Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

Why did FGO only generate 200 million yen in revenue per month during the era of Akira Shoji, but then surge to nearly 10 billion yen during the era of Hayashi?

Where does the 50-fold difference come from?

Is it because Lin Li is too capable, or is it because Huaxia Games has a superior corporate system?

In short, it's a daily chemical product version of the "fixed-body question".

~~~

Besides Shoji Kenji, he was the second person to break down. Actually, I was satisfied.

Bilibili (B站)

Holding the remittance slip handed to him by the finance department, Chen Rui felt as if his heart had gone numb.

Good news: The Chinese server generated 1.1 million RMB in revenue in its first month.

Bad news: According to the tiered revenue sharing ratio, 6500 million of that goes to Spark Games!!!

To be honest, Chen Rui didn't think much of it after signing the contract.

After all, when the tiered revenue sharing agreement was signed, the most popular game on the market was Battlefront Girls, with a revenue of less than 4000 million.

At that time, Chen Rui laughed, thinking that Lin Li was too confident.

How could it possibly break 7000 million?

But now, he can't laugh anymore.

After all that, he turned out to be the clown.

Chen Rui held the pen and sighed for a full minute.

Just a second before signing, he suddenly remembered something.

"Wait a minute, didn't I already give Spark Games a 3 million yuan prepayment for operations? Why are they asking me to sign something again?"

Then the finance manager was speechless.

"You said back then that it wouldn't be easy for Spark Games when they first started out, and that we needed to ensure the developers had enough funding in the early stages, so the prepayment offsetting agreement was signed starting from the following year..."

Chen Rui slapped his forehead. That's it.

He seemed to have said something like that when we were drinking together after finalizing the cooperation agreement.

The main reason was that Lin Li kept saying that Bilibili was the big brother of Xinghuo Games that night, and that they should help him out.

So, in a moment of impulse, he agreed.

Now it seems that it wasn't me helping him, but him helping me!

~~~

Besides Chen Rui, the entire domestic game industry has turned its attention to Xinghuo Games.

Domestic revenue is secondary.

The key point is that the revenue of FGO's Japanese server is simply staggering.

The impact of more than 9 billion yen is quite significant for them.

Basically, it happened in the same month.

Several domestic companies have begun disassembling FGO in an attempt to imitate it.

This even includes miHoYo.

However, their dismantling is mainly because Honkai Impact 3 is also seeking to launch in Japan, and the Linli incident has suddenly lowered the bottom line.

Dawei and others were discussing whether to lower the minimum reward level in the Japanese server as well.

They discussed this issue for a long time.

Both sides' opinions were very persuasive.

The reason for not wanting to lower the minimum reward is simple: if the minimum reward is lowered in the Japanese server, then a problem arises: should the minimum reward be lowered in the Chinese server as well?

In addition, FGO is, after all, a game that is entirely 2D except for the scenery.

Therefore, the price reduction is acceptable.

After all, the difficulty of building an illustration and character model in FGO is much lower than that in Honkai Impact 3, and the production capacity of the two is not even in the same league.

Therefore, this faction advocates against lowering the price and instead pushing the product to the Japanese market according to the guaranteed price policy of the Chinese server.

But on the other side.

Those who advocate for price reductions also have their reasons. First of all, regardless of the circumstances, FGO, as the number one best-selling game in Japan, has already proactively lowered the pricing of character sales.

And indeed, the facts have proven that after the minimum guarantee was added, their revenue did not decrease but increased, soaring from 6 million yen in June to nearly 2 billion yen, which is proof of this.

But he hadn't finished speaking.

Those who advocate against lowering the price argue that FGO's soaring revenue has absolutely nothing to do with its pricing; it's simply a natural result of the improved overall game quality after Spark Games took over.

In short.

Both sides have their own reasons.

The only headache was for David, because while his subordinates could argue, he was the one who actually made the decisions.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Honkai Impact 3 seems to be doing well right now.

However, arguments about miHoYo forcing players to spend money have already begun to appear on social media forums.

Moreover, since FGO was launched, they have been able to see the data internally, and the previously rising data has been genuinely affected.

The debate competition was still going on in the conference room.

David glanced again at the glaring number 8 million on the projector.

In the end, he shook his head.

The idea of ​​lowering the minimum guarantee level was rejected.

One game alone doesn't prove anything.

However, after making the decision, David clapped his hands.

