Game production, I entered the Star Iron shooting CG

At least I don't have to suffer the torture of being neither up nor down, a slow death.

Wu Zhiqun, who had just seen the game show signs of recovery amid the popularity of Black and Red and then suddenly fall to the bottom, found it a little hard to accept.

Before the spread, the domestic FPS market was evenly split between Penguin and NetEase.

But now, the two companies are still evenly split, but the 50% is only 10% of the 100%, and the remaining 90% of the players are all taken over by "Spread"

If this continues, we won’t be able to afford the server costs.

At this moment, Wu Zhiqun was really feeling anxious, so he went to find Liu Jiaqi and started questioning him.

If he wasn't so obedient and we weren't short of manpower, we would have kicked him out long ago.

The limited-time space turbulence mode became popular on the entire Internet in less than a day.

Because among the players attracted by this sand sculpture mode, there are many video bloggers.

Various videos with great program effects appear frequently, which open the eyes of players. After watching them for a while, they naturally want to try it themselves.

Even players who don’t usually play FPS games will want to join in and do something fun after seeing this rather silly gameplay.

Video bloggers became popular because of their excellent program effects, which in turn attracted more bloggers to make more videos. And more videos attracted more players.

A perfect closed loop is formed.

The spread directly absorbs a huge number of players at a swallowing speed.

The last update of the Demolition mode took away deep players who loved competitive gameplay. This time, it took away those casual players who valued entertainment more.

Now, several similar games under Penguin Games are almost dead.

The waiting time for a match is almost as long as playing a round of mahjong.

Liu Jiaqi looked at the furious Wu Zhiqun and didn't dare to say a word in the face of his questioning.

Because Liu Jiaqi also knew why he was so angry.

Although the revenue share of these shooting online games only accounts for a small part of Penguin Games, the problem is that Mondi now wants a good shooting game to expand their graphics card market in Europe and the United States.

The revenue issue is secondary. The key question now is how to defeat the spread, or at least make it a fifty-fifty fight.

Only in this way can Mondi continue to maintain its cooperative relationship with Penguin Games.

But for Liu Jiaqi, this is simply an impossible challenge.

Let him bring these games to the same track to compete with the spread, or even surpass them?

It would be better to let Liu Jiaqi race with Bolt, maybe the latter has a better chance of winning.

After all, Bolt is also a human being, so he might fall down. Who knows whether that damn old thief An will fall down.

Liu Jiaqi felt it was very risky.

At this moment, he could only remain silent.

"Do you think FPS games can't make much money? So you don't take it seriously? Open your fucking eyes and take a look. This is the sales of their New Year boxes. In just one day, with just a few gun skins, they made 300 million. This is the result of a fucking limit on the purchase limit for players. Otherwise, I dare not even think about how much this number would be."

"Can't we make the skin?"

Liu Jiaqi had no way of expressing his pain.

Yes, compared to the innovative game mode, the gun skin is easier to make, but even after we made it, no one bought it...

Wu Zhiqun became even angrier when he saw that Liu Jiaqi remained silent.

Liu Jiaqi did guess half right about the reason for his anger, but in addition to the fact that the contract renewal with Mondi had basically fallen through, there was a more serious problem.

Wu Zhiqun threw the documents in his hand in Liu Jiaqi's face.

"And there's this thing called Secret Language, a voice communication software that was ripped out of the spread. It relied on the spread of the player base to snatch a lot of Qiuqiu's users. If Qiuqiu is replaced by Secret Language, can you afford this loss?"

Wu Zhiqun became more and more excited as he spoke.

Because this time he was really anxious.

Yes, FPS games were indeed not very popular before and did not make much money. In terms of game revenue, Penguin Games was mainly supported by MMORPG.

But now it doesn’t matter whether there is money or not, because no matter what, the game aspect is still just a revenue department of Penguin. The real foundation of Penguin is that it controls the largest social platform in the country.

Penguin's player base is also developing from its huge social platform.

Before Mihoyo, at most it made games...

Kemiyu, a social software that originated from the FPS game field, has begun to subtly shake Qiuqiu's position...

It’s like a fight between kids, and suddenly they become more powerful and are of the same generation as your parents.

How the hell was he going to accept this?

"I will try my best to save the situation!"

Seeing that Wu Zhiqun was getting more and more excited, with his fingers almost poking his face, Liu Jiaqi couldn't hold it in any longer and spoke up quickly.

"You'd better be..."

After venting his anger, Wu Zhiqun finally calmed down a little.

You’ve scolded me, you’ve beaten me, but no matter what, you have to live your life.

It would be much less stressful if my employees could be as creative as Mihoyo.

This Liu Jiaqi...

At first glance, it was identified as a pure barking animal.

Wu Zhiqun sighed deeply, feeling quite sad.

It seemed like he had made some difficult decision.

At this moment, he seemed to have aged ten years.

