Mistaking My Sister-In-Law for My Wife After Getting Drunk!-Chapter 648 - : Extortion

Chapter 648: Chapter 648: Extortion

“Wang Xiaocong, your ‘Greedy Play Today’ has copied ‘Legend,’ and such blatant plagiarism is extremely shameless,”

After sitting down, Niu Haifeng got straight to the point without any unnecessary small talk.

“We plagiarized, do you have any proof?” Wang Xiaocong sneered, not taking Niu Haifeng’s words seriously at all.

“Of course, I have proof.” Niu Haifeng instructed his attendant to bring out a document, “According to the assessment of professional institutions and personnel, your ‘Greedy Play Today’ is strikingly similar to our Shengda Games’ ‘Legend,’ with a similarity reaching 85 percent. This is clearly an act of shameless plagiarism!”

Wang Xiaocong let out another scornful laugh, “Niu Haifeng, I didn’t expect you to actually come up with an appraisal document, you really went all out.”

Niu Haifeng said indifferently, “If I didn’t have the appraisal document, I wouldn’t have come here.”

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Wang Xiaocong said, “You really didn’t need to, anyone with eyes can see that my ‘Greedy Play Today’ copied ‘Legend.'”

Niu Haifeng was startled, his eyes immediately lighting up, “So you admit it, you admit that ‘Greedy Play Today’ has copied ‘Legend.’ If I had known this, I wouldn’t have bothered with the appraisal document.”

He had thought Wang Xiaocong would come up with countless excuses, claiming it wasn’t plagiarism.

He had expected it would be a lot of trouble to make Wang Xiaocong bow his head.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaocong admitted it outright.

This was truly beyond his expectations.

But an admission was for the best, now they could move on to discussing compensation.

So, he continued, “Since you admit it, let’s talk about the issue of compensation. The copyright of ‘Legend’ belongs to our Shengda Games, and since ‘Greedy Play Today’ has plagiarized ‘Legend,’ there is now a connection between ‘Greedy Play Today’ and Shengda Games.”

Wang Xiaocong picked up his teacup to drink, “Anything else?”

“Of course there’s more,” Niu Haifeng said, “I want to tell you that if we use legal means and my network, shutting down ‘Greedy Play Today’ would be no big deal, and it would cost you a lot of money.”

Wang Xiaocong put down his teacup, “Anything else?”

Niu Haifeng said, “I don’t plan to do that, after all, you’re the son of the richest man, and we should all be amiable and make money together.”

Wang Xiaocong smiled, “Anything else?”

Niu Haifeng admitted, “I have to admit, your ‘Greedy Play Today’ is very successful. According to the revenue calculations, you’re making over two hundred million a day, an amount even our legitimate ‘Legend’ can hardly match. Turning a pirated game into such a success is no small feat. The outside world says you’re not up to taking over your father’s position, but I think that’s complete nonsense. Just based on how you’ve run ‘Greedy Play Today,’ you’re completely qualified to take over your father’s position.”

Wang Xiaocong said, “President Niu, you’re giving me too much credit. The success of ‘Greedy Play Today’ isn’t my doing.”

Niu Haifeng was taken aback, “Not your doing? Then whose is it? Don’t tell me it’s Yang Song; he doesn’t have that ability.”

Yang Song’s face was embarrassed.

But what Niu Haifeng said was true; he really didn’t have that ability.

If he was running it, it would have been good enough to make a little money.

But to make two hundred million a day?

Wang Xiaocong glanced at Xu Yang, “All the credit goes to Xu Yang. The marketing plan was his idea, and it exploded immediately. That’s how the game got to this profitable situation.”

“The credit goes to Xu Yang?!” Niu Haifeng was startled, looking towards Xu Yang, he couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s said that President Xu is a business prodigy, and indeed, his reputation is well-deserved. Truly impressive!”

Xu Yang smiled faintly, “President Niu, you’re too kind.”

Wang Xiaocong said, “Now Xu Yang is also a shareholder in the company. We each own half of the shares.”

“So,” Niu Haifeng chuckled, “that’s just too good, Xu Yang. You agree with what I just said, don’t you?”

Xu Yang nodded: “Agreed.”

Niu Haifeng continued, “Good to hear that. Now, what do you two think about the compensation issue?”

Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong exchanged a glance before Xu Yang said, “You discuss it with Niu Haifeng. I’ll just listen.”

Wang Xiaocong nodded and said with a smirk, “Niu Haifeng, let’s hear your demands. I’m sure you thought about how to extort us before coming here; otherwise, you wouldn’t have bothered to show up.”

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Niu Haifeng laughed: “What extortion? Can we not use such unpleasant words? I am here to talk about collaboration. As I said, we should be amicable and seek mutual profit—that’s the mainstream way of the world.”

Wang Xiaocong nodded: “Alright, let’s hear your idea of cooperation.”

“It’s quite simple,” said Niu Haifeng. “Shengda Games owns the rights to Legend. We license it to you, and you give us a 70-30 split of the profits from Greedy Play Today. Seventy percent for us and you keep the remaining thirty percent. How’s that?”

Wang Xiaocong burst out laughing with frustration: “Are you kidding me, Niu Haifeng? Are you still half asleep? We’ve worked our butts off to get where we are now. Greedy Play Today is earning a net profit of two hundred million a day, and you want to do nothing and take away seventy percent, which is one hundred and forty million? Why don’t you just go rob someone?”

“If you think I’m robbing you, I won’t dispute it,” Niu Haifeng said sinisterly. “You should realize that owning the copyright to Legend gives us the advantage. How hard can your work be? It’s nothing more than hiring a few celebrities and paying for marketing channels. If you can take away thirty percent, which is sixty million, you should be content. People shouldn’t be too greedy, otherwise, I could just sue you, shut down your game, and you won’t make a dime!”

Niu Haifeng truly lived up to his reputation as one of the most shameless and greedy businessmen in China.

He wanted to take a whopping seventy percent of the profits without lifting a finger.

However, he did have a point; Greedy Play Today and Legend were highly similar, and it would be easy to rule it as plagiarism.

If he used legal and political connections, he certainly could shut down Greedy Play Today.

Once Greedy Play Today was shut down, there would be no money coming in anymore.

All things considered, the money earned these days, after subtracting past investments, wouldn’t be enough to cover the costs.

In other words, Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong had not only not made any money but had even lost money.

The key point was that Greedy Play Today was a super money-making game.

Who could bear to have it just shut down like that?

But if they agreed to Niu Haifeng’s terms, they would essentially be working for him.

They would be toiling away, only to give seventy percent of their earnings to Niu Haifeng and keep a mere thirty percent. It was unbelievably frustrating.

If Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong were ordinary people, they would have definitely compromised.

After all, it’s better to choose the lesser of two evils.

Taking thirty percent is better than having the game shut down and getting nothing at all.

But Xu Yang and Wang Xiaocong were no ordinary people, so naturally, they wouldn’t fold.

Moreover, when they got involved in operating this game, they had already anticipated this possibility and prepared accordingly.

Wang Xiaocong scoffed: “Niu Haifeng, they say you’re one of the most shameless and greedy people in the Chinese business world. In my opinion, you can drop the ‘one of.'”

Niu Haifeng smiled faintly: “I’ll take that into consideration. If a reporter interviews me in the future, I’ll ask them to correct their reporting and drop the ‘one of.’

Wang Xiaocong said, “Niu Haifeng, I have to say, you really are shameless. I can tell you right now, don’t even think about taking seventy percent of the profits. Go back to sleep and dream about it; you might get it in your dreams!”