In fact, many people had already purchased the templates of those superstar characters.
Superstars didn't rely on selling character templates to make money. Instead, they relied on peripheral revenue, such as posters, figurines, custom-made battle robes (cosplay equipment), and so on.
Of course, the new skins released by the player platform were also a big selling point. For example, Roaring Tianzun released a "Dr. J" skin this year. He wore a suit and tie, wore a monocle, and had a white beard. Coupled with his muscles that almost burst out of his suit, it formed a strange cute point that poked at the hearts of many straight men. It was a hot seller.
In contrast, the new skin of Gongzi, who was also a superstar, wasn't very creative. It was nothing more than "Bloody Earl", "Tango Baron", "Duke of Destruction", and other medieval aristocratic styles.
Fortunately, Gongzi's appearance was good enough. He had the charm of a mature man, so he received the support of many female fans. The new skin's sales were very guaranteed.
"How are the players' feedback?" Bai Xiaowen asked. The craze in the first two days could only mean that the promotion work was outstanding. The CG animation had enough weight. Only continuous good reviews could make more and more virtual battle platform enthusiasts rush to buy.
"I've been keeping an eye on the forums. I'm currently calculating the data. I estimate that within three days, we'll have more objective data. Right now, there are only a few scattered reviews. They're quite subjective, so I can't see anything yet, "Sister Zheng said.
Li Shuyi fiddled with his phone. He swiped his small hand and bought Bai Xiaowen's Prince of Spirits character on the player platform. He smiled and said, "Such a strong template is only 99 RMB. Only an idiot wouldn't buy it. Xiaowen, you need to have confidence in yourself. "
The Awakened had their own battle platform. However, this didn't affect the Awakened's identity as a normal player. They could apply for an account on the player platform. On the player platform, the Awakened didn't use their own templates. Everything was the same as the normal players. It was considered entertainment.
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I've always had confidence in myself. However, not everyone can use the Prince of Spirits character well. Forget it, let's put this matter aside for now. Sister Zheng will follow up on it. What's next? "
Sister Zheng took out a small notebook and said, "The winter vacation is over. You need to report to the university. Of course, you have been busy recently, so you can consider delaying your report for a week or two. I can call Jinghai University to apply for the details."
Bai Xiaowen nodded slightly. Sister Zheng continued, "Today, while you were sleeping, the Super Gods sent a voluntary assembly notice. They want to carry out a clearing mission in the wilderness. Guild Leader Li said that he hopes that you can participate and interact with the other members of the guild. "
The road clearing operation in the wilderness was a large-scale project led by the officials. All the large and small guilds in the base cities participated in it. It was carried out every spring and autumn.
It couldn't be helped. The mutant beasts in the wilderness reproduced too quickly. Every few months, there would be a new generation. In order to ensure that the roads between the base cities were smooth, the monsters near the roads had to be cleared regularly. According to the report from the outpost, the government would divide the road into sections and allocate them through project bidding.
Of course, the bidding didn't just look at the lowest price. The strength of the guild had to be taken into consideration. The highest goal of the officials was to ensure that the roads were cleared, not to save as many mana points as possible.
As for how to measure the strength of the guild? It was very simple. It was based on the guild's ranking in the league …
Perhaps some people would say that this method was unfair, but it was already a relatively fair method. It was just like the college entrance examination in the Christian era. Although the college entrance examination had many shortcomings, such as exam-oriented education, high scores, low ability, and the fact that the second generation of officials and rich people still had advantages, it was very difficult to find a method that was fairer than the college entrance examination.
This kind of road clearing operation was also one of the important ways for guilds to earn mana points and maintain the operation of the guild.
As for the depths of the wilderness far away from the roads, if there were too many monsters, they would even kill each other for survival. From there, stronger individuals would be born. This was also the reason why the depths of the wilderness were more dangerous. Let's not talk about that for now.
Some of the mutant beasts in the depths of the wilderness would wander around the roads from time to time to occupy these empty territories. At this time, the hidden outposts and bunkers arranged along the road would send out early warnings and feedback to the officials of the base city.
The officials would post the task of clearing the wandering beasts at fixed points in the mission hall of the Awakened Association. A guild or Awakened team would receive the task and complete it within a set time limit.
