Chapter 767: Successful Bet

Under the stimulation of money, the number of registrations for the first day of the public test of Extreme Speed Racing had already reached ten million. At the same time, with one hundred servers opened, the number of concurrent online users reached five hundred thousand.

"Director Chen, should we bring out all the backup servers?" Wang Lei was a bit excited. After being in the game industry for so long, this was still the first time he had launched a game whose servers were full on the first day of public test. This feeling is too great!

"No need, the harder a game is to play, the more it arouses people's curiosity." Chen Yang had witnessed the frenzy of game players. As long as a game is fun, they will surely have enough patience to wait.

Wang Lei said with a bit of worry: "Now the servers are full; will those players who originally had interest in our game give up because they can't wait?"

Chen Yang smiled and reassured him: "Our servers have the anti-addiction system; after eight hours, it will naturally clear out some spots for newcomers to enter."

Wang Lei said, not understanding: "Our current servers are enough to guarantee one million simultaneous online users; why not open them all at once?"

Chen Yang laughed: "General Manager Wang, although our game requires real-name verification, each player can claim the ten-yuan trial reward in just one hour. If they keep registering with relatives' and friends' ID cards, the ten‑billion‑yuan reward pool will be drained in no time."

"So, to keep the activity's heat going longer, we must not let those who came solely for the reward achieve their goal too easily."

Upon hearing this, Wang Lei suddenly realized. The slower the ten‑billion‑yuan reward is consumed, the longer the heat of Extreme Speed Racing will last.

Of course, he also clearly understood that the ten‑billion‑yuan reward could not be exchanged for a hundred million users. After all, the total number of gamers nationwide is only over thirty million. Many of them are loyal fans of a few major domestic game companies; even if they come out of curiosity, they can only be passersby.

Limiting the number of online users not only maintains the game's heat, but also filters out the die‑hard fans who truly love this game.

"Director Chen, should we also provide some special rewards for the players who regularly play the game?"

Chen Yang thought for a moment, then told Wang Lei: "Go talk to the representatives of those car manufacturers and see who is willing to cooperate with us to launch a special edition car. This car will be used to reward players who have accumulated a login status of thirty days."

Upon hearing this, Wang Lei immediately gave Chen Yang a thumbs up. "Director Chen, this plan is excellent! The in‑game items cost nothing and yet achieve the goal of retaining players."

Chen Yang thought a bit more and then urged him: "General Manager Wang, if the number of players can stay at five hundred thousand concurrent online for a whole week, we can gradually open new servers. We hope that after the ten‑billion‑yuan reward is used up, our game can maintain at least 1.5 million simultaneous online users."

Wang Lei nodded. If we can reach 1.5 million simultaneous online users, Extreme Speed Racing will become a colossus in the racing‑game genre.

You should know that Kart Rider, which had its public test half a year earlier, currently has a peak concurrent online count of only five hundred thousand. Extreme Speed Racing matched that record on its first day of public test.

The power of money is indeed unstoppable!

Of course, Wang Lei clearly understands that although the record has been broken, wanting to completely retain players leaves a road ahead that is still obstructed and long.

To repay the support of Chen Yang, Wu Jingzhong, and Tang Qingquan, he must work harder. He will remodel Extreme Speed Racing to make it even more perfect.

Not long after Wang Lei left, full of enthusiasm, Chen Yang received a call from Huo Yunyan.

"Chen Yang, your game only has 500,000 concurrent online users; why not add more servers?"

"Director Huo, the company's current servers can only support one million simultaneous online users. Using only half of them is mainly to be able to respond quickly in case of emergencies."

"No, if you do this, after the money is spent, Public Pass will only end up with a bunch of zombie users. Then spending three hundred million yuan would not be worth it!"

"Director Huo, our betting agreement never said we must have fifteen million active users!"

"Besides, many of the users in the banks merely opened a card and then conducted no business. Would the bank's leadership therefore blame the tellers who issued the cards for incompetence?"

"Chen Yang, you're switching concepts; how can Public Pass be compared to banks?"

"Director Huo, why can't Public Pass be compared to banks? We can let users deposit money, and also allow them to freely transfer the funds in their accounts to other banks under their name or use them for online shopping. If we really compare, Public Pass actually offers a higher user experience than most banks."

"Alright, I can't argue with you. Anyway, you are also a major shareholder; if this investment fails, you can explain it to the board yourself!"

Huo Yunyan hung up without letting Chen Yang say another word.

Chen Yang smiled helplessly. Huo Yunyan always sees only immediate benefits. Little did she know that if Public Pass could truly absorb a hundred million users, its future standing in the online payment world could be on par with the four major banks, and even surpass them.

After all, banks' online payment has many thresholds; Public Pass only needs money in the account to conduct various online consumptions. From the customers' perspective, under equal safety, they will surely choose the more convenient service.

One week later, after confirming that Extreme Speed Racing's concurrent online number had consistently stayed at five hundred thousand, Wang Lei opened another hundred servers.

The new servers had just gone online when they were immediately filled by enthusiastic players. The registration count for Extreme Speed Racing quickly rose to thirty million.

At that moment, Cheng Xiao Xiao called Chen Yang with congratulations, telling him that the newly registered users of Public Pass had successfully broken through fifteen million.

This meant that Chen Yang had already fulfilled the betting agreement with Huo Yunyan and the four major banks, so he no longer needed to advance three hundred million yuan in promotion fees.

After Cheng Xiao Xiao hung up, Qian Duo Duo also ran into Chen Yang's office.

"Boss, good news—our e‑commerce platform's new users have increased by another fifteen million!"

"Moreover, at least twenty million users on the platform have spent the ten‑yuan reward offered by Extreme Speed Racing."

Chen Yang nodded satisfied. Although he would prefer those players to use the red packets inside Extreme Speed Racing, using them on the Old Hundreds e‑commerce platform also counts as the wool returning to the sheep.

Moreover, these newly registered game players, after experiencing online shopping, are likely to develop an interest. In the future, when buying and selling game equipment and accounts, they will also consider the Old Hundreds e‑commerce platform as an option.

Chen Yang had Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company and Public Pass join this linkage plan, also to help the company develop more customers.

It is obvious that both Public Pass and the Old Hundreds e‑commerce platform truly benefited from this event.