Powerful Penguin

"So you still say you're not a doctor."

After Song Tianming left, Zhang Min immediately abandoned the fat man beside her and fixed her gaze on Wang Yi.

This time, however, the guy who called himself a producer no longer had that peacock-like swagger. Someone capable of befriending a chief physician, and so young at that—honestly, he was no longer someone Cheng Duojin wanted to provoke casually.

Still, he felt somewhat sour about it.

"You said you work in pharmaceutical R&D, little brother? Are you a drug rep? Here on business? My name is Cheng Duojin, and I'm an online drama producer. I do have a few connections, though they're only with some small hospitals and pharmacies."

Suppressing his displeasure, Cheng Duojin asked Wang Yi with a smile.

"No, I'm here to work on software."

Wang Yi told the truth, but such a wildly unrelated answer immediately made Cheng Duojin think he was talking nonsense. After all, few people would reveal everything to someone they had just met while away from home.

After awkwardly chatting for a few sentences, he could only put those thoughts away and prepare to continue talking with the beauty beside him.

But Zhang Min had truly seen plenty. She had only casually humored an online drama producer like him before, and now she could not even be bothered.

Setting everything else aside, the fact that he had been crammed into economy class with her meant he probably could not offer much help. He just wanted something for free—she had seen plenty of men like that.

On the contrary, if this young man was willing, he might truly have some good advice.

Damn it, if he didn't know her background, she could have sucked his soul right out...

Because there was a patient on the plane, they landed more than ten minutes early. Their emergency procedures were quite comprehensive; they had a clear path all the way through and sent the patient straight into an ambulance.

"Heh, in the end, none of the family members even came to thank you."

While lining up to leave, Cheng Duojin remarked with feeling.

"Wouldn't living for others be exhausting? I only did it because I wanted to."

Just as Wang Yi finished speaking, it was his turn. But as he was about to leave, someone tugged at him. Turning around, he saw Zhang Min pulling at his sleeve.

"Little brother, let's find somewhere to chat. If you really came here to sell some kind of software, maybe I can help. I have a cousin who works at Penguin."

Wang Yi was somewhat speechless at that. She probably had quite a few cousins.

"I only said it casually. Thanks."

Then Wang Yi gave a slight tug and freed himself from her grasp, disappearing from their sight in just a few steps.

Women like her were sharp operators. She was probably only testing him, after all. Penguin in Shencheng was a big name.

Besides, Wang Yi did not think someone found through such a chance encounter could help him with anything. Big companies had their own procedures...

"Boss, you flirted with another girl again? She's a bad woman. Stay away from her."

After Wang Yi got into a taxi headed for the hotel and put on his earphones, Lin Shiqin's voice came through them.

"You didn't hack the plane, did you?"

Wang Yi raised his brows and asked.

"How would I dare? You said I couldn't act recklessly unless I was absolutely certain. I'm your summoned creature—how could I disobey you?"

Lin Shiqin spoke pitifully before offering an explanation.

"I only turned on your phone's recording function before you boarded."

Wang Yi was speechless. His artificial intelligence really was a peeping tom, but he did not order her to stop.

It was a good thing for employees to have initiative. It was not a big deal.

Otherwise, why not just use Li Yao to make some kind of answering machine?

Then Lin Shiqin spoke quickly.

"I heard that woman's phone number and sent her a link for a free Estee Lauder giveaway. I planted a backdoor on her phone. Tsk, my eyes have really been opened. She even films little videos of herself. Want me to play them for you? They're very practical..."

Listening to the incessant chatter in his ears, Wang Yi could not help showing a deadpan expression.

Sure enough, you really are a peeping tom...

Still, back at the Mage Tower, he had grown used to chatting with his AI butler. With an employee like this, the journey would not be boring.

"Send me some journals on Biomedicine. Weight them by date, citations, and the authors' credentials."

"Received."

The hotel Lin Shiqin booked for Wang Yi was a five-star hotel, and it was also very close to Penguin's headquarters. However, she had snagged a promotional discount coupon, so it only cost two hundred yuan a night and even came with a breakfast voucher.

