Chapter 248 Peak! crazy! Beyond!
Lin Xiao's choice to separate YouTube at this time is undoubtedly an act of extreme arrogance.
The effect he wanted to create was that when Yang Zhiyuan and Son Masayoshi came to visit Renren Group, they would see a certain picture.
That is Facebook and YouTube after the split, the traffic is still terrifying.
It would be totally unfair to merge these two sites.
After the split, Facebook's traffic still exceeds the combination of Renren and Renren Video.
Of course, this may seem risky on the surface, but it is actually safe, and is a judgment made after long-term research.
When Lin Xiao first founded YouTube, he said that the two websites would be completely separated after half a year, and the purity of each track must be maintained.
It is actually a bit late to split up at this time, as it has been almost ten months.
Moreover, Lin Xiao can see a very detailed background analysis. At present, the mutual traffic between the two websites has almost reached its limit, and there is a large overlap of users.
If we don't split it up, the damage will get worse and worse.
What about Renren and Renren Video? Only God knows.
The semi-acquaintance social gene of Renren.com was not strong to begin with, and now Renren Video has been integrated into it, and the key is that it has grown stronger.
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Renren Group held another meeting overnight.
The core issue is whether to follow Facebook's example and split off Renren Video.
There is no need for Wu Lingxi to repeatedly educate and emphasize the harm involved.
Chen Yizhou and other senior executives can see very clearly that Renren Video has begun to devour Renren's traffic.
They also saw clearly in the background that the user retention rate of Renren Video has exceeded that of Renren.com.
If this continues, there will be a consequence.
That is when the branches exceed the trunk.
Just like Renren Video is grafted onto Renren.com, when it can survive independently, it should be transplanted away independently.
But now…
Who dares to transplant it? Once Renren Video is made independent, how much traffic will be saved?
And it is at this most critical moment.
Everyone looked at Wu Lingxi timidly, because she had been emphasizing at the time that Renren Video could be developed, but it had to be developed independently and could not be merged into Renren. Otherwise, it would repeat the mistakes of Lingxi Island.
This is Lin Xiao’s conspiracy.
Facebook can do this because it has a solid foundation and its social genes are strong enough, so it has enough centripetal force.
Renren was formed through a merger and does not have this kind of centripetal force.
As a result, the board of directors disagreed and took the opportunity to remove her from the position of chairman.
"Don't worry about the split for now. Since it's wrong, let's just stick with it!"
"Even if we want to split up, it will take at least half a year. We should first get the big investment from Yahoo Group and Softbank Group and then cut off Lin Xiao's international path."
"Also, ignore Lin Xiao's counterattack and focus on World of Warcraft and Perfect World."
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Next, Wu Lingxi and Liao Feng had a private meeting.
"Now, assuming we have received investment from SoftBank and Yahoo, the probability is $400 million." Wu Lingxi asked, "What do you want to do next? What actions do you want to take?"
Liao Feng thought for a while and said, "I focus on games and Lingxi Island e-commerce, and you focus on Renren."
Wu Lingxi was silent for a while: "There is one thing you have to support me with."
Liao Feng: "You say."
Wu Lingxi: "Acquire the faces in the United States."
Liao Feng was shocked: "Is it the one founded by Zuckerberg? The one that defeated Lin Xiao's Facebook in the United States? He accepted our guidance, and we have invested in it."
Wu Lingxi: "This is not enough, we need to acquire the entire company."
"As long as the price doesn't exceed $100 million, we're willing to accept it."
Liao Feng was shocked and said, "How can a company of this size be worth $100 million? We have tens of millions of users now, far surpassing Facebook. And we are not in a hurry to expand, we can't make enough money in China."
Wu Lingxi didn't say anything.
In fact, by now, she has seen very clearly that it is very difficult for Renren to develop into a semi-acquaintance social network.
Because it has grown into its current giant size, and its genes can no longer be changed.
This is also the product of the crazy pursuit of several capitals in pursuit of quick success and instant benefits.
Therefore, they want to take advantage of this biggest prosperity point to exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, and then exchange it for the best industries abroad.
