Rebirth Must Be Happy

"Please put this on; it's required for work!"

The promotional song not only includes music but also video, so Chen Xingruo also had to film the promotional video while practicing the song.

The vast majority of this content is computer-generated, along with some exciting and action-packed scenes from the game, but some of it was filmed by Chen Xingruo.

Unfortunately, the sister-in-law refused, so the boss, Xu Jinhuan, had to personally persuade her.

"This outfit is perfectly normal, it's not revealing, and it's Hanfu, it looks beautiful!"

Xu Jinhuan took out a set of Shangguan Wan'er's custom-made outfit and earnestly persuaded Chen Xingruo in the dressing room, "This set is a casual outfit for the Shangsi Festival outing, a limited-edition skin, and your temperament matches Shangguan Wan'er's skin very well..."

In the Xu Jinhuan version of Honor of Kings, the hero artwork is quite respectful of historical events. The details of the clothing are based on the actual dynasties. Tang Dynasty women's clothing is very unrestrained, and some styles are still considered quite open even in modern times. Shangguan Wan'er's artwork is like this, wearing a half-revealing ruqun, which looks very pleasing to the eye.

But what Chen Xingruo wears is basically the same as what Chen Xingzhu wears. Of course, Xu Jinhuan wouldn't choose that kind of skin for her. The Shangsi Festival limited skin is a casual outfit for outings, which is very loose and elegant. He had imagined that Chen Xingzhu would definitely look good in it.

Chen Xingruo turned to look at the clothes, clearly still liking them, but she just wouldn't cooperate, and went back to playing on her phone, saying, "I won't wear it!"

"Mr. Xu, time is a bit tight."

The girl next to her was still waiting to get her makeup done. Seeing this, she felt a little embarrassed and whispered, "Otherwise, I'm afraid it will delay the progress."

"Don't worry, I can handle it."

Xu Jinhuan waved his hand and said, "You can go out for a bit."

The makeup artist obediently left, and Chen Xingruo's assistant, seeing the situation, also tactfully left.

"What do you want to do?"

Seeing that no one else was around, Xu Jinhuan put on a stern face and said, "Don't force me to beg you. I'm warning you, you can't handle this."

"It's your fault for not writing songs for me."

Chen Xingruo rolled her eyes. "Write me a song, and I'll transmigrate right away. If you write me ten, I'll have you transmigrate for me without a problem!"

Xu Jinhuan couldn't help but glance at her, and to be honest, he did feel a brief flutter in his heart.

Unfortunately, Chen Xingzhu refused to let him turn on the lights, and he still hadn't had a proper, complete, and serious look at the body's entire appearance.

Besides, they look alike, but their bodies might be different...

Of course, this thought only flashed through his mind; he was definitely not that kind of person!
"You actually dare to think that?"

Chen Xingruo immediately understood when she saw his look, and questioned him with wide eyes, "You're so disgusting! Aren't you afraid I'll tell my sister?"

"Tell your sister you were the one who seduced me first!"

Xu Jinhuan pouted, "Didn't I tell you? The game is in testing, and I'm also buying a house and making investments. I've got a lot going on..."

"Then I don't care."

Chen Xingruo adopted a queen-like demeanor, saying, "Anyway, you broke your promise first. If you do one thing, don't blame me for doing fifteen."

"...Okay, actually I've already written a song, but I haven't had a chance to give it to you yet."

Xu Jinhuan sighed, secretly praising his own wisdom in being prepared. He had originally intended to use the money to reward Chen Xingruo today, and he had indeed promised her that before. However, he did not expect her to throw a tantrum at this time.

However, from their perspective, this was more like a threat. After all, it was only the first day of filming, and even if there was a slight delay, they wouldn't have to rush it later and could make up for it if things went smoothly.

Ultimately, this promotional video is still promoting the game, and Chen Xingruo's role is not important; she only needs to record the audio.

"Really?"

Chen Xingruo was probably traumatized by him standing her up, and looked at him with a very suspicious look, "Where are you?"

"How can I lie to you?"

Xu Jinhuan sighed and showed her the notes app on her phone. "See for yourself."

"juvenile?"

Chen Xingruo glanced at the song title, then looked at the lyrics, and was clearly a little disappointed. "It's not Chinese style anymore?"

How much hair can I lose?

Xu Jinhuan said irritably, "Chinese-style lyrics are too difficult to write."

"Then your wording is far too perfunctory, isn't it?"

Chen Xingruo hummed twice, actually quite satisfied. "How did you imagine it to be sung?"

She was used to Xu Jinhuan writing lyrics and then having a general idea of ​​how to sing them, since the previous songs were all quite good.

"I am still the same boy I was before, without the slightest change. Time is just a test, and the belief planted in my heart has not diminished at all..."

Xu Jinhuan hummed a couple of times, "That's it, you need to have that youthful vibe, you know what that means?"

