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People started cheering and celebrating online.
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—[Celebrating this momentous occasion, miHoYo has decisively topped the sales charts for the first month of the Game Developers Festival, surpassing established game companies such as Tencent, NetEase, Kingsoft, Shenhuo, Youxia, and Blue Whale, securing a dominant position in the top three. This announcement is hereby made.]
—【Haha, any one of these three games, if placed in any region, would be a force to be reckoned with.】
—【What surprised me the most was Pokémon. I didn't expect that game to have sold almost 100 million copies. That's incredible!】
—【Yes, especially in the last few days when sales suddenly surged by ten million, it completely stunned me. I almost thought someone was deliberately rigging the votes.】
—【You're overthinking it. If it were vote rigging, the staff at the Game Developers Festival would definitely notice.】
—【I'm also very curious about how this amount of over ten million came about? It's impossible that someone just casually bought over ten million, right? That would amount to close to two hundred million!】
—【Don't you guys read the announcements? miHoYo recently launched its overseas market. The surge in sales of Honkai Impact 3, Genshin Impact, and Pokémon in the last few days was largely due to contributions from foreign players.】
—【Holy crap, that's amazing?】
—[Does this include overseas players? Doesn't that count as cheating? Other game companies don't have overseas distribution channels.]
—【Cheating my ass! If you can get the game available in overseas markets, that's your skill; if you can't, it just means you're not good enough. Besides, aren't foreigners' money valuable too? Why shouldn't it be included?】
—[No wonder these three games pulled away so far from fourth-place NetEase Games. They almost overtook Pokémon. I bet the game developers are having a meltdown right now.]
—【When I was watching foreigners' livestreams on YouTube, I saw a lot of people playing Honkai Impact 3rd and Genshin Impact. In particular, some people, after watching Queen's Descent and Goddess of the Moon, immediately spent $30,000 on each of those games. That's probably equivalent to 200,000 + 200,000 RMB, which is over 400,000 RMB.】
—That's awesome!
——【6666】
—【This is incredible!】
—【Awesome.】
—【Holy crap, over 400,000 yuan! That's enough to buy a cheaper Mercedes or Audi.】
—Looks like there are quite a few wealthy people abroad.
—【Wow, I never imagined I'd see foreigners so enthusiastic about Chinese-made games.】
—[I did the math: Genshin Impact's 2.5 billion, Honkai Impact 3's 1.8 billion, and Pokémon's 1.6 billion mean that Teacher Xia Yu earned nearly 6 billion in just one month.]
—[Hiss, I gasp for air in my mouth.]
—[Six billion a month, even the tax revenue alone would be enough for me to live comfortably for several lifetimes.]
—【This is amazing! Even all the top-tier celebrities in China combined couldn't achieve this.】
—【Using a popular celebrity to piggyback on the fame of a talented game developer is insulting. Just recently, a popular celebrity was arrested for drug use and was caught working on a sewing machine.】
—【Can making games really be this profitable? Family, I have a bold idea now…】
—Forget it, not everyone can make this.
—【Xia Yu's miHoYo can already be considered a pillar of the gaming industry. If you want to work in an industry, you can't just look at the top players; you also need to look at the income levels of the middle and lower classes—that's the limit that ordinary people can reach.】
—【Yes, the game created by Teacher Xia Yu is unparalleled worldwide, so it's no surprise that it achieved such outstanding results.】
— [Don't just look at miHoYo's success. In reality, out of a hundred people in this industry, half can barely make ends meet, the other half go bankrupt and have to change careers, and at most only one or two people can barely take off. After all, the gaming industry is now monopolized by large companies, and it's not easy for newcomers to snatch a piece of the pie from them. They might end up being devoured without a trace.]
—【Yes, yes, I really don't recommend newcomers jump straight into this industry. Even if you have a really great idea, once a big company like Tencent takes notice, they'll either acquire you or just copy you. They're not afraid of lawsuits anyway.】
—[Believe it or not, I dare say that pirated versions of Genshin Impact will appear very soon.]
