However, how should he dissuade these gamers?
Pei Qian was a nobody to begin with. Even if he revealed his identity as the creator of The Lonely Desert Road, how could news of it spread so quickly?
Pei Qian thought for a moment and decided that it would be better to write it out on the details page of the official games platform.
That way, gamers would be able to see Pei Qian's words when they downloaded the game and that would be the best dissuasion!
At that thought, Pei Qian opened up the platform and started editing the game's introduction.
"Apologies to everyone!"
"I'm sorry! This is an extremely trashy, trashy game!"
"It's so boring and not worth playing at all!"
"Really, stop playing! Gamers who bought it, please hurry up and refund it! Thank you! "
After editing the introduction, Pei Qian waited silently.
Yet, an hour had passed and there were no signs of the game decreasing at all!
Not only that, there were even new comments.
"Eh? The game's introduction has been changed?"
"Did the creator get agitated?"
"On account of your apology, I'll forgive you. However, 1 yuan isn't worth a refund. The process is too troublesome. I'll just treat it as an ice-cream for the creator. "
"This designer is hilarious! Do you think we don't know that this is a trashy game? We're playing it because it's trashy! "
"I feel like the creator of this game knows his place. On account of your honesty, I'll tip you 5 yuan."
"I'll gift this game to my friend as a gift!"
Pei Qian nearly cried when he saw those comments.
What should I say in the introduction for you guys to refund me?!
Now, Pei Qian realized that setting the game's price at 1 yuan was a huge mistake. That price was way too cheap and many people couldn't even be bothered to go through the refund process after buying it!
However, the key was that Pei Qian didn't dare to set it too high. After all, this was an independent game. If he set it at a hundred yuan, not only would it be difficult for ESRO to vet it, the system would also give him a warning!
Pei Qian was in despair. He felt like he couldn't take it any longer as the popularity of the game continued to rise.
…
Monday.
"Brother Qian, you skipped the morning class again?"
Ma Yang had already packed his things. He looked at Pei Qian, who was lying on the bed like a salted fish despite being awake. Ma Yang asked curiously.
Pei Qian waved it off, not even having the strength to speak.
"Awesome."
Ma Yang took his textbook and left the house.
After all, he was only a freshman. Most students only started to develop the habit of skipping classes and sleeping until noon in their second or third year.
Pei Qian had transmigrated from ten years in the future after all. He knew that it did not matter even if he skipped these classes.
After all, he wasn't majoring in medicine or law, which was a major where he could fail any time he skipped class. As an ordinary liberal arts major, he could pass even if he didn't attend classes at all.
What's more, Pei Qian was not in the mood to go to class now …
Every day, he would open the game editor and refresh it. Seeing the ever-increasing numbers made him think more about life.
After lying on the bed like a corpse for half an hour, Pei Qian finally mustered the courage to summon the system.
After settlement on Sunday, the revenue from the gaming platform should have been transferred to the company's account in the wee hours of the morning.
Now, the System Funds in the System should have been refreshed.
Pei Qian looked at the line of numbers on the system screen with the mood of asking for the punishment after the autumn.
Wealth Conversion System
[Profit Conversion Ratio 100: 1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1: 1]
"Oh …"
Pei Qian closed the system interface, feeling like he was about to die.
I can't take it anymore! I really can't take it anymore!
Pei Qian was actually mentally prepared for this number. After all, he could roughly calculate how much the game would earn based on the number of downloads it had.
Ever since Teacher Qiao's video was released, the number of downloads of the game had been increasing.
Teacher Qiao's video had been reposted by many marketing accounts. Many people were also trying to ride on The Lonely Desert Road's popularity, causing a wave of video creators to follow suit.
Once the popularity started to spread, it would be difficult to stop once the trend was formed.
Pei Qian watched helplessly as the number of daily downloads of the game increased from dozens to hundreds, thousands, and then to a few thousand.
The increase in the number of downloads of the game made it even more recommended on the gaming platform. Independent games, driving simulation games, racing games, et cetera were all recommended.
Each time Pei Qian opened the system editor, he would receive a message from the system.
"Congratulations! Your game The Lonely Desert Road has been recommended by XXX. Please try not to update the game in this period of time to prevent unknown bugs from affecting your gaming experience … "
Now that Pei Qian was looking at the message, he was completely indifferent.
There was nothing more sorrowful than a dead heart!
There was still a week left and the System Funds had already exceeded 50,000 yuan. In other words, the money earned would be converted into Pei Qian's Personal Wealth at a 100: 1 ratio during settlement.
If it was 1,000 yuan, he would be able to convert … 10 yuan?
Pei Qian looked at the numbers on the screen and felt like crying.
…
…
A week later …
In the dormitory …
"… this is ridiculous. How did such a lame game get popular?"
"Please get out of my computer!"
"There's actually someone on the leaderboard who has been playing the game for more than 40 hours … he must be crazy!"
Ma Yang was playing The Lonely Desert Road on the upper berth. He quit the game in less than five minutes and was extremely confused as to how the game got popular.
Pei Qian was shivering on the lower berth.
"Hey, Brother Qian, have you played that lame game that's especially popular recently? Is it that desert road or something? "Ma Yang popped his head down from the upper berth and asked.
"… no," Pei Qian was speaking the truth. Indeed, he hadn't played the game much.
That was because he knew all too well that the game was designed to disgust people. How could he possibly play it …
Ma Yang slapped his thighs. "What a scam! I don't even know which evil person created this game. What a disgusting person! "
Pei Qian: "…"
I really didn't intend to let you guys play it! All of you were the ones who insisted on playing it. How can you blame me for that?!
Pei Qian had not expected that the game would become popular in school as well as in his own dormitory …
In the past week, many video creators and gaming media had shared it crazily. The Lonely Desert Road had gone viral. It was so popular that Pei Qian was starting to doubt his life.
He was extremely thankful that the live-streaming platform in 2009 was not as popular as it would be 10 years later. At the moment, the dominant live-streaming platform, Waiwai, only had a few hundred thousand live-streaming users.
If live-streaming was as popular as it would be 10 years later …
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