HPDBC Chapter 327 8 Choral Songs
Chapter 327 8 Choral Songs
In the following days, the data for League of Legends skyrocketed.
On the third day, downloads exceeded 40 million, and the peak number of concurrent online users exceeded 1.5 million.
On the fourth day, downloads exceeded 43 million, and peak concurrent users exceeded 2 million.
On the fifth day, downloads exceeded 47 million, and the peak concurrent online users exceeded 2.4 million.
The data changes every day. Every morning when Zhou Mingzhe arrives at the company, the first thing he does is open the backend to check yesterday's data, and then send Lu Ran a message with the same content: "It's gone up again."
Every time Lu Ran saw those two words, he would smile and reply with an "OK" emoji.
He knew League of Legends would be popular, but he didn't expect it to become popular so quickly.
In its previous form, League of Legends went through a period of adjustment lasting about half a year from its launch to its explosive popularity.
Through word-of-mouth among players and the effect of one person telling ten, ten telling a hundred in internet cafes, the first batch of core users was gradually accumulated, and then explosive growth was ushered in.
But the speed of information dissemination in this world is much faster than in the previous one.
TUTU's more than 90 million daily active users provided League of Legends with a huge traffic entry point.
Those who pre-registered flocked to the game the moment it launched.
After playing it and finding it fun, they shared, discussed, and recommended it to their friends on TUTU. Their friends, having been recommended it, also downloaded, played, and shared it.
This viral spread led to a user growth rate for League of Legends that far exceeded Lu Ran's expectations.
The only problem is the server.
Although Chen Mo brought in five sets of servers as an emergency measure, the rate of user growth still exceeded the technical department's expectations.
During peak hours, players still have to queue, sometimes for more than ten minutes before they can get in.
There's a topic on TUTU called "Did you queue up today?" that's generating a lot of discussion.
Players complained about the long queues, but were reluctant to leave because leaving would mean waiting in vain.
Old Wang and his team from the tech department worked around the clock for three days, practically living and working at the company, and finally managed to deploy the new server on the fifth day. The queuing problem was alleviated, but lag during peak hours still occurred from time to time.
"We need to add more," Lao Wang said at the tech department's routine meeting, his dark circles under his eyes looking like he'd been punched twice. "At the current growth rate, the existing servers can only last a month at most. We must expand again within a month, otherwise the lag will get worse and worse during peak evening hours."
After listening, Lu Ran didn't hesitate: "Then add it. We can't skimp on necessary expenses. Contact Chen Mo and see if Tencent has a better solution. They've been making large-scale games for so many years, they have more experience than us."
Old Wang nodded, and that afternoon he took a few people from the technical department to Tencent's East China branch and had a full-day meeting with Chen Mo's team.
On the way back, Lao Wang called Lu Ran, his voice filled with excitement: "President Lu, Tencent has a mature distributed server architecture solution that can solve our current bottleneck problem. President Chen said that we can use this solution for free, and their people will come over to help with the deployment."
Hearing this news, Lu Ran felt much more at ease.
Chen Mo is indeed a reliable person.
He never hesitates to keep his promises.
With Tencent's technical support, the server issues for League of Legends should be fundamentally resolved within a week.
By then, players won't have to queue anymore, there won't be any lag during peak hours, and the user experience will be much better.
But these are all technical matters, and Lu Ran doesn't need to oversee them personally.
If Lao Wang can handle it, Chen Mo will also help.
What he needs to do now is something else.
Write a song for Shen Yuege.
I promised her I would write an album for her.
The playlist was already prepared, and the melodies had been swirling in my head for a long time, but because of the release of League of Legends, I haven't had time to sit down and write them properly.
Now things are much better. The data for "League of Legends" is steadily increasing. The server issues are being monitored by Lao Wang and Chen Mo, while Zhou Mingzhe, Xiao Yang, and Lao Zhao are in charge of operations and marketing.
He can extricate himself from those trivial matters and concentrate on doing what he wants to do.
On the morning of the sixth day, Lu Ran got up very early.
He didn't go to the company, but went directly to Xingyue Studio.
When Shen Yuege drove him there, she was a little surprised: "Not going to the company today?"
"I'm not going," Lu Ran said. "The data is stable, and I've covered everything that needed to be covered. Today, I'll focus on recording the song. Your album can't be delayed any longer; if it is, the fans will start criticizing me."
Shen Yuege laughed: "Who's criticizing you? The internet is full of praise for you, saying you write great songs, make fun games, and are an all-rounder."
"That's now," Lu Ran said. "If I don't release any songs for a while, people will start saying I've run out of ideas. I got criticized last time for stopping for three days, I can't repeat that mistake this time."
Shen Yuege glanced at him, unable to suppress the smile on her lips.
The car stopped downstairs at Xingyue Studio. Shen Yuege took a wheelchair out of the trunk and pushed Lu Ran into the building.
Master Wang was already waiting in the recording studio.
Seeing them come in, he stood up to greet them, his expression even more enthusiastic than a few days ago.
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Shen. What song are we recording today?"
Lu Ran took out a piece of paper from his pocket, unfolded it, and wrote down the names of eight songs on it.
Master Wang took it and glanced at it, his eyes widening: "Eight songs? All day today?"
"It doesn't necessarily have to be today alone," Lu Ran said. "Anyway, we'll be staying here for the next few days, and it's best to finish recording in one go. I've already put together the melody and arrangement last night. Please take a look, and we can make changes anytime if there are any problems."
Master Wang took the paper under the lamp and read it line by line.
"Little Dimples", "Expecting Love", "Discovering Love", "Expressing Love", "Another Paradise", "You Are the Song in My Heart", "Love a Little", "Coral Sea".
All eight songs were sung in a chorus.
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