Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 388 Is he paranoid?
Luo Shengyi added, "I've inquired carefully. Momo Group's subsidiaries operate independently, and the cooperation between subsidiaries is paid according to market prices. Currently, Xiaonei.com Technology also has to pay Momo Group an operating system usage fee, and Momo Legend will also pay Xiaonei.com Technology and Momo Internet Cafe a 30% channel commission."

Chen Tianqiao asked in confusion, "What are they doing? Are they trying to generate fake transaction volume?"

Luo Shengyi laughed and said, "Isn't this the characteristic of Handong Province? When gathered together, they are a blazing fire; when scattered, they are stars across the sky. Momo Group is just like Handong Province; they are both quite disorganized."

After thinking about it carefully, Chen Tianqiao couldn't help but gasp and said, "I think I understand what the chairman of Momo Group is trying to do."

"What do you want to do?" Luo Shengyi really didn't understand and immediately looked at Chen Tianqiao.

Chen Tianqiao frowned and said, "They probably want to create a group ecosystem."

"Group ecosystem?" Luo Shengyi was taken aback.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Yes, I saw this kind of business model when I went to Wall Street before. Wall Street calls it an ecosystem industrial cluster. It means that the subsidiaries are cultivated into independent group companies, and then the major group companies support each other to form a near-monopolistic industrial cluster. They also call this an ecosystem map."

Luo Shengyi clearly hadn't considered this aspect. He muttered, "The senior executives at Momo Group are all so young; they probably haven't been to Wall Street, have they?"

Chen Tianqiao stood up and carefully reviewed the development of Momo Group.

He murmured, "Think about it carefully. Momo Group's subsidiaries may seem loosely connected, but they are interdependent. Even without external customers, they can support each other, which ensures that they will not be eliminated by the market."

Upon careful consideration, Luo Shengyi realized that it was indeed as Chen Tianqiao had said.

Honor computers are backed by Momo Internet Cafe, Momo Internet Cafe is backed by Momo Games, and Momo Games is backed by Renren.com...

Their interconnected steps directly avoided the company's most dangerous situation: having no business to conduct.

Honor computers only need to be sold to Momo Internet Cafes. As long as Momo Internet Cafes have Momo Games, they can guarantee profits. Momo Games also has Renren.com to promote and drive traffic. So who does Renren.com rely on?
Luo Shengyi didn't understand this part. He thought about it carefully, and his expression turned a little ugly.

This school intranet seems to be relying on their Shengda Group.

That looks exactly like a leech.

Unbeknownst to him, Cheng Yi had actually included their Shengda Group in the ecosystem.
Moreover, it is a major nutrient provider in the ecosystem.

Luo Shengyi glanced at Chen Tianqiao and saw that Chen Tianqiao had also figured out this part, and his face was very ugly.

Qi Yonghuai didn't understand business operations very well, and he stood to the side, unsure of what to say, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Chen Tianqiao breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Qi Yonghuai, and said, "Director Qi, please help me recruit some technical personnel who are proficient in hacking."

Qi Yonghuai didn't understand why Chen Tianqiao suddenly wanted to recruit hackers. He paused for a few seconds before answering, "Recruiting is not a problem, but those skilled hackers don't have good tempers. It will be difficult to get them to work honestly."

Qi Yonghuai was once the vice chairman of the Red Hacker Alliance and had a deep understanding of the hacker community. In his battle with Zhou Hongyi some time ago, he also brought out many of the Red Hacker Alliance's unaffiliated hackers, and they actually fought to a standstill with Zhou Hongyi's group.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Now I finally understand. Momo Group intends to use us as a traffic pool. The incident with the equipment trading website was probably also the work of Momo Group's hackers."

Chen Tianqiao was already quite capable in business, and now that he had some clues, he immediately connected everything together.

He paced back and forth and said, "The target of this Momo Group is probably our legendary players. That's why they created the game equipment trading platform."

Qi Yonghuai felt that Chen Tianqiao was being somewhat arbitrary; Zhou Hongyi had admitted to the malicious plugin incident.

Zhou Hongyi's original words were: "If I said that I didn't make this plugin, even I wouldn't believe it."

How did this all end up being related to Momo Group again?
Qi Yonghuai said, "Chairman, Zhou Hongyi has admitted to what happened last time, otherwise I wouldn't have fought with him for more than a month."

