47: Live poker

"When the time comes, you guys can live stream playing poker and direct the traffic to the online store."

As he spoke, he put the deck of cards away.

The three of them finally understood.

Ye Bai didn't just want to earn those 19 yuan; he also wanted to earn these 88 yuan.

"How much does this cost to make?" Chen Chen asked.

Ye Bai rubbed his chin. "The cost is about 12 yuan."

The three of them: !!!

Grom: "Doesn't that mean we make seventy-six yuan for every deck we sell!"

"Why the hell would we even sell ordinary poker cards then?"

Ye Bai smiled. "Ordinary poker cards are cheap; we're focusing on high volume with low margins. Flourishing Cut poker cards are following a more high-end route."

"The target audience naturally can't be compared to that of ordinary poker cards."

"It would already be quite good if maybe five percent of people were willing to spend money to buy them."

"Pei Ji, do you understand?" He looked at Pei Ji.

Pei Ji was taken aback. "So, what Master means is, we either go the high-volume, low-margin route, or we simply set the price higher for wealthy consumers?"

No wonder Master had told him to choose a free-to-play model back then and then set up some low-priced microtransactions in the game.

Overall, the total cost to buy everything in his game might only be a few thousand yuan.

Of course, most players would probably only choose to spend a dozen or a few dozen yuan.

But because of the large number of players, he actually earned quite a lot.

Of course, 88 yuan wasn't considered a very high price, it was just currently high for poker cards.

Ye Bai might set up some Collector's Editions or something later on once the number of poker players increased.

Those could easily be sold for prices in the thousands.

Ye Bai gave an affirmative hum. "Because we are novice Producers starting out, the general player base won't trust the games we make. But if it's free, they might give it a try with the mindset that it's free anyway."

"Once we've built up a reputation, we can try charging for them."

"Of course, I personally still prefer free games."

After all, free is actually the most expensive.

Pei Ji was lost in thought; he always felt like he could understand a lot just by listening to Master's words.

So why the heck did he spend all that time overthinking alone in the dorm before?

He should come to show his respect to Master more often; that way he could learn so much more!

"By the way, have you thought about what game to make next?" Ye Bai asked.

Pei Ji shook his head. "I don't have any inspiration at the moment."

Ye Bai: "Then what was your original intention for making games?"

Pei Ji: "My original intention... I wanted players to be able to experience another world and be happy."

Making a farming game was also to allow players to relax, while also hoping he could earn some money to lighten the burden on his family.

Now the money had been earned.

But he seemed to have gradually lost track of what he wanted to do.

Ye Bai: "In that case, why don't you go out more in your spare time between streams? See what other kinds of people there are besides the busy city folk you mentioned, and think about what kind of games they need."

Pei Ji stood up abruptly. "Thank you, Master!"

He had decided; what kind of hero would he be if he just hid in the dorm and stayed immersed in his previous game!

He should do as Master said and make even more games!

Seeing him so excited, Chen Chen also hurriedly said, "We'll give you a cut of the streaming revenue, though it might not be very much?"

Pei Ji smiled. "No need, it's just helping out! I'm the one who should be thanking you guys."

"If you hadn't counseled me and pulled me out, I might have stayed immersed in that atmosphere forever and eventually become completely useless!"

"Besides, we're brothers, aren't we?"

He wasn't short of this bit of money at all; to him, personal growth was the most important thing right now.

The others looked at the smile on his face. "That's right!"

The next day.

The three of them started their first live stream.

They were a bit cramped facing the stream; they heard from Ye Bai that he had given the platform a heads-up, and they would be featured on the homepage for two hours.

Didn't that mean there would be a lot of viewers coming in?

The three of them became even more nervous.

"Start?" Pei Ji asked.

Chen Chen nodded. "Start!"

The three of them gathered around the table and started playing Fight the Landlord.

Not far away, a phone was mounted on a stand, capturing all three of them in the shot.

[What are they doing?]

[It looks like a university dorm. Is the holiday not here yet?]

