July 29th, Friday …
Pei Qian had been troubled by Fish-Catching Take-Out for the past week.
He could see deliverymen picking up and delivering food at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in the morning. There was no end to it when he drank coffee at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 still had Fish-Catching Take-Out, but the deliverymen would not enter from the main entrance. Instead, there was a side door to pick up food to avoid affecting the customers in the internet cafe.
However, Pei Qian felt very uncomfortable whenever he saw Fish-Catching Take-Out delivering food!
Fish-Catching Take-Out's market share was expanding at a visible rate. The other takeaways could not fight back at all.
Originally, Fish-Catching Take-Out's greatest disadvantage was the recycling of tableware. However, it had become its greatest advantage now!
What's more, the other takeaways could not learn at all.
Every Fish-Catching Take-Out store had a dishwasher, ready-made cutlery, and complete recipes. The key was that after such a long period of cultivation, most people would first think of Fish-Catching Take-Out when they thought of the take-out model of recycling cutlery and not other brands.
What's more, Fish-Catching Take-Out had many stores. It had a strong first-mover advantage. The other stores could not learn even if they wanted to.
Pei Qian was extremely worried.
Could it be that Fish-Catching Take-Out was going to leave him as well?
Was it going to be a road of no return on the road to profitability?
Pei Qian's heart ached. A project that had been incurring huge losses had suddenly started to make money. This was double the pain.
He could only hope that the microbial waste processor, which cost as much as 130,000 yuan each, could increase the cost of the store and make as little money as possible.
Pei Qian sipped his coffee and felt melancholy.
At that moment, the cell phone on the table vibrated. It was Lin Wan.
"Eh?"
Pei Qian could not help but frown.
Didn't she let everyone in Shang Yang Games rest? What was so urgent that she had to call?
Pei Qian instinctively felt that something was wrong. He picked up the phone. "Hello?"
Lin Wan's slightly worried voice came from the other end of the line. "Boss Pei, bad news. Finger Games seems to be being acquired!"
Pei Qian was stunned. "By whom?"
Lin Wan: "Dayak Corporation. I heard that they offered 180 million US dollars to acquire 80% of Finger Games' shares!"
Pei Qian looked confused. He basically had no impression of this name.
However, 80% of the shares. Didn't that mean that apart from the 20% shares in his hands, all the other shares had been bought by the Dayak Corporation?
180 million dollars …
Pei Qian could only sigh. The rich could really do whatever they wanted!
Even though Pei Qian was still troubled by money, he had to admit that Tengda could not fork out that much money even if it sold everything it had.
This was indeed big news, but it did not seem to have much impact on Pei Qian.
Finger Games' IOI was developing well overseas. It was about time for local tycoons to set their eyes on this fat piece of meat.
Pei Qian only hoped that IOI's local server would become a money-burning tree. Thus, he could not care less about Finger Games.
What's more, even if Tengda wanted to compete with Dayak, it did not have enough money.
After all, it was a small company that had just been established for two years. How could it compare with these giants?
Pei Qian nodded. "Alright, I understand. This matter has nothing to do with us, so we don't need to pay too much attention to it. "
Lin Wan remained silent for a moment. "Boss Pei …"
"You said at the meeting that we should relax for the time being and not bother about IOI's local server. Did you get wind of it in advance?"
"You've decided to sell the 20% shares and the local server agency?"
"I understand, Boss Pei! Everything's fine, goodbye! "
Lin Wan hung up after she finished speaking.
Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. A question mark slowly floated above his head.
？
Who said I wanted to sell the shares and IOI's local server agency?
Don't interpret it blindly!
How could I sell that?
Pei Qian's shares were worth at least 40 million US dollars. If he sold them all, he would only be able to convert about 300,000 yuan according to the 1000: 1 ratio.
Pei Qian's goal for this cycle was to lose eight million yuan and convert 800,000 yuan!
That would be a difference of 500,000 yuan!
What's more, Pei Qian did not want to give up on IOI's local server, a money-burning tree. It was not easy for him to have something that could go down the drain. As long as he kept it, he could easily lose millions or tens of millions. How could he sell it?
What a load of nonsense!
Pei Qian could not be bothered. Do whatever you want with Dayak Corporation. I'll admit defeat if I say the word 'sell'.
However, Pei Qian still did some research on Dayak Corporation.
It was a world-class multinational corporation with an important position in water, transportation, energy, media, and the like. It was one of the top five media corporations in the world with annual sales of more than 20 billion US dollars. It had an insignificant hobby. It liked to buy game companies when it had nothing to do. It was notorious in the game industry.
