Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 71 Six thousand one piece, bargaining wizard
"No, I will never agree to such a thing!"

In the experience store, Zeng Jianye mercilessly rejected Liu Wei's proposal.

"If you come to me because of pure plot writing, then I am very happy, but this, but this..."

Zeng Jianye pointed at the composition of 'Loli Zhang Fei' that had been painted on the table, with a confused look on his face.

"Insulting Sven, insulting Sven!"

Hearing this, Liu Wei didn't know what to say.

Sure enough... Teacher Zeng is also a very traditional teacher.

Isn't it just a matter of magically changing the history, replacing some men with women, and then making the background story more touching?

In the end, those die-hard otakus will buy it without thinking after reading this kind of sad literature about girls...

But now it seems that this matter is probably going to blow up.

But at this moment, Ling Jingwen, who had been silent by the side, suddenly said, "Old Zeng, I heard from Michelle that you have always wanted to be an A-level designer."

"My junior's monthly sales of this game can easily exceed 2000 million, and it's the kind of online game that has a steady stream..."

Sure enough, when he heard this, Zeng Jianye's old-fashioned face also had a slight fluctuation.

Promoting to an A-level designer has always been Zeng Jianye's biggest dream in his life.

According to common sense, if other B-level teachers have Zeng Jianye's level and have taught for so many years.

He has long been promoted to an A-level designer by virtue of being the 'first instructor' of students' works.

But Zeng Jianye was an old-fashioned man and preferred to rely on his own strength.

This is why when Liu Wei made hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and made tens of millions of profits with "Red Alert", Zeng Jianye only came over to say congratulations.

Because he felt that he did not participate in the production of "Red Alert" and if Liu Wei was allowed to add his name, he would not be able to get over it.

But now... an opportunity to potentially become an A-level designer is before him.

It's impossible not to be moved.

Two major selection criteria for A-level designers:
The first method is to develop a buyout game that generates over [-] million yuan for three consecutive months.

The second method is to develop five online games with a monthly turnover of more than 2000 million, and it will take half a year.

Seeing Zeng Jianye wavering, Ling Jingwen took advantage of the situation and said:

"By the way, I heard that Miyuki was also admitted to our school... and majored in art."

Hearing this, Liu Wei's eyes lit up.

The reminder given by my senior sister is already very obvious. If I can't seize this opportunity again, I will live in vain.

"Ahem, Teacher Zeng, this new game not only needs a good enough plot, but we are also very short of manpower in terms of original paintings."

"The current price of an original painting on the market is about [-], but it is more difficult for us. We have to subvert the convention and there are no works to learn from."

"And the time is relatively tight. If something is not suitable, a lot of revisions are needed... What do you think if I give Miyuki a price of 6000 yuan for an original painting?"

Chen Yaohui and Ling Jingwen on the side were shocked when they heard the price, and Zeng Jianye couldn't help but subconsciously raised his fingers.

An original painting of [-] yuan is already a price that only a well-known painter in the industry can afford.

Generally speaking, for students like this who haven't graduated, a few hundred dollars a piece will require Party A's father to please him in various ways.

Even if you want colorful black, they have to find a way to get it for you.

And the most important thing is that Liu Wei's so-called original painting is actually line drawing and composition.

All the details of coloring and beautification are completely left to outsourcing companies.

An original painting with such a requirement would cost one or two thousand pieces.

Liu Wei's price is too high.

But Liu Wei had no heartache or hesitation at all. The money was actually for Teacher Zeng.

No matter what the person named 'Mei Xue' is painted into, Liu Wei doesn't care.

Use it when it is good, and find someone to paint again if it is broken.As long as Teacher Zeng can participate in the plot design.

And how much does it cost?
Fifty cards are only 30, and you can make money back from the players by randomly releasing a new card.

After speaking, Liu Wei looked at Zeng Jianye with a bright smile.

Zeng Jianye forcibly suppressed his slightly trembling fingers and asked:

"Are you sure that your monthly sales will exceed 2000 million?"

Liu Wei pointed to the packed experience store.

Zeng Jianye took a deep breath and said slowly: "Meixue is still a fledgling child, six thousand a piece is too high."

Liu Wei said with a smile: "It's good to be a fledgling. I like young people like this. They are unconstrained and full of imagination. They are most suitable for painting this kind of magic transformation theme."

"Teacher Zeng, don't try to persuade me, it's only six thousand."

Seeing Liu Wei's firm attitude, Zeng Jianye didn't stop him anymore, and said, "That's fine, then I won't charge you anymore, just don't forget to give me the title of plot planner."

Liu Wei did not refuse.

Zeng Jianye is the kind of person who says he doesn't want money, and he definitely won't ask for money.

But... Teacher Zeng doesn't charge money, so I can arrange more tasks for that Michelle!
I used to draw thirty pictures in three months, but now I draw sixty pictures in three months.

Workload doubled, 30 turned into 60!
Don't ask, just ask, those who can do more work.

Before leaving, Zeng Jianye suddenly asked: "By the way, let me ask, what type of game is this new game?"

Liu Wei thought for a while and said: "A game that makes players want to stop, love and hate it, and it is very likely to change the structure of the entire game industry."

……

After bidding farewell to Teacher Zeng, Liu Wei returned to the second floor.

Start contacting some outsourcing companies, there are many such companies on the platform.

With the development and improvement of the game industry, various demand designs have also been gradually refined.

Liu Wei only searched for a while and found dozens of art companies specializing in coloring and polishing manuscripts.

Liu Wei directly found the company with the highest rating and the most expensive price.

Cheap things are not necessarily bad, but good things are not necessarily cheap.

As a friend who is a book painter, Liu Wei knows the importance of coloring.

The book before it was colored was just an ordinary line draft, but after it was colored, the Bodhisattva became Gatling in an instant, and the output was crazy.

After some final bargaining, Liu Wei provided basic line drawings, and the company opposite provided coloring services, with three opportunities for revision.

The price was negotiated for 3000 gold and purple cards, and 1000 white and blue cards.

In this way, Liu Wei spent as much as 47 yuan on art coloring alone.

（30+20）*3*3000+20*1000。

This price far exceeds the art costs of all Liu Wei's previous games.

(Most of the money for "Red Alert" was spent on modeling, not art.)
But in fact, from a certain perspective, the maximum cost of "Girls in the Three Kingdoms" is more than 100 million, not even 200 million.

But once the development of "Nianghua Three Kingdoms" is successful, the monthly revenue will at least exceed [-] million.

This terrifying speed of making money can only be matched by web games.

This is the most attractive part of card games.

You may not be able to find what is so fun about this game, or even what you can brag about in this game.

But its profitability is to make more money than some of your painstakingly made independent high-quality games.

The game market is so simple, crude and unreasonable.

(End of this chapter)