Chapter 554: Brother Xiao Ma is starting a business again
The parent who was cheering with his arms raised immediately attracted everyone's attention when he saw Lu Yiming appear. All the reporters went to interview Lu Yiming. He immediately realized that Lu Yiming must be the one in charge, so he was like an anti-aircraft gun aiming at the killer bees. He was so excited that he ran over to squeeze into the crowd and shouted to Lu Yiming with the loudspeaker in his hand: "You made this game? Do you know how many people and families you have harmed?"
The speaker was quite powerful, and the key was that it was broken, so the sound was loud and unpleasant. The people around him had their ears buzzing, and Lu Yiming couldn't help but frown and shouted, "Iron Pillar!"
Zhao Tiezhu appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of Lu Yiming. Lu Yiming said to Zhao Tiezhu with disgust, "Take down his broken speaker. He has no manners at all. No wonder he forced his son to run away from home."
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Zhao Tiezhu received Lu Yiming's order and turned around to walk towards the head of the family. The head of the family took a few steps back, his face turned grim, and he said in a timid tone: "What are you doing? Want to use force? I tell you, there are so many people watching here, if you use force, you will suffer the consequences!"
However, how could Zhao Tiezhu care about that? He only obeyed Lu Yiming's orders. Now that Lu Yiming asked him to grab the loudspeaker, he certainly wouldn't care about anything else.
The reporters nearby saw the conflict and were disgusted by the loud speaker, but they still pulled themselves together and started filming with their cameras. After all, for them, these were all good materials that could attract attention.
Although the head of the family had a face full of flesh and a sturdy body, he was no match for Zhao Tiezhu. Zhao Tiezhu quickly snatched the loudspeaker away and handed it to Lu Yiming.
Although there were many people here, Lu Yiming didn't care at all. He cleared his throat with a loudspeaker and said coldly: "There is a saying in Mencius: Dogs and pigs eat human food without knowing how to be careful, and there are starving people on the road without knowing how to find them. When people die, they say: 'It's not me, it's the year.' How is this different from stabbing people to death and saying: 'It's not me, it's the army'? If the king is innocent in the year, the people of the world will come here. Do you know what it means?"
Everyone looked at each other. Many people had never even heard of this saying, let alone what it meant.
Lu Yiming paused and said, "Let me translate it for you. It means that when pigs and dogs eat the food that people eat, you don't know how to stop them; when there are people starving to death on the road, you don't know how to open the warehouse to provide relief. When people die, you say, 'It's not my fault, it's because of the bad year.' How is this different from killing someone with a knife and then saying, 'It wasn't me who killed him, it was the weapon.' Your Majesty, don't blame the year, then the people of the world will come to submit."
"This passage comes from Mencius, which was written more than 2,000 years ago. Do you understand what it means? Also, have you heard of the Three Character Classic? There is a sentence in it: If a child is not taught, it is the fault of the father; if the child is not taught strictly, it is the laziness of the teacher. It means that if a child is not taught strictly, it is the fault of the parents; if the child is not taught strictly, it is the laziness of the teacher. Trees have roots and water has sources. Now your children have run away from home and are addicted to games. Ask yourself, have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a parent? Have you treated your children well? You are unworthy of being a parent, and you blame the game? Isn't this ridiculous?"
"When the king is innocent, the people of the world will come here. If you want your children to have a bright future, parents should first teach them by example. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? How dare you blame the game? You are so self-righteous, I feel ashamed for you!"
Lu Yiming's words, citing classics and every word was brilliant, went straight to the point and tore off the fig leaf covering these people.
As parents, don't they know that it is their own negligence, laziness, and poor performance that lead to their children's lack of love and addiction to the virtual world? They just don't want to admit it, so they try every means to find scapegoats, even if it is ridiculous, they still try to cover up their mistakes and stick to their guns.
Now, in front of so many people and reporters, Lu Yiming stripped everyone's bitter tea seeds. All the so-called parents who still had a little shame felt a little embarrassed. Many people squeezed out of the crowd and left silently.
The troublemaker saw that the army's morale was shaken and Lu Yiming was tough. He knew that he would not gain anything if he continued to make trouble, so he cursed angrily: "You capitalists, you only know how to talk nonsense, just wait and see!"
After uttering these harsh words, he squeezed out of the crowd and rode away on his motorcycle.
Those people who were originally gathered by him dispersed one after another when they saw that the main cause of the trouble had left.
Seeing Lu Yiming dismissing everyone, Jiang Rongfa breathed a sigh of relief, walked over with a smile, gave Lu Yiming a thumbs up and said, "Boss Lu is still the best. You are a college student. You are so good at talking! You convinced these people to leave with just a few words."
Lu Yiming grinned and said, "The prejudice in people's hearts is as big as a mountain. They were just confronted by me today, but they won't actually change. After all, playing badly is the least laborious thing. Just do your own thing. I'm going back to school first."
