"The biggest threat is Greedy Blue Moon Legend. Unlike the other private servers, which are just small-scale personal ventures, Greedy Blue Moon Legend appears, from my estimates, to be backed by a company with dozens of employees and strong technical, operations, and planning teams.
Their promotional methods and free-game-with-internal-charges model are also worth learning from! We should learn from their strengths, then use the legitimacy of the official game and the company's full strength to strike at them. That's my shallow opinion. I hope the leaders will criticize and correct me." After saying this, Zhou Xiao returned to his seat.
Chen Tianqiao, who still held traditional views regarding promotion and monetization, did not entirely agree with the last thing Zhou Xiao had said. They were nothing more than underhanded and despicable methods. Still, he approved of most of Zhou Xiao's other suggestions.
After coughing twice and waiting until everyone's attention was on him, Chen Tianqiao tapped his fingers rhythmically against the table. His voice was calm yet forceful.
"Xiao Zhou made some excellent points. I'll add a few things to them.
"First, select several employees skilled in hacking and establish a special task force. Their main mission will be to attack the servers and websites of the major private servers! We've already started doing this.
"Second, continue recruiting technical personnel, including but not limited to artists, system designers, programmers, and planners. We need to form a dedicated technical team. We'll create our own 'Legend' and stop letting those Koreans hold us back.
"They don't ban hacks, don't fix bugs, and don't manage the private servers, but when it comes to collecting money, they're damn efficient. What's the difference between this and a fucking property-management company?
"Third, try contacting Greedy Blue Moon Legend for a business partnership and see whether we can acquire it.
"Fourth, send separate lawyer's letters to all the major private servers. The legal department will draft them.
"Fifth, negotiate with the Korean Wemade company regarding the private servers and the modification rights for Legend."
After saying this, Chen Tianqiao looked around the room, intending to assign people to the tasks. Then he suddenly felt the lack of capable talent and had no choice but to send Old Tan into the vanguard.
"The assignments are as follows: Old Tan will take full responsibility for the first and second tasks. For the Legend we develop ourselves, I want to see a finished product in three months! Zhou Xiao will handle the third and fourth tasks. The two of you will report your progress to me every week. As for the final task, I'll personally go to Korea and negotiate with them after some time."
"Yes."
Chen Tianqiao glanced deeply at his wife before saying, "In addition, I'm announcing a personnel adjustment. Zhou Xiao will be promoted to Operations Director and Legend Project Manager. This will also give Qianqian some relief, allowing her to focus her energy on the company's finances. An announcement will be made throughout the company shortly. All right, meeting adjourned!"
With that, he walked straight out of the conference room, giving the people below no chance to react.
Zhou Xiao was packing up his things while the gazes directed at him from all around were difficult to read.
Luo Qianqian came over first and extended her hand with a smile that did not reach her eyes. "Xiao Zhou, congratulations on your promotion. Sister Luo wishes you smooth sailing." Her tone sank slightly on the final word, which she also drew out a little.
Pretending not to notice, Zhou Xiao lowered his head as usual, bent over, and shook her hand while thanking her. "Thank you for all your care and guidance, Sister Luo!"
This time, he had overstepped his authority, bypassing Sister Luo and sending the report directly to the big boss, straight to the emperor's ears.
Reporting to a superior outside one's chain of command was a serious workplace taboo. This time, he had truly offended Luo Qianqian.
But he did not care. He had sent you a report last month, and then what? Nothing happened afterward.
Since you won't act, I'll act myself!
At least he still had value now. As for the future, that would depend on the big boss's resolve.
If he was a wise lord, Zhou Xiao would continue assisting him. If not, he would use the company's resources to strengthen himself. With his experience and qualifications in operating Legend, by then he would already be free as a bird in the vast sky and would not have to worry about finding a good new employer.
This meeting, which had lasted more than an hour, had finally allowed Chen Tianqiao to see things clearly and make up his mind. He planned to recruit some professional senior executives. Apart from leaving his wife in charge of the finances, it seemed he would have to send those less capable relatives to the second line.
On the way back to his office, he had already thought of a name for the self-developed "Legend."
Legendary World!
Ten o'clock that night.
Chen Hao was doing the accounts in his rented apartment, with an electronic calculator beside him.
