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Chapter 383 Luo Shengyi's Little Intentions (Fourth Update!)

After Cheng Yi solemnly and sternly explained the purpose of the event and its great significance, he, Wang Yan, and Zhang Chaoyang jointly launched the ceremony.

To increase the visual impact, Cheng Yi specially commissioned experts from three art studios to help create a video.

The video content is very simple. It starts with three handprints, then a 10-second countdown begins, followed by a futuristic flowing light display, and then dazzling fireworks.

The main reason for choosing this location is that the conference hall has a huge video wall.

This is somewhat similar to a futuristic LED screen, made up of dozens of LCD TVs, and looks very advanced.

As Cheng Yi and the other two pressed their handprints onto the screen, exciting music immediately began to play.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Three streaks of light extended out along the veins, followed by a dazzling fireworks animation.

The attendees had never seen anything like it before, and many were quite surprised by the scene, which looked like something out of a science fiction movie.

Many people, who didn't understand that this was just an animation, even wondered if Momo Group possessed some kind of cutting-edge technology.

The launch ceremony was very simple. It was nothing more than inviting leaders to come and stand on the stage to give the launch a legitimate reason, inviting media friends to witness it, and then giving them a small fee to help promote it.

As for the rest, that's all nonsense.

After the launch ceremony, Du Yusheng hosted another banquet, extending his hospitality to the fullest extent.

In three days, universities will begin to reopen, and a batch of media articles should be published during this period.

Luo Shengyi came here representing Shengda Group. As the representative of the sponsor, he received the utmost courtesy.

After the launch ceremony, Luo Shengyi was not invited to the banquet. Instead, he took the initiative to find Cheng Yi and planned to talk to him.

Seeing Luo Shengyi's furtive appearance, Cheng Yi knew that this guy was definitely up to no good.

He knew without even thinking that it was that one hundred million that caused the trouble.

Cheng Yi invited Luo Shengyi into the lounge alone and asked with a smile, "Mr. Luo, what kind of tea would you like to drink?"

Luo Shengyi shook his head and smiled somewhat awkwardly, "Just some plain water will do."

"Mr. Luo, is there something you need from me alone?" Cheng Yi asked, feigning ignorance.

Luo Shengyi stammered, "I just wanted to talk to you about renewing my contract."

"Renew the contract?" Cheng Yi feigned a surprised expression and said, "You're not here to sign a renewal contract with me, are you? If so, I'll go withdraw the money for you right now."

Upon hearing the word "withdrawal," Luo Shengyi couldn't help but swallow hard. A greedy glint appeared in his eyes as he said in a trembling voice, "No rush. I'd like to discuss the details of the contract renewal with you first."

Luo Shengyi said, as if taking credit, "I think you can guess that our chairman originally didn't plan to renew your contract. However, considering that you thought of us during this event, and with my persuasion, our chairman finally spoke up. As long as you agree to two conditions, we can still renew your contract."

"Oh?" Cheng Yi was somewhat skeptical about whether Luo Shengyi's words were true or false.

Shengda will renew his contract? How is that possible?
If Shengda really renews his contract, and he's still digging a hole for Shengda, then isn't he a really awful person?

Since signing the contract, Cheng Yi has never considered renewing it, because he knows very well that Shengda is unlikely to renew it.

But now, Luo Shengyi said he could renew the contract, which left Cheng Yi somewhat confused.

If Shengda really renews his contract, will he still work for Shengda?

If they don't do it, Shengda will still be the leader in the gaming industry, which will hinder the development of Momo Group.

If I did that, I'd really be a scoundrel.

This... this way of opening it is a bit wrong.

He was like a swordsman who had been practicing his swordsmanship in a targeted manner, but when the final battle was about to begin, his opponent suddenly said he would not fight anymore.

This is a bit funny.

Judging from Luo Shengyi's serious expression, this guy didn't seem to be talking nonsense.

Cheng Yi collected his thoughts and smiled, "Tell me, what are your conditions? As long as the conditions aren't excessive, I'll agree to anything, even twenty, let alone two."

Luo Shengyi quickly said, "The conditions aren't too harsh. The first condition is that the game revenue sharing be changed to 50/50. Most of your current revenue comes from Momo Legend. Even if it's 50/50, you'll only earn a little less, which won't affect your group's development. The second condition is that your game version must be restored to our version and keep updating with our official Legend."

