Ke Jin had been mentally prepared for this scenario since the start of the competition.
The prize money seemed substantial.
But to the designers from big game companies, it wasn't considered too much.
Three million, just over two million after taxes, the equivalent of an annual salary.
If some designers had stock options or bonuses, it would be even more than this amount.
Joining the competition, if you win it's still fine, but if you don't, it could actually lower your own market value, prompting your bosses to reassess your capabilities.
No matter how you sliced it, it was a lose-lose deal.
Naturally, they wouldn't come to compete.
As for the mediocre designers, knowing they wouldn't win, they wouldn't bother joining the bustle.
As a result, it was left to a group of greenhorns, those with rigid thinking, or superficial views—the low-tier designers.
If it continued this way, the prize money really wouldn't be given away, and keeping it would be considered revenue.