"Everyone, cheer up! Honkai Impact 3 has made a good start, but we need to keep it up."

"We may not learn from the numerous business models, but we should learn from Spark Games' requirements for game quality."

"Focus on quality first, then talk about money. Let's all strive for that!"

"Also, management, stay here. We need to set the KPIs for November. Lao Cheng, you stay too. See if you can coordinate with the marketing department on the gameplay to achieve this month's profit target."

Chapter 119 An Indefinite Journey of Loss

While outsiders analyze why Spark Games is always successful.

With the revenue from the October split arriving in their accounts, Spark Games has begun another round of expansion.

Su Shanshan even teased him about this, saying that money was like a hot potato to him; once he got it, he would spend it.

Lin Li thought about it carefully, and it seemed that what he said made a lot of sense.

Later, Lin Li himself wondered whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that Spark Games was expanding so quickly, but then he thought, now is the time to take advantage of having money and expand rapidly.

How can one stand at the forefront of the times?

and so.

The expansion still needs to be carried out.

Whether it's Spark Japan or the headquarters.

In early November, they began a frenzied expansion of recruitment.

The venue in Japan was spacious enough because future expansion plans were in place from the beginning, while the Shanghai headquarters was designed to accommodate so many people.

Lin Li then rented the entire two floors of his current office.

The office renovation is complete.

~~~

Chen Anyu arrived at Spark Games under such circumstances.

Even up to the point of Spark Games, Chen Anyu was still a little dizzy, feeling like it was all a bit unreal.

After all, who could have imagined a project proposal submitted so casually?

It actually works?

Looking at the group office that Spark Games had designated for him.

Although this office is still just a framework, and the entire team, including himself, has less than 10 people, it is enough to excite Chen Anyu.

After all this time and so many twists and turns, we're finally on our way.

Looking at the movers bustling around the office, Chen Anyu felt a surge of emotions that were hard to express.

After all, being able to realize one's own ideas and bring a game from paper to life is something that can be achieved regardless of whether the game will be a big seller.

Just the fact that this was done is exciting enough.

"Chen Anyu, President Lin wants to see you."

Just as Chen Anyu was immersed in his dreams of the future, a voice broke his reverie.

Chen Anyu recognized the person who came; he was another producer who had been incubated by Spark Games.

"Hey, alright, are you coming along, Umineko?"

"...I won't go, Mr. Lin didn't invite me."

"Okay, I'll go now."

As Chen Anyu happily walked away, he didn't notice at all that Hai Mao was watching his retreating figure and letting out a long sigh after he left.

It would have been better if Chen Anyu hadn't said that last sentence.

It's all tears when I talk about it.

Since the Spark Games Incubation Program was launched, Hai Mao has been looking for Lin Li.

He shared his idea of ​​leading a team to develop a game.

Lin Li naturally knew what he wanted to do; it was Arknights, after all.

After only listening to his ideas symbolically, they signed a contract with Hai Mao and let him lead the team to do it.

An incubation contract refers to a contract in which Spark Games provides resources and initial investment, and they take the lead in developing the game.

They don't have to spend a single penny on the entire project, but they can own 20% of the shares. Once the game is launched, they can share the profits, and if it fails, Spark Games will cover the losses.

to be frank.

This is an absolutely irresistible contract for a new producer.

Who can guarantee that their game will be a huge hit as soon as it's released?

Sea Cat naturally wouldn't refuse.

After Hai Mao agreed, Lin Li acted quickly, directly allocating a piece of land for him on the newly rented floor, and then dividing some core members from the existing project team, allowing him to recruit artists, programmers, and copywriters on his own.

This marks the start of the project; let him do his own thing now.

After this operation.

The sea cat didn't sense anything was wrong.

However, after becoming a producer on his own, when he went to Lin Li to discuss game development issues, the answer he often received was, "You think about it yourself; the producer needs to have his own ideas."

Lin Li would only offer him advice when he was at a very important juncture and had a firm grasp of the overall direction.

These opinions are often very insightful.

Because every time he asked, he received a very insightful answer, Hai Mao was actually looking forward to the opportunity to talk to Lin Li about the game alone when he had time.

However, such opportunities are rare.

Hai Mao always believed that this was a test given to him by Lin Li after he became the producer of an independent project, hoping that he could stand on his own.

He was once very proud, feeling that he was someone that General Manager Lin trusted.