Chapter 80 A little rebate shock
In a blink of an eye, it's Monday night.
Golden Wind Games Company, game director's office.
Gu Sheng was holding the controller, playing the game intently.
In fact, according to regulations, Golden Wind’s working hours are five o’clock.
But Gu Sheng is still more accustomed to staying in the office until seven or eight o'clock.
I'm not working, I just want to stay in the company for a while longer, check my phone, make a cup of tea and watch a video, or even just plug in the controller and play two games of Vampire Survivor like today.
Anyway, if he eats well, the whole family will not be hungry.
Instead of going home and facing an empty room, staring blankly at a loss, it is better to stay in the company for a while.
At least, I'm the only one in the office, so it seems more reasonable.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh——
bass!
As the Grim Reaper's scythe cut the little skeleton on the screen in half, Gu Sheng also put down the controller.
I looked at my Mickey watch and it was almost eight o'clock.
"Let's go home."
Muttering something, Gu Sheng put away the handle, stood up and walked out of the office.
But as soon as it came out!
Gu Sheng couldn't help but exclaimed: "Fuck, it's so fierce... Did I see the hell?"
But see!
In the meeting room at the end of the corridor, there was a light at this moment.
You must know!
Their Golden Wind conference room is usually just a decoration and is rarely used for two or three months.
It is not an exaggeration to say that little Nezha uses it as a private cinema more often than he holds meetings there.
Therefore, the lights in the conference room are usually not turned on and it is vacant most of the time.
But today!
It's almost eight o'clock in the evening!
The lights in the conference room are still on?
The most important thing is, why is the color of the light red?
In the office shrouded in darkness, at the end of the deserted corridor, there is a terrifying conference room with red lights flashing.
Gurgle.
Even though Gu Sheng was brave, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva at this moment.
Thinking that it was only a week after Qingming Festival, Gu Sheng couldn't help but feel a little skeptical:
"What? This is... the first seven commendation meeting?"
Thinking of this, Gu Sheng took a step forward and tiptoed to the door of the conference room that was emitting red light.
I gently opened the door a crack and took a peek.
On the conference table, there was an iPad and a red candle plugged in on each side.
In front of the iPad, there is a disposable paper cup with three thin cigarettes stuck in it.
Little Nezha, who looked extremely weird against the red light, was standing in front of the iPad at this moment, with his hands clasped together, mumbling something, as if he was chanting something.
For a moment, Gu Sheng was a little at a loss.
But just as he was hesitating whether to turn around and leave or push the door and ask.
Little Nezha stopped mumbling, bowed three times to the iPad, and then opened his eyes.
For a moment, their eyes met.
There was a brief moment of dead silence.
“Aaaaaaa——!!!”
Like a cat whose tail was stepped on, Shen Miaomiao screamed and jumped up:
"Gu Sheng, why are you acting like a ghost?!"
"Me? Like a ghost?"
Gu Sheng couldn't believe his ears. He pushed the door open, turned on the front camera of his phone, and pointed the screen towards Shen Miaomiao:
"Come, let me show you a treasure—"
“Oh my god!”
Seeing the 'female ghost' on the screen with a distorted face and eyes flashing strange red light, Shen Miaomiao stepped back repeatedly and fell on the sofa with a thump:
"ghost!"
"That's you fucking yourself."
Gu Sheng frowned and turned on the lights in the conference room.
He looked at the disposable paper cup incense burner on the conference table, and then at Shen Miaomiao, who was still in shock, patting her chest and gasping for breath.
"so……"
Gu Sheng was really confused about the situation at hand:
"Are you summoning something?"
"What are you talking about! What kind of words are you talking about!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao became unhappy. She stood up from the sofa, put her hands on her hips, and gestured to the iPad on the table:
"God of Wealth, I dare not say anything nonsense!"
Hearing this, Gu Sheng turned around and saw a picture of Guan Gong's statue on the iPad.
“…Wow.”
Gu Sheng was silent for a long time before he uttered an exclamation of admiration:
"What a damn Cyber way of burning incense."
"The conditions are... limited."
Shen Miaomiao was also a little embarrassed and scratched her head:
"The main point is that sincerity can bring success."
"Then I'll say goodbye too,"
Seeing Shen Miaomiao's embarrassed look, Gu Sheng found it quite funny. He also stood in front of Master Cyber Guan and clasped his hands together:
"Lord Guan, please bless our Golden Wind to make a lot of money and make every work a big hit..."
"Hey hey - shut up!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao's scalp went numb. She jumped up and pulled Gu Sheng.
Then he took the tablet and locked the screen with a click!
Why are you so rude?
Shen Miaomiao wrinkled her nose and glared at Gu Sheng!
How can you make such a wish? How unlucky!
Gu Sheng was stunned!
"You locked the God of Wealth in the tablet...?"
"Because this is my God of Wealth!"