In the Era of Psionic Ability, maintaining the smooth flow of roads in the country was an important political task. If the roads were isolated, the various base cities would not be able to communicate normally and would become isolated islands. Then, the country would truly be "no longer a country."
The Awakened would trade with each other through virtual markets such as virtual halls. Generally, they would also need to use the roads between the various base cities for transportation.
Of course, roads were not the only method of transportation. In the Era of Psionic Ability, there was a very special method — teleportation.
Teleportation Orbs, Teleportation Arrays, Teleportation Runes … In the Era of Psionic Ability, everything was possible.
However, although teleportation was convenient and safe, the cost of each teleportation was too high. No matter what kind of teleportation method it was, it was not cheap.
Just like in the Christian era, transportation and logistics required air, sea, and land transportation. In the Era of Psionic Ability, logistics and transportation went hand in hand. Valuable items and people who did not lack money (Psionic Points) used teleportation, while the rest used road transportation.
Bai Xiaowen was now a Level-5 Hero. He was considered an expert among the Super Gods. It was reasonable that the guild needed him to participate in the assembly operation.
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "Okay. Sister Zheng, contact the school later. I will delay my registration. My combat experience bar is almost full. I may reach the threshold of Level-6 in this operation. "
Li Shuyi said, "Me too … So I will also delay my registration and level up to Level-6 with you."
As an Elite, Li Shuyi's leveling speed was faster than Bai Xiaowen's. However, Bai Xiaowen had trained for a few more days in the treasure space of the Dead Soul Lake. In addition, he had completed two more quests in the Darktide Bitwall. One was the main quest, "The Secret of the Hidden Shadow Labyrinth," and the other was a special side quest, "The Prophet's Mission." He had also received additional experience rewards. So, his experience bar was about the same as Li Shuyi's.
Sister Zheng nodded and noted it down. Then, she flipped to the next page of the small notebook and said, "The Super Gods Potion Shop has transferred the money from the previous auctions to your account. They now need a new batch of potions."
"Got it." Bai Xiaowen did not forget about this matter.
"Other than that, there are some invitations for interviews from newspapers and electronic media. With the release of the CG on the virtual battle platform, your popularity has been on the rise," Sister Zheng said with a smile. "Do you want to accept? This will definitely help your fame. "
"If it's a local media, I'll reject it. If it's a national media, it depends on the other party's circulation and influence."
Bai Xiaowen thought for a moment and said, "I really don't have much time. I have to participate in the guild assembly and make potions. In another month, the CUAA National Competition will begin. I have an important matter that will take up two or three days. Other than that, I want to practice my combat skills and proficiency in skills."
"I see." Sister Zheng's pen kept moving. "By the way, I have three invitations for live streaming platforms, namely Shark TV, Cat's Tooth Live Streaming, and Panda Live Streaming. The signing fee and follow-up benefits are very attractive. Do you want to take a look?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and took the small notebook from Sister Zheng's hand.
Of course, the small notebook did not record the detailed content of the contract. Only the key contract information extracted by Sister Zheng from the three contracts were recorded.
"That's a lot of money."
Bai Xiaowen nodded slightly.
Little Jun peeked at the side. "Ah … how many zeros are there in the signing fee?"
Sister Zheng said with a smile, "Of the three platforms, Cat's Tooth's signing fee is the lowest, but it's still 30 million. The highest is still Shark's Tooth's, with 39.88 million. And in terms of follow-up promotion, they have promised an immediate recommendation. The minimum live streaming time is also more lenient. This is the treatment of a first-tier anchor. "
The so-called immediate recommendation referred to the fact that as soon as Bai Xiaowen started broadcasting, the broadcast room would be ranked first on the homepage, no matter when it started broadcasting.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "The contract length is too long. I looked at it and they are all at least three years. I still hope to sign a half-year contract, and the longest contract will not exceed one year. It doesn't matter even if the signing fee is reduced proportionally. "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said, "I won't consider Shark TV."
Li Shuyi gently pulled Bai Xiaowen's hand. "It's okay. You don't have to worry. I believe in you."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and shook his head. He still insisted on leaving Shark TV aside. On the one hand, it was because of Fu Qiu and Fu Hong. Shark TV was related to the Giant God Medicine Hall and even the Giant God Guild. Bai Xiaowen wanted to keep a distance from Shark TV. On the other hand, it was because Sister Zheng was kicked out by Shark TV.
