Chapter 1093: Explosive Streaming Numbers

"Haha, as expected of my Imperial Consort, these materials are so beautiful they could be released directly."

Ye Zhinie casually found a stone stool to sit on, not forgetting to praise Miss Luo Quan.

"Today was 'wet look' temptation, what's the theme for tomorrow?" Miss Luo Quan thought about the materials she could film at the beach.

Surfing, diving, cliff jumping, yachts—she had already tried these themes when shooting her swimsuit photo album before.

She wanted to create something fresh, to film content she hadn't shot before.

Today's walk in the rain was a pretty good theme; if there were new tricks every day from here on out, this island trip would definitely be very exciting.

"Coming up with new tricks every day is really testing my creativity." Ye Zhinie turned her head and said with a smile, "The Imperial Consort is the artist; shouldn't creativity be your strong suit?"

"But I'm a fake," Miss Luo Quan thought to herself.

However, on the surface, she could only nod: "I'll think of a way. Let's edit today's video first and see the reaction after it's released."

Actually, it wasn't that Miss Luo Quan lacked ideas; she had quite a few in her head.

It was just that if she really made those ideas, they likely wouldn't be broadcastable, which limited her artistic creation.

After sitting for a while, the two headed back.

Although the sky had cleared up, not many people came to the beach immediately.

Rather than blowing in the wind on the beach, it was better to go back to the hotel to get down to business.

Opening her laptop, Miss Luo Quan uploaded all the materials Ye Zhinie had just filmed and began the editing work.

There was no need for this kind of video to be too long; twenty minutes or so was about right, as not many people could truly watch it to the end anyway.

For the BGM, she used her own old, fresh, and light songs, and incidentally added "Walking in the Rain," which she had just recorded; it was both fitting and pleasant to hear.

After the editing was finished, Miss Luo Quan clicked upload to Bilibili, titling the video "Island Travelogue: Episode 1."

In ten minutes, the view count broke one million, and the number of favorites was even higher than the likes, maintaining an almost one-to-one ratio with the views.

This meant that basically everyone who watched the video had favorited it.

The bullet comments were also filled with cheers and amazement:

"First time seeing a video with as many favorites as views, impressive."

"It's different now that you're a boss; no need to worry about losing track of favorited videos anymore."

"I'm going to throw coins hard this time."

"The scenery of walking in the rain is really beautiful, and Luo Bao is so pretty too."

"This is exactly what I imagined a swimsuit photo album should look like, triple-liked!"

"The new song is good. Filming a video while pulling out a new song, classic multi-threading."

"It's also possible it was recorded long ago and is only being released now."

"I advise Luo Bao to quickly hand over all the stock, otherwise I'll have to use severe punishment, yo."

………………

Judging from the reactions in the bullet comments and the comment section, the fans were quite satisfied with the content in the first episode.

But after satisfaction came the urging for more, with people saying they wanted to see the second episode tomorrow.

But Miss Luo Quan didn't dare promise everyone that this was a daily series. If she couldn't find inspiration tomorrow and forced some footage together, everyone might not buy it.

Consequently, she acted as if she hadn't seen these urging comments at all.

They had originally discussed playing volleyball or building sandcastles on the beach after the rain stopped.

But the sky had only just cleared up before it started raining again.

"I hope it rains out all the rain for the next few days today," Wen Xia said, looking out the window with resentment.

It had started raining not long after they arrived in Hawaii, and for it to rain for so long was simply too outrageous.

"Oh, don't think so much. *Genshin Impact* is about to have its public beta; aren't you going to download it and play?" Miss Luo Quan pointed to the pre-download interface on her phone, trying to pull Wen Xia into the pit.

"You know I don't like playing games," Wen Xia shook her head and refused.

Since she was young, she hadn't been interested in single-player RPGs, usually only playing rhythm games or casual games like *Angry Birds*.

Previously, under Miss Luo Quan's encouragement, she had downloaded *Final Fantasy*.

As a result, she felt dizzy and nauseous not long after playing; this was typical 3D motion sickness.

For most people with 3D motion sickness, you can adapt as long as you persist for a few days.

But Wen Xia felt it was too torturous, so she decisively chose to uninstall it.

Compared to *Final Fantasy*, the graphics of *Genshin Impact* were definitely not as realistic, so it was highly likely she wouldn't experience 3D motion sickness.

But Wen Xia had already been sick once and didn't want to experience it again, so she refused Miss Luo Quan's invitation without hesitation.

