From gaming to becoming the richest man, it all started with his counterattack against XunTeng.

"Wait, I woke up to find the gaming industry completely transformed!"

"Holy crap! A newcomer has entered the engine industry and killed all the veterans."

"Can anyone explain how amazing this Queen Bee Engine is? I don't understand it at all."

"I was on the rooftop, having just finished manually coding the underlying architecture, and it's all for nothing! What was the point of all that overtime I've been working these past two months?!"

Thanks for the invitation. I've already gotten my hands on it. To put it simply, it's like transitioning directly from a feature phone to a flagship smartphone.

"Hey, you just wasted two months of overtime, while I just bought more XunTeng stock. I'm really about to become an overnight sensation!"

Sure enough, even the most abstract thing can't compare to what netizens say.

A promotional video for an engine garnered 20 more replies in just one hour, with all sorts of comments.

Yang Yi watched as Shen Xiao walked over with the milk tea, took it from him, and then asked about the engine's advertising on the external website.

"Xiaoxiao, how's the advertising for our search engine going on the international internet?"

Shen Xiao took a sip of milk tea, opened her phone and checked the employee group chat: "We've hired streamers from major international platforms, and it already has over 20 million views."

Yang Yi nodded; the conversion rate was acceptable.

Now that the bee colony is doing too well, before obtaining the system, Yang Yi's goal was to develop some small, high-quality products, such as Vampire Survivors, Stardew Valley, and Joker Cards, to gradually build up its reputation and make money little by little.

The original plan was to achieve revenue of over 100 million yuan in three years, but it has far exceeded that target in less than a year.

It feels so good to suck the blood of Tencent!

These days, it's hard not to develop these high-quality mini-games, but developing them would also distract us from our efforts.

The only solution is to expand the workforce, write the project proposals myself, and have other employees develop them, while I can keep a firm grip on the overall situation.

However, too much potential is also a bad thing. Since I started working here, the company phone has been ringing non-stop. Countless investment institutions have flocked to the company, trying to tear a piece of the pie from the swarm. Unfortunately, they are too late. The swarm has already found the best investor, which is a Fortune 500 company.

What Yang Yi didn't know was that his Fortune 500 investor's stock price had plummeted by 10 times his own value in just one day.

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Pony, who was in Singapore yesterday, applied for the earliest flight and flew back early in the morning.

The market value fluctuation of over 100 billion yuan forced him to return to take charge.

Xunteng Conference Room.

"Tell me what happened."

Pony sat in the main seat, looking at the several vice presidents with their heads bowed in front of him. Once upon a time, these people were his right-hand men, but now, after only two years of delegating power, they have made such a huge mess.

As the vice presidents offered their explanations, Pony's breathing grew heavier.

Staring intently at Ma Xiaotie, he said, enunciating each word clearly, "You mean they plagiarized our game, we won the lawsuit, but now we have to pay them money?"

"You just walk right into whatever trap he sets, and you even pay for reporters to help him!"

"Are you a mole he sent?"

Ma Xiaotie lowered his head even further, feeling somewhat aggrieved. If it weren't for the incident of crossing the line, he could say he had won decisively.

But he couldn't really defend himself, since he was the one who had fallen into the trap, and he was also one of the culprits behind the stock price fluctuations.

He could only repeat "I'm sorry," because the situation was now far more complicated than he had imagined, and it was beyond his control.

Looking at Ma Xiaotie with his head down, Tony rubbed his temples. He knew in his heart that the mistake couldn't be blamed solely on Ma Xiaotie, but he still had to take the blame.

The company's stability is of utmost importance. The priority now is to control public opinion, but that is incredibly difficult.

Because of Yang Yi's questionable actions, public opinion is not on XunTeng's side at all, and countless people want to see XunTeng stumble.

Since losses are inevitable, let's minimize them by acquiring that company.

Following Pony's directive, XunTeng, this formidable machine, began operating at high speed, and within just half an hour, an acquisition plan was presented to Pony.

Pony stared at the proposal in front of him in disbelief.

"Why would a small game company need a budget exceeding 100 billion?"

Even though XunTeng is a Fortune 500 company, it would be difficult for it to come up with 10 billion to acquire a small game company.

"Mr. Ma, it is indeed necessary, and it is the minimum necessary. In addition to receiving the compensation from 'Crossfire,' Beehive Company also released the groundbreaking Bee King Engine yesterday. According to professional estimates, Beehive's current market value is at least tens of billions."

