Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

The next day, seven o'clock in the morning.

"Open the door, open the door! Xu Xing, open the door!"

A sudden knock on the door startled Xu Xing and Yan Chijue, who were feeding each other breakfast in the luxury suite.

The two people quickly put down their bowls and looked at each other.

"Ahem, Mr. Xu." Yan Chijiu calmed down his expression and suddenly became serious, "I'll open the door. Please sit down for a while."

Xu Xing was a little helpless at her change of state, waved his hands and leaned on the chair, and then continued to eat breakfast.

Yan Chijuan had already stood up from the chair, and moved his breakfast from the position next to Xu Xing to the opposite side of the table, and then moved the chair over.

After doing this, she quickly ran to the door of the room, opened the door, and brought Xu Niannian in.

"What are you doing?" Xu Niannian walked in and looked up and down, curiously asking.

"We are having breakfast." Yan Chi stood aside with a jealous look, "Sister Nian Nian, have you eaten? Do you want to order one for you?"

"No, no, no, I'm not very hungry." Xu Niannian was a little disappointed. He originally wanted to take Xu Xing to have breakfast with him.

But it doesn't matter.

Xu Niannian wandered over to Xu Xing's side, stole half an egg from Xu Xing's bowl and stuffed it into his mouth without any objection.

Xu Xing looked at this guy speechlessly: "If you want to eat, I'll order one for you. What do you mean by stealing my breakfast?"

"What's wrong with your breakfast?" Xu Niannian pressed Xu Xing's head and rubbed his hair.

"Didn't you say yesterday that you would meet in my room at half past eight?" Xu Xing ignored her little actions and continued to eat breakfast, "Why are you here so early in the morning?"

"Yuanyuan went out early in the morning. She said she was going to meet a big shot her mother knew. He has a lot of experience in financing contracts. She was wondering if she could invite someone to check it out." Xu Niannian slapped her butt.

He sat on the sofa next to him and said, "I'm bored staying alone in the room, so why don't I come up to you?"

Yan Chijuan did his job as a secretary and poured Xu Niannian a glass of water and handed it to the coffee table. Then he sat back at the table and continued to eat breakfast quietly without disturbing the chat between the two siblings.

and quarrel.

"The rich second generation is different." Xu Xing sighed with Yao Yuanyuan's connections, and felt a little more at ease about the subsequent financing contract negotiations.

…

October 4th, 2pm.

A subsidiary of Tencent Group, Motan Studio.

Planner Wei Hong held a fresh planning plan in his hand and ran excitedly to the office of Xiang Kangyu, the studio's chief planner, and handed the plan to the table.

"Have you got any new ideas?" Xiang Kangyu took the document, opened it slowly, and immediately frowned, "Parkour? Secret escape?"

"It is indeed parkour, but it is not 3D like Escape." Wei Hong showed a proud smile on his face and quickly explained to Kang Yu, "I have been studying Escape these days and analyzing the internal reasons for its success.

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"In fact, it boils down to a very simple game. It is a parkour game where you cannot control the character to move forward or backward. You can only avoid obstacles and obtain rewards by constantly turning and turning, so that players can always stay focused and stimulated."

"So actually the focus is not on the 3D of the secret escape or the innovative use of gyroscopes. The core of the gameplay is nothing more than the logic of parkour."

"In this case, we don't have to compete with Uncharted Escape to compete for any 3D tracks. We can directly return to the theme and style of the side-scrolling 2D, and we can still achieve results."

Xiang Kangyu listened to Wei Hong's excited words, calmly looked through his plan, and then sighed.

"Have you been studying secret escape these days?"

"yes."

"Have you seen the new game released by Tianshu Company early yesterday morning?"

"I didn't pay much attention. I just wanted to finalize the planning plan first, and then take the time to experience their new games." Wei Hong honestly said, "After all, two hits in a row is an exaggeration. Even if the new games are of good quality,

But it is estimated that it is unlikely to continue the popularity of the previous two models.”

"Then I suggest you take a look at their new game first." Xiang Kangyu glanced at him and threw the immature planning plan in front of Wei Hong, "After you read it, I guess you can

If you have new ideas and ideas about this plan, study hard."

"ah?"

Wei Hong was a little dazed and took over the planning plan blankly, full of doubts in his heart.

He turned around and walked out of Xiang Kangyu's office, returned to his workstation, opened his mobile phone in confusion, found the newly released game [Happy Cool Run] by Tianshu Company, and clicked to download it.

In his opinion, when most game companies produce new games, unless the core gameplay changes, the homogeneity of similar products will tend to be serious.

