Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 132 A Negotiation That Touches the Soul!
"If you're willing, we can open a zone in your internet cafe's name. You'll renew the server subscription for this zone, and we'll maintain and manage it. We'll split the fees 50-50, with a service fee of one million per year."

"Mr. Chen, you're treating me like an outsider." Cheng Yi sneered and said, "I want to talk to you with sincerity, but you seem to treat me like a fool."

"Why does Boss Cheng say that?" Chen Tianqiao's tone was filled with displeasure.

Cheng Yi sneered, "Okay, let's make an assumption. Suppose all the servers fail to meet your expectations. When you shut down servers on a large scale and run away, will you help me maintain the servers for a mere one million? You will still run away when you should run away, and shut down the servers when you should shut down, and I will still be the only one to bear the blame."

"Then there's no room for negotiation." Chen Tianqiao said in a deep voice, "Giving your internet cafe a title server is the biggest concession I can accept."

"Mr. Chen, let's talk about this. The game you represent has only 10,000 online users in South Korea. It's not even a third-rate game in South Korea. The worst thing is that this game company has been issuing agency rights everywhere. It has sold agency rights to three companies in Europe alone. If I give them my three million, do you think they can get the agency rights in Formosa Province?" Cheng Yi asked.

"I'll set up a server in Formosa Province and launch this game in my internet cafe. Can I let the players in my internet cafe play it freely? There's no law that says mainland players can't play games from Formosa Province, right? Even if you can really restrict me, the worst that can happen is that both sides will be destroyed. My company in Formosa Province will declare bankruptcy, and then one of my programmers will be clueless and accidentally leak the source code..."

Cheng Yi's words immediately silenced Chen Tianqiao.

Cheng Yi continued, "Let's take a step back and say, even if I don't get the agency and I don't leak the source code, given the parent company's behavior of selling agency rights overseas, within a year, your game's source code will be everywhere. By then, pirated private servers will be everywhere, and you won't be able to stop it. Even a powerful company like Microsoft can't stop piracy, so how can you, a small company of 18 people, stop it?"

Every word Cheng Yi said struck Chen Tianqiao's soul.

Chen Tianqiao immediately realized that Cheng Yi knew this game very well, even better than he did.

Private server, this is indeed the biggest test they will face.

There is no way around this. As long as a game is introduced into China from overseas, it cannot escape the nightmare of private servers. For example, in "Ultima Online", there are already private servers everywhere in China.

Chen Tianqiao said in a deep voice: "As long as no one deliberately causes trouble, I believe in my ability. Within three years, I will not allow private servers to appear!"

"A man's hallmark is his undeniable confidence," Cheng Yi continued. "Let's get back to the point. Regardless of whether you have the ability to prevent the emergence of private servers, your biggest concern right now is that I'll use the joint operation rights to recruit players everywhere and steal your official server users, right?"

Chen Tianqiao didn't say anything, which meant he agreed.

This was indeed his worry. They worked so hard to promote the product, but Cheng Yi just took advantage of the situation and took away 50% of the profits. Who could stand this?

"First of all, you think I am stealing your users, but on the other hand, I am also helping you with publicity and promotion, which can increase your success rate. Secondly, if you want to prevent this, I also have a solution." Cheng Yi said with a smile.

"Countermeasures? Tell me about it." Chen Tianqiao was tempted.

Cheng Yi's two powerful blows, which combined kindness and force, completely disrupted Chen Tianqiao's thoughts.

Being the agent of this crappy game really troubled him. Just as the sinister Yu Bi left, here came the nefarious Boss Cheng.

What frightened him the most was that everything Cheng Yi had just said could be realized. Legend's parent company was not a pushover. If Cheng Yi really offered three million, they would sell the authorization of Formosa Province without hesitation.

Oh, why is the road to entrepreneurship so difficult?

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Like I just said, I like this game, that's why I want to operate a joint operation with you. Our Internet cafe has now independently developed a computer operating system. This computer system is a graphical operating system based on the XNU hybrid kernel, and it is not compatible with Windows system software. This means that Windows users can't log in to the joint operation server you provide me. If you are still worried, I can set up a separate server and database, completely separate from your data. Just think of it as a little toy for my own entertainment in this system. Is that okay?"

"Your internet cafe has its own computer system?" Chen Tianqiao felt his intelligence insulted. This sounded like nonsense. Could an internet cafe develop a computer system?
Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Yes, it's called Moc-OS, which is similar to Mac-OS. Games that are put on our system must be modified and become a separate system. Windows users will not be able to log in normally. If you are worried, you can come and test it when the time comes."

"But, but what do you want?" Chen Tianqiao didn't understand.

Although there are many domestic operating systems now, few people know how to use them, and most developers can only use them themselves.

How many computers can an internet cafe have? One thousand? Two thousand?

Even if there were 5,000, what would that matter? If they were all playing this game, they would only fill up one district. And that's a 3 million service fee.

Their initial price was 24 cents an hour. Even if there were people playing on 50 computers hours a day, after deducting % of the commission and maintenance fees, how much money could they make in a year?

"Just think of it as me having too much money to burn." Cheng Yi said.

Chen Tianqiao said, "Okay, then we need to set a rule. The authorization I grant you is limited to running within the Moc-OS system you mentioned. If you breach this agreement, in addition to compensation, I will also revoke your intermodal rights."

"Deal." Cheng Yi said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, I knew you would definitely agree, because you are an excellent businessman."

