The Rebirth of the Male God Starts From Playing Games

Vol 2 Chapter 492: 491. The boss will not lay us off?

Chapter 492 491. The boss won't lay us off, right?

Imperial Capital.

Bomi Building.

Ghost Blowing Lamp Project Team.

When Liu Pei, the main beauty, walked to the work station of the main planner Cheng Xinghua, he found that Cheng Xinghua was frowning and thinking about something.

Cheng Xinghua's mood has been very low recently, and it is completely two people who were in a **** state a month ago.

The main reason for is also very simple, because the results of "Ghost Blowing Lamp: Jingjue Ancient City" were not very good after the launch.

In other words, according to Bomi's own internal evaluation criteria, Ghost Blowing Lamp, as the company's star project in 2009, only achieved a total of more than 800,000 sales, which is already terrible.

There is nothing worse than this grade.

Oh no, if it's less than 800,000, it will make people sleepless.

This is a star product.

You must know that the product used as an analogy within the company is the foreign "Tomb Raider" series. Last year's Tomb Raider 8 achieved sales of more than 4 million copies worldwide, and now even 1/5 of other people's nothing.

What face do you have to face the company's fathers and brothers, and how do you face the diligent expectations of President Cao?

Cheng Xinghua covered his face in pain, unaware that Liu Pei was gradually approaching him, and he was so depressed that he was dying.

But fortunately, the colleagues around me didn't pay too much attention to the affairs here, and everyone was busy in their own way.

At the beginning, everyone had high hopes for this product, including the selection of this IP itself was carefully considered, the boss personally finalized, and for this project, a pioneer studio group was specially established, which is of milestone significance.

If it is successful, then a very complete industrial chain can be successfully explored for other projects of the company.

That is, from the author of the novel to the IP development, then to the game linkage, and then into a movie and TV series...

The whole ecology is also established.

Whether it is the novel industry as the source of creativity, or the games and movies that can be adapted through it, they can perfectly find their own value.

One can imagine how important the mission of the game Ghost Blowing Lamp is.

is so important that Cheng Xinghua himself felt that this thing could not fail at all.

pity……

Now the important is gone, only the heavy is left.

Fake!

The bright road planned by the boss is gone.

IP value is gone.

The ecological chain of the film and television game cultural circle is gone.

As the project leader and main planner, Cheng Xinghua now feels that the heavy burden on his shoulders makes him unable to breathe. At night, he will wake up suddenly from a dream, and even have a slight ventricular fibrillation. The whole person is worried every day. rest.

It has been two weeks since the project was launched, and the general trend of the results can be seen. With Bomi's publicity channels and the vast user base, there is no such thing as a sudden comeback two months later. .

A few days ago was the peak period for game sales. The dust has basically settled in two weeks, and it will probably pass the 1 million mark in the future.

From Shanhaijing series to Assassin's Soul series to Mecha series, which one is not a product with millions of sales?

Cheng Xinghua has only two words in his heart——

Cool.

This product is worth showing off if it is placed in other small companies. After all, it has more than 800,000 sales worldwide, and the total turnover is close to 40 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 330 million soft sister coins.

Change to any small company, a small project is enough to be proud of.

It is estimated that there are still many people who would scold Cheng Xinghua for being really shameless and do not understand the sufferings of other small companies.

but!

Cheng Xinghua can't, because he is in Bomi company, and Bomi company's less than 1 million is not qualified.

Of course, this standard is only set by Cheng Xinghua himself, and the company does not have relevant rigid standards.

But he thought so in his heart.

The positioning of Ghost Blowing Lamp in the company is that, like the Shanhaijing series, it is the pioneering work of a new category, and it is also the company's star product.

At the beginning, he kept shouting at the project team members. If the sales of this product were less than 1 million, he would stand upside down and streak. He didn’t expect this day to come so quickly.

Uh……

Cheng Xinghua tilted his head uncomfortably, wanting to die.

Think about it, at least half of the 330 million turnover, platforms and channels.

