Who understands the feeling of visiting a grave twice as much?
"As expected of Pigeon Guy, I felt this game was very profound before, but I was too lazy to think about it and kept waiting for an interpretation. Finally, I got your video!"
"This video seems a bit dangerous. Although the pigeon didn't use Flash, there's always someone in the comments section who might try to take off and fly over the edge of danger. Everyone should be careful what they say."
"Since the video didn't provide further details, I'll explain it to everyone: When 'The Way of the Corporate Slave' was released, the audience reaction and the judges' scores were actually very high. However, they didn't rightfully win the title of Best New Work of the Year; it was given away by Southern Games. (PS: Southern Studio, you're on top!) I think the organizers definitely pulled something, so let's all go and confront them!"
"Having watched the entire video and being a loyal fan of 'The Way of the Corporate Slave,' I have some thoughts, though I don't know if they'll pass censorship: Suffering is the norm for East Asians. Our culture tells us that only by enduring hardship can one rise above others. But reality is not like that. The more hardship you endure, the more suffering you will suffer. The times are changing too fast, and the growing pains seem to be constant. Society and living are always painful... especially for the silent majority. What I mean is... don't blame yourself."
"What the person upstairs said is so true. When you retired from the literary world back then, I was the first person to disagree with you."
"I strongly support it. It's the third year since the country started supporting the game industry that I can see such a high-quality game. It makes me feel that the future is really promising."
Pigeon's video received an extremely enthusiastic response.
Generally speaking, these kinds of game analysis videos are not watched by anyone other than gamers within the gaming community who are interested in that game.
But "The Way of the Corporate Slave" was destined to break out of its niche from the moment it was born because it resonated with so many people's "feelings".
It has a naturally wide audience, the gameplay is simple and easy to learn, and it also has a bit of a tragic and powerful personality.
"Why can't the award be rightfully given to Zhixing Games?"—The public would naturally prefer it.
Fortunately, it wasn't ordered to be taken down for rectification.
When a work can resonate with many people, and some players with ulterior motives spread the word, then its popularity is well-deserved.
It's like "The Survival Diary of Contemporary Working People".
With her keen sense of trends and traffic, Meng Feifei naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. However, she hesitated a bit. Why hadn't this game come to her for a quick win yet?
Is it necessary for me to take the initiative to contact them? Wouldn't it be beneath me to do so?
Once this goes viral, it won't just be a win-win situation where both sides drive traffic to each other, but it will also ignite the entire internet.
But this Zhixing Games seems to be completely silent, as if everyone on the game studio team is on holiday for May Day.
If it were any other game, by now GG would be everywhere with advertisements.
etc!
Meng Feifei suddenly realized something and quickly asked her assistant to dig out Zhuang Xu's materials—wasn't this the socially awkward friendly company?!
She's had too many things on her mind lately, so it took her a while to react.
Suddenly I can understand... Maybe Zhixing Games really is on vacation.
I was even a little jealous.
Their production team operates on a rotating shift system, so it's not that they can't take time off, but simply having normal holidays is something to be envious of.
Since Zhixing Games doesn't actively seek out the program team for promotion, it's not a big deal for the program team to offer some help, since they've already benefited from the buzz generated by Zhixing Games.
You reap what you sow.
Furthermore, the "Shared Legal Aid Program," "The Survival Diary of Contemporary Workers," and "The Way of the Corporate Slave" are now natural united fronts.
Since we're playing a game of knowing and doing, why not take the initiative to ignite this fuse?
Meng Feifei is prone to getting angry!
Then, with a simple repost from the more widely circulated "Diary of the Survival of Contemporary Working People," coupled with the frenzy among food enthusiasts, it sold out...
The game doesn't have the concept of selling out, so this is an exaggeration—not an exaggeration at all!
The price of "The Way of the Corporate Slave" is 18 yuan.
It made a profit of 18 million in just three or four days after it was launched, which is equivalent to about 1 million people having purchased it.
Especially after the May Day holiday, office workers who went back to work seemed to vent all their anger on this game.
"Get dehydrated, you bricklayer!" The "corporate slave's way" meme culture is prevalent. Which working person doesn't have a couple of dehydrated, dead dog memes on their phone?
Besides these, there are also those who compete to see how creatively they die; those who write messages on small pieces of paper that are almost identical to the plot, then throw them out to deceive people, and then go to the discussion forum to see newbies angrily post and leave comments—in short, nobody is playing the game properly.
"Playing this while slacking off at work feels like double the feeling of visiting a grave, who understands?"
Keep in mind that the investment cost was only a little over 2 million. This example is so remarkable that it could be described as "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world" in the gaming industry.
One million players may seem like a lot, but looking at the whole of China, there are 312.4 million PC players alone.
Not to mention the bulk of mobile games.
Actually, the purchase volume of 1 million players is still relatively small. It is estimated that after the hype has fermented for a while, the subsequent momentum will be even stronger, and they can make a fortune.
Throughout the May Day holiday, everyone at Zhixing Games was in a blissful, almost ethereal state.
What rubbish projects I worked on at my previous company.
Look, this place with its feng shui is truly exceptional; their very first game was a smash hit. (Tactical lean back)
This is how holidays should be spent!
