Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 457 All Programs Under Heaven Are Copycats
Since the rise of Momo Group, this No. 1 Internet Cafe has announced that the internet fee is one yuan.

For the founding team of Momo Group, this internet cafe embodies so much of their hard work and dreams. Those qualified to work here as internet cafe managers are the elite among them. Many people in the group refer to Internet Cafe No. 1 as the 'Whampoa Internet Cafe'.

Once you become the manager of Internet Cafe No. 1, you'll likely become the head of an internet cafe in at least one district or county within six months.

Internet Cafe No. 1 is the face and brand of the group. As a network administrator here, you have to be supervised by the group's senior management every day. You can imagine the pressure. Getting into Momo Group is already difficult. Nobody wants to lose this hard-won good job.

As a major economic province, Handong Province already has one of the highest average wages in the country, but the average wage of Momo Group far exceeds that of Handong Province.

In the internet cafe industry, there are two types of internet cafe managers: those who run Momo Internet Cafe and others.

Cheng Yi had been too busy lately and hadn't been to Internet Cafe No. 1 for a long time. As he walked into Internet Cafe No. 1, he smelled the aroma of roasted corn.

It's almost noon now, and the oven next to the front desk of Internet Cafe No. 1 is already running.

Momo Internet Cafe's layout has always been very simple: an oven for selling roasted corn, sweet potatoes, and sausages, and a shelf for selling instant noodles, soft drinks, and other miscellaneous goods.

"Hello, Mr. Cheng." The two very pretty female internet cafe managers immediately stood up straight when they saw Cheng Yi, their eyes filled with excitement and timidity.

"You guys go about your business, I'm just browsing." Cheng Yi smiled at them.

The main customers of Internet Cafe No. 1 are college students on vacation, employees of nearby shops, and night shift workers of nearby electronics factories.

Cheng Yi walked from the first floor to the fourth floor and found that the previous layout had hardly changed.

His room on the fourth floor is still there, and the furnishings are almost the same. It must be cleaned regularly, as it is spotless and very tidy.

The recreation room for Lao Ba and his friends, as well as Huang Wenrong's office, remained exactly as they were, all arranged by Zhang Lingyu.

This girl is too nostalgic.

"Chairman Cheng."

"Brother Cheng."

Some college students recognized Cheng Yi and greeted him.

Cheng Yi chatted with them for a few minutes before slowly walking downstairs.

The Momo Technology Industrial Park next door has been fully completed, making this commercial street seem out of place compared to it.

Momo Group has already made a decision to demolish this commercial street by the end of this year and develop it into a comprehensive art park.

In recent days, Du Yusheng has also been busy with the opening ceremony and the approval of the comprehensive art park project.

As the first high-end commercial project in Handong Province, the Momo Technology Industrial Park is built according to the standards of an urban complex, both in terms of its scale and design concept.

In terms of design concept, Cheng Yi offered many insightful suggestions. The Momo Technology Industrial Park is an organic combination of multiple high-end commercial facilities, including commercial streets, financial streets, star-rated hotels, commercial CBDs, high-end residences, and scientific research and innovation bases.

For example, Momo Financial Street covers an area of ​​250,000 square meters and is composed of 11 Grade A office buildings, creating a world-class financial center complex that is 360 meters long and 75 meters wide.

Momo Star Hotel is a unique landmark top-level business five-star hotel with tens of thousands of square meters of unique features. It can be regarded as the largest star hotel in Jingzhou City, with 999 rooms. Even if a world-class e-sports competition is held in Momo Technology Industrial Park, this hotel is enough to accommodate most of the contestants.

The Momo residential area, with a massive area of ​​81 square meters, provides a comfortable living environment for employees of Momo Group and the companies located in the Momo Technology Industrial Park.

The investment in this science and technology industrial park has soared from the initial 4.5 million to 13.7 billion, making it the largest commercial real estate project in Handong Province.

However, compared to Silicon Valley's 70 square kilometers, the gap is still far too large.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." As Cheng Yi walked out of Internet Cafe No. 1 and looked at the towering 168-meter-tall commercial CBD, he couldn't help but feel a surge of pride.

With the unique advantages of Handong University Town, the protection provided to innovative technology companies, and the strong support from Handong Province, even if we can't catch up with Silicon Valley in the United States, surpassing Daedeok Industrial Park in South Korea shouldn't be a problem, right?
In fact, China has no shortage of innovative enterprises. It's just that the protection of intellectual property rights is inadequate, which leads to many innovative enterprises being eliminated by larger companies before they can even achieve results.

