You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 507

Liu Yuanrui sneered, "Now that Boss Chen has become a powerful figure, I'm afraid he doesn't think highly of me, his elder brother. How dare I interfere?"

"You are being too polite." Chen Yuanzong forced a smile on his face. "You are an old hand, and I, a junior, still need your guidance."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you in the first place. Besides, you and Mr. Qin have known each other for a long time, and your relationship is stronger than mine. I will have to rely on you in the future."

Liu Yuanrui smiled reservedly, "My relationship with Mr. Qin is not that strong, I just did a few small favors for Mr. Qin."

"My website was opened with the support of Mr. Qin. We are just cooperating with Mr. Qin a little more."

Chen Yuanzong cursed in his heart, what the old man said was not only a threat but also a show-off. Isn't it just that he has known President Qin for a long time? If it were me, my relationship with President Qin would be better than yours.

However, the situation is stronger than people, and I cannot break off with Liu Yuanrui at this time.

Time is also destiny.

When he first sought cooperation with Liu Yuanrui, it was because he valued Liu Yuanrui's funds and connections, so a few talents teamed up to set up an Internet company.

Originally, Liu Yuanrui held the absolute right to speak, and they were just waiting for the online game project to be completed, and then everyone would work together to find a way to operate it and list it on the market to share the profits.

Now the plan has completely changed. After being noticed by Mr. Qin, he has become the leader in one fell swoop.

I had been thinking about going out on my own, but I didn’t expect Liu Yuanrui to be so cunning and would not give in even if he died.

If he hadn't been afraid that Liu Yuanrui would do something behind his back, he would have kicked this guy out long ago.

This group of people may not be able to accomplish anything, but they are definitely more than capable of causing trouble.

Liu Yuanrui looked at Chen Yuanzong with a smile, "Boss Chen, don't worry, I will never take advantage of you for nothing."

"You take the 20%, and I'll only take half. I'll also bear part of the R&D costs. How about that?"

"Brother Liu is very fair in what he does!" Chen Yuanzong gave him a thumbs up and praised him, "Then I'll rely on you, Brother Liu, to help me from now on."

"Okay, okay." Liu Yuanrui patted his chest and said with a smile, "I will solve any problems that Mr. Qin has in the future."

"But there is one more thing, that is, the online game project cannot be stopped."

"Why?" Chen Yuanzong was stunned. He thought that since there were already chess and card games in cooperation with Facebook, why bother to develop online games?

"It's such a shame to throw it away halfway through." Liu Yuanrui sighed, "We have discussed this with Boss Huang and Boss Cao before, it would be too rude to abandon them now."

"Besides, you can't put all your eggs in one basket. The more profitable projects the better."

Chen Yuanzong thought about it and realized that it was true. There is no such thing as too many money-making projects.

"That doesn't mean we don't have enough manpower." Chen Yuanzong was a little conflicted. All his subordinates had to be transferred to develop new chess and card games, so the online game project would be short of many people. How to fill the gap was a problem.

Even though the Internet is developing so rapidly nowadays, there is still a shortage of talent in the online gaming sector.

Not to mention the big Internet companies, there are hundreds of Internet companies emerging every day competing for talent, and a large number of game companies have also emerged.

This is an industry that cannot be any smaller. Faced with the sudden boom in the market, insufficient supply of talent is inevitable.

"Go dig, go rob. As long as the money is in place, I don't believe we can't find it." Liu Yuanrui said generously, "Let alone other places, there are so many game companies hidden in Beijing."

"These game companies are also in need of money. They are all waiting for the game to go online and get rich overnight. Look at the online game market. There are new games coming out every day."

"Those who succeed are only a minority, and we can't poach them. So we focus on poaching people from failed projects."

"The project has just failed and people are uneasy. This is a good time to take action."

Chen Yuanzong couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Boss Liu, that's a good idea!"

"I'll be in charge of the online games, and you'll be in charge of the board games." Liu Yuanrui said with a smile, "How about we go hand in hand?"

"make a deal."

The two men clasped their hands together and shook them vigorously.

……

"Old fox!" Chen Yuanzong sighed in his heart. Although he was a little unhappy that Liu Yuanrui had intervened and snatched some of his shares, he still did things according to the rules.

