Published at 6th of December 2020 03:25:05 AM
Chapter 1105: 1105
Chapter 1105 – Old Sun, Stop him!
Half an hour later, Ding Lei had finished his lunch . He was about to chat with his friends when he received Feng Yu’s call . Feng Yu wants to meet him in his office .
“What’s wrong? Manager Feng, why are you looking for me so urgently?” Ding Lei is different from others . He is the major shareholder of NetEase with 51% of voting shares and is quite relaxed in front of Feng Yu .
“Manager Ding, have a seat . Old Sun had called you earlier, right?” Feng Yu poured a cup of tea for Ding Lei .
“Yes . He told me one of his relatives is a reporter and wish to interview me . I agreed to the interview . ” Ding Lei is curious . It’s not normal for Feng Yu to pour a cup of tea for him .
Although Feng Yu had treated Ding Lei with respect, Feng Yu had let them pour tea themselves all their past meetings . What happened today?
“That is what I asked Old Sun to say . She is not Old Sun’s relative and is just a magazine reporter . The magazine is called . Do you get what I mean?” Feng Yu hinted .
“This is your magazine? The magazine you setup to rank our billionaires in China?! Just ask the reporter to contact me directly will do . Why is there a need to make it so complicated?” Ding Lei replied .
“Hahaha… I had just mentioned this to Old Sun, and I think he had misunderstood me . Oh, how is Legend of Mir now?” Feng Yu changed the topic .
“The registered player is over ten million now, but the number of online players had gone down recently . I think many of those low-level accounts are registered to keep items . Maybe this has something to do with the school holidays . Some students do not have the freedom to do whatever they want when they return home . ”
“Yes . It’s normal . What about our time-cards?”
“It’s selling very well . The unlimited monthly time-card is selling very well . ” Ding Lei replied excitedly . Initially, he did not believe the unlimited monthly card will sell well . Manager Feng’s foresight is outstanding .
Ding Lei also plays Legend of Mir, and the quests in the game are interesting . Even the monsters and bosses are out of his expectations .
“Hmm… I think it’s time to release the Stone Graveyard map . Also, we have to release a new map every six months to attract the players . ”
“We had planned everything . There will be an update in September, and we will be checking on the data to see if there are any hacking programs . The students will be returning to school, and there will be lesser complaints . I had not expected so many students to be playing this game . ”
Ding Lei had gotten the new maps of the game and had conducted the Alpha test . There will be new gear and items in the new map to attract the players .
With the new items, many players will spend more time in the game and buy more time-cards .
“Ok . You all can decide on this . Are the new features to the email completed?”
“We have added one new feature, and the rest is still not stable yet . We are still trying to solve the issues now . ” Ding Lei is very impressed with Feng Yu .
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Feng Yu can always come up with ideas to make money . Ding Lei’s company has so many staff, but none can come up with ideas like Feng Yu .
“I heard you all had also developed a new game . How is it? Are there any registered players?” Feng Yu asked with a laugh .
“Huh?! Not a lot . It is a type of online fighting game like Street Fighter . If I had known, I should just sell this game’s CD . At least I can get back our capital . ” Ding Lei is very disappointed . This game he developed is interesting, and many people love playing arcade games now . He had brought the arcade game online, but why no one wants to play?
Do arcade games have a market in the future? Yes, but not now . Arcade centers are everywhere, and who would go online to play these games? There are no joysticks, and it’s very expensive .
“Don’t give up . It will be better . How is the progress on the online single-player platform?”
“We had hired someone to develop it . But it is quite difficult as it requires high internet speed . The internet speed now will cause high lag . ”
“It’s alright . The internet speed will improve in two years . ” The internet speed is slow now, but the Government is investing heavily in the internet infrastructure . China’s internet speed will be faster .
Ding Lei and Feng Yu chatted for a while, and Feng Yu looks at his watch . It’s time .
“Manager Ding, it’s time for your interview, and I shall not disturb you anymore . ”
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Ding Lei left Feng Yu’s office and walk towards a small meeting room arranged by Old Sun . At the time, Zhou Kexin walks out of the elevator .
“Manager Ding . Nice to meet you . I am Zhou Kexin, an intern reporter with . ”
“Nice to meet you . Have a seat . ” Ding Lei smiles . might not be a prominent magazine now . However, the China Billionaires list is still quite influential in China .
“Can I record this interview?” Zhou Kexin took out a recording pen . This recording pen is given to her by the company .
“Of course . ”
“Manager Ding, how did you come up with the idea of NetEase?”
“I had wanted to set up a platform for others to interact online . When I was in school, I became interested in this field . Actually, I majored in Physics, and I wondered if I had entered the wrong course last time . ”
Zhou Kexin quickly wrote it down in her notebook . Ding Lei had studied Physics, and many people should not know about this .
“Why did NetEase switch focus from forums to web portals? NetEase’s forum had been overtaken by Sohu now . ”
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“This is because forums are not making money at that time, and the company cannot carry on losing money like this . That’s why we changed our direction to the web portal and introduced our email services . We also started to manage games to increase the company’s profits . ”
Ding Lei is telling the truth . The Bulletin board system at that time is not making money . If Manager Feng had not invested in Sohu, Sohu might close down . Sohu is currently still losing money, while NetEase had breakeven because they are managing Legend of Mir . Next year, NetEase should be making profits .
Because of this reason, NetEase’s share prices are rising higher than Sohu, and Ding Lei’s net worth is higher than Zhang Chaoyang and Wang Zhixi . Out of the three juggernauts of the Chinese internet, he is ranked first .
When Zhou Kexin is interviewing Ding Lei, Feng Yu and Sun Lijie walk slowly towards the dining hall . Feng Yu wants to see if there are still participants inside .
Suddenly, Feng Yu saw a skinny looking man walking out of the dining hall . He was shocked and pointed to that man . “Old Sun, stop him!”
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