Chapter 548: Expectations are off the charts! The days of making a fortune are out of control!
There's hope!
There's drama, folks!
Shen Miaomiao looked up and carefully analyzed Lao Gu's micro-expressions.
Oh no, it can no longer be called a “micro-expression”. After all, Lao Gu’s grinning expression couldn’t be more obvious.
Look at the grinning mouth, the furrowed brows, and the eyes full of shock.
All of them herald the arrival of an unprecedented crisis and the most difficult battle situation!
“Is it difficult to solve?”
To be on the safe side, Shen Miaomiao asked one more question.
"Well……"
Hearing this, the expression on Gu Sheng's face became even more indescribable.
How to say it?
After all, this thing has completely transcended the scope of "games".
If you ask me whether works like "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum", "Phantom : Torii" and "Night Cloud Island" are easy for us to deal with, then I can clearly say that they are all rubbish games and there is no need to worry about them. With the quality of our games, we will be able to easily defeat them in the confrontation.
But this "Eve of the Disaster"...
"Tsk, it's hard to say,"
Gu Sheng couldn't think of how to explain to little Nezha the incredible extent of this heavyweight work:
"It's highly likely that we won't even have a chance to make a move."
Indeed.
Long before the release of Call of Duty 8, they had already made plans to release "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" at this E3.
As the greatest second-generation FPS work in history, this work theoretically has no rivals in today's parallel world.
It doesn't matter who comes, the end result is being killed, there is no surprise.
But the problem is——
Can The Day After really survive until Modern Warfare 2 comes to the rescue?
Or in other words——
Does Task Force 141 really need to eradicate this thing themselves?
Gu Sheng was a little worried about its vitality.
I'm afraid this guy will die suddenly before they can take any action.
hiss--!!!
Is it that amazing?!
Hearing Gu Sheng's prediction, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but be secretly surprised!
We don’t even have a chance to attack?
Is this "The Day Before" so invincible? They won't even be given a chance to attack? Once announced, it will make the game lose suspense, and with a one-sided advantage, it will crush the Modern Warfare series that Lao Gu is very proud of into rubbish in seconds?
Good job!
Looking back at the five-year history of Golden Wind from its inception to the present day!
There is really no game that can make Lao Gu so desperate!
How much money will I lose?
Shen Miaomiao's big eyes were filled with the shining light of gold coins!
Not even a chance to shoot! Killed instantly!
what does that mean?
This means that no matter how much money you invest, the final result is a huge loss!
and!
Although the Modern Warfare 2 project still has technological improvements, the Takasugi Group, which was recently incorporated into Golden Wind, will incorporate neural security technology into the game.
But unlike Phoenix and Genmu, Takasugi Group was not incorporated into the group through "acquisition".
Therefore, the Modern Warfare 2 project will not have the "approved project" restriction, nor will it have the "rebate multiplier reduced to 1/5" debuff.
Ten times rebate! Enjoy the full amount!
If you lose one dollar, you will get ten dollars back. If you lose ten dollars, you will get a hundred dollars back!
The days of making huge profits and abundant financial resources are simply out of control!
That's it!
Or this is the multiplier she can get without pulling for any rebate time.
And according to what Lao Gu said, "In the face of Yun Wei's offensive this time, they didn't even have a chance to attack", if she wanted, for the Modern Warfare 2 receipt, she could even extend the rebate time a bit and make the rebate multiplier even higher!
I wouldn’t dare to expect a hundredfold rebate just by pulling it off for one quarter.
After all, the base of "soft gamers" is here, and even if Eve of Cataclysm is so powerful, it is impossible to completely block their sales of Modern Warfare 2.
Besides, there is no acquisition this time, so the cost structure of the project is only "engine upgrade cost" + "project development cost", and the total investment will not be too outrageous.
She didn't dare to fill it up directly.
But you can at least gamble for another forty days and there's nothing wrong with betting on a fifty-fold return!
However, the amount of underlying losses will certainly be reduced.
But the ratio is high.
One knife will return fifty knives!
In this way, even if the loss is only one or two hundred million, the rebate will be five billion or even tens of billions of dollars!
My old swan...
Think of this.
The corners of Shen Miaomiao's mouth were harder to suppress than the 2.5x scope C8 with an extended barrel in Cailiu.
After all the hardships, happiness finally comes, my family.
Tell me, where can I go to seek justice?
The rebates I once received attracted me, but they were still distant to me, like Xiaomei trying to hook Feiyangyang.
But now, rebates have become my bootlickers, begging and rushing to send them into my little treasury.
So annoying.
This kind of life without any excitement and with tens of billions of dollars easily within reach is really unchallenging and boring.
Perhaps, the life of rich people is just so simple and plain.
whee.
