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Chapter 245 A Genius (6k views, please subscribe)

For netizens, internet companies like Tencent are not only internet behemoths, but also internet bullies.

By recounting the history of Tencent's rise to power, you can almost see a bloodstained history of the growth of an internet behemoth. Whether it was the early copying, the later crushing of scale, or the future hegemonic treaties, all of these demonstrate Tencent's domineering nature.

Because of his unparalleled social network, he acts so arrogantly, which makes countless netizens grit their teeth in hatred.

However, in this highly developed information age, individuals can no longer compete with internet behemoths like Tencent.

A company capable of dealing with an internet behemoth like Tencent must be another internet behemoth, and it must be a company whose business areas highly overlap with Tencent's.

But even with the high hopes of netizens, they understand that such a company is extremely rare.

Even miHoYo, which came later, could only temporarily surpass Tencent before quickly fading into obscurity.

As for the later-emerging font manufacturers, Xiaomi, Huawei, and now Alibaba and Baidu, which form a three-way rivalry with Tencent, their core businesses are different from Tencent's. As for game companies... companies like NetEase, Giant Interactive, and Century Huatong don't need Tencent's intervention; they're lucky if they don't destroy themselves.

For a long time, netizens, especially gamers, have suffered greatly from Tencent's rudeness.

But now, Lü Yao's Guang'an has emerged out of nowhere, and with its excellent game production, mature operation methods, and stable hardware services, it is deeply loved by gamers and many netizens.

Although the "fan voting incident" occurred earlier, after being called out by various influential figures and internet celebrities, many netizens have returned to supporting Lü Yao.

Although Lü Yao's smooth kneeling gesture yesterday was very controversial, netizens also saw his respect and protection for his fans and users. In particular, his question to the head of Tencent Weibo greatly boosted his popularity on the internet.

Faced with Lü Yao's aggressive demands for accountability, Tencent shifted the blame and then fell silent.

In the eyes of netizens, this means the penguin has backed down!

A newly established internet game company, just over a year old, has managed to silence and shut down the biggest bully in the online gaming industry!
Fun!

That was awesome!
As a result, many netizens who participated in these public opinion battles exclaimed "So satisfying! So satisfying!" in various comment sections, accompanied by memes of Kong Erlengzi from the TV series "Bright Sword".

Then more netizens started to follow suit.

Some people used Li Yunlong's meme, while others used Chu Yunfei's meme of helping out.

Under similar hashtags, netizens were overjoyed and celebrating.

The amazing thing about the internet is that the direction of public opinion on the internet can actually cause economic fluctuations. As more and more similar opinions spread, more and more players began to resist spending money on Tencent and flocked to the embrace of the Light Shore series of games.

On that day, Tencent's stock price dropped by nearly three percent, and its market value evaporated by nearly five billion.

In the following days, the revenue of Tencent's gaming business showed a downward trend.

Lu Yao wasn't idle either. After major financial newspapers reported on the decline in Tencent's market value, he mobilized all his resources to spread the negative news about Tencent to even more distant and deeper places.

It's just that Guang'an Network Games Company hasn't gone public yet, otherwise Lu Yao wouldn't even dare to imagine how high the stock price could have risen in the past few days.

This public opinion campaign was undoubtedly a complete victory for Lü Yao, and the joy of this victory also belongs to all netizens who support Lü Yao and Guang'an Network Games Company.

But after the initial excitement, when Lü Yao looked at the changes at the penguins' location, the joy that filled his heart quickly faded.

In five days, Tencent's market value dropped by less than five percent. When it fell below three percent, a large amount of funds rushed into Tencent, ready to buy the dip and make a small profit.

This is the difference between professional investors and ordinary netizens.

Professional investors in the stock market are not alarmed but rather pleased when top-performing stocks fall, especially giants like Tencent. When their stock prices drop, it's time for investors to step in.

Most netizens, when they see similar news, usually just laugh for a while and then move on.

Lu Yao had already liquidated all his money in the domestic stock market last year. He had made a lot of money compared to his principal, but now he doesn't care much about the money in the stock market, especially the money in the A-shares market.

Currently, just two games under Guangan Network Games Company generate nearly ten million yuan in revenue each month.

With an average daily turnover of over 300,000 yuan, isn't that better than the A-shares market?
The strongest point is that this is all pure cash flow, which represents excellent financial qualifications.

Therefore, most of the money Lü Yao earned before the first half of 2015 was lying idle in the cryptocurrency market and the US stock market. These two parts of the funds were like a mouse pulling a big cart—the bulk of the money was at the back. Lü Yao's current cash flow is partly lying in his account, partly flowing into the development of drones and robots at Huanxie Technology, and the largest flow is to the AI ​​data center at Luoma Lake.