"That's a real pity; you've lost the chance to witness history," Miss Luo Quan shook her head and sighed.

"For the sake of my physical and mental health, I'd rather not witness it," Wen Xia lay flat on the bed like a starfish and started scrolling through Weibo.

At 9:00 AM on September 1st, Beijing time, *Genshin Impact* officially opened its servers.

Although there had been many stress tests before the launch, the moment the servers opened, the game interface still experienced lag, and quite a few people were even directly kicked out of the game.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for five minutes. Compared to other games that would constantly require queuing or direct server maintenance, the launch performance of *Genshin Impact* was already quite good.

On the day the servers opened, a vast number of streamers on Bilibili came in to join the fun.

On one hand, it was their own game, so they definitely had to show support.

On the other hand, Bilibili had also launched support activities related to *Genshin Impact*; making *Genshin Impact* videos or live streaming could earn extra revenue.

With these two factors, even those who didn't usually play mobile games started live streaming *Genshin Impact*.

Just from this point, one couldn't tell the popularity of *Genshin Impact*; after all, *Genshin Impact* was a game, not a live stream room, so popularity couldn't be analyzed from heat values and VIP numbers.

But it wasn't impossible to calculate; by looking at the amount of recharge revenue, one could estimate just how popular *Genshin Impact* was.

Games with low revenue aren't necessarily unpopular, but games with high revenue are definitely popular games.

And the first character banner after *Genshin Impact* opened was the so-called "human rights card," Barbatos.

As early as the test server phase, countless big shots had already released videos telling all players that this character was a must-pull, and that the gaming experience would soar after pulling them.

And just after the servers opened, where would players have the resources to pull cards?

If they wanted the character, they could only recharge money; even Miss Luo Quan, the boss, was no exception to this.

Fortunately, she had the blue and green modifiers—the blue one was Alipay, and the green one was WeChat; scanning the code to pay could change the game's data.

There wasn't much that needed to be pulled right after the servers opened, so Miss Luo Quan did a micro-recharge of 20,000 yuan.

"You call 20,000 a micro-recharge?"

"Given Luo Bao's net worth, 20,000 is indeed just a drop in the bucket."

"Recharging so much right off the bat? It seems the *Genshin Impact* pay-to-win problem is very serious."

"Wrong, you can also choose to save up slowly; if you're lucky, you can get the goods in the first ten-pull."

"Haha, if you're unlucky, that's the fifteenth ten-pull."

………………

Fans in the live stream room were teasing, while Miss Luo Quan just buried her head in recharging money.

As for the fifteen ten-pulls they mentioned, that was the "hard pity" mechanism Miss Luo Quan had optimized.

Previously, it was guaranteed to get a gold within 90 pulls, and guaranteed to get the current up-rate character within 180 pulls, which was also called the "hard pity."

Miss Luo Quan felt this was a bit too expensive, so she lowered the number of pulls to get a gold to 75, but in reality, very few people were that unlucky; most could get a gold in just over 60 pulls.

This probability was already quite good in two-dimensional games.

However, card pulling was a very metaphysical thing; sometimes when luck arrived, you could get five golds in one ten-pull.

If you were unlucky, every card pull would just be hitting the hard pity.

If she only pulled the first banner, it definitely wouldn't take 20,000; Miss Luo Quan just wanted to recharge a bit more now so she would have to recharge less later.

After several minutes of recharging, Miss Luo Quan finally put down her phone and looked at the camera: "Fans must absolutely not learn from the streamer. The card-pulling rewards right after *Genshin Impact* opens are quite generous. As long as everyone does their daily tasks and plays through the story, you will definitely be able to save up enough resources to hit the hard pity.

So if everyone doesn't have extra money, it's best not to recharge. Games are ultimately virtual; they are meant to make everyone happy, not to increase everyone's burden."

As the boss, she naturally hoped to make money.

But these words definitely had to be told to all players.

The only good news was that minors were now restricted from playing games; otherwise, there might often be news of minors making large recharges, leading to their families having no money for medical treatment.

Miss Luo Quan didn't want to see similar negative news and hoped her reminder this time would have an effect.

"Luo Bao is still full of positive energy, telling everyone not to recharge as a boss."

"I'm going to recharge, I'm going to recharge."

"This 'recharge' of yours seems a bit different."

"This 'recharge' is not that 'recharge'."

"Why are there still people watching the live stream? Shouldn't everyone be playing the game at this time?"

"I'm playing on the computer, can't I watch the live stream on my phone?"

"Already in, I chose the little sister."

