Chapter 448: Pick it up! I'm telling you to pick up the report! |
Just as the China Digital Entertainment Association's attitude had been before—
Little brother, I know you're anxious, but first, don't be anxious.
Because there will be plenty for you to be anxious about later.
The exhibition booth preferential treatment was just an appetizer, and the marketing suppression was merely a small anti-blockade shock.
Now, this is when you should truly be anxious.
And Seiichi Nakamura did not disappoint expectations.
He became anxious.
Truly anxious.
It wasn't that comparing data using vague metrics by Kotera and Inoue was particularly serious,
What mattered was that the selection of this "benchmark enterprise" target made Seiichi Nakamura's blood pressure skyrocket!
"Bastards! Bastards—!!!"
Nakamura's roar echoed throughout the entire office, making everyone's ears ring!
Crash!
Seiichi Nakamura crumpled the report in front of him and violently threw it at the two men's heads!
"Are we the same caliber of enterprise as Zhenting?!"
"Are we also an independent game company?!"
"When did we sink to the level of comparing ourselves with such a game studio?!"
Seiichi Nakamura was practically going insane with rage!
They had thousands of employees, with countless small studios under them!
What kind of enterprise was their Komera?
An internationally renowned comprehensive gaming group!
A benchmark gaming group dominating Asia and even the Eastern Hemisphere!
And now you're comparing us with a regional game manufacturer from Huaguo?!
You must understand, in the gaming circle, while the success or failure of "benchmarking" is crucial, what's even more crucial is "who you benchmark against"!
Setting aside reputation, using Golden Wind as their benchmark enterprise was already bullying the smaller company.
But now.
These two bastards had gone even further beyond!
Knowing they couldn't compete with the currently thunderous Golden Wind, they directly resorted to self-comfort methods!
Using Zhenting for comparison!
Why don't you fucking go compare yourselves with independent small game developers instead?
This was equivalent to a world-class athlete going to a neighboring country to participate in a university sports meet!
And the most crucial part was that they fucking lost!!!
Seiichi Nakamura wished he could tie these two bastards to skyrockets right now and launch them to explode!
You really don't fucking feel ashamed!
Thank goodness I sensed something was wrong and asked an extra question.
Otherwise.
If this exploded during tomorrow's board meeting, the consequences would be simply unimaginable!
"You... you..."
Seiichi Nakamura was grinding his teeth so hard they might shatter!
Pointing at the two bastards, his whole body trembling, he couldn't catch a proper breath for a long time!
The two geniuses covered their faces, trembling with fear, not daring to talk back at all.
This was just how the Neon workplace was—it wasn't uncommon for superiors to slap subordinates when they lost their temper.
After a long while!
The panting Nakamura finally sat in his seat, barely suppressing his explosive anger, picked up his water cup and took a sip:
"Bring me GW's data, let me take a look."
No need to ask if they had compiled it.
Seiichi Nakamura wasn't stupid.
If these two bastards hadn't compiled Golden Wind's data, why would they try to pass off Zhenting's data instead?
Golden Wind's data must have been overwhelmingly strong, forcing them to resort to this desperate measure.
"But the problem is, GW is the benchmark we need to compare against!"
After getting angry, upset, hitting and scolding, Nakamura's rage had subsided slightly as he lectured the two face-covering geniuses:
"The board is very concerned about our performance at C-Expo this time,"
"Why is the board so concerned? Because Vivendi is watching us!"
At this point.
Nakamura's tone was filled with frustration:
"I know, Golden Wind has upper-level support this time, and we've encountered some obstacles in marketing,"
"Plus Golden Wind kept their 'physical destruction' feature secret until the last moment, which was indeed quite impressive, so it's normal their data looks better than ours,"
"But,"
"No matter how strong GW is, how high could their data possibly be?"
"Could it possibly exceed ours by four or five times?"
After saying this.
Nakamura waved his hand:
"Bring me Golden Wind's data to look at."
Rustle—
If the boss wants to see it, then show him.
Just as Nakamura had judged, they had indeed compiled Golden Wind's data first, found it absolutely terrifying, and only then used Zhenting's data as a substitute.
So after a moment.
The freshly printed 【GW Booth Data】 was presented to Seiichi Nakamura—
Single-day cumulative views: 110,000 visits
Average dwell time: 29min
Single-day registered media trial count: 208 outlets
Single-day heat index peak: 507%
Single-day heat index trough: 480%
Single-day comprehensive heat index: 493%
[Note: All above data is current as of closing time that day]
Nakamura:...
Motherfucker!!!
Get out—!!!
Get out of my database—!!!
What kind of monstrosity is this?
A hundred and ten thousand visits in a single day? Average duration of half an hour? Heat index peak exceeding five hundred percent?
