Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 441 I see you all as nothing more than clay chickens and earthenware dogs.

"What happened? Isn't this cryptocurrency?" Zhou Haibin was a legal expert, but in the field of finance and currency, he was far inferior to Chen Tianqiao, a financial tycoon.

Chen Tianqiao laughed and said, "Let's put it another way. What if we have a promotion where we give away a 10-yuan game card, and then someone collects these cards and sells them for 5 yuan each? What do you think would happen?"

Zhou Haibin thought for a moment and then asked in surprise, "Then we won't be able to sell our game cards, right?"

“That’s right.” Chen Tianqiao smiled and said, “This is Cheng Yi’s plan.”

"However, his plan still didn't escape your discerning eye, Chairman." Zhou Haibin unusually offered a compliment.

Chen Tianqiao smiled modestly and said, "Anyone who has studied currency wars can see through Cheng Yi's tricks."

Zhou Haibin said, "Then let's hurry up and inform Tencent. Since Tencent launched QQ coins and gave up cooperating with operators, QQ coins have become Tencent's only source of revenue. If Cheng Yi messes up the price of QQ coins, Tencent will definitely suffer a heavy blow."

"Hmm..." Chen Tianqiao nodded. He was about to speak when he suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "No, wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Haibin turned around and asked, puzzled.

Chen Tianqiao looked at the report in front of him and frowned, saying, "No, no, no."

He pointed to a sentence in the report and said, "This announcement by Cheng Yi was posted on the school's intranet."

“Yes,” Zhou Haibin said, “Is there a problem with that?”

"I almost fell for this kid's trick!" Chen Tianqiao slammed his hand on the table and snorted, "I really don't know where a 20-year-old gets so many tricks up his sleeve."

Chen Tianqiao looked at Zhou Haibin and said, "Don't notify Tencent. If you do, it will play right into Cheng Yi's hands. This kid is making such a high-profile announcement just to make Tencent realize what he's up to, so they'll be hesitant to act and stop the 'referral bonus Q coins' promotion."

"I see." Zhou Haibin said with realization, "Indeed, if he really wanted to destroy Tencent's recharge channels, he could have done it quietly."

"Hmm." Chen Tianqiao frowned and said, "Dealing with this kid really requires caution at every step."

Zhou Haibin couldn't help but ask, "However, if he continues to collect them like this, won't this hidden danger still exist?"

Chen Tianqiao laughed and said, "That's the charm of capital."

“As long as QQ Campus Network occupies a large enough market share, I can ask China Overseas Investment Bank to value them and then skip the angel round to provide them with financing,” Chen Tianqiao said. “At that time, after offsetting the impact, the losses from the disruption to the QQ coin recharge channel will not have much of an effect. Even if Tencent issues 100 million QQ coins, it can be gradually absorbed within one or two years.” Chen Tianqiao spoke with great confidence.

Although campus projects are unlikely to receive high valuations due to the holiday, Chen Tianqiao is confident that with his influence in the financial sector, as long as QQ Campus Network captures about 60% of the market, a valuation of 30 billion yuan will be no problem.

With a valuation of 30 billion, it's easy to raise 5 million to 10 billion.

Even if no one invests, as long as the valuation of 30 billion yuan is achieved, Shengda Group can certainly make a round of investment.

With a valuation of 30 billion yuan in front of them, the board of directors wouldn't say much.

"I see," Zhou Haibin said. "Then the time to expand QQ Campus Network to the market as quickly as possible."

"Okay, tell Mr. Ma of Tencent not to have any worries and to go all out to seize the market. If 10 Q coins aren't enough, then 15 Q coins will do!" Chen Tianqiao said with great enthusiasm. "Let them seize the market as quickly as possible! As long as they take over the market, Shengda will cover their losses! If all else fails, we can buy back their Q coins at a 1:1 ratio to stabilize their virtual currency market price."

“Okay, I’ll contact Mr. Ma right now.” With Chen Tianqiao’s promise, Zhou Haibin knew that Tencent’s Pony Ma would definitely agree.

They agreed to let Tencent join their Shengda Group mainly because they valued Pony Ma's user base.

Although the 200 million registrations are largely due to users having their accounts stolen and then registering repeatedly, 200 million is still 200 million.

In the internet industry, they don't care whether your data is manipulated or not; they only care about the data itself.

With Tencent's hundreds of thousands of online users, it's more or less qualified to join their Shengda Group.

Despite being dirt poor, the company has only raised a total of $1700 million in funding over the past three years.

However, Penguin also has advantages. Their team is very old, and even the senior management are all from technical backgrounds. Such companies have a huge advantage: they can replicate very quickly.

