These players weren't there for anything else but to experience the drop rates of Taoxun's gacha.
Unexpectedly, the situation was so favorable that Ye Zhi, after some thought, directly contacted the game department. Since Ou Minghan was so readily acting as a stepping stone, she might as well find an excuse to give benefits to other games as well.
Soon, players of several Taoxun games received system emails. Taoxun's game, "Catch You," had recently won a mobile game award, so Taoxun was giving all games ten consecutive draws to celebrate.
The mockery was palpable. Many players online immediately hailed Ye Zhi as generous, far better than someone so stingy. Upon seeing these comments, Ou Minghan was furious.
"Truly a bunch of idiots! Idiots!" Ou Minghan slammed the table in anger. "Don't these people have brains? Ye Zhi only gave ten draws, how is that generous? I gave nearly sixty draws, where am I being stingy?!"
In the office, besides him, was the head of the game department.
The person in charge felt quite speechless. The sixty draws you gave yielded nothing, while Ye Zhi's ten draws were genuine benefits. Moreover, some of Taoxun's games even offered free outfits and selectable skins. How could that not be generous?
Of course, saying such things in front of Ou Minghan was tantamount to seeking death.
"Mr. Ou, what do we do now?" the department head asked. "Should we secretly adjust the probabilities to appease the players?"
Ou Minghan was silent for a moment. After some consideration, he asked, "How has the revenue from the current gacha banners been for the past few days?"
"This is the revenue situation," the department head quickly handed over a document.
Ou Minghan glanced at the revenue trend graph and silently breathed a sigh of relief.
Star Conqueror's previous monetization model, while profitable, didn't generate much income. Since switching to the gacha model, revenue had surged. A single day's income was almost equivalent to a month's revenue before.
Although subsequent revenue had declined, it was still much higher than before the change.
Of course, player attrition was also significant, but he could accept these sacrifices. After all, he and Ivan couldn't stand each other, and this game was essentially Ivan's child. Why would he care about the game's fate?
"Don't bother! Let them curse all they want!" Ou Minghan sneered.
"But..." the department head hesitated, "the cultural department just called to inquire about our game."
"What did they ask?" Ou Minghan's heart skipped a beat.
The department head replied, "They were asking about the recent online public opinion, why player draw records were deleted, and whether the online draw probabilities were true, etc. I haven't responded to them yet."
"Hmph, some meddling players must have complained to the cultural department!" Ou Minghan's expression darkened. "Just reply like this: the online situation is deliberate defamation, a despicable commercial act! The draw records weren't deleted; the game system had a bug, which is currently being fixed. As for the draw probabilities, they are pure fabrication; we have the same draw probabilities as mainstream games!"
The department head originally wanted to persuade him further, as the cultural department was involved, and such deception was not ideal. But seeing Ou Minghan's resolute expression, the department head could only agree.
Ou Minghan's guess was correct. Some players had indeed complained to the cultural department, and the online sentiment was escalating, prompting the cultural department to make a private inquiry.
However, they didn't expect Ou Minghan to give such a response.
This time, even the cultural department couldn't stand it and directly issued a new document.
The document's main points were that all gacha games must comply with the following regulations: 1. They must provide players with draw records for at least the past six months. 2. They must publicly disclose draw probabilities. 3. Draw probabilities must not be falsified.
The document didn't explicitly mention Star Conqueror, but it was clearly aimed at it.
After the document was released, people online were immediately gloating, using various memes to mock Feilong Live and Star Conqueror.
Even with his stubbornness, Ou Minghan dared not continue to resist and could only secretly make these changes.
Ye Zhi observed the entire matter, feeling a mix of emotions.
As expected of a man with protagonist halo, his every move summoned divine justice. Of course, she wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.
Ou Minghan's recent questionable actions had brought many players to "Cosmic Heroes." Moreover, due to the game's low entry barrier and the direct binding of game accounts to Taoxun accounts, many non-gamers had also joined, leading to the game breaking out of its niche.
Many female players, encountering this type of game for the first time, bought all the characters and skins after completing the tutorial. "Cosmic Heroes" had already earned a fortune solely from selling characters and skins.
However, although she had enough players, she still needed to find a way to elevate the game's prestige.
Today was the day Ye Zhi was supposed to return to the Ye family for dinner. After work, Ye Zhi drove directly to the Ye residence.
However, as she approached the Ye family's vicinity, she saw a familiar figure standing at the main entrance. Ye Zhi looked at the figure, her lips twitching speechlessly. It was none other than Cen Ya.
Ye Zhi had no intention of acknowledging her, but just as the car was about to pass her, Cen Ya hesitated, and the next moment, she quickly lunged towards the car. Fortunately, the car was not moving fast, and the driver had braked in time. However, Cen Ya, due to inertia, landed directly on the hood.
"Ye Zhi, let's talk!" Cen Ya clung to the hood, calling out aggrievedly.
The car window rolled down, and Ye Zhi, sitting in the passenger seat, said indifferently, "Your attempt at faking an accident is useless; my car has a dashcam."
Cen Ya: ...
Who said she was trying to fake an accident? She quickly got up and moved to Ye Zhi's side. "Ye Zhi, I know you hate me, but attack me with whatever means you have. Please don't target Minghan anymore!"
Ye Zhi almost rolled her eyes to the heavens. She didn't know where to begin to criticize this statement. It seemed that the overgrown child Ou Minghan had been wronged and had cried to Cen Ya, leading Cen Ya to come and defend him for love?
Ye Zhi looked at Cen Ya with a half-smile. "Miss Cen, I believe you still remember the agreement you signed with the Ye family when your brother settled the Ye family's support fees? We agreed in that contract that even if we met in the future, we would be strangers, and neither party would harass the other for any reason. You haven't forgotten that, have you?"
Cen Ya's expression changed. "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is..." Ye Zhi curved her lips slightly. "You've violated the agreement. How much liquidated damages do you intend to pay me?"