So when he heard that Tianshu Company had released a new game that was also about parkour, he didn't take it too seriously. After all, the sample of Secret Escape was enough for him to study for a long time.

At most, he can wait until his plan is submitted and approved, and then go see if there is anything he can find at Happy Cool Pao that he can check and fill in.

But after downloading Happy Cool Run, clicking to enter the game, selecting the mode and entering the game, Wei Hong was completely dumbfounded.

2D?

This horse riding is a horizontal version of 2D?!

Instead of making a good 3D track, Tianshu Company actually made a 3D and 2D parkour game at the same time?

And compared with the Secret Escape, the painting style of this Happy Run is also more like the Q version of the two-dimensional cartoon, which is very similar to Tencent’s consistent painting style.

Before seeing this game, Wei Hong's thoughts were almost the same.

It can even be said that after playing a few games of Happy Run, Wei Hong had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, as if this game was perfected and improved based on his planning plan.

It was simply a side-scrolling 2D parkour game that perfectly matched his previous fantasy.

But he hadn't even started doing it yet, so why was he suddenly cut off?

Wei Hong looked at Kaixin Kupao on his mobile phone and fell into deep thought for a long time.

Should I copy you now, or should I think about it and copy you again?

the other side.

In Xiang Kangyu's office.

After checking the data of Tianshu Company's recent three games, Xiang Kangyu also fell into deep thought.

In just three days during the National Day, Secret Escape exceeded the 5 million download mark, and Fruit Assassin is not far behind. It has now reached 13 million downloads, with a daily increase of about 1 million.

This kind of explosive growth in the number of players, even if it is applied to some games with QQ traffic support, it is difficult to see such an exaggerated speed.

This explains something.

These two games are promoted not only by relying on online public opinion and marketing advertisements.

Among the offline player user groups, the players’ own tap water recommendations are also particularly important.

Especially for games like Fruit Assassin and Secret Escape, which are very simple and easy to play, even middle-aged people who don’t usually play games can easily become addicted to them.

Coupled with their free nature, they are simply invincible in the domestic environment.

After the launch of Happy Cool Pao, Xiang Kangyu’s views have been continuously confirmed.

From early morning to now, in just over ten hours, the download volume of Happy Cool Run has been boosted by traffic from all parties. Although the growth rate is not as fast as that of Secret Escape, it has already reached 400,000 downloads at this time.

By the time the National Day is over, there will be a player base of millions.

If these three games are allowed to ferment for another month or two, it will be possible to develop one or two national-level mobile games by then.

However, if there are only one or two mobile games, Xiang Kangyu will not pay special attention. At most, he will let his subordinates try it to see if they can make some competing products and seize market share.

However, Xiang Kangyu discovered Tianshu Company's small move of secretly promoting WeChat Assistant.

In particular, the game center function in WeChat Assistant is very similar to QQ's game center. It is used to integrate games and accumulate game players, and to form an exclusive internal publicity channel, which is a good way out.

Once Tianshu Company produces more games in the future, and even connects with high-quality games from other game companies, it will really be possible to build a strong game channel platform by focusing on both the quality and quantity of games.

Unfortunately, Xiang Kangyu was unable to determine the current number of downloads and user registrations of WeChat Assistant.

We can only check the respective download numbers from the application stores of major Android mobile phones and the App Store of Pineapple. Even if we add them all up, it is estimated to be only ten or twenty thousand.

But Xiang Kangyu knows very well that the majority of downloads should come from the game's built-in diversion and the tap water recommended by players to each other.

For example, Fruit Assassin and Secret Escape, including the new Happy Run, can be bound to the WeChat Assistant account to achieve the same effect as one account.

You only need to register once, so there is no need to register for other apps, just log in directly.

Even as long as you download WeChat Assistant, if Tianshu Company releases a new game, you can receive the message on WeChat Assistant and download it directly.

After downloading, click directly in the game center of WeChat Assistant to log in to your account with one click.

If you download the game directly through WeChat Assistant, Tianshu Company does not need to pay a share to any channel provider.

Domestic Android channels are basically split 50-50. If Tianshu Company develops WeChat Assistant as a game promotion and distribution platform, the company's profits in the future can be almost doubled.

Thinking of this, Xiang Kangyu calmed down, opened his mailbox, thought about it, and then sent an email to the team in charge of QQ.

…

Two days passed quickly.

The financing agreement is progressing fairly smoothly.

Xu Xing does not have too much control over the projects he invests in. He only needs to ensure that the funds invested can be actually spent on the development of the project.

