Chapter 1186 - Publicity Even If There Was No Game!
Chapter 1186: Publicity Even If There Was No Game!
The company representatives who had just said that they believed in science immediately had a 180-degree change in attitude.
That was because people who created games were very sensitive to probability. Everything else could lie, but definitely not probability!
There was even a company’s test team leader who wanted to focus on details and wanted to test all the office buildings in this area and the various floors to find the best location for feng shui.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a loss if they were to rent the wrong floor for similar rent?
Everyone nodded after hearing the analysis of the testing team leader.
Yes, that should be the case!
This behavior might be ridiculous but… everyone believed in metaphysics. Did it matter whether it was ridiculous or not?
He had to quickly fix the bugs!
Even Yan Qi was beginning to regret his decision.
Good lord, why didn’t I think of looking for a signal before renting a workstation!
He should indeed look for the best location for this precious land. It was too rash.
However, on further thought, it was not a big problem. At the very most, he could become a second-tier vendor in the future and rent these work desks out. Then, he could move to places with higher efficiency.
Everyone quickly took action and dispersed to search the vicinity for the center of the “treasure land”.
It might be more efficient if there was a crosstalk at this time, but it did not matter if there was none. In any case, the game on the cell phone was like a radar. After running to a new place for ten minutes to test the number of bugs, he would be able to roughly guess the feng shui of this place.
What’s more, none of them could be sure if the geomancy was distributed at a certain center or in a certain area.
Thus, he had to test a few more places in order to find the best location.
Everyone measured from noon to afternoon and finally determined a general range.
It seemed like… the best location for feng shui had been taken over by Dawn Games platform!
The effect of finding bugs was basically spreading from this area to the surroundings. The entire field was roughly shaped like a sphere.
Thus, the effect would be better on the same floor of the Dawn Games platform, or on the upper or lower floors of the office of the Dawn Games platform.
Any further and the effect would be greatly reduced or even completely disappeared.
Everyone lost their cool after the test.
Was there really such a mystical place in this world?
Since that was the case, why did no one notice it before?
After some investigation, he realized that this office building was located in a deserted and old location. Previously, the companies that rented this workstation were basically traditional industries. There were no internet companies or game companies.
Obviously, this place had been buried!
At first, many people were skeptical. However, after making a round around the surroundings, they completely bowed down in front of metaphysics.
This message was immediately shared in the group.
It was not that everyone was so selfless and willing to share the treasure land for others to use. The main reason was that this matter was too bizarre. It would be uncomfortable if they did not say it out loud!
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In Dawn Games Games platform.
Li Yada had just finished her work. She took some time to look at the chat group.
What were the gaming companies talking about?
In theory, this was a workgroup, but it was formed between different companies after all. The atmosphere in the group was freer and more relaxed. Thus, there were many chatting messages and daily topics.
Li Yada was busy with work. A few hours later, the chat notifications had reached 99+.
She scrolled through their conversation and was stunned.
“Huh?”
“What are these people talking about?”
“Is this building a good place for feng shui? Is the chance of bugs appearing especially high?”
“What’s more, the center of the treasure land is where we are?”
“This is ridiculous! Why would such a thing be discussed in the group? Don’t you have any scientific knowledge as a game designer?”
Li Yada was confused.
How was this a good place to find bugs? We had moved here for a long time, but we did not feel anything?
The program of Dawn Games had also been developing. The number of bugs was alright. It did not feel any different from when he was in Tengda.
The others were basically transferred over from Tengda’s gaming department and TPDb website. They had originally worked on the 16th, 17th, and 18th floors of Shenhua View. They did not feel anything strange when they came here.
Li Yada was a little speechless. She quickly clarified in the group when she saw that a group of people was still trying their best to pull more people over to rent work desks and take advantage of the good fortune.
“The feng shui treasure should be a joke. Don’t take it seriously, everyone. I don’t feel any changes at all.”
However, the people in the group did not believe him at all.
“We’ve tested it. It’s really different!”
“It doesn’t matter. If you believe it, believe it. Otherwise, don’t believe it. In any case, the location of the treasure land has almost been snatched up. Those who came late would not be able to rent it.”
“Actually, there’s no need to arrange for the entire testing team. We just have to arrange for one or two tests to keep looking for bugs here and then have the development team modify them at their own company. The money from two work desks can greatly increase the speed of discovering bugs. It’s simply not worth it!”
“That’s right. It’s just two work desks. You won’t lose out even if you buy it!”
“I didn’t believe it at first either… Until I really came to try it out…”
“Are you serious? I’m in Shanghai. I’ll send two testers on a business trip there. Can you leave a seat for our company? I’ll definitely reward you!”
There were some companies in the group that was not in Jingzhou. They could not help but feel curious when they saw everyone in the group chat. They wanted to send people over to take a look.
What if it was true?
How much was the rent for two work desks? It would be too profitable if it could greatly improve the efficiency of finding bugs!
Li Yada tried to clarify the matter but to no avail.
“Forget it… whatever.”
“In any case, it won’t cost me money to rent a workstation here. It doesn’t matter if this place can improve the efficiency of fixing bugs. It’s good to give these people some psychological comfort.”
