The Ten Years of Rebirth

Chapter 161 Three Conditions for Investing in Mihuyou
Monday, May 9.

Early in the morning, Xu Yi came to the company, and before going to work, he focused his attention on the targets on the Xu Xing circle last night.

Xu Yi is currently working in the search department of a certain degree. It is not a big or small management post. It is very easy to find some basic information of employees.

Soon, he set his sights on three of them.

——Dai Zhuoshan, male, 27 years old, graduated from the computer department of Zhejiang University.

——Liao Qinyu, male, 28 years old, same as above.

——Gong Ao, male, 26 years old, same as above.

These three people are alumni of the same university, and they happen to be in the same class, and they seem to have a good personal relationship.

Among them, Dai Zhuoshan is Xu Yi's current colleague, who also works in the search department of a certain degree, and was one of the heads of the Wutong system dedicated to search promotion at a certain degree before.

Later, because of the rise of the mobile Internet, I was given the task of developing a certain mobile terminal.

During the period, because he was aware of the difference between the mobile terminal and the computer terminal, Dai Zhuoshan once proposed at the meeting that he could try to change the push mechanism of a certain mobile terminal. He suggested that personalized push be used to attract users and stabilize the number of mobile terminal users.

But at that time, Dai Zhuoshan’s views were still relatively immature, and he didn’t find the most essential root cause of it. The mobile terminal is different from the computer terminal. An APP represents a direct entrance to the platform, and there is no need to use a certain degree at all.

This weakens a certain degree of usage scenarios and frequency to a certain extent.

However, the interior of a certain degree obviously did not realize this, and did not agree to Dai Zhuoshan's proposal.

After all, personalized recommendations mean that each user sees different content, which is a serious weakening of the advertising distribution system that a certain degree relies on for survival.

Most of the income of a certain degree actually comes from the advertising revenue provided by the bidding ranking. It is impossible for a certain degree to cut off most of its own income because of a proposal from Dai Zhuoshan.

So in the end, Dai Zhuoshan not only failed to continue to develop a certain browser, but was demoted by half a level in the search department.

Of course, it's not just because of his proposal, it's also related to factional struggles within the search department.

However, Dai Zhuoshan was obviously seized by someone and became a victim of this confrontation.

In addition, Liao Qinyu, who was in charge of the research and development of the mobile terminal of a certain degree of social software, had the same experience as Dai Zhuoshan.

In the PC era, social software has basically been dominated by Tencent QQ.

At one time, a certain degree was delusional to rely on certain degree hi, a social software, to seize a part of the social market share, but now, certain degree hi has basically become a tool for internal employee communication of certain degree.

But in the era of mobile Internet, Liao Qinyu felt that there was an opportunity for a certain hi to try to overtake on a curve, even if he couldn't surpass Tencent, he still had the opportunity to eat a piece of meat.

However, the internal priority of a certain hi is too low, and Liao Qinyu is only the person in charge of the mobile terminal. At present, the boss of a certain degree has set his sights on the e-commerce field. valued.

Therefore, several proposals submitted by Liao Qinyu were rejected, and even the person in charge of the e-commerce department still did not forget to ridicule him, laughing at his wishful thinking, even thinking about competing with Tencent for the social domain.

As for Gong Ao, it was even simpler.

Although the game department of a certain degree can be regarded as a good source of income, it has always been making some ip games of Three Kingdoms martial arts.

Although it makes money, there is really no innovation. The whole department is relatively routine. It is not so much a game production department as it is a game assembly line factory.

Gong Ao is a relatively young and idealistic type, every time he completes a game required by the master plan, he will report the game he wants to make.

It was then dismissed and a new holster game was arranged.

After finishing another one, continue to report the project I prepared, and then be rejected.

After several times like this, Gong Ao had a big fight with the chief planner.

If it weren't for his strong skills, and his production efficiency and results in the game department are indeed outstanding, he might have been fired by now.

After Xu Yi locked in on these three people, he roughly determined his plan.

As a result, when he was about to start work, his mobile phone suddenly received a call from Xu Xing.

"Uncle, ask for a leave of absence for me."

"What?"

"The new employee is here today. I have to arrange the tasks. You can help me get a certificate from the counselor, saying that I am going to the hospital to see my grandfather."

Xu Yi: "...you can tell the counselor directly that you are starting a business."

"Then I have to explain a lot, trouble."

"All right, all right, I'll help you out."