And the founders and teams he chose were all unicorn companies from the previous life, so at least the probability of being deceived and abducted was much lower.

Coupled with the fact that Yao Yuanyuan invited a senior who is quite experienced in this field, there is no need to worry too much about the loopholes in the contract.

But just when Xu Xing thought that his trip to Kyoto was about to end smoothly, Li Zhibin received a phone call, which made Xu Xing's face look strange.

"Are you talking about the website that broadcasts two-dimensional dramas?" Xu Xing asked in surprise, "Are you sure he is talking about selling the website and not looking for investment?"

"He said he was going to sell it." Li Zhibin scratched his head and asked doubtfully, "Is there something wrong? It seemed that he had just negotiated the terms with someone, but they broke up in the end. He had planned to go back, but he heard that we

Bian has been very active recently, so I came here to try my luck."

When Xu Xing heard what he said, he immediately fell into deep thought.

"What's his name?"

"Xu Yi."

"Is he the only shareholder? Is there anyone else?"

"Yes, he is the only one."

"Hehe, hehe..." Xu Xing touched his forehead. Unexpectedly, the founder of Bizhan, which is far away in Hangzhou, would come to Kyoto. "You can ask him to come over and we can talk."

As he said that, Xu Xing thought of the interesting things he had heard in his previous life about the early days of Bizhan, so he asked again: "Abin, do you usually watch anime?"

"Look, what happened?" Li Zhibin asked strangely.

"Are you a two-dimensional otaku?"

"Why do I feel like you are swearing?"

"How is that possible?" Xu Xing shook his head repeatedly, "I am praising you. This is your advantage."

"I only watch TV series occasionally, and One Piece and Naruto. If you say how experienced you are, you are overthinking."

"It's okay, just take a look." Xu Xing patted Li Zhibin on the shoulder, "You can come and negotiate later. The price within 10 million can be finalized directly without asking me."

"Are you sure?"

"At the same price, the financing accounted for at most more than ten percent, but now we can fully acquire it. Such a beautiful thing is not easy to find."

…

On the afternoon of the 5th, Xu Xing and Li Zhibin met the founder of Bizhan, Xu Yi.

It's also a coincidence.

Xu Yi came to Kyoto originally to seek investment.

As Bizhan gradually separated from Aizhan, the number of users gradually increased, and the pressure on the server also increased, requiring hundreds of thousands of maintenance fees every month.

Although the site itself can also bring in some advertising revenue, it is completely unable to make ends meet and relies entirely on Xu Yi asking for money from his family.

With monthly expenses of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, even if the family conditions are good and he can generate electricity for love, there will definitely be a lot of criticism over time.

So Xu Yi had no choice but to start looking for investment.

However, at present, the largest two-dimensional website in China is still none other than Aizhan. Bizhan, as the second largest website after being independent from Aizhan, is really not popular with investors.

Especially at present, the two-dimensional field in China is still a very niche field. The investments Xu Yi can find are basically less than one million, which is not as much as the money he continues to get from home.

At this moment, Cheng Shaojie, who had previously acquired Aizhan, came to the door and said that he wanted to acquire Bizhan and merge the two stations again.

Xu Yi, who had always relied on his family for support, thought it was good after thinking about it, so he agreed.

As a result, both parties had finalized a 2 million acquisition agreement, but when signing the contract, the assistant next to Cheng Shaojie said something, saying that after the merger, they could rely on traffic to support their live broadcast business.

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As an absolute supporter of ACG, Xu Yi quit on the spot when he heard that the other party had no intention of developing his own website, but simply wanted to rely on website traffic to attract traffic to other projects.

If you look down on the second dimension, I won’t cooperate with people like you!

Xu Yi probably had this idea at the time.

Although he may still feel a little regretful after walking out of the conference room, now that he has said everything, Xu Yi has no other choice but to return to Hangzhou in a state of disgrace and see how long he can hold on.

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However, just when Xu Yi was about to go back, he heard news about Qunxing Investment, which was recently well-known in the industry.

So after taking a look at the flight ticket for the 6th, Xu Yi temporarily gave up his plan to visit Kyoto today and called Li Zhibin.

In the hotel's luxury suite.

Xu Xing couldn't help but laugh a little when he saw Li Zhibin barely coping with the various two-dimensional jokes thrown by Xu Yi.

Although Li Zhibin is not an experienced 2D actor, he usually watches many TV dramas, and he and Xu Yi still have something in common.

