Polite Reply

After experiencing the content of the game Omnipotent God, Fang Chong could not calm down for a long time.

As a veteran in the gaming industry, he clearly understood the massive shock the emergence of Omnipotent God would cause to the entire industry.

It would also have a tremendous impact on the Infinite Game Platform where he worked.

Especially since the current monetization model for this game was completely free.

He was unsure if the studio behind Omnipotent God would implement monetization features later, but if they had no such plans for the time being, it was definitely not good news for the Infinite Game Platform.

This impact would become more apparent as the number of players for Omnipotent God continued to grow.

For the Infinite Game Platform, which held a monopoly domestically, the growth rate of its player base had long passed its rapid development phase; the current number of players was basically fixed, with little fluctuation.

Therefore, the appearance of a hit free-to-play game would cause substantial damage to the platform's interests.

Under normal circumstances, even if players on the platform switched games, they would simply move from Game A to Game B, and players willing to spend money would still spend it on Game B.

For the Infinite Platform, which took a 15% cut of all recharge fees across all games, this had no impact.

But the situation was different now.

In Fang Chong's view, given the quality of Omnipotent God, its rising popularity would inevitably "drain" the other games on the platform.

During this period, a large number of players would abandon other games, flock to Omnipotent God, and become loyal players of this title.

Although these players were still on the Infinite Game Platform, the influx of a massive number of players into a free-to-play game like Omnipotent God would inevitably deal a huge blow to the platform's profitability.

Fang Chong even suspected that if Omnipotent God remained free for a long time, it might even lead the Infinite Game Platform from high profitability to losses, or even bankruptcy.

After experiencing the game's content, a flurry of emotions surged in Fang Chong's heart.

Surprise, excitement, fear, worry...

As a loyal gamer, he was very happy to see an epoch-making game like Omnipotent God appear in his lifetime.

At the same time, as a high-level executive of the Infinite Game Platform, he worried that Omnipotent God would lead the platform toward an irredeemable situation.

After pondering for a moment, Fang Chong became curious about the studio that produced this game.

He immediately awakened his virtual desktop and used his administrative privileges to open the details page of the studio that created Omnipotent God.

Wonder Studio.

Studio Profile: 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

The information registered by Wonder Studio on the Infinite Game Platform was very sparse, and Fang Chong was certain that some of it was fake.

In his view, a game with 100% realism could even be described as an act of creation.

Yet, the details page for Wonder Studio showed that they only had two employees.

Unless these two employees were gods, how could they possibly complete such a massive game development project? Fang Chong couldn't help but think.

After a moment of silence, Fang Chong took out his phone and dialed the contact number registered by "Wonder Studio" on the platform.

"The number you have dialed is not in service!"

The voice prompt left Fang Chong stunned.

The contact information was fake too?

Confused, Fang Chong then opened his personal email and sent a message to the email address registered by Wonder Studio.

The specific content was to express, in the name of the Infinite Platform, a desire to get in touch with them.

As soon as the email was sent, he received a reply.

[Sending failed, email address does not exist!]

"Are the people in the studio registration department pigs? How could they successfully register a studio with all fake information!" Fang Chong couldn't help but curse after receiving the delivery failure notification.

Unable to contact them, Fang Chong's curiosity about Wonder Studio grew even stronger.

How could a studio capable of producing an epoch-making game be so mysterious? Was there some secret?

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 mailbox, and Fang Chong felt he might be able to use it to get in touch with them.

Thinking of this, Fang Chong immediately opened his platform account and prepared to send an email to Wonder Studio's platform mailbox.

To show his sincerity, Fang Chong wrote this email very carefully, using an earnest tone, giving high praise to Omnipotent God, and including his own thoughts from when he experienced the game.

After two hours of editing and revising, Fang Chong finished the email.

However, before sending it, Fang Chong paused.

He felt that for a matter of this magnitude, he had to report and discuss it with his boss first.

Whether the emergence of Omnipotent God was an opportunity or the beginning of the Infinite Game Platform's decline depended entirely on the upcoming negotiations between the platform and Wonder Studio.

