Build a game empire from scratch

In Lin You's original plan, a special medal and thank you letter would be prepared for the player.

To thank the players for purchasing Mirage, which is of great help to the development of Yunmeng.

But since the voice of protest is not loud now, there is no need to worry so much. You can wait a little longer and wait for a more suitable time to release.

On the other side, Zhang Heying saw the overwhelming media congratulations and heated discussions about [Mirage 2.0], so he decided to push back the launch time of the plan a little bit.

He needs a certain amount of basic enthusiasm to stir up the topic, otherwise it will be difficult to generate real industry discussions just by spending money on it.

But now the popularity is too high, and there is still a lot of praise, and they directly stand up and brandish the topic of "anti-monopoly". The attention of netizens is simply not enough, and they may not take it seriously.

So he was patient and waited for the opportunity to come.

But the enthusiasm of the players far exceeded his expectations, and the media continued to add fuel to the flames.

Congratulations, the sales volume of the first Mirage has exceeded 100 million, and I started to post articles to discuss the second generation Mirage, discussing performance, and praising Lin You.

Some people also compared the discounts provided by NetDragon, Flying Fox, and Deserted Island to old players based on the generous discounts given by Lin You—in many cases, there were even no discounts at all.

In the end, an obvious conclusion was drawn - explosive kill!

There is simply no comparison.

As a result, Lin You once again consolidated his good reputation as a "conscience manufacturer", "valuing players", "not cutting leeks" and so on.

After another round of praise and comparison by the media, the players' resentment towards Lin You's launch of the new machine so quickly became even less.

Lin You has been watching these contents.

Although he knew in his heart that a lot of the media was nothing.

When you are in the limelight, they don't mind flattering you without a bottom line at all, as long as you boast that you have traffic, netizens like to watch it, and they can say it without psychological barriers if it's sexy.

But when you encounter problems and are hated by netizens, they won't mind hacking you like hell, and scolding you to death, and there is a high probability that they won't tell you any old love.

Lin You is very aware of all this, but this does not prevent him from browsing these compliments in a happy mood.

Who doesn't love hearing someone blow their rainbow farts?

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On the other side, Zhang Heying felt very uncomfortable.

He waited until noon before he finally felt that the heat was ready.

——It’s not perfect, but I can’t wait any longer. If I wait any longer, the opportunity will be completely missed.

He dialed the number that he saved in his mobile phone long ago, but once swore he would never dial it again in his life: [Lingxi Advertising Department].

"Hello? NetDragon, Zhang Heying, I made an appointment yesterday, how is the advertising space now?"

"Vacancy."

The voice of the female receptionist on the opposite side was a little familiar, but Zhang Heying planned to pretend that he didn’t know him at all, and said in a business-like manner: “Two hours, our staff will pass on the details to you. If necessary, I will postpone it when the time comes. Or maybe not.”

"Okay, we will cooperate with you here." The female operator's voice carried some faint smiles.

It's not that she's unprofessional, it's that when she heard "2 hours", she couldn't help but think of the last time.

It was also this man who bought a 6-hour hot search headline position, but after only being posted for 10 minutes, he was slapped in the face and canceled the order directly.

Now "2 hours", "may continue", obviously learned the lessons from last time.

When Zhang Heying hung up the phone, his fingers had tightly gripped the phone.

——He heard the hidden smile, which brought back bad memories for him.

The only good news is: because Yunmeng will release new devices on Saturday, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this time Mirage is bound to exceed 100 million sales, and countless media will release congratulations at the first time. Search first.

As a result, no one touched the hot search headline advertising space that was often robbed all day long.

That's why, he can wait as long as he wants, and wait until he feels the time is right before calling to place an order without delaying things.

At the same time, it also made it possible for him to "buy for a short time first, and then continue if necessary", avoiding being taken advantage of again.

Lingxi's advertising department collects money to handle affairs, and the efficiency is excellent.

Soon, # Mirage 2.0 # on the hot search headlines was pushed down by # Yunmeng Monopoly # with the word 【热】, and dropped to the second place in the hot search.

Xiaomeng and countless netizens noticed this trending search at the same time, and opened it one after another.

It's just that Xiaomeng is faster. After reading the text of the post in an instant, she took a screenshot and showed it to Lin You.

Lin You read on with interest:

"Monopoly prosperity is a false illusion.

Yunmeng's first-generation virtual reality game console, Mirage, has officially exceeded 100 million sales today, which also means that the stock of Daxia game players has officially exceeded 100 million.

Both the media and the players feel rejoiced. It seems that the game industry has ushered in unprecedented prosperity, and an era of great opportunities, great development, and great hopes is coming.

But this is an illusion.

If people can be more rational, try to exclude Yunmeng for the time being.