Waiting for small businesses to innovate and then copying them has become the foundation of many large enterprises.

This behavior...

"Disgusting! Absolutely disgusting!" Inside the Shengda Group, Chen Tianqiao overturned the tea table in front of him.

Chen Danian and Zhou Haibin quickly jumped to the side, thus avoiding being splashed with tea.

Chen Tianqiao was truly furious.

Just now, they received some very bad news.

A month and a half ago, Tencent Group in Shenxia City quietly poached a lead programmer from the Bubble Fighter team of South Korea's Nexon and began developing the QQ Tang game.

For a company as small as Tencent, obtaining their internal data is extremely easy.

Chen Tianqiao hired a corporate spy and quickly obtained Tencent's research and development data.

Upon seeing this, Chen Tianqiao, who was nearly out of breath, jumped up.

QQ Tang, developed by Tencent, is practically a 100% copy of Bubble Fighter.

Compared to Bubble Fighter, QQ Tang has a much cuter art style and its gameplay is simpler and more straightforward.

Shameless! Absolutely shameless!

Chen Tianqiao sat on the sofa with a sullen face and remained silent for a long time before looking up at Chen Danian and Zhou Haibin and saying, "Didn't it hit you?"

"Almost," Zhou Haibin replied.

Chen Tianqiao closed his eyes and said, "With this kind of shameless business environment, our country's IT industry is doomed."

Chen Danian smacked his lips, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

If Chen Tianqiao hadn't been so angry, Chen Danian would have said something.

Their Legend 3 is still arguing with the Korean side, so what right do they have to criticize Tencent? In Chen Danian's opinion, this trend is very good.

There's a lot of plagiarism in programming these days.

If you can make money easily, why would you bother?
Chen Tianqiao looked at Zhou Haibin and asked, "Based on the information we currently have, can we sue Tencent?"

Zhou Haibin stared blankly at Chen Tianqiao and said, "It probably won't work. Momo Group's Honghuang Zhanji infringement case and our Legend 3 infringement case are almost always in a state of wrangling. Before the establishment of procedural infringement, it is difficult to determine that they have infringed."

Chen Tianqiao gritted his teeth and said, "This Ma Huateng is getting more and more arrogant! He dares to mess with me!"

Chen Danian asked in confusion, "Brother, Ma Huateng's insight is really sharp. A month and a half ago, our Bubble Fighter hadn't even started its closed beta yet, and he was already able to smell it and go to South Korea."

“This has nothing to do with vision.” Chen Tianqiao frowned and said, “We’ve been competing with Momo Group for this game for so long, even a fool would know it has potential.”

“That’s true.” Chen Danian agreed with Chen Tianqiao and said, “His research and development will always take time. We just need to find a way to capture the market as soon as possible.”

“Yes, suing for infringement is just a waste of time,” Zhou Haibin approvingly said. “It’s like Peking duck. Yanjing Peking duck and Jingzhou Peking duck are both Peking duck, but people can still tell the difference in flavor and how they are eaten.”

Although Chen Tianqiao was indignant, he understood that he couldn't stop this mess.

Chen Tianqiao asked in a deep voice, "How is the market share of Legend 3?"

Chen Danian hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not optimistic. There were a lot of bugs during the test, and the Korean side has been pressing us hard. Many players are worried that we will shut down the game, so we haven't put much effort into it."

"We've been harping on the Honghuang Chronicles all along, haven't we? Why aren't those players worried that Honghuang Chronicles will shut down?" Chen Tianqiao glared.

“The situation is different,” Chen Danian said somewhat awkwardly. “Now, many people think that anything involving foreign countries is no small matter. They are certain that we will lose the case, since once this matter escalates, there is a chance that we will be summoned for questioning.”

"Damn it! That's pure nonsense! Are we Shengda an ordinary company? What makes a mere Korean game company think it's above everyone else?" The usually refined Chen Tianqiao swore for the first time ever.

Chen Danian said, "Moreover, our Legend 3 happens to conflict with the Legend 3 developed by Wemade. Although the gameplay and graphics are completely different, the name of our Legend 3 is too conveniently used, which means that Wemade's Legend 3 cannot enter our domestic market. They will definitely fight us to the death."

Chen Tianqiao rubbed his temples, feeling that he had been having too many worries lately.

It's time to go to a temple to relax.

"Let's talk about something happy," Chen Tianqiao said slowly, lying on the sofa with his eyes closed.

