After the exercise, Qiao Liang sat on the sofa for a while, drank some water to replenish his water, and ate two pieces of chocolate.
His stamina was depleted quickly, but he recovered quickly as well.
That was because he was playing the basic version of the Fitness Battle. The movements on it were relatively simple on the yoga mat. What's more, there was not much exercise in the game.
If he trained his strength until he was exhausted, he might not have the energy to do anything else for the entire day. His muscles might even ache for the next three days.
However, his stamina would recover faster with just this basic training.
According to Qiao Liang's character, he would definitely give up after practicing for a while today. It did not matter if he practiced well or not. The time would be about right as long as he did. He would basically give up and not even want to practice for the next few days.
In fact, this amount of exercise was completely insufficient. It could not be used to lose weight and shape.
However, Qiao Liang felt like he had not had enough today.
The main thing was what kind of magical chemical reaction would the game, 'Fitness Battle' and the smart fitness drying rack produce? He was very curious.
Thinking about it, he felt that the experience would definitely be much better than this basic model.
This curiosity made Qiao Liang feel like ants were crawling in his heart. He could not hold back this urge at all.
Thus, he did something that shocked even himself.
He decided to head out immediately and head to the nearby Deposit Fitness to experience what it was like to play "Fitness Battle" on the smart fitness drying rack!
If it was really effective, he did not mind ordering one immediately and training it at home.
"I haven't done a live-stream in a long time. I've disappeared for more than a week."
"Why don't I do a broadcast today?"
As a veteran no-show, Qiao Liang had a sense of shame that he could not help but avoid once a month.
Coincidentally, this was a good live-stream theme. Thus, Qiao Liang packed his things and prepared to leave. At the same time, he turned on the live-stream of Bunny Tail. He was prepared to live-stream the entire process of the smart fitness drying rack to his fans!
...
At the same time, Pei Qian had just arrived at the office. He was prepared to start working for a day, no, half a day.
It was already three in the afternoon. Strictly speaking, Pei Qian had more than two hours to work today.
He had no choice. Boss Pei was too busy.
There were so many things in life. Any one of them was much more important than coming to work.
The first thing he did at work was to check the sales page of the smart fitness drying rack.
Yes, even though there were some changes in the number, it was still relatively dismal. He did not know when the stocks that were accumulated in the warehouse would be cleared.
The situation was great!
It looked like the smart fitness drying rack could be put at ease in the short term.
稍微放下心来之后,裴谦泡了杯茶,一边喝茶一边盘算其他产业的情况.
Now, Tengda Corporation was involved in too many industries. To outsiders, Boss Pei seemed to be devising strategies and had a clear grasp of the situation of all industries. However, only Boss Pei himself knew that he often missed out on certain industries. He also had to look at the blueprints of the various departments in order to remember them clearly.
Suddenly, Pei Qian thought of something.
"The movie 'Mission and Choice'... has been taken off the big screens, right?"
The release date for the film Mission and Choice was April 14th. Normally, the first cycle of the movie would be a month, which meant that the movie would be released on May 14th.
It was already May 16th.
Ever since May 1st, when the film Greyhound, which Boss Pei had high hopes for, suffered a loss in box office sales, Pei Qian had stopped paying attention to 'Mission and Choice'.
He directly blocked out Gou Yan application and various other promotional messages from various film apps, as well as entertainment and film sections of various news clients. In short, he tried his best not to receive any news about Mission and Choice movies.
His plan to incur losses through Mission and Choice might have failed completely but he still had to continue living.
Pei Qian was afraid that his mentality would collapse if he continued to pay attention to these news. Thus, he could only bury his head in the sand like an ostrich. Only then would he be able to calm down.
After all, there was still some time before settlement. There was still hope if he struggled hard.
His method had indeed had a very good effect.
In modern society, information might seem very advanced, but there was actually a very strong "information cocoon house" effect.
In other words, even though there was a lot of information online, it was precisely because there was too much information and there were too many channels to obtain information that people tended to focus only on the parts that they were interested in. The information obtained from different people showed huge differences. Many people thought that they were well-informed, but in fact, they had already become isolated from the world.
In such an environment, as long as he spent a little effort and did not understand some information, these things would not exist.
Now, Pei Qian felt that he could almost walk out of the "information cocoon room" and recognize reality.
Since the box office of Mission and Choice had already been settled, there was no point in running away. It was better to recognize reality early and prepare for a tough battle.
Pei Qian opened Gou Yan application, intending to check the final box office of Mission and Choice.
However, when he opened the application, he saw a notification pop up on the home page.
"'Mission and Choice"s screening period has been extended by two months!"
This news stunned Pei Qian. He was not mentally prepared at all. Three question marks floated above his head.
"???"
What did I do wrong? I haven't logged into Gou Yan application for more than half a month, and now it's sending me such a dazzling message!
Pei Qian clicked on it in shock.
"According to the news from the distributor, the recent popular movie 'Mission and Choice' has been extended. It will be released for two months from May 14th to July 14th. At the same time, the movie has adjusted the ticket prices for all types of movies."
There was a screenshot of the announcement.
The title of the announcement was "Notice of the delayed date of the 'Mission and Choice' key and the adjustment of the lowest ticket price".
The content of the notice was very simple: the key to Mission and Choice would be extended by two months. At the same time, the lowest ticket price of the movie would be adjusted. According to the difference between the city and the cinema, ticket prices would generally decrease by five to ten yuan.
There was also an introduction to the movie's general outline.
