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Chapter 198 The Done Done
3 month 19 number.

"The Decree of the Night" is coming soon.

Ji Fuliang looked at the final number of reservations, which had settled at 400,000, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

We've finally made it this far.

to be frank.

Avalon is putting a lot of pressure on them.

As they began their promotion, Ji Fuliang's initial joy at not having to share profits with the company vanished.

no way.

ANF ​​is absolutely perfect for promoting anime-style games! Just casually release a promotional video! And it gets a million views! The number of people discussing it is even more outrageous.

And what about "Dark Night's Decree"? They spent so much money and explored so many channels, yet their exposure was barely as high as that of a single video from them.

Not to mention what happened next.

Their games are praised everywhere on ANF; any random thing they post gets rave reviews.

On our side, we first questioned and then questioned again.

If it were just FGO players questioning it, that would be one thing, but some players who don't even know the facts are also questioning it, saying what a crappy game this is...

Ji Fuliang was furious, but he had no choice but to continue the publicity campaign while holding his nose.

Because Season Technology itself is not large and does not have its own channels, it can only rely on external channels, and the largest external channel for anime games seems to be ANF.

Since he's already so brazenly blatantly disrespectful to FGO, there's no way he can rely on any particular channel.

He could only go to other channels that ANF had also advertised on. In short, since the game was being imitated, it wasn't a big deal to imitate the marketing and promotion as well.

But back then, Fate/Zero gathered a large number of readers.

They couldn't replicate it. In the anime-related communities, there were FGO players everywhere. Tang Yao's "dog colleagues" comment, coupled with the explosive promotional video, made many mobile game players realize something was wrong, and most of them didn't like "Dark Night's Decree" anymore.

This isn't a game community focused on anime and manga.

His mother was also pointing fingers and saying things like, "What kind of game is this? What's so fun about it?"

Ji Fuliang was so angry that he vomited blood.

No.

How exactly did Avalon, and FGO, manage to break through the competition back then?

PC online games are not declining yet, and there are still many players. These players are used to PC games with better graphics and more convenient controls. Because the entire gaming industry seems to be focusing on mobile games recently, this trend of mobile games for everyone has also caused dissatisfaction among some PC game players, and many PC game players even resist mobile games.

This is nothing new.

Tang Yao also existed in her previous life.

However, Tang Yao was mentally prepared.

Ji Fuliang didn't.

He was so criticized that he started to doubt his life. He couldn't understand how FGO had managed to emerge victorious, especially since his game had FGO as a prelude to his previous work!
But when FGO was released, there was nothing there!

And now, the promotional period has finally come to an end.

Freed.

The moment I saw the number of reservations freeze.

Ji Fuliang breathed a long sigh of relief. Four hundred thousand!
That's quite a lot!
Although no one else in the mobile game industry has done any pre-registrations besides their game, Ji Fuliang, based on his limited experience in PC games, felt that the number of players was quite large.

With such a large player base, the game is guaranteed to make money no matter what.

Even the worst-case scenario is that it's only half the original value.

With 200,000 players, if they don't rush things and raise pigs steadily over a long period, they can definitely make a fortune.

As for FGO... Ji Fuliang really doesn't believe they can attract manga readers as well.

They've been brainwashing people for so long with this 'orthodox adaptation,' while many of their devoted readers have never played FGO, or even played the game much.

They can't just abandon "Dark Night's Decree" to play something like FGO, can they?
Add to that the unsuspecting players... tsk tsk tsk, hundreds of thousands of pigs, even if each only spends a few hundred yuan, that's still a huge profit.

Think of this.

It's probably finally time to pick the peaches.

Ji Fuliang was somewhat excited.

That's how people are; in the process of constantly convincing themselves, even with lies, they can sometimes convince themselves.

When he first saw the FGO promotional video, he panicked. There was no turning back, so he barely managed to convincing himself of a lie.

In addition, he kept talking about an "authentic adaptation" and trying to ride the coattails of FGO's popularity.

As he talked, he seemed to come to believe it himself.

I really think FGO and Dark Revelation are about the same level, both games are pretty much the same.

……

3 month 20 number.

noon.

Ji Fuliang, unusually, left his office and appeared in the work area outside.

He crossed his arms, watching the busy staff, feeling quite pleased with himself, completely oblivious to the fact that the staff members had strange expressions, revealing a subtle sense of frustration.

even.

He continued to encourage them: "It's the last minute! Don't let your guard down! We must ensure that players can play 'Dark Night's Decree,' this authentic adaptation of the comic book, on time and without any obstacles! It's an excellent game!"

"..."

The staff members looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing his words.

A proper adaptation? An excellent work?

really?
Why don't they even believe it themselves...?

just.

At times like these, no one contradicts Ji Fuliang; they just keep their heads down and get to work.

Season Technology is a relatively new company.

As their first game, "Dark Night's Decree" had many newly recruited staff members on the project team.

Are there no readers of the manga "Nightfall" among them?

There must be.

Many people even joined the company after hearing that they adapted the comic.

But when it came to actually doing it... many staff members found that the gap between reality and imagination was too big.

They know all too well the quality of the game "Dark Night's Decree".

No matter what.

What's done is done, and there's no way to change it now.

They could only leave it to fate.

11 points.

The other side of the city.

Jian Yinghua had pre-installed the game "Dark Night Decree" long ago.

He's currently keeping an eye on the time.

As soon as it hit midnight... he immediately logged into the game.

Although.

Initially, because of the FGOX "Nightfall" promotional video, he had some doubts about whether "Dark Night's Decree" was actually as good as they advertised, or even better than the FGO collaboration event.

But when the day of the open beta of "Dark Night's Decree" actually arrived, he couldn't resist downloading the game.

After all, that was just a collaboration event, while this is a proper adaptation of the original work!
Even if it's bad, it can't be that bad, right?
With this thought.

He stared at his phone screen with great interest, and then... became a little impatient.

Because loading is so slow.

I've had the game running for so long, why is there still no screen?

Did it crash?
Jian Yinghua had just had this idea when he decided to restart the game.

After a long loading process.

The image finally appeared.

The logo of Season Technology appears.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination… Jian Yinghua feels that the way this logo appears is so similar to the beginning of the FGO promotional video.

Although they have different names, their performance styles are remarkably similar.

Is this plagiarism?
They even plagiarized this? That can't be right, can it?

He shook his head, thinking it was probably just a coincidence.

And soon, he couldn't care less about that anymore, because after registering and logging in, the game officially started.

The prologue has begun.

So Jian Yinghua immediately shook off the extraneous thoughts in her mind and stared excitedly at her phone screen.

The prologue has indeed begun.

After all, Dark Night Revelation is designed to compete with FGO, and its overall gameplay is very similar to the latter.

However, the prologue of FGO is fairly standard, mainly laying the groundwork for the game's world-building.

And the prologue to "The Dark Night's Decree"...

"what?"

Jian Yinghua stared intently at her phone screen.

But as the game's prologue progressed, the excitement on his face slowly faded, replaced by astonishment.

then.

He even let out a bewildered "Ha".

(End of this chapter)