Chapter 381: Germinations three consecutive critical hits, Tengda continues to fall!
On Monday, as soon as the stock market opened, Tengda's stock price continued to fall.
It plummeted 5% instantly.
The direct cause is, of course, the emergence of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", which made investors even less optimistic about Tenda's game business, and then looked down on Tenda's prospects.
Among the troika of Tenda's PC game business, "League of Legends" has been completely suppressed by "Dota 2", and "Crossfire" is obviously not comparable to "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
The only thing left is "Dungeons and Dragons".
The deeper reason is that Tenda has been overwhelmed by Germination in various business lines such as social networking and games, and its future development prospects are really worrying.
This time it was just a concentrated outbreak.
………
In the office, after watching the excitement of Tengda, Zhang Shuo paid attention to other news.
The explosive gossip about "shooting in" and the global hot reviews of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" are not the focus of his attention. The focus is on news related to Tai Mechanical and Electrical.
When I saw Jiang Yi returning to Taiyuan Electrical and Mechanical Co., Ltd. as an advisor to the chairman, a smile finally appeared on his lips.
"The fish finally took the bait!"
Zhang Shuo now only hopes that Jiang Yi can be as awesome as the legend says and end this lawsuit as soon as possible so that Mei Ya can reap the benefits.
Of course, before Liang Song left Sanxing, Mei Ya did not do anything but wait.
Quite the opposite.
On the Germination side, there is also a lot of preparation work that needs to be completed.
According to Lin Zhengdong, president of Daosui Group, with the strong support of Luzhou, Weijing Semiconductor has completed the registration process in Luzhou and has also rented a temporary office space.
Talk about temporary.
This is because the headquarters of Weijing Semiconductor is planned to be built in the same area as the wafer foundry. The location selection for the latter has also been completed. Construction can begin after the factory design plan is released.
The estimated total construction period is one year.
Luzhou will also use the wafer foundry as a link to plan and build a semiconductor base.
The ambition is not small.
After the registration is completed, the preparations for the establishment of Weijing Semiconductor will enter the fast lane. The core task is of course to recruit people and complete the organizational and personnel structure in the shortest possible time.
Still the same old rules.
Employees in functional departments such as human resources, finance, auditing, and offices, in addition to newly recruited employees, are mainly dispatched by the talent center at the headquarters of Sprout Group.
In principle, the main flow is within the Daosui Group.
The personnel in core positions such as R&D and operations mainly consist of four parts.
The first is to be transferred from the relevant R&D departments of Daosui Group.
The second is to recruit from outside.
Third, the researchers and engineers transferred from Lijing Group will also be the main force of the early team.
The last part is that according to the list provided by Liang Song, the human resources director Wu Sheyuan has successively recruited talents from Taimei Electric, UMC, etc., who will also be the core members of Weijing Semiconductor's future research and development.
After all, we have to respect Liang Song’s opinion.
In order to prevent Weijing Semiconductor from falling into chaotic factional disputes at the beginning of its establishment and repeating Zhongxin's mistakes, under Zhang Shuo's instructions, Lin Zhengdong has personally gone to Luzhou to take charge.
It is to nip the signs of internal strife in the bud.
For the newly born Weijing Semiconductor, the headquarters of Germination Group has placed high expectations. It is not that there is nothing to do at this stage, but there are two major things that need to be promoted quickly.
Article 1.
Of course, it is necessary to complete the construction of the 40-nanometer wafer foundry, trial operation, and complete technology accumulation.
Article 2.
Just continue the research and development of the 28nm advanced process. We cannot wait for Liang Song to come and start it again.
We must race against time!!!
The stronger the foundation we lay in the early stage, the faster we can develop the 28nm advanced process after Liang Song takes office, striving to achieve a breakthrough within one or two years.
Otherwise, it will be too late.
As the main carrier of Germination’s next key investment area, the tasks that are placed on Daosui Group are far more than just preparing to establish Weijing Semiconductor.
As for Longxin and AMD, we will not mention them for now because they are strategic investments.
As for Japan Storage, we must seize the time and transfer the technology, production lines, business, and talents of Japan Storage to China as much as possible while the current situation is still good.
This.
This requires close communication and coordination with Jiangxia.
so.
As the president of Daosui Group, Lin Zhengdong has no way to say that he will focus all his energy on Weijing Semiconductor. Now he can only hope that Liang Song will join Daosui Group as soon as possible and take charge of the overall situation at Weijing Semiconductor.
In addition to Jili Storage, Jing Jiawei, which was acquired last year, will also follow the previous investigation and rectification of Zhanxun and Ruidike, and first carry out a slimming down, and then expand after completing the internal rectification.
to this end.
Zhang Shuo had to hire Lu Qi, the "rectification expert", to take care of Jing Jiawei's rectification despite his busy schedule.
