This man knows how to hype

Chapter 649: Never Lost in Public Opinion
PS: The sales data in the previous chapter was wrong. I originally wrote one million copies, but I lost my mind and wrote one hundred million. It has been corrected.
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Talk about it.

Over the years, Xu Xiyu's fans, haters, and opponents have gotten to know him better and better.

For example, people like Mao Gaojun and Qi Xiangyang who have had in-depth dealings with Xu Xiyu can sometimes really tell what was done by Xu Xiyu.

This situation is actually very dangerous.

Therefore, Xu Xiyu is now consciously changing his style of doing things.

As a human being, you have to make progress all the time and cannot always rely on your old skills. There is no such thing as a one-trick pony that can make you successful all the time. After a long time, others will always find your flaws.

Especially for young people like Xu Xiyu, they still have a long way to go in the future, and they will also have a long time to be studied by others.

It was as if at this moment, he was a bit like being studied by someone.

It's obvious that the people from "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" are trying to take advantage of the popularity of "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

However, the public opinion turned out to be [Xu Xiyu tried to hype up "Journey to the West: The Sequel" by forcibly copying "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets"]

Even many of Xu Xiyu's fans believe this statement.

In their opinion, this seemed like something Xu Xiyu could do.

Even, let alone outsiders, just now in the office, when the people from the public opinion team came to report, Lu Jiu's first reaction was to look at Xu Xiyu, wanting to confirm whether he was the one who was hyping it up.

"This is really retribution in this life." Faced with such public opinion, Xu Xiyu, who has already returned to his old self, was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Shan Xinbao was also speechless. He had been hunting geese all day, but today he was caught by the geese.

She was leaning against her desk, flipping through her phone, and asked, "Do you want to clarify something?"

"Clarify? There's no way to clarify this kind of thing. I'm notorious now. Even if it wasn't me who did it, it was me who did it." After Xu Xiyu said this, he leaned back on the sofa and crossed his hands behind his head.

At this moment, he inexplicably recalled the famous scene of Prince Duan in "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

In Shaolin Temple, when Xu Zhu asked Ye Erniang "Who is my father", everyone looked at Duan Zhengchun.

What does it mean to be famous?

This is.

Xu Xiyu now also has the same idea.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiyu kept his hands behind his head and looked at the ceiling and said, "We must always remain humble and not underestimate others.

You are like DI, they have learned this trick very well, and they are keenly grasping the public's perception of me to create this kind of topic. Now I really have no way to defend myself. "

Having said that, Dan Xinbao did not see any anger on Xu Xiyu's face because he was left "unable to defend himself".

So, she asked curiously: "Boss, how do we deal with this public opinion?"

“There’s nothing to deal with. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the epitome of DI elements. In other words, even if all netizens think that I’m actively copying Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, it’s no big deal.

DI and I have always been at odds with each other. Now, except for the haters, nephews, DI supporters and Sony fans, most people are just looking at this matter for fun.

In fact, there are quite a few people who support me. In short, no matter what, the popularity brought by competing with "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" is real, and it is not all bad for us. "

At this point, Xu Xiyu straightened up and added, "The most important thing is that we are running out of time. Don't forget that Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets will be online at 1 a.m."

"Boss, what do you think the performance of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets can be?"

"I really don't know, because I haven't paid any attention to this game, and they are not our competitors. But didn't Lin Zhenyu and his team say that they invested 4 million US dollars in this game?

With such a large investment, the target should be 10 to 20 million copies. After it stabilizes, there should be 2 to 3 million people online at the same time. After all, this is an online game."

"That's right." Shan Xinbao nodded, feeling that Xu Xiyu's analysis made sense.

Coincidentally, at this time, the haters on the Internet who took the opportunity to smear Xu Xiyu also made the same analysis.

[I still say that even if the sales of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" are a fraction of what "Journey to the West: The Sequel" can sell in its entire lifetime]

[U1S1, indeed, I am neither a fan nor a hater. Perhaps "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is indeed the highest level of domestic stand-alone games, but it is still at least years away from international giants like Sony.]

[This is why I have always disliked Xu Dan. He likes this kind of marketing too much. He can face up to the gap and be down-to-earth, but he has to do this kind of stupid fraud. ]

[When has Danchu ever been down-to-earth? People who are down-to-earth can develop so quickly. He got to the top by doing some side business.]

[What is the relationship between being down-to-earth and how fast development is? 】

[You guys are good at criticizing him, but you guys are right. All the works he produced in recent years have become eccentric in your eyes? ]

[I laughed. There are also people who are filial to DI. This really broadens my horizons.]

