Genshin Impact Dev: Elysia, My Spokesmodel!
Chapter 10

Making Genshin Impact: Elysia Helps Me Endorse

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"Of course, if Elysia can carry it,"

"If it's carrying Eden, Elysia can unleash 100 times the strength~"

As the two girls exchanged flirtatious banter, they also continued to advance the game's plot.

At this point, the number of viewers in the livestream had reached one million.

And it was still climbing.

Normally, bilibili couldn't accommodate so many viewers in a single livestream.

But Eden had appeared in Elysia's livestream several times before.

With the experience of the first system crash, bilibili had paid special attention to Elysia's livestreams from then on.

Today was no different. The moment Eden appeared in the livestream, bilibili's management went into overdrive, expanding the servers for Elysia's stream.

They wouldn't let Elysia's livestream crash, even if it meant having other streamers go offline early.

After all, this was a massive influx of traffic.

At this moment, several bilibili staff members were watching Elysia's livestream and sighing in amazement.

"As expected of Eden... just showing her face, not interacting with the audience at all, and her popularity is still sky-high, the number of comments is also incredibly terrifying."

"It's a matter of scarcity. Eden doesn't show her face even once in six months. Of course, her sudden appearance on stream would drive fans wild."

"She'll probably be trending again soon..."

"By the way, have you guys looked into this game called 'Honkai Impact 3rd'?"

"Not really... Huh? Is Eden endorsing this game?"

"That would be huge news. It's the first time I've seen Eden accept an advertisement."

[Image shows Fu Hua (Cun Jin Kai Tian warning)]

Chapter 16: Explosive First Day Downloads!

Just as they had guessed, Weibo and Douyin were buzzing with activity.

Several news items related to Eden were rapidly climbing the trending charts.

And without exception, all the topics included the words "Honkai Impact 3rd."

This also allowed "Honkai Impact 3rd" to gain a massive wave of free traffic and attention.

At MiHoYo Studio.

"Bronya, how are the numbers?"

Bronya stopped playing the game and opened the backend to check.

The data on the computer made Bronya's pupils contract sharply.

Seeing her remain silent for a long time, Mo Li felt a bit strange. "What's wrong, Bronya?"

"Boss, wait... let me check again." Bronya couldn't believe her eyes.

Was that huge string of numbers a hallucination?

Bronya leaned down slightly, bringing her small head closer to the screen. Her fair jade finger pointed at the screen.

"Ones, tens, hundreds... thousands..."

Coincidentally, Mo Li was standing behind Bronya, holding his coffee.

Bronya was wearing an Office Lady Outfit, and her tight-fitting skirt accentuated her curves.

Now, with her body slightly hunched and leaning forward in front of Mo Li...

It was undeniably alluring.

Mo Li took a sip of his coffee and happened to see the scene when he looked up.

He almost spat out the coffee in his mouth, and in his haste, he choked on it.

"Cough cough..."

Just then, Rita happened to be passing by. Seeing Mo Li coughing non-stop, she walked over curiously.

"Boss, why are you..."

When she got closer, she naturally saw Bronya's posture and then looked at Mo Li's state, seeming to understand something.

With a smile, Rita slowly walked to Mo Li's side and patted his back.

Just as Mo Li recovered, Bronya's somewhat emotionless voice came through.

"Boss, our game... it blew up!"

Hearing this, Rita was a little surprised, but Mo Li appeared quite calm. "As expected."

"More than that, what I'm more interested in right now is... did you just smile?"

Bronya shot Mo Li a look. "I'm not a mute, what's so strange about smiling?"

"It's very strange! We've been together for so long, and this is the first time I've seen you smile!!"

"Besides, aren't you still a mute?"

Bronya narrowed her eyes, staring quietly at Mo Li, as if to say: If you tease me again, believe it or not, I'll beat you up?

Seeing this, Rita also chuckled, covering her mouth. "Don't just talk about you, boss. Even I rarely see Bronya smile."

Bronya: "..."

"Isn't your focus a bit strange right now? I'm saying the game data has exploded, our studio is famous, aren't you happy?" Rita replied, "Of course I'm happy, but I don't understand game data..."

"Let me see," Mo Li walked slowly to the computer.

