Chapter 82 Main Story Unlocked
"How's it going? Are the sales figures for the previous hour out?"
While the anchors were promoting their games in full swing, over at Honghuang Studio, Chen Lin was also on the phone with Lao Song to learn about the sales situation.
"Just as expected , not very optimistic." Lao Song's voice came from the phone, "The VR game market is too small. Only 200 copies have been sold so far."
Two hundred copies were sold in an hour, still at the price of 1999.
This is pretty good for many games.
But compared to the financial investment in "Titanic", it is just a drop in the bucket and cannot even cover the labor costs.
fortunately.
Chen Lin had anticipated this.
He glanced at the night outside the window and said, "Two hundred copies is fine. After all, the CG movie is about to be released, and the main storyline cannot be leaked too early. It is certain that no one will play it because it is too difficult."
"Our main focus this time is to create publicity. We will use the game promotion as a warm-up first, and then lift the ban together with the release of the CG movie, which should be able to boost game sales."
"By the way, how's the negotiation going with the theater?"
"It's going pretty well." Old Song replied in a low voice.
"I have talked to several major theaters in China. They think this movie has great potential and have scheduled it for Valentine's Day. If the first-day box office performs well, they will increase the screening rate during the Spring Festival and overseas."
overseas?
Chen Lin's eyes lit up.
It seems that the cinema has also noticed that this movie has a market overseas and actually took the initiative to arrange it for them.
That's good news.
If he remembered correctly, the previous version of "Titanic" had earned nearly 500 million in box office revenue in the first week of its release.
He didn't think that the current Honghuang had the strength to compete with the major film and television companies in his previous life, nor was he sure how the world would accept this movie.
After all, the success of every work.
There are many uncertainties involved.
But even if it reaches half or even one-third of this box office record, the funds raised will be immeasurable.
It is definitely enough to expand the size of the studio several times, and producing those well-known 3A masterpieces will no longer be a problem.
Chen Lin: "Well done. You've worked hard during this period, managing the team and running around."
Lao Song: "We are just starting out in our studio, so what can we do? We need to quickly train Lao Li to take over my shift. I haven't had a day off in a long time since I started following you."
Even through the phone, Chen Lin could sense the resentment in his words and immediately laughed: "Okay, after this matter is done, I'll give you a few days off. It's time to let Lao Li take over some things."
"You said this, don't forget it."
Old Song hung up the phone and went back to his work.
Chen Lin leaned back in his chair and clicked on the page to check the promotion status of various platforms.
…
"Found it, over there at the stern!"
at this time.
In Lao E’s live broadcast room.
After half an hour of familiar exploration, Old E finally locked on the key figure named "Jack" and followed him to the stern deck.
"That's weird, why is this NPC here so late at night?"
"There is something fishy. There is definitely something fishy."
"My seventh sense as a man tells me that something is going to happen soon."
"I said there was something wrong with this character, and you can't go wrong by following him."
"I even suspect that he is the male lead that Honghuang recruited through the announcement."
There was a lot of discussion in the live broadcast room, and Lao E also controlled the character to follow closely behind "Jack", hiding in the corner and watching from afar.
Then I saw Jack lying on the bench at the stern, smoking and daydreaming for several minutes.
"Dazed? I've been following you for quite some time, and you're actually just daydreaming here?"
Now Old E couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to rush up to argue.
But at this moment, hurried footsteps and sobbing were suddenly heard in the distance.
A familiar figure appeared, and without even noticing Old E and Jack lying on the bench, she ran towards the fence at the stern, crying.
"It seems to be the noble daughter in the first class cabin!"
"It's really her! The anchor is coming up, this should trigger the plot!"
"How could the plot be triggered at such a late hour?"
Old E and the audience couldn't bear it after seeing this scene.
There is only half an hour of game time left before the break , which is only a few minutes from the player's perspective.
Who would have thought that this point would trigger a hidden plot.
And it was triggered right at the stern. No wonder they didn't find it during the first round of exploration.
But right away.
Old E became excited.
Since there is a hidden plot, it means that their previous guess was correct, and these two characters are indeed important figures in the game.
Maybe you can find a way to get into first class by following them!
Thinking of this, Old E immediately tiptoed over.
Jack, lying on the bench, obviously did not expect to meet his dream lover whom he had met once during the day in such a place.
Seeing the other party climbing up the fence and trying to commit suicide by jumping off the boat, he immediately stepped forward to stop him.
Because he didn't receive any task prompts, Old E just hid aside and watched the heroic rescue scene happening at the stern.
"Fuck! I have to be fed dog food in the middle of the night."
"It is true that a hero saved a beautiful girl, but it was not a player who saved her."
"So the players are just here to be light bulbs?"
Just as the barrage of comments was making complaints, Jack finally persuaded the other party to give up suicide with his words, and learned the other party's name, Ruth.
Old E in the distance silently wrote down the two people's names.
But at this moment, something strange happened!
Ruth, who was outside the fence, was about to cross the fence and return to the boat when her foot suddenly slipped and she fell down.
【ah--】
A scream spread throughout the stern.
Jack grabbed Rose's arm tightly and pulled upwards with all his might.
[Help! Help me! ]
【Come on! I got you! Don’t give up! 】
The two of them were stuck on the railing and almost fell into the sea from the stern of the ship.
“Fuck!”
It all happened so suddenly that Old E was stunned for a moment before he noticed the task prompt on the interface asking him to rescue people.
Without hesitation, he rushed out to help save people, and finally pulled Ruth back from the brink of death.
【What's going on? 】
Several crew guards rushed over upon hearing the noise, and just in time saw Jack hugging Rose and lying on the ground, looking like he was about to cause trouble.
【Stand back! 】
【Don't move! 】
The guards reacted and immediately grabbed Old E and Jack, pinning them aside, making them unable to move.
"No, I'm here to save people. If you want to catch him, just catch him. I didn't touch him!"
Old E's face turned green.
So he ran out to help save people, but was still accused of molesting a girl. What kind of crappy plot is this?
Even the audience was laughing like crazy. They never expected that the player came over not to save people, but to take the blame.
What was even more beyond their expectations was...
At this time, the character played by Director Honghuang came hurriedly, claiming to be Ruth's fiancé, and grabbed Jack by the collar and wanted to attack him.
fortunately.
At this time, Ruth, who was still frightened, finally came to her senses and explained to them the whole thing. This resolved the misunderstanding and allowed the two to be released again.
But the fiancé's expression didn't seem very good.
[Since you saved my fiancée, I would like to invite you to have dinner with us tomorrow. ]
After saying this, he took Ruth away.
Old E stood there for a long time before he was finally awakened by a prompt box.
[Congratulations, you have unlocked the first-class admission privileges and obtained the achievement: The Best of the Best]
[The main storyline is unlocked, and you can freely choose to enter the storyline through the activated nodes. ]
"Oh my gosh! Does this mean I can go to first class!?"
