My Age of Investment

After a few days.

In the office on the 10th floor of Fiyta Technology Building, Ma Huateng listened to the work report of Liu Zhiping and Ren Yuxin with a serious expression.

"Did the media receive money or something, isn't the ass too crooked?"

Liu Zhiping looked displeased, "The number of active users of "QQ Farm" has dropped significantly, "Happy Ranch" and "Happy Orchard" have come from behind, and the number of active users has surpassed twice that of "QQ Farm". People lose again.

It's only been a few days. Where did the media get the data? It's fabricated out of thin air, right? "

Ren Yuxin, who was sitting next to Liu Zhiping, didn't say a word, feeling like she was sitting on pins and needles.

"QQ Farm" was written by him himself. He led the team to prepare painstakingly for two months. He originally wanted to take advantage of the Spring Festival to launch a raid on Hainei.com, but it turned out to be the current situation.

Although it is not as bad as the media reported, it is an indisputable fact that compared with the new games on Hainei.com, it has fallen into a disadvantage.

This is still compared with the new game on Haineiwang. If you compare it with "Happy Farm" which has been in operation for several months, the gap is even more disappointing.

Also, it's true that the number of active users is down.

Two days before the launch of "QQ Farm", with the help of QQ drainage, the growth is very gratifying, and the momentum is even more indomitable. It seems that it will quickly close the gap with "Happy Farm" during the Spring Festival holiday.

As a result, Hainei quickly launched "Happy Ranch" and "Happy Orchard".

The two new games debuted with new props and new gameplay, which quickly attracted the attention of potential target users and interrupted the growth momentum of "QQ Farm".

In the next few days, the power of the three games on Haineiwang began to show. The number of active users of "QQ Farm" began to decline, and the game usage time of the remaining active users also decreased to varying degrees.

When things got to this point, there was actually no need for media reports to remind them. Penguin also knew that the situation was not good.

Ma Huateng was very clear about all this, and he didn't agree with Liu Zhiping's attack on the media, nor did he blame Ren Yuxin. He just silently lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and exhaled a big puff of smoke.

"Next, what are your plans?"

heard that,

Liu Zhiping turned his gaze to Ren Yuxin who was sitting beside him.

Ren Yuxin quickly stood up, and said with a serious face: "Bonny, I am mainly responsible for this matter, and I will review it with you."

Ma Huateng waved his hand impatiently, "Now is not the time to talk about this, if you want to talk about responsibility, I am also responsible, and I made the decision to launch the game during the Spring Festival.

If we had known that there was an ambush on the overseas network, we should have launched the game last month. "

Liu Zhiping shook his head, "Boney, you don't have to blame yourself, it's everyone's decision to delay the launch of the game until the Spring Festival, not a single person's responsibility.

"Happy Farm" is very powerful, if you want to fight with them, you can only use tricks.

Looking at it now, Hainei.com has actually been prepared for a long time. Those two new games should have been developed a long time ago, waiting for us to play the cards! "

Ma Huateng took a puff of smoke, "Xia Jingxing is too shady, I have never seen this kind of person in my life, the typical way of hurting others and not benefiting oneself, and he just wants to make trouble with us."

Liu Zhiping said flatly: "He is afraid that we will imitate (plagiarize) them, so he deliberately slowed down."

Why did Ma Huateng feel that these words were a bit harsh, but he didn't say anything. He looked at Ren Yuxin who was sitting upright, and asked, "Orchards and pastures, speed up, can they be completed in a month?"

Ren Yuxin replied with a bitter face: "It's possible, but I don't think there's much point in doing so."

Facing Ma Huateng's puzzled eyes, Ren Yuxin explained: "Let's not talk about farm games. After a month, the number of users of ranch and orchard games on Hainei.com should reach tens of millions.

Even if we launch three games of the same type, we have always played the role of a chaser. "

Ren Yuxin still has something to say: We copy fast, and others innovate faster. If this continues, we will always be one step behind others, and the perception of users will not be good.

Now many people on the Internet are mocking Penguin, and the title of "King of the Cottage" is solid.

"Then what do you mean?" Ma Huateng tilted his head and looked at Ren Yuxin.

"Innovation!" Ren Yuxin said in an extremely firm tone: "We must innovate and launch a new casual game to compete with Haineiwang."

Ma Huateng frowned and said, "Then don't care about the current matter? Just watch Hainei.com continue to grow its user base with the help of games?"

Ren Yuxin was silent for a moment, and said: "Boni, with all due respect, the hope of "QQ Farm" defeating "Happy Farm" is very slim, of course, we can invest resources to try again.

If you still can't make it, then you can only give up! Don't go to research and develop pastures and orchards anymore, because that is bound to be a waste of time and resources. "

Ma Huateng looked straight at Ren Yuxin. "Copying opponents" is Penguin's housekeeping skill. If it were someone else who said he was self-defeating martial arts, he might be thrown out by him.

But Ren Yuxin is his game master, leading Penguin Games from scratch, from a low-level game company to a second-rate game company today.

