Chapter 156 A Mature Investor
2004 seems to have become the most extraordinary year in the game industry, and it is also a year that will be recorded in the history of the game industry.
When domestic online games began to gain momentum, the future of stand-alone games was murky.
After the E3 exhibition in May, everything became different again.
China's stand-alone game has become the biggest dark horse at the E3 exhibition. It has been wildly sought after by international manufacturers and players, and is called the most anticipated epoch-making game.
At the same time, after signing a $20 million contract with V, all domestic game companies became restless.
As the protagonist who promoted this incident, Qin Shaoyan’s name has been mentioned repeatedly in the game industry, making people really envious and jealous.
Being the best in the world at international exhibitions, it was also interviewed by the national media Xinhua News Agency and reprinted and reported by major newspapers in China.
This is a positive treatment that has never been seen in the game industry, which shocked the entire industry.
Many magazines and media such as "Popular Software" published special reports, praising Qin Shaoyan from various angles.
The photo of the "Golden Keyboard Award" award ceremony was even placed on the cover of the magazine, completely eliminating some rumors.
Qin Shaoyan stood among the representatives of European and American manufacturers, holding up the Golden Keyboard Award and handing it to the Blizzard representatives, which became a famous scene in the game industry.
This photo also completely established Qin Shaoyan's status as "the number one player in Chinese games".
While people in the game industry are paying attention to these honors, capital is paying attention to the benefits contained in them.
Game demo made in one month, US$20 million.
Such a small-for-big game has attracted many people to take action, and a lot of funds have entered the game in advance to acquire stand-alone game studios everywhere.
Ambitious large companies want to replicate the miracle, while some small companies wisely choose lower-cost small games.
At the end of May, the Edition Office released a document titled "Increasing Support for Single-player Game Projects and Encouraging Domestic Games to Go Global", and announced the Steam sharing agreement with V.
This document caused even more agitation in the industry, and the flames of stand-alone games that were about to be extinguished started to burn again.
“Game platforms with sales of less than 200,000 copies charge no fees, while platforms with sales of 200,000 to 500,000 copies only charge a 10% handling fee!”
Such favorable conditions mean that the game studio does not have to share profits with the publisher at all, and it completely monopolizes all funds generated from sales.
For smaller stand-alone studios, even sales of tens of thousands of copies are enough for them to make money.
Isn’t this the same as picking up money?
The stand-alone games that were temporarily canceled due to financial problems have been restarted again, and major game companies are also trying to set up several stand-alone game studios to give it a try.
Everyone has only one purpose, to make money in the sea!
In May, Qin Shaoyan gained honors and money. The game industry capital discovered a new way to win big with small things, and the stand-alone game studio received funds.
It’s a triple win!
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When Qin Shaoyan received a call from Chen Peng, he said with a smile on his face: "Thank you for the leadership's strong support for the game industry!"
"Just some small things It’s just work.” Chen Peng said modestly, and then said, “I’ll tell you some bad news.”
Although it was bad news, Chen Peng's tone still seemed very relaxed.
"What bad news?" Qin Shaoyan was a little curious.
“The matter of supporting the introduction of European and American online games has been stopped, and there may be nothing more to do in the future.” Chen Peng said with a smile, “I will tell you in advance so that you can be mentally prepared.”
"Eh." Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "How come you responded so quickly?"
"As soon as the news came out, Koreans couldn't sit still." Chen Peng seemed very happy, " The Koreans took this matter very seriously and set up a high-level diplomatic team to rush over to publicize it.”
"The Koreans kept their posture very low this time, said a lot of good things, and promised some conditions."
"You didn't see the leader's expression, he almost burst into laughter on the spot."
Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: "It seems that the Koreans are really anxious."
"That's right." Chen Peng said with great interest, "I have dealt with Koreans, but you haven't I have seen the faces of those people before, and now I know that they are soft.”
“The superiors have promised the Koreans that they will not give preferential policies to European and American online games.”
"It's a pity that your work was in vain."
Qin Shaoyan said quickly, "It's not a pity, it's not a pity, as long as it is beneficial to the development of the domestic game industry, I personally don't care." "I'm afraid of you and European and American manufacturers It's not easy to explain over there." Chen Peng said thoughtfully, "After all, you made a promise to them."
"It's okay, I still have some face over there." Qin Shaoyan said nothing. He said with concern, "I'm going to tell them. I told them before that I would try my best, but I didn't say that it must be done."
