They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 264 I'm Still Too Kind
The Chinese are born with the gene of growing vegetables, which is rooted in the blood of agricultural civilization. Whether in the city or the countryside, the Chinese can always make clever use of every inch of land, balconies, roofs, courtyards, fields, and even if they just get a flower pot, they will grow two crops of chives.

Therefore, games like Happy Farm have an innate appeal to Chinese people.

If it were Westerners, they would probably not be interested in this kind of game where they play the role of a farmer. What they like is to play the role of a pirate, robbing food, money and women, which is in line with their values.

It's a pity that the main characters of "One Piece" are only concerned with passion and don't kill or plunder. Otherwise, this comic should have gained more European and American fans.

However, grabbing parking spaces is a game that was officially introduced from the United States.

The parking space grabbing game first appeared on Facebook and soon became popular on major social networking sites and many forums. Although the parking space grabbing interface of each website is different, the gameplay is basically the same.

After all, Weiguang Technology has developed complex web games, so it is natural for it to develop simple web games like Happy Farm and Parking Space Grab.

After a few days, the two mini-games, Happy Farm and Parking Space Grab, appeared in front of Zhang Wei.

After trying it for a while, Zhang Wei began to propose modifications.

"Let's talk about Happy Farm first. There's nothing wrong with the gameplay setting, but the art needs to be revised. The higher the level of crops, the better looking they should be. Look at what you guys have made. Level 6 tomatoes are better looking than level 15 loofahs. So why should I upgrade to loofahs when I can just keep growing tomatoes?"

"You can gain a lot of experience by growing loofahs! The more experience you have, the faster you can level up." The programmer is obviously a straight and naive programmer.

Zhang Wei sighed helplessly: "What if the player is a beauty fan? They don't care about experience, they just care about good looks."

"Are there any players who only care about looking good when playing games?" The programmer had a puzzled expression on his face.

Zhang Wei glared at the programmer and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Liu, do you have a girlfriend? The kind that doesn't leak air!"

The programmer shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhang, silicone is expensive and it smells after a long time."

"Everyone knows that time will bring happiness. This is a pure-blooded programmer." Zhang Wei sighed and asked:

"You always use QQ, right? There's a QQ Show, you know that, right? There are lots of nice clothes in QQ Show, you have to buy them. And there's QQ Space, you've opened one, right? If you want to make your QQ Space look nice, you have to buy decorations, too."

"I know this. Don't you think these people are stupid? This thing can't be eaten or drunk, but it costs several dollars just for the sake of appearance. With that money, I would buy two bottles of iced 7-Up!" said the programmer.

"We really have nothing in common." Zhang Wei shook his head helplessly, and then asked: "Why is it 7-Up and not Sprite?"

"Sprite is too sweet. If it's iced, I prefer Seven-Eleven. It's full of flavor, spicy, and a little bitter. It's very refreshing and makes me feel a little drunk."

"Well, you programmers must have experience in drinking carbonated drinks. I'll try it later." Zhang Wei said, turning his head to look at Yao Xiaoguang, and then pointed: "Brother Xiaoyao, remember, if we build our own office building in the future, we must have a gym. For people like Liu who can't do without drinking fat otaku happy water, they must be forced to exercise for an hour every day. If they fail to complete it, their bonus will be deducted!"

"What? Still need to work out? Mr. Zhang, you can't bully me!" Engineer Liu's face suddenly turned sad.

Zhang Wei then said, "Remember to hire a fitness trainer when the time comes. We need a female trainer with a body like the one in Kim Hyung-tae's comics!"

"Mr. Zhang, we have to keep our word!" Engineer Liu was almost drooling.

"Otaku programmers are really all old perverts! The ancients were right." Zhang Wei cursed in his heart.

At this time, the artist next to him raised his hand and indicated that he wanted to speak.

"Boss Zhang, I understand what you said about high-quality crops being prettier than low-quality crops, but you want us to make loofah prettier than tomatoes, which is indeed a bit difficult!

Tomatoes are red and smooth, while loofahs are wrinkled. They are not as good-looking as tomatoes! I can't draw Pan Changjiang as Yao Ming! You can ask our artists to make the changes. Why don't you make adjustments on the game side and make the loofahs level 6 and tomatoes level 15? "

"What a brain you have! If the loofah doesn't look good, can't you add special effects? Can't you add decorations? Can't you Photoshop the loofah to make it look better?

For example, you can add a flashing special effect to the loofah, so that the grown loofah will be sparkling, isn’t that beautiful?
For example, you can add a small animal decoration to the loofah, such as a butterfly or a beetle, and let the butterfly flutter its wings a few times, wouldn’t that be beautiful? "

"Change it according to what Mr. Zhang said!" Yao Xiaoguang glared at the artist, who retreated weakly.

Zhang Wei continued, "Also, you should design a few more types of guard dogs. Chinese rural dogs, German shepherds, huskies, Labradors, golden retrievers, Samoyeds, pugs, can you come up with a few more?"

