Chapter 204 Fake internet celebrities, real business orders!

Chapter 204 Fake internet celebrities, real business orders!

During the Spring Festival this year, Tianba Studio threw out a grand prize of five million, attracting countless players to participate in the treasure hunt.

The process was full of ups and downs.

Because he was worried that the clues were too straightforward and the puzzles were too simple, causing players to easily find the treasure, Chen Ba buried the clues very deep.

Fortunately, he hid the clues so deeply that it was already the second day of the first lunar month and no one had collected the clues to solve the puzzle, so Chen Ba became anxious.

There's no need to rush!

Players in the community began to question whether Brother Ba didn't want to give money, so he hid the clues so deeply.

Chen Ba didn't want everyone to misunderstand. It was only five million, which was not a big sum of money to him, and it was impossible for him to default on his debt or be a shady person.

Seeing that the community's doubts were getting louder and louder, and the first lucky winner had not yet appeared, he had no choice but to give a reminder.

After his prompting, things quickly turned around.

The first lucky person was born!

Through the clues he found, he successfully deduced that the answer to the puzzle was hidden in an abandoned red SUV in a garage in the eastern part of the "Speed" map.

After searching, he found the garage and the abandoned red SUV with the hidden treasure. After dragging it back to the game workshop and dismantling it, he discovered a mysterious code.

This code is exactly the phone number Chen Ba prepared.

The player who successfully dialed the number and left his bank card number and real name became the first lucky person to win a cash prize of one million yuan issued by Tianba Studio.

After this news came out, other players also worked hard to find clues in Tianba's games.

Second place, third place...

In just three days, by the fifth day of the first lunar month, all five lucky people had appeared.

It is worth mentioning that one of these five players is an acquaintance of Chen Ba and someone he often interacts with, Jiang Bin, the editor from Game Star.

This surprised Chen Ba.

But then he thought about it, Jiang Bin loves to play games, and often spends the whole day playing games. Although it is surprising that he can find the treasure, it is not a problem.

Moreover, his identity can be announced to prove to the players that Tianba Studio really did not engage in shady activities in this event. After all, if there is a shady case, it will not be the turn of an outsider like Jiang Bin.

"This is the shady story!"

"It's indeed a shady story. I don't accept it. This hanging man must have some collusion with Brother Ba!"

"It's so funny! Jiang Bin writes articles every day to brag about Tianba's studio and brag about Brother Ba. You tell me there's no shady story? I don't believe it. This must be a dirty erotic transaction!"

"Don't be embarrassed. Editor Jiang posted an article on Game Star, explaining in detail the process of his treasure hunt. How could it be a shady story?"

"I don't believe it anyway..."

Chen Ba originally thought that announcing Jiang Bin's identity as the winner would dispel everyone's doubts about this event and prove its fairness.

However, Jiang Bin is too famous.

As the editor of [Game Star], he always writes various columns to brag about Tianba Studio and Chen Ba. He has long been labeled as "Brother Ba is a licker."

Regarding his award, not only did it fail to prove the fairness of this event, but it solidified the suspicion that Brother Ba was involved in shady activities.

"I was wronged!"

Chen Ba was so angry that he rolled his eyes wildly: "Even if you accuse me of being a shady person, you actually suspect that I and Jiang Bin have some ulterior secret love affair. Is this still human talk?"

Ma De, Jiang Bin is old and ugly. Are these players all blind? Why did he form a CP relationship with Jiang Bin?

"Sometimes, don't blame external rumors for being too outrageous. You should still reflect on yourself!"

Yang Dong said seriously: "If you had a partner, if you got married, would there still be such rumors?"

Chen Ba: "..."

It made sense, but he was speechless.

To put it bluntly, just because he is single, everyone thinks that he likes men, and would he like an ugly guy like Jiang Bin?

"Don't be embarrassed, it's not only Jiang Bin who is cooperating with you, but also me!"

"you?"

Glancing at Brother Dong, an old man, Chen Ba was speechless and said, "Why you? Do you think my taste is so heavy in everyone's eyes?"

"Who else could it be but me?"

Yang Dong rolled his eyes and said, "We are the only singles in the entire studio. If we don't spread rumors about us, who else can spread rumors about us?"

