Chapter 105 Improving the Office Location (Third Update)


    Hearing this, Zhou Yang raised his hand tentatively: "Mr. Li, I think the heroine''s character is not very likable?


    “Isn’t this just going to stomp on all the “Holy Mother Bitch” pitfalls we discussed yesterday?


    “I think it would be best to give the player one more option, that is, through a certain method, she can be cultivated into a ‘True Madonna’, an ‘Egoist’, or other personalities.


    “It might be better to let the players decide how to cultivate.”


    Lilith smiled: "Well, it sounds like a good suggestion."


    Zhou Yang''s face instantly flashed with joy. Who said Mr. Li wouldn''t listen to others'' advice? Isn’t this something that can be heard!


    As expected, Mr. Gu still didn’t grasp the method.


    However, the next second, Lilith continued to smile and said: "But my design has its own national conditions, and many details affect the whole body, so it cannot be changed.


    “I have taken note of your suggestion. If I have the opportunity, I will consider adding it to the subsequent game design plan.


    “It would be better not to change this game.”


    ?Zhou Yang’s mouth twitched slightly, he was so happy for nothing!


    ?Sure enough, it was all an illusion, Li could always hear it!


    Lilith stood up and said, "Very good. Since no one has any other opinions, the design draft is finalized. My design is interlocking and exquisite. If you have any questions you don''t understand, you can understand it on your own or ask a consultant. Fan, random modification is strictly prohibited!


    “Also, Gu Fan, please take everyone to test it a few more times this time, and you must nip all possible bugs in the bud, do you understand?”


    Gu Fan nodded: "Of course!"


    Lilith finished arranging the work and left with confidence.


    ??Gu Fan looked at the people with different expressions: "Okay, let''s let the meeting end? We will go to work as usual next Monday, and we can almost prepare for the development of the new game.


    “Oh, by the way, I have some company-related matters to discuss with you on Monday, but we’ll discuss next week’s matters next week. Let’s get off work!”


    After saying that, he simply packed up his things and left at the speed of light.


    Zhou Yang was silent for a moment, looked at Zhao Haiquan and whispered: "Now I completely understand Mr. Gu. With investors like this who can''t communicate at all, if you want to save the game and save the players, you really have to stuff bugs into it. !


    “It’s better for Mr. Gu, even if something comes up, we’ll leave it until work time tomorrow.


    “How come the gap between people is so big?”


    “Hush!” Zhao Haiquan winked at him. Everyone understood and packed their things and went home.


    …


    …


    September 9th, Monday.


    ??Gu Fan came to the company and first called Xiao Mingyu over.


    “Have the current sales data of each game and the company’s revenue been calculated?” Gu Fan asked.


    Xiao Mingyu nodded: "Of course, it has been settled long ago, and the form has been sent."


    ?Gu Fan clicked on the form and all the data was clear at a glance.


    ?Sure enough, this is the importance of having finances. Before, he had to do the calculations by himself with a calculator, and the calculations were overwhelming. Now he can just leave it to Xiao Mingyu to do it.


    ? So far, the sales growth of "Hell Tracks", "Sisyphus" and "Heaven Cube" have basically stagnated.


    "Hell Tracks" is over one million, "Sisyphus" is about 740,000, and "Heavenly Square" is 150,000.


    These three games have been out for a long time, and their gameplay mechanisms are not complicated. Basically, everyone who likes to play them has bought them, and there should not be much room for sales growth in the future.


    As for "The Legend of Wolong", it has been on sale for more than two months so far, and its sales have reached 300,000!


    Perhaps due to the relatively high selling price, the initial sales of "Destiny Wolong Legend" were not as fast as those of the previous games, but its advantage is that it has great stamina and subsequent sales growth is relatively stable.


    As for "Fire Thief", this game was released on September 1st. Now, 8 days have passed and sales have reached 120,000 copies!


    If you just look at the sales volume, you can''t tell much, but there are two other data that are quite outrageous: its peak number of people online at the same time reached 30,000, and the positive review rate is as high as 95%. There is no doubt that it has a flood of negative reviews. ” turned into “rave reviews”!


    This ratio of people online at the same time can be said to be quite exaggerated.


