You promised it would be a free game, but now your screen is full of in-app purchase prompts?

Chen Feng had hoped that the game would be successful.

But he really didn't expect it to be this successful.

In fact, this outcome was inevitable.

This mode appeared in this world for the first time. Players had never experienced this type of chaff before, so they were naturally unable to resist it at first.

Once other companies figure out his methods, his market share will eventually be divided up.

There is no way.

Of course, Chen Feng never intended to keep everything to himself forever; that was simply impossible.

Secondly, hoarding profits is a major taboo in any industry.

If you dare to eat alone, you won't even know how you died the next day.

Envious people, especially if you're blocking their path to wealth, will see you as a thorn in their side!

Therefore, Chen Feng never intended to restrict others from replicating him, nor could he do so.

However, he can still eat alone for a short period of time, probably for three to five months to half a year, without much problem.

This time is enough for him to accumulate enough funds to develop his next big game.

Across from Chen Feng, looking at the man's confident and composed expression, Sister Zhao's face was full of admiration.

This mature woman usually appears aloof in public, and her family is incredibly wealthy, dozens of times richer than Chen Feng.

He is a top student with practical work experience.

I came to work at Chen Feng's small workshop entirely because of Chen Feng himself...

Therefore, in the company, she only ever paid attention to Chen Feng.

Including those heads of planning departments, he considered them nothing more than small fry in the industry.

It's nowhere near as good as the game design team from those big game companies.

Moreover, during the development of the game Plants vs. Zombies, most of the technology and ideas were actually provided by her idol, Chen Feng.

These guys in the planning department and the tech department are just there to lend a hand and fix a few bugs, and they can't even do that well...

Do you think this is going against the will of Heaven?

"By the way, Chen Feng... Mr. Chen, should we remove the daily spending cap of 100,000?"

"I don't think this thing is useful. What if some super rich player wants to spend more money in a day? Wouldn't that mean we'd make less money?"

Sister Zhao has been holding this question in for a long time.

She hadn't mentioned it before, but after seeing the revenue figures just now, she really couldn't hold back anymore.

She felt that setting this recharge limit was really meaningless.

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng decisively shook his head:

"This absolutely cannot be cancelled."

"This is partly because businessmen need to have a conscience, and partly to protect the company's reputation and prevent some players from making impulsive purchases."

"100,000 yuan is a reasonable limit, whether it's the highest or the lowest."

"Even if an ordinary person impulsively spends 100,000 yuan on the game, they won't go bankrupt. Besides, given the current popularity of our game, you can still get 30,000 to 50,000 yuan back by selling the account."

"For wealthy players, spending 100,000 yuan a day is no big deal."

"There won't be any extreme impulsive spending that would ruin a player's life and career."

"Sister Zhao, you need to know, some of the spending systems in our game are incredibly addictive!"

"Even the most level-headed person can't resist impulsive spending once they get into it, and it's probably even more addictive than gambling!"

When he said this, Chen Feng's face was very serious, and he didn't mean to joke at all.

Sister Zhao roughly understood Chen Feng's meaning, but still believed that Chen Feng was doing this for the sake of his reputation.

As for how potent this stuff is, Sister Zhao didn't seem to agree:

"It's just a game, how could it possibly be more impulsive than gambling?"

"Mr. Chen, aren't you exaggerating a bit?"

Hearing this, Chen Feng smiled helplessly.

He suddenly thought of something:

"Sister Zhao, our game has been out for so long, have you never even played it once?"

"Hmm." Sister Zhao nodded. "I never play games."

She never lies; if she hasn't played it, she hasn't played it, and there's nothing to hide.

Besides, what would she do playing games if she's a secretary and also handles operations?

However, after receiving this answer, a sense of crisis flashed across Chen Feng's face.

After thinking for a while, he finally couldn't help but speak:

"I really need to bring this up at the next meeting."

"It's absurd that a gamer doesn't play games himself!"

"I feel like there are quite a few situations like this in the company!"

"Even if we don't play our own games, we should at least play other people's games. That way, we can know ourselves and our enemy."

"From now on, all employees of the company, regardless of department, must have ten hours of game time per week!"

"We can play our own games, or we can play games from other companies."

"What game developer doesn't play games? Isn't that a joke?"

……

Fukagawa City.

In a bustling area, a luxurious building with more than forty floors stands tall in the heart of the city.

Just like a crane standing out from the crowd of chickens.

On the side of the building, the four large characters "Easy Tour Group" are resplendent in gold, exuding an extremely grand presence.

In the heart of Fukagawa, where land is incredibly valuable.

For a company to independently own an entire office building of more than forty floors, what incredible financial resources that is!

This!

It is the headquarters of Yiyou Group, one of the leading companies in the Daxia game industry.

