Chapter 197 I am a big internet celebrity

The introduction of the "time lock" has solved a major hidden danger of Tianba Studio and eliminated Chen Ba's worries.

The players can accept it.

There is no way to refuse to accept it. Apart from "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm", what other game on the market will share the advertising fees with the players?

Dream on!

This is unique to Scorpion Papa. There is no other game in the world that shares advertising fees with players, so players have no choice.

"That's right, Brother Ba!"

Xiao Lu asked curiously, "This time lock shouldn't be ported to other games, right?"

“It depends!”

"If it's a game like Love Adviser, which players are addicted to and lacks competing products, we can port it over."

Chen Ba explained: "If it's a game like Star Emperor or Speed ​​Rush, don't port it. You think there are too many players, right?"

Time locks will make players very dissatisfied.

If it is a fun and addictive game and there is no substitute, it is okay to impose some restrictions to avoid risks.

But if it is a game that has competitors and players are not very enthusiastic about playing, adding this kind of time lock is no different from seeking death.

At this point, Chen Ba seemed to have thought of something, so he asked casually: "What's the situation with the GAL League? Why has it been suspended for more than a month?"

"Too busy quarreling!"

"The Nvidia Club accused the Intel Club and the AMD Club of using unfair means to compete during the game and applied for arbitration from the GAL League. The incident is still under investigation..."

Unfair means? Upon hearing this, Chen Ba quickly took out his mobile phone to search for relevant news, and then called the CEO of GAL Alliance to inquire about the details.

"It's just a small matter..."

Chen Ba was speechless: "In the Shancheng Station competition, NVIDIA found that the CPU driver of the competition host had an abnormality. They temporarily replaced the CPU with AMD, but the problem was not eliminated, which led to the loss of the competition in the end."

The race at Shancheng Station is very important.

Because the champion of this station will directly determine the owner of the 25-26 annual championship. After all, the gap between the top few and the bottom few is too big to catch up.

In other words, as long as Nvidia, the leader in the standings, wins the Shancheng race, they will be the annual champion even if they give up the next two races! The champagne was ready, and the club's early championship celebration tweet was edited and ready to be sent, but this went wrong...

Nvidia was not convinced and felt that it was being targeted by AMD and Intel.

They were not happy with NVIDIA defending the title, so they deliberately made things difficult for them and tampered with the driver, which led to NVIDIA's defeat in the Mountain City Station.

"It's a lot of noise!"

The CEO of the GAL League told Chen Ba on the phone that the three clubs are now at odds with each other, and no one is willing to admit that it is their fault, and the quarrel is getting fierce.

"Is it really AMD and Intel who did this?" Xiao Lu asked curiously.

"Well... who knows!"

Chen Ba said noncommittally: "You just need to remember that the business world is like a battlefield. Nvidia has been too popular in the past two years. There must be people who don't want them to defend their title."

It can't be found out anyway.

If the other party dares to do this kind of technical trick, they will definitely not be afraid of being discovered, so the investigation will most likely be fruitless.

Nvidia will probably just have to swallow this loss in silence, and will have to be more cautious in the future and take more precautions with the CPU to avoid being ambushed.

“The competition will resume next week!”

Chen Ba gave a definite date, which appeased Xiao Lu, as well as the GAL League audience and sponsors.

No matter how much they quarrel behind the scenes, the competition must go on. A one-month break is already outrageous, and we can't let the other teams be unable to compete because of the quarrel among these three teams.

Chen Ba decided to mediate.

He basically no longer cares about the affairs of the GAL League, and has delegated full responsibility to the new CEO of the event.

But no matter how indifferent he is, the name Chen Ba is authoritative. He has stepped forward to mediate, so the three graphics card manufacturers have to give him some face.

You can't not give face! Last time, a second-tier graphics card OEM brand was obviously not very sensible. It forgot to supply the new graphics card to Brother Ba as soon as it was launched, resulting in repeated failures in the evaluation process.

How did it fail? This card performed fine in all tests, but it failed when it was tested on the professional evaluation software "Star Emperor".

When players saw this, they were like, "Oh my! How come your graphics card performs so poorly in "Star Emperor"? It's even worse than the old graphics card from a year ago? Then I won't buy it!"