"I understand, I have to keep a distance from you to avoid rumors. I don't want to form any CP with you..."

Chen Ba quietly took two steps back and looked at Yang Dong like a god of plague.

Something is definitely wrong with Brother Dong!

He had long suspected that Yang Dong had evil intentions towards him, but he lacked evidence. Now that I heard these words from Yang Dong's mouth, I got goosebumps all over.

"Okay, stop hurting each other."

Waving his hand to signal Chen Ba not to talk about such heartbreaking topics, Yang Dong turned to talk about the new game he was making.

"I Am a Big Internet Celebrity" is a simulation and development online game. So far, the general framework of the game has been set up.

Just need to fill in the content.

Although Chen Ba has repeatedly emphasized that he will not interfere in the production and distribution of the game, it is Yang Dong's first time to lead the development of a game, and he still hopes to listen to his suggestions.

"My advice?"

"Actually, you did a pretty good job, and there's nothing wrong with it. If you have to find fault, it's probably because the numerical system of the game is too conservative."

"Game values?"

Hearing this, Yang Dong was a little surprised and said: "Can you be more specific? What is the value that makes you think it is too conservative?"

"Number of fans!"

Chen Bayan said concisely and concisely.

In the game "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity", players play the roles of Internet celebrities. Since you are an Internet celebrity, you have a corresponding number of fans.

This number of fans is divided into two parts.

Some of them are real fans, which are the "follows" clicked by other players.

The other part is fake fans, which come from the robots in the game, and account for a high proportion. Among the 1 million fans, there may be 900,000 fake robot fans.

Chen Ba thinks there are big problems with this numerical system, mainly in the distinction between real fans and fake fans!

“What do you understand by fake fans?”

"The robot injects water into the fans!"

"Then let me ask you, will fans like this robot who inject water also give likes and comments to bloggers?"

"yes……"

Yang Dong seemed to understand.

Activity, this is the key to the problem! As long as they are active enough, in the eyes of others, even robot fans who inject water are actually no different from real fans.

It's even hard to make the distinction.

Because what real fans would do, such as leaving comments, likes and reposting, etc., fake robot fans can also do.

"That's why I said that the number of fans for this game is too conservative."

Chen Ba explained: "You seem to have forgotten that there are zombie fans and inactive fans."

In the current game system of "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity", a player with 1 million fans can receive an average of 800,000-900,000 likes and comments for his works.

Is this normal? unusual!

Although there are many robot fake fans among them, these fake fans also liked and commented.

So it seems that the number of fans is slightly conservative. This kind of data shows that in reality, you must be at least a big Internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans.

Even to put it a bit ugly.

In reality, it is difficult for bloggers with more than 10 million fans to get such good likes and comments for their works.

"What should we do?"

Yang Dong frowned, seeming to be thinking about a solution to the problem.

Without Chen Ba's reminder, he really didn't notice that the numerical system in the game was so exaggerated.

"There are two solutions."

Chen Ba gave his solution. The first one is to change the method of calculating the number of fans. For example, the original 1 million fans may become 10 million or even 20 million fans after changing the calculation method.

The second method is the opposite.

If you don’t want to create an exaggerated fan count, then reduce the value of your existing fan count and reduce the magnitude of likes, comments, retweets, and other data.

For example, if a work with one million fans originally had 700,000 or 800,000 likes and comments, then it would be cut in half or even 70% or even 80%, leaving only 70,000 to 80,000 likes and comments.

The specific implementation plan is also simple.

As long as those robot fans do not like, comment, or retweet bloggers, they will just be "zombie fans".

"Isn't this bad?"

Yang Dong hesitated and said: "In the early stage, when the number of players was not enough to support the game framework, the game needed these robots to interact and simulate a real network environment."

"That's it..."

Chen Ba thought for a while and continued to propose: "We set a threshold. Once the number of fans of the player exceeds this threshold, the robot will stop being active."

For example, 100,000 fans!

The number of fans is less than 100,000, and the robot is running as usual, giving thumbs up when necessary and commenting when necessary. The activity is very high, and it is not obvious that it is a robot at all.

