NetEase.
"Boss Ding, it's better to end the pain quickly than to prolong the pain. Journey to the West has all kinds of bugs and imbalances. There's no point in continuing the game."
"The technical department thinks that there's no point in fixing it. We can either shut down the server or start over."
"Boss Ding …"
Li Wei, the head of the technical department, kept reporting the overall situation of Journey to the West to Ding Lei.
"How many Journey to the West players are online at the same time?"
"About a thousand people."
"So few?"
"It's increased a little in the past two days. At its lowest point, there were only a few hundred people."
"Is Journey to the West really that bad?"
"This …"
Li Wei did not know what to say.
In fact, when Journey to the West was being developed, he was not particularly strict. They only saw that the game could make money, so they took a reference from the popular game Stone Age and developed Journey to the West. Unfortunately, after some time in the game, Journey to the West had a peak of 10,000 people online at the same time. However, this number quickly dropped and could not rise again.
"Well, let's go to the Journey to the West project team and then have a meeting to inform the Journey to the West project team."
"Boss Ding, there's no need to inform them."
"Hmm?"
"Uh, Boss Ding, most of the Journey to the West staff have been transferred to the World project team. Now, only one customer service is in charge of Journey to the West."
"Okay, let's have a meeting with that customer service."
Ding Lei sighed.
He was actually the one who had initiated this.
Ding Lei knew that NetEase did not have much experience in developing games. This was shown in Journey to the West. At this time, there was a company in the country called Tianxia Games that was quite capable. They were developing a game called World. In order to make up for their lack of game development experience, NetEase bought Tianxia Games with a large sum of money.
Naturally, after the acquisition of Heavenly Summer, Journey to the West was left alone if they did not perform well.
Anyway, the higher-ups basically felt that Journey to the West was dead. It did not matter whether they hired people or not.
Therefore, in the end, they only sent one customer service to symbolically protect Journey to the West.
"Well, let's have a meeting."
"Boss Ding, this is Xu Bo. He's also Journey to the West's customer service. Currently, Journey to the West is managed by him alone."
In the Journey to the West project office, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
There was only one person left in the huge project department.
Moreover, this person had the lowest position, a customer service officer.
"Hello, Director Ding, Boss Lee."
"Xu Bo, tell me about the current situation of Journey to the West."
Although that was the case, this was only the process.
After all, Li Wei would announce the decision to close down the Journey to the West server.
"Boss Ding, Boss Lee, Journey to the West is currently operating well. At the same time, the number of people online has increased greatly. However, due to the lack of technical ability and the lack of project team members, there were many bugs that couldn't be solved … "
Although he was only a customer service employee, Xu Bo really liked this game.
Even if he was the only one left, he still continued to defend Journey to the West every day.
Moreover, while maintaining it, Xu Bo also wrote more than 30 pages of revisions to the Journey to the West.
However, Li Wei didn't want to listen to Xu Bo's report.
What's the use of these?
How many people could the number of players increase?
All kinds of bugs had not been resolved, and there were too few people in the project department. Did they need the company to send more technicians over?
That was impossible.
Although Ding Lei didn't say anything, he was already prepared to close down Journey to the West.
"Yes, we know what you reported. Oh right, how much money does the Journey to the West project department have now? "
"Not much money left, only 50,000 yuan."
"So little? Why did I hear that there were 100,000 yuan a few days ago? "
"Well, we did a wave of activities these few days, so we spent some money. Then, we advertised with 5173 and did a wave of promotion, which also cost us tens of thousands. "
"Oh my god, you're still promoting the game at this time?"
Li Wei didn't know what to say.
He wanted to scold him, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
Forget it, forget it. The game is about to end, what's the use of saying this?
Besides, we didn't spend much money. This amount of money is nothing to the company.
"Alright, the higher-ups already know the specific situation."
Li Wei nodded. "I called you here for a meeting today because I have something important to announce."
He looked at Ding Lei.
Ding Lei hesitated, but in the end, he nodded. Li Wei said, "The company has decided to stop the operation of Journey to the West."
"Stop the operation of Journey to the West?"
Xu Bo stood up suddenly and looked at Li Wei with incomparable surprise.
"Xu Bo, I know you can't accept it right now. In fact, the company is more upset than you when this decision is made. But now, you've seen the situation of Journey to the West. Rather than continue to operate half-dead, it's better to stop the service. "
"But, but …"
"Xu Bo, this is the decision of the higher-ups. As for your future arrangements, the company has always thought that your performance has been outstanding. Even if you're the only one in Journey to the West, you've always been cautious and conscientious. Therefore, the higher-ups have decided to transfer you to the World project team. In the near future, we will launch a more mature game, World. "
"Boss Li …"
Xu Bo's face was extremely ugly.
Although he had long known that the higher-ups wanted to stop the service, when the decision was made, Xu Bo was still incomparably upset.
One had to know that ever since Journey to the West was launched, Journey to the West was like his child.
It was with him when he was born, it was with him when he grew up …
Now, before it could even mature, it was going to die.
"D- D- CEO Ding … I think our Journey to the West can still last for a while."
Xu Bo knew that the final decision was not Li Wei, but Ding Lei.
Looking at Ding Lei who had not spoken since he entered the office, Xu Bo said.
"Xu Bo …"
Finally, Ding Lei spoke, "There's no need."
"But, CEO Ding, we've worked with a very experienced advertising partner. Recently, under their promotion, our online users have been continuously increasing."
"Xu Bo, how much can the number of online users increase? From 100 to 1000 is indeed a substantial increase, even an explosive increase. But, what's the use of having a small base? "
Seeing that Xu Bo ignored him and directly asked Ding Lei, Li Wei was a little annoyed.
Could it be that his words didn't count?
Just now, he had already said to stop the service, yet he still had to say such words to CEO Ding?
"Let me ask you, how many people are online at the same time for Journey to the West?"
"More than 10,000."
"Look, what's the use of 10,000 … What, what did you say, more than 10,000?"
Li Wei was shocked.
"To be precise, more than 17,000."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
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