Star Tycoon

Chapter 153 Plants vs. Zombies
At 2 PM on June 1st, Tian Ersan posted a promotional video on a video website using his personal account.

Plants vs. Zombies

The video shows a Western-style courtyard building, various familiar yet strange-looking plants, and a large group of zombies surrounding the building from across the street.

A pea shooter that can spit out pea projectiles.

A sunflower that releases sunlight by swaying.

A cute and adorable nut wall.

A grumpy, large pumpkin.

A devastating corn cannon.

……

Plants vs. Zombies is coming soon! Released on July 2nd at midnight!
The official website price is 25! 100 hours of gameplay for only 25!

Pre-order now for only 20! We offer a 2-hour money-back guarantee if you're not satisfied after the sale!
Released globally, but due to translation issues, the price in overseas regions is a shocking $7.2!

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News of Tian Ersan making games quickly spread across various circles.

Is it a single-player game?

The game company quickly discussed this matter in an internal meeting.

Huai Borui, the head of a top game company, frowned and adjusted his glasses as he watched the promotional video.

"It's already June, why isn't Tian Ersan going to promote his 88 Mom Shopping Festival? How is he going to start a game?"

Rong Guangcun replied, "I don't know, but none of us in the game industry have this information. Many of the people in his company are women from small towns who don't even know how to use a computer. There isn't a single person in the industry who understands games."

Huai Borui also felt the same way.

Everyone knows that Tian Ersan's subordinates are mostly women, and young women at that.

Many people in the industry treat it as a joke, marveling at his youth and good health, unaware of the downsides of having many women.

They were both envious and jealous, and they also said that the other person was young and naive.

Huai Borui asked, "Was this game created by that Li Cuihua?"

Another vice president replied, "No, according to the registered company and personnel information, this has nothing to do with Li Cuihua. It was done by Tian Ersan and eight women, whose average age was only twenty-four or twenty-five."

Huai Borui was even more puzzled. "Who are they? I remember his company was full of illiterate and semi-literate people, as well as girls from technical schools."

The VP of Human Resources replied, "I checked the information of those eight people. They are all female college students, and they are the eight people with the highest level of education in Chengbang Company. They are among the few female college students in the entire company. They were all personally interviewed and recruited by Tian Ersan. Their starting salaries have been higher than others since last year."

Upon hearing that Tian Ersan had personally recruited the talent, Huai Borui nodded, but he was still puzzled.

"Even if you can make games, the money is made from online games and web games now. In a market like China where piracy is rampant, single-player games have no future."

Huai Borui couldn't understand what Tian Ersan was doing and seemed a little angry.

A female vice president replied, "She will definitely lose money. Single-player games don't conflict with our business, so I think we don't need to worry about it."

Huai Borui glanced at the woman unhappily, but didn't say anything harsh. Instead, he looked at the other senior managers.

"This Tian Ersan is the kind of person who thinks ten steps ahead before taking one step. I don't think he's just messing around. We should try to contact him and if we can get him to invest, we should. If it conflicts with our business, we should acquire him. We absolutely cannot let him grow too big!"

Rong Guangcun quickly replied, "Yes!"

Looking at the promotional animation on the conference table, Huai Borui quickly pointed and said, "Have the game department make one, as a backup plan."

"Yes!" Rong Guangcun knew that this meant they were going to copy it.

If you can acquire, then acquire; if acquisition doesn't work, then invest; if investing doesn't work, then replicate.

With money, manpower, and traffic, it's natural to surpass those who come later.

After the meeting, Huai Borui checked the pre-sale figures on the official website again.

198587
The pre-sale reached 200,000 units in just eight hours?
These player stats can easily propel an online game into the top ten!
Huai Borui discovered that Tian Ersan's growth momentum was not good.

He can monetize his personal influence, which is simpler than using social media to drive traffic to and monetize his game.

"This kid is too low-key; he's always hiding in the company and never goes out."

