Chapter 198 Hey, Brother Ba! (happy New Year)

Chapter 198 Hey, Brother Ba! (happy New Year)

[Project name: I am a big internet celebrity]

[Project Overview: By simulating the real-life MCN Internet celebrity brokerage operation model, every player can experience the feeling of becoming an Internet celebrity in the game and attracting attention with every move...]

Yang Dong is fully responsible for this project.

Chen Ba is only responsible for giving money to people. As for how to make this game, that is something that Brother Dong should consider, and he will not interfere.

This was what was agreed upon at the beginning.

But having said that, although Chen Ba will not interfere with Yang Dong's decisions and ideas, he also has the right to know and must know the general framework and content of the game.

at a planning seminar.

As a game producer, Yang Dong briefly introduced the planning plan and main gameplay mechanisms of the game "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity".

"This is an online game..."

“The essence of the game is actually a short video platform similar to DouKuai, and its name is [Bawang].”

"After the player clicks to download and install the game, he will enter the [Bashi] APP registration page and then register a social account."

Yang Dong introduced: "The gameplay of the game is actually divided into two parts. One part is to become an Internet celebrity from scratch, accumulate fans through works, and then launch live broadcasts to bring goods, receive business orders, etc."

"The other part is from the perspective of ordinary users. Players can follow various Internet celebrities in the game and learn about their latest developments just like they usually watch short videos or Weibo."

"I have a question……"

Xiao Lu raised his hand and asked: "I probably understand what you mean. You want to simulate the relationship between Internet celebrities and fans in reality through the interaction between players."

"But what if I just watch it and no one follows it, no one likes it, let alone comments?"

"no!"

Yang Dong smiled and said: "If it were a normal social platform, there would be no problem for you to do this. But what you are playing now is a game. Since it is a game, it has a mission!"

Main mission: Gain 100 followers!

Side mission: Follow 10 internet celebrities!

Through this "mandatory" task, players can be linked with each other, forming a necessary basic condition for the birth of simulated Internet celebrities.

Of course, there are rewards for completing tasks.

There are two types of rewards, one is game currency and the other is game props!

In-game currency can be used to purchase various luxury cars, mansions, digital products, and various other things in the game. It can also be recharged to the [Bashi] platform to reward other Internet celebrities or purchase products brought by these Internet celebrities.

The game props are amazing!

In the game "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity", there are all kinds of "magical" props, which are as outrageous as Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket.

Such as beauty pills!

After obtaining this prop, you can perform plastic surgery on your [Hegemony] avatar and let AI draw you more beautiful.

There is also an arbitrary door that allows you to switch your video or picture background to any place in the world.

There are also traffic cards. According to the amount of different traffic cards, the [Bashi] platform will push your works to a fixed number of users to increase exposure and increase the speed of fans.

All in all, it was a blast!

After all, "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity" is a virtual game, not a real social platform. Since it is a game, it does not have to follow certain laws of reality.

“What about the marketing hype?”

"In this regard, I will ask Mr. Huang to help formulate a plan, and then ask Brother Ba to write an AI broker code..."

The growth of Internet celebrities is inseparable from the support of MCN company behind the scenes. In the game, every player will sign a contract with a different brokerage company when he embarks on the road of becoming an Internet celebrity.

Yang Dong will ask Brother Ba to write an AI agent program for the game.

This AI broker will analyze market trends based on the player's existing data and situation, and provide players with various suggestions, marketing plans, and fan support help.

The code was written by Brother Ba, but the core marketing hype ideas were provided by Mr. Huang Qinghuang. After all, he had previously worked for MCN Company and was quite familiar with these techniques.

"Different brokerage companies will have different situations."

"For example, player A and player B have signed a contract with the same brokerage company, then the AI ​​broker will suggest that they speculate on CP or engage in linkages. Player C is from another brokerage company, and generally there is no overlap. If they do, they will smear each other and target each other. …”

Although the game is small, it has all the essentials.

The game mechanisms that Yang Dong thought of were actually based on the real-life network chaos and were not created out of thin air.

certainly!

