Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 244 My name is MT, and I have a body as strong as an iron wall!

Chen Mo is having a great time working in the company.

Online media also started their performance.

The first is Tencent’s strong performance in online games, which is undoubtedly "League of Legends". In major game charts, League of Legends firmly occupies the top three spots.

The number of online users exceeded one million in one month, making it the fastest online game to do so.

The number of members exceeded 2 million in three months, and the phenomenon of server queues is no longer exclusive to World of Warcraft, but also appears on League of Legends servers.

The popularity of League of Legends has also boosted the Internet cafe industry, and Internet cafes of all sizes across the country have begun to be packed.

At the same time, there are more and more works related to League of Legends: fan works, original paintings, animation, cosplay
The most memorable one should be "La la la Demacia la la la. Ashe shoots!"

Mobile games from the other side of the coin have also become the subject of these media reports, especially after the emergence of the National Series of Mobile Games, which has set off a craze for casual games.

Redmi phones and the Bi'an mobile game seem to have become the standard for people's daily life.

In addition to the hits such as "Offering of Love", "Lover" and "Pray to Buddha" that can be heard in the streets and alleys, you can also hear "Dou Dizhu's Little Song" on the mobile phone speakers, and the dubbing that makes people's blood boil: "I'll fight, I'll fight again, I'll fight again~ Forty or eight bars on the ground, and the sky is full of gods and Buddhas!".

The reason why mobile games are more convenient than PC games is that users can play them anywhere and at any size.

Just like some sports are not only played on the bed, games do not have to be played on the table. You can play in the kitchen, on the balcony, in the bathroom, in front of the window, in the car, in the park.
Play while lying down, crawling, sitting, or upside down. There is always a position that suits you!
According to statistics from professional mobile game media, after half a year of development, the Bi'an series of mobile games have occupied 70% of the market share, and once the National series of casual mobile games are released, this figure is likely to reach more than 90%.

As soon as the data came out, many media exclaimed that "Tencent of the mobile game industry has appeared."

However, this statement was met with collective protests from the majority of players.

"Penguin, have no shame and stop trying to get involved with Bi'an. One is a mobile game and the other is an online game. Don't get involved, okay? Don't get involved!"

"What's so great about having a broken phone worth a few hundred dollars? I don't accept the PK in LOL~"

"Damn, the bastard above doesn't even know how to show off his superiority. That's called solo. Do you have the guts to come to DOTA? I guess you don't even know what a counter-killing operation is, haha~"

"Knife the pig!" "Poke the dog!"

Dota and League of Legends players started a classic battle of who is the most legitimate, just like the Alliance dogs and Horde pigs several years ago.
Then the topic gradually went off track
Tencent has a tendency to dominate the online gaming market just as it did in the social field a few years ago.

With its two cash cows, "Fantasy Westward Journey" and Blizzard's "World of Warcraft", NetEase followed closely behind. At the beginning of the year, the public beta of "StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty" also caused some waves.

Unlike the online game market, the mobile game market is completely dominated by Bi'an as it is in a barbaric era. Except that some channels do not even have any Bi'an mobile games, in the Apple Store, which is a barometer of mobile games, Bi'an occupies 7 of the top ten free mobile games.

The online game and mobile game markets are currently booming.

But a company that develops mobile games has hit a freezing point.

"Due to the limited funds of the company, in order to keep the company alive as much as possible, I have to make a painful decision, which is to say goodbye to some classmates.

As a boss, the only thing I can do is not to delay everyone's salary. Those who will be called out will receive an extra month's compensation. This is all I can do, and I hope everyone understands."

Xing Shanhu, the boss of Ledong Excellence, announced the second wave of layoffs to more than a dozen people in the company.

He invested all the capital he had saved from writing novels and working part-time in the past few years into several failed game projects that went overseas.

For his last project, Xing Shanhu spent the last half of his savings to buy the copyright of "My Name is MT". At the same time, he borrowed some gameplay and settings from the currently popular "Legend of Warcraft" and prepared to replicate a card mobile game.

After the actual development, he found that the original funds were not enough and the company was really out of money. He calculated that if he sold his house in Beijing, he could renew the company's rent for another half a year and pay off the two months' salary owed to employees, so that he could at least last until the New Year.

He is very confident about this project and hopes to get a share of the hot mobile game market and keep Ledong Excellence alive.

In fact, Xing Shanhu had thought about attracting investment, but apart from a bunch of failed cases, Ledong Excellence had nothing.

Those investors are all very cunning. Only a fool would invest in such a company.

There are currently sixteen people in the company. After repeated consideration, Xing Shanhu decided to fire six of them who have families, and he can also give them one month's compensation.

Being able to hold on until this moment when we are running out of ammunition and food, everyone is striving for the successful launch of the final project, and salary has become a secondary factor.

In fact, everyone had already taken the initiative to apply for a pay cut in order to complete the project smoothly.

After the layoff list was announced, the six laid-off people found Xing Shanhu and expressed that they could hold on for two months without salary, and would leave if that didn't work.