"The latter types probably can't guard the house, right? The Husky and Labrador are so big that they might be able to scare people. As for the Pug, we should be thankful that it can ensure that it won't be stolen." Yao Xiaoguang said.

"We are making social games, and social attributes are the most important. If you want to be social, you have to experience differentiation, so that you can be social. If you raise a husky, I also raise a husky, we are all the same, so why bother socializing!
And when we design, we can set different attributes for each guard dog. For example, Labradors eat a lot and poop a lot, so they can produce fertilizer; Huskies will help thieves steal vegetables; and Pugs will just hide when they see thieves. It adds some fun!"

"The dog must be interesting. Write it down quickly! Change it according to what Mr. Zhang said!" Yao Xiaoguang continued to order.

"Let's talk about the parking space competition again. What are ordinary private cars, high-end private cars, ordinary luxury cars, high-end luxury cars, exquisite luxury cars, and super sports cars? Is your level system designed so casually? There are so many cars in reality, why not use it?"

"Mr. Zhang, we originally wanted to use real cars, but we are afraid of infringement. What should we do if those car companies sue us?" the programmer asked.

"If you want to sue, just remove their cars from the game! If their cars are not in our game, it doesn't count as infringement!"

Zhang Wei snorted coldly and continued, "We didn't ask them for advertising fees, which is already a bargain for them. Do they still dare to sue us? If anyone dares to sue us, we will issue a notice saying that this car is stuck on the road and there are no parking spaces!"

The movie star Leung once said, "You drive a Mazda, no wonder you get stuck in traffic", which made Mazda owners feel ashamed ever since. So the traffic jam is still a powerful joke.

Moreover, once the parking space grabbing game is widely promoted, maybe some car companies will really place advertisements. The arrogant joint venture brands probably won't be able to bring themselves to do this, but domestic car brands have low visibility and will definitely seize every opportunity for advertising and marketing.

"In addition, these two games will add another function, which is to invite friends to join the game. If you invite friends, you can give some items as rewards." Zhang Wei continued.

"I see. It's something like a game invitation code." The programmer next to him nodded.

"It's different from an invitation code. Don't forget, we're making a social game this time, and the players already have a friendship relationship, so new players don't need to enter any invitation code. Just click to agree to the invitation, and the item reward will be credited to your account," Zhang Wei continued to explain.

……

In the conference room of the campus network, Zhang Wei stood in front of the projection screen and began to introduce the Happy Farm game.

"Mr. Zhang, the social game you mentioned seems very simple. It's just about clearing land, planting vegetables, watering, fertilizing and so on. It's a bit like the electronic pets we played in the past." Someone said.

"The vegetable-growing part is quite similar to that of a Tamagotchi, but the core gameplay of this game is not growing vegetables, but what I'm going to talk about next, stealing vegetables." Zhang Wei then introduced how to steal vegetables.

"Junior brother, this is the stealing vegetables you mentioned to me before, right? It seems very easy to learn!" Wang Xing said first.

"I know the gameplay of stealing vegetables is relatively simple, but the social attributes of this game are great and can increase communication and interaction between friends. After all, campus network is not a game platform, but a social platform. I think this kind of social game is very necessary to expand the content of the platform." Zhang Wei said.

Wang Xing nodded: "We have roughly understood the gameplay and features of this game, but Xiaonei.com is a social platform after all, and it has never had any games before. So whether or not to launch this game on Xiaonei.com, we need to hold a meeting to discuss it first."

"Okay, then I won't bother you anymore. I will go back today and look forward to your good news." Zhang Wei did not continue to persuade, but nodded and agreed.

Zhang Wei knew very well that Wang Xing was not the only one who had the final say on the current campus network. Several other partners also had a say, and they needed to have a careful discussion on the launch of Happy Farm on the campus network.

In fact, in the division of labor of the campus network team, Wang Xing is responsible for product design and marketing, while other partners are responsible for technology, mainly because Wang Xing's coding skills are too poor.

Wang Xing studied electronic engineering at Tsinghua University and electronic and computer engineering in the U.S. Neither of these two majors teaches programming, but rather electrical applications, such as digital analog circuits, embedded system design, large-scale integrated circuits, and so on.

An Internet company, firstly, does not have the technology and secondly, is not an investor, which affects Wang Xing's decision-making power within the campus network.

This kind of team is prone to problems. In the past, when Xiaonei.com could not raise funds and its servers and broadband were running out of steam, serious internal disagreements arose.

Some people think that the debt pressure is too great and they should sell it; some people think that it is such a good project with a great chance of success and they should stick with it; while some people have a neutral attitude and think that they can continue and it would be nice to make some money if they sell it.

Due to the lack of a final voice, the entire campus network team collapsed. For a collapsed team, there was no other way but to sell it. The final result was that campus network was sold to Oak Pacific at a bargain price.

Later, when Wang Xing started a business again, he obviously learned this lesson. When he founded Meituan, although he still brought in the startup team of Xiaonei.com and also recruited talents widely, even after going through multiple rounds of financing and even the final listing, the actual control of Meituan was always in his hands.

