Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 606 I Believe in Your Vision

For elites like Chen Qiao ~ face is actually not very important.

Although Mr. Chen always looks confident in front of others and colleagues on weekdays, in fact, only he himself knows how humble he is when facing investors.

The kind of rumored entrepreneurs who are proud of their talents and regard capital and money as nothing. Although there are, there are definitely not many.

Fortunately, Chen Qiao is not such a person~ He may have the ability to be arrogant, but he knows that such a person will have a very difficult time.

Such a character~ Even if they have real talents and learning, there are very few people who can succeed in the end.

So. When Chen Qiao hit a wall at China.com, his first thought was not to give up, but to find another way.

For Chen Qiao, "success" is far more important than anything else.

So ~ under such conditions, it is not strange for Chen Qiao to turn around and eat grass.

Uh~ Well, in fact, it’s not that Chen Qiao hasn’t found other people, it’s just that, in the current period of Internet bubble crisis, everyone is more cautious about all Internet-related investments.

Of course~ if it is really a good project, then naturally there will be no shortage of discerning investors, but what about online games?
Hard to say!
Unlike the countless game companies and studios that followed in the field of online games, in 2000, there were not many people who dared to step into the online game track.

For most investors, their concept of games is still in the previous stand-alone games, and as we all know ~ the domestic stand-alone game market has been sluggish in the past few years.

Especially domestic piracy is rampant. It takes a few days for a game to be released, and various cracked versions are flying all over the sky, and because of the low price, consumers rarely choose expensive genuine games.

To put it bluntly~ the current domestic computer users play stand-alone games. The existence of piracy has almost reached a very scary rate.

This has also caused a large number of domestic game manufacturers to basically give up continuing to make games.

On the other hand, due to some special reasons in Baodao Province, the operation of some game manufacturers is not bad, but it is only good.

So... when the era of online games has really started in the neighboring countries, domestic online games~ can't even be counted as starting.

In fact, it is not that there are no online games in China. For example, "King of Kings", which was launched in June this year, is a multiplayer online RPG game.

But to be honest, Chen Li went in and took a look at this game, and then gave up the idea of ​​trying it out.

This is not to say that Chen Li has lost interest in early online games that were poorly produced because of his rebirth.

In fact, even Chen Li in his previous life had seen this so-called first real online game in China, but at that time he had no interest in this online game at all.

In Chen Li's opinion, instead of playing this game, he might as well start a single-player CS game.

In Chen Li's opinion, the production of this online game is not even as sophisticated as CS. Apart from being able to chat with people from different regions, the gameplay is also lackluster!
But if it's just for chatting, Chen Li might as well choose to use QQ.

This is also the reason why in the previous life, when foreign online games entered the country~ they almost seized the domestic online game market with destructive efficiency.

No way~ I started late, and lagging behind is naturally an objective fact.

And when those foreign online games entered China, everyone discovered that the world of online games can be so exciting!

So all of a sudden, some discerning people in China set their sights on the road of acting as an agent for foreign online games.

To put it bluntly ~ the online games that were basically outstanding in the early days ~ were almost all from abroad.

It is these online games from other countries that have opened up the online game market in China, and even made this market flourish rapidly.

Then those domestic manufacturers took a look~ Huh?It turns out that online games are so exciting, so what are you talking about, hurry up and make a fortune together!

So it happened that major Internet companies switched to the online game industry one after another.

At that time, almost all domestic Internet companies with a little reputation had set foot in the online game industry.

Most of these things happened after 2001, because in 2001, a game called "Legend of Hot Blood" was born, which made everyone fully understand how attractive the cake of online games is.

If it is said that before 2001, only a few smart people found this opportunity, then after the legend was completely popular, almost everyone knew that online games were the next outlet!
But that's where the problem lies. Before that "Legend of Hot Blood" became popular, only some smart people were crossing the river by feeling the stones.

And Chen Qiao~ is one of them!
In 2000, when most people were not very optimistic about online games, Chen Qiao had already discovered the great business opportunities contained in online games.

