The Manager Was Such a Good Guy

The reason it still lagged far behind The Parable of Illidan was mainly because Soul Knight had too small a player base.

Once they waited a little longer and Soul Knight's total player count rose,

his receivables would increase as well.

But The Parable of Illidan was different. It was a one-time purchase game.

Players only needed to pay once and would not need to spend any more.

Likewise, The Parable of Illidan would basically have no further revenue afterward.

Unless they continued making DLC, or new players joined.

Otherwise, its revenue would no longer fluctuate.

But Soul Knight was different. When Wang Chuan created it, he had already considered its future development.

That was why the game itself was free, while its skins and playable characters were paid content.

There was also the game's multiplayer PVE mode, as well as Wang Chuan's planned future updates.

There would be Endless Mode, along with many more varied gameplay modes.

All of that ensured that Soul Knight would remain fun and offer progression content in the future, keeping players active.

What was more, the random elements inherent to Roguelike games gave players an undying sense of freshness no matter when they played.

For example, every run had different environments, ordinary enemies with different traits, different class talents, different equipment from different treasure chests, and so on.

Different characters also had different skills that could produce different effects in different stages, and so on~~~

These were the things players could not put down, and the features that drew them in.

As long as those things maintained the player base, coupled with the game's paid content,

as long as Wang Chuan did not screw things up during future operations,

such as raising the prices of characters or skins, or randomly changing the game mechanics until the game was no longer fun,

then the game would definitely be able to operate for a long, long time.

It would become a cash cow in Wang Chuan's grand plans, providing a steady stream of funding.

"The outcome has been decided!!"

Wang Chuan narrowed his eyes leisurely, looking at The Parable of Illidan on the game sales rankings and smiling.

Although Soul Knight could only rank behind it for now,

its future was bright!

Wang Chuan and the other four happily celebrated in the restaurant.

As players spread word of mouth, Soul Knight's popularity gradually began to ferment.

In the Game New World office, although it was already time to get off work, Xia Xiao still had not left.

Well, accompanying her was also the goddess's obligatory little bootlicker, Xiao Chen~~~

Incidentally, Xia Xiao stayed because she had work to do, while Xiao Chen stayed late solely to fawn over Xia Xiao.

At that moment, Xia Xiao and Xiao Chen each held a phone, their fingers constantly swiping across the screens.

They were not engaged in any secret activity. They were playing Soul Knight.

More precisely, they were testing Soul Knight.

It was not as though they had to test every game. Normally, they only tested games with some degree of fame.

It could be said that the only reason they were testing Soul Knight was because its creator was Wang Chuan.

After all, Soul Knight was not large in scale. It was merely a niche indie game.

Under normal circumstances, they would never have tested it.

After all, several games launched every day, and there were simply too many similar games.

The chances of finding a good game were far too low.

But since it was a game developed by Wang Chuan, things were different.

Game New World had worked with Wang Chuan before, so they knew his capabilities.

There was also the popularity of his previous game, The Stanley Parable.

On top of that, everyone knew about the conflict between Wang Chuan and Penguin producer Tian Boxun.

So for a person with skill, controversy, and buzz to develop a new game, they truly had no reason to pass it up.

Therefore, after Soul Knight and The Parable of Illidan launched, they began their testing.

"Oh, I found a chest! Xia Xiao, how about you open it? Your luck is really so much better than mine."

"Hehe, the ones you open contain orange gear, while mine are all white gear. Are you mocking me?"

"Uh~~~"

"Oh, Xia Xiao, look! I caught a wild boar. It would make a great mount. Want to try it?"

"Hehe, no need. Wild boars are too ugly. You should ride it yourself!"

"Uh~~~"

"Oh, Xia Xiao, look, I pulled an especially great item. How about—"

"No need. I don't need it. Use it yourself!"

"Uh~~~"

The two played Soul Knight together, and every attempt Xiao Chen made to flatter Xia Xiao was ruthlessly rejected.

Yet without realizing it, both of them had become completely engrossed in the game.

At that moment, the office door slowly opened, and a rather greasy middle-aged man walked in.

When he saw Xia Xiao and Xiao Chen both focused intently on playing games, surprise and satisfaction appeared on his face.

"Haha, today's Game New World articles have all been written, and the feedback has been quite good."

"Don't work overtime too late, everyone. Go home early. Just write up the test results when you get back."

"Once they pass review tomorrow, you can publish them. Oh, and I'll send you each a red packet as a reward."

The middle-aged man looked at them and said with a smile.

He then opened his chat app, sent each of them one hundred yuan, and left the office.

Sigh, it seems I underestimated them.

I have to say, young people really are driven.

Mm, when hiring in the future, I should still look for younger people. At the very least, they will take the initiative to work overtime!

Without realizing it, this was the image of young people that had formed in the manager's mind.

Uh.

Hearing the manager's words and seeing the now-open office door, Xia Xiao and Xiao Chen could not help but freeze.

Then they looked at each other, utterly dumbfounded.

They were done for. After playing for so long, they had actually forgotten about the testing!

Right after work, they had finished testing The Parable of Illidan.

Then they were supposed to test Soul Knight.

At first, they had been very serious about it, evaluating the gameplay, interface, Art Assets, and experience of the various modes.

But as they kept testing, the two of them got sucked into the game.

Until they completely forgot they were supposed to be testing it.

And not only had they forgotten, they had even unknowingly spent some money.

They had used it to buy several characters and skins.

Fortunately, for some reason, the manager had sent them a huge red packet~~~

Sure enough, the manager was such a good guy!!!