Chapter 207 Whale Leap is what everyone wants!
Magic City, early summer morning.
Outside the main venue of the game exchange meeting, people gathered early on.
The booths, banners, scenery, and lighting created an atmosphere like a red carpet show.
Reporters set up their cameras and many media people started talking:
"Has Beishan arrived?"
"Who's still looking at Beishan now? Don't you know which one is the most worth squatting this year?"
"Who else could it be? Whale Leap, a pure phenomenon."
"By the way, will Mr. Lu be here today? He doesn't show up much in the past, does he?"
"I'm not sure about that... I see the official side has already arranged Whale Leap to be in the core booth."
Not far from the main venue, the authorities set up a huge electronic screen.
The logos of the most influential gaming companies in China in the past year are being played in a loop.
Among those familiar old patterns, an icon with blue and white stripes and minimalist lines is particularly eye-catching.
Whale Leap Game.
“Annual User Activity Growth Rate Top 1”
"The game manufacturer with the greatest emotional influence on players"
“…”
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of many representatives from participating companies became a little subtle.
"Whale Leap... has it really become a head?"
"Who could have imagined this company would become so successful? No one was optimistic about it when it first started."
"Every one of their products is more popular than the last, and the reviews are amazing, and the reputation is also very good!"
"Tell me what's going on in this person's head?"
"I don't know either. Players just buy into it. Look at those companies that imitated Whale Leap. Which one of them made it to the conference alive? They're all bankrupt!"
"Just tell me if he's cruel or not."
…
At the same time, familiar faces from the industry have been appearing one after another in the "Guest Channel" area on the other side.
Zhao Chongshan from Beishan Games arrived first, wearing a neat suit and silver-rimmed glasses, and always had a standard smile on his face when cooperating with reporters to take pictures.
When answering questions, he was neither too serious nor too dull, and focused on being flawless.
Then, Mr. Ma from Tencent also arrived.
Different from Zhao Chongshan's refined and calm demeanor, Mr. Ma wore a casual suit and smiled wherever he went.
Seeing the reporter, he waved to her.
"Good morning! It's quite lively today!"
At the square in front of the venue, someone saw the familiar figure and whispered:
"Hey, that's... Mr. Lu, right?!"
"where?"
"Over there, the one by the pillar."
"Mr. Lu is so young!"
"As expected of the most studied and yet most incomprehensible game boss in the industry! It seems only two people from Whale Leap came this time!"
…
At the main entrance of the venue, Lu Ming was dressed in a low-key manner, with his hands in his pockets.
Lao Zhou followed carefully beside him.
"Mr. Lu, why don't we go to the main booth first?"
"Beishan, Tengqu, Qingyu and others have arrived, and I heard that several large foreign companies are also here."
Lao Zhou reminded in a low voice.
"There are quite a few technology manufacturers out there. I heard that this time, the VR games and somatosensory equipment have been greatly improved. Should we go and try them out?"
"Don't worry, Lao Zhou, these cutting-edge technology things won't run away!"
"It's the same if we go back later!"
"Our top priority now is to go check next door."
"What if we're any later and people see that there's no one around and just leave?"
Old Zhou: “…”
Lu Ming walked towards the corner without looking back. There were almost all small manufacturers in the corners.
The small manufacturer area has been the most neglected area in previous years.
Because the people who came were too mixed, the content was too mixed, and there was almost nothing particularly eye-catching.
They didn't put much effort into decorating it themselves.
The booths all used uniform specifications, with small grids of three meters by three meters, dim lights, and wrinkled tablecloths. At a glance, no one could tell who was who.
But this year is different.
Because Lu Ming is here.
He also pulled Lao Zhou along, as if they were going to the market.
But in Lu Ming's eyes, this is a treasure land.
Losers, failures, and dying people all gather here!
Those faces that have been ravaged by the market are the soil that the moral debt system needs most.
Old Zhou, who was standing by, was in a state of confusion:
"Boss Lu, the more I look at this, the more it looks like... you're trying to understand the people's sentiments?"
"Old Zhou,"
Lu Ming asked in a low voice, "Do you know this shed?"
"Ah? This... let me see... Oh, it's a small company called 'Zhulang Interactive'."
"What game are you playing?"
"It seems to be a card game about cultivating immortality, featuring a multi-line plot and full character voiceovers... but it's only been online for three months and has less than 5,000 daily active users."
Lu Ming looked carefully and searched the other party's information.
Regular visitor to Tieba!
Worth learning!
"Okay, it's his house. Let's go and take a look."
In front of the Zhulang Interactive booth, several staff members were sitting with sore backs, and they never expected that anyone would approach them.
"Hello, are we...uh?"
The next second, their eyes widened.
"Is it... Mr. Lu from Whale Leap?!"
That reaction was like a breakfast stall that had just closed down suddenly had a national banquet chef come to taste the food, and the whole person was shaking.
"Don't be nervous, I'm just taking a look."
Lu Ming smiled and nodded, and took the initiative to extend his hand.
“It’s mainly about exchanging and learning from each other.”
"Study...study?"
“…”
Lu Ming asked while taking notes.
But the project team of Zhulang Interactive felt strangely moved.
Some questions, if asked by others, will be regarded as kicking someone when they are down.
But when Lu Mingwen asked, they felt that he was gentle, sincere, and full of industry responsibility.
"Mr. Lu is so approachable!"
"How many bosses like this are there in the industry?"
What’s more important is that Mr. Lu really asked very thorough questions.
“How was user retention when you first started testing?”
"Do you have any experience in designing card drawing mechanisms?"
“…”
Lu Ming's eyes were filled with excitement, "Great, keep going!"
I was just about to take out my recorder.
After asking Zhulang Interactive, Lu Ming started to go to the next one.
Jiuguang Studio, the company once had a game that dominated the platform's negative review list for a whole year!
Xieyue Technology, the project was launched online for three days, and was directly taken off the shelves by players!
Linglong Games, once rated as "the game I want to delete most this year"
Weiai Games, its main game, was criticized like a sieve. The density of barrage in a review video on Yinlang.com alone directly covered the entire clip.
“…”
Lu Ming did not mind the trouble, he asked each family and visited each one.
The tone is sincere and the attitude is genuine!
The two of them spent the entire morning running around the small manufacturer area.
Beishan Zhao Chongshan? Not seen.
Mr. Ma from Tencent? Just say hello.
Official main stage? No speech.
He doesn't care about resource exchanges, joint cooperation, publicity and negotiations.
He now relies entirely on listening and taking notes, and he also encourages others by saying:
"You have to persevere!"
“Your experiences are very inspiring to us!”
"Yeah, you're absolutely right. Players these days are so hard to lead!"
“Who said it wasn’t? I thought so at first too.”
“…”
After several exchanges,
As a result, Lu Ming became the most enthusiastic and proactive person in this area.
Even... the most inquisitive people.
Lu Ming's words,
The small manufacturers' eyes were filled with tears after hearing this.
“This is the role model in our hearts!”
“This is what a gamer is!”
"What's with Beishan Tengqu? They're so pretentious, they wouldn't even come near our booth."
"Whale Leap Land always really comes to communicate!"
"There's a reason why Mr. Lu is successful. He's really genuine!"
"Indeed, there's a reason Whale Leap is so popular!"
"Mr. Lu just encouraged me! It would be great if the gaming world was full of people like Mr. Lu!"
"Mr. Lu is so approachable! Whale Leap is the one everyone wants!"
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