—【Making pirated copies? Aren't you afraid of copyright infringement and lawyer's letters? Does anyone think miHoYo hasn't made enough money with its six billion yuan?】
—【Exactly, they're backed by Golden Garden (a popular gaming platform in China). Their legal department is no pushover. What big company would dare to directly pirate their work? Even if a game company wanted to do it, they'd definitely have to get authorization from miHoYo.】
—[Ahem, although it might be a bit out of place for me to say this now, I still have to gently remind you that Boss Xia Yu didn't just earn six billion this month, but over eight billion. And you haven't even factored in the box office of "Your Name."]
--【ah?】
—【Now that you mention it, I remember, yes, the movie *Your Name* was also directed by Xia Yu.】
—【I almost forgot about this.】
—[So, how much did "Your Name" gross?]
—[It seems the domestic box office is approaching 25 billion yuan.]
—【Wow!】
—That's incredibly awesome!
—【Holy crap, 20 billion? Really? Is this a scam?】
— [Wow, an animated film grossed 25 billion yuan at the box office, that's terrifying!]
—【So Boss Xia Yu can make money no matter what he does, right? Can I beg him to give me half of his brain? No, even a tenth would be fine. I don't need to earn millions or tens of millions a month, just a few tens of thousands would be enough for me.】
—【It's okay, anything can happen in dreams.】
—[So, Teacher Xia Yu has earned over 8 billion this month?]
—【That's not the case. After deducting costs, a film's box office revenue also includes taxes, revenue sharing with production, distribution, and theaters. In the end, Mr. Xia Yu probably only receives less than half.】
—【Huh? This is such a rip-off?】
—【That's just how movies are; they'll be the same even if you take them abroad.】
—[Even if it's only half, Teacher Xia Yu will still have an income of seven billion.]
—【I actually witnessed the birth of a tycoon.】
—【Who would have thought that just a month ago, Teacher Xia Yu was a naive and clueless college student, and now, a month later, he's become a seasoned veteran.】
—【So God always opens a door and closes a window, right? This guy is handsome, capable, makes a lot of money, is popular, knows how to talk, and Alicia likes him. And you're telling me God closed a window for him?】
—November is finally here! There should be a trailer for "The Last Lesson" today, right?
—【Yes, Teacher Xia Yu mentioned that the trailer would be released at noon today, so it should be soon.】
—[I wonder what Teacher Xia Yu is doing now?]
—[They're definitely working hard to bring us better works.]
—Just don't be all lovey-dovey with my Alicia and Seele.
—【He might be spying on our comments right now. Many people love to see others praising them endlessly; he might even be secretly laughing to himself.】
……
“．‖ Cough cough cough〃‖ .
While reading comments on his phone and eating dinner, Xia Yu choked and coughed incessantly.
"Brother Xia Yu, what's wrong?"
"Is everything okay?"
Seele's hesitant voice came through.
Xia Yu finally recovered, feeling as if he had been caught by fans during a self-search, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
He took a deep breath and spoke calmly.
"It's alright, you can continue with your work."
"I was just looking at the players' feedback."
"I just choked on it by accident."
"Mmm," Seele obediently replied.
He continued working with his head down.
Since Alicia moved into Eden's house because she was busy with the performance at the Great Xia Festival.
Blackie gradually became more and more rampant.
It's perfectly normal for her to walk around the house in very revealing clothes from time to time.
Unfortunately, she was fine.
But Bai Xi was still too shy, even though she and Xia Yu had already been intimate.
But if Xia Yu hadn't brought it up himself...
This girl would never speak up on her own initiative.
So Hei Xi came up with a solution.
She often got intimate with Xia Yu halfway through their encounter.
Suddenly, he returned control of his body to Bai Xi.
Even if she's shy, that way.
It's impossible to stop.
They could only obediently let Xia Yu bully them.
He glanced at the time.
There were about ten minutes left until midnight.
It's about time to release the trailer for "The Last Lesson".