After arriving at the hotel, Wang Yi temporarily stopped studying a previous paper on stem cell repair of cardiac muscle. The theory was quite innovative, and the experimental data was beautiful. When he had time, Wang Yi planned to recreate the experiment using the Science Institute's laboratory and perhaps first verify it indirectly on himself.

But for now, he still needed to improve the PPT.

The chibi Lin Shiqin remained on the computer desktop, happily watching Wang Yi. From time to time, she also helped simplify some of his steps.

As an artificial intelligence core formed from a Resentful Spirit, she could program any scene she could imagine. If she could not imagine it, she could also "borrow" other images from the internet. Her capabilities were extremely powerful.

She could actually have handled the PPT directly for Wang Yi, but since Wang Yi would have to present it himself later, it was better for him to do it himself.

"When is the appointment with Penguin?"

"Tomorrow at three in the afternoon."

"Got it."

Inside Meeting Room 1403, Block B, Penguin Building, Wang Yi was explaining the PPT to three Penguin game marketing department staff members.

The three staff members carefully examined the PPT while occasionally making handwritten notes, whispering among themselves from time to time.

After Wang Yi finished, the person seated in the middle spoke.

"Mr. Wang, you are truly a promising young man. You independently developed four mini-games just after graduating. Among them, Daily Cool Run aligns very well with Penguin's gaming philosophy, and Jump Jump is also suitable for mini-games. But as for Yang Le Le Yang, forgive me for being blunt, it does not meet our game standards. However, considering that Mr. Wang has provided several quality games, we can add it to the mini-program, but we will not give it any additional promotion."

Penguin had now updated Shake Message to version 5.0 and launched its first Shake Message mini-game, Airplane Battle.

Many independent Gamers and small studios wanted to cling to Penguin's thigh.

Moreover, unlike later on, when Penguin would have competitors for traffic, Penguin currently stood alone in the traffic market, supreme and unrivaled!

Thus, compared to the future, when game developers could receive as much as seventy percent of the revenue split, Shake Message mini-games cooperating with Penguin could currently receive no more than thirty percent, while less favored ones might receive only ten percent.

As for app games like Temple Run and Daily Cool Run, there was no need to even think about revenue sharing. They could only be bought out outright.

Since Wang Yi had personally come here and carefully prepared a PPT, he naturally understood the situation.

Whether it was Daily Cool Run, Jump Jump, or even the future Honor of Kings, they were made successful by Penguin, not the other way around!

As for Yang Le Le Yang, the game really was simple, and it really was heavily criticized. But there was no denying that its ability to make people click ads was absolutely first-rate.

It had players' psychology in a death grip. After playing it once, they would definitely curse loudly, but most players would still click the ads.

It might be a one-shot game, but it could make money!

In Wang Yi's previous life, the game had not been popular for long, yet after the platform's cut, the game company earned more than forty million in ten days!

An ordinary listed company might only have that much revenue in an entire year...

Sure, there were short-video platforms back then, and because competing products existed, game developers could receive up to seventy percent of the revenue. But this was still enough to show the game's Brain Platinum effect. It looked silly, yet it had the ability to make money.

Although Shake Message currently dominated the market, promotion was not as convenient as short videos, and the commission cut was brutal.

Still, Wang Yi's expectations were not high. It would be enough if it could earn roughly the same buyout price as the previous games.

But the prerequisite was that Penguin had to provide traffic promotion.

Wang Yi had created it to make quick money in the first place. If they were unwilling to promote it, then it truly would be useless.

"Could we do this? I have some traffic on Weibo myself, so I can help promote it. If the results exceed your company's expectations, then you can increase the promotion afterward. How about that?"

This was also one of the reasons Wang Yi had the confidence to come alone and pitch to a giant conglomerate like Penguin. He came with his own traffic.

He would just harvest a batch of fan chives—gently, of course...

Two updates complete...

I know everyone looks down on Yang Le Le Yang, but the game was actually incredibly precise at manipulating players' mentality. It was a textbook example of making quick money.

As for its revenue, many industry experts have calculated it. Forty million in ten days was probably a conservative estimate. The game company distributed one billion in dividends over the first three quarters.