Chapter 1038: New Year's Eve

"Fire plus water is called Vaporize; this is the most basic gameplay mechanic in Genshin, known as an Elemental Reaction."

In front of the computer, Miss Luo Quan controlled Barbara, fighting monsters in the midst of Amber's fire rain: "Of course, the one I'm using is a healer and doesn't have much damage output, but as long as everyone can understand the mechanic, that's enough."

"This game has a total of seven attributes, and there are over a dozen elemental reactions that can be triggered. Each one has a different effect; you'll all know the specifics once the closed beta begins."

Miss Luo Quan finished off the monsters and stopped her inputs.

Her main goal today wasn't to play the game, but to showcase it to her fans and the passersby interested in it.

It is true that in some aspects, Genshin is quite similar to Zelda. After all, the latter is the progenitor of the open-world genre, and since Genshin's first region uses a Western fantasy setting, a sense of déjà vu is inevitable.

But once you actually play it, you will realize that the so-called plagiarism accusations are completely baseless.

The first thing Miss Luo Quan did was clarify the rumors while responding to everyone's skepticism.

And with this demonstration, she also dispelled everyone's concerns.

Prior to this, mobile gamers in China had already encountered countless instances of "CG fraud."

The promotional videos looked impressive, but once you actually played them, you'd find it was just 2D sprites bumping into each other.

Many people had similar concerns about Genshin, fearing it was just "old wine in a new bottle."

But after seeing Miss Luo Quan enter the game interface, everyone realized that what she was playing wasn't significantly different from the content in the promotional CG.

This is a 3D open-world RPG. The visual style isn't aiming for realism; it's a typical anime style, meant to be a bit cuter.

Of course, it's not that Genshin's graphics couldn't be made clearer or more realistic; it's mainly a matter of considering device hardware limitations.

After all, Genshin's main selling point is that it can be played on mobile phones. If the graphics were too demanding, it would be hard for many devices to run it.

After finishing the demonstration, Miss Luo Quan also played Genshin once more on her phone.

The graphics and frame rate were indeed noticeably lower, but overall it was still quite smooth. Walking and fighting in the open world didn't result in any stuttering.

For the average casual gamer, this is already sufficient.

After all, this isn't a highly competitive game like Honor of Kings, where any slight stutter affects gameplay, and even a drop in frame rate feels extremely uncomfortable.

Playing Genshin doesn't require such an extreme gaming experience; running smoothly is enough.

This was Miss Luo Quan's requirement for the development team from the start: she didn't expect Genshin's optimization to be as good as a tiny, few-megabyte game, but the basic experience had to be guaranteed.

It was precisely because they achieved this that Da Wei could tell the boss that Genshin was ready to be shown to the public.

"The demonstration ends here. There is certainly some inspiration taken from Zelda; after all, without it, the concept of an open world wouldn't exist. But to call it plagiarism is just talking nonsense with your eyes open."

"Additionally, regarding the game's development history and future outlook, a leader from the development team will come to discuss it in detail with everyone tomorrow. I won't overstep my bounds here."

After finishing, Miss Luo Quan didn't exit the game immediately; instead, she found a good spot and just left the character idling.

In fact, setting aside the game's plot, characters, and gameplay, just using it as a travel simulator is enough—the scenery inside is truly excellent.

"This tree is so huge, the view is really nice."

"I can use this as my computer wallpaper directly; every frame is a landscape."

"I just studied the plot; this should be the Land of Wind, right? Luo Bao said there are seven elements, so does that mean there are seven nations?"

"It's so big, I feel like my phone can't hold it."

"It's time for an upgrade."

"So the question is, when is the open beta coming? I feel like a 'non-chief' like me won't be able to draw a closed beta qualification at all."

"Same question, same question."

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For most players, the open beta date is definitely what they care about most; after all, those who have a chance to draw a closed beta qualification are in the minority.

"If there are no major bugs during the closed beta, the open beta can start in three months at most. By then, everyone will be able to play."

Seeing so many people asking in the chat, Miss Luo Quan gave a relatively definitive number.

Three months isn't long, but it isn't short either. Impatient people will definitely have to wait in agony for a while.

As for those competitors, they are feeling quite tormented right now.

Originally, they wanted to rely on stirring up trouble to ruin Genshin Impact's reputation, but they didn't expect Miss Luo Quan's response to come so quickly. The trouble started at noon, and by evening, she had already clarified everything, while also taking the opportunity to showcase the excellent quality of her game.

