It turned out that since the deputy secretary-general dared to make such a promise, he did have some courage and ability. On the day of the press conference, he directly began to transfer people from within the company. In one breath, he transferred more than 100 programmers to join the development team of the box game online store.
Because Microsoft placed a lot of importance on this project, the Deputy Secretary-General's letter was successful. Although 100 programmers might not seem like a lot, they were all Microsoft's most elite programmers. They had worked on Windows, WPS, MSN, and other online projects. They were very experienced. Some of them could even set up a decent portal or forum within ten days.
Anyway, these programmers were Microsoft's most elite programmers. Even the Daqian did not have this kind of talent. Because of this talent, the Deputy Secretary-General dared to say that he could set up an online game store in 20 days.
Then, the Deputy Secretary-General came up with a series of means, all kinds of bonuses, all kinds of promises, all kinds of considerate services, and even directly cleared out an office to make a temporary break room so that the programmers could sleep for a short while in the break room, so that they could devote the rest of their time to development.
In order to encourage the programmers, the Deputy Secretary-General even found some beautiful women to accompany the programmers to work together and encourage them.
These girls were not from some industry. They were real models and high-end products.
The Deputy Secretary-General even promised that whoever finished the task ahead of time could spend the rest of the time with the beautiful models in the lounge.
This shows how capable the Deputy Secretary-General was, and Microsoft was determined to get this project. If not, the higher-ups would not agree to such a ridiculous request.
This made Tony a little hesitant. Could it be that this Deputy Secretary-General was really a fierce man who had fallen from the sky and could complete the task?
Later, Tony was ordered by Bill Gates to check on the progress of the project every day. That was when Tony realized the Deputy Secretary-General's job was too tough.
Although the deputy secretary-general was very confident, and the strength of the team was indeed very strong, in the actual process of research and development, various problems kept popping up. The reality was far more difficult than he had imagined. Otherwise, he would not have come up with the crooked idea of hiring a beautiful model to motivate the programmers.
In the end, on August 25th, which was the middle of August according to the deputy secretary-general, the website still could not function normally. Fortunately, Bill Gates was already mentally prepared for this. He did not overly reprimand them. Instead, he gave them encouragement.
But in the market, the Deputy Secretary-General saw that Microsoft's box game online store was about to crash, and the share prices started to fall again. Just when the shareholders were about to get angry, the Deputy Secretary-General announced that the website development was a success.
Bill Gates looked at the time. It was August 30th, 2000. It was the end of August.
Who can say August 30th is not the middle of August? There is still August 31st!
If the Deputy Secretary-General barely made it on time, then the negotiations with the game developers were not so good.
Based on the Deputy Secretary-General's plan, they will be able to attract a large number of new games from the game companies and become the trump card of the box game online store.
That's why when the Deputy Secretary-General was directing the development of the website, he was also directing the Microsoft staff to negotiate with the other game companies.
The Deputy Secretary-General knew that whoever helps him is his mother. He continued to paint a big picture for the game companies. Isn't the steam game store offering 70% of the profits?
We are offering 90%, and we are only asking for 10%!
To the Deputy Secretary-General, this ratio might be exaggerated, but it is not impossible. First, Microsoft does not expect the box game store to make money. They want to use the box game store to stabilize the share prices. That's why the box game store will be listed and have a huge lineup of games. Profits can be left for the future.
That's why the ratio of 1: 9 is not a problem. The Deputy Secretary-General and the rest of Microsoft's top management felt that even if the ratio is 1: 9, the game store can still make money.
After all, the entire store only has one website, and they do not need to pay for the CD discs. The franchisees can also remove the cost, and the remaining cost is the logistics. That's why the store's cost will be reduced to a scary amount.
Even if the company only gets 10% of the profits, they can still make a lot of money. After all, 10% of 10 billion is 1 billion USD!
Needless to say, with this ratio of 9%, many game companies were really tempted. They agreed to cooperate with the box game store for the new game. Anyway, if it did not go well, it would not be a problem to sign a contract with the steam game store in the future.
Until now, the negotiations had been going smoothly.
But when the 30th is approaching, and all the games are about to be released, the Deputy Secretary-General realized that 90% of the games that were signed are still in development. They cannot be released in the store.
In the end, other than Nintendo's games, there are only about 200 additional games that can be released in the store. Compared to the 6,000 games in the steam game store, they are not on the same level.
Anyone in the game industry would understand how unreliable it was to sign a contract with a game company that had yet to be released. After all, it would be considered a god-like company if they did not jump ship. It was simply daydreaming to expect their unreleased game to be released in the store in a short period of time.
In desperation, the Deputy Secretary-General could only desperately negotiate with some small game companies that had not yet signed a contract with Da Qian. In any case, he managed to sign some of their old games and reluctantly allowed the opening of the box game store to have a scale of 800 games.
When the Deputy Secretary-General felt he can finally take a breather, bad news came from the program. A huge bug was discovered on the website. This bug is very serious, and it must be fixed. So, the original date of 30th August can only be pushed to 31st August.
In the end, mid-August became late August. The Deputy Secretary-General looked at the scalp he had spat out in the mirror and could only weep sadly.
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