[I'm afraid that Danchu will take the initiative to try to scam me this time, and end up losing face, and giving others a stable sales performance.]

[Why do I feel like Ah Dan is going to die suddenly after watching "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets", so he stepped on it in advance so that he can give DI a good slap in the face]

[Danpi is really hallucinating. Why don’t you search for the size of “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”? If you and your entire family die suddenly, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” will not die suddenly.]

[I don’t know if the fans will drool when they see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets with millions of viewers online every day and sales of 20 to 30 million (Huangdou smile)]

[I’m actually confused. Do you really think Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is good? ]

Obviously, 99% of these people have never paid attention to "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and do not think the game is that good. They are just opposing it for the sake of opposing it, opposing everything they want to oppose.

Putting aside those who have taken money and been brainwashed, the rest are all those players who say "You say he is good, but I say he is bad", and otherwise they cannot show "my awakening and uniqueness".

When doing business or projects, the most important thing is to filter out these people, because apart from disturbing your thinking, these people will not create any value for you, nor will they consume your products.

They are not real users.

But the problem is that filtering is difficult, and there is a greater possibility of being "fooled" by the volume of their voices.

Just like DI and the publicity and promotion team of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" at this time, seeing the public opinion situation in China, they were immediately stunned.

The Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets project team.

A group of people gathered together and were making the final mobilization before going online.

"Although China's stand-alone market is not large, the overall game market is huge, which is good for long-term FPS battle games like ours. So far, our strategy of riding on the popularity has been successful.

We can see that there are a lot of players who support us. I think this time, China will at least bring us more than 500 million copies of sales. "

"China will give us 500 million copies, and the right people in North America will probably contribute 800 million copies to us, and Europe will contribute another 500 million copies.

Adding East Asia, Southeast Asia and other places, we may be able to achieve a sales target of more than 2000 million copies this time."

It is worth mentioning that "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" was not sold through pre-order.

This is a strategy.

Don't get me wrong, the target of this strategy is Sony, the investor.

After all, if it’s pre-sold, we have to look at the pre-sale results.

What if the pre-sale doesn’t go through? Wouldn’t that be asking for trouble?
Even though they are mobilizing here very enthusiastically now, only they themselves know whether they have any confidence or not.

However, when the time comes, you have to have a bottom line no matter what.

"Everyone, success is just around the corner. This time, we will bring an earthquake to the gaming world. We will become the best 5V5 first-person shooter game."

"Team leader, I think you should contact DI again and ask them to promote our game again, calling on all the right people to support our game!"

"Your suggestion is correct. I will contact them right away."

A few minutes later, DI US Headquarters.

After receiving the call, the green-haired man with a nose ring also convened a meeting of his inner circle.

"Follow us, the success of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is here, and this is a great opportunity for us to make a statement about the positive impact our DI organization has.

Therefore, I hope you can contact opinion leaders with DI attributes, voice your support for this game, and call on everyone to buy it..."

At this point, the green-haired man with the nose ring paused and emphasized, "Also, while you're at it, give that damned Journey to the West: The Sequel a slam.

I hope to see this game lose all its money. I hope the final sales volume of "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is only a pitiful 100,000 or even tens of thousands copies.

Only in this way can the practitioners in the gaming industry understand what will happen to the game without our DI’s participation and guidance! ”

As the saying goes, as long as the interests of everyone are involved, the efficiency of execution will soar.

The success of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" determines whether they can easily earn extra money from the game company in the future, and this is real money.

Therefore, after the green-haired nose ring man finished his meeting, in less than two hours, many foreign bloggers with exaggerated surnames, rights and ethnic minorities began to speak out.

[If you are a supporter of diversity, then you must support "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets". If you are a person who respects what is right, you should also support "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and oppose "Journey to the West: The Sequel"]

Yes, it's that straightforward.

Even when Obama was campaigning for Lacy, he used the same approach.

What is euphemism? They don’t know how to be euphemistic and they don’t bother to be euphemistic. After all, their underlying logic is “You owe me, so you must support me.”

Naturally, the voices of these people received a lot of response.

Just like how countless right people on Earth responded to Valerian's sister game, Star Trek, the volume of public opinion has not lost at all.

After this public opinion reached China, it emboldened those contestants who "opposed for the sake of opposing", and they became even more sarcastic about "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

Everyone seemed to be waiting to see the joke of "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

That is when everyone is waiting to see the joke.

From the colorful office area, there were cheers of celebration and “oh shit” that sounded like the roof was about to blow the roof off.

Because the original total sales volume of [625 million] just suddenly surged upwards.

at this time,

It has become [900 million].

(End of this chapter)