In Meituan’s board of directors, Wang Xing has 55% of the voting rights, and has also signed a "Concerted Action Agreement" with Tencent, the largest shareholder, stipulating that when the board of directors votes, Tencent must unconditionally support Wang Xing's decisions.

If a ship wants to ride the wind and waves, it must first ensure that it obeys the captain's command.

……

After Zhang Wei left, the founding team of Xiaonei.com continued to stay in the conference room to discuss whether to launch Happy Farm.

Wang Xing spoke first, "Everyone, tell us whether or not to launch Happy Farm. Let's start from a technical perspective. If we launch Happy Farm, is it technically difficult?"

The technical supervisor immediately replied: "Technically it's not difficult. This is a fully developed web game. There is no need to download the client. You can run it by just loading the web page. So all we need to do is add a hyperlink to the game as an entrance."

"What about the operation of the game? Will it take up more servers and bandwidth?" Wang Xing asked again.

"Yes, our current servers and broadband are already quite tight, and the campus network will soon be fully open for registration, which will increase the pressure on the servers and broadband. If we add another game like this, won't our website crash?" another person asked.

The technical director immediately replied: "There is no need to worry about this. We can only provide the game entrance and user data connection, and leave the game operation to Weiguang Technology. Simply put, the server belongs to Weiguang Technology, and we are just a port to enter the game.

When players enter the game through us, they are still connected to the server of Weiguang Technology, which does not cause pressure on our server. Moreover, Weiguang Technology has experience in running web games. I have played their game "Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms", which is much more complicated than this Happy Farm."

"So, from a technical point of view, there is no problem in launching Happy Farm online. So what we need to discuss next is whether or not to launch Happy Farm online." Wang Xing said as he glanced at the crowd.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally someone spoke up first: "I object! We are a social platform, not a game platform. Why are we making games? We should focus on social networking! Look at Facebook in the United States, they don't make games either!"

"I think it's worth a try. The profitability of WEB2.0 is generally questioned nowadays. Even Facebook in the United States does not have the ability to make a profit. How social platforms can convert users into profits is still an unknown. Maybe games are a way for social platforms to make profits?"

"We can make money by accepting advertisements. Facebook started accepting advertisements in 2005, and we have also accepted several advertisements now."

"How much money can we make from the ads we accept? We can't even pay for broadband! We can't make a profit just from ads!"

"That's because we have too few users. When the number of users increases, the advertising fees will naturally increase, and more people will come to advertise, and then we can naturally make a profit. But how to increase the number of users? Of course, it depends on the product. As long as we do a good job of Xiaonei.com, we will not worry about not being able to attract users!"

"I also think we shouldn't launch games, at least not at this stage. Our campus network has only been established for less than a year, and the user base is not stable. We should now attract new users while maintaining old users. If we launch games, old users will be attracted to the games and spend less time on the website, which is not worth the loss!"

"Yes, if we launch new games, it will go against our original intention of creating the campus network. We originally wanted to create a campus social platform and should focus on the university market segment. Opening registration to the whole society has already gone against our original idea. Now we still want to make games? That's even more counterproductive." Someone else spoke up.

"Besides, there are many online gaming platforms now. If you want to play simple games like this, you can go directly to the gaming website, where there are a lot of them. Why come to us? So even if we make games, we don't have any advantages. It's better for us to focus on creating social content." The previous person continued.

Everyone expressed their opinions. Most people were against launching the game online, and those who agreed were just trying it out and their support was not firm.

Wang Xing sighed lightly. In this team, he did not have enough say and could only obey the majority.

……

The next day, Zhang Wei received a call from Wang Xing.

"Junior brother, I'm really sorry. In fact, your senior brother Huiwen and I both support the launch of Happy Farm. After all, we both graduated from Tsinghua University. Who else should we support if not you? But there is a disagreement within the organization and the resistance is quite great!" Wang Xing explained.

"I understand. It seems that the time has not yet come! It doesn't matter. Maybe after a while, everyone will figure it out!" Zhang Wei's tone sounded relaxed.

"Junior brother, don't worry, I'll go back and do some work for other people, and try to get your Happy Farm online as soon as possible!" Wang Xing paused, then asked, "By the way, the registration for the campus network has been prepared, will it still be carried out according to the original schedule?
"Brother, are you worried that the funds won't arrive in my account? Don't worry, I have already contacted the Swiss Bank. However, cross-border remittances are rather complicated, and I want to save some handling fees, so the funds have gone around in circles. But your first batch of funds will definitely arrive this week!" Zhang Wei said.

"Then I feel relieved. I have already negotiated with the server and broadband suppliers. I'm just waiting for the funds to arrive!" Wang Xing said.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before hanging up the phone.

After putting down the phone, Zhang Wei's face gradually became gloomy.

The team of Xiaonei.com actually rejected me. Do they really not take their sponsor seriously?

"It seems that I am too kind!"

(End of this chapter)