Time passed like a white steed fleeting through a crack.
In the blink of an eye, half a month vanished.
Haicheng in November was a bit cold.
Lu Li, who had stayed up all night, went downstairs to buy a cage of steamed buns and brought them back.
Paired with delicious *santang*, the fatigue from staying up all night was significantly reduced.
"Damn it, in the future, I'll have to rely on System Mama for this!"
Lu Li drank some soup and rubbed his old back, grumbling.
The System was indeed a cunning one.
For the first game, it charged him three million resentment points as a fee.
For the second, it directly doubled!
Six million!
How many players would he have to "cut" to collect that much?
Dark, truly damn dark!
But the efficiency was really good!
His personal workload for half a month was resolved by the System in two hours.
It saved money, but damaged his kidneys.
Compared to his kidneys, he decided he'd rather wait a few more days in the future than endure such熬夜 again.
He hadn't found a wife yet.
Looking at the nearly completed "Dark Souls" on his computer, he grinned excitedly.
It would only take another day or two to go live.
Should he create a promotional video?
After all,
Now, Ling Jing was also considered a well-known game studio.
Would it be an unnecessary step two days before launch?
He decided to check game industry news online first before making a decision.
# Tencent's ingenuity-crafted FPS shooter mobile game "CoD" latest leak, following 'Ghost', 'Soap' and 'Price' are successively online.
# After two and a half years of practice, "Escape Road" will officially land on Steam tomorrow, with five million players eagerly anticipating.
# Yu Bi's heartfelt masterpiece "Island of Shocking Clouds" officially lands on Steam today, with first-day sales exceeding 500,000 and overwhelmingly positive reviews!
# Nintendo still unable to provide crucial evidence, Eastern Hemisphere's Pizza Hut and "Si Ming Summoning" plagiarism case may result in an unusual defeat.
"Tsk tsk... A lot has changed in the short time I haven't been online!"
Lu Li couldn't help but smile as he looked at the trending topics in the gaming circle. Tencent was indeed that Tencent.
I'll openly copy you, but you can't sue me.
What are you going to do about it?
Then, I'll buy some traffic and promote it to kill off your original work. The traffic, the players, all mine!
In his previous life, Lu Li might have jumped up and down in anger.
But now.
Looking at these news reports, he was very calm.
There was no need to be angry.
He had plenty of ways.
Only magic can defeat magic!
You like to copy, right?
I'll copy too!
I'll copy the emerging two-dimensional mobile games from Blue Star!
This kind of game has an unprecedented huge market potential!
Before crossing over,
The two-dimensional mobile game market on Terra was already extremely popular. "Arknights", "Genshin Impact", and the "Honkai" series were already very hot.
Lu Li mentions these for no other reason.
Because the quality of their "knives" (money-making strategies) was truly excellent!
It perfectly suited his taste.
He didn't know how Tencent's unauthorized copy of "CoD" would turn out, but he was sure it wouldn't be as good as the original that he had authorization for in his previous life.
Although it was mockingly called "annual loot summon" by players for its pay-to-win mechanics, it was officially authorized, capturing the essence of the game. Ghost could also appear in the game legitimately.
Therefore, its quality would definitely not be as good as the original he copied.
As for which card to play first, he hadn't decided yet. He would make a decision after Tencent's mobile game was released.
For now...
Lu Li looked at the second trending news item and licked his lips sinisterly.
I didn't intend to clash with you before, but you provoked me first.
Then I can only be impolite.
It's launching tomorrow, right?
I'll release the "Dark Souls" promotional CG today, its gameplay tomorrow, and then we'll have a head-on confrontation the day after tomorrow!
With that in mind, Lu Li no longer hesitated. He divided the promotional CG he had prepared into two parts, releasing one on Weibo and the other on Ling Jing's official account on the foreign network.
'You unfilial son, what have you been doing for the past half month? We've been waiting for you so long!'
