Chapter 820 - 334: Are You Sure It’s an Argument? (2)

Chapter 820: Chapter 334: Are You Sure It’s an Argument? (2)

Not sure when it started, but Bai Ye has changed.

Anyone who heard a four or five-year-old kid say those things would be delighted.

But Bai Qing is his biological mom, and Li Yang is his real dad—they aren’t looking for the child to please them.

Li Yang, who was standing aside, was baffled, "Bai Ye, where did you learn all this? A newborn can tell who is pretty?"

Bai Ye said seriously: "My sister is definitely pretty. Dad is so handsome, and mom is so beautiful, the genes can’t be bad. She’ll surely be a stunning beauty someday."

"????"

"???"

Bai Ye was eventually sent away.

Li Likun took him back.

Li Likun looked longingly at his granddaughter, knowing he didn’t have a proper excuse to hold her.

He thought Bai Ye was right; his granddaughter was sure to be a beauty in the future.

They say daughters take after their dads and sons after their moms, and a granddaughter represents a son’s genes. The son is handsome, so can the granddaughter be less so?

He really liked Bai Ye’s little mouth.

After everyone left, Chen Peipei went to see the child, and Li Yang said, "Don’t you feel that Bai Ye is a bit off?"

"What’s wrong?"

"A kid just over four, even accounting for lunar years, is only five and a half. How can he know so many words? Terms like genes and drop-dead gorgeous aren’t something a kid learns until they’re at least in their teens."

Bai Qing laughed and said, "Come on, you haven’t been online. Kids today know a lot. There’s everything on the internet. He often watches those educational videos on Kuai Pai, and his learning ability is very strong. He even knows how to use mobile payments. Usually, before he pays, he will tell me or his aunt... Don’t underestimate children, alright? He’s better at playing than us."

"Really?"

Thinking about it, Bai Ye’s living environment is different from Li Lingyou’s. Li Lingyou is surrounded by many elders from the previous generation, who taught him traditional ways of living.

For example, no playing with mobile phones, and even watching TV is limited to a short time.

On the other hand, Bai Ye’s side, although Chen Peipei in terms of seniority is from the previous generation, is actually more like a little girl, not even having been in a romance.

With manpower lacking, sometimes they just want to use a mobile phone to keep Bai Ye quiet for a while. Even now, Bai Ye spends three to four hours on the mobile every day.

Fortunately, Bai Ye is quite sensible; when he’s not supposed to play, he puts it down immediately.

"Yeah, sometimes his questions are quite childish too. For example, he asked why, since disinfectant can kill germs, can’t people drink it to cure illness when they’re sick?"

"Also, once when his aunt was in a bad mood, he went over and asked a few questions. His aunt said she was getting older and older... so Bai Ye said he’d grow up to develop an elixir of life for her."

Li Yang felt relieved after hearing this.

Luckily, Bai Ye was pretty normal.

After all, for a kid, thinking illogically is being normal.

If thinking is too clear, then one’s not childlike anymore.

...

"Honey, the popularity of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has almost peaked already. Generally, after peaking, it takes at most two or three years before entering a stage of slow flow. The excitement for competitive events won’t diminish much—even if many stop playing the game, they’ll still watch the tournaments. But, it will become less attractive to beginners..."

Every game is like this; it’s only fun when everyone is kind of noob.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds came out a few years ago. The initial players have now become seasoned veterans. There are still some novices joining, but at most, after two more years, new players joining will have no experience and will be crushed by old hands, making it hard to generate enough interest in the game.

Logically, developing new games is necessary.

However, Aurora Studio proposed several projects, all of which were rejected by Li Yang.

Luckily, the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds mobile game is easy to pick up, and currently has a large number of users, inheriting some of the PC game users over.

The mobile game is quite profitable—a set of skins can sell for billions. Some especially popular skins can even rake in two or three billion.

"Just had a baby, why think about these things?"

Bai Qing said, "It’s because the baby is born that I’m thinking about work... But I’m rather clumsy, never having a strong opinion in this area, hoping for my husband to help me consider it."

