Chapter 210 The best player in Tianba is actually...

When Chen Ba named his studio, he had no idea that "Tianba" would become a popular word for naming newborn babies.

Come on, this is really motorcycle!

Zhang Tianba met Wang Tianba, and the two came to Tianba Studio to apply for a job. The interviewer was named Xu Tianba, and his wife was Zhou Tianba...

Are you playing tongue twisters here? Chen Ba was speechless about the behavior of these young parents, because in his opinion, this way of naming is no different from Zi Han and Zi Han in the early years.

But having said that.

The number of couples and spouses brought together by "Love Advisor" has not yet reached a certain level, so the scenario envisioned by Chen Ba is unlikely to happen.

in other words.

The name "Tianba" is not like Zihan and Zihan, with many duplicates. Because outside the Tianba community, how could so many children have this name?

You don’t really think that Love Advisor has brought together many couples, do you? Little-known fact! Since its launch, Love Advisor has successfully brought together many players and helped many players find their partners, but...

Most players are in a relationship, but the proportion of those who actually get to the stage of "marriage" is not high.

Chen Ba also observed this.

After all, "Love Advisor" is a studio image project, and it cannot afford to make mistakes. He was also curious about why the matchmaking rate was so high but the marriage rate was not high.

He discovered this through observation.

Most of the players of "Love Staff" are in love, and there are two main reasons why they are not in a hurry to get married.

One is to have more contact.

As the saying goes, time reveals a person's true character. It is impossible to tell whether two people are suitable for each other in a short period of time. It takes more time to spend together before we can draw a conclusion.

The second reason is more complicated...

No matter how magical Love Adviser is, it is just a game. Since it is a game, it is no different from "online dating" for my family.

When two people fall in love, that is a matter between two young people, as long as they like each other.

But when two people get married, it is a big event for two families. The opinions of two young people are sometimes nothing in the face of family pressure.

Chen Ba has witnessed several regrets.

A couple met and fell in love through the show "Love Advisor". After their relationship was exposed, not only did they not receive any blessings, but they were banned from any contact by their parents.

A divorced middle-aged man met a single woman with children through "Love Advisor". They had decided to get married and raise their children together.

As a result, the woman's son went around shouting that his mother cheated on his father, and even went to complain to his grandparents...

With this happening, there's naturally no chance of these two people getting married.

There are many similar situations.

If you often visit the community, especially the content related to "Love Adviser", you will find that although the game matches the player with the most correct person, not everyone can be happy.

It can only be said that the game's matching mechanism is not yet advanced enough to make each other's "families" 100% compatible.

…

Zhang Pengfei was blessed with a son, named Zhang Tianba, and Chen Ba also sent a special gift.

This is as it should be.

As a popular player of "Love Staff", Zhang Pengfei has been the subject of interviews and reports by various media in recent years.

Every time he faced the camera, he would speak well of "Love Advisor" and Tianba Studio. Chen Ba should accept his kindness.

Speaking of which…

Among the millions of players in Tianba's games, there are not many who can gain the attention of Chen Ba like Zhang Pengfei and prepare gifts specially for him.

Hu Hui is one of them.

Hu Hui, nicknamed "Huizi", has shown strong hands-on skills since he was a child. However, he really shined after the release of the game "Need for Speed"...

Huiba Automobile, a new energy vehicle company that has its R&D center set up in games and builds cars through gaming, has now gone through three rounds of financing, with a valuation of over 50 billion, and is planning to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Once listed, Hu Hui, a young man under 30 years old, is very likely to become a new billionaire!

There is no doubt that this is the most successful representative among all Tianba game players.

He is even richer than Chen Ba.

No kidding!

Although Huiba Automobile also has Chen Ba's shares, he did not hold many at the beginning, not to mention that after multiple rounds of financing dilution, it was even less.

It can only be said that Huiba Automobile has been able to achieve what it is today, half due to Hu Hui's outstanding ability and half due to Huazi's technical support. Chen Ba only played the role of a cheerleader.

He only invested tens of millions of dollars at the beginning, but now the valuation is as high as more than 3 billion yuan, which is beyond Chen Ba's expectations.

