After writing this opening, Cui Geng opened the platform in satisfaction and posted it on Zhongdian Chinese Network.
According to his plan, the entire story was roughly divided into four to five parts. The opening was just a primer. The official content of the first part would only be officially entered next.
In fact, Cui Geng could choose to immerse himself in writing and publish it all at once. However, after some consideration, he finally decided to follow his previous writing habits to serialize it in real time and publish it as he wrote.
On one hand, it was because the platform calculated the remuneration based on the number of words officially published on Zhongdian Chinese Network. On the other hand, it was because he wanted to see the readers' reactions and adjust some details in time.
Of course, Cui Geng was already mentally prepared.
The story of "Successor" took place in a foreign setting. The protagonist was a tall, rich, and handsome man. What's more, he was especially despicable. The entire story was about a rich second-generation heir who was born with a golden spoon and used extremely despicable means to successfully seize power and do all kinds of bad things through the loopholes of the superhero system.
This was basically incompatible with the mainstream taste of online novels. Be it the protagonist's background, personality, or the core of the entire story, they were all minus points.
If Cui Geng was allowed to decide on the theme and write the share, he would definitely not dare to write this theme because it would be equivalent to suicide.
However, since Boss Pei was buying it out based on the number of words, Cui Geng could rest assured and be bold. He could no longer be restrained by the original rules and regulations. Instead, he could boldly let go of himself.
While authors would fall miserably most of the time when they let go of themselves, how could they write different things if all authors were forever trapped in the rules and did not dare to try?
Cui Geng felt that Boss Pei's buyout was obviously hinting to authors who had already figured out the rules of online literature: I'll back you up. You can explore to your heart's content and write better works!
After uploading the beginning, he still needed some time to review it.
Cui Geng silently closed the website and went out for dinner.
Previously, he was so inspired that he was very eager to write out what was in his mind that he temporarily forgot about his hunger. Now that the beginning of the story was written, Cui Geng's pig-headed nature acted up again. He suddenly felt hungry.
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February 11th, Saturday …
Pei Qian woke up naturally again. He sat up from his bed and yawned.
This week, he had assigned tasks to several departments non-stop. His working hours were almost six hours a day, and the work intensity was quite high. Naturally, he had to take a good rest on the weekend.
After ordering Fish-Catching Take-Out, Pei Qian took out his cell phone and scrolled aimlessly, trying to see if there was any recent news.
"Hmm? Cui Geng started a new book last night? "
"Some other authors from the 'inspiration class' have also started new books?"
"The Inspiration Class has only been held for two days, and these people have already started a new book? Could it be that the 'inspiration class' really inspired them? "
"Don't mess with me!"
Pei Qian immediately tensed up as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
The authors of the 'inspiration class' had all signed a new buyout contract to write customized articles related to Tengda's IP. Yet, in just two days, he had already thought of the content?
Something was wrong!
Pei Qian quickly clicked on the new books of a few 'inspiration class' authors.
But after reading the comments in the comment section, he immediately felt relieved.
The comments section was very noisy!
The authors of the inspiration class had all kinds of new themes. Some wrote about Tengda Games' fanatics, some wrote about the superhero fanatics in Hurricane comics, and some wrote about the background stories of GOG's heroes …
However, the readers were basically not buying it.
They were all web novel authors after all. Originally, they could not jump out of the circle of web novels no matter if they wrote about xianxia, fantasy, or urban novels. All the experience they had accumulated was the experience of writing web novels.
Now that they had suddenly started to write customized articles, and the speed of the updates had plummeted, it would definitely cause the dissatisfaction of the original readers.
Many readers even felt that they were making rotten money. They felt that Zhongdian Chinese Network's buyout plan was "cutting themselves off from the people". The old readers were very disappointed and abandoned the books.
Looking at the data from all aspects, the new books could be said to have fallen off a cliff compared to the data of the authors' old books.
