After sending Zhang Zuting off, everyone in Shang Yang Games began to edit the footage into a suitable advertisement.
Advertisements on webpages, video websites, and other places all required different formats and durations. For example, some advertisements could only be banners or pop-up windows while others could be short videos that lasted a few seconds or more.
Thus, the same footage had to be edited into many different formats.
Naturally, they had to think of a way to retain the best parts of the advertisement if they wanted to cut a ten-second advertisement into a few seconds.
At that moment, everyone began to realize how forward-looking Boss Pei was.
The video that he had recorded could be a perfect web-based game advertisement any time they wanted!
This was because Zhang Zuting's lines were basically all short sentences, and they contained a lot of information. If they were randomly cut and put together, it wouldn't affect the original meaning too much. This gave a lot of room for editing in the later stages of the script.
If players got tired of watching an advertisement in the future, they could edit it slightly and create a new advertisement.
"Boss Pei, Zhang Zuting's Mandarin is not very good. It sounds a little awkward. Should we find a voice actor to do the voice-over? Voice acting is not expensive now, anyway, "Ye Zhizhou suggested.
Pei Qian immediately shook his head. "No, that's it! You have to believe in the acting skills and lines of a movie king. What's more, this kind of natural feeling can subtly close the gap between the actor and the audience. If we find a professional to do the voice-over, we would lose our soul, understand? "
"Er …" Ye Zhizhou vaguely felt that there was something wrong with what Pei Qian said.
However, on further thought, such an awkward video had already been filmed. Why would he care about editing it?
According to Director Lin's guess, Boss Pei had purposely hired a has-been star to film such an awkward video to attract traditional web-based gamers to play the game.
Since that was the case, the advertisement had nothing to do with being classy. It seemed reasonable to edit it a little more awkwardly.
At that thought, Ye Zhizhou did not say anything else. He obediently prepared the publicity materials. Once the game was developed, these advertisements would be distributed everywhere.
Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been developed for about one and a half months.
Although the game was created from scratch, the gameplay was basically based on Bloody Battle Song's mature gameplay. Many art resources were also very clear. All they had to do was update the game.
Most of the work was on the art. The game's art had been outsourced to several companies, and they were producing resources very quickly.
According to estimates, the game should be completed in early September. That was slightly faster than expected.
The earlier the game was developed, the earlier they could spend more time testing, fine-tuning the specific game data, and race against time with the other competing games …
All in all, there were many advantages.
Now that the publicity was done, Ye Zhizhou planned to focus all his energy on research so that the game could be released to gamers.
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On the other side, Pei Qian was also busy.
He kept an eye on Tengda Games' development progress while keeping an eye on Fei Huang Workspace's situation.
Repent and be Saved's research and development was going smoothly. At the moment, it was about 60% complete. Based on this rate of progress, including testing, adjustments, and optimization, the game would only be officially released in mid-October.
Pei Qian asked Li Yada to come up with a demo soon because he wanted to experience it for himself.
On one hand, he wanted to see if the game was as difficult as he expected. On the other hand, he wanted to find a chance to sneak Boss Pei's personal weapon into the game. He wanted to put it in a place that no one would expect.
The System's requirement was that Pei Qian had to complete the game with his own strength.
To be fair, Pei Qian was not a noob. Of course, he was not very strong either.
He was just an ordinary gamer. He could carry the game in the patient's bureau.
The System had set such a requirement mainly to prevent Pei Qian from taking advantage of loopholes.
For example, Pei Qian had set the monsters in the first stage to be many times stronger than the players' basic attributes. Whether it was their attack power, attack frequency, movement speed, or other attributes, they would crush the players. No matter how strong the players were, they would be defeated in a second. Only a few godly players would barely be able to pass.
That was equivalent to maliciously dissuading players from playing the game. That was very unreasonable.
Now, the System's requirement meant that an average gamer with a good understanding of the game (Pei Qian could fully understand the game's mechanisms) would be able to pass the game after trying many times.
That way, although the game might still be difficult, it would at least give most players a chance to persevere.
However, Pei Qian was very smart. Naturally, he could think of a countermeasure.
He had considered the matter from three perspectives.
First, the System asked me to complete the game, but it did not say how long I would take to complete it!
