Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1847 Too fragile

Zhou Buqi felt a little heavy.

This Wang Fang is the savior of Sohu's game business. No wonder Zhang trusts him so much.It's not easy to fire such a person!

Yan Xinlei went on to say: "After Wang Fang joined Sohu, he received Mr. Zhang's unconditional support. The funds, bandwidth, servers and environment are all the best. He will give you what he wants. Mr. Zhang even personally came forward to go to Lei Jun The able-bodied underlings dug Shang Jin, the director of Jinshan Games, to help him."

"and after?"

"Later, "Tian Long Ba Bu" turned out to be a popular game for the whole people. After that, Mr. Zhang was very happy, and he split the game business and became Changyou Company."

"Understandable."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

For talents who have made great achievements in opening up territories, it is not enough to just give some money and some options, and there must be a sufficient proportion of shares.

Spin off the game business and set up Changyou Company, Wang Fang should be able to get a large proportion of the stock.In Changyou’s shareholding structure, Sohu holds 55%, Ziweixing holds 35%, and the remaining 10% is held by employees. Wang Fang’s shareholding is estimated to be between 6% and 7%.

Yan Xinlei said: "However, after the establishment of Changyou, the equity distribution was uneven. Employees hold 10% of the shares, and Wang Fang alone holds 6.8%. It’s not balanced, he distributed most of the stocks to his fellow villagers. He formed a small team in the company divided by region, and relying on this small team to control the company has attracted dissatisfaction from everyone.”

"A conflict broke out?"

"Yes, it was split. Shang Jin led a group of people and left Changyou indignantly, founded Qilin Game Studio, and then developed an online game that is almost identical to "Dragon Ba Bu", called "Genghis Khan". "

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, "Exactly the same?"

Yan Xinlei said: "Yes, they are basically the same, even many pictures and special effects are the same, Shang Jin... They should have brought a lot of internal information from Changyou."

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "For this kind of thing, just sue. Those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die. There is no way out for a creative product such as a game, to completely imitate."

Yan Xinlei said: "Yes, it's a lawsuit. In fact, I don't think it's a big deal. "Genghis Khan" can't compare with our "Dragon Babu". It's estimated that within two years, the server should be shut down. But... I don’t know what to say about Wang Fang, it may be that he has too much self-esteem, or he may have too many psychological problems.”

"how?"

"Didn't they sue "Genghis Khan" here? Shang Jin said publicly that they were not plagiarized, because "Dragon Babu" was developed and designed by him, and Wang Fang did nothing. "Dragon Babu" "The Ministry" was originally his work, and there is no plagiarism."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "What is this? Isn't the game copyrighted? It belongs to Changyou."

Yan Xinlei said: "Yes, that's it. Everyone knows that they are messing around. But Wang Fang can't do it after a while. It seems that he has been greatly stimulated and humiliated. He lost his temper in the company and posted several times in a row. God's temper, I feel that my game talent has been underestimated."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Then what is the truth? Who developed "Tian Long Ba Bu"?"

Yan Xinlei said: "Shang Jin is the director of this game, and he led the team to make it. But Wang Fang is the business director, and he manages the development team. To be honest, Shang Jin should account for 95%. Fang accounted for 5%. Everyone inside knew it, so Wang Fang felt humiliated, Changyou’s ace game was not created by him himself, and he felt that his authority had been shaken.”

Zhou Buqi will know more about the follow-up, "So Changyou developed a new game "The Deer and Ding Tale" later."

Yan Xinlei smiled and said: "Yes, it seems that you know it, it is "The Deer and Ding Tale". This game has an investment of 8000 million US dollars. Wang Fang personally participated in the battle, and devoted a lot of effort to this game. Didn't I just tell you about Wang Fang's early years? Didn't he act as an agent for the online game "Magic Sword" in the United States? He still thinks that when he designed and developed "Deer and Ding Tale", he imitated "Magic Sword", which is a martial arts version of "Magic Sword". He planned to rely on this This game revives morale within the company and restores its authority and dignity."

"But "The Deer and Ding Tale" failed."

Zhou Buqi has read Changyou's financial report. Changyou will go public in the US in March. Last year's financial report is very important, with a net profit of 3 million US dollars.

Several businesses performed very well, but the only loss-making business was "The Deer and Ding Tale", which was just launched last summer.

Although the game failed, Zhou Buqi didn't take it too seriously.

Making games is like making Hollywood blockbusters. How can you make a profit without losing money?
Where there is success, there must be failure.

The failure of this game does not put any pressure on Changyou's business growth.

Whether it is Zhou Buqi or Zhang Chaoyang, they can actually accept the failure of a game, and neither of them is an ever-victorious general.

