The Ten Years of Rebirth

Chapter 158 The Dilemma of Mihuyou
noon.

Min University is still very lively on weekends.

After a week of coursework and tutorials, the freshmen gradually got used to the life and study rhythm of the university, and also ushered in the recruitment activities of various departments and clubs specially designed for them.

Xu Xing has no interest in joining the department, and neither does Yan Chijiu.

Both of them have to put more energy into the studio after their studies, and they don't have the mind to participate in the activities of the university department.

However, Xu Xing's three roommates thought about it.

It is said that Zhang Nong was invited by Wei Siyuan, the current head of the Assistance Department of the Student Affairs Center, before the department recruited new recruits. With the help of Yu Youjia, Zhang Nong agreed to join the department.

Originally, Zhang Nong didn't really want to join the department because he was worried that the department's activities would take up his money-making time.

But after trying part-time jobs for nearly a week, he made a preliminary estimate that he earned nearly [-] yuan from part-time jobs in a week.

After a month, that's more than [-].

Although this is the result of him squeezing himself to the limit and working part-time as a supermarket cashier, librarian, takeaway, and tutor, it is indeed rich enough for him.

That being the case, it is entirely possible to spare part of the time and participate in the activities of the Support Department in a limited amount.

He has already made plans to earn a little less a month, for example, only about [-] yuan, of which [-] yuan will be sent home to his mother and grandma, and the other [-] yuan will be kept.

The monthly living expenses are [-], and the remaining [-] yuan is saved in the end, so that you can save several thousand in a semester.

As for the part of the time saved, I will use it for my own academic study and participate in the activities of the Support Department to help those who also need help.

With such a plan, Zhang Nong rode a second-hand electric car that cost him two hundred yuan and galloped on the campus road.

There are more than a dozen takeaway boxes hung on the handles of the two cars, and they shuttle between the dormitory buildings.

Xu Xing and Yan Chijiu returned to school, and when they were talking about buying an electric scooter, they saw the back of Zhang Nong riding an electric scooter to deliver food away.

Rubbing his chin and thinking about the takeaway, Xu Xing shook his head and took Yanchi vinegar to the cafeteria to eat.

"So what are we going to do in the afternoon?" Yan Chijiu asked curiously while eating the dishes from Xu Xing's plate, "It's said to be an investment, could it be someone you know, boss?"

"Probably." Xu Xing smiled, "But the other party may not know us yet."

After eating, it was just past twelve o'clock, which was still early before the start of the Entrepreneurship Competition.

Yan Chijiu suggested to buy a new mobile phone first.

As a result, after shopping around for a long time and looking for several mobile phone stores, Yan Chijiu finally chose a new smart ultra-thin mobile phone from Huawei.

There was no other reason for choosing this phone, it was simply because there were only a few mobile phone stores nearby, and the two of them didn't bother to travel far, so Yan Chijiu chose a relatively cheap Huawei.

For example, the price of a pineapple mobile phone is five or six thousand. Even though Yanchi vinegar is completely affordable, Xiaocai Mi Yanchi vinegar still feels very heartbroken when he thinks that he will have to spend so much money once he sells it.

After buying a new mobile phone and applying for a new calling card, Yan Chijiu couldn't wait to exchange phone numbers with Xu Xing.

After downloading QQ, Yan Chijiu looked at Xu Xingliang's QQ account on it, with a bright smile on his face.

In the future, I finally don't have to chat with Xu Xing only by text message every night.

But... Yan Chi touched the PHS in his pocket jealously, glanced at Xu Xing, saw that he had no intention of returning the PHS, so he silently did not mention this, held the hand of the PHS tightly, compared with the other A Huawei mobile phone in one hand is even more precious.

Xu Xing, on the other hand, looked at the logos of these specialty stores on the street, and muttered, "Hasn't Xiaomi come out yet?"

After buying the mobile phone, Xu Xing took Yan Chijiu to the administrative building of Min University and found the location of Hall 3.

At this time, the time is very close to one o'clock in the afternoon, and the entrepreneurial competition will start in more than half an hour.

After Xu Xing came to Hall 3, he walked to a relatively front seat, and was not in a hurry to sit down with Yan Chijiu first, but sneaked a few glances at the signs placed on the seats in front of him.

The host of this entrepreneurial competition is Min University, and the main strategic partner is Tencent Group. In addition, there are also executives from the 4399 game platform, Fenghuang.com news media, and Youku.com video platform.

In addition to related website platforms, there are also several partners and directors of angel investment or investment foundations who have also participated.

It can be said that there are many big men.

Looking at the resounding titles of these ancient bigwigs, Xu Xing was also a little emotional.

With the advent of the mobile Internet era, at least half of the websites and platforms here must be killed on the coast by the waves of the new era, and they will be completely silent in a few years.

But among them, it is estimated that no one thought that it would be a studio that is about to participate in the finals of the Entrepreneurship Competition today. Its development has been bumpy, and it will even rise to become another emerging game giant in the next ten years.

This point, probably even the studio itself has not thought about it, and in the current period of time, only Xu Xing knows their future potential.

As time passed, Xu Xing took Yan Chijiu to sit down in the front row, and audiences entered Hall 3 one after another.

