rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 606 I believe in your vision

Author: The sea under the clouds

Chapter 606 I believe in your vision

For elites like Chen Qiao, face is actually not very important.

Although Mr. Chen usually looks confident in front of others and colleagues, in fact only he knows how humble he is when facing investors.

The rumored entrepreneurs who are proud of their talents and regard capital and money as nothing. Although there are some, they are definitely not many.

Fortunately, Chen Qiao is not such a person. He may have the ability to be arrogant, but he knows that such a person will have a very difficult life.

Such people, even if they have real talent and knowledge, are very rare to succeed in the end.

Therefore, when Chen Qiao hit a wall at China.com, his first thought was not to give up, but to find another way.

For Chen Qiao, "success" is far more important than anything else.

Therefore, under such conditions, it is not strange for Chen Qiao to turn around and eat some straw.

Uh~ Well, in fact, it’s not that Chen Qiao hasn’t found anyone else, it’s just that in the current period of the Internet bubble crisis, everyone is more cautious about all Internet-related investments.

Of course, if it is really a good project, there will naturally be no shortage of discerning investors, but what about the online game project?

Hard to say!

Unlike the countless game companies and studios that later entered the field of online games one after another, in 2000, there were not many people who dared to enter the field of online games.

For most investors, their concept of games is still stuck in the previous stand-alone games. As we all know, the domestic stand-alone game market has been extremely sluggish in recent years.

In particular, domestic piracy is rampant. Within a few days of a game being released, various cracked versions are everywhere, and because of the low price, consumers rarely choose expensive genuine games.

To put it bluntly, piracy of stand-alone games currently played by domestic computer users has almost reached a terrifying rate.

This has also caused a large number of domestic game manufacturers to basically give up on making games.

On the other hand, due to some special reasons in Baodao Province, the operating conditions of some game manufacturers are pretty good, but they are only good.

Therefore, when neighboring countries have truly begun the era of online games, domestic online games are not even getting started.

In fact, it is not that there are no online games in China. For example, "King of Kings", which was launched in June this year, is a multiplayer online RPG game.

But to be honest, Chen Li took one look at this game and gave up the idea of ​​trying it out.

This is not to say that Chen Li lost interest in early and crudely produced online games because of his rebirth.

In fact, even Chen Li in his previous life had seen this online game, which was claimed to be the first real online game in China, but he was not interested in this online game at all at that time.

In Chen Li's opinion, instead of playing this game, he might as well start a single-player CS game.

In Chen Li's opinion, the production of this online game is not even as sophisticated as CS. Apart from being able to chat with people from different regions, the gameplay is also lackluster!

But if it was just for chatting, Chen Li might as well choose to use QQ.

This is also the reason why in the past life, when foreign online games entered the country, they seized the domestic online game market with almost devastating efficiency.

There is no way~ It started late, so falling behind is an objective fact.

And when those foreign online games entered the country, everyone discovered that the world of online games could be so exciting!

So all of a sudden, some discerning people in China have set their sights on the road of representing foreign online games.

To put it bluntly, almost all of the online games that were outstanding in the early days came from abroad.

It is these online games from other countries that have opened up the online game market in China and even made this market prosperous quickly.

Then those domestic manufacturers took a look~ Eh? It turns out that online games are so exciting, so what else can you say? Hurry up and make a fortune together!

As a result, major Internet companies later switched to the online gaming industry.

At that time, almost all domestic Internet companies that were somewhat famous were involved in the online gaming industry.

Most of these things happened after 2001, because in 2001, a game called "Legend of Blood" came out, which made everyone completely understand how attractive the cake of online games is.

If before 2001, only some smart people found this opportunity, then after Legend became completely popular, almost everyone knew that online games were the next trend!

But that’s where the problem lies. Before the popularity of “Legend of Blood”, there were only some smart people trying to cross the river by feeling the stones.

And Chen Qiao~ is one of them!

