Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 212: We Are the True Number One in the World!

After Gu Sheng pulled up the China Digital Entertainnt Association’s statistics interface, he opened various social platforms to confirm whether the DLC release announcents were scheduled correctly.

Little Nezha seed especially cheerful today, sitting cross-legged on the sofa like Zoe, humming an unknown tune while sipping on a cola.

“What’s making you so happy?”

Gu Sheng leaned against the sofa armrest, one hand resting on his knee, striking a pose sowhat like the Swift Swordmaster.

“My work is done, your project plan is finished, and starting tomorrow it’s a glorious weekend. Now, we’re about to build our happiness on the players’ suffering. Shouldn’t we be happy?”

Shen Miaomiao spoke with reason, her big eyes fixed on the data projected on the big screen.

Very happy.

But the source of that happiness wasn’t just what she said.

There was also the current sales of Escape!

Because the China Digital Entertainnt Association had upgraded their statistical tools recently, the sales data summary was now updated in real ti, refreshing every second.

So, Shen Miaomiao could not only see Escape’s sales but also watch its real-ti sales growth!

Very smooth!

Thank heavens!

We finally made a ga that follows the market rules!

Moreover!

There were only three minutes left until the seven-day settlent period ended, and Escape’s current total sales were 1,164,000 copies, basically the final figure.

Profit guaranteed!

Seeing this data, Shen Miaomiao finally let go of the anxiety that had been lingering.

Although Yiyou’s commission rate was relatively low, even if all those 1.16 million copies were sold exclusively through Yiyou’s motion-sensing pods, the final profit would only be about 16.76 million dollars, which still lagged behind the cost.

Besides, it was said that in this “Yiteng Alliance” joint sale, XunTeng’s sales were quite good and even helped boost sales of the Polar Bear third generation motion-sensing pods to so extent.

Golden Wind! Win!

Yiyou! Win!

XunTeng! Win!

This joint sale had created the biggest win-win cooperation record ever seen in China’s gaming circle.

While thinking this!

Tick... Tick...

The clock’s hands slowly moved across the dial!

Click!

Bzzz—

Bzzz—

As Shen Miaomiao’s alarm went off!

Escape’s first-week sales results were announced!

Global total sales: 1,165,000 copies! Total revenue: 20.97 million dollars! An undeniably profitable figure!

Yeah—s!

If Gu Sheng wasn’t here, she probably would have jumped up and cheered!

Her excited little hand crushed the cola can, almost squeezing it flat!

And in the next second!

The sound of system invoice settlent echoed in her mind!

[ Ding! Ti’s up! This round of investnt settlent is complete! ]

[ Sub-project: Escape ]

[ Project investnt amount: 18.15 million dollars ]

[ Project settlent ti: 7 days ( 0 days) ]

[ Project rebate multiplier: 100x ( 0x) ]

[ Project actual revenue: 18.204 million dollars ]

[ Expected rebate amount: 0 ]

[ Remaining settlent ti: 0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds ]

Huh?

The smile on Shen Miaomiao’s face froze instantly!

Her heart skipped a beat, as if it stopped for a mont!

No way?!

Wait?!

What’s going on?

Why did the actual project revenue exceed the cost by over 50,000 dollars???

Even if all 1.165 million copies were sold through Yiyou alone, the actual revenue absolutely couldn’t cover costs!

Why am I making a profit? Why the hell am I making a profit again and again and again?

Shen Miaomiao suddenly stood up from the sofa with a thud, her big eyes filled with confusion and disbelief:

“This shouldn’t be happening! This shouldn’t be happening!”

Hearing Little Nezha’s shocked scream, Gu Sheng was startled, not knowing what crazy idea she was having again:

“What shouldn’t be happening?”

“Uh… nstrual period…”

The sudden profit made Shen Miaomiao montarily forget there was another person nearby—her system manager.

Gu Sheng’s question made her shiver involuntarily, and an idea struck her:

“My period hasn’t co yet, this… shouldn’t be happening…”

Gu Sheng’s heart skipped a beat too!

But he imdiately cursed himself silently for being so nervous.

What the hell am I nervous about!

“Maybe… you drank too much ice-cold cola?”

Gu Sheng pointed at the cola can in Little Nezha’s hand.

“Probably, I don’t know, you check it out first, I have sothing to do.”

Now, Shen Miaomiao’s mind was not on her period at all.