However, when it comes to things like failure, some people are broad-minded and able to withstand the pressure, while others are unable to do so and will fall into collapse, such as the CEO of Changyou Wang Fang.

Yan Xinlei said: ""The Deer and Cauldron" failed. Wang Fang seemed to have lost his soul. I didn't have much contact with him. I met him a few times and felt that he had no fighting spirit at all. Later, some people said that he was depressed. It's in a bad state."

Zhou Buqi was a little strange, "Isn't Changyou developing a new game? I bought the copyright of an online novel from Ziweixing, and I want to adapt it into the game "Fights Break Sphere"."

Yan Xinlei nodded, "Yes, Wang Fang did not give up and wanted to develop another game, but his spirit was obviously not right, and the atmosphere inside the company was not as passionate as it was when he was developing "The Deer and Ding Tale."

Zhou Buqi now understood the cause and effect, "So I went to India to find faith, to find spiritual sustenance and spiritual liberation."

"Yes!" Yan Xinlei was very helpless about this, "It's fine for him to believe in himself, and let us believe in it together. After practicing hard, you can get relief from the whole body, and you can become a spiritual master. Success or failure is irrelevant." No matter how important it is. This is completely evasion, not daring to face failure head-on, and finding excuses to cover up."

Obviously, Yan Xinlei was very dissatisfied with this set.

Through an Indian sect, to help employees awaken themselves and get rid of the pain in the world... Your sister, are you using the company as a spiritual altar?

Zhou Buqi was also very dissatisfied.

No wonder Changyou was so powerful in the previous life, it was a well-known game company in China.

It soon fell away.

After more than ten years, we still have to continue to rely on the old foundation of "Dragon and Babu".

If you do this, can you not fall?
The company has become a church!
Judging from Yan Xinlei's current state, what he said must be true. There may be mistakes in the details, but in general it is absolutely correct.This Wang Fang's problem is too big!

In just this moment, Zhou Buqi made a decisive decision.

No negotiation!
Must be fired!
Wang Fang, as well as his direct line team divided by region, will all be fired, and Changyou will be cleared out, leaving no one behind!
Zhou Buqi has a very long-term plan and business outlook for Changyou, and will never allow such a group of people to mess around in the company.

When it got out, it was a big joke in the circle.

Maybe even his boss Zhou has become the talk of the industry after dinner.

Zhou Buqi said: "So, when we hire people, it's not enough to just look at their abilities. In this world, there are too many people with strong abilities. We also need to look at their character, whether they have enough mental strength. Isn't it just a team split? Well, isn’t it just that “The Deer and Ding Tale” failed, so what? I couldn’t bear the internal and external pressure? My heart collapsed? To put it bluntly, it’s a coward.”

Yan Xinlei thought it was right, "Yes, I feel worse than me!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "That's definitely not as good as you. You have such a strong mentality. When we were in school, you played games in the dormitory every day. I remember Wang Dalong told me that in some classes, to prevent Signing in on behalf of others uses high technology and requires fingerprints to sign in, so why don’t you go.”

Yan Xinlei smiled and said, "Then I didn't learn from you. Didn't you say that if you don't fail a course in college, it's tantamount to studying in vain."

Zhou Buqi coughed his throat, and said with a little embarrassment: "Frustration education is still useful. I have to pass a few more subjects. I felt the pressure of not being able to get a diploma during college. I will definitely be able to do better than those good kids in society." Take care of things."

Yan Xinlei waved his hand, "I've finished talking to you about Mr. Wang, what should I do? Do you want to take care of it?"

"Well, take care of it!"

Zhou Buqi gave a firm and positive reply without hesitation.

Yan Xinlei sighed, "It's not that I want to make a small report, it's that if they do this, the company will really end. I have now discovered that no matter how powerful a person is, he needs a good platform to present it. Changyou is I don’t care about the platform for me to show my personal ability, and I can’t just watch this group of people mess around inside the company and ruin my career platform.”

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "You are right, that's how it should be. Well...Changyou is going to be listed soon, and Lao Zhang may be doing a road show in the United States. You should keep this a secret first, so don't say anything. Zhang Chaoyang and I will study it first and see Let's see how to deal with it."

Yan Xinlei said: "Should we stop the development of "Fights Break Sphere" first? Mr. Wang's current thinking is one-sided. The overall design of the game is copied from "Magic Sword", and the gameplay design is copied from "Dragon Babu" .After this game is made, it lacks new ideas and cannot be recognized by players.”

Zhou Buqi glanced at him with a half-smile, "What? Don't want to play chess and card games? Want to develop online games instead?"

Yan Xinlei laughed, "No, I'm not playing for personal gain."

(End of this chapter)