She did have her ideas, but was afraid of messing up.

Li Yang entrusted Aurora Studio to her; she couldn’t allow it to collapse.

Aurora Studio has impressive wealth, with close to 40 billion in cash on the books; this revenue for a game company is astonishing.

No other esports project in the world has managed to draw in this kind of money.

Even at the height of LOL, it couldn’t match the current PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

Especially this year, with the spring tournament held online, many people were stuck at home with nothing else to do, and tuned in specifically to watch the matches to kill time, resulting in an explosive flow.

The advertisement revenue hasn’t decreased a bit, plus they saved a lot on venue costs.

"You know better, you say..."

"Well... I’m actually looking to borrow from others’ models and develop more gameplay within PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds while keeping its fundamental framework stable. Since shooting games do have quite a few limitations, we could innovate... like adding a mission mode, or a hide-and-seek mode where competitiveness isn’t too intense but entertainment value is high..."

After she was done talking, she looked at Li Yang, for this was akin to picking up the leftovers.

To her surprise, Li Yang said, "Great, let’s do it."

"Anything you want to add, honey? This gameplay, you’ve mentioned it to me before..."

"Actually, I’ve been conceptualizing a game recently, though it’s not fully formed. Want to hear my thoughts?"

"Sure, sure..."

"Try adding a few skills to each character in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and pairing it with CS tactics..."

Basically, it’s Valorant, also called Project A.

Except that after the Penguin Game failed in the 2017 battle royale project, it desperately wanted to retake this market, so they thought of their trump card, Riot Games.

Originally, Riot Games was about to handle the development of Valorant, but they were led astray by Penguin Game, asked instead to create a battle royale game, hoping to regain the market using Riot Games’ influence.

Hence, up to now, Li Yang still hasn’t seen the launch of Valorant.

From the past life’s timeline, Valorant should’ve launched months ago; he even had someone inquire, confirming Riot Games didn’t have the project.

From the past life’s timeline, Riot Games started the project in 2017.

It shows it didn’t start, or was abandoned again.

This game may not be phenomenal, but as a brand-new game, it’ll surely attract many newcomers, keeping the gaming community active.

"Is there more?"

After listening for a while, Bai Qing asked.

The game mechanics are great, but after all, it’s a shooting game.

"There is, like on Bilibili, I saw an independent creator develop a hybrid version of Plant vs. Zombies, it’s interesting, especially the blind box mode he created... Go talk to them, acquire it, and then buy the copyrights from the publishers of Plant vs. Zombies.

Set up an ecosystem like you mentioned, with both competitive and entertainment games.

It’s not about making loads of money, but making sure everyone who downloads our platform finds something worth playing.

Also, we could develop a specialized live broadcast system, integrating it into the game. For instance, if a user tips one yuan, they can control the streamer’s actions, or impose certain restrictions, increasing the entertainment value..."

"Emm..."

Bai Qing felt Li Yang was simply a genius.

She now acknowledged what Bai Ye just said; with Li Yang’s genes, their daughter would certainly be exceptional.

...

In the rich lady group.

Li Yang posted a photo.

In the photo, he’s holding his daughter.

The meaning was clear: Pay up!

Xiumu: "I thought you wanted me to help make one? Why go to someone else?"

Liu Ruyi: "The master is awesome!"

Song Yu: "Whoosh whoosh..."

Xiangnu: "I forwarded it to Jiang Banxia! Serve up the hush money!"

Li Yang: "Want hush money, eh? Come over and get it yourself! You heartless fellow, I kindly let you stay at my place for two months, and as soon as I get back, you run off? Hurry up, pay the lodging and meal fees for these two months!"

Song Yu: "Wait a minute, you two lived together for these two months?"

Xiangnu: "Yeah, the guy was just behind a curtain from me, and he was with Jiang Banxia every night, making so much noise I couldn’t sleep."

Song Yu: "Are you sure it was noise? Didn’t you make a typo with your nine-grid input method?"