Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 558 It's time to give them a good whack.

At this moment, inside the heavily guarded apartment building of Momo Group's senior executives, Cheng Yi and Lin Qingyin had just finished downloading the game.

Looking at the familiar scenes from Audition Online, Cheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

In his past life, he was dragged into this game by that vicious female supporting character's ex-girlfriend. In order to keep up with the pace, he carried a keyboard every day and practiced the finger techniques of freestyle dance moves. He was already a top student, and with his hard work, he was considered a respectable expert in Audition Online.

The original Audition Online was indeed quite good, but the game's main focus was on women.

This kind of casual game has no other activities or dungeons besides dancing; all that's left is DIY palace intrigue.

Since the Momo system couldn't run Audition Online, Cheng Yi instructed Honor Computer to send over two Honor computers with Cheng Yi's green XP system installed.

Lin Qingyin curled up in the ergonomic chair, imitating Cheng Yi by clicking on the login page for the game "Audition Online".

As the interface finished loading, a burst of upbeat electronic music began, and a vibrant Korean cartoon style greeted the viewer.

Lin Qingyin gripped the mouse and swiped it across the rudimentary creation interface.

"Take a good look at it, and then start testing the cheat," Cheng Yi said. "This game has many ways to play."

"Okay." Lin Qingyin nodded and chose the default brown ponytail and light blue sportswear, while Cheng Yi chose a male character with a spiky hairstyle and floral shirt.

"Their game must be very good at designing cheats; it's very crude," Lin Qingyin said.

"After all, it's a game developed by a small company," Cheng Yi laughed. "But they must have top-notch technicians who have taken over. There's not a single lag even with 70 concurrent users. That's something a small company like theirs can't handle."

"Hmm." Lin Qingyin tapped the cinema street map. Neon signs flashed by, and rooms with retro movie posters lined both sides of the street. She then entered a room, and a list popped up:

[Beginner Practice Room - Slow Songs]

[105 BPM Canon Groove, come quick!]

……

In the early days of Audition Online's open beta, room names were not yet dominated by internet slang and appeared quite simple.

Cheng Yi and Lin Qingyin were randomly assigned to a 6-person room, and a green directional arrow scrolled in the center of the screen.

As the music started, Lin Qingyin stared intently at the screen.

When the arrow rolls to the bright spot in the judgment area, she quickly presses the corresponding direction key and finally presses the space bar.

Soon, the screen displayed COOL, BAD, and even MISS.

"You're pressing the space bar too slowly; you need to press it quickly."

Cheng Yi quickly pressed the button, and a "GREAT" message immediately popped up on the game screen.

"Won't this keyboard get smashed?" Lin Qingyin said seriously. "There's a limit to how many times a keyboard can bounce back. If you hit it violently, that number of bounces will be reduced by 5 to 10 times."

"That's why I disagree with Audition Online entering the internet cafe industry," Cheng Yi said with a smile.

After finishing the dance, Cheng Yi booked a room by himself and chose a song with a BPM of 140.

This time, following Cheng Yi's instructions, Lin Qingyin quickly pressed the space bar.

PERFECT!

PERFECT!

PERFECT COMBO!

A golden combo notification exploded, and her character spun around and rolled on the ground.

A happy smile immediately spread across Lin Qingyin's pretty face.

The sense of accomplishment from consecutive Ps has indeed captivated countless people.

Seeing Lin Qingyin enjoying the game so much, Cheng Yi became even more convinced of his idea to kill the game.

After the dance ended, Cheng Yi opened the online store.

A dazzling array of virtual fashion items filled the screen.

Cheng Yi clicked on the clothes, and a web-based online store quickly popped up.

The Audition Online store also uses PayPal, which has extremely high security.

For the past few days, Cheng Yi has been looking for loopholes in the game.

Although Microsoft and Samsung attach great importance to Audition Online, game vulnerabilities can only be patched after they are discovered.

In addition, the Microsoft system itself has left many backdoors, which has led to more or less problems with the game Audition Online.

After checking the payment system, Cheng Yi returned to the game.

At this point, Lin Qingyin had already begun writing the basic framework of the cheat program based on the four-key gameplay of Audition Online.

In the chat room system, countless players were chatting excitedly.

When Audition Online first came out, it was very simple and straightforward.

She gives the impression of a girl next door who has just come of age, clean and without any flaws.

But as the game progressed, this girl next door ended up working in the sex industry.

This refreshing game, combined with the star-studded free-for-all of the 2005 music scene.