"'Mission and Choice' is an original sci-fi film produced by Tengda Corporation's Fei Huang Workspace. It talks about the magnificent interstellar war between humans and Zergs in the future. Once it was released, it caused a huge reaction. Some industry insiders said that it 'opened the door to domestically-produced sci-fi movies' and 'opened the river to heavy industrialization movies'. It has a milestone historical significance."
"As of May 14, 16:10 PM, the film 'Mission and Choice' had been released for a month. Its box office had already exceeded 1.5 billion yuan. It had broken the previous 1.1 billion yuan box office record that domestically-produced movies had maintained for two years. It was far ahead of all the movies that had been released this year. It had even surpassed the domestic box office of a few Hollywood blockbusters."
"The extension of the key to 'Mission and Choice' is obviously in line with the expectations of the film producers, audience, cinema operators, and industry insiders. How much box office will this outstanding domestic movie achieve in the end? I welcome everyone to wait and see with Gou Yan application!"
"Upload the professional version of Gou Yan application and check the box office in real time!"
They did not forget to publicize his application at the end of this news.
However, Pei Qian couldn't care less about this content.
Now, his mind was blank. There were only two numbers left.
Two months!
Box office earnings: 1.5 billion yuan!
When Mission and Choice had first been released, Pei Qian had gone to Gou Yan application every day to check out the estimated box office. At the beginning, Gou Yan application had been very conservative with its estimates of 350 million yuan and 400 million yuan.
According to this estimate, the movie would definitely suffer a huge loss. Pei Qian was a little excited.
In the end, things became more and more strange.
The film's initial poor box office performance was only because there was no publicity. However, after a series of publicity strategies hyped up the movie's popularity, the box office of the film began to rise against the trend. Gou Yan application also adjusted its estimates of the box office repeatedly. It rose to 500 million or even 800 million yuan!
Many film critics thought that the 800 million yuan box office was already the level of the domestic box office champion this year. Even if there were stronger dark horses, Mission and Choice would still be a strong competitor for the domestic box office champion.
That was enough to make Pei Qian tremble with fear.
That was because the domestic film market was only so big at the moment. The 1.1 billion yuan that had won the box office previously was already a huge hit with the right time, place, and people. At that time, it had even occupied the hot searches for a long time.
The domestically-produced movies that followed, even those that won the annual box office championship, would at most be around 600 to 800 million yuan. On the other hand, many Hollywood blockbusters would not be able to obtain more than 1 billion yuan in the domestic box office.
In the end, Mission and Choice earned 1.5 billion yuan in the box office this month?!
Not only had they broken the domestic movie's box office record and crushed many Hollywood blockbusters, but they were also going to screen it for another two months?
Fei Huang Workspace would earn at least 500 million yuan in the 1.5 billion yuan box office.
The game and movie of Mission and Choice cost less than 600 million yuan.
As early as the first week, the sales volume of Mission and Choice had already reached 800,000 sets. The net income was more than 80 million...
With the addition of these two figures, he would be able to recoup all the costs. Every cent that followed would be pure profit!
What was even scarier was that Pei Qian saw an analysis of the final distribution of income in the various articles on Mission and Choice on Gou Yan application's information channel.
The person who wrote this article was obviously an industry insider. He analyzed all sorts of clues and finally came to a terrifying conclusion.
Fei Huang Workspace's final share of the box office earnings would most likely be higher than the other film producers!
That was because Mission and Choice was different from other movies. The publicity cost could be ignored!
Chapter 1041: The Mobile Game Crashed!
Publicity was a huge part of the cost of other movies. That would also affect the film's final income.
The producers and distributors of certain movies loved to sign the valuation adjustment mechanism agreement. For example, the producers would authorize the film's guaranteed distribution rights at a total box office of one billion yuan. That way, the producers could directly obtain more than 300 million yuan in guaranteed income.
The advantage of doing so was that the producers could take less risk. Even if the movie box office failed miserably and lost all of their hard-earned money, these losses would be borne by the distributors, and the producers could still obtain more than 300 million yuan from the distributors.
However, if the box office of the movie exploded and exceeded one billion yuan, only a small portion of the money would be given to the producers and the bulk of it would be taken away by the distributors.
Of course, not everyone was qualified to sign such an agreement. Usually, only the best-known film series of directors could receive such treatment.
However, this also reflected a fact. Distributors had a lot of say in the film industry. If a movie wanted to become popular, it had to spend a lot of resources to publicize it. The distributors would definitely not take any less money when they split the money.
If the distributor paid for the movie's publicity and distribution fees, the distributor would charge 12-20% of the proxy distribution fees. If the distributor promised to keep the bottom, buy out the distribution fees, and pay for the production fees, the proxy distribution fees would be even higher.
Many film producers would not bear the cost of publicity on their own in order to reduce the risk. Thus, a large portion of the final box office earnings had to be paid to the distributors as proxy fees.
This was the reason why producers were still losing money even though movies seemed to be doing well at the box office.
However, Mission and Choice was an anomaly. The box office had exploded but they did not spend much money on publicity!
Since the distributors did not have to pay for the publicity fees, they could only take 5-15% of the box office of the distributors as the agency distribution cost, which, when converted into a shareable box office ratio, was only 2%~6%.
The specific ratio would be adjusted according to the weight of both parties' words.
Fei Huang Workspace, which had the successful experience of Tomorrow is Beautiful and had a close relationship with Shenhua Films, obviously had a higher say.
In other words, the 1.5 billion yuan box office earnings that Mission and Choice earned was at least 10% more than other movies!
