Saturday, January 21.

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

The company has already had a holiday, and most departments are on the eighth day of the lunar month, which means going to work next Monday.

Departments such as fish takeaway, logistics, etc. all work in the second grade of junior high school, and take turns off from the second grade of junior high school to the eighth grade of junior high school. Of course, all employees working during the holidays are full of overtime fees, so many employees in these departments not only do not want to take a holiday, but also have to work overtime enthusiastically.

This time I go home, I don’t have to change all my previous clothes and computers, I just need to put down my watch.

Because Pei Qian said to his parents that he worked in Feihuang Studio and was a veteran of the studio, his income was still good. Since that is the case, it would not be so strange to wear more expensive clothes when he returned home.

The houses have been bought, and the two elders have a relatively high estimate of Pei Qian’s current income, so they naturally don’t care so much about these aspects. What’s more, they can’t tell whether this suit costs thousands or tens of thousands of yuan.

My parents have moved to a house near the high-speed rail station, and they are also in Jingzhou, not long away, so Pei Qian only brought a small backpack, packed some changes in laundry and his own computer.

I am still in the same city and I have only lived for a week, so there is no need to bring so much luggage.

However, you still have to bring your computer, otherwise something will be difficult to deal with if you happen during the holidays.

After all, Pei Qian went downstairs to take a bus home.

...

At the same time, Qiu Hong had already arrived at the airport and was waiting for the plane.

Looking back on my work in the imperial capital over the past few months, I feel like a different life.

Qiu Hong sighed in his heart, why did you say that I, a producer of krypton gold games, have inexplicably become the savior of domestic independent games?

I can only say that things in the world are impermanent.

When he was free, he took out his mobile phone to check out netizens' comments about the change of the pre-sale price of "Ink and Wash".

Last night, he arranged for his subordinates to adjust the pre-sale price of "Ink and Wash" to 5 yuan. For players who have already paid the pre-payment, the price of the game will be reduced to 36 yuan. That is to say, when the game is officially released, you only need to pay another 21 yuan to buy it.

In addition, Qiu Hong also issued an announcement as an official account, apologizing to players who have purchased the game and apologizing for the impact of changes in pre-sale prices.

As for why the pre-sale price should be reduced, the announcement said: "After the pre-sale of "Ink and Clouds" was launched, all players showed extraordinary enthusiasm and support for the game. The R&D team was deeply moved by this. But it is precisely because the enthusiasm shown by the players far exceeded expectations that we believe that the pre-sale price was set too high, so we lowered the pre-sale price. We are deeply sorry for the impact on all players and provide everyone with compensation plans."

Qiu Hong also tried his best to make this announcement because the decision to change the pre-sale price and compensate the players was made by Mr. Pei. The reason is that Mr. Pei believes that pre-sale is actually a behavior of passing on risks to players and should not be promoted.

But this reason is OK to talk about in private, but it is not easy to write it out in the announcement, because it will definitely hit players' enthusiasm for supporting domestic independent games.

Therefore, Qiu Hong himself couldn't explain how to write this announcement, so he could only make a vague statement.

Qiu Hong thinks that most players will accept it, but they may also find it inexplicable.

It still has to see how everyone reacts online.

Qiu Hong soon found players' discussions about the change of the pre-sale price of "Ink and Wash" this time.

"What does it mean? Changed the original pre-sale price from 15 yuan to 5 yuan? Isn't this necessary?"

"Game developers are confused."

"The announcement said that because the players are very enthusiastic, the official feels that the pre-sale price is set too high? Why didn't I see the logical relationship here?"

"Is it because the official thinks that more people can buy pre-sales for 5 yuan?"

"No. Those who are willing to buy pre-sales are basically players who support domestic independent games from the bottom of their hearts. For such players, it is not much different whether the pre-sale is sold for 5 yuan or 15 yuan. What's more, the final payment is required when the game is released. Regardless of whether the price is 5 yuan or 15 yuan, the price of the game is still so much. What's the difference?"

"I didn't see any other impact except making less money..."

"Then this is very confusing?"

Most players do think that the official behavior of the "Quiet Project" is a bit overwhelming. The pre-order price is higher or lower. It is nothing more than the difference between day and day, day and night, and getting money early and late. Why do you need to change the pre-sale price specifically?

But just when most players were confused, a post appeared online explaining the real intention of the "Finished Road Plan" move!

"I suddenly understood why "Ink and Wash" has to lower the pre-sale price!"

"The official statement is that because players' enthusiasm for pre-orders is far beyond expectations, the official realizes that the pre-sale price is too high."