I would have to play the game a hundred times. I would have to play it from the moment the demo came out. I would have to play it until the day before the game was released.
Second, the System did not ask me to use any method to complete the game.
I would have to hide an extremely powerful weapon in the game. Ordinary people would not be able to find it. I would have to use it to hack and slash my way through the game.
Finally, the System did not ask me which ending I should complete.
I could create many endings for the game. One of them only required me to complete 30% of the game. Then, as long as I completed the shortest ending, wouldn't I be considered to have completed the game?
Thus, Pei Qian was already prepared. Once Repent and be Saved's demo came out, he would put in his special weapon and start practicing.
The game's demo would probably be out in two or three days. Then, Boss Pei would have to get busy.
It sounded bitter, but as the saying went, 'Only by going through the worst of the worst'. If he wanted to incur losses, how could he not work hard?
He had invested almost twenty million yuan into Repent and be Saved. He could not afford to lose anything!
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On top of that, Pei Qian considered changing some of the company's rules.
At the moment, Tengda Games had project bonuses and dividends. Fifteen percent of the game's net profits would be distributed to all employees as bonuses.
Fei Huang Workspace was about the same. Thirty percent of its profits would be distributed to its employees as a form of reward.
Pei Qian's original intention for this system was to distribute as much money as possible so that he would have less System Funds on hand.
However, after thinking about it for a while, Pei Qian suddenly felt that there was a huge problem with this system!
The project's dividends were so high. Of course, all the employees were focused on earning money!
Take Fei Huang Workspace for example. They did not earn any money from the documentary. Thus, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were still receiving basic salaries. They did not receive any bonuses at all.
Although Pei Qian had given them a high base salary, their own income had actually decreased even though the documentary had gained a good reputation.
Thus, they had decided to do digital reviews and short videos this time. They had increased their sponsored partnerships. Could this have something to do with it?
Of course, they also hoped that they would not let Boss Pei down. They wanted Fei Huang Workspace to earn more money and not have Boss Pei fill the hole.
However, earning more bonuses for themselves was probably part of their motivation.
Thus, the more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss.
This bonus distribution system seemed like drinking poison to quench one's thirst!
Although more money would be distributed in the short term, it would greatly stimulate the employees' motivation to earn money. That evil money would be closer to Boss Pei!
Thus, this system had to be changed!
Of course, it was impossible to deduct these bonuses. That was not something humans would do.
Moreover, wouldn't he be creating trouble for himself and increasing the pressure of incurring losses if he kept all these bonuses in his hands?
Thus, Pei Qian needed a solution that satisfied both sides.
He could distribute the money and make the employees less obsessed with earning money.
After thinking about it for a while, Pei Qian quickly thought of a good idea.
While ensuring that the employees' benefits would remain the same or even increase slightly, he could change the standard for distributing bonuses from profits to reputation!
In other words, the bonuses would be based on how much the project earned in the past. Now, they would be based on the project's reputation!
The better the reputation of the project, the higher the bonuses. Even a project like Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly that lost money could be maximized as long as the reputation was good enough.
For example, the reputation rating of each project could be divided into four grades: SABC, SABC, and PR. According to the investment of the project, each different reputation rating would be able to get different percentages of bonuses to be distributed to the project members.
When it came to different projects, the distribution method would also be different.
For example, games projects were basically long-term profitable projects. Thus, the cycle for distributing bonuses would be longer. The popularity of videos would be concentrated in the first three months. Thus, these bonuses would be distributed in one go.
This way, the employees would gradually be guided to shift their focus from profits to reputation.
He had to encourage everyone to work on projects that were not profitable but earned reputation. That way, Boss Pei would not earn money while giving employees a huge sum of bonuses. Wouldn't it be killing two birds with one stone?
Of course, there would definitely be projects that were profitable and had a good reputation.
However, such projects were in the minority.
In most cases, a good reputation and making more money conflicted. It would be difficult to take care of both.
Thus, Pei Qian planned to consider the feasibility of this method. He would come up with a specific rule and strive to implement it before the new game was released.
As long as such a rule could be established and recognized by all employees, the impact would be far-reaching. It could be said to be beneficial for future generations.
The thought of all employees racking their brains to build reputation instead of racking their brains to think of ways to make money made Pei Qian feel as if the entire company had become more noble!
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