Game designer: I am making games, not charity

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Jiafei left the coffee shop and drove home.

After taking a casual shower, he went straight to the study, turned on the computer, and looked at the scarf page.

Open it and look, and sure enough, I found a familiar name on the hot search list.

The third most searched bib: Platinum released a new game, Mr. Chen announced that the new online game will be free forever!

Looking at this trending search, Zhang Jiafei instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only temporarily put these thoughts behind him.

"Platinum has started to promote the new game, so it's only natural for it to be popular, but what does it have to do with me?

How can a promotional photo be so powerful?
Could it be that there are some stalks and ghosts again? "

Zhang Jiafei was a little worried.

Although it was Zha Zhafei's ghost animal that made him popular again after being silent for many years.

But watching my own ghosts and animals being played like that, there will still be a little bit of embarrassment

But he thought about it.

It's a promotional photo, not a video, how could ghosts come out so easily?

Thinking about it, Zhang Jiafei slowly slid down the scroll wheel of the mouse, and soon saw his name.

The eighth most searched scarf list: Platinum man, Zhang Jiafei!
Zhang Jiafei: "??"

Zhang Jiafei: "???"

Zhang Jiafei: "????"

What do you mean?
What does it mean?
How did I become a platinum man?

Someone found out about the sister and brother-in-law?
Then I should also be Platinum's brother-in-law.

What's up with this platinum man?

He immediately moved the mouse and clicked in.

The entry is very lively.

There are many bibs and comments posted by netizens.

And the first place on Weibo is a series of promotional photos of him!
In "Legend", "Zha Zha Hui" was carrying the dragon-slaying sword.

In "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Li Xiaoyao", a beautiful man in ancient costume with a fairy sword on his back and long hair fluttering, chic and bitter

And this time, the evil and domineering ghost swordsman in "Dungeon and Fighter"!

This Weibo has already had more than 1 forwards, thousands of comments and more than 5 likes.

In the comment area, netizens had a great time playing memes.

"Brother Fei is our Platinum man, and no one can take it away. I hope Platinum will do better and better in the future, and Brother Fei's promotional photos will be more handsome."

"One thing to say, the game is free, and Brother Fei's promotional photos must be free, too. I haven't seen enough of one, let Brother Fei take a few more @陈风."

"Ghost Swordsman is barely enough to watch. If you really want to be handsome, you have to look at my dragon-slaying sword 'Zha Zha Hui'! It's a brother, come to "Legend" and kill me!"

"Some time ago when I went online, the elder brother sitting next door was playing "Legend". He said he was going to the bathroom and asked me to order it for him. This was all afternoon."

"Hahaha, this meme really misses me every time I see it, click it, play for a year, and the equipment doesn't cost a penny, it's a stone hammer!"

Looking at the comments and messages of these fans, Zhang Jiafei smiled helplessly and dotingly.

Fans like him, so he is naturally happy. As for the burden of being an idol, Zhang Jiafei has long since stopped caring.

At the same time, he finally understood why this hot searched entry was called "Platinum Man".

Feelings, that is to say, I have been taking promotional photos for Platinum Company.

It's just... the words of these netizens are really a bit outrageous, what is a platinum man, it always feels weird...

Moreover, these fans are simply too unqualified.

Too inattentive to myself!
In the past two days, after his popularity has risen again, he has not been idle. He has already filmed a TV series. Although he is the second male, he is also a handsome and positive character.

One movie has also been released, and another one is in post-production.

There are also some variety shows.

but……

Zhang Jiafei suddenly realized that although he was busy in the past two years, he had indeed shot a lot of movies and TV shows.

And every character is doing their best.

But... For more than two years, all the works have been tepid, and none of them have achieved results...

The fame and popularity of each work is not as high as the advertisements and promotions he did for the platinum games.

No wonder fans aren't serious.

In fact, it was him who did not live up to expectations.

"Ugh……"

Zhang Jiafei sighed deeply, picked up the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" script on the side of the table, and stared at it for a long time.

In the previous movies and TV series, Zhang Jiafei didn't think it was a problem with his acting skills, but that the script was really bad.