AI data centers and drones are the true foundation for Lü Yao's future.

However, there is a crucial piece of equipment missing between the two. Lu Yao had already asked Rong Nianqing and Jian Xiaojie to prepare for this, but now there is a problem... that is, Lu Yao's funds are running out.

What's even more critical is that the core technologies involved also face many difficulties.

Although the foundation for his future is still unstable and there are no signs of it taking root, Lü Yao is not flustered.

He still has time.

A week after Tencent backed down, Lü Yao updated an announcement on the official website and Weibo account of Guang'an Network Games, as well as on his own Weibo account:
To thank netizens, fans, and players for their support, Guang'an Network Games will build a memorial statue at the foot of the company building, and the design renderings of the statue have been released.

The rendering was done using 3DMAX software. The statue is made of metal, and its shiny metallic luster gives it a very high-quality look.

The statue is 3.5 meters tall and depicts a heavily armored knight kneeling on the ground. The knight is kneeling with a heart-shaped shield with intricate patterns in front of him, and a long sword is hidden behind the shield.

The rendered images used a life-size human model for comparison, so the released statue exudes a heavy and imposing aura.

But the appearance of the statue itself is not the point.

The key point is that this statue is interactive.

Later, Guang'an Network Games Company will reward Lü Yao for that night, and also give badges to players who have reached a certain level by recharging in Guang'an games. When players come downstairs to the company, they can take out the badges given by the company, and the corresponding light effects will appear on the statue.

This effect is also reflected in the released animated rendering.

When a player approaches the giant statue with the badge in hand, the huge heart-shaped shield in front of the kneeling heavy armored knight will be illuminated with gilded patterns, and then flaming, gilded text will appear in the center of the shield: "Dear player, thank you for your continued support."

Then the first line of text slowly disappeared, revealing the next line: "Where your sword points, there my heart follows."

This scene is a bit too childish.

But which online gamer isn't a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur)? Even in a niche community like Warhammer, there are always netizens around thirty years old shouting "Blood for the God of Blood, Skull for the Skull Throne!"

Being a "chuunibyou" (a person with delusions of grandeur) is the essence of most netizens.

Sure enough, as soon as the announcement was released, many players in the Light Shore faction got excited:
"Holy crap! Are you out of your mind playing Lu Bu like that?"

Some netizens also posted memes of someone holding a bank card in front of a computer, seemingly asking for a swipe: "How much! Dude, I'll pay!"

"Ahhh, when will this statue be finished? My big camera can't wait!"

On the day the announcement was released, two games under Guang'an experienced a surge in recharges. This move left many competitors scratching their heads: "Damn it, where does this CEO Lü get so much work?"

He deserves to die!

His marketing campaign not only maximized the expectations and emotional value of Donkey's (the game's) players, but also made players from NetEase, Tencent, and Xiaomi extremely envious, angry at their own game companies for not performing as well. They tagged the operators of their favorite games, saying, "Look at them! How come Donkey's players are getting so much better off!"

"Comparing prices really makes you lose money! Donkey Factory, here I come!"

The operations staff of major game companies were all a bit confused when they saw the blame being thrown at them out of nowhere online. They hadn't done anything wrong, so why were they being blamed?

That little Mr. Lü really deserves to die.

Everyone else is doing a good job as a father, but you're the only one willing to be a subservient ox? Why are you so ungrateful?
Lü Yao's actions can be seen as giving game developers a taste of the fear of being dominated by Lei Jun (Lei Jun's CEO).

At this point, the public opinion sparked by the "fan voting incident" has been completely forgotten by netizens. Instead, Lü Yao seized the opportunity created by the competitor's vote-buying incident, not only delivering a blow to Tencent and leaving them with a bitter taste, but also taking a jab at all domestic game companies.

Whether it was netizens online or people in Lü Yao's company, they were all happy about the results achieved in this battle of public opinion, and a joyful and even restless atmosphere was surging inside and outside the company.

But Lu Yao wasn't as excited as everyone else; he just felt relieved and let out a huge sigh of relief.

In this incident, anyone could be elated or even arrogant, but Lü Yao could not.

He had learned his lesson the hard way about getting arrogant and complacent, so after finally achieving some success, he constantly warned himself against it. Moreover, the penguin didn't actually lose this time, and it might not even have been cowardly.

The penguin is just waiting for its ultimate ability to cool down.

After fully transitioning to an investment banking model, Tencent's business units and key technical personnel have been significantly weakened. For such a large company, it will take time to regroup its scattered resources for technical public relations, as well as time to develop new operational strategies and change its operational direction.

Lu Yao had already received the news that Tencent's CEO, Teng, had personally taken charge, and at the latest by the first half of next year, Tencent's ultimate move would be off cooldown.

