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Chapter 586: Uncle Ma (4000 words, two in one)

When everyone in the conference room heard that something had happened to the phantom beast Palu, they were all stunned and looked at the public relations employee in disbelief.

Something happened to the phantom beast Palu?
Something is wrong. What could happen to the mythical beast Palu? We haven't even started the closed beta test yet. It won't affect the players at all.

Since it doesn't affect the players at all, how can it be called an accident?

"Don't be anxious. Let's talk about it." Ye Ge said slowly.

Ye Ge was thinking the same thing as them. The Fantasy Beast Palu hasn’t even been publicly tested yet, so what could go wrong?
“Boss Ye, yesterday we announced the closed beta test date for our Phantom Beast Paloo, but this morning, we saw a lot of comments slandering our Phantom Beast Paloo, saying that we copied Pokémon.

And these remarks are in large numbers.

Nowadays on the Internet, the pace is getting faster and faster.”

The female employee from the public relations department said anxiously.

"How ridiculous! How can we be said to have copied Pokémon? We carefully designed the Paloo in it to avoid too much duplication with Pokémon."

"That's right! Those people don't know how many artists we tortured and how many times we revised each Palu! Besides! Could it be that as long as it can evolve and be tamed, everything is infringement? Isn't that too ridiculous?"

The members of the Fantasy Beast Palu production team felt very angry.

In comparison, Ye Ge was very calm.

There were even many people who couldn't help but sigh when they saw how calm and composed their boss was - he was worthy of being their boss, and it was indeed not easy for the boss to build such a big business at such a young age.

In fact, Ye Ge was not surprised at all that the mythical beast Palu might be suspected of plagiarizing Pokémon.

Because in the previous life, the mythical beast Palu was originally a stitched monster, and many shadows of Pokémon can be found in Palu.

However, if this game is put into modern times, it would be a bit too much to say that you are a patchwork monster.

Not to mention that he overturned all the modeling of the fantasy beast Palu. Most of the Palu have their own unique style.

As for whether the gameplay of the fantasy beast Palu will be like a certain game, that is even more impossible. It should be said that in a few years, there will be many games that are similar to the gameplay of the fantasy beast Palu...

Ye Ge touched his chin and said to everyone:

"Go back and have a rest. You don't have to worry about this matter. Just focus on making the game. Different things are handled by different departments. They are more professional than you and will definitely handle it well.

No matter what happens, the closed beta test of Phantom Beast Palu will proceed as scheduled and no changes are required.

What we need to do is to optimize the game and find out some bugs within this period of time.

We will strive to provide players with the best experience by the time of the final public beta test."

"Okay, Mr. Ye." Everyone responded in unison.

However, team leader Gan Lin was still a little worried, after all, the phantom beast Palu was the result of his hard work for more than a year!
It’s not an exaggeration to say that he is your own child.

As a result, I don’t know what happened now, which is really anxious.

But Gan Lin also knew that the company's public relations department would do it. If he rushed in, he might end up making things worse and causing trouble for others.

"Let's go to the public relations department."

Ye Ge walked out of the meeting room.

The 1.5-meter-tall female employee quickly trotted after Ye Ge.

When I arrived at the Public Relations Department, the director had already prepared all the documents.

Ye Ge understood the whole story as quickly as possible.

In fact, some people think that in the PV of the mythical beast Palu, some of the Palu look three points similar, or their skills are somewhat similar.

And because different palus have different attributes and attribute restraints, the rhythm is set.

Especially attacking the tower master, which is exactly the same as challenging the gym, just with a different name.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, because it does not constitute plagiarism at all. However, do you want to say that there is no "reference" to Pokémon? Of course there is.
Because just talking about the types of games, they are mainly based on catching pets and fighting against each other.

In this regard, Pokémon is the biggest IP. How is it possible that the mythical beast Palu was not inspired by it?
But if this is to be considered plagiarism, then it is really an exaggeration.

This is actually not a big deal, but because this game is so popular, even out of the circle, a lot of people will pay attention to it.

