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Chapter 178-0175 [If you can't win an argument, deny it]

Chen Guiliang also makes remarks at events, but they are always directed at specific people or companies, and he only addresses the issues at hand without escalating the situation.

Even when he criticized "Wolf Totem," he only pointed out the logical errors in the book one by one. The claim that "Wolf Totem" encouraged traitors and fascism came from other participants later on.

But this Korean is making sweeping generalizations!

The first part of what the Korean said was fairly accurate.

Plugins in web games are indeed prone to being falsely flagged by antivirus software. Therefore, Happy Farm only has the Flash Player plugin, which is accepted by antivirus software.

The argument makes perfect sense, yet someone insists on adding at the beginning, "Chinese people don't understand the internet."

The Korean's second statement started even more audaciously, stating directly, "Chinese people are stupid." Even if he later revealed some truth, it would still anger the Chinese present.

Guangzhou Guangtong had already been licking the boots of the Koreans enough, and now it was disgusted to the core.

"The host gave me the middle finger! He even called me 'Brother Stick'!" Park Heon-joo was quite agitated.

The host quickly suppressed his laughter and reminded Chen Guiliang, "Mr. Chen, please watch your words and actions."

Chen Guiliang explained, "Bang means great, and 'ge' represents respect. Bang-ge is my respectful way of addressing Mr. Park. I think he has done an excellent job at Lianzhong. As for giving the middle finger, I'm really sorry. I've been sending too many text messages lately, and my thumb is very tired. I originally wanted to give a thumbs up, but I'm using the middle finger instead."

The host, suppressing a laugh, said, "Please be careful next time; don't just substitute randomly."

"Understood, thanks for reminding me."

After Chen Guiliang finished speaking, he gave Park Heon-joo a thumbs up and said, "Go, Brother Bang!"

Liu Kun of Pixel Software, who had stopped laughing, was now amused and burst into laughter again.

"He's making excuses!"

Park Heon-joo looked at the host and said, "I know what 'bangzi' means. Anyone who used that derogatory term to refer to me has already been fired!"

The host said, "Mr. Park, Mr. Chen has admitted his mistake and corrected it; he hasn't given you the middle finger anymore. It's perfectly fine for him to give you a thumbs up now. Besides, he called you 'bang ge' (a term of endearment for someone with a big thumb), which is a compliment in Chinese. On the contrary, it was you, sir, who used very inappropriate language just now."

"Oh!"

"Ashiba!"

Park Heon-joo slammed his fist on the table and stood up in anger.

He had every reason to be arrogant, because he was the leader of the NHN team sent to China.

What is NHN?

It is South Korea's largest portal website, search engine, and gaming platform, equivalent to the combination of "Sina.com + Baidu Search + QQ Games" at its peak.

So what if Lianzhong has 2 million registered users? So what if Lianzhong has servers in China, the US, Japan, and South Korea?
The first thing Park Heon-joo did upon arriving in China was to remove the "Lianzhong" brand and replace it with NHN's game brand "Hangame". The founders of Lianzhong strongly opposed this and made several protests at NHN headquarters before the matter was dropped.

He usually treats Chinese people with a condescending attitude.

Now, someone is actually giving him the middle finger and using "Bang Ge" (棒哥, a derogatory term for Koreans) to subtly mock Koreans.

Chen Guiliang smiled but remained silent, only looking at the host.

The host raised his voice, his tone becoming more stern: "Mr. Park, please watch your behavior again. Slamming your fist on the table and swearing at people during a roundtable meeting is uncivilized. If you do it again, I have the right to ask you to leave the venue."

Most of the journalists at the summit forum came from print media and websites.

Television media, only CCTV Finance and Dragon TV, focused their attention on the central table—the table where Chen Tianqiao and his group were seated.

As for the other tables, the two TV stations only briefly panned across the screen a few times.

"It seems there's been a problem over there, let's go check it out," the CCTV reporter said to the cameraman.

Park Heon-joo was slamming his fist on the table and standing up to yell at people; it was hard to go unnoticed.

Even the colleagues at the two tables next to them stopped their discussion and all looked at the Korean standing there.

Seeing the CCTV cameras approaching, Chen Guiliang stood up abruptly and said sternly, "Mr. Park, although you are a representative from South Korea's largest internet company, please give the Chinese people enough respect. You say that Chinese people don't understand the internet or online games, and I don't want to argue with you about right and wrong, but you can't say that all Chinese people are idiots or fools!"

Chen Guiliang's voice was very loud; it could be heard even at several tables nearby.

Everyone's expression turned extremely ugly.

Nobody wants to be called an idiot!
Park Heon-joo was confronting the host, but after hearing this, he turned to Chen Guiliang and then realized that everyone around him was looking at him, and even the TV cameras were pointed at him.

He was somewhat flustered, yet unwilling to lose, so he avoided the insults: "Am I wrong? The most powerful game companies in China today all started by distributing Korean games. A large portion of the most popular online games in China are Korean games!"

Chen Guiliang retorted, "Being a game distributor isn't begging for handouts; it's sharing profits with the Korean developers. The Korean developers earn huge sums from China every year. You should be grateful to the Chinese distributors, not insulting Chinese people as idiots who can't make games."