When it is time to contribute money, contribute money; when it is time to contribute effort, contribute effort.

Moreover, the online game project that he had originally given up was stuffed back in. In short, the main purpose was to bundle interests, leaving him speechless.

The four companies had planned the online game project before, and the success rate was very high. If it weren't for the greater temptation of chess and card games, he would have been reluctant to give it up.

Now that Liu Yuanrui wouldn't let him leave, he just stayed. Maybe the proportion of his share of the money would be reduced in the end, but it was still extra income after all.

However, the most urgent task is to find a chief programmer who can replace Niu Jie. Chen Yuanzong has already begun to think about which colleague to poach people from.

If it doesn't work, just dig someone out from 联众 and offer him a million-dollar annual salary. I don't believe there will be anyone who won't be tempted.

Liu Yuanrui was very thoughtful and immediately pulled Chen Yuanzong over and called the other two partners, Huang Jiakang and Cao Bo, to announce the subsequent changes to the project.

Huang Jiakang and Cao Bo were very unhappy about Chen Yuanzong's plan to withdraw the backbone of the project. They had agreed to work together, but Chen Yuanzong insisted on letting his own people be the main programmers.

Now the project is halfway done, the main programmer has been pulled away to do other things, so the project has been delayed.

You should know that the biggest R&D cost of online games is time. One day of delay means one day more of expenditure.

However, Liu Yuanrui agreed to redistribute the project profits, and the two stopped complaining.

There is nothing they can do because their R&D capabilities are even weaker.

Although they say they are in the online game business, Huang Jiakang and Cao Bo are actually both developing private servers for Legend of Mir.

They just take other people's source code, modify it, and slightly change some of the art resources and then make it as a new game.

We were able to make money in the first two years, but later on, more and more domestically developed online games emerged, and high-quality foreign games also emerged in large numbers.

The competition among these private servers is so fierce that there is no market left.

They themselves have no R&D capabilities. They are okay with asking the programmers under them to fix bugs and help out, but their own R&D capabilities are still lacking.

Liu Yuanrui has now stepped forward to settle the matter and re-planned the allocation of the project so that the entire online game project is no longer stranded.

Originally, Liu Yuanrui provided the money, Chen Yuanzong's people were responsible for the back-end programming, and Huang Jiakang and Cao Bo's team were responsible for part of the client programming, planning, and operations.

Now that Chen Yuanzong's people have withdrawn, Liu Yuanrui has to fill the talent gap in back-end programming.

...Qin Shaoyan called Niu Jie over and asked with concern: "Have you completed the entry procedures?"

"It's done, it's done." Niu Jie even took out his work badge to show it to Qin Shaoyan, "Thank you, Mr. Qin, you are my great benefactor. If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would get out of this hell."

Niu Jie's gratitude was genuine, and he knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Shaoyan on the spot.

"No need to thank me, get up quickly!" Qin Shaoyan immediately stepped forward and pulled Niu Jie up. "Work hard and do your job well in the future. The company will never treat you unfairly."

"Well, I will do my best!" Niu Jie said excitedly.

"When did you join the project team?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"Boss Chen's work is not finished yet. I have to wait until he finds a new chief programmer, and then I will hand over the work." Niu Jie began to calculate, "But it should be quick, my stuff is not very complicated."

"Compared to that, the payment system you mentioned is a real big project."

"It's okay. Take your time with the payment system. Safety is the first priority." Qin Shaoyan reminded, "Don't be careless about this."

"Don't worry, I've already started writing the development documents." Niu Jie said immediately, "Write down any points that need attention first, and then let President Qin take a look and give instructions."

Zhang Pingyi also asked, "Are you sure?"

Niu Jie thought for a moment and replied, "I'm not bragging. I've never done this job before, but I will definitely try my best to do it well."

Zhang Pingyi asked a few technical questions, and Niu Jie answered them fluently, even pointing out a few security vulnerabilities.

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "It can be seen that you have considered it very carefully."

"I can't help but be considerate." Niu Jie smiled bitterly, "I used to work for Boss Chen. If there was a problem with the money, I would have been cut off from my job."

"..." Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't be so violent if there is any mistake in my work."

Niu Jie smiled embarrassedly, "Boss Qin, you, the richest man in the country, are much kinder than the richest man in our county. You are such a good person."

