Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

Starting from the 27th, Fruit Assassin has ushered in its explosive period.

Sales exceeded 10,000 that day, and exceeded 30,000 on the 28th.

Others in the studio originally thought that this was probably the most brilliant performance increase for Fruit Assassin.

But no one expected that as more than 20 versions of Fruit Assassin’s advertising videos swept YouTube, the number of Fruit Assassin players further increased, and at the same time, the number of users watching the advertising videos also increased.

Even people who have never played this game can easily be attracted by these creative video contents.

What these bloggers didn't expect was that they thought they were just lucky enough to receive a business order this time.

But who would have thought that because this time Fruit Assassin’s advertising videos are all kinds and diverse, with channels spread across various categories, food, digital, lifestyle, dance... There are more than 20 bloggers, covering almost everything on YouTube

Category channels.

There are only three channels focusing on games.

Even the advertising videos released by these three game channel bloggers were not as viewed as the video by the food blogger.

With the broadcast of this advertising video, not only did this food blogger not be disgusted by the audience for accepting the advertisement, he even gained a lot of followers, which even he did not expect.

It is such an exaggerated communication effect that allowed Fruit Assassin to successfully exceed 60,000 sales on the 29th and its rapid growth, leaving the last two mobile games adapted from PC IP far behind.

Even the sales volume of these two combined is not as much as that of Fruit Assassin.

When the time came to the evening of the 30th, the sales volume of Fruit Assassin officially exceeded 100,000, which shocked everyone.

Even the mobile game planner of Exotic Sword couldn’t hold back. He went so far as to criticize a light-weight game like Fruit Assassin on his personal Twitter for being vulgar and immature, claiming that those who play this kind of game are just a bunch of people at the bottom of society.

moth.

Although this tweet was probably deleted within a few minutes of being posted, it was still screenshotted by someone who was interested and spread wildly on major platforms.

So much so that Fruit Assassin took advantage of the popularity of the Exotic Sword itself to further increase its popularity and influence.

…

North America, App Store offices.

Myron looked at the sales data and growth curve displayed in the background, his eyes still a little dull.

He really couldn't figure it out.

Why is it that the Exotic Sword that I am most optimistic about can't beat Stand the Ground? After all, they are both IPs, and they can be said to have their own popularity, but now they can't even beat such a crude game!

What the hell is going on with this world?!

A high-quality game is rubbed on the ground by a low-level game?

If this kind of thing happened in a PC game, it would be simply magic within magic.

No, it should be said that it is impossible to happen at all!

Only in a deformed market like mobile games can such strange phenomena occur.

"Here, fill out the form." Nord, who was on the side, was obviously not in as bad a mood as Myron. He even hummed a little tune and handed Myron the list of recommended members for next week's trial. "Although the personal impact is not that great.

Already."

After all, the current sales of Fruit Assassin can be said to be unparalleled, and there is no rival at all. Next week’s game category cover recommendation is almost a sure thing.

This is undoubtedly a compliment for Nord, who has been very optimistic about Fruit Assassin from the beginning.

Even though there is no bonus whatsoever.

"If I weren't more senior than you, I would have suspected that you were secretly tampering with the exposure mechanism in the background." Myron took the recommendation list and began to fill in the game recommendation quota for next week, still a little unconvinced.

"The backstage is not under our control." Nord rolled his eyes. After sitting back in his chair, he also looked at the sales data displayed on the backstage. "This Fruit Assassin can be regarded as a classic example of Xiao Bo Da."

"I checked in the past two days and found that this studio and the company behind it were only registered this summer, and there are not even five internal employees."

"And you know, this is a Chinese company."

"What are you talking about?!" Myron jumped up from his chair and came over to Nord, "Are you sure? Although I don't think this Fruit Assassin is a game with high quality and substantial content, but I have to say

It’s still very attractive to non-hardcore gamers.”

"But you told me that it was produced by Huaxia Company?"

"And it was established less than two months ago?!"

Nord shrugged his shoulders and shared the information he found with Myron: "I'm not lying to you, but this company has been established for a relatively short time. Even in China, there is no valuable information. It should be a company that has just started.

A small studio.”

"I went to the colleague who was responsible for screening emails and got the content of the email they sent. It seems that Fruit Assassin is the first game produced by their studio."

"This can really be said to be a perfect combination of strength and luck."

"It's not just luck." After hearing his introduction, Myron felt a little envious of this studio. "This horse is simply a matter of luck! And I still do it every day!"

