The Boss Behind The Game - Chapter 90

Chapter 90: Tournament Collaboration

The next day, in a meeting room at Platform173 headquarters…

“You want to collaborate with Battle Online Corporation for a tournament live stream?” Wu Guoyi asked An Manman, who was sitting across the table.

“Yes, President Wu. For now, you are the only person that has any connection with the Battle Online Corporation. This is why I am reaching out to you to discuss with Battle Online Corporation about the live streaming rights for the tournament,” An Manman looked earnestly at Wu Guoyi.

The main reason for her to take a trip to Indigo City was to get the live streaming rights of the Battle Online Corporation’s tournament.

Recently, several videos became viral on various video hosting platforms.

These videos were recorded by the Battle Online players during their gameplay.

One of the most popular videos was the Christmas Battle Event.

The video was paired with energetic background music, showing countless players fighting fervently and fearlessly against their enemy. Even though it was only through the screen, it made its viewers feel the burning anger and persistence in the hearts of the players.

Moreover, this particular video had received over a million views on various websites and had attracted a large number of new players.

It was precisely through her market research on Battle Online’s gaming video, that the company An Manman worked for, Shark Streaming Platform, decided to seize this opportunity to obtain Battle Online’s live streaming and commentary rights.

Although the popular online game had not been updated with popular events such as battle arena or guild wars, she had a feeling that it would be all too late if she waited for the updates to be launched before proposing this collaboration.

As of now, Battle Online had garnered an unprecedentedly high rating within the gaming community. For this reason, her father had asked An Manman to come to Indigo City and ask Wu Guoyi for help to discuss the collaboration details with the Battle Online Corporation.

Looking at An Manman, Wu Guoyi went silent for a moment, “Since your father is an old friend of mine, I will be frank with you.”

An Manman listened while nodding her head.

“Even though Battle Online has not released any tournaments yet, I can firmly say that once it does, its impact will not be weaker than the popular games like Atlantis. What’s more, its popularity could even surpass Atlantis. If you want to buy live streaming and commentary rights, I’m afraid the cost will be very high!”

Wu Guoyi himself had been discussing with Lu Wu about their collaboration several times in the past, so he knew Lu Wu’s take on this matter very clearly.

He sensed that Lu Wu did not care about profits, but instead wanted to focus on developing a good game.

And this was something that Wu Guoyi admired so much about him.

Since he was also one of the players of the game, he was well aware that if they launched the gaming credit top-up function, the profits generated would be phenomenal.

Wu Guoyi believed that if he himself were to make the decision, he would definitely not be able to resist this temptation.

However, since the beginning of the game’s development until now, there was no hint of making soul coins an in-game purchase. This was something that he could not figure out. He just could not grasp what was on Lu Wu’s mind.

This was why he was not confident in An Manman’s proposal for the collaboration.

Having heard Wu Guoyi’s advice, An Manman spoke after a moment of silence, “President Wu, I would like to talk face to face with the person in charge of Battle Online.”

Wu Guoyi nodded when he heard her request, “If that is the case, then I’ll make an appointment for you. However, I could not guarantee that he will meet you!”

An Manman smiled faintly, “Thank you for your help, Uncle Wu.”

……

Lu Wu let out a sigh as he looked at Bei Li. She was lying on the bed, snacking while sneaking side glances at him from time to time, “Li, if you’re eating then eat properly. Why are you looking at me like that?”

Bei Li propped up her upper body, with her mouth still chewing, “Spring is just around the corner, I wanna see how animals change during their mating season!”

Lu Wu was left speechless by her statement.

“She is just a friend. We haven’t been in contact for a long time now…”

Lu Wu sighed. In all honesty, there was really nothing going on between him and An Manman; both of them were really just regular friends.

At that moment, Lu Wu’s cell phone rang.

Picking up the call, Wu Guoyi’s voice came from the other end, “Brother Lu, are you free now? I would like to treat you for lunch.”

Lu Wu looked at Bei Li, who had now turned her ear to his direction in an effort to eavesdrop, and he felt a wave of helplessness in his heart.

“Brother Wu, I am kind of busy lately. I’ll buy you a meal next time when I am free.”

Hearing this, Wu Guoyi went straight to the subject, “Have you considered launching a tournament mode?”

Lu Wu was stunned for a moment.

In fact, he too was thinking about holding a live stream for the game’s tournament.

Apart from the guild war that had been planned previously, he was also developing a battle event for individual players as well as a leaderboard of the players and other features.

These were the new competitive tournament features in development that Lu Wu was going to add.

Lu Wu had always paid extra attention to gaming tournaments.

In the development of games, competitive tournaments had played one of the most crucial roles in gaining publicity. Not to mention, it could also increase the popularity of the game itself.

This was well reflected in the earliest games. Each event had attracted a large number of players to cheer for their favorite team.

However, holding official tournaments required detailed and complicated preparations such as the venue, commentators, and opening ceremonies. Although there were official gaming platforms that only stream tournaments, which could also be used to run a tournament, the impact was way weaker and the necessary conditions were still not up to par yet.

Nonetheless, Lu Wu wondered about the reason why Wu Guoyi would bring this topic up. As far as he knew, Platform173 did not have any involvement in the live streaming of tournaments.

“What does Brother Wu mean by that?” Lu Wu asked curiously.

“Have you heard of the Shark Streaming Platform?”

“Of course. This streaming platform is one of the three major live game streaming platforms. I used to watch the local and international tournament commentaries on that platform.”

The moment Wu Guoyi mentioned the Shark Streaming platform, Lu Wu had more or less guessed the reason.

“They would like to talk to you regarding the contract for the Battle Online tournament’s legal rights. It is up to you to meet them or not, I am just asking on their behalf,” Wu Guoyi replied.

As soon as Lu Wu heard it, he was excited. After all, he was already planning to launch the first season of the guild wars that he was developing. Moreover, Shark was one of the three major local live streaming platforms, so they already have high traffic on the website, which could help to promote the game. The company was highly experienced in hosting tournaments, which was exactly what he needed.

“Let’s meet, Brother Wu!” after a moment of thought, Lu Wu gave a simple yet clear answer.

Wu Guoyi was stunned with Lu Wu’s change of attitude. He did not expect this reaction as Lu Wu’s attitude had always been very chill.

Apart from developing the game, he had never cared about profits, but now, it seemed that he suddenly had a change of heart.

“Well then, let’s have lunch together. I’ll inform her about it and will book a table at the Palace Hotel. When you reach, just come to the table.”

Lu Wu gave his swift approval.

As he hung up the call, Lu Wu noticed Bei Li was staring blankly at him.

“I want to tag along!”