This morning, quite a few people went to work with panda eyes. Happy Farm covered nearly two million users in one night, including a considerable number of Internet practitioners.
All Internet colleagues tried Happy Farm with a research and understanding mentality, but what they didn't expect was that this game was so easy to get addicted to, with its cartoony farm style and childish gameplay of growing and stealing vegetables. They all seem to have powerful brainwashing abilities. Once they get involved, they have no idea what their purpose is. There is only one thought in their mind: "I want to steal food! You guys are not allowed to steal my food!"
Li Mu knew very well that the popularity of Happy Farm had not really started yet. The most powerful stage of this game was when users established a huge network of contacts. In the news back then, there were many uncles and aunts in their forties and fifties who had to set alarm clocks at night. When they get up to steal food and collect food, there are many girlfriends who blame their boyfriends for not helping them collect food in time and break up. Even the most interesting thing is that a subordinate stole food from his boss and was fired...
In short, this game is quite magical and will create even greater miracles in the next few months.
Mr. Li is addicted, Tan Yaocheng is addicted, and Baidu's technical talents are addicted. Similar situations occur in almost every Internet company in China.
In fact, many employees will secretly open Happy Farm when they arrive at the company, and go in from time to time to steal vegetables or something, and their addiction index is full of stars.
Mr. Li found his assistant and asked him to notify the senior management of the meeting in ten minutes. However, what he did not expect was that half of the fixed eight-person senior management staff were not present yet!
This is really unexpected. The company is in a stage of rapid development. Under normal circumstances, senior managers will not arrive so late.
Later, the assistant reported back again: "Today, less than half of the people in the company's technical department were late. Those employees who have already arrived seem to be in a bad mental state, as if they all stayed up late last night."
Mr. Li couldn't help but frowned, staying up late together? Are other people in the company also playing Happy Farm
When he thought that he was late just because he was playing Happy Farm too late, Mr. Li felt in his heart that this was really fucking embarrassing!
After waiting for a few minutes, Tan Yaocheng hurried to the company. As soon as he arrived at the office, he listened to the report from his subordinates, saying that Mr. Li had looked for him. He hurriedly dropped his bag and rushed to Mr. Li's office. As soon as he entered the door, he said apologetically: "Sorry Mr. Li, you overslept."
Mr. Li looked at him and said, "Overslept? I think you played too late last night?"
Tan Yaocheng smiled awkwardly and said, "It's a bit late, but the main thing is to study and study."
Mr. Li didn't care and said with a smile: "I played very late yesterday, just playing Happy Farm. It is indeed a very innovative and thoughtful game."
Tan Yaocheng nodded and said: "Yes, I have been studying this game last night. The more in-depth I study, the more I think this game is amazing. What a genius idea. Who could have thought that such a mentally retarded and simple game can be played?" It’s so exciting to be able to get involved so quickly.”
Mr. Li looked at Tan Yaocheng's obvious dark circles and asked curiously: "Old Tan, if you were asked to evaluate this game objectively, what do you think of this game?"
Tan Yaocheng thought for a while and said seriously: "Damn, this game is poisonous!"
"Poisonous?" Mr. Li frowned.
Tan Yaocheng said: "It's like an addictive drug that makes people want to stop as soon as they start playing. It always has a potential energy that forces you to focus and focus again. If you are late to harvest, your Most of the crops will be stolen. If you sow seeds late, your upgrade progress will be slower than that of other friends, and your ranking in the friend rankings will also continue to decline. If you don't steal vegetables or help at any time, you will You are slower than others in terms of experience, gold coins, and props, so the pressure of competition is always there, and the motivation to push you forward is quite abundant. It is always poisonous and you can’t stop at all!”
After listening to this, Mr. Li sighed: "I feel the same way as you. This game seems to be magical, and it is difficult to get rid of its attraction."
After saying this, Mr. Li shook his head helplessly: "This kid Li Mu is not simple. He is really not simple. Judging from the fact that he released this game, he dug a hole for us early. This game is a Tieba The key to taking off is that he tricked us out in advance and made it clear that he didn’t want to take us to play.”
