Pei Qian flipped through the post and fell into deep thought.
The gamers were amazing …
He might not be able to beat them even if he worked as a porter.
Pei Qian might be able to think of many heroes based on his memory, but every MOBA game's hero was closely related to the game itself. For example, DOTA, LOL, and Heroes of the Storm had hero swaps that conflicted with the game's mechanics.
GOG had become a different game from all the MOBA games that Pei Qian remembered after repeated modifications. Heroes from other games might not be suitable.
What's more, Pei Qian only remembered the hero's name, settings, and general skills.
The plans provided by the gamers each had their own advantages.
Some of them had exquisite concept art, and they looked like they had the upper hand. Some of them were designed using Tengda employees or existing IP prototypes. They were more popular in terms of settings. Even those that were purely based on skills did not seem to be inferior to the heroes that Pei Qian was going to move.
Pei Qian thought about it and decided to move only one.
The players were so enthusiastic and enthusiastic that they must have spent a lot of time creating these heroes. Although 99% of the design proposals would not be adopted, they would not be tired of it.
Since GOG had become a crowdfunded game, it would be best to leave its design to the gamers. It would be best if it did not become a second LOL. That would be quite boring.
There would only be two outcomes if Pei Qian moved dozens of heroes over.
The first outcome would be that Pei Qian would take all the rewards while the gamers would not get a share. That would seem to be letting down the gamers who supported him so enthusiastically. Pei Qian might hate the gamers for giving him money, but he could not bear to see their hard work go to waste.
The second outcome would be that Pei Qian moved many heroes but could not compete with the other gamers because he did not have animations or because it did not match the game's mechanics. That would be even more awkward, and he would seem to be letting down the original designers of these heroes.
After thinking about it, Pei Qian felt that he was living a carefree life and could still make a few hundred thousand yuan through losses. That was much better than the other gamers. It was not as if he could not afford to eat. He would not have to take all the profits from the 5% skins.
What's more, the competition between GOG and IOI would be affected as well. It would be very awkward if Lin Wan did not return if he was not careful.
Thus, Pei Qian decided to stick to his previous idea of moving only one hero.
Who should he move?
Of course, Happy Man!
Actually, the 5% skin benefit wasn't important at all. I just wanted the players to feel pure happiness.
Pei Qian was too familiar with the skills of the Child Tampering Rope.
However, after typing two lines, Pei Qian thought for a moment and deleted them.
The image of a ronin was too popular. What if this hero defeated IOI? Could Lin Wan still go home?
After careful consideration, Pei Qian felt that this 5% benefit would not be much in the early stages.
That was because GOG's skins were cheap to begin with. What's more, the first few skins were discounted by ten percent and thirty percent. Before GOG truly occupied the market, there would not be many players. The initial five percent would not be much money.
However, in the early stages, a good hero would greatly improve GOG's image. It could easily cause real damage to IOI.
Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to only move the hero mechanism.
If the design team accepted it, then let them design the image themselves. If the design team didn't accept it, they could consider moving the hero's image over as well.
At that thought, Pei Qian started typing again without leaving the hero's name or characteristics. He only wrote down the mechanism of all the skills.
"Alright, I'm done!
I don't know if the production team will accept it … I'll leave it to fate. "
Pei Qian had a GOG account that was tied to his identity. However, unless GOG's project team deliberately checked, they would not know that the account belonged to Boss Pei.
…
…
May 9th, Monday …
Pei Qian woke up as usual and went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for lunch.
He opened his cell phone and glanced at it. The post that he had posted had not been accepted. Of course, no other hero designs had been accepted either.
Pei Qian was very satisfied because it meant that GOG's project team did not work overtime yesterday.
They would probably only see this post when they officially started work today.
There was no need to rush this matter. He would wait patiently.
After lunch, Pei Qian ordered a cup of coffee and enjoyed the afternoon sun while sipping it slowly.
Life was so satisfying.
It would be even more satisfying if my employees could work hard to make me lose more money.
Ruan Guangjian pushed the door open and entered while he was sipping his coffee.
Obviously, it was time to buy coffee as usual.
Ruan Guangjian was slightly surprised to see Boss Pei, but he quickly smiled and sat opposite Boss Pei.
"Boss Pei, what a rare guest."
He carefully observed Pei Qian's expression. "Boss Pei, you don't seem to be affected by that incident?"
Pei Qian was confused. "What incident are you referring to?"
Ruan Guangjian confirmed that Boss Pei's expression was indeed confused. It was not an act.
"That's right. Boss Pei is busy with work. He probably does not have that much time to pay attention to these things.
"I'm talking about the screening of Tomorrow is Beautiful in overseas cinemas last weekend."
Pei Qian's hand trembled as he held the coffee.
It's over.
What was supposed to happen had happened!
He had heard such bad news early in the morning, oh no, at noon!
This matter had dragged on for a long time. After all, a movie had to go through a complicated process to be screened overseas.