On the other hand, for a box office of this level, every additional one or two percentage points might differ by tens of millions of yuan.
What's more, these calculations were based on the current 1.5 billion yuan box office.
The movie would be delayed for another two months!
Of course, the box office would not fluctuate too much even if they were to extend for two months according to conventional experience. If the extended box office could reach half of the total box office, it would be not bad even if it was only 5%.
1.5 billion yuan in the box office. The delayed box office would only be 60 to 70 million yuan at most.
That was because a movie would become popular very quickly. In the month after it premiered, those who wanted to watch it would have seen it. Those who did not would not watch it again. The box office that would be supported by some 'fish that slipped through the net' would not be much. What's more, the cinema chains would not foolishly give them so many slots.
However, the problem was that 'Mission and Choice' had not had prior publicity, so it had a strong after-effect. The box office performance on the thirtieth day was obviously higher than the average, and the ratio of delayed box office sales was probably better than other movies.
This casual bluff was another box office of tens of millions!
What's more, extending the screening of the movie would continue the popularity of the movie. Every domestic movie's box office records would increase a little. Many domestic video websites wanted to buy the copyright of the movie and send it to their own websites. The price offered would also be more generous...
Pei Qian slumped back in his chair, feeling like he had nothing to live for.
Pei Qian had originally thought that the worst had passed since the movie 'Mission and Choice' had ended. That was why he had prepared to take a look at the box office and accept the cruel reality.
However, after taking a look, he realized that it was not the worst yet. He had to cremate it again. The incinerator had just begun to heat up!
"This is bad. The benefits for the 515 Games Festival are still too little..."
Pei Qian felt hopeless.
The saddest thing in the world was that he had thought that he had successfully completed the mission and spent a huge sum of money. However, he realized that another huge amount of unexpected money was about to enter his account!
What should he do?
Pei Qian could only open the detailed document for the 515 Games Festival once again and think about how to salvage the situation.
Tengda Corporation's president's office was filled with worry.
...
At the same time, Long Yu Corporation looked completely different.
Zhao Xuming rushed to the conference room and met Eric.
"Good news!"
"The development team of 'Eternal Hunter' has just announced that they have decided to postpone the official release date of the game to next month due to technical reasons!"
Eric put down his work and looked up. "Oh?"
His eyes were also filled with surprise.
Logically speaking, it was very normal for game manufacturers to delay. Some would for a month or two, while others could be for half a year. There would only be more with no end.
A two-week delay like this was not considered big news.
However, this was a huge piece of good news for Eric and Zhao Xuming.
Eric chuckled. "Calling it a technical reason is probably an excuse. After all, Eternal Hunter had already gone through two rounds of testing. There were no malignant bugs, and the game was running quite well."
Zhao Xuming nodded. "That's right. They probably want to avoid us!"
"That's good. We don't want to collide with them either."
'Eternal Hunter' was an action mobile game that had been developed with a huge sum of money. It had already been publicized a few months ago, and there was a lot of support.
Before this, this game had already been tested twice. It had a good reputation and was very popular.
The only problem was that the official launch time of this game was set to be this Saturday. It would clash with IOI's mobile version.
That made Zhao Xuming worried for a while.
He might have absolute confidence in IOI mobile games and could not be at a disadvantage against any opponent but it was never pretty if they clashed.
That was because there were only so many recommendation spots in the country.
For example, the various cell phone application markets would definitely discuss cooperation with these games in advance and give their best recommendation spots to the games released this month.
While IOI mobile games could obtain the best recommendation spots, 'Eternal Hunter' would definitely have other good recommendations. That way, players would definitely be distributed, and IOI mobile games' stats would definitely be affected.
However, now, Eternal Hunter has given up!
Obviously, the people from Eternal Hunter also felt the pressure and felt that it was not appropriate to choose this time to be released. They decided to postpone it for two weeks to avoid the edge and ensure that the game would enjoy the highest popularity once it was released.
Eric asked, "In that case, the other games in the same period cannot be compared to IOI mobile games, right?"
Zhao Xuming nodded. "That's right! I just went through the application store two days ago. The new games in the same period are all small productions. They're on a completely different level from our mobile games. They won't pose any threat."
"I've seen the old games on the rankings as well. Tengda has a few evergreen mobile games, such as GOG, Bloody Battle Song, and the mobile version of Ocean Stronghold. However, these games are all played by fixed groups. They should not form a direct competitiveness with IOI mobile games."
Eric was very happy. "Alright, then hurry up and arrange for the mobile game to be released! The players probably can't wait any longer."
Long Yu Corporation was promoting IOI mobile games as their main focus. They exaggerated it alot. There was a huge discussion at the previous news conference. Gamers' expectations had reached a peak.
If this dragged on, the gamers' enthusiasm would dissipate. There would be no rush.
What's more, it was now a critical period for Tengda's "515 Game Festival". If IOI's mobile game was released earlier, it could also divert the attention of the entire internet to IOI's mobile game.
Zhao Xuming immediately went to make arrangements happily.
After Zhao Xuming left, Eric took out his cell phone and opened Shenhua's application store to check on the more popular newbie tour.
He did not doubt Zhao Xuming's words. He just glanced at it out of habit. That way, he could feel more at ease.
Eric used the POUIO cell phone himself, but he also had a Shenhua cell phone for work. After all, he was the person-in-charge of IOI in the Huaxia area. Shenhua cell phones occupied a huge market share in the entire mainland market. The situation that he saw through the Shenhua cell phone application could also reflect some problems.
