Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 448: Launching an Expedition Across All Platforms!
Cheng Yi believes that his remarks will definitely accelerate the development of Tencent several times over.

As long as Tencent integrates with their third-party payment and membership systems, the entire Tencent platform will become their money-making machine.

Moreover, it's a money-making machine that doesn't require too much effort.

As long as you give Tencent a large enough monetization platform, they can continue to create surprises.

Compared to Violet Hill, Penguin's biggest advantage is that its technicians have incredibly innovative minds.

Violet belongs to the conservative faction, preferring to do things step by step, while Penguin belongs to the innovative faction, with a more flexible mindset and not bound by conventions.

Just like online games, Jinshan focuses on creating something from scratch, writing every line of code themselves. In contrast, Shengda and Tencent copy whatever they can find. They will never write code themselves if there is something readily available to copy.

As they talked until the very end, Ma Huateng's gaze toward Cheng Yi became one of utmost devotion. It took him less than two hours to go from disliking Cheng Yi to idolizing him.

They even carefully wrote down every single word Cheng Yi said.

After all, opportunities to learn from successful people up close are rare.

After seeing off Ma Huateng and the other three, Cheng Yi returned to his computer in the office.

Now that the problem with Tencent is solved, the remaining issue is NetEase.

NetEase is much larger than Tencent. If it weren't for the fact that Momo Internet Cafe, which he started after his rebirth, affected NetEase's operations, Ding Lei of NetEase would already be the richest man in the country right now.

Cheng Yi vaguely remembers that Ding Sanshi topped the list of the richest people in China in 2003 with a net worth of 76 billion yuan.

However, NetEase's stock price remains stagnant.

This is also why Cheng Yi doesn't trade stocks after his rebirth, because who knows when the stocks he buys might hit their daily limit down.

Even God couldn't explain the butterfly effect.

The failure to acquire Bubble Fighter has put Momo Group in a rather passive position.

Now, with the release of three completely different new games – Shengda's Legend 3, NetEase's Westward Journey 2, and this newly licensed Bubble Fighter – the revenue of Momo Internet Cafe is bound to be severely impacted.

These days, netizens don't really have much of a sense of belonging; they just go wherever it's cheapest.

These three games will definitely be available for free for one or two months during their closed beta testing, and that one or two months will be quite a difficult time for Momo Internet Cafe.

During this period, as the number of computers in Momo Internet Cafe increased, some small-scale games such as Pengpeng Era and Gu Long Qunxia Zhuan Online were also added, but these games could not compare with those hit games in terms of graphics or gameplay.

Many game companies coveted the massive traffic of Momo Internet Cafes, but they had no confidence that they could make a living from Honghuang Zhanji, so they gave up the idea of ​​adapting their games to the Momo system.

After painstakingly completing the adaptation, I found that users in Momo Internet Cafes were still playing Honghuang Zhanji. That feeling was incredibly frustrating.

"It's time to stir things up in this industry." Looking at the Primordial War Chronicles icon on the computer screen, Cheng Yi's face broke into a smile.

Momo Internet Cafe has just absorbed 334 districts and counties, and is currently digesting this. Its expansion speed has completely stalled. Moreover, the growth rate of Honghuang Zhanji has also reached a threshold. Since other online games are banding together for warmth in the Windows system, let's let their fire burn even brighter.

Cheng Yi shut down his computer and took a car to Momo Group.

As Cheng Yi got out of the car, he looked up at the newly completed Momo Group building not far away.
Compared to this newly built industrial park, their office apartment building belonging to Momo Group is really too low-end.

The new building of Momo Group is now in the decoration stage and is expected to be officially put into use in three months. Cheng Yi felt a little excited at the thought that Momo Group would have its own building.

Upon arriving at Momo Games, Kong Feng was leading a team to research the upcoming second continent.

Seeing Cheng Yi walk in, Kong Feng immediately stood up and said, "President Cheng, why did you come in person? We've already taken care of the 14 sets of equipment you wanted last time."

"No rush," Cheng Yi said with a smile. "Are you researching the gameplay for the second continent?"

