Chapter 224 Why is there one more person?
Click.
As the door of the room opened.
Gu Sheng bowed slightly and opened the door with little Nezha on his back.
Shen Miaomiao put one hand around Gu Sheng's neck, holding her high heels, and holding the phone in the other hand:
"Yes, that's right. We'll go there tomorrow... in the morning, around ten o'clock... OK, that's fine. Thank you very much. Goodbye..."
As the phone call ended, the two of them walked into the entrance.
Shen Miaomiao, who was lying on Gu Sheng's back, bent her legs, hooked the door handle behind her with her toes, and closed the door. Her movements were smooth and flowing, even smoother than Dove's.
"You are quite capable of making decisions,"
Gu Sheng said as he changed his shoes:
"I, the landlord, haven't decided whether to go or not, but you, the tenant, are quite proactive."
"Nonsense! I only pay 1500 yuan a month to rent a 240-square-meter apartment!"
Shen Miaomiao waved her arms excitedly:
"Wouldn't you be tempted if it were you?"
Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows: "When did I agree that the rent for your new home would also be 1500 per month?"
"Hey?!" Shen Miaomiao was shocked: "You can't do this! Why are you still raising the price?"
Seeing that Lao Gu was going to raise her rent, Shen Miaomiao quickly tried to persuade him:
"As the saying goes—"
"One can count the days of one's life on one's fingers, which is at most 36,000 days. One can have thousands of houses, but one needs only three feet of space for sleeping."
"People are like flowers in a pot. Life is a mess. No matter how well a house is built, it is only a temporary residence—!"
"Get down here now!"
Gu Sheng immediately threw little Nezha onto the sofa.
If she continues talking, I'll have to live in the small box.
Plop.
Shen Miaomiao fell into the soft sofa.
But the next second, I heard a cry of pain: "Ouch!"
"What's wrong?" Gu Sheng was shocked.
Turning around, I saw little Nezha covering his head. His big eyes quickly became tearful and he grunted twice: "Woo woo -- um --"
Then, with a wow sound, Shen Miaomiao started to cry:
"Head... wuwuwu... I hit my head... just because of a rent wuwuwu..."
"Oh, sorry, sorry, I was just kidding you. I've bought a house and one person can't live in more than 200 square meters. It's up to you whether the rent is 1,000 or 500."
Gu Sheng didn't know where she bumped into, so he quickly turned around and rubbed little Nezha's head, his tone a little panicked:
"Okay, okay, stop crying. I didn't see it clearly. Blame it on me. Come and see if it's damaged..."
"Wow, wow, wow... probably not..."
Shen Miaomiao was sobbing and talking:
"Because...wuwu...because I was pretending to be hihihi!!!"
Shen Miaomiao loosened her hands holding her head, bared her white teeth, and imitated Gu Sheng's sly way of raising eyebrows, winking at him and holding out her little palm:
"Five hundred a month! You said it yourself! You can't go back on your word!"
"Fuck..."
Gu Sheng was so numb!
What the hell! Huh? What the hell is this?
"You're abusing my sympathy?"
Gu Sheng was dumbfounded, and couldn't believe that Shen Miaomiao, a young lady from a wealthy family, could resort to such despicable means:
"You use a full set of Helena skincare products! You pay me 500 rent a month? Do you have the nerve to do that?"
“How shameless!”
Shen Miaomiao blinked her big eyes, with an attitude of "what can you do to me":
"I don't have any money! I used all my money for your PR!"
"That will be a long time coming!"
Gu Sheng grabbed his hair:
"How long are you going to eat this up?"
“Hehehe!”
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao snorted coldly, showing an evil smile like a monk who adds money, stood up on the sofa, and whispered in Gu Sheng's ear:
"Your matter...I will suffer for the rest of my life..."
Gu Sheng was silent.
There was silence for five full seconds.
Then Shu Ran smiled: "Haha."
Shen Miaomiao thought he had accepted his fate, so she also grinned and said, "Hehe."
After a moment, Gu Sheng put his hands on his shoulders and looked up and down at Shen Miaomiao, who was standing on the sofa and was a head taller than him, with interest, with a puzzled look on his face:
"I have a question."
"But you can tell me!"
Shen Miaomiao stretched out her hand and motioned for Gu Sheng to speak.
Gu Sheng smacked his lips and said, "Ding Xiu dared to say this to me because he could beat me..."
Speaking of which!
Gu Sheng looked at Shen Miaomiao:
"How dare you...?"
Why?
Shen Miaomiao's smile froze on her face!
Immediately afterwards, the pupils suddenly contracted!
"No! I'm messing with you... Ouch!"
An exclamation!