There's more!
Although everyone is fully on vacation, they still habitually keep an eye on their own games. The game's explosive popularity was previously only estimated online and on various platforms, but now that we're back at the office, we can see the complete data.
The feeling of it going viral is really captivating.
Some people were even refreshing the page tirelessly, watching the purchase count soar. They didn't have any other work to do, so this was all they could manage.
So when the May Day holiday ended, the employees of Zhixing Games were happy, but most working people were miserable.
The May Day holiday is over, and I don't know which self-media outlet went to check it out, but they found out about the holiday schedule for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, National Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, and it brought tears to my eyes.
This year's May Day holiday was actually adjusted in a somewhat humane way, at least it was a single day off, instead of consecutive workdays.
But to be honest, the fundamental difference between a single day off and a two-day weekend is that a single day off simply gives you a little more time to sleep.
Looking further down, what's truly dramatic is this: first, the Dragon Boat Festival. There's only a three-day holiday, with a make-up day on Thursday, so you work on Sunday, and Friday is the Dragon Boat Festival.
In reality, they only got one day off, but the workers were forced to work themselves to the bone for seven consecutive days.
Who could stand this?
Looking further down, you see that the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays are combined for eight days, followed by seven consecutive days of work afterward... Basically, whenever you have a holiday, you have to make up for all the enjoyment with high-intensity work afterward.
The consecutive holidays are intended to promote the development of the tertiary industry and people's consumption.
Working consecutively is to prevent you from becoming too comfortable and complacent, so that you can quickly earn money to continue spending during your next holiday.
Anyone who has received twelve years of compulsory education knows that consumption drives economic growth.
The public grievances that had been building up over the years were already quite heavy, and when the self-media stirred things up like this, they were instantly ignited.
"I don't think I ever had any idea about statutory holidays before. Thank you, Mr. Jiang." Having escaped the quagmire of the modern workplace and started working at Zhixing Games, Yu Yue had nothing to gloat about regarding this inhumane work schedule adjustment.
I just feel it's very sad.
Everyone silently thanked President Jiang.
They had a 6-day holiday for May Day, during which they didn't have to worry about work at all, a full 6-day vacation.
The controversy surrounding the time off work even overshadowed the airing of the fourth episode of "The Survival Diary of Contemporary Workers," and no one paid attention to the "paid company-sponsored trip" that was deliberately featured as the finale.
This is a huge and far-reaching issue.
Almost everyone in sight was discussing this matter, and they were all making friendly requests: "The one who invented the time off, could you please move your lifespan from this life to the next? We really don't want to see you again."
The Earl, who always enjoyed surfing the internet, naturally saw it too. After thinking for a moment, he joined the ranks of normal humans while looking at Jiang Chuan with sympathy: "You humans do have a lot of work pressure."
Their Magical Girl Management Bureau operates on a three-day work week and a four-day rest schedule on the magical side.
Suddenly, I could understand why Jiang Chuan hadn't been moved by his sincere invitation back then.
Literally speaking, working night shifts plus business trips is like having a stack of negative effects.
However, this matter has both advantages and disadvantages. I feel that if I had the ability to do it, it should be able to increase my KPIs considerably.
The count pondered this.
"Won't this be tiring?" the mage, who was used to a leisurely life, asked casually. "Why not show a more vehement resistance?"
For example, marches and demonstrations.
Simply venting your emotions verbally doesn't seem to change anything.
Jiang Chuan didn't seem very happy. His expression didn't change, but you could feel that the atmosphere around him seemed a little tense. He simply asked in return, "If there's no holiday, where will the overtime pay come from?"
If we don't give holidays, where will the overtime pay come from...?
Something about that sounds weird. It's all jumbled up and the Earl, who doesn't know much about the workplace in China, doesn't quite understand it, but it seems like Jiang Chuan isn't very enthusiastic about his work.
"Don't you want to get involved in this?"
Jiang Chuan shook his head slightly: "If we do it now, it will only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, and we don't even know where to start."
This country is too big. It's not just about the people speaking on the internet; there are many more buried deep underwater, where a single move can have far-reaching consequences.
He summoned his wand, which still retained its characteristic firewood stick. The accumulated power of prayer seemed like a drop in the ocean.
Only a few points could be seen in the night sky.
"Is there any way to quickly obtain this power of prayer?"
The count keenly sensed someone's dangerous thoughts, but what danger could there be in doing good deeds? Without much thought, he replied, "The more good deeds one does, the more one receives from ordinary people."
What are you going to do?
Jiang Chuan seemed to be weighing something and did not give a direct answer.
He always habitually thinks about many things, and only puts things into practice when he feels that everything is in order.
This is a sign of caution.
But in Jiangchuan, it's only fair to say that it's relatively rare.
"I have a meeting first, let's put these things aside for now." He didn't let his emotions affect his work.
Regarding the development of the new version and new projects.
The staff at Zhixing Games is somewhat stretched thin in the face of the new cycle of tasks.
Chapter 49, here's the estimated word count.
It's around 450,000, and with extras and such, it's 500,000.
It should be no more than 500,000, and most likely it won't even reach 500,000.
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