This is not a BUG, this is a game feature

Zhonghai, Qudou Entertainment.

As a game company that is unknown in China and even many people have never heard of it, Qudou Interactive Entertainment’s popularity is very low.

But this does not mean that Qudou Interactive Entertainment is a small workshop or even a small enterprise.

Quite the opposite!

China Shipping Energy owns a headquarters building with independent property rights and thousands of employees in the land-rich area. There is no doubt about the strength of Qudou Interactive Entertainment.

joke……

Just because the company isn't famous doesn't mean the game isn't famous! Qudou's games are mainly mobile games, and most of them are operated overseas, so few domestic players have heard of their name.

Several of their games are making a lot of money overseas, especially among the tycoons in the Persian Gulf and Western Europe. The amount of money they make is simply jaw-dropping.

Dou Peng is the CEO of Qudou.

Under his promotion, Qudou Interactive Entertainment has been pouring resources and energy into the country since the beginning of this year, intending to lay the foundation for a successful game in the country.

The game is called "Please Stay, Heroes".

This is a relatively relaxed and casual Chinese style martial arts RPG online game. The mobile version and PC version are interoperable, and the game quality is pretty good.

Based on the old tradition of Qudou Interactive Entertainment, "Heroes Please Stay" is served globally and has a certain player base abroad. But in China, because Qudou Interactive Entertainment’s reputation is too low, the number of players has been unable to increase.

This makes Dou Peng very worried.

The development of this game was originally aimed at domestic players, otherwise it would not have been a "national style martial arts" game.

But now, the game has been made, but not many people are interested, and it has not attracted many domestic players. There are even more foreign players than Chinese players. It is really difficult for him to hold on!

“Would you like to place some more ads?”

"I think it's okay. We still need to allocate more resources for publicity to let more players know about this game..."

"Don't let go of game forums and game communities. If you put some ads on social platforms and game bars, you won't be afraid that no one will come to play."

The people in the marketing department gave Dou Peng a lot of suggestions, and the core idea was just one: put in more ads, and if you don’t want to let your children go, you won’t be able to trap the wolf!

Qudou Interactive Entertainment is not well-known in the domestic game industry and is not known to players. If it wants to become famous, it does have to spend more money in the early stage. At least it must let players know that this game exists.

But Dou Peng was hesitant.

The reason for his hesitation was simple. After these ads were placed, the conversion rate was too low. The customer acquisition cost for each player was forty or fifty yuan, which was too expensive.

Are there any better options?

Although Qudou Interactive Entertainment has money, no matter how much money you have, you can't spend it carelessly. You have to formulate a cost-effective plan to avoid being taken advantage of in the eyes of others.

Just as Dou Peng was hesitating whether he should accept the marketing department's proposal and place "Heroes Please Stay" ads in many domestic Internet communities, a phone call came to him.

"'Fantasy of Cultivation'?"

To be honest, Dou Peng had never heard of the name "Cultivation Fantasy" before. After all, he was so busy at work that he couldn't even play his own games. How could he have time to learn about the games of his friends?

But when he learned that "Cultivation Fantasy" is currently the most popular MMO online game in China, with millions of active players and more than 500,000 people online at the same time, Dou Peng became envious.

Damn it, so many players?

Apart from anything else, there are really many players in the domestic market. How can a game that I have never heard of have so many players?

but……

What does this have to do with Qudou Entertainment? No matter how many players there are in "Cultivation Fantasy", Tianba Games will still be full. Is it possible that some players can be allocated to "Stay, Heroes"?

"You're right, I can really give you some players!"

Chen Ba, who was on the other end of the phone, asked in a very stupid manner: "I heard that the situation of "Stay, Heroes" is not very good? What do you mean, brother, do you want the players to reject it?"

Dou Peng: "???"

What the hell?

How can a friend come to him and ask him if he wants players, since his game is no longer in operation? Sacrificing himself to help others, does this person have some brains?

He thought Chen Ba was teasing him!

But after he carefully listened to the so-called "Cultivation Fantasy" whitelist drainage plan, he had to admit that Dou Peng was moved.

Oh my god!

How could there be such a weird game in this world? Can it be played in the background? If you want to improve your strength, do you have to play other games?

What kind of moral saint?