It had been so long that Pei Qian had almost subconsciously forgotten about it.
However, Ruan Guangjian's words had directly evoked Pei Qian's fear of being dominated by Tomorrow is Beautiful.
He still remembered the night he went to watch the movie premiere. The huge bucket of popcorn had made him choke speechlessly.
Pei Qian was very angry after a brief moment of shock.
Ruan Guangjian, nothing good ever happens to you!
What's more, what does it have to do with you that the movie is screened overseas? Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce should be the ones to stab me in the back. Who would stab others in the back like you?
Focus on your painting. Why are you interfering?!
Pei Qian forced himself to remain calm. "You like watching this movie too?"
Ruan Guangjian nodded vigorously. "Of course, I'm a loyal fan of this movie! I watched it several times! What's more, aren't many actors in Struggle just minor roles in this movie? I even specially subscribed to the movie on the website so that I can watch it at any time. "
Pei Qian: "…"
You watched it several times in the cinema and bought it on the website. Are you afraid that I'm not dead enough?
Pei Qian was speechless. He did not want to talk to this fellow anymore.
Ruan Guangjian could not help but be stunned when he saw Boss Pei's gloomy expression and lack of interest. "Eh, Boss Pei, I thought you didn't know that Tomorrow is Beautiful was screening overseas?
"Judging from your reaction … how did you know that Tomorrow is Beautiful's overseas box office was not good?
"Could you have … guessed it? Did you expect it? "
Pei Qian's gloomy eyes lit up again.
"Eh?"
The box office was not good?
Did that mean that foreigners did not like this movie?
Great, this was a pleasant surprise!
Pei Qian had been scared before. He thought that if the movie earned tens of millions of yuan when it was screened overseas, what would he do then?
However, it was a false alarm after hearing Ruan Guangjian's words!
It looked like Ruan Guangjian had been paying attention to the overseas box office of this movie. He knew that the box office was not doing well and took the initiative to mention this today to comfort me.
I've wronged him!
Pei Qian was very happy. He immediately called the waiter. "Give me a cocktail! No, two glasses! "
Such a good thing had to be celebrated!
Two glasses of wine were quickly served. Pei Qian handed one to Ruan Guangjian.
Ruan Guangjian waved his hand. "Er, Boss Pei, I have work in the afternoon. I can't drink."
"It's alright, I'll drink it myself." Pei Qian did not mind and placed the two glasses of wine in front of him.
Ruan Guangjian hesitated for a moment but still took one. "Forget it, I'll make an exception today. I'll drink with Boss Pei."
Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt a little sad looking at Boss Pei's forced smile.
That was because he understood this feeling very well. It was the sadness of not being understood by others for the work that he had poured all his heart and soul into.
Tomorrow is Beautiful was so good and had such deep meaning! He had even specially prepared an all-English voice so that foreigners could enjoy a smooth viewing experience without having to read the subtitles.
In the end, the movie was not very popular. Ruan Guangjian immediately felt like a pearl before swine.
After clinking their glasses, both of them took a sip and put their glasses down.
Ruan Guangjian thought for a moment and comforted him. "Boss Pei, I think you don't have to worry too much about this.
"The overseas showtimes of domestic films are low to begin with. In recent years, the influence of domestic films in the overseas market has been declining year after year. It's also very difficult to carry out overwhelming publicity overseas. It's normal that the box office is not high.
"At least as far as I know, Tomorrow is Beautiful has a good reputation among the overseas audience. That means that it's not a problem with the film. Perhaps it's because of some other objective reason …"
Pei Qian could not help but rejoice.
I don't care what the reason is!
Everything is fine as long as it is not profitable.
He did not expect Ruan Guangjian to bring him such great news today.
Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, and the others were still in shock therapy. Pei Qian did not know if they were happy or not.
They probably already knew about this, right?
However, they did not report it to him.
Yes, that was reasonable. After all, it was not something to be proud of.
Ruan Guangjian finished his cocktail, took the coffee prepared by the waiter, and stood up to leave.
"Boss Pei, I'm busy with work. I'll leave first."
Pei Qian nodded. "Ah, alright.
"You've just moved here, and you're already 'busy with work'? It looks like the relocation of the workspace did not affect your work that much. "
Pei Qian was in a good mood so he casually replied.
Ruan Guangjian smiled knowingly. "The relocation of the workspace had a huge impact. Several companies that had business dealings with us in Shanghai had already broken off because of poor communication.
"However, it doesn't matter. In any case, Boss Pei, your projects are enough to support our entire workspace."
Pei Qian: "?"
Ruan Guangjian smiled and continued speaking. "We have a full set of original art for Struggle, two new heroes and many new skins for GOG every month. Our workspace is now at full speed.
"Thanks to Boss Pei, rent and various expenses have been reduced, but the workload has not changed. What's more, they are all high-quality orders from Tengda … Our workspace's income has increased significantly!
"Moving the workspace to Jingzhou is definitely the best decision I've ever made!"
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