It was not only Zhou Xuan who had similar thoughts, but also Wang Dalong who was far away in Pengcheng.
However, as the WeChat department manager of Sea Lion Group and an Internet practitioner with many years of experience, his views are far more in-depth than Zhou Xuan's.
This kind of small game in a communication tool is sometimes like a communication tool without language, which can make the avatar sleeping in your communication list suddenly seem to come alive and reappear in front of you.
This interactivity is far greater than the swipe of a finger or the likes of friends in the circle of friends.
Is the game really fun
Probably not fun!
But it allows you to see my name in the rankings, and allows us, who don't have much intersection in our lives, to have a common language... even if it's just the beginning of a topic.
"What a wonderful idea... this idea."
Wang Dalong looked at the game on the screen with interest and was full of praise.
If it weren't for the mini program's main focus on an open user platform, he couldn't help but want his programmers to follow this design idea and re-create a similar game and integrate it into WeChat's additional functions.
but…
It seems that there is no need to do so
As an open platform, they should take a long-term view and not be as short-sighted as the game development teams in the group. Rather than grabbing one or two ideas that are expected to become hits, it is better to focus on the platform itself and provide an environment for incubating ideas for the companies or individual users that settle there.
As long as this platform is done well, they don’t even have to do anything, and a steady stream of hot products will naturally emerge in this garden.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Wang Dalong's face.
"Since it's already popular, let's add more fire to him!"
Just when Wang Dalong was thinking about how to arrange a marketing plan to increase the popularity of this software and attract a large number of companies to settle in the mini program platform, Xu Qianshi, who was far away in Shanghai, also noticed This little game suddenly appeared in the circle of friends.
"It's actually Yunmeng again?"
Looking at the reports submitted by his subordinates, his face looked like he had seen a ghost.
It's strange to say.
This game has actually been uploaded for a month, but it has been tepid on the mini program platform and has not made much progress. So he only now noticed that the game he was following had genius-like creativity. The game company actually released another impressive "masterpiece".
However, this is reasonable.
After all, WeChat’s mini program function has just been launched, and most WeChat users are not used to this feature, which is somewhat redundant for social software.
However, it is precisely because of this that this little game suddenly became popular in the circle of friends, which makes people even more confused.
"I don't think this game is very fun."
After hearing Mr. Xu's complaints, the secretary standing in front of the desk spoke.
“To be honest, I don’t really understand the reason why this game became so popular... To be honest, I even have a feeling that this game suddenly appeared in the circle of friends. However, aside from the reason why it became so popular, Not to mention, it is indeed a brilliant idea to release this game on social platforms instead of choosing paid platforms."
"How do you say it?" Xu Qianshi said casually.
"Because it's not worth anything at all!" the secretary continued, "Even for a game like 2048, which is slightly more game-like, people's willingness to pay for it is not very strong. When the mobile version we made was released on the rice APP market, The sales of the PC version on the Dianqu platform quickly entered a bottleneck period, so Yunmeng Games had to quickly launch the Temple Escape project to balance the cross-platform impact of the mobile version on the PC version."
Xu Qianshi nodded: "The fact that it cannot be sold at a high price is indeed a flaw of this game. The most I can accept psychologically is two yuan. If I spend more than one yuan, I feel a loss... So they chose to let go On a free platform?”
"The key is the free 'social' platform," the secretary continued, emphasizing the word 'social' very strongly. "The operating threshold is low, the game method is simple, and it is easy to get started. In addition, the ranking system and the circle of friends function The perfect combination of , this game is simply tailor-made for social software... Mr. Xu, imagine if you added a beautiful woman’s WeChat—"
"Ahem," Xu Qianshi coughed lightly, "I have a family."
"Well, I know. What I mean is that its most important function is to create topics between strangers." The secretary looked embarrassed and quickly changed the explanation and continued, "For example, we are strangers. , you don’t know whether I like watching movies or stage plays, but if a tool that can quickly create topics appears in our circle of friends, as long as both parties have a certain interest in each other, they can quickly find it The entry point to the topic.”
"It's true what you said. In fact, I also feel that this is less like a game and more like an ancillary function of social software." Xu Qianshi nodded thoughtfully.
"Brilliant! That's probably the truth." The secretary immediately gave a thumbs up and flattered him with a smile.
Not taking the secretary's flattery to heart, Xu Qianshi leaned back on the office chair, pondered for a long time and then let out a heartfelt sigh.
