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Chapter 389 Bringing Goods
After meeting Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun, who also agreed to let Founder and New Oriental join the game studio to share the risk, Li Dongling did not refuse. As for whether Kingsoft would regret it in the future, that was not something Li Dongling needed to consider.

The entry of Founder and New Oriental will provide game studios with an additional sales channel and two more investors to invest money.

Developing games is very expensive. Whether you can make a profit depends entirely on luck. If Founder and New Oriental can no longer hold on, Dongling Hi-Tech will buy back their game studio shares. If you want to drive them away, there are plenty of ways to do it. It depends on whether you need it...

As for the gaming business, even if it is not done for the electronic dictionary business now, Tianya.com will have to touch it sooner or later. For an early Internet company, what else can it rely on if not games?
Kingsoft, Founder and New Oriental did not have too much dispute about the equity of the game studio. After all, no one knew whether the game studio could succeed or not. Qiu Bojun, Lei Jun, Zhang Yufeng and Yu Minhong all took the attitude of giving it a try and did not take it too seriously.

After discussing for a while, the entire game studio and several companies jointly invested 10 million yuan. A game company of this size is already a big deal in the current domestic game industry.

Dongling Hi-Tech invested six million and took 60% of the shares. Kingsoft still invested in technology and got 27% of the shares. Founder got 10%, and New Oriental became a small shareholder, holding 3%.

"Have a drink!"

After the game studio reached an agreement, everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

When talking about the equity of the game studio just now, several people did not make a fuss, but when talking about the name of the game studio, they became serious. The main ones were Zhang Yufeng and Yu Minhong. They are the ones who care most about face. They wanted to name the studio after Founder and New Oriental just to add some hype.

Li Dongling and Ren Yuefeng did not say anything. In fact, which company's name the game brand is under has little impact on Dongling Hi-Tech.

Of course, if the game is well developed, players may recognize the brand and think that the product of so-and-so must be a high-quality product, and it may be praised to the sky.

But if the game is delayed or the ending is not completed, the players will be very angry and will not only scold the game manufacturer, but also the parent company...

The most direct ones are the football and e-sports industries. The teams and parent companies of these two competitive industries will basically be giant companies in the future. When the results are good, they can indeed bring huge traffic, but if they lose the game, the parent company will be affected.

Just like when the LNG team lost to the Korean T1 team, Li Ning's live broadcast room where he sold products was criticized and had to be taken off the air. Its market value plummeted by billion. Even the following year's LPL league saw its ratings plummet and sponsors withdraw because of this game. The situation was bleak.

"Why not call it Xishanju?"

Seeing that Zhang Yufeng and Yu Minhong were arguing, Qiu Bojun spoke up and proposed the name of another game studio, but did not use Kingsoft's name.

By changing the name, the game studio will not have to worry about which company's name to use among the four major shareholders.

"Xishanju?"

After hearing the name proposed by Qiu Bojun, Zhang Yufeng pondered for a moment and couldn't help asking, "What does this mean?"

"There is a village called Xishan Village in my hometown!" Qiu Bojun said honestly.

When they heard this name, Zhang Yufeng and Yu Minhong were speechless for a moment, but they couldn't refute it.

"Let's just use this name. From now on, our game studio will be called Xishanju!"

Li Dongling smiled and decided to name the game studio. After choosing this name, Dongling Hi-Tech, Founder, Kingsoft, and New Oriental no longer had to argue.

Zhang Yufeng and Yu Minhong both shook their heads and laughed helplessly a few times, then raised their glasses and clinked them with Qiu Bojun.

"Kingsoft will be responsible for the development of Xishanju games in the future. We can develop our own games, or we can introduce games from overseas and act as agents for games from Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, etc., and distribute them in China!"

Li Dongling said to Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun that Xishanju had a bad life in the previous life. It once became the white moonlight of domestic stand-alone games in the minds of countless players. Even after many years, they still remember it, and countless players did support Xishanju with real money.

For example, the first generation of Swordsman Love was priced at 128 yuan in the era of game desert, and 128 copies were sold. That was 2 yuan in the s. Despite the pressure of piracy and cracked versions, it was able to get the support of more than players with real money. By the time of Swordsman Love , it had achieved a miracle of sales of more than copies, which shows how popular it is.

The popularity of this kind of stand-alone game will probably have to wait until decades later, when domestic stand-alone games are in a mess and completely broken, and the appearance of Black Myth Wukong, which sold 3 copies in five days of pre-sale, can once again set off a wave of A stand-alone craze in China. Fortunately, Xishanju has Swordsman Love, but unfortunately, it has tried so many games, but only Swordsman Love has succeeded. Whether it is a PC game, an online game, or a mobile game, this IP is the only one that can compete...

On the contrary, other game manufacturers, whether they are developing their own games or representing games, are all doing very well. The money they earn from selling skins in half a year is more than what the Swordsman Love brand earns in twenty years combined.

