As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 217 Move Move
Under the bright light in the tea room, Chen Ran could see a hungry wolf-like light in Hao Rui's eyes.

There have been too few good projects in recent years, and the rise of scientific and technological innovation has made most people turn their attention to the field of hard technology.

It is difficult for the traditional mobile game market in the gaming field to have new breakthroughs, and it is almost impossible for new startup companies to replicate the success of Lilith and miHoYo.

The bonus period of mobile Internet has passed, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to create a hit product by just gathering a few people.

However, on the new VR terminals, small startups have no basis for survival at all.

Because the cost of developing a brain-computer connected VR game may be similar to that of a traditional game, but now all the talents are in large companies, and the cost of poaching people from large companies is too high.

There needs to be at least a 50% salary increase to attract the other party to leave the big company and start a business with you.

In this era, it’s no longer feasible to just promise something. You have to give me real cake before I will work with you.

Therefore, there are no startups engaged in brain-computer connected VR games.

As the investment manager of Tencent's gaming division, Hao Rui has found it extremely difficult to find good projects in recent years.

Last year was even more exaggerated. We only invested in two overseas game companies throughout the whole year, one in Southeast Asia and the other in Poland.

The sudden emergence of Red Fox Studio is like a pearl hidden in the ocean.

There are actually startups developing VR games, and they are doing so well.

The internal evaluation of "Feather of the Lawbreaker" is S level, and it is considered to be a game with unlimited potential.

After learning about Chen Ran's background, Tencent immediately took out the game plan they had made for their internal competition.

If "Feather of the Lawbreaker" plagiarizes the plan they made at Tencent, then Tencent can do whatever it wants with it.

This is equivalent to taking the work you did at your previous company and using it for your own use after you leave.

For Nanshan Pizza Hut, this is tantamount to seeking death.

Unfortunately, Chen Ran is an old employee of Tencent and knows the company's nature too well.

"The Feather of Lawbreaker" has nothing in common with previous projects except that the background is also the late Ming Dynasty.

As a result, Hao Rui had no way to control the opponent.

With Chen Ran’s level, he is still a little short of signing a non-compete agreement.

It's a state of being neither up nor down.

"Geely's more than 20 years of rich experience in the gaming industry can be the best ladder for you to succeed."

Seeing that he believed what Hao Rui said, Chen Ran said directly:
"Levi, let's be frank. I have also been working in Tencent for more than five years."

"I am very familiar with Tencent's style."

"In the field of game development, Tencent has nothing to do with console games. You should know what the so-called internal incentive plan is like in practice."

"The biggest benefit of our cooperation with Tencent is probably the computing power of Tencent Cloud."

"But look at our lighting effects. Doesn't it look like we're lacking computing power?"

Hao Rui was silent for a short while. He knew Chen Ran knew Tencent too well, so he had to change his thinking:

"You are familiar with Tencent's global distribution channels. Currently, there is only one brain-computer connection VR platform, Futureverse."

"And Tencent has a lot of say in this platform."

"Red Fox, cooperate with us, and we will provide you with the best promotion methods."

Chen Ran only asked one question: "Can you guarantee that you can get the version number without affecting the theme of the game?"

This sentence instantly broke Hao Rui's defense: "No."

Even Tencent is powerless regarding game licenses, and they have to make changes based on what the higher-ups say.

It is almost impossible for a game like "Feather of the Lawbreakers" to get a publishing license.

"Feather of the Lawbreaker can go through the Steam channel. We have a cooperative relationship with Steam and can help you get the best recommendation position on Steam for VR."

"At the same time, Tencent will help you attract traffic through big anchors on major VR live broadcast platforms."

This is very attractive to Chen Ran.

In the field of gaming, anchors have strong appeal.

"What do we have to pay?"

Hao Rui: "5 million euros, % of the shares, Tencent wants absolute control."

Is this price expensive? Not expensive.

The game science behind "Black Myth: Wukong" is estimated to be between 10 billion and 15 billion US dollars.

They only had one game before, Red Tide. The lighting and shadow effects of Feather of the Broken Law are much stronger than those of Black Myth.

