tkworld #173 - Chairman, the problem is a bit big (ask for order)
#173 - Chairman, the problem is a bit big (ask for order)
《Boss Simulator》 is one of the new flagship games that Youyi has heavily invested in this year, but its reputation upon release has been poor, and the number of online players has been steadily declining, halving from 300,000 at the start.
Moreover, the revenue performance of Youyi's other business lines has not shown any significant growth.
The performance report also mentioned that the abnormal decline in online data may be related to the various public opinion crises that Youyi has recently been embroiled in.
Liu Lan frowned slightly. The Interactive Entertainment Business Group is like a chessboard, and the performance of the game business may affect the ratings of investment bank analysts on film, games, literature, and other businesses, as well as market confidence.
In the online game data provided by Youyi's platform operations, Liu Lan was surprised to find that her daughter's Taoyuan Township company had seen a sudden surge in data performance.
The new game 《Carefree Trash-Talk Life》 has been steadily rising from 100,000 concurrent online players at the start, and is now approaching the 550,000 mark, entering the 17th place on Youyi's platform's MMO online leaderboard.
And 《My Leisurely Island Owner Life》 has also exceeded 350,000 concurrent online players.
After a moment of contemplation, she opened her laptop and began to briefly play 《Carefree Trash-Talk Life》.
Because she was curious about what kind of game her daughter was making.
Soon, she played the plot where Igarashi Yanashita, a special forces soldier from Shenyi Company, was chasing Marilyn Mengyuan.
When she saw Igarashi Yanashita appear in the game, her beautiful eyes first showed a hint of surprise.
The image of this female character looks like herself.
She never expected that her daughter would put her into the game?
However, curiosity still drove her to continue playing.
The game camera quickly gave a close-up of Igarashi in the office. The chairman in a black silk skirt and hip wrap, walking with cat-like steps, was incredibly sexy, and a bunch of players were shouting "Mom" in the interactive barrage of the cutscene.
The atmosphere around her instantly became ice-cold!
But, seeing Igarashi's captivating beauty enhanced by the game's art.
A hint of imperceptible shyness faintly appeared in her majestic eyes.
Although her brow was furrowed, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
……
Just then, a series of rapid beeps interrupted her thoughts.
Liu Lan calmly closed the game and picked up the remote control to turn on the super-large display screen on the office wall.
The screen showed an antique mansion. An old man in a Ru shirt was sitting on a mahogany chair.
His temples were gray, his face was kind, and he exuded wisdom and composure.
He was Liu Lan's grandfather, Liu Xiaodong, the current head of the Liu family.
On the tables on both sides of the old man were uncles and uncles, who were also members of the group's board of directors.
Liu Xiaodong took a sip of tea: "Lan'er, how has the group been doing these past few months?"
Liu Lan respectfully reported:
"Grandpa, uncles, the group's business lines have all reported good news, and the Nasdaq and Hong Kong stocks are showing impressive gains. The group's market value has exceeded 600 billion."
Liu Xiaodong stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction:
"You've done a great job and haven't let us down."
He then changed the subject:
"Where's my lovely great-granddaughter? It's been so long since I've seen her."
Liu Lan sighed:
"Yuan Yuan is still running away from home and has joined a startup company.
But, there's no need to worry about her safety. I've already sent Wang Su to follow her."
An old man with white hair and a ruddy complexion, leaning on a cane, stroked his beard and joked:
"Hey, running away from home?
It's said that daughters resemble their fathers. She's indeed Pei Yu's daughter, with a wild nature since childhood."
Liu Xiaodong also stroked his white beard:
"Hehe, girls can't be kept at home forever. It's good for her to gain experience outside. She should date if she wants to.
If she can't find a satisfactory partner, the family will arrange a blind date for her when she turns thirty."
Liu Lan then took the initiative to say:
"I think Yuan Yuan's lifelong affairs should not be taken lightly."
In the screen, an uncle and elder of the board of directors nodded:
"Indeed, being well-matched in social and economic status is the best.
To be honest, I'm not happy even if some small business owners with annual revenues of over 100 million are interested in our Yuan Yuan.
Although some people are quite successful from the perspective of ordinary people, the social status and wealth of their families are quite different from those of the Liu family, and they may not be happy after marriage.
I still hope that Yuan Yuan can marry into a more traditional family with a social status comparable to ours."
Liu Xiaodong smiled:
"You old guys, being well-matched in social and economic status? What era are you living in?
For example, the eldest princess of the neighboring Samsung Group married a security guard."
The uncle and elder immediately retorted:
"Samsung still has a younger son to inherit the family business. Our Liu family only has Yuan Yuan as a sole heir.
Besides, are you really willing to marry your precious great-granddaughter to a security guard?"
Liu Xiaodong stroked his beard and sighed: "I'm just giving an example. Besides, although I love Yuan Yuan very much, are you really at ease handing over this big group to her in the future?"
As soon as he said this, the faces of other members of the board of directors suddenly darkened.
She might completely bankrupt the company in a few months.
After a long while, everyone came to a unanimous conclusion: "Let's find a professional manager to manage it."
Liu Xiaodong finally said:
"In short, Lan'er, Yuan Yuan is grown up. Don't be too restrictive about her love life.
Back then, how many times did we old bones try to persuade you, but you still married that stinky brat Pei Yu without hesitation?
As for the startup games that Yuan Yuan is playing, this child has always had low comprehension since she was a child. I guess she won't be able to make any big waves. Let her come back when she's had enough fun. I miss her too."
After that, the image on the screen disappeared.
Liu Lan's expression returned to calm.
She walked to the window, lit a cigarette, and let the smoke linger.
"Grandpa, it's because I've suffered from wild men that I don't want my daughter to repeat my mistakes."