Yes, although the AIR game platform is its own platform, it is also fair. At most, it receives less of its own game share, but it still has to be collected in the end. After all, the AIR game platform is an independent department, not a common service department. Game platform You have to make a profit yourself, and you have to support your employees.

is just a little unfair and makes people jealous.

Think about it, we have been working hard to make games for a few years, and in the end we have to be cut by the platform, and then the platform only needs to keep absorbing more games to enjoy the continuous revenue, which is too comfortable.

How come people are like this?

As the main pillar of the game, Bomi has long been relying on the company's own game development. The annual revenue of the AIR game platform accounts for about half of the company's game revenue.

One can imagine how terrible the profit of this platform is.

…

Yes, the platform is divided into a part, the company is 55 open, the ghost blowing lamp project is the son of the boss, so it can be 37 open, and the platform has given the studio some benefits.

After that, you have to throw away the daily maintenance overhead.

The project of Ghost Blowing Lamp has an investment cost of 150 million yuan, and its own research and development cost is nearly 60 million yuan, most of which are used for publicity.

Now the marketing cost of games is increasing year by year. For global players like Ghost Blowing Lamp, advertisements are not only placed in China, but also in foreign countries. These costs are also quite high.

In addition, there are dubbing, translation, UI adaptation...

only cost 150 million, which is not much.

The main reason is that the big head art in the research and development is in-sourced by myself, and the number of revisions in the middle is not too many. Otherwise, the cost of the ghost blowing lamp project will have to run at least 300 million.

According to the main artist Liu Pei and the head of the company's art department, if it weren't for the fact that art students are optimistic about this project and think that the IP of Ghost Blowing Lamp can bring out the value of art, if everyone is willing to work overtime and pay for it, it is still uncertain. What is it like?

After done it once, Liu Pei said that he would not want to do it again in the next few years.

But at the end of the day, if you really want her to continue doing the Ghost Blowing Lights series, she must be as motivated as a chicken blood.

The students in the art group have read the novel The Ghost Blowing Lamp several times. After the project was launched, they were the ones who urged the sequel the most. Liu Pei also discussed with a few artists about where to go for a field trip next.

It seems that Yunnan is good, the scenery is beautiful, and it will not be as tired as going to Xinjiang before.

…

pity……

It is still unknown whether there will be a sequel.

Cheng Xinghua was also quite troubled by this. More importantly, he did not know how to report to the above. The relevant PPT has been delayed for several days and has not been completed.

is really shameless.

Originally wanted to see if there were any new changes in the past few days. If the data can be made better, he still has a little confidence to fight for the development of the sequel to Ghost Blowing Lamp in the future.

It seems to be getting colder every day now, and it's basically no fun.

"XH, isn't our data not very good?" Liu Pei asked in a low voice.

This time, Cheng Xinghua was taken aback. He was so intoxicated before that he didn't realize when Liu Pei came here.

Fortunately, his position is in the corner of the planning team, and there are not many people around.

Cheng Xinghua quickly raised his fingers and made a silent gesture.

"Shh, this is a company secret, and only a few people have permission to view it.",

Cheng Xinghua said to Liu Pei vigilantly.

The main beauty, Liu Pei, is a tall and tall man with a height of 175. He used to be fair-skinned and beautiful with long legs. Since he went to Xinjiang the year before last, only long legs are left now.

"Hey, we don't have permission to view the exact data, but we can probably estimate it."

Liu Pei came over and put a small box of strawberries on Cheng Xinghua's table.

"And looking at your appearance, I can think of the general data."

"And..." Liu Pei wrinkled his nose and looked angry at Cheng Xinghua, "Hmph, as the main beauty of the project, I should have the right to know the specific data, right?"

"Uh……"

Cheng Xinghua sighed, then looked around vigilantly, and said to Liu Pei, "You come to see me, but you must not leak the data, or I will be held accountable.

Everyone has signed a non-disclosure agreement, don't embarrass me. "

"Yeah."

Liu Pei laughed happily.

