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Chapter 434: Surprise on the First Day of Public Beta

(Yesterday's chapter has been overhauled, sorry ORZ.)
At this time, in Giant Interactive Corporation in Shanghai, a group of people gathered around the computer again.

Including Shi Yuzhu, everyone's face was solemn, and the atmosphere seemed even more tense than the campus network, as if the game going online for public beta today was not "Warring States OL" but "Zhengtu".

Lin Haixiao stared at the computer screen, glancing at the time on the watch from time to time, quietly waiting for the game server to open.

He was very anxious. He felt that something was wrong with the company ever since the online game "Warring States OL" emerged.

Today, our competitor's online game is being publicly tested, and it would be outrageous if everyone came together to watch.

Although "Warring States OL" is indeed a strong opponent, it is a bit of an exaggeration for everyone from the boss to the executives to come over to watch.

Just when Lin Haixiao was distracted, Ji Xuewei suddenly said, "The server is open, it's open!"

Lin Haixiao immediately sat up straight, logged into his account, clicked on the first server, quickly created a character to prepare to enter, and then saw the queue prompt.

"Huh?" Ji Xuewei was a little surprised. "The server is so crowded. It seems there are quite a lot of people."

"There are more than a thousand people queuing up. The server was full the moment it was opened." Shi Yuzhu frowned. "It looks like it's very popular."

Lin Haixiao hesitated, "Should we change the server?"

Before anyone else could say anything, a prompt popped up on the queue interface again, "The queue time on this server is too long, do you want to switch to another server?"

Lin Haixiao glanced at Shi Yuzhu next to him and asked, "Do you want to change?"

"Wait a moment." Shi Yuzhu rejected the idea of ​​changing servers. "The first server of the game is still very important. Wait slowly."

I don’t know if the other people in the queue had lost their patience, but Lin Haixiao quickly squeezed into the game before waiting for half a minute.

I started to complete the novice missions. I had already mastered these processes during the internal test. I had just accepted the first mission and hadn't even run a few steps when Shi Yuzhu spoke again: "Wait a minute, what's the number on the character's head?"

Lin Haixiao took a closer look and found that there were some small changes in the game. There was a set of numbers above each character's head.

"Combat strength?" Shi Yuzhu was stunned for a moment after seeing the origin of the numbers. "What does this mean?"

"Well, will it be the same as the setting in Dragon Ball, giving a numerical judgment based on the strength of each character?" Ji Xuewei hesitated for a moment and expressed his understanding.

"That should be it." Lin Haixiao also quickly understood the concept of combat power. "Look, there is an explanation here. Moreover, it changes according to the increase of character attributes. There must be a conversion formula. The combat power corresponding to each attribute is different."

"For example, if attack increases by 10 points, defense only increases by points, and constitution increases by point, then the total is the combat power."

Then Lin Haixiao quickly discovered something called the Combat Power Ranking, which displayed the character ID and his corresponding combat power, arranged from high to low.

The top three in combat power directly show the images of the three characters, appearing extremely arrogant.

Shi Yuzhu nodded, "This is a very intuitive way of comparison, and it is more scientific than level comparison. We should learn from this and put it into "Zhengtu"."

Lin Haixiao hesitated for a moment, stared at the ranking list and looked at it carefully again, and found that there was not only a combat power ranking list but also an equipment points ranking list, there was also one for mounts and one for pets, but they were not open yet.

Why do we need to make so many rankings?

Before Lin Haixiao could figure out the purpose of this design, Shi Yuzhu next to him urged him, "Hurry up and go somewhere else to see if there is anything new."

Lin Haixiao could only continue to control the game character to complete the novice process tasks. He went all the way to the main city, and suddenly a window popped up, "Congratulations, you have obtained the gold VIP experience qualification, and the experience time is two hours."

"Hey, what does Gold VIP mean?" Lin Haixiao found the Gold VIP interface and clicked on it to check.

When they opened it, everyone was stunned. "Warring States OL" not only has gold VIP, but also diamond VIP and supreme VIP. These three types of VIP need to be purchased and unlocked, which are 10 yuan, 30 yuan and 50 yuan per month respectively.

VIPs will receive various privileges, such as bonus experience for killing monsters, bonus game coins, and free calls to the world channel.

What’s even more outrageous is that these three VIP privileges can be stacked to provide more convenience.

Everyone frowned. They didn't expect Qin Shaoyan to be so good at playing. He got VIP qualifications and widened the gap between paying players and free players.

But this was not the most shocking thing for them. When they found a first-time recharge gift package popped up in the middle of the screen, everyone looked at each other in silence for several minutes.

The first recharge gift package interface directly displays a purple-quality weapon and other supporting equipment, and the prices of these things are even more outrageous, only one yuan.

Shi Yuzhu was the first to recover from his shock. "Quick, top up. Let me see what's in this one-yuan gift package?"

Lin Haixiao immediately clicked on the recharge page and generously recharged 100 yuan into it, then clicked in the game to receive a one-yuan gift package.

