Chapter 5: Get Baptized
"The current plan is this."
Lin Muchen did not deny it. This was not something worth keeping secret.
Shi Ming said "tsk": "Do you know how much attention that post caused in the gaming circle? Many big UPs on station B took screenshots and forwarded your post. To be honest, most people thought you made a typo.
I’m waiting for you to delete the post and repost it.”
"...You also think free games can't make money?"
"It's not that I think so, but the entire gaming industry thinks so," Shi Ming shrugged, "How do you make money? In-game purchases?"
"To be honest, I definitely wouldn't have spent a penny. After all, it's my choice whether to buy it or not. If I can play the game without buying it, why should I spend this wasted money?"
"You are still too young to think from the perspective of a player. Brother, listen to my advice, it's still too late to delete the posts, don't go all the way to the dark side."
Shi Ming shook his head like a rattle.
"Why do I feel like you are more of a planner than me?"
Lin Muchen complained and changed into a comfortable posture to sit on the sofa: "I don't want to explain anymore. No matter how fanciful it is, it is better to see the truth in practice. Let's make a bet."
"Oh? What are you betting on?" Shi Ming became interested.
"If "Gun Fighting Heroes" allows you to recharge ten yuan, you can publish a video to help promote it; if it can allow you to recharge fifty yuan, you can promote it live on station B for a day; if it can allow you to recharge more than one hundred yuan, you can
How about contacting any big UP in the game area of Station B to help with live broadcast promotion?"
Shi Ming's eyes lit up: "It sounds interesting, but what if you lose?"
Lin Muchen thought for a moment: "A set meal for three people at Xiaoyu Village at the door?"
"Deal!"
......
After the bet was agreed upon, Shi Ming tidied himself up and forced Lin Muchen to record a video of the bet.
According to him, this is called the preliminary material of the video.
However, judging from the bet, Shi Ming suffered a bit. After all, for a UP like him, if he accepts business orders, his income will be several thousand yuan. If he is lucky, it can be tens of thousands.
The set menu for three people at Xiaoyuzhuang is only 488.
But good brothers don’t care about this detail.
After Shi Ming finished shooting the video, he hid in the bedroom and continued playing games. Lin Muchen was still sitting on the sofa, scrolling through [Sky] with his mobile phone.
At present, the four words "free games" have reached the sixth place on the real-time hot search list, second only to the scandal of a certain entertainment star, which shows how popular it is.
Sixty percent of the content in it is that Lin Muchen is talking nonsense and that the game will definitely return to the buyout system after it is launched. The remaining 40% is discussing how to make money from free games.
Most players can only think of making money by selling skins.
"Superficial, really too superficial."
Lin Muchen couldn't help but shake his head.
There is no WeChat or QQ in this world, otherwise he would have complained in WeChat Moments.
How to make a lot of money just selling skins?
He not only sells skins, but also sells guns and even values!
You use the game currency gun to hit someone twice in the head before they die, and others use the gun you paid for to hit you in the head to kill them instantly.
Are you angry?
Others' skills are not as good as yours, but their Nepalese knife does more damage than your knife, has a wider range, and can kill you with a light strike.
Are you angry?
Other people's game character models are better looking than yours, their voices are better than yours, they are not injured when dropped from high places, and they also have various taunting actions.
Are you angry?!
The mall is right there, the recharge button is in your hand, you can become stronger by recharging money!
Simple players, prepare to accept the baptism of free online games!
Just as Lin Muchen was thinking about the future, a phone call came in.
It's mom.
The original owner's mother is Xiao Shiying, and she opened a company in her hometown called "Chenxing Technology", which is mainly engaged in software development and other businesses.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is outsourcing.
This is hard work, and generally no one is willing to do this kind of work. There is a lot of work for less money.
However, Chenxing Technology is an exception.
The company is small, with only a dozen employees, but they are all veteran employees, and Xiao Shiying is very generous in giving money.
Relying on this company alone, Lin Muchen's family can reach the middle-class level.
Now that she called, he could roughly guess the reason.
Answer the call.
"Hey, son, are you encountering any difficulties?" The voice on the other end of the phone was a little worried.
Lin Muchen consoled him: "I'm fine. The information on the Internet is inaccurate, so don't make blind guesses."
Don't worry when your son travels a thousand miles; letters from home report good news but not bad news.
Xiao Shiying felt relieved for a moment, and then couldn't help complaining: "I said at the beginning that when you graduate, you will come to your home company. If you want to play games, we will just transform. You have to go out and try your luck. Now it's okay, I told you.
If the contract doesn't work, why don't you listen to it..."
Lin Muchen quickly agreed with "Yeah, yeah, yeah," and then comforted him with a few words: "...Mom, don't worry. Don't just talk about me. How is our company?"
"There have been few projects recently, and our income has dropped a lot."
Xiao Shiying sighed, obviously also having a headache about this matter.
Lin Muchen thought for a while: "In that case, would you consider developing a software yourself as the company's income pillar?"
"You kid, what other weird ideas do you have?"
"Make a software that can communicate in real time. Each user has an account. They can add friends through account search, and they can also bring several people together to form a 'group chat'..."
Bilibili and Sky have similar private message functions, but no company has separated this function into a separate software.
The software is not complicated, and Xiao Shiying explains it clearly: "This idea is quite novel, but when you talk about it, it seems that you are spending money, but how can you make a profit? Do you use a buyout system?"
Lin Muchen holds his forehead.
Maybe this is the limitation of the times. Most people still put profit first, but ignore the terrifying number of user groups after the software is promoted.
If Tencent's industry is compared to a building, then QQ and WeChat are the foundation.
They are like an octopus, stretching out countless tentacles to connect all Tencent's industries.
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There is a red line in game planning: don’t try to change players’ habits. This is the same for QQ and WeChat.
Just think about it, if you are already used to using QQ or WeChat, and there are many other things tied to it, will you give up them and try to use other software?
If your relatives and friends are all using QQ and WeChat, would you download a social software that none of them have?
At least more than 90% of people can’t.
Once a habit is formed, the product is basically in an invincible position. Unless the developer commits suicide, only other competing products will die.
What Lin Muchen has to do is not only to provide his company with a massive and stable profit point, but also to firmly hold the foundation in his hands.
He described the prospects of this software in as concise language as possible. Xiao Shiying thought for a while, and then replied seriously: "Your statement is very tempting, but don't forget, Chenxing Technology is just a small company. If you invest
Too much development without profit, and the company will go bankrupt soon."
Lin Muchen: "..."
Xiao Shiying and Lin Musing are indeed mother and daughter. They must consider money before doing anything.
"Okay, okay," Lin Muchen pinched the corners of his eyes, "Then let's set up a membership system and give some exclusive paints and chat bubbles..."
Lin Muchen talked a lot in Luoliba, most of which were the same routines used in his previous life when QQ was just starting to emerge.
"No matter what, we must not engage in a buyout system." Lin Muchen finally warned.
The buyout system will only become the biggest obstacle on the road to software promotion.
As long as the number of users is high, any fool can make money lying down.
Chapter completed!