"Yeah, it's not kind." Tan Yaocheng also smacked his lips repeatedly: "This game is expected to be popular all over the Internet soon. By then, I don't know how much the valuation of Makino Technology can reach."
Mr. Li said: "It depends on what they prepare for this game. The profitability of this game itself should not be too strong. The most important thing is how it is transformed."
Tan Yaocheng asked: "What do you think is Li Mu's next development direction?"
Mr. Li shook his head: "I don't know, and I can't guess. This kid Li Mu's mind is full of whimsical ideas and conspiracies. Most people really can't figure him out."
Tan Yaocheng said: "If this game becomes completely popular, the number of users of Tieba will definitely increase steadily. This guy will probably become the most capable of controlling users among domestic Internet users."
Mr. Li agreed and said: "He is very good at manipulating others, especially users. His platform's ability to subtly assimilate users is very powerful."
Tan Yaocheng said: "How about we also gather people from the technical department to hold a meeting and let them evaluate the time and cost of developing a similar type of game. We will also integrate this game on the search engine."
Mr. Li said with a somewhat depressed expression: "The viscosity of our product is too poor, and there are very few registered users. It is easy to develop this kind of game, but it is too difficult to do it. In front of Tieba, it is like a worm shaking a tree. Not only does it have no practical It means you will get notoriety instead. You also know how Li Mu treats his competitors. If you pirate and imitate his way, will you be better off?"
Tan Yaocheng nodded and sighed with emotion. If the company firmly grasps Makino Technology, the five million originally invested in Li Mu will be the most successful investment in the history of the company. If the game Happy Farm operates properly , it can at least add an additional valuation of more than 200 million to Tieba. By then, Makino Technology can easily be valued at over 500 million. You must know that when the company invested in Makino Technology, the valuation for him was only 50 million. This is A tenfold difference! Count on your fingers how many months have passed
After thinking about it carefully, Tan Yaocheng said: "When Li Mu defrauded us, he probably wanted to buy low and sell high. The original valuation of 50 million made us ten points. I guess he was a little unbalanced in his heart and wanted to sell us ten points." Let’s figure it out and sell it at a high price. How about we communicate with Li Mu again and find out what Li Mu’s ideal valuation is if we want to invest in Muye Technology’s Series B round.”
Mr. Li dragged his chin and thought for a long time. Ever since he realized that he had been cheated by Li Mu, he had been feeling pain about the 10% of Tieba shares he had given up. If there was a chance, he would of course want to re-invest in Makino Technology. Now Makino Technology is seeing There will be another wave of upward momentum. If you really want to buy a ticket and get on the bus again, you have to hurry up.
So Mr. Li said to Tan Yaocheng: "Go and organize the company's senior management and technical staff first. There will be a meeting in the conference room in ten minutes. I will call Li Mu."
Tan Yaocheng said: "Okay, I will organize a meeting first."
After Tan Yaocheng went out, Mr. Li took out his mobile phone and called Li Mu.
When he received the call from Mr. Li, Li Mu was not curious at all. He greeted him as soon as he came up and asked, "Robin, why do you call me when you have time?"
Mr. Li smiled and said: "I'm calling to congratulate you for creating such a great game as Happy Farm. It seems that no one can stop the rise of Tieba."
Li Mu said humbly: "Robin, you praise me too much. This is just a casual and fun little game, and I haven't even found a profit model yet."
Mr. Li said: "That's right. In terms of profitability, your game still cannot compare with PC games like Legend. Their second card costs more than 30 yuan per person per month."
As he said that, Mr. Li suddenly thought of a question and said, "How about you sell fertilizer on Happy Farm? Just ordinary fertilizer. It costs one yuan a pack. I'll give you a hundred first."
Li Mu smiled and said: "You are trying to kill me, Robin. You started charging and buying props as soon as you went online. Isn't this pushing users out of the door? Don't say that I am not ready to sell game props now. Even if I do, I will at least sell them." After a month, the most important task for Makino Technology during this period is to cultivate users."
