Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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Xinghuo is busy discussing how to become the leader of the martial arts alliance.

Here.

Inside Tencent, a unique "Spark Crisis Discussion Meeting" is underway.

The meeting was held in the League of Legends operations office area.

The attendees were mainly from the operations departments of Honor of Kings and League of Legends.

Since Tencent acquired Riot Games.

Although Tencent basically doesn't manage the game's development, it has absolute authority over the operation of the Chinese server, including actions like using League of Legends to drive traffic to WEGAME.

Penguin doesn't need to notify Riot Games either.

Therefore, they were also present at this discussion.

Since you're teaching the "Spark Crisis Discussion Meeting"...

So, the subject of our discussion is naturally Spark.

For Honor of Kings and League of Legends, the only game that can be considered a threat is Dimension Battlegrounds.

As June draws to a close, Spark's "Dimensional Battlefield" is becoming increasingly popular.

Especially on mobile devices.

It was extremely popular, and at one point it even surpassed Honor of Kings on the list of most popular games.

The number of online players for Honor of Kings has also been impacted to some extent.

While League of Legends wasn't significantly impacted, it was still affected to some extent.

For example, in various League of Legends communities, there have been many discussions about "Dimension Battlegrounds".

It stands to reason.

Penguins should at least take this situation seriously.

indeed.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this meeting today.

However, at the same time, things are different from what the outside world thinks.

The senior management of League of Legends and Honor of Kings didn't seem to feel much of the impact of Spark.

"Their game is actually quite interesting." That's the opinion of Xiao Qing, the operations manager of the Chinese version of League of Legends, regarding Xinghuo.

Liu Xian, the operations manager of Honor of Kings, shares the same view.

"Just the next Heroes of the Storm."

Both executives shared this attitude.

The other attendees all had smiles on their faces.

This crisis meeting turned into a mockery session.

What are you mocking?

Of course, it's a mockery of Xinghuo for overestimating his abilities.

Even though this meeting was personally instructed by Ma Huateng to have the two teams analyze from various angles whether "Dimensional Battlefield" would become a competitor between them.

That's no use either.

At the meeting, neither of the leaders felt that "Dimension Battlegrounds" would pose a threat to them.

Even though Dimension Battlegrounds is currently very popular.

In their mouths.

There's a ceiling to *Dimension Battlegrounds*, and that ceiling might be *Onmyoji Arena*, *Heroes of the Storm*, or even *300 Heroes*.

In short, it can't be Honor of Kings or League of Legends.

Logically speaking, both Honor of Kings and League of Legends have transcended being mere games.

Honor of Kings is an IP built upon the traffic portal of Tencent's social networking software.

Although League of Legends has been declining, its core player base remains, and while there is some attrition, it is not high.

Although Honor of Kings is losing players, it is gaining more new players every day.

Even now, despite the large number of users drawn away by "Dimension Battlegrounds", many new users are still joining every day.

That's why the two of them weren't panicked at all.

They've already accumulated a large enough user base and control the traffic entrance, so it's no surprise that an analysis meeting was turned into a tea party.

This composure only changed when Ma Huateng walked into the office with a document in his hand.

He saw Ma Huateng come in.

The relaxed atmosphere instantly turned tense, like meeting the homeroom teacher in a study room, with everyone sitting up straight.

Ma Huateng sat in the seat of honor and sensed the relaxed atmosphere in the meeting room, but he didn't say much.

Start by asking, "What are the results of your analysis?"

Hear this.

Liu Xian and Xiao Qing exchanged a glance, then spoke.

"Mr. Ma, we believe..."

Liu Xian continued with their analysis, which remained unchanged despite Ma's arrival, and their final conclusion was clear.

“The other party lacks traffic entry points. Once they have completed their marketing and established their existing user base and absorbed the bottom market, they will eventually become an IP game similar to Onmyoji Arena.”

"It might be more popular than Heian-kyo, but in any case, it won't pose a threat to Tencent."

