"Go, the interview was a success. You've been published in a daily newspaper at such a young age. Some of my old friends have been talking about you recently..."
"Vaulting horse, just don't say anything. I was afraid that something I said would be inappropriate..."
"If you say something like that, it won't even make it into the newspaper..."
"Revise the manuscript. Besides, you are still here..."
"Hahaha, you're more cunning than that kid, really cunning..."
"By the way, speaking of advertising in the newspaper, I came here today to ask you something..."
“…”
It's the weekend again!
As usual, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao came to have dinner with Comrade Lao Shen.
As the first round of the Peak Eight Challenges of "Peak Kingdom" entered the regular map pool, Steel Chain Fingers also began to plan the challenge locations for the new round of the Peak Eight Challenges.
As for the Gold Experience, the production of the game began in full swing after Gu Sheng submitted the planning proposal for Overwatch.
In fact, for Jiang Yun and his team, making this game is not a difficult task.
After all, they are a veteran shooting game production team, although this time the game design cancelled the second-generation FPS settings that they are best at and enabled the old-school virtual crosshairs.
But after all, the foundation for making shooting games is there. The golden experience team, which has experienced the production of many shooting games such as "Left 4 Dead", "PUBG", "Titanfall", etc., is experienced and can do shooting well with their eyes closed.
In terms of game format, they not only have experience in producing skill + shooting games such as "APEX", but also have accumulated experience in producing game modes such as "Garden Warfare".
It can be said that with these accumulations, coupled with Gu Sheng's detailed plan, it should not be a problem to replicate the glorious summer of 2016 in his previous life.
And after everything is arranged.
Gu Sheng finally had some time to come and see Old Shen to drink tea, eat, and play chess.
In fact, in terms of frequency, with the opening of Steel Chain Fingers, the number of times Gu Sheng comes to play chess with Lao Shen is not as many as before.
Before Golden Wind took its first steps into the international arena, and there was only one studio, he had relatively more time and would come almost every week.
Now, he only comes once every two weeks or so.
but.
Somehow, maybe distance create beauty.
The less often he came, the closer the relationship between him and Lao Shen became.
From being reserved at the beginning, to being relaxed later, and now to sitting cross-legged and playing chess with Lao Shen.
The sense of security and warmth that he had never experienced before gradually took root in Gu Sheng's heart.
And in Gu Sheng's heart, Shen Wanlin gradually became Comrade Old Shen from the very beginning, the high and mighty helmsman of Shen Capital who controlled the huge financial empire.
"General!"
Pop.
As Gu Sheng's red piece went down to the bottom, it went straight to Shen Wanlin's defense line.
Shen Wanlin was stunned, seemingly not noticing Gu Shenghong's car's sneak move at all.
"...Hey, you've been a thief..."
Shen Wanlin opened his mouth and put down the teacup with his hand ready to move.
"Hey! Uncle? Just tell me, don't do anything..."
Gu Sheng held his car vigilantly. Old Shen regretted his move more than once or twice.
At the beginning, he was quite dignified, with the demeanor of a general who would never regret his moves.
But as the relationship between the father and the father grew closer, Old Shen became less and less interested in acting.
Not only did he regret his moves, but sometimes he would also steal his chariots, horses, and cannons while he was refilling his tea or pouring water.
Highlight a 'bad record'!
For this reason, Gu Sheng 'had to be on guard'!
At this time, Shen Miaomiao, who was standing next to him, was even more alert. She jumped down from the armrest of the sofa beside Gu Sheng, hugged the chessboard, and protected the chess pieces in her arms:
"That's right, old man. If you have something to say, just say it. What does it mean to extend your hand?"
For a while.
Looking at the two kids opposite him who were united in their hatred of the enemy, Old Shen was speechless and stood there in embarrassment.
The two sides 'faced off'.
After a moment's stalemate, Shen Wanlin looked at Gu Sheng, then looked at his beloved daughter who had been bent to the South Pacific by his elbow, and then turned his gaze to Gu Sheng again.
Ponder for a moment!
A light cough!
Slowly speaking:
"Hiss—Right, Ah Sheng, you just said you had something to ask me, Mai?"
"Why--???"
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao widened her eyes:
"Dad! You are a bit unsportsmanlike!"
This old man actually wanted to use the question that Lao Gu wanted to ask as a bargaining chip to get a chance to regret his move!