And most crucially—
Two hundred and eight media interviews?
If he remembered correctly, there were only about two hundred media outlets total, large and small, at this Huaguo C-Expo!
On the first day!
They all went to Golden Wind!
Not to mention anything else, just these media outlets alone would be enough for 《Battlefield Winds》 to hold three rounds of coverage!
It was practically a media free-for-all!
He remained completely silent for five full minutes!
Until the air in the entire office was about to solidify!
Then came a light rustling sound.
Seiichi Nakamura placed Golden Wind's report on the table, then pointed at the Zhenting report he had crumpled and thrown on the floor earlier:
"Pick that up."
Hearing this, Kotera and Inoue were both stunned: "Huh?"
"Huh your mother! Pick up the report!"
Nakamura slammed the table heavily and roared:
"I'm telling you to pick up Zhenting's report!"
"Are you deaf?!"
"No no, Minister, you're too kind, this is our duty, hahaha..."
Gu Sheng laughed repeatedly on the phone, politely responding.
The call was from Minister Li.
Actually, there wasn't anything particularly special—it was simply to congratulate Golden Wind on their tremendously successful exhibition, fulfilling expectations, and once again validating the CNFPSGreatAgain declaration with perfect ten scores from all media outlets.
There were no substantive rewards, and the phone conversation even sounded like ordinary casual chatting.
But.
Shen Miaomiao, listening nearby, couldn't stop grinning.
Although the conversation content was ordinary, the person making the call was anything but ordinary.
This was a call from Zhongjing.
It was greetings from Minister Li, someone ordinary people could only see on television news.
Everyone knew this call didn't just represent an individual.
Throughout the entire Huaguo gaming circle, or even broader, across Huaguo's entire cultural entertainment industry, how many entrepreneurs received personal calls from Minister Li?
You could count them on one hand.
And among them, Old Gu was number one in the gaming circle.
Yiyou and the powerful XunTeng were indeed strong, but neither received this treatment.
From this alone, the weight of this call was evident.
Most crucially, at the end of the call, Shen Miaomiao personally heard Minister Li say: 【Continue striving forward, you must firmly grasp the banner of emerging industries, and I wish you continued triumphant advances and further achievements in the days to come!】
Oh my heavens...
Shen Miaomiao gasped.
What did this mean?
It meant that from now on, as long as they didn't commit major mistakes, Golden Wind would never fall on Huaguo soil.
"This is like giving us an immunity talisman."
After hanging up, Gu Sheng also smiled.
As he spoke, he reached out and took the nail polish from Shen Miaomiao's hand, routinely helping Little Nezha paint her nails.
His skills had improved considerably—not only could he paint them properly, he could even add small glitter decorations while he was at it.
While carefully working while holding Little Nezha's foot, Gu Sheng asked:
"What reminded you today? Why suddenly care about sales figures again?"
Gu Sheng was somewhat curious.
Indeed, Little Nezha used to be quite obsessed with regularly checking game project sales at fixed times.
But ever since the theme park project started, she hadn't paid much attention to this aspect.
Sometimes she would just briefly understand project costs and not inquire further, since the theme park project required too much of her attention.
But today, for some reason, this young lady remembered.
After the two returned home and had dinner, Little Nezha suddenly brought up the 《Battlefield Winds》 project, asking if today was when the weekly sales results would be released.
Gu Sheng was even surprised she remembered 《Battlefield Winds》 had been on sale for a week:
"I thought a real estate magnate like you wouldn't care about our small projects worth mere hundreds of millions."
He wasn't wrong.
What Little Nezha currently controlled was Golden Wind's most expensive project, bar none!
What one-billion-dollar 《Resident Evil》, what two-billion-dollar-plus 《Battlefield Winds》, what three-billion-dollar-plus 《Call of Duty》.
Small change!
Look at our CEO Ou!
Casually handling thirty-billion-dollar physical industry!
"If you keep being sarcastic I'll kick you to death,"
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao lifted her long, smooth leg and lightly kicked Gu Sheng with her other foot:
"Theme park theme park, games are our main business, of course I need to care about our primary projects,"
"Besides, this is the first official game using our self-developed engine (Payday was a test work),"
"How could I not care!"
Shen Miaomiao spoke with righteous conviction, full of reasonable arguments.
Even the slightly flushed color of her somewhat guilty face was well hidden under the warm orange lighting.
Not having spoken such high-sounding words for so long, suddenly picking it up again felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Telling lies was also a skill that improved with practice—not practicing regularly would indeed make one rusty.
That's right.
All the reasons she mentioned above were complete nonsense.
The real reason she cared so much about 《Battlefield Winds》's revenue this time.
Was because among all her game project records from the past year, this was the one most likely to yield returns!