My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 78 Presale Explosion

Meanwhile,

Qin Island, 18th floor of Jinmao Building, Chenyu Company.

Chen Yan was working overtime, calculating the expenses that the company needed to pay out soon.

The hundreds of thousands he had spent before was to settle the preliminary performance fees of the actors, as well as the costs during the game’s filming period.

Now that the filming was over, it was time to transfer the follow-up payments to the actors according to the agreement...

"Lu Man, we paid 80,000 upfront; now that we’ve finished filming, we need to pay another 320,000."

"The other actors’ fees, 160,000."

"Boss Qiao Qiao’s performance fee, 50,000."

"In my hands now, I still have..."

Chen Yan checked the account, "1.325 million."

"Mm... 1.325 minus 320, then minus 160..."

After doing the math, Chen Yan found that the cash in hand had actually dropped below a million, leaving only 790,000.

Among this, there was 400,000 that needed to be paid to Lu Man after the game was launched and 240,000 that was the reserved salary for some big shots next month.

After counting, that left only around 150,000. This was also why Chen Yan had no money for publicity.

However,

the good news is... once Boss Qiao Qiao’s 50,000 arrives, at that time Chen Yan would have another 500,000 in cash, which could relieve a lot of pressure.

After checking the accounts and making sure there were no issues, Chen Yan logged onto the corporate e-banking platform and transferred the money one by one.

As the last transaction of "50,000" was made, Chen Yan opened the game and saw that the wealth value in his game account had indeed increased by 50,000.

"Really can’t do without Boss Qiao Qiao."

"If she didn’t spend money, where would I get the money to chase my dreams!"

After happily reflecting for a while, Chen Yan was ready to close the game interface and continue with company business.

And just then, suddenly, a Weibo notification popped up at the top of his phone screen,

[Lu Man’s New Film Exposed, Turns Out to be Director Zhang’s Masterpiece!]

Eh? News about Lu Man?

Is this acting genius going to star in a new film?

Since recently, he had gradually become friends with Lu Man, Chen Yan couldn’t help but click on the notification, wanting to see what Lu Man’s new film was.

He clicked on the notification, entered Weibo.

Chen Yan began to read the content under this Weibo topic.

But upon seeing it, he was stunned.

Because, under the topic of this notification, the netizens were not discussing Lu Man’s new film, but rather discussing "Hidden Guardian"...

"Eh?"

Originally, Chen Yan who came for the gossip, was stunned for a moment, "Have I been too busy recently and started hallucinating?"

He rubbed his eyes, glanced upward, and saw that the topic was indeed #Lu Man’s New Film Exposed#.

He scrolled down and looked at the content associated with this title, and it was indeed all about discussing his game! freewёbnoνel.com

[Never expected that Lu Man, after being quiet for half a year, actually went to shoot an interactive video game, what a surprise!]

[I searched for this game, found that it already has Weibo and an official website. There’s even a Steam page, and they have released a trailer and posters. Lu Man in the trailer and posters looks so cool, so beautiful!]

[I also went to search it. Lu Man looks so beautiful in it, and the male lead is so handsome! There’s also a lady wearing a kimono, super pure and pretty, just like first love.]

[This game must be really fun! I feel like with this kind of theme, plus the group of handsome men and beautiful women, and Lu Man’s participation, it really hits my spot!]

If it were only these netizens’ Weibo posts, Chen Yan might still suspect whether it was because of "big data targeting" that made him see content related to his own game.

But when he saw the likes, shares, and comments on these Weibo posts, Chen Yan completely discarded that thought.

Because each of these Weibo posts had hundreds, thousands of likes and comments.

The most popular one even had thousands of shares and tens of thousands of likes.

And while that most popular Weibo post mainly talked about Lu Man, it also mentioned his game,

[Lu Man has actually participated in an interactive video game in the past six months and even "transformed" into a spy during the war period, which is completely different from her usual screen image. With such a sensitive historical backdrop and a role that contrasts with her past, what kind of spark will it ignite? Are you all looking forward to it?]

Looking at these Weibo posts.

At that instant, Chen Yan had a thought flash through his mind: Did I hire a promotional company?

Or... did I, in the middle of the night, tie up Yu Qiao Qiao and desperately spend money, making a few million to buy trending topics and influencers?

He opened the Weibo trending search list to check.

The Weibo post #Lu Man’s New Film Exposed# directly parachuted into the top 10 trending search list, as if... it had been purchased.

And at the end of the trending search list, at number 49, was another post #Lu Man Participates in a Live-Action Interactive Game# climbing slowly...

Chen Yan clicked in and took a look.

Soon, he saw Lu Man’s interview at the Magic City Film Festival opening ceremony.

Listening to Lu Man’s extensive introduction of his game, only briefly mentioning her new film, Chen Yan looked up, blinked, and a realization dawned on him, "Could it be... this is the surprise Lu Man mentioned last night?"

If this was true, then the surprise was indeed huge.

He really owed her a big favor.

She wasn’t just riding on the hype of the new film; she was outright stealing the new film’s limelight!

Her publicity for this round was much more effective than investing a few million of my own!

Sister Man! So loyal!

After understanding the whole situation, Chen Yan checked his game’s popularity on Weibo again.

Then, he suddenly found... if his game’s popularity continued at this rate, it was very likely that it would explode during the early stage!

It could potentially sell tens of thousands of copies at the beginning, earning him millions.

At that time... he would also have a legitimate reason to give bonuses to the staff, and to secretly gift a car to Boss Qiao Qiao!

This... was just perfect!

And while Chen Yan was thinking this, suddenly, the office’s plump Fenghuang suddenly stood up!

She was holding her phone, her face full of surprise as she shouted, "President Chen! Come and see! It looks like our game has caught on!"

With that, she sprinted over, holding up the phone for Chen Yan to see.

Displayed on the phone screen was the content Chen Yan had just viewed.

Chen Yan said calmly, "Stay calm, keep cool. This is all very normal."

Just now, plump Fenghuang didn’t know that Chen Yan had been just as surprised, and seeing his calm demeanor made her even more astonished, "President Chen, could it be that you...?"

Chen Yan shook his head, "It wasn’t me. It must be the surprise Lu Man prepared for us."

Plump Fenghuang was even more surprised, "Lu Man is really so loyal! Are all celebrities this honorable nowadays?"

While plump Fenghuang was saying this, Tank, who had always been quiet in the office, also "whooshed" up to stand.

Tank, tall and thin, stood like a bamboo pole, immediately attracting the attention of the entire office.

After standing up, he silently stared at his computer screen.

After a moment’s pause, he looked up at Chen Yan with astonishment in his eyes, "The pre-sales exploded."

Hearing Tank’s words, Chen Yan was startled, and then he remembered that he had opened up pre-sales as soon as the game passed the review. Could it be... people had already started pre-ordering?