Even though he was her biological father, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but secretly complain in her heart what a despicable trick!
What's worse is that when he turned to look at Gu Sheng, he saw that Old Gu was frowning in thought, as if he was pondering the value of this chip!
"Hello……"
Shen Miaomiao was speechless:
"Can you two respect the game of chess and this gentlemanly sport?"
"hiss--"
Hearing this, Gu Sheng seemed to have suddenly realized something. He looked at Shen Miaomiao and nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, as the saying goes, a gentleman is open and honest, while a villain is always worried!"
"Oh, that's right..."
After hearing what Gu Sheng said, Shen Miaomiao was satisfied. She let go of her hand, stood up and patted Gu Sheng on the shoulder.
Just about to praise.
Gu Sheng continued, "Playing chess is one of the six arts of a gentleman. You should treat it with an open mind and not be too picky!"
After saying that.
Gu Sheng leaned forward, moved the red car back to its original position, and pushed the soldier:
"Uncle, please!"
Shen Miaomiao: ...
ah?
I mean this?!
After wanting to say something but stopping herself, Shen Miaomiao stamped her feet in frustration and sighed to the sky:
"Shameless! Shameless! I don't even need to use the Dumbo trick now! You guys...tsk...ah...!!!"
A long sigh!
Shen Miaomiao stamped her feet and went to wash the fruit, leaving the father and son alone laughing on both sides of the chessboard.
Stop laughing.
Shen Wanlin also waved his hand, and the two of them looked serious.
Yes, it was just a game of chess, and the two of them were just using it as an excuse to bring up the topic.
As for who wins or loses, no one cares, and it doesn't matter to them at all.
Gu Sheng said, "Tencel Bull from Siam came to us this week to discuss cooperation..."
…
good.
Just this Friday, Matt, Chairman of Tencel Bull Group, and Xu Zhixing, CEO, visited at the same time and started the first round of cooperation negotiations with Golden Wind.
Shen Miaomiao naturally welcomed this with open arms.
She was supposed to lose money on Peak State, but because of her momentary cowardice, she did not lose a penny. She only received a 100% rebate of the charity amount, a total of a little over $100,000.
And now, the Tencel Group, which was introduced by Toru Moritani, has come and wants to cooperate with them.
Shen Miaomiao naturally gave a warm welcome.
After all, this is equivalent to giving her a spin-off project.
"So what is the specific form of cooperation...?"
Shen Miaomiao was very concerned about this.
This concerns the form of her rebate.
"Oh, that's it,"
Hearing this, Xu Zhixing said:
"Our initial plan is to hold an event, jointly funded by both of us, and share advertising space to boost brand influence and create greater revenue,"
“And, after that, we can also set up special competitions and make profits as organizers,”
"Even in the form of co-branding, sponsoring athletes or groups in other related sports events,"
“This will achieve greater profits and publicity effects.”
Advertise.
To put it bluntly, the purpose of the cooperation proposed by the Bulls is to advertise.
What is profitable is to establish competitions and what is profitable is to sponsor sports groups.
It's all bullshit.
Counting on making money is pure wishful thinking, the investment will yield much more than the return.
But about this!
Shen Miaomiao was very happy!
OK!
This is a purely advertising project!
It doesn’t matter whether you advertise or not, the key is that it’s pure money spent and pure loss!
Where can I find this kind of project?
Without thinking, Shen Miaomiao was not prepared to continue listening. She nodded on the spot and couldn't wait to sign the contract and start spending money!
But at this moment!
[Ding Dong! ]
Suddenly, a crisp sound in the mind interrupted Shen Miaomiao's reckless charge——
[A new project form has been detected - publicity and promotion project]
【Do you want to view details? 】
yeah?
Shen Miaomiao was stunned.
You should know that, as of now, her loss rebate system only has two types of projects: [Regular Project] [Charity Project]
There is no need to say much about conventional projects, which start from ten times and are subdivided into main projects and derivative sub-projects. The multiplier can be changed by adjusting the number of days.
Charity projects are special project types independent of regular projects. Depending on the amount donated, the rebate is 1% of the total donation amount.
But now.
With the cooperation negotiations with Tencel Bull coming to the door.