Xing Shanhu knows that entrepreneurship is a zero-sum game. If you are not careful, you will end up in a bottomless pit. Even if the project is developed, what about the server? What about publicity? What about channel fees? Every step forward is like walking on thin ice.

It was enough for him to get stuck in it, and the people in front of him were all grown up and had families. He really didn't want to delay them, so he rejected their request to work for free without saying anything, and said earnestly,

"When the company's conditions are good, I will definitely look for you again if you are willing to come back." That night, Xing Shanhu treated the six employees to a farewell dinner. His eyes were red during the meal and he drank too much, which was unusual for him.

Afterwards, Ledong Excellence Company, including its boss Xing Shanhu, and a total of 10 people, started research and development day and night.

When you are busy, you will forget about being hungry. Let’s talk about the future later.

A few days later, Xing Shanhu was arguing about a game mechanism with several people from the product and technical departments.

"We don't necessarily have to be the same as Bi'an. They have done so much R&D, while we only have a few. It's OK to copy the game mechanics and gameplay. The model doesn't necessarily have to refer to the Warcraft Legend."

"The success of Beyond is inseparable from these. For the first version of the game, let's be conservative and survive first before we talk about innovation."

Xing Shanhu still disagreed with their views, "That would just be a low-profile version of Warcraft Legend. Why do we want to make it a vertical battle style? Why do we want to make card-style characters? It's because we want to stand on the shoulders of giants and take a different path."

At this time, a technician complained, "Isn't it to save costs and reduce modeling?"

Xing Shanhu's face darkened. "Shut up! If you copy everything from the other side, I'm afraid you'll get a lawyer's letter from Chen Mo from the other side as soon as the game goes online."

"Not really, I'll just be disappointed."

"Of course not. Even though Chen Mo is not angry when being attacked online, who knows what he is like offline... Hey, why are you all talking so big? Isn't it a good idea to not eat lunch?"

As Xing Shanhu was talking, he looked at the exaggerated expressions of several colleagues and was very puzzled.

Then I looked up and saw a handsome guy who appeared beside me out of nowhere, and he looked familiar.
"Hey, you... Damn, where did you come from?" Xing Shanhu trembled as he finally finished this sentence. He couldn't understand even if he tried his best, how could the leader of the mobile game industry, the man behind Xiaomi, appear in such a remote place as his.

Now Xing Shanhu feels like he was caught stealing a pair of original stockings from someone and was fantasizing about it. It's very embarrassing.

"The door was open when I came over. You guys were pretty engaged in the discussion so I came over to listen. Is Mr. Xing available to chat privately?"

"Oh, that's convenient, Mr. Chen, this way~"

The two came to Xing Shanhu's own office, which looked like a grocery room.

Xing Shanhu quickly moved all the messy things off the sofa and said, "Well, Mr. Chen, please sit down. I'll just stand."

The other party was a billionaire boss, and he was a struggling entrepreneur on the verge of bankruptcy. Xing Shanhu didn't feel that he was a senior at all. There was nothing wrong with this. He was just very curious, "Mr. Chen, why are you here?"

Chen Mo said calmly, "I founded the Other Shore Venture Capital Fund before, which mainly engages in angel investment in some Internet start-ups. I am very optimistic about your project, so I decided to execute it this time."

"invest?"

"Acquisition!" Chen Mo thought for a moment and added, "Full acquisition!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I just want to raise funds but don't want to do it for now."

"1000 million..."

"Mr. Chen, I misunderstood." Xing Shanhu waved his hands repeatedly
"2000."

"This is not about money." Xing Shanhu panted.
That's because the money is not enough. Chen Mo smiled and continued to raise the price, "3000 million!"

"Mr. Chen, please don't make it difficult for me."

On the one hand, with this money, everything can be solved, such as servers and employees, and the cost of publicity and promotion can be saved by relying on the other side.

On the other hand, I have no autonomy. Is it still "I'm MT" if it's named after the other side? The other side is so strong, will they make decisions and then kick me out?

Xing Shanhu, who had originally made up his mind, was caught in a dilemma.

Seeing Xing Shanhu struggling, Chen Mo put down his crossed legs and launched the final attack.

“Although you bought the rights to adapt the anime for the mobile game My Name is MT, you don’t have the copyright for World of Warcraft, but I do.

After the full acquisition, I will only invest money and not interfere. You and your founding team will retain 20% of the equity. You will be fully responsible for the company and the decision-making power is yours!"

Seeing that Xing Shanhu was interested, Chen Mo said, "Next year's Bi'an press conference will promote "My Name is MT"."

On the one hand, it means selling everything you have to fight for an unknown future, on the other hand, it is a one-step process and you can reach the maximum level in just a click.

Xing Shanhu took a step forward and held Chen Mo's hands with both hands.

"Thanks to Mr. Chen for his high regard for us, Ledong Excellence and I will do our best to make me a good MT, so as to live up to his wise eyes."

(End of this chapter)