togophonebook #336 - Acquisition of a toy company, Longteng and Youyi hacker war, Wu Liang flatters to a new level
#336 - Acquisition of a toy company, Longteng and Youyi hacker war, Wu Liang flatters to a new level
Monday, Taoyuan Village Villa.
When Lu Yu saw the over 12 million sales of "Runaway Simulator," he was completely dumbfounded.
He rubbed his eyes, repeatedly muttering to himself, "This is freaking impossible."
However, upon reopening his eyes, the sales hadn't changed.
Even favorable reviews from game media outlets began appearing on the front pages of game portals.
He browsed through them, muttering to himself, "What the heck is this runaway gameplay? Wasn't it supposed to be a boring city trip?"
He reached for his water glass to take a sip, but it slipped and clattered against the table.
Lu Yu could feel his heartbeat echoing throughout the room. He clutched his chest, trying to calm his bewildered mind.
Without a doubt, he had been backstabbed by Hua Wu's project team again!
How on earth did you guys turn a boring city-strolling game into a thrilling runaway adventure?
But currently, he couldn't question or even stop "Runaway Simulator" from continuing its wild ideas,
because that would expose the system's existence.
Currently, Lu Yu needed to focus on completing the two tasks of this cycle, ensuring that the main game "Project Shinkansen" and the acquired toy company were both in a state of relaxed operation, without creating another hit!
Thinking of this, Lu Yu wondered, hadn't Xia Shangyu gone to inspect potential acquisitions a long time ago? Why hasn't she returned yet?
No sooner had he thought of her than she arrived.
The headhunting director, Xia Shangyu, who had been gone for a while, returned to Taoyuan Village Villa.
She came to Lu Yu's workstation to report on her work.
Lu Yu joked, "Director Xia, you look great lately. Where did you go on vacation?"
Xia Shangyu chuckled awkwardly, "President Lu, you're joking. I wouldn't dare to take a vacation without finding a suitable acquisition target for you."
With that, she handed over a form.
"These are the companies I've been inspecting recently. I think this one fits our acquisition goals perfectly."
Lu Yu glanced at the form:
"Xingjia City Little Confused Immortal Toy Factory"
Main Products: Electric Toy Guns
Team Characteristics:
"This is a team with an extremely laissez-faire attitude towards life, a group of idealists. Their acceptance of whatever comes their way is a rebellion against the world.
They once vowed to change the toy industry and reshape the childhoods of children worldwide!
But now, they can only wait to enter bankruptcy liquidation."
"That's it?"
Lu Yu looked back and forth, a little confused:
"This introduction doesn't show any acquisition value at all?
Besides, they're both idealists and vowed to change children's childhoods. Aren't they just hot-blooded fools? If we acquire them, won't they start recklessly trying to do too much?"
Xia Shangyu continued to smile:
"President Lu, don't worry. I also considered your requirements, so I decided to personally go to Xingjia City for a vacation... Oh no, I mean, I inspected this company for a while.
This company is now in a completely half-dead, passive state.
Employees are confused at work and have no goals. The company's new toy projects are also promoted without any plan. Usually, everyone just gets an idea and launches a product without doing any market research, resulting in complete failure.
So now, you don't have to worry about them having any fervent ideals to pursue. They have long been worn down by continuous business failures. Now, they just want to clear their inventory and pay the employees' back wages."
After hearing this, Lu Yu gradually became interested.
Worn down? Apathetic after seeing through the world? Isn't that the perfect team!
He asked curiously:
"What kind of bizarre products did they make to get themselves into this state?"
Xia Shangyu reported:
"The first one is called 'Confused Water Gun'. It's a water gun toy driven by a built-in motor,
but after children buy it, they can't predict the power and trajectory of the next shot at all.
The water sometimes squirts weakly, and sometimes it crazily sprays high-pressure water jets...
The second one is called 'Random Pistol'. The problem with this series of toys is the same.
The shooting cooldown time and the number of BB bullets fired are all random.
No one knows what effect the next bullet will have! The risk of accidentally injuring people is greatly increased."
After listening, Lu Yu became increasingly excited:
Awesome! What kind of oddballs can design such frustrating toys?
If you do this, it's a miracle if you can sell them!
If we acquire such a team, there's absolutely no need to worry about them making hit products.
Using this kind of hopeless team as a way to earn leisure points is perfect!
After making up his mind, Lu Yu waved his hand: "Alright, you and the company's business department go and buy this company."
"Huh?"
Xia Shangyu was stunned. She originally thought that today was just a preliminary report and that President Lu would personally inspect the company later. She didn't expect him to make a decision directly?
"President Lu, acquisition is not a small matter. Shouldn't you go and see for yourself..."