Chen Danian immediately said, "There are also many happy things. Ding Sanshi's Westward Journey 2 closed beta has received a very positive response. It has captured 18% of the market share in Momo Internet Cafes. Now, nearly one-fifth of the players in Momo Internet Cafes are playing Westward Journey 2."

"Very good." Upon hearing this news, a smile finally appeared on Chen Tianqiao's face.

Just two weeks ago, Fantasy Westward Journey 2 only accounted for 11% of the market share in Momo Internet Cafes. It has risen to 18% in such a short time, which is indeed exciting news.

Chen Danian continued, "Currently, Momo Internet Cafe's market share is 39% for Fantasy Westward Journey 2 and our Bubble Fighter."

“That’s not enough. Keep spending money to increase exposure and boost our market share,” Chen Tianqiao said. “If it weren’t for that bastard Du Yusheng ruining the TV advertising channel, we wouldn’t be in such a passive position.”

“Yes,” Chen Danian said, “Brother, when are we going to close the net?”

"What's the situation with the other 334 districts and counties?" Chen Tianqiao asked again.

Chen Danian said, "The progress is very good. We have integrated the illegal internet cafes in those 334 districts and counties and formed 2-4 large-scale internet cafes. Now Shikong Culture is issuing authorizations to them one after another. To be honest, Shikong Culture is quite generous this time. Knowing that we are targeting Momo Internet Cafe, they quoted very low authorization fees for those illegal internet cafes."

“Xue Man is a smart man. He knows this will benefit him, and his hatred for Momo Group is no less than ours.” Chen Tianqiao sneered, “If he doesn’t deal with Momo Internet Cafe now, he will still devour them when Momo Internet Cafe has grown strong enough.”

"Once the layout of Time and Space Culture is completed, we will shut down the Momo system channels for Westward Journey 2 and Bubble Fighter." Chen Tianqiao said with a cold glint in his eyes, "This time, we must reduce the online rate of Momo Internet Cafes. As long as their online rate is reduced, their joint operation will collapse. They are far from being able to play the leverage game."

Chen Danian could sense Chen Tianqiao's anxiety. The repeated postponements of the listing plan and the continuous price reductions of Legend Online had cast a shadow over the minds of their group's senior executives.

This disaster was caused by a mere 250 million.

Chen Danian kept thinking, if they hadn't been so greedy for the 250 million yuan, if they had continued to renew the contract with Momo Legend, would they have been free of these troubles?
Chen Danian wasn't the only one who thought this way; many senior executives within the group had the same idea.

The two culprits behind these two incidents are, one, a prisoner working on a sewing machine, and the other, Chairman Chen, who is standing before us with a face full of anxiety.

No, there's another culprit, and that's Cheng Yi!
Thinking of Cheng Yi, Chen Danian and the others gritted their teeth in anger. This guy named Cheng Yi was simply too infuriating.

"Ah~~~" Cheng Yi bought a roasted corn at Internet Cafe No. 1 and slowly strolled to the street corner to eat it.

At the street corner, there are still many small vendors setting up stalls.

A light rain had just fallen in Shinan District, dispelling the high temperatures that had persisted for several days.

Cheng Yi sat on a stone bench at the street corner, enjoying the gentle breeze that carried a hint of freshness while munching on sweet corn.

Now that Momo Group's overall layout is complete, its former subsidiaries have all become formidable entities capable of standing on their own. Within a year at most, he is confident that he can set the standards for domestic IT companies.

Just as Cheng Yi was considering his next move, a Hongqi L5 sedan, escorted by eight Audi A6s, slowly drove into the street.

This Hongqi L5 sedan was a ceremonial vehicle presented as a reward by the Jingzhou Municipal Government Association when Momo Group paid 20 billion yuan in taxes.

This car is usually only used when welcoming VIPs.

The Hongqi L5 sedan slowly stopped in front of the Momo Building. The car door opened, and Du Yusheng, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, hurriedly got out of the car. He quickly walked to the other side of the L5 sedan and respectfully helped a middle-aged man out of the car.

Upon seeing the middle-aged man, Cheng Yi stopped eating his corn.

Good heavens, Du Yusheng actually managed to invite this person over.

Now that we've invited this person, the scale of this opening ceremony is officially set.

Cheng Yi quickly finished the rest of the corn, wiped his hands in his pockets, and strode towards the Momo Building.

Momo Technology Industrial Park officially launched!

(End of this chapter)