"Sorry, please call me if you need anything."
Qin Shaoyan didn't take this matter to heart at all. As for the European and American manufacturers, he didn't bother to care what they thought.
After all, I have given you a lot of advice, do you have to fulfill each one yourself?
No, no?
As soon as Qin Shaoyan and Hong Fei finished explaining some things, Xiong Xiaoge, whom they hadn't seen for a long time, came to the door.
“Mr. Qin.” Xiong Xiaoge sat opposite Qin Shaoyan with an expressionless face, “Have you had a good two months’ rest?”
"Rest?" Qin Shaoyan chuckled.
He recently worked on the demo of "Counter Terrorism: Modern Warfare" and didn't sleep at all for a month.
After that, he went to the United States non-stop to participate in exhibitions and negotiate with those manufacturers. He never rested at all.
The most solid sleep he had ever had was on the plane back to China.
Xiong Xiaoge suddenly barged in and started with this sentence, which made Qin Shaoyan very happy.
"Mr. Xiong, do you think I can sleep well at my age?" Qin Shaoyan asked bluntly, "For whom have I been forgetting food and sleep, working overtime and working overtime for the past two months?"
Xiong Xiaoge replied: "It's not for the campus network anyway."
"..." Qin Shaoyan glared at the other person speechlessly, "Mr. Xiong, it would be meaningless if you said that."
"I'll call Mr. Zheng from Sequoia over right away, and then we'll discuss withdrawing the shares from IDG."
Xiong Xiaoge was so angry that he slapped the table, "Qin Shaoyan, are you interested?"
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"It's the same words every time. Do you really think that I don't dare to retreat?"
"Okay." Qin Shaoyan nodded, "Then retreat today."
"Retreat "Okay, but I have to make something clear first." Xiong Xiaoge said angrily, "I invested 100 million for you, but you will destroy it for me if you turn around." , I study your crappy game every day, are there any entrepreneurs like you? You are completely irresponsible to investors!”
“You withdraw your IDG shares today, let me see what happens tomorrow. I dare to invest in a CEO like you who is not doing his job properly.”
Qin Shaoyan said very calmly, "I will go to Silicon Valley tomorrow to attract ten venture capital investors, and they will definitely rush to invest."
"..." Xiong Xiaoge was stunned for a moment, and then stood up in anger, "I want to Check the accounts. I suspect that the campus network has used funds illegally. "
"You don't need to check, isn't it just 100 million?" Qin Shaoyan is still very calm, "I will refund you every penny."
Now Xiong Xiaoge was really confused, and he was a little confused, "Where did you get the money?"
"My crappy game earned me 20 million US dollars, didn't you know?" Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "One hundred million is not much money. Do you want US dollars or RMB?"
Xiong Xiaoge sat back on the chair again and said slowly: "This is not a question of money."
"Mr. Qin, I have been working in venture capital for so many years and I have met many entrepreneurs."
"But you are the most special one, you are very talented."
"You are wasting your talent now." Xiong Xiaoge's tone was very sad, "Originally, I was very optimistic about the campus. The development prospects of the campus network, but with your current situation, I doubt whether the campus network will be successful. I am worried about the future of the campus network. "
"There is no problem with the future of the campus network," Qin Shaoyan replied calmly. , "Mr. Xiong, you are worrying in vain. The campus network is developing very well now."
"What's better?" Xiong Xiaoge said displeased, "From the perspective of our investors, your competitors are expanding aggressively, but your campus network is stagnant. You have to take practical actions to convince us shareholders Don't worry."
"I just looked at the backend data of the campus network. The number of registered users has been growing," Qin Shaoyan asked, "and the campus network has begun to spread to the Northeast market. Isn't this enough to comfort you investors? ?”
Hong Fei next to him was a little confused, why was he clamoring for his money back just now, but now he was looking at it from the perspective of an investor.
“There are at least seven or eight companies on the market that engage in campus social networking.” Xiong Xiaoge said dissatisfied, “With so many people, some are just cannon fodder, and some are simply troublemakers. You should quickly let them go before the end of the year. Everyone is out."
"Mr. Xiong, you are a bit...too domineering." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "We are all colleagues, why are you so cruel?"
"Shopping malls are like battlefields!" Xiong Xiaoge snorted coldly, "If you don't take action, others will." Indifferent here ”
(End of this chapter)