Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 1066 - 1053: Their Game Is Catching On! (Part 1)
In the 12 hours after the game was launched, due to Huo Feng’s impressive TikTok promotion and various other channels of promotion, including players sharing amongst themselves... and other reasons.
The metrics and data from all aspects skyrocketed, showing signs of becoming a hit!
By exactly 9 PM, which marked 12 hours since the game launch...
The combined downloads from the Android app store and Apple store had already surpassed 200,000 times!
Two of the 10 servers purchased by Yan Siyuan were already in overload mode, another four servers were in busy mode, while the remaining four servers were in idle mode.
The game had reached 180,000 real-time online users, with backend statistics showing an average online duration of 6 hours per account...
In other words, among the 180,000 online players, each player’s online time averaged a staggering 6 hours. In other words, once players start trying out this game, they basically end up playing for 6 hours. The game has strong stickiness!
Furthermore, among the online users, more and more are spending money purchasing in-game items, outfits, and high-priced gifts!
Many players, eager to impress their beloved idols, hastily spent money to buy items that can greatly increase their favorability!
Moreover, because there was an activity in the game offering numerous items as rewards for a first-time charge of 1 yuan, most players could afford to pay 1 yuan!
So, in a mere 12 hours, orders of game credits for Yuanfeng Studio had reached as high as 160,000, and the payments continued to flow in!
Yan Siyuan and Ye Qingcao had been on a WeChat voice call with Pu Sangzhi all day, providing real-time updates of various data messages.
The game’s income soared to a point where they were all amazed!
Within just 12 hours, earning 160,000; it seemed like money couldn’t be easier to make than this!
Everyone received an unexpected surprise today, and their emotions were like riding a rollercoaster, steadily ascending to great heights.
However, Huo Feng was busy filming night scenes and hadn’t returned by 9.
At 9 PM, Yan Siyuan happened to notify Pu Sangzhi on WeChat with good news, "I just received a few advertising invitations from some small companies. They want to insert ads into our game, the price hasn’t been discussed yet, what do you think?"
The game, exhibiting a small-scale boom soon after its launch, getting noticed by advertising companies, certainly represented another great opportunity for studio collaboration!
"I think we can accept ads. However, we need to consider how to implement the ads. What kind of advertisers are they? Do you have any ideas?"
Pu Sangzhi naturally supported this idea, sitting in front of her laptop, filtering through abundant messages, selectively responding to key ones immediately.
From the afternoon onward, the ’Yuanfeng Studio’ Weibo account and the brand-new ’Yuanfeng Studio’ TikTok account, including Huo Feng’s TikTok account, were all managed by Pu Sangzhi.
She juggled between myriad comments, selectively replying to outstanding ones online, engaging with game fans, including Huo Feng’s followers.
The earlier TikTok advertisement video posted by Huo Feng, by 9 PM, had reached 263,000 likes, and garnered 112,000 comments, being exceptionally popular!
However, due to the video’s overwhelming popularity, it diverted traffic from TikTok. Thus, TikTok forcibly blocked it, and Pu Sangzhi had to delete the video...
Later, Pu Sangzhi posted the video using Yuanfeng Studio’s account, attracting less traffic than when posted through Huo Feng’s account, thus remaining safe.
Pu Sangzhi began to appreciate the allure of data and advertising, she supported the idea of accepting ads.
On the phone, Yan Siyuan replied to Pu Sangzhi, "I’ve found several insertion-type ad models, I’ll send them via WeChat for your review."
Soon, Pu Sangzhi received the advertisement insertion models sent by Yan Siyuan.
Upon reviewing them, they were all rigid ads...
Ads that popped up on certain specific screens...
Such rigid ads were unacceptable, as Pu Sangzhi felt they were too stiff! They would inevitably annoy a group of gamers...
Thus, she promptly vetoed Yan Siyuan, "I think we can’t insert ads this way. Ads can be accepted, but let’s think outside the box! Like integrating ad brands directly into the game plot, in short, don’t crudely insert ads, they would elicit player disdain."
"Hmm... Indeed, I also think it’s not feasible." Yan Siyuan nodded in agreement.
