The next morning, in Shiroishi Kazuma's secret lair.
"Is there any news from Dream Dota League today?" Shiroishi Kazuma looked at the various web portals on the computer and slowly said, "Other than the intensity of the advertisements and the benefits of opening the servers?"
"Currently, they have no other ways to advertise." Qian Youjin smiled and said, "After all, their type of game determines that they can't organize these activities like us. The only thing they can do now is to increase the investment in advertisements. "
"En, the business world is like a battlefield. Chasing after the enemy while they are victorious is something we must do." Shiroishi Kazuma insipidly said, "Go and contact the online media. After we pull down their popularity this afternoon, immediately do a related interview. The content of the interview is to attack their various data in all aspects. If the players watch the live broadcast, just give them some small pets that won't affect the game's balance. "
"Okay, Mr. Shi." Qian Youjin solemnly noted down Shiroishi Kazuma's words, then asked, "And then?"
"Then it'll be easy." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm, but the content of his words was extremely vicious. "Contact the Internet Water Army and guide the direction of public opinion. Let the players think that their game is very, very bad, and only people with low IQ will play this game."
Qian Youjin's forehead was full of sweat. "Okay, I understand."
…
Spiritual Sword Game, inside the various guilds.
"Latest news, latest news, there will be an online live broadcast at 5 PM today to introduce our game. As long as the players watch it online, they can get the cute rabbit baby as a reward for this activity! This thing is good, it's out of print! "
"Are you serious? So awesome? Then we must watch it then! It won't be long, right? Don't delay me from killing monsters and earning money! "
"It won't be long, about ten minutes. In the future, we can still watch the replay. Anyway, as long as we watch it, we won't be wrong!"
"Haha, okay, we'll all go then!"
…
At 2 PM, Dream Dota League's open beta testing began.
Under Shiroishi Kazuma's endless attacks, the popularity of the open beta testing this time could be said to be very low. Of the ten sets of servers, only two or three were close to full, and the remaining six or seven sets of servers were only half filled.
And the maximum number of people in each set of servers was 20,000.
That meant that the popularity of Dream Dota League's open beta testing period was less than 100,000, even less than the Draconic Continent a few years ago.
To be honest, having around 100,000 players on the first day of the open beta was already quite good. But the crux of the problem was that the gap between this game and Spiritual Sword was really … too big.
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Coldplay Network, the homepage announcement link — "Spiritual Sword, the peak of online gaming!"
From 4: 30 AM, players began to enter the link. The number of unique IPs kept climbing. At first, it was more than 100,000. Soon, it reached 200,000, 300,000. The explosive popularity also attracted many spectators. By 5 AM, there were more than 600,000 players watching at the same time!
Host: "Hello everyone, this is Cool Play Network. Regarding the popularity of Spiritual Sword, I believe that everyone has already experienced it. But I believe that everyone still doesn't know how popular Spiritual Sword is. Now, let's welcome the Director of Flying Dragon Network's Marketing Department, Mr. Huang Mingsheng, to explain! "
Huang Mingsheng: "Hello, host. Hello, everyone."
Host: "Director Huang, I believe you're the most qualified to speak about the popularity of Spiritual Sword. In that case, can you announce the various statistics of the game to the players here so that they can be more enthusiastic? "
Huang Mingsheng: "OK. I believe that all the players already know how popular our game is. Here, I want to announce a few statistics to let everyone have a better understanding. "
Host: "OK, Director Huang, please speak."
Huang Mingsheng: "Exactly how high is the popularity of our Spiritual Sword online game? I have the specific figures here. Currently, there are a total of 160 official servers in our game. The maximum number of people that each server can accommodate is 10,000. And after the launch of the double equipment drop event today, the number of people queuing up for each server has already exceeded 500! What kind of concept is this? That is to say, if we put all these people queuing up into the game, then the number of people online at the same time can easily exceed 1.7 million! "
Host: "1.7 million!"
Huang Mingsheng: "Yes. This number of people online might not be clear enough. Now, I can compare two statistics. "
Host: "OK, Director Huang, please speak."
Huang Mingsheng: "Previously, the most popular Draconic Continent had the highest number of people online at the same time at 360,000. And the Dream Dota League that just opened at 2 PM today only had … 100,000. "
Host: "Aiya, such a big difference? Looks like this Dream Dota League is really not just a little bit worse compared to Spiritual Sword. "
Huang Mingsheng: "Yes, these are the online popularity. And in other aspects, we are also far ahead. In the Play Together forum, the number of posts by Spiritual Sword players is more than 15 times that of Dream Dota League, and the number of people in the Tieba forum is also more than 10 times. All these are enough to prove that our game is so outstanding! "
As the saying goes, it's not afraid of not knowing what's good, it's afraid of comparing goods to goods.
