Chapter 858 - 292: The Mastermind Revealed, Li Yuan Wins Big (Part 2)

Because anyone with an eye for potential can see that "Honor of Kings," this game, has enormous potential and market opportunities.

Now, during the Chinese New Year holiday, it’s averaging over a hundred million in marketing every day. What does that mean?

After deducting development costs, operational costs, taxes, and so on, the net profit is at least 80%, a truly immense profit margin, faster than printing money with a printing press...

If game companies aren’t envious, or putting out dirty tricks, that would be surprising!

No one wants to voluntarily abandon the online gaming market, a massive market worth hundreds of billions...

Li Yuan’s eyes flickered, and he said solemnly: "Continue investigating, I want to know the exact results."

Listening to Li Yuan’s icy voice, Tan Zhonghua felt a chill and sensed a trace of hostility in the air. Knowing that Li Yuan was in a bad mood, he quickly nodded and agreed.

"Boss, rest assured, I will get to the bottom of this as soon as possible."

"Okay! Go!" Li Yuan replied calmly, indeed feeling quite upset.

This was the first time since his reincarnation that he encountered commercial competition tactics of such a despicable manner.

Even if they brought out a product to compete, he could at least regard them with some respect...

"Wangyi, Tengxun, Shengda, Jinshan?" Li Yuan muttered to himself, with a puzzled expression.

He knew Tengxun very well, and had cooperation with Wangyi on copyright transactions, at a price of over 40 million, which now seems insignificant, somewhat of a loss.

Currently, the daily net profit brought by "Honor of Kings" exceeds 40 million...

Even after the boom period ends and a cooling-off period begins, daily sales should still be in the tens of millions, and sustain for a very long time.

He was preparing to present plans and, once the new year is over and all employees returned to work, allocate substantial funds to the "Honor of Kings" development team as a reward.

The reward for each person should be at least six figures, with some core members possibly receiving seven figures.

"Tengxun, Old Ma, if it really is your doing, then I might have to confront you. Initially, I didn’t intend to launch that thing." Li Yuan murmured to himself, also hesitating.

Should he launch WeChat, that powerful tool.

Currently, QQ dominates, and other online communication software cannot put any pressure on QQ.

His hesitation was partly due to uncertainty whether, even if he developed "WeChat," it could actually compete against QQ.

If it can’t beat QQ, it would be wasted effort.

But if it can surpass QQ, it would greatly facilitate future development...

"However, developing WeChat won’t cost much, and it might be worth considering developing it first, then confronting Old Ma afterward."

"If defeated, there’s always the option to let him acquire it. Moreover, with my influence and strength, it might not necessarily come to defeat."

"I remember WeChat came online in 2011, by which time smartphones had started to become popular. I still have time."

"In addition, there’s also the fierce battle between Tengxun and 360, causing a huge uproar, and both parties suffering... "

Thinking of smartphones, Li Yuan hesitated whether to enter that industry.

His energy was limited and couldn’t be spread across all fields,

Smartphones, new energy vehicles, short videos, food delivery, e-commerce, etc., he could only choose one or two to pursue...

He still hadn’t figured out which ones to choose, and was contemplating whether to continue with entrepreneurship or simply lie flat and become an angel investor.

Investment and entrepreneurship are truly different levels of difficulty, consuming completely different amounts of time and effort.

Like now, just a few industries have him physically and mentally exhausted, monopolizing a lot of his time, leaving no room to enjoy life properly.

Private jets, luxury yachts, vacation estates, custom-made items, all there without enjoyment,

Even the several god-like beautiful girlfriends, lacking adequate time to accompany them...

Already having more money than one can spend, is there still a need to continue entrepreneurship?

Li Yuan was deeply hesitant in his heart.

Unlike many reincarnators, he wasn’t aiming to become the richest man in the country or even globally, to develop technology, or change the world.

He just wanted to make up for the regrets of his previous life, enjoy life, date more girlfriends, have more children, branch out, and pass on the legacy...

This life right now was quite beautiful, aligning with his mental expectations.

If entrepreneurship occupies all his time, it becomes an issue.

However, Zhihu website, "Tea Color Moonlight" and "Honor of Kings" alone clearly won’t be enough to hold significant weight, he must leave sufficient industries for his descendants...

"What industry should be developed next?" Li Yuan was still hesitating.

...

In Huaxia, Yangcheng, in the gaming department of a well-known company, intense discussions were underway.

"What do you all think of the current situation, with "Honor of Kings" aggressively advancing, the sales data of our major games are all significantly declining. If this continues, it’s not far from server shutdown."

"Li Yuan, that guy, handles things expertly, no wonder he’s skilled in online manipulation, leading the rhythm causing our multiple games to be attacked by those stupid fans."

"However, "Honor of Kings" has had an incredibly strong launch, according to the insider information I received, this game’s registered users have reached 60 million, and are increasing by millions every day. In less than a month, it could surpass our total registered user count..."