Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

After staying in the private room of the Internet cafe all morning, Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan did not waste time and continued to build the framework for the Android version of Fruit Assassin.

After discovering that there were a lot more codes than yesterday, Xu Xing knew that Yan Chijuan must have secretly worked overtime again last night.

It feels like raising a programmer version of a snail girl.

"Why hasn't the meal been served yet?"

At noon, Xu Xing waited until almost twelve o'clock, but he didn't see Yao Yuanyuan bringing a lunch box to have lunch with him. He couldn't help but get up and walk out of the private room, walked all the way to the halfway point of the stairs, and shouted to the front desk below: "Yao Yuanyuan! Where's today's lunch?"

?!"

"Oh! Come right away! Wait a little longer!"

Yao Yuanyuan below was talking to a woman at this time. After hearing the sound of Xu Xing above, she realized and went to bring food.

So he quickly said to this woman: "Anyway, that's what happened. I should have been in the Internet cafe in the past few days. You can get started first. If you have any questions, just ask me anytime."

"That's it for now, I'll leave the front desk to you." Pei Qinglan, who was standing next to Yao Yuanyuan, waved her hand and said to the woman, then glanced at Yao Yuanyuan, "You want to eat, right? Me too?"

"Okay." Yao Yuanyuan agreed, asked her mother what she wanted to eat, and then ran to the restaurant next door to get a lunch box.

Carrying four lunch boxes, she returned to the Internet cafe. Yao Yuanyuan walked in front, followed by Pei Qinglan, and the two of them walked toward the private room upstairs.

"I haven't heard you talk about the studio lately, how is it going?" Pei Qinglan asked as she went upstairs.

"Ahem." Yao Yuanyuan said seriously, clearing her throat, "This involves the internal secrets of our studio and will not be disclosed to the public for the time being."

"Very good." Pei Qinglan nodded decently, but she was not angry at all. Instead, she encouraged, "We must have this awareness in the future. Don't say anything you shouldn't say to others, even to those close to you.

Consider the risk of leaking some information."

"Actually, it's not impossible to say." Yao Yuanyuan chuckled, "But we have to eat together anyway. Mom, you can just ask Xu Xing directly later. I'm only in charge of finances and I don't understand games."

"Have you run out of money in your studio?"

"Ahem...don't say it, don't say it." Yao Yuanyuan shook her head repeatedly. This kind of professional ethics still needs to be maintained.

The two of them walked up to the second floor. Yao Yuanyuan opened the door and entered the private room, putting the lunch box on the coffee table.

Xu Xing heard the movement at the door. When he got up and saw Pei Qinglan, his eyes were slightly surprised, and then he said with a smile: "Long time no see, aunt."

"Well, it's been a long time indeed." Pei Qinglan chuckled and nodded, "Do you mind having lunch together?"

"How is that possible? As long as Auntie doesn't mind it." Xu Xing pulled up a chair and sat on the edge of the coffee table, Yan Chijuan sat on the single sofa, and Yao Yuanyuan and Pei Qinglan sat on the long sofa together.

The four of us sat in a circle, opened our lunch boxes, ate and chatted.

"I originally wanted to ask Yuanyuan how the progress of your studio is going, but my daughter is more disciplined and refused to tell me." Pei Qinglan made a little joke first, and then asked, "You guys will start school today, right?"

, has the game been made?”

"It has been submitted for review." There was nothing to hide about this, so Xu Xing said directly, "It will be officially launched on the App Store after it passes the review in a few days."

"Domestic?" When Pei Qinglan heard that it had entered the review process, she couldn't help but subconsciously took out her Pineapple phone, clicked on the App Store, and looked at the new product recommendation column in the game category.

I wonder if this fruit-cutting game from Xu Xing and his studio has a chance to be exposed on the Internet.

But the next second, Pei Qinglan heard Xu Xing shake his head and say: "It's not domestic for the time being, we will ship to the North American market first."

Pei Qinglan was stunned for a moment. After a few seconds, a lot of information was integrated and analyzed in her mind, and she suddenly came to a realization.

“A very smart decision.”

She is not Li Zhibin, so she is very aware of some differences between the domestic and foreign markets.

Especially in the field of mobile phones, which will be a very important investment target in the investment field in the next ten years, Pei Qinglan has naturally done in-depth research.

If the first goal of the games produced by Xu Xing and his studio is to be listed on the Pineapple Phone App Store as the first distribution channel, then simply based on the current situation, the North American market must be a better option than the domestic market.

First point, although Pineapple Phone 5 has triggered a huge trend around the world, and China has a huge population of 1.3 billion, the number of people who can actually buy Pineapple Phone is not yet as large as the number of users in the North American local market.

This conclusion can be drawn from this year’s pineapple mobile phone shipment data in various places.