……

At nine o'clock in the morning, Yu Youjia stood at the door of the dormitory building, looking at Xu Xing who was riding an electric scooter, and Xu Niannian who was in high spirits, with his arms folded and sighed.

"Forget it, you go first." Xu Niannian was embarrassed to leave his best friend alone, waved his hand and said, "Jiajia and I will take the subway there."

"No need." Yu Youjia said lightly, raised her hand and picked up a phone call, "Hello? Are you here? Okay, see you at the school gate."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Youjia smiled at Xu Niannian twice: "I'm not someone, I don't even have a boyfriend, you can go in your brother's car, Zhou Jing is here to pick me up."

"???" Xu Niannian covered his heart in pain, "Didn't you say he was busy?"

"He just happened to be going to work in the law firm at this point, so he dropped me off." Yu Youjia waved at the two of them and walked towards the school gate, "Let's see you in the studio later."

Seeing Yu Youjia going away, Xu Xing turned his head and asked, "Why don't you take someone else's car? You don't need to follow me all the way."

"Why are there so many nonsense?" Xu Niannian walked to the electric car, raised his slender legs high, sat on it easily, hugged Xu Xing and urged, "Come on! Try to get there before Jiajia and the others!"

"...You're embarrassing me a bit."

Having said that, Xu Xing has started the electric car and quickly passed Yu Youjia who was walking in front.

Xu Niannian still didn't forget to touch Yu Youjia's face arrogantly, and smiled and waved to her: "Let's go first!"

Yu Youjia walked slowly, looked at the two people who were going away quickly, and saw Xu Niannian tightly hugging the body of the younger brother in front of him, he couldn't help but smiled: "What a coward."

The electric car drove out of the school gate.

At this time, Yan Chijiu, who couldn't ask for leave, was obediently attending class at school.

She has to wait until the evening when there are no classes before she can go to the studio.

Or be free on weekends.

Xu Xing is because he has learned most of the content in his freshman year, and he is proficient in using this knowledge after going to work, so he doesn't need to learn it all over again.

However, although Yan Chijiu had taught herself programming before, she still needed to check and fill in the gaps. Xu Xing didn't want to delay her studies, so she only asked her to come to the studio when she was free, so there was no need to rush.

……

Arriving at the studio in the morning, the employees who were willing to come to work in the studio after receiving the offer had already arrived here, and signed the contract with the help of Yao Yuanyuan and the legal counsel.

Lei Wenyan, a graduate of Jiaotong University with a master's degree, glanced at He Sitong who was sitting next to him, and asked curiously, "Why are you here? I thought I would never see you again."

"The project bonus pool is very attractive." He Sitong raised his glasses and said with a shy smile, "It is said that the planner of the new game is the planner of Fruit Assassin. It won't be long before it's done."

"I don't expect the new game to have the level of Fruit Assassin, but even if it is one or two grades behind, the 10% bonus pool of the first three months of the project's profits can be considered very determined."

"After all, our team only has a dozen people in total."

Lei Wenyan chuckled: "I can't tell I'm still a small gambler. I haven't seen any plans for the game project yet. Maybe the new game will hit the street."

"That's just a waste of a month or two." He Sitong shook his head and said, "This time is still worth wasting."

"Your boy is too utilitarian." Lei Wenyan clicked his tongue twice, "As long as the boss doesn't rest on his laurels, develop new games well, and don't be as aggressive as those big companies, I dare to keep working. "

"Are you from Shanghai Stock Exchange?" He Sitong glanced at him and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"Hehe, no wonder."

……

At ten o'clock in the morning, secretary Peng Yuxuan handed out the [Planning Plan for Escape from the Secret Realm] one by one.

All twelve programmers and four artists who joined Tianshu Studio were present.

After the simple opening remarks, Xu Xing went straight in, using the public office area as a meeting room, and began to match the planning plan to explain the new game Escape from the Secret Realm.

With the in-depth explanation, the employees who have just joined the company can't help sighing in their hearts after they understand the gameplay and core of the game bit by bit.

Although they are not particularly sensitive to the market, those who are here to apply for the game company are more or less familiar with the current mobile games.

【3D parkour mobile game】

This category, at least at the moment, should not have been seen, at least in the mobile game market, their game should still be the first to eat crabs.

Although the person who eats the first bite of crab may not end well.

But considering the success of the young man in front of him in his previous game Fruit Assassin, the rest of the audience couldn't help feeling a little excited.