As for Zhulong Technology.
With Roger in charge, there's not much to worry about.
………
Zhang Shuo was thinking about the Daosui Group when Dai Yutong knocked on the door and came in.
Although Dai Yutong has been promoted to deputy director of the President's Office, Zhang Shuo has no intention of changing the administrative secretary for the time being. Dai Yutong still serves as the administrative secretary, but she is assigned an additional secretary assistant.
It can be regarded as being promoted from junior secretary to senior secretary.
"Chairman, Mr. Cao is waiting in the reception room and said he made an appointment with you in advance."
"yes."
Zhang Shuo smiled and nodded, "Invite him in."
Lean slightly.
Cao Yanhua, the president of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, knocked on the door and came in, followed by Martin, the director of Dasheng Studio.
"Welcome our great hero."
Zhang Shuo smiled and invited the two of them to sit down on the sofa, and even poured tea for them himself.
With the popularity of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", Cao Yanhua, the president of Bluebird Interactive Entertainment, has recently become famous all over the world and has become a big-shot figure in the global gaming industry.
I have been interviewed frequently, which can be said to be a great success.
"Chairman, please stop making fun of me."
Cao Yanhua, who was proud of the spring breeze outside, immediately transformed into a husky when he arrived at Zhang Shuo's place, saying, "I am one of your vanguards. I will fight wherever I want without any ambiguity."
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"You're humble, aren't you?"
Regarding Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, although Zhang Shuo has put in a lot of effort behind the scenes, Cao Yanhua has no credit for the development of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment to the scale it is today, but he also has hard work.
Overall it was a good job.
"Let's talk about it. Where is the development progress of other games?"
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two sides quickly got down to business.
This is also Zhang Shuo's consistent style. Taking advantage of the popularity of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", he called Cao Yanhua and his party from Rongcheng, both to pour cold water on them and to prepare a new gift package.
A carrot in one hand and a stick in the other.
"In terms of client games, after the launch of "Tianya Mingyue Dao", "Ni Shuihan" has been officially approved and entered the production cycle, and is expected to be released in the first half of 2014."
"Similarly, after "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" was launched, the "Fortnite" project also started to be launched. The production cycle will be relatively longer, and it is expected to be released in 15 years."
"Then there is the "Elder Scrolls" project that has been started before. It is currently halfway completed. It is expected that the public beta will be launched by the end of this year to further improve Jade Bird's client game product line."
Although "The Elder Scrolls" is not as good as "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", it is definitely a hit.
The hedge is none other than Tenda's "Dungeons and Dragons".
He is determined to kill Tengda.
In addition to "The Elder Scrolls", "Ni Shui Han" and "Fortnite", Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment currently has no more development plans for client games.
The life cycle of a PC game is inherently very long. It takes five years to make a profit and ten years to make no losses.
Secondly, PC games themselves are no longer the mainstream in the gaming industry.
After this, unless the strategic staff within Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment can come up with something amazing, it is unlikely that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment will develop new projects.
"In terms of stand-alone games, the production of "Taiwu Scroll" has come to an end and is expected to be released online on the Lingjing platform in May."
Thanks to the support of many popular products, Lingjing Platform is already the largest gaming platform in China.
Tengda was so envious that she almost cried.
"The most important one, "Black Myth," has made breakthroughs in key technologies after two years of preparation, research and development, and production. If all goes well, it is expected to be completed in 15 years."
"good!"
Zhang Shuo is looking forward to it very much. This is N years ahead of the original time and space.
Even with the full support of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, with no worries about funds, talents, and technology, "Black Myth" still needs a production cycle of more than four years.
AAA masterpieces are really not something that ordinary companies can play.
But what can be done? This is the mission of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment. It has made so much money from players, especially Chinese players, and it must be rewarded.
Players’ expectations for glory are Bluebird’s tireless pursuit!
"I also have two 3A game plans here. You can look at the arrangements." Zhang Shuo skillfully took out two game plan documents, namely "Three Body" and "Three Kingdoms", and handed them to Cao Yanhua, who was slightly dazed.
Needless to say, the copyright for "The Three-Body Problem" was acquired by Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment a long time ago.
Production is a matter of time.
It's just that the world view of "Three-Body" is too huge, and the difficulty of gamification is also the highest. According to Zhang Shuo's plan, he plans to produce the "Three-Body Game" in the first volume first.
See the results and then consider subsequent plans.
"Three Kingdoms" is Zhang Shuo's selfishness, combining the advantages of "Horse and Blade" and "Three Kingdoms", determined to produce a 3A masterpiece that reflects China's cold weapon war.
There is no more suitable theme than "Three Kingdoms".
