Chapter 61: It’s also a pay-to-win game, look at how others are doing!
Lin Xiaoxiao left with her notebook, her mind still a mess.
She just checked the information of "War and Fire":
Two years ago, a company launched a TPS shooting mobile game called "Gun God Breakout" that imitated the terminal game.
The game focuses on realistic armaments, gun collections, and real-time combat, and was once a hot topic on the forum for three days and three nights.
As a result, due to poor server stability, poor balance, and the proliferation of plug-ins, the game's reputation plummeted overnight.
"Likely a flood of negative reviews", "a masterpiece that discourages players from playing", and "a PVP disaster" are all high-frequency labels for the game.
The most outrageous thing is,
The game was also exposed to have "extremely low weapon drop rates and extremely dark box random mechanisms", and was criticized and became a hot topic.
Now the company's official website is no longer accessible, and the only way to contact us is,
It is the official contact information posted by the legal representative on the social platform.
Lin Xiaoxiao really feels that the world is mysterious at this moment:
"This kind of company... Mr. Lu really needs to take it over."
…
Inside the office, Lu Ming looked at the interface showing the successful transfer and smiled with a sense of relief.
"Seven million is about to be spent."
"The total investment this month is almost over 23 million!"
"Finally... it's all done."
He slowly leaned back in his boss chair and let out a long breath.
“Not a loss.”
"This gaming company can't survive anyway. Even if I don't take over, they'll close down sooner or later."
"This time... I've at least secured a project reserve that I can be criticized for in the future."
"Now, just wait for the settlement."
Lu Ming touched his pocket.
He has already started to think about whether he should find some real estate agents to look at houses in a few days.
After working so hard for so long, it’s time to enjoy yourself!
…
At the same time, in an old office building somewhere in Qiantang City.
"War" game company.
This is a truly "half-dead" old team.
I once made my first fortune by playing a krypton gold shooting game.
Unfortunately, it couldn't keep up with the market rhythm in just a few years.
Slow updates, corrupted numbers, rampant plug-ins, and the boss's wrong decisions have caused the game's reputation to collapse completely.
In the past few months, the company has reached the point where the boss has to advance money for water and electricity, and lunch depends on group buying discounts.
During lunch break.
In the public lounge area on the third floor, a group of programmers were sitting together, the smell of instant noodles wafting in front of them, and the atmosphere was as depressing as a funeral hall.
"I'm telling you, it's the end of the month, and I'm afraid we won't be able to pay salaries again."
"Yesterday I saw a letter from the bank in the legal department. I heard that they had frozen the assets."
"I really can't take it anymore. I've invested in two small companies. If nothing works out, I'll just switch jobs and try to make a living."
"Damn it! I didn't even dare take a year-end break because of this company, and now I'm going to fail!"
Just as everyone was talking, the finance department suddenly rushed over, his face pale, and he spoke rapidly:
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!!! Look everyone!! The boss sent a group message!!!"
"Whale Leap...Whale Leap Game wants to take us over"
In an instant, the instant noodles and chopsticks all stopped in mid-air.
“???”
"What are you talking about? Whale Leap Game? I've never heard of it!"
"You mean... to take us in?"
"I know a little bit about it. It's the one that recently released 'Kryptonian Cultivation'?"
"Is this game so profitable? It seems like this is a new company! Can it acquire other companies with this game?"
"Isn't it said that they are being criticized? How can they make money in secret?"
"Is this a mistake? Weren't we sued in court?"
“…I remember our game has been removed from the shelves.”
"Now, even the platform is going to blacklist us!"
“Can this be acquired?”
"Is this a scam group operating under the name of Whale Leap?"
"Besides, they have so many options, why would they acquire us? I don't understand."
No one believed it.
Until the boss Zhou Yizhou personally received the call,
The other party claimed to be Lin Xiaoxiao, the administrative director of Jingyue Games.
It is said that Jingyue is interested in acquiring "Zhanhuo Liantian" and the price is negotiable.
As long as the contract can be signed today, I will transfer 7 million directly to your account.
What's more, they have even found a professional team. As long as there are no problems, the other team will arrive at the company tonight!
The office was silent for thirty seconds.
Then,
"Seven million?!"
"Seven million in cash?"
"Will it arrive today?"
"Holy crap! Is this true? I haven't received my salary for two months!!"
The first person to rush out was Lao Wang, the programmer who was planning to quit his job.
“I’m going to ask if it’s true!!!”
Some people rushed into the boss's office, and some people frantically refreshed the messages in the group.
Some people even opened the door to the conference room and shouted to the employees on the entire floor:
"Whale Leap has acquired us! Brothers!! We are saved!!"
The entire office area was in an uproar.
Even Xiao Li, the artist who was hiding in the tea room to secretly check how the company went bankrupt and handled labor arbitration, was shocked:
"Wait a minute... Has the manipulation of the gaming industry reached this point?"
"How could a company as crappy as ours be favored by Jingyue?"
"So I don't need arbitration?"
The intern Xiao Chen next to him suddenly burst into tears:
"Then I can finally complete my internship successfully!"
Soon, all kinds of news in the war-torn group chats began to boil over, and everyone started discussing it frantically.
"I heard that Jingyue is buying them at a high price. Should we follow them?"
"Then can our original project still go online?"
"Wait a minute, can we get our wages back?"
"I heard their boss, Mr. Lu, is... even better at making pay-to-win games than our Mr. Zhou!"
"That's not good! As long as they don't fire us, I'm willing to play games against my conscience!!!"
"It's the same pay-to-win game, but look at how they're doing! What a difference!"
…
The war was raging, and the company that was originally dead and dying,
Because of a phone call, everything went haywire.
The pie in the sky seems to be real, and the workers have really turned their fortunes around!
In the general manager's office.
The office is not big and even a bit shabby. The wood-veneer desk is peeling and warped, and the wall clock is a leftover prize from the raffle at last year's annual meeting.
Zhou Yizhou sat in his office chair, his phone pressed to his ear, his face expressionless, as if he was still sleepwalking.
In his head, he kept thinking about the phone call he had just had with Jingyue.
"Our company is interested in acquiring your company and taking over the original team!"
"Our professional legal and M&A consultants will be at your company tonight to discuss matters. Please prepare in advance..."
The person who spoke Jingyue was clear and calm, and every sentence he said was like pouring hot oil into Zhou Yizhou's brain.
His head buzzed, and for the first time he felt that he was a little behind.
He has expressed his willingness to sell the company for a long time, but this is the first time a company has called him!
Moreover, the progress is so fast!
Of course he has no objection to the company being acquired!
He is now afraid that the other party will suffer a loss and regret it!
What if people come to the company and find that it does not meet their expectations and they regret it?
Zhou Yizhou added the other party's contact information.
After communicating some details, he completely agreed to the other party's acquisition request!
After all, he really has no other options. If he drags it on, he will become the person to be executed!
Those employees will also be forced to resign! In this situation, it would be great if someone could take over!
Zhou Yizhou stared at his phone, still a little worried.
On the table, the mobile phone rang, and a transfer voucher application was forwarded to it.
The transfer is under review, the legal person's account name and project name are clearly written.
There is even a stamped letter from Jingyue Company's public account. As long as he thinks there is no problem,
The money can be transferred directly to the company account from the guarantee platform!
Zhou Yizhou stared at the screen. In all his long years in the industry, this was the first time he had seen such a company acquisition operation!
After sitting there for more than ten seconds, Zhou Yizhou took a deep breath, leaned his head back, looked up at the ceiling, and muttered to himself:
"Is this so fast?"
“…Are you crazy?”
"Whale Leap Game, it's crazy!"
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