"This one..." Ye Zhi suddenly understood.
After returning from Tongshan last time, she had discussed with Bai Xuan and the others about making a horror-themed competitive game.
This original art was for the new game.
Presumably, when it was filmed, no one had noticed this scene, which was why this piece of original art appeared in the video.
"President Ye, the game hasn't even been released, and the original art has already been leaked due to my negligence," Bai Xuan said guiltily. "Some players have already noticed this image, and there are quite a few people discussing the new game online..."
"Is that so?" Ye Zhi clicked on the Zhiwei website. "Let me take a look first."
Zhiwei's trending topics were now dominated by Taoxun Games' live streams, with discussions about the new game scheduled to go live tomorrow everywhere.
Ye Zhi scrolled down the trending topics and found the hashtag #TaoxunOriginalArt#, which was rapidly climbing the ranks.
[This original art's style is a bit creepy, completely different from their previous two games. I bet five yuan this is definitely a new game! And a horror game!]
[Is Taoxun really releasing a new game? Didn't they say Taoxun Games was just a small department with few people? Their production capacity is too high! Taoxun, how many more surprises do you have that I don't know about?]
[Isn't Taoxun an online shopping platform? Why are they addicted to making games? To this, I just want to say, please increase the output! I really like the style of the new game!]
...
Ye Zhi briefly scrolled through. The feedback on the original art was all positive, and it had piqued the anticipation of many players.
When she looked up, she saw Bai Xuan still standing nervously at the side. It was likely that she was worried about the leak of the original art affecting the game's future promotional plans.
"Isn't this a good thing?" Ye Zhi smiled faintly. "Since players have already discovered it, let's openly acknowledge it! Have the official Weibo account of Taoxun Games post this original art. We can leverage our own popularity." xxs12
Bai Xuan: ...
Even piggybacking on their own popularity, she truly lived up to her reputation as President Ye.
"Alright, you can go back now," Ye Zhi said. "The game is launching tomorrow, so keep a close eye on it."
Bai Xuan nodded and finally left, relieved.
The next day at ten o'clock, "Encountering the Westward Journey" officially launched.
As soon as the game opened, it experienced lag. Fortunately, the game department was well-prepared and quickly resolved the issue.
"Encountering the Westward Journey" was a huge success, and the opening of the gacha pool triggered countless players to draw and show off their pulls.
Of course, there were also those who were not interested in this type of game. However, when the official Weibo account of Taoxun Games posted the new game's original art, the previous speculations were confirmed, immediately attracting many people to the new game.
Many people sighed, saying that in the past, they always said Taoxun Games didn't give them opportunities to spend money, but they never expected Taoxun to actually make a paid game, and to hold their wallets so tightly.
Ye Zhi visited the game department. Seeing that everything was going smoothly, she left the game department to find Chen Wei.
Chen Wei was extremely busy these days.
When he saw Ye Zhi arrive, he only nodded slightly before immersing himself back into his work.
"I told you a few days ago about doing a 'Collect Blessings' event for Taoxun Chat. How's the preparation going?" Ye Zhi asked.
"The program is no longer an issue. However..." Chen Wei frowned. "Collecting blessings and distributing two hundred million is a great gimmick, but is it really necessary to throw two hundred million into it?"
"You don't understand this. Taoxun Chat is fundamentally a social software. This 'Collect Blessings' event will greatly increase new user downloads and user interaction.
The 'Collect Blessings' event will last for about a week, which is enough time to cultivate user stickiness and retain most users. Those two hundred million will be absolutely worth it. And besides..."
Ye Zhi paused, then smiled enigmatically. "Who told you this money couldn't be recouped? In the 'Collect Blessings' event, players can collect various blessing cards. These blessing cards come with many coupons from different brands. Do you think I'm promoting those brands for free?"
Chen Wei was stunned. "There are sponsors?"
"Of course," Ye Zhi curled her lips slightly. "I'm a capitalist, not a philanthropist. The brands get promotion, we save money, users get red envelopes, everyone is happy. Isn't this a win-win-win?"
Chen Wei: ...
As expected, he was more suited to writing programs.
"How are the discussions with the Spring Festival Gala going?" Ye Zhi continued to ask.
"It's almost done," Chen Wei said. "Our people have attended two rehearsals and have confirmed the time for the red envelope grabbing. Even if there are changes later, we can adjust them in time."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Ye Zhi asked for a few more details, then returned to her office.
As soon as she returned, Feng Jie came to see her.
"President Ye, this is the list of New Year's gift boxes that the logistics department has prepared for employee procurement. Please take a look if you need to make any changes," Feng Jie said.
Ye Zhi took the list and glanced at it. The list mainly contained common New Year's goods such as nuts, meats, and so on, with a fairly rich variety. Ye Zhi looked at the price; the value of this gift box was five hundred yuan.
She frowned and said directly, "Please inform the logistics department that there's no need to procure the New Year's gift boxes."
"Ah?" Feng Jie was stunned, and he quickly persuaded her, "President Ye, New Year's gift boxes are still very necessary. This kind of welfare can enhance employee cohesion and sense of belonging..."
"You didn't understand what I meant," Ye Zhi said lightly. "Although this gift box is good, not everyone wants the items inside. Giving each employee a thousand yuan for New Year's goods, so they can buy whatever they want, isn't that better than giving them some gift box?"
Feng Jie's mouth opened, President Ye is so generous!
"Okay, President Ye!" Feng Jie came to his senses and readily agreed.
*
At Qianbai Company, Shi Fan looked at the online discussions about "Encountering the Westward Journey" and couldn't help but sigh.
President Ye is indeed President Ye. No matter what she does, she does it with flair. Judging by the current popularity of the game, the revenue of "Encountering the Westward Journey" will definitely not be low.
Shi Fan took out his phone, wanting to download and try it, when suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Shi Fan quickly put his phone down and said in a deep voice, "Come in."
The president's secretary walked in and said, "Vice President Shi, President Ou just called. He said he hopes to prepare the New Year's gift boxes for employees this year and wants to ask for your opinion."
Shi Fan was stunned, and then he let out a cold laugh.
He could easily guess Ou Minghan's little intentions.
Recently, Qianbai had been very 'lively,' with various businesses expanding very 'smoothly,' and the stock price had been rising. Perhaps in Ou Minghan's eyes, this was a scene of vigorous development and blossoming prosperity.
Therefore, even though the investors had kicked him out of the decision-making circle, he still wanted to try to win people's hearts in this way.
"Then let him prepare it," Shi Fan snorted. Since Ou Minghan wanted to spend this money, let him spend it!