At the same time, in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's Handong University branch …
Pei Qian silently scrolled through He An's long Weibo post and the players' comments below it. He was dumbfounded and dumbfounded.
"I see! I understand, I understand!
"I said that this game felt weird when it was released. Now, it's all smoothed out!
"Has Boss Pei's game reached such a level? Only the most influential people in the domestic gaming circle can explain it clearly?
"I really believed the official Weibo post before. I thought that Struggle condensed reality and turned it into a mirror. Everyone could see some truth in the game. "However, after reading the big boss's explanation, I finally understood that I was only on the first level. Struggle actually has a second, third, and fourth level!
"Heh, Boss Pei, I'm a thousand-layer cake.
"Tengda Games is really terrifying. Repent and be Saved only broke the Dimensional Wall once, but Struggle broke the Dimensional Wall countless times. There's no end to it. Are you okay with the Dimensional Wall?"
Among the many comments, one of the long comments received the most likes.
"What touched me the most was the spirit contained in 'Struggle'. The interpretation of 'struggle' itself was like subverting those basic theories, but it coincided with them on a higher level."
"According to the big boss' interpretation, on the surface, Struggle completely violates all basic theories. However, after careful analysis, you will find that this game actually elevates all basic theories and coincides with these theories at a higher level.
"The concept of 'struggle' is the same. In fact, the main content of the game is all about deconstructing struggle. It keeps telling us that the rich struggle in the clouds while the poor struggle in the mud. The rich tell the poor that they can climb to the clouds through struggle, but that is a lie. The poor tell their children that hard work can change their lives, but that is also a white lie.
"This game mercilessly exposed this lie and made many people who were deceived suddenly realize it.
"On the surface, this game seems to be denying the change of life through struggle. It seems to be saying that the rich are in the clouds while the poor are in the mud. No matter how hard they work, they can't change this difference.
"However, through the 'consumerism' section, we can compare it with reality and realize that we can still change our lives through struggle in reality.
"This struggle is not a concrete action, but a state of mind, a choice. Before we sink to the bottom of the quagmire and never be able to rise again, we should try our best to find every opportunity to live a better life and create greater value. This is what it means to struggle. "
"Therefore, even if we struggle to reach the clouds, we still can't lose hope in life, because life is about making the right choices, and giving up is never the right choice."
Below this long comment, there were many people sharing their own stories.
"This reminds me of that saying: We don't step onto the stage that we chose, and we don't play the script that we chose. Perhaps this script is painful, but as long as we work hard to play it well, there will be brilliance in the pain."
"I reflect. My parents give me good living conditions and force me to work hard all the time. When I saw that many poor people were free and undisciplined, I thought that it was their laziness that caused their poverty. But now I know that I was wrong, because not everyone has the same conditions as me. I bought both the poor and rich versions, hoping that this game can constantly remind me not to make the same mistakes as the rich protagonist. "
"Indeed, I think that both the poor and rich versions are trying to make the poor and the rich understand each other better. So that the poor don't have to look up to the rich, so that they won't be deceived by the rich's words; so that the rich look down at the poor, so that they can swallow their arrogance. "
"This game is a bridge between the poor and the rich. Perhaps these two groups will never understand each other, but at least this bridge exists and has its own voice, and that is meaningful."
"Therefore, the best way is not to buy the poor or rich versions, but to buy both! Looking at one's own life can make one resonate and reflect; looking at the lives of others can make one understand the blind spots of one's vision. Only by playing the poor and rich versions together can one understand the true meaning of this game! "
"So that's why buying both versions will be more expensive? I understand, I'll buy it, I'm willing to spend the extra thirty yuan! "
"To be able to make players willingly spend more money to buy the game, and they feel comfortable doing so, what a f * cking genius at pricing!"
"You don't have to buy it, cloud clearance."
"Brother, listen to me. You can indeed cloud clearance, but cloud clearance will never be able to feel the kind of emotion that the game brings to you. Why is the game called the ninth art? It's because it can be interactive! Cloud clearance, you'll be a bystander the entire time. You can't make your own decisions. How can that be called interactive? "
"Everyone can make their own choices. You can ignore it, cloud clearance, buy only the rich version, or buy both versions … I think Boss Pei won't really care. 'Struggle' has become a hot topic on the internet. It's so popular that even people who don't play games are paying attention to it. As an interactive movie game, its mission has been successfully achieved. "
"However, I still think that capable people who really love domestically-produced standalone games should buy both versions for their collection. After all, it's a kind of luck to be able to play such a game!"