Chen Tianqiao said in a deep voice, "I believe my feeling is right. Even if Zhou Hongyi admits it, the person behind him must be Momo Group."

Chen Tianqiao said, "I heard from Xinlang's management that their website was hacked by an intern from Momo Group in less than half an hour. This shows that Momo Group has a group of highly skilled hackers."

Chen Tianqiao looked at Qi Yonghuai and said, "Director Qi, it's a foregone conclusion that we've fallen out with Momo Group. Now it's time to test your team. I think it won't be long before Momo Group launches an attack on us."

Qi Yonghuai immediately said, "Chairman, rest assured, Shengda's server protection capabilities are absolutely top-notch in China."

“Of course I believe that.” A smile appeared on Chen Tianqiao’s lips.

Their server protection team has invested over a billion yuan.

The cost of just the servers alone could buy two search engines.

Their biggest Achilles' heel in the gaming industry is undoubtedly the server, and they absolutely dare not cut corners on this area.

Chen Tianqiao said, "You should recruit top hackers as soon as possible. If they can't stand working nine to five, then set up a separate studio for them. Let them play around normally, but when it comes to critical moments, you must make them give it their all."

"Okay." Qi Yonghuai saw that Chen Tianqiao's eyes were very serious, so he quickly agreed.

He did not believe that Momo Group had the capability to attack Shengda's servers.

"You go ahead and get busy," Chen Tianqiao waved his hand.

After Qi Yonghuai left, Chen Tianqiao looked at Luo Shengyi and said, "President Luo, we can't let Momo Group stay."

Luo Shengyi's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "Chairman, I don't understand what you mean. Are you saying to cancel the cooperation with Xiaonei.com Technology?"

At this moment, Luo Shengyi's heart was in his throat; that was a hundred million!

“Of course not,” Chen Tianqiao said. “We entrepreneurs are dancing on a tightrope. If we give up easily, we shouldn’t be starting a business. We might as well go home and feed pigs. We are reviewing this matter now so that we can find the problems and deal with them.”

Chen Tianqiao stared intently at Luo Shengyi and said, "If I'm not mistaken, they want to use us to expand their market. Our Legend is now a hit on universities, and we've even suppressed the most popular game in university circles, Magic Baby, to a corner. Guess who benefits?"

Luo Shenyi exclaimed in surprise, "Momo Legend?"

“Hmm,” Chen Tianqiao said, “Their university computer labs don’t have our Legend game. There are 1225 computer labs, you can think of them as 1225 internet cafes. This Cheng Yi is planning to use our money to do their thing.” Luo Shenyi said, “Even if there are 1225 computer labs, compared to the number of computers in university dormitories, these 1225 computer labs are just a drop in the ocean. We still have the biggest advantage. Moreover, the license for Momo Legend is about to expire, and Cheng Yi has agreed to all our conditions. Even if their Momo Legend becomes very popular, we will still get 50% of the profits. I think that’s acceptable.”

Chen Tianqiao frowned and said, "What you're saying is based on the premise that they abide by the contract. What if they don't follow the contract?"

"Not following the contract?" Luo Shengyi asked doubtfully. "If they don't follow the contract, we can sue them."

Chen Tianqiao said, "That's something I don't understand either."

Seeing Chen Tianqiao making wild guesses, Luo Shengyi felt quite helpless.

Their chairman is usually quite wise, so why does he start having wild thoughts at crucial moments?

They have the lifeblood of the Momo Group in their hands, so what is there to worry about?
No matter how powerful Sun Wukong is, can he still escape from the Buddha's palm?

Chen Tianqiao felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't figure out which part of the process had gone wrong.

Seeing Chen Tianqiao deep in thought, Luo Shengyi couldn't help but say, "Chairman, with our current size, we can just remain unchanged and deal with whatever comes our way. Even if we have to counter every move, Momo Group is no match for us. If you are really worried, I think we can give up cooperating with Xiaonei.com Technology. Anyway, we have enough user growth now."

Luo Shengyi really wanted to say, "Chairman, stop worrying unnecessarily. You're just scaring yourself. If you're going to keep scaring yourself like this, then you should just quit now and stop working here."

Luo Shengyi's words clearly carried a hint of provocation, which made Chen Tianqiao realize that he had indeed overthought things.

