20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3613 Zhao Chang'an's Advice
Seeing the group deep in thought, Zhao Chang'an said, "What Cretaceous has done in China may seem unreasonable, but it is precisely this unreasonableness that has allowed us to transform an ordinary Legend into a dominant force in the domestic online gaming industry. Even though many excellent games have emerged in China in the past two years, they have either been seized by us, stifled by us, or suppressed by us. To this day, no company has been able to shake Cretaceous's position."

"As a pioneer in this field, I would like to offer some advice to my fellow brothers and sisters: in the local market of this field, never think that you can make some gentleman's agreement to make the pie bigger together. The market is only so big, the popularization of the Internet has its own laws, the number of potential users within a certain period of time is only so big, and games have a lot of exclusivity. The time taken up by playing one game cannot be used to play another game."

"The 80/20 rule in the market will remain an ironclad law in this industry for at least a long time to come. If you don't want to be part of that large group of 20% and want to be part of the dominant 80%, then you can't be soft-hearted. Because you can't be sure if your competitors will be soft-hearted towards you. If they aren't, then you, as a fraction of a percent of the 20%, can you go and tell the 80% that you're not playing by the rules?"

"So what do you think we should do?"

As the founder and largest shareholder of the audiovisual company, as well as its president, Qu Zhou is not only the most concerned but also has the most say.

"The Cretaceous is actually imitating the competitive strategies that the European and American game industries have followed. Although the game industries of Japan and South Korea have seen a flourishing of diverse players in recent years, it is precisely because they did not use this strategy that the results are obvious to everyone. This attempt to jointly expand the pie has not resulted in a larger pie; instead, it has led to a dogfight."

Seeing the solemn expressions on the faces of the five shareholders or their representatives of the audiovisual network, Zhao Chang'an felt quite satisfied and gratified. At least he had gained something from wasting his time attending this banquet.

It should be noted that, apart from Ye Ying, the others are all rich second-generation heirs who would simply go back to inherit their family businesses if things didn't go well.

He hoped that, under their influence and efforts, the audiovisual company would be transformed into the largest online game company in Southeast Asia, stifling the innovative spirit of online games in various countries like a sickle. This would make it much easier for nano-games to invade from China and North America in the future.

Moreover, these companies all have their own casinos in Southeast Asia, either openly or covertly. In a few years, with the development of the internet globally, they will definitely follow the path of North American casinos, namely, the "Internet Plus" approach.

Once they've tasted how easy it is to make money, their subsequent games will inevitably lean in that direction, not only distorting the direction of game development but also unknowingly tarnishing their reputation.

Zhao Chang'an had simply set a trap for them; whether they chose to follow it or not was their choice.

"It seems that President Zhao intends to unify the country. His next step will likely be to use even more ruthless methods to suppress our Ye's Network?"

Zhao Chang'an's words infuriated Ye Ying. His meaning was clear: he wanted to develop Cretaceous into one of the top eight in China.

This is tantamount to openly declaring that Ye's Network is going to be reduced to a second-rate entity. How could Ye Ying not be angry and furious?

Zhao Chang'an merely glanced at Ye Ying and said with a smile, "This isn't targeting Ye's Network, because in the field of one nanometer, all the game companies currently in operation in China are insignificant."

This arrogance left Ye Ying speechless.

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Zhao Chang'an and Xia Wenzhuo left the hotel before 8 p.m. They hailed a taxi, and Xia Wenzhuo gave them a place name before the car drove off.

After walking for a while, Xia Wenzhuo shook Zhao Chang'an's hand and said to him, "That clothing store is owned by Qiu Jinhui."

Zhao Chang'an glanced out the car window. He had been to this clothing store before, before Xia Wenzhuo came to Xingcheng.

"Would you like to go down and take a look?"

Xia Wenzhuo looked at Zhao Chang'an with a smile. "From now on, we're all strangers. Zeng Xiaoxiao didn't mention anything about me seeing her or giving her any messages this time."

Zhao Chang'an withdrew his gaze: "Don't waste time on these things that are in the past."

Besides Zhao Chang'an and Qiu Jinhui themselves, only Zhang Shun knew that he had an affair with Qiu Jinhui.

Zhang Shun's intelligence was simply no match for Xia Wenzhuo's; she easily tricked him into revealing his true abilities.

Xia Wenzhuo looked at Zhao Chang'an with joy in her eyes and squeezed the man's hand tightly. Her man was indeed very outstanding, but his shortcomings were equally obvious. He was a bit indecisive when it came to women.

It wasn't that she couldn't tolerate Zhao Chang'an having other women, but she couldn't tolerate him messing around with those shameless, low-class women, which lowered her own status and identity.

Just like Jingxiu, she also disliked Liu Cui, but she could understand her.

Zhao Chang'an's performance pleased her, so she decided that she wouldn't mind her lover doing something embarrassing for her as compensation and reward.

Zhao Chang'an did not intend to meet Qiu Jinhui during his trip to Xingcheng. He had only heard from Zhang Shun that her clothing store was doing quite well in the neighborhood managed by Tang Xihan.

"This old Tang doesn't like young girls, he only likes old leaves. When he goes to karaoke, he likes to find older people to drink with him, just like how many people in our mountain city like to drink old tea with large leaves. But he hasn't succeeded yet. Qiu Jinhui is keeping him hooked. If no one does anything about it, I think it's only a matter of time before these two scumbags fall apart."

When Zhang Shun said these words last night, he looked at Zhao Chang'an and asked for his opinion.

Zhao Chang'an never had a good impression of Qiu Jinhui. In fact, this old woman was no better than her deceased husband, Zeng Chunming. However, at the time, Zhao Chang'an thought that this forty-year-old aunt still had charm, and more importantly, he felt a sense of satisfaction in taking revenge on Xia Wenyang.

However, after playing, Zhao Chang'an felt that he was the one who suffered a loss, and he didn't seem to have any sense of accomplishment or pride.

Moreover, with so many women around, he no longer cared about Qiu Jinhui's charm. Instead, he was disgusted by his past secrets and told Zhang Shun that he didn't need to worry about it.

Sometimes I think, no wonder outsiders like to say that the entertainment industry is really messy; in fact, it really is quite messy.

The car stopped in a busy downtown area. The two got out of the car, and Zhao Chang'an then realized that Xia Wenzhuo wanted him to go shopping with him. Zhao Chang'an was naturally happy to oblige.

Although he doesn't like shopping with women, he has accompanied quite a few women shopping over the years and has gradually gotten used to it. Moreover, shopping allows him to relax his mind and observe the everyday life of people, preventing him from becoming out of touch with reality.

In a clothing store, Xia Wenzhuo bought a dress and came out as a long-haired beauty wearing a dress.

At a shoe store, with Zhao Chang'an's advice, she bought a pair of mid-heel sandals. The salesperson gave her a pair of boat socks as a gift, and she instantly became a sophisticated urban woman when she put them on.

The two walked hand in hand down the street, attracting the attention of passersby.