I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 468 - 161: The Design Philosophy of the Next-Generation Handheld Console! The Curtain Slowly Rises!_4

Chapter 468: Chapter 161: The Design Philosophy of the Next-Generation Handheld Console! The Curtain Slowly Rises!_4

Moreover, Ke Jin knew that as soon as the Switch emerged, it would dramatically lead the handheld gaming industry’s revolution.

But the other outsourcing factories didn’t know that.

In their eyes, you might just be capriciously dabbling for fun.

If you can’t negotiate a long-term partnership, the price definitely won’t come down.

It would be better to go with the flow and do SE a favor, choke them by the neck and make them feel sick to their stomachs.

"If that doesn’t work, try talking to Hua Zi again," Ke Jin thought after some contemplation.

Besides developing chip technology, Hua Wei is also a large outsourcing factory.

Not only do they manufacture smartphones, cameras, computers and the like, but they also take on other cooperative business orders.

However...

Given their far-sighted development philosophy, the price discussed with Hua Zi, Ke Jin guessed, wouldn’t be much of a bargain either.

Moreover, Hua Zi doesn’t have experience in designing gaming handhelds.

Working with them means starting from scratch for both parties, which could lead to some dawdling.

But it seemed there were no better options available.

There are only so many large outsourcing factories to choose from domestically.

Smaller factories can’t meet the hardware requirements, and quality control is prone to problems.

Otherwise, there’s the option of going to Korea to find the likes of Samsung or LG.

But going abroad introduces the problem of international taxation.

Ke Jin preferred to avoid complications whenever possible.

Start by talking to Hua Zi before considering other methods.

If that fails, think of something else.

"I always used to think, if I can manage a company well, then would I be able to run my own company smoothly? Now it seems... I still have a long way to go," Qiao Yuan sighed softly.

"Because I overlooked a critical issue, the final decision-making. Although I can provide many suggestions, Mr. Ke, you are there to oversee them, so I feel managing is quite breezy... But in reality, I don’t have to be responsible for those decisions."

"Responsibility may seem light, but in fact, it’s heavier than heaven bearing down on you."

"We’ve only just started and already faced resistance. If it were me, I might have already become disoriented."

"Mr. Ke, sitting in this position, you endure pressures every day that I can’t fully grasp even when I’m this close, but I can feel the weight of it... Mr. Ke, you must be very tired, sigh."

"The road is fixed, but people are flexible; there’s always a solution. You go now, make contact with Hua Wei," Ke Jin said with a smile, comforting Qiao Yuan who felt helpless on behalf of the top gamers.

He watched as Qiao Yuan left the office in her high heels.

Ke Jin’s gaze flickered slightly.

He had anticipated the difficulties ahead when he first took this step.

There’s no such thing as smooth sailing. To stand firm on the world stage, one essentially needs to be prepared to face numerous challenges.

This is just the first hurdle out of the gate.

If we can’t overcome this, then we only deserve to viciously compete with a few other domestic factories.

"Right, the account should be unbanned," he seemed to remember something.

Ke Jin then brought up the system backend of his own company.

He had thought that refunding and banning the account of the super gamer ’Stewed Goose in Iron Pot’ half a month ago would settle the matter.

With your ability to spend so much money in the game, we top gamers don’t welcome you!

You might as well quit playing our game!

But unexpectedly, the little bastard turned out to be quite troublesome.

Appealing to the company time and again, Ke Jin himself had temporarily suppressed the matter with ’in process’ as the excuse.

Just dragging it out.

To avoid him coming back and creating havoc by furiously spending millions more in our upcoming game to vent his frustration.

If he, god forbid, were to single-handedly Buy it in our new mission, Ke Jin really would have nowhere to cry.

Seeing that appealing was not getting them anywhere, he began to make a spectacle of himself in the live streams.

Last time during an interview, Ke Jin had already seen this person’s conspicuous comments.

He thought that staying silent and ignoring the issue would solve it.

Instead of resolving it, it only got worse!

This little brat went straight to splurging on gifts for various game streamers.