At this moment, in an office on the top floor of the Easy Travel Building, several middle-aged men are sitting together discussing something.

"It's not difficult to get the financial statements of a small company like Fengyun Games."

"You can get it by spending a little money."

"However, I don't think it's necessary anymore."

"Based on research and calculations by the group's finance and marketing departments, it is preliminarily estimated that Plants vs. Zombies will generate at least ten million in revenue on its first day after the public beta launch!"

"And they claim that this game cost 2000 million to produce."

"In other words, they made back their production costs in just two days."

"If someone had told me this before, I probably would have slapped them across the face. It's simply impossible."

"But now the facts are undeniable, and we have to admit it..."

A middle-aged man in a neat gray suit sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, a cheap cigar dangling from his lips.

But at that moment, he had no interest in smoking, so the lit cigar went out.

Upon hearing this, a balding middle-aged man wearing a plaid shirt across from him pondered for a moment before slowly speaking:

"What does Mr. Shi mean? We should copy...borrow the model from Fengyun Games, and then create our own so-called free-to-play game?"

clap clap clap! ! !

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man known as Mr. Shi, who was smoking a cigar, immediately clapped his hands and gave a thumbs-up to the bald man opposite him.

That's exactly what I meant!

"And it has to be fast!"

"We have to ride the wave of Plants vs. Zombies' popularity and create our own free-to-play game with in-app purchase options!"

The bald man in the plaid shirt across from him looked older than Shi Dong.

But in reality, this balding, plaid-shirted man is a former programmer, and is actually only in his thirties...

"Okay, Mr. Shi, I understand."

The balding man in the plaid shirt nodded seriously.

"My requirements are that I need 300 million yuan in funding and two months."

"We'll transfer some technical and planning staff from other departments to assist us, and I'll try my best to develop a game within two months!"

It's clear that the man in the plaid shirt holds a high position within the group.

Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to bring up the 300 million yuan funding issue so readily, and they would have to draw personnel from various projects to assist.

Hearing this answer, Chairman Shi was very satisfied and immediately held up five fingers:

"I'll give you a budget of 500 million, as you said, and you'll have two months!"

"You get the game out there. If you can't, you'll resign!"

"This could be a crucial step in our transformation. If we do it well, we'll gain a head start in this entirely new gaming arena."

"Perhaps in the future, we can surpass the other major companies and become a leading group in the DaXia game industry!"

"Keep it up! Don't let me down!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Shi!"

The man in the plaid shirt patted his chest and assured him.

……

Many, many people reached the fifth stage of progress on the second day after the server opened.

Most top streamers reach this level by the second day, with the difference being only a few tens of minutes to an hour or two, which is not significant.

However, people like Brother Bao, who disregard costs and reach 100,000 spenders in a single day, are still a minority.

Most players, even the big streamers, remained calm in the end.

Take, for example, Teacher Piao.

He was very lucky; his first fusion plant was the legendary plant, the Fire-Burning Tri-Line Archer.

I also managed to accumulate over 80,000 silver coins by maxing out the early-game gift packs.

However, after using the more than 80,000 silver coins to upgrade the Fireball Archer to Tier 3 +2, he did not continue to upgrade it.

Instead, they wait for new gift packs to be released, and then slowly work on it by collecting silver coins from various events and gameplay.

This approach is also the optimal solution for most players who spend a moderate amount of money, and the most cost-effective way to spend money.

In this way, it will only take a little more time to cultivate the fused plant to the fifth level.

Most importantly, if we go this far, it's estimated that producing a fifth-tier plant will cost less than 100,000 yuan in total.

The reason is simple: directly recharging silver coins with money is too uneconomical and has no cost-effectiveness at all.

In the following period, Bao Ge, this stubborn kid, continued to recharge every day to reach the maximum of 100,000.

They forcefully challenged the creation process.

Finally, after three consecutive days of recharging, I acquired the True Spiky Okra (Tier 5 Awakening) form that I had been longing for, for 270,000.

Even though Brother Bao is very wealthy, he still felt a pang of regret when he realized that he had spent nearly 300,000 yuan on a single plant.

In the live stream, after the initial excitement wore off, Bao Ge took off his AR helmet and wiped the sweat from his forehead:

"Three hundred thousand, brothers! Don't try to copy me."

"I do this purely because I'm a streamer, and I need to get the top ranking to save face."

"As for the second fusion plant, I plan to cultivate the high-ice fruit that opened yesterday first, but I won't force it like this again. I'll develop it slowly."

"Alright brothers, with the lineup of Tier 5 Spiked Okra and Tier 2 High Ice Fruit, we just broke through to wave 55 in Endless Mode."

"We've finally climbed back to first place in Endless Mode across the entire region!"

"Three more waves than the second-place player, Xiao Chen, who loves playing games, got! Hahahaha!"