Deluge - Chapter 45

[Chapter 45]

Xu Juan chatted with Pei Yu for a while, then turned to go back to work.

The game wasn’t made in a day or two. The new game they are preparing for the public beta test has actually been done for more than a year, taking into account the time spent on the development cycle and approval procedures.

During this year, Xu Juan did not follow the whole process, but many key things needed to be decided by him, so he had a certain understanding of what the production team was doing, but it was limited to that.

He thought, from this angle, his luck was not bad.

Now he is a prodigal son—it’s barely a prodigal son, just in time for the end of the project, he still has a chance to make adjustments, otherwise if it has been officially put on the shelves, as before, make one model and lose another, barely maintain the operation, if it can’t be maintained, it will be If you shut down the service, there is really no chance of saving it. If you want to give up this project and start a new project, you will not be able to raise funds.

So he must seize this opportunity.

But to tell the truth, what kind of product is, the big framework has already been set, and what he can change now is actually very limited. After all, he is now paying off his debts. He had been too indulgent in the past few years. Would he be able to reap the consummation immediately if he wanted to look back? Is there anything so satisfying?

Xu Juan was like a battery with insufficient power. It had just been charged at Pei Yu’s place for a while, and when he started working, it was quickly exhausted, resulting in mental instability, sometimes full of energy, and sometimes flustered.

But even if he was flustered, he didn’t show it.

Mr. Xu is best at pretending. With him in charge, the atmosphere in the company is not bad. A small number of people who know about it know that he is facing a difficult situation. With the support of his family, is the company about to usher in the spring and hopefully become a well-known game maker?

What is well-known or unknown, others are fantasizing, Xu Juan dare not think so far.

The night before the open beta, he couldn’t sleep and played games all night.

Playing games made by himself feels different from ordinary players, and it is difficult for him to evaluate whether it is good or bad from an objective point of view.

This is a MM mobile game. As we all know, this genre is not very popular anymore. Most of the popular ones are IP adaptations. To be an original world view is basically thankless.

But when the project was set up, Xu Juan had no hope of making money. At that time, he didn’t care anymore, so he allowed the production team to let go of their hands and feet, not to rub the IP heat, and to be original.

What he thought at the time was that he should spend money to support other people’s original dreams and accumulate virtue and do good deeds.

Now he understands that spending his father’s money to do good deeds is not his own virtue.

While scolding himself in his heart, he chatted with Li Mengzhou.

——Voice Lianmai, Li Mengzhou is playing games with him.

They haven’t seen each other since the last coffee shop farewell. But Li Mengzhou would occasionally send him WeChat messages, and Xu Juan would reply a few words when he was free.

Li Mengzhou seemed to have learned to be smart, and stopped talking about cross-border topics. He treated him like an old friend, but there was always a hint of respect in his cordiality.

It may not be accurate to describe it as “respectful”. In short, when they got along, he still looked up to Xu Juan, like an admirer who forbears love, or a believer who can tolerate and understand all of Xu Juan’s shortcomings. .

It feels weird to be treated like this.

There is a buzzword on the Internet called “licking the dog”, but “licking the dog” is not enough to describe Li Mengzhou’s hospitality towards him.

However, when Xu Juan thought of Li Mengzhou’s theory that “liking others is essentially to please yourself”, he felt relieved, so it didn’t matter. Anyway, Li Mengzhou was very disciplined and busy, so he wouldn’t keep pestering him, so he would just ignore it if he wanted to. It doesn’t affect him.

Playing games together tonight is because Li Mengzhou took the initiative to ask him about the game. As a spokesperson, during the public beta tomorrow, in addition to advertising, he will also broadcast the game in person to promote it.

Li Mengzhou said: “Tomorrow will be broadcast live, I still don’t know how to play this game, brother, can you teach me?”

Xu Juan couldn’t sleep at all, and was busy worrying about it. He is very welcome to chat with others to help him. Distracting attention, and Li Mengzhou is so dedicated to the game, he does his best to help them promote it, and he is the one who benefits, so he has no reason to refuse.

So, the two opened WeChat voice and created new characters together. From scratch, Xu Juan patiently explained the gameplay, revealing a little easter egg from time to time, and when they met a funny NPC, he introduced his plot settings, which attracted Li Mengzhou. Laughing, Xu Juan was also happy.

He was happy, and it had nothing to do with who the person on the opposite side was. Even if it wasn’t Li Mengzhou, but just a passerby audience, he would still be happy.

When he introduced the game to Li Mengzhou, they walked one by one, passing by various NPCs, brushing dungeons, and doing quests. Xu Juan knew every detail of these links.

He did not participate in the production of this game, but these days, in order to adjust the operation, he has done a lot of homework, and has also gone to learn from the same type of games. He is busy with this almost every day, and now he shows his results to Li Mengzhou sees that no matter how Li Mengzhou reacts, he has a sense of accomplishment.

What’s more, Li Mengzhou is a good talker. He doesn’t talk much, but every sentence can be flattered to the point, which doubles Xu Juan’s sense of accomplishment.

Xu Juan is in a good mood, and his attitude is also optimistic.

He thought that if he couldn’t make money again this time, it might not be a dead end. If the company couldn’t continue to open in the future, he could become an independent studio with a smaller scale and start with small games.