If one were to talk about other reasons, it would be that when Bai Xiaowen was live-streaming previously, Shark Platform had unilaterally ignored the promised promotional conditions and made things difficult for Bai Xiaowen.
Sister Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "This is more difficult. Your current development potential is visible to everyone, so they all hope to sign a long-term contract. If it's a short-term contract, no platform is willing to sign it unless it's a platform that urgently needs a pillar of support. "
Bai Xiaowen said firmly, "Let's talk about it like this, Sister Zheng. If no platform is willing to sign, then we won't sign the live streaming contract. "
Bai Xiaowen also had his considerations. He was now in the transition period of the University League and was gradually getting away from the stage of earning fame through live streaming.
The reason why he still had the idea of signing a short-term contract was that at this stage, he did occasionally need to show his face on live streaming to maintain his fame on earth. As Bai Xiaowen's professional character template was logged into the player platform, it would be easier for him to gain popularity, and the importance of live streaming would become less and less important. In the end, it would be dispensable.
Moreover, Shark TV's previous practice also made Bai Xiaowen understand that the live streaming platform was the strong party, and the streamer was always the weak group. Before signing the contract, it might be extravagant, but after the contract took effect, it was still very easy for the live streaming platform to shirk the conditions.
Therefore, Bai Xiaowen was unwilling to sign a long-term contract that would bind him for a few years.
Sister Zheng nodded: "Okay, I'll talk to them as you said."
After a while, He Zhiqing poked her head out of the kitchen. It was time to eat. Everyone laughed and went to serve the dishes. The table was full of tempting delicacies, and Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, who had not returned to earth for more than ten days, were really able to eat their fill.
Although Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi had also tasted a lot of the so-called "royal special" delicacies of the Blacktide Continent in the Camelot Palace, which were quite exotic, there was still a big gap between them and the psionic cuisine on earth.
While eating, Bai Xiaowen also took out his phone that had been charged and replied to the chat messages one by one.
These chat messages were mainly sent by his university classmates. To be precise, they were from the school team.
This winter break, the members of the school team were not without progress.
Perhaps they were motivated by Bai Xiaowen's rocket-like promotion speed, the members of Jinghai University's school team had a good improvement in their strength during the winter break.
Chen Guowei finally rose to Level 4 and stepped into the threshold of an intermediate Awakened.
Feng Ziang climbed to Level 5.
Han Xu was also Level 5, and his combat experience bar had exceeded 50%. He was advancing to Level 6.
Xiang Hui was close to Level 5, and his improvement speed was the fastest. After all, he had the support of the Radiance Guild. However, Xiang Hui also told Bai Xiaowen about his follow-up plans. He was a little behind in terms of combat expertise. He planned to wait until he reached Level 5, settle down for a period of time, and practice his combat expertise and skill proficiency.
Xiang Hui's thoughts coincided with Bai Xiaowen's. This might be the result of family education.
Bai Xiaowen wanted to reach Level 6 before practicing his combat expertise and skills. As an Awakened who was close to Level 6, his combat skills were generally only Level 3 to Level 4. Obviously, he was not qualified. If Bai Xiaowen did not have the skill level and combat expertise of the Strongest Academic Genius and had already reached Level 4, it would have been very difficult for him to explore the Spiritual World.
The Spiritual World's rule matching system only looked at the level. The Awakened had to be matched to a plane that was one to two levels higher. If his combat expertise could not keep up with his level, of course, he would be at a disadvantage.
As for the others, such as Liu Fei, Xiao Mingsheng, and so on, they had also improved. However, they did not take the initiative to contact Bai Xiaowen. Their situation was explained by Chen Guowei's long-winded messages.
…
The next morning, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi went to the assembly point at the agreed time to participate in the guild's operation.
"Morning, Xiao Bai, Miss ~"
"Uncle Old Devil."
"Uncle Old Devil, can you not call me Miss?" Li Shuyi was still a little shy, which made Old Devil laugh.
At the side, a young man wearing thin metal spikes and dressed like a rock star was sneaking back.
Old Devil grabbed his wrist. "Captain, you can't leave. Xiao Bai and the others are newcomers. You have to say hello."
Nie Kong was a little embarrassed. He quickly glanced at Bai Xiaowen. "Okay."
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