Be reasonable.

If Huizi hadn't repeatedly warned Brother Ba not to cash out in a hurry, Chen Ba would have been unable to hold back in the face of such a high valuation.

In fact, in the third round of financing, when major investment banks valued Huiba Automobile at 50 billion yuan, Chen Ba wanted to cash out and run away.

In his opinion, this valuation is too high.

How many cars has Huiba Automobile sold? Those old-brand car companies don't have such a high market value, so why can Huiba Automobile be valued at 50 billion?

"Don't worry, just listen to me."

Hu Hui told Chen Ba that if he wanted to run away, it was not the right time to do so. It would not be too late for Chen Ba to run away after the company was officially listed.

If he runs away now, let’s not talk about who will take over the 6% shares. Even if someone can be found to take over, the current price is definitely not the highest price.

In fact, you don’t have to run.

According to Hu Hui, there is definitely a certain bubble in the company's valuation, but Huiba Automobile is not completely useless, and it will definitely not be a loss to hold shares for a long time.

Most importantly…

Huiba Automobile will be on the market soon!

Chen Ba, who holds 6% of the shares, will become the third largest shareholder. It is not a good thing for the company if the third largest shareholder sells off his shares.

The stock price may fall below the issue price just after it goes public.

"Then I won't run away."

After listening to Hu Hui's analysis, Chen Ba also felt that as the third largest shareholder of Huiba Automobile, it would not be an easy task to run away.

Since you can't run away, and as Hu Hui said, Huiba Automobile has a very bright future and the company's market value still has room to increase after listing, just hold it!

Anyway, Chen Ba is not short of money.

The cash out of this 6% stake is only 3 billion now, but if Huiba Automobile develops better and better, it will be more than 3 billion.

"Hey, that's right!"

After much persuasion, Brother Ba finally gave up the idea of ​​cashing out and running away, and Hu Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's right, Brother Ba!"

"You have so much liquid funds in Tianba Studio. Don't you have any other uses besides developing games?"

“It has other uses!”

Chen Ba denied it.

Tianba Studio has so much money on its books, it's certainly not there to just sit there and earn interest, it must have other uses.

In addition to the funds reserved for the development of new games, Tianba Studio will also make a series of investments. However, Tianba Studio's investment is more focused on the special field of "Shen'en Animation".

That’s right, Shen’en Animation! Ever since the release of “Shennen Continent”, which gave rise to the new category of “Shennen Animation”, Tianba Studio has been investing in this field.

For example...

A recently popular Shen'en animation, although the production team is from abroad, the investor is Tianba Studio.

There are many similar examples.

Last year, a total of about 7,240 Shen'en animations were broadcast worldwide, of which more than 80 were produced using the personalized customized version of "Shennong Continent".

Among these more than 80 works, about half of them were invested by Tianba Studio.

There is no way! Personalized customization service is too expensive, and many animation companies and animation production teams are reluctant to spend money on it. However, the finished film effect of personalized customization service is very good, far exceeding the professional version.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

What should I do then?

Let Tianba Studio act as the investor, provide customized software and funds, then wouldn't the problem be solved? Anyway, it doesn't matter who you find to invest. If you get Tianba Studio to invest, you can also use the customized version of "Shenneng Continent" for free. It's really a great deal!

Because of this, Tianba Studio spends a large sum of money every year to invest in multiple Shen'en animations.

These investments have both losses and gains.

Overall, it is profitable. After all, compared with the return on investment, the production cost of Shen'en Animation is too low.

Not to mention, the production software of Shen'en Animation is owned by Tianba Studio, which means it is free to use and there is no software licensing fee, so the cost is even cheaper.

The only pity is...

Because the competition is so fierce for Shen’en Animation, unless it is a super hit, it will not make much money even if it makes money.

It is still more stable to collect tolls!

Thinking of this, Chen Ba also made a plan. Starting from this year, the studio will no longer invest in any Shen'en animation production.

It's good to collect tolls honestly, at least the money comes in steadily, no matter how hard it gets! Investing in Shen'en Animation won't make a lot of money, so why bother? "Brother Ba..."