Suddenly, Eric's gaze stopped at the recommendation spot at the top of Shenhua's application store.
It was a game called Fitness Battle!
Eric was a little confused. "Even such a game is able to get the best recommendation spots?"
He flipped through the game rankings in the application market, including the free rankings and best-selling rankings. He did not find this game among the top twenty this month.
He opened the other two applications markets and searched. He found that there was indeed a game called Fitness Battle, but it did not have a recommendation spot as good as Shenhua's application market. It was ranked very low on the best-selling list.
"This game seems to have only been released today. That's why it hasn't made it to the top of the rankings yet."
"We can't tell whether it earns money or not now."
"It looks like it has something to do with Shenhua. For a new game to be given such recommendation spots, it's not something that ordinary games companies can do."
"From the current ranking, it doesn't seem to be enough to pose a threat to IOI's mobile game."
"I wonder if Zhao Xuming saw this game before? He might not have seen it at all, or he might have seen it but did not care..."
Eric did not think much about it at first. After all, mobile games were developing like wildfire. There were a few new mobile games online almost every day. There was nothing to be surprised about.
However, when he clicked on the details page of the Fitness Battle and saw the developer's name, he immediately became alert.
This was created by Shang Yang Games!
It was the critical period in the price war with Tengda Corporation. Eric was very vigilant. When he saw the words' Shang Yang Games', he immediately stopped underestimating the game.
"No wonder Shenhua's application store gave such a good recommendation spot! They are in the same boat as Boss Pei!"
"Given the number of users in Shenhua's application market and Tengda's appeal, this game would probably reach the top of the best-selling charts very soon..."
Eric was not a good-for-nothing. He immediately understood how dangerous this was.
Perhaps the reason why Eternal Hunter delayed the release of the game was not only to avoid IOI mobile games, but also to avoid Fitness Battle!
However, what should he do next?
Delay, like what the Eternal Hunter did?
Eric quickly dismissed the idea.
On one hand, the delay would definitely bump into Eternal Hunter. It would not be easy to deal with it. Instead, he would hand over the market for the second half of the month to the Fitness Battle. This would cause him to incur a huge loss.
On the other hand, they were at the critical juncture of the '515 Game Festival'. If the game was delayed, how would gamers interpret it?
Either Finger Games had admitted defeat, or Finger Games had gone back on their word and had problems with project management. They had said that they would be able to come online but then jumped ship.
Either way, it was very bad for Eric!
After much consideration, Eric decided to follow his previous plan and not delay!
Eric would definitely not be confident if GOG's mobile game were to clash with IOI's mobile game.
However, one could tell at a glance that Fitness Battle was a leisure game related to fitness. It was not the Tengda Games department that was in charge of developing it; it was Shang Yang Games.
MOBA games did not even dare to play casual games. That was too embarrassing!
What's more, even though it was risky to go online at the same time, the benefits were huge.
If IOI's mobile game could become popular after it was released and seize a lot of public opinion, it would be a huge piece of good news for the money-burning war that both parties were engaged in!
At that thought, Eric did not inform Zhao Xuming to postpone the game. Instead, he allowed IOI's mobile game to be released within the week.
Chapter 1042: The Professional Version And The Ordinary Version Are Two Different Games!
Qiao Liang turned on the live-stream and arrived at the Deposit Fitness near his residence.
He did not have a membership, but it did not matter. As a loyal user of Tengda, as long as he showed his OTTO cell phone, it would not be a problem to try out the smart fitness drying rack.
He brought his tablet computer over and prepared to use it to run games. Then, he would use the front camera of the tablet to live-stream his workout.
The two images could overlap. The application of Bunny Tail Live-Stream supported this function. Moreover, the size of the two images could be adjusted. There was no need to worry about that.
After arriving at the Deposit Fitness, Qiao Liang explained his purpose for coming.
When he heard that the person in front of him was Boss Pei's best friend, the famous Teacher Qiao, the fitness trainer took him very seriously and immediately nodded. "Alright, this way please."
He led Qiao Liang to a specific area in the gym as he spoke.
Qiao Liang was stunned. "So much equipment?"
"There's even a television?"
Six smart fitness drying racks were neatly placed at the core of the gym.
What's more, there were televisions hanging on the opposite wall of the equipment, matching each other.
The size of the television was not huge. It was 55 inches, but it was enough at this distance.
These televisions were obviously famous brands of foreign manufacturers. The quality of the images were guaranteed.
Qiao Liang was a little surprised to see this.
He had originally thought that Deposit Fitness would only have one smart fitness drying rack. What's more, it would be placed in the corner, not fitted with television or any other equipment.
After all, Deposit Fitness had its own main business. There was a lot of professional fitness equipment to begin with. Why would there be so many smart fitness drying racks?
The coach hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully, a little embarrassed. "Actually, there was only one unit."
"However, two days ago, when Boss Pei came to our flagship store to inspect, he realized that there was only one in the store and no one was interested in it. He was very unhappy. He forced all the stores to have at least five to six, and all of them had to be equipped with television."
"We had to put in a lot of effort to make room for these lousy thin... ahem, equipment."
The fitness trainer almost blurted out 'these lousy things'.
Tengda's employees highlighted the truth.
Obviously, not all Deposit Fitness employees could understand the benefits of this thing.
Guo Licheng had also participated in the research and development of this thing, but the other trainers in the gym had no access to these things.