"Can you imagine?"

"This is better than me going to the bar every day to pick up women of the level of Sirna! And it has to be a bargain!"

Nord sat on the chair, looked up at Myron's sparse hair and bloated body, coughed twice and said, "I think it's more difficult to achieve what you said."

Myron didn't mind, but just rolled his eyes at him: "You really make people sad when you talk."

Both of them knew very well that for games like Exotic Sword or Stand Your Ground, the development team behind them started with at least ten people.

The tower defense type "Stand the Ground" may be better, but the 3D type "Exotic Sword", the salary cost of the R&D team alone costs hundreds of thousands per month.

Not to mention that after the game is released, the cost of publicity and distribution on major platforms can easily reach hundreds of thousands.

And what about Fruit Assassin’s?

For a small team of five people, the R&D cost for two months, considering the lower wages in China, may not even cost US$10,000 in two months.

As for publicity?

Speaking of this, Nord had to mention: "Their propaganda methods are also very clever. There is an old Chinese saying that four ounces can move a thousand pounds, which is similar to the principle of leverage."

"Their publicity method is very similar to this effect. They only rely on about 20 small bloggers with few fans to achieve hundreds of thousands or even millions of publicity effects for other companies."

"If they expected the effect of this propaganda method from the beginning, then I can only say that the people behind it have very vicious vision and very clever methods."

"I noticed it too." Myron sighed, "How much money does this cost..."

"This month alone..." Nord looked at the sales volume and made a rough estimate, "When converted into Chinese currency, it must be in the millions."

…

On the afternoon of August 30th.

Taking advantage of the break during the military training, Xue Weiqiang called a few male classmates and moved several boxes of screaming drinks and puddings bought at noon to the edge of the playground, calling for classmates from Class 8 to come over and share them.

"Holy shit! The squad leader is awesome!"

"Is this money from the class fee?"

"No, I heard that a parent of a classmate in the class gave it to me for free."

"So good?! Whose parents are they?"

"I don't know. The squad leader said that they don't want to be in the limelight, and they just want to express their condolences to us."

Hearing the compliments of his classmates, Xue Weiqiang stood aside and pursed his lips, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.

Xu Xing and others were not polite, they squeezed in and got drinks and pudding before going out to enjoy.

As a result, Xu Xing didn't get to eat the little pudding himself, and was snatched away by Xu Niannian, who had been watching the fun.

"How dare you, a junior, snatch this gift from the parents of this classmate?" Xu Xing looked at the small milky white pudding that had been stuffed into Xu Niannian's mouth and said with a speechless expression.

"I was just sitting in the sun and got burned to death. What if I eat a piece of pudding from you?" Xu Niannian snorted, took out the pudding and sipped it all again, and brought it to Xu Xing's mouth with a smile, "

Do you want it? I'll give it back to you."

"It's disgusting." Xu Xing backed away with a look of disgust, then thrust his head out suddenly and opened his mouth to bite it.

Fortunately, when Xu Niannian was about to take it back, she was so frightened that she suddenly shrank her hands and put the little pudding back into her mouth.

"You are so perverted, you dare to eat the little pudding that my sister has eaten."

"Who handed it over just now? Don't run away if you can."

"Hey, I'm just teasing you."

The two people bickered and teased each other.

At this time, Yan Chiju, who had gotten the little pudding, quietly came to Xu Xing's side and whispered: "Boss, do you want to eat it?"

With that said, she handed over her little pudding.

Xu Xing waved his hand repeatedly and pressed the pudding back into the girl's hand: "Just eat it yourself, don't waste it."

"oh."

Yan Chijiu didn't force it, he opened the wrapping paper obediently, put the tip of the pudding into his mouth, and felt that it was sweet. When it was a little too cool, he took out the pudding and opened his mouth slightly to relax.

slow.

Xu Niannian, who was on the side, saw the two people getting so close, and silently moved to the other side of Xu Xing, pointing at the scream drink that had just been opened in Xu Xing's hand: "Give me a sip."

"You went too far." Xu Xing glanced at her and said, "I even gave you the little pudding."

"How about sister drink mine?" Yan Chijiu on the other side raised his drink and said.

"Look, how generous people are when they are jealous of my sister." Xu Niannian glared at Xu Xing, "You, my younger brother, don't know how to feel sorry for me. I have always stood by your side to accompany you."

"You are such a difficult person to take care of. I didn't force you to come here." Xu Xing was speechless. He directly raised the scream drink and pointed it at Xu Niannian's mouth, "Open your mouth."

