Chapter 175 One Person Challenges All

Late at night, after a long flight of more than ten hours, the plane that Yang Huan was on finally landed at London Heathrow Airport with a harsh friction sound.

"Master Huan, Master Huan... Master Huan..."

Long Wu called out to Yang Huan softly, but the latter just stared out the window, not moving at all.

The first-class passengers were getting ready to get off the plane.

After talking to Zhang Ning, he watched the news for two or three hours in one go, having not been online to read the news for several days.

Many media outlets in the Internet field and focusing on mobile games have expressed pessimism about the current situation of WeChat.

It was a heavy blow to the company that it had spent a lot of effort and resources developing a new game but it ran into trouble.

In the City of London and Silicon Valley, many venture capital firms have lowered their valuations of gaming companies and WeChat by as much as 40%, which has also caused pessimism among many media and investors.

More importantly, it dealt a severe blow to the morale of everyone in the company.

After boarding the plane, Yang Huan kept writing in the notebook he carried with him.

After finishing writing, he stared out the plane window in a daze.

In fact, it was pitch black outside the window and nothing could be seen, but he just kept looking at it without moving.

I didn't even know the plane had landed.

"Young Master Huan." Long Wu gently pushed Yang Huan's shoulder.

"Ah!" Yang Huan woke up in shock.

"We're here."

"Are we there? London?" Yang Huan looked around at this time and found that there were not many people in the first-class cabin.

He stood up, stretched lazily, and yawned.

"My waist is tired after sitting on the plane for more than ten hours!" Yang Huan said with a self-deprecating laugh.

Long Wu nodded slightly, "Yes, so you should go back and rest."

Yang Huan packed up his things without commenting and got off the plane.

Long before they boarded the plane, Southampton had been informed and asked them to arrange a driver to pick them up at Heathrow Airport.

When Yang Huan walked out of the plane gate, he was surprised to find that there were many reporters waiting there. When they saw him, they immediately rushed over and surrounded him like sharks smelling blood.

Frightened, Long Wu immediately stood in front of Yang Huan.

"Mr. Yang Huan, may I ask if you rushed back to London overnight because Arsenal officially wanted to buy Chamberlain?"

Yang Huan was stunned, "Who said that? I didn't receive any news!"

He certainly hadn't received any news in that regard.

But to the reporter, this was a cover-up.

"There is news that Southampton has some financial problems recently and may sell Chamberlain. Is it true?"

Yang Huan denied this statement without hesitation, "That's not the case. Southampton is not considering selling off the team's stars. On the contrary, we will continue to make great efforts to recruit players."

"But according to the intelligence we have received, you have recently run into funding problems. In particular, many venture capital firms that originally planned to invest in your company have now lowered their valuations for you, with the highest rate reaching 50%."

Yang Huan was depressed.

It is true that many venture capitalists wanted to invest in his company before, but he rejected them one by one.

"One thing I must clarify is that I have no intention of introducing any investment. Several venture capital firms have expressed their intention to invest before, but I rejected them all. We are not short of money and have no plans to introduce investment."

At this point, Yang Huan spread his hands and said, "Since we don't have such an idea, then whether they lower their valuation of us or not, what does it have to do with us? The answer is, it doesn't matter even a dime!"

Yang Huan’s explanation was indeed true, but the problem was that the media reporters simply refused to listen.

In their view, only by describing WeChat as being in financial crisis and in a very precarious situation can they attract readers' attention. After all, this company has been too dazzling in the past period of time.

Whether it is WeChat, games or Southampton, they all show their edge.

Moreover, in recent days, Aston Martin and Sunseeker yachts have been very popular in China. If we don’t take advantage of such natural hype material, would we still be the British paparazzi?

"So what do you think about the failure of new games?" a reporter asked.

Yang Huan stopped walking towards the main door of the terminal, and shook his head, saying, "I must reiterate once again that it was not a failure, because we have not officially released it yet. It was just a test for us."

"Every game company has some projects that fail in testing, right?"

The reporter nodded and said, "Yes, that's true. But every game you've released since your founding has been very successful. Currently, you occupy two spots in the top ten revenue rankings of the Apple official store."

"Come on, we're only releasing two games, ok?"

Yang Huan was puzzled. With the success of the two games, did the third game not allow for mistakes?

When the reporter saw that Yang Huan was a little annoyed, he immediately laughed and said, "Mr. Yang Huan, I can understand how you feel at this moment. Your company is in such a crisis, you must be very unhappy, but it's useless to get angry with us."

"I'm not mad at you, I..."

Long Wu quietly reminded him, "Master Huan, he is deliberately trying to provoke you."

"I know!" Yang Huan is not a fool, nor has he lost his mind. How can he not see it?

"Which newspaper are you from?"

"The Independent," the reporter replied, smiling.

That's the world of Arsenal fans.

“Holy crap, is The Independent also interested in mobile games?”

The reporter shrugged and laughed, "Occasionally, it depends on who you are with."

The meaning is self-evident. Who made you our Arsenal's mortal enemy?

Every newspaper has its own fixed audience, and the core readership of the Independent is Arsenal fans.

So, who doesn’t want to see news about their mortal enemy getting into trouble?

