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With a decision made by Chen Rui, the landscape of the gaming market was about to be completely shattered. In fact, breaking this pattern was easy; it merely required an enormous investment of capital without any immediate returns. However, how many people in the world could afford such a price? How many would be willing to pour billions into this bottomless pit?
Under normal circumstances, only the Li Family could truly manage such a feat, as money was merely a numerical issue for them. Problems that could be solved with money were simply not problems at all!
As news from Dawn Media spread, the traffic for the newly updated game "World" on the SEA platform was surging. The pinned posts on the SEA Chinese Forum were mostly discussing all information related to "World," with the sheer volume of information nearly causing the servers of the operating website to crash.
As more discussions emerged, various rumors reached players' ears: the company behind "World" was Zhi Cheng Entertainment, a subsidiary of Dawn Group, and the project leader for "World" was Li Xue, the third-largest shareholder of Dawn Group!
Some even leaked the budget cost sheet and personnel list for the "World" project. Upon seeing those staggering figures and an unprecedented lineup of developers, opinions online quickly split into two factions.
One faction consisted of players who were highly optimistic about "World" and expressed their support. The other faction comprised veteran players who questioned the sources of this information. After all, no one had managed to change the gaming market for many years. They believed that this widespread reporting was merely promotional hype for the game and that the actual funding and personnel involved were not as extravagant, making it unlikely that the game would live up to expectations.
Chen Rui was well aware of how this internal information leaked online; it was simply that the Planning Department's girls were quite irritated by the doubters online. Thus, they disregarded protocol and exposed such internal details, which inadvertently served as a side promotion for the game.
In the following days, Chen Rui entrusted all preparations for student assessments to Gao Zhijie and Ruan Yu while personally overseeing whether all projects he had initially requested were progressing.
Chen Rui moved from the top floor of the teaching building down to the First Floor, where the programming and art teams were located. As soon as he entered, he saw Fan Xiaohu in what used to be a break room, engaged in a heated discussion with Liang and He Quanli regarding plot development.
Upon noticing Chen Rui's arrival, Fan Xiaohu and his companions immediately ceased their argument and stood up to await Chen Rui's words.
Chen Rui chuckled; it seemed his previous speech had stirred them up too much. After signaling them to sit down, he took a seat on a nearby sofa and asked, "How is the reaction on SEA? How many people have pre-ordered the trial version?"
Fan Xiaohu picked up a document from the cluttered coffee table and handed it to Chen Rui with a smile. "I was just about to look for you! Here are the specific figures: currently, 'World' has surpassed one hundred million visits on SEA, but only over seven thousand people have made purchases. It seems most are still in a wait-and-see mode."
Chen Rui casually flipped through the statistics and smiled lightly. "That's about what I expected. After all, we don't even have a promotional video or images yet. And while it's an RPG game, we haven't clarified its background either. Having seven thousand people willing to take this leap is already impressive."
Liang asked, "Should we immediately shoot some promotional videos using completed scenes and upload them to SEA?"
After thinking for a moment, Chen Rui shook his head with a wry smile. "The purpose of promotional videos is primarily to showcase this game's unique features. However, our game's uniqueness lies in its realism—it's essentially another world entirely. Can you convey that in a short video?"
The three pondered this before nodding and then shaking their heads again. He Quanli sighed, "It’s not impossible to express it, but it certainly can't be fully conveyed. At best, viewers might understand: 'Oh! This is a world!' And that's about it."
Chen Rui looked at He Quanli in surprise and asked, "How long would such a video take? How long would production take?"
He Quanli and Liang roughly estimated and provided an approximate figure: "The duration would likely be less than one minute. If we mobilize fifty people with sufficient planning and outsource music production, it would take about an entire day!"
Chen Rui smiled lightly and teased, "Wow, it takes fifty people about an hour to produce a one-minute promotional video, and the music is outsourced!"
Liang shrugged. "What can we do? Right now, aside from those beginner villages, there hasn't been any progress in other areas. The promotional video we are considering aims to capture the scenes of the first cities of various races, but we haven't even completed the art and modeling for these yet. Finishing it all within twenty hours is already quite fast, and I assure you, the video we produce will definitely be a top-tier visual experience."
Chen Rui nodded. "Then let's go with that. By the way, when will the demo version be online?"
He Quanli sighed with a wry smile. "When the demo version goes online depends on you. The areas that have been built so far can already accommodate characters, but we have no idea about the server situation. If the server is ready, we can launch the demo version immediately!"