Deposit Fitness had already opened many branches. The employees at this level most likely did not know that the equipment was accompanied by a game. They were just a little dissatisfied when they saw that no one had been interested in the equipment since it was set up and that it occupied a lot of space.
It was obvious that these fitness trainers preferred professional fitness equipment even though it was their own products.
Qiao Liang could hear the shop assistant's dissatisfaction and smiled. "That's because you haven't understood Boss Pei's deeper meaning. Let me do it."
"Once you understand, you might not be far from becoming the branch manager."
Qiao Liang smiled and chose one of the smart fitness drying racks to sit down on. Then, he switched on the television and used his cell phone to project a screen.
The fitness trainer could not help but feel curious as he stood by the side.
On one hand, it was because Qiao Liang's identity was special. He had to treat Boss Pei's friends well. On the other hand, he was curious and wanted to know what Qiao Liang meant.
What did he mean by not understanding Boss Pei's deeper meaning? Why was he not far from becoming the branch manager after understanding it?
Could it be that something that looked a little out of place had something special about it?
Qiao Liang first searched through Bluetooth and connected it to the smart fitness drying rack. Then, he opened the game and clicked the 'professional version' button on the title page.
It did not give too many hints. It simply changed the interface style, but there were many additional instructions. What's more, the fitness movements were changed completely.
A very detailed description page would appear on the game graphics when changing the movements. It would show what the smart fitness drying rack looked like. Which parts would he have to change if he wanted to practice the next move? What's more, every time Qiao Liang changed a part, the image would show it in real time. It was as easy as moving his arm, and very accurate.
Qiao Liang's first action was to clamp his chest.
The fitness trainer stood by the side. He could tell that Qiao Liang was a newbie and did not have any fitness foundation at all. Thus, he wanted to give some pointers to prevent his movements from not being standard and not having the best training effect.
However, he failed to interject after several attempts!
That was because the game character on the screen had already said all that he wanted!
For example, at the beginning, the coach had wanted to remind Qiao Liang to adjust the weight so that he could act within his capabilities. He did not want to foolishly try to increase the weight so quickly. The most important thing was to find a suitable weight for himself.
In the end, he realized that he did not need to say anything.
That was because the characters in the game would roughly determine Qiao Liang's physical condition based on the height, weight, training situation that Qiao Liang filled in when he entered the game. Then, they would let Qiao Liang try three different weights. Then, they would determine whether the current weights were suitable based on the time Qiao Liang took to pull them up and Qiao Liang's own feedback.
While Qiao Liang was adjusting the equipment or changing the weight, the game character would also talk about professional fitness, from the basic concept of fitness to the details of a certain movement.
The fitness trainer watched from the side and could not help but feel stunned.
He suddenly felt like he had lost his job...
Deposit Fitness might not have any private training but as a coach, he had to be in charge of guiding newbies.
However, the coach realized that the character in the game had perfectly replaced his role!
Of course, it was impossible to completely replace him. After all, no matter how smart a game program was, it could not compare to a living person. However, it still had seventy to eighty percent of its effect.
That was because fitness was both profound and simple at the same time. Some basic theories would not change much. They were basically common knowledge.
What's more, the character in the game had another advantage. It would not be annoying or have a bad attitude.
Even if players repeatedly made the same mistake a hundred times, the characters in the game would still seriously remind and guide them. This kind of good temper was absolutely impossible for humans.
This would obviously make many people who were too embarrassed to communicate with the coach lower their guard and distance. After all, it was much easier to deal with game characters than with real people.
Qiao Liang quickly immersed himself in the game. He realized that using the smart fitness drying rack to play "Fitness Battle" was completely different from using a cell phone!
When he was using his cell phone to play, his actions were basically fooling around. He was purely using his hands and feet to exchange for calories. The pleasure points of the game were all focused on clearing the stages and obtaining rewards.
However, using the smart fitness drying rack was completely different.
The game's characters would give different feedback depending on how the actions were completed. For example, if the movements were too fast, the player would ask the player if the weight was too light. The computer would ask the player to make the standard movements and not ask for quantity. If the movements were too slow and obviously could not be done, the player would ask the player to lower the weight or take a break.
When the actions were done to a certain standard, the characters in the game would also have special voice-overs and praises.
In other words, using the smart fitness drying rack to play this game could obtain feedback for every action. If one made a particularly standard action, they would obtain special commendation, voice and movements from the character. They would also obtain additional calorie coins. There would also be additional calorie coins after continuously making standard actions.
These were all things that ordinary versions could not enjoy.
Qiao Liang kept changing his fitness movements according to the system notification. Once he finished practicing his chest movements, he would start training his back. Then, he would train his other parts.
Fitness had to be done in a particular way. Generally speaking, experienced hands would come up with a fitness plan. For example, if he practiced his chest today, he would stop tomorrow to train his legs.
That was because after training a certain part of the muscles to the point of exhaustion today, the muscles might not recover tomorrow. It would not be very effective to train again. He had to let the muscles in this part rest sufficiently. The effect would be better if different parts were practiced alternately.
On the other hand, 'Fitness Battle' had obviously taken this into consideration. The fitness mission that the system had arranged for Qiao Liang was based on this principle. What's more, he could check the schedule at any time and make adjustments according to his own preferences.
Qiao Liang was very engrossed in his training. He did not have time to look at the bullet screen comments in the live-stream. All he could see were huge bullet screen comments.
Obviously, the audience in the live-stream was as shocked as the fitness trainer beside him!
"Oh my god! Old Qiao, that lazy dog, is training so hard?"