"Oh, so these are the only two conditions?" Cheng Yi almost laughed out of anger at Luo Shengyi's words.

They're clearly trying to slowly boil the frog in water.

This year they raised it to 50/50, and next year they'll change it to 30/70? This is practically copying Blizzard's tactics against NetCraft.

As for the restored version, it would be tantamount to Momo Group destroying its own strength, causing it to lose its market competitiveness and thus become vulnerable to exploitation.

Seeing that Cheng Yi did not object, Luo Shengyi smiled and said, "Yes, those are the two conditions. As long as you agree, our group will immediately draft a renewal contract."

"Of course I agree," Cheng Yi said with a smile. "As long as the contract can be renewed, anything is fine."

Seeing that Cheng Yi didn't try to bargain, Luo Shengyi felt uneasy.

Based on his understanding of Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi didn't seem like someone who was easy to talk to.

Suddenly, Luo Shengyi's prepared remarks became useless.

Luo Shengyi asked doubtfully, "President Cheng, there are no outsiders here. If you have any requests, you can tell me, and I will help you communicate with the group."

Cheng Yi sighed and said, "Actually, it's not really a request. Our profits have suddenly dropped so much, and we still have to modify the version. This is too much trouble. I'm worried that if we keep going through all this, our Momo Legend will be half dead."

Luo Shengyi immediately reassured him, "No, your Momo Group has almost monopolized the internet cafe market in Handong Province. No matter how you modify the version, given the stickiness of your internet cafe players, it won't be greatly affected. Of course, there will definitely be some short-term pain."

Cheng Yi nodded slowly, feigning difficulty: "What President Luo said makes sense. I am also troubled by the issues I reported to the group. This time the contract renewal has such big changes, I am worried that it will be difficult to fulfill my promise to you."

"Huh?" Luo Shengyi's smile vanished instantly, and he said excitedly, "President Cheng, isn't this what we agreed on? How can you go back on your word?"

“I’m not going back on my word,” Cheng Yi sighed. “Let me give you an example. We’ve got our eye on a million-dollar project and asked you to help us make connections. We promised to give you 100,000 yuan if it works out, but we only managed to get the project for 500,000 yuan. We can’t even guarantee a profit. How can we give you 100,000 yuan?”

Luo Shengyi said with a troubled expression, "This is our group's bottom line, and I'm afraid it's hard to change..." Luo Shengyi looked at Cheng Yi and said, "President Cheng, how about this? I don't want 100 million, just give me 60 million."

"Sixty million? How can that be? Wouldn't that be going back on my word?" Cheng Yi shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no, that's not right."

Seeing that Cheng Yi was unwilling to spend even 60 million, Luo Shengyi became really anxious. He frowned and said, "Are you not planning to spend a single penny?"

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "How could that be? I'm not the kind of person who goes back on his word. What I mean is, since our group promised you 100 million, we have to fulfill 100 million. Would 60 million be an insult to us?"

Luo Shengyi breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "Your group truly lives up to its reputation as the number one IT company in Handong Province. If you really keep your promise, I can assure you that I will do my best to facilitate the renewal for the third year."

Cheng Yi said, "Those are all irrelevant. Since you want money and we want to give you money, I think we can cooperate."

"Cooperation?" Luo Shengyi didn't understand what Cheng Yi meant.

Cheng Yi said, "For this event, I combined the character leveling process with the voting process. Users who level up to level 15 and become legendary characters will receive three votes. This shouldn't be against the rules, right?"

“That’s great,” Luo Shengyi said. “What we want is to attract college students to play. Once they play our game and reach level 15, they will definitely be attracted by the game content.”

“I’m worried that some students will try to manipulate the system to get votes,” Cheng Yi said. “I’m worried that your group will ban their accounts.”

"How could we possibly ban your accounts with such a small sponsorship fee?" Luo Shengyi said. "Besides, I'm in charge of this matter. Without my approval, who would ban your accounts?"

"What if the quantity is very large? You probably wouldn't be able to make that decision either," Cheng Yi tempted.

Luo Shengyi frowned and said, "How big can it be? Do you think ten million students can create a new account every day?"