After thinking for a moment, she took out a sachet from her pocket, with the character "Liu" embroidered on one side and the character "Pei" embroidered on the other.
A man's figure appeared in her eyes.
A slender back, flowing long hair with an artistic flair, eyes with a hint of melancholy, always unshaven.
It was such a rogue who stole her girlish heart back then.
The Pei family and the Liu family had been at odds in business for many years, and the elders originally disagreed, but she still insisted.
Although she got married as she wished, fourteen years ago, this man left home again.
"Wait for me, I will definitely find him and save our family."
However, after leaving these words, there was no news of him since then, and his life or death was unknown.
"Heh, men..."
Liu Lan thought of this and stubbed out the cigarette forcefully.
Seeing Liu Mengyuan becoming more and more like her father, with the ancestral abstractness, gluttony, and running away from home, she rubbed her eyebrows with a headache.
……
Not long after, Shi Yi rushed to Shenzhen to report to Liu Lan.
"Manager Shi, I heard from Wang Su and the group's public relations department that you've brought a lot of "surprises" to the company recently."
Shi Yi nervously wiped the sweat from his forehead and said earnestly:
"Chairman, these things were all done by a department manager named Zou Zhongtian. I have already dealt with him as soon as possible.
After that, I will seriously reflect on this and strengthen the management of the team's personnel."
Liu Lan sneered and remained noncommittal.
She didn't intend to pursue Shi Yi's leadership responsibility. After all, his power in Youyi was deeply entrenched, and moving him would easily hurt the company's foundation.
She said:
"I'm going to give you a task next. I heard that you had some conflicts with that Taoyuan Township company before.
After that, you need to use Youyi's resources to find a way to acquire and merge with them.
You don't need to have any scruples, just go ahead and do it.
So, in terms of specific implementation, tell me your thoughts."
Liu Lan planned to directly find a way to acquire Taoyuan Township, so that the stinky girl could restrain her mind and obediently return to the group.
But if she bought it directly, she was worried that President Lu would disagree or ask for a high price, so she first wanted to weaken its edge, and then take advantage of its weakness.
This was also the Liu Group's consistent acquisition strategy over the years.
After hearing this, Shi Yi was overjoyed.
He didn't expect that the chairman would not only not pursue his responsibility, but also give him a legitimate reason to fight back against Taoyuan Township.
"Chairman, I will contain the other party from three aspects: game platform, game engine, and headhunting.
First, the Youyi platform will remove all Taoyuan Township games. Of course, in order to avoid panic among other manufacturers, I will fabricate some legitimate reasons, such as indecent lines in the game that do not comply with the platform's policies, etc. Don't worry, we are professional."
Liu Lan interrupted:
"What if Taoyuan Township chooses to put it on a friendly platform?"
Shi Yi shook his head:
"Teng Hui's ME-GAME platform has a market share of less than 20%, and Teng Hui's revenue share for developers is quite high, reaching 40%.
Not to mention that Teng Hui had conflicts with Taoyuan Township before, even if Teng Hui allows Taoyuan Township's games to be stationed, Taoyuan Township's revenue will be sharply reduced, and it may not be able to cover the R\u0026D investment, and can only survive."
Liu Lan nodded slightly, signaling him to continue.
"Second, Youyi Workshop will withdraw engine technical support for Taoyuan Township games. The underlying code of their games is mostly ready-made components purchased from Youyi Workshop. Withdrawing support will bring huge chaos to their game development.
I don't think their team has enough scale and technology to create an engine that is better than Youyi Workshop from scratch.
Third, Taoyuan Township is just a small start-up company, many of whom are employees eliminated by Youyi or idle social idlers. To deal with them, you only need to lure them with profit to completely hollow out their company.
I don't think Taoyuan Township has the financial resources to defeat us in the battle for talent."
Liu Lan nodded with satisfaction:
"Very good, I will then let the group's human resources director arrange professional headhunters to assist your work.
I have only one goal for you, to let the group acquire and control Taoyuan Township as soon as possible."
……
Coming out of Liu Lan's office, Shi Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
This is really a blessing in disguise. Liu Lan not only did not pursue him, but also lifted his restraints, allowing him to deal with Taoyuan Township more openly.
Although I don't know why the busy chairman would pay special attention to a small game company,
However, the grudges that had been formed with Taoyuan Township before can finally be settled.
In fact, Shi Yi reviewed the previous confrontation with Taoyuan Township and realized that President Lu was not simple.
Maybe every step from the beginning of the project establishment was in that President Lu's plan.
And his seemingly lazy behavior must be a blindfold!
I have to admit, I really underestimated this man,
This time, he will never underestimate the enemy!
……
Not long after Shi Yi left, Liu Lan called Wang Su into the office again.
"How is the safety of the eldest lady recently?" Liu Lan lit another cigarette for herself.
Wang Su hesitated for a moment and said with difficulty:
"Chairman, after the graduation ceremony, the eldest lady tried to escape our eyes with a blindfold, but we quickly found the house she rented."
Liu Lan smiled: "Heh, as expected of her father, it doesn't matter, it's not a big problem."
Wang Su hesitated again and again, and finally made up her mind to grit her teeth and say:
"No, Chairman, the problem... is a bit big,
The eldest lady she... is not living alone.
It's all my fault for not taking good care of her, please forgive me, Chairman!"
She said, handing over a photo.
In the photo, through the window, you can see Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan lying on the sofa in the living room watching TV.
Judging from the surrounding furniture, this is clearly a scene of a young couple living together.
Liu Mengyuan was holding the remote control to change channels, and those black silk beautiful feet were naturally resting on Lu Yu's legs.
Pa da!
The moment she saw the photo, the cigarette in Liu Lan's hand fell directly to the ground.