Though the past few days had seen all four of them putting on an optimistic front.
They were all holding back a simmering anger inside.
It was nothing else—they sincerely hoped the game would become a massive hit, then give Penguin a harsh lesson.
After all, all four of them had taken part in the game's development during this period.
They could also understand Wang Chuan's situation.
But now, Tian Boxun over at Penguin had already released The Parable of Illidan's first-hour results.
The numbers were pretty good.
Enough to leave them feeling uncertain.
Although Soul Knight's first-hour downloads had greatly surpassed those of The Parable of Illidan.
That was only natural.
The Parable of Illidan used a paid model, while Soul Knight was free with in-app purchases.
On the other hand, a look at the rankings gave a more intuitive view of each game's data.
On the new games chart, The Parable of Illidan had shot straight to first place.
Soul Knight, meanwhile, could not be found anywhere on the new games chart.
Seeing that, the four of them became even more uneasy.
Compared to their lack of confidence, Wang Chuan was much calmer.
He knew why the rankings looked like this.
It was simply because the new games chart only included games that had been online for less than a month and ranked among the top thirty by data.
And it covered rankings across all platforms.
In other words, even Penguin's, Net Entertainment's, and Bali's open platforms were included.
The Parable of Illidan belonged to Penguin itself, and it had so many promotional resources.
Especially those huge front-page banner placements and the like. Even if they only lasted a day.
They could still send The Parable of Illidan's numbers soaring.
So if it had not taken first place, that would have been strange!!!
And the current situation was not much different from what he had anticipated.
"All right, don't worry too much. What do they call this? If you want to destroy someone, first let them go mad."
Wang Chuan looked at the identical little expressions on their faces and could not help smiling.
"And now, let him go mad for a while~~~"
"Boss, has anyone ever told you that you're kind of...~~~"
After hearing Wang Chuan's words, the four looked at one another. After a moment, Huang Shanshan spoke hesitantly.
"Oh? What? That I'm handsome??"
Feeling rather pleased with himself, Wang Chuan stroked his chin and muttered.
"No, Boss. Has anyone ever told you that you look like a fortune teller!!!"
Huang Shanshan shook her head with a solemn expression, then burst out laughing after she said it.
At the same time, Liu Qiang, Zhou Wei, and Zhao Jing doubled over with laughter as well.
"Fine! You actually dare tease your boss now. No, I have to punish you!!"
Wang Chuan put on an angry face, and he actually managed to frighten Huang Shanshan.
"Huh? What kind of punishment??"
Huang Shanshan's laughter stopped abruptly as she asked nervously.
"Heh heh heh, I'll punish you by making you massage my shoulders~~~"
Wang Chuan gave Huang Shanshan a mischievous look, appraising her from head to toe. Only when her expression grew increasingly nervous did he finally reveal that he was joking.
It had to be said, Huang Shanshan really was a pretty girl.
She had long hair draped over her shoulders, light makeup on her fair face, and the look of a white-collar worker.
Mm, her long legs in black stockings were quite alluring too~~~
"Whew, a shoulder massage. I thought it was going to be~~~"
Huang Shanshan let out a sigh of relief, naturally walked over, and began kneading Wang Chuan's shoulders with just the right amount of pressure.
She had done it so many times already that she was used to it.
For a moment, the room suddenly fell silent.
"Ahaha, Manager Wang, we'll get back to work first~~"
The others exchanged knowing looks as they left, leaving Wang Chuan and Huang Shanshan, who was lowering her head as she massaged his shoulders.
An ambiguous atmosphere suddenly enveloped the two of them.
Wang Chuan was a little dumbfounded. I was just saying it casually. Why did you take it seriously?
And you three, are you setting me up? Don't make it so obvious, all right?
Besides, I'm not in the mood for a relationship right now!!!
Although Huang Shanshan was very pretty and had a great figure, but...
Mm, it did not seem like she would be impossible to accept either~~~
"Ow, I almost forgot. Today's the day Soul Knight goes live."
Liu Bo slapped his forehead in regret and muttered to himself.
He was an ordinary gamer. By chance, he had once gotten to play The Stanley Parable.
As for games, he had played who knew how many.
But compared to the earlier The Stanley Parable, they all fell short by who knew how much.
Although its Art Assets were rough, and its gameplay was rather dull.
Its music was still good, with genuine feeling behind it.
And what left the deepest impression on him was its story, along with its countless endings.
As well as the thought-provoking questions it raised.
It was precisely because of those things that Liu Bo remembered Wang Chuan and his next game, Soul Knight.
But he had been too busy lately. Though he had kept Soul Knight in mind, he had still forgotten about it.
If he had not seen Game New World's new article while eating just now, he might have missed it entirely.
Thinking that, Liu Bo opened Soul Knight and gave it a quick look.
"Huh? This game isn't even a METAGAME game~~~"
Liu Bo hesitated a little when he saw that, but after seeing the price, he was tempted.
Damn, it was free anyway. It was not like playing it would cost him anything.
So why not play it???
With that thought, Liu Bo decisively opened his phone and downloaded Soul Knight's app directly from the game store.
Since he was outside, he did not download it on his computer.
"But this game is this small??? It's not even three hundred megabytes??"
Liu Bo had originally been worried about whether his phone had enough storage. He had even been thinking about what he might need to delete to clear some space.
But now that he looked at it, well, he had been overthinking it.
Of course, that did not make him think anything bad of Soul Knight.
After all, he had been a veteran player for many years. He had long since moved past judging whether a game was fun by its file size.
Take The Stanley Parable, which he had played before, for example.
Was that game big?
No!!!
It could even be called pitifully small.
But was it an excellent game???
Of course it was!!!
It could be said that Liu Bo had simply never seen a better indie game than it.
Very soon, the game finished loading.
After a few simple controls, he arrived at the game screen.
"Hm? Do I need to dodge the shots?"
The moment Liu Bo entered the game, he encountered the familiar beginner tutorial.
It had to be said, this game's controls were incredibly, incredibly simple.
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