'Old thief, go check it out! Tencent is shamelessly copying your game to make a mobile game!'
'Sue them quickly! Don't let them defile my Ghost!'
'Look, what a treasure I've found... a new game!!!!'
'Holy crap! Is your entire team Lilya's human form? Releasing a game every month?'
......
As soon as the Weibo message was posted, countless comments flooded in.
Lu Li rubbed his nose and gave a wry smile.
Good heavens.
Brother has become a top-tier celebrity.
He would definitely entrust the lawsuit against Tencent to top lawyers, but they had more professional legal departments and lawyer teams, so it would likely be time-consuming and they might not win.
Even if they won, they would only pay some money, and the other party would have already made a fortune.
Damn it!
With that thought, Lu Li cursed in his empty room.
One person acting as designer, promoter, and also entrusting people to handle lawsuits.
He was almost breaking down!
All for the brief moment of appreciating the most magnificent performance of players breaking down.
But they were always secretive about it and wouldn't let him watch.
He couldn't get enough of it every day, like a resentful woman who couldn't eat enough.
No matter what,
Sleep!
Lu Li pulled up his quilt, loving no one. Do whatever you want. In three days, I want to see the show!
It must be the most exciting, richest, and most authentic live breakdown performance.
And it must be lasting!
......
While Lu Li slept, the internet exploded!
'Momo Momo! Go quickly and watch the new game promotional CG released by the Old Thief, it's explosive! Absolutely explosive!'
In the afternoon,
Mo Zhi, who had just woken up and opened her stream, was called by her fans to check Lu Li's Weibo.
She was a bit confused.
There were no trending topics about Lu Li the Old Thief today, what was there to see?
She opened Weibo,
Searching for Lu Li, she was dumbfounded. Ten thousand comments about the game's promotional CG, but no trending topic at all?
Top-tier celebrity brother was being restricted, relying solely on fans' voluntary promotion.
"Wow, the Old Thief is being targeted."
"Such massive traffic, but not even a spark of heat. I didn't even see it when I was scrolling through Weibo just now."
Saying this, Mo Zhi clicked on the CG:
The opening was grand and majestic percussion music, with an ancient and weathered texture immediately washing over her.
A warrior, clad in silver armor, held a spiral sword and plunged it into a bonfire nearby. The flames instantly illuminated the darkness.
Behind him, the outlines of majestic and ancient towering buildings were vaguely visible in the firelight, mysterious and profound.
Then, the warrior raised the burning spiral sword in his hand and engaged in combat with a strangely shaped, emaciated zombie.
The zombie's shrill roars were bone-chilling.
Bows, crossbows, axes, halberds, spears, swords, sabers, hammers, and clubs – various primitive cold weapons clashed, creating dazzling sparks.
Dragons, flames, gray earth, high walls, like a mysterious scroll, only revealing a corner, it deeply drew people in.
【November 23rd, please look forward to it!】
As the screen faded, the livestream exploded!
'Holy crap, such a dark art style, but I like it!!'
'It's too stunning, this graphics and these scenes are too stunning!!'
'So cool! So cool! So cool!!!'
'November 23rd... Isn't that the day after tomorrow? Cramming at the last minute??'
'This epic and magnificent scene, this majestic background music, I love it!!'
'Definitely a big production, I'm buying it immediately!!!'
'You can tell just by looking that it's a high-difficulty game that will make your teeth ache.'
......
In just one minute of the promotional CG, Mo Zhi was captivated by the dark and rich game. She seemed to have fallen in love with challenging games.
This was clearly a high-intensity, soul-crushing game.
Instead of rejecting it, she felt a faint sense of anticipation in her heart.
At the same time,
In Tang Wanqiu's home in Luzhou.
"Wife—"
"Buy it!"
"But I haven't even said..."
"I trust the Old Thief's games."
"Thanks, wife."
"Remember to pay your dues. If you give less, you won't get to play the game."
"Yes! Wife!!"
......