"Let's put the FPS game aside for now. Just do your best and keep as many players as possible. Let's focus on our main source of revenue..."

"No matter what, we must preserve 'Asking the Way to Heaven'..."

Liu Jiaqi nodded and breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

He is not really good at FPS, but if it comes to RPG games, he is still confident.

So, he quickly made a promise:

"I understand, Mr. Wu. Just wait and see. I still have confidence in Asking the Heaven. Previously, I wrote a new expansion pack for Asking the Heaven, which will surely save the game from its decline."

Wu Zhiqun frowned.

He felt like he had forgotten something, but couldn't remember what it was.

The spreading shadow loomed over his mind, making him feel overwhelmed and unable to take care of anything else.

In the end, I could only respond tiredly.

"Um……"

Chapter 173: Why are you so anxious? Are you King Jiji?

"We have resources, and we have manpower, so what's the difference?"

"Let me tell you something. Of course, don't complain to me that it's too difficult. The company doesn't pay you to live on air conditioning and heating."

"You, I don't care what method you use..."

"Next, I will implement a last-in-first-out system. All projects under Penguin Games will have to undergo KPI assessments every quarter. The last-ranked project team will be kicked out..."

"Also, Old Huang, Jiaqi is too young and lacks training. You should lead the team first. The budget is sufficient this time. I won't, and other senior executives won't interfere with you. All departments will also fully cooperate with you."

"I must polish the new expansion pack of Asking the Heaven carefully."

"Okay, that's enough talk, let's get to work."

Wu Zhiqun sighed and left.

Until now, he still couldn't understand why Penguin Games, a huge company with such a huge business, would show such an ugly face in front of a game company that was established less than half a year ago.

He couldn't figure it out, and no one could give him an answer.

In other words, someone had given it to him, but he had selectively ignored it.

Previously, after he made the decision to compete with Mihoyo, Wu Zhiqun did relax for a while.

That’s right, you little 2D guy, I’m watching you struggle, no matter how powerful you are, it’s just a small circle.

But the three explosions of "Spread" from its launch to its explosion and then to the New Year event really put pressure on Wu Zhiqun.

I even had the absurd illusion that I had been betrayed three times.

Not to mention that it has absorbed Penguin's player base, why are you still making social software?

Mi Huyou, what on earth do you want to do!

Woo woo woo, didn’t we agree on this?

We don't interfere with each other.

You can do your niche ACG, and I will quietly harvest the leeks in my own garden.

Mihoyo, don't go too far!

……

Noon on New Year’s Eve.

The popular New Year boxes have only been on sale for two full days, but the sales amount has already reached a terrifying 8 million.

An Yi got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and just finished washing up.

Qu Ziyi called.

I excitedly reported the number to him.

"Brother An! It's only been two days. I feel like after tonight, we'll reach one billion."

Qu Ziyi was very excited: "One billion, one billion, I can't spend it all in my lifetime!"

"Yeah, pretty good."

At this moment, An Yi had just woken up and was still a little listless, with his voice a little hoarse, probably because he was a little dehydrated. Even after hearing the news, he was not excited.

What’s the big deal? I don’t know how many billions I spend every night.

It is this body that has been strengthened by a rich destiny, otherwise it really cannot withstand such a treatment.

"Brother An, there is one more thing." Qu Ziyi hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"It's someone from Mondi Company. They called me. They wanted to use me to push for cooperation with Bansheng. They said the previous conditions could be relaxed. They even proposed to help Bansheng enter the overseas market first, without running their advertisements. They just wanted to make friends. They also said they were willing to fully bear the operating costs of the overseas market, and only take 1% of the profit."

"Ah? Are they in such a hurry?"

An Yi scratched his hair. He originally wanted to wait until Manchu held its first e-sports competition and gained greater popularity before considering related matters of cooperation.

Unexpectedly, Mondi’s people couldn’t wait just after seeing the announcement of the New Year event.

What King Gigi.

Young man, you don’t have enough concentration.

Can't you bear this kind of test?

An Yi was a little surprised.

However, he had no idea how hard Mondi's life was now.

With the development of the gaming industry, the application scope of graphics cards has gradually shifted from professional image processing and other fields to the entertainment field.

The gaming community is naturally one of the largest civilian markets.

Before, Mondi and N Card were competing against each other. Although there was competition, it was all minor and overall it was a 50-50 match.

But this kid Nka has no moral principles. He uses shady tactics to trick and attack others.

He said to Mondi: "Hey, as graphics card manufacturers, we have to unite. Why should we care about a group of game developers who make requests? Optimization is their job. Oh, we who make hardware have to help them optimize. Isn't that the opposite of the truth?"

Then N Card turned around and established good relationships with large and small overseas game manufacturers. By the time Mondi reacted, it was already too late.

In order to regain the market, Mondi must find a manufacturer with excellent game quality to cooperate with.