"Classic male player choosing a female character, raising her as a daughter, right?"

"The graphics are really good, is this really a mobile game?"

"It is indeed a mobile game, it's just that it consumes a lot of power when played on a phone."

"Tried it, antique phones can't play it."

………………

Amidst the fans' teasing, Miss Luo Quan started playing through the story.

These story segments had already been demonstrated several times when the servers opened, so the players were not unfamiliar with them.

After Miss Luo Quan finished a stage of the story, the card pulling finally began.

When playing these two-dimensional games, isn't card pulling what everyone looks forward to the most?

The joy of getting a pull on a single draw, the joy of getting two golds in a ten-pull, were experiences that couldn't be compared to anything else when playing the game.

Miss Luo Quan now decided to bet her reputation as a koi fish to test just how good the pull rates were in the *Genshin Impact* banner.

"It's coming, it's coming, Miss Luo Quan's card pulling!"

"My turn, draw card, I activate fusion magic card... sorry, wrong set."

"Are there card players everywhere?"

"Don't know how many pulls it will take for Luo Bao to get a gold this time."

"Don't you dare get five golds in a ten-pull; I really can't accept that."

"Can't have such good luck, right? Although Luo Bao's luck is recognized as awesome."

………………

Amidst the fans' discussion, Miss Luo Quan smiled and said: "Just now I saw a fan mention card players. *Genshin Impact* will develop a built-in card game later, everyone can look forward to it a little bit.

As for luck, it's inherently very metaphysical, so everyone shouldn't expect too much. How could anyone get the goods on the first ten-pull?"

After speaking, her finger tapped lightly, and ten meteors streaked across the screen, one of which revealed a golden glow.

When the animation ended, a character dressed as a green bard appeared in front of everyone, and the bullet comments exploded instantly:

"？？？？？？？？？？？"

"As expected of you, Luo Bao."

"The European Emperor bloodline is like this."

"No, you really got it?"

"I can't accept this, does someone really have luck this good?"

"Why is your luck still so good when you're already so rich?"

"This is truly 'words become law'."

"I admit I'm jealous; I had to recharge a 648 first-time bonus just to get the Wind God."

"Can you share some of your overflowing luck with me?"

"I, Luo Baishui, am not cheating!"

………………

The bullet comments were all "WTF," while Miss Luo Quan was already laughing from ear to ear: "I really didn't cheat, it really just came out on the first try?"

Calming her mood, Miss Luo Quan said seriously: "Everyone shouldn't be too excited. Actually, the probability of getting a gold on the first ten-pull is there; it's not a low-probability event. Otherwise, how were those starter accounts rerolled?"

"Damn, you reminded me, I didn't reroll starter accounts!"

"Right, you can reroll starter accounts, right? If you don't get a gold on the first ten-pull, just cancel and start over."

"Good thing it just opened, there are plenty of chances for trial and error now."

"Doesn't matter, too lazy to go do it."

"I see *Genshin Impact* starter accounts on Trading Cat, ones with Keqing can sell for over 500; this is a business opportunity!"

"Miss Luo Quan's one could probably sell for a thousand."

"Not saying anything more, I'm going to reroll starter accounts."

………………

Miss Luo Quan had inadvertently exposed a business opportunity, but there weren't actually that many people willing to go and reroll starter accounts.

After all, the strength of the five starter five-star characters was just like that; no matter which one you pulled, you could play.

After getting a good start, Miss Luo Quan clicked to pull again.

From then on, it wasn't as lucky as the first ten-pull; generally, she got the goods around 60 pulls, and once she had to pull hard to 75 before getting it, and she had two off-banner pulls during that time.

This result was still much luckier than the average card-pulling level, but it couldn't be called a European Emperor.

A true European Emperor would at least have to be off-banner zero times.

Fans were still able to accept this result, and their mood was much better than when the broadcast started.

If Miss Luo Quan had really gotten five golds in one ten-pull, everyone would probably have to bang their heads against the ground, complaining about why God was so biased.

Interestingly, such extreme emotions were happening to other game manufacturers.

Less than three hours after *Genshin Impact* opened, various data points were soaring like a rocket.

It topped the best-seller list, download list, and popular game list, and even *Honor of Kings* was temporarily pushed to second place.

As for revenue, it reached a terrifying 600 million, and this was only the result calculated for the mobile side; the PC side couldn't be seen at all.

Considering that there might be more people playing *Genshin Impact* on PC, the revenue for the first day of the launch was probably heading towards 1.5 billion! ===== CHAPTER 1094 =====