In comparison, Cui Geng's new book, Successor, was the least criticized. From the comments, it was basically a fifty-fifty situation. Some readers said that this was a new theme that lit up their eyes and looked forward to the follow-up. On the other hand, some readers expressed that they were not interested in this theme and hoped that Cui Geng would continue writing urban novels.
These authors did not respond in the comments section. They probably did not have anything to respond to. The book had already been opened, and the beginning had already been written. Even if some people did not like it, they had to continue writing.
Pei Qian could not help but be in a good mood.
"I told you that it would definitely be useful to let these web novel authors write fixed-rate contracts! Look, the eyes of the masses are bright! "
According to the current trend, the books written by the authors of the "inspiration class" would definitely not be read by anyone. They would not be able to bring traffic to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Pei Qian would be spending royalties for nothing.
Of course, according to the rules, these authors could only write two books at most. If the response was not good, they would have to go back and write a share. However, that did not matter. After all, the length of these books would not exceed 500,000 words. Even if they wrote two books and one million words, it would not affect the authors much.
On the other hand, all the books that had been bought were free to readers. The interests of the authors and readers would not be damaged. Everyone would be very happy that Boss Pei had paid more royalties and spent money for the "inspiration class".
Pei Qian was much more at ease about the "inspiration class" and Zhongdian Chinese Network. He put this matter aside for now.
He continued to browse through the recent news on his cell phone.
"Eh? Eric is finally starting to scatter coins! "
Pei Qian was overjoyed.
The official website of the local server, IOI, released the latest version of IOI's update and operation plan. The content involved many aspects, but they could all be summed up in one word: 'scattering coins'!
According to the official website, all heroes in IOI's local server would be free. The basic price of all skins would be reduced to 30% of the original price. The difference would be calculated according to the heroes and skins that old players had already purchased previously. At the same time, there would be various preferential policies for the return of old players and the registration of new players!
Such preferential policies could be said to be unprecedented.
More importantly, IOI's local server was not the only one with a discount this time. IOI's world server had also undergone the same update, and the price of skins had also plummeted.
Obviously, Eric had learned from his previous experience.
If he wanted to fight a price war, he had to fight to the end. If he could not lower the price of IOI heroes and skins to the same level as GOG, he might as well not lower it. Not only would he not be able to attract players, but he would also reduce his income. He would not be able to please both sides.
The interests of old players had to be taken care of after the price reduction. He had to give enough compensation, or it would accelerate the loss of core players.
Eric did not make the same mistake that Zhao Xuming had made before after returning and taking charge of IOI's local server.
The immediate effect of this price war could be seen clearly from the feedback of IOI players online.
"Finger Games' IQ is finally normal! Finally, they didn't do anything that would make people lose their minds! "
"Indeed, this discount is more like it. The compensation for old players is also in place. Were they trying to send beggars away with the previous price reduction?"
"However, the price reduction in both domestic and foreign markets … I'm afraid Finger Games' income will plummet!"
"Finger Games: Yes, yes, yes. You're making a profit. We're about to go bankrupt from losses."
"What are you thinking? How could Finger Games lose money? They have Dayak Corporation behind them. They're very rich. What's more, burning money now is to seize market share. Small profits but quick turnover can also attract players to buy more skins. In the long run, it would definitely be profitable. Maintaining the original price would be a slow death! "
This time, IOI's players were all cheering. Many people even felt that IOI's local server was about to rise.
To be fair, IOI's game quality was not bad. The reason why it was lagging behind GOG was mainly because of the details of the gameplay, pricing strategy, and promotion.
Now, IOI was on the same level as GOG through the price war. That was indeed great news.
While it was unlikely that GOG's old players would switch to IOI because of this, there were still new players falling into the pit!
At the moment, the player base of MOBA games was still expanding. There were many players who had never come into contact with MOBA games. IOI was mainly targeting this group of people.
The long competition between IOI and GOG was once again filled with suspense after this sum of money was thrown at them.
Pei Qian was very happy about this. Eric had cooperated well!