Shen Miaomiao felt her body lighten and she fell sideways. Gu Sheng picked her up and threw her onto the sofa with a plop!
Then, Shen Miaomiao felt her ankle tighten, and her feet were caught in Gu Sheng's hands. The strange itch brought by his fingers running across the soles of her feet was like an electric current, making her cry and laugh, and struggle desperately!
Loud laughter echoed throughout the living room.
The rent increased from five hundred to one thousand, and then from one thousand to fifteen hundred.
Shen Miaomiao's feet curled up, twisting and struggling on the sofa, laughing and begging for mercy:
"Hahahaha, I was wrong, please forgive me... You tell me! You tell me how much! Any amount is fine!!!"
BANG!!!
…
Should!
You deserve it!
Gu Shengzhen, you deserve it!
The living room returned to silence, with only the sound of Gu Sheng grimacing and gasping being heard from time to time.
Gu Sheng, whose panda eye had just disappeared, now had another panda eye and was receiving medicine and care from little Nezha.
Gu Sheng wanted to slap himself twice.
How come you are so rude?
We have to make a scene! We have to make a scene!
Knowing that little Nezha's feet are sensitive, he still scratches them to tickle them.
The rabbit kicked the eagle and was hit again.
Are you happy? Are you relieved?
I'll have to go house hunting with panda eyes tomorrow, right?
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it..."
At the side, Shen Miaomiao took back the cotton swab, looking apologetic:
"This... I really can't control it..."
"well--"
Gu Sheng sighed and touched his eye socket, grimacing in pain:
"two thousand."
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Shen Miaomiao nodded repeatedly:
"Two thousand is two thousand. I'll be your driver tomorrow and take you to see the house as an apology."
"Um……"
Little Nezha's sincere attitude made Gu Sheng quite satisfied:
"But you are indeed a little excited today."
He rubbed my feet, pretended to cry, and mocked me in person. He was so naughty.
"Because... I'm in a good mood today,"
Shen Miaomiao grinned:
"You are going to have your own nest. I am happy for you."
Of course she was in a good mood!
I'm going to buy a house with Lao Gu! They're going to move to a bigger house and continue to share the rent! And it's their own... Lao Gu's own home!
A better life is just around the corner, and excitement is natural!
Of course!
Besides this, there is one more thing——
Shen Miaomiao looked at the time:
"I won't cook anymore. Let's order takeout and check out the first week sales of Plants vs. Zombies at 8 o'clock."
"Hey, there's nothing to see, just read the report tomorrow."
Gu Sheng didn't seem to care that much, or he seemed to have anticipated PVZ's sales:
"It's indispensable."
"Are you serious?"
Seeing Gu Sheng so confident, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but wonder:
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because we are logging in on two platforms,"
Gu Sheng spread his hands:
"The PC market is huge. If we only look at sales, our games released for PC have achieved very high results. The weekly sales of To the Moon can match that of five Titanfall games,"
"And this time we also logged in to the mobile version,"
"Do you know how many smartphones there are in the world as of last year, according to SAE statistics from the United States?"
Shen Miaomiao suddenly smelled a hint of something ominous: "How much?"
Gu Sheng held up four fingers: "Four billion, which means that half of the world's population owns a smartphone."
"Of course."
Speaking of this, Gu Sheng also explained:
"This data is very rough and does not rule out the possibility that one user owns several mobile phones,"
"But even so, the number of smartphone users around the world is still an astronomical number,"
"To us, this is a huge pool with no edge,"
"And in this vast market, our greatest potential will be discovered,"
"I have confidence in PVZ, so I don't think we need to worry about its first-week sales at all."
hiss--!!!
Hearing this!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but take a breath of cold air!
I'll leave it alone...
After hearing what Lao Gu said, why do I feel that 750,000 sets in 12 days is a bit too much?
Never mind 12 days.
Even if you don't add days, and just keep the settlement time of the invoice at the original 7 days, it seems that the sales volume of Plants vs. Zombies will not be stopped at 750,000 sets?
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao shuddered:
"Then guess...how many sales will Plants vs. Zombies have?"
"Emmmmmm... hard to say"
Gu Sheng thought about it and shrugged:
"But there must be at least a million copies facing up."
"One million? One week? Is that so exaggerated?"
Shen Miaomiao grinned:
"Going to the Moon took so much publicity and official support to only sell 1.7 million copies!"
"yes!"
Gu Sheng nodded as a matter of course:
"Just because To the Moon sold 1.7 million copies in its first week, I concluded that Plants vs. Zombies would sell no less than 1 million copies!"
After all, Gu Sheng is a game designer, and his understanding of the market is much more thorough than that of Nezha.