This is the consequence of disrespecting Brother Ba's authority. The new graphics card was not well received when it was launched, and it couldn't be sold even at a low price promotion...

Later, the brand finally reacted and quickly paid protection fees to Tianba Studio, and things returned to normal.

"It was a graphics card driver issue before, just update the driver and it will be fine!"

After putting the blame for the unsatisfactory test results on the driver, this graphics card has once again become popular among players. After all, the price has been reduced, and it works very well with the new driver. Why not buy it?

Tianba Studio’s statement that it has the final say in PC hardware is no joke.

I won’t talk about graphics card reviews.

With "Star Emperor" in hand, if someone's hardware is not good enough, it is just a matter of game patch update.

Graphics card sales are the top priority! After so many years of development, Xianyu Digital has become the first purchase channel for PC hardware recognized by gamers.

To buy computer hardware, go to Xianyu Digital.

The goods sold by JD.com itself are not as stable and reliable as those sold by Brother Ba. After all, everyone knows that Brother Ba’s way of getting goods is different from that of other dealers.

Other dealers have to beg manufacturers to supply them with goods. If they don’t, they can’t get the goods. New products are usually sold out in seconds when they are launched, and the supply is seriously insufficient.

Except for a few limited editions and special products, there is basically no possibility of "sold out" for Xianyu Digital's products. As long as you place an order, the goods will be shipped to you!

Don't ask where the goods come from, just ask Brother Ba's magical powers...

Speaking of this, there is another funny thing. Not long ago, the sale of high-end graphics cards of the 50 series and 60 series was banned, and 5090 and 6090 graphics cards were not available in China.

That’s right, it’s banned!

But it is precisely because of the ban on sales that the specialness of Xianyu Digital's "online store" is highlighted.

What does the ban on sales have to do with Xianyu Digital? Don't worry about where Brother Ba's goods come from, just pay for it and the graphics card will definitely be shipped to you.

With such strong connections and background, if players don’t come to Xianyu Digital to buy hardware, but insist on buying from JD.com’s own stores, they are really crazy.

Little-known fact: Xianyu Digital's hardware sales exceeded 100 million yuan a year ago.

Of course, it’s sales.

The net profit is definitely not that high. After all, it is relatively easy to achieve sales of over 100 million, but it is very difficult to achieve net profit of over 100 million.

However, even if the profit did not exceed 100 million, it is still a super online store with tens of millions of dollars in revenue, and can be regarded as an invisible source of revenue for Tianba Studio.

"Come to think of it, the products that Xianyu Digital sells right now are really a bit mixed..."

Yang Dong couldn't help but joked: "Not to mention the game consoles from Microsoft and Sony, there are also sweeping robots, electric toothbrushes and smart toilets. It really opened my eyes!"

"That's what I agree to."

Chen Ba explained: "Xianyu Digital's business is so hot that many manufacturers have come to us and hope to help sell their products."

They are very sincere, and Xianyu Digital's customers do include users of these digital products and smart home products.

Sell ​​some while you're at it!

If you can sell it, you will earn an extra cent. If you can’t sell it, just pretend nothing happened. Anyway, the core is still PC hardware, and the rest are just extras.

"Okay, I'll just say it casually."

Yang Dong smiled but did not continue talking about this topic. Anyway, he knew that Xianyu Digital was an independent subsidiary and was not under his control.

He came to find Chen Ba, actually to ask Brother Ba to fulfill his promise and let him be the producer to develop a game.

"sure!"

Chen Ba had no intention of going back on his word. Since he had promised Dong Ge, he might as well give him a chance.

But having said that.

Although he agreed to Dong Ge's proposal to make a game independently, he was still quite curious about the types and themes of games produced by Dong Ge.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing Chen Ba looking at him strangely, Yang Dong couldn't help but laugh and said, "As for the subject matter, I want to make a simulation game similar to "Living Under Someone's Fence Simulator", but very different."

"Big Internet celebrity simulator!"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"It's probably about playing the role of an internet celebrity, gaining more fans through various operations and hype marketing, and making money by selling goods and business orders through live broadcasts."

Big internet celebrity simulator?

When Chen Ba heard this, he couldn't help but complain: "You don't want to be an internet celebrity, so you want to make such a game, right?"