Chen Tianqiao was praised for what he had said, but his attitude didn't change much. After all, the matter didn't go as he expected.

He said in a deep voice, "Whenever it's convenient for you, I'll arrange for Mr. Luo to come over to verify the authenticity of the system and sign a contract with you."

"Okay, then let's set it for half a month later. By then, I should be able to conduct a preliminary test of my computer system." Cheng Yi said with a smile.

"That's it, just communicate with Mr. Luo." Chen Tianqiao said and hung up the phone.

"Okay." Cheng Yi originally wanted to use the binding machine code to negotiate, but now that he has an independent computer system, it would be safer to use the computer system to negotiate.

It’s just right to use Legend as the first guinea pig of this system.

Soon, Cheng Yi rode his bicycle and rushed to the nearest Momo Internet Cafe in Dongcheng District.

Three network administrators have been assigned to each of the seven internet cafes, and the internal facilities are all complete. Cheng Yi plans to first test Yu Sen's improved program on the switchboard, and then announce the opening of the seven internet cafes during the semi-finals. That would definitely be a huge gimmick.

With the number of computers in the eight Internet cafes, Momo Internet Cafe can definitely be ranked among the top three Internet cafes in Jingzhou City.

Just as Cheng Yi was walking around various branches installing programs, Jingzhou City's largest DM newspaper published an exclusive news item.

The entire news article is Li Baoliang's condemnation of Momo Internet Cafe.

The most eye-catching incident was Cheng Yi's scheme to defraud Lianxiang Computer of thirty Pentium IV computers. In addition, there was also Cheng Yi's bad behavior of injuring Li Bing.

On one side is the popular Momo Internet Cafe, and on the other side is Li Baoliang, the boss of the IT industry in Jingzhou City.

Given Li Baoliang's status in the business world, it is absolutely impossible for him to make up such a story out of nothing. Moreover, Li Baoliang is one of the sponsors of Momo Internet Cafe.

This news about Li Baoliang was simply a notice to his colleagues in the industry. As soon as DM magazine was circulated, three computer parts stores in Jingzhou City issued announcements one after another, suspending all cooperation with Momo Internet Cafe, and stopping the supply of computer parts and maintenance services to Momo Internet Cafe.

Li Baoliang is the executive vice president of Jingzhou Computer Accessories Chamber of Commerce and has great appeal in this circle.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Cheng Yi, who was debugging a program, received several calls in succession: from Zhao Gang, Li Xiang, Guo Yongli...

After their careful description, Cheng Yi understood that Li Baoliang had officially declared war on him.

And it was chosen at this critical juncture.

Li Baoliang is the sponsor of this competition, and his every word and action almost represents this e-sports competition.

Now that Li Baoliang suddenly did this, Cheng Yi knew...

His Toutiao forum is going to be popular again.

As for the ban and suspension of sales in the IT industry, it has no effect on Cheng Yi at all. It's not like he bought his computer from a computer mall, right?

Li Baoliang did this for two reasons.

The first result is to put mental pressure on Cheng Yi to show who has the final say in the IT industry in Jingzhou City.

The second result is to take advantage of the cooling of the competition's popularity and stir up the heat again to increase the popularity of Lianxiang Computer.

The second result is probably what Li Baoliang wants.

Li Baoliang is an extremely shrewd businessman. Since he has chosen to break up with me, he must make a choice that maximizes his interests.

And now is the time to maximize benefits.

As the game gradually came to an end, the attention of Jingzhou citizens to this game also dropped sharply with the century-long battle between Feiyang Internet Cafe and Momo Internet Cafe.

As a result, the heat of this incident continued to decline. Li Baoliang publicly criticized Momo Internet Cafe and placed him on the side of the victim, which undoubtedly ignited the next hot spot of public opinion.

Not only did it give Lianxiang Computer a greater presence, it also suppressed Momo Internet Cafe and avenged the loss of face.

This is a two-pronged operation.

Soon, Cheng Yi installed and debugged the points program and quickly logged into the Toutiao forum on the switchboard.

At this time, posts on the Toutiao forum spread like mushrooms after rain.

Many of the posts were made by shop owners in the computer parts mall, who were constantly cursing Momo Internet Cafe and expressing their loyalty to Li Baoliang.

There are also some posts gloating over other people's misfortune, with the main purpose being to watch the fun and not mind making trouble.

Cheng Yi looked through the posts for a while and found that they were all meaningless. Some posts said that Momo Internet Cafe was an ungrateful person, some posts said that Li Baoliang had met the wrong person, and some posts said that Momo Internet Cafe owner Du Yusheng was a big idiot.

He looked through it carefully. Fortunately, few people posted to curse him. Most people's anger was directed at Momo Internet Cafe and Du Yusheng.

Judging from the growth of these posts, the traffic on Toutiao Forum will definitely be overwhelming in the next few days.

The declining heat of the competition was completely brought back to life by Li Baoliang. Others' battles would injure the enemy by a thousand and their own by eight hundred, but in the battle between him and Li Baoliang, each of them gained eight hundred.

They are worthy of being my sponsor. Such meticulous care is really touching.

Considering the issue of continued popularity, Cheng Yi did not rush to refute. He decided to wait and see. When this wave of popularity subsided, he would let Du Yusheng respond on behalf of Momo Internet Cafe, which would definitely keep this wave of popularity alive for a while.

These days, popularity is money.

(End of this chapter)