Shen Miaomiao hugged the tablet tightly, fearing that Gu Sheng would make another unlucky wish:
"You can't make a wish with my God of Wealth!"
"...Okay, okay, okay, your God of Wealth,"
Seeing Shen Miaomiao's angry look, Gu Sheng smiled and raised his hands in surrender, then asked:
"Then can I ask you about your mental journey of paying respect to Lord Guan in the conference room so late at night? I just came out of the office and thought I saw the first seven party."
"Because the first week sales results of Left 4 Dead are about to come out!"
Shen Miaomiao raised her neck:
"I'll ask Master Guan to bless us, okay?"
"Ah... I don't think we need to bother Master Guan with this matter..."
Gu Sheng shrugged:
"Our current sales volume is already the best, and profitability is a foregone conclusion. What else is there to be thankful for?"
What Gu Sheng said is correct.
From the perspective of the company and the market, success is now beyond doubt in the road to survival.
After all, among the FPS works released at the same time as them, the most powerful one is the Fearless Sniper from Guangyao Studio.
But now, through a creative workshop module, the fearless snipers that had been chasing and blocking them madly have also been trampled under their feet.
It can be said that they have no rivals in the domestic FPS market during the same period.
It was precisely because of this that, this time, everyone at Golden Wind didn’t care too much about the first week’s sales, and went home after get off work on the settlement day.
But Shen Miaomiao said something shocking!
"Too small! Your vision is too small!"
Little Nezha put his hands on his hips, looking righteous and awe-inspiring:
"What I care about is whether we can achieve a return on investment in the first week!"
In a way, she wasn't kidding.
After all, with a 100x rebate card in hand, as long as she loses one dollar in the game, she will receive one hundred dollars in her piggy bank.
So, she asked Lord Guan to bless her and let her lose a little, even if it was only ten thousand, so that she would get one million in return.
But in Gu Sheng’s eyes!
Her image suddenly became taller and more radiant!
"hiss--"
Hearing this, Gu Sheng couldn't help but take a breath!
He really is from a prominent family!
Just when this group of people were still satisfied with the current results of Road to Survival!
Mr. Shen has already begun to expect the game to create the miracle of paying back the investment in a single week!
Look! Look!
This is their position! This is their philosophy! This is their pattern!
High! Hard! High and hard!
Gu Sheng was even more grateful that he had joined Golden Wind!
Here, he not only has plenty of money to squander to make his favorite games, but can even upgrade those classic games!
Moreover, the company has a favorable environment, with sufficient food and drink and sufficient salary, so you can even slack off at work!
Even the boss doesn’t have the heart to increase their KPI, and the only expectation they have is to make a wish through metaphysical methods like burning incense and praying to Buddha!
Where else can you find such a company? !
Gu Sheng asked himself.
Even if I start my own company, I can’t be as friendly and open-minded as Mr. Shen!
What a good boss...
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Shen Miaomiao ask cautiously: "Old Gu, do you think our work...can make back the investment in the first week?"
"Um--"
Hearing this, Gu Sheng looked serious and pondered for a moment:
"If there is no fearless sniper, it shouldn't be difficult to return to the first week."
"But their initial publicity, coupled with their subsequent pursuit and blockade of us, did affect our sales to a certain extent,"
"But don't worry, even if we can't make a profit in the first week, it's probably not much different."
Gu Sheng's words made Shen Miaomiao happy and nervous!
You must know!
Lao Gu’s judgment on the market has always been very accurate.
He said it would be difficult to make a profit in the first week, which means it is impossible to make a profit.
However, he also said that even if he didn't get his money back, it wouldn't make much difference...
So how much is this?
But damn it, don't do it like the last time with the vampire, where she lost a few cents and got only a hundred or eighty yuan in rebate!
If the final settlement result shows a loss of one dollar and she is given a rebate of one hundred dollars, she will probably have to open the window and go downstairs on the spot!
Just saying!
Beep, beep, beep—beep, beep—
Then the alarm that Shen Miaomiao had set earlier rang!
Gu Sheng raised his hand and looked at his Mickey watch: "There is only one minute left, shall we take a look together?"
"Um!"
Shen Miaomiao took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
Then, they both turned their heads at the same time and looked at the large projection screen in front of the conference room!
There is the developer background page of Yiyou!
Ten, nine, eight, seven...
Shen Miaomiao swallowed nervously, her heart pounding, and closed her eyes: "Old Gu, Old Gu, please give me the data."
"OK,"
Gu Sheng nodded, and then quietly counted down the last three numbers:
"Three, two, one... "
Click!
The background page refreshes data on the hour!
Looking at the final weekly data summary, Gu Sheng pursed his lips and said in a deep voice:
"The cost of Left 4 Dead was 10.85 million yuan, the unit price was 85 yuan per copy, and the final sales data in the first week was:"
"158,088 copies, total sales of 13,437,480 yuan, after deducting the commission, the final profit is——"
"10.75 million yuan,"
"...It's a pity that I only need 100,000 to make back my investment."