Pu Sangzhi chuckled, "Since you also think it’s not feasible, why send me such an ad model? Do you have another idea?"
Yan Siyuan explained further, "I initially thought inserting ads might affect the game’s quality. So, I wanted to use it as a negative example to ask your opinion. You said ad insertion is acceptable, so do you have a better idea?"
Only then did Pu Sangzhi realize that Yan Siyuan’s query on accepting ads was purely a test...
Dealing with such a partner, it was indeed exasperating...
Nonetheless, Pu Sangzhi shared her thoughts, "I think ads can be accepted. After all, advertising fees are substantial income. However, it’d be best to accept those ads related to our game. Like those concerning educational materials, life products, convenient for plot embedding. Such ads integrated into the game storyline are unnoticeable yet impactful, that’s the best."
"What you said is feasible..."
In Hangzhou, Yan Siyuan nodded, "Only, if we were to add those, it would involve programming and plot modification, requiring time for rewriting code. It’s time-consuming and labor-intensive."
"Though a bit troublesome, we could charge more for advertising fees."
Frowning with seriousness, Pu Sangzhi continued, "For this collaboration form, the advertising fees might reach over 500,000. Because, as long as our game stays popular, their ads can persist on our game perpetually. We can accept advertisements from just two companies, establishing long-term collaboration. What do you think?"
"Sounds a bit troublesome..."
As soon as he finished these words, Yan Siyuan immediately continued, "However, I think your idea is viable. Discuss it with Huo Feng upon his return, let him handle advertisement choices and negotiations then."
Pu Sangzhi nodded, "Alright. I’ll talk to him when he comes back, besides we don’t need to accept too many small ads, rather just accept 1~2 reliable big ads to establish long-term cooperation, which would be advantageous for us."
"Agreed."
Yan Siyuan said, "By the way, when will Huo Feng be back?"
Pu Sangzhi glanced at the time, realizing it was already 9:15, "I don’t know, he mentioned filming night scenes today, if all goes well he’d return by 9. Guess it’s not going well..."
Yan Siyuan curled his lips and raised an eyebrow, "Even if he’s not here, it’s fine, with you around today, I won’t feel too anxious; you’re much more capable than Huo Feng."
Hearing this, Pu Sangzhi laughed, "No need to flatter me, flattery from the boss to the employee doesn’t work for me."
There, Yan Siyuan chuckled, "I don’t view you as an employee. Today, I only regarded you as a partner. After all, you are overseeing here for Huo Feng, aren’t you?"
Pu Sangzhi acknowledged, "Sort of. Even if Huo Feng had free time today, I’d still be focusing on the game’s launch, doing whatever I can."
Yan Siyuan replied, "Then I can only say, that mad dog having you as a girlfriend proves his three years of high school efforts weren’t in vain."
Pu Sangzhi raised an eyebrow, "You’re not bad either, Xiaocao has stayed with you all day, hasn’t she?"
Then, Ye Qingcao’s voice emerged in the call, "Haha, finally you remember me! Sangzhi~ I’ve been monitoring the backend data all day, I feel like my eyes are going blind~"
The three resumed their chatter in the WeChat call...
Even amidst their conversation, the game’s various metrics continuously surged upwards.
The download count, number of online users, average online duration, and revenue from recharge... All steadily in an upward trajectory.
The Weibo account and TikTok account managed by Pu Sangzhi were flooded with messages!
With his million TikTok followers, Huo Feng was the main driving force behind the game’s successful first step, entirely attributed to Huo Feng!
While this most important contributor was still in the production team filming night scenes.
Pu Sangzhi was waiting for his return...
...
It wasn’t until 11 PM that Pu Sangzhi heard the hotel room door being unlocked with a key card!
Upon hearing the commotion of Huo Feng’s return, Pu Sangzhi immediately got out of bed, slipped into the hotel’s disposable slippers, and eagerly ran towards the door...
Huo Feng quietly closed the door, intending to enter unnoticed...
Unexpectedly, upon turning around, he noticed Pu Sangzhi standing about 5 meters away, staring at him wide-eyed, clad in a bathrobe...