Of course, what most people are passionate about is not how innovative this game is, or how successful it may be in the future, just because of the 10% project bonus.

Lei Wenyan was the only one, listening to Xu Xing's in-depth explanation, when he mentioned the key points, he couldn't help but want to applaud, but in the end he resisted the urge to slap his thigh.

"This is really amazing." After the meeting, Lei Wenyan secretly said to He Sitong, "Game innovation itself is nothing, but this kind of innovation even takes into account the gyroscope that has recently become popular in smartphones, which is outrageous. "

"The same goes for the Fruit Assassin before. It is so popular because it is perfectly adapted to the interactive mode of touch-screen phones."

"And this secret escape, relying on the gyroscope to judge the left and right sway of the mobile phone, and then control the character's left and right dodging movements, eliminating the need for screen buttons, is definitely an amazing innovation."

Although the other employees were not as excited as Lei Wenyan, they still started to work under Xu Xing's methodical arrangement.

After lunch, the secret escape project team officially started.

After Xu Xing arranged everyone's tasks, he also returned to the office and asked Peng Yuxuan to bring the contact information of the major distributors that he had collected. While continuing the test of the domestic version of Fruit Assassin, he began to communicate with major mobile phones and The channel dealers of the platform began to contact to determine the sharing and promotion mode of the game after it was launched.

……

In the evening, Mihu visited the studio.

After staying up all night and rushing all afternoon, Liu Wei and Jin Zhidong finally finalized the content of the presentation and the production of the PPT.

"Hi, hello, I'm Liu Wei from Mihuyou Studio. Mr. Xu told someone that you can consider investing in our project." Liu Wei followed the contact information on the business card that Yan Chijiu gave him, Called the past, "We have prepared the presentation materials. Is Mr. Xu free tonight? Or tomorrow."

"Oh, ok, ok, no problem."

"That night at seven o'clock, we will be there on time."

"Thank you, thank you, okay, I'll call you when I get there."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Mr. Xu from Qunxing Company didn't intend to release pigeons.

After confirming that there is a chance to get investment tonight, the four founders got together again to discuss possible investment plans and how to deal with special circumstances.

"Control is the key point, followed by two-dimensional themes." Cai Haoyu said, "There is no room for compromise on these two points. As long as the other points are not too excessive, we can talk about them."

"Actually, if the other party thinks that one million is too much, we can also take out a little less shares, as long as five or six hundred thousand can be considered." Luo Yuhao said after consideration, "Our research and development costs are mostly wages, as long as we last a few more months, we will be fine. The key is to spend a lot of money on the promotion and advertising of the game announcement.”

"Uh... I think Qunxing Company is probably not short of money." Liu Wei reminded, "Although their profit last month should be only a few million, this month's profit is at least tens of millions. If they really want to invest in us, A million is just a small amount of money."

"Then can I ask for more?" Cai Haoyu asked tentatively.

"This is probably not very good..." Liu Weiwei said, "This is the condition we reported before, and now there is a company that may not mind us making a two-dimensional mobile game. It is a little bit to spread the price at this time. It's ugly."

"Forget it." Cai Haoyu shook his head. "Today, you go and talk first. I put my phone next to me. If you have any questions, we can communicate with you at any time."

Throughout the whole process, Jin Zhidong remained silent, without saying a word.

……

Seven o'clock in the evening.

Inside the Tianshu studio.

After eating, the employees voluntarily stayed and continued to work overtime, and the office area was brightly lit.

Yan Chijiu, who finished a day of class, came late, and sneaked into the boss's office quietly.

"Here?" Xu Xing raised his head and glanced at Yan Chijiu, then beckoned her to go over, and ordered, "You take over the test task, and I will see the people from Mi Huyou later."

"Yeah." During working hours, Yan Chi vinegar will not be hypocritical. After confirming his job content, he left the office, found an empty desk and sat down, and took over the work at hand from Xu Xing.

Soon, Secretary Peng Yuxuan received a call from Liu Wei, immediately got up and went downstairs, and took Liu Wei and Jin Zhidong to the office.

And when the two of them walked into the office and saw that Xu Xing was the only one sitting in the chair, their footsteps subconsciously stopped.

Liu Wei: "?"

Jin Zhidong: "?"

"You two, please come in."

Peng Yuxuan led the two into the office, closed the door, and introduced them: "This is the CEO of our Qunxing Company, Mr. Xu, who is also the planner of Fruit Assassin."