After hearing that Brother Ba had money and seemed unable to spend it, Hu Hui was tempted and said, "How about increasing your holdings? 6% is still too little, how about increasing it to 10%?"

"Don't set your sights on me!"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said, "I think 6% is too much. It's hard to run away. Why are you asking me to increase my holdings? You want me to be completely locked in, right?"

What a joke! On Huiba Auto's side, he promised Hu Hui that he would not run away, which was already the bottom line. After all, according to his original idea, going public would mean cashing out and running away.

It is impossible to increase holdings.

Although these new car-making forces are booming now, it is still unknown how many of them will survive in the next two years.

Maybe the whole family won’t survive.

Anyway, Chen Ba doesn't believe these things. Instead of asking him to increase his holdings in Huiba Automobile, he would rather continue to invest in Shen'en Animation. At least this thing has a future, and it won't be a case of investing this year and then going bankrupt next year.

"Okay, since you don't like it, forget it."

Hu Hui didn't seem surprised by this answer. Perhaps he also realized that Brother Ba was not the same kind of person as him.

But having said that.

The company was about to go public, and no matter whether they were on the same path or not, at least on the day of the listing, Chen Ba had to go to the scene and act out a show with Hu Hui.

"Can I not go?"

"No! You are the third largest shareholder and the co-founder of Huiba Automobile..."

Chen Ba had to go.

At such an important moment for the company to go public, it would be a bit unreasonable for him, as the third largest shareholder and co-founder, not to be present on site.

Then let’s go for a trip!

However, the listing process has not been completed yet. When the bell rings, it will probably be April or May, so Chen Ba is not in a hurry.

Compared with this matter, what gave him a headache was Kader, who refused to give up on him and chased him all the way from America to Asia and across the Pacific Ocean just to persuade him.

This guy is so shameless!

Tianba Studio had clearly rejected him, but he still stayed in Jiangning and refused to leave, calling Chen Ba regularly every day to introduce his grand blueprint.

"Mr. Kadir, I admit that your idea is very attractive, but is there a possibility that we can achieve all this even without your cooperation?"

"Can I join you then?"

Chen Ba: “…”

He thought of ten thousand answers, but he never expected that this old man would be willing to bring his men to join Tianba Studio in order to get what he wanted.

This is crazy.

For a moment, Chen Ba admitted that he was tempted. After all, the Kadier team was quite famous in the industry.

If Tianba Studio can bring this team under its wing, it will definitely greatly enhance the studio's game development capabilities.

But he changed his mind and realized that Kadiel was obviously here for the Tianba engine.

To put it bluntly, his intention to join Tianba Studio was not pure, but rather he had a strong sense of utilitarianism and purpose. If he were to bring people to join Tianba, they might all run away in two days.

certainly!

Tianba Studio cannot afford to take over Kadier's team. But in order to make good use of Tianba engine's "anti-cheat" capability and develop more interesting FPS games, Chenba does plan to merge and acquire a game team that mainly produces FPS games.

This is not difficult to understand.

FPS is a game theme where demons are rampant and internal competition is overwhelming.

Tianba Studio had never made this type of game before. Not only was it lacking experience, but the tuning of many gun trajectories was also lacking in quality.

In this case, merging with a team that specializes in making FPS games and using their accumulated data experience will undoubtedly save a lot of energy.

The goal is already there.

A "sniper" studio that may not be well-known abroad, but is quite famous in China.

The most famous work of this studio is the Sniper series of stand-alone games, which is still the sales record holder for domestic FPS games, having sold more than 1.8 million copies.

But this is all old news.

The Sniper series is just like The Legend of Sword and Fairy, each one is worse than the last. Even now, it’s hard to even break 500,000 in sales.

Because of this, they encountered a serious debt crisis and were able to be bought out by Chen Ba and merged into Tianba Studio, specializing in the development of FPS games.

Oh yes!

Although this sniper studio is well-known and has the title of "studio", it actually has only six core members.

With a scale of this magnitude, Chen Ba was embarrassed to use the term merger and acquisition. To be precise, he simply spent money to poach six senior FPS game developers.

(End of this chapter)