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Chapter 437 Tell More Stories
Not only Zhou Yuan, but even Liu Kun was shocked. Mr. Qin's idea was too unconventional. How could he think of developing the Middle East market?
Before 2006, Chinese online games were imported products and were not exported overseas.

Later, "Perfect World" achieved its first overseas expansion goal. Japan's CC Media won the Japanese agency rights for US$200 million, which opened the way for Chinese online games to go overseas.

Before Perfect World, apart from Qin Shaoyan, no other Chinese game company could earn money from foreigners.

However, the road for Chinese online games to go overseas is not as simple as imagined. In the early days, the mainland's online game market was not saturated, and most companies had no motivation or idea to go overseas.

Later, as market competition became fierce, only after gaining a firm foothold in the market could one have the spare capacity to consider going overseas, and the purpose of going overseas was purely driven by economic factors.

Due to cultural factors, the main export destinations for domestic online game products are still East Asia, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Apart from China, Japan and South Korea, the two largest markets in East Asia, are also the two most tenacious strongholds.

Japan's gaming industry itself is very strong, and is known as a giant along with Europe and the United States. It has its own unique style and market environment.

South Korea has vigorously supported online games, and its online game production capabilities are stronger than those of China. It has been exporting products to the Chinese market since the Legend of Mir, but it is very difficult for China to export products back.

Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan also face competition from Korean online games. At the same time, these local markets are small, the localized versions are complicated, and the management is cumbersome.

In addition, some operators in these regions have low levels of expertise and do not strictly manage server source code. The server source code of "Legend" was leaked from Vietnam, which led to the proliferation of private servers.

When Liu Kun heard that Qin Shaoyan was going to explore overseas markets, he became a little worried. "Our domestic market is not saturated yet. Isn't it a bit too big a step to explore overseas?"

"The overseas market situation is very complicated, and it is difficult for us to go there."

Zhou Yuan didn't say anything. He felt it was difficult to operate in the domestic market, let alone keep up with the international market.

The current operations are all trained by President Qin himself, and the operation plans are also drawn up by President Qin. It can be said that President Qin alone has led the operations department.

At present, these people are still digesting and absorbing the knowledge they have learned. They haven't learned it thoroughly yet, so don't think about going out.

Qin Shaoyan said very firmly: "Going to sea is a matter of time, and it is better to prepare in advance than later."

"There is a price to pay for pioneering new land. I am mentally prepared for this and I am ready to pay the tuition fee."

"The markets in East Asia and Southeast Asia have already been occupied by Korean online games. These places will also be the first battlefield for domestic online game companies to go overseas. As representatives of the game industry, we should be at the forefront."

"As for the market in the Middle East, I will find someone else to investigate it."

Liu Kun frowned. "Boss Qin, you want to promote Warring States Online overseas. Do you have a specific timetable and plan?"

"No, it's not Warring States," Qin Shaoyan replied, "it's the horizontal fighting game you have in your hands."

"Ah?!" Liu Kun was very shocked and asked in disbelief, "We are going to overseas markets?"

"That's right. Your horizontal fighting game is not only designed for the domestic market, but also for overseas expansion." Qin Shaoyan looked full of energy and spirit. "Not only horizontal fighting games, but also FPS games will be used as the vanguard for overseas expansion."

"Our Chinese game companies cannot just focus on their own business and make money by cheating and deceiving others."

"Infighting is unacceptable!"

"We must go out to sea with dignity, defeat those strong rivals, and use our own works to show our own things."

"This is what we Chinese game developers should do."

"Brother Kun!" Qin Shaoyan looked at Liu Kun seriously, "Are you willing to do this with me?"

"Of course!" Liu Kun said without hesitation, "This is also my dream!"

Zhou Yuan quickly said: "I am also willing to follow President Qin and open up bigger and more markets!"

Qin Shaoyan suddenly changed the subject, "I know that my brothers have been a little distracted recently. After all, the company has started to make money, and everyone is looking forward to seeing how I will divide the bonus."

"Well, some people are talking about this." Liu Kun quickly explained, "But it's normal. Everyone was under too much pressure during the closed development period. Now that we finally see the results, it's natural that they are a little lax. I will warn them."

"That's nothing. After all, the bonus distribution plan is related to the brothers' own vital interests." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "As long as the distribution plan is not announced, everyone will be uneasy."