The road is all out of the way, leaving the green hills without fear of running out of firewood.

He gradually felt the fun of making games. It was different from the eagerness to succeed when he started his business. Now he wants to do something he is interested in. Of course, it is best to make it into a big brand.

He is a person who grew up in a pile of money. He knows how good money is, but no matter how good it is, it’s the same thing. What does he want so much money for? If you don’t bring it with you in life, you don’t take it with you in death, and you use expensive worth to prove your success. Who will you show it? What’s the point?

Is it enough to support yourself and live happily?

Xu Juan felt in a trance that he had come to a realization.

For a confused person, clearing the clouds and seeing the sun is just a matter of flashing thoughts. He was stunned for a while, and then he recovered when he heard Li Mengzhou in the earphone calling him.

Li Mengzhou said, “Brother, it’s time for me to go to bed. If I don’t rest for a while, I won’t look good in the mirror tomorrow.”

At this time, it was almost dawn, Xu Juan said, “Go, I’ll play for a while.”

“Aren’t you going to sleep? ”

Well, I’m not sleepy.”

“…” After all, Li Mengzhou has been in the entertainment industry for a long time, and he has served Xu Juan in the past, so he immediately said thoughtfully, “Don’t worry, I think this is a Good game, the response will not be bad.”

“Hopefully.”

“Really, I like it very much.” Li Mengzhou emphasized again.

“…”

Whether it’s true or not, Xu Juan likes to hear it anyway.

Xu Juan laughed and sent him to sleep. After another hour of wandering in the game, he got out of bed after dawn and went to wash and eat.

This is October 5th, the third last day of the National Day holiday.

Xu Juan listed this day as one of the most important days in his life.

After eating the takeaway breakfast, he was not in a calm mood. He went to take a shower and changed into a new suit, which was quite a ritual of bathing and burning incense.

He arrived at the company early, and sent a message to Pei Yu on the way to work, saying good morning.

In fact, today, he went to the company early just to wait for the results. Today, the programmers are busy, and he has nothing to do.

The publicity part of the game is in charge of Jiao Hang. This person is more marketing-minded, and Xu Juan trusts him on this point.

The opening time is set at 12:00 noon.

Li Mengzhou’s live broadcast was a little later, at 7:30 p.m. at prime time.

In the first few hours of the server’s launch, Xu Juan had been looking at the server data and the rating feedback from various channels. The result did not disappoint him. The first day of the server’s launch was good, and the number of people online was quite high.

But this is not enough to reassure Xu Juan. In fact, their company’s previous games are similar. Because they are willing to spend money, the quality is not bad, and the publicity is good, so the data on the first day is good, but the retention rate is very low, and the payment rate is also very general. .

In other words, it can attract people, but it cannot keep players for a long time, and the ability to deceive krypton is not strong enough.

Xu Juan was very afraid of repeating old things, and was worried all day long. The more good news he received, the more unrealistic he felt.

He stayed in the company until the night in a trance, and dealt with the dinner at random. At more than seven o’clock, he had not yet recovered his energy, opened the window, and smoked by the window sill of the office.

Secretary Xiao Lin reminded him that Li Mengzhou was going to start a live broadcast, and asked him if he would watch it, and he went back to his desk and turned on the computer.

He gave Li Mengzhou some gifts, just for show.

Of course, even if he doesn’t, fans will. Li Mengzhou is a traffic star after all.

Xu Juan stared at the live broadcast for a while, mainly wanting to see the reaction of the barrage. He has been watching the comments of various parties all day today, and he has not felt so nervous for a long time.

Because he was too focused, when Pei Yu entered the office, he didn’t notice it.

When everyone walked in front of him, he realized it and raised his head suddenly: “Mr. Pei? When did you return to China?”

“Just now, you came back early.” Pei Yu went around behind the desk and put his hand lightly on his shoulder “I went home first, and when you weren’t there, I knew you were working overtime. How many days have you been working overtime in a row, why haven’t you finished your work yet?”

“Come on, today’s public beta is a little nervous. – How did you come in?”

“Your secretary knows me.”

They hadn’t seen each other for five or six days. Xu Juan looked back at Pei Yu and found that Pei Yu seemed to be looking good again. The face has a peculiar charm, cold and distant, especially his lowered eyelashes, silently looking at people, like a perfect shot cut out of a literary movie, which is dazzling.

Xu Juan wondered if it was an Acacia filter, but Pei Yu passed him and looked at the computer: “What are you watching?”

“…”

On the screen, Li Mengzhou was explaining the game to fans watching the live broadcast.

Li Mengzhou looks good, but it is impossible to become a traffic idol if he is too bad.

He was sitting at home and playing games. He dressed quite casually, only the blue hair was more eye-catching. This was specially dyed for a character in the COS game.

Pei Yu’s eyes fell on his hair, and he paused slightly: “Who is this?”

Xu Juan reacted, and quickly closed the live broadcast page, “Game spokesperson, publicize it.” He stood up and held Pei Yu’s hand. Hand, “I can get off work, let’s go home now.”

Pei Yu gave him a deep look and said nothing.

[End of This Chapter]