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Its influence on a global scale is even greater.

In 2017, they recovered 8 million RMB in Japan alone, 6 million RMB in the United States, 3 million RMB in Europe, and 2 million RMB in other countries combined.

Total revenue from overseas markets reached 19 billion.

Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that...

In 2017, "Starfield: Discovery" also earned $2 million in revenue from the US market.

Almost all of the 2 million came from the map-making team selling resurrection coins; Spark itself barely touched it.

As for the games "Girls' Frontline: Companions" and "Girls' Frontline: AR Squad," although they sold well overseas, most of these sales were converted into coupons, and the revenue was included in the main "Girls' Frontline" game.

In general.

Spark's biggest overseas revenue still comes from the FGO IP.

Although it's also a game by Xinghuo, it has the added benefit of an IP, so Lin Li didn't feel particularly proud.

He's not like EDWork, a lazy pig resting on his laurels in FGO.

Therefore, after releasing this data.

Lin Li quickly released another set of data.

"Actually, rather than global revenue, I'd like to share another piece of data with you, and that's this."

Lin Li had just finished speaking.

Another set of data then appeared on the big screen.

The number of users online simultaneously on Xinghuo's overseas accounts is three million.

The Spark Games platform PC version has been downloaded ten million times overseas.

Account registrations have exceeded 100 million.

Three million, ten million, one hundred million—compared to the previous ten billion in revenue, these seem much smaller.

However, any boss at the scene who understands games, such as Brother Dawei, or most of the bosses of small and medium-sized manufacturers, felt that compared to the figure of 10 billion,

Whether it's three million online users, over 100 million registered accounts, or platform downloads.

These are all quite terrifying things.

The number of registered accounts is definitely the most inflated, since there are many cases of players rerolling for a good starting account, whether it's FGO or other games.

But even if we remove the fluff from the registered account information...

There are at least tens of millions of real accounts worldwide.

Behind each of these accounts are individual players.

These are players who have Spark accounts and have even downloaded the game platform.

what does this mean?

This means that Spark's advertising costs are being continuously reduced.

Why are penguins so amazing?

It's because social media apps have a wide reach.

In essence, Spark did it even more ruthlessly.

Because Xinghuo's users are highly targeted users.

As long as Xinghuo Games maintains its quality and reputation, any game from Xinghuo will be considered a finish line for many other games from the moment it's released.

Major manufacturers who could think of this were all horrified. Had Spark's influence in this field grown so immensely without them realizing it?

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License plates starting with "琼EA" (Qiong).

This license plate number segment, which shares an abbreviation with a famous overseas penguin, was originally designated as a special segment for official vehicles of the Qiongzhou provincial government.

Although it was opened to the public in 2013.

For a long time, license plates starting with "Qiong EA" still held a sense of mystery.

It can be considered one of the legendary privileged license plates.

Whether in the past life or in the present.

Lin Li was riding in this kind of car for the first time.

After the meeting, he was about to leave when he was stopped by a beautiful secretary.

He was told that the leaders wanted to communicate more with some outstanding companies, so a dinner was prepared.

Lin Li was also among those invited.

Logically speaking, this should be a good thing.

However, Lin Li's first words after getting on the bus were complaints.

"It's you? Where's my secretary?"

Dawei, who was already sitting in the back row, was speechless after hearing this.

"Should I go down?"

Lin Li smiled.

"That's not the case. The problem is, once you leave, the secretary won't be able to come back."

"Tsk, you're stuck on this topic, aren't you? How about I dress up as a woman and transform into one for you?"

"Haha, no, Dawei, I can't even imagine what you'd look like in women's clothing."

Chapter 316 The Scenery of Qiongzhou is Beautiful

As night falls, starlight adorns the tranquil sea, and the waves gently lap against the beach, making a soft rustling sound.

A beam of car headlights turned from the seaside road into a courtyard.

Get out of the car.

Before Lin Li could even look around, his beautiful secretary, whom he had been longing for, walked over with a smile, and then Lin Li and Dawei walked upstairs.

The dinner was held in a loft by the sea.

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the private rooms on the third floor face the sea.

Unfortunately, it's nighttime now; the scenery here would be even more beautiful during the day.

The private room was already almost full.

Among them were people Lin Li was familiar with, such as Ding Lei and Ma Huateng, and of course, there were also people Lin Li couldn't match at all.