Many big companies bought game companies because they liked the decision-making ability of the game company. Thus, they would maintain the company's independent decision-making ability after the acquisition and not interfere too much.
Dayak Corporation was notorious because it interfered and influenced the original company greatly after the acquisition. It aimed to make huge profits quickly and squeezed out the value of the original company in a short period of time.
Whether it was rapid development, resetting a large number of profitable IPs, or forcefully compressing the development cycle to cause the quality of the game to decline, Dayak Corporation was a company that did not know much about games and did not pay attention to them. All the acquisition plans were to make money faster.
Similar tragedies had happened more than once. However, the targeted company could not do anything. One could do whatever they wanted with money.
Pei Qian thought about it. This did not seem to have much to do with him.
So what if Dayak Corporation forcefully interfered with the development of Finger Games and caused IOI's reputation to plummet?
Pei Qian was already planning to use IOI's local server as a money-burning tree. It was already flat. How could they hurt me?!
Thus, Pei Qian did not think too much about it. He continued to worry about Fish-Catching Take-Out.
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July 30th, Saturday …
H4 Esports Club, IOI branch …
"I'm so angry, this is unfair!"
"We won the championship, but why are we not as popular as GOG's group in terms of the attitude of the club's higher-ups!"
"What's the point of this trophy then?!"
Several members of the IOI branch were complaining while there were no outsiders in the room.
Last weekend, the IOI branch of the H4 Esports Club had successfully defeated foreign teams and other veteran clubs in the country. They had won the championship trophy of the IOI Sino-Foreign Competition.
It should have been a happy event, but the plot development in the following week did not unfold as they had imagined!
No one was discussing IOI's competition online.
The club had only praised them verbally after they returned victorious. They did not seem to have any other plans.
On the other hand, the treatment of GOG's branch was worlds apart!
They might have only won second place, but their captain, Pang Ling, had performed well in the competition. There were all sorts of discussions on the internet now.
Pang Ling had started a live-stream, and his popularity kept increasing.
Even the club was discussing plans to strengthen GOG's branch. Obviously, they were prepared to invest more resources there!
How could the members of the IOI branch tolerate that? Of course, their mentality would be unbalanced.
No one cared about the champions, but everyone gathered around the runners-up.
Why?!
That was especially so when they thought about how GOG's branch had been tortured by a new club in the mock competition. On the other hand, they had done well in both the mock competition and the actual competition. That was even more unbalanced.
Of course, even though they were unhappy, they could only complain about it in private.
The strategic direction of the club was not something they could decide.
Suddenly, footsteps came from outside the door. Everyone immediately stopped talking.
Team Leader Guan of the IOI branch of the H4 Esports Club pushed the door open and entered.
"Today's mock competition has been canceled. Everyone, go and try out GOG. See if there's any possibility of switching."
The team members were all stunned. They almost thought they had heard wrong.
"Team Leader Guan, you said … we should switch to GOG?"
"Why?"
"We just won the championship!"
Of course, the team members were not convinced.
Team Leader Guan sighed softly. "I can understand everyone's feelings. I was even angrier than all of you before.
"However, the club just held a high-level meeting. I attended it and realized that things were not what everyone thought.
"Do you know why there is such a huge difference in popularity between GOG and IOI? It is true that GOG is more popular, but the more important reason is the level of competition and viewing!
"GOG's branch was tortured so badly before because they went up against DGE Club, which is Tengda's own club! DGE Club tortured all the domestic clubs. Objectively, it improved their competitive standards. That's why they played better than us.
"On the other hand, IOI did not receive such treatment. I hate to admit it, but our side is indeed full of rookies fighting each other, including the foreign teams. None of them are strong.
"Therefore, Tengda's attitude is very clear. It is to promote GOG! Therefore, the club has decided to tilt its strategic focus to GOG.
"Don't be angry, everyone. All of you should be able to see that GOG is obviously more popular. If you switch to professional GOG players, you will receive more attention. Whether you do live-streaming or other related esports industries in the future, your prospects will be wider.
"That is the current situation. You can decide for yourselves what to do."
The team members were all silent.
After Team Leader Guan's explanation, everyone finally understood that GOG's team members were not weak. They were all rookies. It was just that they had met a more perverted opponent …
Although they were very unhappy, they calmed down and thought about it. Team Leader Guan was right.
A professional player's career was only for a few short years. If they chose the wrong project, it could be said that one mistake could cause everlasting regret.
On the contrary, if they chose the right project, they could rise to the top.
There was no point in being angry. In the world of adults, only interests mattered.
After a long silence, one of the team members quietly opened GOG's official website and began to download the client.
Soon, more team members also began to download the GOG client and prepare to switch.
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