The lid of the Screaming Drink is similar to a pacifier. With a slight squeeze, the liquid inside can be sprayed out.

Seeing that Xu Xing was about to ejaculate, Xu Niannian quickly opened her mouth to catch it, filling her mouth with a gurgling sound.

As a result, Xu Xing was still evil-minded and did not stop until the drink overflowed. Xu Niannian's eyes widened and he hid aside and covered his mouth. Only then did Xu Xing stop with a chuckle.

With a bulging mouth, Xu Niannian finally swallowed all the drink in his mouth, and hit Xu Xing on the shoulder viciously: "You must be sick! My mouth is full and you still squirt!"

"I'm not afraid that you were too tired standing next to me just now, so I want to give you more energy." Xu Xing laughed and replied.

Xu Niannian snatched the drink away angrily, reached out and opened his mouth to give him another drink.

Fortunately, Xu Xing ran away quickly and hurriedly ran far away. The two of them chased each other on the playground. In the end, they were tired and panting, so they came back here again.

Yan Chijuan looked at the unscrupulous interaction between the two siblings with great envy in his eyes.

She also really wanted Xu Xing to feed her a drink, and it didn't matter if it filled her mouth.

Or chasing and running like Xu Xing, and if they are caught, the two of them will hug each other sweetly.

While imagining these scenes in his mind, Yan Chijiu didn't notice the overly close relationship between the siblings.

After all, she has had no other siblings since she was a child. She doesn't know if this kind of interaction between siblings is normal. I can only say that the relationship between them is really good.

Sometimes when I see the two of them interacting very closely, even if I know that Xu Niannian is Xu Xing's sister, Yan Chiju can still be secretly jealous, and then imagines that if I and Xu Niannian switch, I can be like Xu Xing.

Just be intimate.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Class 8 continued military training.

After Xu Niannian watched for a while, he went back to his dormitory to continue his art work.

In the evening, the instructor reminded: "Tomorrow is the military training performance for the whole school. Let's have a good rest at night, don't do strenuous exercise, and try to stay in a better condition tomorrow."

"Okay, disband!"

This evening I finally had a break from military training on the playground, and the students cheered loudly.

Lu Pengyou and the others went to the cafeteria to eat. When they saw Xu Xing not following him, they immediately let out a chuckle, not wanting to take another look at the traitor, lest they see any exciting scenes that would hurt their eyes.

On Xu Xing's side, after Yan Chijiu came over, he happened to receive a call from Yao Yuanyuan.

"Hello?"

"Hey, I'm here at the south gate of Min University. Are you okay?"

"Just after disbanding, I came here with jealousy. I'll be there in a few minutes."

"OK." Yao Yuanyuan said, "The red Audi on the roadside is my car."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xing took Yan Chijuan and walked out of the school gate. After a few minutes, he walked out of the school gate and saw the handsome Audi parked on the roadside. There was also a Prince of Tennis sticker on the car. It could be said that it was quite impressive.

It has a sense of age.

Walking to the car, Xu Xing knocked on the window.

After hearing the sound, Yao Yuanyuan inside rolled down the window, smiled and greeted the two people outside: "Long time no see, get in the car, I will take you to eat something delicious."

Xu Xing opened the car door and let Yan Chijuan sit in first, then he followed him into the back seat. After closing the car door, he asked, "Has the contract been signed?"

"It's signed." Yao Yuanyuan nodded, "It will take effect next month. I will decorate the office space in the past two days. After dinner, if you have time, I will take you to see it first?"

"Okay." Xu Xing nodded, then looked at Yan Chijuan, "Are you okay tonight?"

Yan Chijiu immediately shook his head: "It's okay."

Even if something happens, it's okay.

There are not many opportunities to come out with Xu Xing.

Although there is a light bulb like Sister Yuanyuan, it is still better than not being able to stay with Xu Xing.

"After you sign the contract, will the rent be paid next month?" Xu Xing asked again after the car started.

"Just pay the rent next month, there's no rush." ​​Yao Yuanyuan drove the car and replied, "I paid a deposit of 3,600 in advance. Just remember to replenish it when the time comes."

"I've made you bankrupt, I'm a little embarrassed." Xu Xing chuckled twice.

Yao Yuanyuan curled her lips: "I don't think you're embarrassed at all. Bosses are really thick-skinned."

"Both? Have you met other bosses?"

"Yes, my mother is also quite thick-skinned when discussing business."

"...Then you are really filial."