However, when he saw the data, he was as disbelieving as Bronya.

"Tens of millions!! Thirty million downloads!"

Rita: "??"

But before Rita could be surprised, Mo Li's next words shocked her even more.

"Of these, 10 million players have spent more than 2 hours playing."

"There are 2 million players with recharge records..."

What kind of data was this?

This download volume was something even games that had been in open beta for a year hadn't achieved, let alone 30 million downloads on the first day...

The game they made themselves only had hundreds of thousands of total downloads.

The daily active players barely broke ten thousand... Compared to Honkai Impact 3rd, this was a gap of hundreds or thousands of times.

No wonder Bronya's composure was a little shaken, and she even leaned over to count it several times.

"I thought I was seeing things at first..." Even now, Bronya still couldn't believe it.

She turned to look at Mo Li again.

"What kind of mind could create a game like this..."

Such data was actually something Mo Li had never expected.

During the open beta, the total number of reservations was only 30 million.

Now, less than ten hours later, there were 30 million downloads?

After all, reserving didn't mean downloading.

In Mo Li's calculations, the number of people who would download Honkai Impact 3rd within the first 24 hours of its release should have been around 15 million.

As a result, in less than ten hours, the download volume had already exceeded the number of reservations.

The number of paying players had also reached millions.

Soon, Rita shared the good news with the other girls in the studio.

Without exception, when they first heard about the 30 million downloads, the girls didn't believe it.

And when they gathered together, looked at the backend data, and counted by tens, hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands several times, they all, without exception, jumped up excitedly.

Bronya, standing aside, also watched everyone quietly, a slight smile on her lips.

The sisters in the studio hadn't been this happy in a long time.

However, after calming down, Bronya noticed the girls' postures as they observed the data... their butts were sticking out...

She then turned to look at Mo Li, who was strategically drinking water.

Bronya suddenly thought of something, and her face couldn't help but turn slightly red.

"Ahem... everyone, don't get too excited, mind your image..." she tactfully reminded them.

But the girls, dizzy from the explosive data, paid no mind to their image and were all excitedly discussing.

In response, Bronya couldn't be bothered to remind them again.

Anyway, they were all dressed modestly, and their poses were just a little alluring.

Considering Mo Li's good performance over the past half month, it was like giving him a little treat.

Just as she was thinking this, Mo Li suddenly spoke.

"Girls, first check if there are any issues with the servers, and then expand them."

"It's almost time to get off work, I'll treat everyone to a meal outside~ Consider it a celebration banquet."

To Mo Li's surprise, the girls didn't cheer but exchanged glances with each other.

This situation made Mo Li a little strange.

After thinking for a moment, Mo Li smiled and teased, "The game just started making a profit, and you're already thinking about bonuses?"

"Boss, you've misunderstood..." Mei quickly interrupted Mo Li, her voice soft. "We usually don't go out to eat together. The stares of strangers make us very uncomfortable..."

After hearing this, Mo Li finally understood.

It made sense. Any one of the girls present had a level of beauty that could crush the competition. If they walked together, all nearby attention would likely be drawn to them.

"Boss, why don't we order takeout? I plan to stay at the studio tonight to keep an eye on the backend data."

Rita nodded in agreement. "Sister Himeko's suggestion is good. If the boss wants to show his appreciation... help us order some takeout~"

Seeing that the girls had reached a consensus, Mo Li didn't hesitate. He directly took out his phone. "What do you guys want to eat?"

"I want a portion of Fragrant Fried Fish."

"Hunan Phoenix Kernel Chicken."

"Heizi Steamed Shrimp Head."

"Heizi Steamed Snakehead."

PS: Elysia's thoughtful reminder: Captain, don't be fooled by women from the third dimension!

Chapter 17: Queen's Descent!

"Strange dish names..."

Mo Li muttered softly, then began searching for them one by one.

But as soon as he opened his phone, a Weibo inquiry popped up.

[Eden Appears in Bilibili Livestream, What Kind of Game is Honkai Impact 3rd? (Explosive)]

"Weibo's trending topic? Eden?" Mo Li clicked on the inquiry without a second thought.

When he saw the loaded information, his gaze was immediately captivated by the screenshots.

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