Lu Yiming's angry rebuke of the parents soon appeared in the newspapers. Although Lu Yiming's words made sense and many parents agreed with him, there is a term in this world called "silent majority".
People who are sensible tend not to like to express themselves, while those who often like to make trouble for no reason all have loud voices.
These parents had been relying on passing the buck to cover up their own incompetence. Now Lu Yiming not only exposed them but also scolded them. Naturally, they were very unhappy.
Many angry parents called or wrote to Junzi Interactive Network Technology Co., Ltd., criticizing Lu Yiming and demanding that he come out and apologize to the public.
As a public figure, Lu Yiming's situation this time was obviously very awkward.
Fortunately, he is not an entertainment star who relies on fame for a living, otherwise this move would have directly ruined his career.
On the weekend morning, Lu Yiming slept until he woke up naturally. Just as he was about to call Shi Qingxue to have breakfast together, he received a call from Jiang Rongfa, who said, "Mr. Lu, the company's hotline has been flooded with calls from parents. Several of our operators have been scolded and cried."
Lu Yiming yawned and said helplessly, "These bear parents are still not quiet yet?"
Jiang Rongfa was even more helpless than him. He said, "Boss Lu, we have to think of a solution. If they continue to scold us like this for a year or two, our customer service work will be difficult to carry out. Just now, an operator told me that she is going to resign because she can't stand this grievance."
Lu Yiming said calmly, "Just ignore it. It won't hurt a hair if you get scolded, and those parents will only scold for a few days at most. Don't worry, they don't have the perseverance to scold for a whole year. It will probably take a month. By the way, tell the operator not to hang up when they receive such calls, just throw them aside and let them scold slowly. When the phone bill comes at the end of the month, they will be the ones who feel uncomfortable."
These days, making phone calls is not cheap, 30 to 50 cents a minute. Five minutes a day would cost hundreds of yuan a month, which is not a small amount.
When Jiang Rongfa heard this, he was speechless.
Mr. Lu is indeed worthy of being Mr. Lu. He considers issues from such a critical angle.
Lu Yiming asked: "How many registered players are there for "Legend of Mir 2"?"
Speaking of games, Jiang Rongfa swept away his previous gloom and became excited.
"The number of registered accounts has exceeded one million. The idea of QQ users logging in without registration is simply amazing. By eliminating the registration step, many players who originally came in to watch the fun become addicted once they start playing."
QQ already has a large number of users, and the free registration and login game immediately brought a lot of traffic to "Legend of Mir 2".
However, correspondingly, many people who had never registered QQ before also registered QQ for the purpose of playing games, which significantly increased QQ's registration volume and daily active users.
The current development situation of "Legend of Mir 2" can be said to be very good. The more parents who scold it, the more players there are for this game.
Basically, the new generation born in the 1980s were swept away, and many of them became die-hard fans of "Legend of Mir 2". Even if they had not played it, they had at least heard of its name, which became a truly phenomenal game.
The success of "Legend of Mir 2" has made countless gaming colleagues who are still on the line between life and death shed tears, and they continue to step up their pace to launch their own online games.
Even some people who do not run game companies have their eyes on this piece of fat meat.
After all, even if I can't do it myself, I can be an agent.
For example, Chen Tianjiao, who is also from Zhonghai and once studied at Fudan University, saw the huge commercial prospects of online games.
China Overseas, Shanda Network.
When Chen Tianjiao returned to the company, he immediately called his wife Luo Xixi and his younger brother Chen Danian to discuss the issue of company transformation.
Hearing Chen Tianjiao say that he wanted to transform, Luo Xixi was a little surprised and asked, "Are we not going to make a cartoon website anymore?"
Chen Danian also felt confused and said, "Yeah, brother, didn't you say that we want to be the online Disney of Xiaguo?"
Last year, Chen Tianjiao, his wife, younger brother, classmates and others founded Shanda Network and started to develop a cartoon website.
This year, Shanda even obtained venture capital from Central China Network and formulated a development strategy to become the Disney of the Internet. The development direction is as lofty as it can be.
Although the vision is beautiful, no matter how high your ambition is, you still have to bow your head and eat first, otherwise you may starve to death before you can fly.
Chen Tianjiao said excitedly: "I found a good project that can bring in a lot of cash flow. Have you heard of "Legend of Mir 2"? "
Today, "Legend of Mir 2" is all the rage on the entire Xiaguo Internet and has almost dominated Internet cafes. How could Luo Xixi and Chen Danian not have heard of it?
Luo Xixi said in shock: "You want to start an online game and compete with the richest man for business?"
Chen Tianjiao said with a bit of arrogance, "I've learned all about it. The game company that Mr. Lu bought was originally unknown in the industry, and the quality of the games it made was not very good. It completely took advantage of the market loopholes. As the saying goes, when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will be king. This is exactly what "Legend of Mir 2" means."
Chen Danian was a little embarrassed and said, "But our company doesn't know how to make games."