Chen Xingruo shook her head blankly: "What do you mean?"

"It's just that you have to... never mind, you're at this age, just sing according to your own understanding."

Xu Jinhuan didn't interfere much. Anyway, it wasn't a promotional song, so it didn't matter if he sang it off-key. It wasn't his fault. "The song was written for you, so it's yours. You can sing it however you want."

"That's pretty much it."

Chen Xingruo was finally satisfied. "Alright, give me the clothes."

"correct,"

She took the clothes, then suddenly seemed to remember something. Her eyes widened warily, as if she were looking at a heinous villain. "You're not allowed to let my sister wear these clothes to help you do bad things!"

'That's like me wearing these kinds of clothes...'

"Can't you think about anything serious for once?"

Xu Jinhuan was just thinking about this when she was exposed, but she wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, she scolded him with a straight face, "At such a young age, you don't even know how to learn something good!"

"Pooh!"

Chen Xingruo went to change her clothes, and Xu Jinhuan naturally couldn't stand there, so she turned around and left the dressing room.

"Sister Li, can President Xu appease Xingruo?"

"It should be fine, after all, he's her brother-in-law."

"I think Xingruo is quite angry... Sigh, if it were your older sister who came, would you recognize her?"

"Uh... it's really hard to say."

Sister Li, Chen Xingruo's assistant, thought for a moment after hearing this and smiled, "But usually it's Xingruo who pretends to be her sister; her sister rarely pretends to be her."

"Hopefully, Mr. Xu can persuade Xingruo."

The makeup artist checked the time, just as she was worrying, when the door opened and Xu Jinhuan walked out, saying calmly, "Go change your clothes. No need to rush, take your time with your makeup." "Okay."

The makeup artist and assistant looked at him curiously, but didn't dare to ask too many questions. However, their expressions were clearly a bit gossipy, since they all knew about the relationship between this Mr. Xu and Chen Xingzhu's twin sister.

The two sisters happen to look exactly alike. Given this, how will Xu Jinhuan feel when facing Chen Xingruo?

Chen Xingruo's natural features were so good that makeup was not troublesome. She basically skipped the process of concealing blemishes and quickly finished her makeup. She wore a light green cross-collar ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), her long hair was tied up and adorned with a gold hairpin, and her clothes and hair were decorated with ribbons, which complemented her almost perfect face. She looked even more stunning than in the mobile game skin.

To be honest, this skin style is too conservative. Even if Xu Jinhuan really wanted Chen Xingzhu to cosplay it, he wouldn't have wasted such a precious opportunity to let her wear this outfit. But seeing how Chen Xingruo looks in it now, he was really tempted.

'It's a pity that the little girl's skills are too superficial; she still needs to be trained slowly...'

Xu Jinhuan sighed inwardly. Not to mention Chen Xingzhu, even Xie Wanqing hadn't reached the point of cosplaying in uniforms yet, and she wouldn't even wear normal QQ underwear.

Take your time; where there's a will, there's a way!

He secretly encouraged himself, and then thought of Pu Songling's timeless couplet: "Where there's a will, there's a way; with a do-or-die spirit, the Qin Pass will eventually fall to Chu; Heaven rewards those who persevere; with patience and determination, the three thousand Yue soldiers can conquer Wu."

For some reason, when he quoted those phrases like "the Qin Pass, with its hundred and twenty passes, ultimately belonged to Chu" and "it could swallow Wu," I felt a strange sense of filth in them...

Of course, it is indeed fitting. All the obstacles Chen Xingzhu faces will eventually be overcome by him, and Xie Wanqing has already experienced swallowing her.

"Which big shot has the installation package for 'Honor of Kings'?"

"Same request!"

May good people live a peaceful life.

For developers, the iOS platform is undoubtedly more user-friendly than the Android platform, even for testing. Even though Xu Jinhuan imposed restrictions, after the Android platform's internal testing in December, many people still tried to sneak in for testing, and soon a trend of asking for the app was created online.

He didn't try to stop this behavior. Firstly, after this period of internal testing, the game had been updated twice and was basically stable. Secondly, those willing to do this were probably enthusiastic people, so there was no need to discourage them.

On Friday, December 20th, at 12 PM, the theme song for Honor of Kings, "Breaking the Cocoon," was officially released. Thanks to Tencent's multi-channel promotion, coupled with the natural hype and popularity of Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingruo, it immediately topped the charts on major music platforms that very night.

"Holy crap, it's so beautiful!"

"She's much prettier than Shangguan Wan'er in the phone!"

"Another day of envying President Xu!"

"Wasn't Mr. Xu talking about your sister?"

"The two sisters look alike; the younger sister is pretty, and the older sister is equally beautiful."

"If I were President Xu, I would definitely make sure my sister wore this outfit."