"There certainly won't be that many outrageous numbers. Based on my estimate for this event, I think there will be at least several hundred thousand registrations every day." Cheng Yi deliberately underreported some numbers.

Luo Shengyi laughed and said, "We couldn't be happier, President Cheng. To be honest, our group has no shortage of money. As long as it can increase online activity and the number of users, we will be very generous."

Seeing that Cheng Yi still had concerns, Luo Shengyi lowered his voice and said, "President Cheng, if you are still worried about account bans, I will add all accounts starting with 'Q' to the whitelist and manage them myself."

"Is this okay?" Cheng Yi asked doubtfully.

Luo Shengyi smiled and said, "As the group's vice president, I do have this much power."

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "Okay, as long as you can guarantee that our accounts won't be banned, we will keep our promise. After this event ends, you can choose a payment method yourself."

“Okay.” Luo Shengyi immediately became excited.

He thought the hundred million was gone, but unexpectedly, it came right back, hahaha...

Luo Shengyi had figured it out: there was no point in continuing to work at Shengda. Even though he was now earning an annual salary of 500,000 yuan, people always strive for better opportunities, and Shengda was essentially a husband-and-wife team business, so outsiders like them had almost no chance for promotion.

Not to mention any shares held in kind.

Rather than wasting my life at Shengda, I might as well take a gamble.

His classmates who worked at Blizzard had told him about the development of World of Warcraft more than once. Luo Shengyi firmly believed that once the game was released, it would definitely set off an unprecedented storm in the gaming industry.

After all, Warcraft is incredibly popular in the country.

As soon as he gets the 100 million, he will immediately go to the United States to negotiate the agency agreement with Blizzard.

"President Cheng, when do you think we should sign the contract renewal?" Luo Shengyi asked, regaining his composure.

After a moment's thought, Cheng Yi said, "Let's wait until this event is over before we get together."

"Okay." Luo Shengyi nodded.

Cheng Yi chatted with Luo Shengyi for a while longer, further strengthening their relationship.

They talked about their first meeting, their first negotiation, and even Zhou Rongjun, who was pedaling a sewing machine at breakneck speed in prison.

If the legend hadn't become so popular, the two of them might have become good friends.

But the legend is too popular.

Faced with such exorbitant profits, even brothers can turn against each other.

Luo Shenyi's hatred for Momo Group stems primarily from this reason.

The Legend became a hit, and Momo Legend made a fortune, while Luo Shengyi, who didn't get any benefits, got angry.

After parting ways with Luo Shengyi, Cheng Yi rushed back to the group.

Now that Luo Shenyi has made a promise, why doesn't he add a few more computers with offline modems installed?

At the very least, this event should bring him 5 million yuan in revenue, right?

As for whether Luo Shengyi can keep these accounts, Cheng Yi doesn't care too much. Anyway, the sponsorship contract this time is settled on a daily basis. Shengda will settle accounts based on the previous day's data every day. Even if they are banned in the middle, they won't lose anything.

Luo Shengyi is, after all, the vice president of Shengda Group. Surely keeping these people offline for ten days or half a month shouldn't be a problem, right?
If they can't even hold on for ten days or half a month, then Luo Shengyi, this elder of Shengda, is really too useless.

As for the 100 million yuan promised to Luo Shengyi, as long as Luo Shengyi truly protects these offline cheaters, Cheng Yi will keep his promise and fulfill the agreement in full.

However, he personally felt that Luo Shengyi probably wouldn't be able to protect him until the end.

Throughout history, those who act as protectors have often met tragic ends.

Cheng Yi called Li Xiang and asked him to add 300 more computers, which were then distributed evenly among the five rooms.

Just to be on the safe side, Cheng Yi specifically pulled out the sponsorship contract he signed with Shengda Group. Although the content of the sponsorship contract was very harsh, it did not mention any clauses related to account boosting.

At that time, there was no concept of offline account creation. Perhaps Shengda Group thought that Momo Group would not create and farm accounts for a mere five yuan.

Since there were no penalties or restrictions on account boosting in the terms and conditions, Cheng Yi was completely relieved.

Swish! We have to swish it hard!

Such opportunities to make quick money are rare, occurring only a handful of times in a lifetime. If you do manage to come across one, it would be a shame not to make a fortune.

(End of this chapter)