Chen Tianjiao smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if we can't make games. We can go and be agents. I heard that the game industry in South Korea is quite developed, and the experience of making online games is richer than that of domestic game manufacturers. As long as we go there and find a game with great potential and bring it back to China for agency, are you still worried about not making money?"
On the other hand , Ma Teng, who was far away in Pengcheng, was also trying to persuade his father to invest in his new project.
After listening to Ma Teng's business plan, Ma Chenshu frowned slightly, as if he was a little surprised: "You plan to start an online game?"
Ma Teng nodded seriously and said, "Dad, I will definitely succeed this time, believe me."
Ma Chenshu smiled and said, "You said the same thing last time, but what happened? The company was still sold."
Ma Teng scratched his head and muttered awkwardly, "Didn't it sell for one million? It's not a loss at all..."
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Although Ma Chenshu felt that Ma Teng was clumsy and not cut out for business, he only had one son after all. If he didn't support Ma Teng while the Ma family still had some assets, where would Ma Teng go in a few decades?
I have to say that Ma Chenshu still thinks long-term.
"Okay, I'll find some money for you to go to Korea to investigate the local gaming industry."
"Thank you, Dad."
NetEase.
Ding Sanshi looked at the declining stock price and became so worried that he lost all energy.
Throwing down the report, he picked up the "Journey to the West" on the table.
This is his favorite novel. The story of four masters and apprentices who overcame all difficulties to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the West gave him confidence and strength many times when he was lost.
Although he has read it countless times, every time Ding Sanshi opens this classic, he can quickly immerse himself in the story and temporarily forget the troubles in reality.
Suddenly, Ding Sanshi had an idea and muttered, "The online game market is booming now. Why don't I use the resources at hand to get a piece of the pie? If we can launch a popular game, wouldn't NetEase's stock price be saved?"
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He suddenly closed the book Journey to the West in his hand and was inspired again: "The story of Journey to the West is well-known to everyone. I will develop an online game based on Journey to the West!"
The tide of the great era is rolling forward, and Xia's online game market will soon usher in a situation where many heroes will compete for supremacy. Countless grassroots heroes are gearing up to kick Lu Yiming and "Legend of Mir 2" off the throne and take the throne themselves.
But at this time, Lu Yiming was in no mood to deal with those upcoming industry competitors, because he was overwhelmed by all kinds of negative news.
In the courtyard of the Lu Family Garden, Li Yiwen drank coffee leisurely and said jokingly, "I've told you to just talk big every day, and now something's wrong, right?"
It has to be said that the Xiong parents are very capable of causing trouble, especially the various reporting phone calls and reporting letters, which are directly called to the relevant departments, making Lu Yiming very passive.
Li Yiwen peeled an orange and gave half to Lu Yiming, then said with a smile: "Why don't you just come out and apologize? It's not a big deal."
Lu Yiming was eating the sweet and sour oranges, but he was in a very bad mood: "Why? Don't I have any dignity? And I didn't say anything wrong. It's ridiculous to say that video games are harmful to people. Cousin, it's the 21st century now, how can such illiterate remarks still appear?"
Li Yiwen couldn't help but complain: "Yes, many of the comments do sound outrageous. When I was young, I was criticized for my Walkman and martial arts novels. There were no electronic games at that time."
Lu Yiming said indignantly, "So, you said this is nonsense, right? People born in the 1960s and 1970s don't play online games, but I haven't seen all of them get into Tsinghua or Peking University. Some parents drink, play cards and brag when they have nothing to do, but when their children play games, they think it's a rebellion. Aren't online games just a form of entertainment?"
After finishing the orange in his hand, Li Yiwen wiped his hands and said helplessly: "It's useless for you to tell me. Those who are causing trouble for you are the parents who have nothing to do after eating. Otherwise, I think you should just apologize."
Lu Yiming shook his head firmly and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. I didn't do anything wrong, how could I need to apologize? We can't succumb to power and nonsense, we must uphold the truth!"
"What the hell is the truth..."
Li Yiwen complained.
Although he said so, Li Yiwen also knew that since Lu Yiming decided not to apologize, no one could make him apologize.
Lu Yiming thought about it and suddenly remembered that when he was in America, he also did a charity with Bill Gates to divert the focus of public opinion and calm the situation down. He immediately had an idea and said, "Why don't we also do a charity donation in China, just like we did in America before? When someone dares to talk about me again, some righteous people will help me charge forward."
Li Yiwen curled his lips and said, "You just donated in America, and now you're donating in China. Do you have a lot of money?"
Lu Yiming said, "Look, I donated money abroad. If I didn't donate money in China, those people might make a fuss about it and call me a traitor or something. I know these people, they would definitely say that."
Li Yiwen thought about it and felt that this was true. Now, making a game is criticized, and if the donation issue is brought up by someone with ulterior motives, it will definitely be criticized even more fiercely.
"Okay, I can donate, but I'm telling you, charity in China is different from that abroad. In America, you can ask for a high price and pay it back on the spot, as long as you give 5%. But it's different in China, you have to pay the amount you say. How much do you plan to donate?"