When senior management understands technology, software development can be very fast because they understand it.

With the added financial and network support from Shengda Group, Tencent is even more powerful.

All of Shengda's partner internet cafes are simultaneously selling Tencent's QQ coins, which allows Tencent to make a profit.

The battle for QQ Campus Network is the first major battle Tencent has fought since its inception. To win this war, all of Tencent's top executives have joined the fray.

They currently only have over 500 million US dollars and virtual currency that they can freely spend.

They must win this battle!

After receiving a promise from Shengda, Tencent changed its previous conservative internet promotion methods and began sending ground promotion teams to various universities.

In addition, they also mobilized a large number of network personnel to send harassing private messages on the school's intranet, constantly trying to win over users.

Their offensive was swift and fierce, displaying the ferocity of a daredevil.

"8L has finally officially declared war on Bloodthirsty Blade!"

"Who will be the number one player in Zone Two will be decided in this battle."

At this moment, Cheng Yi was operating his account, "The Cold-Hearted Young Master," following the Straw Hat Gang members as they chased down the members of Wild City.

He is now a proud member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

After lying low for more than two months, the Straw Hat Pirates have risen from a third-rate force to a first-rate force. The Wild City, which previously dared to hunt them down, is no match for the Straw Hat Pirates.

The two core members of the Straw Hat crew, 8L and Yirenfengcai, have both upgraded their weapons to +16.

A weapon upgraded to level 16 is incredibly powerful; for an average player, it's a one-hit kill.

However, the characteristic of the game is low defense and high attack, so the scenario of one person fighting against a hundred people, as seen in future free games, will not appear.

Strictly speaking, the gameplay of Primordial Era is somewhat similar to World of Warcraft, emphasizing skill and positioning. If skill and equipment are perfectly combined, one can take on ten opponents.

8L possesses this ability; when facing eight or nine ordinary players, the result is simply one-sided.

The Straw Hat Gang's advantage lies in having two core figures, while the Mad Blade Alliance's advantage is that, apart from Bloodthirsty Mad Blade, the other members' equipment is generally a level higher than that of the Straw Hat Gang.

When the two are compared, their strengths are roughly equal.

During this period, Cheng Yi has been studying the Primordial Era, because it is the main source of revenue for Momo Group.

The key is to make the game enjoyable for paying players while also providing replayability for regular players. That's why Cheng Yi played a regular account with only a full set of +10 gear. It's not particularly strong, but it's not particularly weak either. Even free-to-play players can get this if they play patiently for two or three months.

In 2003, before the era of "one hit for 999 damage," being able to take on ten opponents single-handedly was already incredibly satisfying for paying players.

On the world channel, members of the Straw Hat crew were constantly shouting.

Meanwhile, the Mad Blade Alliance remained completely silent.

Cheng Yi stood with the others at the entrance of the demon cave, and couldn't help but type in the world chat: "Bloodthirsty Mad Blade, are you chickening out? If you dare, come and taste my Golden Silk Ring Blade." It felt so good to talk back.

If you don't talk a lot about it while playing a game, it's like you haven't played it at all.

He now has the feeling of Jin Ma Chao verbally attacking Zhang Fei.

【Bloodthirsty Blade, do you dare to take on the guild war? How about we make a bet of one million gold coins?】 Seeing that the Mad Blade Alliance hadn't made any move yet, 8L, who was tired of killing in Wild City, couldn't help but chat on the world channel.

A group of people shouted excitedly, and many players from other servers also came to the second server because of the forum post. They all wanted to witness this century-long battle since the opening of the game.

It's simply unbelievable that a district has three powerful individuals with level 16 weapons.

These are three moving tanks.

Cheng Yi checked 8L's equipment. 8L now has 14 sets of equipment. In terms of equipment strength, he has surpassed Bloodthirsty Blade and become the undisputed number one in the Primordial Era.

The Bloodthirsty Blade's class is Warrior Saint, and its core skill is Swift Step.

The War Saint's Swift Step is suitable for chasing down enemies weaker than himself, but he is still at a disadvantage when facing enemies of equal strength.

8L is the God of War, whose core skill, Shadow Step, has a strong critical hit effect, giving him a significant advantage in one-on-one combat.

This might be why Bloodthirsty Blade remained silent; in a one-on-one situation, he was at a disadvantage.

"Dare to say something? You Mad Blade Alliance..." Bored, Cheng Yi continued typing and started joking around.

Before he could finish typing, countless red dots suddenly appeared on the minimap in the upper right corner.

The most dangerous thing is that these red dots move extremely fast.

