After the Lantern Festival, everyone went their separate ways.
Grandpa and grandma are probably tired of playing all over the world these years. They have no plans to travel abroad this year. After the Lantern Festival, they moved to Majiazhuang Villa to live with their daughter and son-in-law.
Zhang Chiling also continued to study with Chen Jun a few days ago. Because Chen Jun will take the college entrance examination in advance this year, this is likely to be her last few months of studying with her.
After Zhu Sha and Ma Xiaolong returned to the capital, they did not immediately join the new crew to film. Instead, they participated in two variety shows and signed two more endorsements. Taking advantage of the popularity of "Super", they made a lot of money.
Counting the past year, Cinnabar has earned two small goals, and this is after tax.
This is how top celebrities transfer money. It’s no wonder that countless good-looking young men and women want to get into the entertainment industry. Money comes in so fast in this industry, and the media needs traffic to focus on it, so they naturally focus their cameras on it.
The most popular celebrities and artists have been excluded, but the scientific workers who have worked silently are ignored, creating a vicious cycle.
But the general environment is like this, and even Ma Xiaolong cannot change it. After all, the bad nature of human beings is their preference for gossip. Even if there is no gossip about celebrities, what will happen if the three aunts and six women in the village always talk about a certain family member in the village? The gentlemen gather together to discuss
Although it is messy, it will eventually return to the woman.
Eating and drinking, men and women, keep people's great desires alive.
Never fight against human nature.
Ma Xiaolong and Dai Yu returned to school respectively, and life gradually returned to calm.
More than ten days passed unknowingly, and March 1st came.
This day is an important day for many fans of Sword and Sword and stand-alone games, because "Sword and Sword II" was officially released on this day.
Because it was Saturday, early in the morning, long queues formed in front of bookstores, video stores, and electronic cities all over the country, all coming to snap up "Sword and Sword II".
Because the promotion of "Sword and Sword II" started as early as a year ago, countless related game videos appeared on the Internet. The ultra-high level of picture quality and game modeling made countless players extremely excited, and many student parties even
They started saving money early in order to enjoy the excitement of the game as soon as possible, so this time the enthusiasm of the players was unprecedentedly high, which shocked countless store owners.
Fortunately, these bosses had already prepared enough game discs and relatively expensive game USB flash drives. They thought they were enough to meet the needs of players. Unexpectedly, only an hour had passed, and these bosses couldn't stand it anymore.
I frequently called the sales department of Xiaolong Technology and asked them to send another batch of goods.
In just one day, the sales volume of "Sword and Sword II" exceeded 5 million, and this news instantly detonated the gaming circle.
"Sword and Sword II" is a AAA masterpiece. The retail price of the CD is 108 yuan, and the retail price of the USB flash drive is 388 yuan. Even if you only count the wholesale price, the CD is 88 yuan, and the USB flash drive is 300 yuan.
The production cost of the game was a small target of 1.5, but it only took one day to go on sale. The company not only recovered the cost, but also made a huge profit of 300 million. This was like turning on the money printing machine to grab money.
Although the sales of the game are mainly in the first few days, as long as the game exists for one day, there will always be a steady stream of new players paying for it in the future. This is a long stream of water.
Moreover, in addition to the sales volume of the game itself, the related peripheral products and various film and television adaptations are the major contributors. These things have been launched on the market early along with the sales of the game, making more money than selling the game.
Seeing that Xiaolong Technology Company has made so much money with just one game, countless game companies are jealous, but they have no choice. Who makes them not as rich as Xiaolong Technology Company!
It costs money to make games, and no one can guarantee that the game will make money after it is sold. There are many games that lose money, so domestic game companies have almost no courage and courage to produce AAA masterpieces. Only Xiaolong Technology Company has such financial resources and courage.
, coupled with the fact that the "Sword of Sword" series itself has comics and novels that have withstood the test of the market, game companies can basically guarantee to make money as long as they don't do too much.
I'm afraid that I got a good IP, but in order to save money, I made the game a piece of garbage, causing fans of the IP to find out that they were cheated after buying it, yelling at it, and ruining the reputation. This kind of game will only end up losing money.
If you fool consumers, you will eventually be cast aside by them.