In 2000, when most people were not optimistic about online games, Chen Qiao had already discovered the huge business opportunities contained in online games.

And this business opportunity is undoubtedly an opportunity that can make him rise to the top.

Compared with this opportunity and the possible benefits, what is a little face?

Isn't it just a waste of time? Chen Qiao is really determined to get this!

The reason why Chen Qiao was so sure that he would be able to turn around was because he found out that Chen Li was not only very rich but also knew a lot about the Internet. There was another very important reason, and that was.

Chen Li is a young man~even younger than him!

Chen Qiao fully believed that even he could not resist the shock that online games brought to him, and he believed that Chen Li was the same.

Therefore, in the planning document that Chen Qiao handed over to Chen Li, he specifically mentioned the invitation to Chen Li to visit South Korea.

He firmly believed that as long as Chen Li went to South Korea with him and saw those online games, he would be as full of expectations for online games as he was.

It's just that even though Chen Qiao made many hypothetical guesses about today's meeting, he never thought that the situation would be like this after the actual meeting.

After Chen Li read his plan, Chen Qiao had been waiting for Chen Li to ask him about the contents of the plan, but the first question Chen Li asked was.

"Is half a million dollars enough?"

To be fair~ When Chen Qiao heard this question, he was stunned for at least five seconds.

This is definitely a very unqualified performance for a founder seeking investment.

Fortunately, he finally came to his senses and quickly answered Chen Li's questions.

"According to my calculation, half a million US dollars should be enough~!"

"Although the agency fee requested by the other party is as high as US$500,000, I am confident that the price can be reduced to less than US$300,000."

"Because according to my investigation, the performance of this game in South Korea is only average compared to other games."

"You may wonder why I chose this game instead of another more popular game."

"I won't hide it from you~ Part of this is due to the agency fee. For this game called "Dragon", the other party's agency fee is only US$500,000."

"And the agency fee for "Paradise" was three million U.S. dollars."

"Of course, for you, there may not be much difference between US$500,000 and US$3 million, but I still think that this "Dragon" will be more suitable for the domestic market."

When Chen Qiao said this, Chen Li opposite him couldn't help but grin.

There is no other reason~ As a reborn person, Chen Li knows very well that this guy Chen Qiao is definitely deceiving him at this moment.

If you don't have money, you don't have money. What should you say to be more optimistic about "Dragon"? Others don't know~ Isn't Chen Li clear about it?

The so-called "Dragon" is actually the "Legend of Blood" that later became extremely popular in China. As for the game currency "Paradise", which one is better?

Stop talking nonsense!

As someone who has played both games in his previous life, Chen Li has an extremely accurate judgment on this.

From a purely game perspective, the game "Paradise" can completely kill the "Dragon" mentioned by Chen Qiao in every aspect.

The reason why the previous life "Paradise" was renamed after entering the domestic market and "Legend of Hot Blood" became a scum almost instantly is because of the following reasons.

1: "Paradise" entered China too late!

This game was launched in South Korea as early as 1998, and it quickly became a success after its launch.

In fact, a lot of the content of "Dragon", the so-called "Legend of Blood", was copied from "Paradise".

At that time, in South Korea, the game "Lineage" was definitely the well-deserved overlord, and the so-called "Legend of Blood" could only be barely regarded as a younger brother in front of it.

How popular was this game at that time? It is said that at the beginning of the century, when online games were not yet developed, this game had millions of people online around the world and annual revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars.

But the problem is that "Legend of Blood" entered the mainland market in 2001, but "Paradise" only entered the mainland market two years later, in 2003.

At that time, the position of "Legend of Hot Blood" in the domestic online game market was almost difficult to shake.

However, time is only one of the reasons. The second reason is an old problem that often occurs in proxy games.

Cooperation between developers and operators!

When the time came to 2003, the developer of the game "Lineage" set its sights on the Chinese market and chose to cooperate with the Internet giant Jiulang who was preparing to enter the game industry at that time.

