Gu Fei's three days of game time were all spent on Sword Demon. He was online every day to supervise Sword Demon, and if he found any problems, he would point them out mercilessly. Of course, Gu Fei's game time did not extend much because of this, but when he was not there, Sword Demon practiced hard by himself.
Savior of Cowards was also present every day for three days. His main function was to be a human player. When Gu Fei first learned Kung Fu, modern methods were used quite a lot. For example, in a teaching like this, Gu Fei would follow his father to watch and talk in front of a projection screen that was several meters large. After watching, the two of them would go out and dismantle it. The dismantling process would be recorded and analyzed later. There were no such conditions in the game, so Gu Fei could only call Savior of Cowards to be the main protagonist. He always complained that there were no playback, slow-motion, replay, pause, and other functions.
The Sword Ghost didn't have any amazing comprehension ability in this aspect, but his perseverance and indomitable will didn't lose to anyone. With the tenacity he showed in leveling, no matter what aspect he used it in, it was enough to endure and achieve good results.
Although there would not be too much obvious progress in three days, Gu Fei was very optimistic about this guy. As the saying goes, the master leads the way, but the cultivation depends on the individual. A disciple like Sword Demon was definitely the most worry-free for the master. Gu Fei came every day to supervise, but did Sword Demon still need to supervise? Gu Fei was basically there to teach. As long as Sword Demon could remember, he would stuff as much as possible. Anyway, Sword Demon would rely on his tenacity to digest it. Gu Fei also told him, "If there's something you don't understand, just ask directly. Don't be reserved." Gu Fei was afraid that this guy would also become tenacious in this area. If there was something he didn't understand, he would be too embarrassed to ask. It would be too much of a waste of time to study alone.
The things that Gu Fei had given him over the past three days were more than enough for the Sword Ghost to digest. The Sword Ghost had done a good job of getting rid of the bad habits that he needed to get rid of. After that, he would have to rely on himself. Gu Fei left Savior of Cowards to give Sword Demon some pointers from time to time. Although the level of Savior of Cowards was far from that of a professional like Gu Fei, he was still much better than Sword Demon. Moreover, this guy was a Kung Fu enthusiast. Although he couldn't do some things, he knew. This was somewhat like Brother You. Under such circumstances, he and Sword Demon could teach each other, which could be said to be a improvement for both.
After Gu Fei arranged the special training, he joined the market review team. The Workshop's team was led by Five Nights. There was a total of eleven people, and aside from Five Nights, Shi Feng did not recognize the other ten. Their levels varied, and their equipment was extremely ordinary. On Gu Fei's side, besides him, there was only Jian Nan You and Glue. They didn't need a lot of people. The main thing was that the studio was busy. They just needed to watch from the side.
"Brother Qianli, come and take a look. These are the reports submitted by our studio's branches in the main cities today," Five Nights said to Gu Fei and the others as soon as they met.
"There are currently 100 main cities in the game, and each city has around 500,000 players. Currently, players above level 40 were the mainstream, accounting for about 60% of the total number of players. Players between level 30 and 40 made up 30%, and players below level 30, who leveled up relatively quickly, only made up 10% of the total number of players. What we're trying to say is that there's basically no need to develop any efficient leveling methods for players below level 30. We're mainly dealing with players above level 30, especially the level 40 leveling areas. Although the number of leveling areas varies from city to city, the total number of players they can accommodate is roughly the same. Leveling areas between level 30 and 35 can accommodate around 10,000 players at the same time, leveling areas between level 35 and 40 can accommodate around 20,000, and leveling areas between level 40 and 45 can accommodate more than 50,000. From this increasing number, it can be seen that the game officials have a certain amount of foresight regarding the number of players and the distribution of levels. Coupled with the fact that a considerable number of players are diverted away from quests, if the players can split their time reasonably, the leveling areas will be more than enough. Unfortunately, this time is always the same. The leveling areas will always be overcrowded during the peak hours of 7 pm to 11 pm. "
"Yes!" Gu Fei nodded, then said, "Tell me about the things we're going to do!"