The second point is that Pei Qinglan, who has worked in an Internet cafe, knows one thing very well. The atmosphere and environment of game payment in China are not at the same level as the development scale of the game payment system in North America.

As for current mobile games, especially on the App Store, pay-to-play mobile games are still the mainstream trend for the time being, and not many people are exploring the free mobile game model.

Therefore, publishing games in the North American market, where the buyout system is prevalent, is undoubtedly a better choice than publishing games domestically.

Thinking of this, Pei Qinglan's eyes changed slightly when she looked at Xu Xing.

She didn't know whether Xu Xing really knew the reasons behind these, or whether he was simply yearning for foreign markets, but just such a decision was already worth a lot of money.

Especially if you want to publish a game in a foreign market, the language used internally in the game must also be English, which requires the person in charge to determine this during the game production process.

In other words, as early as the game's production process, Xu Xing had already determined that the game would be released in North America first.

It has to be said that Pei Qinglan thought that her evaluation of Xu Xing was high enough when she came last time, but after this exchange, it seems that her view of Xu Xing needs to be refreshed and reconstructed.

"Auntie, thank you." Xu Xing said modestly, "I just think that foreigners are developed countries after all, and there are more people with spare money, so they shouldn't mind spending some money to buy our games."

To put it bluntly, foreigners have a lot of money, so their business is smoother, especially with the buyout system, making it easier to make a name for themselves in North America.

Pei Qinglan did not believe what he said, but just listened to it tentatively.

She no longer views Xu Xing as a quasi-freshman, but looks at him from the perspective of an investor looking at an outstanding entrepreneur.

"You don't have to be modest. I have to say that the decision you made is quite beautiful." Pei Qinglan said slowly, "However, no matter how beautiful the decision is, releasing a game always requires corresponding publicity."

"Although Pineapple Company can also provide a certain degree of exposure for new games, if you want to ferment and promote the game earlier, you will definitely have to use other channels of promotion."

"To do this, you must have enough funds. Can your studio still afford it?"

Now when he mentions money to Xu Xing, he feels so painful that he can't breathe.

When he thought that he was about to become an ordinary college student with only more than a thousand yuan left, he felt that fate really played tricks on people's hearts.

But when facing Pei Qinglan, he just smiled helplessly: "With this promotion, no matter how much money you have, you can squander it all in one go."

"But we are just a small, relaxing game, and the funds currently on our books are barely enough."

"The initial publicity is definitely not a big problem."

"That's right." Pei Qinglan nodded, but still looked at Xu Xing meaningfully, and finally said unhurriedly, "I kind of regret it now."

"Um?"

"I originally said that I could leave you an investment of 100,000 yuan, but now it seems that I am more conservative." Pei Qinglan smiled at him, and then continued, "If you encounter problems with funds in the future, come to me directly.

, I can reserve at least one million in financial support for you."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Xing just raised his eyebrows.

Yan Chijue on the side opened his mouth in shock.

Obviously in the morning, the boss was joking about what he would do if he suddenly went bankrupt, but now he can easily get an investment of one million in the blink of an eye?

So will her fantasy of hiring her boss as an employee never come true?

Yan Chijuan's mind was still filled with the huge impact of the huge sum of one million.

Yao Yuanyuan on the other side was a little surprised.

The previous investment amount of 100,000 yuan was Pei Qinglan's personal investment intention.

Once the scale reaches one million, it will definitely need to be reported and discussed within the company.

Although Pei Qinglan definitely has an unparalleled status in her own company, decisions about investment projects still need to be confirmed through meetings with her professionals.

Now that Pei Qinglan can say this, he is obviously very sure that the games and potential of Xu Xing's studio will have a high probability of passing their internal review even if it is put into the company's internal meeting.

For Xu Xing, a quasi-college student, this is really a very powerful thing and even seems a bit scary to Yao Yuanyuan.

After all, it is quite common for college students to start a business, but the opportunity to start a business right after graduating from high school and receive a million dollars in investment is extremely rare even in North America where entrepreneurship is popular.

"Then thank Auntie in advance for your appreciation." Xu Xing smiled and said tactfully to Pei Qinglan, "If our game hits the market in North America, I will definitely come to Auntie to invest in the next game."

Pei Qinglan seemed to have expected his reaction. She just chuckled and nodded calmly: "It doesn't matter. If your game can really make some achievements in the North American market, then one million is just a starting point."

, I have never been stingy with excellent companies."

"Auntie, this is a bit over-the-top." Xu Xing smiled and said, "I haven't even put a game on the shelves yet."

Pei Qinglan just smiled and said nothing more.

But when he got up to leave after eating, he didn't forget to take out a business card from his bag and handed it to Xu Xing.

Xu Xing stood up and walked Pei Qinglan to the door of the private room. After watching her leave, he looked down at the business card in his hand.

