This man knows how to hype

Chapter 648 Humorous Showdown (The whole family was tortured by the HN flu, over and over again, endlessly)

In the living room of Xu Xiyu's house.

His surprised voice rang out: "How much did you say the pre-sale price was?!"

"The statistics just came in, it's 601 million, Boss, this is really making history."

"I~~" Xu Xiyu opened his mouth slightly, and finally whispered the complete sentence "fuck~".

No one was spared.

No one is spared, really.

This data is like a "virus" that will "infect" everyone who hears about it for the first time, and they can't help but say "Oh my God!".

This was naturally the case when Dan Xinbao first got this data.

Seeing that Xu Xiyu was also "infected", she giggled and leaned back: "Boss, our previous estimate of sales was too conservative."

"Conservative?" Xu Xiyu was startled by this, shook his head and smiled, "Not conservative, our previous sales target was already bold enough."

Judging from the current pre-sale volume, the previous statement of "maintaining the third place, striving for the fourth place, and hoping for the fifth place" is indeed conservative. But before that, the best sales of Bluestar, a domestically produced single-player game, was only over one million.

Not only in China, but also abroad, it is difficult for many games to achieve sales of more than three million.

"Who would have thought that if I had set a sales target of 600 million, I would have been criticized behind my back as an amateur and a dreamer."

As he spoke, Xu Xiyu stood up from the sofa, put on his grey slippers, stepped forward in his shorts, and walked quickly upstairs.

"I'm going to change my clothes. We'll go to Pingxing Chongcai later. After resting for so long, it's time to go to work."

About an hour later...

Xu Xiyu, wearing a white T-shirt and black trousers, and Shan Xinbao, wearing a beige OL dress, appeared in front of the entrance of Pingting Chongcai's company.

The two of them have come to this company countless times in the past few years.

but,
There has never been a time when I feel as cheerful as today.

Influenced by this mood, Xu Xiyu pointed at the wall sign with the four big characters "Parallel Heavy Color" at the entrance and said to Shan Xinbao:

"It is said that when people are happy, they feel refreshed and everything looks good to them. You are just like this sign. To me, it looks much cleaner and brighter than before, as if it had been polished anew."

"Well, you know what, I have the same feeling. And this green plant feels greener than before." Shan Xinbao said, taking a closer look.

Just when the two of them were studying the signboard and wanted to compose a poem, a weak voice came from the front desk:

"Um... Chairman, Mr. Shan, this sign has indeed been re-polished. It was just re-polished. And this green plant was also replaced last night.

Mainly because Mr. Lu said that a senior leader might come to visit and inspect in a few days, so he asked me to polish and replace... uh..."

"..."Xu Xiyu.

"..." Single core treasure.

Very good, she is worthy of being the receptionist of the gaming company. With just one sentence, she silenced the chairman and the chairman's assistant. She used her skills very accurately.

With a light cough to get rid of the embarrassment, Xu Xiyu and Shan Xinbao smiled at the front desk and then walked straight inside.

As soon as I entered, I saw a TV screen on the ceiling of the huge joint office area.

The current [pre-sale data] is displayed on the screen.

【Total sales across all platforms (copies): 6】

[Deluxe Edition Sales (Copies): 3]

【Standard Edition Sales (Copies): 2】

In addition to the above, there are also pre-sale volume shares of Steam, PS, Wegame, and Epic.

It’s time to say it or not.

Some data are placed in the office area, which puts pressure on employees. After all, what is shown on it is more about the distance from the [target performance].

Some are so ruthless that they will even display the completion status of different employees' "OKR (a performance management method)" in real time. Seeing this thing at work every day makes me feel very upset.

But some data placed in the office area are even more interesting than "porn movies" and make people unable to stop watching.

The pre-sale data of "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is obviously one of those that "can't stop". The employees in the office area can stare at the data and can't get enough of it.

However, a question also appeared in Xu Xiyu's mind at the same time.

Since the [pre-sale data] is so clearly displayed in the office area, why is there no news at all on the Internet?

After sitting down in Lin Zhenyu's office, Xu Xiyu learned the reason.

"I asked my employees to keep it confidential." Lin Zhenyu, who was washing tea sets beside the sofa, had a brilliant smile on his face.

"Oh, I see. Mr. Lin plans to announce a big news to the outside world after the product is officially launched on sale tomorrow?" Shan Xinbao crossed his legs, rested his hands on his knees to support his chin, and leaned forward to ask curiously.

"I do have this idea." Lin Zhenyu did not deny it.

But soon, he lowered his head and looked at the tea set, a little embarrassed, "The more important reason is that I'm afraid that after the official release tomorrow, many people will refund, causing our total sales to decline instead of increase.

Therefore, it is better to be cautious and wait until the early morning of the 4th to announce the sales volume, the data will be more accurate..."

Having said that, Lin Zhengyu raised his hand and added a cup of tea to Xu Xiyu's quilt.

