capitalist in famous detective

Chapter 201 Making money or making money
With the end of Mr. Karasuma's words, there will basically be no obstacles to the promotion of smartphones.

However, Bai Chuan didn't think that everything would be fine, and he could wait to die and wait for his share.

No matter how quickly the winery moves, it is impossible to start a project today, manufacture it tomorrow, and start selling it all over Japan the day after tomorrow.In other words, if you want to make money from smartphones, even with the unreliable time trend of Conan World, it will be at least two theatrical versions later.

If you want to accumulate funds quickly, the final destination is to return to the game.

Coincidentally, with the grand conclusion of the theatrical version, the company has completed the digestion of Mantianten. At this stage, the two largest game companies in Japan have been integrated. Shirakawa can completely let go of his hands and feet to do something big.

When it comes to making money, his first target must be big money-drawers like online games.

The development momentum of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" has been good, with a turnover of close to [-] million every month. Even after deducting network servers, operating costs and other miscellaneous things, there is still about [-] million left.

According to this attitude, he can buy the same toy that Miss Suzuki had when she was a child in 8 months!

However, the number of players who quit the game has increased significantly during this period.

The reason is still the main storyline of the game.

A few days ago, the company was in an internal digestion period, and all game updates were of the stabilization type. Although many activities were launched, they were basically just refreshments, or previous activities were directly reskinned and re-launched.

There is no new idea, and the activity of the game naturally shows a downward trend.

Therefore, the new version is imminent, and this is also a good time for Bai Chuan to expand the upper limit of krypton gold.

The new version opens up new gold points. This is basically a common method used by most games in the mobile gaming era, but different methods have different effects.

A rougher approach would be to increase the prices of all in-game props directly after the update. How many leeks can be left count? Generally speaking, it does not mean that the life of the game has really come to an end. Very few companies do this.

Those who are more scheming will adopt the classic method of first increasing the price and then lowering the price.

This kind of operation usually uses a festival or game anniversary and other activities as a cover to customize a high price for the newly launched products, such as 188, 298, etc., and then directly sell them at half price or even one-third of the price in the name of discount promotion. , giving players the illusion that it is very cheap and they will definitely not lose money if they buy it.

But in fact, this discounted price was originally the price that the game company wanted to sell directly.

This method will not cause opposition from players in the early stage, and may even make many players feel that they are making a lot of money.

But as long as you come a few times, or the promotion does not end after holidays, the routine will be discovered, the number of people who are deceived will be greatly reduced, and you will even be criticized more violently.

The last one is to secretly add expensive new props to the mall, and then pretend to be dead immediately after being discovered by players.

In short, no matter what method is used, price-sensitive players will not easily accept price increases. This is why most mobile games have given up on working on props and instead focus on drawing cards.

Leave the appearance of the most critical and important props in the game to probability, and then set a minimum number that is neither high nor low. If players cannot draw the props they like, they will only blame everything on luck, and then look at those flowers. The European Emperor, who won high rewards at a very small cost, showed off his abilities infinitely.

In this way, it will not only divide the players, but also prevent the game company from being known as a cheater. If it carries out some price reduction activities from time to time, it can also gain the reputation of a conscientious game.

It's just that the card drawing game is obviously not suitable for online games at the current stage.

After all, card drawing is all about a top. When you feel it, you can get a 648 with two taps of your fingers.

But in this era where there is no online payment and you still need to add some cards, it is obviously not easy to use.No matter how high a player is, if he wants to make money, he still has to go out to buy a card and come back to recharge.

Maybe after taking a few steps on the street, the mood above me calmed down. If I saw any night market stalls again, after thinking about it, 648 would probably turn into a delicious barbecue.

Even really wealthy players who have accumulated a lot of point cards in advance and are just waiting to spend them will get bored due to the endless input of point cards.

Therefore, if you want to use "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" to make a fortune in a short period of time, you still have to rely on income from props.

Of course, this must be paired with another means of earning money - the VIP hierarchy.

This is also a design that is basically on the verge of elimination at this stage. It basically appeared in the previous generation around 2015.

The core gameplay is to determine the VIP level according to the amount of recharge in the game, and each level will grant different benefits.

