An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 355 Unexpected Windfall

Wu Jianhua's intuition was very accurate, Wang Fa was really out of luck.

It's just that he couldn't figure out where Xu Qianshi's news came from.

On the second day after Mr. Xu talked with Wang Fa, the head of the product department was replaced by the previous number two.

At the same time, Luo Xingtao, the head of the ALX studio, was taken away by the economic investigation, and the studio itself was split and reorganized, and merged with another newly acquired studio that was also engaged in FPS game development, and became the current AX job. room.

After listening to the players' suggestions, the newly established AX restarted the abandoned plan in the "Counter-Terrorist Action: Siege" project, and promised the players that those cut-off systems will be added back in subsequent updates.

Although it is a bit late to say this now, a series of personnel changes within Rice Entertainment still gave hope to many players who still did not give up.

Similar situations are not without precedent in the game circle.

After years of unremitting updates, those semi-finished products that rely on painting cakes to collect money have been scolded by players, and finally changed their appearance, from dung work with mostly negative reviews to classics with rave reviews.

However, whether this ill-fated FPS game really has a chance to wait until that day can only be witnessed by time.

"I fired the product manager."

on a video call.

Xu Qianshi spoke to Hao Yun in an apologetic voice.

Hearing this prologue without beginning or end, Hao Yun's face was a little surprised at first, but he quickly realized what was going on.

For the purpose of keeping the topic going, he asked knowingly.

"Oh why?"

Xu Qianshi continued.

"The 3C Alliance is his idea. For making Chenghai 3C an independent game without your consent, I apologize to you on behalf of Rice Entertainment."

Hearing these words, Hao Yun smiled inwardly.

He didn't think that Xu Qianshi was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end.

Even if he hadn't read the planning plan of the "3C Alliance", it was impossible for this project to be approved within Rice Entertainment and get a sufficient budget without his signature.

Maybe the product manager did make claims or conceal details, but it is more likely to be blamed.

Since the entire project was not stopped due to moral concerns at that time, it is presumably impossible to suddenly punish the "relevant responsible person" because of conscience discovery.

The so-called apology is probably superficial.

However, Hao Yun did not intend to challenge him on this matter.

It doesn't make sense to do so, and it doesn't do any good for yourself.

What if I don't accept the apology?

Will Xu Qianshi cut himself off? As one of the giants in the electronics industry, will Rice Group punish the CEO of a subsidiary for such a trivial matter?

Not to mention, Xu Qianshi, who was born in the "direct line", is no ordinary CEO.

It is obviously too exaggerated to use capital to describe the behavior of a single company, but if the board of directors of Rice Group is compared to a community of interests, Xu Qianshi is at least a member of this community of interests.

Unless the core interests are touched, it is impossible for him to be abandoned.

In contrast, a dispensable product manager and a game that is destined not to become a hit, these are the things that can be discarded at any time.

After speaking, Xu Qianshi paused for a moment, and said in a sincere tone.

"To show our sincerity, we intend to remove 3C Alliance from the Dianqu platform."

After hearing this sentence, Hao Yun asked back without thinking.

"Why do you want to take it off the shelves?"

Xu Qianshi was slightly taken aback, his heart sank quickly, and he asked sincerely.

"Are you dissatisfied with the way we handled it?"

"You misunderstood me, I'm not such a narrow-minded person," Hao Yun shook his head with a smile, and continued, "It's just that you have read the chat record, and your employees actually used 500,000 yuan to humiliate me... Are my ideas that cheap?"

Xu Qianshi looked embarrassed and coughed dryly.

"...I apologize to you."

"It doesn't matter whether you apologize or not," Hao Yun shook his head, and continued, "Since your game has already been made and sold to some players, even if it is taken off the shelves, it will not make up for my loss. Players who paid for the game and have passed the refund deadline."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Having vaguely guessed what Hao Yun meant, Xu Qianshi said it expressionlessly. What he didn't expect was that Hao Yun's answer was so simple and direct.

"It's very simple, add money."

Add, add money?

Xu Qianshi was slightly stunned, and subconsciously blurted out.

"How many?"

"At least add a zero. Of course, this is just a simple authorization fee and out-of-court settlement fee, and it doesn't include my promotion for you." Hao Yun smiled and continued, "What do you think?"

Xu Qianshi only thought for ten seconds before giving the answer.

"make a deal."

five million.

From the perspective of stop loss, this price is not unacceptable.

Besides, even if DOTA is now popular, Chenghai 3C is not completely without player base.

Previously, due to copyright disputes, I couldn’t publicize it with great fanfare. Now that I spent five million to buy the authorization, I can finally use the name of Chenghai 3C to make publicity...