After getting to know each other, Xu Yi was very satisfied with Li Zhibin and Xu Xing. They were both young people and two-dimensional. It would be much safer to leave Biz Station in the hands of such people than in the hands of others.

However, Xu Yi was still a little embarrassed and discussed: "Can you leave some shares for me? I don't ask too much, just leave 5%. I can continue to help you operate the website in the future, but the daily expenses of the website will cost you."

Accepted."

"Let me explain in advance, Bizhan is really not profitable right now."

"The Second Dimension is not cheating the Second Dimension. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Let's get together and break up. I would rather continue to support myself than give my children away and be ruined by others."

"You don't have to worry about this." Li Zhibin shook his head. With Xu Xing's support, he had enough confidence to speak. "After the acquisition, we will send someone to take over, but in the early stage, your team will be the main one and the status quo will remain unchanged."

The two parties had a very pleasant conversation.

After finalizing the contract, Xu Xingyang pretended to be curious and asked: "What project is the investor you mentioned before, who is now the actual controller of Aizhan, working on?"

"Oh, Cheng Shaojie." Xu Yi said directly without any hesitation, "He previously worked on a beauty live broadcast project under Winger, but lost to another project team."

"Later, he spent several millions to buy AiZhan, but in the end he had no intention of operating the 2D business properly. Instead, he wanted to divert traffic to his new game live streaming business."

"Originally, I thought that if Aizhan Bizhan joined forces, basically no one in the domestic two-dimensional website could compete with us, but he did this to me, which is really disgusting."

Listening to what Xu Yi said, Xu Xing fell into deep thought for a moment.

Cheng Shaojie seems to be the founder of Douyu Live in his previous life, right?

Douyu Live was originally hatched from within Aizhan?

Xu Xing really didn't expect this.

In his previous life, he paid a lot of attention to Bizhan, but for Aizhan, which has already sunk into the sunset, it is relatively difficult to understand it, and he has no idea about this information at all.

But now that Bizhan was in hand, Xu Xing temporarily took his mind off Aizhan and thought of another crucial candidate.

I don't know what that uncle is doing now.

…

night.

There was a duel between several fruit assassins with Xu Nianlai, and Xu Xing drew several little turtles on her face.

After all the work in Kyoto is over, they will prepare to return to Shanghai tomorrow.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

Xu Xing wiped his face helplessly as the ink on his face was wiped by Xu Niannian: "You have lost so many times, and you still don't want to admit defeat?"

"I suspect that the Fruit Assassin on your phone is a special version. How come you always get the fruit I want to chop?" Xu Niannian said unconvincedly as he wiped the little turtle on his face with a tissue.

But in fact, I was very happy. Using the reason of the game to communicate with Xu Xing, Xu Niannian was already satisfied.

The two quarreled and fought until around ten o'clock in the evening, when Xu Niannian was sent to the door by Xu Xing.

"Go to bed early, you have to catch a flight tomorrow." Xu Xing warned.

"I know, I know." Xu Niannian waved his hand, and did not forget to say to Yan Chijiu behind Xu Xing, "Bye bye Jiji~"

"Yes." Yan Chijiu also waved to Xu Niannian, "Good night, Sister Niannian."

Bang.

The door is closed.

The next second, Yan Chijuan couldn't wait, hugged Xu Xing tightly from behind, and took a few deep breaths greedily.

Feeling the full rise and fall on his back, Xu Xing smiled helplessly: "You just refused to pull you over to play, but now you can't hold it in anymore?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it when I'm playing with you." Yan Chijie whispered, "I always feel that Sister Niannian looks at me very sharply, and it feels like I'll be seen through if I'm not careful."

"Oh, you feel guilty, what can you do?"

Xu Xing turned around and hugged Yan Chijuan's body tightly.

As a result, at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door behind him.

"Slow, slow! Did I leave my room key in there?"

Xu Xing and Yan Chijue were shocked and quickly separated.

Finding the room key card that Xu Niannian had left behind on the sofa, Xu Xing opened the door with a speechless expression and handed the key card to her.

"Can you please be more careful next time? You are so old that you are so neglected."

"You're not my mother, why are you nagging like this?" Xu Niannian rolled his eyes at him, took the room card, and said, "Good night."

"Well, good night."

After closing the door again, Xu Xing turned around and looked at Yan Chijue helplessly.

But after Yan Chijuan calmed down, he pursed his lips and smiled, tilting his head to look at Xu Xing: "Mr. Xu, do you want to take a bath? I'll put the bath water for you?"

"Are you sure this is what a secretary should do?"

"Well... life secretary..."