Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 678: Tengxu’s Lifeline

"Oh, by the way, what brings you here?"

After inviting Wu Changxun to sit down, Chen Yiyang finally asked why he had rushed over to see him.

"Stop pretending." Wu Changxun stared at Chen Yiyang and said, "The domestic shooting game sector is Tengxu's lifeline. Your sudden plan to enter the shooting game field is tantamount to declaring war on us.

Considering our years of relationship, can you tell me to what extent your shooting game has developed? Is it about to be tested?"

Huh?

Only then did Chen Yiyang realize why Wu Changxun had suddenly come to see him.

He thought Chen Yiyang was planning to venture into the shooting game field.

If Chen Yiyang were working on other types of games, Tengxu would not have had much of a reaction.

But shooting games are different.

Tengxu relied on two games back in the day: one was DNF, and the other was CF.

Although CF was initially a buy-one-give-one freebie that Tengxu acquired by luck, it allowed Tengxu to dominate the domestic shooting game field.

Later, Tengxu imitated CF and developed its own game called War of Resistance, earning considerable money.

Since then, Tengxu has placed immense importance on the domestic shooting game sector, typically adopting a strategy of agency plus self-development.

When battle royale games gained popularity, Tencent followed this approach by acquiring rights to develop a battle royale mobile game and simultaneously creating its own battle royale game.

Although Tengxu's self-developed battle royale game did not succeed and quietly faded away,

the battle royale mobile game emerged as a surprising success, becoming another cash cow under the Tengxu brand.

Once the SODAR search-and-destroy game genre emerged, Tengxu quickly followed suit.

Facts proved Tengxu right.

The SODAR genre exploded in popularity domestically, earning Tencent a substantial profit.

Then, just at this moment, Chen Yiyang published a post saying he was looking for talent in the shooting game sector to create a SODAR game.

Tengxu immediately became nervous.

Initially, Chen Yiyang's influence in the game industry was average.

But since Chen Yiyang acquired Yingkumi and brought anime games to the domestic market,

Tengxu had to pay attention to Chen Yiyang in the gaming field.

Mainly because Chen Yiyang's terrifying investment success rate scared any company.

While Chen Yiyang hasn't invested in making many games, each one has made money.

In contrast, Tengxu needs to invest in dozens of games before one becomes a major hit.

Many heavily funded games don't even make it to testing before being abandoned.

Thus, Tengxu immediately assumed that Chen Yiyang had indeed entered the shooting game field and that he was secretly developing the games he invested in and was preparing them for testing.

The social media post was to build momentum for this game.

That's why Wu Changxun hurried to get in touch with Chen Yiyang.

He wanted to know how far the development of the shooting game that Chen Yiyang was investing in had progressed.

After understanding the reason for Wu Changxun's visit, Chen Yiyang initially intended to clarify things.

But he suddenly felt this might be a good chance to tease Wu Changxun.

So he rubbed his chin and said, "How about this? I promise not to enter the domestic shooting game field if you promise that Tengxu won't enter the domestic anime game field."

"That's impossible." Upon hearing Chen Yiyang's words, Wu Changxun immediately refused.

Anime games are too lucrative.

Yingkumi is a money-printing machine, earning several billion a year.

It's too tempting and enviable.

Wu Changxun thought that even if Chen Yiyang entered the shooting game field, it might not threaten Tengxu's position.

But if Tengxu doesn't enter the anime game field, it's like losing money without reason.

"That's not fair." Chen Yiyang said, "Then I won't reveal the extent to which my investment's shooting game has developed."

"Why don't you suggest something else?" Wu Changxun said, "Let's say, Tengxu offers you some favorable conditions?"

"Advertising deals and discounts won't cut it." Chen Yiyang retorted.

Despite Yingkumi earning so much money every year, it also spends a significant amount on ads across Tengxu's channels, mostly on yearly packages.

Though Wu Changxun mentioned discounts, the pricing of ads is still ultimately set by Tengxu.

"What do you want then?" Wu Changxun asked.

"I've just made a mobile game that is about to be launched. Can it use Tengxu's social media accounts for login at that time?"

Tengxu controls the top two social platforms, Weixin and QQ.

Accounts from these two platforms can log into most software, not limited to Tengxu's but also those from other companies.

The advantage is that it saves users the step of creating a new account, making it easier to attract new users.

The downside is the substantial cost and the risk of Tengxu obstructing business. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"That's nothing." Upon hearing Chen Yiyang's proposal, Wu Changxun immediately said, "As long as it's not a shooting game, other types of mobile games are fine."

"It's not a shooting game; it's a level-passing game, similar to those water park competition shows on TV."

Chen Yiyang briefly described the game.

Actually, this type of game already appeared in the market as a PC game.

That's the Sugar Bean Man Adventure in which Chen Yiyang invested quite some time ago.

In this game, players take on the role of Sugar Bean Man, teaming up with others to pass various levels.

This game initially caught fire but quickly faded away due to issues like hacks and high repetition.

However, Chen Yiyang felt this type of game would adapt well to mobile, being a family-friendly game suitable for all ages to play together.

Compared to Emperor's Pesticide, it offers shorter gameplay, more fun, less competitiveness, and better social interaction.

Thus, when investing in Sugar Bean Man, Chen Yiyang secured the mobile game rights.

Now, the Sugar Bean Man level-passing mobile game has gone through two rounds of testing and is about to launch.

Chen Yiyang felt this game might overlap with Tengxu's moat-protecting games, Emperor's Pesticide and King Chanchan.

He worried that if following the usual procedure and signing a contract with Tengxu to access its open platform,

Tengxu might dismantle the cooperation bridge once it decides to develop a similar game, pulling the authorization.

The losses would be substantial.

Therefore, Chen Yiyang planned to sign a contract with Tengxu with severe penalties for breach and a collaboration term of at least ten years.

A level-passing game show?

Even as someone knowledgeable in games, Wu Changxun hadn't heard of this type of game.

So instinctively considered it as aimed at a niche audience.

Therefore he said, "No problem. Your game can join Tengxu's open platform, and we can sign a separate contract.

But you must also promise me to notify Tengxu in advance of any shooting game you develop."