—Would a rich person who has been worshipped by his brothers for so long be willing to admit that he is not as rich as others and disappoint his worshippers?
Having grown accustomed to being the center of attention and the top spot, who would willingly settle for second place and remain a perpetual runner-up?
Mingyan timely launched a "limited-time purchase gift package" and revealed a businessman's smile.
In fact, these wealthy players, who only account for 2% of the player population, contributed 98% of Mingyan's revenue.
The monthly revenue of "Against the Heavens" has exceeded one billion yuan, officially crossing the threshold of "the most profitable online game club in the Chaoyang Alliance"!
With a production cost of only a few million, it brought Mingyan a profit of more than a hundred times, which is even more terrifying than drug trafficking.
This scared Mingyan so much that he didn't open an official account for "Dragon Slayer Sword Studio," nor did he open a website for the studio.
The financial statements of "The Heaven-Defying Technique" must be kept tightly hidden so that industry insiders cannot discover how profitable it is.
Otherwise, this terrifying profitability could easily create a vicious cycle where bad money drives out good, leading to a highly homogenized and commercialized gaming market.
Fortunately, Mingyan's advertising budget was already incredibly high, becoming the threshold for acquiring a legendary weapon.
Several large investors observed the situation for a while, believing that this new model was too risky and the returns were unclear, so they did not choose to follow suit.
Finally, there's the revenue situation for League of Legends.
The game is not yet in its complete form—or rather, MOBA games will never be in their complete form.
The saying goes, "Each version brings a new god." Each version represents the rise of a new profession, the emergence of new strategies and playstyles, and the dominance of new professional teams.
League of Legends currently only has about twenty classes to choose from, and each class only has one set of unique skins.
Even so, players are still enthusiastically making purchases.
Among these, the most popular skin is unsurprisingly "King of the Jungle"—the skin used by LOG team's jungler when they made a comeback with only 15 HP left.
The celebrity effect is really evident here!
People are particularly willing to support their idols, and this skin is a symbol of "a man's heart is as firm as iron until death" in their hearts, a tribute to an indomitable spirit.
In the first month after the Lunar New Year, League of Legends' monthly revenue finally exceeded 100 million.
This free-to-play game, which can only profit by "selling cosmetic items," has shattered everyone's conventional thinking.
As it turns out, as long as the game is fun, designers can do whatever they want!
Players even heard that after the league started, Blue Star Studio had been operating the game at a loss... so they spontaneously started creating new accounts to repeatedly buy skins.
Those who have the means may even buy dozens of sets at once.
On the IPP platform's game review section, several comments were also highly upvoted.
The New Year hasn't arrived yet, so the in-game skins aren't on sale. I need to hurry and buy a few more sets at full price. I want to take this opportunity to send as much money as possible to Earth...
Please, please make more skins! It doesn't matter if they're ugly. Or at least introduce a way to spend money on the game, the kind where you don't give away any items just for playing!
Other platforms take a 50% cut of donations, so brothers, try to buy directly in the game to give Blue Star some good stats.
Seriously, they genuinely wanted to give Mingyan money because they were afraid that Blue Star Studio would go bankrupt.
Like a worried old mother looking at her foolish son, she says with exasperation: "You stupid child, you're just trying to make money! Why can't you learn how to make money properly?! Other studios are making a fortune, why don't you make more?! What will you do if you go hungry?"
Chapter 29 The Goddess's Kiss
The revenue of "League of Legends" exceeded 100 million, which also officially ended the betting contract between Mingyan and Varian.
However, Varian seems to have forgotten about it.
When Mingyan took the contract to him for signature, she found him at his workstation, playing League of Legends with his colleagues.
After winning a team fight, Varian was so excited that his face turned bright red.
"Brother, you're awesome! Hurry, hurry, Big Dragon, Big Dragon, Big Dragon!"
They played quite well.
Mingyan chuckled and stood behind him for a while.
Varian only noticed him after returning to the city, and quickly stood up and asked, "Boss, when did you arrive?"
"It's alright, it's lunch break, you guys can do whatever you want," Ming said. "I came to see you about the contract."
He placed the betting agreement on the table.
Varian glanced at it and said, "No, no, no, you want to kick me out? I don't want to leave yet."
Mingyan smiled and said, "Then I'll go back and prepare the indenture. Sign it!"
Working at Blue Star Studios, the mere 1% bonus on game profits is enough to leave many people speechless.
Based on Varian's work performance, his monthly bonus has already exceeded 100,000 yuan.
If he is willing to use his lunch break to work overtime, then the bonus will be increased further.
But this brings up another hidden benefit.
That's right, that is—
In a game development team, every member has the right to play games openly and legitimately!
Everyone here is a like-minded game enthusiast, and there are no barriers to communication among us. It's common for us to arrange to play games together after get off work.