Chapter 435
"Is it weird to recharge your own online games?" Qin Shaoyan asked confidently, "Mr. Xiong, you are also an old man, why are you still acting so surprised?"
Xiong Xiaoge frowned and kept looking at Qin Shaoyan, as if he wanted to see something on his face.
It's not that Qin Shaoyan's move is so clever, but it's hard for ordinary people to think that way.
Qin Shaoyan looks young and has a simple family background. He has plunged into Internet entrepreneurship since he graduated from college. It stands to reason that he does not have that much rich experience.
Why can he always perform some unexpected operations?
Could it be that he is really a genius?
Xiong Xiaoge has been in the business world for so many years, and he has indeed seen many geniuses of all kinds, each of whom is amazingly talented and has made great achievements in different fields.
Only Qin Shaoyan seemed very unusual.
He is always so...
Angry.
Xiong Xiaoge really couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe the guy in front of him. His ability was indeed first-class, but his method of doing things was really... I can't praise him.
"You should do things with clean hands and feet, and don't let anyone find out." Xiong Xiaoge warned him seriously after a long time.
"If you weren't close enough, Mr. Xiong, no one would have noticed." Qin Shaoyan suddenly said, "Of course, I will never admit it outside this room."
Xiong Xiaoge thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "How long do you plan to do this kind of thing? Every month? Or occasionally?"
"Of course it's occasional. Doing too much will hurt your health." Qin Shaoyan said plausibly, "After all, it's all real money. I'm not Bill Gates. I can keep throwing money into it."< br>
"Well, it's really not appropriate to do this kind of thing too often." Xiong Xiaoge nodded and added, "Mr. Qin is interested."
Using his own money to subsidize the company's projects, it can be seen that Qin Shaoyan is indeed a person who wants to start a career, and is not the kind of person who just gets a vote and runs away.
"This is a necessary investment in the early stage. As long as the campus network can be successfully launched, it will be worth the effort." Qin Shaoyan behaved very calmly.
Seeing this partner's selfless performance, Xiong Xiaoge has already begun to consider what kind of compensation he should use in the future.
Qin Shaoyan continued unhurriedly: "Properly strengthening the game's revenue can increase the game's popularity in the market, and can also create a Kerbal effect, which will drive the subsequent increase in revenue."
"Now the performance of "Warring States" is outstanding. The number of online users has exceeded 300,000. More players will come in in the future, and the game revenue will continue to rise."
"I think my previous estimate was a bit conservative. By the third month, we will easily reach the revenue goal of over 100 million."
Xiong Xiaoge agreed with Qin Shaoyan's judgment. He had been watching it for a long time, and the performance of various data in the server background was very exciting.
There is no doubt that the online game "Warring States" can make money. The only question now is how high and 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 share of the pie.
Those who started early have already made a lot of money. Other Internet companies are still worrying about profits. Some companies have already become the richest man in China by relying on online games.
Although the campus network has lagged a step behind, with Qin Shaoyan's super production ability, it still got off to a good start and can gain a firm foothold in the market.
What's more, through the outstanding performance of the online game "Warring States OL", Qin Shaoyan's absolute status as the number one game producer has been established.
As long as Qin Shaoyan is around, there will continue to be high-quality online game projects, and the online game operations department of Campus Network is equivalent to becoming a cash cow.
With strong and stable cash flow support and a successful IPO in the United States, Campus Network no longer has to worry about development funds.
Xiong Xiaoge couldn't help but sigh when he thought about this. Two and a half years later, the Dakeng project he invested in has finally reached the harvest season.
Thinking back to the time when I had a keen eye for identifying talents, I originally thought it was just an ordinary investment story in the capital market. It turned out that Qin Shaoyan was a crocodile, and he would not let go after one bite.
In the past two and a half years, Qin Shaoyan has lost count of how much money he has made for himself and how many times he has cheated on his investments.
Fortunately, things are over now, and Xiong Xiaoge has already begun to consider how to maximize IDG’s investment benefits in the future.
"Mr. Qin, I heard that you have other online game projects on hand." Xiong Xiaoge changed into a comfortable sitting position and said, "What are you going to do with it? Should you continue to hand it over to the campus network for operation?"
"In the future, my game company will produce a game every year, and we still need to consider who will run it." 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 running the campus network myself. After all, we are all a family."
Xiong Xiaoge felt a little regretful, but now that the game operation department of the campus network has just been established, there is no need for so many game projects.
If the game operation department of Campus Network can take on its own role and become a comprehensive online game operation platform, then Campus Network's stocks will be high-quality assets and can be considered for long-term holding.
Just as Xiong Xiaoge was thinking about it, Qin Shaoyan suddenly said: "Mr. Xiong, there are some subsequent marketing actions for the "Warring States" project. I think I'd better inform you first."
"Oh." Xiong Xiaoge didn't take it seriously and said casually, "You tell me."
"In online games, in order to stimulate those super users to pay, some special operating techniques are adopted, such as comparison psychology, strong stimulation, creating hatred, etc." Qin Shaoyan seriously began to talk about some operation-related things, "But there are some unconventional ones. means.”
"Huh?" Xiong Xiaoge subconsciously felt something was wrong, "What's unconventional? What are you going to do?"
"I decided to launch a new plan after a while, called account recovery." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "For example, if a paying player intends to give up the game for some reason, or switch to another new server and create an account again, this way his The account is abandoned.”
"In order to give back to the players, we plan to add a welfare method to the players. After all, they have invested a lot of money."
