The whole of Beiqi was bustling during the Battle Royale event.
It was always the happiest moment for the players when the Battle Royale officials distributed the benefits. After all, such an opportunity was hard to come by.
During the event, due to the existence of the second event, the single players' accumulated emotions exploded.
The festive decorations of the Mansion of the Dead made the Qixi Festival very romantic. However, some of the single players did not think so.
To them, the Qixi Festival event had nothing to do with romance, but it was definitely a joyous event.
The feeling of breaking up couples was both cruel and joyous.
Many single players transformed into lone wolves under the moonlight, wandering around the Land of Beiqi, looking for couples of players.
Even after completing their Qixi Festival mission, some of the overly single players still refused to stop and continued to look for other players who were in a relationship. They even made a provocative declaration in the event chat box.
"Not a single magpie bridge can be built tonight. They are all illegal buildings and must be demolished. We, the Single Dog Demolition Team, enforce the law impartially. We hope that all the couples who reek of love will realize their mistakes and stop showing off their love. Otherwise, we will find you even if we have to dig three feet into the ground and demolish you cruelly! "
The couple players trembled in fear as they faced the players who had turned into single dogs. They could only hide from the players of the opposite sex to prevent the crazy single players from destroying the mission progress.
Hence, the whole Land of Beiqi was playing a grand game of cat and mouse.
When dawn arrived, the bell that signaled the end of the event rang throughout the Land of Beiqi.
However, there were only a few players who could complete the couple mission and build the magpie bridge.
After all, the group of single dogs who had turned into huskies was too big and too cruel …
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After the Qixi Festival event, the players' lives returned to normal.
Lu Wu was observing the players' daily life through the artifact when his phone rang.
There were only a handful of people who could get through to his phone. He picked up his phone and saw that it was Wu Guoyi who was calling, just as Lu Wu had expected.
He picked up the phone and heard a familiar voice.
"Brother Lu, did you miss me?"
Why would I miss an old man like you? Lu Wu thought to himself helplessly. However, he could not say it out loud.
"Brother Wu, there must be something wrong, right? You wouldn't have called me if there wasn't anything important. "
"Haha, why can't I call you if I have nothing to do? But this time, I have something to discuss with you."
"I'm listening. Go ahead."
"It's like this. Recently, the guild has been in need of soul coins for development. Life has been tough. Can you give me ten million soul coins to support me so that I can speed up the development of the guild?"
Lu Wu was speechless.
"Haha, I'm just kidding!" Wu Guoyi's laughter came again while Lu Wu was still in shock.
"Even if you want it, you won't give it to me!" Lu Wu said angrily.
"Stingy, no wonder the players call you the stingiest dog official. You live up to your reputation!"
"Let's talk business, or I'll hang up!"
"Don't, don't, don't. It's like this. Recently, Los Angeles, America is going to hold a world-class game exhibition called E3. I've received an invitation from the organizers and they're willing to provide a gaming booth for Battle Online, so I'd like to ask for your opinion!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Wu could not help but be stunned.
As the world's largest game exhibition, how could Lu Wu not have heard of it? He also had some understanding of E3.
E3 was one of the four world-class game exhibitions. The games that were able to participate in E3 were basically the flagship games of every game manufacturer. Every year, when E3 was held, it was a grand gaming event for players around the world. It was also a promotional day that all game studios attached great importance to.
Other game exhibitions of the same status included Tokyo's TGS, Cologne Game Exhibition, and the domestic CJ Exhibition.
However, compared to these game exhibitions, E3 was undoubtedly the most influential. The skyrocketing number of tourists in Los Angeles during this time of year was proof of this.
In contrast, the domestic CJ Exhibition had the weakest influence in the gaming circle.
This was because at E3, the players were mainly looking at games, but at CJ Exhibition, the players were basically there to see cute girls cosplaying. Games were secondary. This had basically become the consensus among the players.
Therefore, in terms of influence, E3 was undoubtedly the most influential.
Two years ago, to Lu Wu, attending E3 was simply unthinkable. This was because he was just the manager of a small gaming website with no traffic, and he could not produce any decent games.
However, he did not expect to personally receive an invitation from the organizer.
After a brief moment of surprise, Lu Wu was very calm.
The main reason was that he was very indifferent to things in reality. Things that were out of his reach back then were no longer so desirable now.
"Old Brother Wu, let's just forget about it. I'm not interested in these things!" Lu Wu said after some thought.
"Don't. A gaming event like this will attract gaming media from all over the world. It's a good opportunity to expand the influence of the game. Although Battle Royale is very popular now, there are still many players around the world who are sticking to their games and have not played Battle Royale. After all, there are too many games in this era. To continue to increase the number of players, it's not enough to rely on the quality of the game alone.
Lu Wu listened and felt that what Wu Guoyi said was very reasonable.