Once a game becomes popular, many people outside the circle will hear the name of this game.

Many people don’t know about the game “Fantasy Beast Palu” and some don’t even play the game often.

But when they heard so many people saying that "Fantasy Beast Palu" was plagiarizing, they naturally couldn't help but feel a sense of justice in their hearts, and they started to curse together, as if the matter had already been settled.

To put it bluntly, these people don't actually have any bad intentions, they are just too naive, and then they are used as guns and led by the rhythm.

Then many fans who defended the game "Phantom Beast Palu" were very angry when they saw their game being slandered, and they began to fight back.

If you fight back against others, others will fight back against you.

Then the quarrels got more and more intense, and the heat got higher and higher. In just one night and one morning, it turned out like this.

"Boss Ye, should we contact Bilibili and ask our colleagues at Bilibili to help control the comments?"

The director of the public relations department is Luo Yan, a 30-year-old middle-aged woman who used to work in a large company and was later poached by Xu Xin.

Ye Ge thought about it seriously, then shook his head: "It's not necessary. Everyone knows that Bilibili and Mihuyou are in the same boat. If Bilibili controls the comments, it means that we are guilty. There was nothing wrong in the first place, but it turns out that we have done it.

We may even be ridiculed by others.

Let things develop the way they are now. Tell B station that there is no need to control comments or traffic.

Just push it as it should be pushed.”

Luo Yan immediately understood what Ye Ge was doing: "I understand. We will not release any response from our side. We will just pretend that nothing happened."

"Smart, that's it." Ye Ge nodded with a smile, "I'll give you chicken thighs for lunch today, Sister Luo."

"Okay, that's it." Ye Ge breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought it was something else. You were so surprised."

Luo Yan also smiled: "I just went out to buy coffee. After hearing about the incident, I rushed back as soon as possible. As a result, Xiaomei went to trouble you, Mr. Ye, in a hurry."

"." The 1.5-meter-tall female employee named "Xiaomei" lowered her head with red cheeks.

"Which university did you graduate from? How long have you been working?" Ye Ge asked.

"I graduated from Shanghai University." Xiaomei looked like she was about to cry. "I'm a fresh graduate and just got a full-time job."

Ye Ge nodded: "If something like this happens in the future, inform your superiors, discuss it, and then decide on the next steps and whether to report it. However, your sense of crisis is good and deserves recognition. It is better to be sensitive than to be dull. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it when something goes wrong. You will also get a chicken drumstick for lunch today."

"Thank you, Mr. Ye." Xiaomei raised her head and looked like she was about to cry. She thought she was going to lose this job.

"What are you thanking me for?" Ye Ge patted Xiaomei on the shoulder. "Do a good job. Your public relations department is particularly important. Don't worry, the more you do, the more bonuses you will get." "Yes, Mr. Ye!" Xiaomei sniffed heavily.

"Okay, then I'm leaving."

Ye Ge left the Public Relations Department.

Looking at Ye Ge's back as he left, Xiao Mei felt for the first time that her boss's back was so tall.

"Wake up, stop looking." Luo Yan rubbed Xiaomei's head, "What do you think of our boss?"

"The boss is so handsome! So mature!" Xiaomei's eyes sparkled.

"You, hurry up and work hard. Your boss is only a junior, two years younger than you." Luo Yan returned to her workstation and sat down.

"Oh." Xiaomei also returned to her workstation.

But after a while, Xiaomei poked her head out and whispered, "Minister, why did Mr. Ye tell us not to respond and let this matter develop on its own?"

"You still have a lot to learn."

Luo Yan smiled and explained to her proud subordinate.

“If our company intervenes, the pace of this matter will get faster and faster. Regardless of whether we plagiarized Pokémon or not, this matter will be more difficult to calm down. As long as we don’t intervene, we will always be in the stage of public opinion.

Besides, isn’t it good to have public opinion?

The higher the popularity of the fantasy beast Palu, the higher the fame and attention it will receive, and the more people will know about this game.

People who know this game naturally know that this game is not a copy.

People who don’t know about this game basically won’t play it.

