Chapter 941 Everyone Participates, Earning 800 Million in Three Days (Part 2)

[Fair? What a joke! With so many universities and people in Modu, how many people would sign up? And in Xijiang Province, how many people are there really? How many would register? It’s unfair, not even a bit.]

[Haha, even with so many people in Modu, can it be more than the Central Plains Province? Besides, having many universities doesn’t matter; the competition regions are divided by ID, not universities. Are you from Hei Province? Then you can only compete in Hei Province.]

[Such a hassle, whoever wants to join this crappy game can join, I’m not joining anyway.]

[Idiot, I see what you’re doing. You’re just a hater of Xia Hua. I’m blocking and reporting you.]

…

After the announcement, online debates were heated, with both positive and negative opinions.

The positive ones were mostly discussing the competition itself.

The negative feedback mostly questioned the game’s format and fairness.

For a while, the entire internet was discussing the “Honor of Kings” National Championship, dominating the front pages of major sites…

…

In the company,

Li Yuan looked at the online debates and couldn’t help but chuckle.

No matter the event, even the Olympic Games, there will always be people claiming unfairness and unreasonable formats, let alone a hastily arranged competition by a few people.

Fairness is subjective; maintaining relative fairness is enough.

He’s not a god, he felt he’d already considered things thoroughly.

He invested a lot for this competition, just the prize pool alone is 20 million, not to mention the costs of holding it. Even with sponsorships, it’s hard to say, province-level competitions might attract some sponsors…

Knock, knock, knock!

The office door was knocked.

Li Yuan looked up nonchalantly: “Come in!”

Lin Yuwei walked in with a sway in her step, smiling brightly, ready to report.

“Director Li, our backend data is out. Within 12 hours following the announcement of the ‘Honor of Kings’ National Championship, our daily sales have skyrocketed, surpassing 130 million, reaching a new high of 200 million sales for today is not an issue.”

Lin Yuwei was still very surprised by this number, and she deeply admired Li Yuan’s brilliant maneuvers.

You have to know that the prize money and cost of holding this “Honor of Kings” National Championship together are at most 40 to 50 million.

But within just half a day after the championship announcement, the profits have already exceeded the entire expenditure.

This is just half a day, and the entire competition will last over half a month.

Li Yuan’s body couldn’t help but tremble upon hearing Lin Yuwei’s report, feeling the numbers were astonishing.

This method of making money effortlessly is a hundred times faster than robbing a bank.

Even if a bank left its doors wide open for you to rob, how much could you take in twelve hours?

As for him, he made 1.38 billion in just 12 hours, this rate, this method of making money.

He could only say, the online gaming industry is ridiculously profitable.

“President Lin, tell me, in which areas have there been such sudden increases?”

Lin Yuwei was prepared; she had already analyzed the incoming feedback data.

“Director Li, primarily in hero, skin, and inscription sales. In this competition, players use their own accounts, and some players don’t have full inscriptions on their accounts or haven’t purchased their favorite hero skins. With this gaming buzz, they’ve started buying…”

Listening to Lin Yuwei’s explanation, Li Yuan nodded with a smile. This was the result he wanted to see.

Before finalizing the competition plan, he had disagreements with Zhong Tingyue and other company key members regarding the competition format.

Zhong Tingyue believed the company should provide a unified account with full heroes, inscriptions, and skins to ensure fairness and impartiality.

Li Yuan’s opinion differed completely.

He thought it was just a game competition, and the ultimate goal was to make money, to enhance the influence of “Honor of Kings” and the involvement of game enthusiasts.

Using their own accounts would not only prevent cheating but also increase the sales of Honor of Kings.

As a gamer himself, he knew very well that many players didn’t have many heroes, lack complete inscriptions, and even hesitate to spend a few dozen bucks on skins, remaining completely free players…

Not to say free players are useless, but, for the company, definitely, the more spending players, the better.

He created this game not for fun, but essentially to make money.

In the end, Li Yuan convinced Zhong Tingyue and agreed with his competition format.

And the results, as just reported by Lin Yuwei, have proven his decision correct.

Thanks to this competition, even free players have started spending, buying inscriptions, skins, and heroes, directly leading to a significant increase in game sales.

A few days ago, “Honor of Kings'” daily sales had dropped to over 10 million, and it continued to fall.

Such situations are actually very normal in the gaming industry, sales peak at the start or when new events or skins appear, then it gradually declines…

Hosting this competition could bring sustainable profits, and the buzz will last at least a month.

In short, to sum up, hosting this “Honor of Kings” National Championship made Li Yuan a fortune.

“Not bad, keep an eye on things, and make sure you compile and analyze the data from these days properly.”

…

The registration period for the competition is from February 13 to February 16, lasting three days.

Starting from February 10, the profits from “Honor of Kings” have been recorded daily.

February 10, 24-hour data was 2.1 billion.

February 11, 24-hour data was 3.2 billion.

February 12, 24-hour data was 2.7 billion.

In just three days, during just the warming-up period before registration, “Honor of Kings” already generated 8 billion in revenue for Li Yuan.

Seeing this figure, not just Zhong Tingyue, Lin Yuwei, and others, even Li Yuan was taken aback.

Upon reflection, Li Yuan thought that this number wasn’t all that exaggerated.

Consider during “Honor of Kings'” peak, just one mech skin for Zhao Yun brought in more than a billion in a day, which was even more dramatic.

Of course, PC and mobile games can’t be compared.

However, when “Honor of Kings” first launched, there was a lot to buy, with the first batch of 36 heroes, each having one to three skins, plus buying inscriptions. It all added up quickly.

In the Xinghe Bay villa,

After playing a doubles billiards and basketball friendship match with Zhong Tingyue, Li Yuan precisely shot the cue ball, hitting the black eight right in the heart.

The two discussed the status of “Honor of Kings” and “Tea Color Moonlight,” their two main products.

“Hehe, senior, it’s still more profitable to make games than making milk tea, earning 8 billion in three days is just too exaggerated.”

Li Yuan laughed heartily, stretching lazily, asking, “How has the milk tea shop been these past few days?”

He’s been focused the past three days on the “Honor of Kings” National Championship, simultaneously honing skills and familiarizing with some music, in preparation for heading north to Beijing to meet Little Fish, so he hasn’t paid much attention to the expansion of the “Tea Color Moonlight” milk tea shop.

The various tasks of “Tea Color Moonlight,” such as new store locations, staffing, etc., have mostly been handled by Zhong Tingyue in recent days.

Zhong Tingyue lay in Li Yuan’s arms, feeling the strong embrace, both spiritually and physically gratified.

“The site selections in Hangcheng, Jinling, Shen City, and other cities have been settled, preliminary contracts signed, waiting for funds to be injected, then we can proceed with renovations…”

Zhong Tingyue finished talking and suddenly paused, with a slight heaviness in her tone.

“Next, I’m planning to go to Sucheng…”