But this time, with Chen Xi's shot, there should be absolutely no problem with the quality of the script.

It is very possible that he, relying on this "Legend of Sword and Fairy", will make a comeback!

"In the end, I still relied on this brother-in-law!" Zhang Jiafei said with a sigh.

Speaking of Chen Feng, Zhang Jiafei was taken aback suddenly.

Suddenly thought of why he suddenly felt something was wrong just now!
"If I remember correctly... the hot search information about Platinum Corporation just now should have written 4 words of free games?"

"Free games? What's going on?"

Zhang Jiafei was a little stunned. Since he came into contact with Chen Feng, Zhang Jiafei also had a better understanding of the game industry as a matter of course.

Of course, he is very clear that the word "free" has never existed in the game world!

Then Chen Feng launches this free game... If it is really free, this is completely subversive!
But throughout the ages, the end of subversion is either to create a new era.

Or just explode to death!

Zhang Jiafei panicked immediately, and immediately quit his hot search items.

I plan to click on the popular search terms of Platinum Games Company to have a look.

Swipe up on the hot search list interface, and all the top three hot searches are displayed immediately.

Zhang Jiafei is planning to aim at the third hot search spot.

But suddenly he was taken aback.

Looking at the hot search list again, the TV series "Legend of the Warriors" by Goose Factory is officially launched at the third place!
Squeeze out the Platinum Corporation free game entry.

In such a short period of time, it is basically impossible to rush to the third place in the hot search purely by users.

So this hot search in Goose Factory was obviously bought.

However, Zhang Jiafei also knows that Platinum Gold and Goose Factory have been in a competitive relationship since this period of time.

So I clicked in.

There are many congratulatory scarves in this hot search in Goose Factory.

And the first place is a video of Mr. Ma being interviewed.

The title of the video is:

["Legend of the Warriors" starts, Mr. Ma talks about the future of Goose Factory, and mentions Platinum Company! 】

Zhang Jiafei frowned at the words "Platinum Company" in it, and subconsciously felt that Mr. Ma must have said nothing good.

He opened the video directly.

The video is not long, only a short 1 minute and 05 seconds.

In the first half, the reporters asked questions about the computer version of "Legend of the Warriors" and TV series.

In the second half, the reporter suddenly changed the topic: "Mr. Ma should pay attention to the Internet recently, right? Recently, Platinum Games Company is going to make a free game, and this matter has caused a lot of noise. I don't know what Mr. Ma thinks?"

Mr. Ma was taken aback for a moment, shook his head, and then said with contempt on his face, "I really don't know about this matter. I have been busy making the company, the game, and every product, and I don't care about it." Ups and downs on the web.

As for free games... I won't comment on such crooked things.

I can only say that it is a game, not a charity.

Now that I have opened a game company, I can do a good job of every game with peace of mind.

But... It may be difficult for many people to make a good game quietly.

I'm afraid that my game is not doing very well, and no one will play it after it comes out, so I can only make free gimmicks, which is understandable.

But I hereby guarantee that the games of our Goose Factory must be high-quality goods, high-quality goods, and naturally they will not be cheap.

Therefore, our Goose Factory games will never be free! "

Seeing this, Zhang Jiafei couldn't help but frowned. On the one hand, he was very upset with President Ma.

But on the other hand, they are also worried about Chen Feng and Platinum Company.

What's going on with this Chen Feng?Do you really want to play a completely free game?

You can play for free, how do you make money?
Make games without money?
Isn't this really a charity?
If you really want to engage in charity, you can donate some money to a few Hope Primary Schools.

Doing so will probably bankrupt the company!
Thinking of this, Zhang Jiafei couldn't bear it anymore, took out his mobile phone, and called his prospective brother-in-law.

When the call was made, Zhang Jiafei frowned and said, "Chen Feng, I saw the news on the Internet. Are you really going to make a free game? This game doesn't cost money to make, isn't that a loss? ?”

……

At this time, Platinum Corporation.

