Chapter 502 - Teacher He, Can You Share Your Experience in Failing? (1/2)

Ye Zhizhou replied, “Boss Pei, it’ll be 5% of profits earned from the sale of all skins for that hero and the relevant title for the hero.”

Pei Qian was silent. He didn’t care about the other rewards, but 5% of the profits earned from the sale of all skins for the relevant hero…

Needless to say, that was no small amount!

The key thing was that the reward would last for life—it was permanent. As long as GOG was still operating, they would still distribute a portion of the profits earned.

Others would undoubtedly wonder how long the game would be able to survive.

After all, from the looks of the current state of the market, very few games were able to remain in operation for ten years and still remain prosperous and full of life. Those games were extremely rare.

That was because the game industry was constantly changing. A successful game would have to compete with games in the same genre and games in other genres.

For instance, people had once thought that MMORPGs would be the be-all and end-all for online games. However, MOBA games descended into the world and broke everyone’s mindsets.

Now, how could people be sure that MOBA games would rule the industry as MMORPGs did in the past? How would they know that it wouldn’t disappear without a tract once another more popular game was released?

Still, Pei Qian knew that GOG would continue to operate for a long time!

If he was lucky, GOG would end up being defeated by IOI, and nobody would play it anymore. That would mean that the game would incur losses for a long time. Then, Pei Qian would be ecstatic. Of course, he would keep the game in operation so that he could keep burning money.

As long as it was possible for the game to generate profits, the System wouldn’t object to it.

However, if Pei Qian was unlucky, GOG would end up beating IOI, and it would become very profitable. Then, Pei Qian would have no reasonable excuse to take it down, and he would be forced to keep operating it.

In other words, he would have to continue sharing 5% of the profits for a long, long time.

Pei Qian was moved.

Before this, he had lowered the prices of the skins to reduce revenue generated by the game. After that, Min Jingchao had given further discounts to improve gamers’ enthusiasm for the game.

Yet, no matter how much they reduced the price or how many discounts they gave, the revenue earned would still only seem lowered to the game company, which was powerful at making sales.

To Pei Qian, it would never be enough! Pei Qian could not help but think about all the popular and successful heroes like Yasuo, Zed, and Lee Sin.

If all of them moved over to GOG, wouldn’t the game achieve success immediately?

Almost immediately, Pei Qian thought about another problem.

Wait a minute, calm down. I can’t get in over my head over a mere 5% of profits…

If I move all the heroes over to GOG, wouldn’t IOI be defeated once and for all? It takes a long time to create new heroes. We can create two new heroes per month at most, and we would only get slower as time goes by.

Once we hit a certain number of heroes, every new hero’s skills would have to be connected to the others in some way. The balance would get harder to maintain as well. Those things would significantly slow down the development of new heroes later on as well.

“In other words, only a limited number of people would get the money.

“If I go crazy and move all the heroes over and I dominate all the profits, what would happen to the other gamers?

“The event is meant for gamers to participate in. At the same time, it’s meant to repay our customers. It seems inappropriate for me to hog all the benefits.” Pei Qian considered that, if he started moving the heroes over, he would probably not be able to recall all the heroes. Still, recalling seventy to eighty percent of the heroes would likely not be a problem.

That would exclude the rest of the gamers from participating in the event.

It would be slightly overboard.

What’s more, IOI’s current situation is quite dangerous. What if IOI collapses the moment I interfere?

Although 5% of all profits earned from the sale of skins sounds tempting, I can forget about incurring losses once I turn GOG into a money tree. I would only get to convert 1:1000 of the profits for the rest of my life.

What if the System adjusts the ratios based on the Matthew Effect again? That’s not likely, but it’s still possible…

Yes, I have to keep my long-term goals in mind.

After considering all the factors, Pei Qian summarized three main worries associated with moving all the classic heroes over to GOG.

First, for the foreseeable future, there could only be that many heroes which could only be released that quickly. By extension, there were only so many people who could share in the profits.

Pei Qian would not be able to get past his own conscience and steal those rewards out of the other gamers’ hands. After all, Boss Pei had so many other businesses. He could earn an income by scattering coins and incurring losses, but other gamers could not do the same.

Boss Pei had his pride, and he was too embarrassed to take this step. On top of that, moving all the successful heroes to GOG could cause the game to become too popular. If things spiraled out of control and the game kept generating revenue, Pei Qian could forget about incurring losses in the future.

Pei Qian still had a choice now. Incurring losses would certainly get him more money, but to a certain extent, he could still choose whether to incur losses or make profits.

However, if GOG were to become popular, Pei Qian would have no choice but to make profits. It did not seem worth it to lose a choice in the long-term for this.

Lastly, if IOI collapsed, what would Lin Wan do…?

Lin Wan was in charge of IOI’s local server. If the game failed even after she had put in her best, she would think that she was severely lacking. Then, she would stay in Tengda to learn more and insist on not returning home.

If that happened, who knew what kind of terrifying things her sister, her brother, and her father-who wanted to support her career wholeheartedly-would do…?