"As long as players apply, they can join the program, and then we will regularly draw some lucky accounts, recycle them at a discount, and return the money to the players."
“In this way, we have increased our visibility and reputation, and players have recovered part of their money. It’s a win-win situation.”
"Account revocation?" Xiong Xiaoge was stunned for a moment. He instinctively felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he became furious and said, "Qin Shaoyan, what do you want to do?!"
"Don't get me involved if you want to die!"
Players charge money into the game, and then after playing for a while, they can cash out and get part of the money back...
Isn’t this just money laundering? ?
Qin Shaoyan, you are really not afraid of death, you dare to do any kind of tricks.
You are really desperate to make money.
Is his background really that tough that he dares to do this kind of job?
Qin Shaoyan was a little confused, with an innocent expression on his face, "Mr. Xiong, what are you talking about?"
"This is just a normal business marketing activity, why am I seeking death?"
"Ah, yes, yes, normal business activities, normal business activities!" Xiong Xiaoge said coldly, "Then is the money that players recharge you clean?" "How do I know this?" Qin Shaoyan said with a shocked expression on his face. , "Players are here to play games, and I have no control over how they spend their money. I can't just do background checks one by one and then collect money."
"Then if you launder their money and then take it away, you are also responsible." Xiong Xiaoge lectured with a sullen face, "We are a serious Internet company, don't engage in these crooked ways!"
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 kind of dreams do players have if they want to take money from me?"
Hearing what Qin Shaoyan said, Xiong Xiaoge was stunned, "Didn't you say you were going to do some kind of account recycling and let players cash out?"
"First of all, let's define what the concept of a player is." Qin Shaoyan explained seriously, "Secondly, we have to consider some necessary conditions for selecting lucky players."
"Finally, the lottery is impossible to achieve true random probability."
Xiong Xiaoge finally understood, "Oh, the so-called lucky players are all shills?"
"You can't say that." 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 purpose was to make money within the legal framework.
That's good...
No, Xiong Xiaoge suddenly realized. He looked at Qin Shaoyan suspiciously, "Where will the money obtained by discounting those special staff go?"
"Of course it's impossible to go back to the campus network directly. The money will go into a separate company." Qin Shaoyan replied.
Xiong Xiaoge asked with a sullen face: "Tell me the truth, you are not planning to use this method to get back the money recharged in the United States, are you?"
Qin Shaoyan smiled but said nothing.
"Qin Shaoyan!" Xiong Xiaoge was shocked and angry, "How can a person be so shameless as you."
"Mr. Xiong, what you said makes no sense." Qin Shaoyan raised his voice, "I just want to get my own money back. What's wrong with me?!"
"This money is originally my own, why can't I get 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: "Am I wrong to do this?"
"You are right." Xiong Xiaoge replied with a stern face, "But what you did is very unethical. You should discuss it with me in advance, including recharging the game."
"If you don't keep it secret, you will lose your ministers." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "I think the fewer people who know about recharging your own game, the better."
Xiong Xiaoge was silent for a moment, "Qin Shaoyan, you won't do any more exciting operations in the future, right?"
"For example?"
"Such as recharging yourself, recycling your account, etc." 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 how our competition goes. It would be best if everyone stays in peace."
"If they insist on having a business war, I will have to increase the intensity of my colleagues."
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Qin Shaoyan really didn't 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 key Shi Yuzhu and project creators gathered together to discuss their opponents intensely.
Several people expressed their opinions in unison.
"The news we heard is that the first day's data of "Warring States Online" has been released."
"It is said that the sales volume on the first day has reached 21 million, and the number of people online is about 300,000."
"Looking at this situation, their monthly turnover will be over 100 million, right?"
"It's impossible in the first month. The reason why his turnover data on the first day is so high is because he did a lot of recharge activities, and subsequent players will not recharge as much."
"But their online number will continue to grow. It's now 300,000. In a few days, the number of people online will exceed Legend's record at that time."
"Qin Shaoyan is awesome after all. He is great at making stand-alone games, and he is even better at making online games. He is giving people no way to survive."
When Ji Xuewei heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Yue Tao, if you say anything depressing, no matter how powerful the Warring States Period is, it won't affect our launch."
Yue Tao retorted: "But it will affect our revenue. Warring States is obviously aimed at our journey. Many gameplays, user target groups, and market positioning have many overlaps and similarities."
"It's not that we can't fight." Lin Haixiao interjected, "Don't argue for now. The purpose of our meeting is to discuss how to make the journey better."
"Now that "Warring States Online" is in front of us, it would be good for us to learn from it."
Yue Tao said angrily, "What can we learn from? I know how to copy and copy every day. Can I make a good game just by copying?"
"Look at the current direction of Zhengtu's revision. It is a 2D replica of TM's "Warring States Online". Those who don't know may think we are reskinning the game. Do we still have our own characteristics?"
Lin Haixiao was also speechless. What could he do? He was also desperate.
Now he does not have the say in the game project. Shi Yuzhu is the boss. He directs the direction of the project and no one can persuade him.
What's more, many things in "Warring States" are indeed very good, and everyone can't help but have the urge to learn from them and pay tribute. Now I guess other colleagues think the same way.
The next step is to see who can copy it better and learn from the old and bring forth the new.
Shi Yuzhu is currently working hard to evaluate "Warring States OL" and has spent more than 300,000 yuan. He found that a good design requires the "Journey" project team to learn from it.
"I don't care about the rest, I'm just going to copy this." This has become his mantra.
(End of chapter)