Chapter 94: Pick peaches!

Judging solely by the poster's quality, Legend is flawless.

But… Zhang Feng is too familiar with the gaming world; he knows all too well what it means to hang a sheep's head and sell dog meat.

For a game like this that had no prior promotion at all, the probability of its content being a complete mess is very high.

Zhang Feng wanted to casually close the page.

But…

He couldn't bear to.

Because, the appeal of that poster was simply too great.

Players who are passionate about games all know that if character and background designs are good enough, they become a deadly temptation.

So…

In the end, Zhang Feng still didn't close the page.

He decided to give Legend a chance.

At the same time, countless netizens encountered the same thing as Zhang Feng.

Among them, some people had closed the page.

But in the end they still reopened the page and downloaded Legend.

There are many reasons, but if we talk about the biggest cause, it's probably still…

Later, someone conducted a survey of some players, naturally asking this question.

The most common answer was: Sword and Distant hasn't come out yet, and there's currently no other game to play, so downloading Legend to kill some time is fine.

……

One hour after Legend went live.

"Director Chen, Legend's downloads have exceeded two hundred thousand!" said the data analyst from the technical department, excitedly.

Chen Qiao was stunned, then couldn't help but glance at Lu Yu beside him.

Chen Qiao had completely not expected this result.

Downloads reaching two hundred thousand in one hour?

This is an achievement even Plants vs. Zombies didn't have!

More importantly, Sword and Distant is about to be released, occupying all the hype.

And Legend hasn't undergone even a bit of promotion!

This is simply unbelievable.

Lu Yu, however, smiled slightly and lightly nodded, as if this were an unimportant matter.

Chen Qiao felt somewhat helpless, noticing that Lu Yu always had this indifferent air, as if victory were always in his grasp.

But… isn't that exactly the fact?

At this moment, Chen Qiao couldn't help but recall two days earlier.

Two days ago, Lu Yu called Chen Qiao to discuss publicity matters.

At that time, Chen Qiao had already prepared to lose everything.

Wanting to oppose Grand Plan, Chen Qiao couldn't leave himself any retreat.

But…

"Take over the homepage recommendation slots on all major portal sites now."

"Just tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be enough."

"Because the day after tomorrow, Grand Plan's game will be released; they've surely already contacted the portal sites. We couldn't possibly get them."

Lu Yu said that at the time.

Securing all those homepage recommendation slots would naturally not be cheap, but it's still far from what Chen Qiao imagined.

With this expense, it's not even one-tenth of his estimate.

"Is this… enough?" At that time, Chen Qiao wore a face of disbelief.

"Yeah, enough." Lu Yu lightly nodded.

After a pause, Lu Yu still gave an explanation.

"Grand Plan's promotion has already been taken to the extreme; we couldn't possibly outdo them."

"We also don't need to compete."

"Grand Plan's promotion has made the domestic gaming environment become heated."

"Now probably all players are waiting for a new online game to appear; their enthusiasm has become unprecedented."

"This is good for us."

"As long as we release our game before Grand Plan does, their current hype could become ours."

These were Lu Yu's exact words; he didn't explain them very clearly.

But Chen Qiao already understood.

Now there's basically no company directly confronting Grand Plan, but…

What if Grand merely leveraged the momentum they created?

Pluck peaches!

At that time, Chen Qiao thought of these three words.

No wonder, Lu Yu has been doing no promotion!

This trick is indeed clever, but the risk is naturally great.

Will the netizens buy into it?

Will the players see through Lu Yu's idea?

Will it possibly backfire when the time comes?

These are all very possible things that could happen.

Lu Yu naturally thought of that as well.

So, he and Xie Lin made a poster together.

It was precisely because of this poster that most of the players were retained!

As of now, Grand has succeeded, and Lu Yu has succeeded!

At the very least, that's how it is now.

……

What comes next is the most important time.

From now on, I want the Technical Department to have at least five people on duty at all times.

The game has just started; there must be no signs of collapse at all.

Also, the Operations Department must have at least two people online 24/7.

Lu Yu said to Chen Qiao.

Chen Qiao nodded heavily.

The download count for Legend is now astonishingly high—this is a great start.

But……

They still have opponents; their current success is just borrowing the east wind.

What if the players don't like Legend?

What if the players have a bad experience in Legend?

Combat…… now truly begins!

……

At night, inside a certain club.

Mr. Qin's face darkened; his cigar was about to burn out, but he didn't care.

"You mean Legend's downloads have reached one million today?" Mr. Qin asked again.

Wang Xin could only nod.

Mr. Qin closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then said: "That kid named Lu Yu is truly a talent."

He actually managed to come up with such a plan.

The atmosphere I created—he's taken it all for himself.

Grand… is deceiving me!

Mr. Qin's face flushed with anger; he pinched his cigar into a lump with two fingers.

Wang Xin dared not speak.

He also bears responsibility for this.

His responsibility was failing to notice Lu Yu's actions in advance.

"Sorry……" Wang Xin finally apologized.

Mr. Qin cut Wang Xin off, saying: "It's not your fault; Lu Yu's secrecy work was too good, his methods too sneaky."

"So… should we sue Grand next?" Wang Xin whispered.

Mr. Qin shook his head, saying: "It's useless; Grand hasn't broken any rules."

The only option now is……

Use Sword and Distance to defeat Legend.

Saying this, Mr. Qin couldn't help but slam his fist hard on the table.

No matter what, he still ended up being played by Lu Yu.

His countless investments all ended up being Lu Yu's dowry.

But!

Nothing has ended yet.

Or rather, this is just a beginning.

Who dares to make Mr. Qin suffer a loss?

Mr. Qin will definitely make the other side suffer an even greater loss!

Wait and see, Grand,

Wait and see, Lu Yu!

This grudge, Mr. Qin will surely repay!

Then, Mr. Qin and Wang Xin talked for a good while before leaving the club.

That night, neither of them drank, because they still had business to attend to—and they weren't in the mood.