Saturday, January 21.

Pei Qian packed up his things a little and prepared to go home.

The company has a holiday, and most of the departments are on the eighth day of the new year, that is, they will work next Monday.

Departments such as fish takeaway and headwind logistics all work in the second year of junior high school, and take turns off during the holidays from the second to the eighth day of junior high school. Of course, all employees who work on holidays are paid overtime, so many employees in these departments not only do not want to take vacations, but also actively work overtime.

When I go home this time, I don't have to change out of my previous clothes and computer, I just need to put my watch down.

Because Pei Qian's statement to his parents is that he works in Feihuang Studio and is the veteran of the studio, his income is acceptable. In that case, it doesn't seem so strange to wear more expensive clothes when you go home.

The houses have been bought, and the second elder has a relatively high estimate of Pei Qian's current income, so he naturally doesn't care so much about these aspects. What's more, they can't tell whether this suit is thousands or tens of thousands.

His parents have now moved to a house near the high-speed rail station, also in Jingzhou, and it is not far away, so Pei Qian only brought a small backpack with a change of clothes and his own computer.

Still in the same city, and only staying for a week, there is no need to bring so much luggage.

However, you still have to bring a computer, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with it in case something happens during the holidays.

After everything was cleaned up, Pei Qian went downstairs and took the car home.

……

At the same time, Qiu Hong had also rushed to the airport and was waiting for the plane.

Looking back on the work in the imperial capital in the past few months, it feels like a world away.

Qiu Hong sighed in his heart, how can you, say that I, a producer who makes krypton games, have inexplicably become the saviors of domestic independent games?

It can only be said that the world is impermanent.

With nothing to do, he took out his mobile phone to check netizens' comments on the change of the pre-sale price of "Ink and Smoke".

Last night, he arranged for his subordinates to adjust the pre-sale price of "Ink and Smoke" to 5 yuan, and for players who have already paid in advance, the price of the game will be reduced to 36 yuan, which means that when the game is officially released, you only need to pay another 21 yuan to buy.

In addition, Qiu Hong also issued an announcement in his official capacity, apologizing to players who have already purchased the game and apologizing for the impact on them due to the pre-sale price change.

As for why the pre-sale price was lowered, the announcement said: "After the pre-sale of "Ink and Smoke" opened, the players showed extraordinary enthusiasm and support for the game, and the R&D team was deeply moved by this. However, it was precisely because the enthusiasm shown by the players was far beyond expectations that we thought the pre-sale price was set too high, so we lowered the pre-sale price. We apologize for the impact this has had on you and offer you a compensation plan. ”

For this announcement, Qiu Hong also tried his best, because the decision to change the pre-sale price and compensate players was made by Mr. Pei, because Mr. Pei believes that the pre-sale is actually an act of transferring risks to players and should not be promoted.

But for this reason, it's okay to talk about it privately, and it's not easy to write it in the announcement, because it will definitely dampen the enthusiasm of players to support domestic independent games.

Therefore, Qiu Hong himself couldn't tell how to write this announcement, so he could only be vague like this.

Qiu Hong feels that most players will still accept it, but they are also likely to find it inexplicable.

Let's see how everyone reacts online.

Qiu Hong quickly found out about the players' discussion of changing the pre-sale price of "Ink and Smoke" this time.

"What do you mean? Changed the original pre-sale price from 15 yuan to 5 yuan? There's no need for that, is it? ”

"Game developer confusion."

"In this announcement, it is said that because the players are very enthusiastic, the official thinks that the pre-sale price is set too high? Why don't I see the logic here? ”

"Is it because the official thinks that the price of 5 yuan can allow more people to buy the pre-sale?"

"No, it won't. Those who are willing to buy pre-sales are basically players who support domestic independent games in their hearts, and for this kind of player, it doesn't make much difference whether the pre-sale is sold for 5 or 15 yuan. What's more, you have to pay the balance when the game is released, no matter whether it is priced at 5 yuan or 15 yuan, the price of the game is still so much, what is the difference? ”

"I don't see any impact other than making less money......"

"So that's confusing, huh?"

Most players do feel that the official behavior of the "Poor Road Project" is a bit redundant, and the pre-order price is a little higher and lower, which is nothing more than the difference between three and four and four, and getting money early and late, so why bother to change the pre-sale price?

But just when most players were confused, a post appeared online explaining the true intention of the "Poor Project"!

"I suddenly understood why the pre-sale price of "Ink and Smoke" was lowered!"

"The official statement is that because the enthusiasm of players to pre-order is far beyond expectations, it makes the official realize that the price of the pre-sale is set too high."

"At first glance, this logical relationship does not seem to be valid, why does the high enthusiasm of players make the official feel that the pre-sale price is set high?"

"This is why indie games are popular for pre-sales now."

"The pre-sale of indie games is mainly because the development team of indie games is often short of money, and they need to recover part of the funds in advance through pre-sales to better develop the remaining games."

"At the beginning of "Ink and Smoke", the pre-sale price was set at 15 yuan, obviously because they had a rough estimate of the development cost of the remaining part through the expected sales volume, and felt that selling it for 15 yuan could support future development."

But they didn't expect sales to be three times higher than they expected. The development cost that was originally maintained by selling for 15 yuan can now be maintained by selling for 5 yuan! ”

"That's why the official decided to lower the pre-sale price."

"Some people say it's a bit of a fuss and it's not necessary. 5 yuan, 15 yuan, for many players, is nothing more than the difference between paying more and paying less. ”

"But for the official of the 'Poor Road Project', they must feel that as long as they get the follow-up development funds, there is no need to set the pre-sale price so high, and there is a suspicion of cheating money;

"It can only be said that the organizer of the 'Poor Journey Project' is indeed a person with feelings and hearts! It's not in vain that we support it! ”

After this post was posted, it dawned on the players.