And this business opportunity. Undoubtedly, it is an opportunity for him to rise to the top.

Compared with this opportunity and the possible benefits ~ what is a little face?
Isn't it just to turn around?He, Chen Qiao, is really determined to eat this grass!
And the reason why Chen Qiao is so sure that he will be able to eat this mouthful of turning heads, besides he found out that Chen Li is not only rich ~ but also has a good understanding of the Internet, there is another very important reason, that is.
Chen Li is a young man~ even younger than him!

Chen Qiao completely believed that even he couldn't resist the shock brought by online games, and he believed that Chen Li was the same.

So~ In the plan book that Chen Qiao handed over to Chen Li, he specifically mentioned the matter of inviting Chen Li to Korea for inspection.

He firmly believed that as long as Chen Li went to Korea with him, after seeing those online games, he would be full of expectations for online games just like him.

It's just that even though Chen Qiao made a lot of hypothetical guesses about today's meeting, he never imagined that the situation after the real meeting would be like this.

After Chen Li finished reading his proposal, Chen Qiao had been waiting for Chen Li to ask him about the content of the proposal, but the first question Chen Li asked was...
"Is $50 enough?"

Reasonable~ When Chen Qiao heard this question, he was at least five seconds in a daze.

This is definitely a very unqualified performance for a founder who came to seek investment.

Fortunately, he finally came to his senses and quickly answered Chen Li's question.

"According to my calculation, 50 US dollars should be enough~!"

"Although the agency fee requested by the other party is as high as 50 U.S. dollars, I am confident that the price will be within 30 U.S. dollars."

"Because according to my investigation, the performance of this game in South Korea is only average compared to another game."

"You may wonder why I chose this game~ instead of another game that is more popular."

"I'm not going to hide it from you~ Part of this is because of agency fees. The agency fee for this game called "Dragon" is only 50 US dollars."

"And the agency fee for "Paradise" is 300 million US dollars."

"Of course~ Maybe for you, there is not much difference between 50 US dollars and 300 million US dollars, but... I still think this "Dragon" will be more suitable for the domestic market."

When Chen Qiao said this, Chen Li who was opposite him couldn't help grinning.

There is no other reason~ As a reborn person, Chen Li knows very well that Chen Qiao is definitely fooling himself at this moment.

If you have no money, you will have no money. No one knows what to say to be more optimistic about "Dragon"~ Is Chen Li still not clear?
The so-called "Dragon" is actually "Legend of Blood", which became very popular in China later. As for the game currency "Paradise", which is better?
Stop bullshitting!

As a person who has played both games in his previous life, Chen Li has an extremely accurate judgment on this.

From the perspective of the game alone, the game "Paradise" can completely kill the "Dragon" that Chen Qiaokou is talking about in any aspect.

And the reason why "Paradise" in the previous life was renamed after entering the domestic market and "Legend of Blood" almost became scum in seconds, the reason is nothing more than the following points
One: It was too late for "Paradise" to enter China!

This game was launched in South Korea as early as 98, and it quickly became a success after it was launched.

In fact, many contents of that "Dragon", the so-called "Legend of Blood", were copied from "Paradise".

At that time in South Korea, the game "Paradise" was definitely a well-deserved overlord, and the so-called "Legend of Blood" could barely be regarded as a younger brother in front of it.

How popular was the game at the time?It is said that at the beginning of the century, when online games were not yet developed, this game reached millions of people online worldwide, with an annual revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars.

But the problem is that "Legend of Blood" entered the mainland market in 01, but "Paradise" did not enter the mainland market until two years later, in 03.

At that time, the status of "Legend of Hot Blood" in the domestic online game market was almost hard to shake.

But time is only one reason, the second reason is an old problem that often occurs in proxy games.

Cooperation between developers and operators!
When the time came to 2003, the developer of the game "Paradise" set its sights on the Chinese market, and chose to cooperate with the Internet giant Jiulang who was preparing to enter the game industry at that time.

