Chapter 163 E-sports Manager: It’s so exciting to grab a wave and run!

"Esports manager? That mobile game project?" Han Yong asked with some confusion.

If Pei Yunteng hadn't suddenly mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that he had done such a thing.

"What? Did you stop the project?" Pei Yunteng asked curiously.

Tencent's high-end version of "League of Legends: The Godfather of E-Sports", produced according to high-specification mobile game standards, is still in the intensive development stage.

Recently, they have been preparing to carry out some covert propaganda in the style of the Uncle Party.

However, "Honor: Esports Manager", which was launched earlier than the League, has not received any publicity for such a long time.

It's as if this project doesn't exist at all.

"That's not the case...it's just that the prospects of that project don't seem very bright." Han Yong felt a little ashamed.

It was he who personally proposed and promoted the e-sports manager project.

The goal at the time was to benchmark against world-renowned annual sports games, such as FIFA and NBA2K series, and create a long-term project that could both attract players and increase revenue for the league.

But this group of senior executives found it easy to talk about the plan when it came to implementation, but big problems arose when it came to implementation.

When the outsourcing company responsible for the development received this plan, they were shocked.

Can we reproduce the battle mode of Honor on a platform like mobile games?

If possible, it would be best to include the equipment editor?
And this game is likely to compete with Tenghai Company?
What an international joke.

If they had the ability to develop such a game, would they still be here doing outsourced work for big companies?
But the problem is that they can’t afford to offend the e-sports association because of its size, so they can only grit their teeth and carry on.

In the beginning, they were still quite ambitious, thinking that even if they couldn't achieve the depth of the original Honor of Kings, it would be good to make a war chess game that could somewhat reproduce the tactics and strategy of Honor of Kings.

But looking again, the development time is only three or four months.

Tired, hopeless, let it be destroyed.

You don't even have half a year to develop a top-notch, high-quality game? And you want to compete with Tencent?
Almost done.

The outsourcing company gave up their fantasy and held a small meeting to think that if they wanted to meet high standards and strict requirements for this game, they would not be able to do it at all.

Just give up on innovating the gameplay and just make it the simplest and crudest card-based paper-figure collision game.

As for the differences in strategies, tactics, equipment, and different professions...

That’s easy. Just replace them all with numerical values.

Anyway, the above means to make a fan-oriented game. As long as the authorization is obtained, the image and voice are obtained, the rest will be easy, right?
So, what was finally put on Han Yong's table was a krypton gold card drawing matching game that had no sincerity at all and was extremely rubbish.

The only thing that was done well was the amazing depth of development of the Glory itself.

Not only do we need to raise characters, silver weapons, and skill points, these are the traditions of Glory.

You even have to take care of the players' favorability, health, equipment, peripherals, club environment...

These are things that can only be purchased with real money.

Han Yong knew nothing about the mobile game market, and had no idea how powerful the pay-to-win card-drawing system was in terms of making money.

He just thought from a player's simple perspective that a pile of stuff should be handed to him.

When the headquarters learned about this, Codick was astounded and thought it was a genius idea. He immediately sent a message to branches in various countries to follow suit.

Now, Han Yong looked down upon this trash even more.

So we didn't put much effort into publicity.

"No, who told you this thing is rubbish?" After listening to Han Yong's story, Pei Yunteng was not angry, but laughed happily.

"Mr. Pei, do you also think this thing is valuable?" Han Yong was confused.

Pei Yunteng and Codick are two extremes in Han Yong's mind, but they rarely reach a consensus on this matter.

"Well, I know what you're thinking. You want to make E-Sports Manager into a sports game like 2K."

“Therefore, we will pay more attention to transplanting the gameplay of Honor of Kings to the mobile game platform.”

"This is a good idea, but it's not a mobile game." Pei Yunteng explained calmly.

The penetration rate of mobile phones and mobile Internet in this world is not as high as in the same period of the previous life. It is unexpected that a professional player like Ye Xiu would not have a mobile phone.

For this reason, at least before Tencent is willing to make a killing by becoming a King of Glory or Genshin Impact, the mobile game market has not gone too far down the path of heavy workload and kryptonian-intensive games.

The utilization of fragmented time and casual gameplay are still the absolute mainstream of mobile games.

In this context, if Han Yong really creates an Honor 2K online, it may not be as popular as the current pay-to-win card-drawing mobile games.

After all, the magic of paying for cards has been verified by Pei Yunteng in countless games in his previous life.

"President Han, there is one thing you need to understand."

"You can question Kotick's character, and you can question Kotick's ability to run the association."

"But when it comes to making money, especially making quick money, he must be an expert among experts."