Chen Feng looked helpless, listening to the voice of his brother-in-law on the phone, he slowly said: "Brother Jiafei, I just said that playing the game does not cost money, but buying the props in the game still costs money." Money. So don't worry, the game will not lose money."

Zhang Jiafei was stunned immediately: "The props cost money? Are these props forced to be purchased by players? Then you are deceiving consumers!"

Chen Feng replied immediately: "Of course I won't force consumers to buy. I, who owns a game company, don't know about this kind of thing?"

Zhang Jiafei was stupid again: "Then you don't force players to buy, why should players buy these items from you?"

Chen Feng was really helpless, but he could only explain patiently: "Don't worry, I can guarantee that someone will buy it, and you can watch it when the time comes! This game is not a hit, and the last name of my child is Alright Zhang!"

Zhang Jiafei didn't know where Chen Feng's confidence came from. He really didn't know much about the game, so he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Okay, I don't know much about this either. Anyway, don't take too much risk, you are no longer a people!"

He paused, but didn't make his words too obvious: "You have a lot of votes behind you. People in the company are eating with you!"

Chen Feng could only nod his head in agreement.

After hanging up Zhang Jiafei's call, he received another call from Zhong Qu.

"Dr. Chenxi, there has been a lot of news recently. Platinum Corporation is going to make free games. You have to persuade Mr. Chen. The games are all free, so how can you make money.

I'm not very familiar with Platinum President Chen, I don't care if Platinum wins or loses.

The main reason is that if the game loses money, the game plot you wrote, Mr. Chen Xi, will probably be written for nothing. "

Chen Feng felt helpless, this Zhong Qu was really thinking of himself!

He had no choice but to comfort Zhong Qu now.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Feng stared blankly at the computer screen, feeling a little numb.

Doing this free game by yourself will cost you a lot of money.

You must know that the game "Dungeon and Warriors" was in the previous life, but it turned a huge game company into a recognized black-hearted businessman.

The good talk of "creating happiness with salary" has continued for decades without stopping.

Although in this world, he will change the game to be more balanced and not so shameless.

But the money must not be less earned!

Why do these people think they are doing charity?

The concept of free games has been around for so long, but no one can understand the deep meaning of it?
Chen Feng just wanted to sigh a long sigh: It's really hard for me to walk against the sky...

Just when he was sad, there was a knock on the office door, and Zhang Wuhua hurried in.

Seeing that all the members of the legal department came to him, Chen Feng was completely convinced: "You also came to tell me that free games are not good?"

Zhang Wuhua looked bewildered, then shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Chen, it's the finance side, who has received the remittance from the "Diablo" game platform."

As a stand-alone game, "Diablo" does not have as long a lifespan as online games.

In order to be able to get greater benefits in the early stages of release.

It is absolutely not possible to rely on the official website alone, but needs to be sold on various stand-alone game platforms.

After all, Chen Feng's current body is not big enough, and the first game is an online game, and there are not so many single-player players.

Therefore, it is unavoidable to use these stand-alone game platforms.

Some time ago, the funds on some small platforms have been returned one after another.

There is only one game platform called "wg" left.

It is also the game platform with the largest number of domestic players and the highest traffic.

And now, among all the games on this platform, the sales volume of "Diablo" is already well-deserved No. [-]!

So this time the money back will definitely be a lot of money!
However, since the sales are on the platform, the sales remittance is only on the platform in the early stage, and it will take half a year to get back.

Thinking that he was about to make a lot of money soon, Chen Feng immediately became excited.

He has another big wave of money to engage in 10 consecutive rounds.

And recently, most employees in the company are also somewhat worried about the prospect of free games.

The atmosphere of the company is very bad.

With this remittance, everyone should not have to worry about the free game not being able to operate.

Chen Feng decided that after receiving the payment and sales records this time, he must show this boost to all employees of the company.

Let them know that Platinum Corporation can make so much money from a single player game.

Then even if the free game of "Dungeon and Fighter" won't make any money, the company's capital chain will not have any problems!
Thinking of this, Chen Feng waved his hand: "Okay, I'll go to the finance side to check right away."