After watching the livestream, those who had been keeping a close eye on Genshin could confirm that their own 2D paper-cut characters couldn't beat it.

Hiring internet trolls to smear Genshin was useless. All they could do now was hope that Genshin would suffer operational errors during the open beta and crash on its own.

However, even though it was useless, the smear pieces against Genshin still had to be published; every little bit of influence counted.

Moreover, if they could stir up waves abroad, it might even have a miraculous effect on the Chinese people, who highly value the opinions of foreigners.

Therefore, although Miss Luo Quan's clarification had a good effect, there were still quite a few people smearing Genshin, and it even spread abroad.

However, this kind of smearing without any real evidence only served to have the opposite effect.

Thanks to these trolls, more and more people became interested in Genshin.

After resolving these issues, Miss Luo Quan stopped paying attention to the online public opinion regarding Genshin and left it all to Da Wei to handle.

The next day, she brought the fourth wave of gifts to the fans who were eagerly waiting:

"All real-name registered Bilibili users who watch any video for one hour every day for seven consecutive days can receive a one-month Bilibili Premium membership."

A continuous monthly subscription for Bilibili Premium is 15 yuan, which isn't very expensive, but since Bilibili went public, there had never been a welfare event giving away Premium memberships.

This action by Miss Luo Quan truly made the crowd of "free-riders" shout "Long live!"

Although there are no ads when watching videos on Bilibili, many anime series require a Premium membership to watch.

The experience for free-riders isn't actually very good; just the 720p image quality is hard to bear.

Now, getting a free month of Premium is enough for them to finish watching the anime they like.

Everyone originally thought that giving away a month of Premium was already top-tier, but Miss Luo Quan's next move could be called the most charitable.

The fifth-day announcement: all movies on Bilibili will no longer charge extra viewing fees, and those released in the future will also become completely free for Premium members.

Sixth-day announcement: all mobile games operated by Bilibili will reset their first-purchase double-bonus status. Even if you used it yesterday, you can still enjoy this benefit today.

Seventh-day announcement: Spring Festival is approaching. Boss Miss Luo Quan is paying 100 million yuan out of her own pocket. All users watching the New Year's Eve Gala on Bilibili will have a chance to receive red envelopes.

The value of the red envelopes ranges from 10 yuan to just under 5,000 yuan. They will be distributed thirty times starting at eight o'clock, once every ten minutes, continuing until twelve o'clock. The number of red envelopes distributed each time is 2,020.

The most crucial part is that the red envelopes distributed this time don't require you to invite friends to "slash" the price, nor are they consumption vouchers that require extra shopping to offset. They are real cash red envelopes.

When distributing, you send a barrage comment to enter the draw. If you win money, it will be deposited into your account, and then you can withdraw it to WeChat or Alipay.

Simple, brainless, and without tricks; it's purely about luck.

If you are blessed by the "God of Luck," the amount of red envelope money users get from Miss Luo Quan might far exceed the red envelopes given by their parents.

After seven consecutive days of welfare distribution, Bilibili users expressed that this time, it finally felt like the New Year.

"Miss Luo Quan pays out of her own pocket, Bilibili divides 100 million on New Year's Eve!"

The news has been on the Weibo trending list for half a day, and the comment section is full of likes and praise.

In the past, no matter what happened, she would always encounter trolls scolding her, but this time it was unanimous praise.

After all, no one would turn their back on money. This is a full 100 million yuan, and it doesn't require any fancy operations. You can participate by sending a barrage comment, and if you win a red envelope, you can withdraw it. It forms a sharp contrast with Pinduoduo next door that makes everyone "slash" the price.

Relying on this operation, in just three days, Bilibili's registered users increased by several million, a significant portion of whom were middle-aged and elderly users over forty or fifty.

These are, of course, not Bilibili's target demographic, but as long as there is traffic, it's a good thing.

Although most of these millions of users will uninstall the software after taking the red envelope, as long as one percent are willing to stay and pay for a Premium membership, this marketing campaign is profitable.

And this is only the third day since the news was released. Before New Year's Eve arrives, it will definitely continue to grow.

Besides this, Bilibili's stock is also like it's been injected with stimulants, surging all the way.

Compared to the night Miss Luo Quan first took over Bilibili, the stock price has already increased by 65%.