This general's vision and ability have all been affirmed by him.

For Ren Yuxin's opinion, whether he likes it or not, he has to pay attention to it.

"Our competition with Haineiwang seems to be in the field of games on the surface, but the core is in social networking."

Ma Huateng nodded slightly. What worries him most about the domestic Internet is the huge user base and the "acquaintance social networking" model.

QQ is social networking with strangers, which represents a completely different path from Haineiwang.

Ma Huateng himself is not sure which of the two paths is better.

However, Facebook's overseas siege still worries him very much.

Therefore, in order to defend against Hainei, they launched the Friends Network, which focuses on real-name social networking.

"Games are just a means for Friends.com to compete with Hainei.com. Now that the game has suffered a setback, we can't continue to act recklessly. We can find a way elsewhere."

Ma Huateng flicked the cigarette ash, and raised his chin at Ren Yuxin: "Other places, for example?"

"For example, an open platform!"

Ren Yuxin said with a serious expression: "The open platform of Hainei.com divides developers into three categories: tools, games, and others.

Hundreds of small programs are integrated into the Hainet platform, which will greatly enrich the functions of the Hainet and increase user stickiness.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, Poni, but the game developers that Hainei.com plans to recruit are all developing mini games and web games.

Even if we launch ranch and orchard games in the future, dozens or hundreds of games can pop up on the overseas platform, so what can we compete with them? "

Ma Huateng took a deep breath, "Haineiwang is trying to hide Chen Cang!"

Ren Yuxin said lightly: "Youyou.com is not within my management scope, and I'm just a suggestion. I hope everyone can stay awake and not be paralyzed by Haineiwang."

"Your suggestion is very good, I was careless."

What Ma Huateng said was sincere. He had heard about the open platform of Hainei.com, but he didn't expect Xia Jingxing's intentions to be so sinister. He wanted to force Friends.com to his death!

"Let me interject!"

Liu Zhiping smiled and said, "Hainei.com has indeed had a considerable impact on Youyou.com, but it does not threaten QQ.

Over the past year since the rise of Hainei.com, the number of active QQ users and the duration of use have continued to grow.

What does this mean? It shows that the threat from the intranet to us is limited.

QQ has become an indispensable tool in the life of netizens. Users use Haineiwang to share their lives, but they still have to return to QQ for chatting. "

"But what if the domestic network also launches instant messaging software?" Ma Huateng asked.

Liu Zhiping shook his head, "The social relationship chain is deposited on QQ, and the cost of replacing it with a new platform is too high. Again, users are used to chatting on QQ."

Ma Huateng thought for more than ten seconds, then nodded gently.

Although he has always been wary of Hainei.com, he is still very confident about his own QQ, even Microsoft's MSN can't do anything to them.

"Let's not lose confidence and fighting spirit because of the temporary setback of the farm game."

Liu Zhiping said with a smile, "At the same time, we should not be drawn too much attention by Haineiwang and delay our own development.

As long as the self is growing, there is no need to be afraid of all kinds of ghosts and snakes jumping out to block the way. "

Ma Huateng said: "Yes, it is one aspect to compete with Haineiwang. On the other hand, we have to seize the opportunity to strengthen our own strength."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ren Yuxin again, and said, "Games are the core development strategy we have set, and the development plan for online games must not be delayed."

Ren Yuxin nodded heavily, and then he remembered something, and said it: "Speaking of online games, I heard that people from Hainei.com secretly contacted Neople, the developer of "Dungeon and Warriors."

"They want to be the agent of this game?" Ma Huateng's eyes became sharp instantly. Penguin also took a fancy to this game and is actively seeking the agency right in the mainland.

"To be precise, it's an acquisition!"

Liu Zhiping smiled, "The news came from South Korea just a few days ago. It is estimated that Shanda and Ninetowns are taking action at this moment."

Ma Huateng pondered, and suddenly said: "If Neople is acquired by any one of the three of them, then the agency rights of "Dungeon and Fighter" will be lost."

"Yes, do you think we want to join the bidding army?" Liu Zhiping asked.

"How much?" Ma Huateng asked earnestly. He really wanted to win DNF, a very popular game in South Korea. If the overall purchase price of Neople is not expensive, it is not impossible to consider it.

The corner of Liu Zhiping's mouth rose, "500 million US dollars!"

"Koreans are crazy about money!" Ma Huateng reacted greatly.

"Extraordinary asking price, pay back the money when it lands!"

Liu Zhiping smiled, "The Koreans spread the word to the Chinese game company, probably because they want everyone to carry the sedan chair.

Of course, if Shanda and Ninetowns are courageous enough, it is not impossible to snatch this game company from Haineiwang. "

Ma Huateng shook his head, "The Koreans are holding back their arms and deliberately let our Chinese game companies kill each other."

Liu Zhiping said flatly: "So what about Chinese companies, they are really like a family? When it comes to conflicts of interests, relatives can become sworn enemies."

"You're like this..."

Ma Huateng gave some instructions in person, which made Liu Zhiping nod repeatedly.