Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 234 - 231 Conscience Planning

Chapter 234: Chapter 231 Conscience Planning

Chapter 234 -231 Conscience Planning

The Dancing Nuclear Guild was recruiting new members when Jiang Qiao returned to the Astrological Tower and started doing what a planner ought to do.

His first task was calculating player numbers, the current cap for the Spirit Players being 120,000, with an active online count and average daily active users both at 100,000.

To some mobile and online game giants, these numbers may seem ordinary, but for Jiang Qiao, it was enough to treat Hai Lan to a lavish meal.

However… Jiang Qiao was now facing a… a very, very big crisis, far bigger than the Magic Thieves’ attack, which was… Jiang Qiao was going bankrupt.

“As a Creator God, what do you need money for?” Hai Lan was nibbling on a giant burger next to Jiang Qiao, who was now not looking at the Book of Systems but at his own bills in the real world.

“Then as a Creator God, what do you eat!”

Jiang Qiao pulled at Hai Lan’s cheeks until she kept yelping in pain, and only then did he let go.

Jiang Qiao had underestimated Hai Lan, as well as the appetite of Queen Mei and the five Knights; just ordering takeout for them daily was costing nearly 3,000 yuan.

Even though they had a thrifty Knight now cooking with ingredients from Biland Island, the food supplies on Biland Island were also very, very scarce!

Even the wealthiest guild stronghold, Cola Fanatic, with seventeen NPCs currently has farms and orchards that barely suffice to feed themselves.

Especially the Dragon Speaker sisters, whose recent appetite had grown considerably; the elder sister could eat two people’s portions in a day, and the younger sister could eat for three, making Jiang Qiao suspect some Magic Thieves had cloned Hai Lan’s appetite.

The situation at other guild strongholds was mostly the same, and the Abyss Temple was even more tragic; Hai Lan couldn’t restore various crops and livestock there, causing the temple to buy their NPC’s food from other guilds.

In short, Jiang Qiao was now facing bankruptcy, and food was extremely scarce across the strongholds on Biland Island.

“Can’t you tweak some data in the Sky Palace? Just add a few zeros to your bank account,” Hai Lan casually suggested while munching on her hamburger.

“Then tomorrow I’d be having tea and chatting with you in prison!” Jiang Qiao stared at his bank card balance, which had shrunk from the original 100,000 to just 10,000 due to Hai Lan, Queen Mei, and the five Knights’ meals.

It was still a whole half month until the next royalty payment was due.

Hai Lan’s genius idea was clearly oblivious to the workings of the real-world financial system; if Jiang Qiao added a few extra zeros to his bank account once, maybe no issue, but what about the second time, the third time?

It would surely be noticed, and the potential collapse of the financial credit system could have a domino effect harming the Spirits.

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“How about opening a system for in-game purchases!” Hai Lan, with her cheeks full, thus slurring her words, said, “Haven’t players in the forums been yelling things like ‘Please let me spend money!’ ‘Shut up and take my money!’ ‘This game is so fair, it makes me feel guilty’ and stuff like that?”

“That won’t work either…” after finishing her entire burger, Hai Lan’s intelligence finally kicked in; she thought for a while and realized it wasn’t feasible, “If your bank… card, I guess that’s the thing, is used to collect players’ payments, wouldn’t that directly expose you?”

“Finally, you’ve had one smart idea. Anyway, the topic has shifted from how I can earn your monthly food expenses to… how to make this game profitable!” Jiang Qiao’s gaze shifted out towards the bustling scenery on the streets of Lionheart City.

“I don’t quite understand, but lots of players are willing to spend real money on in-game items, right?” Hai Lan asked.

“That’s not the critical issue, Hai Lan. We’re game designers, game planners, not a game company! That’s an important distinction,” Jiang Qiao explained.

“Use a simpler explanation! I don’t get it!” Hai Lan frowned deeply, pondered for a long time, and finally said to Jiang Qiao.

“Put it this way, game companies make games to make money and grow their businesses; we make games to fend off foreign invaders threatening the Spirits’ homeland, and also to help you recover the Divine Fragments, right?” Jiang Qiao explained.

“And to devour other worlds! But I still don’t understand what you’re saying.”

After saying this, Hai Lan grabbed a cup of cola and began sipping it.

