Moreover, our company’s gold coin system is interoperable. By attracting new users from Douyin, we can also attract users to Neihan Duanzi and Toutiao. Why not spend one dollar to attract users to three apps?”

"Sure! Let's try it!"

"Penguin spent 6.5 million last year to win the naming rights of WeChat's Spring Festival Gala. The publicity effect of WeChat was so good last year. I estimate that the naming rights of the Spring Festival Gala will be even more expensive this year," said Rong Mu.

Luo Ming waved his hand and said, "Money shouldn't be a problem for our company, right?"

"Okay! I know what to do. By the way, Erming, there is something else I want to tell you."

"What's going on?" Luo Ming asked.

"Scorching Light Games has started production on our 3A game."

"Is the script ok?"

"Senior Brother Zhao invited 30 of the most popular online novel writers, as well as famous screenwriters in the entertainment industry, to write the script for the game together."

“What’s the background of the script?”

"Conferred the Gods."

Luo Ming became interested after hearing this: "Do you have a script? Let me see it."

Rongmu took out his mobile phone and transferred a word document from Kuaishu to Luo Ming.

Luo Ming received the document and opened it immediately.

The protagonist of the story is a young man who traveled through time to the primitive times. His soul merged with the broken branch left behind by the immortal Yangmei in the primitive times and he became the descendant of the immortal Yangmei. After transforming, he became a minor official of the Shang Dynasty and personally experienced the Battle of the Gods.

The overall plot is still very exciting to watch, worthy of being the joint creation of so many great gods.

“This is just one of the routes players can choose. According to Senior Brother Zhao’s plan, the plot of the Conferred God War and the CG that players can see are the same. The difference is the camp chosen by the player.

Players can choose from five identities in total. One is the descendant of the great immortal Yangmei from the perspective of the Shang Dynasty that you just saw, one is one of the 100 sons of Ji Chang from the perspective of Xiqi, one is an unnamed golden immortal with a religion background, one is the famous Erlang Shen Yang Jian, a third-generation disciple of the Chan sect, and one is the Holy Mother Wu Dang, a direct disciple of the Jie sect.

These five perspectives can be controlled by players and have independent growth lines and stories. "

"It sounds good. How long is the estimated production cycle? How much investment is required?" Luo Ming asked.

"Brother Zhao estimated that the production cycle would take three years, and the investment would be 6 million yuan."

Luo Ming nodded when he heard this. He remembered that Cyberpunk 2077 seemed to have invested 3.16 million US dollars, of which 1.74 million US dollars were used for game development, and the rest was publicity expenses.

"Fengshen" should not need to worry about the issue of publicity. By the time "Fengshen" is produced, Douyin will probably have taken off.

Besides, Penguin owns 15% of the shares of Zhanguang Games. Penguin will definitely support the first 3A masterpiece in China and at least help with the promotion.

As for R&D expenses, it seems that it is half less than that of Game Friends 2077, but in fact, the work efficiency of foreign and domestic Internet companies is completely two different concepts.

The same amount of money can definitely do more for domestic Internet companies. 6 million is enough for game development.

"I understand. Mu Tou, tell Brother Zhao to do it. If there is any need, please report it. The company will try its best to help them solve it."

"Okay, I'll talk to him in a minute."

"By the way, Mu Tou, how is our data processing center in Ningbo going?" Luo Ming asked, changing the subject.

"I was just about to tell you this! The data processing center has been completed. When will the supercomputer you ordered arrive?"

Luo Ming nodded and said, "I'll tell the Imperial Capital right away and ask them to send the supercomputer over."

"Well, arrange it as soon as possible! I have asked Song Yue to go to Ningbo to conduct recruitment work. Don't wait for the company's people to come to work. Your supercomputer is not in place yet."

"Dongdong~Mr. Luo, are you there?"

As soon as Rong Mu finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Is this voice Lin Shuwen's assistant Chen Sichu?" Rong Mu asked.

Luo Ming nodded. "I think Wenwen has something to do. I've finished my work here and will leave first. You can talk to her!" Rong Mu turned and left.

When Rong Mu went out, he called Chen Sichu in.

Chen Sichu took two steps at a time and came to Luo Ming's desk.

"Is there something going on with Wenwen?" Luo Ming asked.

"Sister Wen, it's okay. I have something to ask you. I asked for leave from Sister Wen specifically to come here."

After hearing what Chen Sichu said, Luo Ming's eyes flashed with surprise. He looked up at Chen Sichu and asked, "Chuchu, what's the matter?"

Chen Sichu's expression was a little embarrassed, and she couldn't help but think of a conversation she had half a month ago.