His expression became even more embarrassed: "Boss Xu, Boss Shan, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. The pre-sales have exceeded our expectations by a lot, it's a bit unreal. These past two days, I, Lu Yan, and other brothers and sisters in the company, all felt like they were dreaming, and it's inevitable that we were worried about gains and losses..."

"You have to learn to accept your achievements, because you deserve it. This is just the beginning, and it's far from the end." After Xu Xiyu finished speaking, he picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip, his tone calm and natural.

His state made Lin Zhengyu on the opposite side stunned, thinking: Isn’t President Xu excited about this result?

The next second, he figured it out: Mr. Xu, what is there to be excited about? The current performance of "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is still far behind other projects he invested in.

I still have a lot of work to do to learn from Mr. Xu's calm and composed temperament.

Shan Xinbao naturally didn't know what Lin Zhengyu was thinking.

If she knew, she would definitely laugh out loud.

What is calm and composed?
Not only did the boss yell "Fuck!" every time, he even ended his "maternity leave" early because the result exceeded expectations.

That was enough to show how excited he was.

Tea, drink one cup after another.

Days, chatting one sentence after another.

Even the number of people chatting increased one after another.

Lu Yan, Lu Jiu and even other senior executives appeared in the office.

Although "Journey to the West: The Sequel" will be released tomorrow and everyone is busy, it is impossible for any human being to continue working like a machine at this special time.

Everyone needs to share each other's happiness and excitement, which is conducive to team cohesion and even to improving future work efficiency.

However, there are always some unexpected situations in this world.

Just when everyone was gathered around the sofa in Lin Zhengyu's office, happily chatting and talking about what had happened over the years, someone from the publicity and public opinion team reported a piece of news.

"You mean, someone is hyping up the comparison between 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' and 'Journey to the West: The Sequel'?" After hearing the news, Lin Zhengyu looked at the person with a constipated expression.

"Correct."

"Isn't this weird? The game genres of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Journey to the West: The Sequel are completely different.

Ours is a stand-alone RPG, and theirs is an online FPS game, how can we compare them?" Lu Yan was puzzled.

When Lu Jiu heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked at Xu Xiyu with a questioning look in his eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Xiyu spread his hands and shook his head, saying, "It's not me who hyped it up. We're already popular enough, there's no need to spend money on this to hype up Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets."

"Then it seems that this is another DI hype?" Shan Xinbao seemed to be thinking about it.

"It's possible. The main focus of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" is the diversity and correctness of character design. DI has suffered several losses, and I guess he will have to get back at them before he's satisfied." Xu Xiyu nodded.

Obviously, the two of them were wrongly accused of DI.

As I said before, DI has no intention of making a fuss about this.

They are actively contacting the [International Beauty Industry Mutual Aid and Equality Association], thinking about boycotting "Weigu Hyaluronic Acid and Superoxide Dismutase", intending to make Xu Xiyu suffer some real losses.

The confrontation between "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is a masterpiece of the "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" publicity and promotion team to "ride on the popularity".

In fact, they were also taking advantage of the feud between DI and Xu Xiyu.

Of course, none of this matters. What matters is...

"When will "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" be released? Will it also be in these few days?" Xu Xiyu asked curiously.

"They went online at noon New York time, so according to our calculation, it should be 1 a.m. tomorrow morning, 11 hours earlier than us." Someone from the publicity and promotion team replied immediately.

"I don't understand. If we change the launch time so hastily and rashly, won't there be problems?"

"No, Mr. Xu, they had already scheduled it to go online at this stage, and we were the ones who changed the time." Lu Yan explained with a smile.

"Is that so..." Xu Xiyu scratched his chin and pondered.

After a moment, he asked again: "Is "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" a big threat to us?"

“As for threats, there shouldn’t be much of a threat. We target different gaming audiences than they do. But if we have to compare them together, we will inevitably see who wins and who loses in terms of sales and online users.

In terms of sales, if we can maintain the current growth trend, we should be no worse than them. But it’s hard to say about the number of online users, after all, they are an online battle mode.”

Lin Zhengyu's analysis was recognized by people in the office.

Lu Yan added, "Mr. Xu, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a masterpiece of Sony. I heard that the production cost was $4 million, or RMB 28 billion, which is nearly six times ours..."

At this point, he paused, then smiled and said, "So, if our sales and online user numbers really can't compare to theirs, the majority of players can actually understand."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiyu nodded. This was the truth.

But the fucked up thing about this world is that some things just don't make sense.

Just like now, as soon as the topic of comparison between "Journey to the West: The Sequel" and "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" came up, someone immediately jumped out.

After they jumped out, their remarks were also very simple.

[Has Danchu become so arrogant now? How can a game made by a small studio like "Journey to the West: The Sequel" have the guts to challenge Sony's big game? ]

(End of this chapter)