Chapter 160: Chapter 160 Explosive

Wu Mu?

Why would he be here?

And it seems like he’s even in charge of this booth?

Lao Fan had live-streamed Wu Mu’s show to his fans before, so he recognized Wu Mu.

It was precisely because he knew him that he was even more confused.

It was hard to imagine a celebrity having anything to do with a game expo.

The fans in his live stream noticed his strange expression and were all curious.

"Host, what did you see? Show us!"

"It must be a beauty! Quick, Fanzi, turn the camera for me!"

"You’re planning to hog all the good stuff for yourself, aren’t you?"

Lao Fan looked at the barrage of comments in his live stream, didn’t say a word, and flipped the camera around.

The image of the Wu Mu booth appeared in front of the live stream audience.

Some didn’t recognize Wu Mu, their attention still on the popularity of the booth.

"Wow, there’s a lot of people at this booth, what game is it?"

"Is there a Chinese introduction on the side, was it made by one of our domestic companies?"

But there were also those who recognized Wu Mu and quickly spotted his face in the crowd.

"Holy shit, it’s Wu Dog!"

"Why the hell is Wu Dog at a game expo?"

"It looks like he’s recording a show, isn’t that Lu Yao on the far right?"

"No wonder Wu Dog suddenly announced he was going to make a game and even crowdfund it. Probably another publicity stunt for a show."

"I was wondering why Wu Dog got so inflated, setting a crowdfunding goal of up to fifty million for himself. Does he expect his fans to foot the bill for his game? Turns out he’s just trying to make a splash."

Recording a show?

Lao Fan had been focusing solely on Wu Mu before and hadn’t noticed Lu Yao and the others on the side. Now that he looked, it seemed they really were recording a show, not just Lu Yao, but Wang Xiaotian, Zhang Haoran and the others were there too, clearly recording a new episode of Star Agency.

But what was this posting about making a game and setting a crowdfunding target of fifty million?

Lao Fan was somewhat bewildered, but he quickly caught up with the events through the barrage of comments.

Crowdfunding fifty million... definitely sounded inflated beyond reason.

Based on sales, that would require at least a million in sales volume.

Because of the game development skills Wu Mu had shown previously on Star Agency, coupled with his experience as the chief designer of his favorite game, All Living Beings, Lao Fan did have a good impression of Wu Mu.

But no matter the impression, he would not be deluded enough to really believe Wu Mu could produce a game with a sales volume of a million.

He and the fans in his live stream thought Wu Mu was probably just trying to create a show effect and not being serious.

However, he couldn’t deny being curious about Wu Mu’s new game, wondering what it would be like.

He walked towards the booth, intending to experience it for himself.

Then, as he approached the booth, before he could assess the quality of the game, he noticed a strange phenomenon.

Around him, there seemed to be a rather high number of his colleagues.

Seven or eight people like him, holding phones and talking non-stop, although most were foreigners, and both men and women were present.

But it was clear, like him, they were all various internet broadcasters shooting videos and live streaming.

It was not strange to have many internet broadcasters at game expos, after all, being one of the biggest events, broadcasters who rely on games for their living, if they had the money and time, many would come to take a look and live stream for their fans.

But these broadcasters usually should go to the big game company booths first, so why were so many flocking to Wu Mu’s booth?

While Lao Fan was curious about this, he heard a broadcaster in front of him who was playing the game exclaim excitedly, "Wow, guys, this truly deserves to be a game the president of Weiying Company likes; it’s so fun!"

"I’m gonna donate too! Otherwise, it would be such a pity if such a fun game couldn’t be made."

"Those of you with money can donate too, 3 euros is definitely worth it! No, it’s a steal, to get to play such a game after it goes on sale for 3 euros is just so conscientious!"

Huh?

Lao Fan was slightly stunned as he looked toward the talking broadcaster.

Did Wu Mu pay for shills?

To praise him this much?

...

Wu Mu’s game undoubtedly caught fire at the game expo.

Who knows how many broadcasters heard the news and ran to his booth to try out the game.

And under the broadcasters’ promotions, the amount in his crowdfunding account was increasing at an astonishingly fast rate.

The number of people on the ground was limited, even if every person attending the expo donated to him, compared to the goal of fifty million, it was but a drop in the bucket.

However, including the online audience was a different story.

Countless people were watching the expo through various channels and official live streams online.

Even if only a small portion of them donated to him, it would be a tremendous number.

And besides player donations, the system had also arranged other realization channels.

...

At the Game Zone company’s booth, team director Harrison, on hearing that a new game still in development and crowdfunding phase was showing signs of wildfire success, was undoubtedly interested.

Game Zone was a PC game platform.

Their market share was naturally far from that of the industry leader, Steam Platform, but over the years, through exclusive game deals and free game giveaways, they had secured about fifteen percent of the market share.

As a company that grew through marketing, they were all very keen on marketing opportunities.

Harrison, without a doubt, sensed a promotional opportunity from this news.

He quickly located the crowdfunding page for this new game and downloaded the demo to try it out for himself.

After playing for quite a while and experiencing the quality of the game, he made up his mind instantly.

"Let’s go, let’s talk to the creator of this game!"

...

The organizers of the Paris Game Show were also alerted to Wu Mu’s game’s explosive success.

When they discovered that Wu Mu’s crowdfunding page had already amassed fifteen to sixteen thousand supporters, they undoubtedly got the shock of their lives.

How long had it been?

Already fifteen to sixteen thousand supporters!?

Doesn’t that mean, just with a demo, the game has already sold fifteen to sixteen thousand copies?

And crowdfunding figures have much more financial significance than sales!

Direct sales come with a solid product; everyone doesn’t have to worry about the production company running away with the money.

But crowdfunding is completely different; the game company might stop production for various reasons, and then the money raised now would likely go down the drain.

These fifteen to sixteen thousand supporters entirely represent that this game has the potential to sell at least a million copies!

A game that initially started crowdfunding outside the venue might possibly sell a million copies?

This story sounds just a little too "Legendary."

The event organizers felt that encountering such a topical game, if they did nothing, it would seem somewhat irresponsible.

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