After listening to the analysis.

Ma Huateng first took a deep breath, then looked at the documents in his hand.

In the end, I couldn't resist.

"Is this the result of your discussion? Is this your attitude towards competitors? To let them develop unchecked?"

After saying that, Ma Huateng casually tossed the document in his hand onto the table.

"This internal report was released yesterday, and you should also have this document in your work emails."

"I'm not sure if you've seen it."

"If not, I suggest you take a closer look."

"If so, I hope you can offer more reasonable suggestions instead of sitting here drinking tea. Penguin is a progressive penguin. If you don't want to progress, you can go to HR anytime."

After saying that, Ma Huateng didn't give the two a chance to explain and turned to leave.

He only decided to come and take a look on a whim.

But this is the result.

As Ma Huateng walked, he had his secretary call He Shen, who was originally the second-in-command of TiMi Studio, but was transferred to the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) division by Yao Xiaodong.

He then took the opportunity to become a full-fledged employee.

They've been doing quite well these days.

In addition, Yao Xiaodong's development in the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) business unit was hindered, and the original plan to have Yao Xiaodong concurrently serve as the head of two business units was also shelved.

He Shen could be said to have been blessed with good fortune while sitting at home.

but.

Good fortune can come from heaven, and so can misfortune.

He Shen, who was working in his office, suddenly received a phone call and broke out in a cold sweat. When he arrived at the conference room, Liu Xian and Xiao Qing were still in a daze.

What are you guys doing?!

"I...we...don't know either..."

Although He Shen wanted to beat the two of them to a pulp on the spot, he had to deal with other matters first and suppressed his anger.

"Where are the documents Mr. Ma left behind?"

"here."

He Shen opened the file.

The document's title is not complicated, and its content is a standard internal reference document for Tencent executives.

ByteDance Games and Spark are about to reach a strategic partnership. Analyzing the traffic-driving effect from the "anime/manga battlefield," will Douyin become a new traffic portal?

After reading this document.

He Shen fell silent.

This document cites a large amount of data in an attempt to demonstrate the traffic conversion rate of Douyin.

The final results of the argument clearly put a lot of pressure on Ma Huateng.

Put down the report.

He Shen sighed. He really couldn't solve the big picture issues; the only things he could handle were the game-related matters.

"Call Yao Xiaodong and Chen Zhou; we need to help President Ma with this..."

Chapter 450 When Gods Fight, Mortals Suffer

He Shen is truly helpless regarding the rapid development of Douyin.

That's like gods fighting.

Even the sect leader didn't know how to deal with it, so naturally he had no way to do it either.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him.

But then, at this very moment.

They ran into two idiots, Liu Xian and Xiao Qing. The leader was in a panic, thinking that Douyin and Xinghuo were not to be underestimated. But you just stood there saying it didn't matter, that we had a big advantage.

When asked what his solution was, he replied that he was unmoved.

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

The subordinates sought out the fault, but He Shen ended up taking the blame.

Now it's him, the head of TiMi Studio, who's taking the lead in organizing how to deal with the impact of Spark.

Thousands of words combined into one sentence.

***

However, even after being scolded, He Shen still had to get things done, and he had to get them done quickly.

Who told him to be a newly promoted executive?

To demonstrate his determination, he sought out Chen Zhou and Yao Xiaodong.

They thought the invitation would go smoothly, but unexpectedly, the two seemed rather reluctant.

This was quite unexpected for He Shen.

"These two defeated rivals from Spark, aren't they going to put in any effort? Aren't they afraid of being sidelined?"

Then He Shen inquired a little.

It turns out that the current situation of these two people is indeed quite special.

It's not quite what I imagined.

Whether it was the explosion of Girls' Frontline or the failure of Crossing Void.

Neither of them suffered any fundamental damage.

It seems unbelievable, but in fact... it is quite unbelievable.

However, within Tencent, there is indeed no tradition of holding the person in charge accountable for the failure of a project, since failure is the norm within Tencent.