She had to imdiately contact the system to ask what was going on with this rebate!

1.3 billion! That was 1.3 billion!

Dog system, don’t you dare swallow my rebate because of a bug!

With a swoosh!

Shen Miaomiao jumped off the sofa, running barefoot back to her room with quick steps.

Gu Sheng’s voice ca from behind: “Shoes! Running barefoot every day, how can you keep your mind straight?”

Click!

The door closed!

Shen Miaomiao quickly summoned the system in her mind!

“Dog system, you better co out! I’m pissed off...”

[ I’m here ]

No one dared to challenge Shudao Mountain, and the system was no exception.

“You damn bug, did you glitch?”

Shen Miaomiao’s little face turned bright red, her eyes about to spit fire!

“Co on, calculate it yourself! 1.165 million copies sold! How the hell am I making a profit? Co on! Calculate! I’m watching you!”

“If you don’t give a clear explanation today, we’re going down together!!!”

Shen Miaomiao gritted her teeth!

Dog system!

You dare to swallow my money? You must be balls of steel!

If you don’t spit out this 1.3 billion today, I’ll fight you to the death!

However, the system was silent for a mont.

After a while, the calm electronic voice sounded—

[ Reply to host: The system does not make errors. All invoice data is based on actual conditions. There are no calculation mistakes and definitely no bugs. ]

Stubborn as a dead duck!

Shen Miaomiao was furious beyond asure!

She opened the data backend on the China Digital Entertainnt Association’s official website with her phone, pulling up detailed sales data and putting it in front of her!

As of 8 PM on Friday!

Escape sold a total of 512,000 copies through XunTeng’s channels!

Shen Miaomiao’s calculation skills were exceptional, especially at tis like this.

Pointing at the data, confronting the system:

“Look clearly! 512,000 copies! Total sales amount 9.216 million dollars! Minus 30% commission! Final revenue is 6.45 million dollars!”

Then!

She pulled up data from Yiyou’s channels, totaling 653,000 copies sold.

“653,000 copies! Total sales 11.754 million dollars! Minus 20% commission! Final revenue is 9.4 million dollars!”

“6.45 plus 9.4! Are you sure you didn’t miscalculate? If not, then China Digital Entertainnt Association’s data is wrong?”

Ironclad evidence!

Shen Miaomiao demanded an explanation today!

After a mont of silence!

The system’s synthetic voice sounded again—

[ Reply to host: The system’s calculations are correct, and the China Digital Entertainnt Association’s data is all accurate. ]

Shen Miaomiao was almost dumbfounded: “So you an I miscalculated? Such simple numbers, I could miscalculate? Or is my calculation thod...”

Wait!

Suddenly!

Shen Miaomiao’s lightning-fast mind flashed!

Calculation thod?

Co to think of it… in her earlier rapid calculations, two numbers combined perfectly to 18.204 million dollars!

That was XunTeng’s after-commission revenue of 6.45 million plus Yiyou’s pre-commission sales of 11.754 million.

Adding those two numbers, not more or less, just right at 18.204 million dollars.

She seed to understand what was happening.

Because there was absolutely no such coincidence in the world!

In an instant!

Shen Miaomiao felt her head buzz!

For so unknown reason, a chill ran down her back, imdiately followed by a sharp pain piercing her heart!

This feeling… why was it so familiar…

With a snap, she grabbed her phone and dialed Yiyou’s Yan Sheng’s number directly!

Beep— Beep—

The call was quickly answered!

“Hello, President Shen, good evening.”

Yan Sheng’s tone was relaxed, seemingly chuckling.

Damn you!

Just hearing your laugh makes my head buzz!

Shen Miaomiao suppressed her anger and asked through gritted teeth, “President Yan, I just checked our first-week marketing revenue, and it seems… sothing doesn’t add up?”

“I verified with XunTeng, no issues there,”

“But on our Yiyou side…”

Shen Miaomiao took a deep breath:

“Did you forget to take the commission?”

“Hahaha…”

Upon hearing this!

Yan Sheng burst into laughter!

“Originally, I was going to tell you about this on Monday,”

“But I didn’t expect you to notice it first and contact imdiately,”

“The accounts are correct, President Shen, rest assured. The no-commission sales policy for this ti was approved by the board,”

“I was even planning to give you a little surprise, but you saw right through it!”