She is confident that once she completely acquires Zuckerberg's The Faces, she will be able to develop it into a unicorn in North America in the shortest possible time and then quickly spread it to Europe.
Finally, return to East Asia.
Finally completed the siege of Facebook.
And if they are really willing to offer $100 million, Zuckerberg is likely to be willing to sell it, because he has wanted to sell it several times before.
"In China, online games will become one of the largest industries. It is absolutely right for us to enter the online game industry at this time, and we can reap the greatest profits." Wu Lingxi said: "And Renren, to some extent, has a limited ceiling."
"Even Facebook has a ceiling, and it can never surpass QQ."
"Next we'll walk on two legs, or even three legs."
"One leg in the game, one leg overseas."
"Overseas, there is no social monster like QQ. MSN is too tool-oriented."
"And once we acquire Zuckerberg's The Faces, we will be completely tied to SoftBank Group and Yahoo Group."
"This will completely cut off the Lightning Group's escape route and trap it in the country."
"Why does Lin Xiao need SoftBank Group? It's not because he lacks money, but because he lacks the protection of overseas capital. Masayoshi Son is very dissatisfied with the development of Facebook in the United States, and our acquisition of The Faces can be regarded as pulling SoftBank Group into our chariot."
"SoftBank Group will not make massive repeated investments in the same track because it has sunk costs."
Suddenly, Liao Feng was stunned.
He really didn't expect that Wu Lingxi actually had this plan.
"The two of us together will have the most say. And SoftBank and Yahoo Group are also happy to see us expand overseas."
"The key is that this is very beneficial to you."
"In the next few years, once my focus is on overseas, your influence in Renren Group will be even greater, and I fully support your exercise of power."
Liao Feng stared at Wu Lingxi with complicated eyes for a long while before saying, "You can ask me to agree to this condition if you want."
"Be engaged to me."
"On the night of the People's Day, I publicly proposed to you."
"As a ceremony to commemorate our complete victory over Facebook and Lin Xiao."
Before, Liao Feng had always pretended to be affectionate, trying to wrap the interest relationship between the two people under the guise of love.
So, there is never any forced marriage or anything like that.
However, tonight, he was a little shocked by Wu Lingxi. He completely saw through her nature as a capital monster, an absolute profit-seeking creature.
It is impossible to be conquered by so-called love.
Moreover, the core meaning of the conversation between the two people tonight was not expressed, and what was said was just the tip of the iceberg floating on the water.
Neither of them said that.
We were actually defrauding SoftBank and Yahoo Group of their investments.
Crazy creation of false prosperity.
But the two also believe that once Yahoo and Softbank are tied to the chariot, this false prosperity can turn into real prosperity.
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After Liao Feng left.
Wu Lingxi took out the special mobile phone and sent a message: Dog, do you really love me?
If Lin Xiao saw this news, he would be shocked.
What did you two talk about?
We actually talked so deeply? Xia Xi: There is no doubt that I am the person who loves you the most in this world, no doubt about it. Better than Liao Feng, better than your parents.
Wu Lingxi: You bastard, do you think I would believe you? You think I don’t know how many women you’ve been dating? Xia Xi: The two of us are the most bitter enemies. We are both on the top of the mountain. You are the one who knows me best, and I am the one who knows you best. You have a fatal sexual attraction to me, and I also have a fatal sexual attraction to you. We are each other's enemy, each other's mirror, and each other's abyss. Do I need to say more about this kind of feeling?
Xia Xi: I am a dog man, you are a dog woman, this deformed love, isn’t it love?
Xia Xi: We are both people who know the truth, we are both the loneliest people, we are each other's confidants, and we want to fuck each other. Isn't this love? Wu Lingxi: Get out! Wu Lingxi: What about Xia Xi? Who is she? Xia Xi: She has stood behind me for too long and has become completely weakened. She is no longer a wolf. There may be many wolves in this world, but in our vision, there are only two wolves, one is you and the other is me.
Wu Lingxi: So, only one of us can survive. Either you bite me to death, or I bite you to death.