“I didn’t say that Chinese people are fools!” Park Heon-joo defended himself.

Chen Guiliang asked the host, "So what did he say?"

The host said, "His exact words were that Chinese people are stupid and Chinese game companies should hire Koreans as executives."

“Oh, I see,” Chen Guiliang asked Wang Zijie, who had just become the agent for “Audition Online”, “Mr. Wang, now that you’ve become the agent for a Korean game, shouldn’t you hire a few Koreans as senior executives?” Wang Zijie smiled but didn’t say anything, looking at Park Heon-joo as if he were an idiot.

Koreans have always been greedy for money, and they've ripped off more than just Shanda.

Don't be fooled by 9Game's success in distributing "Audition Online" these past two months; they'll be scammed in a little over a year. The Korean company, in collusion with 9City, extorted money from 9Game, forcing them to pay $45 million to settle and renew their contract, while 9City successfully secured the distribution rights for "Audition Online 2".

This whole mess has ruined 9Game's IPO plans.

IDG was also badly burned, unable to cash out its 9game shares through an IPO.

Why are the Koreans so fearless when facing the Chinese?
No matter how arrogant and disgusting they are, Chinese agents still frantically fawn over them. These Chinese agents even stab each other in the back, actively raising agency fees so that the Korean developers can reap the benefits.

Chen Guiliang pointed at Park Heon-joo and said sternly, "You must apologize to all Chinese people!"

The cameras from Dragon TV also turned towards them.

Seeing that he had angered the public, Park Heon-joo began to deny it: "I did not say such a thing. You guys conspired to frame me. You should apologize, otherwise I will sue you for defamation."

Everyone at Chen Guiliang's table, including the host, was speechless at the Koreans' antics.

They just said it, and now they're going back on their word.

Zhang Chun from Target Software said, "I heard you say it with my own ears."

Liu Kun of Pixel Software also said, "I heard that too."

Both of them develop their own games and are not afraid of offending the Koreans.

After weighing the pros and cons, Wang Zijie felt there wouldn't be any problems, and added, "I heard that too."

Only Yang Jin from Guangzhou Guangtong remained, and all he could say was, "I heard it."

With everyone speaking with one voice, the situation was basically confirmed.

Park Heon-joo continued to deny it, saying, "I never said that. You're all ganging up on me! You're acting maliciously towards me, and I refuse to participate in any further activities."

After saying that, the guy left.

He even went outside and told the Lianzhong employees who were setting up the booth to pack up and leave this year's exhibition.

A very confusing move.

A CCTV reporter held out the microphone: "Mr. Chen, could you please explain in detail what just happened?"

A reporter from Dragon TV quickly handed over a microphone.

Facing two microphones and two cameras, Chen Guiliang recounted the incident with righteous indignation, concluding with a passionate statement: "This is outrageous! It's an utter disgrace! My company will never, ever, make money from Korean games. I mean what I say today! I mean what I say!"

Upon hearing this, his colleagues all smiled.

First, they felt very relieved when Chen Guiliang insulted the Koreans.

Secondly, since Chen Guiliang is no longer distributing Korean online games, they will have one less competitor in the future.

However, Chen Guiliang only said that he would not make money from Korean games, but he did not say that he would not talk to Korean developers about agency agreements.

DNF can definitely be negotiated, giving the Korean side the illusion that they can continue to raise prices.

If they wanted to act unscrupulously, they could even sign a contract for "DNF": paying only 30% of the licensing fee at the time of signing, then withholding the second payment during the technology delivery phase, delaying the Korean side for several months. Only after the technology delivery deadline stipulated in the contract had passed could the Korean side unilaterally terminate the contract and then negotiate with other distributors. Chen Guiliang would only lose the 30% licensing fee.

But doing so would be too damaging to one's character and reputation, and Chen Guiliang would definitely not do that.

A reporter from Dragon TV asked, "Will Game Science only operate its own self-developed games in the future?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Simply closing ourselves off will only make us fall behind. I will definitely cooperate with other countries, except for Korean companies. Of course, Game Science will focus on developing its own games. 'Three Kingdoms Kill' is currently operating very well, with approximately 25 daily active users."

"Such a high daily active user count?" a reporter from Pacific Game Network exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Guiliang smiled and said, "Because most users of the Three Kingdoms Kill game own their own computers, instead of going to internet cafes to play. They always log in to play a couple of rounds after studying or working."

It's no longer possible to count the number of registered users for "Three Kingdoms Kill" because accounts on the Youke Interactive Games platform are interconnected.

User accounts registered through "Happy Farm" can also directly log in to "Three Kingdoms Kill". Surprisingly, some elderly people, in addition to playing games like "Happy Farm", "Landlord", and "Tetris", have downloaded the "Three Kingdoms Kill" client out of curiosity.

Ding Sanshi was also quite surprised and looked at Chen Tianqiao next to him: "You can achieve 25 daily active users without going through internet cafes?"

"That's pretty impressive," Chen Tianqiao said.

Ding Sanshi asked, "Have you played this game before?"

Chen Tianqiao shook his head: "No."

A reporter from 17173 asked, "Mr. Chen, after the summit forum, could we do an exclusive interview with you?"

"Of course." Chen Guiliang was waiting for an exclusive interview.

(End of this chapter)