“What I mean is, I want to give back to the players by using the money earned from the game to offer them free clothes from a store in the real world, a complimentary splendid meal, or some small gifts, especially those valiant heroes who fought for us on the frontlines.”

Jiang Qiao made a statement that no game company planner would ever dare to make, as making such a statement could lead to termination.

“I feel… you are about to construct some kind of ‘terrifying’ gameplay again.” Hai Lan could only describe Jiang Qiao’s ideas for each new version update as terrifying, whether it was the Battle of Divine Fragments or now the Biland Island 2.5 version, Jiang Qiao’s various ideas were simply genius.

“Let me put it this way.”

Jiang Qiao opened a celestial map tool, which displayed the map of Jiang City Pedestrian Street.

“We will place a BOSS, or an enemy will invade here, and after the players defeat this enemy or BOSS, they can enjoy a free meal at this store next to the battlefield,” Jiang Qiao said, pointing at an M-branded fried chicken store next to Jiang City Pedestrian Street.

“But who will pay for the players’ feast? Are we paying for it?” Hai Lan had gained some common sense, at least knowing that eating here would cost money.

“We will pay, or all the players will pay, and… the store itself might pay as well,” Jiang Qiao said.

“I’ll listen to your explanation.” Hai Lan gave up trying to understand what Jiang Qiao’s plan was all about.

“I will establish a fund within Divine Fragment, where all profits earned by Divine Fragment in the real world will go into this fund. As for earning methods, there are two.” Jiang Qiao raised his hand and lifted a finger, “First is advertising. If we designate this store as a small instance filled with treasures, what do you think the players of Divine Fragment would do?”

“I know this one, tear the store apart.” Hai Lan said.

“In the game, the store might be torn apart, but in reality, they would stay inside for a while, and as a result, the store’s foot traffic would increase!” Jiang Qiao explained.

“Then what?”

“Then we ask them for advertising money. Although I haven’t figured out exactly how to do it, once the AR gameplay in our world is launched, with the popularity of Divine Fragment, those business owners definitely won’t ignore it. They’d want their stores to become instances where fierce BOSSes or amazing treasures could spawn, or perhaps offer a game mount or costume item if you buy a certain meal from their store. And one prerequisite, of course, is them giving us money,” Jiang Qiao said, then raised a second finger, “The second method is through in-app purchases.”

“I will release some cosmetic items and mounts without any attributes, as well as potions that can alter a player’s appearance — only small things that won’t affect game balance. The money from these in-app purchases will also go entirely into the Divine Fragment fund, and then in some form given back to the players,” Jiang Qiao explained.

“And what benefits does this bring us?” Hai Lan was quite concerned about the recent issue of Jiang Qiao not having enough money for meals.

“We are players as well, you see. Money earned by one person using Divine Fragment might be traced back, but if all Divine Fragment players are earning money through the game, there won’t be any problem,” Jiang Qiao gave a thumbs up and said, “Also, I am planning to introduce a guild territory gameplay in our world. It’s already embryonic in Biland Island. Anyway… the specific gameplay construction depends on when our world becomes accessible.”

The specific availability of our world would depend on when players… completed the main quest on Biland Island.

Currently, the Cola Fanatic Guild was progressing through the main quest the fastest, having collected 90 percent of the portal energy. They estimated that defeating another Island Master would gather all the necessary portal energy.

Biland Island itself was also part of our world… Jiang Qiao had already decided to place this island into our world and transform it into a floating island there, yes… a Biland Island without the crystallization illness.

However, many conflicts on Biland Island remained unresolved, including the missing remnants of Denghis Xisi’s consciousness and those covetous Divine Chosen Ones, as well as the survival of two Island Masters and… the food shortage on the island.

Just as Jiang Qiao was about to address these issues… Fureya Unit One suddenly emerged from the portal and came before Jiang Qiao.

In the CG “Crossworld,” this Fureya was Jiang Qiao’s Fureya… In the future, she would become an NPC with the role of a guide on Biland Island, but currently, she was still helping Jiang Qiao observe the situation of the suddenly emerged 60,000 new Fureyas.

“Divine Fragment, unit number 60000 Fureya is experiencing abnormalities in her thought processes… I think she’s encountered some trouble,” she said.

“Trouble? Bring up the spatial image of the cathedral where that Fureya is located.”

Jiang Qiao really couldn’t think of any trouble Fureya and Divine Fragment could encounter while interacting, especially since he had made their interaction so harmonious.