"I will find time in the next two days to send the allocation plan to your various departments, and then you can review it to see if there is anything that needs to be modified or missed."

"Okay, Mr. Qin." Liu Kun and Zhou Yuan also smiled. After all, it was just giving out money, and everyone would be happy.

However, Zhou Yuan's thoughts were much deeper than Liu Kun's. He knew that President Qin would not bring up this matter for no reason. He began to wonder if someone in the operations department had complained recently and President Qin knew about it.

I must check it carefully when I get back!
Qin Shaoyan slowly said, "After the plan is announced, there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied with the distribution plan. You should all pay attention to it. The distribution plan cannot cover everything."

"If you have any questions, please give us feedback in time. If you are dissatisfied with the plan, you can communicate with us."

Even if Liu Kun was slow, he understood what Qin Shaoyan meant and said immediately, "Who would be dissatisfied? If you are dissatisfied, you can raise it. We divide it according to work performance. It is already fair and transparent."

“Everyone can see who has done more and who has done better.”

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "Some people may feel that they are not appreciated for their talents, that they are buried by the company, or that they are excluded and suppressed by their colleagues. This is normal."

Liu Kun frowned, "Who has nothing better to do than to think this? If he really had the ability, he wouldn't have been undiscovered by now."

"It's hard to say about this kind of thing." Qin Shaoyan's tone was not harsh, but gentle. "It's important to communicate more with the brothers below and understand their ideas and abilities."

"Leave this to me, Mr. Qin." Liu Kun said seriously, "I will definitely take care of it."

"Brother Kun, you misunderstood. I didn't ask you to sort it out." Qin Shaoyan hesitated for a moment, "I meant what if someone wants to leave?"

"Leave?!" Liu Kun was shocked. "They all signed a non-compete agreement. How can they leave so easily? Besides, don't you want the bonus?"

"The non-compete agreement is over." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand. "There are many ways to circumvent it. We are not a concentration camp where you can't enter or leave. Who will dare to come to our company in the future?"

"You can't just come and go as you please!" Liu Kun said indignantly.

"Brother Kun, don't get excited. I just said that." Qin Shaoyan comforted him, "What if the brothers are all satisfied? Let's not think too badly of them."

Zhou Yuan frowned as he listened nearby.

What do you mean by "what if"?
That means there will definitely be some dissatisfied people, and these dissatisfied people will resign?
He didn't know what was going on in the online game R&D department, but he was a little unsure about the operations department.

After all, many people were recruited from other companies by him, so don't expect them to have any feelings for the company.

What's more, the bonus share of the operations department will definitely be less than that of the R&D department.

Mr. Qin said to Brother Kun, are you hinting at me?

Qin Shaoyan suddenly said seriously: "We can't stop those who want to leave. After all, there are two reasons for leaving: not being happy with the work and not being paid enough."

"If they want to leave, let them go. But before they leave, call them all together and I will talk to them." "Ah?!" Liu Kun and Zhou Yuan were both stunned. They didn't understand what President Qin meant.
Is it necessary for him, the big boss, to show up in person just to get rid of a few people?

Isn't this too much of a face-saving thing for those guys?
Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "That's all. Report any situation to me in time."

Liu Kun and Zhou Yuan agreed, but were still confused.

……

After the meeting with Liu Kun and Zhou Yuan, Secretary Xiao Chen came over to inform Qin Shaoyan that a guest had arrived.

People from IDG and Sequoia came with their respective leaders, and more than a dozen people filled the reception room.

Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised when he walked in, "Such a big scene today?"

"The IPO is only a few months away, and there are many things to do." Xiong Xiaoge glanced at Qin Shaoyan, "We have to hurry up."

"We have to hurry up." Qin Shaoyan glanced at the calendar on the wall, "Can we go public before September?"

"If you cooperate well, the time will be advanced a little, and it would be best if it is completed in the summer." Zheng Nan said in a relaxed tone. It can be seen that he is very confident about the listing of the campus network.

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When investing in campus network, Zheng Nan just thought that the campus network model was very innovative. When comparing it with the situation of Facebook, campus network seemed to have great potential.

But he didn't expect that in just over two years, the campus network had developed to such a scale.

Although it is slightly short of the number of users, the campus network has demonstrated strong vitality and money-making ability.

In particular, the success of this online game operation has provided the campus network with a powerful means of revenue growth. It makes money much faster than the previous e-commerce business, and the profit is also quite high.

