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Chapter 186 0183 [Please have a novel master make a game]

"Lightning! Pang Tong, connect them all!"

"There are no plum blossoms."

"Damn it, stop passing cards. Kill!"

"Don't kill Pang Tong! What if he regenerates a few plum blossoms?"

"..."

Near the Triangle area, a group of students are playing cards.

The banner next to it read "Board Game Club Recruiting" and "Chen Guiliang to be the Vice President".

The "Peking University Board Game Club," which I applied to establish last semester, is finally recruiting new members.

The creator is Tan Kaixuan, a sophomore history major and a passionate fan of the game "Three Kingdoms Kill".

To attract more members, Tan Kaixuan also invited Chen Guiliang. He made Chen Guiliang the vice president and also required him to come to the recruitment site every noon.

In the first two days of the board game club's recruitment drive, the number of applicants was comparable to that of the Mountain Eagle Club and the May Fourth Club. Even a large number of returning students signed up; they had already been discussing forming a club in their Three Kingdoms Kill interest group on the school's intranet.

"Hey, what's the board game club? Why is there such a long line to sign up?"

"Tabletop Game Discussion Group. Have you heard of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Three Kingdoms Kill?"

"do not know."

"Both of these games are board games. 'Three Kingdoms Kill' was invented by my senior classmate Chen Guiliang. You must have heard of Chen Guiliang, right?"

"do not know."

"Damn, where did you come from? Senior Chen Guiliang is only a sophomore, and he's already a billionaire."

"Huh? His dad's a big boss?"

"These left-behind children started from scratch!"

"Oh, then I'll sign up too."

"You've never played board games before, why are you joining a board game club?"

"That sounds impressive. Is Senior Brother Chen Guiliang here?"

"The one in the white T-shirt and blue jeans, playing cards with the new couple, is him."

"..."

Senior Brother Chen was getting a little exasperated: "Can you guys please stop revealing your identities?"

"I just casually said I was a loyal subject, and whoever wants to believe me can believe me," said a new member who had just joined the board game club.

Another senior student chuckled, "Mr. Chen, why are you in such a hurry to identify yourselves? Are you perhaps an informant?"

The freshman in position 4 said, "He's definitely a traitor. Let's focus our fire and kill him first. A true man should wield a three-foot sword and achieve unparalleled feats! It's the will of Heaven!"

"Damn, you said the wrong line. That's Taishi Ci's line when he died in battle."

"I love that line. So what? You dared to talk back? I'll kill you too! Kill!"

"I'm speechless. I'm a rebel too, why are you killing me?"

"..."

The scene at the noodle-making event was incredibly lively, and the atmosphere was especially cheerful.

Especially for freshmen who used to only play "Three Kingdoms Kill Online", they met so many like-minded people as soon as they entered the school, and they could even play cards with Chen Guiliang, the inventor.

That feeling was absolutely amazing.

Chen Guiliang played several rounds in a row, then said goodbye with a smile and left.

He rode his old bicycle, passing by recruitment booths of various clubs along the way, and people would always call out to him, "Mr. Chen, what about the sponsorship you promised last year?"

“Send your external relations department to talk to us yourselves. Don’t come to the wrong place; it’s Game Science, not ByteDance,” Chen Guiliang responded.

Come out and mix, always have to pay back.

Last year, in order to promote the game "Three Kingdoms Kill", Chen Guiliang went to other clubs to give away physical cards and promised to give those clubs sponsorship fees this year.

It's okay not to keep your promises, but that would be too degrading.

Game Science is currently doing well financially, but there are too many student organizations at Peking University to sponsor them all at once. They can only sponsor two or three organizations per month, which won't affect Game Science's funding and will allow them to maintain a strong presence at Peking University.

When Chen Guiliang passed by the bulletin board at the triangular area, he noticed a large number of students gathered there.

Curious, he rode his bicycle closer. Although he couldn't squeeze through, he could hear his classmates talking about "Li Ao".

"Is Li Ao coming to Peking University?" Chen Guiliang asked a student who had just come out after looking at the poster.

The student said, "Next Wednesday, at 9:30 a.m., Li Ao will give a speech in the auditorium of the office building."

Chen Guiliang's eyes lit up. He could invite Li Ao to join Kaixin.com!
This was Li Ao's first trip back to mainland China, and the entire event was called "Li Ao's Cultural Journey to China".

It caused a huge sensation.

His first stop is the Forbidden City, where he will write the four characters "休戚与共" (xiū qī yǔ gòng). "休" represents happiness, "戚" represents sorrow, and "共" represents our Party.

The third stop was Peking University.

After that, I will go to Tsinghua University and Fudan University.

The final stop was Hong Kong, where he was confronted with tricky questions from Hong Kong media reporters. Li Ao publicly stated that "the mainland has never suppressed Hong Kong" and advised Hong Kong people to cooperate rather than confront.

Chen Guiliang rode his bicycle straight to Director Zhu's office and waited for half an hour before Director Zhu came to work.

"You're not trying to get me to plead with the teachers because you're not confident about the make-up exam, are you?" Director Zhu said with a smile.

Chen Guiliang vehemently denied it: "Absolutely not!"

"Then what are you doing here?" Director Zhu asked. "You, the big boss, wouldn't come here without a reason." Chen Guiliang said, "Isn't Li Ao coming to Peking University to give a speech? I'd like to get a seat near the front."

Director Zhu said, "Okay. Remember, when you talk to Li Ao, be sure to speak appropriately. Otherwise, don't come looking for me next time!"

“I know what I’m doing,” Chen Guiliang said.

Compared to the radical students at Peking University, Chen Guiliang's speech was remarkably mild.

If Kaixin.com could get Li Ao, the effect would be amazing!