Then it is easy to find: Except for Yunmeng, the number of game players has hardly increased.

Instead of increasing, it is even shrinking rapidly.

Just look at the bleak sales of the main VR equipment of NetDragon, Feihu, and Deserted Island, the three former leaders in the industry, and you can get a glimpse of the overall industry development dilemma.

The former leader is still so unbearable, what about the once mid-tier or even low-tier game companies?

Have you encountered a more difficult dilemma than a large company?

From this point of view, behind the vigorous development of Yunmeng is the great depression and depression of the game and the industry as a whole.

Why did this happen?

There is only one explanation: Yunmeng's complete monopoly of technology has broken the healthy trend of sustainable development of the industry, sucked the vitality of the entire industry, and achieved its own brilliance.

But this is just flowers blooming, and the fire cooking oil.

Lin You is very good, has a conscience, treats players well, and never forgets to give benefits to players...

But is this really the truth?

Are there really capitalists who can resist the temptation of increasing wealth and multiplying benefits?

If it is possible, there must be a greater interest attracting him!

History has proven this countless times.

If one day, except Yunmeng, all game companies and game developers will have to give up, either join Yunmeng, or leave the game industry.

Let Yunmeng form a complete monopoly on the game industry in a substantial sense.

So, can Lin You and Yunmeng maintain their current good image?

Or will the mask be torn off to reveal another face beneath it? "

Looking at the manuscript on Hot Search, Zhang Heying nodded in satisfaction.

It is indeed an old pen in the industry, and a master with rhythm.

If he didn't pay someone to write this manuscript, he felt that the person who wrote this manuscript must really be crying out for the development of the industry.

It's a pity that he can't forget what the person said on the other end of the phone: "It's easy to talk about it, as long as you are satisfied, remember to come to me next time you have this job, and it is guaranteed to be worth the money."

Of course, if you look down on it in your heart, you still look down on it, and you still have to keep your contact information.

More or less it is a talent, and this person has changed dozens of pseudonyms, and he is not well-known, so it is really hard to find if no one introduces him.

If it weren't for the fact that this person has so many pseudonyms that anyone would dare to offend, it would be really difficult to find someone to write this manuscript.

On the other end, Lin You also finished reading the manuscript.

Naturally, he didn't feel nervous at all, he was just a little confused: it's only been more than three months, who is so anxious?

And, who is this "Donghua" who wrote the manuscript?

Netizens are not slow, and quickly finished reading this manuscript.

Some people are indeed taken by the rhythm of the whole article, thinking along the logic given in the manuscript, it seems that it really makes sense?

Someone was much more rational, and immediately realized that the manuscript had consciously ignored many things:

For example, Yunmeng's expanded game player base will feed back the industry sooner or later.

Moreover, why should Yunmeng be excluded? Are virtual reality gamers not gamers anymore?

Is it not to consume, or not to play games?

Shrinking sales of other carriers?

Sorry, only VR equipment is shrinking significantly!

There is no way to count computers and mobile phones. Home game consoles, handheld consoles, arcade machines, etc. have shrunk eight hundred years ago, so why do you still use it now?

And the most important thing: Should we trust a conspiracy theorist who hides his head and reveals his true identity?

Or has he always stood at the center of public opinion, although he has a bad temper and is a little narrow-minded, but every time he does something, he really considers the players?

Players on both sides picked up the keyboard at the same time, and they had to go to the comment area to express their approval or curse.

But when they typed a long or short sentence and hit the send button, they failed at the same time.

The system prompts: "The Lingxi news you commented on does not exist."

The next moment, the page refreshes.

The manuscript simply disappeared.

Look at the hot search headlines again: # Mirage 2.0 # went from second place to first place again.

The original first place has disappeared. # Yunmeng Monopoly # This word, only in the headlines of the hot search, stayed for less than three minutes.

Not being overheated, nor lowered in rank, just so abrupt and thorough——

Disappeared.

Zhang Heying was originally guarding the comment area, refreshing the page constantly, waiting for the comments to appear.

The sailors are already ready to go, just to avoid being so obvious, they didn't post comments immediately, but planned to wait for a few minutes, and then post after there are natural comments.

But when Zhang Heying refreshed the page again, a "page not found" was directly displayed.

Then it automatically jumps to the home page.

He immediately realized that something was wrong and went to look at the hot search list.

But obviously, the manuscript is gone, and the hot search can't stay where it was.

This turn of events completely exceeded Zhang Heying's expectations.

"Where are the trending searches?"

I spent so much money, what about the hot search I just bought?

The last time I bought a hot search headline, I persisted for 10 minutes and was withdrawn. This time it was even more excessive, and it disappeared in less than 3 minutes? ?

Why are you here to break the record with me? ? !