You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 435

"Is it weird to recharge your own online game?" Qin Shaoyan asked confidently, "Boss Xiong, you are also an old hand, why are you so surprised?"

Xiong Xiaoge frowned and kept staring at Qin Shaoyan, as if trying to see something from the other's face.

It’s not that Qin Shaoyan’s move is so brilliant, but it’s difficult for ordinary people to think in that direction.

Qin Shaoyan looks young and has a simple family background. He plunged into Internet entrepreneurship right after graduating from university. Logically, he doesn't have that much experience.

Why does he always do something unexpected?
Could it be that he is really a genius?
Xiong Xiaoge has been active in the business world for many years and has indeed met many geniuses of all kinds. Each of them is extremely talented and has made considerable achievements in different fields.

Only Qin Shaoyan seemed very unusual.

He is always so...

Flirty.

Xiong Xiaoge really couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe the guy in front of him. His abilities were indeed first-rate, but the way he did things was really... not commendable.

"Be careful when you do things, don't let anyone find out." Xiong Xiaoge warned seriously after a long time.

"If you, Mr. Xiong, hadn't been close enough, no one would have noticed." Qin Shaoyan suddenly said, "Of course, I will never admit this outside of this room."

Xiong Xiaoge thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "How long do you plan to do this? Every month? Or occasionally?"

"Of course it's only occasionally. Doing too much will hurt your health." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "After all, it's all real money. I'm not Bill Gates who can keep pouring money in."

"Well, it's really not advisable to do this kind of thing too often." Xiong Xiaoge nodded and added, "Boss Qin is thoughtful."

Using his own money to subsidize the company's projects shows that Qin Shaoyan is indeed a person who wants to build a career, and not the kind of person who just wants to make a quick buck and run away.

"This is a necessary initial investment. As long as the campus network can be successfully launched on the market, all the efforts will be worth it." Qin Shaoyan acted very calmly.

Seeing the selfless performance of this partner, Xiong Xiaoge has begun to consider what kind of compensation should be used in the future.

Qin Shaoyan continued slowly: "Properly increasing the game's revenue can increase the game's popularity in the market and also form a Kerbal effect, which will drive the continued increase in subsequent revenue."

"Right now, the performance of Warring States is outstanding, with more than 300,000 online players. More players will come in later, and the game revenue will continue to rise."

"I think my previous estimate was a bit conservative. By the third month, we will easily achieve the goal of over 100 million yuan in revenue."

Xiong Xiaoge agreed with Qin Shaoyan's judgment. He had been looking at it for most of the day, and the various data performances in the server background were very encouraging.

There is no doubt that the online game "Warring States" can make money. The only question now is how high and how far this online game can go.

Online games have now become the largest source of cash flow for domestic Internet companies. NetEase, Sohu, Sina, Shanda, and Penguin are all trying hard to get a piece of the pie.

Those who got in early have already made a fortune, while other Internet companies are still worrying about profitability. Some companies have already become the richest people in China by relying on online games.

Although the campus network was a step behind, thanks to Qin Shaoyan's strong production ability, it still achieved a successful start and was able to gain a firm foothold in the market.

What's more, through the outstanding performance of the online game "Warring States OL", Qin Shaoyan has established his absolute position as the number one game producer.

As long as Qin Shaoyan is there, there will continue to be high-quality online game projects, and the online game operation department of the campus network will become a cash cow.

With strong and stable cash flow support and a successful IPO in the United States, the campus network no longer has to worry about development funds.

Xiong Xiaoge couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. It had been two and a half years, and the big pit project he invested in had finally reached the harvest season.

Thinking back to how I had a keen eye for talent, I originally thought it was just an ordinary investment story in the capital market. But it turned out that Qin Shaoyan was a crocodile and would not let go once he took a bite.

In the past two and a half years, Qin Shaoyan couldn't even remember how many big promises he had made for himself and how many times he had cheated his investments.

Fortunately, it's all over now, and Xiong Xiaoge has already started to consider how to maximize IDG's investment benefits in the future.