The perfect combination of timing, location, and people caused Audition Online's data to skyrocket!
On the first day of the open beta, the peak number of concurrent users in the Huaxia region exceeded 12!
The following morning, the large screen at Momo Games' operations center displayed real-time promotional images of Audition Online across Asia, its social media buzz, and a comparison chart of user activity across Momo's games.

The atmosphere in the operations center was somewhat somber, but not chaotic.

Kong Feng stared intently at the chart representing the continued decline in female user activity for "Honghuang Zhanji" and said, "President Cheng, take a look at our data first. In our China region, the average daily online time of female players aged 18-25 has decreased by 28.7%, the number of newly registered female players has decreased by 72.3% month-on-month, and online activity for some casual games in the QQ Games Hall has also been significantly impacted."

Ma Huateng immediately replied, "In the past few days, the number of group chats related to Audition Online on the QQ platform has surged. Following your previous strategy, we have banned more than 8000 Audition Online groups suspected of false advertising, vulgar content, or unofficial transactions. However, the number of users who have paid to activate the VIP group chat function has also exceeded 3000."

He sighed and said, "This money is a bit too hot to handle."

Cheng Yi was taken aback by Ma Huateng's words.

Seeing Cheng Yi looking at him with a strange expression, Ma Huateng asked in confusion, "President Cheng, did I say something wrong?"

"No, I just didn't expect you to say something like that." Cheng Yi felt a little unreal.

Mr. Ma would actually find money too hot to handle?

This is... absolutely outrageous!
Cheng Yi sat in the main seat. He didn't look at the glaring data curves and asked, "Has the offer of five times the promotion fee been sent out?"

“It’s been sent out.” Ma Huateng nodded and said, “The other party agreed very readily. They purchased QQ pop-up ads and homepage ad slots for three months, and the amount is substantial.”

The opponent's financial strength exceeded Ma Huateng's expectations.

"Agree to their terms." Cheng Yi smiled. "We've taken the money, and the advertising space absolutely cannot be compromised. We'll give them the highest-grade advertising space; these are our valued clients."

“Yes.” Ma Huateng nodded quickly.

Cheng Yi glanced at Lin Qingyin and asked, "How's the cheat program progressing?"

Lin Qingyin immediately said, "I've finished writing the framework. Our technical team is supplementing and testing it. The analysis model for freestyle dance steps has also been initially completed, and the core judgment logic has been cracked."

"Very good." Cheng Yi turned his gaze to Kong Feng and asked, "President Kong, what about the Primordial Treasure Pavilion?"

Kong Feng immediately reported: "It's all under control. The paralysis rings change hands several times a month. We plan to release a few more paralysis rings."

"Hmm." Cheng Yi smiled and asked, "How's the New Year's event going?"

Kong Feng perked up and said, "It was a great success. Our New Year event this year focuses on two-player collaboration and emphasizes the long-term value of companionship and growth. At the same time, the event also gives away Guardian Heart Fragments for signing in. Collecting a certain number can be exchanged for a rare mount, which is bound to the account and cannot be traded."

“Good, we must stabilize our core base,” Cheng Yi said. “They shouldn’t be able to affect us yet.” “Yes,” Kong Feng said. “It’s just that many players’ average online rate has dropped sharply. I suspect that many players who were farming gold in our Primordial Era have switched to Audition Online.”

"It's normal," Cheng Yi laughed. "Let's just say they went to a hotel with the girl."

Seeing Cheng Yi's unhurried demeanor, Kong Feng couldn't help but ask, "President Cheng, why don't we just use drastic measures to crush Audition Online? If they continue to develop like this, it will definitely affect us."

Cheng Yi said slowly, "No need to rush, let things play out for a while, just do your job well."

"Yes." Kong Feng sighed inwardly, feeling that their CEO was getting a little too arrogant.

Shouldn't the goal when facing an enemy be to eliminate them with all our might? Why leave them a way out?

Ma Huateng, who was standing to the side, was also completely baffled.

Cheng Yi didn't say anything more to them and left the Momo Games Operations Center.

After leaving the operations center, he made a phone call and said with a smile, "President Li, our companion gaming project can be launched now."

In the following two weeks, Audition Online's online growth rate reached an unprecedented level.

Day 5: Surpassing 300,000!
Day 10: Surpassing 500,000!
On the fifteenth day of the public beta, they surpassed the 70 mark.

In their previous lives, it took Audition Online two months to reach this numerical value, but now, with the help of Microsoft and Samsung, they only took half a month.