"I really want to try it!"
"I wonder how long Old Qiao can last. He might forget about this tomorrow with his usual level of perseverance."
"That might not be the case. In order to prevent players from giving up halfway, this game has obviously done a lot of hard work. For example, content like character nurturing is still very dynamic."
"The explanation is very detailed. This is completely different from the ordinary version that I played!"
"What's that coach standing there for? To watch?"
"I want to place an order. What should I do?!"
"Don't be rash, bear with it! If you really can't, go to the nearby Deposit Fitness to take a look. It won't be too late to purchase after experiencing it!"
The viewers in the live-stream were obviously very interested in this fitness equipment.
Many members in the gym noticed the game that Qiao Liang was playing and came over curiously.
After watching for a while, they canceled their fitness plan today and used the other smart fitness drying rack.
"Coach, how do I use this?"
"Where did you download the game?"
"How do we connect the equipment?"
The coach quickly answered each member's questions and helped them adjust the equipment.
The "smart fitness zone", which had been deserted a moment ago, suddenly became lively!
Chapter 1043: We Can Refund As We Wish?
The coach answered them one by one and helped them adjust their equipment. Soon, the limited number of smart fitness drying racks were filled.
Those who came late could only watch from the side.
"This thing even has a game?"
"It looks fun!"
Deposit Fitness' users were mainly the young and white-collar workers and the proportion of female members was very high.
That was because the model of Deposit Fitness had a certain screening effect. Only those with relatively better economic conditions, higher requirements for the fitness environment, and weaker self-control but strong determination to fit could stay.
Most of the people selected were young people who happened to be the target group of players for the Fitness Battle. Naturally, they became very interested after seeing the game graphics.
Previously, everyone had indeed looked down on the smart fitness drying rack, but that was because there was no game.
Without a game this thing would just be an ordinary fitness equipment. It was no different from the other fitness equipment in the gym. Moreover, it was not as professional as these fitness equipment.
However, with the game, it would become the extension of the game. The more fun the game was, the more useful it would be!
Even the fitness trainer was confused. He had not expected that the smart fitness drying rack, which no one had been interested in before, would become so popular in an instant.
However, he had to admit that the fitness experience of the smart fitness drying rack was indeed much more interesting than playing with the iron in the gym.
News of the Fitness Combat and the smart fitness drying rack immediately spread and reached netizens' ears...
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Qiao Liang was completely out of energy after clearing the first chapter.
The game also started to remind him to take a break.
According to the game's instructions, after the smart fitness drying rack was restored to its initial state, Qiao Liang was prepared to use the free lucky draw chance and then study the game's shopping system.
During the game, the system had given Qiao Liang a few beautiful clothes and guided him to complete the process of dressing up his character.
"Dress up" was a popular gameplay that lasted for a long time.
Who could resist the temptation of changing a dress for a beautiful girl?
Many gameplay for dressing up was very simple, but it could generate tens of millions of yuan a month. As long as new dresses were produced, players would not hesitate to foot the bill.
Most of the specialized games used paper figure cutouts to make game characters. Players would spend money happily. The characters in Fitness Battle were 3D models. They were very detailed. What's more, they could talk to players and do fitness exercises with them. Wouldn't that be much better than paper figure cutouts?
After Qiao Liang saw the few pieces of clothing that the system had given him, he became very interested in the game's dress up system.
It might be troublesome to unlock many high-end fashion apparel, but it should not be a problem to take a look and get a kick out of it, right? If it really looked good and the price was suitable, it would not be a problem to pay a little.
Qiao Liang opened the newly opened Shopping Mall interface and found that the entire interface was rather concise. There were only two large web pages: 'Shopping Mall' and 'Lucky draw'.
Other games might have similar systems, but they would be slightly modified and would not appear so directly. On the other hand, Fitness Battle was not reserved at all.
He opened the interface of the shopping center. There were various props in the game. They were clearly arranged in different categories.
These props were divided according to type, including the character's hat, top, pants, shoes, gloves, wrist guards, accessories, and other decorations. There were also specialized fitness scenes and special effects when attacking monsters.
The shopping center could also arrange the items based on their quality and price. It was very convenient to choose.
In addition, there were also some preferential gifts that had been arranged. For example, there would be a specific discount for buying the entire costume of a certain character.
However, there were two prices for all the props in the shopping mall. They were the price by calorie coins and the price of the charging substitute coin.
All the goods had the same ratio of the two currencies. What's more, there were no items in the entire shopping center that could not be bought with calories.
The lucky draw interface was much simpler. It was nothing more than a single draw, ten consecutive draws, and ten consecutive draws gives a guaranteed prop.
Many other games would display the latest heroes and props on this interface to attract players. However, the Fitness Battle interface did not display these things. It looked very simple.
Just as Qiao Liang thought that there was nothing special about the lucky draw system, he noticed a very eye-catching icon on the interface.
"A detailed description of the lucky draw?"
Qiao Liang was a little surprised because many other games did not explain the lucky draw system.
The reason was simple: there was nothing much to say.
Players understood things that could be said clearly. There was no need to explain; things that could not be said clearly would let players know that something big was going to happen.
The lucky draw was a secret box. Many games companies would write fake probabilities in the lucky draw system or set the delivery rate of rare items to be very low but not explicit. In any case, players would not be able to verify it.
Of course, this situation had improved in recent years as ESRO's official platform's restrictions on the lucky draw became stricter.
However, most gaming companies would only take responsibility for the official platform and would not explain much to gamers.