Xia Xi: No, you just want to bite me to death. And all I want is to fuck you to death.
Wu Lingxi: Get out! Then, Wu Lingxi threw this special mobile phone aside again.
She is a creature of capital and profit.
"Er Gou, I will still not show any mercy. When I get the chance, I will bite your neck hard."
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Xia Xi found Lin Xiao, holding a thick stack of documents.
"Hurry up and finish reading these things."
Lin Xiao: “What?”
Xia Xi: "The chat history between you and Wu Lingxi, and the messy photos you sent to each other."
I haven't fucking talked about it.
so much? How much have you talked in the past year? How many words does this take?
Xia Xi: "About 200,000 words."
Lin Xiao took it and flipped through it quickly, feeling his scalp tingling.
Damn, how could you say such perverted words?
That...that's your sister?
In the end, the content of the conversation between the two people became more and more wrong. Wu Lingxi's tone was already very cold and heartless, but sending photos to each other after getting drunk was very perverted.
"How did you do it?" Lin Xiao said, "Wu Lingxi is the most ruthless woman in the world. She only cares about profit."
Xia Xi: "It's very simple. The excitement I want is also what she wants."
"I was thinking about how to conquer myself, and the same routine can be used on her."
"We are...very similar."
Lin Xiao: "Don't say it, it's getting more and more perverted."
Xia Xi: "Now we have to assume a question. If Renren Group really gets investment from Softbank and Yahoo Group. If you were Wu Lingxi, what would you do to maximize the damage to us?"
"Think boldly."
"Think as much as you want."
Xia Xi: "There's something wrong with Wu Lingxi today. Her words have always been as sharp as a knife. No matter how hard I flirted, she would scold me."
"And today, she showed a little bit of weakness."
"This proves that she is going to kill him."
Lin Xiao began to think.
Assuming that Renren Group really received this $400 million investment, how to eliminate Lightning Group?
Lin Xiao: "If I were Wu Lingxi and I really got the huge investment from Softbank and Yahoo Group, I would not spend money to maintain the superficial prosperity of Renren. I would use the money in two places. First, I would focus on Perfect World and World of Warcraft."
“Turning the large-scale internal test into a deleted file internal test.”
“We only open the game up to level 50. Even if we get scolded and criticized, we insist on waiting until half a year later to give the team enough time to perfect the entire game before launching a public beta.”
"Then, we will focus on the operation of World of Warcraft and turn ourselves into a company dominated by online games, thus obtaining huge cash flow."
"In addition... In addition... In addition, I will acquire Zuckerberg's The Faces and completely block Facebook's internationalization route in Europe and the United States."
"In the era of mobile Internet, there is a ceiling for social networking sites in China, and that is QQ, which cannot be surpassed no matter what. So even if Facebook develops to a certain level, it can't go any higher. It can only make a breakthrough in the era of mobile Internet."
"If I were Wu Lingxi, I would focus on developing social networking sites in Europe and the United States in the past few years, and then make a comeback with the help of overseas momentum. Even if I can't make a comeback, it's okay, at least I can completely block Facebook in China."
Xia Xi was stunned. Would she actually take this path? Then, Xia Xi said: "This is for public use, what about private use?"
"Suppose he wants to kill you privately, what will you do?"
Lin Xiao: "In terms of the industry structure, she and I are more in common, but in terms of personal life, you and she are more in common. What do you think she will do?"
Xia Xi: "Expose the love triangle between you, Xiao Momo, and Lian Yi. Expose the three loans Lian Zheng gave us and slander him for abusing his power for personal gain."
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Wu Lingxi looked at the scenery outside the window.
In Renren Group, she has staked everything and given it everything.
It's too big to lose.
So, to win! She felt she could do anything.
But...is it really possible?
What about the escape route Lin Xiao gave?
If it is really as Lin Xiao said, what will happen if she takes charge of Facebook in the United States? It meant that she would have to give up almost everything in Renren Group, and that she would have to endure the endless anger of her family, because it meant the complete breakdown of the marriage between the two families.
This means that she has to start from scratch in the United States, with the fragile American Facebook, to fight against the increasingly powerful The Faces.