[Shenglan International Investment Management Co., Ltd.—General Manager: Pei Qinglan]

Below is a brief introduction, including that Pei Qinglan graduated from the Department of Finance at Columbia University in North America, worked for a number of investment banks, and previously served as the head of Greenwood Capital in the China Shanghai Stock Exchange area.

The resume is very substantial and exciting, and Xu Xing is a little dazzled by it.

He had guessed Pei Qinglan's identity, background and strength before, but he never expected that he would be such a senior figure.

If Pei Qinglan hadn't arranged the Internet cafes, restaurants, milk tea shops and other business projects on this street for her daughter as a joke, Xu Xing would never have met someone of Pei Qinglan's level in the early stages of starting his business.

But unfortunately, he does not lack investment money now.

The release of Fruit Assassin is already on track, step by step, and there is no need to make too much additional investment.

Although Xu Xing is a little short of money now, it is just a small amount of money to make his college life more comfortable. If Pei Qinglan opens his mouth, it will be a big money of one million.

Although he also feels that Pei Qinglan has a very sharp vision, purely from the perspective of an entrepreneur, investors like Pei Qinglan should be a good partner.

But unfortunately, Xu Xing is not a normal person after all. After being reborn, he has such an advantage in controlling the future direction that there is no need to share with others the fruits of victory that he could have grabbed alone at this time.

However, Xu Xing declined Pei Qinglan politely and even got the business card from Pei Qinglan. In the eyes of Yao Yuanyuan, a daughter, it was not incredible.

Although Pei Qinglan's business card is not a rare thing, in the past, Yao Yuanyuan could see only a few people under the age of thirty who were given business cards by Pei Qinglan.

As a result, Xu Xing, a quasi-college student who was not yet twenty years old, seemed a little too outstanding among these people.

"I always feel like I accidentally joined a very powerful company?" Yao Yuanyuan couldn't help but joke.

"You are overthinking." Xu Xing returned to his seat and smiled lowly at her, "At least not yet."

…

After lunch, the time came to one o'clock in the afternoon.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Xing said to Yan Chijiu next to him: "Let's go and report to school."

"Okay." After hearing this, Yan Chijue stood up immediately, trotted to his suitcase, looked around the private room, and after confirming that nothing was left behind, nodded vigorously towards Xu Xing, "I'm ready."

"You don't have to be so serious." Xu Xing couldn't help laughing when he saw her serious face, "Relax, college is much more relaxed than high school."

With that said, Xu Xing also packed up his suitcase and walked out of the private room.

The two walked out of the private room door, looked back at the private room, their eyes lingered on the sofa, single bed, computer desk and chair, and finally withdrew their gaze and closed the door.

Yan Chijiu still had some reluctance in his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Will you come again in the future?"

"Definitely, this is our secret base." Xu Xing nodded, pulled the suitcase and walked downstairs, "Let's go."

Yao Yuanyuan, who was explaining the Internet cafe affairs to someone at the front desk downstairs, saw the two people coming downstairs and shouted quickly: "Hey! Wait for me!"

"What are you doing?" Xu Xing looked at Yao Yuanyuan who was running over and couldn't help but ask.

"If you want to take the subway, I'll drive you to the subway station." Yao Yuanyuan showed her car keys and said.

"Then why don't you send us directly to school."

"I'm very busy, okay! I'll just take you to the subway station." Yao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and walked straight out the door, "Let's go, hurry up."

Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan followed, got into Yao Yuanyuan's car, and went smoothly to the nearby subway entrance.

After getting out of the car, Yao Yuanyuan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, warned Yan Chijue: "Jiejue, be careful of those sweet-talking boys when you enter college. If you have anything on your mind, feel free to tell me."

Xu Xing glanced at her: "What's wrong with you with your sweet words?"

"Shut up." Yao Yuanyuan glared at him angrily, "I'm talking to Jessie, don't interrupt."

Yao Yuanyuan warned Yan Chiju again. At this time, Yao Yuanyuan was like an old mother sending her daughter to school. She talked for several minutes before giving up, which made Xu Xing a little impatient.

"Okay, okay, if you have anything to say, please save it for next time."

After waving goodbye to Yao Yuanyuan, Xu Xing grabbed Yan Chijuan's arm and pulled her toward the subway station.

"Yuanyuan, goodbye Yuanyuan!"

Yan Chijuan felt her wrist being grasped by warm hands, her heartbeat quickened instantly, and she was panicking. She only had time to say goodbye to Yao Yuanyuan in a hurry before she was pulled into the passage of the subway entrance by Xu Xing.

Yao Yuanyuan looked at Yan Chi who was in such a state just because his wrist was pulled, and helplessly covered her cheeks, not knowing what to say.

On the other side, after Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan successfully walked into the subway passage, a boy's voice suddenly came from next to them.

"Yan Chiju? Are you going to report for duty today too?"