Qiao Liang subconsciously clicked on it. He had thought that it was just a few simple instructions. He had not expected it to be so detailed!
"The quality-price ratio of the lottery is 0.8. Er... it looks like a loss, but it's actually not bad. The lottery originally had a chance."
"Wait, you can't use calories for the lucky draw. What's more... I'm able to get it refunded automatically?!"
This automatic refund stunned Qiao Liang.
In fact, many games could be refunded, but there were very strict restrictions. There had to be a dedicated manual review. What's more, after refunding once, they would not agree to refund applications anymore.
However, that was obviously not the case for Fitness Battle. There was no need for a manual review for this automatic refund. What's more, there was no need for the reason of 'children stealing money to top up'. As long as they were not satisfied with the lucky draw results, they could directly refund the items!
The only limitation was that he could not recharge for the next three days.
However, strictly speaking, this did not seem to be a restriction. Instead, it was more like a form of protection. It allowed players to calm down and control their wallets after spending on impulse.
As long as there were no restrictions on the upper limit of the refund, players could just refund once every three days until they knew that they were satisfied.
"What trick is this?"
Qiao Liang was confused.
He had seen many games with paywalls and had some experience in resisting temptation. However, this was the first time he had seen a game with paywalls that could be refunded at will.
Who was the designer of this game?
Qiao Liang suddenly had a strong desire to charge.
In any case, he could get a refund if he was not satisfied with the lucky draw! There was no psychological burden at all.
However, Qiao Liang held himself back after some hesitation. After all, he had not even ordered the smart fitness drying rack. It was too early to start paying.
He had to spend the calories that the system had given him first, and then take away the ten free chances.
Since he could not play the lottery with the calorie coins, Qiao Liang chose a few beautiful dresses and spent the free ten draws.
The prop for the ten consecutive draws was quite standard. It was not very good, but it was not bad either. There were two very good dresses. Qiao Liang was not super lucky to begin with. He had expected this outcome.
"By the way, doesn't the smart fitness drying rack have a professional gift package?"
Qiao Liang suddenly remembered. However, after studying it carefully, he realized that the gift bag corresponded to the number of the smart fitness drying rack. Each equipment was limited to one time.
The facilities in the Deposit Fitness were all public equipment, so they could not receive the gift package.
"Done, I'll get off work!"
He might not have been able to obtain a professional gift package, but Qiao Liang was already very satisfied.
On one hand, the official platform had given him a chance to draw ten consecutive draws, allowing him to obtain extremely simple and beautiful clothes. That was a satisfaction in the game. On the other hand, his exercise volume had completely reached the standard today. He was sweating profusely from training, and he even walked a little unsteadily. That was a satisfaction in his body.
If there was only satisfaction in the game, it would actually be a little empty. That was because games were a form of spiritual entertainment. There would always be a feeling of wasting time.
However, if he were to train his body while he was at it, his entire state would obviously improve. His spirit would also continue to be excited. Most importantly, players could feel that their physical fitness had improved through training. It was more meaningful than playing games.
"I've decided to buy one unit!"
After trying it out, Qiao Liang did not hesitate and placed the order.
This smart fitness drying rack might be expensive, but it was worth it.
What's more, Qiao Liang felt that there were many merits to the game design of 'Fitness Battle', especially this shopping mall system. There must be a deeper meaning behind it!
Wouldn't it be great if he could release a video or post a Weibo post to analyze it?
Chapter 1044: IOI Mobile Preparations
May 17th, Thursday...
Long Yu Corporation.
Early in the morning, several core members of the IOI operations department of Long Yu Corporation arrived at the conference room on time for a meeting.
IOI's mobile game would be released at 10 AM sharp this morning according to the original plan. These core members would naturally be there to keep an eye on it. They would deal with any unexpected situations immediately.
Eric and Zhao Xuming had also arrived.
It was officially released at 10 AM on Thursday. The timing was a little awkward but he had no choice. He could not delay it any longer.
Boss Pei's various welfare activities had already been fully launched during the 515 Games Festival. They had caused a heated response online. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had to do something.
If the launch dragged on until the weekend, the loss of popularity over the past two days would be hard for Eric to accept. It might also affect the other activities that had been arranged previously.
At that moment, the employees in charge of contacting the various games platforms were reporting the completion of the preparatory work.
"We've already discussed with the major channels and reserved recommendation spots for our mobile games."
"The recommendation spots of various channels are different. Some are very straightforward and give the best recommendation spots directly; some have more requirements and require data to reach a certain standard; some say that the best recommendation spots are no longer available, but the second-rate ones can be arranged at will."
"In short, we don't have to worry about the channels and resources. After all, IOI mobile games are of high quality and have a client-side game foundation. These channels also know that our game can make money. We don't have to say much. They will think of ways to promote it themselves."
"In addition, IOI mobile games have already been pre-ordered by various channels. At the moment, the number of people pre-ordered has exceeded a million, and it is still increasing. I believe that the number of players will increase greatly with our large-scale promotional activities!"
Eric and Zhao Xuming nodded slightly, satisfied with the current situation.
Of course, this was all within their expectations.
Initially, Eternal Hunter had been the most direct competitor for IOI's mobile game. The game had a reservation of a million people. It was on the same level as IOI's mobile game.
However, after Eternal Hunter decided to delay their launch, games in the same period could no longer compete directly with IOI mobile games.
For the game channel, although they could talk about recommending resources through connections, the most important thing was the actual profits.