So what if they hate the game? They are not our target audience.”

"That's right!" Xiaomei suddenly realized, "Boss Ye is really smart."

Luo Yan smiled and said, "To be honest, I was quite surprised. Mr. Ye is so young, but I didn't expect him to be so experienced in public relations."

Xiaomei nodded quickly to show her approval.

Xiaomei retracted her head and continued to sit at her workstation.

But after a while, Xiaomei poked her head out again and asked the minister beside her: "Minister, is the boss really a scumbag?"

Luo Yan nodded seriously: "Yes!"

"But it doesn't look like it." Xiaomei pouted.

Luo Yan rolled her eyes at Xiao Mei and said, "It's hard for a little girl like you who has just entered the society to see that this is a qualified scumbag."

Xiaomei: “.”

After the members of the Fantasy Beast Palu production team returned to their residence, no one slept and they all patrolled the Internet intensively.

I want to see what happened to Palu.

But when they saw those slanderous comments and videos, they were so angry that they almost exploded.

My one and a half years of hard work has been slandered!
Who can sleep like this?!

So, these programmers picked up their keyboards and entered the wonderland of land keys again!

Whenever they see someone slandering the game "Phantom Beast Palu", they start clacking on the keyboards, and the crisp sound of the keyboards is like that of a piano.

But gradually, they found that there were fewer and fewer comments slandering the phantom beast Palu.

Gradually, our side gained the upper hand.

Not only that, there are also many expert players who present facts and reason, explaining from all angles of the released PV how different the mythical beast Palu is from Pokémon, and they also bring out the legal provisions of China and the island country regarding the scope of plagiarism identification, which is very hardcore.

This rhythm fermented all night and only started to take shape in the morning, and as a result, it was basically one-sided that evening.

They all thought that it was the company's public relations department that took action.

In fact, Ye Ge’s best move was to ask the PR department not to take any action.

When Ye Ge heard the report from Luo Yan, director of the Public Relations Department, he was stunned.

Generally speaking, if one can achieve this level of success, there must be someone helping to wash it.

But he didn't do anything.

Ye Ge called Zhiyan, and Zhiyan said that he didn't do anything either.

Just when Ye Ge was confused, he received a text message.

The message comes from Tang Zhiyan’s father, Tang Wei:
"Your Uncle Ma told you to focus on making games and not worry about anything else. If your PR department needs training, your Uncle Ma will send someone over."

At this time, Ye Ge finally understood that it was Uncle Ma who took action!

As for why Mr. Ma would do him this favor, Ye Ge guessed that a big reason was that he had given Uncle Ma the "V信" project.

So after hearing this, Mr. Ma simply helped out a little.

This kind of small favor doesn't count as returning a favor, after all, it's too small.

This kind of small favor is more about Mr. Ma expressing "I admire you as a young man, and we hope to cooperate with each other in the future."

In other words, Mr. Ma really regards himself as his junior.

Ye Ge replied "OK" to Tang Wei, and then sent a text message to Mr. Ma. The content was also very simple - "Thank you, Uncle Ma."

Mr. Ma replied with two words: "It's a small matter."

After the incident with Phantom Beast Palu, Phantom Beast Palu lost nothing, but instead gained some popularity for free.

Not only that, the reputation of Bilibili has also improved.

Because many people suspect that Bilibili will control comments. Even if it does, everyone would expect it, after all, Bilibili belongs to Ye Dog.

But unexpectedly, from beginning to end, Bilibili did not control a single comment.

As a result, the online evaluation of Bilibili has increased, and many people lamented that although Ye Ge is a villain, he does things in an upright manner!
In addition, all companies with some channels also know that behind this matter, there is Penguin Gang and Mihuyou backing it up, so everyone needs to think about it.

All in all, the launch of Fantasy Beast Palu went more smoothly than before. Even Fantasy Beast Palu got the promotion channel of Penguin, and the price offered was a friendly price!

A few days later, to everyone’s anticipation, the closed beta of the Fantasy Beast Palu was launched.

(End of this chapter)