No matter how the American media comments about "Paradise", American college students are completely fascinated by this game.
First of all, there are a large number of characters like Fiona in every school. By actively promoting the game, adding friends, and constantly giving props and gifts from friends, they have suddenly become a school with a daily income of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. New rich man.
Secondly, every student who joins the game has discovered that this game can promote personal connections. Through this game, they can not only interact more with their daily friends, but also with their idols. , direct interaction with the goddess, and even have a great promotion effect on some connections that have not been developed for a long time. For example, friends who have not been in contact for a long time have also re-established contact because of this game.
Social games like "Paradise Town" have a very, very strong core point: how long you spend playing this game is equivalent to how long you spend maintaining and sorting out your personal relationships.
Young people in the new era are becoming more and more isolated in daily life communication. They can only keep in touch with a few classmates and friends around them, and have little contact with others. Moreover, no one is willing to waste time or invest energy in simply maintaining personal connections. , no one would take ten minutes or even a few hours every day to text, call or even write to friends to maintain their connections, but if this work can be integrated with games, the results will be completely different .
"Paradise Town"'s combing and maintenance of human connections allowed all college students to find unprecedented fun in it. Their obsession with this kind of fun accelerated the popularity of "Paradise Town" among American college students.
In a short period of time, Makino Technology has become a giant in the eyes of the American Internet industry by virtue of "Paradise Town" and the supporting promotion methods of "Paradise Town", and has become the object of crazy pursuit in the entire American capital field.
So far, Makino Technology has taken the initiative in two ways in the entire U.S. and even the global market.
The first move was that YY unexpectedly became popular among the elites, and Makino Technology immediately customized and upgraded its products for these elites, expanding the market and income of the elites;
The second trick is to rely on a game to earn tens of millions of dollars a day in the United States and attract a fanatical following of countless American college students.
Ben. Clarkson, who became an enthusiastic fan of Li Mu when YY became popular, is also the editor-in-chief of the most authoritative magazine "Silicon-Valley-Magazine" in Silicon Valley. In the latest issue of the magazine, he unreservedly expressed his love for Makino Technology. praise.
He said in the article: "Li Mu and his Makino Technology have impressed me greatly. I have never seen any Internet company succeed so easily in the US market. This even gave me the illusion that the United States China is not the creator of the Internet, nor is it the center of the Internet. China is! Otherwise, how can we explain that a Chinese Internet company conquered the U.S. market so easily? In my impression, even among the Internet companies in the United States that went to China to develop , and no one can win in China as easily as Makino Technology does in the United States, right?"
His remarks were echoed by the entire Silicon Valley and even the entire U.S. group who are concerned about Makino Technology. Makino Technology’s easy success in the United States highlights that the U.S. market is like the border of a weak country, easily vulnerable to foreign invaders. Shred.
Ben. Clarkson’s more exciting remarks are yet to come. Because of this article, he created a new argument in the Internet industry: the Panda Theory.
Ben. Clarkson's original article said: "I feel that when American Internet companies face Makino Technology, they are just like all the other animals in the Washington Zoo facing the giant pandas from China."
"The reason why it is helpless is because the latter seems to have natural magic power. It doesn't even have to do anything. It flies to the United States like a big boss and appears out of thin air in the zoo. It eats, drinks and sleeps when it should. , there is no need to work hard to please tourists, just with one appearance, you can immediately attract countless fans and trigger tourists to follow you. Not only is it awesome, but it is also awesome."
"Compared with this Chinese panda, the animals in the zoo that have spent all their efforts and energy in trying to please tourists are really pathetic. Their lifelong efforts are no better than a panda going to the ground. The impact of chewing on bamboo.”
Finally, Ben. Clarkson concluded: "Maybe some companies are born with this 'panda temperament', so they can achieve the greatest success in the fastest and easiest way. When facing such companies, other companies Companies don’t have to be discouraged. Who makes it a panda? When faced with such a company, venture capital must seize the opportunity. You have to know that this is a rare panda. When you encounter such a company, you should do the best. All you have to do is tell him directly: How much does it cost? I’ll give it!”
Ben. Clarkson's article caused quite a stir in the U.S. Internet industry and financial circles. Everyone agreed very much with his "Panda Theory" because Makino Technology's performance in the U.S. market is indeed no different from that of Panda. So far, No company is as efficient as Makino Technology. It only made two moves in the US market and was able to achieve such a strong market, revenue and influence. Therefore, it has become an outlier in the eyes of Internet companies across the United States, a company from China. , the "giant panda" with its own awesome aura.