Mr. Li said with a slight embarrassment: "I'm just joking with you. Your game is really fun and the props are very attractive. If you really sell the props online, I will definitely support it with practical actions."
Li Mu said: "That's good. When we actually launch paid props, I will be the first to notify you."
Seeing that he was done with the politeness, Mr. Li laughed and turned the topic to what he really wanted to talk about: "By the way, Li Mu, you must be short of money now, right? Do you have any plans for Series B? Do you want us to continue? Forefront, I will lead the Series B investment in Makino Technology.
Li Mu said with a smile: "I haven't considered Series B yet. When I start considering Series B, I will definitely consider it seriously."
Mr. Li recognized that these were polite words from Li Mu, and he said no more in the same polite words.
What Li Mu didn't expect was that in the following time, his phone number was almost exploded by people from all walks of life.
Xu Jiaming called to express his congratulations. According to him, this game only took ten hours to become a phenomenon. All capital companies in Yanjing are meeting today to discuss the impact of this game on Makino. The impact of technology valuation, and the future impact of this game on Makino Technology as a whole, more and more venture capital companies are interested in Makino Technology and are beginning to look for relationships to establish contact with Makino Technology.
After hearing this, Li Mu felt dizzy. At the moment, he was not ready to face all kinds of capital and conduct various negotiations. What's more, he already had an idea in his mind to bring Chen Ze in to be the backer of Makino Technology. It’s not yet time to open up to talk about financing with venture capital institutions from all over the world.
So, Li Mu said to Xu Jiaming: "Let's have a meal together in two days. Doesn't your Mingcheng Capital want to invest in Makino Technology? We can talk about this matter in detail."
After hearing this, Xu Jiaming was very excited and blurted out: "You can decide the specific time, I will be free at any time!"
Li Mu said: "I've been a little busy these two days. I'll contact you after I'm busy."
Xu Jiaming immediately said: "No problem, I'll wait for your news."
After hanging up Xu Jiaming's phone, another call came in. The caller was a woman. She introduced herself first: "Hello Mr. Li, I am Linda Wu, the investment manager of Red Shirt Capital China Region. I would like to talk to you." Let’s make an appointment and invite you to have a meal and chat. I wonder if you have time?”
Li Mu didn't expect that even a leading international company like Hongshan would focus on Makino Technology. He was surprised, but said, "Sorry, I'm very busy these days. Let's talk about it later."
After sending such a famous venture capital institution away, another call came. Gao Sheng's investment manager also wanted to meet Li Mu, but Li Mu refused with the same reason.
One morning, Li Mu received calls from at least eight well-known venture capital companies at home and abroad. They all had the same purpose: to make an appointment with Li Mu to discuss capital cooperation.
But Li Mu was not moved at all. He was very familiar with the way these veteran venture capital companies did things. If they came in, they would definitely cause some trouble. Either they would find ways to increase the shareholding ratio and dilute the rights of major shareholders, or they would just give up two or three people. After the year, he wanted to sell the company at a satisfactory price and then cash out and leave. Therefore, Li Mu decided to try not to engage in capital cooperation with these established venture capital firms when he was not strong enough.
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In the afternoon, Li Mu's phone was still buzzing with calls.
People from many Internet companies didn't know where they got their phone numbers. Some people called me and they almost looked familiar, some people called me to seek various cooperation, and some people even directly sought authorization from Happy Farm.
The one who sought the authorization of Happy Farm was Lianzhong World, the leader of the advanced online game platform. Lianzhong saw the super viscosity of Happy Farm, so less than fifteen hours after Happy Farm went online, they made up their minds to make it available. Ported to your own platform.
The relevant person in charge found Li Mu's contact information, called Li Mu directly, and even offered an authorization fee of more than 500,000 yuan on the phone. Although it may not seem like much, in this era, more than 500,000 yuan is required. The price is already amazing.
Li Mu directly rejected the other party's request on the phone. His words were very direct: "Makino Technology is not considering exporting the authorization of Happy Farm for the time being."
(End of chapter)