Now that Battle Royale had started, the next step was to slowly nibble away the number of players from other games and include them in Battle Royale.
Just as Wu Guoyi said, Battle Royale was very popular now, but it was impossible to pull all the players into Battle Royale with the quality of the game alone. This was because watching a game video and experiencing it in person were two completely different concepts.
Just like in the past, no matter how popular 3D games were, there were still many players who stuck to web-based games.
No matter how bad the quality of the game was, with his overwhelming publicity, he could still make a lot of money every year.
The importance of publicity could be seen from this.
Of course, in comparison, the quality was the most important.
When the quality was guaranteed, the conversion rate of publicity was very high.
This was like the publicity of two games at the same time.
If the quality of a game was very bad, each publicity could attract a thousand players to download it, but many players would basically uninstall it after playing for a few minutes. In the end, only ten players would be left to continue playing, which was a conversion rate of 1%.
On the other hand, a good game, coupled with strong publicity, would have a very high conversion rate.
As for the quality of Battle Online, Lu Wu did not need to prove it. The players of Battle Royale were already shouting the slogan, "The World's Best".
Coupled with the publicity, a conversion rate of less than 95% was a failure in Lu Wu's opinion.
Even 100% was not a problem.
This was because this game had all the advantages of other games, but also advantages that other games did not have.
Fans of scenery, fans of hamsters (collectors), fans of grooming, and so on, all kinds of players could find happiness here.
This game combined all the game modes at the current stage. Even players who did not like fighting could still find endless fun here. In addition to the 100% degree of realism and the physical enhancement brought by leveling up, it was not an exaggeration to say that the conversion rate was 100%.
What Lu Wu needed now was a way for players who had not come into contact with Battle Online and were still playing other games to come into contact with this game.
Therefore, publicity would definitely be a breakthrough.
And E3 was such a platform for publicity of a "premium game". As long as it could shine in E3, the name of Battle Online would once again resound in the gaming world.
It seemed that Lu Wu was a little tempted.
Moreover, the whistleblower at E3 had given Battle Online enough face by providing a game booth for them to use for free.
This situation would never have happened in the past.
In order to enter E3, many game manufacturers had to invest a lot of money in this area. Under normal circumstances, an internal game booth would cost 200 million USD (PS: The current price is about 20 million USD, inflation is temporarily set to 200 million USD after 300 years).
However, this did not mean that they would be able to enter. The quality of the game was also a threshold.
Therefore, the fact that they took the initiative to invite and provide a booth for free was enough to show how much importance the E3 organizers placed on Battle Online.
After careful consideration, Lu Wu suddenly became interested.
"Brother Wu, if that's the case, I agree. However, you'll have to contact the E3 organizers when the time comes. I won't be going!"
Wu Guoyi, who was on the other end of the phone, was speechless.
"You're leaving such an important matter to me?"
"Anyway, you're the only representative of Battle Online. It's the same if I leave it to you. When the time comes, I'll provide support for the game and will personally attend E3. As for other matters, I won't be involved!"
In Lu Wu's opinion, there were too many things to handle when contacting the E3 organizers.
For example, booth planning, game figurines, game content introduction, and so on. These things were too complicated and Lu Wu did not want to do it himself. It was perfect to leave it to Wu Guoyi, who had been operating Battle Online.
"You said that I'm the person in charge of Battle Online, but I don't have any rights to the game!" Wu Guoyi's resentful voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hahaha, that's enough. Don't forget that when you were bullied in the game, I supported you with 100 soul coins and helped you get your revenge!"
"Then how about I ask you for another million soul coins for support?" Wu Guoyi quickly followed up on Lu Wu's topic.
"Ahem, this … the phone signal is not very good. Brother Wu, that's it. I'll hang up first!" Lu Wu hung up without hesitation after he finished speaking.
What a joke, a million soul coins did not come out of thin air.
Perhaps Wu Guoyi was really in need of soul coins. Compared to him, Lu Wu felt that he was in even more need of soul coins.
Not to mention the soul coins that were consumed in each server's construction, updates, and activities, the Emperor's Mirror that he cultivated was also a soul coin burner. As for soul coins, Lu Wu had made up his mind to not let them flow out except in the game.
After all, even when Lu Wu was really poor, he only sold Ye Xue 'er a few hundred soul coins.
Now that he was not in need of money and could afford to raise Little Beili, Lu Wu would never do something as silly as exchanging soul coins for cash.
During the construction of Battle Online, Lu Wu's mentality was constantly changing.
Two years ago, when Battle Online had just started, Lu Wu was extremely happy when he exchanged soul coins for hundreds of thousands in cash.
But now, cash was just a string of numbers in Lu Wu's eyes, while soul coins were an all-purpose currency.
The difference in value was obvious.
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