For example, if you recharge 10 yuan, you will get 10 points and become VIP1, and you will receive a free lottery draw every day; if you recharge 100 yuan, you will become a VIP2, and you will receive 3 lottery draws and a free enhancement every day.
This method can make players feel a kind of psychological comfort after recharging, and it is also a way to bind players to the game. The more recharges, the higher the VIP level, and the more cautious you will be when quitting.

These two methods, a two-pronged approach, can basically minimize the number of players who choose to quit the game due to the increase in the krypton gold limit.

The next question is how to get players to increase their efforts to earn money.

Although Fantasy Three Kingdoms appears to be an MMO, its core is still cards. The main motivation for players to play is to extract their favorite cards and develop them.

The first version of the game basically allows players to get their favorite basic cards. Next, if they want to stimulate consumption, they need to work hard on the gameplay.

Players draw cards, first of all, to see, for themselves and others to see, to satisfy their desire to collect and to get a sense of pleasure from other people's compliments, and secondly for the joy of watching the cards become stronger day by day. .

In addition to this, it is also refreshing to explore lineup combinations with confidence and win through strategy rather than numerical methods.

The former does not have any means to significantly increase revenue. At most, it has a bonding system that forces players to collect more other cards in order to cultivate their favorite cards.

For example, adding a bond to the Zhuge family to Zhuge Liang, or adding a bond to the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix.

The latter has more ways to improve, such as some single-player PVP activities, and the easiest to understand is the arena.

Ordinary players will try to collect the most cost-effective lineup, try to get a good ranking, and even defeat gold-earning players who rely solely on numerical values.

This not only adds a sense of enjoyment to ordinary players, but also allows wealthy players to increase their recharge efforts.

In addition, the top players in each server are basically rich people who have collected enough cards. Unless new cards are released or a higher level is opened, they will basically live a retired life.

This ranking method can force involution among wealthy players.

Maybe originally I just wanted to collect enough cards and train a few generals I like, but now, in order to be the No. 1 throne, I have to reach full levels, full stars, and all kinds of equipment and props. They are all top-notch, right?

With the level of everyone's generals varying greatly, if you want to gain a leading position, you even have to study strategies and find the most powerful cards in the game to form a lineup.

These all cost money!

If Bai Chuan was more ruthless and directly engaged in cross-server competitions, I believe this number would make people crazy.In addition to these, the usual trick to cheat Krypton is to get stuck.

The sudden increase in difficulty at a specific level in the game will stagnate most ordinary players. If they want to pass the level, they must exchange money for higher combat power.

This situation usually occurs at a certain key node in the game. After clearing the level, you can unlock a new gameplay and a new map. If you cannot clear the level, you can only keep spinning in place.

As long as you don't need much cash to recharge to pass the level, such as the classic 6 yuan first recharge, or the 18 yuan gift pack, some players are happy to spend a little money.

This method can easily dissuade players who have no desire to recharge, and may even cause a wave of withdrawals. However, after nearly ten years of development, Krypton Gold mobile games have already developed a complete set of countermeasures.

If you don’t want to top up money, then spend more time.

In the game, there will be various ways to improve combat power prepared for free players, such as logging in for seven days to get various benefits, high rewards after being online for more than x minutes every day, various achievement rewards that are not difficult but require a lot of time.

What others can defeat in one day with a lot of money, but if you work harder every day, you can defeat it in three to five days. Isn't this a balance in your heart?I may even be a little complacent, saying that I don’t spend money when others spend it, so rounding it off is a net profit of [-] million!

As everyone knows, in fact, he has already fallen into the trap of the game company.

There is an old saying, [Those who are rich support a money game, and those who have no money support a personal game]. In the field of online games, the human game is more valuable than the money game.

Especially for players who are extremely active every day, they are much more important than any monthly card party or micro-Krypton party!

At present, the first plot of Fantasy Three Kingdoms, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, has advanced two-thirds, and the only leader of the Yellow Turban forces is Zhang Jiao who has not yet officially appeared.

And this is the blocking point he designed.

It took Shirakawa three full days to plan the update framework for the entire game. Although subsequent research and development does not require hands-on experience, it is still essential to keep a close eye on the development process.

By the time the new version was developed, it was already more than a week later.

During this period of time, perhaps because he was away from Conan, Shirakawa felt that the number of homicides around him was showing an exponential downward trend. He only met Officer Megure once by chance, but Uncle Mouri had never met him at all.