And how much money did she invest in Renren Group? How much energy?
After a while, she returned to her cloakroom, opened the secret compartment, and found a safe inside.
Enter the password, open the safe, and take out a laptop.
Turn on the computer and enter a series of passwords.
There are two folders inside.
A folder named: dogs.
Another file named: Liao.
When I opened Gou's folder, there were all kinds of photos inside, including those of Xiao Momo and Lin Xiao, Lian Yi and Lin Xiao, and detailed information on several loans that Lian Zheng had given to the Lightning Group. Even...there are wedding photos of Lin Xiao and Xiao Momo.
She got this wedding photo by accident. It was uploaded to the personal updates of a user on Renren.com, as if it was an advertisement.
Someone discovered it and reported it to her immediately. She intercepted it immediately and went directly to the owner of the bridal shop to buy out the photo.
And click on Liao's folder.
What’s inside is even more shocking, including details about Liao Feng’s illegal operations, as well as the in-depth cooperation between Liao Feng and the Yilishen Group, etc. There are also many photos, and the evidence is even more deadly.
However, when she opened Liao's folder, she frowned slightly and closed it immediately, as if she didn't want to look at it any more.
Then he clicked into the dog's folder and enlarged the photos one by one. As he looked at them, he had a complicated look and expression.
Sometimes I get angry, and sometimes I smile a rare smile.
Then she took out the special mobile phone and turned to the text message.
The two of us are the most bitter enemies. We are both on the top of the mountain. You are the one who knows me best, and I am the one who knows you best. You have a fatal sexual attraction to me, and I also have a fatal sexual attraction to you. We are each other's enemy, each other's mirror, and each other's abyss. Do I need to say more about this kind of feeling?
After reading it, she threw the phone aside and sneered, "You bastard!"
Then she simply closed the laptop and put it back into the safe.
Then, she picked up the special mobile phone again and sent a text message: Xia Xi once told me that as long as she wanted, she could take away everything from the Lightning Group at any time. Is that true?
The reply from the other side: It’s true.
Wu Lingxi: Do you think you can fool me? It turns out that you have tamed her like a dog.
The reply from the other side: What you actually want to ask is, if one day, we become in such a relationship, will I give you what you want, right? I will too...
Wu Lingxi: I’m not that naive, I’m not that stupid!
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During this period, Happy Farm has been fermenting.
There are more and more players, and the interactions generated are also increasing.
But...it hasn't gone viral yet.
Because its popularity is so subtle and silent.
More and more players accumulate, and then changes are caused by quantitative changes.
Suddenly one day, it became extremely popular.
And now the most popular one is still "Perfect World".
The news that "Zhu Xian" is going to be closed beta has of course attracted huge attention. I wonder how many players have reached the limit of their expectations for this game.
And then... it was intercepted by "Perfect World".
The die-hard fans of Master Ergou were even extremely anxious, saying that "Zhu Xian" was too slow and that they should not conduct any closed beta test and should go directly to large-scale internal testing to compete directly with "Perfect World".
Otherwise, by the time "Perfect World" has completed full internal and public testing, your "Zhu Xian" will be out of date.
The village will only show enough enthusiasm for the first college student.
If it were the second college student, everyone’s reaction would not be so intense.
Therefore, if we do not have enough strategic determination at this time, we will really be led astray by countless public opinions.
Lightning Games still ignored these voices and insisted on only opening up spots for 5,000 people in the first closed beta test.
And the application slots are only open for three days.
As a result, more than 300,000 people applied.
In the end, the 5,000 closed beta test spots were distributed, and a large number of players were unable to apply for them, so they went to the Facebook gaming community to complain and express their anger.
"Haha, do you really treasure your game? Since you won't let me play it, then I will never play it again. I'll play Perfect World instead."
"Yes, it's already this time? Are you still cherishing your own game? You are no longer the number one 3D game in China. Perfect World is the one that's been there."
"Master Ergou, I suggest you play Perfect World. Don't feel too good about yourself and think that everyone must play your Zhu Xian."