And ten minutes before the start of the entrepreneurial competition, these bigwigs in the first row also entered the arena one after another, allowing Xu Xing, the audience sitting in the front row, to see the true face.

"So boss, is the person you want to invest in today's game?" Yan Chijiu looked at the gradually filled hall, and asked in a low voice.

Smelling the fragrant wind when Yanchi vinegar approached, Xu Xing tried his best to avoid the plump curves of Yan Chi vinegar, nodded and smiled slightly: "You can guess later, which one I like. "

……

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the entrepreneurship competition started on time.

Since its inception, the competition has received a total of more than [-] entrepreneurial projects submitted by entrepreneurial teams. After fierce competition in the preliminary and semi-finals, the [-] teams that finally stand out are today's [-] teams.

It covers Internet fields such as electronic digital, e-commerce, software, and games, as well as projects in other fields such as medical equipment, agricultural and sideline products, clothing brands, and milk tea chains, covering a very wide range.

Yan Chijiu sat beside Xu Xing and listened to the projects all afternoon. After listening to all [-] projects, he couldn't help asking in a low voice: "I don't think it fits well with our company's business?"

"It doesn't matter whether it fits or not, just tell me how you feel." Xu Xing asked, "Which project do you think impressed you the most?"

Taking advantage of the fact that the judges on the stage had already started voting and were about to select the top three in today's competition, Xu Xing curiously asked Yan Chijiu's opinion.

"That Mihuyou studio is, quite impressive." Yan Chijiu said in a low voice, a little embarrassed.

After all, a boy stands on the stage generously, opening and closing his mouth with words such as "cute girl game", "otaku", "virtual idol", "rescued", and "tsundere", which is really embarrassing for ordinary people. land.

Xu Xing covered his mouth with a suffocated smile, Chao Yanchi nodded lightly: "This is the studio I'm looking at."

"Ah?" Yan Chi was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously, "So, so... Boss, are you also an otaku? So you like anime girls like virtual idols?"

Xu Xing: "...No, I just want to make money."

"Then I think other projects are pretty good too." Yan Chijiu analyzed for the boss seriously, "The one who talked about cute girl games said that this kind of game is specially designed for nerds, and the number of players is very small, right? Our Fruit Assassin has already sold millions of copies in less than a month."

"Ahem." Xu Xing was dumbfounded by what he said, "Although the Two-dimensional culture can only be regarded as a niche circle in China, the pure number is not small, but it cannot be compared with the number of the general public."

"But this kind of niche circle also has an advantage, that is, once they agree with your product, they will become your absolute fans for a long time and become fanatical loyalists."

"Although it's a bit of a play on the player's psychology, but the purpose of making Tianxia's products is just like this, so there's nothing to say."

"Two-dimensional mobile games are still in an undeveloped state, but with the next explosive growth of the mobile phone market, they will soon grow into a segment that cannot be ignored."

Even in the future, there will be phenomenal mobile games similar to Yuanshen that can fight against the king to eat chicken... But Xu Xing just thought about it in his heart, so he didn't say it out loud.

If it is said that the king and the chicken are still based on gameplay as the core, it is relatively easy to replicate, then the series of Two-dimensional products of Mihuyou, in addition to the underlying magic modification technology is very powerful, the core is instead It's not the gameplay, but the game content that combines the characters and plot inside.

To be honest, this thing is really not something you can copy if you want to.

Otherwise, Tengxin in the previous life has been tossing around for several years, and there is still no fart, and it is impossible to make a game of the quality similar to Yuanshen.

You know, let alone Yuanshin, Tencent will never let go of the opportunity to use Sharingan whenever a game of a certain scale comes out on the market.

This is enough to show that Yuanshen's characters and plots as the core driving force in its own game core are not things that Tencent can copy at will.

Of course, it is even more difficult for Xu Xing to copy, this is not a matter that can be solved by simply charming the house.

Instead of spending a lot of energy on off-the-shelf development and research, it is better to directly pick off-the-shelf teams.

"After the awards are presented later, I guess they will still contact them in private." Xu Xing took out a few business cards from his pocket and handed them to Yan Chijiu, "Let's wait for a while and tell you a few words. I'll just pass it on to the person in charge at Mihuyou."

"Boss, don't you go by yourself?" Yan Chijiu asked strangely.

"Anyway, he's a big boss with a monthly income of tens of millions, and he still needs to have the style he should have." Xu Xing straightened his collar and said with a chuckle, "Although the investment has not yet started, the game has already started, and it is inadvertently giving charcoal in the timely manner. More valuable than proactive icing on the cake.”

……

Mihuyou Studio, in this competition, won the third place with the product introduction of the cute girl game, and received a bonus of 50 yuan, as well as the right to use the [-] square meter office free of charge for half a year.

But after the award ceremony, Liu Wei, one of the founders of Mihuyou, who returned to the backstage, was not happy.

Because participating in this competition, winning is not the purpose.

Whether it's a bonus of [-] yuan or the right to use the office, for Mihuyou, which is currently developing the Honkai Campus mobile game, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

What is really important is to be valued by an investor in the audience and get the first round of angel investment from their studio in order to continue their follow-up development process.

