Chapter 0803: The Open Beta of "Legend"

"Time is like the water in a sponge; if you squeeze, there's always some." This saying holds a lot of truth.

At least in Dong Chenxi's view, as the pillar of Future Advertising, no matter how busy Zhao Fusheng was with work, he should still be able to squeeze out some time for the company.

However, perhaps due to his personality, most of the time Zhao Fusheng was not the kind of person who was very goal-oriented.

It wasn't that he was just muddling along, but he genuinely didn't like a fast-paced life.

As the saying goes, "Once you've seen the vast ocean, it's hard to be satisfied with a pond." For Zhao Fusheng, having worked hard for half a lifetime in his previous life only to end up miserably, his goal in this life was simple: he wanted to live freely.

"Let's go with this one."

After reviewing the materials of that stomach medicine company, Zhao Fusheng nodded and said to Dong Chenxi.

Dong Chenxi was taken aback: "This company called Xiuzheng is very picky. Are you sure you want to take this case?"

Zhao Fusheng smiled calmly and said, "Being picky probably means they haven't found a plan that satisfies them yet."

He spoke from the heart. No matter what kind of advertiser, their ultimate goal is the same: to sell their products better.

In other words, as long as Zhao Fusheng could boost product sales, the other party wouldn't care about anything else.

Many people like to say that some things are impossible and one should be cautious and low-key, but in reality, sometimes there's no need to be low-key, and it's not necessary.

"Alright, you're the boss. I'll contact them then." Dong Chenxi nodded and said to Zhao Fusheng.

Although she had just advised Zhao Fusheng, that was only her duty as the branch manager. From a friend's perspective, Dong Chenxi felt that such a picky advertiser needed Zhao Fusheng to take them down a notch.

After all, from the beginning until now, she had never seen anyone dissatisfied with Zhao Fusheng's advertising plans.

After saying goodbye to Dong Chenxi, Zhao Fusheng left Future Advertising.

He was always like this; when there was nothing to do, he rarely came by.

Leaving aside how Dong Chenxi contacted Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical, as soon as Zhao Fusheng left the company, he received a call from Chen Tianqiao.

"Success! Success!"

The usually calm Boss Chen was now shouting like a child.

Zhao Fusheng was startled and asked instinctively, "The open beta was successful?"

In fact, although he knew the open beta date of "Legend" well, Zhao Fusheng hadn't paid much attention to it. Not because he didn't care, but because he felt that even if he did, it wouldn't help. This was Chen Tianqiao's project, and he only had a chance to get a piece of the pie because of his foresight.

"Since the open beta started, online users have exceeded 100,000," Chen Tianqiao explained to Zhao Fusheng. "It's only been less than three days. I estimate that within a month at most, we can start commercialization."

So-called commercialization naturally means starting to charge fees.

The purpose of making online games is to make money. No matter how much they promote the idea of permanent free play, it's just a gimmick to attract players.

For example, in "Legend," although it was initially advertised as a free game, once players changed classes, they needed to purchase game cards, which was one of the company's profit points.

Later systems like marriage, shops, and so on were all designed to stimulate player spending.

Originally, according to Chen Tianqiao's estimation, the commercialization of "Legend" should happen at the end of the year. But now, if user growth continued at this rate, it might not be long before "Legend" could start making a profit.

However, upon hearing Chen Tianqiao's words, Zhao Fusheng frowned and suddenly said, "Mr. Chen, what do you think about setting the official charging date for January 1st?"

"New Year's Day?"

Chen Tianqiao was taken aback, a bit puzzled. To be honest, if it weren't Zhao Fusheng speaking, he might have retorted directly.

But after all, the other party was the moneyed backer, so he had to maintain some respect.

So Chen Tianqiao just asked in surprise, but it was clear that if Zhao Fusheng didn't give a reasonable explanation, Boss Chen wouldn't mind giving him a good lesson.

"Yes, I'll have my123 give you more publicity. Then we'll hire some celebrities, take promotional photos, and advertise on the internet to build up some popularity," Zhao Fusheng said directly to Chen Tianqiao. "Let's strive to have 'Legend' posters plastered all over internet cafes nationwide within two and a half months. By then, everyone in the internet cafes will be playing our game. What a spectacular scene that would be!"

Chen Tianqiao was stunned. He had to admit that the picture Zhao Fusheng painted was captivating.

Especially the last sentence. Imagining everyone in an internet cafe playing the same game, Chen Tianqiao felt that Zhao Fusheng's words made some sense.

With that in mind, he nodded: "Alright, I'll have Danian get in touch later."

These technical matters were handled by Chen Danian, while Chen Tianqiao's wife was in charge of external publicity.

After hanging up, Zhao Fusheng's mood visibly improved. After all, this was great news. If he remembered correctly from his previous life, it was with "Legend" that Shengda, a nearly bankrupt internet technology company, turned things around, became a listed company within a few years, and created the myth of Boss Chen becoming China's richest man.

This time, Zhao Fusheng finally had a chance to get a piece of the pie. He was looking forward to the day Shengda went public and how awe-inspiring that scene would be.

"You're in a good mood," Zhang Qian, who was driving, glanced at him and asked with some surprise as Zhao Fusheng got into the car.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said, "Is it that obvious?"

Zhang Qian shrugged, starting the car as he said, "Your mood is very apparent right now. It's like, um, like you found money on the ground."

Zhao Fusheng laughed at the analogy and took a moment to compose himself: "The open beta of 'Legend' is officially underway, and user growth and feedback are very good. Boss Chen just called to tell me the good news."

"Really? That's great," Zhang Qian said.

"Contact Lawyer Cheng and ask him to come see me when he has time," Zhao Fusheng said to Zhang Qian after a moment's thought, then closed his eyes and leaned back to rest.

Zhang Qian nodded in agreement as he drove, but he was curious about why Zhao Fusheng wanted to see Lawyer Cheng.