Chapter 1459: The Prince Is Also the Spokesperson

No one expected that such a small game as "Glass Ball" would be so popular in the market. (Read novel) After all, this game was purely a small game made by Lin Feng for the purpose of assessing players, and the development cycle was less than 12 hours. But now it has become popular.

At least 1 million glass balls can be sold in a day, and each glass ball is sold for 0.1 yuan, which really makes all other game companies a little speechless. You say that they have spent a lot of effort to develop various games and want to make money, but the games they developed have been repeatedly criticized by players in an almost unreasonable way. They either say that their games have many bugs or that the games are unbalanced. In short, they are picky and don't like them anyway. As a result, now, "Second World", such a small game, is so popular. Is this fair or not?

According to the outside world's evaluation of the development cost of "Glass Ball", it will never exceed 500,000 yuan. As a result, it can make more than 100,000 yuan a day, which is too unreasonable. In fact, the outside game companies don't know that the development cost of the game "Glass Ball" is only the result of 12 hours of hard work by 3 programmers. A programmer, an art designer, and a sound effects processor, three people completed the design of "Glass Ball" in 12 hours. If calculated based on the wages of three people, it is less than 2,000 yuan.

With a cost of less than 2,000 yuan, it can make 100,000 yuan a day. If this is spread out, those game development companies will be bleeding.

Of course, they are bleeding now. When Lin Feng announced that players can use the glass balls in their hands to exchange for "Second World" game points at half price, the popularity of "Glass Ball" became even crazier. Originally, when "Glass Ball" was first launched, everyone just regarded it as a small game to commemorate childhood memories, relive childhood, and regain the fun of playing marbles when they were young. Everyone played it with a relaxed and casual attitude.

But when Lin Feng announced the news that the glass balls could be exchanged for point cards at half price, and after the game officially opened the exchange platform, it was difficult for "Glass Ball" not to be popular. Originally, "Glass Ball" was a game with extremely strong confrontation. Now Lin Feng has come up with a "redeem reward". How can the enthusiasm of players not be high?

"Glass Ball" is a game that requires very high skills. It has extremely high requirements for eyes, hands, wrist strength, and calculation ability. In Lin Feng's opinion, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the Chinese snooker. But each game is not as long as snooker. To describe "Glass Ball" in short words, it is short, frequent, and fast. Each game is very short, the number of games is very frequent, and the rhythm is very fast. In terms of the player's involvement, it is more exciting than snooker, and the threshold is not that high.

After all, snooker requires daily practice before you can have a certain level to play with others. But "Glass Ball" does not require you to practice every day, because sometimes luck determines everything. On the snooker stage, luck can only determine the moment, but not the outcome of a game. But in the game of "Glass Ball", one piece of luck can change a game. No matter how high your skills are, it won't work. Its luck component is slightly higher than snooker, and this is also destined to be the reason why you dare to challenge anyone whether you are a novice or a master.

What's more, the fee for each game is very low. One glass ball costs only 0.1 yuan per round, and this 0.1 yuan, given the current consumption level, will not be picked up if it falls on the street. If you lose, you lose, and you can play again next time. Once you win, you can sometimes win 10 glass balls per round. In a day, you can play at least 20 rounds per hour. 3 hours a day, that's 60 rounds. If you win all, that's 600 glass balls, enough to exchange for a 30 yuan point card.

With such a ratio, it's hard not to be crazy!

Hot! "Glass Ball" swept across the country in an instant. Almost all players play a few rounds online every day. Anyway, it's just for entertainment. If you win, you're happy, and if you lose, you're not angry. It's just a few cents. Of course, what makes Lin Feng happiest is that those white-collar workers over 30 years old and those who are older, those born in the 70s and even those born in the 60s, have invested in the game of "Glass Ball".

"Glass Balls" can be said to be a myth. Many people born in the 1990s have never played it. People born in the 1980s are probably the last group. The people who really play it and play it well are those born in the 1970s. Of course, there are also many people born in the 1960s who play it very well. After all, at that time, everyone's entertainment life was very limited due to material poverty. Adults played mahjong, and most children played iron rings and marbles. The iron ring rolling game is too simple and not very competitive, so "Glass Balls" is the king. Of course, there is also "Blowing Molecules", but that is too gambling, that is gambling, and adults will not allow children to play it.

"Mr. Wu, since "Glass Balls" is so popular, why not promote it to the world." Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Global? Do foreigners like to play it?" Wu Zhaopu was stunned.

"How could I not like it? So, when we promote it, the name will remain unchanged, it will still be called "Glass Ball", but our slogan will be "Chinese Snooker". I think foreigners are relatively unfamiliar with glass ball playing, but they must be familiar with snooker. And I will invite a very powerful person to be the image spokesperson." Lin Feng said with a smile.

Wu Zhaopu nodded. Then, according to Lin Feng's instructions, he directly named "Glass Ball" "Marbles" (English name), and then promoted it to the world with the reputation of "Chinese Snooker". Wu Zhaopu didn't have much hope for it, but it became popular in Europe. In addition to Europe being the birthplace of snooker, more importantly, it was because the spokesperson for this "Marbles" game was so awesome.

The spokesperson for this "Marbles" game was none other than Lin Feng's best friend, Prince William of the United Kingdom.

Shock! Prince William is the spokesperson for "Marbles"! When Wu Zhaopu heard the news, he was shocked beyond compare. You know, the British royal family is recognized as the most noble aristocracy in the world. In the eyes of the public, they have always been noble and elegant, and are the spokespersons of the aristocracy. Before this, members of the British royal family had never advertised or served as spokespersons for any company.