Renren Group immediately captured this sentiment.
Once again, targeted publicity was carried out.
In order to make the first domestic 3D game "Perfect World" available to every player, we have spent unprecedented amounts of money to purchase the most advanced servers. Perhaps this investment will make us lose all our money, and perhaps we should not prepare so many sets of servers, but everything is worth it for the players.
January 28th! The open beta test of "Perfect World" has officially begun! Then……
The domestically produced games have entered a grand stage.
A large number of players poured in.
Basically, you open a group of servers and fill them up immediately.
Keep opening new servers.
Always full.
It has to be said that Renren Group really invested a lot of money.
We have really prepared a huge number of servers to try to shorten the waiting time for players.
The entire Renren Group has entered a state of combat readiness.
Being tense and excited.
Then, battle reports continued to be released on the homepage of Renren.com.
The number of online users of "Perfect World" has exceeded 50,000.
Just over an hour later, the number exceeded 100,000.
A few hours later, it broke through 150,000! This is even more successful than the large-scale internal beta test of "Perfect World" in history.
Historically, on the day of the internal test, the highest number of online users only exceeded 100,000, but in this world it directly exceeded 150,000.
In the game, whether in the Novice Village or elsewhere, there are crowds of people.
Unprecedented event!
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Liao Feng walked through the crowd with a completely expressionless face.
Everyone in the company was cheering and was excited.
Only Liao Feng remained calm.
"Hello, Mr. Liao. Congratulations, Mr. Liao."
"Mr. Liao is wise!"
Amidst such compliments, Liao Feng stepped into the elevator and pressed the floor button.
Return to your own private office and close the door.
"Ah...ah...ah..." Alone, he let out a series of roars.
An exciting roar.
Finally, such a huge victory came.
The entire year had been filled with depression for most of the time, but this time the victory was so complete.
And this is a victory that belongs to him alone.
Because, whether it was early closed beta testing or early internal testing, it was his decision against all objections. It was also his decision to spend a huge amount of money to buy out this game.
Well, this idiom has been used.
Others just keep saying that the quality of the game is not yet perfect and not yet done well.
Only he can make strategic and commercial assessments.
So what if the game isn't perfect? 80 points is enough.
What’s the point of striving for 95 points like Lin Xiao? The most important thing is to be the first to market and compete for the first domestic 3D game.
Everyone only remembers the first place, who will remember the second place? After calming himself down, he made a phone call.
"Mr. Yang, I have good news for you. The number of online users on the first day of the large-scale internal test of Perfect World has exceeded 160,000!"
Yang Zhiyuan: "That's a really great achievement, congratulations."
Everyone knows that this is different from website traffic, which can be directly converted into money.
The more players there are, the more levels of income there are.
Next, Liao Feng fell into hesitation.
He had Son's phone number, but he never called him.
But in the end, he couldn't help himself and dialed the number.
When Masayoshi Son received Liao Feng's call, he was quite surprised. Wasn't it Wu Lingxi and I who had been in contact all along? Isn't it a bit presumptuous of you to call me directly like this?
"Mr. Sun, let me report to you that the number of online users of the first 3D game in China that we developed has exceeded 160,000!"
“I believe it will break through 200,000 tomorrow, and will reach even higher numbers in the future.”
“This is a phenomenal work.”
Masayoshi Son: “Oh, congratulations, sir.”
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January 29th evening! Renren.com once again released an announcement that the maximum number of online users of "Perfect World" exceeded 200,000! February 1st evening! Renren.com once again released good news.
The maximum number of online users of "Perfect World" exceeded 250,000! However, in the game forums, there are more and more insults.
Because, as time goes on, the game becomes less complete and more rough.
Not only can you see signs of rush work, but even many of the side lines and even the main line can be seen at a glance as not being completed at all and being forcibly disconnected.
Previously, the closed beta was only open to level 50, so the effect was not obvious to everyone yet.
And the last part is the roughest part.
The roughness in many places has exceeded the players' tolerance.
But Liao Feng didn't care, because he had heard the relevant reports a long time ago and was mentally prepared.