Ma Xiaolong will definitely not allow his work to be destroyed, so he has participated in and tested this game throughout the process. The fun, playability and operability of the game are absolutely top-notch. Basically, there is no fault. The only drawback is that the game is too big.
, the requirements for computer configuration are relatively high.
Even though he has launched affordable high-configuration computers to the market in the past year, after all, ordinary people in this era have limited purchasing power, resulting in sales of only more than 20 million units of related computers. Therefore, from this year's perspective, the sales volume of games is only
20 million. Fortunately, with the development of the economy and the increase of wages in the future, more and more computers will meet the configuration. Players who have never played will also follow suit and buy game discs. This can be regarded as a steady stream.
The first batch of players who bought the game started playing it as soon as they got home, and then they were deeply immersed in it and couldn't extricate themselves.
Because this game is so big, even the test players who gave up on side tasks and reached the fastest level of clearance took half a month to complete the level, and then started to write a game review report in a state of despair.
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Without exception, they all gave it the highest score ever, and its reputation exploded.
The Internet has long praised "Sword and Sword II" as an undoubted masterpiece, which is not inferior to foreign 3A masterpieces, and even for Chinese people, it is even better.
After all, Fairy Sword is the local culture of China. No matter how outstanding the foreign 3A masterpieces are, they are also about foreign cultural backgrounds. In many aspects, Huaxia Wanjia simply cannot understand it, and Fairy Sword is completely based on the aesthetic points of Huaxia Wanjia. Maggi
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The game's open ending and many side tasks undoubtedly provide players with enough playability. The different endings of different heroines have made countless players feel sad and uneasy.
Ma Xiaolong has long known what the key points of classics are, especially in terms of emotional lines. The most classic words are the three words "It's difficult to calm down". As long as you master these three words, even a cheap game can be successful.
Become a masterpiece in the minds of players.
For example, the production cost of Sword and Sword 1 is not high at all, but with the two unforgettable characters of Zhao Ling'er and Lin Yueru, it has become the first generation of unforgettable movies for Chinese gamers and will never be forgotten.
This "Fairy Sword II" also inherits the characteristics of "Fairy Sword I", allowing every female character to have a difficult side. Fortunately, the open ending of the game has a happy ending, but the game company does not provide a happy ending.
The game strategy for the reunion ending requires players to explore it themselves.
This invisibly increases the game time of the players, which is good for the game company. Therefore, the department head of the game company who formulated this strategy is very proud, but it also makes countless players curse and have to form a group on the Internet.
Countless game strategy groups exchange tips on game strategy with each other.
The place where they communicate is the game community of "Sword and Sword II", which was created by Xiaolong Technology Company.
These are all high-quality players. It is impossible for Ma Xiaolong to take advantage of others. If the company releases any games in the future, these are potential customers.
In one month, the sales of "Sword and Sword II" exceeded 15 million, and the direct benefit brought to the company reached 1 billion, making countless game companies that produce stand-alone games envious and jealous.
Regarding this, Ma Xiaolong naturally gave a big red envelope to all the members of the game production team, which cost him more than 20 million yuan. However, Ma Xiaolong did not feel bad at all. Compared with the benefits they brought him, this small amount of money was not enough.
What does it count?
It is better to be happy alone than to be happy together. It is better for everyone to be happy.
April 1st is April Fool's Day in the West. Some Chinese people have begun to celebrate this meaningless foreign festival, but Ma Xiaolong dismisses it, but he attaches great importance to this day because it is Zhu Sha's 21st birthday.
Although Zhu Sha was filming on the set that day and could not go home to celebrate her birthday, Xiaolong rushed to the set to visit her and celebrated her birthday by the way.
Now that Ma Xiaolong has come to the front stage semi-publicly, more and more people in the industry know his identity. When he comes to visit the studio, even the most famous directors and actors have to smile and keep their posture low. This is the embodiment of his identity.
They are both an old couple. Ma Xiaolong’s way of celebrating Zhusha’s birthday was very simple. He just cooked a table of delicious dishes himself. Even the birthday cake was made by himself. He also sang an original birthday song to Zhusha.
Moved to tears.
After so many years, this is the first time that Xiaolong Ma has composed a song for her. Even if the couple has been together for so many years, they will inevitably be moved to tears.
