"Penguin doesn't seem to be making any moves."
"Very good, continue to work on it. Oh right, is our ranking system ready?"
"It's done. Boss Chen, do you want to release it now?"
"No rush, don't release it yet."
Chen Yu still had to be on guard against Penguin.
The ranking system was Chen Yu's next trump card.
After Li Nan's report, Zhang Jianming came to Chen Yu's office.
"Boss Chen, there's news from Wang Chang."
"What news?"
"Penguin's Ceng Liqing went to Korea."
"Ceng Liqing went to Korea?"
Chen Yu was puzzled: "What's Ceng Liqing going to Korea for?"
"There's no news on this for now. I'll have Wang Chang continue to look into it."
Zhang Jianming shook his head.
However, Chen Yu's first thought was whether Penguin would go to Korea to act as an agent for online games.
What did Korea have?
Korea's electronic technology was relatively advanced.
But for an Internet company, Korea only had video games.
For an Internet company in China, there was only one purpose for going to Korea, and that was to act as an agent for games.
This reminded Chen Yu of Penguin's first game in his previous life, Victorious Return.
Could it be that Penguin couldn't sit still?
Chen Yu wasn't sure.
Penguin only acted as an agent for Victorious Return in 2003.
However, even though he wasn't sure, Chen Yu immediately said: "Have Wang Chang ask around with a few Korean game companies."
"Yes."
Huanyu Technologies didn't act as an agent for an online game in Korea. But they did purchase the rights to adapt Legend of Mir from Actoz. Moreover, Huanyu Technologies was now the largest game company in China. In addition, Huanyu Technologies owned the largest game promotion platform in China, 5173. All the major Korean game companies hoped to cooperate with Huanyu Technologies. Even if they didn't act as an agent for Korea's games, it was still good to promote their games on 5173.
After all, this kind of publicity could accidentally attract a few tycoons, who would sell their games to China in minutes. Therefore, several large gaming companies in Korea hoped to build a good relationship with Huanyu Technologies.
It was not difficult to ask them to gather some information.
A few hours later, the latest news came from Korea.
When Ceng Liqing arrived in Korea, he immediately went to Korea's Imazic Company.
Imazic was the developer of Victorious Return.
"Great, as expected, the penguins let down their guard."
Upon receiving this news, Chen Yu was overjoyed.
He thought that the smoke bomb from before had no effect on the penguins.
Looking at it now, the temptation of online games was too great. It was so great that even Brother Ma was tempted.
Of course, it was impossible not to be tempted.
As long as one was involved in internet companies in the country, there was no one who was not interested in online games.
The four major portals were all involved in games. Even the second-tier website, Maopu, was acting as an agent for online games.
Of course, Penguin could keep doing QQ, but how could QQ make as much money as games?
In the face of such a large number of registered members, just the server fees alone were a frightening amount of expenses.
In the mobile DreamNet, one could be strangled at any time. How could they survive on QQ alone?
If they didn't do something to make money, they would be under a lot of pressure.
"Li Nan, don't go anywhere for a while. Focus on developing YY games."
Although YY games were simple, they started late. There were still a lot of chess cards that hadn't been developed yet.
In addition, there were all kinds of new casual games that would take a long time to develop.
Before, Chen Yu was still struggling with how to speed up development. Now it seemed that Penguin was paralyzed. Even if their development progress was the same as before, it was still advancing by leaps and bounds.
"Brother Jian, find a few well-known news reporters and expose the number of people online at the same time that YY games are falsely advertising."
"Ah, Boss Chen, what are you doing?"
Zhang Jianming was at a loss.
How could he expose himself like this? Wasn't that just looking for trouble?
"If I tell you to go, then go. If I don't look for trouble here, how could I let them divert their attention?"
The power of Happy Landlord wasn't just for show.
Right now, there were thousands of new players registering every day. Sometimes, it even broke the ten thousand mark.
With such a terrifying growth rate, if they didn't create a smokescreen and were discovered by Penguin, they would be taken over in a matter of minutes.
In order to fool Penguin, Chen Yu could be considered to have gone to great lengths.
"Understood."
Zhang Jianming patted his head and nodded.
"Also, if Penguin really does manage to represent Victorious Return and find 5173 to advertise and promote, we'll accept."
"Boss Chen, if we help them advertise and they make money, I'm afraid they'll be even more difficult to deal with."
"If we don't give them some benefits, I'm afraid they'll fight us to the death through instant messaging."
What was the most important thing to Chen Yu?
It wasn't an online game or 5173, it was instant messaging.
If there was a way to make Penguin give up or shift their focus slightly, Chen Yu was more than willing to do it.
Besides, based on his experience in the previous life, even if Penguin managed to represent Victorious Return, they might not be able to operate it successfully.
In the early days, Penguin didn't have any experience running online games. Their representation of Victorious Return was a pit.
They harbored great hopes, but in the end, they quickly gave up.
… …
"Pony, it's settled."
"Liqing, you've worked hard. What's the specific situation?"
"Here's the contract. I've lowered the agency fee to 10%."
"Beautiful."
Ma Huateng's eyes lit up as he looked at the agency contract signed with Imazic. "Previously, the contracts signed by the major domestic companies were 70% to 30%. We'll get 90%. Liqing, you're really something."
"Hehe, it's nothing. However, the agency fee we paid was a bit high. 15 million."
"15 million is indeed a bit high."
Ma Huateng felt his heart ache when he saw this number.
But no matter how much it hurt, there was nothing he could do. If you didn't want to pay agency fees, then you could just develop your own game.
Unfortunately, Penguin didn't have the skill to develop it. Not to mention skill, even if they had the skill, they didn't have the time to develop it.
He immediately thought it through. "It's fine. As long as we successfully operate Victorious Return, we'll be able to earn back everything."
"That's for sure. The ability to make money in online games is hard to imagine. Even if we can have 10,000 people online at the same time, we won't lose money. Add to that our QQ platform, and we'll definitely have more than that. Pony, I think we should immediately start advertising and promoting Victorious Return. "
"Let's wait first. Our main task right now is QQ Games."
"Pony, we've been keeping an eye on the data. There's no problem. Also, let me tell you the latest news. YY Games' fake advertising and the number of people online at the same time has attracted the attention of the higher-ups. The relevant departments have heard that they'll be conducting an investigation on Huanyu Technologies. "
"Is the information accurate?"
"It is. The source of the information is a well-known reporter in the news industry. There's no way they're lying."
Ma Huateng completely relaxed. "Since it's like this, let's not waste any more time. Liqing is right. Victorious Return has already been reinstated. We'll just have to start advertising and promoting. Apart from our platform, we'll also have to cooperate with other platforms. Right, let's contact Huanyu Technologies. "
"This …"
Ceng Liqing shook his head. "Pony, I don't think Huanyu Technologies will agree."
"Regardless of whether they agree or not, we still have to contact them. What if they do?"
"Alright, I'll contact them."
For the sake of Victorious Return, Ceng Liqing could only brace himself and prepare to contact Huanyu Technologies.
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