The core development teams of both companies also come from Tencent.

It also became popular thanks to its actual machine demonstration footage.

Tencent’s valuation was also based on the valuation of Game Science.

It was already worth it for Chen Ran. He got 1.5 million RMB in A-round investment from Merlin, and then the B-round investment from Tencent increased to 5 million RMB, which means % of the shares.

The valuation has increased thirtyfold.

But Chen Ran knew what Tencent valued, which was the engine they used to create lighting effects. This engine was much stronger than Tencent's self-developed VR game engine.

This is truly valuable.

Currently, no game company on the market has a sufficiently mature game engine in the VR field.

But the problem is that this game engine is not his, it was given to him by Merlin.

He has neither the power nor the ability to sell this.

Chen Ran also wanted to see how the underlying code of the game engine that Merlin gave him was written.

Not only does he not have the power to sell the engine, he also does not have the power to sell Red Fox Studio, which is also Merlin's company.

Chen Ran is just the nominal holder.

Moreover, Chen Ran himself does not want to cooperate with Tencent. In his opinion, after Tencent acquires 70% of the shares, it means that he will have absolute control.

Although Tencent has a much better reputation in the investment community than Ali, it does not mean that they will not interfere with the acquired gaming companies.

A big reason why Chen Ran left Tencent was that he couldn't adapt to the internal operating style of Tencent Games.

Being under absolute control is like going back to the beginning after going around in circles.

Chen Ran said, "Levi, I only own a small portion of Red Fox's shares. The company's major shareholder is someone else."

"That's not for me to decide."

"I need to report before I can give you an answer."

Hao Rui smiled and said, "No problem, I hope we can reach a cooperation."

“Even if you are unwilling to accept our investment, I hope Chihu can hand over the distribution to Tencent.”

"After all, brain-computer VR is a platform owned by Tencent."

When Tencent executives are outside, they usually emphasize that although the developer of brain-computer VR is called Kechuang Biotechnology, Tencent and Kechuang Biotechnology have the same shareholding ratio.

For those who don’t know the inside story, they even directly say that brain-computer connected VR is a platform under Tencent.

There was a hidden threat in Hao Rui's words. You can only release it on brain-computer connected VR. Tencent has the ability to block your way.

Chen Ran was not afraid. During the internal competition at Tencent, he was fortunate enough to add Li Miaomiao's WeChat.

Since Li Miaomiao was interested in his plan back then, she would definitely be interested in "The Feather of Breaking the Law".

A mature product is definitely more attractive than a simple demo, and "Feather of the Lawbreaker" is a product that they have polished more thoroughly.

If Tencent doesn't let them go, Chen Ran plans to contact Li Miaomiao directly.

Chen Ran was well aware of how much power the general manager of Ke Chuang Bio held.

She can solve the problem with just a few words.

Li Miaomiao has been worried every day recently, and she hasn't contacted Zheng Li for a long time.

Ever since Zheng Li went to the Chinese research base, Li Miaomiao didn't ask any more questions due to the confidentiality agreement.

Not long after, Zheng Li told her:

"I have discovered a planet in the SPT0402-47 galaxy that complies with the Hyber algorithm. Don't bother me during this time. Also, the data center needs to use a large portion of its computing power to do this. Find an explanation to fool the research institute."

"During this period, you will decide all company matters. If there is anything that really needs me to confirm, I will decide after I am done with my work."

After Apple announced that it was the first company to successfully mine magic coin, Zheng Li knew that he could start to act on this account.

Zheng Li’s personality is that of a genius, a top scientific research talent who published a paper in Nature in his freshman year.

It's not surprising that his team mined magic coins.

The character Chen Ran has been written before, so I have to fill the hole.

As for my poor writing skills, I try to write more every day. I am already pushing the plot. Zheng Li, this alias, will gain magical abilities and be able to participate more deeply in the research of Blue Star civilization.

About water, I can only say less water, the online articles are too dry without water. I have to find papers to translate into Chinese every day, I have a headache when writing them, and everyone has a headache when reading them, hahaha
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