However, what was supposed to be a close cooperation has created many problems.

At that time, Korean game developers controlled the overall operation of the game, including marketing, operational activities, etc., and the entire industry chain was very tightly managed.

It can be said that at that time, this game was nominally represented by Jiulang, but from planning to GM, everyone was basically from the game developer, and Jiulang could only passively cooperate.

But how do Korean game manufacturers understand the domestic game market?

In the end, it can only be a fierce operation, and when you look at the result, it is simply a two hundred and fifty!

The game "Paradise" itself entered the domestic market relatively late, and as a result, its operation was poor. The final result is self-evident.

The third reason~ This has something to do with the domestic Internet environment at that time.

The game "Paradise" is indeed very excellent in terms of production, but while it is excellent, it must have great requirements for some hardware conditions.

Compared with the "Legend of Blood", which is crudely produced but can be popularized in a large number of domestic Internet cafes, this well-produced "Paradise" seems a little less down-to-earth.

It can be said that many Internet cafes in China at that time were more or less limited by computer hardware when running the game "Paradise".

In this regard, "Heaven" cannot be compared with the subsequent "World of Warcraft".

The emergence of "World of Warcraft" coincides with the decline of "Legend of Warcraft". Coupled with the excellent production of "World of Warcraft" itself, it can force major Internet cafes to update their hardware conditions, while "Lineage" can only be used by players.

Sweeped into the trash with the Internet cafe owner.

Of course, there are definitely more than these three reasons why "Lineage" failed to open up the domestic game market, but these three are definitely the main reasons.

Especially the first point. After all, the latter two reasons can be overcome and corrected, but the first point of time basically caused the success probability of "Paradise" to drop directly to 50%.

However, even if "Lineage" did not succeed in China, the same sentence still applies. In terms of the game itself, there is actually no comparison between "Legend of Blood" and "Lineage".

Although in fact, the copycat version of "Legend of Blood" in the previous life did turn the original "Paradise" into rubbish in seconds, when the timeline stopped at this time in 2000, Chen Li naturally sneered at Chen Qiao's statement.

But even if Chen Li thinks that the game "Lineage" is much better than "Legend of Blood", he still has to admit one thing, that is.

"Legend of Blood" is indeed more suitable for the domestic market than "Paradise"!

This may sound contradictory, but it is actually very true.

The reason is very simple~ Compared with "Paradise", which has been successful so far, "Legend of Blood", which is currently not taken seriously, can actually maximize the benefits.

Think about why Chen Qiao in his previous life was able to spend US$300,000 to obtain the agency rights for "Legend of Hot Blood" from the Koreans?

Of course it was because the situation of "Legend of Blood" was very bad at that time!

In fact, when the developer of "Legend of Hot Blood" handed over the agency rights to Chen Qiao, he never thought that the game would become popular in China.

They even had the mentality of selling as much as they could, so they agreed to Chen Qiao's agency fee of 300,000 US dollars.

After all, if you sell it, you can get 300,000 US dollars, but if you don't sell it, you won't get a penny.

It was precisely because the developer of "Legend of Hot Blood" was in very bad shape at the time that Chen Qiao's cooperation conditions with the other party were so casual. Finally, after "Legend of Hot Blood" became popular, the developer directly turned the table and quit.

Already.

Looking back at "Paradise", let alone the fact that the agency fee for this already hugely successful game is much higher than that of "Legend of Legend", their business model of having a hand in everything is fucked up enough.

Chen Li believes that if Chen Qiao in his previous life had the money to obtain the agency rights for the game "Paradise", the benefits he would receive in the end would never be as big as those brought by "Legend of Hot Blood".

So, Chen Li took a sip of scented tea and looked at Chen Qiao opposite.

"Hmm~!"

"I believe in your vision!"

"Just as I was willing to invest in you before, I also trust your judgment this time!"

"Then let's talk about cooperation in detail!"

(End of chapter)