If it was taken out alone, the popularity of Draconic Continent was considered quite good. Dream Dota League could reach 100,000 people online on the first day of open beta testing, and it could already be said to be a success. But now, compared to Spiritual Sword …
Those two games were obviously a flop, and they were definitely trash — this was the most direct impression that the players present had. Many players who had originally planned to try Dream Dota League after the double drop rate ended directly dispelled this idea upon hearing this.
…
Ever since this live broadcast ended, the battle on the internet became more and more intense.
Weibo was full of topics discussing Spiritual Sword, and the entire network was reporting the number of people online that was enough to make people gasp in astonishment. 1.6 million, 1.7 million, 1.8 million, all the way to 2 million three days later!
Very quickly, because of Shiroishi Kazuma's instigation, the Internet Water Army started to enter Spiritual Sword's Tieba forum and various online forums to guide the public opinion. More and more people felt that Dream Dota League was a trash game that was crudely created by Hong Dali to squander.
Many players who had played Dream Dota League very quickly fell in love with this game, but any post that spoke up for Dream Dota League would instantly be drowned by the Internet Water Army.
…
At the same time, Shanghai Tianhai City, Central Jinghao Building, one of the top ten tallest buildings in Asia.
Jinghao Building was part of Tianhai City's comprehensive property development plan. This was the city center of the entire Tianhai City, and could also be said to be one of the economic centers of Asia. At the junction of Taidong Road, Yincheng Road, and Garden Road, the plot of land was adjacent to Tianhai Global Financial Center on the east, and Jinhui Building was on the north.
Jinghao Building's total height was 632 meters, and its structural height was 580 meters. It was made up of 118 floors above ground, five floors above ground, and five floors below ground. Its main building's structural height was 580 meters, its total construction area was 576,000 square meters, and its total weight was about 800,000 tons. It was the tallest skyscraper in Tianhai City, and also one of the city's symbols.
In the eyes of outsiders, Jinghao Building was full of mystery, and in the eyes of some people in the upper echelons, Jinghao Building had another name — Door to Heaven!
From half a month ago, Jinghao Building had been closed to the public, and all service personnel had to work here for at least five years before they could enter.
With the 99th floor as the center, the ten floors above and below were absolute restricted areas. Other than the relevant supervisors in charge of safety, no one else was allowed to enter. All the electrical appliances and furniture, regardless of whether they were old or new, were all changed. There must be no blind spots in any corner. Even the toilets, sewers, and ventilation ducts were all refurbished. Even so, there were still professional anti-investigation personnel conducting electronic detection every day to prevent any possibility of being eavesdropped.
Because this was the main venue of Heavenly State's 24th Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting, where the big shots gathered!
Perhaps many people would be curious as to why the Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting was so important. Simply put, this was an absolute meeting to divide the most important resources in the whole of Heavenly State. The so-called Asia Top 500 richest people in Heavenly State and the likes probably wouldn't even dare to breathe loudly here.
Because those who could come here were the real big shots in the business world — many invisible families didn't seem to have much influence on the surface, but in fact, they had an extremely huge underground network that involved various industries. One must know that there was nothing special about what was on the surface, but the real power hidden in the dark couldn't be evaluated by professionals.
To be more specific, Sangle Search Engine under the Hong Family's Hong Weiguo was the absolute leader in Heavenly State's internet search, and its current market value had already reached 30 billion. But in this Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting, it could barely be ranked in the top 20. If the entire Hong Family was included, it could only be ranked in the top 10 big shots — and it would be at the bottom.
Here, from the financial oligarchs, to the arms dealers, home appliances and automobile industries, mineral development, high-end machinery manufacturing, and so on, the real leaders of all industries were all gathered here.
For example, the Mu Family represented by Mu Tie and the Liu Family represented by Liu Yihui. Here, they could only be considered as the top 20.
As for the few people in front, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that in ancient times, they would be the feudal officials who ceded land to become kings. Other than the fact that they couldn't rebel, the rest were existences that could shake the whole Heavenly State with just a stomp of their feet.
These were the members of the inner circle. In the outer circle of the Resource Chamber of Commerce Meeting, there were hundreds of their own forces. Economic groups, giant gangs, mine owners, and so on. Simply put, companies with a total value of more than 2 billion had a place to enter the outer circle. Only those with a total value of more than 10 billion could enter the inner circle!
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