"That's not the case. It was mainly because I listened to Brother Huang's introduction of his previous experience in the MCN company that I came up with an idea by chance."

Yang Dong expressed his considerations.

Through Huang Qing, the former godfather of internet celebrities, he feels that this seemingly glamorous industry is actually not that good behind the scenes.

It just so happened that the theme of internet celebrities also caters to the preferences of many young people and can arouse their curiosity, so he wanted to make such a game.

"So do you have any ideas?"

"have!"

Yang Dong expressed his idea, which is that in this internet celebrity simulator game, players can upload their favorite photos or videos.

Other players can like and comment.

In other words, in the game, the most realistic network environment is simulated by utilizing the interaction between players.

"That's no fun!"

Chen Ba shook his head: "Rather than calling it a game, it's better to call it a social platform. Why play this game when there are already existing social platforms?"

"Don't be impatient, I haven't finished yet..."

Yang Dong rolled his eyes and said, "In the game, every player will sign a contract with a company. The company will give each player targeted marketing suggestions."

"The photos and videos uploaded by players will also be modified by the company to meet the company's packaging requirements."

"True and false, false and true!"

Based on Yang Dong's explanation, Chen Ba roughly understood it.

The core gameplay of this game is actually to simulate the birth process of a big internet celebrity. However, the game is made more immersive, allowing players to upload photos and videos themselves.

Packaging, marketing and hype are all handled by the signing agency in the game.

Can it become popular?

I don’t know! Anyway, this game will provide you with professional-level MCN packaging and marketing services, allowing you to experience how Internet celebrities are born.

"You went to see Brother Qing?"

"Uh-huh!"

Yang Dong nodded and said, "He used to be the general manager of an MCN company. He must know more about the packaging and marketing methods of these Internet celebrities than I do."

“The problem we need to solve now is how to simulate the one-click movie-making effect in the game.”

"This is easy!"

Chen Ba explained: "It's the AI ​​era now. Dubbing and editing can all be done by AI as long as it is trained. It's mainly a marketing hype!"

This can be learned.

Huang Qing was previously an industry insider and also the general manager. He personally trained and incubated many big internet celebrities, so he can be asked to provide guidance.

Then add an AI agent to the game.

The function of this AI agent is mainly to help players optimize and edit the uploaded photos and video materials, and then combine them with the marketing hype methods of the company in the game to create Internet celebrities on an assembly line.

"In the game, all data is controllable. For example, we can create a fake number of fans and video likes and views in the game, or we can create a group of online commentators..."

After all, it's a game, so it's easy for developers to do this.

So here comes the question.

When playing this game, can players distinguish between the real and fake in the game? Can they remain unaffected?

“This is an online game!”

Yang Dong introduced: "All players can see each other's accounts, follow other players, become fans of each other, leave messages for them and even like their posts."

In other words.

In this game, players will experience the most realistic social experience. But the only difference is that the video platform, fans, likes, and comments may all be fake.

The game has AI agents and agencies. Players sign contracts with different companies and AI agents, and everyone is disguised.

It's a bit like Werewolf!

Everyone is playing the role of an internet celebrity who is packaged and marketed, but some are real internet celebrities and their fans are all real players.

Some people are fake internet celebrities, and all of their fans are fake fans simulated and deduced by the game.

"Raising Gu, right?"

Chen Ba joked, "If I play this game and gain 100,000 fans in the game, and they are all real people, then can I become popular on other platforms as well?"

"no!"

Yang Dong also laughed and said, "Because the reason you are so popular is because you are packaged and marketed. If you leave this game, you will be no different from an ordinary person."

He proposed a concept: AI face painting!

In the photos and videos uploaded by players, the characters’ appearances will be redrawn by AI, and no one can reveal their true face in the game.

It's all fake! The only way to play the game is to use the AI ​​agent and the company's marketing hype to become popular in this environment and become the ultimate Internet celebrity in the game!

There is a fan ranking list in the game.

This list only counts "real fans" and everyone is anonymous. You can't see other people's rankings, you can only see your own ranking.

“Okay, okay!”

When Chen Ba heard this, his expression could no longer be maintained.

(End of this chapter)