I am a Big Player
Chapter 386 - 382, Lift a Rock Only to Drop It on Your Own Feet (Third Update)_1

Chapter 386: 382, Lift a Rock Only to Drop It on Your Own Feet (Third Update)_1

In fact, it was during his conversation with Cheng Shanshui that Ren He suddenly realized the gameplay of Qinghe’s faction was actually very interesting—it was a system of internal cultivation.

Take Cheng Shanshui, for example, a veteran who was emotionally invested in Qinghe, and throughout the development of Kunlun and Dota, he had been absorbing the cross-era mindset from Ren He, had unwavering faith in the internet economy, and had slowly started developing his own insights into it.

Qinghe Games had become a massive dye vat, quickly shaping its internal culture due to its strong foundation.

It was hard for people to imagine that in a small inland city like Luo City, there could be a game company continuously attracting talent, in an environment that was open-minded and aspiring.

What did Qinghe Games have the most of now? Not money, but talent.

These talents might not have been so upon joining Qinghe Games; after all, could those excellent graduates from 211 and 985 universities immediately thrive in society upon entering? Not necessarily.

But Qinghe was such a platform where people climbed up from the grassroots level, and once they reached Cheng Shanshui’s level, Qinghe Games would provide an even broader world for them: venture capital.

By then, Cheng Shanshui had grown to fully identify with and take pride in Qinghe’s culture from the bottom of his heart.

The executives of Qinghe Games wouldn’t be poached because this was where they could earn the highest salaries in the internet sphere, and they enjoyed their work the most; however, if one day they sought a higher level of spiritual satisfaction, Qinghe Games would cooperate with them to determine a unique operation mode exclusive to Qinghe.

All executives understood one thing deeply: Qinghe Games wasn’t short of money, and the boss had a broad and open mind.

From a founder’s perspective, Cheng Shanshui might have a relatively small share of the company’s stock, but the question is, does going out to raise financing necessarily grant you a controlling interest? Not necessarily.

The big sharks in finance weren’t so easy to deal with, and many founders ended up with less than 10% of the company’s shares in their hands.

At least Cheng Shanshui could ensure Ren He wasn’t the type to be insatiable; Ren He simply provided enough scope based on what they wanted to explore and then gave them a sum of money, after which he would completely let them loose...

Cheng Shanshui could clearly sense Ren He’s laissez-faire attitude—it was obvious he just couldn’t be bothered to manage!

This Qinghe Games’ major shareholder was an oddity in the business field, so eccentric that he lived like a carefree crane and even had the Midas touch.

How could that be reasonable? But that’s the privilege he had to play that way.

For Cheng Shanshui, being able to share Qinghe Games’ enormous domestic user base and obtaining financing worth nearly ten million just based on the boss’s mood was like a dream come true. Moreover, everyone interacted like friends. Although he was branded with Qinghe’s faction, he did not resist it at all, as he was well aware that the boss had no interest in meddling with his affairs...

For Ren He, after everything Qinghe Games had been through, its executives within the internal system finally had the ability to fly on their own. He let these eagles fostered in Qinghe Games soar, maintaining a close financial relationship with them, and having wholly-owned subsidiaries was ideal for Ren He.

Times were tough, it was better to stick together for warmth.

Within Qinghe’s faction, Qinghe Games was like a brilliant central point, a sun-like star, with all the surrounding planets like Earth. The sun provided talent, resources, money, and its warmth and light.

It had sufficient energy: Qinghe Games had a monthly fund turnover of over a hundred million, while Ren He had content that transcended eras and a sizable user base.

What good was a user base? From history, Tencent’s near-invincible ability to create games was evidence of the significance of a user base...

Just like how initially, Kunlun was used to promote Dota, with at the same time a million users online, but all different users had long surpassed six million, and on that day Dota registered users topped four hundred thousand. Could any other game even imagine this? There was simply no comparison...

Then the planet tightly revolved around the star, affecting each other, united.

Ren He deeply understood that the future world would be an era where content was king.

It was also from this moment that Ren He would idle away his time every day in the executive chat group of Qinghe Games, chatting about his perspectives and opinions. The purpose was quite simple: one was to have a chat with everyone, letting them know, oh, the big boss is still around...

The second purpose was to expose them to the fresh ideas in his concepts, to foster their entrepreneurial spirit if they were to venture out on their own...

Ren He had no choice; with so many talents gathered here, Qinghe had become standardized, and the marketing and promotion processes were mature and advanced. At this time, if these executive bigwigs started their own businesses, they could create even greater influence for Qinghe’s faction, and the employees below would have enough opportunities for promotion and development.

The executives of Qinghe Games felt their thoughts tangle every day. Some of them would pull Xu Nuo aside privately and ask, "Why do I feel like the big boss is trying to nudge us into starting our own businesses?"

It was quite vexing for them: the big boss dangled advanced concepts as bait day after day; it seemed like he was encouraging them to start their businesses, as if Ren He was saying to them personally, "Go, I’ll give you content, I’ll give you money, just hurry up and start your business."

After pondering for two days, Xu Nuo made a call to Ren He, "Bro, I want to start a business too?! Just like Cheng Shanshui."

At that moment, Ren He’s face darkened; damn, he was shooting himself in the foot. If Little Fatty left, how could he continue to be hands-off? But he couldn’t just flat-out refuse because Little Fatty was an independent individual. Although Little Fatty’s career had taken off by following him, he wasn’t Little Fatty’s guardian, just a friend and a partner.

Ren He had a clear understanding of this, so he had to be conciliatory...

With patience, Ren He said, "Look, you’re the president of Qinghe Games, right? And also Qinghe Games’s second-largest shareholder, right?"

Ren He felt quite embarrassed saying this; after all, there were only two shareholders...

"Right!" Little Fatty nodded.

"What business do you want to start? Just have it appear as a subsidiary of Qinghe Games. If you want to invest your own money, go ahead. Take a share just like Cheng Shanshui and his team, and you can also rely on Qinghe Games to develop it, right?"

"Right!" Little Fatty nodded.

"You can still expand businesses within Qinghe Games. Isn’t it true that for Cheng Shanshui to share Qinghe’s resources, he needs approval from you and me? If you remain the president of Qinghe Games, you don’t have to seek anyone’s approval; you can decide on your own. Wouldn’t that make you happy? You wouldn’t be delaying either side, right? That’s the logic, isn’t it?" Ren He continued to guide...

"It seems to make sense..."

"Yes, you’ve got it if you understand that..." Ren He said with heavy emphasis.

In fact, such a setup was a win-win for both him and Little Fatty. Little Fatty could do whatever he wanted, yet he would still remain the president of Qinghe Games, and Qinghe’s resources would be completely open to him. It’s good for you, good for me, good for everyone...

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To add more Chapters in honor of the Alliance Leader, ’For Elegance, Not Vulgarity,’ thank you.

And congratulations to myself for securing the 30th Alliance Leader... happy!