Liang nodded with a smile. "That's right. We have also assigned a group of people to double as customer service and security teams, specifically to gather player feedback on various issues in the demo version for adjustments."
Chen Rui chuckled. "It would be great if we could operate efficiently. The server shouldn't be a problem; I'll transfer server permissions to you shortly. The servers you have can support thousands of concurrent users, so please manage the online numbers well!"
"Thousands?!!" Fan Xiaohu, Liang, and He Quanli asked in shock. Currently, most game companies' individual servers only support thousands of users at best; larger ones might handle tens of thousands. They had never heard of any game company using servers that could support millions of users since maintenance costs would be too high and updates would be extremely challenging without multiple servers.
Chen Rui stood up, straightened his clothes, and smiled as he said, "The server permissions will be transferred to you soon. You can launch the demo version while promoting the video."
Fan Xiaohu and the others stood up to see Chen Rui off. Suddenly, Liang remembered something and asked, "By the way, our game currently doesn't even have an icon or cover art; even what's on SEA is just text-based images. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Chen Rui thought for a moment and smiled. "Is there any image that can encompass the entire world?"
The three fell silent. Although Chen Rui had a point, not having images would definitely keep more people in a wait-and-see state.
"Then let's use an aerial view of Yongan City; it would be best to include a Tang Iron Cavalry outside the city walls. In short, it should give off an imposing feeling."
"An imposing feeling? Would that work?" He Quanli asked hesitantly.
Chen Rui smirked sarcastically. "An epic masterpiece with a hundred billion investment—how could it not look down on other inferior works?"
After Chen Rui left, the programming and art teams went back into overtime mode. The promotional video took shape in a very short time, featuring very old yet classic music titled "Sar Sky." Liang stayed up all night negotiating with Seps Fr He11 for copyright issues regarding "Sar Sky."
Since "Sar Sky" has a duration of five minutes and maintains intensity throughout, cutting any part would affect the overall feel, leading editors to repeatedly request extending the promotional duration to five minutes!
Ultimately, after consulting with Chen Rui, all members of the research team dedicated themselves to this task. Even so, it took three days to roughly create all the main cities and armies of various races in the game. Although these materials couldn't be directly used, they were more than sufficient for filming the promotional video.
As a result, the final video lasted five minutes and included various high-level cities from different races, their leaders, and military appearances from each race. Naturally, humans were featured most prominently—from Yongan City to the grandeur of Tang Iron Cavalry and appearances by magic users like mages and sorcerers.
"This promotional video can definitely give someone who has never heard of this game a good understanding of its content!" Liang excitedly explained to Chen Rui. "Everything is ready, and the game's large poster has been created. Here it is."
The projection clearly displayed a giant poster in front of the studio's floor-to-ceiling window. At the center of the poster was Yongan City, with sixteen 4x4 squares in front of it, where the poised Tang Cavalry Iron Hoof could still be seen clearly.
Surrounding the projection were various armies or generals from different races. Even though it was just an image, one could roughly discern the background and setting of this game world.
"Not bad. Immediately update the images and promotional video on the SEA platform and Dawn's exclusive channel," Chen Rui said with a smile, clearly pleased with the team's work. "Also, my live stream will soon be broadcasted on Dawn's platform. Since it's a recorded stream, you don't need to worry about the recording personnel; just focus on playing the game and don't be too nervous—just act like you usually do."
He Quanli chuckled wryly. "We'll try our best; after all, most people get a bit nervous in front of the camera. But you'll get used to it over time. By the way, isn't the game supposed to launch simultaneously with the promotional video?"
Chen Rui shook his head. "No, we're doing a buffer period. The game will go live at midnight today, and starting from midnight tomorrow, there will be a trial version on SEA with limited access each day. You all will decide the specific numbers. Also, when there are updates in game development, please don't post them directly; notify me before each update is prepared."
Ten minutes later, a five-minute promotional video was simultaneously updated on both SEA's platform and Dawn Media's exclusive platform for "World." The visuals, effects, music, and actions were nearly perfect, making one wonder if a movie had been specially made for this purpose. This also led to a surge in sales for the trial version on SEA.
At the same time, both platforms displayed an accurate countdown timer down to the second. When the countdown reached zero, the trial version of the game officially went live!
In an instant, gamers around the world began to focus on this epic game called "World."
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