After calming down, Dou Peng asked a crucial question: "What should I do? What do you want?"

"You don't have to do anything, just pay! If you are not sure, you can try it first and then pay. I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

"Okay, this is what you said!"

Regardless of what kind of medicine the other party sells in his gourd, he himself delivered it to his door anyway. How could Dou Peng not accept it?

And he also wanted to know how to divert the hundreds of thousands of players of "Cultivation Fantasy" to the game "Please Stay, Heroes"?

With an anxious mood, Dou Peng waited for two days. It was not until the third day that he received a call telling him that the plan had begun to be implemented and that the whitelist trial period would last for two days.

After these two days, if you still want to continue the experience, you have to spend money to renew the whitelist!

The trial period has started?

Dou Peng was very curious, why did it start suddenly and didn't hear anything? Isn't it a lie?

Worried that he had heard wrongly, Dou Peng even registered a small account and went to the "Cultivation Fantasy" game to inquire about the situation.

"Fellow Taoists, take a look at the top posts in the Tianba community. Someone discovered a shortcut to merit and gained 200 merit in one day!"

"See, that game seems to be called "Stay, Heroes", right? There are quite a few foreigners in it, and the game ends quickly. It's really powerful to earn merit!"

"The key is that the merits are given a lot, and the maximum number of merits obtained has been increased from three times to ten times. It's so cool!"

"What, ten times limit?!"

"Now I have to play "Stay, Heroes". Do you have any Taoist friends to play with? Let's form a team to attack foreigners..."

Heavenly merit, upper limit of ten times?

Dou Peng didn't understand a word of the message sent on the World Chat channel. After all, he had never played "Cultivation Fantasy" and was confused about the code words between these players.

But he caught the key word.

Merit!

This seems to be something that players are more concerned about, and it has something to do with the pinned post in the Tianba community?

Out of curiosity, Dou Peng opened the web version of Tianba Community and found the top popular post in the "Fantasy of Cultivation" section.

【Shock! This game can earn merit ten times a day. List of ways to obtain merit in "Heroes Please Stay"...]

The title of the post is related to "Heroes, please stay", and the number of replies and likes is also very high.

Dou Peng clicked in and took a look.

This poster introduced the game "Heroes Please Stay" in detail, and said bluntly: I just charge money, and this post is just an advertising article, but what I said is all the truth. If you don't believe me, go and try it!

Other players were also unambiguous. They couldn't move their legs when they saw the merit. When they saw how amazing the poster was, they immediately ran to try it.

The result is true!

The poster is not lying. In the context that other games can only obtain merit three times a day, the upper limit of obtaining merit in "Stay, Heroes" is a full ten times.

Not only that.

In addition to the large number of times, the merit acquisition efficiency of "Heroes Please Stay" is also very high, which is 2-3 times that of other games!

What's the meaning?

This means that if you spend the same hour to earn merit, you can earn up to 20 points in other games, but in "Stay, Heroes" it is 40-60 points.

I have a mother-in-law!

This efficiency combined with the upper limit of ten acquisitions makes it simply a "holy land of cultivation" for meritorious monks.

Say no more, rush!

What kind of game is not playing? It just so happens that my buddy is interested in this kind of martial arts game, so let’s play it on the next client!

My brother, the foundation building has been completed, and he is about to overcome the tribulation and break through the golden elixir. "Heroes Please Stay" comes at the right time!

With the help of this game, my friends will definitely be able to accumulate enough merit, successfully survive the catastrophe, and become the golden elixir ancestor admired by everyone in the fairy world...

In the post, players are discussing the game "Heroes Please Stay".

Not surprisingly, most meritorious monks could not resist this temptation and immediately decided to play the game "Please Stay, Heroes".

Whether it's fun or not is secondary...

The point is that my brother is about to pass the tribulation, or he is refining new magic weapons, alchemy, and talismans. In short, he is lacking in merit.

After scrolling the mouse wheel and reading the player responses under this post one by one, Dou Peng couldn't help but be curious. Is this the plan that Chen Ba said?

Does it really work?

These players who keep saying that they have downloaded the "Heroes Please Stay" client for the sake of merit, have they really played it?

"Mr. Dou, Mr. Dou!"