"It's no problem for the market value of the campus network to reach 3 billion US dollars." Zheng Nan said confidently, "As long as the subsequent online game business revenue can be maintained, 4 billion is not impossible."

"Our goal is 5 billion US dollars. Mr. Zheng, your 3 billion is too conservative." Qin Shaoyan said dissatisfiedly, "You must have confidence in your investment vision!"

Zheng Nan was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter, "Yes, yes, that's right, Boss Qin is right!"

"Five billion dollars." Zheng Nan first repeated it, then raised his voice, "Five billion dollars! Our goal is five billion dollars!"

Xiong Xiaoge took a sip of coffee slowly and said, "We originally set the price at $15 per share. I think we can adjust it a bit. $16 to $19 is also fine."

"Then let's just go for eighteen dollars." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "That's also auspicious, it's a good start."

"Okay." Zheng Nan agreed, "Eighteen dollars a share, this is a suitable number."

Everyone is very excited as the company is about to go public and make money.

After all, it is too difficult to make money from Qin Shaoyan.

Seeing the heated atmosphere, Qin Shaoyan decided to give everyone an emotional value. "This week's backend turnover data has been counted, and it's close to 25 million."

"Huh?" Xiong Xiaoge was also a little surprised. "It's over 25 million in just one week?"

"The number of online users is growing rapidly, and everyone is very active in recharging." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "It is almost certain that the turnover will exceed 100 million this month."

Xiong Xiaoge asked: "Will your turnover continue to grow?"

"That's for sure." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, "Our number of online users is less than 800,000, far from reaching the peak. I estimated it based on a model of 1.2 million to 1.5 million users."

"It won't be a problem for the turnover to exceed 200 million or 300 million in the future."

Zheng Nan was very surprised. "If that's the case, then the market value of 5 billion is a bit conservative."

"It is indeed conservative." Qin Shaoyan continued, "We have already started preparing for the overseas operations department and are negotiating overseas cooperation matters."

"At the same time, we are already considering the European, American and Middle Eastern markets."

"Middle East market?" Xiong Xiaoge was stunned for a moment. "Isn't your overseas market target too tricky?"

"Facebook is exploring the market there recently, so we can take this opportunity to try it out." Qin Shaoyan replied, "Countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE are still very wealthy."

Xiong Xiaoge asked curiously, "Are you sure?"

"It shouldn't be a problem. Even if we don't make much, we won't lose money." Qin Shaoyan answered sincerely, "After all, there are many rich people there, and they spend money generously. As long as one rich person recharges a server, it will make a lot of money."

"Well, we can talk about this matter when the time comes." Xiong Xiaoge didn't care. He would just brag about any news that was beneficial.

"The revenue of the online gaming department will be an upward curve, so there is no need to worry throughout 06." Qin Shaoyan paused for two seconds and said, "In the second half of this year, I will make further progress in the field of campus network social networking and increase the number of users. This will also be a positive stimulus to the stock price."

"Very good, very good!" Xiong Xiaoge laughed. "I knew that you, Mr. Qin, would have a trick up your sleeve. Please make sure to work harder. If you can increase the market value to 10 billion US dollars, I will invest in whatever you do in the future."

Qin Shaoyan's eyes lit up, "Are you serious?!"

Xiong Xiaoge hesitated for a moment and said, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Boss Xiong, you are so boring now!" Qin Shaoyan was speechless, "You are a person who goes back on your words."

"I was just joking." Xiong Xiaoge said awkwardly.

Qin Shaoyan turned his head and looked at Zheng Nan, "Boss Zheng, what do you say?"

"Ah?" Zheng Nan thought for a moment and raised his coffee. "Let's have a drink."

Qin Shaoyan sneered, and the two old sly guys also raised their coffee cups, "Cheers!"

……

After Liu Kun returned to the game company, he called Art Director Hong Fei and CTO Fan Xiaoqian over and asked them seriously, "Have you heard any rumors recently?"

Fan Xiaoqian was stunned. "What's the rumor?"

Hong Fei also looked at him in surprise, "Brother Kun, what's wrong with you? Did President Qin say anything?"

Liu Kun shook his head. "The bonus distribution plan will be announced soon. I'm afraid people will become uneasy."

"If you want to say that..." Hong Fei hesitated, "I actually heard some news from the planning side."

Liu Kun was immediately shocked, "There really is one! Who is it?!"

(End of this chapter)