Game Development Giant

Previously, Jester planned to use Clement's sales channels to help "game" quickly distribute the goods at the beginning. After all, Clement Card Company has good sales channels throughout the United States, West and China.

But he still underestimated the current position of Mars Entertainment among many players.

Since the news came out that the trial version of "City of War" will be given away together with the first issue of "Game", many people have called to ask how to contact "Game" magazine to pre-order this magazine.

The reason for this is simple, because many players are asking about "game" at their local bookstores or newspaper sales outlets.

This really made Adrian a little overjoyed. He didn't expect that before the official release, 30,000 copies of the first issue of "Game" were pre-ordered. This is really an incredible figure. You know, they are just a new magazine. .

Therefore, he was immediately full of confidence in the 100,000 copies of the first issue mentioned by his boss Jester. He was still skeptical before, but now he feels that it may be possible to sell this number.

Of course, Clement's sales department was not idle either. After more than a month of repairs, they also started to get busy. Under the instructions of the new boss Jester, because the company's new card game had not yet been designed, Even though they have no tasks yet, they still have to contribute to the promotion of "game".

With their efforts, in addition to the 30,000 copies that were pre-ordered, more than 20,000 copies were also distributed through the sales channels they controlled.

"Game" is a bimonthly publication, and its first issue is scheduled for August 15th.

Mike Mowaimi will be in his senior year of high school after the summer vacation. He became a fan of Mars Entertainment when he played "American Cube" for the first time, and he is also a well-known computer expert in his school. After becoming obsessed with "American Cube", he was not only satisfied that it could only be played in the arcade, so he spent a few days referring to "American Cube" in the arcade and made a copycat version of his own on his computer. The version came out, and although it doesn't run very smoothly, it doesn't hinder playability.

However, he didn’t know at the time that Jester had set up a 45 million-point easter egg in “American Cube”, so he didn’t add it when he copied it.

Then when he went to school to show off to his classmates, his classmates didn't quite believe it. When he invited his classmates to his home and watched his copycat version of "American Cube", his home immediately became the home of several of his classmates. The most popular place to go after school.

In the end, Mo Huaimi finally couldn't bear the annoyance and deleted the game he made himself, to be precise, he copied it.

This also disappointed his classmates because they had no free games to play.

This time, after he heard that Mars Entertainment was going to release a PC game, Mo Huaimi was still very excited, and the trial version of this game would also be released together with a new game magazine, which was very important to him. A very novel idea.

He had never seen any magazine that came with a game floppy disk.

As a computer enthusiast, Mo Huaimi often buys several computer magazines, such as "Programmer", which he buys in almost every issue. Computer magazines like these have PC game columns, which often introduce some new games. Games will also publish some game codes written by computer enthusiasts themselves.

For example, Mo Huaimi sent the code of his copycat "American Cube" to several computer magazines, including "Programmer".

Originally, he just thought it was fun, and he didn't really think that what he wrote would be published in a magazine. In fact, it was not published, but he still received a reply from "Programmer" magazine.

The letter explained several aspects of the code of his copycat "American Cube" that could be modified to be more concise, and then said that many employees at their magazine liked his copycat PC version of "American Cube", but it was Because there is no copyright, they cannot publish it and can only play it in their own magazine.

By the way, I gave Mo Huaimi half a year's worth of "Programmer" magazine as a thank you.

This made Mo Huaimi very excited.

On the morning of the first day of the release of the first issue of "Game", Mo Huaimi came to the bookstore he often came to early. The owner of the bookstore was also familiar with him, and yesterday Mo Huaimi asked the owner of the bookstore , does he have "game" here? The bookstore owner told him in a very sure tone that he had ordered a hundred copies and they would be delivered tomorrow morning.

However, when Mo Huaimi arrived early in the morning, he saw a long queue at the door of this bookstore, which usually had few people in the morning. He only counted roughly and found that there were at least thirty people in the queue. people.

"How is this going?"

As Mo Huaimi thought, he parked his bicycle on the side of the road and ran quickly towards the bookstore.

Then he saw one of his classmates in the long line of people. This classmate also liked to play games, and his level of "American Cube" was very high, much higher than that of Mo Huai Mi. There was a machine in the arcade near their school that had been changed to his name by his classmate.

Of course, his classmate is also a fan of Mars Entertainment. Originally, his classmate planned to invite him to the trial meeting in Chicago, but he was delayed by something, so his classmate went by himself. .

After coming back, his classmate directly praised Mars Entertainment and Jester Lee as gods, and he said that the four games he played there were simply not inferior to "American Cube", especially A game called "Snowman Brothers" is the best game he has ever played, surpassing the same type of "Donkey Kong".

Mo Huaimi was also very yearning for what he heard. He regretted not going there and missed the opportunity to see it.

His classmate obviously saw him too, so he waved to Mo Huaimi.

"Mike, are you here to buy that new magazine too?" His classmate asked Mike Mowaimi with a smile.

However, Mo Huaimi glanced at his classmate with some surprise. In his impression, his classmate did not have the habit of buying computer magazines.

Then Mo Huaimi looked at the long queue again, and suddenly had a bad idea.