Since Finger Games was burning money so desperately, Tengda had a reason to burn money as well!
Previously, Pei Qian had helped IOI. He had specially allocated half of the people from Shang Yang Games, which was in charge of GOG's international server, to update Tengda's old games. It was equivalent to fighting IOI with one hand, afraid that he would accidentally kill IOI.
Now, he could finally increase his strength!
However, after careful consideration, Pei Qian felt that he could not be too excited. He had to restrain himself and not kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Burning money was only slightly less than IOI, and the publicity was slightly worse. That way, Eric would always see hope of turning the tables and burn happily with Pei Qian.
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the happier he became. He could not help but hum a little tune.
With Eric's help, great things could be achieved!
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At the same time, it was almost late at night in a certain tourist city in the United States.
Bao Xu, Ye Zhizhou, and the others had returned to the hotel to rest after visiting another scenic spot.
There was a sauna in this hotel. Thus, everyone wrapped themselves in bath towels and came to the sauna to relieve their fatigue before going to bed.
In the steamy sauna, Bao Xu leaned against the corner of the wall, looking like he had nothing left to live for.
Although the sauna could relieve physical fatigue, Bao Xu's mental fatigue could not be salvaged.
He was like a walking corpse now, completing his itinerary step by step every day. He felt that it was unnecessary to even say one more word. He only wanted to return to Jingzhou immediately and stay at home for a few months.
On the other hand, Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao were chatting.
Ye Zhizhou said, "I saw a piece of news on the way back. Finger Games is finally going to start a price war with us. All heroes are free, and the price of all skins has been reduced to thirty percent of the original price … "
Min Jingchao nodded. "Yes, I noticed that too."
One of them was in charge of GOG's research and development and local server operations, while the other was in charge of GOG's overseas server operations. Thus, they paid special attention to such information and knew about Finger Games' movements immediately.
Ye Zhizhou was a little worried. "They are not friendly."
"In the short term, Finger Games' income will definitely fall. However, Finger Games, especially the Dayak Corporation behind them, has a huge business. They have plenty of money to burn. "
"The challenge we're facing this time is even more severe than the previous few times."
Min Jingchao nodded. "Yes, there are still smart people in Finger Games. Dayak Corporation is indeed a huge multinational corporation. It has repeatedly fought with Boss Pei. It might not have won, but it is indeed impressive to be able to persist until now and put up such a strong resistance. "
They had witnessed many business battles ever since they joined Tengda.
Boss Pei was invincible, be it in games or in other fields. Anyone who dared to go against Boss Pei ended up suffering a crushing defeat.
The difference was that most companies fell silent after their defeat. They no longer posed a threat to Tengda. Only Finger Games and Dayak Corporation had persisted until now.
From this point, they were indeed more difficult to deal with than the enemies they had encountered before.
Ye Zhizhou said, "Finger Games has started a price war this time. It's harder to deal with than before."
"Previously, Boss Pei relied on his vision and layout to win whether it was digging deep into the gameplay or organizing the GPL league. However, Tengda no longer has an advantage when it comes to funds."
"As expected, the competition between the two sides has reached a white-hot stage. It's still about who has the most financial resources."
Min Jingchao nodded. "Indeed, this should be the last move for Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. They have no better way but to fight a price war with us."
"However …"
"I believe in Boss Pei. No matter what Finger Games comes up with, Boss Pei will definitely have a countermeasure! "
Ye Zhizhou: "I wonder what kind of countermeasure he will have."
Min Jingchao sighed. "How can we guess Boss Pei's matters?"
"However, I believe the mystery will be revealed soon."
"Our vacation is almost over. Pack up and go back to work immediately. We will cooperate with Boss Pei and fight the last battle with Dayak Corporation!"
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "Yes, that's what I think too!"
"I can understand Brother Bao's feelings now. He wants to come out to play and relax after working for a long time. However, it would be quite torturous to play outside all the time. "
"I've had enough fun during my vacation. I can't wait to get back to work!"
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