After all, a game is a game, and most of the false elements are false. This game is essentially just for everyone to experience "Internet celebrity addiction" and should not be taken seriously.

Therefore, in the game "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity", there is no need to make a fuss if any magical real-life scenes appear.

"I have a question!"

Xiao Lu's question was answered, but Huang Qing, then CEO of Tianba, raised a very critical question.

"You said your game is an online game, so how do you charge for it? If it is an in-app purchase and recharge, what is the specific charging plan?"

this point is very important!

Whether the game is fun or not, no one dares to make a conclusion before the game is made, nor can they guarantee that the game will be successful.

Putting this aside, as an online game, the profit model of "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity" is worth discussing.

In-app purchase of krypton gold? Buyout system?

From the perspective of game framework and system, the most suitable one for "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity" is definitely the item charging model, which is the very common in-app purchase of krypton gold.

But how does this game implement in-app purchases?

"flow!"

"By recharging money in the game, you can purchase a certain amount of data cards to increase your fandom speed and efficiency and become a big internet celebrity as soon as possible."

Yang Dong explained: "Krypton gold players can increase their traffic. While other players are still struggling with 100 fans, he has already gained tens of thousands of fans!"

"We will also protect the experience of small and even zero-Krypton players. In the final analysis, no matter how high the traffic is, it must be retained."

“Little Krypton players or even zero-Krypton players, as long as the conversion rate of their works is high enough, they can also kill the big Krypton players and become a big internet celebrity first…”

He gave an example.

On an online literature website, large rewards can attract a lot of attention, attracting huge traffic and reader collections to novels.

This is the advantage of Krypton Gold.

But in the end, you still have to read the works to speak. The novel is good-looking, and it will definitely be even more powerful when paired with rewards. But the novel is not good-looking, and the money spent on it is not as good as that of authors who don’t spend money on it.

The same is true for the krypton gold system of "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity"!

The krypton gold boss may start much faster than others, but in the middle and late stages, zero krypton and small krypton players may still catch up with the gap, or even far surpass the krypton gold boss.

"Okay, that's no problem."

Chen Ba, who had been silent until now, rarely spoke up and said: "This in-app purchase plan is really good. The experience of both zero-Krypton and high-Krypton players is guaranteed."

Then it’s settled!

After the seminar, Chen Ba allocated a special fund to Yang Dong and then asked Xiao Lu, Liu Jinfu and Li Qizhen to stay while the others dismissed the meeting.

"Brother Ba, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing. I just want to tell you that you three don't need to participate in Brother Dong's new project. There are other arrangements."

Any other arrangements?

Hearing this, Liu Jinfu and Li Qizhen were fine, but Xiao Lu became interested and couldn't help but ask: "What's the arrangement? It won't be Brother Ba's new project, right?"

"Not a new project."

Chen Ba was speechless. He thought Xiao Lu was smart when he was smart and stupid when he was stupid.

Tianba Studio is not a game company with an amazing scale, how can it launch multiple game development projects at the same time?

Money is not the problem, the problem is no one!

All the manpower in the studio has been transferred to Yang Dong to develop new games. What new games can the remaining few of them make?

"It's not a new project, what is it?"

"A very special job!"

Chen Ba smiled, took out a document about two fingers thick from the drawer, and distributed it to everyone.

Xiao Lu took it and took a look.

This document looks like a thick stack, but you can actually tell by looking at the title that it is related to the remake of "The Love Staff".

"Remastered version?"

"Well! Reset version is just a nicer term, you can also understand it as castrated version..."

Chen Ba explained: "As a PC game, "Love Staff" has won praise from countless players with its excellent matching mechanism."

But computers are still not very convenient.

The mobile version of "Love Staff" is now on the shelves, but after players actually experienced it, they still found it inconvenient and too demanding on configurations.

So someone suggested that all the fancy functions of "Love Staff" could be removed, leaving only the core "matching" mechanism and making it into a small software that can be awakened with one click?

"Wake up with one click, speak your mind, and the system will match you with the most suitable love consultant!"