Faced with such a situation, Bai Chuan is naturally happy to see the result. Anyway, he has already collected two energy points, and there is nothing that must be obtained among the redeemable props. All murders and other things can be avoided as long as possible.

It's just that some things are not determined by his subjective consciousness, that is, when he was eating with his colleagues in the company, he was lucky enough to bump into Uncle Maori and Conan who were eating together.

Ordinary restaurant, ordinary daily life, except for Maori and his family, there is only a lonely old lady in the store, which should not meet the prerequisites for a case to occur!perhaps?

Baichuan, who didn't want to take risks, decisively changed to a smaller restaurant nearby and finished dinner with a heart in his heart. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a scream suddenly came from a two-story building next to him.

Then, Baichuan felt a gust of wind blowing past his ears. In the next second, Conan had already mounted the fence outside the house, turned over and rushed in.

"Brother Baichuan, hurry up."

I knew it!

Looking at Conan who illegally broke into someone else's house and didn't forget to turn around and grab him, Bai Chuan helplessly covered his face. bumping into Conan was really equivalent to bumping into a case!

Not long after, the police, who had become numb to the case, arrived at the scene.

"The person who reported the crime is called Morinaga Juri and he is the hostess of this house. The deceased is his husband Higa Kōyu." Takagi held the police manual given by Date-senpai and began to introduce the case.

"Higa Kohiro, male, 27 years old, is a boxing coach. His wife Morinaga Juri is a yoga coach at the same club. Today is Mr. Higa's day off, so he did not go to work. Ms. Morinaga did not go to work until she returned home normally. She found out that her husband had been dead for a long time.

The crime took place in a locked bedroom. There were obvious signs of a fight at the scene. The cause of death was suffocation.

The specific time of death is still being determined by the medical examiner.However, the forensic officers did not collect the fingerprints of anyone else at the scene except the deceased. "

"So this is a premeditated murder case?" The murderer wiped off his fingerprints so vigilantly. It seems that he had planned the entire crime process in advance and was not impulsive.

Officer Megure immediately ordered, "Immediately launch an investigation into the social relationships of the deceased to see if there is anyone with whom he had a bad relationship."

The two policemen immediately took the order and set off, while Takagi continued to introduce,

"There are no signs of prying on the doors and windows of the entire house. According to the introduction of the deceased's wife, Miss Juri Morinaga, there are three keys to the house. One is on her body, one is in the locked bedside table in the bedroom, and the other one is on her body." Then put it in a neighbor's house.

In addition, the deceased was wearing pajamas, so we initially speculated that it was highly likely that an acquaintance committed the crime. "

"Okay, follow this direction to check."

Watching two more policemen leave the room, Shirakawa finally understood why the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recruits people every year, but its police force is always seriously insufficient.

If used this way, not to mention 1 police officers, even 10 people would not be able to withstand it!
"Ah, look at this lock, it's so strange!"

Conan's malicious and cute voice attracted everyone's attention. The boy was playing with a strange device with pulleys in his hands.

"Look, as long as you tie the rope to this side of the pulley, and then pull it gently, you can lock the window!"

Bai Chuan's fist suddenly felt a little itchy at this moment.

After not seeing each other for a few days, this brat seems to be a lot more courageous!
"Looking at it this way, maybe this is a secret room!"

Mouri Kogoro gave his own judgment, "Maybe the deceased did not receive guests before his death, but was sleeping. The murderer took this opportunity to open the unlocked window, kill the person, and then use the mechanism to leave ."

It has to be said that Kogoro's reasoning this time was not as outrageous as before. Not only did Officer Megure find no obvious flaws, but even Conan temporarily acquiesced to this possibility.

"In this way, the scope of the investigation will be greatly expanded! If it was not a crime committed by an acquaintance or a vendetta, why on earth did the murderer kill Mr. Higa?"

Looking at Megure with a sad face, and then at Conan who was still in a state of deep thought, Shirakawa's eyes flickered. He didn't know the deceased in front of him, but he had seen the so-called wife Juri Morinaga more than once.

On the surface, she is just a yoga instructor, but secretly she is a killer who once took on a mission on the gray fog.

This case doesn’t seem simple!

(End of this chapter)