About last year, three graduates Xu Cheng, Gao Shaofei and Cheng Yanhui established a "You and Me Information Network" to engage in online bookmarking business.
But they don't make any money, so in order to support the company, the three of them take some outsourcing jobs at home and abroad.
The industry is in recession this year, and outsourcing has decreased. They thought, social games are quite popular now, so they might as well switch to social games!
So it became the "Five Minute" company, which means that you can play games in five minutes a day.
now.
The small office exudes an air of poverty. More than a dozen employees are busy working on their own, while in front of a table, three bosses are huddled together, studying their own works.
This is their first game after the transformation, called "Crazy Queen".
Chess type.
But it is not a traditional chess game, but a moving flash style. The black and white grid chessboard is like a battlefield, and the chess pieces have become anthropomorphic images: a knight in full armor, a bishop in a robe and a law enforcement staff, a majestic and domineering king, an elegant
Charming Queen…
They act on the chessboard, and when they capture the chess pieces, they have corresponding skills. For example, the bishop casts spells, and the knight chops, all of which are lifelike.
"nice!"
"Yes, very good!"
Three young people finally tested it and were extremely satisfied with the work. As for the art, the design, and the smoothness, if it doesn't work, we'll give it a try!
Now that the work is out, the next step is to find a platform for cooperation.
There is no doubt that there are two domestic heroes from the north and the south, 99 and Tencent. So the three of them immediately contacted each other and started to promote "Crazy Queen" with a lot of spit.
A few days later, there was a reply.
First it was Tencent, who politely refused because the audience for chess in the mainland was too small and the QQ game hall already had chess.
Again, 99, I declined very politely, for the same reason as above, the audience is too small.
Entrepreneurship is often a matter of passion. No matter what, you will wake up when you are beaten. At this time, the three of them were a little confused. They never expected that they could not sell it.
"oops!"
Gao Shaofei suddenly screamed and said angrily: "What did we think at the beginning? Why do we do chess? Why not do Chinese chess?"
"That's right. What do you think? Who made the suggestion?"
"We all discussed it together. No one should blame it. I said from the beginning that the chess game has a cool style, a strong style, and it will look good!"
"well……"
The three of them looked at each other and sighed.
When he was at a loss, the office phone rang. Gao Shaofei answered it casually: "Hello...99?"
When they heard it was 99, the two people quickly pricked up their ears. They saw Gao Shaofei humming and laughing for a long time before finally hanging up.
"what's the situation?"
"Is there a turning point? Are they willing to cooperate?"
"no……"
Gao Shaofei looked strange and confused: "99 said they want to acquire our company."
…………
"Mr. Yao, I refused in five minutes!"
"Continue to follow up, try to talk as much as possible, and don't engage in underhanded tactics. What I want is talent, not that little broken company."
"Okay, got it!"
In Yingshi Building, Yao Yuan waved to the employees to leave without giving any facial expression.
He had previously looked for the development company of the food-stealing game, but he didn't know how to find it, and he never thought of delivering it himself.
That's right, the original "Farm Farm" was developed in five minutes.
In reality, they will tinker with it at the end of this year and release it on the platform of Xiaonei.com. It became popular in 2009 and successfully went overseas, making a lot of money.
Then it was targeted by Tencent, which bought out all the rights and interests of "Happy Farm" on the QQ channel for 5 million.
There are two ways of cooperation between games and platforms: sharing and buyout.
Tencent did not plagiarize this time, but spent money to buy it. It may be because it has grown in size and its reputation has become too bad, and it has begun to cherish its feathers. Of course, if it does not sell for five minutes, it may be another result.
Mr. Huang's three-step chess game: Treat him to a guest, behead him, and accept him as a dog!
After Tencent bought it, it was renamed "QQ Farm" and used its huge user base for operations. If it was popular before, it became popular later, and stealing food was officially recorded in the history of the Internet.
But the situation of the original creator of Five Minutes was very miserable. Although there were some excellent works since then, they could not replicate the success of Stealing Food and failed in financing, so they had to be lost in the crowd.
To put it bluntly, this is a story about a small company that worked hard but was beaten by capital.
If the five-minute financing is successful, it may be another way of saying it, but there is no such thing as there are too many similar companies in the Internet wave.
Yao Yuan is also a casual player. The three founders of Five Minutes are all very talented, but he is in urgent need of gaming talents, so he wants to acquire them.
Especially the one named Gao Shaofei, who later cooperated with Tmall and actually built a farm. The agricultural products he produced were sold on Tmall. It can be said that he can enjoy both online and offline.
Yao Yuan wanted to recruit him and take charge of the social game business.
…
"Happy Farm" has no technical threshold and can easily be copied.
Yao Yuan is no exception, but it has just been launched and is still in the promotion stage. Let’s wait until it becomes popular.
Today, Palm Springs Residence.
The two of them got married without buying a so-called new house. They liked Palm Springs the most, so they set up their new house here. Sitting on the sofa, Yin Yin dug out a big bag and took out about twenty small boxes.
"This is chocolate, this is wedding cake, this is aromatherapy and soap... Let's see which ones are suitable and make a gift bag as a souvenir."
"First pick out the must-haves, wedding cakes, chocolates..."
Yao Yuan picked up a box of chocolates and suddenly asked: "Hey, these chocolates are of the same brand, right?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Dignified guests give Ferrero Rocher, and ordinary people give White Rabbit."
"What are you talking about? Who can do such a bad thing?"
Yinyin snatched it away, confused.
Yao Yuan shrugged, why not? This is what Da Mi Mi did before, giving chocolates and watching others order dishes.
The two selected for a long time, and finally selected eight items: chocolate, wedding cake, aromatherapy, handmade soap, a delicate nail clipper, a cup, a tiffany crystal candy box, and a digital camera.
Some are good-looking, some are practical, and some are expensive.
Yao Yuan usually does not show off his wealth, let alone extravagance and waste. This gift package may seem expensive to ordinary people, but in the eyes of the guests he invited, it is considered quite low-key.
And he doesn’t understand that wedding photos are used as souvenirs. Souvenirs are given to guests. Why do people want your wedding photos?
"Ding dong ding dong!"
After picking things up and arranging seats for the guests, Yao Yuan's phone rang.
"..."
He looked at his wife who was about to come in. Without even raising her head, he said, "If you have work, just go and show off. I'll have to work overtime soon."
"That's different. It's different when you get married. You have to say everything."
Yao Yuan got up and found his cell phone. Cheng Wei called him. The child was a little excited and said in a loud voice: "Mr. Yao, I have something to report!"
"explain!"
“HTC announced that it will launch the world’s first Android phone!”
(No, I owe you three chapters. Don’t worry, I will definitely make up for it.