Chapter 114: Purchasing Monthly Cards Increases Luck

"President Chen, do we really have to do this?"

Fang Chang felt a bit worried after hearing Chen Mo's words.

A monthly card was only 10 yuan; that was just too cheap. Monthly cards in other games usually cost around 30 yuan, not to mention the 2-yuan weekly cards and the 0.1-yuan daily cards.

Never mind the weekly cards; just look at the daily card—0.1 yuan a day. How is that any different from giving it away for free? Can this really make money?

"Yes, do exactly that. And be quick about it—the sooner, the better. It would be best if the update could be finished by tomorrow."

Chen Mo looked at Fang Chang and said seriously. This matter absolutely could not be delayed. Who knew when those few tycoons might have a whim and top up another few hundred thousand?

Seeing the serious expression on President Chen's face, Fang Chang knew that this matter could not be changed.

"President Chen, this matter is simple enough. As long as we take those pieces of equipment off the shelves and launch the monthly card system, we can basically have the update ready by tomorrow."

This reform wasn't like the previous equipment updates that required modeling and the like. They only needed to modify the program, which was relatively simple.

"That's good."

Chen Mo nodded, feeling relieved. This way, starting tomorrow, there wouldn't be any tycoons suddenly topping up a huge amount of money to buy equipment. He could finally rest easy.

He then took a couple of laps around the game company, took the opportunity to notify everyone about the National Day holiday, and left Cangxue Games.

After seeing President Chen out, Fang Chang returned to his office and called Wei Yan and Zhao Bowen over.

Tianlong Game. It was currently managed by these two, so this reform would naturally have to be completed by them.

Upon hearing Fang Chang finish explaining the Tianlong Game reform, Zhao Bowen looked puzzled.

"Isn't Tianlong Game doing pretty well right now? There are even alternative equipment options to replace the 100,000-yuan gear, so we don't have to worry about free-to-play players having a bad experience."

"If we delete it, it would really be a pity!"

In just these few days, the 100,000-yuan set alone had already generated 1.5 million in revenue for the company. He couldn't quite understand why President Chen would do this.

"I think there is some deeper meaning behind President Chen's approach," Wei Yan suddenly said at the right moment.

Fang Chang and Zhao Bowen both turned to look at Wei Yan, their eyes full of questions. Seeing this, Wei Yan continued.

"Let me ask a question first: what is our daily traffic for Tianlong Game right now?"

"Over 200,000. But this traffic is increasing every day; maybe it will reach 300,000 in a couple of days," Zhao Bowen said without hesitation.

Because Tianlong Game had come back from the dead, he had been paying very close attention to its data during this period. He had witnessed with his own eyes how Tianlong Game grew from a traffic of a few thousand to 200,000, bit by bit.

"That's exactly it. Look, a 0.1-yuan daily card—if everyone bought it, that would be 20,000. If you add in the weekly and monthly cards, it would definitely be even more."

"In our sales department, this model is called 'small profits but quick turnover.'"

"What I need to do is figure out how to design the privileges for the monthly card so that people feel it's not a loss and are willing to purchase it."

Wei Yan spoke methodically. Fang Chang nodded inwardly upon hearing this, feeling that what Wei Yan said made sense.

The game's traffic wasn't that high yet, but if it grew to millions in the future, then just from everyone buying the 0.1-yuan daily card, that would be a daily revenue of several hundred thousand.

Moreover, this kind of revenue was very stable, as daily cards needed to be purchased every day. This way, the game would basically have a relatively stable revenue every day, which was much more stable than tycoons buying 100,000-yuan equipment!

So President Chen was thinking so far ahead. It was a good thing Wei Yan was there; otherwise, he wouldn't have understood President Chen's intentions.

"I do have a suggestion on how to get players to purchase the monthly card."

"I've been logging into the game often these days to understand how the players feel about it. The thing they complain about most every day is that the equipment drop rate is too low and too hard to grind."

"I can add some Luck points to the monthly card; these Luck points can slightly increase the equipment drop rate."

As Zhao Bowen spoke, he reached out and pinched his fingers slightly in mid-air.

"For example, the daily card can increase Luck by 1 point, the weekly card by 3 points, and the monthly card by 6 points. Each point of Luck can increase the equipment drop rate by 0.1%."

"The Luck points from the three cards can stack, for a total increase of 1% in equipment drop rate. This 1% equipment drop rate won't affect game balance much."

"Also, since President Chen cut off all other consumption channels, the function to revive on the spot by spending diamonds is gone. We can add that into the monthly cards: the daily card gets 2 chances to revive on the spot, the weekly card gets 7, and the monthly card has no limit."

"This way, I believe most players will be willing to purchase these three cards."

Upon hearing Zhao Bowen's suggestion, Fang Chang and Wei Yan both nodded.

"That's a good suggestion. Let's make the changes accordingly. President Chen has already given the order; we must have the updated version online by tomorrow."

"Alright, this reform isn't difficult. I can take two teams and have it online by the time we get off work," Zhao Bowen said confidently.

"That works. It would be even better if it's online by the time we get off work. I can tell President Chen is a bit anxious about this," Fang Chang instructed.

… That evening, Du Ziteng returned to his residence, turned on his computer, and logged into Tianlong Game.

Yesterday's team battle ended in defeat for [Lingyan Pavilion]. Actually, if he had gotten a few more sets of the 100,000-yuan equipment to distribute to his guild brothers yesterday, they basically would have won.

So he was a bit unwilling to accept it; today he prepared to wash away his shame. Huh! An update?

Du Ziteng discovered that the game actually required an update, but he didn't think much of it and clicked to update.

However, after entering the game, he suddenly discovered a problem. He couldn't find the lucky draw interface for the 100,000-yuan equipment.

What was going on! Du Ziteng's eyes showed confusion, and then he remembered he hadn't looked at the update content earlier, so he found the update announcement and read it.

After a while, he finally understood the reason. It turned out that the game had taken all those pieces of equipment off the shelves, and the only places to spend money were the newly added monthly card, weekly card, and daily card. These three cards combined didn't even add up to 20 yuan.

How was he supposed to get revenge with this? Du Ziteng stared blankly at the recharge interface that only had a monthly card, but he quickly reacted. Since he couldn't spend money to buy that 100,000-yuan equipment, he could spend money to acquire the alternative equipment for the 100,000-yuan gear.

Although that set of equipment was also relatively hard to grind, its drop rate was still much higher than the Dragon Slaying Set. If he spent money to acquire it, he should be able to get a few sets. Using them for revenge would definitely be no problem.