After the New Year's Day holiday, Lin Chen returned to the startup center, and Zhang Xuhao rushed over, excitedly saying, "Lin Chen, did you know that Manzuo.com, the first large-scale group-buying website in China, has launched? I told you, online shopping is a huge opportunity."
Lin Chen remained unmoved: "Heh, group buying? Even a dog wouldn't touch that."
"Forget it, I don't have the money to do group buying anyway. By the way, Lin Chen, we've discussed what you mentioned before. If you invest another ten million, we'll give you thirty percent of Ele.me's shares, but you can't interfere with the company's operations."
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow, surprised that Zhang Xuhao could actually convince him.
“Sure, no problem, Xiaoxiao, prepare an investment and shareholding agreement.”
"Okay, Mr. Lin."
Zhang Xuhao gritted his teeth and said, "Lin Chen, you're a real dog! You even made Xiao Xiao prepare the contract. Couldn't you have found someone else?"
"Um, who do you think would be a good fit in our office?"
Zhang Xuhao looked around. The trio of otaku were out of the question, their eyes only on otaku games. An Rou and Xia Xue were watching a variety show together. Looking at it this way, he could only call her Xiao Xiao.
After signing the contract, Lin Chen directly transferred 10 million yuan to Ele.me. From this moment on, Ele.me truly changed hands, and the boss behind it became Lin Chen.
"Alright, Mr. Zhang, let's work hard and take over all of Shanghai as quickly as possible, and then take over Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Time waits for no one."
Lin Chen wasn't just saying that casually. In three months, in April 2010, Meituan would be established. As the future food delivery giant, Meituan was the one that would truly win in the end. If Zhang Xuhao hadn't seen the situation clearly and sold Ele.me to Alibaba early on, it might have also perished.
However, Zhang Xuhao did not know the true meaning of Lin Chen's words at this time. He thought that Lin Chen was just saying it casually, and nodded in agreement: "I understand. We have already made a plan to take over Shanghai. Just you wait and see."
After Zhang Xuhao left, Lin Chen continued coding. When it was almost time to leave work, Dawei and the other two excitedly ran over.
"Boss, we've revised FlyMe2theMoon as you suggested. Take a look."
As he spoke, he took out his phone and demonstrated it to Lin Chen, showing him a new stamina bar feature, just like in Fruit Ninja.
"Okay, let's go online then."
"Yay!"
Dawei excitedly ran off to upload the game to the App Store.
The next day, the email confirming approval arrived, and the trio of otaku cheered enthusiastically.
As promised, Lin Chen immediately helped promote the product through Huasuan.com.
First, Lin Chen added a banner to the homepage of Huasuan.com that read, "Starry Sky Technology launches another mobile game masterpiece after Fruit Ninja!" Clicking on it would directly redirect to the App Store download page.
Secondly, Lin Chen had Dawei pretend to be a player and write several articles about his experience in the game, which were then uploaded to the sharing channel. Lin Chen wrote a script to automatically push these articles to users who had clicked on the banner.
Finally, Lin Chen also asked An Rou to promote the product on the official Weibo account of Huasuan.com.
In the following days, FlyMe2theMoon was incredibly popular, and the number of downloads continued to climb. However, because the game's target audience was too narrow, the number of downloads was not as high as that of Fruit Ninja. After a week, it had barely broken 10,000.
Although the number of downloads is not high, the spending power of otaku is truly terrifying. With 10,000 downloads, there were 2 million recharge records in just one week, with an average of 200 yuan per person!
Keep in mind, this was in 2010! This average recharge record per person would make Tencent (the game developer) green with envy.
Another week passed, and the number of downloads of "FlyMe2theMoon" exceeded 50,000. The average recharge amount per person in the second week was even higher than that in the first week, reaching 15 million. Lin Chen was stunned when he saw this recharge record. Are all you otaku this rich?
"Ring ring..."
Lin Chen's phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was Wang Fugui.
"Mr. Lin, the Deji Building is now complete. When would you be free to come and inspect it?"
"Then I'll come over this afternoon."
"Okay, I'll wait for you here this afternoon."
In the afternoon, Lin Chen drove An Rou to Deji Building. The property manager was quite nice and arranged the five parking spaces near the elevator.
"Mr. Lin, we use only the best materials, and the environmental protection level is the highest. Moreover, the tables, chairs, and sofas have all undergone formaldehyde removal treatment before being moved in. After they were moved in, we have kept green plants and charcoal bags on them. Yesterday, we also had a professional agency measure them, and the formaldehyde content is completely within the standard."
After looking around, Lin Chen nodded, indicating his satisfaction.
"Manager Wang, your company is really reliable. I'll transfer the renovation payment to you this afternoon."
"Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Lin. Remember to contact me again if you need any renovation projects in the future. I'll be going now."
"Okay, take care, I won't see you off."
"Wait, wait!"
After Wang Fugui left, Lin Chen and An Rou went for another walk, checking some details, but found no problems. So, Lin Chen notified everyone in the Xingchen Technology group.
"Comrades, the new office is all renovated, we're moving in tomorrow!"
"(＾－＾)V Yay~"
"Oh, by the way, Xiaoxiao, could you also inform Zhang Xuhao?"
"Okay, Mr. Lin."
The next day, the people from Xingchen Technology and Ele.me came to the 26th floor of Deji Building.
Wow, this place is huge!
Stepping into Lin Chen's general manager's office is even more astonishing. The office is almost the size of the entire Xingkong Technology office in the startup center. The desk is backed by a floor-to-ceiling window on the 26th floor, offering an unobstructed view. There is also a complete set of reception sofas and even a huge television.
Zhang Xuhao's eyes turned red: "Lin Chen, you're fucking rich!"
"Keep it down, Lao Zhang. The area to the right after you get off the elevator is reserved for Ele.me."
The group walked out of Lin Chen's office and headed towards the Ele.me area, only to find that there wasn't a single table in the entire office area.
Where's the table?
"Ahem, I'm just having a bit of a run of cash lately. You'll have to figure out the tables and chairs yourselves."
"Lin Chen, you're a real dog."
"Hey, I'm giving you my office space for free, and you're still yelling at me. Do you believe I'll raise your rent?"
"Lin Chen, you misheard me. I meant Lin Chen, you're really handsome."
"That's more like it."
Afterwards, everyone went to the conference room and took their seats. Lin Chen announced, "From today onwards, our Xingchen Technology is also doing well. We have our own office building. Now I will announce everyone's appointments. Our Xingchen Technology will be temporarily divided into the Website Department, Game Department, Art Department, Logistics Department, Investment Department, Finance Department, Human Resources Department, Marketing Department, and Legal Department."
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