"Boss Qin, I heard you have other online game projects." Xiong Xiaoge changed to a comfortable sitting position. "How do you plan to deal with them? Will you continue to let the campus network operate?"

"My game company will produce a game every year in the future. I still need to consider who will be responsible for the operation." Qin Shaoyan was a little embarrassed. "I have already promised Sohu and Penguin to develop online games for them."

"But in the future, I will give priority to operating the campus network myself. After all, we are all family."

Xiong Xiaoge felt a little regretful, but the game operation department of the campus network had just been established and there was no need for so many game projects.

If the game operation department of the campus network can stand on its own and become a comprehensive online game operation platform, then the campus network's stock will be a high-quality asset and can be considered for long-term holding.

Just as Xiong Xiaoge was thinking about it, Qin Shaoyan suddenly said, "Boss Xiong, there will be some marketing activities for the Warring States project later. I think I should inform you first."

"Oh." Xiong Xiaoge didn't care and said casually, "Go ahead."

"In order to stimulate those super users to pay, online games will adopt some special operation techniques, such as comparison psychology, strong stimulation, creating hatred, etc." Qin Shaoyan began to talk about some operation-related things seriously, "but there are also some unconventional means in it."

"Hmm?" Xiong Xiaoge subconsciously felt something was wrong. "What do you mean by unconventional? What are you going to do?"

"I've decided to launch a new plan in the future, called account recycling." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "For example, if a paying player plans to give up the game for some reason, or switch to another new server to create a new account, his account will be abandoned."

"In order to give back to the players, we plan to add a welfare measure for the players. After all, they have spent a lot of money."

"As long as players apply, they can join the program, and then we will regularly draw a portion of lucky accounts, recycle them at a discount, and return the money to the players."

"This way we increase our visibility and reputation, and players get some of their money back, so it's a win-win situation."

"Account recovery?" Xiong Xiaoge was stunned for a moment. He instinctively felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he became furious. "Qin Shaoyan, what do you want to do?!"

"Don't get me into trouble if you want to die!"

Players pay into the game, and after playing for a while they can cash out some of the money...

Isn’t this just money laundering!?
Qin Shaoyan, you are really not afraid of death. You dare to try any tricks.

You really don't care about your life to make money.

Is his background really that strong that he dares to do such a thing?
Qin Shaoyan was a little confused, with an innocent expression on his face, "Boss Xiong, what are you talking about?"

"This is just a normal business marketing activity. How could it be considered a disaster?"

"Ah, yes, yes, normal business activities, normal business activities!" Xiong Xiaoge said coldly, "Then is the money that players recharge to you clean?" "How should I know?" Qin Shaoyan's face was full of astonishment, "Players come to play games, I can't control how they spend money. I can't do background checks on everyone one by one and then collect the money."

"Then you launder their money before taking it away, which means you are also responsible." Xiong Xiaoge lectured with a gloomy face, "We are a legitimate Internet company, don't do these crooked things!"

Qin Shaoyan was even more shocked and looked at Xiong Xiaoge in disbelief. "Players want to take money from me? Are you kidding me, Mr. Xiong!"

"We are not a charity. What are players dreaming of taking money from me?"

Hearing what Qin Shaoyan said, Xiong Xiaoge was stunned. "Didn't you say you were going to do some account recycling to let players cash out?"

"First, let's define what the concept of a player is." Qin Shaoyan explained seriously, "Second, we need to consider some necessary conditions for selecting lucky players."

"Finally, it's impossible to make the lottery a truly random thing."

Xiong Xiaoge finally understood, "Oh, so the so-called lucky players are all scammers?"

"That's not the way to put it." Qin Shaoyan corrected, "We can call them special operations staff."

Xiong Xiaoge breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Qin Shaoyan was indeed a law-abiding citizen. His goal was to make money within the legal framework.

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That's good...