"Oh, sorry …" Five Nights hurriedly said, "Although the capacity of the leveling areas in each city is basically the same, the number of leveling areas in each main city is not uniform. For example, in Moonlit Night City, there are a total of nine leveling areas between level 40 and 45. In Waterside City, there are only seven islands. But in Mengtu City, there are as many as twelve leveling areas at this stage! "Five Nights said.
Gu Fei nodded, "Having a lot of leveling areas is a bit more troublesome for us."
Five Nights nodded and said, "These are the leveling area distribution materials submitted by each main city's branch. You can take a look." Five Nights handed a stack of materials to Gu Fei's group of three, then continued, "Based on the current total statistics of the 100 main cities, there are a total of 511 leveling areas between level 40 and 50, 204 leveling areas between level 35 and 40, and 117 leveling areas between level 30 and 35. There are a total of 832 leveling areas, and they are all areas that we can develop."
"832 …" Gu Fei's forehead was already covered in sweat.
Five Nights looked at him and continued, "Now, we need to know the time needed to develop a leveling efficiency method."
"This … The difficulty is also different depending on the monster's level. If we use level 45 as an example, it would take about an hour!" Gu Fei said.
"An hour …" Five Nights also frowned, "If we calculate it like this, then this speed is a bit too slow. If Mr. Hundred Generations Strategist is alone, according to the normal eight-hour work schedule, then it would take 104 days to develop all of these … More than three months, that's a bit too long. "Five Nights said. The plan in his heart was to pursue the word "fast". Everything had to be fast, and before the officials could react, they had to make money in one go. He didn't dare to accept a three month cycle. Once they went on for a month, the officials would stop the leveling efficiency method, and a studio like Eagle wouldn't dare to disobey. Perhaps they wouldn't stop it on the surface, and would make some adjustments in the dark, making their previous month of development go to waste. This was something that Five Nights couldn't bear.
In the end, Gu Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You've misunderstood the concept … A set doesn't mean all the playstyles in a leveling area. Based on our previous operation, a leveling area provided a total of nine playstyles."
"This …" Five Nights was even more surprised, "So, developing a leveling area would take almost a day?"
"It's like this …" This kind of detailed exploration had only been done once in the White Mill's leveling area. Gu Fei and Hundred Eras Strategist had taught Jian Nan You and the others about the exploration. That was how they had spent the day. Yesterday, although the monsters in Silent Night Valley were of high levels, only Thieves and Archers had Agility. It was hard for the players to learn the two-player version, but for Gu Fei and Hundred Eras Strategist, it was much easier for them to deal with a single monster than a single player. Both of them weren't slow at all, so yesterday's work was done quickly. It was just that teaching was a little tiring.
This time, Five Nights suffered an even heavier blow. He realized that the great plan in his heart was only possible in theory. When it came to practical implementation, time became his biggest enemy … Time. In Five Nights' plan, the thing he was most afraid of was wasting time.
"This … Why didn't you say so earlier!!!" Five Nights was about to collapse. He was full of confidence in this plan, and he even boasted about it to his boss. Who would have thought that he would only find out about such a crucial problem now? A leveling area could be completed in a day, and 800 … More than two years. Five Nights gritted his teeth so hard that they almost broke.
Jian Nan suddenly said, "We can avoid the problem of a leveling area for a day."
"Why?" Five Nights felt that an hour for a leveling area was too much! After experiencing a blow that needed a day, the bottom line in his heart was instantly lowered.
Jian Nan said leisurely, "Actually, if a leveling area only provides efficient leveling methods for one class at a time, we definitely won't have to worry about the problem of registering players. The reason why we're providing nine leveling methods in a leveling area is mainly because we're tailor-made. Another reason is that if we're only targeting a single class, we're afraid that players of other classes will maliciously cause trouble. But this time, the situation was different. Eight hundred leveling areas were activated at the same time. We could have one hundred leveling areas for Mages, one hundred for Warriors, one hundred for Thieves, and so on and so forth. The last hundred would be for special needs. Isn't this simpler and more convenient to operate? "
"That's right!!" Five Nights became spirited when he heard this idea. Why didn't he think of it just now? It seemed that he was too worried. Five Nights patted his head and looked at Jian Nan gratefully. Although this way, he would return to the one hour for a leveling area that he initially disliked, after experiencing such ups and downs, one hour for a leveling area made him feel incomparably happy.