[Streamer, Streamer, what are you playing?]

[Whoa, the one in the blue shirt is so handsome.]

The one being called handsome was obviously Chen Chen; as a student in the Acting Department, he wouldn't have gotten in if his looks weren't up to par.

Seeing this, Chen Chen replied, "We're Playing cards. This is called poker; it's a very popular card game in our Zhonggui City."

"The holiday has already started; we just didn't go home."

[Zhonggui City, that means they're from Zhongzhou University. That's impressive!]

[Streamer, do you have a girlfriend?]

[Poker... I've never heard of it at all.]

[I'm from Zhonggui City too, what a coincidence. The person above actually hasn't heard of poker? It's very popular; everyone from the young to the old plays it.]

[For real? It's just a few cards with numbers, what's so fun about it?]

The number of people in the stream continued to grow.

Chen Chen had to explain while playing. After playing Fight the Landlord for a while, they demonstrated other ways to play.

After streaming like this for an hour, the number of viewers had reached twenty thousand.

[Looks pretty good, where can I buy it?]

[There really are a lot of ways to play.]

[I heard a friend say they often play this in bars.]

[I found it! It seems an online store is selling them. It's only 19 yuan? That's so cheap.]

"If everyone is interested in poker, you can search for 'three swordsmen Game Workshop' online. They're sold there~" Chen Chen said.

"There are many ways to play poker; one deck can easily be played for several years."

While they were live streaming to sell poker cards, Ye Bai found the phone number for the Disability Center.

He stated his intention, which was to interview visually impaired individuals.

Only then did he receive a reply saying that visually impaired people generally recuperate at home.

Very few people would stay at the Disability Center.

Ye Bai could only search online again until he found the contact information for a family member of a visually impaired person on a forum.

That person's name was Zhang Qiaoqiao, and she was particularly excited after hearing that he was the God of Games.

And that visually impaired person was her younger sister.

Ye Bai learned about her family information from her messages. Her mother had died early, and her father worked while supporting the two sisters' education.

Her academic performance was good, and life should have been manageable, but unfortunately, fate is unpredictable.

Her younger sister lost her sight in a car accident, and this accident also left their family completely in debt.

Zhang Qiaoqiao also chose to work while attending school to supplement the household income.

As for her younger sister, she had been unhappy ever since losing her sight in the accident.

After she and her father saved up to buy a holographic pod for her sister, more smiles finally appeared on her sister's face.

And the reason she knew Ye Bai was because her sister loved playing the game 'your farm'.

She was also aware of the controversy at that time.

[My sister said she really, really likes the game 'your farm' made by your friend. Of course, she also really wants to play Honor of Kings, but unfortunately, there's no holographic version, so she can't play it. She's quite disappointed about that.]

Ye Bai looked at the message from Zhang Qiaoqiao and sighed.

A holographic version of Honor of Kings... this was simply too complex.

He wasn't a real game professional himself. He could handle things like plotting a story, but turning Honor of Kings into a holographic game involved far too much to consider.

It would be better to just make a Battle Royale game; Battle Royale is the most suitable for holography.

Ye Bai expressed his desire to interview her sister to Zhang Qiaoqiao.

A moment later, Zhang Qiaoqiao sent a reply.

[My sister agreed. She said she's very happy that you're willing to interview her. Can we meet at the cafe tomorrow afternoon at five?]

Ye Bai hurriedly replied, "Sure, then I'll see you tomorrow afternoon at five."

At this time, on the other end, in a cozy room, the exhausted woman had a smile on her face. She looked at her sister, who had her eyes closed obediently, and read softly, "He said he'll see us tomorrow afternoon at five."

Zhang Niannian was very happy after hearing this. "Okay."

"Then Sister will accompany me tomorrow."

Zhang Qiaoqiao smiled. "Of course, I will always be with you."

The sunlight cast a golden glow through the glass, shining on the two of them.

It was just that one of them could see it, while the other could not.