Chapter 321 Happy Landlord and Hero Kill
"This is our President of Marennia Greater China, Ms. Feng Xiao."
Zeng Wenjie introduced to Tony Ma, "At present, our Marennia online store is in the initial development stage, so the conditions are relatively simple."
"Mr. Feng is in charge of online operations and marketing."
Tony Ma shook hands with Feng Xiao and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you!"
Feng Xiao came back to his senses and said calmly, "Hello, Mr. Ma."
Tony Ma actually knows a little about Marlenia, but he won't tell it and just pretends that he knows nothing.
He also understood that the person who was truly useful was Zeng Wenjie, and Feng Xiao was just a figurehead.
In fact, there was nothing much to see in this office. After sitting for a while and drinking a cup of tea, Tony Ma suggested having a private chat.
Zeng Wenjie agreed immediately and led Tony Ma to sit in the small conference room 209 next door.
Feng Xiao brought some tea, then closed the door and went out. Before leaving, he looked at Zeng Wenjie deeply.
Tony Ma spoke very skillfully, slowly introducing the topic of the Internet, and before he knew it, he led the conversation to the gaming sector, which Penguin attached the most importance to.
"Mr. Zeng, what do you think of our Penguin Game Hall?" Tony Ma asked.
"It's amazing! The famous 联众 has lost its luster after your launch, and now your company is the only one in the market." Zeng Wenjie said.
Tony Ma said, "But this type of game hall is still quite limited and needs to rely on board games. However, board games are also very limited, so this has always troubled me. This time I came out for a walk, and it is precisely because of this problem that has been bothering me for a long time... And Mr. Zeng, you happen to be a young man with wild and imaginative ideas. So, while I come to apologize, I also happen to seek your advice, Mr. Zeng, to see if I can get some inspiration."
Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, you're too polite. You don't have to tell me about the apology. If you really feel bad about it, just tell the person involved in person."
Tony Ma nodded and looked at Zeng Wenjie sincerely.
Zeng Wenjie felt a little embarrassed by his stare, and then said, "The development of game halls is indeed limited to board games, but board games can also create new things. You can put new wine in old bottles, or you can open up new ideas."
"For example?" Tony Ma pinched his chin and frowned.
"For example, Dou Dizhu (Fight the Landlord) can be innovated."
"Could you please advise?"
"The point system in Dou Dizhu is so outdated and boring. Many people play poorly and don't care about losing a few thousand points, which makes the game experience very unpleasant for other players who want to win points."
"Indeed."
“It’s better to introduce a chip model.”
"Isn't that illegal?"
"Can we consider changing the name to "Happy Landlord"? Then, distribute a certain number of happy chips to players for free every day, which can be named happy beans, happy coins, etc. Players need to pay a certain amount of chips to be eligible to sit at the table... At the same time, you can also open a channel for QB to recharge happy beans?" Zeng Wenjie asked slowly.
After hearing this, Tony Ma was stunned. It was as if he suddenly understood the truth. Indeed, playing Landlord this way was much more interesting than the traditional Landlord! What's more, you could make money.
"Sure enough, just as Mr. Tang said, he has a lot of stuff in his head!" Tony Ma sat up straight in an instant, and couldn't help but lean forward slightly.
Zeng Wenjie continued, "We can also develop more game modes for Happy Landlord, such as a no-shuffle mode, which makes the card patterns more fluid and gives players more bombs than in regular Landlords. We can also develop a "瞞子" mode, where you randomly draw a card to act as a "瞞子" card, which can be used as any other card..."
Tony Ma nodded repeatedly and said, "Mr. Zeng's ideas are truly brilliant and imaginative! He can even create such an enticing gameplay for a traditional poker game like Landlord."
"I wonder if Mr. Zeng has any more brilliant ideas?"
Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "Traditional chess and card games can all be optimized according to this idea. Mr. Ma asked his team to figure it out and came up with it. However, I do have an idea for a brand new board game..."
"I'm all ears!" Tony Ma said seriously.
But Zeng Wenjie coughed and said nothing.
Tony Ma came back to his senses, smiled apologetically, and said, "If Mr. Zeng's idea is feasible, we can cooperate and jointly develop it! Whether Mr. Zeng wants copyright or profit sharing, we can discuss it."
Zeng Wenjie stared at Tony Ma seriously for a few seconds, then nodded slowly and said, "I have a condition."
Tony Ma said, "Please speak."
Zeng Wenjie said, "If Mr. Ma thinks this project is feasible, I would like to keep it in the Wind Academy and have it developed by our teachers and students. Of course, Mr. Ma, you can send a project director to supervise it."
Tony Ma asked doubtfully, "Does your school have this technology?"
Zeng Wenjie laughed and said, "It's just a card board game, what kind of skills does it require?"
Tony Ma suddenly realized what was going on, nodded, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zeng's condition is simple, there's nothing we can't agree to. We can even draft a contract and sign it. If this game can really bring traffic to our game hall, I'm even willing to give Mr. Zeng a portion of the hall's equity."
“So generous?!”
Zeng Wenjie was a little shocked. Isn't Boss Ma too generous?
"Mr. Zeng, please tell me about it. I'm really itching to do it." Tony Ma held Zeng Wenjie's hand and said eagerly.
"OK……"
Zeng Wenjie nodded, then lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and sorted out his thoughts.
"I have a very novel board game card here, I named it "Hero Killer"."
"Hero kill?" Tony Ma murmured with a frown.
"Hero Killer" was essentially a Penguin copy of "Three Kingdoms Killer," a card game that became a nationwide hit upon its release. So, Penguin activated their Sharingan and quickly copied it, which worked well, but not as well as expected.
As for the subsequent decline in reputation of "Three Kingdoms Kill", we can only blame the idiotic planning. A simple game was made complicated, people were tricked into spending money, and all sorts of messy things were stuffed into it, leading to a sharp drop in the number of players.
Zeng Wenjie said, "We've designed a group of famous Chinese historical heroes, such as Yue Fei, Guan Yu, Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Song Jiang, Wu Song, and others. We've divided these characters into three camps: the monarch, the ministers, and the people, and given them different abilities..."
"Then, we added five basic card types: kill, dodge, medicine, equipment, and trick bags. Players use these cards to attack each other, and when a character's health bar is reduced to zero, they are eliminated."
"The competitive mode can be divided into a simple and rough two-way confrontation, or a more challenging one, with four different camps: the lord, loyal ministers, rebels, and traitors, making the game more interesting and profound."
Tony Ma was completely stunned as he listened to Zeng Wenjie's story.
His mind had already begun to simulate the card game that Zeng Wenjie described.
"If you use a killing move, then I must use a dodge move, otherwise I will lose health, is that right? And the treasure bag is equivalent to the magic cards and trap cards in Yu-Gi-Oh?" Tony Ma asked.
"Mr. Ma is worthy of being the boss of Penguin. He understood it as soon as he heard it! This is roughly what happened." Zeng Wenjie said.
Tony Ma's eyes lit up as he said, "This game lets you create special costumes and sell them for money, and it also doesn't affect the fairness of the game. Kill two birds with one stone!"
“…”
Zeng Wenjie was stunned when he heard this.
Good, good, you are worthy of it, Tony Ma.
No wonder a picture became particularly popular in later generations: Tony Ma was sitting on a bus and laughing - yes, yes, you made money, but I lost so much that I could only take the bus.
There is also a picture of him holding his chin and staring ahead, with a darker filter - only by spending money can you become stronger.
(End of this chapter)
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