This man knows how to hype

Chapter 640 How to Get a Good One
to be frank.

Although the Internet is urging the game to be released.

However, influenced by the secondary video analysis of various game UP hosts, many netizens even think that it will take a few years before they can play it.

Of course, "it will take a few years to play it" is a rather exaggerated idea, but no one expected that the release date would come so soon?

Hi.

Now, those players who had been eagerly waiting for the game felt like they were hit by a huge sense of happiness.

It’s like when you’re reading a novel and you reach a critical point. You thought you’d have to wait until tomorrow to get an update, but then the moment you close the app, an update reminder pops up.

The material significance of some things is indeed not great, but the emotional value they bring is beyond words.

Driven by this mentality, as soon as the pre-sale channel was opened, netizens immediately posted screenshots of their pre-orders on the Internet.

Moreover, as time goes by, more and more people are posting screenshots.

Coupled with the algorithm recommendations of various online platforms, anyone who has paid attention to "Journey to the West: The Sequel" will inevitably have a feeling of "why is the whole world buying this game?"

However, not all of those who follow are fans, and quite a few of them are haters.

Speaking of which, the sudden release of the game is a surprise and a benefit for players who want to play it, especially those who participated in the trial.

But for these haters, isn't this just the bullies rushing to reap the benefits while the popularity is high?

Is this okay?
We must expose the bad behavior of Danchu to prevent people from being deceived.

Two groups of people, two completely opposite mentalities, so it was inevitable that the quarrel broke out again on the Internet.

Faced with such public opinion, many colleagues in the gaming industry also began to have doubts.

Basically, these colleagues were unable to participate in the "trial session" due to various reasons, nor had they ever participated in parallel heavy color exchanges.

The quality of "Journey to the West: The Sequel" can only be judged through a few promotional videos.

But practitioners like them have seen too many "fraudulent" propaganda such as "the video is for reference only, the actual machine shall prevail", so how could they dare to believe it?
Based on this background, even some colleagues in the gaming industry have begun to worry!

Of course, there are those who are worried and those who are full of expectations.

Whether it is worry or expectation, the underlying logic is the same.

The main reason is that current players have no confidence in large-scale domestic stand-alone games.

If even someone like Xu Xiyu, whose works have good reputation and can make money, has to take advantage of the situation to reap the profits, it will undoubtedly make the public even less confident in domestic large-scale stand-alone games.

In other words, in the eyes of some peers, "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is no longer the sole work of Pingxing Chongcai.

Now Xu Xiyu has created so much hype, and with the endorsement of his previous works, if this is a "fraudulent" promotion, it will destroy everyone's jobs.

On the contrary, if Xu Xiyu succeeds, it would be adding more food to other people's rice bowls.

With this idea in mind, many colleagues began to become active and were planning to see if they could find an opportunity to go to parallel heavy color to see the actual situation.

Since it will be released soon anyway, there is no need to keep the game content strictly confidential like before.

However, just when they were thinking about visiting and exchanging ideas at Parallel Chongcai, a team of reporters from a major official media also arrived.

busy.

Busy all the time.

In the past few days, Pingting Chongcai has no energy to care about its peers, but has instead accepted a bunch of interviews.

Xu Xiyu did not enjoy this "spotlight", but pushed the chief planner Lin Zhenyu and the chief artist Lu Jian to the front of the stage.

In this game, leaving aside the funding, just talking about workload and contribution, the two have done much more than Xu Xiyu.

In fact, it is not just Parallel Chongcai. For other projects of other companies, whenever there is something that requires exposure, Xu Xiyu always asks the "main creative team" to go.

This is also true for a project like "Coco" that he has been following throughout the entire process.

Today, Xu Xiyu no longer needs to be exposed. The "emotional value" brought by this exposure should be left to his subordinates to enjoy as long as they are willing.

In addition to enjoying emotional value, there must also be material enjoyment.

8 month 24 day.

The third night of pre-sale.

Xu Xiyu brought some midnight snacks to provide for the parallel heavy color employees who were working overtime.

at this time.

On the balcony on the roof, he and a group of senior executives including Pingxing Chongcai sat around a table, eating skewers and chatting.

The reason why he only eats with the top management is not because he thinks he is a proud person, but because the grassroots employees feel uncomfortable with him. If that is the case, there is really no need to make things difficult for yourself.

"So being interviewed is so tiring, Mr. Xu, how did you get through when you were an artist?" Lu Yan suddenly sighed while eating. Xu Xiyu was happy to hear this and said, "Actually, I haven't been an artist for many days. You asked the wrong person this question. If you are too tired and don't want to be interviewed, it's okay. Don't force yourself."

"Don't think that he is unhappy even though he says so. You know how happy he is in his heart. Those are big media outlets. It will be so face-saving to accept their interviews." Lu Jiu exposed her brother.

"Hahahahahaha..." The others immediately laughed.