Han Yong listened to Pei Yunteng's cunning explanation and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Love is a bunch of rubbish, how can it have so many twists and turns?
I don’t really understand you dirty capitalists.

"To put it simply, skin-covering, pay-to-win, and card-drawing mobile games like E-Sports Manager are basically just a way to consume the reputation of the developer and the IP, make a quick buck, and then run away."

“Don’t worry about whether it has staying power or not. As long as it can make money in the first few days after it goes online, it is a successful game.” Pei Yunteng made his final conclusion.

After he explained it this way, Han Yong finally gave up the idea of ​​shelving the project. However, he was still a little worried about some things.

"Then, Mr. Pei, how should we deal with the public opinion storm caused by this model?"

"After all, eating like this is a bit ugly." He asked subconsciously.

"Public opinion... let me think about it..." Pei Yunteng pondered for a few seconds and his eyes lit up.

"Didn't you say that the mobile game model was borrowed by Kotick? Then why not just put the blame on him?"

"As for the possible negative public opinion towards the contestants, I do have a solution..."

……

Tyranny Club.

Zhang Xinjie pushed open the door of the training room with a document in his hand, and as expected, saw Han Wenqing sitting in front of the computer in a daze.

Even someone as calm as him couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

Originally, the Tyranny team didn’t have high hopes for Han Wenqing’s live broadcast results.

He is not like Ye Xiu, who has a poisonous mouth and can chat and make a scene in the live broadcast room at a high frequency.

Being able to turn the live broadcast into a fan meeting would be considered a success.

But who would have thought that after it actually aired, the exact opposite would happen.

It is precisely because Han Wenqing is too old-fashioned and meticulous that people in the live broadcast room are more keen to fish in his live broadcast room, and those who are willing to take the bait will do so.

Zhang Xinjie still remembers the distorted look on Han Wenqing's face when he unintelligibly said "Thanks to the rocket from 'I want to be Mr. Wenqing's dog'" in the live broadcast room.

This made the Tyranny guys who were watching the live broadcast next door unable to hold back and burst into laughter. In the end, they were punished by Han Wenqing after he took the show off.

The more serious Han Wenqing is during the live broadcast, the more his fans want him to do something fun.

They are responsible for all the show effects.

Zhang Xinjie walked lightly behind Han Wenqing. As expected, Han Wenqing was searching for "Tips to prevent phishing in live broadcast rooms".

It is true that I have been traumatized by my fans during this period of time.

Zhang Xinjie forced himself to hold back his smile and said softly, "Captain, there is a mission."

"Mission? Are we going to play a competition?" Han Wenqing was stunned.

"No, it's a publicity mission." Zhang Xinjie handed the information in his hand to Han Wenqing.

“The turn-based e-sports simulation mobile game, Glory: E-sports Manager, based on our Glory Professional League, is about to be launched in public beta.”

"Esports Manager? Is that the game whose promotional video we shot before?" Han Wenqing quickly recalled the experience of shooting the promotional video last time.

The reason why it was so impressive was that those lines were indeed a bit awkward for Han Wenqing.

He didn't remember saying such a childish thing...

"Yes, the game has been developed and is being promoted intensively." Zhang Xinjie nodded.

"The higher-ups hope that players like us who broadcast live can take some time out to play this game during the broadcast to expand our influence."

"What type of game is this?" Han Wenqing showed a rare interest.

He was a little curious. The league had gathered all the remaining outstanding players together with great fanfare to record their movements and lines, which seemed to show that they were very confident in the game.

I think it should be a good game?

"The information we have received so far is that it is a mobile game."

"Is that so... Then I need to adapt to the operation mode of the mobile game in advance." Han Wenqing didn't think too much about it.

He doesn't know much about the mobile game market, nor does he know what the mainstream mobile game market is like.

Even because he has been focusing on Honor of Kings, a strange game that has no official in-game payment channel for players, Han Wenqing is not very sensitive to the game's in-game payment mechanism.

"Give me a specific time when the game will be released, and I will try to play it then."

Han Wenqing gave a few simple instructions and began to focus on his anti-phishing studies again.

He really didn't want to be hooked by his own audience and become a black carp.

Similar things are quietly happening in all the major clubs in the Glory League.

However, most professional players are not prepared for this.

After all, although the Honor Professional League and Honor itself have their own problems, one thing is undeniable:
That is, Honor is really a good game.

With the reputation established by this veteran, they all subconsciously have a kind of trust in the alliance's new mobile game with the Honor brand.

In such a calm atmosphere, the promotion of "Honor: E-sports Manager" is proceeding in an orderly manner.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the public beta.

　Here is the first update. There will be more later, don’t worry.

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(End of this chapter)