Just as Dou Peng was deep in thought and doubting whether this plan was reliable, the head of the operations department suddenly opened the door and walked in.

He said with joy on his face: "Our game has become popular, and just now suddenly the number of client downloads soared, with tens of thousands of new players pouring in!"

"But I found something very strange, that is, these players downloaded all PC clients..."

"oh?"

When Dou Peng heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath. He didn't expect that such a simple and crude traffic diversion plan would actually attract tens of thousands of real players to "Stay, Heroes".

As for the strange thing the person in charge discovered, that is, the influx of players were all from PC instead of mobile phones, he was not surprised.

nonsense!

This group of players came from "Cultivation Fantasy", and "Cultivation Fantasy" is a client game, and most of the players must use computers.

"What's going on now?"

"The number is still rising!"

The person in charge said with ecstasy: "Based on this trend, the game is expected to add 100,000 to 200,000 new players."

These are all living people!

Do you understand the value of living players? And there have been so many new players in such a short period of time, which is simply outrageous!

"Is this the white list?"

Dou Peng did not expect that Chen Ba actually did what he promised and attracted so many new players to "Stay, Heroes".

The facts are before his eyes. Dou Peng has decided that he can renew now without waiting for the two-day trial period to end. He must catch this huge wave of wealth.

It’s just this charging standard…

Dou Peng thought it would be expensive, but never thought it would be so expensive. After all, in his opinion, Tianba Studio didn't do anything, it just posted a pinned post and made some adjustments to the game.

Why do you have the nerve to charge so much money?

"Forget it, just be patient for a while!"

Dou Peng feels that there is still a need to attract players of "Cultivation Fantasy", so it should be more expensive and the white list should be extended first.

As for after a period of time, when the players are almost drained, then you can stop the renewal and let the Jiangning vampire go away.

Throw it away after use, this is Dou Peng's way of doing business!

Don't call him unsympathetic. He started the company to make money, not charity. Who would talk to you about friendship in the business world?

…

Chen Ba, who was far away in Jiangning, didn't know that the first "merit white list" client he had attracted was already thinking about how to kick him away.

But even if he knew, he probably wouldn't take it to heart and might even want to laugh.

Just throw it away after use, what a good idea!

But is there a possibility that Chen Ba can lead the players of "Cultivation Fantasy" to the game "Please Stay, Heroes" and take them away?

It's impossible to take them all away. After all, there are always a few players who are addicted to playing and can't let go of this game.

But 90% of the players who play "Stay, Heroes" are doing it for merit. It's just like "if you have breasts, you're a mother."

As long as Tianba Studio removes the whitelist and cuts off the source of merit of "Stay, Heroes", do you really think these players are so loyal and this game is so attractive?

"Is it so true?"

"of course!"

Chen Ba was also speechless and said: "The players of "Cultivation Fantasy", I don't even know what words to use to describe them."

Since playing "Cultivation Fantasy", these people have only one concept left in their minds: merit!

When playing an FPS game, other players learned that there was a cheat in this game, and they all cried with sadness. Only the "Cultivation Fantasy" player's eyes shone, and he screamed and fought for his life against the cheat.

What kind of spirit is this?

Chen Ba feels that "Cultivation Fantasy" may not be that fun, nor can it make players addicted to it, but it definitely has a brainwashing magic.

This kind of magic will cause players who have played "Cultivation Fantasy" to think about things differently from other people when they play other games.

Commonly known as the brain circuit is strange!

What others think about is how to become stronger and have more fun while playing. All they think about is merit. How can they maximize their "merits" by playing?

For this group of players who have unique brain circuits and have been fascinated by merits, "Please Stay, Heroes" is at best somewhat interesting.

But if they were asked to choose between Gong De and "Stay, Heroes", it didn't take much to think that everyone would definitely choose Gong De.

Don't ask, it's just fun to ask!

Contemporary young people will knock on electronic wooden fish when they have nothing to do. Can you say that this thing is very interesting?

Not interesting!

But the word "merit" is indeed very attractive, and the process of accumulating merit is indeed "accumulating virtue and doing good".

This leads to the fact that, believe it or not, in the eyes of players of "Cultivation Fantasy", the merit they accumulate in the game is approximately equal to the merit they accumulate in reality!