At this time, Gu Fei also added some information, "One hour for a leveling area is 104 days. You also felt that it was a bit too long just now. But coincidentally, I have something else to tell you. After this, we can reduce the number of leveling areas. Won't the time be shortened? "
Five Nights was startled after hearing this. The number of leveling areas would be reduced, but it meant that the income would also be greatly reduced! Just as he was thinking about this, Gu Fei continued, "The efficient leveling method isn't without requirements for monsters. Levels and classes aren't actually too important. The most important thing is that the monsters have to be humanoid."
"Humanoid monsters?" Five Nights was startled.
"That's right. Humanoid monsters don't have to be human. As long as they stand and act like humans, it's fine. For example, Werewolves. But those crawling animals, flying birds and insects, and those Elemental Wandering Souls that had no hands or face were definitely out of the question. If you still think there are too many after removing these, you can also remove the humanoid monsters that use spell chanting as an attack method. If that's not enough … "
"It's enough, it's enough. Let me calculate, let me calculate." Five Nights was anxious. It turned out that not all 800 leveling areas could be played, but they still had to be deleted. Furthermore, the requirement for the humanoid monsters was quite harsh. In such a fantastical world, the non-human creatures that Gu Fei had just mentioned were naturally the main characters. In the scenes where they acted as rehearsal level NPCs, they were more than enough to compete with the humanoid monsters. Five Nights estimated that with Gu Fei's words, half of the leveling areas would be deleted. This meant that half of the income would be lost. Five Nights felt his heart ache just thinking about it.
A large pile of information returned to his hands. He distributed it to the ten people beside him and began to quickly organize it. Naturally, the information on the monsters in the leveling areas was also listed. It was easy to tell whether they were humans or ghosts. But even so, the statistics still took a long time. In the end, everyone reported the numbers to each other and the results came out. Five Nights was very depressed. The parallel world really wasn't a normal human society. After this calculation, the number of humanoid monsters was even less than he had imagined. There were only 331 leveling areas, which was still over a hundred away from being half!
"331 …" Five Nights reported the numbers to Gu Fei and the others while calculating in his heart. On the other side, Jiannan directly calculated: "331 leveling areas. According to the 40,000 people we previously leveled at the White Mill, each person will be charged 99 gold coins. That will be 1.31 billion gold coins. According to the current exchange rate of 100 gold coins to 30 RMB, it will be around 300 million gold coins. How much is it? "
"20%." Gu Fei said.
"Then the bottom line is 60 million." Jiannan nodded and said.
"No, no, no … …" Five Nights had already begun to shake his head. When he received the information, he had already roughly estimated the profits. Of course, he had already prepared for it. Although 800 had become 300, the principle was still the same. After Five Nights shouted "no", he continued, "Right now, 331 leveling areas are open at the same time. It's completely different from when you only opened one leveling area. We can't use your numbers to calculate here. "
"Then how do you think we should calculate it?" Gu Fei asked.
"There's a problem that I've been emphasizing, and that is the risk! It's mainly from the gaming company. Frankly speaking, I don't think this deal will end well. It's very likely that we'll be stopped by the gaming company right from the start. So, my plan is different from your original actions. This time, we put up the signboard of 331 leveling areas. This influence is too big. We don't have time to wait for one or two days for players to register. At most, we'll have to start teaching in one or two hours! This is because we need to race against time with the gaming company. Perhaps the moment we put up the advertisement, they'll already be holding a meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter. We have to get ahead of them as soon as possible and make as much money as possible. That's why there's a lot of flexibility in how much we can earn from this trip. This, combined with the game company's reaction, is something we can't predict. Using your method to get 40,000 people isn't a good idea for us, "Five Nights said.
"Oh? Then what will you do if the gaming company asks you to stop? "Gu Fei asked.
"That can't be helped. We, Inky, have a partial partnership with the gaming company. If they ask us to stop, we have to comply." Five Nights said.
"Then, after they ask us to stop, what should we do for the players who have already paid the money but haven't had time to learn the efficient leveling method?" Gu Fei asked.
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[Butterfly Knot: The connecting plot is expected to be completed tomorrow. Next week will be the content of the new generation!]
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