Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

Stared at by Gretchen's stubborn little eyes, Nangong Yu had no choice but to give up.

Gretchen breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the knight return.

Looking at her drawing paper, Gretchen suddenly felt an urge to destroy it.

My mind was a bit hazy just now, and somehow I subconsciously added the imagery she was imagining...

Feeling a little shy, Gretchen turned her gaze back to the knight, but what she saw made her eyes widen in horror.

Nangong Yu bent down, intending to move the stool back.

But just then, he suddenly noticed a stack of books next to the stool.

Did it fall on the ground?

"Gresh, what's going on under your bed?!!"

A tremendous force struck his lower back, causing Nangong Yu to lose his balance and fall to the ground. Before he could even rub his aching lower back, another force struck his stomach.

"Well!"

After Gretchen pounced on him, she couldn't stand up straight and sat down hard, causing him to be injured a second time.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Sir Knight!!"

Gretchen was both ashamed and anxious, and she was on the verge of tears. Seeing the knight's pained expression made her feel even more guilty and confused.

Her mind was already a complete mess when she suddenly remembered a method her mother had used on her, and her body instinctively began to act.

Nangong Yu took a deep breath and immediately felt a little better, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a cute little face coming towards him.

chirp~

A sweet kiss landed on his cheek.

"what?"

"Hey?"

Nangong Yu was stunned for the umpteenth time today, and Gretchen also suddenly became somewhat bewildered.

Gradually, as Gretchen realized what she had just done, an unprecedented surge of heat rushed into her mind.

At this moment, the battered consciousness finally crashed.

Blindedly touching her cheek, Nangong Yu looked at Gretchen, who was lying on top of her, dazed and confused. Silence enveloped the room.

........

Nighttime, in the bedroom.

"I prevented a crime today."

Bronya, who had just changed into her new underwear and was about to test if it would increase attack speed, asked curiously, "Oh? How did you do that?"

"Relying on my unwavering willpower."

Nangong Yu said with such certainty.

Chapter 173 Entertainment Invitational Tournament! (14/22)

The four-day Destiny Games Expo concluded in a lively atmosphere, and Apex Legends was launched precisely on time at noon the day after the expo ended.

This time, Nangong Yu didn't hold back at all in terms of publicity and promotion. Gensokyo doesn't have much else right now, but it has the most liquid funds. With Pokémon as a money-making machine that keeps printing money, it feels like they don't need to worry about the development funds for any future games.

The people in the publicity department were also dealing with such a large sum of money for the first time, and they all put in their best effort to enjoy the thrill of being the client.

In terms of specific promotional matters, he referred to the methods used when APEX was released in his previous life, but did it even more thoroughly.

He had his subordinates contact most of the popular live streaming platforms on the market and directly sign a one-month short-term contract with them.

During this one-month period, the streaming time for APEX will be counted in the game streaming section. At the same time, the number of simultaneous connections, gifts, and bullet comments during the stream will be counted, and the commission will be settled based on the final data.

Therefore, the day after the Tianming Games Expo ended, players opened their live streaming apps and found that half of the game sections were broadcasting a new game they had never heard of before.

Strangely, I clicked into the live stream of my favorite streamer.

The new generation of FPS, battle royale, evolved armor, and the sound of armor shattering that can almost give you a brain orgasm. Watching my favorite streamers cheer with joy and slam their fists on the table in excitement as they figure out new tricks, my curiosity was instantly ignited, and I immediately clicked on the eye-catching game link at the bottom of the live stream.

APEX, launch!

Of course, this also involves placing ads on various social media platforms, providing creative incentives, and contacting well-known short video bloggers to promote videos.

In just a few days, gamers were bewildered to find that it seemed like only one game was available online, as the aggressive promotion had driven the traffic of all other games to rock bottom.

Oh, wait, Pokémon are an exception. You can't fight your own kind, right?

Especially for traditional FPS manufacturers, they are truly suffering in silence, unable to express their grievances.

They were already somewhat disappointed with the game's quality, and now they're promoting it like this?

Do you think your family's money grows on trees?!

In no time, APEX's popularity almost surpassed the promotional effect of a certain movie or TV show in the previous life. Favorite streamers were playing APEX, news was talking about APEX, and even when taking a break to watch short videos, APEX was all the rage.

This will certainly provoke resentment from some players, but many more will be drawn in by curiosity.

after all.

APEX is really fun.

Without cheats, without crappy servers, without the five red buffs that constantly appear in the upper right corner of the game upon entering, and with a matchmaking mechanism based on advanced AI algorithms, this game only took a few days to become a hit among players.

