"Congratulations! Your game, Ghost General, has obtained the Most Popular New Game of the Month recommendation from the mobile games section. Please try not to update within this period of time to prevent unknown bugs from affecting your gaming experience … "
Pei Qian's heart died at the sight of that message.
Not again! Not again!
It was a chain reaction that never came alone!
Actually, be it The Lonely Desert Road or Ghost General, both of them became popular due to a low probability event.
The Lonely Desert Road became popular because of Teacher Qiao's dissing video while Ghost General became popular because of Ruan Guangjian's original art that became popular among the artists on Weibo.
If that was the only reason, the consequences wouldn't have been that severe.
After all, both of those low probability events only affected a small portion of the population.
If there wasn't any subsequent popularity, the game would have died down eventually.
However, the crux of the matter was the automatic recommendation system on ESRO's official platform!
ESRO's official platform would compare the data of games that were released at the same time and the game with better data would naturally get a better recommendation spot.
Be it The Lonely Desert Road or Ghost General, both of them were judged as real by the official platform after the data of the small probability event skyrocketed. Then, they were naturally promoted to a higher spot.
Furthermore, the unique characteristics of both games caused their data to rise even further after they obtained the recommendation spot …
With that, the situation had spiraled out of control!
Right now, Ghost General had a huge recommendation spot on the mobile games section – the Most Popular New Game of the Month! With that recommendation, the number of users entering the game every single minute was astronomical!
Coupled with Ghost General's high ratings and the praises in the comments section …
The consequences were unimaginable!
In fact, Pei Qian did not even dare to look at the data on the platform anymore. The more he looked, the more despair he felt!
He really wanted to go to the official platform and ask them to stop giving his game recommendation spots. Please!
However, he could not do that.
That was because the official platform's recommendation was based on data. Furthermore, that was a violation of the rules and would result in a warning from the system.
It was only now that Pei Qian truly understood that saying.
There was nothing one could do in the pugilistic world!
…
Standing alone on the rooftop of the dormitory, Pei Qian had mixed feelings.
He did not want to stay in the dormitory anymore. It was nearing settlement time and he was afraid that Ma Yang would hear him crying.
The system screen appeared in Pei Qian's vision – it was time for the Wealth Conversion System once more.
[Profit Conversion Ratio 100: 1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1: 1]
[Calculation coming soon …]
[Personal Wealth: 224.6]
[Calculating …]
[Wealth conversion in progress …]
[Personal Wealth: 2371.8 (↑ 2147.2)]
Pei Qian looked at the lines of numbers and felt a little hopeless.
Never in his wildest dreams did he expect card games to be so profitable!
Out of the 500,000, a portion of it was the subsequent income from The Lonely Desert Road. After all, the game was still running, and the accumulated income of one yuan was quite considerable.
But it was only a very small part.
Most of the income came from Ghost General!
Pei Qian did a rough calculation with his shallow mathematical knowledge.
Within a week, Ghost General's net income was about 500,000 yuan, which meant that the cash flow was a million yuan.
Next week, as the popularity of the game continued to grow, players would continue to flood in, and the income would only increase!
Even if the game had low purchase points and was lacking in subsequent income, the market was huge after all. It would take at least two to three months for the game to show signs of fatigue!
Based on those numbers, there was a high chance that the monthly income of the game could reach more than 5 million yuan!
A mobile game with a monthly income of 5 million yuan was actually just average. If it was a small company with 20 to 30 people, it would probably be considered to be moderately well off.
However, it was different for Pei Qian – he was the one who had created the game right from the start!
Ma Yang merely gave him a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan and helped him fill out the requirement form. As for the rest of the templates and art resources, he had to buy them for a total of 300,000 yuan.
Not only was the game able to recoup its cost within the first week, it had even earned a net profit of 200,000 yuan!
Even though the numbers weren't extremely exaggerated, Pei Qian felt like he had lost all hope in life!
What was even more depressing was the fact that Ghost General would continue to provide him with income in the future!
Qute Three Kingdoms had been running for a year and it was still doing well …
What did that mean?
It meant that even if Pei Qian tried his best to lose money in the future, he might not be able to do so!
Every month from now on, there would be a stable amount of money entering the System Funds. As for the system's determination of losses, it would be based on the basic amount of the System Funds!
Take this settlement for example. The system's method of determining profit and loss was extremely simple – it would compare the current value of the System Funds with the original value of 300,000 yuan. If it was above 300,000 yuan, it would be a profit and if it was below 300,000 yuan, it would be a loss.
If there were additional entries every month and the System Funds were always higher than the initial amount provided by the system, the system would determine that Pei Qian was making a profit!
Grievous news, shocking grievous news!
Pei Qian wanted to die.
"It can't be that bad, right?"
"I earned 200,000 yuan but only managed to convert it into 2,000 yuan?"
"Furthermore, I can earn money just by lying down in the future? I can't even make a loss now?"
"No, something must have gone wrong! Calm down, calm down!"
"Let me think about it carefully. Things shouldn't be that bad …"
Just as Pei Qian composed himself, a new entry appeared on the screen of the system.
"Indeed …"
"I'm having a mental breakdown!"
Pei Qian was certain that his earlier guess was correct!
The system would top up the System Funds with every settlement.
The time of settlement and the amount of the System Funds replenishment were different every time.
The top-up amount this time was 500,000 yuan. Since Pei Qian's System Funds were already above 500,000 yuan, there were no additional entries.
If Pei Qian had lost 300,000 yuan previously, he would have 500,000 yuan this time around …
Pei Qian felt like he had nothing left to live for.
The 300,000 yuan that he was so sure of initially had turned into 2,000 yuan.
Who could take that?!
Furthermore, the System Funds had increased by another 1,000 yuan in just a few short minutes.
That was because Ghost General was still generating profits continuously.
Pei Qian was melancholic and even started doubting himself.
"Could it be that I should change my way of thinking? Should I still think about how to earn money in the future? "
"No, it's too late …"
"Furthermore, I might not have such good luck in the future."
At that moment, Pei Qian even had the thought of 'should I think about earning money in the future'. However, he dispelled that thought before long.
The reason was simple. The price-performance ratio was way too low and there wasn't much that could be done!
Be it The Lonely Desert Road or Ghost General, luck played a huge part in their success!
Would Pei Qian still have such good luck in the future? That might not be the case!
What he was afraid of was trying to earn money in the truest possible way. Wouldn't that be too awkward if he didn't earn much or lose anything?
The key was that the model had already been chosen and could not be changed!
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