What is To the Moon?
A pixel-style story-oriented game.
Rather than calling it a game, it is more like a game animation.
Is the plot good? It is indeed good, unrivaled.
But precisely in order to highlight its plot, the game's mechanism, operation, gameplay, etc. have all been weakened.
This game is definitely an excellent game.
But whether from the perspective of overall experience or audience range, Going to the Moon is far inferior to Plants vs. Zombies.
Because To the Moon is a well-deserved work of art, and Plants vs. Zombies is a leisure game suitable for all ages.
The market for artworks is definitely not as good as that for leisure items.
And now.
Although Going to the Moon had support from all sides and the buffs were maxed out, it sold 1.7 million copies in a single week.
But Plants vs. Zombies also has its own mobile channels, and global sales have exceeded one million. In Gu Sheng’s opinion, it should not be a difficult task.
…
Time flies!
In a moment!
The takeaway that Shen Miaomiao ordered has arrived.
After dinner, the two of them took a break and played two simple games of checkers.
Buzz——
Buzz——
As Shen Miaomiao's phone rang, they both looked at the wall clock at the same time.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! It's almost eight o'clock!"
Shen Miaomiao stood up suddenly, put away the chessboard, jumped onto the sofa, squatted like a puppy, eyes full of anticipation.
Although Lao Gu’s analysis sounds quite reasonable!
But as a gambler, Shen Miaomiao's mentality is always "As long as I don't see the final result, I have hope of turning the tables."
The reason why they say "no one can win in the long run of gambling" is because of this fatal mentality.
If gamblers win, they will think that they can win more in the next bet, and if they lose, they will think that they will definitely get their money back in the next bet.
If they lose money, they lose their cars. If they lose their cars, they lose their houses. If they lose their houses, they lose their wives and children. They won’t cry until they see the coffin, and they will even dare to place another bet after seeing the coffin.
After all, Shen Miaomiao still held out a glimmer of hope.
"Come on, come on! I'm ready!"
Shen Miaomiao struck a pose, her eyes fixed on the large projection screen.
"I don't understand why you are so excited..."
Seeing this, Gu Sheng shook his head, chuckled, took the mouse, opened the official website of Huayu Electronics, and entered the data background.
Cleared throat!
Gu Sheng cooperated with Little Nezha: "Hang heng! Are you ready?"
"Uh-huh!"
Shen Miaomiao nodded heavily!
"Three! Two! One!"
At exactly eight o'clock, Gu Sheng clicked the mouse on time, entered the backstage, and opened the sales data of "Plants vs. Zombies"!
Click!
Refresh the page!
The game’s sales data page pops up immediately!
Shen Miaomiao glanced up!
I couldn't help but feel a jolt in my heart!
Starts with six.
It's a bad dish.
Obviously!
Although the sales of Plants vs. Zombies did not exceed one million copies in a single week as Lao Gu said.
But the number '6' at the beginning is enough to kill the game!
Why--!
Shen Miaomiao sighed in her heart!
Lao Gu is right. The coverage of PC itself is large, and with the addition of mobile phone platform, the market is really too big.
Moreover, judging from the performance of Xiao Yiyi and Lao Shen at the time, the popularity of this game is indeed very high.
Although Shen Miaomiao was a little disappointed with the result, she was not too upset.
after all!
This is the main document! If the main document makes a profit, then it's a profit! After that, the sub-projects just need to work hard to make a loss!
The only regret is that I had expected to make a loss, so I adjusted the rebate rate to 15 times. I should have raised it to 100 times.
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao sighed softly:
"It's quite a lot. Although it's not one million, it's more than 600,000 units."
"The total is six hundred and ninety-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-two-nine... huh?"
Not finished.
Shen Miaomiao was stunned.
Did you read it wrong?
For a moment, Shen Miaomiao didn't react, and read the numbers again:
"Six hundred and ninety thousand, two thousand, seven hundred, seventy-two...nine?"
"Ah? Why is there one more person?"
A moment!
There was a brief silence in the living room.
The next second, Gu Sheng's slightly surprised voice rang out:
"If... I mean if..."
"If you think that the string of numbers has one more digit, can you try... moving the unit forward one digit?"
A moment of dead silence!
In the living room where you could hear a pin drop, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao turned their stiff necks at the same time and looked at each other. They saw each other's stunned look in each other's pupils.
Gurgle!
Shen Miaomiao swallowed her saliva:
"you mean……"
Gu Sheng nodded:
"It's not 690,000, but..."
"Six million, nine hundred and twenty-seven thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine sets!"
One week!
worldwide!
Seven million sets!!!