Chen Ba took out his mobile phone to demonstrate: "For example, if I am a travel blogger and I see a video about Jiangning and want to travel to Jiangning, then I can open the software..."

"I want to travel to Jiangning. Do you have any recommendations for interesting attractions and delicious food?"

"We are matching you with a love consultant near Jiangning City, please wait..."

What a waste!

Xiao Lu raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't this just taking off your pants and farting? I can get a reply by asking the AI ​​assistant directly, so why do we need to add a matching mechanism?"

"Yes, you can get answers by asking the AI ​​assistant directly, but do you think the answers given by the AI ​​assistant are more reliable, or the answers given by the locals?"

Chen Ba said with a smile: "Oh, by the way, this local person who gives you the answer is to some extent the person who best suits your preferences and understands you best."

Xiao Lu: "..."

He seemed to understand.

Compared with searching for answers directly online, asking the AI ​​assistant directly seems to involve an additional "matching" process, but the reliability of the results is greatly improved.

This is still asking about travel.

What if you want to ask other questions? For example, what about some more profound and professional issues, or some emotional issues?

Obviously, AI is not only unable to help with this kind of problem, but the answers it gives can make people laugh or cry.

You can't find any information on the Internet. After all, if you are quarreling with your girlfriend and expect to get comfort or even a solution to the problem online, isn't that crazy?

As for searching for medical consultation online, that is even more nonsense. For a small cold, the search engine may suggest amputation!

In these application scenarios, the magical matching mechanism of "Love Counselor" can be of great use.

Matching love consultants are definitely people who are most in line with your heart and like-minded. The suggestions or plans they give cannot be said to be 100% correct, but they are much more reliable than others.

"But...can the castrated version still have such a magical database match?"

Xiao Lu had some doubts.

The reason why the full version of the PC game "Love Staff" can achieve such accurate and suitable matching is mainly based on powerful AI data analysis.

The castrated version is limited by the size of the software and the incompleteness of various data. It is definitely not as easy to use as the full version, and the matched love counselor may not be as accurate and suitable.

“Let’s share mobile games with each other!”

Chen Ba has already prepared a solution, which is to interoperate and share mobile games, so that the castrated version of "Love Staff" can also enjoy the most comprehensive AI matching mechanism.

Oh yes!

The castrated version of "Love Staff" can no longer be called this name. After all, it has been castrated like this, and it is a bit inappropriate to call it the original name.

Then call Brother Ba’s assistant!

Use "Hey! Brother Ba" to wake up by voice. After waking up, you can directly say your request for help, and the system will directly match the user with a dedicated player for real-time answers.

"Hey, Brother Ba?"

Xiao Lu carefully tasted this voice wake-up word, and then complained: "Copying someone else's Siri, right?"

"Why did you plagiarize?"

Chen Ba said with a black line: "Which voice assistant doesn't wake up like this? If it doesn't wake up like this, then how do you wake it up?"

"Damn it, Brother Ba!"

Xiao Lu said proudly: "Four syllables are catchy. If it's three syllables, it can also be set as a wake-up word like "Fuck, tyrant". "

"Are you sure this is the wake-up word?"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said, "If you really dare to set it up like this, our castrated version won't be able to be released, do you believe it?"

It's definitely not okay to use foul language.

Xiao Lu was just joking. As long as it's easy to remember and catchy, it's fine. The fewer syllables, the better.

"This is not difficult..."

After listening to Brother Ba's description, Xiao Lu and the other three thought about it and felt that the work was very simple and they could make the finished product in half a month at most.

"Okay, half a month then!"

"When you finish this castrated version, we will have another meeting later to discuss the contents of the major version update of "Global Evolution"."

"Major version update?"

Hearing this, Xiao Lu suddenly froze and said, "Didn't they just finish an update?"

"This time is different..."

Chen Ba rubbed his eyebrows and said: "This update is mainly to unlock restrictions. You can continue to evolve without limiting the number of times."

Nine evolutions are too few!

Some players don't want to open a new gear and want to continue playing, but they can't continue to improve their strength after reaching the end of the evolutionary path, which is a bit embarrassing.

Why can't it evolve infinitely?