…
After reading the comments, Pei Qian quietly closed the lid of his laptop.
Crazy, this world has gone crazy!
Pei Qian had thought that he had put in a lot of effort to seal Teacher Qiao and could boldly wait for 'Struggle' to lose money.
He had not expected He An to jump out!
What's more, that official Weibo post inexplicably gave He An some inspiration, allowing him to find the right spot to stab Pei Qian in the back and strike!
Pei Qian was dumbfounded after reading He An's analysis and theories.
He An said that any creator would project their own thoughts when they were creating something.
However, Pei Qian really wanted to say that he really did not!
He decided to do this only because he thought that gamers would hate it!
As for 'going against all four game design theories', there was no need to talk about it. Pei Qian did it on purpose!
After He An explained the four theories, Pei Qian deliberately did the opposite. In the end, Teacher He was the one who gave the lecture, and you were the one who judged me to be right after I wrote the wrong answers. Can't you be more accurate?!
What I want to know is, how do you make a game fail?
In the end, I did everything as a failure. You're telling me that I just happened to go around in circles and succeeded?
That's ridiculous!
That's ridiculous!
Pei Qian was furious. This blame should obviously be placed on Teacher He!
The theories that you taught me obviously have a huge loophole. Otherwise, why would I still not lose money after doing the opposite of your theories?
The most infuriating thing was that He An had posted a long Weibo post and played the role of Teacher Qiao!
I thought that as an old official of the domestic games industry, you would definitely have some brilliant ideas to post on Weibo. I didn't expect you to say such vulgar words!
Sad, too sad!
Pei Qian was not convinced. He had to seek justice!
It was almost Friday, and He An was coming to Jingzhou to teach again. He had to explain clearly in this last lesson why the theories that you taught me were not useful at all! They were all wrong!
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September 9th, Friday …
Pei Qian angrily went to a cafe near Handong University.
Since its release on September 3rd, Struggle's online reviews had changed twice. In the end, the official platform's rating was fixed at 9.5, and the TPDb website's rating was 9.3.
Pei Qian could not bear to look at this score!
It had even surpassed Repent and be Saved.
Repent and be Saved's initial rating had been very low. However, as time passed, its rating had been slowly increasing. Now, it had risen to 9.2.
However, Boss Pei had high hopes for Struggle to surpass Repent and be Saved's rating in just one week. That made him feel that it was ridiculous!
Of course, no matter how good a game was, it could not satisfy everyone.
The content that gamers interpreted would definitely not be suitable for everyone. Some people might be tired of fighting and want to rest. They might feel that there was no point in fighting. They would definitely not accept the game's thinking and might even give it a one-star rating.
However, that could not be helped. There was no work in the world that could satisfy everyone. Just like He An said, the key was to see what it encouraged and what it rejected.
Not encouraging positivity would be encouraging self-abandonment. Obviously, the latter should not be encouraged under any circumstances.
Constantly spreading negative energy could indeed gain attention by provoking some people's negative emotions, and then profit from it, but everyone should clearly understand that this was wrong behavior.
Negative energy could not make people's lives better.
The sales figures of Struggle did not seem to be very exaggerated at the moment. If they were to extend it to a year, they would probably earn a little. There was less than a month left until settlement. It was impossible to earn back the investment in the game no matter how they looked at it.
That was a blessing in disguise.
It was obvious that Pei Qian's initial investment, meticulous production, and free game production model had achieved the desired effect.
However, no matter what, Boss Pei was wronged!
At first, he had hoped that he would not receive fame and fortune. However, he did not receive much profit, but he had received too much fame!
Struggle had successfully broken out of the industry. Not only were gamers paying attention to it, but many people who did not play games were paying attention as well. There were many videos of Struggle on Aili Island, and the number of discussions about it was high.
What Pei Qian wanted to do most now was to question Teacher He An.
Didn't he say that he would die if he violated all four conditions? What's wrong with me, then?
