Summer vacation is here, but what summer vacation do working people have? Although Lin Chen is the boss, he is busier than working people.
Zhang Yiming is reporting on WCG matters to Lin Chen.
"Mr. Lin, the WCG 2010 China Finals will be held on July 23 at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center. The organizers have already issued our Panda TV entry permit."
What kinds of competition events are there?
"It includes games such as StarCraft, Warcraft, Counter-Strike, FIFA, DOTA, CF, and DNF."
"Huh? No League of Legends?"
"League of Legends? No way."
Lin Chen searched on Baidu and found that the Chinese server for League of Legends hadn't been launched yet. Tencent wasn't doing a good job either; they already had shares in the company, so why weren't they hurrying to bring it to China?
Suddenly, Lin Chen had a flash of inspiration. That's right! League of Legends hasn't even taken off yet; Tencent has no idea how popular it will become, so naturally they won't develop Honor of Kings. So, wouldn't he be...?
"bite!"
Just then, the system store updated, and the newly appeared icon was all too familiar to Lin Chen—it was "Honor of Kings"!
So the system also allows you to find hidden gems, huh? Hehe.
Speaking of Honor of Kings, it's practically Tencent's most lucrative money-making weapon. For example, in 2022, Honor of Kings' annual revenue was $2.22 billion, or about 15.83 billion RMB, which averages out to more than 43 million RMB per day.
What does that mean? Take winning the lottery as an example. Even if you win 5 million every day and don't have to pay taxes, you can only win 1.8 billion in a year.
Well, in order to implement Xiaomi's corporate culture, Lin Chen decided that he had to take advantage of this opportunity, after all, making skins affordable for everyone was his ideal.
So, shouldering a glorious mission, he clicked the redemption button.
After a three-second brain freeze, Lin Chen received all the information from "Honor of Kings".
Zhang Yiming looked at Lin Chen, who was staring blankly at the computer, and suddenly felt a bead of sweat break out on his forehead. He asked worriedly, "President Lin, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. I just suddenly had an idea and got a little absorbed in it."
"But you're sweating a lot on your head."
"Well, that's because this idea is a bit big and requires a lot of brainpower."
"Okay, boss, you must take care of yourself."
"Hehe, Mr. Zhang, you're overthinking it. I'm so young, I won't die suddenly. By the way, you can continue to follow up on the WCG matter. You can start promoting it on Panda TV in advance, and Huasuan.com can also promote it simultaneously."
"Okay, Mr. Lin."
After Zhang Yiming left, Lin Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead. He had been so excited that he forgot Zhang Yiming was sitting right across from him. Luckily, his body didn't glow or anything when he redeemed the system, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to explain himself.
I really miss the days when I could play a couple of rounds of King of Glory before bed every day. But the game is huge and requires a lot of character modeling, so it consumes a lot of mobile data. I wonder how the negotiations with China Unicom about that targeted data plan went.
Anyway, let's start a project first, secretly develop the game, and then steal a share from Tencent. Hehe, just thinking about it is exciting.
At present, we still need to focus on League of Legends. Tencent invested in Riot Games as early as 2008 and became one of its shareholders. However, it wasn't until 2015 that Tencent achieved 100% control of Riot. In other words, in the following years, Tencent bought out all of Riot's other shares.
Since TX can buy it, shouldn't I strike first?
So Lin Chen dialed Huang Zheng's number: "Hello, Mr. Huang, are you busy?"
"I'm not busy right now, Mr. Lin, is there something you need?"
“I remember you worked at Meidi for a few years before. I need your help with something.”
"That's right, I used to work at Google, Mr. Lin. What's up?"
"I remember you came back from studying in the US, right? Are you familiar with Benchmark Capital and Firstmark Capital?"
"I've heard of them. They're both very well-known investment banks in the US. What's up? Is Xingchen Technology looking to raise funds?"
"No, I want to buy shares in a game company from them."
"Mr. Lin, there's something I'm not sure if you're aware of?"
"What?"
"People on America's side have some prejudice against Chinese companies, so this is a bit difficult."
"Is there any way?"
"Could we try finding a middleman?"
"Who should I look for?"
“Kai-Fu Lee! It just so happens that I’m quite familiar with him.”
Lin Chen thought about it and realized that Li Kaifu was indeed very suitable to represent Microsoft and Google, as he was not only the global vice president of Microsoft but also the global vice president of Google.
"Okay, then help me make some contact. I want to buy shares in a company called Riot Games."
"Don't worry, I've got it covered."
It must be said that Huang Zheng is quite reliable; he replied to Lin Chen three days later.
"Mr. Lin, Kai-Fu Lee has agreed to help."
"That's fantastic, Mr. Huang, well done!"
"However, Kai-Fu Lee said he would like to invite you to dinner so we can meet and have a chat."
"No problem, I really should thank him properly."
"Okay, then I'll go and arrange a time with him."
Although Lin Chen didn't know why Kai-Fu Lee wanted to see him, based on the reputation of Kai-Fu Lee he had learned about online in his previous life, he thought that this person was a good person and there shouldn't be any problems.
Starting in July, Panda TV and Huasuan.com began promoting WCG2010, and new game streamers took advantage of the hype to switch to Panda TV and start streaming, which also led to a large number of game fans registering on Panda TV.
With this, Panda TV has become the largest video live streaming platform in China.
Wang Sicong was overjoyed and made a special call to thank Lin Chen.
"Oh, Lin Chen, I'm so grateful to you. I never thought that by spending every day chatting with female anchors—no, I mean, by working hard to interview female anchors every day—I could build a live streaming platform that's become the most popular in China. My dad even called yesterday to praise me and gave me another 500 million yuan in startup capital."
"Brother Cong, after all this talk, you just wanted to brag to me about how you've got another 500 million, right?"
"Oh, not at all. I just wanted to ask if you have any other projects you can include me in? Don't worry, I'll invest the same amount this time, and you can decide on my share."
"Let me think about it. I've got it! How about we start a live-streaming e-commerce company?"
"Huh? What is that?"
"It means that when the streamer is live streaming, they sell some things, such as snacks and clothes. Fans can buy them directly in the streamer's live stream room. We provide the streamer with the goods, and the streamer gets a commission for each sale."
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