That day, Chen Sichu helped Lin Shuwen deliver a document to Zhuoguang Entertainment. As soon as he got off the elevator, Chen Sichu heard two girls in charge of the front desk of Zhuoguang Technology chatting.

"Is the opening event of the Chu Meiren milk tea shop downstairs from our company about to end?" asked Xiao Wang at the front desk.

"I remember their opening event lasted for a month! It should be just these two days!"

"Then this store is probably going to go bankrupt. I guess it can only last two months at most."

"Two months? You think too highly of it. It's not even a chain store, how can it last three months? I think another month will be enough."

"Ahem! What are you two talking about?" Chen Sichu walked over and interrupted their conversation.

"Hello, Assistant Chen!" The two of them quickly stood up and greeted Chen Sichu.

"Oh! Don't be so polite. I'm not a leader of the company. You were just talking about the new milk tea shop called Chu Meiren that opened near the company, right?"

The two nodded at the same time. There is no young girl who doesn't like milk tea. Chen Sichu is about the same age as them, so it is normal to ask this question.

"Don't you think this store is promising?" Chen Sichu asked.

Wang, the front desk clerk, was stunned. Shouldn't Assistant Chen be asking if the milk tea in this shop is good? Why would he ask this?
Of course, although it was strange, the receptionist Xiao Wang was not stupid and would not say it directly. Although Chen Sichu was not the leader of the company, she was General Manager Lin's assistant. General Manager Lin treated her like his own sister. She was someone they could not afford to offend.

So the front desk clerk Xiao Wang replied weakly: "We are indeed not optimistic."

"Why?" Chen Sichu continued to ask.

"Assistant Chen, you may not know that we have been working in the company for almost a year. The milk tea shop downstairs from our company has changed its sign three times in this year. This Chu Beauty is the fourth time.

Of the three stores above, the longest one lasted two and a half months, and the shortest one closed down in less than a month, so I am not optimistic about it.”

Chen Sichu was surprised when he heard this and asked, "You mean this store has bad feng shui?"

"Feng Shui is too weird. I don't believe in it."

"Then why did their store close down so quickly? Logically speaking, isn't our company's location very good?"

“I think it’s because of the location. Assistant Chen, you may not know that there are more than 10 milk tea shops near our company, and this does not include the milk tea shops opened in the two nearby universities.” Another receptionist, Xiao Zhou, said.

Chen Sichu understood after hearing this: "So what you mean is that there are too many milk tea shops nearby, which will squeeze the living space of new milk tea shops?"

“Not only that, Assistant Chen, our CEO Rong once said: humans are creatures of habit, and once people develop a habit, it is very difficult to change it.

The milk tea shop downstairs from our company, the first three stores all closed down not long after opening, and no one has developed the habit of buying milk tea from them.

Everyone is used to buying milk tea at the place they used to go to, and they have become familiar with the staff there.

Don’t be fooled by this milk tea shop called Chu Meiren. It’s crowded now. That’s because they held an event a month before their opening, so there must be more people. The event is about to end, so I guess there will be fewer people later.”

After listening to what the receptionists Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhou said, Chen Sichu felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say much. He just turned around and left silently.

Half a month passed quickly, and just as the receptionists Xiao Zhou and Xiao Wang said, the newly opened milk tea shop downstairs named Chu Meiren was no longer doing well. The number of people who came to buy milk tea every day did not exceed 10. The word "deserted" was the most appropriate way to describe the current situation of this milk tea shop.

As the milk tea shop business got worse and worse, Chen Sichu's mood also became worse and worse.

Lin Shuwen naturally also noticed that something was wrong with Chen Sichu.

Based on Lin Shuwen's understanding of Chen Sichu, Chen Sichu is a heartless person. The reason why she looks so worried is that she must have been scolded by Sister Shan or her sister Chen Junmiao, or she has encountered some unsolvable problems at work recently.

Lin Shuwen's intuition told her that Chen Sichu should be the latter.

Because Shan Jie was busy arranging the filming of "Ode to Joy" recently, and Chen Junmiao was also preparing for the release of "Crazy Stone" during the National Day holiday, so how could they have time to scold her? So it can only be her own problem.

So Lin Shuwen tested Chen Sichu and learned from him that she had secretly invested in a milk tea shop in mid-June. Now, less than two months after opening, the business of the milk tea shop has been getting worse and worse and is about to go bankrupt.

Lin Shuwen didn’t know much about milk tea shops and didn’t know how to persuade Chen Sichu, so she simply passed the ball to Luo Ming.

(End of this chapter)