But once the number of players' fans exceeds 100,000, these robots will enter a dormant state and turn into zombie fans without any interaction.

"But there's a problem."

"Suppose a player's robot fans account for 90% of the total number of fans. His 100,000 fans are of average value."

Yang Dong said slowly: "As for the other player, the robot fans account for no more than half, so his gold content is very high."

They both have 100,000 fans, but the former has too many robot zombie fans, and his work data is clear at a glance. Based on this alone, you can judge that he is not as good as the latter.

This goes against the "anonymous" spirit of the game. After all, with the same number of fans, A's data performance is better than B's, which proves that A is better than B.

"I understand what you mean."

"Do you think that since there are the same number of fans, it should be a little more hidden and not allow players to distinguish high from low so intuitively?"

"right!"

Yang Dong has always emphasized that "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity" is a virtual game, and everyone plays the role of Internet celebrities. It would not be good if the fans break through the critical point and expose the fact that all their fans are zombie fans.

So we need to change our thinking.

It is correct to set a threshold. When the number of fans exceeds this threshold, the robot fans will stop being active. There is nothing wrong with it.

But on the basis of this mechanism, a brand new mechanism needs to be added, which is the method of calculating the number of fans!

For one true fan, there are five fake fans!

This ratio never changes, no matter who it is. By determining a unified ratio, there will be no embarrassing situation where one post has over 100,000 likes and the other has only a few thousand likes with the same number of fans.

At least judging from the work data, as long as the number of fans is about the same, it is difficult for players to distinguish between high and low, let alone who is a real Internet celebrity and who is a fake Internet celebrity.

The confusion is greatly improved!

Why create this confusion? Of course, it is to improve the sense of substitution and immersion in the game.

True and false, false and true!

This is the truly fascinating part of the Internet, and it is also the basis for the survival of many Internet celebrities. If an Internet celebrity's disguise is exposed and it is discovered that all the fans are fake, then what kind of Internet celebrity is it?

"It doesn't have to be one to five. This ratio can be flexibly changed. It can also be one to ten, one to twenty..."

Chen Ba said with a smile: "Anyway, you have to make sure that there can't be a situation where a certain player's fans are all robots. There can't be a situation where a certain player's fans are all real people."

Real and fake fans are mixed in proportion. After the player accumulates 100,000 fans, all the robots will turn into zombie fans, and only after all the likes and comments are real fans, the game will enter the second stage.

The first stage is to gain fans!

Rapidly rising to 100,000 fans is the main line of the game in the first stage, and it is also the goal that many players strive for.

The second stage is no longer about increasing fans, but the main goal is to improve the quality of fans, increase fan activity, and convert traffic into money.

It is also from this stage that the player has passed the novice stage and become a qualified Internet celebrity, and begins to experience a real Internet celebrity career...

That’s right!

In reality, it doesn't matter, but in the game "I Am a Big Internet Celebrity", those with less than 100,000 fans are collectively called the novice stage.

Players who have not reached 100,000 fans are all novice players. A seasoned player can easily reach 100,000 fans after two days of playing and a little understanding of the rules and mechanics of the game, combined with the extremely high ratio of "real and fake fans".

"We have a live broadcast to bring goods, and we also have various fixed business orders..."

Yang Dong chuckled and said, "This is one of the main contents of the game and also the most interesting part."

Live streaming of goods, food orders, etc., these are the channels through which Internet celebrity traffic can be monetized, and the games have been restored to the maximum extent.

Yang Dong even proposed.

In order to simulate the most realistic dining experience, he might consider contacting some of the advertisers of "Don't Leave After School" and asking them to distribute some real "business orders."

"ah?"

Hearing Yang Dong's proposal, Chen Ba's mouth twitched and said: "Distribute real meal orders? Then who will get the money?"

"Thirty-seven points! Let's get 70%!"

Yang Dong introduced: "But this is just an idea, and after all, it is a game. You play as an Internet celebrity in the game and take orders from restaurants... To be honest, advertisers probably don't know what to do."

This matter needs long-term consideration!

Being an Internet celebrity in the game is obviously a fake experience, but you can receive real business orders or live broadcast invitations to bring goods. Players probably never dreamed of such a development.