Pei Qian felt dizzy: “What’s going on here?”

How did my perfectly non-profitable micro-client game suddenly become a mobile game?

The corners of Lin Wan’s mouth curved upward in a knowing smile.

“Mr. Pei, wasn’t this what you hinted at?”

“When I asked you when the game ‘Hot Blood Battle Song’ would see a turning point, you said, ‘Look to the timing.'”

“Isn’t the current mobile gaming wave exactly the right timing?”

“Weren’t you implicitly suggesting that I should catch the mobile gaming wave?”

Pei Qian remained silent for a moment: “…I think there might be a small misunderstanding here.”

Lin Wan’s smile grew even brighter.

Mr. Pei was truly modest and open-minded.

“Mr. Pei, I know you want to attribute as much credit as possible to us.”

“Then why did you hint that I should cooperate with Shenhua’s mobile phone division? You’re not going to tell me you didn’t know Lin Yu is Shenhua’s vice president in charge of the mobile division, are you?”

“If not for your hint, Lin Yu wouldn’t have come to offer me the featured spot, and I wouldn’t have thought of advertising ‘Hot Blood Battle Song’ on the Shenhua app marketplace.”

Pei Qian: “???”

I asked Lin Yu to find you just to give you 100,000 yuan as pocket money, right?

Who told her to give you a featured spot!!

If Pei Qian had known earlier that Lin Yu would give Lin Wan a featured spot for a mobile game, he definitely would have taken that 100,000 yuan without a second thought!

Pei Qian looked blankly at Ye Zhizhou.

Ye Zhizhou was also very pleased, giving a thumbs up: “Mr. Pei, I also want to say, you’re so visionary!”

“Please take a look at the game reviews.”

Pei Qian frowned slightly, somewhat confused as he opened the review section of the mobile version of “Hot Blood Battle Song.” What greeted his eyes was a large number of perfect ratings.

“I said I’d never play a garbage game endorsed by Zha Zhuti, but… hehe, turns out it’s amazing!”

“A game that particularly surprised me. I thought it would be like those money-grabbing web games, but it’s completely different! Other games have recharge buttons all over the screen, but this game only sells energy potions. It’s incredibly consumer-friendly! Reminds me of how I felt when I first saw ‘Ghost General’!”

“Indeed, ‘Ghost General’ is also consumer-friendly, but card mobile games are too cliché now. ‘Hot Blood Battle Song’ has strong social attributes. Now I wait every day for national wars—it’s so fun!”

“I misunderstood this game. Giving full marks to encourage!”

“This is the most satisfying game I’ve seen recently—great graphics, excellent quality, rich gameplay, and consumer-friendly pricing. And it’s even cross-platform! The developer must be a genius.”

“Zha Zhuti, I misjudged you! You said this game is fair, green, and has national wars. I thought you were lying, but it turns out to be true!”

“Such honest advertising is really rare!”

“As a web game player, I’ve never seen such a consumer-friendly game. Must give full marks!”

“In this game, you don’t get bullied by whales. Everyone is equal. It’s so comfortable. Must spend money and max out on energy potions!”

Looking at the unanimous perfect reviews, Pei Qian fell into a daze.

As intelligent as Mr. Pei was, he instantly understood what had happened.

“Hot Blood Battle Song: Power-Enhanced Version” had changed from a micro-client to a mobile game, so everything had changed!

Originally, the game’s biggest problem was not having enough players, but after converting to mobile, this problem was solved!

The timing now coincided perfectly with the rising mobile gaming trend. From the previous “Q Cute Three Kingdoms” to “Ghost General,” mobile games were developing in increasingly complex and hardcore directions.

The approach of converting web games like “Hot Blood Battle Song” to mobile would inevitably become widespread in the future.

Under these market conditions, the first project to appear would certainly gain exceptional benefits and might even lead to the entire market’s transformation!

The mobile version of “Hot Blood Battle Song” was almost inevitably going to succeed because many success factors had converged:

Zhang Zuting’s brainwashing advertisements had cultivated a large number of potential players, and Shenhua app store’s recommendation had brought in many quality users.

“Hot Blood Battle Song: Power-Enhanced Version” itself was a consumer-friendly game similar to “Ghost General,” which would win excellent word-of-mouth among ordinary players;

The game’s quality was very high. Although it couldn’t compare with PC games, the art assets purchased for five million yuan still made this game stand out in the mobile game circle, crushing the competition.

The election system allowed ordinary players to enjoy the same exciting gaming experience as whales, and compared to other web games, the experience for ordinary players was even better.

In short, when this game appeared in the mobile game circle, it immediately exploded like a nuclear bomb, spreading rapidly!

Pei Qian was completely stunned.

Although “Hot Blood Battle Song: Power-Enhanced Version” had cut charging points, it still depended on how many players there were!

If there were too many players, even selling only energy potions could make a lot of money.

And Pei Qian thought of an even more terrifying possibility.

Many gaming guilds might raise multiple accounts, and one player might not play just one account!