Huai Borui knew very well that someone who rarely left his home was difficult to control. He remained unaffected by external influences and ignored the conflicts outside, continuing to grow and mature.

They seem to have kept a low profile for the past six months, but they have grown stronger and quietly produced a game product that is not restricted by region.

The AI ​​forum also gave many people, including Huai Borui, a sense that it was not to be underestimated.

Putting everything else aside, bike sharing is definitely profitable, and major internet companies are investing heavily to grab market share in the bike sharing sector.

The success of bike-sharing has made even more people eager to get their hands on that trillion-dollar 5G company.

Agricultural product livestreaming, cheap clothing sales, AI forums, single-player games?
"What on earth is this kid up to?"

Tian Ersan continued to ignore everything and gradually cut off contact with the government, handing over all power to the women around him.

Li Cuihua, Li Chuhong, Zhang Shuya, Qian Sisi, Bai Xiumei, and Zong Meili, among whom Zhang Shuya and Qian Sisi were just there to make up the numbers, a smokescreen to deliberately mislead others.

For example, in this game company business, eight female college students who only knew how to test and type were added.

Of the nine people in the development department, eight are useless.

Actually, it was a joint effort between the Wangzhuang migrant worker group and Tian Ersan, but others didn't know that.

A female technician earning 3,000 yuan a month will definitely be poached by a big company; that's inevitable.

Tian Ersan has set a penalty for breach of contract, which is 500,000 yuan per person. I believe that those big companies can afford this small amount of money.

The next day, what Tian Ersan had predicted happened.

Bao Wanjun from the development department and seven others boarded a special car to Shanghai, filled with excitement and trepidation!

"Are we really okay walking like this?"

Zhu Jiani, a headhunter from a large company, turned around and looked at the back.

"It's alright. I've reviewed your company's contract. The penalty for breach of contract is only 500,000 yuan, which our company will pay in full. In addition, we will increase your monthly salary from 3,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan!"

Zhu Jiani's words made all eight of them feel much more relaxed.

At that moment, Bao Wanjun's phone rang.

Bao Wanjun was a little scared after seeing the caller ID.

"It was a call from the administration department."

The other seven women were also very nervous, fearing something might happen.

Zhu Jiani smiled and said, "It's okay, changing jobs is normal, I can take over for you."

"No need." Bao Wanjun mustered her courage and answered the phone, "Hello."

"Hello, this is the administration department. I'm Wang Xinmei from the administration department. Why are all eight of you from the development department absent from work? Have you all quit?"

Hearing this, Bao Wanjun suddenly felt much more relaxed. "Okay! We need to look for work elsewhere!"

After saying that, I felt much more relaxed and no longer hesitant.

Wang Xinmei warned, "Switching jobs would violate your contracts with the company and would cause significant losses to the business our company is developing. According to the contract, we have the right to demand that each of you pay 500,000 yuan in liquidated damages!"

Headhunter Zhu Jiani smiled and said, "Our company will pay for this! Send me your bank account number, and our finance department will transfer the money. After that, those eight people will have nothing to do with your company."

Wang Xinmei was silent for a few seconds. "I need all eight of them to personally confirm this matter, to say in the company group that they have voluntarily switched jobs, and then leave the group. Otherwise, I will call the police and say that these people have disappeared. Then the police will come looking for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiani quickly replied, "Sure! No problem!"

Zhu Jiani was only responsible for recruiting people; she was not in charge of the actual game development business.

Zhu Jiani quickly explained some things to the game company that poached her, and after confirming that there were no problems with her ID card, she readily paid the penalty for breach of contract.

A penalty of 500,000 is far too little for a big company. They can poach a development team for 4 million; it's a win-win situation!
Before the eight female technicians even arrived in Shanghai, news of Tian Ersan's entire team of developers being poached spread to technical groups of various large companies in the industry.

Many CEOs in the gaming industry couldn't help but laugh.

"This Tian Ersan is still too young!"

(End of this chapter)