Chen Qing thought clearly: "Oil demand will not fluctuate greatly in the short term and is relatively stable. In comparison, if oil prices rise sharply and the volume of currency settlements increases significantly, it will give the euro an opportunity. Oil prices fall sharply, and the demand for transaction currencies plummets. It will be difficult for the euro to break through the dollar’s defense line.”
With that said, Chen Qing's thoughts were still on the CNOOC IPO, and she suddenly felt that some things might be more serious than she imagined.
It is well known that many industries have their own cyclical nature.
If CNOOC's IPO happens to hit the lowest point in the oil industry, it may not be a question of how much money can be raised, but whether it can raise funds. After all, global capital will be at a low point by then. Related industries in the future are avoided.
Not everyone dares to buy the bottom, because you don’t know whether you think the bottom is on your waist or on your legs.
Seeing the clear expression on Chen Qing's face, Simon turned the page of the information in front of him and said, "So, we can just be spectators in this matter."
Chen Qing was still a little reluctant at first. After thinking about it, she completely gave up some ideas, but she still asked: "Boss, you just said that next year will be very lively. Besides the possibility of a sharp drop in oil prices, what else?"
Simon didn’t want to be a prophet, so he shook his head and said, “Who knows, maybe it’s not impossible for the Third World War to break out accidentally.”
In fact, of course Simon knows.
In 1999, in order to prevent the euro, the United States launched a series of combination punches.
In addition to manipulating the collapse of oil prices and driving international oil prices to ultra-low levels below $10 again, there was also the Kosovo War.
This local war not only aggravated tensions in Eastern Europe, but also completely cut off the oil transportation pipelines from the Middle East to Western Europe via Yugoslavia, preventing the EU from making it easier to completely bypass the US dollar settlement system and purchase oil directly from the Middle East.
Then there is the eastward expansion of NATO.
Russia, which is also an international energy power, has been trying to integrate into Europe in recent years, and has failed in many ways. With NATO's eastward expansion and pressing pressure, Mao Xiong's illusions about integrating into Europe were disillusioned, and he could only start a confrontation again. The result was that the feasibility of direct energy procurement settlements between Europe and Russia through the euro was also cut off.
In addition to this, there are various small moves by the UK to refuse to give up the pound, and so on.
With such a combination of punches, the euro got off to a bad start and failed to threaten the status of the U.S. dollar until more than ten or twenty years later. Not only that, the European Union, whose economic size is not inferior to that of the United States, has to continue to accept the harvest of the U.S. dollar.
His boss didn't say much, and Chen Qing stopped asking. He looked down at his memo and mentioned yesterday's incident again: "Boss, do I still want to do Daewoo's semiconductor project?" Then he added: " I will do whatever the boss tells me to do.”
Simon shook his head slightly: "It's useless what I ask you to do. Frankly speaking, if China wants to develop semiconductors, it must make huge investments while lagging behind and losing money for more than ten years in order to have the possibility of catching up. According to that As the idiom goes, the only way to do this is to burn the cauldron and sink the boat.”
Chen Qing thought for a moment and said, "I don't think it's possible to burn the boat again?"
Based on Chen Qing's understanding of related domestic industries, the chances of breaking the jar are greater.
There was something more meaningful in Simon's expression, and he hesitated a little, but he didn't reveal the secret after all.
Burning the cauldron is also divided into active and passive.
Back then, Xiang Yu took the initiative to sink the boat without leaving any way for himself to retreat.
On the other hand, if you have no choice at all, you can only passively burn the boat.
In Simon's view, this is China's only option.
However, human nature is prone to comfort. In the process of passively breaking the boat, you must also be able to withstand the temptation of someone suddenly sending you a broken boat for you to temporarily board.
Chen Qing still didn't want to waste her own money, even if her boss had to pay, it would be a pity.
Since Simon didn't force it, she lightly crossed out her memo and turned to talk about the two games and e-commerce that were about to be launched in China.
Simon roughly listened to Chen Qing's introduction and said: "I have been thinking about this recently. In China, Counter-Strike OL and StarCraft adopt an online point-card charging model, which may not be very successful, even if I have emphasized the relevant upgrade system, but this is a turn-based game after all and lacks continuity. You can adjust it according to the specific situation. In addition, I recommend that you start developing a role-playing game."
Chen Qing said: "Similar to "Legend of Sword and Fairy"?"
The first thing Simon thought of was actually the famous "Legend". Seeing Chen Qing talking about "Legend of Sword and Fairy", he suddenly became enlightened and said, "Yes, it's just a role-playing game in online upgrade mode. Since you mentioned it, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" " is very popular in China now. Jing Xi is still making a TV series. You can try to adapt this stand-alone game into an online game."
Simon briefly mentioned that Chen Qing already had an idea and said: "In this case, boss, I should contact China as soon as possible to negotiate the cooperation in the adaptation of the online game "Sword of Immortality" in advance. I have seen the sample of Jing Xi's TV series, It’s great, but it might cost a lot if you’re late.”
"I don't care about the details," Simon said: "In addition, I will give you some creative ideas, not just "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", but also many famous Chinese historical works, myths and legends, such as "Journey to the West", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Legend of White Snake" " and so on, you can try to adapt it. In addition, in the West, you can take the time to read "The Lord of the Rings" to find inspiration. Of course, don't think about the copyright of the game adaptation of the Middle-earth series. I mean, you can make reference, In fact, the relevant settings for popular real-time strategy games, including Daenerys' "Warcraft", come from Tolkien's Middle-earth series. You can also plan some Western fantasy-type online games here, setting wizards, There are professional types such as knights and assassins, as well as camps such as humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and so on. I believe it will also be very popular in China."
Chen Qing quickly wrote it down on the memo, raised her head after a moment and said, "I'll have someone come up with some plans for the boss as soon as possible."
Simon hesitated a little, then added: "China lacks the soil for game development. You can find teams in the United States and South Korea for development, and China will be responsible for the agency."
"Boss, can Daenerys help?"
"Daenerys' game business has its own development plan and will not actively cooperate with you. However, you can go and talk about it."
"I will act as the boss's endorsement," Chen Qing followed the stick and wrote down a few strokes in her notebook, saying again: "The boss said this, and I suddenly remembered that "Happy Farm" And "Happy Ranch", boss, can I directly transplant it to China this time?"
Simon also realized: "Okay, I agreed directly."
In Europe and the United States, the "Farm Farm" series has passed its peak period. Before this, when there was no wall, you could actually play it in China, but because there was no special Chinese version developed, and no special server was set up, the experience Not very good.
Now the wall has been built, isolating the inside and outside. If this phenomenon-level casual game is introduced to China, if it works properly, it will not only make money, but more importantly, it can also attract a large number of users for the operator. Whether it is the PC era or the mobile era, users are the foundation and traffic is king.
After sorting it out for a while, Simon imparted this idea to Chen Qing.
After all, it is a small game, and the business environment is different. Making money is secondary. Taking the opportunity to gather users is the key, including the promotion of YiFubao. Players who open YiFubao accounts will directly receive some paid fertilizers from "Happy Farm" It's a good deal.
A major feature of the Internet economy is that you first make users feel that they are getting a big advantage, and then you can make big money along the way.
In layman's terms, free is the most expensive.