The ownership rights of "Paradise Town" belong to Makino Games after the split. In essence, the money earned from this game has no capital relationship with Makino Technology, but this still accelerates the world's capital's crazy pursuit of Makino Technology. Because Li Mu had already done the same thing once in the Chinese market.
When "Happy Farm" became popular in China, it was equivalent to preparing a nuclear attack on other communication and social products on the market. As long as "Happy Farm" merged with YY, it was equivalent to pressing the nuclear explosion button. In an instant, it overturned QQ, which was the dominant player in the market at that time.
Now, the upgraded product "Paradise Town", which is many times more fun than "Farm Farm", has begun to become popular among American college students. After conquering college students, the day when it will become popular in the United States is getting closer and closer, which also indicates that It seems that once "Paradise Town" becomes popular in the United States, YY will also be completely popular in the American market. By that time, the market value of Makino Technology may increase several times.
Ding Zhenglin, who is proficient in capital, realized this excellent time window. When he found Li Mu, his first words were: "Mr. Li, the time is ripe to go to the United States!"
Li Mu had already expected this. He knew that he would go to the United States in the near future, but he had not yet determined the time.
So, Li Mu asked him: "When do you think the time is right?"
Ding Zhenglin said: "Just these two days, now is the time when our reputation in the United States is the greatest."
Ding Zhenglin suddenly said this, which was equivalent to helping Li Mu make the long-delayed decision in one fell swoop. With corporate financing often valued at tens of billions of dollars, a truly good financing window is rarer than a rocket launch window, so Li Mu didn't think too much, nodded immediately and said to him: "Then we will set off in two days. Please prepare and come with me."
Ding Zhenglin nodded: "Okay, Mr. Li, I will start preparations now."
After Ding Zhenglin left, Li Mu summoned Kong Lingyu, as well as the entire core management of Makino Technology and Makino Games, to hold an emergency meeting. Since he was leaving for the United States in two days, he would officially set foot on the land of the American emperor in three days and begin to compete with the bosses and plutocrats of the American emperor. Fighting bravely, Li Mu felt that he still needed Makino Technology and Makino Games to provide him with more artillery support!
After everyone sat down in the conference room, Li Mu went straight to the point and said to everyone: "I called everyone here today because I want to announce a decision to you first. I met with Mr. Ding, who is responsible for capital operations of our company, and decided to take advantage of the opportunity. As Makino Technology has successfully grabbed the attention of the industry in the United States in the past two days, we are leaving for the United States to discuss our Series C financing with Sequoia. The specific departure time is scheduled for the day after tomorrow."
As soon as Li Mu announced that he was going to the United States, everyone at the conference table was excited. Although Makino Technology was developing rapidly, it was now expanding the battlefield to the world. Weapons, ammunition, soldiers and horses, and food and wages were all stretched thin, so that YY has not officially launched in the United States. To start active promotion, "Paradise Town" can only start from the battlefield of college students, and there is no way to fight an all-out war. However, once the financing is in place, more than one billion US dollars in cash are lying on the account. At that time, Makino Technology It has the strength to expand globally.
Everyone exchanged happily one after another, and the content of the exchange was nothing more than what adjustments should be made to everyone's gameplay when the money comes.
Li Mu gave everyone a few minutes to think boldly and YY. When everyone was almost finished chatting, he interrupted with a smile and said: "When I go to the United States this time, I will not only talk about financing, but also find opportunities to meet various people." Big guys, big guys in the financial world, big guys in the Internet industry, big guys in software, big guys in hardware, when I negotiate with them at the negotiation table at the other party’s base camp in the next few days, in order to get the best As a result, we will definitely need more confidence to scare the opponent, so I need everyone to give me a round of intensive fire support during this period of time."
Kong Lingyu understood what Li Mu meant and immediately said: "Mr. Li, just ask us how we can cooperate with you. We have almost completed the development of the 'attachment online preview' function and the 'discussion group' function that you asked us to develop for YY. It will be online within the next two to three days at the earliest. I believe these two functions will definitely shock the elite groups in the United States!"
Technology guru Fang Xudong said with a smile: "If these two new functions are launched at once, I think it will not only shock the users, it will be enough to make them worship!"
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "These two new functions are naturally one of the fire support I want. In addition, I also need "Paradise Town" to make a big splash for me after I go to the United States! "
(End of chapter)