Celebrities are all too lazy, so Chen Guiliang also invited Olympic champion and film star Liu Xuan. Out of consideration for their shared school alumni, Liu Xuan readily agreed to join Kaixin.com, but only posted one article in a little over a month.

It's quite possible that after Liu Xuan went off to film, she probably forgot her account password because she didn't have a computer with her for a long time...

We need to send someone to the film set to visit Liu Xuan, teach her how to use her phone to post on Weibo, and also help her "remember" her account password.

Xie Yang is currently assembling a relevant team.

Have them gather information about various film crews, then go to those crews to contact the actors. They don't necessarily have to be big stars; second, third, or fourth-tier actors are also acceptable.

Young actors with some fame, in particular, can afford good phones and are more receptive to new things. Moreover, they often feel bored on set, so they use their breaks to take selfies and post them on Weibo to relieve boredom.

Is the operation cumbersome?

Teach them step by step!
In the afternoon, Chen Guiliang arrived at the company.

The customer service department sent a summary of information: many users reported that they were unable to receive Weibo MMS photos.

Chen Guiliang could only express his helplessness in the face of this.

The compatibility is terrible; sending MMS messages between phones of different brands often fails.

This is a common problem in the industry.

Chen Guiliang waited for a long time before the pre-arranged representative from Mobile Dream Network finally appeared.

The representative from Mengwang stated upon meeting, "We have overlooked our Weibo business and now need to revise our pricing standards. Fans must subscribe to a 10 RMB monthly subscription to receive Weibo text messages and a 15 RMB monthly subscription to receive Weibo MMS messages. We will assign a dedicated SP service number to Weibo, and users can subscribe to the package by sending the relevant SMS to the service number."

Well, users still have to pay to receive Weibo messages...

Moreover, Chen Guiliang had no choice but to accept, at most he could try to bargain.

With China Mobile's monopoly, businesses have no right to refuse!

After much negotiation, the monthly SMS package was reduced to 8 yuan, and the monthly MMS package to 12 yuan. Users can choose to activate only one of them.

After seeing the Mengwang representative off, Chen Guiliang cursed, "Damn it, they said it would be free to receive it before, but now they're charging again. It's their own oversight that makes us look like they stole money from China Mobile."

Ao Yanchen guessed, "I guess it's because Weibo is a newly launched product, and the user base isn't large yet; it's mostly just users posting to each other. The mobile network's pricing reform missed us. Now they've discovered the oversight and are rushing to fix it. I estimate that China Unicom will come in a few days too."

“Forget it,” Chen Guiliang said helplessly. “Anyway, we can still get a share of the profits from those monthly subscriptions, which will improve our profitability. It’s just that it’s not good for the rapid promotion of Weibo.”

"Mr. Chen."

Secretary Hu Yuexia came over: "Game Science called to say your guest has arrived."

Chen Guiliang turned around and went out, took the elevator to the 10th floor, and arrived at the new office address of Game Science.

A young man was sitting in the reception room.

His name is Hu Geng, pen name Shuxia Yehu, a senior alumnus of Peking University who graduated several years ago.

A game that rivals "DNF" needs a complete story and world view, and Chen Guiliang can't possibly make up everything himself.

When the fox under the tree heard that it was for a game, he immediately flew over after finding out the salary.

He used to be a game designer!
The original "In Search of the Supernatural" was also a game, and the factions and martial arts settings within it were all game-related. However, the game was abandoned before it was finished, and he felt that these elements shouldn't be wasted, so he rewrote it as a novel.

"Hello, Senior Brother Hu!"

"Hello."

The two shook hands in the reception room.

Shuxia Yehou wasn't much of a talker. After a few polite exchanges, he asked, "You said you wanted to make a side-scrolling arcade-style online game. What exactly is the gameplay like?"

Chen Guiliang explained, “The game is divided into safe zones and dungeons. Safe zones are where you can accept quests, learn skills, buy equipment, and so on; they are the areas where humans spend their daily time. Outside of the safe zones, various monsters occupy the area, and players fight monsters by running dungeons.”

"Where is the PK arena?" asked the fox under the tree.

“In the arena,” Chen Guiliang said, “you’ve played arcade fighting games, haven’t you?”

The fox under the tree said, "I think I understand."

Chen Guiliang said:
"The general worldview is that a planet suffered a catastrophe, human civilization was destroyed, and countless monsters filled the land. Humanity had to start over, constantly developing restoration technology, and they have already been able to manufacture guns and cannons."

"But in this process, people also discovered spiritual energy or magic, or even the power of faith. Some people simply practiced spells or magic, some used those powers to temper their bodies, and some used faith to cultivate."

"For example, there are religious practitioners such as priests, monks, and Taoists. Their methods are different, but they can all subdue dark monsters."

"Guns and magic can also be combined to enchant bullets..."

"They fought using weapons such as knives, swords, and clubs..."

"There are summoners, puppeteers, and onmyoji..."

"There are purely physical combat styles; you can incorporate all kinds of boxing techniques. Besides Chinese martial arts, there are also Western boxing, karate, judo, and so on."

"There are also mage types, including Western magicians and Eastern cultivators..."

"You'll be working with the data planners to design the classes and combat system. You'll also be writing the complete story, designing the characters, monsters, and dungeons..."

"If you have time, you can also serialize your novel on Qidian to promote the game. The royalties from the serialization will be yours. Since this is a work created for hire, the copyright and authorship belong to the company. However, the novel's royalties will also be yours, and the company will not take a penny. If Qidian doesn't release the copyright, then you can serialize it for free and not sign a contract with them. Moreover, you can serialize it for free on major websites at the same time. Once it becomes popular, I will help you contact publishers."

Under the tree, Wild Fox carefully considered the information Chen Guiliang had just given him: "I will try my best to write it well."

(End of this chapter)