"Hahaha......"
Seeing his old friend's dejected look, Uncle Page, who was a bad friend, did not offer any words of comfort. Instead, he asked with a smile: "You all know that Pokémon is about to be released, so why are you using "Rise of the Planets" to fight against it?"
Qian Jing smiled bitterly: "Aren't you afraid that Pokémon won't make money? You can't put all your eggs in one basket."
"Because of the billion-dollar debt at the beginning?" Bai Peiqi pointed out her friend's thoughts.
"Yes, one billion. In our industry, there has never been a game worth one billion. It would be too difficult to make money back."
Qian Jing then asked doubtfully: "On the contrary, why are you not worried at all? Are you so confident in Pokémon?"
"Huh? Are you talking about me?" Bai Peiqi explained with a smile, "I am different from you operators. My salary is fixed and does not depend on profit."
Qian Jing: "..."
As expected of you, the old fox who never loses money.
Paige Bai also told the prospect in private about this.
When signing the Pokémon League contract, the positioning of Page Company was different from that of other city operators, and the form of remuneration provided by Carp Star Card House would indeed be different.
"However, recently I have been thinking about taking over the habitat in Suzhou City." Uncle Peppa seemed to have eaten little, but in fact half of the duck blood and vermicelli soup in front of him was gone.
"Among the children who have been clamoring to quit recently, are there any in Suzhou?" Qian Jing asked.
Lu Li's approach still caused dissatisfaction among some companies, and several young companies even clamored to withdraw from the alliance.
"That's right, they don't want to make money, so let me do it." Bai Peiqi raised her head and took a sip of the soup, and continued, "Gusu City happens to be next to Haicheng. It's quite convenient for me to travel between the two places, and I can also take a walk. Open a branch there..."
Uncle Peppa Pig's inner calculation was loud and clear.
The two of them chatted and ate, ordering two rounds of food, drinking two ounces of wine, and leaving an empty plate of bamboo sticks on the table.
"It's done." Bai Peiqi said with satisfaction, "You are a local snake, please settle the bill."
"Oh, you always say that every time you come to Jinling."
Qian Jing took out the savings star card from the card holder with disdain and handed it to the owner of the barbecue restaurant: "When I go to Haicheng to find you, you said that it is rare to come out for fun and you have to be willing to spend money. No matter what it is. Whatever the case, I have to foot the bill."
"You will come back after all the money is spent. If you spend money here, the next game will definitely be a hit." Bai Peiqi said that the old man was still there, put on her coat, and prepared to go out.
"Gungun, don't come to me for dinner in the future." Qian Jing took the savings star card and said disgustedly, "Then why did you come all the way to Jinling?"
Today's barbecue meal was a bit inexplicable.
In the evening, Boss Qian was still working as a supervisor in Jiangnan Forest Park. The next moment, Bai Peiqi, an uninvited guest, asked him to pay the bill.
The two chatted for the entire meal, but neither of them touched on any important topics.
Bai Peiqi pulled up the zipper and reminded: ""Star Wars" will be officially launched at 0 o'clock tonight, and Pokémon will be on sale at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Why don't you try it together?"
Qian Jing: "?"
So you came all this way just to play games with me?
"What, no?" Uncle Page asked, "Hurry up and tell your wife that you have to work overtime tonight, so we can go to your company to play games together!"
"No problem, let's talk now."
Qian Jing understood the idea, took out his cell phone with a smile, and sent a text message to his wife.
...
11:56 p.m.
Prospect Games Inc.
It was already late at night, and the company was empty except for the lights in the president's office.
The employees who saw this scene when they got off work had some tears in their eyes.
——I didn’t expect that my boss would supervise work in Forest Park during the day, and then return to the company to continue working overtime at night.
But in fact, Mr. Qian is sitting in front of the computer with his friends, waiting for the official launch of "Star Wars", looking like an Internet-addicted teenager.
"There are still four minutes left." Qian Jing glanced at the lower right corner of the screen and sighed, "I have to say, this guy Li Xingzhou is really good at timing the release of the game."
"No way, this is the advantage of computer games." Bai Peiqi shrugged and said, "It only needs to upload the game package to the Star Network."
As a computer game, "Star Wars" has already started pre-downloading when it is on pre-sale.
After paying and downloading the game, players only need to wait for the arrival of zero o'clock to start experiencing the game directly.
But Pokémon are different.
It requires preparing a large enough venue and producing enough star cards. At the same time, it also requires players to go offline to obtain the game.
Therefore, "Star Wars" will definitely take the lead when it comes to its official release.
"I don't know what kind of game Li Xingzhou and Lao Mo will make..." Qian Jing stroked the mouse and stared at the time, "This should be the game with the strongest production lineup in the past five years, right? .”
At this time, Qian Jing's heart was very complicated.
From the perspective of a player, he is very much looking forward to this "combined work" and hopes to bring him a very good gaming experience; however, from the perspective of a boss, he hopes that "Star Wars" will not be too good. Causing the Pokémon project to lose money.
Time ignored Boss Qian's inner struggles and walked forward steadily, minute by minute.
At midnight, the faint ringing of bells came from outside the door. It was the echo of ancient bells in the nearby square.
Under the gaze of two men in their thirties, the [Start] button on the "Star Wars" login interface changed from gray to red.
"Shall we start?" Bai Peiqi said.
"Let's get started." Qian Dingding nodded, entered the newly registered account password, and clicked start.
Amidst the roar of the engine, the game scene changes.
The player has arrived on a spaceship.
As the name suggests, the stage of "Interstellar War" is the vast universe. In the game, players will play the role of a space fleet commander to explore other galaxies for mankind.
Four hours later.
The words "Mission Completed" were displayed on the computer screen.
"call......"
Qian Jing and Bai Peiqi breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Both of them are game masters. They easily found the secrets of the game and cleared the main story as quickly as possible.
After a moment of silence, Bai Peiqi slowly said: "It's a very good space opera. I can only say that I don't know if the sword is still young."
"Well, the main story is indeed interesting, but the story is not complete."
Qian Jing's eyes were a little solemn, and he controlled the mouse to hover over the small words "Waiting for new adventures" in the lower right corner of the interface: "Obviously, the main plot is not over yet. I can only say that he is indeed Li Xingzhou."
Li Xingzhou was more careful about doing business. Compared to Lu Li's lavishness, Xuanwu's games were famous for "only selling half of them."
——For the follow-up part, first look at the sales volume, and then consider whether it will be released.
