The remaining lackeys looked around and quickly followed suit.
At this moment, Mingyan became the sole protagonist at the dinner table.
Kerry took a taxi back to his father's company.
Vayela is a well-known game development company on this planet. It actually has around 600 employees and is simultaneously developing two alternate worlds.
While its games may not be top-tier globally, they are quite impressive for the local market. At its peak, it generated over ten million in revenue, making it a company with strong revenue capabilities.
Kerry's father is the founder of the company and is currently in charge.
On his desk, the details of communicating with platform A have already been listed.
As a local power, Vayela and A-family have a certain degree of cooperation.
—As long as Kerry wins this year's graduation project championship, he will immediately pass the review and be launched. After obtaining the game version number, he will immediately enjoy A-level contract treatment and recommendation slots on the A-family platform.
Many of these featured spots were provided by Vayela herself to drive traffic, specifically to promote the works of young master Keli.
They believe that if the response is good enough, it might attract foreign capital to purchase an alternate world for the game.
But now, everything has fallen through.
Kerry stared at the advertisement banner on the glass that repeatedly projected the words "Highly Recommended! The Winner of the Royal Academy Graduation Project!" and bit his lip in discomfort.
—Even this advertisement cost 20,000 yuan to design and draw!
"Dad, what should we do?" he asked.
His father frowned as he looked through the two graduation project grading forms, then said, "You're hopeless! Six people tutored you, and you still lost to an ordinary student. Now you have the nerve to ask me what to do?"
Kerry said with a mournful face, "My A-level contract, and the recommendation resources..."
“The only option is to give it all to that champion,” his father said. “The contract is already signed; it would be a real loss not to make this money. Your father’s money didn’t fall from the sky! You can go now; I’ll arrange for someone to prepare another set of resources for you.”
Meanwhile, after the banquet ended.
After four years in this class, Mingyan finally managed to add everyone as a friend.
Everyone enthusiastically toasted Mingyan and reminded him not to forget the group party and farewell dinner a month later.
When the event ended, Mingyan took out his phone and assigned all the students to one group.
He knew very well that this group would likely never appear again in the future.
It was already dark outside, and the light behind him illuminated Mingyan's profile, giving him a composed and indifferent air.
Someone blushed secretly and stepped forward, saying, "Mingyan, um... I can't get a taxi, could you please take me home?"
Mingyan looked down and saw that she was an ordinary girl in his class, and he didn't recognize her.
He was about to agree when his phone suddenly rang.
Mingyan answered the phone, and a polite but formulaic voice quickly came from the other end.
"Hello, is this Mingyan? This is Atlas's marketing department."
Atlas, often simply referred to as A-Home, is a game platform that truly spans the entire Chaoyang Alliance and is currently one of the alliance's most popular comprehensive digital distribution platforms.
Many players purchase and download VR games on this platform, and use their accounts to enter otherworldly games.
Mingyan raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice, "I am Mingyan."
"Hello Mingyan," the other party said. "Our company recently launched a 'Rising Star Program' that's perfect for this year's graduates. Your graduation project, 'Minecraft,' has passed our initial selection and has the potential to become one of our featured works. We'll be releasing a special feature on games that will showcase promising talents—"
“I’m sorry,” Mingyan interrupted him, “I don’t remember signing up for this ‘New Star Project’.”
The other party paused for a moment, then patiently explained, "This Rising Star Program is specifically designed for the debut works of recent graduates. We will provide corresponding promotional opportunities, and our experienced managers will promote your work. If the market response is good, you may have the opportunity to attract the attention of an interdimensional venture capital firm and be officially designed as an otherworldly game. Of course, all of this is based on the premise of signing a contract with us first."
However, Mingyan does not actually think that Minecraft is a good subject for making an otherworld game.
First of all, its art style is a major limitation.
It was explicitly stated that the work was intended to complete the initial capital accumulation, so it was impossible to price it hastily.
Mingyan listened quietly and then said, "You want my game to be released on the Atlas platform?"
"Yes."
He asked directly, "What about the price?"
The other party immediately became excited and said, "I can personally offer you 400,000."
Wow, four hundred thousand, that's a huge number.
Mingyan pursed his lips and asked, "I won't sell it to you. I'm asking about the profit-sharing model, how much of the platform fee will be taken?"
The other party was clearly caught off guard, but still said, "25%. However—"
Mingyan interrupted him again: "Thank you, but no need."
This time, the speaker's pace quickened noticeably: "Mingyan, please reconsider. Four hundred thousand is a rare opportunity for an undergraduate thesis. Besides, you might not be familiar with the sales model for VR games; a 25% commission from most channels is already quite fair..."
Before he could finish speaking, he clearly said he would hang up the phone first.
The other party was clearly not giving up, and the next call came.
Mingyan smiled and turned off his phone.