    Generally speaking, the ratio of sales to simultaneous online users of an excellent party game is 20:1, which is already quite good, but "Fire Stealer" can actually reach 4:1.


    ?Of course, a large part of the reason for this is that the sales volume of "Fire Thief" is actually low.


    ??According to the data of Zhao Fan''s previous life, "Deadly Company" sold more than 4 million copies in one and a half months after its release, and the game made a direct blood profit of 32 million U.S. dollars at US$9.9 per copy.


    The sales of "The Fire Thief" were obviously much worse. There are many reasons, such as:


    ??The subsequent publicity and release of this game actually did not cost too many resources;


    ?Hunter Paradise games are currently only released domestically and not globally, and most of the players of this type of game are abroad;


    The triggering conditions of the hidden mechanism are not very friendly to lone wolf players and have discouraged some people;


    ?The game is priced at 98 yuan, which is higher than the 9.9 US dollars of "Deadly Company". It is actually a bit expensive...


    These have limited its sales to a certain extent.


    ??However, the incredible number of people online can still show the terrifying potential of this game.


    In the next few months, the sales momentum of this game should remain stable, and there is even room for continued growth!


    Calculated in this way, these games brought a net income of approximately 28 million yuan to Nitiantian.


    ?Of course Gu Fan took his own 5% from it immediately, and his personal savings also reached 2.1 million.


    After this funding replenishment, after deducting the development and operation promotion expenses of "Fire Thief" and adding the remaining balance in the previous company account, the funds used for game development and promotion are approximately 24 million, which is the funds used for company operations. It''s 8.7 million.


    In fact, a sum of money was originally spent to distribute bonuses to players, but that money came from Lilith''s small treasury, so the financial status of Nitiantian was not affected.


    ?Gu Fan looked at Xiao Mingyu: "Do you have any ideas about the company''s next development?"


    Xiao Mingyu thought for a while: "Our company''s current financial situation... is a bit too healthy.


    “Overall, there is too much money on the books.


    “But this is also a common problem faced by some successful game companies.


    “I think that based on the success rate of our company in making games, the top priority is to expand production. We can consider accelerating the development progress of game projects, or we can consider opening multiple projects.


    “But no matter what the situation is, we are required to continue to expand personnel for recruitment.


    “The prerequisite for hiring a large number of people is that...we really need to change our office space.”


    ?Obviously, the second floor of this cafe can only accommodate so many people at most, and it will be a bit difficult to cram more people inside.


    ?Furthermore, it is indeed a bit unreasonable that a game company with a monthly turnover of tens of millions is sitting in a cafe.


    ??Gu Fan nodded: "Well, I think so too, it''s really time to improve the office environment.


    “Okay, let’s pause what we are doing for a moment.


    “Let me talk about the current situation of the company.


    “Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the previous games have achieved good profits, so the company currently has relatively ample funds on its books. In order to expand production and recruit more employees in the future, we will almost have to improve the office environment.


    “So, what are your requirements and suggestions for the new office environment? You can speak freely.”


    As soon as they heard this, everyone became energetic.


    Great! Are you finally changing your office location?


    ??We have been working in this small cafe during this period, which is indeed a bit frustrating. There are not many people in the company at present, but if the company continues to develop, it will continue to recruit people. You can''t stay in a cafe all your life, right?


    Everyone started to speak freely.


    Zhou Yang was the first to say: “There is an office building in a science and technology financial center relatively close to our place. It costs about 13 to 15 yuan/square meter/day. It’s very impressive!


    “Although our company won’t be able to use much space for the time being, the place has convenient transportation, good scenery, and is more in line with the style of our company. I think it’s good!”


    ?? Guo Hongyu thought for a while: “Although a place like the Science and Technology Financial Center is grand, the price-performance ratio is a bit poor.


    “Actually, we can just look for it based on the standard of 6 to 8 yuan.


    “Based on the average office area of ??5 square meters per person, plus necessary areas such as conference rooms, we can rent 200 square meters, which is very sufficient.


    “In this case, the monthly rent is about 50,000 yuan. I think this price is completely acceptable to our company.”


    (End of this chapter)