The next morning.
An article on "Game Island" swept the screen in the circle of friends of people in the major game industry -
[Industry disruptor: Let’s start with two card games!]
Just by seeing this line of title, anyone with a discerning eye can guess that this article is about Yunmeng Game.
And the person who comes is not good!
Looking at the content of the article, just as the vast majority of practitioners guessed, this article almost used an aggressive momentum to put the label of "destroying the ecology of Xia Kingdom's game industry" on Yunmeng Games.
It would be fine if this article were published elsewhere, even if the writing was spicy, it would not have any impact, but it happened to be published on the homepage of a game portal like "Game Island" that has considerable influence in the industry.
Although the daily activity data of portal websites has been declining in the past two years, many newcomers are still looking for games to play through tweets on Game Island.
Especially after the 16th year of the New Calendar, Game Island opened a forum section, and many big names in the industry with millions of fans settled in. The Game Island Forum has become the game exchange platform with the largest number of daily active users in Xia Kingdom, with people on it every day. Chat, discuss strategies, or share some fan-created works.
When DaMi Group launched its big entertainment strategy, it offered a sky-high price of over 200 million to acquire Game Island. However, the acquisition was not negotiated and the boss of Game Island did not intend to sell it.
After all, you can earn 10 to 20 million every year from advertising revenue, and you can still show off in front of the players, so why sell it to others at once
However, although the deal was not negotiated, the fact that it was able to obtain an offer worth 200 million yuan is enough to show that "Game Island" is still very influential in the industry.
In particular, Liu Qingfeng, the editor-in-chief who published this article, once served as the chief game planner at Pineapple Entertainment and is a well-known figure in the industry.
In the independent game design competition held at the Shanghai Game Show, Editor Liu's name was also among the judges.
Although he has not personally participated in game planning projects in the years since he changed jobs, he still has considerable influence among the player community.
It is precisely because of this that after this article was published, it immediately aroused heated discussions among players on the Game Island forum.
Of course, this is not the biggest headache for Li Zongzheng.
What really troubled him was that almost immediately after this article on Game Island was published, many trolls lurking on other social platforms and forums, as if they had heard the charge of launching an attack, began to attack Yun Two new games from Dream Group have thrown dirty water.
Some people say that their accounts have been banned for no reason, others say that they have paid money but the ingots have not arrived, and some completely fabricated rumors such as double account hacking, game bugs that cannot be repaired, etc. have also begun to spread.
Obviously, there is an invisible hand behind this controlling everything!
Fortunately, after the popularity of several games has accumulated, there are also many fans of Yunmeng Games. After discovering that these trolls were obviously organized trolls, they immediately launched a counterattack on the Internet and proactively safeguarded the reputation of Yunmeng Games.
But even so, this big wave of rhythm still had a big impact on the work of Du Ziteng and his operations department. Apart from anything else, at least the illustration contest must be put on hold for a while!
Just when Du Ziteng and his operations department were busy with this public controversy, Hao Yun, who had returned to his hometown for the New Year, had just gotten up.
After washing up, I was about to go to the driving school to sign up. Everyone had already reached the door and before I even put on my shoes, my cell phone rang in my pocket.
He took out his cell phone and saw that the caller was Xu Qianshi.
Curious as to why this guy wanted to call him so early in the morning, Hao Yun pressed the connect button and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello?"
"It's me. Brother Hao, what have you been busy with recently?"
Hao Yun said with a yawn.
"I'm not busy. I went back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year... Why did you call me so early in the morning? You must have dialed the wrong number."
"Can't you say hello to old friends?" Xu Qianshi said with a smile, "Speaking of which, you guys have been doing well recently. Both mobile games have dominated the rankings."
Hearing the compliment, Hao Yun smiled shyly and said.
"low profile."
Xu Qianshi said with a smile.
"Don't think about keeping a low profile. I've seen you several times in the circle of friends."
"Circle of friends?"
"That's right, didn't you see the report on Yuyu Island?"
"Game Island?" Hao Yun was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "What is that?"
"You don't know?" Xu Qianshi was also stunned and continued in disbelief, "No way, Game Island is the most influential portal website in the domestic gaming circle..."
It was Xu Qianshi who led people to discuss the acquisition of Game Island by the Rice Group. Although the discussion did not end in the end, Xu Qianshi had done a lot of research work before and was quite familiar with the influence of this portal in the domestic gaming industry.
But unlike Xu Qianshi, this was the first time Hao Yun had heard of this name.
After all, before the establishment of Yunmeng Group, he was basically an outsider to the world's gaming circle.
Not to mention games, his first mobile phone was bought for him by his mother only after his college entrance examination results came out.
"It's been a long time and the news hasn't reached you yet. I was a little curious about how you read that article."
Hao Yun said speechlessly.
"What kind of article is this? Can you please stop telling me about it? Tell me about it."
However, Xu Qianshi did not go as he wished.
"It's not convenient for me to describe this. It's better for you to go and see for yourself."
After hanging up the phone, with a little curiosity, Hao Yun opened the official website of Game Island, and sure enough, he saw the article Xu Qianshi mentioned on the headline of the first-level page.
"The disruptor in the industry...starting with two card games?"
Damn it
Why did I become the disruptor
Looking at this line of titles with obvious intentions, Hao Yun looked confused, thinking that although the gameplay of hero killing is not very innovative, it is at least more disciplined than other mobile games of the same period, right
Love and the producer also said that after all, it was the project that Jun Lin was in charge of, and anything could happen.
But no matter how you say it, putting aside the krypton gold element, these two games should be considered quite good works, right
Clicking on the text of the article, Hao Yun read along the first lines.
The general idea of the article is concise and clear. It can even be said that it goes straight to the topic without any delay. It analyzes the problem from multiple angles and criticizes Yunmeng Games as a cancer in the industry. It only produces some games that are superficial and does not have any meaning at all. The core can be said.
The so-called open design, high degree of freedom design concept, and leaving the game to players to decide are just to cover up its essence of cutting corners on content.
The two recent games of Yunmeng Games have fully exposed its ambition to make money and cut off leeks.
At the end of the article, Editor-in-Chief Liu called on players to boycott this black-hearted game manufacturer that plays games with feet, cuts leeks with heart, and is only interested in profit. Only in this way can games have a bright and clean future.
Read the article from beginning to end.
To be honest, Hao Yun was a little angry at first, but after reading it, he became amused.
Isn't this black posture a bit too forceful
What should I say...
He felt that Editor Liu had used too much force. Not only did he not get to the point, but he also did not reflect the level of posture of a professional hacker.
Apart from anything else, at least among the dozen mobile games launched during the Spring Festival, Yunmeng Games’ products can still be regarded as games, while mobile games made by other manufacturers are almost turning into financial products.
After reading the article, Hao Yun threw it aside, not caring about the debate surrounding this article on the forum.
He probably also noticed that Yunmeng Games has been a bit high-profile recently, and the reason why it was smeared was probably because it aroused the jealousy of its competitors.
However, even though he was aware of this, Hao Yun didn't take it to heart at all.
the reason is simple.
Firstly, he has so many excellent and loyal employees who he can trust, and secondly, he does not believe that a company that needs to slander competitors to increase the market competitiveness of its own games can pose a threat to his Yunmeng Games. threaten.
Rather, at this level, he is worthy of being his competitor
That is too disrespectful to Mr. Hao!