Especially for Arsenal fans, Southampton is their mortal enemy. It is definitely a pleasure to see Southampton's investors suffer bad luck or even declare bankruptcy.

Maybe they will set off firecrackers in London to celebrate and add insult to injury.

"Ok, then it's useless for me to say anything!" Yang Huan felt that it was a complete waste of breath to talk to these people.

No matter what you say, they're still going to step on you.

"So you agree?" The reporter gave a very, very annoying smile.

Yang Huan looked at the reporter leisurely and smiled, "Okay, Mr. Independent, maybe we can make a bet. Do you have the courage to do so?"

"Bet?" The reporter was a little surprised, but nodded provocatively.

"Since you are so interested in us, let's make a bet that our next game will be a hit."

"That's impossible!" The reporter shook his head and laughed.

Not only him, but all the reporters around him found it impossible.

In the mobile game industry, who dares to say that their next game will be a big hit?

Even Blizzard, which specializes in classic PC and online games, wouldn't dare to make such a boast, right?

"Yes, you think it's impossible, but I have this confidence, so I will ask you one question, do you dare?"

Yang Huan even turned around and looked at all the reporters. "If the rest of you are interested, you can also make this bet with me. I am very happy to accompany you. The bet is also very simple. Whoever loses will apologize in the newspaper and admit that he is the loser!"

All the reporters at the airport were shocked.

"Mr. Yang Huan, are you challenging us?"

"I don't think this is a challenge, but a defense. But you can definitely see it that way!" Yang Huan replied.

"Mr. Yang Huan, don't you think this is a very irrational and arrogant behavior?"

Yang Huan shook his head and said, "That's better than me sitting on a plane for more than ten hours in the middle of the night, only to be blocked here and bombed by you guys after I return to London, right?"

"Mr. Yang Huan, are you sure you have to do this?"

"I'm very very very very sure!"

All the reporters present were dumbfounded.

There are more than a dozen people representing more than a dozen newspapers. Although there are no big newspapers like The Times, The Guardian and The Sun, they are all newspapers in the London area of ​​the UK where consultations are well developed. There are even newspapers like The Independent which have considerable sales and influence.

If one person wants to challenge everything, isn't that crazy?

"Okay, I accept your challenge!"

"I agree too!"

"I agree to bet with you!"

Yang Huan kept nodding, indicating that he accepted the challenge.

"Mr. Yang Huan, please remember my name," the Independent reporter raised his press card, "I'm the chief football reporter of the Independent Football Department. My name is Glenn Moore. I'm going to bet with you!"

"good!"

"But I have a question."

"Speak!" Yang Huan made a gesture of inviting you to speak.

"How do you determine winning or losing, and evaluate whether a game will be popular?" Glenn Moore asked very seriously.

Yang Huan thought about it and said, "It's very simple. I will make a game, release it, and see how many users download it and how many people are online."

Glenn Moore also knew something about mobile games. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay, but there has to be a time limit."

"It takes one month to make a game, and one month to assess the results."

Glenn Moore felt that he had gotten a great deal, so he nodded and smiled, "What about the results?"

"You say!" Yang Huan looked confident of winning.

"According to the standards of Cut the Rope and Temple Run, as long as the number of downloads exceeds five million, I will lose."

"That makes sense!" Yang Huan nodded without hesitation.

Everyone was a little surprised. This was too confident.

Is he really that confident?

"What about you?" Yang Huan looked at the reporters provocatively.

More than a dozen reporters at the scene looked at each other, and no one backed down.

"We agree too, let's take the bet!"

"Mr. Yang Huan, you are not allowed to deny your debt if you lose!"

"We'll take a gamble with you."

"Yes, I just don't believe that you can really turn stone into gold and make fire come to life!"

Yang Huan was not intimidated by them at all, "Okay, then we have a deal."

"But before that, we have to make it clear. During the betting period, I can't stop you from doing anything you want, but don't bother me or my employees, otherwise, you will be considered violating the rules!"

After saying that, Yang Huan turned around and walked away arrogantly.

The group of reporters behind him were all very angry.

"Too arrogant, too arrogant!"

"Does he really think he's going to win?"

"I've never seen such an arrogant person. Who does he think he is?"

But Glenn Moore smiled smugly, as if he had seen through Yang Huan's conspiracy.

"Everyone, listen to me, let's not be fooled by that Chinese man!"

"What do you mean?" someone asked immediately.

"He made a bet with us just to piss us off so we can promote them for free. If we fall for it and keep attacking and accusing them, wouldn't that just help them gain attention?"

"Yes, that Chinese man is so sinister!"

"Yes, Glenn is right, we can't be fooled."

Glenn Moore saw that everyone had reached a consensus and immediately laughed, "So, it's very simple. From now on, we will ban them and not report a single word to them!"

"Okay, let's do it!"

"Hey, if we don't report it, let's see what tricks he can come up with!"

"That's right. When he comes to our newspaper to apologize, remember to charge him a higher fee so that he will pay a lot of money!"

"I think that nouveau riche from China is not short of money at all!"

"Haha, even if we are not short of money, we have to ask him to pay more. We are short of money!"

"That's right, let him suffer a little and learn a lesson."

"Ha ha……"

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