When the time comes, what awaits Lü Yao will be a penguin in its prime, a penguin with a mouth full of sharp, pointed fangs.

By then, the power of Penguin's social system will be fully realized.

Especially with WeChat rapidly penetrating every aspect of life—with such a powerful national product, will Lü Yao be able to defeat Tencent?

Lü Yao lacked confidence. Taking advantage of the lull in competition with Tencent, no matter how well Lü Yao managed things, the ultimate result would likely only be ensuring Guang'an's survival.

However, Lü Yao never considered games as his core business; it was merely a means for him to collect cash flow. Lü Yao never forgot his main goal.

……

In early July, the impact of the public opinion battle in June gradually subsided.

Thanks to the triangular collaboration between ByteDance, Xiaomi, and Guang'an, ByteDance has greatly enriched its content in the game and interactive entertainment sector, and its content system has been improved. Xiaomi's MiTalk has gradually become a must-have for gamers to play together, and Xiaomi has also made many content updates to facilitate playing together.

The gaming community, with its constantly updated content such as highlight sharing, interactive friend-making, local team play, preferred lane assignments, and interest tags, always provides players with new fun.

It's truly a case of "handing over work to WeChat and entertainment to MiTalk."

With the support of internet companies ByteDance and Xiaomi, the liquidity of Donkey Factory players has gradually stabilized. At least when WeChat starts to empower and impact the game market in the future, they won't immediately collapse.

During the summer of 2015, Guang'an's revenue performance was very good.

The development of new drones by Huanxie Technology is also progressing smoothly.

The research and development process at the Luoma Lake AI Center has recently encountered considerable difficulties, but Wang Shan is organizing a team to overcome them. Lü Yao believes that Wang Shan and his team will eventually find a way out.

Everything seems to be fine.

But instead of relaxing, Lü Yao became increasingly anxious and even somewhat fearful about the future.

At this moment, he felt as if he were a lone boat adrift on a vast and boundless sea, with the sky and sea stretching into the distance and the water rippling nearby... But Lu Yao, who had a vision of the future, knew that this calm sky and sea was merely a pretext for the coming storm.

Before long, the penguin's powerful counterattack will arrive swiftly.

As trade frictions escalated, the overall environment began to plummet uncontrollably to its lowest point.

If Lü Yao cannot build a real competitive advantage before 2018, no matter how much money he makes, it will be taken from him by businessmen.

The storms of the future raged in Lü Yao's mind, keeping him on edge and never daring to relax.

Even when he went out with Rong Nianqing, Jian Xiaojie, Gan Xiaoxi, and Wang Shu, Lü Yao's overall aura seemed very low, giving people a worried feeling.

Lu Yao and Rong Nianqing went to Hongcun in Huizhou Province for a weekend vacation.

Hongcun is not far from Shangnan, so Lü Yao and his group drove there.

The Hui-style architecture of Hongcun is very distinctive. Nestled against the mountains and beside the water, the scenery is beautiful, especially at dusk when wild geese fly across the orange-red sky, like a few strokes of a painting.

Lanterns hang throughout the Hui-style architecture, giving one a sense of stepping back a thousand years.

As dusk fell, Lü Yao sat on a recliner in front of the inn, feeling the air gradually cool down and admiring the picturesque scene before him. He felt as if he had suddenly entered his twilight years, like a piece of firewood that had burned out, leaving only a dim red glow.

"Hey," Jian Xiaojie's voice came from behind, "You look like an old man."

Lu Yao touched his face and laughed, "Is it really that exaggerated?"

Jian Xiaojie walked up to Lü Yao with a smile. She slid her hands behind her back, and her loose skirt was instantly ripped into a full and rounded curve. Even though Lü Yao was in the midst of a storm in his mind, he couldn't help but glance at her.

Then he saw Jian Xiaojie suddenly turn her head and catch his gaze.

Lu Yao said frankly, "It looks good."

hum~
Jian Xiaojie gently raised her chin, then leaned forward, resting her chin on her arm on her thigh, and looked at the scenery in front of her, saying, "I mean, it's a feeling. Even though you're younger than all of us, the way you sometimes look and act makes you seem old."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "This is probably what it means to be mature beyond one's years."

Jian Xiaojie shook her head: "It doesn't seem like it, it's just a very strange feeling."

However, Jian Xiaojie quickly changed the subject, asking, "Tell me, everything's been going smoothly for you lately, and you haven't had any troubles on your trip, but you seem to be feeling down. What's wrong? Tell me~ Maybe I can help you~"

That's the charm of an older sister.

Moreover, "older sister" is a kind of temperament, which has nothing to do with age. Just like many women in their thirties still like to call themselves "older girls", many young women in their early twenties can have a maturity that does not match their age.

