Chapter 36 I love spending money

Yang Huan met Zhu Liangcheng on the sea view balcony of the Grand Harbour Hotel.

It is said to be a sea view, but in fact it is the riverside. From here you can see the fork where the Itchen River and the Test River meet in the distance.

The view is very broad and the scenery is quite beautiful. It is a good place.

Zhu Liangcheng did not come alone. He brought five people with him, all of whom were international students from China.

The sea view balcony is not suitable for large gatherings. Each separate area can only seat four people, with two single chairs and a double chair. However, Yang Huan, who arrived early, occupied the double chair by himself, making it difficult for Zhu Liangcheng and others to sit there.

"Waiter." Yang Huan waved his hand, "Move the table and chairs over there, so we can sit together. Then give everyone a portion of your hotel's best breakfast. By the way, do you drink?"

Zhu Liangcheng and others shook their heads, and Yang Huan then signaled the waiter to do it first.

Soon, two hotel waiters came over, dismantled the table next to them, moved it over, and put them together.

This temporary transformation is fast and efficient.

The Grand Harbour Hotel is the most expensive hotel in Southampton. Zhu Liangcheng and others have heard of it, but have never been there.

"Master Huan, we..." Zhu Liangcheng wanted to talk about work as soon as they met.

Yang Huan smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry. You guys came so early, you must not have had breakfast. Let's have breakfast first. The breakfast in this hotel is pretty good. Let's talk about work after we're full."

Zhu Liangcheng understood Yang Huan's temper. He looked at his companions and nodded to indicate that he should do as he was told.

Yang Huan didn't say much, he just took out his cell phone and started playing games.

Since he wanted to make mobile games, he had to understand the mobile game market. Even though Yang Huan was very familiar with it in his previous life and had played many popular games, he still felt it necessary to play some and kill some time.

The hotel's food delivery was very efficient and arrived in no time.

Zhu Liangcheng and others did not have breakfast. They gobbled it up like a whirlwind, finishing it all.

After they had finished eating, Yang Huan asked the waiter to bring some drinks before he started talking about work.

"I want to make a mobile software and several mobile games." Yang Huan said straight to the point.

Sitting next to Zhu Liangcheng was a young man named Wang Lin, with a square face, a beard, and very dark skin.

After listening to Yang Huan's words, Wang Lin asked, "I wonder what kind of software and games Young Master Huan is going to make?"

"Have you heard of WhatsApp?" Yang Huan asked.

"I've heard of it." Almost everyone nodded.

Yang Huan also nodded, "I want to make a mobile phone app similar to his."

Zhu Liangcheng didn't know what Yang Huan was thinking before, but when he heard about it, he immediately shook his head and said, "Master Huan, although WhatsApp sounds new, it currently has only about two million users, and it's been more than a year, and the progress is very poor and unremarkable."

"Yes, Master Huan, this type of mobile phone software requires a lot of investment, but the output is not clear, and even the future prospects are very confusing." Wang Lin is a software engineer at the IBM Research Center. He has also engaged in mobile phone software development and is quite familiar with these aspects.

Yang Huan knows the future prospects of these software better than anyone else. Whether it is WhatsApp or China's WeChat, they both have quite amazing prospects in the future. Later, WhatsApp was sold for a sky-high price of nearly 20 billion US dollars.

"Why?"

Zhu Liangcheng saw Wang Lin looking at him and nodded, indicating that he could speak freely.

"Master Huan, first of all, I must say that the most important thing about this type of application is not the product development. The research and development process alone is not difficult. We can get it done in a week at most. The real problem is the research on similar products before development."

"Another point is that the mechanism of this type of application is simple and not complicated, but the problem is that it will generate huge data traffic. The more users there are, the greater the data traffic will be, and the higher the requirements for the number and quality of servers will be. This unexpectedly requires a large amount of capital investment, but it is difficult to see the future profit prospects."

At this point, Wang Lin mentioned WhatsApp. "The reason why I say they are progressing slowly is actually because they lack funds. Even if they charge each user nearly one dollar, their servers will still crash. They need SMS verification, and SMS verification alone costs hundreds of thousands of dollars every month."

"But you know what? Their monthly revenue from this app is only tens of thousands of dollars so far, so they need to control the number of users. Once there is money in the account, they will make the app free, and once there is no money in the account, they will return to the paid status."

Yang Huan then began to understand why WhatsApp's user growth was so slow in the beginning, but later on it was growing rapidly in a snowball manner, because they had money later on.

"This is a money-burning game, Master Huan, and it is difficult to see the future prospects." Wang Lin felt that he still had to be cautious, and this was not suitable for entrepreneurs.

Who would have thought that after hearing this, Yang Huan just laughed, "Burning money? What I like to do most is burning money!"

These words left Zhu Liangcheng, Wang Lin and others stunned.

"Why don't you just stop researching? Just follow my ideas and what I say. Just give me what I want. As for the money, you don't need to worry. I can give you as much as you want. It's just a matter of spending money, right? I can afford it!"

