Chapter 35: The Imitation Master—Qie Society

Qie Society Game Department, Zhao Yi's studio.

Ever since Zhao Yi was rejected at the Shideda Sect of Damn Mihuyou half a month ago, he had been accelerating his own game's development.

As for the game made by that new boss of Damn Mihuyou, he didn't care about it at all.

In his view, a small workshop like Damn Mihuyou certainly couldn't achieve any results.

Even if they changed bosses, so what?

In the domestic gaming world, there are only Qie Society and the Pig Farm; all other game studios are trash, only fit to drink the soup.

Therefore, he was extremely angry and disdainful that Miss You Lan Dai Er had rejected him.

After returning, he stewed in secret annoyance for over half a month and swore in his heart that once his game launched, he would definitely make Miss You Lan Dai Er and the others regret it.

Once the new boss of Damn Mihuyou went bankrupt, he would go over to take over, save Damn Mihuyou from the fire, and finally win the beauty.

Heh heh heh... this plot is just too perfect.

Even if there was a one-in-a-million chance that "Honkai Impact 3rd" didn't flop, he could still use Qie Society's background to completely crush "Honkai Impact 3rd."

Anyway, in his calculations, this new game from Damn Mihuyou absolutely couldn't stir up any waves, and that new boss going bankrupt was a certain outcome.

However...

What he never expected was that Damn Mihuyou's "Honkai Impact 3rd" happened to be released on the exact same day as his game!

Not only that, but that new game from Damn Mihuyou crushed his game's popularity down to the freezing point.

A full day had passed, and he couldn't even see a single piece of news about Qie Society's new game.

The trending searches were completely dominated by Sister Yidian and "Honkai Impact 3rd."

On the Tap new game ranking list, "Honkai Impact 3rd" was far ahead, leaving other new games in the dust by a hundred and eight thousand miles.

In the first 24 hours, it had a full 50 million downloads...

The game ranked second only barely had 10 million downloads, and as for the game Zhao Yi was responsible for producing... it was ranked all the way down at 8th place.

Data like this couldn't even be compared to the second-place game, let alone compete with the first-place "Honkai Impact 3rd."

And such results directly attracted the attention of the higher-ups.

After all, ever since Qie Society entered the gaming industry, they had never fought such a losing battle.

Even if they lost, they shouldn't lose this ugly, right? And it was to a small, unknown workshop.

However, considering that Sister Yidian had stolen most of the traffic and his uncle had helped him cover for a bit, Zhao Yi didn't receive any punishment.

He was just lectured by his uncle.

"Damn it... consider yourself lucky," Zhao Yi gritted his teeth, his mood extremely irritable.

"But I won't give up just like that..."

Although he had a biological uncle at the top, his position wasn't something he could just sit in easily; to sit firmly, he definitely needed some ability.

Zhao Yi had ability, and he wasn't stupid.

Seeing that "Honkai Impact 3rd" could achieve such results on its first day, he would naturally go and analyze it.

After a full day of playing and parsing, Zhao Yi had to admit that the new boss of Damn Mihuyou was very smart and could completely be called an operations genius.

"Honkai Impact 3rd" being able to achieve such results wasn't entirely Sister Yidian's merit.

First of all, this game had a very clear target audience.

That is, "ACGN."

Coincidentally, among the games released by Qie Society and the Pig Farm, there wasn't a single bit of ACGN style.

The new boss of Damn Mihuyou was able to accurately grasp this point and strike quickly, biting off a huge chunk of meat from the mouths of Qie Society and the Pig Farm... just from this point alone, the other party was definitely worth the attention of people in the gaming circle.

"ACGN... why didn't I think of that before..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Besides having an ACGN style, the biggest advantages of "Honkai Impact 3rd" were... the story, the beautiful girls, and the art style.

As for the art style, he didn't need to worry at all; with Qie Society's capabilities, as long as they wanted to do it well, it would definitely not be bad.

The remaining "story" and beautiful girls...

"If we directly find famous anime to cooperate with and adapt them directly into a game..."

Zhao Yi stood up abruptly, a look of ecstasy on his face.

He hurriedly picked up his phone and dialed his uncle.

"Xiao Yi, what is it?"

"Uncle, I thought of a good idea..."

Immediately after, Zhao Yi explained his idea in detail.

On the other end of the phone, a middle-aged man nodded secretly: "It seems you still have some ability, but this set doesn't fit Qie Society."

"Eh? Why?" Zhao Yi didn't quite understand.

"Over these years, the criticism of our Qie Society on the internet is something the higher-ups actually know about, and they have had thoughts of changing..." Speaking of this, the middle-aged man paused:

"And the game you made was a test given by the higher-ups; the result is very clear: the original route is still not as good as imitation."

"We have huge traffic; there's no need to take the risk of originality, and your idea just now would also require spending money to buy anime adaptation rights; the upfront investment is too large."

"The higher-ups have already given the task: just stare at that 'Honkai Impact 3rd' and imitate it."

"No need to use your brain, and Damn Mihuyou has already paved the way for us; what we need to do now is to make 'Honkai Impact 4th' as soon as possible, understand?"

Zhao Yi slapped his thigh: "That's right! Why didn't I think of that..."

"I understand, Uncle, then what should I do next..."

"Next, all the people in your studio come over to my side to help; the game you were responsible for can be handed over to others to operate."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yi's mouth crooked: "Damn Mihuyou... your good days are coming to an end!"

Although Damn Mihuyou relied on the ACGN audience to successfully bite off a large chunk of meat from the mouths of Qie Society and the Pig Farm.

But what does Qie Society do?

The famous Imitation Master; as long as you give it half a month, it can rely on its powerful team to successfully "imitate" a "similar" game.

And then rely on Qie Society's massive traffic; wanting to kill a small workshop isn't that simple?

"It seems the higher-ups must have already been in contact with that boss of Damn Mihuyou." ===== CHAPTER 37 =====