“I, Yan, admire you! Truly admire you! Hahaha…”

Indeed!

This no-commission policy for Escape was a resolution by Yiyou’s board!

Because all along!

Golden Wind had been Yiyou’s closest partner!

Starting from Vampire Survivors, their cooperation had always been pleasant!

After Titanfall’s release, with its top-tier S-grade quality and reputation, Yiyou x2 achieved an unprecedented turnaround on motion-sensing pods, surpassing XunTeng’s market share!

Moreover!

Due to the ingrained perception that “Golden Wind’s products are always premium,” Yiyou, as the default exclusive motion-sensing pod platform for Golden Wind, enjoyed huge sales promotion benefits!

Now, Golden Wind had already begun to make waves internationally, and rumors said it had received an invitation to GDC, heading to an even bigger global stage!

This was definitely a big boost for Yiyou’s motion-sensing pod sales in the future!

But the problem was!

Now!

XunTeng suddenly barged in, announcing cooperation with Golden Wind on the Escape project.

In just one week, Polar Bear sold nearly 100,000 units thanks to this hype, an explosive success!

Yiyou couldn’t sit still!

Obviously, and Little Huang are the true number ones!!!

When Little Huang was still unknown, we treated him with respect and kindness.

But XunTeng?

They looked down on him, played dirty tricks multiple tis, even sent three generals to ambush Little Huang!

Now look at Little Huang getting stronger, and you want to cozy up?

It’s like crashing into a tree and realizing you’ve sprained yourself, the stock rises and you suddenly want to buy, getting sentenced and then pretending you’ve changed, snot dripping from your nose and suddenly you want to wipe it off.

No way are we letting XunTeng get what they want!

This cooperation is just because of an outside threat. Yiyou is reluctantly forming a united front with you in the spirit of shared hatred.

You want to take our golden goose back? No way!

For both public and private reasons, Yiyou cannot allow XunTeng and Golden Wind to cooperate so closely anymore!

Otherwise, the dostic motion-sensing pod market crown they just secured would be lost again!

Therefore, on Yan Sheng’s suggestion, Yiyou’s board quickly approved a no-commission concession for Golden Wind’s Escape project!

Not just this one no-commission deal.

When Golden Wind truly enters the international market and becos a top global player, forget no commission—Yiyou might have to pay Little Huang!

Of course!

Yan Sheng didn’t tell Shen Miaomiao this, mainly expressing their sincerity and hope to maintain good cooperation with Golden Wind.

“Our cooperation has always been very pleasant,”

Yan Sheng said,

“Now that I hear your company is going to GDC, here’s a little gift, wishing Golden Wind a brilliant performance on the international stage and even greater success!”

Pft—

Shen Miaomiao almost spat blood!

Ahhhhh! I knew this feeling was so familiar!

It’s a backstab! A backstab from Yan Sheng!

You again!!!

When we were working on Vampire Survivors, you stabbed once!

Now again???

Do you know how hard I worked to make this ga lose money?

I increased costs, controlled marketing, carefully chose Kora as the giant opponent, and guarded against Gu Sheng’s backstab!

And now?

Just when I finally see hope!

Gu Sheng stops ssing around, and you give a Surprise motherfvker?!

“A little gift”...

You know that your little gift just cost 1.3 billion!!!

The most crucial part is!

Both Yan Sheng’s and Yiyou’s attitudes were extrely sincere!

They truly wanted to maintain a good relationship with Golden Wind!

And if you ignore the system, Yiyou’s behavior this ti was indeed generous!

Don’t fight a smiling face!

Shen Miaomiao not only couldn’t curse, but had to force out a smile more miserable than crying while holding back vomit:

“President Yan’s kindness is deeply appreciated, but...”

Lying on the bed, Shen Miaomiao spoke weakly.

Even with a slight sob in her voice:

“Next ti, if you make such a decision, President Yan, could you please inform in advance... so we have so... ntal preparation...”

I really can’t take it anymore!

I’m getting stabbed left and right!

Today it’s Gu Sheng, tomorrow it’s the players, the day after tomorrow it’s competitors, and the day after that it’s partners...

I’m about to be riddled with holes!

I just want to retire early and buy a big yacht, what’s wrong with that!

After hanging up the phone!

Tears stread down her cheeks.

Shen Miaomiao silently swore in her heart!

From now on, she would definitely—

Be careful of Yan Sheng!!!