Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 416 A Bountiful Harvest (Make-up for yesterday's update)
"What the hell is this?" The three young men stared in disbelief.

The fat man cursed under his breath and said, "Damn it, it's that bastard who bought the peach wood sword for 200 yuan! He actually managed to lure the Thunder Lord on the third floor! Let's go, we can't fight him."

"A lightning lord?"

"Is it true or false?"

"Let me see."

Users from nearby internet cafes immediately gathered around.

"So handsome."

"If I could get one, I'd conquer the entire region." Everyone exclaimed carefree when they saw the lightning lord, who was taller than a person, behind the warrior.

But the five fat men had no time for reflection, because the level 21 warrior had already decided to kill them.

As the level 21 warrior switched to area-of-effect attack mode, the majestic and imposing lightning lord immediately launched a one-sided slaughter.

One bolt of lightning after another struck the heads of the five fat men, each bolt taking away a third of their health.

The fat man's friend was the slowest to run. After a scream, he was knocked to the ground by the lightning lord. Even his only piece of cloth was blown off and he lay naked in a pool of blood.

The level 21 warrior didn't even look at the fat man and his group. He only left the Thunder Lord to deal with them, while he went to fight the monk zombie.

"Damn it, let's kill that warrior first! Can't four level 16 warriors kill a level 21 warrior?" Fatty was furious when he saw his teammate fall and his only piece of equipment being destroyed. He charged towards the level 21 warrior without any regard for the consequences.

The level 21 warrior didn't expect the fat guy and his gang to be so desperate. Before he could even create some distance, the fat guy's knife was already in front of him.

The character settings in the Primordial Era are different from those in Legend; in this game, attack is always superior to defense.

Even if a level 10 player attacks a level 20 player, they can still take away a significant amount of the level 20 player's health.

The fat man's strike took away one-fifth of the level 21 warrior's health. The three youths then arrived and blocked the level 21 warrior behind the monk zombie.

Knowing he was outmatched, the level 21 warrior started playing a game of "Qin King circling the pillar" around the monk zombie.

The four fat men were so desperate to kill the level 21 warrior that they lost their composure, and soon two of them were killed by the Thunder Lord.

The battle lasted less than a minute.

All four were seriously injured and returned to the city.

"You don't need to log back into the game after you die? You can just go back to town?" The young man wasn't angry about being killed; instead, he became excited.

This game is much smoother than the clunky Legend game, and most importantly, it's easy to pick up. Any player who has played Legend can easily operate it.

"This lightning lord is too powerful."

"Let's go, let's form a team and go to the third floor to find the Lightning Lord. Let's get a Lightning Lord and see who dares to mess with us then."

Everyone witnessed the power of the Thunder Lord firsthand, and they were all filled with envy.

As soon as the 274 Momo Internet Cafes opened, the first floor was completely full.

This game, "Primordial Era," has surpassed many online games of this era. Whether it's team battles or gameplay, it's incomparable to games that rely solely on stats.

The combination of various skills, positioning, and timing all give it a competitive game feel.

This is also what Cheng Yi is pursuing. If a game lacks PvP skills, then the game is destined to fail.

The three schools of play in the game "Primordial Era" already show traces of hero-based combat in League of Legends.

The War Saint's Swift Step and the War God's Shadow Step are both extremely demanding in terms of timing and technique.

Furthermore, the combination of various sets further enhances this operability to its peak.

This is no longer a silly chase, but rather I can give you a ten-meter head start.

In addition, the system's design, which allows players to teleport back to town and be interrupted by skills, forces players to fight with their backs against enemies.

Even when facing a powerful enemy, you must still draw your sword despite knowing you are no match for them. Even if you can't win, you'll end up with a pile of money, one or two pieces of equipment, and a corpse.

Just three days after the opening of 274 Momo Internet Cafes, Honghuang Zhanji launched 24 new servers, each of which was packed with players, setting a new record in the online gaming industry.

This also injects a new way of attracting new users into the online gaming era.

Self-sufficient recruitment.

Build the platform first, then release the game.

With a platform in place, there's no shortage of players for the game.

Just as "The Legend of the Primordial Era" and "Momo Internet Cafe" were achieving great success outside the province, Cheng Yi, accompanied by a group of bodyguards, cornered the kid selling pornographic DVDs who wasn't actually pornographic in a village in the Shinan District.

If that disc is genuine, he might already be in a relationship with Lin Qingyin.