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

"This is to tell why indie games are popular and pre-sales are now popular."

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

"The pre-sale price was first 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 they felt that selling 15 yuan would support future development."

"But they didn't expect that the sales volume was three times higher than what they expected. The development cost that was originally sold for 15 yuan could be maintained, but now it can be maintained for 5 yuan!"

"So the official decided to lower the pre-sale price."

"Some people say that this is a bit of a big deal and there is no need. 5 yuan or 15 yuan is nothing more than the difference between paying more or paying less or paying less or paying less or paying more or less."

"But for the official 'Zhengtu Plan', they definitely think that as long as they get the follow-up development funds, there is no need to set the pre-sale price so high, which is suspected of cheating money; on the other hand, they think that the interests of the player are of no small matter and they fully respect the players, so it is obviously a favorable thing for the players, and they also specially issued an announcement to apologize to the players."

"I can only say that the organizer of the 'Zhengtu Plan' is indeed a person with feelings and minds! It's worth our support!"

After this post was posted, players suddenly realized.

"I see!"

"Is this R&D so restrained? I think it can support the subsequent development costs, so I cut the pre-sale price from 15 yuan to 5 yuan?"

"This is not a restraint. I can only say that a gentleman loves money and makes it easy. Many independent games like to cheat people by pre-sales. They collect money first, and then start to develop it slowly. They either delay the sale or release a semi-finished product to fool people. However, the game "Zhoutu Plan" has no plans at all, and it is obviously very confident in its own game!"

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

"This developer is so conscientious that I can't help but think of Tengda Games. This matter seems to be something that President Pei will do!"

"However, judging from the existing information, it seems that the ultimate plan has nothing to do with Tengda."

"That's a good thing, it means that another boss with feelings and conscience has emerged in the gaming circle. This is a blessing for domestic games!"

"I'll post and blow it up now, so that more people can pre-order "Ink and Wash Clouds and Smoke"!"

Looking at the discussions of netizens, Qiu Hong couldn't help but suddenly realize that he felt enlightened.

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

The pre-sale price modification this time not only left a good impression on the players, but also made more pre-order players!

Whether it is because of the increase in the popularity of the topic, letting more people know, or because the pre-sales are reduced from 15 yuan to 5 yuan, the number of people who pre-order has further increased.

In this way, won’t the sales volume after the game is released?

The price of game pre-sales has been reduced, and players who have purchased the game have also received discounts, which is definitely a good thing for players.

And the "Finished Road Plan" won the face and the inner world.

This is a win-win situation!

Qiu Hong couldn't help but sigh that Mr. Pei was indeed Mr. Pei. A small operation that he said was easy to describe, and he could also see his skills! His control over the player's mentality has reached the peak level!

...

...

Sunday, January 22.

Before 7 o'clock in the morning, Pei Qian got up and washed up.

Now the two elders have moved to the new house at the high-speed rail station, so their living conditions have improved a lot.

My parents also deliberately kept the master bedroom for him, and the two elders insisted on living in the second bedroom, but obviously they did not completely cut 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 until he lost some money and then buy another house to allow his parents to live in this house with peace of mind.

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

My mother is cooking in the kitchen, while Lao Pei is making tea in the living room.

The two elders were surprised to see Pei Qian getting up.

"Son, you get up so early? I thought you would have to sleep until nine o'clock. You drink a little water first, and breakfast will be ready soon." After saying that, my mother continued to prepare breakfast.

Lao Pei nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, son, you are very healthy now. Keep it going, have you heard?"

Pei Qian took out his 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 two elders obviously misunderstood. If there was nothing special, could Pei Qian get up early?

If there were no ioi Global Finals, Pei Qian would have a chance to sleep until 10 o'clock, so why would he get up before 7 o'clock?

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

Pei Qian said he gave up, but in fact he was still paying attention to the FV team.

"God blesses you, as long as you don't crush and win the championship, everything will be easy..."

...

The final was the peak showdown between FV and FRY teams, and the attention was already high before the game.

The FV team was not favored at the beginning, ioi    noob”, but in the quarterfinals, the semi-finals scored two 3:0, and no one dared to question their strength again.

As the strongest veteran team in Europe and the United States, the FRY team has also made great progress to the finals. Although they lost two or three small games, the resilience and strength they showed in the game should not be underestimated.

The commentators of the official commentator of the pre-match finger company all believed that this would be a even and exciting game. From a personal standpoint, they obviously support the FRY team more.

It’s still the previous competition venue, but compared with the quarterfinals and quarterfinals, today’s competition specifications are higher.
To be continued...