Chapter 375 - 182: Lu Mingzhe Wants to Sell Shares to Chen Mo?

Chapter 375: Chapter 182: Lu Mingzhe Wants to Sell Shares to Chen Mo?

Seeing the disappointed gazes of Xu Xiyue and the others, Jiang Huiyang, who had been full of confidence just moments before, suddenly lost his nerve.

He noticed that only Chen Mo’s expression remained unchanged; in fact, he looked like he was trying to suppress a smile.

"President Chen, what do you think of this game?"

Jiang Huiyang took a deep breath and asked Chen Mo respectfully.

"What about the later levels? Let me see."

Chen Mo didn’t rush to give his opinion, simply asking Jiang Huiyang to demonstrate the subsequent levels.

"Of course, President Chen. Please, have a look..."

"We deliberately designed the first level to be extremely simple. A three-year-old could beat it with ease, so the completion rate is nearly 100%."

"But from the second level onward, the difficulty spikes, and the completion rate plummets to less than 0.1%."

"The tile pool has only three types of fruit in the first level, but the second level increases that to twelve, and the tile stacks also become more complex..."

Jiang Huiyang continued to explain to Chen Mo, Xu Xiyue, and the others as he demonstrated.

Chen Mo could see that the difficulty of the second level did indeed spike dramatically, making it feel like a completely different game from the first.

No matter how Jiang Huiyang played, the tray below would fill up after just a few moves, resulting in a ’level failed’ screen.

"Please, feel free to try it for yourselves."

A few members of Jiang Huiyang’s team handed their phones around, while Chen Mo played on Jiang Huiyang’s computer.

His experience was no different from Jiang Huiyang’s.

He breezed through the first level, but quickly got wiped out on the second.

Xu Xiyue and the others met the same fate.

"So, your plan is to lure players in with a super-easy first level, then just wipe them all out on the second?"

An investment manager from Panshi Venture Capital couldn’t resist a sharp critique.

A first level for toddlers and a second level straight out of hell.

’What kind of person comes up with a game like this?’

’It’s like they don’t even want people to enjoy playing, right?’

Although Xu Xiyue remained silent, she felt like she could already hear the sounds of mockery.

"Well..."

Jiang Huiyang scratched his head awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

This was, in fact, his own idea—a bold experiment.

He felt that if they had stuck with their original concept, the game would have had no distinguishing features and would have struggled to become a hit.

One night, while staying up late trying to figure out how to make the game more compelling, this rather insane idea suddenly came to him.

Other games have a linear difficulty progression, increasing level by level.

He decided to do something different—a sudden, rocket-like spike in difficulty.

But it was undeniably a bold experiment, so it was only natural that others wouldn’t understand.

"I, for one, think it’s quite interesting."

Chen Mo couldn’t help but smile and nod after playing for a bit.

’I think I’m starting to understand why this game will go viral.’

’It has to be this seemingly insane difficulty spike.’

’That’s what makes it different from every other game out there.’

"Thank you for your vote of confidence, President Chen!"

Hearing Chen Mo endorse their game, Jiang Huiyang couldn’t help but stand up and thank him gratefully.

When they were looking for funding before, no one was optimistic about their project. It was Chen Mo who had insisted on choosing them.

Now, reporting on their progress, everyone was still pessimistic.

And once again, it was Chen Mo who stood up to support them.

He didn’t know how he could ever thank Chen Mo enough.

All he could do was pour all his effort into making the game a success and repay Chen Mo with substantial profits.

Seeing that Chen Mo actually found the game interesting, Xu Xiyue and the others all turned to look at him, their eyes filled with astonishment and confusion.

’How is this game interesting at all?’

’Could it be that he doesn’t play enough games and has lost his sense of the market?’

"After you fail a level, how do you get another chance to play?"

"And how is this game going to be profitable?"

Chen Mo asked the question on everyone’s mind.

"President Chen, we’ve prepared a robust system of items for players."

"There’s a ’Remove’ item, which lets you randomly remove one fruit tile from the tray. To get it, you have to watch an ad or share the game to your Friends Circle or in a group chat."

"There’s also an ’Undo’ item that lets you take back your last move."

"A ’Shuffle’ item, which rearranges the currently visible tiles."

"And a ’Revive,’ which gives you a second chance after you fail."

"All of these require the user to either watch an ad or share a link. So, our monetization strategy is based on advertising revenue."

Jiang Huiyang introduced and demonstrated the various items they had prepared for the game.

None of the items cost money, but acquiring them comes with certain conditions.

For example, sharing the game link to their Friends Circle, in WeChat group chats, or with their WeChat friends.

Or, they can watch an ad for a certain duration to get an item.

After listening to his explanation, Chen Mo nodded with interest.

’This model of being seemingly free but requiring players to invest time is actually a perfect fit for modern mini-games.’

’Players get to play for free, the game company earns ad revenue, and the advertisers get exposure.’

’A win-win-win model for all three parties.’

Xu Xiyue and the others also nodded in approval.

Even though they found the gameplay uninteresting, they had to admit the monetization model was sound.

"We also plan to reset the level every day at midnight. All players will have to start the challenge over, which will increase replayability."

"Furthermore, we’ll give everyone one free attempt each day. After that, they’ll need to watch ads or share links to get more."

Seeing that Chen Mo, Xu Xiyue, and the others all approved of their monetization model, Jiang Huiyang was secretly delighted and continued his presentation.