"I see!"

"Is this developer so restrained? I think I can support the follow-up development costs, so I cut the pre-sale price directly from 15 to 5? ”

"This is not restraint, it can only be said that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. There are many indie games that like to engage in pre-sale deception, collect a wave of money first, and then start to develop slowly, either delaying the release, or releasing a half-finished product to fool people. But the game of 'Poor Journey' has no such intention at all, and is obviously very confident in its own game! ”

"Developers who value players so much must support it!"

"This developer is so conscientious, I can't help but think of Tengda Games, this thing looks like what President Pei did!"

"However, judging from the available information, it seems that the Poor Road Project has nothing to do with Tengda."

"That's a good thing, it shows that there is another boss with feelings and conscience in the game circle, which is the luck of domestic games!"

"I'm going to post a wave and let more people pre-order "Ink and Smoke"!"

Looking at the discussion of netizens, Qiu Hong couldn't help but suddenly realize that he had a feeling of empowerment.

It turns out that Mr. Pei still has this meaning in it?

This revision of the pre-sale price not only left a good impression in the hearts of players, but also increased the number of players who pre-ordered!

Whether it is because the popularity of the topic has risen, let more people know, or because the pre-sale has dropped from 15 yuan to 5 yuan, the number of pre-orders has been further improved.

Wouldn't that make the game sell even more after it was released?

The price of the pre-sale of the game has been reduced, and players who have already purchased the game are also discounted, which is definitely a good thing for players.

And on the side of the "Poor Road Plan", it won face and won again.

It's a win-win!

Qiu Hong couldn't help but sigh, Mr. Pei is really Mr. Pei, and a small operation that is an understatement can also see the foundation! The control of the player's mentality has reached the pinnacle!

……

……

Sunday, January 22.

Less than 7 o'clock in the morning, Pei Qian got up to wash.

Now the second elder has moved to a new house on the side of the high-speed rail station, so the living conditions are much better.

Mom and Dad also deliberately set aside the master bedroom for him, and the second old man had to live in the second bedroom, obviously not completely breaking off the idea of letting him use this house as a wedding room.

Pei Qian was speechless, but there was nothing he could do, it seemed that he could only wait for himself to lose some money and buy another house so that his parents could live in this house with peace of mind.

After washing up, Pei Qian came to the living room.

My mother was cooking in the kitchen, and Pei was making tea in the living room.

Seeing that Pei Qian actually got up, the two elders were very surprised.

"Son, why did you get up so early? I thought you had to sleep until nine o'clock. You drink saliva first, and breakfast is ready right away. After saying that, Mom continued to prepare breakfast.

Lao Pei nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, son, your schedule is quite healthy now, keep it up, do you hear?" ”

Pei Qian took out a Bluetooth headset and put it on, then sat on the sofa and opened the live broadcast room of the IOI Global Finals on his mobile phone.

The second elder obviously misunderstood, if there was nothing special, could Pei Qian get up early?

If there was no IOI World Finals, it would be possible for Pei Qian to sleep until 10 o'clock, how could he get up before 7 o'clock.

Open the live broadcast room, the time is just right, and the game is about to start in a few minutes.

Pei Qian said that he would give up, but he was actually still paying attention to the FV team.

"God forbid, as long as you don't crush and win the championship, everything is easy to say......"

……

The final was a pinnacle showdown between Team FV and Team FRY, and it was already full of attention before the game.

The FV team was not favored at the beginning, and was ridiculed as "cn ioi noob" by foreigners in the group stage, but in the quarterfinals and semifinals, no one dared to question their strength anymore.

As the strongest veteran team in Europe and the United States, the FRY team also made it all the way to the finals, although they lost two or three small games, their resilience and strength in the game should not be underestimated.

Before the match, the commentators at the official commentary booth of the Finger Company agreed that it would be a close and exciting match, but from a personal standpoint, they clearly supported the FRY team.

It's still the previous competition venue, but compared with the quarterfinals and semifinals, today's game specifications are higher.

Before the start of the competition, the finger company specially invited famous rock bands from Europe and the United States to sing the theme song, as well as a very cool COS performance, in bursts of applause and cheers, the scene quickly turned into a sea of carnival!

Chrétien and Zhao Xuming sat in the front row of the audience, their expressions slightly solemn.

Chrétien has already secretly sent two Finger Co. balancers to the FRY team, asking them to help analyze the data of the new version and provide tactical support to the FRY team.

In this week's preparation time, FRY's tactical reserves should have been improved and improved to a certain extent.

But whether they can win the FV team or not, no one can say.

Because the current strength of the FV team is a mystery to everyone, they train every day on the second floor of that Internet café, and no one knows what they practice.

The accompanying data team was all tight-lipped and had bodyguards guarding the door, and it was a pipe dream to peek.

Chrétien didn't dare to use too despicable methods, such as asking his engineers to check the game data. After all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and once the official game data is exposed, it will be a huge scandal, and Chrétien may not be able to eat and walk around.

Sneaking two balancers to FRY like this and providing them with a little tactical support was already the limit of what Chrétien could do, and it was a huge risk.

No one knew what the outcome of this battle would be, and Chrétien and Zhao Xuming couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they looked at the confident expressions of the FV players on the stage.

I thought it was five fish belly, but I didn't expect these five people to fight all the way to the finals, and clubs and finger companies all over the world together had nothing to do with them!