Won’t these be the ones who will buy “game” in the future?

Then Mo Huaimi looked carefully at the people in line, and he suddenly discovered that most of these people were people who often went to arcades to play games like him. A few of them looked particularly familiar. Without exception, they all love the games of Mars Entertainment very much.

At this moment, a delivery pickup truck came from one end of the road and stopped next to the bookstore.

This caught everyone's attention.

A big white man wearing a yellow overalls from the DHL Express Company walked out of the car, then slipped two cardboard boxes tightly wrapped in plastic paper from the back of the pickup truck and walked towards the bookstore.

The courier worker was obviously shocked when he saw the long queue in front of the bookstore, but he quickly returned to normal and carried the two cartons through the crowd and walked into the bookstore. Obviously, the owner of the bookstore knew the courier worker, and the two had a brief conversation. The courier worker obviously had other express items to deliver, so he said goodbye and left.

The owner of the bookstore looked at the people who had already lined up at his place. He didn't waste any time. He cut the binding strips of the box with scissors, tore off the plastic paper, opened the box, and revealed that it was full of exquisite books. magazine cover.

And the word "game" on the cover attracted everyone's attention.

The boss took out a copy of "Game" printed on full-color coated paper from the box. The magazine was sealed in a transparent plastic bag, and a floppy disk with a sticker with the game name "City of Guild Wars" on the back of the magazine. that side.

Then, the originally orderly queue of people waiting to buy suddenly surged.

The owner of the bookstore didn't waste any time. He patted the table directly, waved the "game" he was holding with his other hand, and shouted loudly: ""game" magazine, $22, buy in order, there are only One hundred copies!”

Then a young white man who was first in line threw a fifty-dollar bill onto the table without hesitation, and at the same time kept saying: "Two, give me two."

The second person also shouted to the boss without hesitation: "I have two copies too."

Mo Huaimi was at the end of the queue and saw that the first few people were buying several copies. He suddenly became anxious. He counted himself and found that he was in the thirty-seventh or eighth position. If everyone in front bought two or three copies, Otherwise, the magazine might not be able to reach him and the magazine would be sold out.

He had already asked the bookstore owner yesterday afternoon. The bookstore owner told him that he was not very sure about how many copies he could sell, so he only bought a hundred copies.

Therefore, Mo Huaimi did not hesitate to call out the name of his classmate who was lining up in front of him.

His classmate heard someone calling his name and saw that it was Mo Huaimi waving, and immediately understood what the other person meant. He just smiled and made an OK gesture, telling Mo Huaimi to feel relieved.

Mo Huaimi's classmate was at the front of the entire queue, at about the thirteenth or fourth position. As the number of people in front continued to decrease, it was almost his turn.

After a few more minutes, it was finally the turn of Mo Huaimi's classmate, and then Mo Huaimi saw his classmate take out a one-hundred-dollar bill and buy four books directly.

Seeing this scene, Mo Huaimi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't need to worry about whether he could buy it.

Seeing someone buying four copies directly, many people at the back of the queue were a little angry, and some grumpy ones began to curse, because these people knew that if the people in front of them continued to buy like this, they would have no need to queue up.

Seeing the commotion in the crowd, it also attracted the attention of the bookstore owner. Obviously something would happen to the bookstore owner. After all, the people who came to buy this magazine were all young people with high spirits, so he looked at the specific number of people in line. Then he looked at the number of magazines left, and without much thought, he just made an instant decision. Each person could only sell a maximum of two magazines.

This also calmed down the previously agitated crowd.

But this had nothing to do with Mo Huai Mi. After his classmate bought the magazine and was about to leave on his bicycle, he called his name and waved to him, gesturing for him to leave together.

Then, Mo Huaimi quickly ran to the side of the road without hesitation, got on his bicycle, pedaled a few times, and accelerated towards his classmates.

Mo Huai Mi's classmate was obviously waiting for him behind, so he didn't ride fast. When he saw Mo Huai Mi catching up, he proudly waved the four thick magazines he still held in his hand.

"Why did you buy four copies?" Mo Huaimi asked a little strangely.

"Haha." His classmate laughed loudly at first, and then said very excitedly, "I am investing in Mars Entertainment! You see those arcade owners who pre-ordered Mars Entertainment's arcade machines in advance and got the goods first. , I made a lot of money, I went to the arcade near our school after ten o'clock last night to play "Bubble Bobble" and I had to queue up!"

"But what does this have to do with you buying four magazines?" Mo Huaimi still didn't understand.

"That's it!" Mo Huai Mi's classmate turned over the magazine in his hand and turned the side with the game floppy disk towards Mo Huai Mi. He said in an unquestionable tone, "I believe that Mars Entertainment's No. 1 A PC game must be as good as the arcade games they make! In a few days, people who haven’t bought this "game" magazine will definitely pay a lot of money!"

ps: Mike Mowaimi: He actually doesn’t need my introduction because he is so famous. He is one of the co-founders of Blizzard. The reason why I initially set the protagonist to be a UCL student is because the two founders of Blizzard were together in 1985. I will study at UCL next year, I have a good reservation.