Reboot 2003

Chapter 62 062: Upstream and Downstream
This is indeed something that was agreed long ago.

Although it seems a little early to mention it now, but look at the rapid development of the platform, and it is not sudden to expand a new business.

Gu Wenjie seemed to be free, so he replied immediately: "What should I do? The company's finances are not well-off at the moment, so I can spend 100 million to start a new project."

"You don't need too much money, everything else is trivial, the main thing is to have a forum." Chen Qin said, "Now the domestic war3 traffic is on that forum, we have to buy the forum."

"how much is it?"

"I'm not sure, but now that the bubble has just passed, this kind of non-monetization forum should not be very expensive. Xisi Hutong only cost 300 million US dollars in the first two years. This must be much cheaper."

"Okay, I'll go back and investigate. If it's within 100 million, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Chen Qin was curious: "The company is so rich now? Isn't the 500 million spent almost the same?"

"Because the profit expectation is good, we just got a 500 million low-interest loan supported by the Lin'an government. In fact, even if you don't tell me, we are planning to make some investment."

"Oh……"

This is really good wind relying on strength.

Chen Qin felt emotional, but Gu Wenjie asked, "By the way, Aotian, what kind of website are you going to make?"

"It's like 17173." Chen Qin described to him, "You can probably imagine that you go to a content page with news and advertisements. The main content is all kinds of content and maps of Warcraft 3. Click on it to download pages like Sky and Huajun. Of course, you can also get some information about other games..."

Chen Qin probably described to Gu Wenjie a few words according to the appearance of uuu9 in his memory, Gu Wenjie's reaction was not bad, after all, this thing does not sound attractive.

However, Gu Wenjie had an agreement with Chen Qin before, and he agreed to this plan before, of course there is no reason to go back on his word now.

Moreover, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Since Chen Qin has already had a successful experience, Gu Wenjie is also willing to trust his judgment.

After getting Gu Wenjie's approval, the matter was settled like this.

For Chen Qin, this is obviously beneficial——

Of course, uuu9 is not the best entrepreneurial project. Chen Qin deliberately threw out this plan because he wanted Ali to resent his plan. Now that the old story is brought up again, the purpose is of course not for the project itself.

But now Chen Qin wants to "borrow chickens and lay eggs" to copy patents. It involves businesses other than the Kuaikan platform, so the company cannot directly participate in patent research and development. At this time, he needs to hand over some peripheral projects to the company. The direction he told Qiao Yongping before was the three options he thought of - one is the browser, the other is the smart input method, and the other is the war3 download site...

The three options look different, but they are all similar in reality. For Chen Qin, the input method is probably a series of patents related to the intelligent input method. The browser is probably the patents of bookmarks, browser threads and appearance. The war3rpg is probably the patent of the page display technology. They are not important in themselves.

And it’s almost the same for Kuaikan Media——

They are all traffic providers without their own monetization capabilities, and they are an important part of the online advertising business. Now that Kuaikan Media has developed to this stage, it is time to consider the upstream and downstream resources of the industry. Since Kuaikan.com owns the platform, it is a very economical expansion method for Kuaikan Media to own some traffic.

So... If you want to blame, you can blame Qiao Yongping, he insisted on doing this, at this moment Chen Qin was thinking in his heart.

He also wanted to work on browsers and input methods, but what he told Gu Wenjie was just a sign up.If possible, he still wants to take out those two things and develop them independently. Even if he wants to show the company quickly in the end, he must give full play to the value of the united front, first develop the software himself, and then sell it to his old company...

Chen Qin had already begun to think about his next development plan. Just as he was thinking about it, Gu Wenjie suddenly asked:

"By the way, Aotian, I heard from you that you were engaged in the online game industry before?"

"I... that was in the past." Chen Qin said honestly, "I don't do that anymore."

"Actually, recently... Tianchao's online games are really popular." Gu Wenjie said, "[-]% of our current customers are related to games."

Chen Qin nodded: "This is also a credit to your business. Most of the online payment activities today are in Internet cafes. We have established relationships with Internet cafes all over the country. Of course, game companies are willing to cooperate with us."

Gu Wenjie asked abruptly: "Then what do you think of us making online games?"

Chen Qin was surprised: "Why do you suddenly think so?"

"I'm not in Ali anymore, and I'm not as pedantic as they are." Gu Wenjie explained, "Game income is high now, the three major portals, and all Internet companies, it seems that everyone is planning to develop games, and only Ali is not interested in this."

"Wait, isn't the direction of the government suppressing?"

"No, at least the main direction is not." Gu Wenjie said, "Although some people in the government don't like games, the policy has been gradually liberalized recently. I heard that the government seems to start to vigorously support the online game industry next year. Isn't this what you often say?"

"This..." Chen Qin was a little speechless, "It's been 03, and it was two years ago when there was a buzz."

Gu Wenjie was vigilant: "Do you think this industry is about to decline?"

Chen Qin quickly told him: "No, the market is still huge, and there should be a lot of potential, but the competition must be much fiercer."

Gu Wenjie also said to him: "I know there is a lot of competition, but you haven't come to the front line to deal with those people. You don't know those people who are making online games now, how many products they have...I don't know how to say it."

"Idiot?"

"That's right, idiot, and then there are so many games that you haven't seen yet, and you come to us with money to advertise, and then you can make money. Do you think I can't be tempted?"

"This..." Chen Qin thought for a while and said, "You should calm down for a while. You are working on games now. How long has it been waiting for you to develop them? If you have this time, it is better to do a good job of the advertising platform."

Gu Wenjie also said with emotion: "Actually, I just have an idea. Even if I think about it, I don't necessarily want to do it right away. You used to work in online games. I just want to ask your opinion. As for the pressure of competition, we have the advantage of publicity and distribution. We may not be eliminated. The cycle is long and we can act as an agent. I think we can try this, and maybe we can cooperate with the Warcraft website you want to run in the future."

(End of this chapter)