7 Prepare for Closed Beta

After returning to the villa and taking a simple shower, Xu Zhi threw his soaked clothes into the washing machine and picked up his laptop to start working again.

The progress of Jumping the Line of Fire was very gratifying, but Xu Zhi could not relax. Recalling the memories of his previous life, there were still many things that he needed to do.

Especially the Biochemical game mode. To Xu Zhi, this was an essential game mode. It was the best way to play, and it had to be added to Jumping the Line of Fire.

In his previous life, the Biochemical mode was already a common mode in all the major shooting games. However, in Bluestar, this was a playstyle that no one had ever thought of before. 

This was not something that Xu Zhi could explain in just a few words. He needed to elaborate the ideas in detail, and he just happened to have the time today.

His fingers danced in front of the keyboard. Xu Zhi was fully focused and quickly wrote down a concrete and feasible plan. After reading it over once, he nodded to himself.

Xu Zhi glanced at the time and saw that it was already 11 o'clock. With his back leaning against the office chair, he looked through the glass window. A sky full of stars could clearly be seen from the second floor of the villa. He could also hear the intermittent chirping of cicadas in his ears.

Xu Zhi enjoyed the romantic atmosphere of a summer night very much.

In the past few days, after Qin Zishu returned to her old home. She would occasionally send Xu Zhi some selfies via a popular communication app on Bluestar called 'TT'.

After leaving her identity as the president of the company, Qin Zishu seemed to have transformed from a warrior covered in armor to a cute little rabbit. Her selfies were all cute.

In fact, Xu Zhi had already realized this long ago after they got married. To outsiders, Qin Zishu was highly educated and beautiful. She was usually cold and aloof, but as soon as she returned home, she became extremely clingy. 

Especially in the past six months, when Qin Zishu returned home, she was almost like a koala, hanging on to Xu Zhi.

Sitting in front of the computer, Xu Zhi's face revealed a gentle smile as he looked at the selfie Qin Zishu had sent him through TT an hour ago.

...

Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed. The research and development project for Jumping the Line of Fire was officially announced as a success.

The game version, the server, and all other preparations were already in place. By the next day, the closed beta would begin.

As for the participants for the closed beta, there were tentatively 10,000 people. Most of them were players from Real Battlefield 1, and there was also a small number of players who had made appointments through the official website.

Xu Zhi did not plan to hold the beta test for too long. As long as there were no major bugs, the beta test would be officially released three days later.

The promotional team had already finished negotiating with all the major websites and advertisers. As soon as the beta test was released, all the promotions and advertisements would be launched.

For advertisements and promotions, Xu Zhi spent a total of 30 million yuan, which was three times the cost of researching and developing the game.

The company's director of finance, Huang Meng, approached Xu Zhi personally for this. However, after hearing Xu Zhi's explanation, she nodded in agreement.

Xu Zhi liked a quote he heard from long ago: 'if one could not bear to part with his child, one will not be able to catch a wolf'.

If one wanted to make a high profit, one naturally had to invest a lot.

This month, Xu Zhi was like a dragon crawling out of its lair, merging into the company.

He personally attended to many things in the company. Not only did he increase the revenue of the three original games, but he was also closely involved with the development of Jumping the Line of Fire.

Even Qin Zishu probably would not be able to pull this off if she was here.

He Wei, the director of the company's planning department, had actually become Xu Zhi's little fan.

After he finished writing the proposal for the Biochemical game mode that day, he handed it over to He Wei the next day.

He Wei read it for a while before he became excited. He looked at Xu Zhi as if he was looking at a god.

He hugged Xu Zhi on the spot and wanted to ask for advice. After Xu Zhi explained the game mode to him in the office, it was as if Xu Zhi took over his his entire brain.

In other words, Xu Zhi's thought process was a blow to He Wei. He felt as if the fog in his head had been cleared.

Originally, Xu Zhi wondered if He Wei would jump ship. However, after this, Xu Zhi thought that even if He Wei was offered double the salary, he would not leave the company.

It was already eight o'clock at night. Dream Game Company's employees usually got off work at six o'clock, but at this time, the company was still bustling with people.

Although they had made full preparations, there was still a lot of work to be done in the closed beta tomorrow.

It was time to see if this game was a success or a terrible failure.

If the results of the closed beta were good, there was naturally no need to say much. However, if it turned out to be bad, they had to quickly find the problem.

As the company's president, Xu Zhi was a little more relaxed compared to the busy employees.

Xu Zhi turned on his computer and was trying out Jumping the Line of Fire.

During the game's development, Xu Zhi told the R&D department to try their best to improve the experience of the gameplay. That was to say, the feedback from the players should be positive.

At this time, Xu Zhi was quite satisfied with both the jumping and shooting experience.

There were already three hero weapons on display in the mall. They were all priced at 999.

Xu Zhi did not want the hero weapons to be released too late. Just like in his previous life, he wanted to release these trump cards when the game launched.

In Xu Zhi's opinion, there were more rich people in this society than you could imagine.

As long as the game experience was good, it would make people happy, and there was no need to worry about items being priced at a premium.

However, Xu Zhi gave a strict order to the planning department that hero weapons must maintain a reasonable balance. They could not be too strong or too weak. This was the foundation of the game.

In addition to hero weapons, Xu Zhi also created a batch of time-limited skins for guns. Although they were not as expensive as hero weapons, they were all 99 or 88 in price. It was also an option for the players.

After testing it for more than two hours, Xu Zhi felt that everything was fine. The launch of this game would definitely cause an explosion in the market.

It was already 10 pm when he turned off his computer. He looked around the office and found that there were only a few people left.

Xu Zhi walked down to the third floor and saw that the marketing director, Zheng Quan, was still sitting in front of his computer. He walked over curiously.

"What's wrong? Its late, why aren't you home?"

"President Xu, I'll be back as soon as I finish this little bit of work."

Seeing Xu Zhi appear behind him, Zheng Quan pointed at the computer and said with some embarrassment.

Xu Zhi looked over and saw that there was a document on it. The title was 'Research on the target audience for Jumping the Line of Fire'.

"Director Zheng, work should also be done in moderation. I think this can be done tomorrow."

"Director Xu," Zheng Quan smiled and said to Xu Zhi Qian. "I just tried Jumping the Line of Fire today. I suddenly had an epiphany and wanted to do this research in a timely manner. It would be good for the company's decision-making."

When Xu Zhi heard this, he nodded at Zheng Quan.

Suddenly, he thought of something and asked Zheng Quan, "Director Zheng, I wonder if you can tell me about your feelings today. I'm very interested to know this."

"Director Xu, of course, no problem. Please take a seat."

Xu Zhi grabbed a stool from the side and he sat down. Zheng Quan started to talk.