This is naturally due in part to the contributions of companies such as Tencent, Sohu, and Sinlang.

Adhering to Cheng Yi's strategy of "it's stupid not to make money when you can", they gave Audition Online the green light, giving them five times the promotion fee, which made them very rich.

Momo Group also takes a 30% cut of these promotional expenses, making it a win-win situation for all parties.

The current T3 Games company is no longer run by the brother and sister founders, but by Hans Müller.

This person who descended from the North Star has an outstanding resume.

In order to accelerate the promotion as much as possible, he completely turned on the money-burning mode.

The first sum of fifty million US dollars was burned up in just over ten days.

After the fire was extinguished, Muller immediately used the future profits of Audition Online as collateral to continue to bring in capital from Polaris.

With Microsoft and Samsung backing him, Muller was able to act with complete freedom.

He had never fought such a wealthy battle in his entire life.

In just half a month! In the Huaxia region alone, the number of online players exceeded 70, and the backend data showed that female players accounted for as high as 68% of the newly registered users, a proportion that no other game has ever reached.

Once the female players are attracted, the male players will follow them by scent.

Although games like Honghuang Zhanji allow players to earn gold, what's the point of earning gold?
A man's ultimate dream is indeed to make money, but what happens after he makes money?
Those are flowers.

How do young people like to spend their money these days?

Naturally, it's about showing off in front of the woman he admires.

Muller looked at the backend data and a smug smile appeared on his face.

This open beta test of Audition Online has also revealed the true nature of human nature.

So what if Momo Group has a big platform? Can it prevent its subsidiaries from turning away their money?

The wages of avarice is death.

Aren't all the companies under the Momo Group scrambling to cooperate with them?
Although the promotion fee was indeed a bit expensive.

But no problem.

Wool comes from sheep.

If we release more couple outfits, we can still get all that money back.

The most difficult sector to manage these days is internet cafes.

The internet cafe owners in Huaxia were a united front; they had tried many methods, but the owners simply wouldn't budge.

Because Momo Internet Cafe hasn't spoken up, they're all unwilling to open the door.

Now they're making a fortune by following Momo Internet Cafe, and the internet cafe is always packed with people queuing up. Why bother with all that extra work?

Moreover, judging from Audition Online's pricing model, it's not as profitable as Momo's games.

Games like Honghuang Zhanji, Bubble Fighter, QQ Tang, Fantasy Westward Journey, JX Online, and Millennium Online all charge for both ends.

How much money can you get from the game cards?

Looking at the newspaper article in his hand about Audition Online reaching a peak of 70 concurrent online users, Cheng Yi immediately smiled.

almost.

Let's keep their online numbers stable at 70.

It's time to give them a good whack.

At this moment, the official Audition Online team is preparing for the upcoming Women's Day event on March 7th.

They've spent so much money, so naturally they want to find a way to get it back.

Women's Day is their first major move.

If you love her, buy her a Women's Day gift.

Would you really let the girl you like watch someone else wear this limited edition outfit?

[Limited edition Women's Day apparel is now available! Let your loved one give you a big surprise!]

Their limited-edition Women's Day set has one restriction: it must be a gift from someone else; the recipient cannot purchase it directly.

The price isn't high either; the men's suit only costs 5200 M coins, which is worth 52 yuan of Huaxia coins.

The women's set costs 52000 M coins, which is worth 520 yuan of Huaxia coins.

Even Cheng Yi applauded their announcement.

It must be said that there are talented people in T3 Games.

The Huaxia agent is a company they established in China, so all updates and activities are researched and decided by T3 Games.

The advantage of this event is that wearing this outfit means you're in high demand.

If you don't wear it, then you're definitely unwanted.

Most Audition Online players are very concerned about their image; their motto is: if others don't want it, then I definitely won't want it either.

Cheng Yi closed the webpage and quickly dialed Lei Jun's number, laughing, "Mr. Lei, when are you coming back to China for a visit?"

Lei Jun has been based in Europe ever since he went there. Even during the Chinese New Year, he only flew back to his hometown briefly before returning to Europe overnight.

This trip to Europe opened a new world for Lei Jun. He couldn't wait to stay in Europe as long as possible, and he didn't even return for the Momo Group's annual meeting.

"I've been quite busy lately, I'll talk to you when I'm done. I think President Cheng needs to talk to me about something, right?" Lei Jun's laughter was full of joy.

Cheng Yi changed the subject abruptly and said directly, "Yes, I'd like to borrow the 3721 online game modifier."

"What is that?" Lei Jun asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)