No, Xiong Xiaoge suddenly realized it. He looked at Qin Shaoyan suspiciously, "Where will the money that those special staff members get in cash go in the end?"

"Of course it is impossible to return to the campus network directly. The money will go into a separate company." Qin Shaoyan replied.

Xiong Xiaoge asked with a stern face: "Tell me the truth, you are not planning to use this method to get back the money you recharged in the United States, right?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said nothing.

"Qin Shaoyan!" Xiong Xiaoge was shocked and angry, "How can someone be so shameless as you?"

"Boss Xiong, what you said is so unreasonable." Qin Shaoyan raised his voice, "I just want to get my own money back, what have I done wrong?!"

"This money originally belongs to me, why can't I take it back?"

Xiong Xiaoge was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to refute the other party.

Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with Qin Shaoyan doing this, but...

Qin Shaoyan continued to ask: "Is it wrong for me to do this?"

"You're right." Xiong Xiaoge replied with a sullen face, "But what you did was very unkind. You should have discussed it with me in advance, including the issue of recharging the game."

"If a ruler is not secretive, he will lose his subjects." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "I think the fewer people who know about my game recharge, the better."

Xiong Xiaoge was silent for a moment, "Qin Shaoyan, you won't do anything exciting next time, right?"

"for example?"

"For example, recharging yourself or recycling your account." Xiong Xiaoge looked directly at Qin Shaoyan's face, waiting for his answer.

"Maybe there will be one or two more." Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "It depends on what our competition does. It would be best if everyone is at peace."

"If they insist on engaging in a business war, I will have to step up my game against my peers."

……

Qin Shaoyan did not intend to increase the intensity of his colleagues from the beginning, but now the blood pressure of his colleagues in the gaming industry has risen.

In the conference room of Giant Network, several of Shi Yuzhu's core members and project creators gathered together and discussed their opponents intensely.

Several people expressed their opinions at the same time.

"We heard that the first day data of Warring States Online has come out."

"It is said that the turnover on the first day has reached 21 million, and the number of online users is about 300,000."

"Looking at this situation, their monthly turnover will exceed 100 million, right?"

"It's impossible in the first month. The reason why the turnover on the first day was so high was because there were a lot of recharge activities. The subsequent players' recharge efforts were not that strong."

"But their online user base will continue to grow. Now it's already 300,000. In a few days, the number of online users will exceed the record of Legend at that time."

"Qin Shaoyan is really awesome. He's great at making stand-alone games, and even better at making online games. Is there any way for us to survive?"

Ji Xuewei couldn't help but said after hearing this: "Yue Tao, what discouraging words are there? No matter how powerful the Zhan Guo is, it won't affect our launch."

Yue Tao countered: "But it will affect our revenue. The Warring States is obviously aimed at our Zhengtu. There are many overlaps in many gameplays, user target groups, and market positioning."

"It's not that we can't fight." Lin Haixiao interrupted, "Everyone, please stop arguing. The purpose of our meeting is to discuss how to make Zhengtu better."

"Now that we have the example of Warring States Online, it would be good for us to learn from it."

Yue Tao said angrily, "What are you learning from? You just copy and paste every day. Can you make a good game just by copying?"

"Look at the direction of the current revision of Zhengtu. It is just a 2D copy of the damn "Warring States Online". People who don't know would think we are a reskinned game. Do we have our own characteristics anymore?"

Lin Haixiao was also speechless. What else could he do? He was also desperate.

Now he no longer has the final say in the game project. Shi Yuzhu is the boss and he directs the direction of the project, and no one can persuade him.

What's more, many things in "Warring States" are really very good, and everyone can't help but have the urge to learn from and pay tribute to it. Now I guess other colleagues think so too.

Then it depends on who can copy better and innovate based on the reference.

Shi Yuzhu is now working hard to evaluate "Warring States OL", and has spent more than 300,000 yuan. If he finds a good design, he will refer to it for reference by the "Zhengtu" project team.

"I don't care about anything else, I just want to copy this." This has become his catchphrase.

(End of this chapter)