After experiencing the contents of Omnipotent God, Fang Chong was unable to calm down for a long time.
As a veteran of the gaming industry, he knew exactly how enormous an impact the arrival of Omnipotent God would have on the entire industry.
It would also have a huge impact on the Infinite Game Platform, where he worked.
What made it worse was that the game's current business model was free.
He didn't know whether the studio behind Omnipotent God planned to introduce paid features later. But if they had no plans to do so for the time being, that would be bad news for the Infinite Game Platform.
The impact would become apparent as the game's player base continued to grow.
The Infinite Game Platform held a domestic monopoly, but its player base had long since passed the stage of rapid growth. At this point, the number of players had mostly stabilized, with little fluctuation.
So the arrival of a free hit game would cause the platform to suffer real losses.
Normally, even if players switched games on the platform, they would simply move from Game A to Game B. Those willing to spend money would still spend it on Game B.
For the Infinite Platform, which took a 15% cut of all in-game purchases, this made no difference.
But this time was different.
In Fang Chong's view, given Omnipotent God's quality, its growing popularity would inevitably siphon players away from other games on the platform.
Large numbers of players would abandon their other games and flock to Omnipotent God, becoming loyal players.
Although these players would still be on the Infinite Game Platform, so many of them joining this free game would inevitably deal a huge blow to the platform's profits.
Fang Chong even suspected that if Omnipotent God remained free for the long term, it could drive the Infinite Game Platform from immense profitability to losses—and even bankruptcy.
After experiencing the game, all sorts of emotions churned inside Fang Chong.
Surprise, excitement, fear, worry...
As a devoted gamer, he was thrilled to witness the arrival of a groundbreaking game like Omnipotent God in his lifetime.
But as a senior executive at the Infinite Game Platform, he feared that Omnipotent God would bring the platform to ruin.
After thinking for a while, Fang Chong grew curious about the studio behind the game.
He immediately brought up his virtual desktop and used his access privileges to open the studio profile for Omnipotent God.
Wonder Studio.
Studio introduction: Wonder Studio was registered by "Feng Jingqi" on October 8, 2318...
Number of employees: 2
Major works: Omnipotent God
Contact email: XXXX
Contact phone: XXXX
Wonder Studio had provided very little information to the Infinite Game Platform. Fang Chong was even certain that some of it was fake.
In his eyes, a game with 100% realism could only be described as creation itself.
Yet Wonder Studio's profile showed that it had only two employees.
Unless those two employees were gods, how could they possibly have completed such a massive game development project? Fang Chong couldn't help wondering.
After a moment of silence, Fang Chong took out his phone and called the number Wonder Studio had listed on the platform.
"The number you have dialed is not in service!"
The automated message left Fang Chong stunned.
The contact information was fake too?
Confused, Fang Chong opened his personal email and sent a message to the address Wonder Studio had listed.
He wrote that, on behalf of the Infinite Platform, he hoped to get in touch with them.
The moment he sent the email, he received a reply.
[Delivery failed. This email address does not exist!]
"Are the people in the studio registration department a bunch of pigs? How did they approve this registration when all the information is fake?" Fang Chong cursed when he saw the delivery failure notice.
He couldn't get in touch with the studio, but that only made him more curious about Wonder Studio.
How could a studio capable of making a groundbreaking game be so mysterious? Was there some secret behind it?
Unable to figure it out, Fang Chong thought of the platform's internal mail system.
Every studio registered on the Infinite Game Platform had a platform email address. Fang Chong thought he might be able to reach them that way.
With that in mind, he immediately logged into his platform account and prepared to send Wonder Studio a message through its platform email.
Wanting to show how sincere he was, Fang Chong wrote the email with great care. He spoke earnestly, praised Omnipotent God highly, and included his thoughts after experiencing the game.
After two hours of revising it, Fang Chong finished the email.
But before sending it, he hesitated.
This was too important. He felt he had to report it to the boss and discuss it with him first.
Whether Omnipotent God was an opportunity or the beginning of the Infinite Game Platform's decline would depend on the negotiations and exchanges between the platform and Wonder Studio.