Project data, especially the project's sales results, expenses, etc., are basically only authorized to view by the project leader, and only high-level presidents such as Li Lanyun and Cao Yang have the right to view, generally like the main beauty owner. The program really does not have this permission.

Because the content involved is too sensitive, and it is easy to cause adverse effects within the company, Cheng Xinghua basically keeps these data in his heart, and only a few planners know the general data situation.

Liu Pei came over to take a look, found the relevant numbers, and counted them carefully.

"Huh? That's it?"

At first, she thought she had missed a zero, and after checking it several times, she found that it was really less than a million.

But one more zero is indeed a bit exaggerated.

So far, the game "Minecraft" has exceeded 6 million.

However, the number of users created by Minecraft, it is estimated that no game of the company can keep up with it.

Now, this game, which is suitable for all ages, is suitable for all people, and is loved by the whole world, has exceeded 200 million players, which is simply the ceiling in the industry. What games can surpass it in the future, Liu Pei can't imagine it at all.

"Shhh!"

Cheng Xinghua glared at her fiercely, "How about be quiet?"

The planning around is all his own, and everyone is tacit, pretending not to hear the conversation between the two.

"How did that happen?"

Liu Pei was a little puzzled, "I think we have done a good job. We have been well-received in the company's internal demonstration before. Seriously, the quality of the ghost blowing lamp is the second, but there is really no product that can be recognized as the first."

Who dares to say that its game quality is better than ours, my mother disagrees with it first.

What's more, we went to the Kunlun Mountains and went to the Kunlun Mountains to collect materials in the great desert, and the design of the works produced is obvious to all. Liu Pei can even take this finished game to any game company in the world to compete for the main art, and there is no disagreement about keeping it.

But she couldn't figure out why her grades were so low.

"Our art team can't bear this pot."

Liu Pei held his hands and said while eating strawberries.

"Who told you to carry it?"

Cheng Xinghua said depressedly.

"I don't even know how to explain this to my boss."

The planners don't want to take the blame, because they are also very aggrieved. Judging from the evaluation on the Internet, there is definitely no problem with the quality of the game Ghost Blowing Lamp.

There is no problem with the gameplay, and it has also received a lot of praise. Most people think that Ghost Blowing Lamp is several times better than the same type of Tomb Raider.

Seeing these comments, Cheng Xinghua felt relieved and helpless at the same time.

"We don't know what to do and how to improve to make the game a game that everyone likes."

Cheng Xinghua said a little discouraged.

But he only dared to say it in front of Liu Pei, because she is the main beauty, and Liu Pei is a close sister, usually not heartless, and can take care of people at critical moments.

Telling others is to disturb the morale of the army. You have to wait until you report to the boss before you can decide whether to tell the project team members.

And the life and death of the project is uncertain, and Cheng Xinghua does not know what to do in the future.

"Perhaps," Cheng Xinghua stared blankly at his computer screen, and an idea suddenly popped into his head, "Perhaps wanting to make the game Ghost Blowing Lamp a commercial product with explosive sales is a false proposition in itself?

After all, the audience for this game category is still too small. If you look at the country, not many people buy this game. "

"Well... Indeed," Liu Pei nodded, "the foreign players don't seem to be very enthusiastic."

"Yes." Cheng Xinghua said, "I think our boss didn't recognize the reality, that is, since we want to sell a good story abroad, we have to tell it in a way that foreigners can also accept.

The dialogue atmosphere of the ghost blowing the lamp is good, and the ZZ color is also too Chinese, and it is difficult for foreigners to understand. "

"Hey, I understand this principle, can the boss understand it?"

"I understand."

Just then, a voice came from outside.

Although the sound of seldom drifted to this floor, everyone was very familiar with it.

It's just weird, how come it's floating here today?

…

Fuck! !

Cheng Xinghua and Liu Pei looked at each other: w(Д)ww(Д)w

Fuck!

Why is the boss here? !

said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, the key is that the timing of his arrival was too unfortunate, right?

Was the boss overheard all the complaints just now? !