20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3612 Chen Yilan's Eyes
As Xia Wenzhuo said, this banquet was actually meaningless, and Zhao Chang'an was thinking that this would be the case for at least the next ten years or so.

As for more than a decade later, even if these individuals become rising stars in the Southeast Asian business world, they will still be like ants compared to the vast OneNanometer Empire.

However, at least for now, he still needs to make some gestures to show that he and these people are all descendants of Yan and Huang. They don't have to help each other, but at least they shouldn't undermine each other.

Of course, if anyone dares to undermine YiNan, the so-called big shots who have been brought down by Zhao Chang'an over the past few years serve as standard warning examples.

Zhao Chang'an was neither a kind-hearted person nor did he ever intend to be one. He clearly understood the simple truth that one cannot stand firm without being ruthless.

Seven people were served a large table laden with luxurious food, and waiters kept coming in to bring more dishes and remove some dishes, some of which were even taken away before they were even touched.

Of these people, Liang Qian was the closest to Zhao Chang'an, and Fei Huangshang was the one he got along with the best. However, they weren't really friends; they just chatted and drank a little wine in a pleasant atmosphere.

"Our company is developing very rapidly throughout Southeast Asia, especially with Dragon Raja, which is currently the number one online game in Southeast Asia, while your Millennium is temporarily in second place. However, for NCsoft's Lineage II, we have completed language versions for various countries, and the closed beta will end this month, followed by open beta testing in six countries. We have high hopes for Lineage II and believe that it can completely surpass Dragon Raja and Millennium."

Huang Shang, getting excited, patted Zhao Chang'an on the shoulder and said, "Old Zhao, before, when our audiovisual network wanted to become the agent for Legend and MU Online, you always disagreed. To be honest, although we are all rich, our elders at home just wanted to toughen us up, so the start-up capital they gave us was actually pitifully small. If we really became the agent for your Legend and MU Online, we would have to spend a lot of resources on it. Where would we get more funds to invest in NCsoft's Lineage II right now?"

"Huang Shang, don't be so confident. Your frog-in-a-well mentality makes President Zhao laugh in his heart. Haven't you seen how the Dragon Clan is suppressed by Legend and Miracle in China? Even Millennium is suppressing the Dragon Clan in China. You should know that here, Millennium was half a year ahead of the Dragon Clan, but it only took less than three months for the Dragon Clan to easily overtake it. Now the Dragon Clan's revenue is almost double that of Millennium."

Sitting next to Huang Shang, Ye Ying said with a smile, "Including our Lineage II, I don't think it can necessarily compete with Cretaceous in terms of domestic operation. Although in my opinion, in terms of game quality and design rationality, Lineage II may be able to compete with MU Online, but it is reasonable for the market to completely crush games like Legend of Mir."

"That's because the Dragon Clan's servers were hacked. Otherwise, I dare say they would easily surpass the Millennium, and even tie with Miracle wouldn't be impossible. Moreover, the people who play Legend of Mir are old-fashioned and have never played Dragon Clan. Otherwise, I dare say they would have deleted Legend of Mir immediately. Of course, this is also because China is too poor. The Cretaceous's free point cards and monthly cards can retain a lot of players. Also, your point card and monthly card prices are really too low. This kind of competition is called vicious competition in business."

Huang Shang was naturally unconvinced by Ye Ying's words, and he also spoke his mind to Zhao Chang'an without hesitation. This kind of rich kid didn't understand what subtlety was at all.

"In the same industry, being kind to your competitors is being cruel to yourself. In business, this is a basic element for a group's survival."

Zhao Chang'an said these words with a smile, raising his wine glass to the others.

He, Huang Shang, and Qu Zhou drank strong liquor, Xia Wenzhuo drank purified water, and Liang Qian, Chen Yilan, and Ye Ying drank red wine.

He didn't explain anything, and these people were far from qualified for him to explain to them. He simply stated a basic principle: "That's how I run Ye's Network."

"See? Old Zhao is the most honest of all, no empty talk. I like his personality, unlike those hypocrites in China. It's not shameful to want to make money, but it's shameless to make money while spouting morals. It makes me want to kick them in the face." Huang Shang reached one hand under Ye Ying's high-slit cheongsam thigh, touching her thigh, while drinking a glass of wine in one gulp.

"But by doing this, you are essentially forcing other internet companies to follow your lead in a price war, which will ultimately benefit game development companies. This is completely inconsistent with your slogan of raising the banner of the domestic online game industry development, Mr. Zhao."

Chen Yilan looked at Zhao Chang'an with a cold and hateful gaze.

Before coming here, Zhao Chang'an's investment in RIM had attracted worldwide attention and made him the richest man in China according to Forbes. Although she still hated Zhao Chang'an for meddling in other people's business, since joining the audiovisual network, she gradually felt that her life was more fulfilling. Although she did not want to come this time, as a shareholder of the audiovisual network, it would be inappropriate for her not to come, so she reluctantly attended the banquet.

However, Zhao Chang'an's shameless words immediately caused the hatred and anger that she had managed to suppress to resurface.

"Your Chen family has raised a big banner in Lanfang City, but does that mean you'll share the profits with the people?"

As a result, Zhao Chang'an's words almost made Chen Yilan roll her eyes and faint from anger.

"Don't be angry, I'm just stating a fundamental truth. A company can have ideals, but the first prerequisite is that, as a company, survival is the primary goal. If a company can't even stay afloat, what's the point of talking about ideals, integrity, and passion? I believe that the parents of all of you here were people with ideals, integrity, and passion. Otherwise, why would they invest in China? Why would they send you to study in China instead of Europe or America? Wasn't it because they hoped to contribute to the development and construction of the country? But if you all take stock of your family and group businesses, which one of them is losing money in China?"

Chen Yilan opened her mouth, feeling that Zhao Chang'an was being unreasonable and spouting fallacies, but she didn't know how to refute him.

"Moreover, as far as I know, right now, besides your audiovisual network, more than a dozen online game companies have sprung up in Xingcheng alone, and several of them are backed by equally well-funded companies."

Zhao Chang'an's words lowered the temperature in the private room considerably, and Liang Lian, Qu Zhou, and the others' expressions became somewhat stiff.

"So what? We have the best games. They'll be left with nothing but scraps. Sooner or later, they'll be left with nothing!"

Huang Shang loudly encouraged himself.

"I believe."

Zhao Chang'an smiled and nodded, then said, "But you also said that Legend is obviously not as good as Dragon Raja, yet Legend's sales revenue is dozens of times that of Dragon Raja. So tell me, isn't that a bit unreasonable?"