Perhaps he really overestimated Cheng Yi. After all, imagined enemies are far more terrifying than real enemies. An imagined enemy is the enemy's actual ability plus one's own imagination, which is the sum of one's own ability and the enemy's ability.

Chen Tianqiao didn't know what was wrong with him. Perhaps it was because the company was about to be listed on Nasdaq that he became somewhat anxious.

Chen Tianqiao nodded slowly and said, "You're right. We'll just deal with whatever comes our way. We can't be afraid to drink water just because we're worried about choking. But you should also keep an eye on things. If you find anything wrong with Xiaoneiwang Technology, you should report it to me immediately."

"Okay." Luo Shengyi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chen Tianqiao had finally come to his senses.

Just as he was about to say goodbye and leave, Chen Tianqiao said, "Do you think it's possible that Momo Group is developing a game? I heard that Kingsoft's Lei Jun is already developing a game similar to our Legend."

"..." Luo Shengyi really felt that Chen Tianqiao had gone mad.

Develop a game? How are you supposed to develop one?

There is no fertile ground for game development in China, nor are there any game development teams that meet the standards.

Last year, Ding Sanshi, unaware of his own limitations, tried it out, and the server was shut down in less than a month.
Momo Group has only been truly established for eight or nine months, and it's already developing its own games?
That's really daring of them.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Didn't you say before that Cheng Yi poached some of the best graphic designers from Tianqing?"

Luo Shenyi said with a helpless expression, "Yes, but I found out that Cheng Yi only poached those graphic designers to work for Momo Legend. All the art and UI of Momo Legend are now done by those graphic designers."

Luo Shengyi really felt that Chen Tianqiao had aged.

They're just a few game artists, what's the big deal? Can game artists also write code? They just draw a few pictures, right?

"Hmm..." Chen Tianqiao waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can go ahead and get busy."

"Okay." Luo Shenyi gave Chen Tianqiao a meaningful look, then turned and left the office.

He's incredibly busy right now. He has to handle the entire university market, and all these things are keeping him extremely stressed. If it weren't for that 100 million, he wouldn't be working so hard.

Not long after Luo Shengyi left, Chen Tianqiao stood there for a long, long time, lost in thought.

He thought for more than half an hour, then suddenly realized something and his gaze instantly turned to the place where Luo Shengyi had left.

A strange, cold glint flashed in his eyes. After a few minutes, he took out his phone and made a call, saying, "Old Zhou, come to my office."

A short while later, a middle-aged man strolled into the office. He casually sat down in the chair in front of Chen Tianqiao's desk and asked, "Chairman, what is it?"

Chen Tianqiao said, "I feel that Luo Shengyi has been acting strangely lately."

"Luo Shengyi?" the middle-aged man asked in surprise, "Something's not right?"

Chen Tianqiao said, "Luo Shengyi has always been very concerned about personal gains and losses. This time, the affairs of the university promotion activities are so complicated, but he didn't complain to me at all."

The middle-aged man exclaimed in surprise, "That does seem a bit off."

Chen Tianqiao said, "Luo Shengyi explained everything I mentioned about Momo Group so thoroughly, which is not his style, so I felt something was off."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Chairman, just tell me what you want me to do."

Chen Tianqiao looked at the middle-aged man and said, "I want you to be in charge of this university promotion activity together, and then see how Luo Shengyi reacts."

"What if we find that President Luo really has a problem?" the middle-aged man asked.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Collect evidence and hold back. Now is a critical period for our listing. Everything must give way to the listing. I will settle the score after the listing is over."

"Alright." The middle-aged man smiled, stood up, and said, "I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

Chen Tianqiao sighed and said, "I hope my feeling is wrong. After all, Luo Shengyi has followed me for five years. If he really has a problem, I really don't know how to deal with him."

"That's up to you to decide. My job is to investigate this matter thoroughly." The middle-aged man waved his hand dismissively and left Chen Tianqiao's office.

This middle-aged man was Chen Tianqiao's most trusted person, as well as the group's vice president and head of the group's legal department. His name was Zhou Haibin.

Watching Zhou Haibin's departing figure, a complex expression appeared in Chen Tianqiao's eyes.

Could it be that he's really developing paranoia now?
(End of this chapter)