Otherworldly Architect

"Iwannagohome" was launched for a week, and the major charts were shuffled again.

Several major live broadcast platforms have called to celebrate, and they raised their heads to congratulate Dragon Sabre Studio - another popular boutique mini game!

Since the price is only 1 yuan, the sales volume is very large, approaching the 50 billion mark, which can be said to be a super best-seller.

Of course, after removing taxes and platform fees, Tulong Baodao Studio's profits are quite considerable.

In addition to its own sales profits, don't forget that the game "Iwannagohome" has a three-party agreement.

It has brought a huge amount of traffic to the live broadcast platform. According to the ladder agreement they signed, several live broadcast platforms have to pay a large "introduction fee" to Tulong Baodao!

Moreover, Tulong Baodao Studio is also open to all visitors, and other live broadcast platforms are also welcome to discuss cooperation in the future.

This makes its income more diversified, and makes people in the industry quite curious about what the biggest profit channel of "God of Fortune" is.

However, this studio is known for being mysterious and never discloses its quarterly reports, which makes it impossible for the outside world to guess its profitability.

Ming Yan at this moment is also looking through the financial statements of Dragon Sabre Studio.

Recently, he is not short of money, so the money grabbing behavior of Tulong Baodao has also been greatly reduced. There are no signature krypton gold games released recently, and they are all investing in some small games.

Others in the studio also have to eat. Investing in small games and cooperating to develop them to make some quick money is also a relatively mature model.

In the circle of independent developers, the chief designer of Tulong Baodao also has a new nickname.

- "Golden Hand".

It means that his vision is accurate enough, and he can always find the most suitable and best-selling seedlings in a circle of independent games, plant them in his flowerbed, and wait for the day when they are mature and received.

When many independent game developers are in trouble, they will inevitably seek help from outside capital.

And the rich and powerful gold owner like Tulong Baodao Studio is obviously one of their first-choice targets.

Of course, this also brings a little extra work to Mingyan.

Once, he saw a small project developed independently on the mailing list, and the developer turned out to be his acquaintance.

——That is Ming Yan's classmate, a boy who graduated together that year, seems to be surnamed Wang.

When Mingyan saw him, he was stunned for a moment, and then from the state of "looks familiar", he slowly remembered who this person was.

After all, they have studied together for four years as an undergraduate. Although this classmate and Mingyan are not familiar with each other, they have had several friendships.

After graduation, they also organized several class exchange activities, but there were not too many people in the past, and it was even more impossible for a busy person like Ming Yan to take time to participate in such social activities.

The relevant resume of classmate Wang is attached to the email. He has worked in a large company for about three years. He was laid off last year, so he came out to work on his own and started an independent game project.

His family background was average, and the one million funds he managed to scrape together soon became a drop in the bucket, and he began to have to attract people to invest everywhere.

Ming Yan's eyes fell on his ID photo, which was an increasingly mature and silent face.

Four years later, students from the same class have different circumstances.

People like Kerry, who have mines and companies at home, found themselves unsuitable for gaming, and switched careers early in the morning to bring other projects, and they are doing well now.

And students like Wang, who have no capital and no connections, are naturally proud of working in big companies, and they cannot be separated from the monthly salary package.

Of course, there are also people who started their own businesses as soon as they graduated. I heard that they were all lost, and there was no real story of success. In the end, they went back to work.

There are also people who still have "dream" in their hearts and want to make a good game, and they have found Blue Star's clear words——

For the sake of an old classmate, Ming Yan helped him read the game plan.

But to be honest, there is nothing good to say, Ming Yan can only propose a little revision, and then politely send him away.

The same is from the game design major. Whether you are talented or not can be seen at a glance when you read it.

Ming Yan can rely on the game to make progress, but most of the other people are still slowly climbing the mountain road... Classmate Wang also wanted to seek sponsorship from Blue Star, but in the end he gave up.

It may be that he is still a little unwilling. The old classmates got in the end and asked for the help of the old classmates, which made people bow their heads.

This time, classmate Wang pulled the sponsorship to the head of Tulong Baodao Studio.

Judging from the email, he has come three times, the first time was more polite, and the last time was close to pleading.

One million is really not much for the game industry, and it took just half a year to run out. He has sold the house where he lives to raise funds, but the game project is only halfway through.

The opinion of Tulong Baodao Studio has influenced the attitude of many people in the industry towards a game, so this is very important to him.

The first two times, the emails were all in vain, only the secretary made a phone call to ask about the situation, and there was no news after that.

The third time, it was for Mingyan to catch a glimpse.