Besides, even though people are cursing, they are still playing the game. The number of players is still skyrocketing, and the maximum number of online players is still increasing. What is there to be afraid of? At this time, Liao Feng only hated that Yang Zhiyuan and Son Masayoshi arrived too late and did not see this grand event.
Amidst controversy.
On the evening of February 3, the maximum number of online users of "Perfect World" exceeded 300,000! Liao Feng even felt numb from winning.
"Lineage 2" is already considered the strongest game in recent times, but its maximum number of online users is only 170,000.
And "Perfect World" exceeded 300,000 in less than ten days! What a huge success this is? What huge benefits will this bring? ……………………
Lightning Group!
"Boss, I have good news for you!"
"Our Facebook page's IP traffic and page views have officially surpassed Renren."
Lin Xiao was surprised: "We have already separated YouTube, but have we still surpassed it in terms of traffic?"
Cheng Hai: "Yes, even though Renren has the support of Renren Video, and we even suspect that it is still cheating on traffic, we still surpassed it."
"Boss, do you want to announce it?"
Lin Xiao: “No hurry!”
Then, Zhang Chun came in to report.
"Boss, are you going to release the fatal cheat for Perfect World?"
Lin Xiao: "No hurry, wait until the vicious bugs break out one by one."
Currently, this game has at least three extremely vicious bugs, and the last two can completely ruin the entire game.
One is a gold coin bug, the other is an equipment bug.
As for disconnections and game freezing bugs, they are not even considered serious bugs in this game.
However……
The vicious BUGs that Lin Xiao imagined had not yet erupted, but another BUG actually erupted.
And it was a bug that Lin Xiao had not expected.
However, it is the same BUG that was once very familiar.
It’s the BOSS that massacres the city!
That is, players can lead some super big BOSSes all the way to the main city, and then slaughter all the players inside.
What’s more, the bug here is even more outrageous, as it can attract several bosses to massacre the city together.
As a result, many players with bad tastes no longer play games seriously, and instead lure the big boss to places with the most players to carry out a massacre.
And it’s happening in every server.
I don’t know how many servers were filled with bloodshed, especially near the Novice Village, where the worst situation occurred because there were the most players.
I don’t know how many players were killed as soon as they appeared, then resurrected, and then killed again.
Lin Xiao was stunned when he saw this scene. This... didn’t this happen in World of Warcraft a few years later? Senior Sister Ding Yuanzhi, this... is this your work?
I… I just mentioned it briefly at the time because I thought it was interesting.
And you gave me such a surprise?
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Renren Games was in a state of panic for the first time.
Liao Feng shouted angrily, "Why are you so anxious? Why are you so panicked?"
“It’s just a small bug.”
"Stop for 6 hours for maintenance, and then fix this BUG immediately!"
Next, "Perfect World" temporarily stopped service for maintenance, and chose to do so in the second half of the night when there were the fewest players.
After working hard for several hours on the entire project, I finally fixed the BUG.
Liao Feng pointed at the foreign aid team and asked, "Are you sure that this BUG has been completely fixed?"
Foreign aid team: "We are 100% sure that it has been repaired."
Liao Feng glared at the project leader Li Qing and said coldly, "Find the person in charge of this department and fire him!"
Li Qing: "It's hard to find the person responsible. Although it's just a weird bug, it has a lot of implications, and... many people from our original team have been fired."
Previously, due to internal fighting, a gaming incident had occurred, and Liao Feng took the opportunity to fire more than a dozen people.
Liao Feng said coldly: "Don't make me say it a second time!"
At ten o'clock in the morning, the game was launched! Everyone couldn't help but feel uneasy, wondering whether this server shutdown for maintenance would cause losses to the players.
result.
Countless players continued to pour in like a tide.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Liao Feng smiled and said, "As long as the foundation for success is strong enough, there will be a high tolerance for error."
"No one can change the fact that our game has been successful, nor can anyone overturn the fruits of this victory."
After just one day, the number of online players in the game returned to its peak again.
However, at this time, the truly fatal and malicious BUG began to spread silently.
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