Li Yada knew that it was meaningless to talk about science and reason in front of people with serious metaphysics. In any case, they would not believe him.
He should focus on the gaming platform!
However, even after working for a period of time, she could not forget about it.
“What if… I take the test as well?”
“Yes, just take a random company’s game demo and run around this floor to count the bugs. Then, run outside the building and count the bugs. Wouldn’t you be able to see if there’s a difference?”
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August 16th, Thursday morning.
Meng Chang arrived at the games platform early in the morning and was prepared to discuss the publicity plan for the second step with Tang Yishu and Li Yada. He also wanted to know when the game platform would start its trial operation.
However, he suddenly felt that something was amiss when he walked to the floor where the Dawn Games platform was.
Why did it seem like… things had become livelier?
He remembered very clearly that there were still a lot of empty work desks on this floor when he first came to Dawn Games. There was still a lot of empty space even though a few work desks seemed to have been rented out later on.
However, the desks seemed to be filled now?
Not only that, there were also many people without work desks, sitting on the chairs in the resting area, or simply leaning on their laptops, doing something.
Meng Chang was very confused.
This office building was not a prime location and the environment was not particularly good. Why were there suddenly so many people renting it?
What’s more, people were coming and going. They looked quite busy and excited.
Meng Chang came to the conference room of Dawn Games with doubts and had a meeting with Tang Yishu and Li Yada.
“Why have so many companies moved in recently? What happened to this building? Did they reduce the rent?” Meng Chang asked.
Li Yada did not know to laugh or to cry as she explained what had happened recently.
“This building has good feng shui. The efficiency of finding bugs improved?”
“How is that possible!”
Meng Chang was very surprised as well.
So many people believed in such metaphysics?
Ridiculous!
Li Yada sighed. “I was the same as you at first. I didn’t believe it at all. However, I took a game with a bug and tested it. In the end, I found that it was real…”
“The probability of bugs appearing in this area has indeed increased. This is the real data that has been detected.”
“However, our development process was not affected. It is mainly the games companies outside that are more affected.”
“What’s more, I realized that there don’t seem to be any bugs in games that have been tested. In other words, even if there are bugs, the probability of them appearing is very low. Basically, we won’t be able to meet them. It doesn’t affect the game experience.”
“I don’t know how to explain this now. Is it metaphysics or pure luck…”
Tang Yishu lowered her head even more as Li Yada spoke.
Meng Chang fell into deep thought. “There’s such a thing?”
Li Yada waved her hand. “Forget it. This has nothing to do with us. Anyway, it’s a good thing. These companies can find bugs faster and the game can be released earlier.”
“Let’s talk about the publicity plan first.”
Meng Chang nodded and got down to business.
“The first stage of publicity has been completed.”
“There are two purposes. The first is to leave an impression on the netizens so that the morning show gaming platform can obtain a certain amount of attention and fame. The second is to let the gaming company know about our platform so that we can obtain as many games as possible before the platform test runs.”
“I heard that the game platform’s program has been developed. Then… Do you have a clear idea on when to start the trial operation?”
“I’ve already prepared two plans for the second step of the publicity plan. I’m just waiting for the platform to officially start the trial operation.”
After some consideration, Li Yada said, “I had intended to start the test run on Friday, which is tomorrow.
“However…”
“The worst case scenario we predicted has happened.”
“Before this, I thought that the two companies encountered a lot of bugs because they were unique. However, it seems to be a common phenomenon… Most of the games that we worked with could not be released because of too many bugs.”
“There are only three or four old games that fit the criteria.”
“We can start the trial operation now, but there are only four games on the entire platform. How can that be? What’s more, these four games have been operating for a long time.”
“We might as well not open this test run…”
Meng Chang said, “In that case, let’s use the publicity plan that I prepared without a game!”
“Four games and no games are the same plan.”
Li Yada was a little surprised. “You really thought of a publicity plan without a game? Will that work?”
“The gaming platform is testing the waters, but there’s not a single game on it. Isn’t that too ridiculous?”
Meng Chang smiled. “Sure!”
“However… we need the platform to cooperate and make a small function.”
Li Yada asked, “What function?”
Meng Chang: “Open the information page and publicity page of all the games as usual according to the previous arrangements. However, players cannot download these games that have not been edited.”
“On the details page of every game, the number of bugs that are being fixed is displayed. Real-time changes!”
Li Yada was a little surprised. “That works?”
“Hmm… it might really be effective.”
“On one hand, the game library looks more substantial. It won’t look that shabby. On the other hand, the game is still fixing bugs. It’s also in line with the trial operation situation on our platform. The most important thing is for players to know the current progress and have a sense of participation.”
“However, this doesn’t really solve the problem, right? Players still can’t play the game. What’s more, some players might feel disgusted…”
Meng Chang smiled. “Of course, I expected that. It’s alright. This is also part of the publicity plan.”
“What’s more, combined with the fact that these companies are looking for bugs, I thought of a very good follow-up plan…”
“However, we have to further verify the authenticity of this ‘treasure land’. We have to confirm that there are no bugs after these companies fixed them. Only then can this plan be fully implemented!”