Since the election system randomly selects players, maintaining several accounts would increase the chance of being chosen.

Eventually, some wealthy players might casually buy energy potions for their alternate accounts, too, since it wouldn’t cost much.

Once a game had too many players, even a game with a low payment ceiling would become very profitable!

Pei Qian felt mentally disoriented: “So this game is going to make a huge profit?”

Lin Wan hurriedly said modestly, “It won’t make that much. Wang Xiaobin calculated that at the current user growth rate, the monthly net profit would be at most four to five million, which might not even match ‘Sea Fortress.'”

Pei Qian was stunned: “Four to five million???”

How could it make so much?

Pei Qian knew clearly that for the mobile game market a few years later, earning this much wouldn’t be surprising, but the mobile game market cake wasn’t that big right now!

Moreover, “Hot Blood Battle Song” had a very low recharge ceiling. Even with many players and a good reputation, it shouldn’t be able to make this much money!

Lin Wan smiled: “Because Shenhua’s gaming platform splits revenue with us at a ratio of 1:9, with us getting 90%.”

Pei Qian: “…”

A mouthful of old blood clogged in his throat, and he almost fainted.

So that was it!

No wonder it could make so much money—the channel only took 10%. This was practically giving away money!

Was this what connections got you?

Was this the treatment given to a favorite daughter?

It was terrifying…

Lin Wan still seemed somewhat regretful: “Actually, we could have made even more.”

“It’s just that this game is too consumer-friendly, with an extremely low payment ceiling. If we had used ‘Hot Blood Battle Song’s’ previous predatory charging system, the monthly revenue might have reached more than ten million.”

“But don’t worry, Mr. Pei, we don’t plan to do that.”

“We always remember Tenda’s mission and consistently put reputation first!”

“This way, ‘Hot Blood Battle Song: Power-Enhanced Version’ will have a longer lifespan and won’t be abandoned after three or four months like ordinary web games. In a year or two, our game should still maintain this income level, or even higher!”

Pei Qian felt terrible.

A monthly net profit of four to five million was already unbearable!

Indeed, it couldn’t compare with those hardcore pay-to-win web games where whales would spend tens of thousands, with one whale equivalent to hundreds of ordinary players.

But making so much money just from ordinary players was also terrifying!

“Sea Fortress” had too many players, and the monthly bandwidth and server costs were a significant expense.

But having many players also had benefits—high game popularity and long lifespan!

“Hot Blood Battle Song” was a national war game, a type with strong social aspects and naturally high player stickiness.

Other national war games also had strong player stickiness, but the problem was that whales would compete in spending. Once the numerical values got out of control, the game’s combat power system could easily collapse.

So, most web games would inevitably face a large exodus of ordinary players after three or four months and could only open new servers to survive.

But “Hot Blood Battle Song’s” combat power system could no longer collapse. The election system ensured that the combat power in each national war remained within a controllable range and gave ordinary players a chance to draw a “whale experience card,” greatly increasing ordinary players’ stickiness. So the game’s lifespan would naturally be greatly extended!

Hearing “in a year or two, our game should still maintain this income level,” Pei Qian felt like he was hearing the most vicious curse in the world, and he felt terrible.

This wasn’t a money tree; it was a huge burden!

And one that couldn’t be shaken off!

Now, Mr. Pei was in a dilemma.

If he maintained the status quo, this game would provide him with stable income for a long time in the future.

If he activated charging points to destroy the reputation, it would indeed shorten the game’s lifespan, but the revenge spending by whales in the short term would have unimaginable consequences…

Pei Qian was momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.

Looking at everyone feasting happily, Pei Qian felt his heart ache.

You bunch of spendthrifts, stop eating!

Spit out all these good things!

And to think I was about to praise you properly—this is how you repay me!

Pei Qian now finally understood why everyone was so relaxed, natural, and pressure-free.

Because the game was already profitable!

It had already achieved both reputation and income success—what pressure could there be?

Pei Qian silently handed the phone back to Lin Wan, looking at her with a very complicated expression.

It’s over.

This girl would never go back to inherit the family business…

Pei Qian could hardly imagine to Lin Wan’s confidence would inflate after the success of this mobile version of “Hot Blood Battle Song.”

Lin Wan noticed that Mr. Pei was looking at her with a very complicated expression and couldn’t help but smile slightly.

Mr. Pei’s expression was so gratified—he must be happy for me, right?

Indeed, from Tianhua Studio to Tenda, after experiencing so many projects, I’ve finally grown into an excellent designer who can take charge and be responsible for a project!

Pei Qian remained silent for two seconds, momentarily at a loss for words.

He could only finish the red wine in his hand in one gulp.

Now he had only one thought: to drink until oblivion!

Seeing this, Ye Zhizhou thought Mr. Pei was happily toasting in celebration and hurriedly raised his head, finishing his red wine in one gulp.

“Mr. Pei, I’ve finished mine too!”

“Come on, everyone, raise your glasses. Today, we don’t stop until we’re drunk!”