This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 271 - 181: Cherry Dynasty, Seventy Years of Rule!

Chapter 271: Chapter 181: Cherry Dynasty, Seventy Years of Rule!

"Oh right, let me tell you some bad news while I’m at it! Your goddess, who ruled Zone Three for 70 days, Cherry Pie Filling, has officially announced she has a boyfriend," Chen Ba joked.

"No... that’s impossible!"

Lu looked desperate, "Ba, you’re lying to me, right? How could my Empress possibly have a boyfriend?"

"Why would I lie to you..."

Chen Ba shook his head, "Go check out the hot posts on the Tianba Community yourself. It’s officially announced; how could it be fake?"

Lu didn’t believe it, so he opened the Tianba Community’s web page and started checking today’s hot posts.

It turned out to be true!

Cherry Pie Filling shared the good news herself on the community and introduced her boyfriend.

It turns out, she met her boyfriend through the game Don’t Leave After School. Thanks to his silent support behind the scenes, she was able to control Zone Three’s big picture without being overthrown.

Her boyfriend is the son of a wealthy family.

It’s hard to say exactly how rich, but Cherry Pie Filling mentioned that several wealthy people suddenly came to Zone Three, making the throne competition unpredictable.

She believed she couldn’t control the situation, so she chose to step down and let her boyfriend take over, allowing him to fight these "newcomers."

The Cherry Dynasty has fallen!

The goddess in the hearts of countless players, the empress who built the 70-year Cherry Dynasty single-handedly, chose to abdicate in favor of her boyfriend as chaos loomed.

Zone Three has hence entered the Warring States period...

As for Cherry Pie Filling, Chen Ba had actually interacted with her before. He knew she was ambitious and probably became empress to catch a rich husband.

And she did catch one.

Have to admit, she’s smart! Since she caught a wealthy man, and the situation in Zone Three is getting more chaotic, it was wise to cash in and leave. Staying on that throne wouldn’t end well.

"You call that smart?"

"What else would you call it? You don’t really think that with so many wealthy people coming in, Cherry Pie Filling could continue to sit securely on her throne, do you?"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes.

The game Don’t Leave After School may not let money change much, but being rich certainly allows you to dominate.

As long as you’re willing to pass out benefits, a large group of players will definitely gather around you. It’s all about spending money, but instead of giving it to the game developers, it’s distributed to other players.

That’s how the tycoon in Zone Four rose to power and successfully unified the entire zone into one solid piece.

Cherry Pie Filling’s seductive photos in black stockings were undoubtedly attractive, but they paled in comparison to the money-spreading tactics of wealthy players.

So, she was very wise.

Knowing she couldn’t hold that position for much longer, she quickly packed up and left. Losing to money didn’t matter, since she already found a wealthy and powerful boyfriend.

According to the community player’s method of historical documentation, "one day equals one year," Cherry Pie Filling being the overlord of Zone Three for 70 years was already quite impressive.

Undoubtedly a legendary empress!

It’s just a shame that she couldn’t hold out until Don’t Leave After School opened its in-game purchase system to enjoy the revenue sharing from server recharges.

"She’s already caught a rich husband; why would she still care about a bit of revenue sharing?"

After the goddess’s image shattered, Lu’s perception of her changed dramatically, and he couldn’t help but mutter disdainfully, "Compared to revenue sharing, marrying into a wealthy family is indeed more tempting!"

"That’s not necessarily true..."

"Zone Three is a popular zone, with over 500,000 players once it goes free, and a 5% revenue share isn’t insignificant," Chen Ba explained.

Cherry Pie Filling had a chance to become part of the elite; if she stabilized and suppressed those rebellious tycoons, she could become an elite herself in the future.

But she chose to marry into a wealthy family.

It’s a pity. Although both choices are understandable, missing this opportunity is really unfortunate.

In contrast, the rulers of Zone One, Zone Two, and Zone Five are more resolute.

Even though a flood of wealthy tycoons has made their thrones precarious, they haven’t thought of backing down, striving to suppress these people.

They’re gambling on an opportunity to turn the tables, to leap from commoners to elite status!

And this opportunity is obviously the server recharge revenue sharing promised by Ba.

...

At the beginning of March, as temperatures gradually rose, Tianba Studio announced through various channels that Don’t Leave After School: Marbles Storm would transition from a paid game to a free game.

When the announcement was made, regular players didn’t have much of a reaction.

After all, everyone had already earned back their initial purchase cost from the game, so whether the game was free or not hardly mattered to them.

On the contrary.

With the game becoming free, new players would surely flood in, with more advertisers coming and ad revenue increasing, so they should actually be happy.

The biggest reaction actually came from the various server zones and those aiming for the crown, those ambitious enough to want to dominate Zone One.

Game partners!

This mechanism had been around for so long, yet no one had seen real revenue sharing before.

Now that the game was going free and introducing an in-game purchase system, game partners from every zone could finally see some revenue sharing.

How much money could there be?

As the saying goes, "Benefits move the human heart!"

If the sum was small, enthusiasm for competing for the throne would plummet; after all, it’s not worth expending so much energy for just a bit of money.

But if the sum was large enough to change someone’s social status, that’s a different story...

On the first day the in-game purchase system launched, countless eyes were on this in-game purchase system, wanting to know how many players would spend money, and how much revenue a zone could generate.

Chen Ba was no exception.

He was also curious about the spending capacity of Don’t Leave After School players. How were the sales of various outfits, monthly cards, and marble skins?

"It should be pretty good!"

Yang Dong asserted, "Players who have made money from the game should find it quite easy to subscribe to a monthly card."

It’s uncertain about the outfit skins.

But the monthly card, almost everyone would subscribe to it, at least, as a kind of protection fee to Ba.

Not paying this fee?

Go away, and still think you could earn ad revenue? If you don’t open a monthly card, consider it Ba’s mercy for not banning your account!

"It’s happening, it’s happening..."

As the two chatted, the game’s first payment appeared.

In the blink of an eye, the backend payment revenue soared, just as Yang Dong predicted, with players subscribing to the monthly card the most.

It really became a protection fee!

In just half an hour, the number of people subscribing to monthly cards in various zones exceeded 10,000+, meaning that within half an hour, the recharge revenue for each zone surpassed 300,000.

This also meant that if Chen Ba were a game partner in any zone, he could earn 15,000 in recharge revenue within that half hour.

"Oh no!"

Looking at the ever-increasing backend recharge revenue, Yang Dong shook his head and said, "Now, the battle for Permission Beads is really going to get intense."

15,000 in half an hour, what does that mean?

A monthly salary of 15,000 is considered a high salary beyond most people’s imagination, and if you can seize the Permission Beads and become a game partner, you’ve essentially secured a ticket to earning several million or even tens of millions annually.

Benefits move the human heart!

This sum of money might mean nothing to wealthy players, but for ordinary players, it’s undoubtedly worth fighting for.

If they failed, there’s no significant loss.

But if they succeeded, they could change their social status and begin living a life of luxury cars and mansions, enjoying delicacies...

"Indeed!"

Chen Ba thought about it. If he were a regular player earning less than 10,000 a month, given such an opportunity, he would definitely want to give it a shot.

After all, this is way more reliable than playing the lottery.

One attempt could save ten or even twenty years of time, allowing one to buy a car and a house much earlier. Who wouldn’t be tempted?

Of course!

If you think you’re too weak and the chances of success are low, you can also support a "lord" to become a founding contributor!

Founding contributors are generally well-treated unless you’re really unlucky and run into Zhu Chongba...