Moreover, as the only battle royale game, its novel gameplay has almost monopolized most FPS players and attracted many newcomers, making the overall FPS market even bigger.

Although the majority of this was absorbed by Fantasyland, this change still provided some solace to the FPS developers who were instantly crushed.

Battle royale, huh? If they can't innovate, can't they just copy others?

Although Gensokyo has already captured the largest share of the traffic, and it's hard to surpass its game quality, that doesn't stop them from getting a piece of the pie.

If they don't get much attention, they'll refine their approach and focus all their efforts on catering to certain groups.

For example, if all the characters were made into cute and adorable girls, and a dating system was included, allowing players to woo girls and control them to shoot guns, wouldn't that immediately attract the interest of otaku?

Others abandon the comic-book style of Apex Legends and go for realism, using realistic maps, real weapons, and even data that matches the real world. This kind of perfect simulation can attract the interest of a large number of enthusiasts.

or......

Anyway, everyone has their own ideas, it just depends on who can make it first and grab the remaining soup.

Nangong Yu has been too lazy to care about this. He is currently focused on coordinating the promotion's effectiveness and summarizing the experience gained from this large-scale promotion. There will only be more such situations in the future, so he naturally needs to be proficient.

Sitting in the office, Nangong Yu was studying the data, while Bronya was looking through the financial statements.

She was taken aback when she noticed the exorbitant expenditures that had piled up like a flood in just a few days.

"They really spend money like water."

"Hmm?" Kaguya looked over curiously.

Bronya glanced at her, pointed at the screen, and sighed, "The investment in publicity is about to exceed the investment in research and development, and it's only been a few days."

"It's normal."

Hearing Bronya's exclamation, Nangong Yu looked up.

After casually replying, he stood up from the ergonomic chair, stretched, and shook his neck, which had been sitting for a long time.

He swayed behind Bronya and leaned down to rest his weight on her shoulder.

"What, are you feeling distressed?"

Bronya asked cheerfully, but quickly muttered a complaint under her breath.

"It always feels like the best effort wasn't put to good use."

Feeling the warmth of the close proximity, Bronya grasped the hands that draped down her shoulders and squeezed them gently.

"The world is not lacking in good games. With a population of nearly 10 billion, even if only a small fraction become game designers, the creativity and inspiration that emerge from them are already countless. What many of them lack is simply how to put their games in front of players, and that is the purpose of promotion."

After saying that, he lowered his head and nuzzled Bronya's soft cheek, then continued with a smile, "Besides, don't you want more people to play our game?"

"......think."

"That's fine then. Besides, this is just a small fraction of the available funds in the accounts. The bulk of the money comes from Entropy Reversal."

He kissed her cheek again, then withdrew his hand, stood up, and patted Bronya's head: "We're no longer that small studio that couldn't even afford research and development funds. Show some of the boss's spirit, Mr. Duck~"

"What 'Duck Boss'? That sounds awful!"

He glared at Nangong Yu, then laughed and walked aside to tease Kaguya.

Compared to Bronya, Kaguya was much shyer. Her face quickly turned red, and she leaned weakly into Nangong Yu's arms.

"Are you so happy today?"

After washing his fingers with water, Nangong Yu played with Kaguya's tongue, then turned to Bronya and nodded gently.

"Yeah, after all, APEX's results were better than I expected. I thought the fun invitational tournament a week later would be a lifesaver, but now it seems like it's just icing on the cake."

A hand slipped inside her clothes and gently slid across Kaguya's warm, flat stomach, causing the girl to tremble again.

"As of just now, the number of registered players has exceeded 150 million, and the maximum number of concurrent online players per day has reached 20 million."

"How many?!"

Kaguya had her hands on her chest, but she couldn't care less about being shy, and Bronya's eyes widened as well.

"These are just the latest figures, so they might be a bit inflated since it's a new game. But it shouldn't be too difficult to maintain around ten million daily figures after that."

“Pervert,” Bronya muttered.

"Yeah, even I didn't expect it to be so effective. I thought that around ten million concurrent users would be the peak for this game, but it broke that expectation right from the start."

He lowered his head and sniffed Kaguya's neck, inhaling the girl's fragrance, and pulled her tightly into his arms.

"No, we're still in the office, so be careful!"

Seeing that his actions were becoming increasingly aggressive, and that Kaguya simply couldn't bring herself to refuse him, Bronya gave her a disgruntled reminder.

"Don't worry, no one will come into this office..."

"Your Highness, I have... one..."

A wild Reishi appeared. The wild Reishi was shocked by the erotic scene on the office chair and ran away.