“Yes, it’s time for a new expansion. The first continent is getting boring.” Kong Feng said, “President Cheng, the second continent is set up exactly as you requested. Players enter the mysterious passage to collect fragments. Collecting 100 fragments can be exchanged for a pass. After crossing to the end of the mysterious passage, players can give the pass to the guard to reach the second continent. Once they reach the second continent, their level will be reset to zero, and their basic attributes will be increased by 10%.”

As Kong Feng spoke, he introduced the man to Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi looked at the mysterious passage on the screen and said, "The monsters in the mysterious passage need to be made more difficult so that they can feel a sense of accomplishment."

“Okay, then I’ll increase the monsters’ strength and increase their respawn rate,” Kong Feng said immediately.

“Not enough,” Cheng Yi said. “Add some monsters with restrictive skills, such as frost monsters that can freeze players for 3 seconds, and web monsters that can restrict players’ movements. We need to cultivate an adventure gameplay centered around three-person teams.”

"Okay," Kong Feng said. "That's easy, we'll fix it in a bit."

“Okay.” Cheng Yi said, “In addition, let’s add a setting that allows players from the second continent to return to the first continent.”

"Return to the first continent?" Kong Feng was surprised to hear this and said, "The equipment on the second continent is a level higher than that on the first continent, and the basic attributes are increased by 10% after rebirth. Even the weakest character on the second continent would be catastrophic if they returned to the first continent."

"That's exactly the effect I want." Cheng Yi chuckled. "I want to give players the feeling of an immortal descending to earth. Of course, you need to add some restrictions on this basis, such as requiring players to have a descent token, a maximum descent time of 2 hours, automatic return to the second continent after 2 hours, and a certain number of gold coins being deducted every second during the descent."

"Why is this for?" Kong Feng was a little confused.

Cheng Yi said, "For the sake of the experience, no one can resist the temptation to descend to the mortal realm. Even if it costs a few hundred yuan, some people are willing to go down to the mortal realm to show off."

Kong Feng murmured, "If that's the case, the server architecture will probably need to be modified as well."

"I came here today to talk to you about this. Come here, and I'll explain it to you in detail," Cheng Yi instructed before entering Kong Feng's office.

He casually picked up a pen and paper and said to Kong Feng, "Our servers are all on the same intranet, so nationwide, only we can achieve this setting."

Cheng Yi drew a large circle and said, "We previously set it up as seven continents, but we need to change that."

"For the first continent, we'll set it up in a single server, and name the server 'Three Thousand Small Worlds'." Cheng Yi drew a few circles and said, "All new servers will only open the first continent. The first continent is the most suitable for newcomers to explore, and it's very friendly to player retention."

Cheng Yi continued drawing, "We'll call this world the Primordial Great World. Any powerful figure from one of the three thousand minor worlds who reaches the top level can enter the Great World through a mysterious passage. This Great World is similar to a rebirth and server transfer. The first time a player enters the Great World, they can choose a server for free. Subsequent server transfers will cost 66666 gold coins." Kong Feng nodded slowly and said, "I understand. In this way, high-spending players will enter a higher stage, while ordinary players and new players can slowly develop on one continent."

“That’s right. Only by competing with other high-spending players can we further stimulate their spending.” Cheng Yi laughed. “True masters don’t like the feeling of bullying noobs. Besides, the drop rate is better in the second continent. Even ordinary players can’t resist going to the second continent to hunt for treasures and gold.”

“That’s right,” Kong Feng said. “However, I need to explore this server architecture; it’s not certain that I can succeed.”

“I’ll teach you this,” Cheng Yi said with a smile. “With your intelligence, you’ll learn it in less than three days.”

"President Cheng, you actually know this kind of technology?" Kong Feng stared at Cheng Yi in shock.

The gaming industry is still in its infancy, yet Cheng Yi already understands such profound setup methods?
Cheng Yi laughed and said, "I learned it by chance. I tested it once with three servers before, and the test results were pretty good."

Kong Feng murmured, "In this way, we can keep merging servers and opening new ones."

Cheng Yi nodded and said, "Yes, the servers for the small world can be ordinary, enough to accommodate one or two thousand people. The servers for the large world must be top-of-the-line, with a minimum capacity of ten thousand people online! The large world will be the battlefield for core players in the future."

As Kong Feng listened to Cheng Yi's account, his eyes gradually brightened.