Even the most cautious investors, after seeing Bilibili's stock trend, would buy in without thinking and wait for it to appreciate.

In contrast, Bilibili's users are happy and worried:

"Luo Bao, this series of operations makes me feel like you want to make a big haul and run."

"Stop giving away, stop giving away, if you keep giving away, you'll lose even your underwear."

"Underwear gone? Where, where! (Funny. jpg)"

"If 'Uncle' had half your conscience, he wouldn't be scolded like this."

"The capitalist's operational methods are for profit maximization, while Luo Bao's operational methods are truly wanting to make everyone happy."

"The customer is God; Luo Bao has grasped the essence of this sentence."

"God now wants to see Luo Bao wear a high-slit cheongsam and black silk stockings to dance an otaku dance, is that okay?"

"This is good, this is good."

"Compared to those previous benefits, I actually like this one better."

"Luo Bao says, I'm already at this status, and I still have to personally go on stage to pull in business?"

"The industry is in a downturn; the boss has to be ready to go on stage or 'go to sea' at any time."

"Tell me more about 'going to sea'."

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After the carnival, those who remained in the livestream were basically fans.

Their speech was as bold as ever; they didn't treat her as the boss of Bilibili at all.

"What is my status now, and you still want me to dance an otaku dance?"

After being promoted to "Auntie," Miss Luo Quan also started to put on airs: "If you want me to dance, unless Bilibili is so broke that it can't even afford a meal, to stimulate everyone's spending, maybe I could arrange it."

"You said it yourself!"

Barrage comments flew across the screen.

"Haha, I'm just joking."

Miss Luo Quan laughed: "As long as I work hard to make Bilibili better, I believe everyone won't let Bilibili lose money."

"As for otaku dances and such, didn't I often dance them before when I wasn't short of money?"

"In short, this matter depends on the situation. Occasionally, it will definitely happen a few times, but it's unrealistic for me to dance every day like the streamers in the dance section."

"Indeed, this kind of thing can't be too frequent; once a day is really hard to handle."

"？？？？？"

"You better be talking about dancing otaku dances."

"Haha, I feel like teasing Luo Bao after she became the boss is more interesting, why is that?"

"With this net worth, only Luo Bao can lower her status to interact with us like this."

"So I decided to charge her hard today, injecting 100 yuan to buy a Premium membership."

"Buy it if you want, why is the wording so strange?"

"If you get cheeky again, the room moderator is going to take action."

………………

After becoming the boss, some of the more restricted language in Miss Luo Quan's livestream wasn't even easily banned anymore.

This was something the fans hadn't expected. The good news is that they also knew where Miss Luo Quan's bottom line was and didn't get too presumptuous like they did with other "welfare" streamers.

"In short, Bilibili's current operational strategy is to absorb new users and treat old users well."

"To those old Bilibili users who left for various reasons, I also want to shout out to everyone: you can come back and take a look."

"Perhaps after I take over, I might not necessarily be able to make Bilibili return to the way it was back then."

"But at least I will definitely make Bilibili move in a good direction, and anime will always be the theme here!"

If this shout-out were replaced by 'Uncle', the response would probably only be similar to the 'Mongolian Top Laner' incident.

But this time it was Miss Luo Quan, especially after she had done so much before, the feeling it gave people was completely different.

"Good!"

"It can be seen that Miss Luo Quan really wants to do it well."

"The benefits these few days are really conscientious; they are basically starting to solve those disgusting things from before."

"Real experience from an old user returning to the site: there have indeed been some changes, although it's not very obvious yet."

"The community atmosphere needs to be changed slowly; a few days is definitely not enough."

"At least the barrage comments scolding people and inciting conflict have decreased. Reporting was useless before, but now reports are processed in seconds!"

"I have already renewed my Premium membership for a year; I hope Luo Bao won't let everyone down."

"Believe in Luo Bao!"

………………

Relying on the reputation she had accumulated and the effective measures of these few days.

Miss Luo Quan truly made Bilibili earn a wave of great favor in front of all the old and new guests.

As the hegemon of long-form videos, Bilibili still possesses irreplaceability.

Coupled with an excellent community atmosphere and rich and colorful content, as long as it is operated well, it's really hard to lose money.

As for short videos, that was never Bilibili's strong suit. Abandoning the basics to pursue the trivial is the most foolish behavior, and Miss Luo Quan wouldn't make such a mistake. ===== CHAPTER 1039 =====