Given the same publicity resources, giving them to a good game would make more money. Giving them to a lousy game would greatly reduce the profitability.
The game channel also had to take a share of the profits. What's more, they had to take a lot. For their own money, they would try their best to give publicity resources to good games that could earn as much money as possible.
In Eric and Zhao Xuming's opinion, the IOI mobile game would be the most profitable game in the near future.
As long as IOI mobile games had enough exposure and enough recommendation resources, why would they worry about it not soaring with the quality of the game?
Of course, it could not be compared to GOG's mobile game. After all, GOG had set up the mobile game too early. It was well-deservedly the best in the domestic mobile game market.
However, IOI's mobile game was a new work after all. It was still outstanding compared to other newbie games. It was actually a mismatch with GOG's mobile game in the short term.
All in all, the situation looked great.
Eric nodded after listening to the report on the preparations. "Yes, everyone has worked hard. You did well. We'll follow our original plan and launch the server at 10 AM sharp!"
Zhao Xuming added, "Everyone, you've worked hard. We'll work overtime today and focus on the various statistics for the opening day. We'll pay attention to the rankings of our mobile games. We'll also pay more attention to the public opinion online and see how the gamers react."
"If there are any abnormalities, you must report to me immediately. Don't let your guard down!"
Compared to Eric, Zhao Xuming was obviously more familiar with the rules of the domestic mobile game market.
What's more, he felt a little uneasy.
Logically speaking, Boss Pei should not be so quiet.
After the joint conference between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, Tengda Corporation had also created a 515-game festival. In fact, both parties had already declared war. Everyone knew that, even though they did not mention each other. Even players could tell.
Based on Boss Pei's character and previous work style, he would not hold back once the money-burning war started.
However, two days had passed since the opening of the 515 Games Day. Boss Pei did not seem to have done anything to Long Yu Corporation. Instead, he was focused on his own territory.
This made Zhao Xuming feel a little strange. Thus, he instructed his subordinates to pay attention to the game's data and feedback of the players' opinions. Report to him immediately if there were any abnormalities .
He could save himself the trouble of not realizing that Boss Pei's knife was already on his neck.
Everyone nodded. "Alright, Boss Zhao. Don't worry!"
These were the elites of the department and had a lot of experience. Even if Zhao Xuming did not instruct them, they would do their best.
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The IOI mobile game opened at 10 AM sharp!
Eric still had a lot of things to deal with, so he did not keep an eye on the data of the mobile game and the discussions online. He left all these things to Zhao Xuming and the others.
Eric was thinking about his strategy after the 515 Game Festival.
In his opinion, Tengda Corporation would definitely fall into a period of weakness after spending so much money on the '515 Games Day'.
He had also paid attention to the box office, but it did not affect his plan.
That was because they had to wait for the final box office earnings to be confirmed before they could proceed with the process. The extension of the 'Mission and Choice' could indeed earn more money, but that also meant that the refund of the movie had to wait until after it was screened.
While the grass grows the horse starves.
The money-burning war was already underway. A sum of money that could only be transferred to Tengda's account in two to three months or even longer would not affect the money-burning war between the two sides.
Eric felt that Boss Pei had made a very wrong decision.
'Mission and Choice' had a strong after-effect. The profit from the extension of the screening would definitely be much higher than the average explosive movie. It was indeed a little unreasonable to not earn tens or even hundreds of millions of yuan in the box office.
However, the extension also meant that the return would be slower, making Tengda's funds even more limited.
Was it more important to return the money two or three months in advance? Or was it more important to earn tens or hundreds of millions of yuan in the box office?
Eric felt that the former was obviously more important at a critical moment like this.
Boss Pei understood this, but he still chose to extend the screening. Obviously, he was very confident in Tengda. He felt that he could win this money-burning war without this sum of money.
"Once people become arrogant, they are not far from failure."
Eric made up his mind to continue burning money after the '515 Game Festival' to make Boss Pei in a dilemma!
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a series of hurried knocks on the door. Then, Zhao Xuming pushed the door open and entered.
"Not good! I have something to report to you!" Zhao Xuming looked anxious.
"Eh? What's wrong?" Eric asked.
Zhao Xuming felt a little guilty as he handed his cell phone over. "I looked at the new best-seller list of a few channels just now and suddenly realized that a game called 'Fitness Battle' seemed to be gaining momentum. It has already reached first place on the new best-seller list!"
"Our game has just been released. The figures are not bad but it only occupies second place on the new best-selling charts."
"That's not the main point. The main point is that I took a look at the figures for 'Fitness Battle' and realized that it was developed by Shang Yang Games..."
"Actually, I saw this game before. However, I wasn't interested in the genre of the game, and I've never heard of it online. That's why I didn't take a closer look..."
"Now that I think about it, the reason why Eternal Hunter was delayed was not just to avoid us. It was likely that they heard the news from certain channels and were also avoiding Boss Pei's new game..."
Zhao Xuming panicked.
'Fitness Battle' was released yesterday. He had seen it before, but perhaps because he was busy with work, he had not taken a closer look at which company the game was developed.
Zhao Xuming was stunned when he saw that it was Shang Yang Games.
Boss Pei was regarded as the 'God of Games' and had a good reputation. Now, IOI's mobile game was in a full-on collision with Boss Pei's new game. If something were to happen and they pursued the matter, wouldn't he be in deep trouble?
Eric smiled and did not take the phone from Zhao Xuming. "I thought it was something serious."
"I already know about the situation in 'Fitness Battle'. I did not ask you to change the schedule deliberately."