Thinking of this, Zhang Shuo wanted to scold Tengda and Wangji for being such a waste, guarding a lot of cultural treasures such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West", but not knowing how to dig them out, and instead letting the Japanese snatch them away.
Every day I know how to act as an agent, learn from others, plagiarize, and do nothing.
You deserve to be scolded by players!
"Don't worry, Chairman, I will keep an eye on it myself."
If it were another game company to produce three AAA masterpieces in one go, the person in charge would probably have scolded her a long time ago, but Cao Yanhua did not dare to complain at all. On the contrary, he was very excited.
Bluebird mutual entertainment should be so cool!
………
After sending Cao Yanhua away, Zhang Shuo summoned Lu Kai in the office.
"Chairman, according to your previous instructions, the short selling of Tenda went smoothly this time. Today alone, it is expected to make a profit of 400-500 million." Lu Kai was particularly excited.
Short selling in the stock market is his old profession, and this time he finally has the opportunity to put it to use.
It turned out that before the release of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", Zhang Shuo had a hunch that it would have an impact on Tenda's stock price, so he quietly told Lu Kai to use the platform of Jiaoyang Holdings to make quick money in the stock market.
With Tengda's market value, if the stock price fluctuates slightly, it can make a lot of money.
"Four to five hundred million, that's just a little bit of pocket money, so where do you get it from?"
Zhang Shuo's appetite is huge.
Also, based on the current profit level of the company, 4 to 5 billion is just the profit of the company in less than two days, so it really doesn't make sense for him to make such a plan in the stock market.
If you want to do it, do it in a big way.
"I have told Cao Yanhua that tomorrow Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment will hold a press conference to announce a series of new game development plans to continue to impact Tenda's PC game business."
"I understand, let's go and arrange it."
Lu Kai was also a human being, so he immediately understood what Zhang Shuo meant and went out with a smile.
"I hope I can make some money back from Tengda this time."
It is also because the Sprout Group needs to spend too much money recently, forcing Zhang Shuo to use some tricks to prepare to make a short-term profit from the stock market to supplement the group's cash flow.
In the past, he wouldn't have done it.
………
the next day.
Cao Yanhua, who had just returned to the headquarters, held a new game press conference with great excitement.
At the press conference, in order to respond to fans’ expectations for Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, and at the same time to strengthen the brand awareness of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment in the field of PC games, taking advantage of the popularity, it announced "The Elder Scrolls", "The Cold Water", "Fortress" in one go.
"Night", "Black Myth", "Three Body" and "Three Kingdoms" and other major projects.
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"I'm a good boy. I originally thought that Jade Bird's launch of "Tianya Mingyue Dao" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" were already great. Now tell me, this is just the beginning?"
"I love it, I love it, this is the Jade Bird Entertainment I know!"
""Black Myth", "Three Body", and "Three Kingdoms" are all pure Chinese style, and they are all 3A masterpieces. Okay, I admit that I underestimated Jade Bird Entertainment before."
"Are you dumbfounded? I would like to call Qingniao the strongest in the world!"
"I'm not bragging upstairs. If Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment really wants to produce all these games and the quality is guaranteed, it will definitely reach the top of the global gaming circle and become the world's largest game manufacturer."
"I'm looking forward to it now..."
"As a stand-alone game fan, just seeing the CG animation of "Black Myth" makes my blood boil and I cry to death. Bluebird really understands us."
"Blue birds entertain each other, the eternal god!"
"It will be worth it to see the strong rise of China Games in my lifetime!!!"
"Krypton, we must have Krypton, and unconditionally support Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment!!!"
"I have decided to delete my "Cross Fire" account now and concentrate on playing "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". A company as conscientious as Jade Bird deserves the full support of Chinese players!"
"Tengda: I cried to death, why was it me who got hurt again?"
"It's okay to pull it down. If Tengda can do better, we won't play foreign games every day."
"In front of Bluebird, everything else is garbage!!"
With the help of this wave, coupled with the popularity of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", Chinese players directly pushed Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment to the throne of the Chinese gaming circle.
Correspondingly, Tengda, Wangyi and others were naturally stepped into the dirt.
The result is that the games under Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, whether they are mobile games, stand-alone games, or client games, have experienced a surge in popularity, and recharge rates have also increased dramatically.
In stark contrast, of course, is the loneliness of Tengda, Wangyi and others.
The popularity of its games has dwindled again and again.
Among them, the most tragic one is Tengda. Yesterday, its stock price dropped sharply due to the release of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
Before Tengda could come up with a countermeasure, they were stabbed in the back again.
Investors are not stupid.
On the contrary, this is a group of extremely shrewd owners. After watching Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment’s press conference, they have clearly realized that Tenda’s dominance in the PC gaming field is about to be lost.
Mobile games have not improved, and PC games have suffered another setback.