"Currently, Crossfire brings the company a total revenue of up to 40 billion, and the release of the Bee Engine is also the main reason for our stock price fluctuations."

Pony looked at the proposal in his hand with a complicated expression. If the Queen Bee Engine was really that powerful, 100 billion was far from enough.

Moreover, this engine is excellent enough that XunTeng's future game development may be inseparable from the Bee King Engine.

The swarm is now on the opposite side of XunTeng, and there is no way to deal with it. Are they really going to give up on this game that costs billions of dollars every year?

It's all Ma Xiaotie's fault. He fell into such a simple trap. He's more trouble than he's worth.

Even now, Pony Ma has never blamed the game studio that plagiarized Gunfire Revelations. This is the underlying logic of XunTeng and the necessary nourishment for XunTeng's growth.

After much deliberation, Pony decided to meet with the CEO of Beehive. Even without the Beehive Engine, the owner of a dying game company, who managed to bring billions of dollars in losses to XunTeng through his ingenious schemes, was still a top talent.

The loss of tens of billions will have an impact on XunTeng's size, but the impact is not significant. XunTeng has encountered all kinds of setbacks along the way.

What Pony cares about most is XunTeng's reputation. Failure is failure, but it cannot become a joke. If it becomes a joke, the losses will not be billions.

The brand image of large companies is very important. Why do people criticize XunTeng and say that it ruined the Chinese game industry, but in the end, XunTeng's games still make money for KuKu and have no impact at all?

Because in everyone's mind, XunTeng is the strongest game company in China, and this sense of security is something that other companies cannot provide, which is why XunTeng has stood the test of time.

Now this golden statue is about to be broken by a small company.

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"What do you mean Pony from XunTeng came to our company, and he's here for me?"

When Yang Yi received a definite answer from the receptionist, she was dumbfounded. All she did was disgust your company.

Why would I need to come and deal with him in person?

Sigh, Pony is here in person; even if we're enemies, we can't refuse to give him face.

When Yang Yi arrived at the reception room, he saw Pony slurping his milk tea and looking at him with a smile.

"Oh my, this is the first time I've ever seen Mr. Ma in person! I'm so honored! So honored!"

Looking at the young man's exaggerated acting skills, Pony realized that his identity still had a deterrent effect on Yang Yi, so there was room for negotiation.

"President Yang says he's incredibly fortunate, but he's certainly not lenient when it comes to business."

Faced with Pony's sarcasm, Yang Yi hurriedly waved her hand: "The business world is like a battlefield. Your company's actions were anything but gentle. My actions were merely self-defense and could not be considered respectable."

Pony adjusted his glasses. This Yang Yi was slippery and knew everything. Let's have an open and honest talk.

"Mr. Yang, I'm here today to ask you for a favor. How about we shake hands and make peace? Don't worry, we won't shortchange you a single penny."

Yang Yi was a little surprised. Were we getting straight to the point?

No wonder he's a business tycoon; he has real guts.

Then what else is there to say? Let's bargain!

"I don't know how much compensation Mr. Ma can give us. I believe Mr. Ma knows what I can gain through this lawsuit. 40 billion in compensation is not enough to make me stop the lawsuit."

The person who caused such a huge loss to Xun Teng is indeed not so easy to fool. If I hadn't come in person this time, the others in the company really wouldn't have been able to handle Yang Yi. However, his appetite is still a bit too big.

Pony pondered for a moment: "60 billion. Buy your Minotaur company, Gunfire Monologue, plus public relations. 60 billion is enough to boost your reputation."

"However, I need the bee colony to develop a more powerful queen bee engine and grant XunTeng a separate license to use it."

He truly lives up to his reputation as a business veteran. Yang Yi couldn't refuse this price, and it also protected his reputation. At the same time, it solidified XunTeng's image as a wealthy and powerful company, and incidentally boosted the stock price with the exclusive enhanced version of the Bee King Engine.

Killing four birds with one stone!

It's already 60 billion, what else is there to say? Transfer the money! Sign it! Mr. Ma is so generous!

Yang Yi was mainly afraid of getting implicated, so getting 60 billion from Mr. Ma was already quite a lot.

At Junlun Law Firm, Yang Yi could only apologize and agree to pay compensation for breach of contract.

Looking across China, no other company started at a higher level than Beehive (excluding state-owned enterprises).

In less than a year, 70 billion in revenue—who else can match that?!