As a pure and innocent virgin, shouldn't this first time be a little romantic and formal?

The carefully crafted mood was completely dispelled by this dish of Monkey King and Haier Brothers.

Even now, Lin Qingyin has not finished watching the pirated disc that compressed 212 episodes into one disc.

Cheng Yi gets annoyed just looking at those damn old man, white man, Chinese man, and Western girl.

He originally intended to just swallow his anger and let it go, but being petty, the more he thought about it, the more upset he became.

Based on the idea that it's better to make someone else angry than to make yourself angry, he sent someone to catch that kid.

The young man hadn't expected that he, who was just selling CDs, would be blocked by such a large group of people. He was a little dumbfounded when he saw the brand-new Mercedes-Benz sedan and the two GL8 minivans on both sides of the road.

No, I just stole a cabbage, is it worth bombarding me?

"Do you know that what you're doing is wrong?" Cheng Yi looked at the young man selling DVDs and said angrily, "Haven't you heard the saying that Chinese people don't lie to other Chinese people?"

"Brother, I'm not lying to you," the young man selling DVDs said with a forced smile. "I only sell genuine high-energy DVDs."

"Still being stubborn, huh? Fine, fine." Cheng Yi was amused by the young man selling DVDs.

The young man selling DVDs said, "Brother, I'm not making any false claims. Just tell me, isn't there an old man, a white man, a Chinese man, and a Western girl in the DVDs?"

"Slap him in the mouth!" Cheng Yi couldn't hold back any longer; he had never been this angry before.

And she got angry over 30 yuan.

Bai Yiheng grabbed the young man selling DVDs by the collar and slapped him across the face. The young man cried out pitifully, "Brother, I didn't want to either! The checks are strict now, I don't dare sell those kinds of DVDs anymore."

"Alright, one slap is enough." Cheng Yi shouted, looking at the young man and saying, "I hate people like you who pretend to be something they're not the best. If I find out you're deceiving honest consumers again, you'll get ten slaps across the face."

The young man covered his face and said tremblingly, "Brother, I won't do it again."

"Get lost." Cheng Yi waved his hand, his frustration greatly reduced.

This kid is incredibly audacious; he even dared to deceive one of the top ten outstanding youths of Handong Province. He's utterly lawless.

Bai Yiheng walked up to Cheng Yi and said with a grin, "President Cheng, if you want those kinds of discs, I have connections."

"Do I look like the kind of person who watches those kinds of DVDs?" Cheng Yi asked Bai Yiheng with a stern face.

Bai Yiheng smiled awkwardly and said, "No, it doesn't seem like it."

"I was just helping the Shinan District Police Association test the results of the strict investigation," Cheng Yi said, spouting nonsense.

Bai Yiheng's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "President Cheng, I know a place that's still doing that kind of business. Why don't I go and take them down for the Shinan District Police Association right now?"

Looking at Bai Yiheng's serious face, Cheng Yi felt that promoting Bai Yiheng to the position of director of the group's office was a really wise decision.

What is talent? This is talent.

"Hmm, I think that's a good idea." Cheng Yi nodded slowly and said, "We need to demonstrate some social responsibility."

"You guys come with me." Bai Yiheng had received authorization from Cheng Yi, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen security personnel quickly got into the car, and two GL8s drove out of the urban village.

After Bai Yiheng and the others left, Cheng Yi got into the Mercedes-Benz and returned to Momo Group.

In the afternoon, Bai Yiheng led five people into Cheng Yi's office. All five of them were carrying a large cardboard box, and judging from their strained appearance, the box was quite heavy.

Bai Yiheng walked into the office and said with a smile, "President Cheng, it's a great victory. That den had been entrenched in the Shinan District for many years, but we wiped it out in one fell swoop. The Shinan District Police Association has also been taken over."

"What are you holding?" Cheng Yi asked, feigning ignorance.

Bai Yiheng said frankly, "This is part of the stolen goods. After you finish the trial, Mr. Cheng, I will send someone to hand it over to the Shinan District Police Association."

"Yes, we need to examine it carefully." Cheng Yi nodded slowly and said, "Put it in my inner room."

Bai Yiheng waved his hand, and the five people immediately carried the cardboard box into Cheng Yi's lounge.

After Bai Yiheng and the others left, Cheng Yi immediately went into the lounge to look through the documents.

Hmm... I'll just pick some light and refreshing DVDs; the more outrageous ones will have to be reviewed by Gao Yang.