After escorting the two into the room, the beautiful secretary did not leave. Instead, she smiled and introduced them to everyone: "This is Mr. Lin from Xinghuo, and this is Mr. Liu from Mihoyo."

Although everyone present had met in the afternoon.

However, an introduction from the beautiful secretary helped the two of them blend into the atmosphere of the room.

Lin Li and Dawei admitted that neither of them were very comfortable in this kind of setting.

But in such situations, as long as you have the right status, the atmosphere will never become dull.

After seeing the two of them come in.

A burst of hearty laughter greeted them.

"Haha, the leaders from Qiongzhou were just talking about you two, saying that your speeches were enlightening. And then you two arrived."

A man in his thirties wearing a shirt said with a smile.

Lin Li carefully recalled the background name of the PPT slides that the person had used when they went on stage that afternoon.

He seems to be a director from the State Administration of Radio and Television.

They quickly followed suit and became polite as well.

"Oh, Director Wang, you're too kind. We just shared some experiences, nothing of note, nothing at all."

Lin Li smiled as he consciously took the last seat.

Wang Xin was just trying to lighten the mood when he spoke.

Seeing that Lin Li could actually call out his job title, I was a little curious.

"Does Mr. Lin know me?"

"You're joking. In business, who doesn't know you, Director Wang?"

Regardless of whether someone is a leader or not, everyone loves to hear nice things.

Even though both of them knew how exaggerated those words were, it didn't stop Wang Xin from adding another sentence.

"Hehe, since Mr. Lin puts it that way, you know these two people too?"

Wang Xin had originally planned that if Lin Li said he didn't know him, he would take the opportunity to introduce him.

Unexpectedly, Lin Li actually called out the names of the other two leaders.

"This kid definitely did his research before coming here, hahaha."

Lin Li greeted them one by one.

The atmosphere at the scene instantly became much more lively.

David glanced at Lin Li, somewhat surprised.

He had absolutely no idea how Lin Li could call out the other person's name as soon as they met, so he couldn't keep up with the conversation at all and just awkwardly laughed for a while.

He quickly sat down next to Lin Li.

"Not bad, Xiaolin, you're quite well-informed!"

Just as Lin Li sat down, a voice that was both familiar and not so familiar to him came laughing from outside the room.

"Familiar" means that Lin Li had communicated with this person before.

Not that familiar means we've only communicated once.

The person who walked in with a smile was Qiao Zhen, deputy director of the General Office of the Publicity Department of China.

He was the one who came last time to Xinghuo to present awards to the Publicity Department. The two had communicated quite a bit at that time, so they were fairly familiar with each other.

Despite Qiao Zhen being the deputy director, everyone in the private room stood up when he arrived at the scene.

Like many deputy positions, the head of the department provides direction.

Qiao Zhen is also a man of action.

A powerful deputy director of a ministry's general office, a deputy director with a good reputation, is someone even the top official in Qiongzhou would have to respect.

After all, someone like that might get promoted any day.

"Sit down, everyone, sit down. Don't be so polite. Let's talk things out today and have a meal together privately." Qiao Zhen was very amiable.

Many truly high-ranking leaders have a very simple and unpretentious demeanor, and they give off a very approachable vibe.

The first thing Qiao Zhen said after sitting down was, "We've all met before, right?"

Everyone nodded.

There are 11 chairs for tonight's banquet, and ten people have arrived so far: Qiao Zhen from the Publicity Department, the top official of Qiongzhou, Director Wang from the Radio and Television Bureau, and a leader from the Music Association.

After that, they're all manufacturers.

Ma Huateng, Ding Lei, Lin Li, Dawei, Wang Xin of Lilith, and Tang Bin of Clash of Kings.

Although everyone nodded and said they knew each other.

However, Qiao Zhen, as the organizer of the dinner, still went around introducing everyone.

The introductions of the others were all quite formal, but when it came to Lin Li, Qiao Zhen's tone changed somewhat.

"This is Lin Li from Xinghuo. Xiao Lin's Xinghuo has a good influence overseas. Using games as a medium to attract foreign players to learn about China and the Chinese spirit is a very good approach. His speech on stage today was also very good."

When Qiao Zhen introduced the others, he used more formal titles. Even Dawei was addressed as "General Manager Liu" by Qiao Zhen.

Even after he finished shouting, Dawei quickly picked up his wine glass and said, "Just call me Xiaowei, Xiaowei is fine."