Half an hour later, classmate Wang received a call. The caller ID was: Tulong Baodao Studio.

He immediately jumped up from the computer, hurriedly walked to the empty corridor, tidied up his clothes, calmed his intense breathing, answered the phone and said, "Hello, how are you?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Wang, the person in charge of the "Mini Placement" project? This is the Tulong Baodao studio. After seeing your project plan, our director wants to discuss some issues with you."

Immediately, his mind went blank.

- Am I being selected? I was spotted? I... can join the harem of Dragon Sabre Studio? ! !

In fact, as far as the planning of "Mini Placement" is concerned, for the time being, it is not up to the "harem" standard of the Dragon Slayer Sword to enter the garden of the God of Wealth.

The core gameplay of this game is still "placement", which is the same as the "Idle Heroes" of the year.

These game categories newly developed by Tulong Baodao Studio have benefited many small and medium-sized enterprises and independent game development teams.

However, Ming Yan decided to give him a small "back door" for the sake of his old classmates.

Although the studio could not provide official sponsorship, he invested 2 million in the small game in his own name, and at the same time occupied 49% of the shares, and signed a corresponding contract.

Sometimes, Mingyan is also happy to pull these small producers.

He also remembered that when "Minecraft" was still looking for a distribution platform, Xia Cheng also wanted to invest in his own name.

Now and then, the clear words are not what they used to be.

On the other hand, after the student surnamed Wang received the sponsorship from Tulong Baodao, his joy and excitement were beyond words, and he couldn't help but start spinning and dancing in the corridor.

Then, he couldn't help but send a message in the classmate group:

【Just now! I got my personal investment in the Dragon Saber! 】

This group of classmates is also very quiet on weekdays. Only during the employment season will a lot of people suddenly appear and start PY transactions such as internal referrals.

After this roar came out, the group immediately became active.

【66666666666】

[wc is really the Dragon Slayer Sword? Pharaoh is about to take off! 】

[I have long thought that this plan of Pharaoh is not a thing in the pool, and it was actually favored by the God of Wealth, which is awesome. 】

【How did Lao Wang find the doorway? Can you share your experience?]

Classmate Wang was so happy that he didn't know what to say. He briefly mentioned his experience of sponsoring these days, enjoying the praise from the crowd.

——After all, it is a game that can be seen by the genius chief designer of Tulong Baodao Studio!

——No matter what the theme or genre is, there must be merits anyway, at least it is a good game that can make money.

Immediately, someone in the group chatted privately with classmate Wang, and proposed that he also wanted to invest in partnership.

People of this age are also very realistic.

When Pharaoh borrowed money from various places before, the group was silent, as if no one read the news throughout the year;

Now that Lao Wang has received personal investment from Tulong Baodao Studio, he has suddenly become a hot figure.

He naturally knew the reason for this change in his heart, so he did not accept other investments.

Then, when Wang was happy, he went to the Q&A community to answer questions.

【What kind of experience is it to get an angel investment when you meet a noble person? 】

【Uninvited. We have just received an angel investment from Tulong Baodao Studio. Let’s talk about the process of my efforts to attract sponsors in the past few months... By the way, I will show you the email template I sent to God of Fortune, and it can be regarded as sharing my experience. 】

And there is also a former man in the group, but at this moment it is rare that he has not spoken.

——Kerry looked through the chat log silently.

After the atmosphere in the group became active, more related things were soon talked about - when it comes to "ghost talents", then I have to talk about Blue Star's "genius" clearly.

Bluestar Studio also has the habit of investing in angels, and many of the old classmates have visited Bluestar before.

It's just that the more I look at it, the more uncomfortable I feel.

At that time, the college entrance examination was almost the same score, and the subjects that were taken at graduation were all self-selected subjects, but the fortunes after graduation were very different...

Ming Yan has always been "other people's children".

When the university discussed grades before, Creary's father didn't take Mingyan seriously;

Later, Mingyan's two consecutive games were very successful, and he also established Blue Star Studio. His father took Mingyan as a positive example to teach Kerri;

Four years after graduation, even Kerrie's father treats Mingyan as a famous celebrity and no longer compares it with his own children.

The difference is so far away that it is almost impossible to imagine that they graduated from the same class in the same class.

And Kerri hadn't seen Ming Yan for two years, and he couldn't imagine that they were once in the same class and worked in the same building.

Ming Yan seems to be someone from another world.

Kerry dug out his mobile phone album and found the only photo of himself with Mingyan.

He watched for a while, then sat in his office smoking a cigarette.

——If only when I was ignorant at that time, I wouldn't naively bully the people I like.