...

The copyright dispute between Rice Entertainment and Yunmeng Games has come to an end as the two parties reached a settlement out of court. Although the people who eat melons did not see the scene they liked, Rice Entertainment actually chose to take the initiative to bow their heads, which was beyond many people's expectations.

This kind of thing similar to creative plundering is not the first time that these Internet giants have done it. Now that I choose to bow my head, I think I kicked it on the steel plate.

Although this incident caused considerable repercussions in the industry, it did not cause a big storm in the player circle.

As for the reason, on the one hand, the PR of Rice Entertainment deliberately dealt with this matter coldly, and on the other hand, it was because something more worthy of people's attention happened recently in the game circle.

On the last weekend of August, the selection results of the ten best original works of the year in Creative Workshop finally completed the final count of votes.

To everyone's surprise, the ten selected works are basically maps of Warcraft.

And the one at the top of the list is DOTA, which has been in the limelight recently!

Many players' enthusiasm for this map even surpasses that of the Warcraft game itself.

And long before this selection contest, many players appealed to the official, hoping that Yunmeng Game could make this map into an independent game, saving them the time to enter the game.

In addition to DOTA, the shortlisted works also include a sea battle similar to the Chenghai gameplay, and a series of works such as "Farmers and Demons" with a cat-and-mouse gameplay.

In these shortlisted works, Hao Yun even saw many shadows of deja vu.

As for Chenghai 3C, Terran Invincible, and Guardian of Athena, the three popular maps that have occupied the top ten hot spots for a long time, Mr. Hao did not participate in the voting because he did not apply to participate in the event.

The reason why he did this is mainly to give other map makers a little experience in the game.

After all, with his own fame and the popularity of the map itself, if he really clicked the button to participate in the voting, the selection would be meaningless, and it would completely become his personal exhibition.

Such a situation, of course, is what Hao Yun does not want to see...

"I still don't understand why you want to sell Chenghai 3C's authorization," Lin Jun said regretfully while standing in front of Hao Yun's desk, "Even if you don't plan to make it an independent game, use It’s not a problem for this IP to cut a wave of leeks, right?”

For Lin Jun's question, Hao Yun answered concisely.

"It's very simple, because this IP won't be popular. As for what you said about cutting players' leeks, not to mention whether they can be harvested, even if they are, it is definitely not because of the IP of this game."

"...Then what else could be the reason?"

"Because of my name," Hao Yun said with a sigh, "Let's leave the immoral things to others, and let's do something that can make money standing up."

Lin Jun: "..."

Because my name is okay...

Although it makes sense to say so, but to be able to say such narcissistic words without changing his face, in a sense, he can only be said to be worthy of Mr. Hao.

Seeing that Lin Jun didn't continue talking, Hao Yun changed the subject and continued.

"Let's not talk about Chenghai. I want to ask you something. How is the business at Magic Box Culture? And Yunmeng Villa, it's been half a year now, is there any new progress?"

"There hasn't been any major progress on the Yunmeng Villa yet. Feng Tiancai just promised me that it will be completed before the end of the year. As for the Magic Box Culture... I can't believe it when I say it. Just last month, Our revenue from the blind box business has already surpassed the game revenue. If this trend continues, maybe by this time next year, we will be able to spin off the blind box business and go public.”

"IPO?" Hao Yun stared blankly at Lin Jun and said, "Blind box...does it make so much money?"

"It's not just about making money. I really don't understand young people nowadays."

Lin Jun sighed, the expression on his face was full of complexity.

Just like he didn't expect the sharp rise in pork, this ever-changing world is full of too many surprises. When he opened up the blind box business, he just wanted to sell game peripherals and earn some money to make the financial report of Magic Box Culture look better. As a result, he did not expect that not only players of Clash of Clans were buying blind boxes, but also some players who had never played this game. People also ran to buy.

After discovering this, he simply asked Magic Box Culture to remove the label of Clash of Clans on the blind box business, and set up a subsidiary controlled by Magic Box Culture to do this business alone.

As a result, it's only been a few months, and the sideline business has almost caught up with the income of the main business...

Sometimes Lin Jun is not even sure whether he got to this point because of his strength or luck.

I mean, is there really a difference between the two?

Purely in terms of results, it's really hard to define...

"Do you remember our cooperation with Xialin Group?"

Hearing this sentence, Hao Yun simply recalled it for a few seconds, and then quickly recalled what happened a few months ago.

"You mean...the blind box vending machine?"

How much money can you make with that thing? ? ?

Lin Jun nodded and continued with mixed feelings.

"You may not believe it when you say it."

"In the past two months, we have opened 67 branches across the country..."