"It's the Mad Blade Alliance! The Mad Blade Alliance has arrived!" someone shouted.

At this point, the Straw Hat crew's formation was already loose, and the members of the Mad Blade Alliance were rushing in at an extremely fast speed.

Every member of the Mad Blade Alliance rides a chestnut horse worth 3000 yuan.

Even in Zone 1, there are fewer than 100 of these chestnut horses.

Now, the members of the Mad Blade Alliance each have a horse, while the members of the Straw Hat Gang are much weaker in comparison. Apart from a few core members who have mounts, everyone, including Cheng Yi, relies on their own two legs to run.

Nearly a hundred members of the Mad Blade Alliance rushed over at lightning speed. They charged towards 8L and almost simultaneously swung their blades.

"Ah...!" The character in 8L let out a scream and was instantly killed by nearly a hundred people.

Immediately afterwards, members of the Mad Blade Alliance swung their knives at the Straw Hat Gang members around them.

"Holy crap!" Caught off guard, Cheng Yi was also killed on the spot by the two war gods.

The Mad Blade Alliance members charged in and killed more than thirty Straw Hat Gang members.

Before the Straw Hat crew could react, they all quickly mounted their horses and rode away.

With a single turn, the nearly one hundred of them charged straight toward the nearest respawn point.

As soon as Cheng Yi and his group were resurrected and ran to the middle of the road, they saw nearly a hundred members of the Mad Blade Alliance rushing towards them.

Even with 8L leading the team, the group of over thirty people could not withstand the 100 members of the Mad Blade Alliance equipped with 12 sets of gear.

In another encounter, all thirty-odd of them were wiped out once again. Although 8L used Shadow Step to kill two people, he was still instantly killed by the remaining 90-odd people.

After killing Cheng Yi and his group, the members of the Mad Blade Alliance turned back and charged towards the entrance of the Demon Cave once again.

The Straw Hat Pirates suffered a crushing defeat in this battle, so badly that they couldn't even find a rendezvous point.

The members of the Mad Blade Alliance were like the legendary Eighteen Riders of Yanyun, coming and going like the wind, giving them no chance to gather.

After being brutally slaughtered for nearly twenty minutes, all members of the Straw Hat crew stayed in the safe zone and did not go out.

Soon, Bloodthirsty Blade rode his horse into the safe zone. Carrying his +16 Dragon Slayer Blade, he looked at the Straw Hat Gang members who had stopped using public chat and typed: "[I see you all as worthless as chickens and dogs. Come challenge me again when you're stronger.]"

After saying that, Bloodthirsty Blade simply typed the word "retreat," and nearly a hundred members of the Mad Blade Alliance vanished in a cloud of dust, leaving only the silent 8L behind.

The tactics of the Mad Blade Alliance were beyond 8L's comprehension. He never imagined that a game could have such artistic tactics.

Battles in the game are nothing more than mages setting fires, Taoists poisoning, and warriors using potions to tank the damage. There's absolutely no skill involved; it's all about numbers.

In the Primordial Era, high-speed mounts have surprisingly good effects in battle.

This battle was also witnessed by many guilds from other regions who came to watch.

It's unrealistic for everyone to buy chestnut horses, so we must find a tactic to counter this cavalry-based strategy.

This result was completely beyond Cheng Yi's expectations. He thought that with roughly the same number of players, it would be a closely contested battle, but he never expected that Chen Zhi's understanding of the game would reach such a level.

The power of this blitzkrieg was truly overwhelming, giving the enemy no chance to regroup.

In this battle, Cheng Yi died ten times, and it cost him nearly 17 gold coins just to redeem his equipment.

Thank goodness it exploded.

However, Cheng Yi also discovered some things that could be developed. Now that the cavalry strategy has emerged, it is necessary to add some gameplay elements that counter it.

For example, adding guild war items with different attributes can increase the unpredictability and playability of guild wars.

For example, the war drum can increase the defense of all guild members by 30% for 60 seconds.

For example, a token can make all guild members invincible for 3 seconds.

and many more.

Once Du Yusheng's internet TV station is in place, we'll start broadcasting the guild wars of the Primordial Era live.

After a long pause, 8L finally gave the order: "White Dragon, compile a list of active members from our guild and the three affiliated guilds. Assign active members to the Straw Hat Gang. Anyone who meets the activity requirements will receive a chestnut horse! Those who are inactive should be kicked out of their guilds and sent to affiliated guilds to level up."

"Okay." Vice President Bai Long immediately responded.

[The White Dragon kicks the sheep from the North out of the party!]

[Bai Long will kick Cold Young Master out of the guild for burying love!]

[The White Dragon General...]

(End of this chapter)