Qing Shan Qu Zui
Chapter 27 Can't Afford to Keep Losing!
Seeing this message, Pei Qian felt a sense of despair greater than death.
Here it comes again!
A chain reaction, troubles never come singly!
In fact, both *Lonely Desert Road* and *Ghost General* became popular due to a small probability event.
*Lonely Desert Road* was because Qiao Laoshi made a video criticizing it, while *Ghost General* was because Ruan Guangjian's original artwork became popular in the artist circles of Weibo.
If it were just that, the consequences wouldn't be so serious.
Because these two small probability events only affected a small number of people.
If there were no subsequent hype, the games would eventually cool down slowly.
But the key problem lies in the automatic recommendation mechanism of the esro official platform!
The esro official platform compares the data of games launched at the same time, and the game with better data will naturally get a better recommendation position.
Both *Lonely Desert Road* and *Ghost General* experienced a surge in data due to small probability events, and were judged by the official platform as real data, and then logically went to better recommendation positions.
And the characteristics of these two games themselves allowed their data to increase again after being recommended…
In this way, the situation completely lost control!
Now, *Ghost General* has actually been put on a major recommendation in the mobile game area, which is the "Hottest New Game of the Month." With this recommendation, the number of users pouring in every minute is extremely considerable!
In addition to the high rating of *Ghost General*, and the rave reviews in the comments section…
The consequences are simply unimaginable!
Pei Qian didn't even dare to look at the background data again, because the more he looked, the more desperate he became!
He really wanted to tell the official platform, could you please stop giving my game recommendation spots, please!
But he couldn't do that.
Because the official platform's recommendations are based on data and are automatic, and this kind of behavior is a violation and will be warned by the system.
Pei Qian now deeply felt that saying.
A man in the Jianghu cannot help himself!
…
Standing alone on the rooftop of the dormitory building, Pei Qian was filled with mixed feelings.
He didn't want to stay in the dormitory, because the settlement time was approaching, and he was afraid that he would cry and Ma Yang would hear him.
The system light screen automatically appeared in Pei Qian's field of vision. It was time for the Wealth Conversion System to settle again.
[Wealth Conversion System]
[Host: Pei Qian]
[Surplus Conversion Ratio 100:1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1:1]
[Settlement Imminent...]
[System Funds: 514723.5 (↑214723.5)]
[Personal Assets: 224.6]
[Settling...]
[Wealth Conversion in Progress...]
[System Funds: 514723.5]
[Personal Assets: 2371.8 (↑2147.2)]
Pei Qian looked at these lines of numbers and felt a little hopeless.
He never dreamed that card games could make so much money!
Some of this 500,000 was from the subsequent income of *Lonely Desert Road*, after all, this game was still in operation, and the accumulation of one yuan was also quite considerable.
But it only accounted for a very small part.
Most of the income came from *Ghost General*!
Pei Qian used his very shallow mathematical knowledge to roughly calculate.
In one week, the net income of *Ghost General* was about 500,000, which meant that the gross revenue was 1 million.
Next week, as the popularity continues to ferment and players continue to pour in, the income will only be higher!
Even if this game has few paid features and weak subsequent income, the market is still large. It will take two or three months before it shows signs of fatigue!
According to this data, the monthly gross revenue of this game is very likely to reach more than 5 million!
A mobile game with a monthly gross revenue of 5 million is actually just average. If it is a small company with twenty or thirty people, it is only considered well-off.
But for Pei Qian, it's different. He made this game all by himself from start to finish!
Ma Yang only opened a salary of 3,000 yuan a month and helped fill out a requirement form. The other program templates, art resources, etc., were all bought, adding up to only 300,000 yuan.
The game recouped its costs in the first week of its launch, and even made a net profit of 200,000!
The data was not particularly exaggerated, but Pei Qian felt a little hopeless!
What made Pei Qian even more desperate was that *Ghost General* would continue to provide him with income in the future!
*Q Adorable Three Kingdoms* has been operating for a year, and it is still thriving…
What does this mean?
It means that even if Pei Qian uses all his strength to lose money in the future, he may not be able to lose it all!
In the future, every month, there will be a stable amount of funds credited to the system funds, and the system judges losses based on the basic system funds!
Take this settlement as an example. The system's way of judging profit and loss is very simple. It compares the current system funds value with the original 300,000. If it is higher than 300,000, it is a profit, and if it is lower than 300,000, it is a loss.
If there is extra income every month in the future, and the system funds are always higher than the initial funds provided by the system, then the system will always judge that Pei Qian is making a profit!
Bad news, shocking bad news!
Pei Qian wanted to die.
"It won't be so bad, will it?"
"Made 200,000, but only converted it into 2,000?"
"And in the future, I can make money lying down, and I can't lose it even if I want to?"
"No, something must be wrong, calm down, calm down!"
"Let me think about it carefully, things shouldn't be that bad..."
Just as Pei Qian calmed down, a new entry reappeared on the system light screen.
[Next Settlement Time: 90 days later]
[System funds will be replenished, target amount: 500,000]
[System funds detected to be higher than 500,000, no replenishment will be made.]
[System Funds: 515792.5]
[Personal Assets: 2371.8 (↑2147.2)]
"As expected…"
"I'm losing it!"
Pei Qian was sure that his previous speculation was correct!
Each time the system settles, it replenishes the system funds.
The settlement time and the replenishment amount of the system funds are different each time.
This time the replenishment amount was 500,000, and Pei Qian's system funds were already higher than 500,000 at this time, so there was no additional funds credited.
And if Pei Qian had lost all 300,000 before, he would have received 500,000 this time…
Pei Qian felt hopeless.
The originally sure 300,000 turned into 2,000.
Who can stand this?!
Moreover, in just a few minutes, the system funds increased by more than a thousand yuan.
This is because *Ghost General* is still constantly generating profits.
Pei Qian felt very melancholy and even began to doubt himself.
"Could it be that I should change my thinking? Should I consider how to make money in the future?"
"No, it's too late..."
"What's more, I may not have such good luck in the future."
At this moment, Pei Qian even had the thought of "Should I think about making money in the future?", but he quickly dismissed it.
The reason is very simple, the cost-effectiveness is too low, and there is not much operability!
The success of both *Lonely Desert Road* and *Ghost General* has a lot of luck involved!
Will Pei Qian still have such good luck in the future? Not necessarily!
What he fears most is seriously thinking about making money, but in the end, he doesn't make much money, and he doesn't lose money either, wouldn't that be too embarrassing?
The key is that the mode has been selected and cannot be changed!
The conversion ratio of profit is only 100:1, making 1 million only converts into 10,000, the cost-effectiveness is too low!