And their ID was ’Top Gamer Banned My Million Account and Plays Dead.’

It made the group of game streamers feel awkward every time.

To read the ID or not.

After all, they were properly given gifts.

To read the ID...

The ID seemed risky.

It might just stir up trouble.

Recently, the little brat started targeting major gaming community forums.

Ke Jin learned that she seemed to have a certain status within the gaming circle.

So when she wrote a mini-essay, tearfully denouncing the top-ranked player and stated that she "was playing just fine that day, wanted to support the top-ranked player, but after charging a million, the top-ranked player banned her entire account, and now she can’t log into any games,"

there was a sense of grievance seeping through every line, making it the first time a group of impoverished guys felt sorry for her.

Because the players discovered.

She also posted many screenshots of her playing games with the top-ranked player under the mini-essay.

There were moments of joy, touching scenes, happiness, and exhilaration.

Every game screenshot was a moving testimony.

This little rich girl truly deeply loved the game of the top-ranked player.

And yet, this is how the top-ranked player treated a player that could be considered a die-hard fan.

The reason behind it was disheartening!

So much so that a week after the incident fermented,

a group of players began to rise up in defense of "Miss Goose."

During that period, if you opened any gaming-related community forum,

one of the top trending topics would inevitably be—#TopRankedPlayerYouReallyDeserveToDie!#

The top-ranked player, who almost never had any scandals, was caught up in this wave of "abusing a die-hard fan."

The calls for unbanning her account grew louder among the gaming community.

Ke Jin was clear on that.

Playing dead just wasn’t an option anymore.

Damn it!

All I wanted was to quietly ban a tycoon!

Why does banning an ordinary tycoon have to cause such a big fuss!

Can’t I just not want to be stabbed in the back, huhuhu...

I’m crying!

But due to the pressure, Ke Jin still bit the bullet and completely unbanned the account.

And on his personal Weibo account, he personally apologized.

The reason given was that it was a mistaken ban.

The rationale was that an unusually high amount of charging was detected, suspected to be the work of a minor, and so the account was temporarily banned to protect the interests of the players.

The issue has now been clarified, and the player "Stewed Goose in Iron Pot" had her account wrongfully banned due to improper handling by the top-ranked player’s official actions.

As compensation, they also issued an exclusive limited-edition skin from "Goose Duck Kill"—Miss Goose—which was an apology intended to express deep regret.

Once the news broke, the gaming community burst into jubilation.

They were happy for "Miss Goose" to come back to life, fully revitalized.

Do you think it ended there?

Naive!

Ke Jin had a backup plan.

Since banning the account couldn’t solve the issue with the malicious tycoon, he decided to deal with the person causing the problem directly!

Yes, I’ve unbanned your account and even created an exclusive limited-edition Goose Duck Kill skin for you, Miss Goose, which is exclusive to you alone, with no other player having it, a one-of-a-kind prize in the whole world!

This apology should be sincere enough and face-saving, right?

But what about it?

But!

Your account! From now on, charging in any game from the top-ranked player will be at a 20% discount!

Charge another 100,000, and you get a straight 40% discount.

Charge another 100,000, and it continues to be 50% off!

If you dare to charge, I dare to give you discounts!

And the discount will stay effective indefinitely, covering all games under the top-ranked player.

So what if you’ve put me at a disadvantage with this move, but what about your next game, and the one after that?

When you end up only getting 0.1% off no matter how much you charge, how will you deal with that?

But the account is not allowed to trade, and if a change of ownership is detected, it will be banned immediately.

And Ke Jin didn’t announce this action publicly.

It was a secret modification exclusive to the "Stewed Goose" account.

Whether the other party discovers it or not isn’t a big deal.

If they find out, they can take it as a private gift from the top-ranked player, a profound apology.

Just be thankful and get on with it!

The more grateful you are, the more you’ll charge, and the more discounts you’ll get.

The actual money you are able to contribute will be less and less.

Thus, the more you charge, the less you charge.

Hmph, want to charge money?

Stop disgusting me!