Chapter 22 Pei is so righteous!

Soon, others in the dormitory also raised similar questions.

"How come there's only one item for sale in the game's store?"

"And you can only recharge 30 yuan?"

"Moreover, after buying it, you only get one more 10-draw chance per day, doesn't seem very useful, does it?"

"Where is the VIP system? 'Q Meng Three Kingdoms' has it up to VIP 8!"

Everyone looked at Ruan Guangjian.

But Ruan Guangjian didn't know either!

He thought for a moment: "I'm not sure what's going on, maybe I should ask Pei a bit, there might be some special considerations, or maybe this game isn't the final version?"

Ruan Guangjian was puzzled and left a message for Pei Qian through the contact information on the resource station.

"Pei, I noticed there is no VIP system in the game, and there is only one item in the store. Is it because the game is still in the testing phase? Will it be added in the official version?"

It wasn't long before Pei Qian replied.

"This is the official version."

Ruan Guangjian was shocked: "Then... what about the items in the store?"

Pei Qian: "We only sell this lifetime card in our game, and we don't plan to introduce any new items."

Ruan Guangjian: "Why?!"

Pei Qian: "Why? There's no reason. Our game's pricing strategy is mainly based on a one-time purchase. Players have already spent ten yuan to buy our game, how could we offer too many in-game purchases?"

"Actually, I didn't even plan to sell this 30-yuan lifetime card at first, but later I thought there might still be some players who need it, so I added it."

Ruan Guangjian was completely shocked and didn't know what to say for a long time.

Pei is so conscientious!!

In "Q Meng Three Kingdoms", the spending cap for big spenders is nearly a thousand yuan, and only big spenders can obtain those extremely precious and rare cards, while ordinary players often have to play for a long time to get a single purple card.

But in "Ghost General", it's almost equal for everyone, with the only difference being a 30-yuan lifetime card!

In "Q Meng Three Kingdoms", this amount of money wouldn't even be enough for one 10-draw!

Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt that he had underestimated Pei Qian.

He had thought that Pei Qian didn't have a spending system in place because the game was unfinished or for some other reason.

But after asking, he found out that Pei Qian didn't even consider implementing a spending system; he wanted to create a very fair card game on mobile!

He wanted ordinary players to enjoy the thrill of drawing rare cards as well!

Ruan Guangjian's eyes moistened, and he even felt that charging Pei Qian 3000 yuan for a set of original drawings was a bit excessive.

He should give a discount for designing original art for such an idealistic and distinctive designer!

Ruan Guangjian thought of another question and quickly asked: "Pei, there's one more thing. I noticed that the game's download data is really poor. Is it because you haven't promoted it yet?"

Pei Qian: "Promotion? Uh, no promotion."

Ruan Guangjian was taken aback: "Why not promote it?!"

Why make a game but not promote it?

"Even good wine needs marketing. If you don't promote it, how will players know about your game?"

Pei Qian replied, "Because we don't have enough money. We invested 300,000 yuan in this game, including buying templates, art resources, music and sound effects, and renting cloud servers...we've pretty much spent it all."

Ruan Guangjian was deeply moved.

What kind of spirit is this!

Ruan Guangjian still remembers when Pei Qian bought original paintings, he was very generous with his money!

Originally, Ruan Guangjian proposed 4 original paintings for 2,000 yuan, but Pei Qian thought Ruan Guangjian's design work was very hard and didn't feel right giving him only 2,000 yuan, so he forcibly increased it to 3,000 yuan.

At that time, Ruan Guangjian thought that Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. was a wealthy company that didn't care about the tens of thousands of dollars.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all!

Tengda doesn't have that much money at all. The total research and development funding is only 300,000, barely enough to create a card game, and there is no extra money for promotion!

Thinking about it carefully, it was unexpected but also reasonable.

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. had only launched one game before, which was "Lonely Desert Highway." Although the game had a small success, its price was only 1 dollar. How much could it earn?

Now, investing in the research and development of the second game, it's easy to be stretched thin.

Even with such tight research and development funds, Mr. Pei didn't take advantage of the situation when discussing the original painting. Instead, he proposed a relatively fair and mutually acceptable price...

It was so righteous!

Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart. Maybe if he had asked for a little less money, Mr. Pei could have squeezed out some promotional funds?

But Ruan Guangjian couldn't mention it, because he knew that with Mr. Pei's character, he definitely wouldn't accept the money. And after all, he was the boss of a company, a person who needed to save face.

Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt a tightness in his heart, a very unpleasant feeling.

Such a conscientious game, without promotional funds, is about to face the danger of being buried.

What an upsetting situation!

"Brothers, I think 'Ghost General' needs us now."

Ruan Guangjian shared his speculation with his dormitory mates.

Old Huang and the others were also shocked.

"Is this game really so conscientious that it doesn't plan to make money?"

"It's not that it doesn't plan to make money. Who doesn't plan to make money when running a company and making games? I think Mr. Pei has noble aspirations and doesn't want to make dirty money!"

"You're right. If he didn't want to make money, Mr. Pei might as well make the game completely free. He still wants to rely on the one-time purchase price of 10 dollars per person to make money standing up!"

"It seems difficult. No matter how conscientious the game is, without initial promotion, it's impossible to become popular!"

"How about we become paid Internet trolls?"

"Being a paid Internet trolls is not impossible, but with just a few of us... it won't be of much use. If we were big Vs or popular video bloggers, we could be paid Internet trolls, but we don't have those resources."

Everyone fell into deep thought.

Old Huang and the others were also moved by Ruan Guangjian's words, feeling that such a conscientious game as "Ghost General" must not be buried. Otherwise, it would be a significant loss to the domestic mobile game market!

But after much thought, they couldn't find a good solution.

They couldn't just go online and post non-stop about "Ghost Sword is a good game", right? The efficiency would be too low, and it would likely be a waste of effort.

Suddenly, Ruan Guangjian slapped his thigh: "I got it! I have a group with some well-known artists in it. I'll ask them for help and see if they can come up with any ideas."

Old Huang was stunned: "You have such a group? Why didn't I know about it earlier?"

"Well, to make a long story short," said Ruan Guangjian as he opened his computer. "Last year, I worked as a part-time staff in a conceptual art competition, where I met Professor Chen Qi. I showed him my works and he appreciated them, encouraging me to develop more in this direction and even invited me to join a group."

He paused for a moment and continued, "Unfortunately, the group consists of a bunch of industry experts, and I feel too embarrassed to speak, so I have been lurking in the background until now."