136: Adjust the total prize pool

"Brother, you want to play?" Hang Dong looked at Hang Liang in disbelief.

In reality, she knew that her brother didn't actually like watching livestreams, and only agreed reluctantly because she asked him to.

But now, her brother had actually taken the initiative to say he wanted to play the game.

Wouldn't that mean he could get better soon?

Hang Dong's thoughts drifted back to a long time ago, when her brother would take her out to play and buy her things to eat.

He would also tell her stories, talk about the friends he met at school, and what new things had happened.

Even when she felt wronged, her brother would immediately comfort her and try to make her happy.

But later, for some unknown reason, her brother suddenly developed an emotional illness.

When she first heard the news, she almost fainted from crying.

Everyone knew that once someone was plagued by an emotional illness, it was possible they would be separated forever by death.

She could only try her best to comfort herself, and at the same time, decided to take a break from school to take care of her brother.

It had been half a year, and she had watched helplessly as her brother, who could at least say a few words to her at the beginning, eventually had no one in his eyes at all.

Even when she scalded herself while pouring hot water, her brother didn't react at all.

She didn't know how many times she had cried secretly behind his back, but when she faced Hang Liang, she could only put on a smile.

Her parents were already tired enough, and she couldn't add any more trouble for them.

Over these past few days, her brother had gradually improved, and countless times she had woken up from dreams with a smile, but she was still filled with deep worry.

She worried that this was just a flash in the pan, and that she would wake up to find it was all just a dream.

But now, her brother had actually taken the initiative to say he wanted to play the game!

"Okay," Hang Dong tried her best to suppress the soreness in her nose and put on a smile again, "Brother, let me teach you how to play."

Hang Liang shook his head, "No need, I'll try playing it by myself first. You go back to watching the livestream."

"Tell me about it when you finish."

Hang Dong nodded repeatedly, "Okay, then I'll keep watching!"

While she was watching the livestream, she didn't forget to keep an eye on her brother's every move.

As a beginner, Hang Liang looked slightly clumsy playing the game, and after entering the game, he was currently going through the beginner's tutorial.

He would probably finish it soon and formally enter the game.

Hang Dong was looking at the livestream section within Honor of Kings, and the ones at the top were the ones with the most viewers.

She suddenly felt that this livestream was quite interesting, and she could even send bullet comments along with everyone else.

Meanwhile, after playing for a while, Hang Liang discovered that this game wasn't as simple as he had imagined.

First of all, the concept of Arcana was quite complicated, not to mention the equipment, maps, and hero skills.

This made his brain work non-stop.

On the other side, Ye Bai was also paying attention to the situation of the Honor of Kings tournament.

Currently, the various teams were competing fiercely, and discussions about the tournament online had never stopped.

Of course, what he was most concerned about was the download volume and revenue of Honor of Kings for the day.

The download volume increased by over two hundred thousand today, likely from players in other continents.

And the revenue was even more insane, with today's revenue already exceeding one hundred million.

"Tsk," Ye Bai suddenly felt that the large population in this world really had its advantages.

In his original world, the highest daily revenue for Honor of Kings seemed to be over a billion, almost two billion, and that was during the New Year.

Moreover, at that time, Honor of Kings already had many skins, unlike now where Honor of Kings didn't have many at all.

"As expected, I have to organize livestreams and tournaments," Ye Bai exclaimed.

Tournaments gave players a higher level of challenge, while livestreams allowed players to grow quickly.

In this way, Honor of Kings players would surely spread across the globe soon.

Thinking of this, Ye Bai even felt like adding to the prize pool.

Two million was, to be honest, not enough for the team players to split.

At the beginning, he didn't have much money, but now that he was rich, he might as well be generous!

Ye Bai called Hilda, "I want to modify the total prize pool."

Hilda was staring at the backend when she heard Ye Bai say this, and she frowned, "Modify the total prize pool?"

"That might not be a good idea. If you modify it now, the players will definitely have a rebellious reaction, and it is highly likely to cause a large number of players to quit the game."

Ye Bai was stunned, "Huh? I'm increasing it to ten million, and they would still quit?"

"Wait, you said ten million?" Hilda took a deep breath.

She had been so busy that she subconsciously assumed Ye Bai was like her previous boss, who would agree to approve a certain amount of money, only to lower it later.

"Never mind, just pretend everything I just said was nonsense. Are you sure about changing the total prize pool to ten million now?"

Ye Bai: "Sure, two million is too little. If we're going to do it, let's do something big!"

Hilda: "Fine, you're the boss, I'll listen to you."

After hanging up the phone, Hilda immediately started giving orders to her subordinates.

Not long after, someone online noticed something unusual.

Because the official Honor of Kings tournament account suddenly posted a message on the Social Media Platform.

【Honor of Kings Official Tournament: We are very sorry, but at the request of the Producer, we have modified the amount of the total prize pool.

We have decided to increase the original prize pool of only two million to ten million!

The following are the details of the prize distribution for this esports tournament:

Champion: 3 million, Runner-up: 1.75 million, Second Runner-up: 1.15 million... 16th place: 90,000.

With over thirty million teams, which sixteen teams will stand out, and which team will reach the top and be crowned champion!

Let us wait and see!】

After seeing her post it, Ye Bai casually reposted it.

【Producer You Shen: Everyone is so enthusiastic about participating, two million doesn't seem enough to split. I hope everyone doesn't mind that I temporarily modified the total prize pool amount. PS: This is my first time organizing a tournament, so I don't have much experience. This kind of situation definitely won't happen next time. [Repost: Honor of Kings Official Tournament: We are very sorry...]]

As soon as his message was posted, a large crowd of players subconsciously clicked in to take a look.

[You scared the hell out of me! I thought you were going to lower it; I didn't expect you to raise it! Also, I give you permission to make this kind of mistake again next time.]

[That's awesome! Ten million, Wandering God! I will support you for the rest of my life!]

[You should have said so earlier! If you had told me earlier, I would have sold everything I owned to find someone to carry me to Gold! Wuwuwuwu! My ten million!]

[Don't bankrupt yourself; I still want to keep playing Honor of Kings.]

[No... no... I'm about to die of anger! I had already signed up, but because of overtime, I thought I wouldn't play. Now that you've posted this message, I have to run back and play the tournament no matter what!]

[Oh my god, the first place gets 3 million, which means one person can get 600,000. That's more than I've earned in half my life!]

[My son is in the second year of middle school, and he insists on playing this tournament. I didn't expect the prize money to be so high. Never mind, letting him play seems fine.]

[Hahahaha, I want to play games! I want to play games! My Honor of Kings addiction is acting up, let me play!]

Players were probably unable to sleep well after being blasted by this news, and the marketing accounts were also very efficient, editing and publishing all sorts of posts.

Soon, the topic of Wandering God modifying the prize pool was pushed to the top of the trending searches.

At this moment, the game Producers who were preparing to imitate Ye Bai—

"No, is he sick? Does he have too much money and nowhere to spend it?"

"Damn it, I said Wandering God is a genius at generating hype. He used two million for one wave of marketing, and now he's f***ing hyping it up again."

"Good heavens, I had originally planned to learn from him for my next game and barely scrape together a one-million prize pool..."