"Oh, well,"
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao also became particularly concerned about Gu Sheng's condition. She placed her small hand on his chest and gently stroked it comfortingly:
"You are so powerful, and who knows what will happen when the time comes. Don't encourage others to be more ambitious and destroy your own prestige."
"ah?"
Gu Sheng was a little confused.
What do you mean by boosting others' ambitions and destroying your own prestige? When did I destroy my own prestige? What are you talking about?
However, before Gu Sheng could say more, little Nezha got up and turned off the bedside lamp.
Click.
The bedroom was suddenly plunged into peaceful darkness.
"It's time to go to bed. I'm so sleepy."
Putting down the phone, Shen Miaomiao half -sat on her exclusive pillow, gave him a goodnight kiss in the dark, and closed Gu Sheng's puzzled eyes:
"It's time to go to bed, good night, love you."
"Ah? Ah... Good night... Good night..."
After a series of smooth little combos, although Gu Sheng was confused, he did not ask any more questions. He just turned around and kissed little Nezha on the forehead, then closed his eyes and fell into a peaceful dream.
…
This way!
The “Golden Wind executives” shared the same bed and slept peacefully.
And the other side!
On the other side of the ocean, in Yunwei, a tense meeting was underway.
“…Why do you want to remove the watermark [This content is only for gameplay demonstration, the final effect is subject to the actual game play]?”
At the conference table, Flamebird's Chief Art Director Isokoa frowned and looked at the manager of the publicity department:
"Didn't I say before that this sentence must be included in the trailer?"
joke!
This is such a joke!
Isokoa looked like a volcano on the verge of eruption. His furrowed brows and clenched fists showed his nervousness and anxiety.
The operation of "applying UI filter to CG" itself is already contrary to his game production concept!
Taking a fucking movie-grade rendered CG video and putting on a set of pretentious head-up display UI, this operation is no different from a scam in the eyes of any qualified game producer.
Even if it is not a scam, it is deceptive misleading.
He didn't want to do it originally.
However, the pressure from Vivendi was too great, and since his financial sponsor, who was eager to see results and feel reassured, had spoken, he had no choice but to do it.
His only requirement for this extremely deceptive "trailer" was to add a sentence in an inconspicuous place: "The content is only a demonstration of the gameplay, the final effect will be based on the actual trial of the machine."
In this way, even if the subjective intention of this trailer is still to mislead, it has left itself a way out.
Aesop was very clear that the final effect of "The Day Before" would never reach the level shown in CG.
After all, they currently lack top-level graphics engine support and top-level motion sensing cabin auxiliary technology support.
In just half a year, being able to initially complete 50% of the gameplay mentioned in the promotional video while lowering industrial quality requirements can already be considered a success.
But now.
The watermark reminder that was originally written in the video - their escape route - was removed when it was officially released !
This directly led to an uproar and heated discussion in the entire gaming community -!
'This is actually a real game screen! Oh my god! It's incredible!'
'OMG... Can Yunwei really achieve this level of industrial quality? This is too exaggerated!'
'I can only say that Yunwei is indeed a world-class manufacturer with profound background and strong technical reserves...'
"It looks like Yun Wei is really going to exert his strength this time."
'Amazing! It's hard to imagine this is a real machine demo...'
'Maybe they only did these few paragraphs (doge)'
'But this is enough to show that the overall structure and industrial quality of the game have been finalized'
"It is no exaggeration to say that this will be a milestone work that will rewrite the current gaming landscape and even determine its future development."
"This is so shocking..."
'Oh my god... I can't even imagine how fun this game is going to be'
'If successful, this will be a groundbreaking work'
'It's incredible, this is a work of art'
"What a thief..."
"Unbelievable..."
"……"
The seamless integration of CG and UI fooled everyone!
At the same time, the discussion and expectations of "On the Eve of the Catastrophe" exploded instantly!
"This is exactly what the top management wants to see, Aesop,"
Without waiting for the manager of the publicity department to answer, Vice President Petain spoke first. He waved his hand to signal Aesop not to be so nervous:
"In fact, the senior management was very satisfied after watching our trailer and was even willing to increase investment in us and try to persuade more investors to believe in us."
Pétain was right.
With the release of this "real game trailer", the gaming community was shocked.
Corresponding to this is naturally the strong confidence of investors and the warming of the overall market attitude.
Within just two hours after the trailer was released, Yunwei’s stock price began to rise.
This was something that we could never even imagine before.
Seeing this situation, Vivendi, as the parent company of the fund, is naturally very satisfied and full of confidence.
In this way——
The market is confident, stock prices are rising, financiers are affirmative, and investment is increasing.
It's a completely thriving scene!
Therefore, Pétain was puzzled by Aesop's attitude of "impending disaster":
“Isn’t the current situation more favorable for our project development?”
