You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 58: Shocking News

"According to an internal operation contact I know, the data for Dog Paradise clearly started strong but ended weak. On the first day of its public beta, it briefly reached the top 10 best-selling charts on major platforms, with DAU (daily active users) reaching 8 and ARPU (revenue per user) exceeding 200 yuan. The next-day retention rate was also good, at around 40%."

"However, with the sudden rise of Leisure Island Owner Life, the momentum of Dog Girl Paradise was immediately cut short, and Dog Girl Paradise immediately entered hell mode with a plummeting online user base!"

"Group executives had high hopes for this project, but were bitterly disappointed. The vice president in charge of the interactive entertainment business group directly instructed General Manager Dimei to issue a military order."

"The Dog Paradise project team has started laying off staff. The original lead planner has been fired, and the producer has been given a 1-star performance rating."

A day later, another planner who was laid off from the project team went to NGA and posted a complaint:
"To quickly produce the new version of Dog Paradise, the project team has been working three shifts. I haven't slept for two days and two nights. I just went to the tea room to rest for a while, and then my HRBP talked me out of it."

"Reply to the second floor: I'll give you a thumbs up. Going to the tea room to take a nap or something is just an excuse for layoffs. I hope you find your next job soon."

"3rd floor reply: The data is already like this. Taoyuan Township has beaten you to the ground. Why are you still working overtime? Just lie down and let them laugh at you."

"The original poster replied to the third floor: There's nothing we can do. We've been ordered to release a new version within a week and update the main storyline. This is a last-ditch effort."

The new main storyline mentioned by the poster was previewed earlier this week.

Dog Paradise is an online game, and it does need to be constantly updated with subsequent main storylines and new levels.

However, the project team encountered unprecedented difficulties during production.

The reason is very simple. The reason why the previous levels were completed so quickly was because it was easy to open the Sharingan. You just had to copy Cat Girl Paradise and it would be done without having to use your brain.

But Cat Girl Paradise is a single-player game, and the game ended long ago.

When the time came for me to create something original, I found it wasn't that easy.

……

The evening of July 6.

The new main storyline that the production team of Dog Paradise worked so hard to come up with has been officially released.

This story expansion is called "The Day After Tomorrow: Big Hero 6"

It tells the story of a year after John, Illya and other bitches escaped from paradise. Aliens from the Sagittarius galaxy took advantage of the Earth's weakness and prepared to deus ex machina to completely occupy the Earth.

Squirrel John and the bitches form the Big Hero 6, and together with the remaining humans hiding in underground fortresses, they fight guerrilla warfare in the ruins of cities around the world to fight against the alien invasion.

Although the setting is a passionate battle against aliens, the plot is quite melodramatic and full of logical flaws.

The personalities of both Squirrel John and Bitch Illya have completely collapsed.

Especially at the end of the story, the game actually reveals the unexpected truth again. It turns out that the existence of the dog bitch itself is related to the alien technology of Sagittarius.

In the original work of Cat Girl Paradise, the beast-eared girls are genetically modified, which causes the game settings to directly contradict the book and be inconsistent.

After this expansion pack was released, the game's already precarious reputation collapsed again!
Angry players flocked to the game's comment section and began to rant:
"What's wrong with you guys? Why is the feel of this expansion so different from the previous ones? The previous stories were so touching, what kind of crap are you writing now?"

"This is really a dog's tail adding to a tiger's tail. I can write better than you even if I bring a husky to type on the keyboard."

"The above, you guys might not know this, but the early plot of this game was directly copied from Taoyuan Township, and they continued it with their own writing, which shows their true level."

The official Weibo account and D-station updates of Dog Girl Paradise were once again flooded with comments from players.

After being criticized for being autistic, the official issued an apology in the early morning, stating that they would reduce the main storyline updates in the future and focus on bringing novel combat experiences to players.

As soon as this apology announcement was released, it was once again flooded with comments from players:

"Let me translate this for you. The so-called novel combat experience means more krypton gold combat items."

"Even in such a state, you're still reluctant to give out some benefits to appease the public anger. You're really stingy."

"The officials really have nothing to live for, they can bite lighters."

The more they do, the more mistakes they make, and the more mistakes they make, the more they do. Goblin Paradise has fallen into a vicious cycle of reputation collapse...

June 6, Shenzhou City.

Liu Holdings Group's global headquarters, Chairman Liu Lan's office.

Liu Lan sat in a high-back chair behind his desk, flipping through the report documents in front of him.

The sunlight outside poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, but the atmosphere inside the house was like the coldest days of winter, filled with a depressing tension.

On the other side of the desk, Manager Shi, the head of Youyi Company, stood respectfully.

He was wearing a dark blue suit, with a nervous and flattering smile on his face. Fine beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead, and the collar of his shirt was also wet with sweat.

He didn't dare look directly at Liu Lan, but kept wandering around the office, as if looking for a sense of security.

"Tell me about it."

Liu Lan had a stunningly beautiful face with light makeup on and her red lips slightly parted.

Her voice has the laziness and magnetism that is unique to mature women, but it is also mixed with a majestic aura that makes any man around her dare not have any improper thoughts of usurping the right path.

Manager Shi tried to keep his voice steady:

"Chairman, Youyi's revenue performance this month has remained stable, and its domestic game market share remains second only to Tenghui Interactive Entertainment.

The company's revenue base is mainly based on some Chinese-style MMOs such as "Fantasy Westward Journey" and "Journey to the West Online", as well as overseas agency games such as "World of Dragon" and "Light Destroyer".

Currently, in the MMO category, our company's "Fantasy Westward Journey" is still ranked first nationwide, with a peak concurrent online user base exceeding 300 million."

Liu Lan crossed her hands in front of her chest, raised her chin slightly, and looked down at Manager Qian with a hint of scrutiny in her eyes.

Her body language made Manager Shi feel uneasy.

"Manager Shi, this is your first time reporting directly to me, so you might not be familiar with my style. What you just said is already stated in the report, so I don't need you to repeat it.

I want to hear something that is not in the report. You are a smart person and should understand what I mean."

After Liu Lan finished speaking, his aura became even more fierce, and Manager Shi subconsciously took a small step back, like a frightened bird.

After realizing that he had lost his composure, he steadied his trembling body, his throat rolled slightly, and he responded with difficulty:

“Yes, Chairman, I…I will report truthfully.

This month, there were no problems with the old product lines and agency business lines, but there were indeed some problems with the self-developed system.

The most serious problem is with our Frostwolf Studio.

Frostwolf Studios' previous shooter game had dismal sales, leaving it in the red for a year. This month, the studio is planning to develop a modern urban online game, based on its core strengths, in an effort to turn losses into profits.

Manager Shi rubbed his pants with his hands from time to time and glanced at Liu Lan cautiously.

Seeing that the other party did not interrupt, he felt relieved and continued slowly:
"The head of Frostwolf Studios told me that they are quite confident about the next game.

Our studio has chosen an urban theme, and the tentative name of the new work is "Boss Simulator".

The reason for establishing this project is that, after careful investigation, we found that modern urban-themed games on the market are still a blue ocean waiting to be developed.

We believe that in the short term, it is unlikely that other domestic game companies will launch urban-themed games that would directly compete with us.”

Manager Shi said this with great confidence. Even if other small studios have conflicting projects, they will have to keep it to themselves!

With the reputation of Liu Lan's Liu Group and Youyi's R&D and channel strength, which shortsighted game company would overestimate its capabilities and clash with Youyi's release schedule?

(End of this chapter)