A full five seconds!
There was dead silence in the conference room!
then!
Then Shen Miaomiao, who had her eyes tightly closed, heard a trembling voice: "...how much did you say?"
"10.75 million."
"No, the latter sentence."
"I say - what a pity, we are only 100,000 away from making back our investment. If it weren't for that bastard Guangyao messing things up, we would have definitely made back our investment in the first week..."
Shen Miaomiao could no longer hear what Gu Sheng said next.
She carefully opened her eyes a little and glanced at the projection screen.
Above are their first week results, which Gu Sheng reported exactly.
Next second.
Shen Miaomiao heard a wonderful crisp sound in her mind!
[Ding! Time is up! This round of investment settlement is completed! ]
Then, the system settlement interface appeared——
[Ding! Project loss detected! ]
【Project: The Road to Survival】
[Project investment amount: 10.85 million yuan]
[Project loss amount: 100,000 yuan]
[Ding! Super guaranteed card is effective! Use it with 100 times the rebate bonus! ]
[Project rebate amount: 10 million yuan]
[Remaining settlement time: 0]
[Ding! Loss settlement completed, rebate has been issued to the host's personal bank card! ]
Then, the phone in Shen Miaomiao's hand vibrated!
Buzz——
[Your debit card account 1118 deposited 10,000,016.00 yuan via mobile banking transfer on April 15...]
One million...ten thousand!!!
Thick! Gift! Crab!
Shen Miaomiao's head buzzed instinctively!
I looked at the bank card deposit number twice!
Over there, Gu Sheng was still analyzing on his own while looking at the big screen:
"It's OK. Although it didn't make a profit in the first week, the total investment in the game is there after all."
"The bigger the investment, the longer the profit cycle,"
"Moreover, during this period, Guangyao Games has been blocking us from publicity, which has resulted in our media promotion being insufficient. Basically, we have to rely purely on word of mouth from players."
"In this case, we need to do our best to promote it later..."
"Old Gu!!!"
Not finished yet!
Then Shen Miaomiao's voice rang out, interrupting his mumbling, her tone filled with suppressed excitement!
"ah?"
Gu Sheng didn't look back, but continued to look at the screen, analyzing in his mind, and answered casually:
"What's wrong?"
“This sales volume is exciting enough.”
Behind him, Shen Miaomiao put away her phone and looked at Gu Sheng with her big watery eyes. There was a bright light flashing in her eyes, and her little mouth was slightly raised, as if she was about to laugh out loud in the next second.
"Yeah," Gu Sheng answered absentmindedly, as if he was thinking about the future direction: "Are you really excited?"
Shen Miaomiao nodded vigorously: "Really excited!"
"Oh, how excited are you?" Gu Sheng responded casually in order to keep his words from falling to the ground.
Then, Shen Miaomiao behind him answered: "Yes——"
Talking!
Shen Miaomiao took two steps back on tiptoe, then bent her knees slightly and squatted down, as if she was going to do a long jump.
Then, he aimed at Gu Sheng, rushed out, and leaped forward with his light body!
“Hey! Are you that excited? Hahahahahahahahahaha!”
Shen Miaomiao's sneak attack was successful, and she found a mount for herself on the spot!
Ten million, ten million!
You must know!
It’s almost been a year since she got the system!
And during this year, the maximum rebate amount she received was only fifty yuan!
Therefore, how could she not be excited about a rebate of 10 million!
"Oh shit!"
Gu Sheng only felt a peach-like fragrance breeze coming from behind him!
Then, two delicate arms wrapped around his neck!
When he steadied himself, he found that Shen Miaomiao was already hanging on him!
"No? Why are you so excited to ride me?!"
"This is called being in high spirits! Cooperate with me!"
Shen Miaomiao patted Gu Sheng on the shoulder:
"Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you, go!"
"You are a boss punishing an employee!"
Gu Sheng protested in dissatisfaction.
"Corporal punishment!" Shen Miaomiao retorted: "I weigh less than 90 pounds, not 90 kilograms!"
"But I am a director after all. I have to deal with a lot of people every day. I am a senior executive outside. If people see me, it will have a great impact..."
"Dinner is yours, order whatever you want."
"Then... at most I can carry you downstairs!"
“Can I order some songs?”
"That's too much, Shen Miaomiao. Have you ever seen a mount that speaks with its mouth open? I'm not a shaking machine!"
"Add a deluxe ice drink!"
"Dad's dad is called Grandpa..."
“Hahahahahahahahaha…”
There's a commotion going on!
Then Gu Sheng's phone rang.
Amid Shen Miaomiao's excited laughter, Gu Sheng answered the phone:
"Hello, I'm Gu Sheng."
Then a male voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello Mr. Gu, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm calling you today..."
"No, thank you."
Gu Sheng knew it was a telemarketing call, so he said sorry and hung up.
Then he pushed the door open and walked out of the meeting room with little Nezha...