I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 129 - 68: Flight of Death, Elder Brother’s Ditty!_1

Chapter 129: Chapter 68: Flight of Death, Elder Brother’s Ditty!_1

As a company that spans numerous internet industries.

Netcom’s scope is not limited to gaming as a form of entertainment culture.

Music, film, live broadcasting, shopping, news, media, finance, investments, and more.

It has its hands in all of them.

The annual total profit estimate from all of its industries has already surpassed 400 billion.

Only second to Tengjing’s 600 billion.

The reason for the 1/3 less revenue compared to Tengjing is mainly the lack in the communication software for users.

Both Qiuqiu and WeChat, the two largest chat communication apps in the country, are tightly controlled by Tengjing, creating immeasurable hidden value.

However, even so.

Netcom is still considered a big brother figure in the internet world.

But within this, gaming brings in the highest economic returns for the company, accounting for over 15%, with its division—Netcom game alone generating over 60 billion in revenue each year.

Therefore, as the General Manager of Netcom Game’s game operation department, Lu Long holds a tremendous amount of power.

If he wants to deal with higher-class manufacturers, he might need to file a report with the higher-ups, have a discussion, and think thrice before acting.

But for top players like B-class companies, which can’t even break a monthly revenue of half a billion.

Who cares if they’re dark horses or have potential?

A complete live broadcast platform ban is just a matter of saying the word.

Tengjing, Thunderbolt, Wolftooth, and other top live broadcast platforms, we at Netcom have shares in all of them.

On the level of larger social media platforms, we have shares, too.

No matter how you cry foul, you’ll lose if you can’t even make a sound.

Sometimes, when Lu Long thinks about it, he feels despair on behalf of those smaller companies.

Facing a company of this magnitude, the invisible huge black hand behind it can easily crush anyone with a mere flick of its finger.

Of course, Lu Long didn’t reach his position today by acting rashly or getting angry on a whim.

Although at today’s game expo, his blood pressure nearly burst due to this goddamned company, Top Player.

But after the expo ended, when he returned home, took a cold shower, and settled down to think properly.

Just because he was personally disgusted.

Using a nuke to kill a mosquito just because he lost face.

That would be ridiculous.

A decade of experience couldn’t be undone by a minor demon, right?

The real reason that spurred Lu Long to suppress them.

Was that PV released by Top Player at the expo.

Truthfully, Lu Long was there in person and watched the entire PV.

Aside from its explosive quality, he couldn’t find any flaws in the game.

Battle royale, shrinking play zones, vehicles, tactics, a vast island map—several features that were very eye-catching.

If Netcom operated it, by disassembling this game, they could probably reap benefits for a lifetime.

Just like that neighboring phone manufacturer, squeezing new features out at every annual product launch.

Today, you squeeze a little battle royale, tomorrow a new game adds vehicles, the day after, an Airdrop, bombing zones, etc.

Wouldn’t that guarantee a lifetime of profits?

But Top Player did not do this, they stuffed everything in all at once.

The impact it created was massive.

Even so massive that Lu Long, who had seen plenty of heavyweight games, inexplicably felt a hint of fear.

If this game was allowed to properly launch and operate under Top Player.

It wouldn’t take three to five years before the gaming world’s big three became the big four.

The cake would now be cut into four slices instead of three.

Not to mention Lu Long.

No one in the high ranks of Netcom Game could accept such a change.

"However, before completely banning it, it might be good to test the game’s acceptance level among players," Lu Long thought to himself, his mind calculating sharply.

Such a good IP, simply banning it wouldn’t do.

His own team needs to work on it strenuously.

Therefore, allowing "Pubg" to launch smoothly and testing its strength for a few days seems necessary.

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"Damn it, why hasn’t my game been banned yet? Are you functioning or not, Lu Damn!" On the Nth day of secretly cursing people in his office, Ke Jin opened the internet to search, and not finding any related live stream ban news, he angrily gave Lu Long the title of "Lu Out" and accumulated another day of infamy.

Seeing the offline promotional video for Pubg blow up, Ke Jin grew more anxious.

Thunderbolt became a hot search, even sparking a flurry of discussion in the NAA forums.

Two hot posts in a row shot up in a week.

For a game whose main body wasn’t even out yet, having its promo video top the trending searches was rather unusual in the gaming circle.

The influence of Pubg was truly not to be underestimated, causing Ke Jin to doubt if he had made the wrong game.

Not just Netcom getting scared.

Ke Jin started to feel scared too...

But now that all his assets were poured into it, he had to keep going with the game no matter what.

Still, Ke Jin wanted to stall a bit longer.

Whenever Lu Long managed to implement the "live broadcast ban," that’s when he’d launch, tackling it head-on.

You’re headed for a shattered wall!

Unfortunately.

Ke Jin could wait, but the players couldn’t.

Who would choose crap if ribs are available?

Especially FPS players, who were the most vocal, with many even reaching out to Ke Jin directly.

"Hurry up, Baby Ke! If you’re short on money, just tell us! We might not be as extravagant as the guys next door, but we shot guys are not to be trifled with!"