After the eting, Mr. Shen declined the transportation and accommodation allowance for this occasion.
The allowance is a customary practice for participating in such small-scale press conferences; each ga developer and journalist receives an amount based on their level of influence—it's also considered a promotional expense.
Given Mr. Shen's standing, it was normal for him to receive just over twenty thousand, but declining it ant he had other thoughts in mind.
Learning that Mr. Shen had turned down the money, Tianyi's CEO Zhang Ping specifically sought him out and, before he left, asked with concern, "Mr. Shen, is there sothing wrong with this ga?"
"No, the pay-to-win chanics are done well, and various settings are fairly mature. There are no issues."
"Then the allowance... was it too little?"
"It wasn't less, but I'm not in need of money. Accepting it would sowhat damage my reputation."
Mr. Shen's words left the CEO confused.
First, he said there were no problems with the ga, then he said accepting the money would harm his reputation. Are you having a split personality?
Seeing the CEO's confused face, Mr. Shen did not play coy and simply said, "I have a student who recently developed a ga very similar to yours in terms of gaplay."
CEO Zhang nodded, feeling he understood Mr. Shen's point, "So, you're avoiding any conflict of interest? It's fine, we can even help promote it."
In CEO Zhang's view, what threat could a ga developed by a student pose?
Mr. Shen must think the student's ga is too shoddy. Once it launches, it will be completely overshadowed by his own ga, and people will say "can't even copy properly."
With extensive experience in reading people, Mr. Shen instantly saw through CEO Zhang's thoughts and smiled as he shook his head.
He had thought that Fang Cheng not joining Tianyi was a loss, but now he realized that joining would have been the real loss.
Tianyi was getting arrogant.
The dostic ga industry was currently weak, and Tianyi was already standing tall among the short. Instead of staying humble, they now arrogantly acted as if they were the best in the world.
It was one thing for KongKong, but even the CEO had adopted this attitude; there really was no hope for this company.
In contrast, little Fang was much better.
With strong technical skill in gaming and a modest disposition, always insisting he knew nothing about gas, this attitude of continuous learning alone was comndable.
Taking a taxi, Mr. Shen called Fang Cheng and firmly stated, "Your ga should be priced at 68, right?"
"Isn't that a bit high?" Fang Cheng asked, puzzled.
"No, quality products should be priced as such."
The next day, almost simultaneously, Fang Cheng's ga and Tianyi's ga launched.
Under intense instruction from Fang Cheng, his ga was nad "Princess Dungeon" and was tagged with "romance" in its listing, priced at 68.
Tianyi's ga, on the other hand, was nad "King's Dungeon" – the na alone revealed just how ambitious Tianyi had beco.
Moreover, this ga was available on all platforms, with promotional channels in place, and with PC, Apple, and Android versions all sharing data—a testant to Tianyi's vast ambition.
Because of Tianyi's reputation, major platforms even rolled out large advertisents, with full advertising expenses ensuring every player felt bombarded by this ga.
In contrast, "Princess Dungeon" was in a sorry state.
Despite being a pigeon-type dungeon ga, it curiously featured a romance tag and was given a na that only veteran drivers would notice, instantly killing the download interest of the potential audience.
Moreover, Fang Cheng Studio hadn't been around for long, the ga's outright purchase price was still 68, and the ga size was only 10MB – all of which raised suspicions of a scam.
And with the potential accusation of copying "King's Dungeon," the Steam platform gave it a cold shoulder, resulting in many people not even realizing Fang Cheng had released another ga.
On the launch day of the ga, Xu Qingling stared at her own ga's backend, deep in thought.
After days of intense learning, she was no longer a newbie in the ga industry.
Especially with her connections, she could access the standard data from Steam's backend through so financial companies and understand the current situation of her own ga's data.
You couldn't say it was disastrously bad, but it was more a case of having thrown money down the drain.
Double-digit sales, and one person who refunded just fifteen seconds after purchase, solely to leave a review: "Not as good as 'King's Dungeon'."
If she could punch soone through the internet cable, Xu Qingling would at least have contributed a vegetable to this world.
Heavy-hearted, she handed the report over to Fang Cheng, ready to share her worries with him, but unexpectedly, she heard him rely respond with a casual "good."
Startled, Xu Qingling looked up to see Fang Cheng smiling, nodding at the spreadsheet as if quite content with what he saw.
"Boss, what's with you..."
"It's nothing."
"After all, the ga didn't cost much to make, so it's not a big deal. We'll just make another one."
"Don't worry, I'm really fine."
At that mont, Fang Cheng was brimming with joy.
The market's reaction was honest, and both his own feeling that the ga was off and the players' feeling mirrored that.
This just showed that his understanding of "not fun" was similar to that of most people.
Though he still hadn't figured out why gas were fun, by eliminating each "unfun" elent one by one, what remained must surely be the reason why gas were enjoyable.
Seeing Fang Cheng's cheerful deanor only worried Xu Qingling more.
Based on her experience, it was better if he had flown into a rage at such tis; a lack of response almost ant he was on the verge of madness, ready to crash at any mont.
So, she sought out Xiao Douzi, who was busy planning future character stats, and whispered, "Xiao Douzi, the boss seems off."
Xiao Douzi quickly looked up: "What happened, did the boss hurt his hand? Should we go to the hospital? Even a single injured finger of his is a loss for the gaming world; his hair is more important than half the people in the gaming industry."
"No, it's not that. You almost co off as a zealot!"
"The boss is the faith of my life. Being his lackey is like winning five hundred million in the lottery."
"Hopeless... Anyway, the ga's sales are not doing well, just twenty-three sold, and there's been a refund. I looked into it, wondering if we just had bad luck, running into 'King's Dungeon' by accident."
Xiao Douzi looked at Xu Qingling with a bizarre expression: "It's Tianyi's bad luck, really."
"Why are you so confident!"
"Because it's a ga made by the boss. Don't worry, the boss will definitely have the last laugh. Look at the boss now, he's quite happy too."
"...Forget it."
Xu Qingling sighed and returned to her desk, to idly start browsing Bilibili videos one after another.
Tianyi also placed a lot of ads on Bilibili, where various strears enthusiastically played 'King's Dungeon', occasionally praising the ga's integrity, with nearly thirteen different dungeon styles.
Though the ga had nurous microtransactions, requiring ten purchases of 648 yuan to even scratch the surface, the quality of the ga swayed many to give it a try.
However, amidst all the videos extolling 'King's Dungeon', there was one live broadcast about to wreak havoc.
Another of Fang Cheng's die-hard followers, Wang Say Gas, was starting to flex his muscles.
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