Otherwise, within a month, their studio's funds will be completely exhausted.

The [-] yuan I got today is only enough to delay it for about a month.

If the investment cannot be obtained within two months, Mihuyou Studio will cease to exist.

At that time, whether it is disbanded or incorporated, it is not the situation they want to see.

"Liu Wei?"

At this time, a man in his thirties suddenly came to the side and greeted Liu Wei.

Liu Wei looked up and found that the other party was Zhang Liang, the manager of Taishan Angel Investment Foundation. He immediately smiled politely, and said hello to Zhang Liang in a slightly cautious way: "Hi, Mr. Zhang, what's the matter?"

"What else can I do? Of course it's for investment." Zhang Liang smiled, patted Liu Wei on the shoulder, and said, "To be honest, many companies are not very optimistic about you, especially you Compared with the overall number of players, the proposed market segment of otaku has too many limitations.”

"Actually, it's not too small, Mr. Zhang." Liu Wei tried to explain, "Aizhan and Bizhan in China are both concentrated two-dimensional users, and there are several million users in total, and this number It has been rising all the time, coupled with the extremely high loyalty of the Two-dimensional audience, the player stickiness and willingness to pay will far exceed ordinary games.”

"Yes, what you said are all advantages." Zhang Liang hooked Liu Wei's shoulders, and led him to the corner while talking, "But it is undeniable that the market is still based on the Three Kingdoms, National style mobile games such as Wuxia and Xianxia are more popular, and the player base is far wider than two-dimensional mobile games.”

"So why do you insist on sticking to such a niche field instead of turning to other more popular game fields?"

"After all, with your current technical capabilities, it is absolutely possible to quickly produce games of this type, right?"

Before making the game Honkai Campus, Mihuyou Studio had only made a light novel community website as early as 2009.

In 2010, they also modified their self-developed Misato 2.5D game engine based on the flash magic, and in 2011, based on the self-developed engine, they only made a "Whirling Silence", which won the game development competition Won the championship of the campus group.

During this period, we also cooperated with Shanda’s game department to develop the Bubble Hero game. Because of the good effect of the game, Mihuyou was also invited to be acquired by Shanda.

However, because of wanting to maintain the right of independent research and development, Mihuyou finally rejected Shanda's acquisition invitation.

At the end of 2011, Mihuyou Studio developed and uploaded the first ios casual mobile game "Fly Me 2 the Moon". It has been online for half a year and now, without any promotion and marketing, it has obtained more than [-] downloads volume, creating sales of [-] to [-] for the studio.

Although this result can fully cover the development costs and even make some money, it can't support them to continue to develop new games at all.

In the end, they relied on the savings of the founders and participated in various entrepreneurial competitions everywhere. After winning bonuses, they barely allowed their studio to continue to develop.

Recently, the development of the Honkai Campus has just been halfway through, and it is expected to be initially completed and enter the inner stage at least until December. However, the studio's funds are already stretched, and it may be difficult to support it until the game is launched.

Therefore, in addition to continuing to participate in various entrepreneurial competitions, Mihuyou recently released news, hoping to exchange 15% of the shares for an angel round investment of about one million.

It's a pity that almost all the investors Liu Wei met had the same attitude.

investment?

of course can.

After all, the team in your Mihuyou studio is all top-notch and talented in the industry.

But if you invest, you have to ask for it.

The requirements of these investors are also very simple.

Give up the Two-dimensional market and change the game type to a Three Kingdoms or martial arts game, let alone one million, the investment of two to five million is negotiable.

But Mi Huyou's attitude is also very clear.

Just refuse.

Sometimes the two-stinging monkey otaku is like this. On issues of this kind of position, he will always appear extraordinarily firm and unoffensive.

But if it weren't for this persistence, I probably wouldn't have seen Mi Huyou in later generations.

"Sorry, Mr. Zhang." Liu Wei forced a smile, shook his head and said, "Forgive me for not being able to agree to your request, but our team still wants to stick to our own ideas. If you can't reach a consensus with us, then I can only say Sorry and sorry."

After hearing this, Zhang Liang was not annoyed. After all, before coming here, several other investors who had been in contact with Mihuyou had talked with him, but he did not expect that they had already come to this point, and this studio actually planned to fight hard. .

"Alas..." Zhang Liang patted him on the shoulder, shaking his head helplessly, "Sometimes you can't be too stubborn when you hit the south wall, and it will be too late to turn around when you hit the south wall. 15% stake is as simple as that.”

"We are still young people." Liu Wei smiled shyly, "Whether the south wall is hard or not, we have to bump into it to know."

Seeing Liu Wei's resolute attitude, Zhang Liang didn't say anything more. He waved his hand to greet Liu Wei for the last time, and then turned to chat with other project teams.

And Liu Wei looked at the investors in the backstage, all of them found the projects he was interested in, but when no one walked towards him, he suddenly smiled helplessly, shook his head and turned around, packed his things and left. ready to leave.

But at this moment, a girl's voice came from behind.

"Hello, is this Mr. Liu Wei from Mihuyou?"

(End of this chapter)