Wang Lin almost dropped his eyes. He had heard of wealthy people, but he had never heard of a wealthy person like this.

This investment is not just a few hundred thousand or a few million, it is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions?

"I've read your resumes, they're pretty good. I'll keep your salaries the same as before. You don't need to do any research. Just make an app according to my requirements and ideas. If you can make it within a week and satisfy me, you will not only get a bonus, but your salary will be doubled."

Is there such a good thing?

Wang Lin and others looked at Zhu Liangcheng in astonishment. Isn’t this a fool?

Just promise such generous conditions to others without asking for anything in return?

If Yang Huan was not the new boss of Southampton, if they did not know that Yang Huan was the prince of the domestic Yang Group, they would have thought they had met a madman or a liar.

"I want to make an app similar to WhatsApp, but I want to make it more interesting and provide better services. It charges a fee, but mine is free. Everyone can download and use it at will. I will also set up servers all over the world to ensure the quality of our services. I will even hold some promotions during festivals."

Not only do you make your service free when others charge for it, you also have to offer promotions.

My God, this isn't just a case of people being stupid and having a lot of money coming quickly.

"Go find whatever people you need. I want to see results in the shortest possible time."

Wang Lin winked at Zhu Liangcheng, "How is it?"

"Who cares? We're just working to make money." Zhu Liangcheng raised his eyebrows.

Wang Lin thought about it and agreed. It was true. After all, it was just a job to earn money. It would be fine as long as he got paid.

"Okay, Master Huan, we agree."

"Good!" Yang Huan praised. He liked things to be quick and decisive.

Zhu Liangcheng then asked, "Master Huan, you said before that you wanted to make a mobile game. What are you planning to do?"

"There are strings with a colorful candy hanging from them, and a chubby, adorable little monster squatting underneath. Users must swipe the touch screen to cut the string and let the candy fall accurately into the monster's mouth to pass the level."

"Is it that simple?" A tall man next to him laughed out loud. How can this be called a game?

Yang Huan laughed and shook his head, "Is it that simple?"

Zhu Liangcheng and Wang Lin thought it was very simple at first, but after thinking about it carefully, they realized that there is a lot involved.

Yang Huan also said that they are ropes, which means that many levels of different difficulty can be designed.

Cutting the rope is very simple, everyone can do it, even children can do it. It is easy to get started, but it is not easy to master it.

"There is another game where a person is running away and some demons are chasing him. Once they catch up, he is dead, so he can only keep running forward, faster and faster. While he is running away, the user uses the gyroscope in the phone or swipes the screen to help him change direction and avoid obstacles."

When Wang Lin and Zhu Liangcheng heard this, they were really dumbfounded.

It’s the same principle as cutting the rope, it’s very simple and easy to get started, but the more you play, the more difficult it becomes.

This kind of game is made for smartphones!

My God, what is Master Huan’s head made of?

How come some of the creative ideas he came up with casually could be so amazing?

If I had had such creativity back then, my business would not have failed so badly!

It’s really frustrating to compare yourself with others!

"Well, I've only thought of two for now. I want to make these two games as soon as possible. I'm going to make them free, release them on the Apple store now, and then promote them to various smartphone platforms."

"Free again?" Zhu Liangcheng found it hard to accept.

Why is it that Young Master Huan only wants free things?

Mobile game development is free? Employee salaries are free?

Could it be that he has too much money and feels uncomfortable keeping it in his pocket? Why not give each of us some?

"Yes, it's still free!" Yang Huan nodded firmly.

Yang Huan has always believed that free with in-app purchases is a major development trend for mobile games, because only free can build a huge audience group, and among the audience group, some users with purchasing power will naturally choose to consume.

At least, most of the games he had played in his previous life were free with in-app purchases.

As for how many users you can attract to make in-app purchases, that depends on your ability.

So he decided to play it this way this time.

But I was thinking in my heart, now that it has become such a big deal, I will probably have to write a threatening letter to my dad to ask him to invest more money.

When Yang Huan thought of his father, Yang Wenfeng, who was far away in Longhai City, had just returned home from get off work. As soon as he stepped into the door, he sneezed, causing Yang Huan's mother to nag non-stop.

"Someone must have said something bad about me behind my back, otherwise I would have been fine all day and suddenly sneezed."

"Nonsense, when did you become so superstitious?" Yang Huan's mother scolded with laughter.

Yang Baoping also glared at his son and said, "That's right, you are also an old Communist Party member after all. This kind of feudal superstition is unacceptable."

Yang Wenfeng didn't dare to be rude in front of his father and immediately smiled awkwardly.

Just at this moment, the cell phone rang. It was a call from his son Yang Huan in the UK.

Yang Wenfeng was pleased when he saw it, "See, I told you there must be something wrong. This guy called me suddenly, it must be because of him!"

Joking aside, he immediately answered his son's call.

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