Looking at the company's financial data, Michel seed to age considerably all at once, his expression shifting from initial confusion to sudden understanding, from reluctance to resignation.
"Abandon all PC gas and focus all our R&D attention on lightweight H5 gas!" True to his keen business acun, Michel instantly made the correct decision.
"Boss, don't we have other gas? Are we really going to give up on the gas we've painstakingly developed over the years?" The assistant had been with Michel since he arrived at BlizzGa, witnessing the company's growth and strength and watching these gas evolve from a demo to titles generating tens to hundreds of millions in revenue.
Abandoning these gas was undoubtedly a cruel decision.
"Haven't you figured out Zhang nglong's intentions?" Michel said with a bitter smile, "Do you know why he only released 'God-King's World' now, instead of a month ago?"
"Isn't it because of the limitations of their technical team's developnt capabilities? After all, a ga like this can't be created overnight. I think the planning for these two gas probably began a couple of years ago."
"No, you're underestimating Zhang nglong," Michel said, "Don't forget, besides his unfathomable wealth, his personal capabilities are also extrely fearso."
"A young man in his early twenties, who solved a mathematical problem that had stumped the academic world for 200 years, won the Nobel Prize, and used his own artificial intelligence to successfully perform a surgery that even top experts only had a twenty to thirty percent chance of accomplishing—if we look at him with the eyes of an ordinary human, we're bound to lose miserably!"
"You an..."
"The sequence of this ga's release is definitely not a coincidence. I think Zhang nglong has been ready for a while. He was waiting for us to go all in on another ga, and then crush us directly through this ga, rendering all our investnts futile."
"That's impossible! How confident must he be in his own ga to dare to do such a thing?" the assistant asked incredulously.
"Because he is Zhang nglong," Michel said, "I believe, even if we now abandon World of Warcraft and pour all our energy into another PC ga, he will imdiately co out with another ga to defeat us."
"To achieve that, how strong must one's developnt capability be?"
"I'm beginning to suspect that this person is extraterrestrial," Michel said with a wry smile, "Do as I say. Continuing to invest in these gas is already aningless. In six months to a year, every ga on the market will be replaced, and our costs may well exceed the revenue."
"But if players protest... You know very well, many veteran players have spent a lot of cash on in-ga items. If we shut down the servers, we will face a dire situation!"
"Then we'll just sell these gas and compensate the players," Michel said, making the painful decision, "There's a saying in Huaxia, 'A short pain is better than a long pain.' Since we can see the future, why struggle any longer?"
...
"Mr. Zhang, have you heard the news? BlizzGa is planning to shut down all their major PC ga servers within six months!" Knowing this news, Ma Hua imdiately reported it to Zhang nglong.
"Oh? He's quite smart." Zhang nglong did not expect Michel to react so quickly.
"Then our previous plan might not be feasible," Ma Hua sighed. Although they already made a tidy profit, it was a pity they couldn't successfully deliver the killing blow to BlizzGa.
"Our previous plan is indeed unfeasible, but there are other ways," Zhang nglong said with a sly smile, "It was hard to beat them head-on before because they were deeply entrenched in PC gas, and ordinary ga companies and products truly couldn't shake them."
"But now it's different," Zhang nglong continued, "They've lost their advantage in PC gas, and switching to the small ga market now is not their area of expertise. Any company has the qualifications to beco their competitor!"
"Well, well," although Zhang nglong was indeed very crafty, outmaneuvering his enemy felt really exhilarating.
"So you're saying that whatever ga they develop, we'll just follow and develop the sa?" Ma Hua asked.
"No need!" Zhang nglong replied, "Gas, after all their variety, co down to just a dozen or so types. Even if they make H5 gas, they can't escape these categories. The only advantage of H5 is the small size of the gas, no need for large download packages, so as long as you have a smooth internet connection, you can open the gas anywhere."
"And my gas can do that too!"
"How is that possible?" As soone who ca from a developnt background, Ma Hua was acutely aware of the issues with ga mory, such as their once-developed ga 'Honor of Kings,' whose client took up one or two gigabytes.
After playing for a while, you'd find that after a series of patches and upgrades, the damn thing was now over 10GB.
The advantage of H5 gas is that you don't need to consu a large amount of mory to download a ga client. It's like a website — it can run directly through caching, which is very convenient for players.
However, the quality of the ga may drop due to this feature, and it places high demands on the ga engine as well.
For example, no company has the technical developnt capability to turn a 10-plus GB ga like "Honor of Kings" into an H5 ga to date, nor is there any engine that can achieve this.
"Take a look at what this is?" Zhang nglong sent Ma Hua a temporary URL.
Ma Hua opened the webpage on his phone and, as the progress bar quickly filled up, the ga interface for "Godking World" loaded.
"This... you turned 'Godking World' into an H5 ga?"
"Exactly," Zhang nglong said, "And with the now widespread 5G technology, there won't be any issues with ga data transmission. My engine can H5-ize all these 14 gas!"
"Incredible, truly incredible!" Ma Hua exclaid excitedly.
The race for big PC gas had cooled, as had the market for mobile app gas. The gaming company Storm Gas had been hoping to struggle on with their H5 gas, but Zhang nglong's move had directly blocked their last path of retreat!
With this combination of moves, NetEase Gas and Tengxun Gas could claim they completely dominated the entire gaming market.
"There's no better ti than the present, let's start preparing the release today!"
"Good, we'll get our people to work overti imdiately!"
...
"What? Triple project bonus? Get
up, I can work more overti!"
"Damn, where's my tent? Honey, pack up my towel, toothpaste, and toothbrush for , I'm going to be living at the company this week!"
"Although it's been a brutal month, I've made a year's salary. Once the project is over, I'm going to take a long vacation to play around — the company even approved a month of recuperation leave!"
...
Three days later, all PC, mobile, and H5 versions of the 14 gas went live, and the whole gaming world was filled with lantation!
"Bang!"
The door to Michel's office was kicked open by several people, and the shareholders of Storm Gas glared at Michel furiously.
The gaming industry had taken a hit, and stock prices of listed gaming companies worldwide plunged, hitting the limit down for seven consecutive days within a week, causing the shareholders' assets to evaporate like steam.
Nobody knew why the gas from Huaxia had suddenly beco so aweso!
And just now, Zhang nglong had posted a ssage.
"Actually, I just wanted to develop these gas for sothing to play when I had nothing to do. Thanks to Mr. Michel of Storm Networks for pushing , now I'm sharing the gas I developed for everyone to play together!"
This statent pointed the finger directly at Michel; he instantly beca the nail in the eye of the entire gaming industry.
If he hadn't ssed with the ga maps, he wouldn't have driven the Huaxia people to this point, would he?!
Although all the companies were enjoying the drama at that ti, none of them would attribute the cause to themselves — they all just needed a scapegoat.
"Michel, from today onwards, you are no longer the chairman of Storm Networks!"
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