If an immature girl sees that you are unhappy, she will only ask you what's wrong, and may even blame you for affecting her mood.

But when your sensible older sister sees that you're unhappy, she will gently raise her hand and tie up her long hair...

Lu Yao smiled and said, "Our domestic business is developing steadily, and our future plans are far-reaching, but we're missing something."

When it came to serious matters, Jian Xiaojie immediately dropped her composed demeanor, and her eyes became calm and clear-headed.

Just then, Rong Nianqing's voice came from behind: "You mean those things you told me before?"

Rong Nianqing held a small sesame seed cake in her hand, holding the bottom of it to prevent it from crumbling, and ate it while saying something.

Rong Nianqing was eating a local Huangshan sesame seed cake, also known as crab shell sesame seed cake. It is a traditional delicacy with a bright golden color, a crispy outer layer, and a moist and fragrant inner layer. It has a salty and sweet flavor with a hint of spiciness, making it crispy, refreshing, and not greasy. It tastes very good.

Lu Yao reached out and took a piece, saying as he ate, "Yes."

Rong Nianqing leaned against the door of the inn and said, "Actually, you don't need to rush. I've talked to Huaxing Optoelectronics and Tianma Microelectronics about the panel, and the progress is going quite smoothly."

"Regarding chips, I am in contact with Huahong Group and Micro-Light International to discuss equity investment and cooperation. At the same time, we are also actively contacting domestic semiconductor industry supply chains. Companies such as Bocom, Tongfang, and Xi'an Electric are also willing to cooperate with us."

Negotiations with the domestic semiconductor industry were even easier than Rong Nianqing had imagined.

Because the domestic semiconductor industry is developing extremely slowly, although SMIC and the Institute of Microelectronics are conducting research behind the scenes, many companies are unwilling to invest funds in in-depth research and development because foreign semiconductor technology is too advanced and the selling price is not so high.

SMIC is one of the leading companies in China's semiconductor industry.

SMIC was founded by Mr. Zhang Runan, a bigwig who came from Texas Instruments. Under his leadership, SMIC has now mastered the 28nm chip manufacturing process and entered the ranks of the world's mainstream foundries.

This gives SMIC more confidence to pursue higher technological heights.

Therefore, there's no need to even think about acquiring or investing in SMIC. SMIC is a key enterprise supported by Dahai City and has no shortage of money or resources.

But apart from SMIC, other domestic semiconductor companies are doing quite poorly.

Huahong Group has already mastered the manufacturing process of 32nm chips, but it has not yet started mass production, and there is a two-generation process gap with SMIC.

Microlight International is in an even worse situation, currently only possessing 40nm process technology.

Compared to the most advanced 14nm process technology, domestic manufacturers lag behind TSMC and top manufacturers like Samsung by a full five generations.

Therefore, these semiconductor companies can only pick up orders that are not valued by major international manufacturers and barely make ends meet.

In this situation, when Rong Nianqing, who had a background with the Rong family, brought in a large amount of cash flow, Huahong Group and Weiguang International practically treated her like royalty.

After sharing the recent events with Lü Yao, Rong Nianqing smiled and said, "These two companies are easy to talk to and easy to cooperate with. However, we did a rough calculation and found that the investment in the entire semiconductor industry chain is enormous."

"It's no exaggeration to say that his investment scale is in the hundreds of billions, and it's an investment that shows no return in the short term."

Lu Yao was certainly aware of the investment involved.

He also understood that Rong Nianqing's mention of a 100 billion investment scale was just a rough estimate; it was uncertain whether it was 500 billion or 900 billion.

What is the most terrible thing?
The worst part is that these things don't yield results just because you invest money.

You could throw three to five hundred billion yuan into it and not even see a ripple.

The current predicament is that Lü Yao can't even come up with the money for this investment.

Although he has Guang'an, a cash cow, shares in Huasheng Life, cryptocurrency overseas, and money invested in US stocks, these sums are still a drop in the ocean compared to this massive investment.

Fortunately, this money doesn't need to be taken out immediately.

Lü Yao still has time to raise money.

Right now, the most important thing is to find a brilliant person who can lead them to break through the technological barriers!

Everything is done by people.

Just like how Lü Yao racked his brains and went to great lengths to poach Yao Qiguang, with Yao Qiguang's operational capabilities, plus the technical skills of Feng Ji and Yang Qi, the chances of making a MOBA mobile game a success would be greatly increased.

Breaking through technological barriers also requires a top-notch leader to guide the effort.

Lü Yao had been organizing the information in his mind and, combined with the current timeline, realized that there really was a tech guru he could poach.

If he were there, it wouldn't be a pipe dream for Huahong or Weiguang to break through 28nm or even 14nm in a short period of time!
(End of this chapter)