Be bolder.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Xu's songwriting is quite impressive; another new song is here so quickly."

"Is it still not available for download?"

"Android users can find a package themselves."

"Waiting for a hero"

……

In the following days, online discussions and attention surrounding "Honor of Kings" continued to rise until the official launch of the open beta on the 26th, which completely ignited the hype.

Launched at 4 PM that evening, it surpassed 40 downloads across all platforms within four hours, and exceeded 350 million downloads within a week, with a peak concurrent user count.

Originally, Honor of Kings was also very popular, but after its public beta test in November 2015 and its official launch in 2016, the 10 million downloads in the first month were already a record.

Now, thanks to Xu Jinhuan's improvements and marketing support, surpassing the original is practically a certainty; the only question is how much it will surpass it.

This achievement surprised and delighted Tencent, leading them to make concessions in the ongoing second round of investment negotiations. While increasing its shareholding, Tencent agreed to Xu Jinhuan's demand for double the equity.

This was clearly not within Tencent's expectations; otherwise, they wouldn't have set up a five-year veto right during the last round of investment. They wanted to use this to keep Xu Jinhuan in check and gradually let him relinquish control.

But as long as there is money to be made, capital has no other bottom line. With "Honor of Kings" at its peak and Xu Jinhuan in the limelight, there was naturally no conflict at this time. After the deal on double equity was settled, the three parties quickly reached a second round of investment agreement.

According to the agreement, Tencent will invest 3.2 million yuan in three batches to acquire a 20% stake in "Honor of Kings". After the investment, Xu Jinhuan's stake will be reduced to 42.2%, Chen Xingzhu's stake to 17.1%, and Tencent's stake will increase to 40.8%, making it the largest shareholder of "Honor of Kings". However, control will still remain in Xu Jinhuan's hands. (Author's note: The algorithm is too complicated, so I asked AI. The actual value is 42.1667% + 40.75% + 17.0833% = 100%).

With this injection of funds, the subsequent game development and promotion will definitely be sufficient, which means it will be very difficult for Tencent to regain the shares held by Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingzhu.

This time, neither Xu Jinhuan nor Chen Xingzhu received any financial compensation, and neither of them cared. Tencent had offered this solution before, but it was rejected.

Even without Chen Guiliang's reminder, Chen Xingzhu could see that "Honor of Kings" would definitely become a huge hit, and making money was only a matter of time. If he was greedy for short-term gains, he would lose out on greater benefits in the future.

With the investment secured, the core team of "Honor of Kings" also moved into a new office, renting an entire floor in Zhongguancun. They had already recruited some maintenance staff and some senior programmers from Tencent to jointly shoulder the rapidly increasing operational pressure as the game became a hit.

When will Bao Si be released?

After moving to the new office, Xu Jinhuan had her own office, and even her assistant Xie Wanqing was assigned one. However, Xie Wanqing still frequently went to Xu Jinhuan's office.

— Probably because Xu Jinhuan hadn't disciplined her here yet, and with more employees, the rules were becoming more serious, she was clearly more at ease about the matter, feeling that Xu Jinhuan wouldn't dare. In addition, as their relationship grew closer, she was much more composed and relaxed than when she first started working here.

Before New Year's Day 2014, after the internal discussion determined the release order of the next batch of heroes, she went to Xu Jinhuan's office to ask him about it. Her words and expression showed some dissatisfaction and a questioning tone, "Didn't you say they would be released soon?"

"It'll be soon; she'll be in the next batch."

Xu Jinhuan found it somewhat amusing. "Why do you like this hero so much? Is it because of the historical figure, or because of the skills?"

"Yes, they all are cute."

Xu Jinhuan's skill set for Bao Si is similar to Yuumi from League of Legends, allowing her to attach herself to other heroes. Xie Wanqing is therefore very much looking forward to the hero's release. "Once she's released, I can play her all the time, always attaching myself to others without dying. How great is that..."

What if all your teammates are gone?

"Then it's not my fault."

Sister Xie answered confidently, and seeing that he didn't take it seriously, she gently bit her lip and said, "If you can get her online sooner, I can grant you one request."

?

Xu Jinhuan's eyes lit up, but she immediately adopted a posture of keeping public and private matters separate, saying, "Don't hint at anything. I'm not that kind of person. Business is business, and we must adhere to principles! Also, in the company, you should address people by their titles..."

"Okay, Mr. Xu~"

Xie Wanqing flashed a sweet smile, yet it appeared exceptionally alluring and seductive. Her red lips were luscious, and she clearly put on this pose intentionally, saying in a coquettish voice, "I can wear the outfits you bought..."

"Really?"

Xu Jinhuan immediately forgot all about principles, "I'll refine the specific skills first, and it will definitely be online next month... You better keep your promise to me!"

"Hmm~"

"tonight!"

"Hmm~" (End of Chapter)