As soon as he received the one-yuan gift package, another interface popped up, showing that Lin Haixiao could also receive a five-yuan gift package, followed by ten yuan, thirty, fifty, one hundred...

Lin Haixiao watched numbly as gift packages after gift packages fell into the character's backpack, and he clicked on them one by one to unlock various gifts from them.

From weapons to mounts, from pets to mount skins, all kinds of items stimulated everyone present.

Ji Xuewei took a deep breath, "This Qin Shaoyan is too vicious. He is seducing people to pay step by step, from one dollar to one hundred dollars."

"And those three VIPs, the money was spent without me noticing."

Shi Yuzhu stared at the game screen with a frown on his face. After a moment of silence, he said, "This is a very good way to attract payment. We will copy it into our game right away."

What else could Lin Haixiao say? He could only nod and agree.

"Qin Shaoyan is really good." Shi Yuzhu said slowly, "He can actually think of a one-yuan gift package to attract people to pay. In fact, it is still very difficult for players to pay for the first time. Once they overcome this psychological barrier, subsequent payments will be much easier."

Shi Yuzhu praised this design which became popular in later online games. Although he did not know the official name of this design called "ice-breaking payment", it did not prevent him from appreciating this design.

Its purpose is to entice players to make their first payment. After the first time, the psychological barriers to subsequent payments will not be so strong.

Moreover, after paying, the investment cost is increased, and it is difficult for players to abandon their accounts.

As Lin Haixiao continued to play, he became more and more frightened, because he discovered that this game contained a variety of payment points, and each character's growth system had a payment pit. Although he didn't know how deep this payment was, he could feel that it was a deep pit.

"Hey, what was that just passed by?" Shi Yuzhu suddenly pointed at the screen. Everyone looked carefully and found that a player seemed to be riding a dragon.

"Fuck!" Ji Xuewei next to him cursed, "This dragon is so beautifully designed, where did it come from?"

"Maybe it's the effect of the mount being upgraded?" Lin Haixiao said uncertainly, "I seem to remember that the form is different every time it is upgraded."

Shi Yuzhu immediately said, "Upgrade the mount immediately. I want to see what each of its forms looks like."

"This..." Lin Haixiao hesitated, "I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money."

"It doesn't matter, I'll use the company's account." Shi Yuzhu waved his hand and said, "Top up 10,000 yuan for me."

Lin Haixiao was speechless, but he quickly opened the recharge page again.

Because the maximum recharge level is 1,000 yuan, he had to recharge in 10 installments. Just after he finished recharging once, a page popped up. "Dear VIP customer, your exclusive customer service will contact you to answer any questions you may have about recharging. Please leave your contact information."

Less than a minute after filling in the mobile phone number, Lin Haixiao's phone suddenly rang. He frowned and hung up, but the other party kept calling.

Shi Yuzhu said impatiently: "You handle it."

Lin Haixiao answered the phone immediately, and a charming and graceful female voice came from the inside, "Excuse me, are you the player of the game ID Giant Platinum?"

"It's me." Lin Haixiao immediately pressed the speakerphone and put the phone on the table.

"Hello, I'm from the customer service department of the "Warring States OL" website. My name is Nana. I noticed that you have just completed a large recharge of one thousand yuan." Nana's pleasant voice came from the phone, "Our game has a recharge promotion. I wonder if you would like to know about it. Our promotion this time is very big." "Sorry, I'm not interested." Lin Haixiao directly refused.

"Hello sir, if you top up 1,000 yuan, you will get 200 yuan for free, and also three months of supreme VIP status."

"Huh?" Lin Haixiao was stunned for a moment.

Nana continued, "If you top up more than 3,000 yuan, we will give you an extra 900 yuan worth of ingots and six months of supreme VIP. If you top up 5,000 yuan..."

Shi Yuzhu immediately interrupted and asked, "If I deposit 10,000, how much will you give me?"

Nana paused and immediately replied, "Recharge 10,000 yuan and get 5,000 yuan for free, sir."

"Then I'll recharge 10,000 yuan." Shi Yuzhu patted Lin Haixiao, signaling him to recharge.

"Wait a moment, sir." Nana continued, "We have a special promotion for big customers today. If you top up more than 100,000 yuan, we will give you a high-end weapon with a unique name. You can name the weapon yourself."

Shi Yuzhu was also stunned for a moment and frowned, "Besides weapons, what else?"

"There is also a high-level mount skin." Nana's voice was full of temptation. "In addition, we will also give you a number of gold props to help you become the number one on the server."

"Then recharge me 100,000!" Shi Yuzhu said without hesitation.

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Lin Haixiao next to him couldn't sit still anymore. Why was the money being spent getting more and more?

"Thank you for your recharge. I will be your exclusive customer service from now on." Nana seemed a little excited. "If you have any questions, you can contact me at any time. I will serve you 24 hours a day."

"Yes." Shi Yuzhu didn't say much, but urged, "Increase my recharge limit immediately. It's too troublesome to recharge one thousand one thousand."

"Wait a moment, I will open the largest recharge level for you right away." Nana replied excitedly.