The third project form was also unexpectedly unlocked: [Publicity and Marketing Project]
[Note: This project is an independent publicity project, mainly for brands, not for any regular project or charity project. It is an investment project independent of "regular projects" and "charity projects"]
[Rebate form: Since the "publicity and promotion project" is mainly aimed at the brand power of the enterprise, the profit and loss judgment standard will also be determined based on the profit growth brought by the publicity and promotion. If the profit growth is higher than the publicity and promotion cost within the specified time, the project investment is successful; if the profit growth is lower than the publicity and promotion cost within the specified time, the project investment fails. ]
hiss--
After reading it, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but smack her lips secretly.
New gameplay is here.
Sure enough, the system is not stupid. For projects like this that are purely for spending money to gain fame, the system also has its own set of judgment criteria.
It's something new. Can I try it out?
Anyway, it will take at least three or four months for Overwatch to be completed.
You can try this new form during this period.
After all, they came all the way from Siam, sincerely seeking cooperation, and the Chinese New Year is almost here.
It's not easy to come here, it's the New Year...
There is no way to refuse this!!!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao pondered for a moment and asked:
"So in the initial cooperation, what form of publicity will your company adopt? What is the estimated total investment?"
There is a way!
Hearing this, Matt and Xu Zhixing looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
"Our initial plan is to organize a ridge challenge,"
As he spoke, Xu Zhixing took out a sheet of information from the documents at hand and presented it to Shen Miaomiao. He was obviously well prepared:
"According to our incomplete survey statistics, among all extreme sports in the world, downhill cycling and skydiving are the two most popular events,"
"But considering that skydiving is not as visually impactful as ridge rappelling,"
"So we suggest organizing a global mountain ridge downhill race, held in Utah, USA, oh of course..."
Speaking of this.
Xu Zhixing added one more point:
"Of course not the Devil's Ridge in your company's Peak Eight Challenge. For safety reasons, we will choose a ridge with lower difficulty for the competition."
"As for the total prize money...it is tentatively set at $300,000, divided into first, second and third place."
Listen to it.
Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
It can be seen that the Bulls have made a lot of preparations for this cooperation.
The sport form was chosen, the challenge location was surveyed, and even the competition system and prize tiers were prepared.
That is, if they, Golden Wind, agree.
[Golden Bulls United Extreme Challenge] will be unveiled soon.
To be honest.
This is the cooperation that Gu Sheng longs for.
but.
But it is the only project that he is not sure about at the moment.
After all, he's just a game designer.
When it comes to gaming, he can handle it with ease. No matter whether it is planning or final benefits, with his mastery of the system and rich experience from his previous life, the future is predictable.
But this joint challenge is different.
Strictly speaking, this thing has already left the gaming industry.
If anything, this would be Golden Wind's first non-game project to date.
Although in his previous life, Red Bull relied on this "I pay, you pay" form of publicity and promotion to leap from an unknown functional beverage manufacturer to a world-famous beverage giant, spanning extreme sports, rally, F1, football, rugby, ice hockey and many other sports.
But he couldn't guarantee whether this form could be achieved in this life.
And the most important point is that he has never done this kind of thing!
Think for a moment:
“What’s the total investment?”
"In total, approximately ..."
Xu Zhiyuan presented another report to Gu Sheng:
"About $7.6 million."
Before he finished speaking!
Then Shen Miaomiao screamed: "How much?!"
On the opposite side, Matt and Xu Zhiyuan were both frightened!
“Uh…uh…”
Xu Zhiyuan opened his mouth, although in terms of age, he was more than a generation older than the little girl in front of him.
But he dared not underestimate this little girl, no matter her glorious military exploits or the Shen capital behind her.
Hesitated for a moment: "Seven million... about six hundred thousand dollars?"
“Hmm…”
After confirming the number, Shen Miaomiao's brows furrowed.
What kind of a project is this? Huh?
Bro, are you kidding me?!
Our total investment in Peak State is 101 million!
The purpose is to let players play with their lives in the virtual somatosensory cabin!
But now!
This "joint challenge" you proposed, which allows real people to risk their lives, only costs 7.6 million dollars?
If we split it equally between our two families, 3.8 million dollars each?
Are you treating extreme athletes like beggars?
Besides, if you do this, I won't lose anything with such a small amount of money!
Even if I lose the maximum, it’s only 3.8 million, which multiplied by 10 is only 38 million dollars at most!
I might as well play a game while I have this free time!
How can we increase the cost of this activity?
For a moment, Shen Miaomiao frowned, and after a moment, she slowly spoke: "My opinion is——"