The game business, which is the mainstay of Tenda’s revenue, is facing the most severe challenges in history.
reflected in the stock price.
Of course it will fall again, just like diving.
Tengda was so frightened that it made an emergency announcement, announcing that it would establish an independent Internet finance company and increase its presence in the Internet finance field. Only then did it slightly stop the downward trend at the close.
In the end, the decline was controlled within 3%.
As one of the three giants of China Internet, after all, Tenda’s background is here, and it coincides with the mobile Internet wave, so it is not said that the overall revenue has declined.
It's just that the increase itself is not as good as expected.
Therefore, the market quickly regained its composure after a brief period of panic.
And then…
………
Wednesday, March 20th.
Yesterday, Qingniao Interactive Entertainment just stole the limelight, and Qinghe Technology seems to be unwilling to be left alone. It officially launched the major update of Weixin version 8.0. In addition to minor repairs and minor fixes, the main thing is to add the "mini program" function.
It is also another big killer weapon of Weixin after Moments and official accounts.
At this point, Weixin, the flagship product of Germination Group, has basically matured, and the follow-up will only be minor repairs and no major adjustments will be made.
At least not in the short term.
From Zhang Shuo's point of view, he is not prepared to follow the example of Tengda of the original time and space and add short video-related functions such as "take a look", "live broadcast", and "short video" to Weixin.
That would change the original intention and product logic of Weixin and turn it into another ICQ.
In the original time and space, Tenda was forced to do nothing by the character jump, so it chose to fish in the lake and try to use Weixin's strong traffic to support the short video business.
And sprout.
Then the relevant functions can be handed over to Moyin Technology in the future to maintain the purity of Weixin and ensure that it will not be eliminated early by the products of the next era.
In fact.
Although Weixin's short video business cannot be called a failure, it is far from a success.
In terms of user usage time, it is indeed slowly improving, causing some users to abandon Moyin and instead watch short videos on Weixin.
But the problem is——
Weixin's short video business is more like a re-division of Weixin's internal traffic pool. It has not brought more new traffic to Weixin from the outside, nor has it really shaken Moyin's status.
So it seems a bit tasteless.
On the contrary, it makes Weixin become bloated. If Weixin APP alone is not cleaned frequently, the memory will occupy more than ten gigabytes, which greatly damages the user experience.
This is not allowed by Zhang Shuo.
Back to business.
With the major update of Weixin version 8.0 and the launch of mini programs, Weixin's position as the number one in the mobile social field has been basically consolidated.
Whether it is daily active users or user usage time, both are slightly behind ICQ.
Wechat is even more incomparable.
Those with foresight have already had a vague premonition that after Weixin surpasses ICQ, the gap between the two will only widen in the future, instead of shortening.
Because in fact.
After the number of users exceeded the 500 million mark, Weixin itself has established a huge social network based on acquaintances, which is not inferior to ICQ in the slightest.
future.
The bloated and old ICQ will only be abandoned by more and more young people.
This is very scary.
Then, not surprisingly, Tenda's stock price experienced an extremely rare three consecutive declines.
Another dive!!!
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To know.
Although the game business is Tenda's revenue pillar, social business is Tenda's key point. All Tenda's businesses are built around ICQ.
Once the future of ICQ becomes unclear and there is a risk of being replaced, it will be tantamount to a magnitude 8 earthquake.
It is bound to shake the foundation of Tengda.
Tenda's major entertainment, payment, Internet finance, platforms, local life services, and even gaming businesses will be affected by this.
The consequences can be imagined.
"Tengda's huge super business empire was built on the foundation of ICQ. Once the foundation is not strong, it will be shaken and abandoned by the times. It is only a matter of time."
Some investment institutions commented this way.
Although this is shocking, it is not without precedent. For example, the super giant Nokia fell on the eve of the popularization of smartphones.
"When the times abandon you, they won't even say hello in advance."
And obviously.
In the eyes of investors, Tengda, which has been completely suppressed by Germination, has a very worrying future prospect.
Unless they can come up with another big killer weapon.
Otherwise, even if "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", with Tengda's huge size, it may be able to continue to exist for ten, twenty years, or even longer.
But it is bound to be impossible to regain the glory of the past, let alone go to the next level.
Not only have investors lost confidence in Tenda, but even the three major rating agencies have beaten the dog in the water and lowered their credit ratings for Tenda.
The means cannot be said to be unreasonable.
As a result, due to the accumulation of multiple negative information, Tenda's stock price fell by a full 10.5% that day.
Set a record for Tenda’s largest single-day decline!
At the same time, the stock prices of some companies related to Tenda or invested by Tenda have also fallen, triggering a wave of small-scale stock market panic.
This day.
It is regarded by Tenda as the darkest day in the company's history.