On the other side, Nana's hands were shaking, and she immediately contacted the operation and maintenance department via QQ, "Server 1, game ID Giant Platinum, recharge 100,000!"

"Received!" The operation and maintenance department replied in seconds, turning around and shouting, "Server 1, Giant Platinum, pay close attention!"

At this time, Shi Yuzhu had replaced Lin Haixiao's position and was operating the computer himself. After spending nearly 20,000 yuan on props, he finally upgraded the mount to the current highest level.

Lin Haixiao frowned, "This mount doesn't seem to increase combat power much, does it?"

"There aren't many, but I think they look pretty good," Ji Xuewei interrupted.

After admiring the cool "Youlong" skin, Shi Yuzhu nodded and said, "It's really good-looking. I'll copy this one too."

Shi Yuzhu took out an exclusive weapon that he obtained by recharging 100,000 yuan. He named this weapon "Giant Network Journey" and posted it on the world channel to show off.

Then he opened the enhancement interface and began his journey of spending money on enhancement. After failing countless times, he finally reached the level of enhancement plus ten.

"This enhancement system is well done. We can copy it." Shi Yuzhu looked at the glittering golden weapon with great satisfaction. "The enhancement attribute has also doubled. Let's continue to enhance it and see where its limit is."

Shi Yuzhu, with great interest, put the weapon with ten enhancements back on the enhancement interface and clicked the enhancement button.

"Snap", a crisp game sound effect rang out, and Shi Yuzhu looked at his weapon in shock as it shattered into pieces.

Shi Yuzhu was stunned. He didn't react for a long time. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Where are the weapons?"

Lin Haixiao: “…”

Ji Xuewei: “…”

Wu Lian, who had been silent, said cautiously, "It seems to be broken."

"Broken?" Shi Yuzhu repeated subconsciously, and it took him two seconds to react, "Fuck! Qin Shaoyan you bastard!"

Shi Yuzhu was so angry that he started cursing.

Lin Haixiao glanced at Ji Xuewei and whispered, "Qin Shaoyan's design is quite dark."

"Yes." Ji Xuewei agreed with it. The weapons given for recharging 100,000 yuan were gone just like that.

After cursing for a while, Shi Yuzhu suddenly said, "Let's copy this design too."

Lin Haixiao: “…”

……

The campus network operation department was now immersed in a sea of ​​joy, and everyone was as crazy as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"The turnover has exceeded three million!"

"Five million!"

"Eight million!"

As the good news came one after another, Xiong Xiaoge and Zheng Nan, who were originally sitting in the reception room drinking tea, could no longer sit still. They rushed directly to the operation department, and then saw the recharge data in the background constantly jumping.

Every second, the recharge data was changing, and they seemed to see a large amount of money pouring in crazily.

Qin Shaoyan stood beside him with a smile on his face, and said calmly, "It's been less than nine hours since the server was opened, and there are already nine million in turnover. The peak recharge period is after eight o'clock in the evening. There is no doubt that the total turnover today will exceed ten million."

Before she finished speaking, Fan Xiaoqian excitedly shouted, "American gamers have topped up over one million US dollars!"

Everyone present was shocked. Zheng Nan from Sequoia took a deep breath and said, "You all have overseas users?"

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Qin Shaoyan said with emotion, "Sure enough, a good game can dominate the world."

Xiong Xiaoge was also very excited, "It seems that Mr. Qin's goal today is a bit low."

Zheng Nan laughed out loud, "I think it will be easy to break 20 million in turnover today."

"It will be fine if we can reach 15 million." Qin Shaoyan said modestly, "Just looking at today's turnover data is not very meaningful. What we need to do is to ensure the subsequent recharge turnover. I hope that the turnover in the first month can reach 50 million and I will be satisfied."

"I believe in Mr. Qin's ability." Zheng Nan was in a good mood at this time, and began to flatter Qin Shaoyan, "You are worthy of being the number one game designer in China. Your reputation is well-deserved."

Xiong Xiaoge nodded and said, "I don't think we need to wait any longer. Campus Network's IPO is a foregone conclusion."

Zheng Nan immediately agreed, "I don't think it's a problem either. Let's go have a drink somewhere today to celebrate in advance."

"Well, forget it today." Qin Shaoyan didn't plan to open the champagne at halftime, "How about we drink it after the first month is over?"

"Okay." Zheng Nan didn't care and said with a smile, "Then I'll prepare a few bottles of good wine for you."

The two parties agreed to meet again at the end of the month, and Zheng Nan left excitedly with his people.

Xiong Xiaoge and Qin Shaoyan returned to the reception room chatting and laughing. As soon as the door was closed, the smile on Xiong Xiaoge's face suddenly disappeared and he stared at Qin Shaoyan closely.

"Qin Shaoyan, tell me the truth, what happened to the one million dollars?"

"Hey, Mr. Xiong, you actually discovered it." Qin Shaoyan sat on the sofa very calmly, as if nothing had happened.

Xiong Xiaoge was shocked, "You actually asked someone to top up your online game?!"

(End of this chapter)