At this moment, Chen Mo's phone rang.

Chen Mo saw that the caller was one of his iron buddies in college, Zhao Zihao.

"Hello?"

Zhao Zihao's somewhat out of tune voice came from the other side of the phone: "Chen Mo, you kid can, the champion of the game design competition?" Don't even say this to your buddy, it's too boring! ”

Chen Mo smiled: "Didn't I just settle down, there are too many things." How do you know this? ”

Zhao Zihao said: "And ask me how I know, you're going to be on fire!" The video of you scolding the judges at the competition has gone viral! ”

Chen Mo was speechless: "Huh? ”

Zhao Zihao said: "You can go and see it yourself, by the way, do you have time at night?" The three of us haven't had a good time together since we graduated, and it just so happens that this time you also got the identity of a game designer, and you earned an experience store for nothing, which is not a treat? ”

Chen Mo smiled: "Okay, treat." Then you can call Lin Mao at that time. ”

Zhao Zihao said: "Okay, then it's decided." In this way, I will pick up Lin Mao first, and then go directly to your experience store, and then we will discuss what to eat. It's four o'clock in the afternoon, see you or leave. ”

Chen Mo said: "Okay, see you or leave." ”

In the memory of the parallel world, Chen Mo had two very good buddies in college, and the three of them were not in the same major, but they all entered the game industry.

Zhao Zihao is a rich second generation, and his family seems to be engaged in a traditional industry, and Chen Mo doesn't know much about the specific situation, he just knows that this person is not short of money.

However, Zhao Zihao is not a game designer, he opened his own studio and made a game guild, including but not limited to: boosting, gold mining, game channel promotion, etc.

This company is not big, but the salaries of the employees are not low, and all of them are good at the game, and those who play poorly will not be charged.

These employees can basically be regarded as accompanying Zhao Zihao to play games, and the rest of the work is incidental business, and no one cares if the company is losing money, anyway, Zhao Zihao himself is purely playing.

Some time ago, Chen Mo heard that Zhao Zihao was interested in starting a club, but the investment was too large, so he hadn't decided yet.

Zhao Zihao himself has no shelf, not at all like the rich second generation in the traditional concept, he thinks about playing games all day long, and when he goes to college, he often goes to Internet cafes with Chen Mo and them, and is often jokingly called by Chen Mo's other buddy Lin Mao: "The body of the rich second generation, the heart of the dick." ”

And Chen Mo's other buddy, Lin Mao, is a game designer like Chen Mo, and he got the qualification of a D-level designer almost as soon as he graduated from college, and is now concentrating on developing his own independent game.

Among these three people, Chen Mo is a scholar of literature, Zhao Zihao is a student of finance, and only Lin Mao is a serious graduate of game design.

The three of them have known each other since their freshman year in a game club at school, and their relationship has always been very good, and they are also one of the few good friends of Chen Mo in this world.

……

At noon, Chen Mo went around the neighborhood to familiarize himself with the environment around the experience store, then found a small restaurant and went in to order a rice bowl.

By the way, I took out my phone and watched the news.

Sure enough, the game competition was reported by the game section of many media, and there were many people who participated in the comments.

"Game Design Contest Ended, Who Will Go to the 300,000 Prize and Experience Store?" 》

A Magical Bird Wins Game Design Contest! 》

"Live Audience: It Feels Like the Most Abusive Game in History"

"700 viewers and 350 hours of gameplay, this game is toxic!" 》

"The judges criticized angrily: This can also be considered a game?! 》

"Flappybird Designer: The Judges Have No Objective Spirit"

"The founder of Hengyou.com blows this little game to the sky"

Chen Mo flipped through the news and basically reproduced the scene of the game, but these media focused on Shi Huazhe and his quarrel, obviously wanting to use this as a gimmick and stir up this topic.

There are also videos of the scene, Shi Huazhe's comments and Chen Mo's final speech, all of which have been played repeatedly, and the popularity is very high.

Chen Mo doesn't care about this, for him, it's a good thing that the media helps him stir up the heat, the more players who know him, the lower the user cost of releasing the game in the future, and it also saves a lot of publicity costs.

There's a term in this day and age called the attention economy, and the same applies to the gaming industry.

The more information there is, the more precious the user's attention, and if the same two games go unnoticed, and the other is already hotly debated before it is released, then even if the latter is not as good as the former, it will be much more profitable than the former.

If you have a fan base of 5,000 people who are obedient to you, you can count on that fan base to support you, whether it's through Taobao stores, gaming channels, or any other monetization method.

At this time, Chen Mo noticed that a game media published an exclusive interview with Shi Huazhe.

On the screen, Shi Huazhe's face was ugly, and he said to the camera: "What I said to this Chen Mo player was a persuasion as a person who came over, but he thought I was belittling him, which is really ridiculous." ”

"I still have the same point of view, the game industry is an industry that requires sincerity and accumulation, and it is impossible for this Chen Mo player to go far, I think his next game will not sell more than 100,000 in the first month."

Chen Mo smiled, this Shi Huazhe is really a dead duck with a hard mouth, anyway, no matter what he is beaten into, he will not admit defeat.

Chen Mo silently opened Weibo.

His Weibo has been verified by his real name, and after becoming a D-level designer and the champion of the design competition, this information has also been updated.

Chen Mo directly reposted the interview on Weibo, and then added a comment: "Don't you eat something?" And then @ the official blogs of several game media.

You have to mess with me, do you? Okay, buddy, I'll be with you to the end!

After a while, Chen Mo's Weibo exploded!

The official blogs of several game media found that Chen Mo actually responded, and they all smelled the smell of "making a big news", and forwarded it one after another!

Game Information Network, Skyline Network, Wechat Game Channel...... Even an executive of Imperial Dynasty Mutual Entertainment retweeted it!

After such a fuss, a large number of players have noticed Chen Mo's Weibo!

"Chen Mo? This is the winner of that design competition? ”

"Is that me?"

"It must be, you see there is real-name authentication."

"Damn, what's going on? Are you going to die to the end? ”

"The lad has a lot of character, I appreciate you!"

"What did he mean by that, what did he want Shi Huazhe to eat?"

“…… Upstairs, has your village just been connected to the Internet? ”

These players got excited directly in Chen Mo's Weibo comments.

Chen Mo's "Don't you eat something" is actually a stalk, because there are often predictions on the Internet, and then in order to create gimmicks, they often add a sentence "Don't eat Xiang" or "I'm not allowed to eat the mouse" and so on, the things to eat are all kinds of strange and strange, so when I encounter a prediction post again, many netizens will reply: "Don't you eat something?" ”

The meaning of Chen Mo's sentence is very clear: "Shi Huazhe, you said that the sales of my next game will not exceed 100,000 in the first month, what if it does?" What don't you eat? ”

Soon, the retweets and replies under this Weibo began to skyrocket, one hundred, three hundred, five hundred!

Moreover, enthusiastic netizens are still helping @Shi Huazhe, it's not a big deal to watch the excitement.

Chen Mo is much calmer than Shi Huazhe, and this matter is not enough for him to take to heart. In fact, Chen Mo is not averse to hype, if the hype can bring attention to his next game, why not?

Soon, Shi Huazhe replied: "Boring! ”

Chen Mo was happy, and Shi Huazhe really didn't dare to bet.

In the comments below Weibo, the onlookers sighed, and some people continued to fan the flames, encouraging Shi Huazhe to gamble with Chen Mo, eating a keyboard or mouse.

Shi Huazhe simply pretended to be dead and never replied again.

Chen Mo smiled and put his phone away. For him, this is nothing more than a small episode, and there is no need to take it seriously.