"Anyway, the WeChat department of Hiace Group should have noticed this game."
There is no reason why a game like this with the potential to be a big hit should not be the focus of publicity.
Although Yunmeng Games doesn't seem to be particularly good at publicity, Sea Lion Group is a veteran in this area.
In particular, their WeChat department is struggling with how to promote mini program functions and prove the monetization value of WeChat users to the majority of enterprises. This gives them even more reason to make this game a model and promote it to their own users.
At that time, maybe we can also take advantage of the popularity of the game to attract a large number of companies to settle in the mini program.
This incident has no impact on both DaMi Group and DaMi Entertainment for the time being. What Xu Qianshi really envies is not that this popular game does not appear on his own platform, but Yunmeng Games' ability to continuously create hit products. .
For such an awesome company, it would be a waste of social resources not to include it in its own camp!
"Hey! I really want it."
Xu Qianshi sighed and suddenly looked at his secretary.
"You said it would be great if we used 200 million to directly acquire Yunmeng Group."
"Mr. Xu... you are joking. It is absolutely impossible for the board of directors to agree to such a nonsense acquisition." The secretary said with a wry smile.
Two hundred million to acquire a start-up
Well, even if they did create a blockbuster mobile game like Temple Run with a monthly revenue of 20 to 30 million yuan, and if they relaxed other conditions and could indeed get a valuation of 200 to 400 million yuan, no one would approve such a Hu Lai's acquisition case.
At most, the board of directors can accept financing with a gambling agreement.
Xu Qianshi smiled lightly and did not explain anything.
It was just a joke, but he actually knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible for the board of directors to approve such an acquisition plan.
However, if one code equals another, his expected price for Yunmeng Group is worth at least 500 million. If he could really package and acquire the other party for 200 million, and he had the ability to convince the board of directors, he felt that he would probably take action without hesitation.
Just like he bought "Dianqu".
The development of the rice empire in hardware has reached a bottleneck. Only by advancing hand in hand in both software and hardware can it be possible to create greater miracles in this industry.
"Actually...Mr. Xu."
"What's wrong?"
"If you are interested in Yunmeng Group, I have an idea." The secretary hesitated for a moment and said.
"What's the solution? Let's talk about it." Xu Qianshi raised his eyebrows with interest, looked away from the document in his hand, and looked at his secretary and asked.
"I have investigated before. Although the three subsidiaries of Yunmeng Group are financially independent from each other, their management is very... very casual, and even a bit chaotic in my opinion. For example, Yunmeng Media and Tianyuan Pictures jointly invested in a In the movie, Yunmeng Investment took over another loss-making farm, so that they clearly had good profitability but were heavily in debt... "
"You mean, their cash flow is very unhealthy?" A shrewd look appeared in Xu Qianshi's eyes.
"That's right," the secretary nodded, "Although they have three branches, only one is profitable. We just need to find a way to poach the core employees of this subsidiary and put the normal operation of Yunmeng Games into trouble. They will soon It will soon be crushed to death by its debt ratio and two big money-burning holes... When the time comes for you to issue an acquisition invitation, I think it won't be very difficult to pay off the debt."
Huh
This is an interesting idea.
And the most important thing is that there is no risk. He really doesn't want the core employees of Yunmeng Group... although what he wants most is Mr. Hao himself.
Thinking of this, an expression of interest suddenly appeared on Xu Qianshi's face.
After pondering for a long time, he asked his secretary to call Wu Jianhua from the marketing department to his office and gave him a task.
"I heard that Yunmeng Group is preparing for the autumn job fair. I will arrange for someone from the human resources department to go to Jiangcheng. You will also choose a reliable person to help. Then I will ask him to go on a business trip. Please cooperate with the work of the human resources department.”
Wu Jianhua was slightly stunned. He didn't ask what the job was. He only heard that he was on a business trip for a job fair. He figured it was some kind of thankless hard work, so he nodded immediately.
"Okay, Mr. Xu! I'll make arrangements right away!"
Looking at Wu Jianhua's back as he turned and left the office, Xu Qianshi's lips curled up into a smile.
Brother Hao, don’t blame me for being unkind.
The only reason is that your company is too charming!
As long as the hoe is wielded well, there is no wall that cannot be dug down. Xu Qianshi is not worried that this plan may fail. After all, how much is loyalty worth in the face of the rice group's offer and generous price
He believes that no executive of a startup company can withstand such a temptation...