Although Souls-like games easily garner attention and become a hot topic, from a market perspective, it's not an exceptionally lucrative genre. Only a minority of players are willing to spend money on this challenge, especially for a buyout mobile game, which is even rarer.
In this market context, a mobile game produced by a domestic team with no big brand backing, no IP support, and that solely focuses on the Souls-like genre, amazingly achieved sales of over a million.
In two words, kick-ass.
However, all this glory was attributed to Yang Le, the producer and studio owner, and the benefits brought by Pascal's Contract's success had little to do with Wang Lianzong, his assistant.
The salary increase and bonuses couldn't satisfy Wang Lianzong's appetite; he also wanted to develop a game himself and wanted more.
