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Chapter 200 Bad Mouth
Tang Yao learned about "The Decree of the Dark Night" that very evening.

When she sat on the bed and saw the news, she was speechless.

Although she had played the demo of "Dark Night Revelation" before, their demo was obviously not a prologue, but rather a random segment of the story.

So at the time, she didn't even notice the plot issues... or rather, because the overall quality was so poor, there was no point in worrying about the plot.

just.

She didn't expect it.

The developers behind "Dark Night's Decree" are incredibly audacious. Not only did they create the game in that state, but they also dared to manipulate the game's plot and even project the male protagonist's identity onto the player.

No.

Do they think players will be happy with this?

"Dark Night's Decree" is an adaptation of a work, so the first to be attracted will definitely be the fans of the original work. It would be a miracle if these fans were happy to see such a storyline!
"..."

Tang Yao sat on the bed, looking at her phone while gently playing with her long, flowing hair that cascaded down her shoulders. She couldn't help but shake her head.

Then, she thought for a moment and sent a message to Rumi: "Have you played 'Dark Night's Decree'?"

Rumi's reply came quickly. She sent a meme of someone who was so angry that she almost fainted on the spot. You didn't see my mom's expression. When I showed her the game on my phone and read the readers' comments, her face twisted in anger... Not only that, but a lot of my followers on social media were also cursing at me. I'm so angry! How did they do this?!

"So how do you plan to explain this to the readers?"

Tang Yao couldn't help but chuckle when she saw her reply.

She could imagine Rumi's frantic expression at this moment. After all, when they were discussing the cooperation, Tang Yao knew that Season Technology had not allowed her to get involved.

Without even asking her, the original author, for her opinion, the plot was changed into this mess; it was entirely Ji Fuliang's own decision.

As for the original author, Rumi, she was already heartbroken to see the plot changed like this, but according to the original agreement, she was also obligated to help with the promotion of the game during its public beta launch.

yesterday.

She simply posted the template promotional materials that Ji Fuliang had given her on her social media account in a very formulaic way.

Then, it backfired, and some players criticized it.

It's infuriating just thinking about it.

"How am I supposed to explain this... I won't explain! What kind of changes have they made! I'm furious! If it weren't for the contract, I would have said this game has nothing to do with my comic! [Angry]"

"And then just let the readers criticize?"

Upon seeing the reply, Tang Yao leaned back on the bed, hugged the blanket, and replied, "You really made the readers look forward to yesterday."

"Are you rubbing salt into my wounds? You should know that those messages were sent by Season Technology, right?"

On the other end of the phone, Rumi seemed a little frantic: "And I had no idea they would do this, I was tricked too! If I were like you, and I was involved, I definitely wouldn't have let them do this."

After sending this message.

She seemed to realize something, paused for a moment, and then replied, "Oh yeah, and you guys too! Your collaboration event is going live tomorrow, right?"

"..."

Tang Yao looked at the enigmatic reply on her phone, a mischievous smile spreading across her face. She then typed back, "Yeah, so how about being a promotional ambassador again?"

Now that she knows about the situation in "The Dark Night's Decree," she naturally also knows about the undeserved disaster that FGO is currently suffering.

to be frank.

She was also a little confused; what was that?

What does this have to do with FGO? I should have launched it even faster than them!

However, what's done is done... Despite her anger, Tang Yao wouldn't waste any more pointless emotions.

The most important thing now is to figure out how to solve this.

However, after thinking about it, she realized that this was not a big deal and there was no perfect solution. She could only wait for the new version of FGO to be officially launched.

Apart from that, the only option left is to work on the original author.

Then, she contacted Rumi...

"?"

the other side.

Rumi replied with a question mark: "So this is where you were waiting for me?"

"Just say whether you agree or not."

Upon seeing her reply, Tang Yao smiled and replied, "Mr. Rumi, you probably don't want your masterpiece to be adapted into a game and leave readers with only a terrible impression, right? That would be a blow to your other works as well."

"?"

Rumi replied with another question mark, though it was through a phone, so her expression was unknown.

But through the question mark, Tang Yao could almost see Ru Mi's expression of being both amused and exasperated. She turned around, lay on the bed, rested her snow-white chin on the pillow, gently swayed her beautiful, smooth legs, and couldn't help but laugh.

Ok.

She now feels like a capitalist.

at the same time.

Tang Xun pushed open the door and looked at the 'capitalist' lying on the bed with his hair not completely dry, feeling somewhat helpless.

sometimes.

She really felt that her older sister was more like a high school girl than she was...

……

the next day.

Ji Fuliang's anxiety finally died.

The user churn rate for "Dark Night's Decree" is much faster than expected. It had over 100,000 users yesterday during its open beta launch, but that same night it was halved.

