You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 82 Alternative Plan
Hearing the greetings from the distant United States, Qin Shaoyan couldn't hold himself tight.

Especially Fatty G’s cries of dissatisfaction made him a little panicked.

But he quickly calmed down, and it was useless to panic.

Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds, "Gabour, we have just completed a landmark business experiment on the Internet."

"Do you know what it's worth? It's going to make your investment in Facebook a hundred times over in the future."

Fatty G directly interrupted Qin Shaoyan, "I have no interest in any business experiments, and I don't care about the hundredfold investment you mentioned."

"You once promised me that you would introduce China's stand-alone games to the steam platform. Now I need those games!"

Seeing that he couldn't be fooled anymore, Qin Shaoyan immediately said happily: "I am advancing this matter, and there will be a result soon. I have contacted several game companies and are in the process of contacting them."

"Very good." G Fat was satisfied. "Now the users of the steam platform are growing rapidly. They often write emails to complain, saying that there are too few games available on the platform."

"OK, I know Gabor." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "Just wait for my good news."

"Speaking of the good news." Fatty G said in a relaxed tone, "Your physical CD of Plants vs. Zombies has sold six million units, and the market response has been very good."

"The publisher has already made a request for more copies and wants us to publish it in other languages."

"Well, I will consider this." Qin Shaoyan promised with a smile, "I'd better settle your matter first."

"Oh, by the way, Gabor, the Chinese gaming industry is holding a party. I would like to apply to participate in the name of Valve. Please help me get an application letter."

"Ok, no problem."

The two asked each other how they were doing before Qin Shaoyan hung up the phone.

It seems that Fatty G is very anxious, and he has started urging me only a few months ago.

Now that steam users are constantly growing, the game platform lacks enough content.

This results in a low online time for users and a small number of daily active users.

This is intolerable to G Fat, who is eager to build an open platform. His game library needs a large number of games to fill.

Whether it's American or Chinese.

Qin Shaoyan is not very happy about the booming sales of game discs. Even if he sells six million units, the money he earns is only one-tenth of the revenue on the steam platform.

So why do physical game discs quickly disappear from the stage of history?

Without him, it would be too cheating.

Even if the game you worked so hard to create is a hit and sells well, you won’t have much money to make the components, and you’ll still encounter piracy.

Players’ purchase prices remain high, and it takes a long time to fix bugs in the game.

This lose-lose situation is naturally difficult to maintain. Once an online platform is established, publishers are quickly abandoned.

Qin Shaoyan can't do without the support of the steam platform for at least a few years now. The huge profits and abundant cash flow brought by the game are really great.

Therefore, Qin Shaoyan had to solidify the pie he had drawn for G Fat, otherwise it would be difficult to negotiate the division of games in the future, and the relationship with G Fat would also become tense.

After thinking for a while, Qin Shaoyan raised his head and looked at Hong Fei, the art director who was immersed in his work.

"Teacher Hong."

"Ah?!" Hong Fei took off his headphones and raised his head, "Why did you drip Mr. Qin?"

"Make some poster designs for our Plants vs. Zombies. By the way, you can contact the advertising company we worked with last time and ask him to make some banners for us."

Qin Yi thought for a while, "Pick some strong men from the art team." "Strong men?!" Hong Fei's face was full of surprise, and he couldn't figure out what Mr. Qin wanted to do.

……

The sales of the New Year's Day promotion exceeded Liu Qiangdong's previous expectations. Due to lack of preparation, this also led to delays in delivery time.

Jingdong only packed half of the products, and packed the rest overnight.

After the New Year's Day holiday, everyone in Jingdong came out in full force to deliver goods to major schools in small three-wheelers.

Since the receiving personnel are all concentrated in the university, transportation is not troublesome, but it is a bit confusing when checking the orderer and the recipient.

In order to prevent people from pretending to claim the quota, Liu Qiangdong requires all students to show their student ID cards and then conduct verification.

Although the students complained a little, they still cooperated to pay and pick up the goods.

Brother Dong, who had been busy all day and didn't even bother to eat, came directly to the haunted house to find Qin Shaoyan.

"Xiao Qin." Liu Qiangdong excitedly walked to the water dispenser and took a big gulp of hot water. "All the goods were sent out today, and there is not a single thing left."

"You didn't go to see it. The scene was really hot. The students asked us to prepare more goods, especially those T-shirts."

"I didn't expect that T-shirts would sell so well in this winter."

Qin Shaoyan nodded perfunctorily, "This time it's just a functional test. The real tough battle will begin in March. At that time, school has just started and the students have money in their pockets, so they will sell better."

"That's right." Brother Dong was still excited at this time, "The current manpower is almost overwhelmed, and more delivery personnel must be added."

"Brother Dong, you can handle these matters yourself." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "I believe Brother Dong."

"Okay, let's check the accounts before the end of the year." Liu Qiangdong waved his hand, "Let's go get something to eat."

"No, Brother Dong, I have something to do in the United States, so I won't go." Qin Shaoyan added, "It's not easy to let the brothers eat something good during the New Year."

Liu Qiangdong saw that Qin Shaoyan looked a little strange, so he stopped forcing himself, said hello and left.

Qin Shaoyan sighed, picked up the phone again and called, "Hello... yes, we are a domestic game company called Sentinel Technology... we want to participate in the International Digital Interactive Entertainment Exhibition."

"Ah... the application date has passed... Can you please be accommodating? It's not easy after all... Oh... Okay."

Qin Shaoyan slowly put the phone receiver back on the base and touched his forehead helplessly.

Although the other party on the phone spoke very tactfully, the rejection was already obvious.

Qin Shaoyan has been actively contacting him in the past few days to apply to participate in the China International Digital Interactive Entertainment Exhibition.

But it was too late, and several applications were rejected.

The full name of this exhibition may be a bit unfamiliar to you, but its English abbreviation is quite famous in the game industry and players, called ChinaJoy.

2004 was the first ChinaJoy, the only one held in Yanjing, and the only exhibition held in winter.

The original schedule was in the summer of 2003, but it had to be postponed to January 2004 due to SARS.

This is a grand event for the Chinese gaming industry, and you can’t miss it no matter what.

What's more, he also wants to take this opportunity to brush up with his domestic counterparts and discuss a win-win plan.

But Qin Shaoyan now has a small obstacle. His application to participate in the exhibition was rejected.

"It seems that I have to use alternatives."

(End of this chapter)