The frenzy surrounding Genshin Impact continues, with the Christmas event followed by a preview of a new hero and skin set to be released on New Year's Day.
This also made everyone in the industry realize that as long as this game is not surpassed by similar mobile games, it can continue to make money indefinitely.
This can no longer be called a hen that lays golden eggs; it's practically a hen that lays golden eggs like crazy.
In his office, Little Ma was smoking one cigarette after another, his computer screen displaying the New Year's Day event preview for "Genshin Impact: The Prequel - Gods and Demons War".
As the night passed, the winter morning dawned particularly late. Just as the first light of dawn began to appear in the east, Little Ma suddenly slammed his hand on the table.
"Damn it, how could I forget how TX made its fortune? Hmph, Lin Chen, here you go."
Immediately afterwards, Pony Ma sent a notification in the TX executives' QQ group, and an hour later all the group's executives held a meeting to announce a major decision.
It's just past six o'clock, and many executives are still asleep.
However, there is an unwritten rule among these executives at Tencent: regardless of whether they are in a competitive or cooperative relationship, if they receive an urgent meeting notice personally issued by Pony Ma, they must make sure to relay it to each other.
"Hey, you finally answered the phone. I've called ten times already. Hurry up, Mr. Ma said there's a meeting in an hour."
"Damn it, I'm still in Dongguan, how can I possibly get there in an hour?"
"Then you'd better pray for yourself. Anyway, I've informed you."
I don't know how many of these mutual notification calls were made this morning.
Finally, an hour later, everyone, without exception, appeared in the conference room, fully dressed.
"Dude, how did you manage to get all the way from Dongguan in just one hour?"
"Don't even mention it. I was going 150 miles per hour the whole way, and I ran three red lights. I just left the car downstairs and rushed upstairs."
"Holy crap, are you crazy? Won't your driver's license be revoked immediately? And your car will be towed away by the city management officers if it's parked downstairs?"
"Sigh, what can I do? I can retake the driving test, and the car fine is just a matter of paying some fines. If I'm late now, I'll be out of a job."
"That's true, you're the one who understands things best."
Little Ma sat in the head seat, glancing at the time on his phone while looking up to see who had arrived and who hadn't, creating a very imposing atmosphere.
"Alright, everyone's here, let's start the meeting. Has everyone downloaded Genshin Impact: The Prequel - Gods and Demons War, developed by StarCraft Technology? Raise your hand if you've played it."
Little Ma looked around and found that very few people had played it before.
However, this situation is normal, since the target audience of this game is not the group of successful middle-aged men here, but Dongguan.
But Little Ma sighed in disappointment, because he found that even from the game department, very few people raised their hands.
"Secretary, make a note of this: all the senior executives in the game department, except for those who raised their hands, will have half of their year-end bonuses deducted."
"Yes, Mr. Ma."
The secretary nodded and quickly wrote it down.
Little Ma continued, "Genshin Impact: The Pre-Sequel - Gods and Demons War has been out for quite some time now, don't you guys know how popular this game is right now? Whether it's iOS or Android, it's number one in the mobile game category on all download platforms! And on Christmas Day, the daily revenue from in-game purchases reached a staggering 300 million! Don't you guys feel anything at all?!"
Little Ma practically shouted that last sentence.
No one in the room dared to look up in fright.
After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, Brother Ma finally spoke.
"Today's meeting has only one thing to do: everyone in the game department, suspend all current projects and focus all your efforts on developing a similar mobile game. If you have to copy it, copy it! Understand?"
"Yes... I understand, Mr. Ma," replied Fang Hai, the director of the game department.
"Director Fang, just knowing isn't enough. Let's make a pledge here. Is a week enough?"
Fang Hai hurriedly said, "Mr. Ma, a week is definitely not enough. Although I haven't played this game, I have looked into it. The development of the game engine alone will take at least three months, not to mention the modeling of so many game characters. It will take at least half a year."
"Six months?! You mean, we'll wait until Lin Chen has monopolized the entire market in six months before we release a new game?"
"But Mr. Ma, game development takes time."
"Alright, just tell me, how long will it take at the fastest?"
Fang Hai gritted his teeth: "Three months!"
"It won't be three months. I'm informing you now that you're fired. Go to the finance department to settle your wages."
"Mr. Ma! You can't do this! This really isn't a problem with my ability. No matter who you put in charge, they couldn't possibly last less than three months."
Ma Huateng looked at Wu Manni, the deputy manager of the game market department who had previously been in contact with Lin Chen.
"Mr. Wu, how long do you think it will take?"
"Mr. Ma, it's been about a month."
"From now on, you are the head of the new game development. In one month, deliver the game, and you will be the new director of the game department. If you can't deliver, you're out. How about that?"
"Yes, Mr. Ma, I guarantee I will complete the mission!"
Fang Hai looked at Wu Manni with a distorted expression and said, "Wu, what are you bragging about? How could you possibly do that in just one month? Are you crazy about becoming the director? Don't you know who you are?"
Little Ma frowned: "Call security and kick this guy out."
"yes."
The secretary immediately called the security captain, and soon two tall security guards entered the conference room and escorted Fang Hai out.
Fang Hai wanted to say something more, but seeing the look in Xiao Ma's eyes, he immediately chose to shut up.
Leaving now will allow me to save face, but if I anger Ma Ying-jeou, he might send a legal team to put me in jail. The Nanshan Pizza Hut is no joke.
After Fang Hai left, Little Ma looked at Wu Manni and asked.
"Mr. Wu, what kind of support is needed for the development of the new game?"
"Money and people, I've also looked into this game. I think we can divide our company's existing game development team into several groups to develop it simultaneously. Group one is responsible for the game engine, group two is responsible for the map, group three is responsible for skill effects, group four is responsible for the background story, and group five is responsible for game character modeling."
Little Ma nodded: "It seems you really did research it. Very good. From now on, all departments will fully cooperate with General Manager Wu of the game department in the development. In terms of funding, the finance department will suspend all large expenditures and reserve enough resources to deal with development challenges."
"yes!"
After the meeting ended, Wu Manni returned to her office and rubbed her temples.
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