It wouldn't be appropriate for him to contact them on his own, using the Infinite Game Platform's name.
With that in mind, Fang Chong took out his virtual phone and entered a number.
A moment after the call connected, a drowsy voice came from the other end:
"Old Fang? It's so late. Why aren't you asleep? What's up?"
"Where are you? I'm coming over now. There's something important we need to discuss!" Fang Chong said at once.
"Let's talk tomorrow. I'm busy right now... Don't—!"
Before he could finish, Fang Chong heard a woman's voice asking something in the background. He couldn't help sighing.
Several months earlier, the founder and chairman of the Infinite Game Platform had retired, and his son had taken over. But in Fang Chong's eyes, the new boss was nothing but a spoiled playboy who neglected his duties, spent all day indulging in wine and women, and never tried to improve himself.
Fang Chong had promised the old chairman he would do his best to help his son. But after working closely with him, he realized the new boss was hopeless.
The matter was important. Fang Chong held back his frustration, took a deep breath, and continued:
"Where are you?"
"Old Fang, what's going on? Can't you tell me over the phone?" came the exasperated question from the other end.
"A game was recently added to the platform. I think it could completely undermine the platform's established business model..."
"We've got plenty of money. I'll talk to the finance department tomorrow and have them buy that studio outright!"
Hearing that, Fang Chong was so angry his liver hurt.
You little brat, you can want to buy them all you like, but it's up to them whether they're willing to sell!
"Old Fang, we'll talk tomorrow. I'm exhausted. I'm going to sleep!" came the impatient reply.
Fang Chong was helpless. He could only say:
"Wait. I'll send you the information about the studio first. Take a good look, and when you're back tomorrow, we can discuss it properly..."
Before he could finish, he heard the call end with a series of beeps.
Fang Chong was utterly speechless at the new boss.
In fact, he completely understood the new boss's thinking after he took over the Infinite Platform.
He thought the Infinite Game Platform had a complete monopoly over the domestic gaming market, that no competitors could possibly emerge, and that its position was unassailable.
Fang Chong himself had once thought the same.
With its influence and player base, the Infinite Game Platform had secured its place in the domestic gaming market.
But after experiencing Omnipotent God, Fang Chong felt that a crisis had arrived.
A new wave of challengers was closing in. If the platform didn't change, it was only a matter of time before it was overturned.
Fang Chong glanced at the email draft and sighed helplessly. In the end, he still didn't send it.
The email would be sent to the studio in the platform's name, so it carried great weight—and he didn't have the authority to send it.
He'd better wait until the boss came in tomorrow.
But although Fang Chong hadn't sent the email, someone else did.
After receiving the information Fang Chong had sent him about Wonder Studio, Jiang Ming gave it a cursory glance.
"I thought it was something serious. A small company made a hit game. So what?"
After skimming Wonder Studio's profile, Jiang Ming came to that conclusion.
But Fang Chong was a senior executive and his father's most trusted subordinate. Otherwise, his father wouldn't have handed him control of the platform's most important department: reviews.
So Jiang Ming figured he should do something to put Fang Chong at ease.
He tried calling the number listed in the information. When that failed, he tried sending an email.
Both attempts failed.
Already impatient, Jiang Ming stood up, went to his desk, and logged into his Infinite Game account. Using his access privileges, he sent Wonder Studio a message through the platform's email system.
It read:
"Our company is very interested in your studio. Name your price. I hope you make the right choice!"
Several hours later, Tang Yu discovered the email.
After opening it and reading its contents, Tang Yu was dumbfounded.
Was he really this blunt?
But to Tang Yu, the final sentence of the email already sounded like a threat.
Normally, no game studio would dare offend the Infinite Game Platform, since it controlled access to the country's players.
Being blacklisted by the platform meant losing access to players—and being left with no way to make money.
But Tang Yu was no ordinary person, and he didn't care if he offended the Infinite Game Platform.
Still, since the other party had contacted him, he should at least be polite. So Tang Yu typed two characters:
Idiot!
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