Li Dongling supports Xishanju to develop its own games and even 3D engines. After all, Doxin Semiconductor will be involved in the graphics card industry in the future. In the early days of the graphics card industry, games were the only thing that graphics cards could rely on before the emergence of industries such as digital currency, mining, supercomputers, and artificial intelligence computing power.

Huang Piyi relied on his knife skills to turn Nvidia into the company with the highest market value in the world. He almost defeated Intel and Microsoft, which had been suppressing him for more than ten years. Huang cannot just take the lead, so Doxin Semiconductor must join in the fun.

As for Xishanju, it can develop its own games, but it still has to be an agent for the games. Only by taking the strengths of all parties can Xishanju reap more profits. No, it should specialize in one thing and make up for its shortcomings!
Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun naturally would not object to what Li Dongling said. At present, there is a desert of games in the domestic market. Apart from the Microsoft system and a few small games that come with the computer, the rest are basically imported from overseas.

The domestic game industry hasn't even started yet. Xishanju is one of the few domestic game companies that has begun to try new things. There is no such thing as a dispute over domestically produced or agented games. Everyone is still groping in the dark.

"Brother Li, next month, Fang Zheng will go to Hong Kong City to ring the bell, you must be there!"

When the event was over, Zhang Yufeng pulled Li Dongling aside. The most important reason for his visit this time, apart from attending the groundbreaking ceremony, was to personally invite Li Dongling to Gangcheng to attend Founder's bell ringing ceremony for its IPO.

Founder’s stock price is Zhang Yufeng’s current concern, and Li Dongling has just been reported by the media to be one of the top 20 richest people in Asia.

As a company invested by the top 20 richest people in Asia, and with Founder as the third largest shareholder, whether Founder can take advantage of the opportunity to attract the attention of Hong Kong and overseas investors and whether it can raise the stock price is what Zhang Yufeng is most concerned about.

Li Dongling hesitated for a moment. Seeing this, Zhang Yufeng couldn't help but feel a little more worried. If Li Dongling didn't participate in Fangzheng's bell-ringing ceremony, the publicity he had prepared would be a little weaker.

"When Founder goes public, I will definitely support it. However, this time, you, Zhang and Academician Wang should be the main players. I will just play a supporting role, but I can't steal the show!"

Li Dongling looked at Zhang Yufeng, but was also reminding him that it was okay to take advantage of the situation, but too much is as bad as too little. Li Dongling did not want to endorse Founder. If its stock price fell, those investors would find fault with Dongling Hi-Tech, and that would be troublesome.

"I see!"

Zhang Yufeng was in a good mood. He didn't know whether he took Li Dongling's reminder to heart, but with Li Dongling around, he felt that Fang Zheng would definitely become the focus in the Hong Kong stock market.

Looking at Zhang Yufeng's figure, Li Dongling shook his head. He felt that Zhang Yufeng was a little too eager for quick success and attached too much importance to Founder's stock price and market value. This cannot be said to be a bad thing, but if you attach too much importance to these things, sometimes you will lose your sense of proportion.

As for going to Gangcheng, it was not only to participate in Fang Zheng's bell ringing ceremony, which was actually just a small matter. Ning Wenke from Gangcheng had also invited Li Dongling several times. There were also other things waiting for Li Dongling to deal with.

Whether it is to deal with Soros coming to Asia to reap the profits, or to follow the Li family in Hong Kong and make a fortune from Orange Telecom in the UK, you need to start planning in advance. If you go too late, you won’t be able to eat anything that is hot.

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As the end of the year approaches, all major companies are basically checking accounts, holding meetings, summarizing, and making plans for next year. Dongling Hi-Tech is no exception. Even though Li Dongling doesn't like to bring a large number of people together to argue, the meetings that need to be held are still necessary.

Dongling Hi-Tech, in particular, has just established a Budget Management Committee this year. Next year, all funding applications from major departments and companies under Dongling Hi-Tech will have to be approved by the Budget Management Committee.

Just like the technical department, they need to apply for next year's funds. This year they need to roughly budget for the projects to be developed next year. If the budget is exceeded, they will not lose the funds, but it cannot be too outrageous. If a project with a budget of 50 million ends up exceeding the budget by ten times, then something must have gone wrong.

Dongling Hi-Tech has been holding numerous meetings of all sizes during this period, which has prompted heads of various departments, managers of offices and branches across the country, and even overseas supervisors to rush back to China one after another. This has made the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters and even Pingyang more lively.

The hotels in Yuhe Leisure Resort were packed with people, and the better hotels and guesthouses in Pingyang city were also full of people. These executives came back to Pingyang not alone, many of them brought their families with them, and planned to celebrate the New Year in Pingyang and Hanxi.

After all, these executives may only have this one chance throughout the year to meet with Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Gao Peng, Zhang Ao, Chen Tao and other people from Dongling Hi-Tech who can decide their fate. Of course, the most important one is Li Dongling. Who would be willing to miss it?

(End of this chapter)