Acquisition? Reject Them All

That was precisely why Soul Knight had caught up and overtaken its rival after the first day.

It had gradually crushed the once-dominant The Parable of Illidan.

Of course, beyond its fast pace and randomness, Soul Knight also owed its success to its multiplayer mode.

Wang Chuan and his team had developed that themselves.

In his previous life, Soul Knight had never launched online multiplayer due to technical and third-party issues.

That had become a regret for players in his previous life.

So when Wang Chuan decided to make Soul Knight, he and his team had embarked on the journey of creating an online multiplayer mode.

They had also further strengthened the game's social elements, offering players corresponding benefits.

For example, players could obtain limited-time trials of certain characters through daily check-ins.

They could also add friends and use the game's mechanics to freeload their friends' characters.

However, there was a daily limit on the number of times they could do so.

This approach was frequently used in the vast majority of card games.

It was essentially the same principle as the friend support systems in card games.

And applying this principle came with certain benefits.

First, games that truly became popular were always social games. So if a game could add more social elements, it would be conducive to long-term operation.

Why were some games called masterpieces and wildly popular when they first came out—

Yet lost all their popularity after only half a month or a month?

Why could some ordinary games struggle to survive at the beginning, yet keep operating for one or even two years?

It was nothing more than social interaction.

No matter how much of a masterpiece a game was or how fun its content was, players would eventually grow tired of it after playing it too many times.

But once it became a social game, things were different.

They were still playing the same things, but once there were more people, it became interesting.

Second, it was a form of subtle promotion. As mentioned before, limited-time character trials and friend character support—these various player benefits—

Were actually meant to let players experience characters in advance. Their fundamental purpose was to stimulate player spending.

This character was so fun. Want to own it permanently??

Then come buy it!

Another benefit was that it gave wealthy players a place to show off.

This was a fairly common advantage, like the Leaderboard often seen in games or Emperor ranks in livestream rooms.

But Soul Knight was, after all, a casual game, so it did not make that too obvious.

And there could not be anything that threatened game balance.

One week after the game launched.

All the players and media online had gone numb.

Even Tian Boxun and the other Game Producers at Penguin Company were stunned.

"No, this can't be right. You're all lying to me, aren't you??"

Tian Boxun stared at the data sheet in his hand, finding it hard to believe.

It was a comparison of data between The Parable of Illidan and Soul Knight.

When the games had just launched, he had been brimming with confidence.

After a day had passed, although his face was full of worry, he had still believed in himself.

Until Soul Knight suddenly surged forward, pulled off a dazzling comeback, and snatched The Parable of Illidan's first-place spot on the new games chart.

He had broken down~~~

Even now, after a week, Soul Knight was still firmly seated in first place.

Although Huangtu Game Company had not publicly released Soul Knight's data or revenue figures.

Everyone was an industry insider, so they could still estimate the general situation from certain data.

Soul Knight's downloads had currently reached a terrifying eight million.

And a Game Producer had posted on the game forum that they had launched a new game.

Its sales over twenty-four hours had been around twenty thousand.

Even so, it had still been able to rank second.

Based on that calculation, Soul Knight's daily revenue during its first week after launch should have reached around six hundred thousand.

Of course, that was only an estimate. Only Wang Chuan and the others knew the exact figure.

But that was nothing. What shocked people most was still Soul Knight's rating.

Because the player base had expanded again, Soul Knight's rating had also fallen.

Its rating had now dropped to 9.4.

But that was still an extremely terrifying score.

"Why? How could this happen? I was supposed to win. It was supposed to be me!!"

Although the facts were right before him, Tian Boxun still refused to believe them.

And he was completely dejected.

He had not deliberately underestimated Soul Knight. He had assessed it with a normal perspective.

The game's quality was indeed excellent, but he had promotional support behind him!!

Of course, the promotional and publicity resources of Penguin Company had indeed given The Parable of Illidan a huge early advantage.

It had directly climbed to first place on the new games chart, leaving Soul Knight unable even to see its back.

But this was ridiculous!

Only one day had passed, yet Soul Knight had actually overtaken it and directly usurped the throne!!

Who could have expected that??

Especially later on, judging by Soul Knight's data.

Its daily revenue was estimated to reach around one million.

That figure was simply not something a rookie Game Producer could achieve.

It was an utterly unbelievable result.

First there had been Soul Knight, then The Stanley Parable. Both had achieved terrifying results, making everyone in the gaming industry realize—

Wang Chuan's ability absolutely did not belong to a Game Producer who was merely a flash in the pan.

His future was immensely promising!

If The Stanley Parable had succeeded while Soul Knight had failed, that would have meant Wang Chuan had relied on a momentary burst of inspiration.

But Soul Knight had now succeeded, especially with the terrifying daily revenue it was currently showing.

That meant something entirely different for Huangtu Game Company.

Because it represented that Wang Chuan could make money!

Which meant Huangtu Game Company could make money too!

As a result, every major game company wanted to shove money at Wang Chuan~~~

"Boss, Net Entertainment sent word. They're offering us five hundred million RMB to acquire Huangtu, and they want to talk to you."

Looking at the high-spirited Wang Chuan before her, Huang Shanshan felt somewhat dazed.

After all, when they had first applied here, they had only wanted to find a place where they could strive together.

A place where they could work with the games they loved.

But they had never expected to become an overnight hit and draw major capital into negotiations.