As she spoke, she raised the roasted corn in her hand as if it were a microphone in front of Lu Yan, and asked in the tone of a reporter, "Excuse me, what do you think the final sales volume of Journey to the West: The Sequel will be?"

Lu Yan was about to answer, but saw Lu Jiu retract the corn and imitated Lu Yan and said in a muffled voice: "Leave it to the market. I believe the market will not let down anyone who works hard to create content."

Wow, this sudden "imitation show" made everyone present laugh so hard.

Seeing that everyone was laughing so hard that their stomachs hurt, Lu Jiu continued to complain to Xu Xiyu, "People like my brother and Brother Lin pretend to be so confident and calm in front of the media and their peers.

In fact, they were so nervous that they couldn’t even sleep well at night. It has been three days since the pre-sale, and they didn’t even dare to look at the [pre-sale sales data] sent back by the channel.”

"You're just talking nonsense! You don't even dare to look at the pre-sale sales data. The main thing is that the publicity and promotion work is handled by our Dixing Group, so they just need to look at the data.

I am the main artist, it doesn’t really matter whether you watch it or not, and the pre-sale sales can be refunded at any time, it’s not allowed.” Lu Yan protested loudly.

"Indeed, we still have to wait until the game is officially released, and everyone has played for a long time and understood the refund policy, before the data will be valid." Lin Zhenyu also added.

Obviously, what the two people said was pure nonsense.

The more real reason must be that the two were afraid that the pre-sale results would not be ideal, and that their "faith would be broken" after seeing it, so they dared not watch it.

Of course, if Xu Xiyu hadn’t participated and the group hadn’t been responsible for the publicity and promotion, the two of them would have had no way to hide.

The reason why Lu Jiu said all this just now was to relieve the pressure on them in front of Xu Xiyu.

Xu Xiyu naturally understood this mentality. After years of hard work, now that the "results" were about to come, how could he remain calm?

So, he deliberately put on a teasing tone and asked Lu Jiu: "Actually, I haven't looked at it either. It's a good opportunity. You can quietly tell me what the data is like."

As he said this, he put his ear closer to Lu Jiu. He indeed didn't watch it. The main reason was that Ke Xinying's due date was approaching and he had no time to take care of his work these days.

When Lu Jiu heard this, his face turned red and he said, "Actually, I didn't dare to look either."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yan immediately turned over and shouted: "Wow!! You don't even dare to look at it yourself, and you're still complaining about me?"

"I admit that I dare not look. Do you dare to admit it?" Lu Jiu deliberately retorted.

After the voice fell, a senior executive next to him said weakly: "In fact, we didn't dare to look at it either."

"My goodness, you guys are really..." Xu Xiyu was a little amused and helpless. He didn't even dare to look at the data. But you guys are really that serious?

So, he turned to Shan Xinbao next to him and said, "Xinbao, call the publicity department to see what the data is now. I don't believe that this data can bite people. Everyone treats it as a tiger."

"Hahaha, okay." Shan Xinbao put down the grilled chicken feet in his hand, took out a piece of paper to wipe his hands, and was just about to make a phone call.

But then I heard Xu Xiyu's cell phone ring first.

After quickly wiping his hands, Xu Xiyu picked up the phone and saw that it was Lu Qinyao calling.

He stood up and took two steps to the side. After the call was connected, before he could speak, Fu Hongxiu's voice rang out from the receiver: "Qinyao's water broke. If you have time, come to Shanghai."

There was a boom.

In an instant, Xu Xiyu's mind went blank after hearing this sentence.

Soon, he came back to his senses and asked in a panic, "Auntie, this is not considered premature birth, right?"

The reason I asked this is because Ke Xinying was found to be pregnant earlier than Lu Qinyao, but Ke Xinying hasn't given birth yet, but Lu Qinyao has.

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongxiu smiled and said, "Now is the due date, how can you associate it with premature birth? Come over as soon as you are free. If everything goes well, it will be within 12 hours."

As a new father, it was impossible for Xu Xiyu not to be confused. After hearing the words "If everything goes well, it will only take 12 hours", he instinctively asked: "Then...what if it doesn't go well?"

"Not going well? If not, I might give birth in two hours."

“???” Xu Xiyu didn’t understand. Why was smooth sailing faster than going smoothly?
Fu Hongxiu seemed to have guessed his doubts and said helplessly: "If it doesn't go well, then just do a cesarean section. It's very fast. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go and take a look at the situation."

After saying that, she hung up the phone directly.

Xu Xiyu was stunned again. After a while, he turned around and said to Shan Xinbao, "Xinbao, let's go."

"Ah? You don't want to look at the data anymore?"

"No need to look at it anymore. I have something urgent to do. Take your time eating." Xu Xiyu waved at them quickly. At this moment, he had no intention of looking at the data.

I am really going to be a father.

My eldest son and daughter are about to be born.

No wonder the word "good" is written like this.

This feeling is really good!!
(End of this chapter)