However, the supposedly intimate cooperation has produced many problems.

At that time, the overall operation of the game by South Korean game developers included marketing promotion ~ operation activities, etc., and the entire industry chain was very well managed.

It can be said that at that time, this game was nominally represented by Jiu Lang, but from planning to GM, they were basically game developers, and Jiu Lang could only cooperate passively.

But how do South Korean game manufacturers know about the domestic game market?

In the end, it can only be a fierce operation, and one look at the result. It's just a fucking two hundred and five!
The game "Paradise" itself entered the domestic market relatively late, and as a result, the operation was poor, and the final result is naturally self-evident.

The third reason~ This has something to do with the domestic Internet environment at that time.

The game "Paradise" is indeed excellent in terms of production, but at the same time it is excellent, it must have great requirements for some hardware conditions.

Compared with the "Legend of Blood", which is rough in production but can be popularized in a large number of Internet cafes in China, this well-produced "Paradise" seems a bit less down-to-earth.

It can be said that at that time, many Internet cafes in China were more or less limited by computer hardware when running the game "Paradise".

This point. "Paradise" can't be compared with the following "World of Warcraft".

The emergence of "World of Warcraft" coincided with the downhill of "Legend of Warcraft", coupled with the excellent production of "World of Warcraft", so it can force major Internet cafes to update their hardware conditions, and "Paradise" can only be used by players Sweep into the trash with the Internet cafe owner.

Of course~ There must be more than these three reasons why "Paradise" failed to open up the domestic game market, but these three are definitely the main reasons.

Especially the first point. After all, the latter two reasons can be overcome and corrected, but the first point of time basically makes the success rate of "Paradise" drop to 50%.

But ~ even if "Paradise" did not succeed in China, it is still the same sentence ~ In terms of the game itself, "Legend of Blood" and "Paradise" are actually incomparable.

Although in fact ~ the copycat version of "Legend of Hot Blood" in the previous life did turn the original "Paradise" into a scumbag, but when the timeline stayed in 2000, it naturally made Chen Li scoff at Chen Qiao's statement.

But even though Chen Li thinks that the game "Paradise" is much better than "Legend of Hot Blood", he still has to admit one thing, that is.
"Legend of Blood" is indeed more suitable for the domestic market than "Paradise"!

This may sound contradictory, but it is actually very true.

The reason is simple~ Compared with the current successful "Paradise", "Legend of Blood", which is currently not valued, can actually maximize the benefits.

Think about why Chen Qiao spent 30 U.S. dollars in his previous life to obtain the agency rights of "Legend of Hot Blood" from Koreans?
Of course it was because the situation of "Legend of Hot Blood" was very bad at that time!
In fact, when the developer of "Legend of Hot Blood" handed over the agency rights to Chen Qiao, they never thought that the game would become popular in China.

They even had the mentality of being able to sell a little, so they agreed to Chen Qiao's agency fee of 30 US dollars.

After all, if you sell it~ you can earn 30 US dollars, but if you don't sell it, you won't get a penny.

It was also because the developer of "Legend of Hot Blood" was in a very bad situation at that time, so Chen Qiao and the other party's cooperation conditions were so casual. In the end, after "Legend of Hot Blood" became popular, the developer directly turned over the table and quit up.

On the other hand, "Paradise", not to mention that the agency fee of this game, which is already a big success, is much higher than that of "Legend of Blood", just their business model of intervening in everything is enough to fuck.

Chen Li believes that if in his previous life, even if Chen Qiao had the money to get the agency rights of the game "Paradise", the final benefits would definitely not be as great as the benefits brought by "Legend of Hot Blood".

So. Chen Li took a sip of scented tea and looked at Chen Qiao who was opposite.

"Hmm~!"

"I trust your vision!"

"Just as I was willing to invest in you before, this time I also trust your judgment!"

"Then let's talk about the cooperation in detail next!"

(End of this chapter)