It was inappropriate for him to contact the other party on his own authority in the name of the Infinite Game Platform.

With this in mind, Fang Chong took out his virtual machine and entered a string of numbers.

A moment after the call connected, a groggy voice came from the other end:

"Old Fang? It's so late, why aren't you resting? What's the matter?"

"Where are you? I'm coming over to see you right now; we have something important to discuss!" Fang Chong said immediately.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm busy right now... stop bothering me!"

Before he could finish, Fang Chong heard a woman's voice asking questions from the other end of the line, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Several months ago, the founder and chairman of the Infinite Game Platform retired, and his son took over. However, in Fang Chong's eyes, the new boss was nothing more than a good-for-nothing playboy, obsessed with wine and women all day long, showing no signs of improvement.

Although he had promised the former boss that he would help his son, after closer contact, Fang Chong realized that the new boss was a piece of trash that couldn't be molded.

The matter was of great importance, so Fang Chong suppressed his emotions, took a deep breath, and continued:

"Where are you!"

"Old Fang, what on earth is going on? Can't you just say it over the phone?" a frustrated voice asked from the other side.

"The platform recently listed a game, and I feel that this game has the full potential to disrupt the platform's established profit model..."

"We have plenty of money. I'll find the finance department tomorrow and have them just buy that studio out!"

Hearing this, Fang Chong felt a sharp pain in his liver from anger.

You little bastard, if you want to buy it, you have to see if they're even willing to sell!

"Old Fang, let's talk tomorrow. I'm exhausted, I'm going to sleep!" an impatient voice came from the other end.

Feeling helpless, Fang Chong could only say:

"Wait, let me send you the information about their studio first. Take a good look at it, and we'll discuss it properly when you come back tomorrow..."

Before he could finish, the "beep-beep" sound had already started.

Fang Chong was completely speechless regarding this new boss.

In fact, he fully understood the new boss's mindset since taking over the Infinite Platform.

He believed that the Infinite Game Platform had already completely monopolized the domestic game market, making it impossible for any rivals to appear, and that his position was secure.

Fang Chong had thought the same way before.

With the influence and player base of the Infinite Game Platform, they had firmly secured their hold on the domestic market.

But after experiencing the game Omnipotent God, Fang Chong felt that a crisis had arrived.

The waves of the new era were closing in; if they didn't make changes, being overturned was only a matter of time.

He glanced at his email drafts, sighed helplessly, and ultimately chose not to send it.

Because this email would be sent to the other party in the name of the platform, it carried significant weight, and he did not have the authority to do so.

He would just have to wait until the boss arrived tomorrow.

However, even though Fang Chong didn't send the email, someone else did.

After receiving the information about "Wonder Studio" from Fang Chong, Jiang Ming gave it a rough glance.

"I thought it was something major; isn't it just a small company that made a hit game?"

After skimming through the detailed information on Wonder Studio, Jiang Ming reached his conclusion.

However, Fang Chong was, after all, a senior executive and his father's most trusted subordinate; otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted him with the management of the platform's core "Review Department."

So, Jiang Ming felt he should do something to put Fang Chong's mind at ease.

He tried calling the contact number provided in the information, but after failing, he attempted to send an email.

Both attempts at contact showed as failures.

Already impatient, Jiang Ming stood up immediately, went to his desk, logged into his Infinite Game account, and used his administrative privileges to send an email to Wonder Studio via the platform.

The content was as follows:

"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 clicking it open and reading the content, Tang Yu was stunned.

Was it really that simple and crude?

However, the last sentence of the email carried a threatening tone in Tang Yu's view.

Under normal circumstances, no game studio would dare to offend the Infinite Game Platform, because the Infinite Game Platform controlled the domestic player traffic.

The consequence of being blacklisted by the platform was the loss of player channels and the total inability to make money.

But Tang Yu was not an ordinary person, and he didn't care whether he offended the Infinite Game Platform or not.

Still, since the other party had reached out, he should maintain basic politeness, so Tang Yu typed two words:

"Moron!"