Is there something wrong with your content, Teacher?
Pei Qian drank his coffee angrily. Soon, He An arrived.
"Teacher He, about the matter of Struggle …"
Pei Qian was just about to ask why everything you said did not add up. However, He An laughed and interrupted Pei Qian.
"Boss Ma, I know what you want to say!"
Pei Qian: "?"
He An sat opposite Pei Qian. "Did you tell Boss Pei all the basic theories that I taught you?"
Pei Qian's mind was filled with question marks.
？
I told myself?
Pei Qian was a little confused. "Why do you say that?"
He An smiled. "Isn't it obvious? How could a game like Struggle so coincidentally violate all four basic principles that I said? Do I have telepathy with Boss Pei? Of course not!
"Boss Ma, you must have inadvertently mentioned this to Boss Pei, and Boss Pei happened to use Struggle to show off his skills!
"Why do you say it's showing off?
"That's because only the game creator can see the knack of this. Gamers can't see it at all!
"Boss Pei deliberately used this game to break all four principles. At the same time, he coincided with these four principles on a higher level. This is equivalent to writing a textbook."
"Boss Pei must know that you're learning in this area, so he used this game to provide reference and help for your learning!
"Before this, I judged that you and Boss Pei must be best friends and can talk about anything. Now, I'm even more certain of this. Boss Pei, in terms of development time, I don't think this game was specially made for your teaching. However, many of the details must have been adjusted for your teaching! "
"I have to say, Boss Ma, your friendship with Boss Pei is really enviable.
"Boss Ma, can you arrange a time for me to meet Boss Pei? I really want to get to know such an excellent producer! "
Pei Qian was stunned by He An's words. He could not say a single word of the speech that he had thought of before.
Where did our brain waves go?!
I'm talking about the bumper; you're talking about the tail!
He An analyzed so much and really analyzed Ma Yang's character characteristics and the relationship between the two of them. Apart from the fact that Ma Yang was Pei Qian.
This made people feel very hopeless!
That was because the more He An analyzed, the closer he felt he was to the truth. The impression in his mind was constantly strengthening.
Pei Qian realized that after he took on the identity of Ma Yang, a series of inexplicable misunderstandings had occurred. He could not explain them at all!
Now, He An was sure that he was Ma Yang. If he were to tell him that he was actually Boss Pei, wouldn't the old man faint on the spot?
Therefore, Pei Qian could only swallow the words that he had been holding back silently.
It couldn't be helped. Who asked him to wear a disguise and be born a dwarf …
Forget it. On account of the old man's age, he would let this matter pass.
Pei Qian was just about to say that class should begin when he suddenly noticed that He An was not holding the prepared teaching materials in his hands.
He immediately felt that something was wrong.
"Er … Teacher He, don't tell me we're going to talk about Struggle in today's class?"
He An smiled. "Not bad, Boss Ma. You're getting more and more enlightened! You also think that Struggle is the most suitable lesson today, right?
"Such a textbook game is obviously the most suitable teaching material for us to wrap up our lessons. We can revise our previous knowledge and strive to achieve mastery at the same time!
"Of course, Boss Ma. Considering that I've already posted this article on Weibo, I've decided to teach this class for free! I'll refund the tuition fees for this class to the account of the company that transferred the money to me … "
Pei Qian was stunned.
Refund tuition fees?
Don't mess around! I'll keep these tuition fees to be deducted from the System Funds during settlement. If you send me two hundred thousand yuan, I'll deduct eight times less during settlement!
Are you trying to mess with me?!
It's one thing to crazily interpret Struggle and post it on the internet, but now you want to stab me again?
Dream on!
Pei Qian quickly rejected him. "No! I can't refund the money! I'll be angry if I do! "
He An was stunned. Why was Boss Ma so agitated?
Yes, respect for knowledge and eagerness to learn. Not bad, not bad.
He An nodded in satisfaction. "Yes, that's good. Boss Ma, your ability to understand might not be very good, but you're sincere enough and have the right attitude to seek knowledge.
"Alright, I'll start teaching then!
"First, let's start from Boss Pei's original intention in creating this game …"
Pei Qian sipped his coffee silently, suddenly feeling as lonely as snow.
How melancholic!
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