Now, Lin Feng invited Prince William to be the spokesperson for "Marbles". Will the British royal family agree? ——Wu Zhaopu was absolutely skeptical about this.

Lin Feng wanted to invite Prince William to be the spokesperson for "Marbles" at first. It was a sudden idea. He just said it to Prince William. He didn't have much hope. After all, the British royal family is so high and noble that people dare not look up to it.

The result surprised Lin Feng. Prince William agreed readily. As for what Lin Feng was worried about, it was completely unfounded. The British royal family has no explicit regulations that royal family members cannot shoot commercials. As long as the royal family members do not do things that violate the image of the royal family, the British royal family will not intervene. On the contrary, if the royal family members rely on their personal abilities to take pictures, the royal family is still very encouraging and supportive.

In addition, Prince William is also very interested in "Marbles" and the gameplay of this "Chinese Snooker" is also very interesting, so he agreed readily. As for the endorsement fee, Lin Feng also reciprocated. Prince William is paid nothing, but he can get 50% of the sales of "Marbles" as dividends every year, half of which will be used to establish a William Fund to help the poor in the UK, and the other half is Prince William's personal income.

Prince William and the British royal family members are very supportive of this. This not only reflects the sunny image of the royal family members who are self-reliant, but also shows the British royal family's compassion for the people. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

With Prince William as the image spokesperson, it is difficult for "Marbles" not to be popular. Almost on the day when "Marbles" was launched, the number of online players exceeded 1 million. 1 million is nothing for China's current online game industry, but it is a very scary number in Europe. And this number of online players is still rising with the promotion of "Marbles". You know, in Europe, in addition to the British royal family's every move that will affect people's hearts, the same is true for football stars.

Lin Feng directly hired Messi, Kaka and Beckham, who are the most popular now, as the spokespersons of "Marbles". Together with Prince William, they promoted "Marbles", and the number of online users increased day by day. The number of online users in Europe exceeded 3 million. Lin Feng even launched the "Glass Balls for Star Autographed Photos" activity, and the daily income was as high as 100,000 euros.

As for the United States, the stars of the Houston Rockets under Lin Feng all took part in the promotion of "Marbles". In addition, Lin Feng also launched the corresponding "Glass Balls for Star Autographed Cards" activity, and the number of online users exceeded one million. The daily income also exceeded 100,000 US dollars.

It is no exaggeration to say that the development cost of "Glass Ball" is no more than the new money-making cave of "Second World".

Envy, jealousy and hatred! - This is the current attitude of all game manufacturers towards "Second World". Of course, rather than saying that these manufacturers are unhappy with "Second World", it is better to say that they are unhappy with Lin Feng. The biggest factor for "Second World" to achieve its current success is Lin Feng. And Lin Feng has too many resources that other game companies cannot have - stars.

Lin Feng has the best teams in the two most popular sports in the world - football and basketball. In this case, you say, how can other game companies do this? Why fight with Lin Feng? Is the online game market destined to be dominated by "Second World"?

Lin Feng doesn't care how the outside world views this issue. Lin Feng's focus at this moment is still on the "Legendary Farewell Concert". Lin Feng also launched the last assessment project.

The last assessment project is simple, that is, each player recommends the person who should go to the "Legendary Farewell Concert" in your mind. This assessment is quite simple. All players don't have to take exams, pk, etc., just fill in a name. You can create a god and write about yourself, or you can create a god and write about others. Whatever!

But even such a simple choice is undoubtedly the most difficult choice for players. There is only one list, and each person can only fill in one. You can write your own name or someone else's name. Facing this free "Legendary Three Days and Two Nights Tour", if some players don't want to go, it is absolutely hypocritical, a big hypocrisy. But now there are still 10,000 places left for the first round of "exams", the second round of "pk", the third round of draws, and the fourth round, so there are still 4,000 places left. But there are still more than 10 million players, who don't want to go?

But if you fill in your own name, you will definitely not be able to go. But you can fill in your friend's name, but you are unwilling to do so. The entanglement in it makes people depressed. And this is a test of humanity that Lin Feng gave to all players. Lin Feng hopes that in today's society where the world is cold and the people are cold and warm, there will be more people who are willing to sacrifice some personal interests for their friends. Lin Feng hopes that this world, at least China, can be more humane.

Although this is a fact that is difficult for an individual to change, Lin Feng just hopes to do his little bit for a more humane society. As a reward for the players' sacrifice of their personal interests, all players who voted for these 4,000 places will be eligible for the "Legendary Three Days and Two Nights" tour for free, as a reward for their sacrificial spirit of sticking their necks out for their friends.

In the end, after a lot of tangled choices, 4,000 places were born. What makes people happy is that the highest vote-getter got as many as 32 votes, and the lowest vote-getter also had 3 votes. Of course, most people voted for themselves. But no matter what, at least 4,000 places were created. And Lin Feng immediately announced that as long as the players who voted for other players and the players who got the last 4,000 places will be able to go to Chu City for free to watch the "Legendary Farewell Concert" and enjoy the "Legendary Three Days and Two Nights Tour".

Boom! When Lin Feng's decision was announced, those players who sacrificed their personal interests for their friends were ecstatic. They originally gave up this rare "Legendary Three Days and Two Nights Tour" for various reasons, but they didn't expect that they could still move forward in the end. This is undoubtedly a big surprise.

And for those who voted for themselves and were selfish, it was undoubtedly a blow. In the end, a total of 72,000 players went forward together. The extra 42,000 players were the lucky ones who voted for other players in the last round.

72,000 players went to Chu City at the same time, which would be a grand event in the game world!