mousepad-d2 Chapter 43 It's huge! [Please read on, please vote!]
Chapter 43 It's huge! [Please read on, please vote!]
Until Gamescom officially came to a successful close, XunTeng remained completely calm and stable, without causing any trouble from beginning to end, and the hidden danger never erupted.
This result surprised Yang Yi quite a bit.
It's worth noting that the entire exhibition attracted over 300,000 regular visitors and tens of millions of online viewers worldwide. With so many people interacting, taking photos, exchanging messages, and even sharing videos, no one noticed anything unusual from beginning to end.
Yang Yi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, just how obscure Carter must have been before! He was practically a nobody!
Yang Yi felt a little uncomfortable about being exploited by Xun Teng without any loss, but he could only give up.
Let's get our revenge next time. After all, we're both in the gaming world, and there are plenty of opportunities to clash.
Now that the exhibition has officially ended, the most important thing to do is pack up and head home.
For this year's Gamescom, Hive's overall investment was not high, with total expenses less than 15 million.
By selling various limited-edition merchandise on-site alone, nearly one-third of the costs were recouped, resulting in rapid cost recovery and profits far exceeding expectations.
It felt so incredibly good!
Following the overwhelming success of hands-on demos at Gamescom and extensive online pre-game promotion, Overwatch's global popularity has skyrocketed, exceeding everyone's expectations.
Even many players who had never played or even liked FPS shooting games before were deeply attracted and had high expectations.
Shortly after the game officially launched its global pre-orders, pre-order sales surpassed two million, a staggering figure that stunned the entire gaming industry.
Seriously, Arthur, this isn't scientific! You guys are about to break through the ceiling of FPS games, do you even realize that?
What's most disheartening in the industry is never that the competition is doing well; after all, everyone has their moments of glory.
Instead, every game is of top quality, and the development speed is astonishingly fast.
The terrifying growth momentum of bee colonies has left all its peers feeling powerless.
If this steady pace of development continues year after year, it will eventually monopolize the entire industry. At that point, they might even have to file a lawsuit on the grounds of industry monopoly!
However, in the eyes of many of their peers, the current situation is not as bad as it seems.
At least for now, Hive has only shone brightly in the FPS genre and does not yet have mature experience in developing other types of AAA games.
Those in the same industry secretly reassured themselves that perhaps Beehive was just a game company specializing in shooting games from the beginning, and would only stick to one area.
After all, Thunder Games was once a dominant force in the FPS industry, but it hasn't stepped out of its comfort zone even after all these years.
As for those small games, their competitors look down on them from the bottom of their hearts. Even if Plants vs. Zombies is popular all over the world, so what? It doesn't sell as well as a AAA game in a month.
They had already briefly looked into the other mini-games. Apart from a card game called "Evil Engraving" which looked quite appealing, the other two seemed increasingly boring.
Not to mention them, even game studios like XunTeng and NetEase, which can't develop any decent AAA games, don't consider BeeSwarm's small games as competitors.
In their view, the total revenue of such games is not even comparable to that of a popular online game launching a single paid skin, so it is not worth mentioning and should not be taken seriously at all.
Little did they know that these casual games, which were looked down upon by everyone, were precisely Yang Yi's most prized trump card and deep-seated assets.
As its portfolio of casual games continues to grow and its categories become more diverse, it will be able to firmly leverage a massive player base, building a huge user base of its own with an incredibly solid foundation.
Before heading back to China, Yang Yi also made a special trip to inspect the overseas branches. He was very satisfied with the overall inspection.
Victor has a thorough understanding of the various business connections and daily operation processes of the overseas branches. Whether it is the optimization of the platform's underlying architecture or the independent development of subsequent functions, although it may not be top-notch or amazing, the overall completion is mature and complete enough to stably support daily operation. It can be described as reliable and sufficient.
Yang Yi spent a long time observing the overseas branches and offered many creative ideas for optimizing the operation and functional layout of the existing platform.
He then had an in-depth discussion with Victor, planning to officially launch the Creative Workshop on the Beehive Games platform to manage the entire system of MOD uploads, reviews, and management. Together, they studied the feasibility of implementing the function, security check mechanisms, and compliance control methods.
The plan is to open up the player-created ecosystem, further revitalize the platform's activity, firmly lock in player stickiness, and allow the Hive platform to not only play official games, but also accommodate player-created content.
For Victor, the MOD function was a completely new field he was venturing into, as he had never before explored related development and operation models.
However, he has a solid professional foundation and meticulous thinking. Even with zero knowledge, he can quickly clarify his thoughts by relying on his profound industry experience and professional ability.
They offered Yang Yi many sound and feasible ideas and suggestions for improvement that were in line with the platform's development.
After listening to Victor's well-organized plan and comprehensive ideas, Yang Yi couldn't help but exclaim in her heart that he was a professional.
"This is a real steal! Who's the main character here, you or me? This money was well spent!"
After making the arrangements, Yang Yi and Shen Xiao boarded a plane back to China.
"Alright, Victor, that's enough. Keep up the good work, and I'll give you a bonus at the end of the year."
Although Victor is professional, I pay him a lot of money. Most people can't get such a good boss like me!
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"Most people can't get such a good boss like me!"
Ji Feng patted Carter's bottom, interrupting his hesitation: "Go take a shower, baby."
Ji Feng was most experienced in dealing with this kind of hesitation: one should press on with full force, then weaken, and finally exhaust oneself.
The key is to launch a relentless, overwhelming offensive, leaving the beauty unable to retaliate. Once you give up, it will be difficult to get her to go out again.
After watching Carter obediently go to the bathroom and hearing the sound of water, Ji Feng couldn't resist any longer. Without waiting for Carter to finish showering and put on his black lily C-suit, he decided to have some Italian cannon first.
He immediately took off his clothes, quietly walked to the bathroom door, suddenly opened the door and slipped inside.
The bathroom was foggy, and only blurry figures could be seen. This hazy beauty made Ji Feng even more excited, while his cousin's face turned red and purple from the blood rushing to his head.
His hand moved from Carter's back forward; what a big, soft water balloon!
He quickly became dissatisfied with just his upper body, and his large hands moved downwards...
"Ah ...
Ji Feng suddenly ran out of the bathroom, squatted down against the bathroom door, looking like he was questioning his life. Even his cousin, who came with him, was so scared that he shrank back.
He clenched his wrist and compared it to his cousin's neck... his face turned pale with fright.
Just then, Carter's voice, tinged with sobs, came from the bathroom.
"I'm...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, I really need the money for the surgery."
"I was hesitant to tell you before, but you kept urging me."
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I really want to repay you. This is the first time I've done something like this, and I washed it very clean..."
Carter apologized softly, his expression both forlorn and sincere. His genuine emotions moved Ji Feng, who immediately softened his stance.
Seeing this, his cousin, who had come along, finally put aside his worries and slowly straightened his neck and raised his head.
He immediately got up and let Carter out of the bathroom.
"I'll repay you, but you have to wear the Black Lily cosplay outfit!!!"
Lust is a double-edged sword; take the blow as long as you can!