"If I were a good person, I wouldn't be the richest man in the country." Qin Shaoyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How do you know I'm a good person?"

Niu Jie said seriously: "You are good to your employees. I can see that the high salaries and benefits you offer are sincere."

Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "Is there anything that is not genuine?"

"Of course there are. Some bosses may seem generous, but they are actually unwilling to pay high wages." Niu Jie said firmly, "If they can lower the wages, they will do it as soon as possible. These are all costs."

"I think you are different. You are the kind of person who doesn't take money seriously and doesn't think money is important."

“I think you can achieve great things.”

Qin Shaoyan suddenly laughed, "Thank you for the compliment."

After Niu Jie left, Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi, "See? He said I was a good person and that I would achieve great things. I didn't even know I had these advantages."

Zhang Pingyi looked at Qin Shaoyan seriously for a few times, "I think he is right about one thing, that is, you really don't care much about money."

"Yeah, I think so too." Qin Shaoyan replied, "I don't really like money. I'm not interested in money at all."

"I think you don't treat other people's money as money." Zhang Pingyi said with a sneer.

"That's because I treated them as people with the same noble character as me." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "They should thank me because I elevated their own realm for them."

"I hope Xiong Xiaoge thinks the same as you do." Zhang Pingyi teased.

"Mr. Xiong will understand me." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "Besides, I helped him make money."

Zhang Pingyi suddenly asked, "Is the roadshow PPT for Qvod ready?"

"Fuck!" Qin Shaoyan was shocked, "I almost forgot about this."

……

Chen Yuanzong spent some effort and finally found a new main program.

This chief programmer was poached from Bianfeng Network. He has first-class skills and rich experience. He was an early technical employee of Bianfeng Network and was attracted by Chen Yuanzong's high salary.

Bianfeng Network was founded in 2004 and was acquired and integrated by Shanda with the aim of developing the chess and card game market.

Of course, under the pressure of Ourgame and QQ Game Hall, Bianfeng Network has always been lukewarm.

Board games were also very popular during this period. In addition to Bianfeng Network, there were also China Tour, Same City Tour, Tea Garden Games, and local game platforms operated by local telecommunications companies.

As for those gray and black chess and card game platforms, there are countless of them, presenting a vibrant scene.

Chen Yuanzong's new chief programmer originally came for the high salary. When he heard that it was a chess and card game project in cooperation with Facebook, he was immediately excited and wanted to get into work immediately and complete the new project.

Seeing the passionate new chief programmer, Chen Yuanzong followed his wishes and immediately let him start work.

Niu Jie also took a day off to hand over work to the new chief programmer.

In fact, there was nothing to hand over. Chen Yuanzong had already planned to give up the original chess and card platform. The profit was getting less and less, and now that he had a new project, he could naturally give it up.

Stimulated by Chen Yuanzong's high salary and bonus, the chess and card team demonstrated very high efficiency and completed the research and development and testing of Texas Hold'em in just one month.

Facebook was shocked to hear the news, but at the same time was satisfied with the efficiency. At that time, Facebook's chess and card game operation project team had not yet been established.

Under Fred's personal care, Facebook quickly transferred several product managers and operations staff from "Farmland", established a Texas Hold'em operations team that day, and began preparing to integrate Texas Hold'em.

This new Texas Hold'em game, like Farmville, also uses the web game model, allowing users to start playing by simply opening the web page.

After the operation of "Happy Farm", Facebook has become familiar with this model, and the next step is to follow the established process.

Chen Yuanzong's team soon received an invitation to go to Facebook's headquarters in the United States to meet with the Texas Hold'em operations team and hold a meeting to discuss the game's operations and technical issues.

Chen Yuanzong was very excited when he received the invitation. This was his first time to go abroad, and he was going to the United States to discuss serious business in an open and aboveboard manner. He immediately felt proud.

For this purpose, he even called back to his hometown and informed his relatives and friends about the matter.

But before he could enjoy himself for a few days, he received the bad news that his visa was denied by the US Embassy.

"Ah? Why?" Chen Yuanzong became anxious and questioned the embassy staff.

The response I got was that the area you were in was high risk and there was a tendency for illegal stay.

Chen Yuanzong was dumbfounded. What had we, the Hu Jian people, done to anyone?
(End of this chapter)