Cheng Yi spent the entire afternoon searching for discs. With his decades of experience, he could roughly guess the contents just by looking at the cover.

That's what you call experience!

He selected over a hundred CDs from the "fresh and clean" series, packed the remaining thousands back into boxes, and arranged for someone to deliver them to Gao Yang.

He divided the discs into several portions and hid them. Just as he stepped out of the lounge, Kong Feng pushed open the door and walked in.

It's almost impossible to get senior technicians like Kong Feng to develop the habit of knocking before entering a room, so Cheng Yi never uses these rules to restrict Yu Sen and his group.

They can choose not to go to work if they want, and they can choose to travel if they want.

They only ensure the department doesn't mess things up; otherwise, they can do whatever they want.

"President Cheng, our online player count for 'Primordial War Chronicles' has surpassed 600,000. Should we do what other online game companies do and put up a celebration page on Popular Software?" Kong Feng was in a very good mood.

The development department of this game also receives a 5% team bonus.

Don't underestimate the 5% figure; according to their current estimates, once this game starts charging fees, its revenue will be almost three times that of Momo Legend.

In a typical online game, the number of actual paying players is about four times the number of online players. For example, in the game "Fantasy Westward Journey," the peak number of online players was 21, while their paying player base was over 80.

Legendary, on the other hand, had a peak of 220 million concurrent online players, with a real paying player base of around 900 million.

This means that their actual paying audience for "The Legend of the Primordial Era" has reached 240 million. Once they start charging, based on a weekly card of 10 yuan, that's 2400 million yuan in revenue per week, and based on a monthly card of 30 yuan, that's 7200 million yuan per month!
This is just the revenue from game time cards. In addition, there are many other ways to make money in the game, such as paid titles, cool mounts, and transaction fees, all of which are several times the revenue from game time cards.

This isn't a game, it's practically a money-printing machine.

Even if we calculate the dividends based on the initial revenue of Momo Legend, their R&D team would receive nearly 900 million yuan in dividends each month.

Their R&D team consists of only one hundred people, and each person earns an average of 100,000 yuan per month.

Having lived two lives, Cheng Yi naturally knew what Kong Feng was thinking.

The celebratory page was a pretext; in reality, Kong Feng wanted to test when to start charging fees.

The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and those props that were made a long time ago should be reaping a wave of lucky money, right?

"We need to get the celebration page sorted out," Cheng Yi laughed. "I'll call the chairman of Popular Software in a bit and ask them to put us on the page for two consecutive issues."

Cheng Yi sat down at the tea table and said with a smile, "Mr. Kong, please sit down. Let's talk about the pricing."

"Ah, okay." Kong Feng quickly sat down, his expression slightly excited.

Young and unaware of the cost of daily necessities, they resolutely left Huaxia Software Group for their dreams.

Now, life has gradually worn down their edges, and they finally understand how sweet money is.

Many people are like this: it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The high-quality life brought by this annual salary of over 100,000 yuan is making Kong Feng and his colleagues become ordinary people.

"Let's enable equipment enhancement first," Cheng Yi said. "You need to set the drop rate for enhancement materials properly. I remember it uses Spirit Orbs and Lucky Charms for upgrading, right?"

"Yes." Kong Feng nodded.

"Change the ratio of the two to 7:3. If upgrading equipment requires 10 materials, then set it to require 7 Spirit Orbs and 3 Lucky Charms. The Spirit Orbs must be obtained by defeating monsters, and the Lucky Charms must be purchased from the store. This ratio must be correct."

"President Cheng, why do you do this?" Kong Feng asked, puzzled, as he didn't understand game strategy.

Cheng Yi said, "What we want to make is a brand game that can last for ten or twenty years, not a pay-to-win game that just fleeces players and then disappears. 70% of the materials are produced from monsters, so that rich players can buy them from poor players, and poor players can use the in-game currency they earn to buy them in the store, so they won't fall too far behind."

"Most importantly, when poor people can make money from rich people, they'll be happy to be killed once or twice, even if there's a slight difference in equipment. The poor people are happy, the rich people are happy, and that's how the money comes in, right?" Cheng Yi's face revealed a sly smile as he said, "Let's upgrade the equipment to level 8 first. A set of level 8 equipment will cost at least 3000 yuan, right?"

"More or less." Kong Feng said with some concern, "I just don't know if players will accept this kind of gameplay where they pay to buy data."

"Don't worry, they'll definitely love this game."

(End of this chapter)