4.82 million in March, 9.57 million in April, and as of May 1, they had already broken the record for a single day's revenue, taking in 1.28 million. The figure was still rising nonstop.
The daily revenue would fall back to normal afterward. At an average of 500,000 a day, by the end of the month...
15 million in a month!
Chen Hao silently worked through his subsequent plans.
That should be enough!
Everything he had done before had been to build up the capital to accomplish something big.
And that was—
Chen Hao looked at the huge title on the fourth page of his notebook. There were only two words: Miracle!
Below it was a single line of information that filled the page: In July 2002, The9 obtained the agency rights for Miracle MU and introduced it to China, paying an agency fee of two million US dollars.
At that time, The9 was still a thriving online gaming community. Boss Zhu would use this game to rise to the heavens in a single step, gaining the possibility of obtaining the agency rights for World of Warcraft!
In a person's lifetime, winning one gamble could sometimes bring wealth and glory. But someone who won two gambles in a row could truly be called the Son of Fortune. Boss Zhu was exactly that kind of person. Unfortunately, he later played too much football and lost sight of the bigger picture. After Blizzard terminated its contract with The9 and found a new partner in NetEase, The9 rapidly declined. Oh, and later, when Bitcoin reached its peak, he went off to mine it.
Clearly, no matter how powerful one's fortune was, it could not withstand the drain of football, especially in China. It was said that the big bosses were all football fans. And then what? Weren't they still in the same sorry state? Later, Japan had King Sun, Korea had King Sun, and China could only produce the Iron Prisoner King.
Speaking of Blizzard and NetEase, after the two companies happily tied the knot, they did not enjoy many good days either. At the beginning of 2023, Blizzard, that green-tea bitch, unilaterally dumped NetEase, and NetEase's Blizzard division was disbanded on the spot.
A few months later, Blizzard's plan to cling to a rich patron—Microsoft—fell through, and it wanted to turn back and seek reconciliation.
Blizzard: After experiencing so much, I finally realized that you're the one I love most.
NetEase: Get lost! I'd rather raise pigs than raise you!
Because of this shameless behavior, NetEase directly launched a new product in the company's drink bar: Blizzard Green Tea.
Since the agency announcement would be made in July, that meant Boss Zhu should be negotiating in June. So Chen Hao planned to set off for Korea at the end of May and cut him off in advance.
Not far away, Pang Ban was repeatedly tapping on his phone. Chen Hao walked over and took a look before laughing. "Is Snake really that fun?"
With a sneak attack, he snatched the phone away. After just over ten seconds, Chen Hao accidentally—
GAME OVER!
"Noob!"
"Damn, what kind of difficulty is this?" Chen Hao refused to believe it and started another round. There was actually a game his little game encyclopedia could not handle.
A minute later, he was dead!
Pang Ban looked up and swept him with a glance. The meaning was obvious: weaklings, begone.
"Looks like low-end games aren't suitable for me~" Chen Hao laughed awkwardly, forcefully salvaging his dignity. He almost forgot the important matter. "Old Ban, do you have a passport?"
"No!"
"Then shall we go apply for one tomorrow?"
"Sure!"
Chen Hao took out his phone and called his older brother and Big Bird, telling them that they would be going to Korea for some serious pampering before the end of the month. He told them to request leave in advance and get their passports and visas ready.
Only one major matter remained.
That was to package and transfer Greedy Blue Moon Legend and the private-server alliance, which had just reached its peak.
He had already mentioned this matter to the other two over the phone, giving them a heads-up.
At first, Chen Hao had wanted to lie low and develop slowly. But first, there was not enough time, and second, developing cautiously brought in money too slowly.
Starting from nothing, he could only earn quick money within the limited time available and race against the clock. Therefore, it was inevitable that Greedy Blue Moon would become powerful.
Chen Hao knew that, later on, Shanda would join forces with the Public Security Department to launch a massive campaign against private servers, arresting several typical offenders. Given the current situation, Greedy Blue Moon Legend would definitely be within the scope of the crackdown.
A few months later? Or perhaps next year? He could not remember the exact timing.
In any case, with the money he currently had plus the transfer fee, he would have enough capital to obtain the agency rights for Miracle. There was no need to keep dancing on a tightrope.
This tempting hot potato that generated huge daily profits was better thrown away sooner rather than later.
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