If the concept of three thousand minor worlds and a vast primordial world is successful, the game's playability will indeed be greatly increased.

Like in Legend, everyone is constantly fighting and killing in the same area. Whether they are friends or enemies, they have been playing together for so long that they are already tired of seeing and fighting each other.

But the Primordial World is different. The strong can enter a wider stage and compete with players from all servers, while for ordinary players, one continent can definitely meet their gaming needs.

If you need more intense PvP, you can go to the Great World. If you just want to kill time, then stay in the Three Thousand Small Worlds and let the newbies fight each other.

However, choosing to kill time means giving up more diverse gameplay and a wider world.

"Also, the Windows version we developed is about to be released," Cheng Yi said.

"Windows version?" Kong Feng almost jumped up excitedly when he heard this.

Their Windows version has been ready for over a year, but it has been kept under wraps until now. If they release the Windows version, wouldn't their revenue double?
This version wasn't released before mainly to support Momo's market expansion in internet cafes. Why the sudden change of heart? Aren't they worried about a massive loss of Momo's internet cafe users?
Cheng Yi said, "However, this version needs to be censored."

"Castration?" Kong Feng didn't understand Cheng Yi's meaning.

Cheng Yi said, "The Windows version only opens up content from one continent, which is the content of the three thousand minor worlds. The content of the major worlds has been deleted from the client."

"That's simple, we can just delete the UI from the open world in the client, but why do we need to do that?" Kong Feng asked in surprise.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Traffic generation."

"Our Three Thousand Small Worlds gameplay is enough to compete with Legend. If they want to experience more gameplay, then they can go to Momo Internet Cafe to play." Cheng Yi laughed. "Alright, you can make the changes first. I'll go arrange the ground promotion. After that, I'll teach you how to set up the server's internal network architecture. Also, the settings for this Windows version are top secret of Momo Games. Find someone you trust to make the changes."

"Okay." Kong Feng watched Cheng Yi leave, his eyes filled with disbelief. Sometimes, he really wanted to crack open Cheng Yi's head to see what was inside.

This method is absolutely wicked.

Isn't this just creating a trial pack, and then buying the full set if it works well?
If successful, it would mean driving traffic from other internet cafes to Momo Internet Cafe.

This is the largest hidden pit that Kong Feng has ever seen.

Moreover, this hidden pit is very difficult to detect.

Those internet cafe owners have long coveted the game "Honghuang Zhanji". As soon as they know that "Honghuang Zhanji" has a Windows version, they will definitely rush to install it. At first, they will definitely not discover this hidden pitfall.

After all, their way of playing in both the small and big worlds is unique in the world.

The user acquisition process officially begins only when players are having the most fun.

Kong Feng wondered if he should buy a bulletproof vest in case he encountered a few shotgunners on the street...

Cheng Yi arrived at the operations department of Momo Games. Upon seeing Cheng Yi walk in, the people in the operations department stood up and greeted him, "President Cheng."

"Don't be shy, have a seat." Cheng Yi waved to everyone, sat down on the sofa in the operations department, and said with a smile, "I have some good news for you. Our Primordial Chronicles is going to launch a Windows version."

"really?"

"Great!" Cheng Yi's words caused an uproar in the operations department.

The revenue from "Honghuang Zhanji" will be distributed to them as dividends, and launching a Windows version has always been the hope of all employees at Momo Games.

At this moment, hope has come true.

When will the promotion begin?

"Should we go public now?"

Everyone's eyes lit up with excitement.

Their annual salary is already in the hundreds of thousands. If the Windows version is released, it will double.

Cheng Yi looked around at everyone and said with a serious expression, "You've been applying for the Windows version, and now your wish has been granted. I expect you to give it your all. Offline promotion and online marketing must be carried out simultaneously. Also, contact the TV station and have them air the commercials that Jay Chou filmed for us. This promotion must be done at all costs. Make sure to advertise wherever you can! Remember, all I want is the market and the growth rate!"

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.

The game "Honghuang Zhanji" has a natural advantage: its point card sales channels cover the whole country, and Momo Virtual Equipment Trading Network has become the largest recharge point of Momo Group.

As long as there are recharge outlets, any product will have a unique advantage.

(End of this chapter)