The next day, it was almost noon, and the number of online players was still hovering around 20,000.

It's only the second day!
It's all over.

This is what Ji Fuliang is thinking at this moment.

Despite not having slept all night, he was still unwilling to give up and continued to have his staff check if there was a problem.

No matter how we investigated, the conclusion was the same: 80% of the players stopped playing the game after it opened yesterday.

As for the output of "The Decree of the Dark Night"... the output is even more appalling.

We spent so much on promotion, and yesterday we barely made a million in revenue.

They didn't even recoup their marketing and promotion costs!
its not right!
Didn't FGO claim that it generated nearly 100 million in revenue on the first day of its open beta? Why did my own game only manage a paltry 1 million?

What exactly went wrong?

Ji Fuliang couldn't understand it!
"There were over 400,000 players who pre-registered, so why did it turn out like this?!"

Ji Fuliang's eyes were bloodshot from not sleeping all night. He sat in front of the computer, staring intently at the screen, muttering to himself as he scrolled through the forum: "And why is the turnover so low? What went wrong!"

On the screen, there are many posts related to "Dark Night's Decree," and it remains a hot topic in the forums, with readers still criticizing it.

Of course, many people also criticized the game developers, including FGO. However, compared to Dark Edict, which was also criticized, FGO had many players speaking up for it.

The gist is that while FGO also wasted my time and ripped me off, it's really not as bad as Dark Revelation... Don't even try to get involved.

The answer that Ji Fuliang was struggling to find was actually already given to him by the players on the forum who were criticizing the game.

Why were there so few players online when over 400,000 had pre-registered?

Because most players probably just signed up casually, and now that they see how bad the game's reviews are, they're too lazy to play it. After all, the number of pre-registrations doesn't equal the number of real players.

Why is the water quality so poor? Many fans of "Nightfall" were already upset when they saw the plot in the prologue, and Jian Yinghua was one of the more tolerant ones.

Other fans simply couldn't stand it. They quit the game before even finishing the prologue, and they hadn't even played the gacha tutorial, so how could they possibly spend money?
Players who manage to stay until the tutorial arrives are either frustrated enough to quit after reaching the first chapter, or they are players who have played FGO before. Isn't it unreasonable to ask them to spend money on this game?
These factors combined ultimately led to the dismal performance of "Dark Night's Decree".

Actually, if this game had an original storyline, and if it didn't have the masterpiece that FGO was, the data would probably be much better, much better.

You can actually earn quite a bit.

But unfortunately not if.

perhaps.

Ji Fuliang himself realized what a stupid thing he had done and understood the reason for the current situation, but he just didn't want to believe it.

No matter how much you disbelieve it, the facts won't change.

So when I saw another post criticizing "Dark Night Revelation" and someone mentioned FGO in the comments, a player immediately replied, "Don't get involved."

He broke down, his fingers twitching as he frantically typed on the keyboard: "Is 'Dark Night' really that bad? Why don't I think so? And is FGO really that good? They're both mobile games, collaborating with the same title, what difference do you expect between them? What are you dreaming of!"
Go eat shit! You bunch of blind idiots!

"?"

I saw his reply.

The users on the other end seemed stunned. After a while, they replied with a question mark and then said, "Where do you get the nerve to say 'they're both mobile games'? With the quality of 'Dark Night's Decree'? Are you crazy? As for what you said about the same game being a collaboration, and what the difference in expectations is, to be honest, I really think they are different! Avalon is at least more trustworthy than Season Technology."

Anyway, the new version of FGO will be released soon, why don't you download it and play it yourself?

Also, don't have such a foul mouth.

So what if I have bad breath?

Ji Fuliang immediately started hurling insults at each other.

soon.

He argued with another player for over twenty floors.

However, as more and more people saw his reply, they started criticizing him.

He couldn't hold back any longer when he saw the message again: "Why don't you download another game and try it out? Don't be fooled by this garbage, 'Dark Night's Decree'."

He took his hands off the keyboard and slammed his fists down on it.

Several keycaps flew out.

He was panting heavily and finally stopped arguing back.

Instead, he picked up his phone and prepared to open FGO!

He was panting, searching for the FGO game icon while angrily saying, "Fine! It's another collaboration, I want to see what's different! How much better can it be than 'Dark Night's Decree'!"

The combination of staying up late and the shadow of failure had left him mentally unstable.

He seemed to think so.

If FGO fails, it makes Dark Night Edict seem even better!

But that doesn't make sense.

But Ji Fuliang couldn't care less about that now.

With red eyes, he finally found the FGO icon and was about to click on it... but he was probably too angry, and his finger trembled, causing him to click the wrong thing and click directly on the social media app.

The software is open.

then.

Before he could leave.

Then he saw a post that made his eyes widen...

Like the post that Mi just made.

(End of this chapter)