A writer has arrived in the Chinese entertainment industry.

The most popular mobile games in China right now are "I am MT", "Temple Run" and "Time Hunter", each with a monthly revenue of over 50 million.

Among them, "Time Hunter" achieved a monthly revenue exceeding 13 million RMB in October 10. Essentially, it's also an action game, but it borrows from Dungeon Fighter Online (DNF) and emphasizes PvP. It relies on endless nesting and a pay-to-win system to force players to spend money to build up their combat power. Without spending money, you can't beat anyone.

Incidentally, Huayi spent 600 million yuan in 2013 to acquire a 50% stake in Yinhan Technology, the company behind "Time Hunter".

Yes, it's Huayi Brothers, the company that makes movies. So it's obvious that this game, along with Yinhang Technology, ultimately failed. What kind of good company could be attracted by Huayi Brothers?

Genshin Impact's first day of release.

On the first day, there were 550,000 new users, around 300,000 daily active users, and 3.5 million in revenue.

While it can't compare to the most popular mobile games, Genshin Impact boasts an exceptionally high second-day retention rate of 72%. According to internal company estimates, its first-week revenue should exceed ten million.

This data is already the absolute benchmark for current anime-style mobile games.

When the Yao family came to report to Su Liu, they practically worshipped him like a god.

The most challenging aspects of a game are exploring its core gameplay and designing its art, but Su Liu solved all of these problems in the early stages of preparation.

In Yao's eyes, what else could this be but a god?

Unfortunately, Su Liu was already the God of Deduction and had no intention of usurping the divine position, so he gave up the title of God of Games.

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As the year draws to a close, the Fuxing Culture floor is mostly empty, with everyone except the film and television department having already gone home for the holidays.

The film and television division will be spun off into an independent subsidiary after the release of "Knives Out," with Chen Si serving as the president and legal representative of Fuxing Film & Television.

She had previously suggested holding a company annual meeting. However, Su Liu thought that all departments were just getting started this year, and apart from her own novel's sales rising day by day, none of the others had achieved anything that could be loudly proclaimed at the annual meeting, so she decided against it and suggested that everyone be given an early holiday.

China Southern Airlines has already started its winter break. Chen Duling was delayed at school for a few days and only started her journey home today.

She originally wanted to come to Shanghai, but her mother called her back after a phone call.

Chen Duling's family is a typical tiger mom and cat dad family, with her mother worrying about every aspect of her daughter's life since she was little. Fortunately, although her family has strict discipline, her mother is also reasonable and understanding, and she did not feel the suffocating feeling typical of East Asian families.

Chen Duling has had her own ideas since she was a child, and she loves to reason with her mother.

For a trivial matter, the mother and daughter can argue back and forth at the dinner table. Sometimes she can persuade her mother to agree with her ideas, but most of the time she is frustrated and occasionally loses control of her emotions. At this time, she will sulk and then apologize to her mother after she has calmed down.

When she got to college, the happiest thing for her was that her mother finally stopped letting her play video games! This was something she had fought for countless times but never succeeded in doing.

"Do you really want to play games that much?" Su Liu asked at the time.

"Everyone else is playing, why can't I?"

"Your mother is still just a mortal after all," Su Liu said with an air of being the only one who is sober in a world of drunks. "The will of a mortal is easily influenced by what's around them. When she sees those tragedies caused by games on TV or online, it's no wonder she worries about you."

"So the problem is, she doesn't trust me! She doesn't believe I have the self-control."

"As a mother, not believing in her own daughter is indeed a heinous crime."

"...Why do you say that? My mother is a very good person."

The conversation ended there, and Su Liu vowed never to comment on other people's intimate relationships again.

Surprisingly, Chen Duling's mother extended an invitation to Su Liu. She mentioned this on the phone after arriving home today.

"Su Su, my mom wants to see you!" Chen Duling sounded like she was trying to suppress a laugh on the other end of the phone, with a malicious look on her face.

Upon hearing this, Su Liu's first reaction was confusion. Why would they want to see me out of the blue? This invitation is too strange.

So he directly expressed his confusion: "Why?"

"You know I have all your previous works in my room, right?"

"Yes, you said that."

"I told her before that these books were written by my friend. Then one day, my mom was cleaning my room and read your novel."

"Really? Your mother reads mystery novels... Wait a minute!" Su Liu exclaimed in surprise, blurting out, "Which one is she reading?"

"You guessed it, didn't you—"

Su Liu felt utterly hopeless in an instant. "Could it be 'The Elephant Head Maze'?"

"You got it right!"

Just how bizarre and twisted is "The Elephant Head Maze" that Su Liu still bears this reputation for being a pervert?

To put it another way, this book is full of elements such as bodies exploding, heads bursting, internal organs spitting out of mouths, male-male relationships, and father-daughter incest.

It's hard to imagine the shock Chen's mother felt when she read this novel, or what kind of monster Su Liu was in her mind at that moment.

"This is all literary creation," Su Liu hurriedly explained. "You need to explain this clearly to your mother, so she doesn't misunderstand me."

Chen Duling chuckled on the other end of the phone, "She also said, 'How come you look so clean and tidy, but your heart is so dark?'"

"You can't judge me so one-sidedly!"

"So, would you like to come to my house for the Chinese New Year?"

"Is it Chinese New Year?"

Su Liu has always spent the Spring Festival with An Wenxiu for the past few years, and the two of them just have a simple meal on New Year's Eve as their New Year's Eve dinner. He was also curious as to why Sister Wenxiu never went back to her hometown every year, but she always just smiled and didn't answer.

"Yes, come to my house and celebrate the New Year with me."

Chen Duling is often troubled by her voice not being gentle enough. Even when she speaks softly, it always sounds to others like she is reading a text without any emotion.

However, Su Liu could definitely sense it now. This seemingly tough, straightforward woman was speaking very slowly, carefully gauging her words. There was a sense of awkwardness mixed with an attempt to maintain balance.

"But my movie is about to be released, and I can't leave."

"Really? So you're working throughout the Lunar New Year this year too? And who are you having New Year's Eve dinner with?"

"Sister Wenxiu, right? Or maybe someone from the company too?"

"Oh—" Chen Duling drawled, "Alright then, how long are you going to be busy?"

Su Liu thought for a moment, "The roadshow will probably be on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."

"Come visit Xiamen when you're done with your work!"

"That would be a good idea!"

"Then it's a deal."

After Su Liu hung up the phone, he was about to discuss the Spring Festival roadshow with Li Fei when another call came in.

This time it's Ran Xiaoqing.

As soon as he answered the call, he heard a noisy commotion on the other end.

"Hey Weiwei, give me back my phone!" That was Ran Xiaoqing's voice.

"Hahaha, I've already called!" Tian Xiwei laughed loudly. "Hey, hey, hey, can you hear me?"

"Tian Xiwei!" Su Liu called out, "What are you doing now!"

"I made this call for Xiaoqing. She wanted to ask if you were coming to Chongqing for the Chinese New Year."

"Weiwei, don't talk nonsense!"

Su Liu was taken aback. It's Chinese New Year again?