The explosive popularity of Meituan's services, while not causing Lashou and Taobao's group buying to lose their original market share, has essentially expanded the group buying market, which has led to an indirect increase in Meituan's market share.
When Jack and Tony heard the news, they almost slapped their thighs until they were swollen. How come I didn't think of that!
However, they reacted quickly, rapidly assembling a ground promotion team to keep up.
It's just throwing money at it, throwing...money?!
The thought of spending a large sum of money again pained Jack and Tony. They were currently spending money on mobile games.
Jack's progress is a bit faster; he's not far from going live.
Tony is still stuck on the patent issue, which is making him furious every day.
But they have to catch up in the local services group buying sector. Before Meituan expands its market nationwide, they need to seize as much market share as possible.
Although Meituan has a first-mover advantage in services, what if Lashou.com (Taobao Group Buying) takes over if we don't compete? Wouldn't we lose our second-place position completely?
Therefore, the mobile game development will have to be put on hold for now. We need to catch up with local services and group buying first, and at least secure our home base in Hangzhou and Shenzhen!
As if Lin Chen could guess Jack and Tony's thoughts, he immediately arranged for "Genshin Impact Prequel: Demon War" and "Genshin Impact" to have a joint promotion!
The collaboration between two of the most popular mobile games on the market has instantly ignited the passion of players.
The character being released this time is Hu Tao, the 77th head of the Liyue "Hall of Rebirth"!
An absolutely popular character!
"Big Qiuqiu is sick, Second Qiuqiu goes to see her, Third Qiuqiu gathers herbs, and Fourth Qiuqiu brews them!"
Once those lines are uttered, who can resist them!
Both boys and girls rushed to the entrance of the Rebirth Hall to draw cards.
Genshin Impact: Prequel - Demon Wars also introduced the hero Nutcracker, who can be obtained as a reward for signing in for seven days or purchased directly with in-game currency.
You can also buy Walnut's skin - Nurse Sweetheart!
The original clothes of the deceased were changed into white nurse uniforms with pink trim, the long gun in her hand was replaced with a large syringe, and she also wore a pair of heart-shaped glasses, giving her a unique look.
On the very first day of its release, the revenue from the Genshin Impact Walnut banner broke historical records, even surpassing that of Zhongli!
Genshin Impact: Prequel - The War of the Demons is even more outrageous, with the sales of Hu Tao's skin exceeding 350 million! This also breaks the previous record of 300 million!
This made Tony and Jack absolutely furious. Money! That's all money!
But now they've diverted a large sum of money to local service group buying, which has slowed down the development of mobile games, much to their dismay.
It's not that the two companies have no other money; it's just that to keep a company running smoothly and healthily, that part of the funds cannot be touched. To develop new projects, a separate portion of the funds must be allocated.
However, if several projects are to be launched at the same time, the group will face significant financial pressure.
Moreover, they had been trying to speed up the development of the mobile game, trading money for time, so the amount of money invested would only be more.
So now, Jack and Tony can only watch Lin Chen make money while silently envious.
Finally, Jack Ma made a tough decision: after capturing the Hangzhou market for local service group buying, he immediately stopped and went on to develop mobile games.
Tony, because he was held hostage by the patent of "Genshin Impact", expanded his local service group buying business from Shenzhen to surrounding areas, including Guangzhou and Dongguan.
Finally, with Jack Ma's strong support, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy Mobile" was officially released.
As soon as this game was released, it immediately sparked heated discussions online. The name alone and the development team behind it made people look forward to it.
Wow, it's an official version of Chinese Paladin! And it was even developed by Softstar!
"Ling'er, I'm here."
"Pah, Ling'er, Yue Ru, this time, I want them all."
Softstar also attached great importance to the development of this game, preserving the original gameplay.
Lin Chen and Dawei also downloaded it immediately and started playing it together in the office.
After playing for half an hour, Lin Chen and Dawei put down their phones, looked at each other, and shook their heads with wry smiles.
It's clear that this game is indeed faithful to the original, but that's where the problem lies.
Whose mobile game is all about mazes?!
If you want to make a mobile game like NetEase's "Westward Journey", you should at least investigate the actual user experience of playing the game.
The plot and characters can be copied, but the gameplay cannot. As an online mobile game, I've played for half an hour, and apart from the first boss, the Miao leader, where you can choose to team up with other players, you can just follow the plot without needing to team up at all.
No, bro, that's not how you combine A Chinese Odyssey and Genshin Impact.
Dawei simply chose to uninstall the game.
"Hey, Dawei, why did you uninstall it so easily?"
"Boss, who still enjoys mazes in mobile games? They make people dizzy. Besides, anyone who's watched the TV series already knows the plot beforehand, so there's no anticipation at all. What's the point of keeping it? This game is doomed to fail sooner or later."
As Dawei said, the mobile game "Sword and Fairy 1" was a hit on its first day of release, but the number of downloads plummeted by half on the second day. After a week, the number of downloads was very low, and most importantly, the player retention rate was extremely low.
This made Jack Ma very angry. He had spent so much money on the mobile game, and it failed after only one week?
Do you know what happened this week?
This week, Lin Chen ate walnuts until his mouth was greasy.
This week, Tony has expanded local service group buying across Guangdong, and now Lashou.com's market share is much higher than Taobao's group buying.
And he spent money, time, and even sacrificed his local service group buying business on Taobao, only to get this result?!
Jack Ma's face turned red with anger. Zhang Yong quickly handed him a teacup, but Jack Ma took a sip and then spat it out when he realized it was from Zhang Yong.
It all sprayed onto Zhang Yong's face.
Zhang Yong awkwardly wiped his face; he was afraid he would have to take the blame for this mess.
However, Jack Ma didn't make Zhang Yong take the blame now, because in just one month, the new year's 618 shopping festival will be here. Alibaba lost so much money in the first half of the year, and it still needs to make up for it through 618. So Zhang Yong still needs to do the work.
With that in mind, Jack Ma handed Zhang Yong two tissues.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm so sorry, I choked just now."
"Ah, uh, it's nothing, it's nothing." Zhang Yong took the tissue and wiped his face, a curse under his breath, but he suppressed it.
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