Needless to say, the two of them had a great time, and Zhu Sha had a very comfortable and enjoyable birthday.
A month later, Ma Xiaolong also celebrated his 21st birthday, which also meant that he only had one year left to marry Zhu Sha. After Zhu Sha spent his birthday with him, he increasingly felt the urgency of time.
I also worked harder when filming.
Fortunately, there is a small world for her to rest at any time, and the cultivation techniques with Ma Xiaolong can keep her in a state of energy, but it will not affect her health.
But her desperate efforts made the co-directors, actors and staff shocked and admired. Some people originally thought that she was a traffic star who relied on capital to become famous, but no one thought so after that.
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This girl has real skills.
Not to mention Zhu Sha’s hard work, in the blink of an eye, the time came to June, and the Chinese college entrance examination also started from this year, changing from July to June.
This year's college entrance examination is on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of June. Ma Xiaolong returned to the town alone on the 3rd, and then spent the Dragon Boat Festival with his family on the 4th. It just so happened that at noon that day, Chen Jun
I took a vacation and waited until the day of the college entrance examination to take the exam.
She was lucky that the exam room happened to be assigned to No. 1 Middle School, so she didn't have to go all the way to another school to take the exam.
Ma Xiaolong's return made her very happy, and she was eating rice dumplings happily.
Still the same.
Ma Xiaolong smiled, pinched her face and asked, "Are you confident?"
"Yes." Chen Jun nodded: "I will definitely be the top candidate in the liberal arts college entrance examination this year."
"It's good to have confidence." Ma Xiaolong believed her, rolled up a book, used it as a microphone and pointed it at Zhang Chiling's mouth, and asked: "Mom, your son and daughter are both top scorers in the college entrance examination, how did you cultivate such
Of outstanding sons and daughters?”
Zhang Chiling chuckled, her eyes flashed, and said: "I didn't do anything. It's up to the children to strive for their own success."
"You are humble."
The three of them looked at each other and laughed endlessly.
On June 7th, Ma Xiaolong helped Chen Jun check all the equipment and made sure nothing was left behind, then sent her into the examination room: "Xiaojun, come on."
Chen Jun nodded vigorously, turned around and entered the examination room.
Three days passed quickly. When Chen Jun walked out of the examination room on the afternoon of the third day, Ma Xiaolong saw her relaxed expression and asked with a smile: "How was it?"
"No problem." Chen Jun raised his fist confidently: "Today's college entrance examination champion is definitely me."
"Okay." Ma Xiaolong took her hand: "Let's go, brother will prepare something delicious for you."
Chen Jun took the initiative to hold his arm and pressed against him tightly.
Now that she has completed high school, she can do what she likes and no one can stop her.
That night, grandpa, grandma, Ma Qiangsheng and Liu Ying all came over to have a meal to celebrate the end of Chen Jun's college entrance examination.
Daiyu's parents from across the street also came to have a meal, firstly to wish Chen Jun good grades in the college entrance examination, and secondly to have a breakup meal.
After all, the house here is just a temporary residence for Zhang Chiling to accompany her students. After this meal, they will move back to the scientific research base tomorrow, and they will no longer be neighbors with Zhang Chiling and Chen Jun.
It was a bit sad to think that neighbors of two years would be separated, so that night, Dai Yu's parents drank a little more and reportedly vomited in the middle of the night. It was only after Dai Yu complained to him that he found out about it.
I also couldn’t laugh or cry.
There was no accident. The next day, Ma Xiaolong helped Chen Jun and Zhang Chiling move. Of course, some of the furniture here was not moved. They just unplugged the power and covered it with covers. If they are not used in the future, they can rent it out.
This is right across from No. 1 Middle School. In the future, there will definitely be many parents who will accompany their children to study, and they will be able to earn some rent.
Ma Xiaolong also has too many houses, so he really doesn’t pay attention to the rent in this small town. Speaking of which, his house after demolition will be delivered soon. The town is not big, it can be built quickly, and the delivery time is also very fast.
Besides, the time is not short. You can get the keys to the house after this fall.
Ma Xiaolong didn't pay much attention to this, because his grandfather and grandma were both here and they would keep an eye on him. It was enough for him to take care of his own business.