Xu Xing stood up in a timely manner, walked around to the open space in front of the desk with a smile, and said hello: "Hello, both of you."

"Hello, hello, I'm Liu Wei, and this is Jin Zhidong." Liu Wei who came back to his senses hastily held Xu Xing's hand, "I really didn't expect that Mr. Xu is so young, I'm so surprised .”

"It's okay, people who know my identity for the first time will react like this." Xu Xing smiled indifferently, shook hands with Jin Zhidong again, and then got straight to the point, "Let's not waste time, you guys start?"

"Okay." Liu Wei took a deep breath, but he really liked Xu Xing's resolute character, so he stopped being polite, nodded to Jin Zhidong, and the latter took out a USB flash drive.

……

Bengyi, the full name is Benghuai Campus, a 2D horizontal shooting mobile game, but it is covered with a two-dimensional skin, playing the content of a beautiful girl shooting a zombie girl.

The core of the gameplay is actually very simple, nothing more than fighting monsters and upgrading, cultivating character levels and equipment, but because the painting style is Two-dimensional, it is more eye-catching.

In fact, what Xu Xingji made very clear is that Mihuyou’s Honkai One was hit the street at the beginning.

The price of the buyout system is 6 yuan, which is neither high nor low. It is impossible to rely on high-value buyouts to withdraw funds, and it is also impossible to attract free prostitute players to enter the game.

In the end, the total revenue was only a few hundred thousand, which almost failed to make Mihuyou survive until Beng 2 was born.

It can only be said that during this period, Mihuyou is definitely the top batch of two-dimensional mobile games in terms of technology.

However, the sensitivity to the market's sense of smell and the confrontation between buyouts and free in-app purchases is far from enough.

Later, he was able to persevere because of his obsession with Two-dimensional, otherwise, after the failure of Bengyi, Mihuyou's seven-member team would have parted ways.

Liu Wei was very excited to preach in front of Xu Xing, trying his best to show the selling points and characteristics of their mobile game.

On the surface, Xu Xing appeared to be listening carefully and nodding in agreement from time to time, but in fact his mind was already on the subsequent negotiations.

After eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Wei finally introduced the details of their game's planning and development, and looked at Xu Xing with anticipation in his eyes: "Mr. Xu, do you think there are any questions that I need to answer? "

Xu Xing asked a few non-painful questions cooperatively, then crossed his hands on the table, looked at Liu Wei and Jin Zhidong thoughtfully, and fell into a state of contemplation.

Only a few minutes passed.

But Liu Wei felt that centuries had passed, waiting for the trial of this boy who looked several years younger than him.

But Xu Xing didn't hold them together for too long. After seven or eight minutes, he finally let go of his crossed palms, leaned back on the back of the chair, tapped one hand on the table, and said slowly:

"One million investment is no problem."

"However, I have three main conditions here."

When Liu Wei heard the first sentence, he was overjoyed, but when he heard the second sentence, his heart skipped a beat, and the words of the investors he had contacted immediately appeared in his mind.

——Don’t do Two-dimensional, the market is too small.

——Let’s do martial arts or Three Kingdoms, this is still the most popular in China.

——They are already graduate students of Min University, can you stop being so childish?How many Two-dimensional mobile games have made achievements in China?

—Forget it, if your technology is a popular theme like the Three Kingdoms, I won’t be afraid of losing three to five million, but Two-dimensional?Let alone one million, ten thousand is too much.

——Actually, you are all excellent talents. Do you want to consider joining our company?Whole-owned acquisition, the price is negotiable.

——Liu Wei, if you are so persistent in this studio, you will have no future in the future, why don't you come out and follow me?

In short, there are not only those who want them to change the theme, but also those who want to directly acquire the studio, and there are even many who directly want to poach people.

But no one is optimistic about their Two-dimensional mobile game.

But just when Liu Wei was feeling uneasy, Xu Xing continued to speak.

"My conditions are simple."

"First, change the 15% stake to 20%."

"Second, the buyout system of the Honkai Campus has been changed to a free system."

"Thirdly, it is considered a cooperation. I hope that the two companies can reach a technology sharing and mutual assistance agreement."

"If I can agree to the above three items, I can agree to invest one million in Mihuyou."

After hearing Xu Xing's three conditions, Liu Wei fell silent.

Compared to the demonic moans in his mind, the request made by Mr. Xu in front of him... doesn't seem too harsh?
(End of this chapter)