"No need, I trust you."
Lu Yu waved his hand.
Personally inspect? What a joke!
Making such bizarre toys and being angrily scolded by parents on TV shows,
anyone with a normal brain wouldn't think this company could turn the tide.
He was going to be a real hands-off boss now. Wouldn't it be better to enjoy himself and earn points with this time?
"Xia, you've done a great job this time, making a great contribution to the group. Your performance this month will be super doubled!"
"Th-Thank you, President Lu."
Xia Shangyu was flattered, but also felt a little guilty.
The reason was simple. This time she went to Xingjia City, she mainly focused on eating, drinking, and having fun, spending only a little over a day on inspection.
Because that broken company was barely hanging on, there was no need to continue inspecting it.
So, she spent the remaining month visiting various attractions such as Nanhu, Wuzhen, Meihuazhou, Xitang, and Jiulong Mountain...
Estimating that she had played enough, she reluctantly returned.
This was also the reason why she looked so good. Not working for a month would make anyone look better.
"President Lu, after acquiring Little Confused Immortal Company, do the company's business strategies need to be adjusted?"
Lu Yu thought for a while. The surprising task of this cycle required him to accumulate 35,000 leisure points from the employees after acquiring this toy company. Time was tight and the task was heavy.
He instructed:
"First, immediately renovate Little Confused Immortal Company's office space and welfare system to meet Taoyuan Village's standards. The branch company should have all the benefits that the head office has.
Second, immediately expand Little Confused Immortal Company's recruitment."
Xia Shangyu recorded while asking curiously, "President Lu, what new products are we going to make by hiring so many people?"
"No need, just let them continue to be passive."
As soon as Lu Yu finished speaking, the system popped up with a warning about negative work.
He sighed and immediately changed his words:
"Well, isn't 'Project Shinkansen' a shooting game? Let this toy company produce some gun-shaped peripherals that match the game."
Anyway, given this company's passive attitude, it was almost impossible to make any outstanding products. It would be a blessing to avoid problems.
In this way, he could complete the two tasks of this cycle and successfully avoid internal competition.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu felt a little relieved.
Very good!
The game 'Project Shinkansen' had already invested more than 200 million continuously,
If the direction was wrong, the more money invested, the more the project would fail!
If the project failed, it would definitely completely extinguish the enthusiasm of the company's little try-hards for developing games.
At that time, it would be the era of the company's entire staff starting the passive mode, hehehe!
...
Two days later, Wu Liang and Tang Changren, the hardware R\u0026D director of Youyi Company, visited Taoyuan Village headquarters.
Technical Director Chu Xiong and Milk Candy, the head of the Zizai Studio Group, received them.
Wu Liang directly got to the point:
"Director Chu, Miss Milk Candy, I have already talked with President Lu about the technical cooperation between our two companies during my last visit here, so I specially brought Mr. Tang Changren, the hardware director of the 'Youyi Paradise' game console,
to extract... Oh no, I mean, to learn your company's 'Other Dimension Tactile Gel Suit Technology'.
Of course, as part of the technical cooperation, we will also show our sincerity and provide some support in FPS game development. Please review the specific technical support documents."
Chu Xiong took it over and looked at it:
"Comprehensive Introduction to Youyi Paradise Game Console Hardware"
"Innovative Gaming Experience: Introduction to FPS Game Development"
"Overview of Technical Trends in FPS Game Development"
"What is Recoil? What is Feel? Overview of FPS Physical Feedback"
"Introduction to FPS Game Development Tools and Resources"
What Wu Liang and the others took out were some superficial and very basic things, either introductions or overviews, without any substance at all, and some were even things that could be found on Baidu.
Chu Xiong shook his head slightly at Milk Candy.
Milk Candy said in a sweet, cute voice:
"Gentlemen, I know that you used a lot of cutting-edge technologies in shooting games when developing 'Wilderness Survival: Redemption'. Could you share some with us?
After all, what you want to exchange is the Other Dimension Tactile Gel Suit, which is our core technology."
Wu Liang and Tang Changren looked at each other, the other party wasn't stupid, they knew we were trying to trade sesame seeds for watermelons.
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Wu Liang secretly gave a questioning look: "Should we provide some of our dry goods?"
Tang Changren's mind raced: Originally, he was determined to follow Wu Liang to fool people,
but Milk Candy was really too cute, even cuter than all the girls in his own company,
moreover, she was wearing white silk stockings with just the right amount of transparency today, it was food-grade cream ice cream.
Besides, those watery, shimmering eyes were constantly peeking at him...
A宅男programmer doesn't have much contact with girls in the first place, and with such a gentle offensive, who can resist it!
He coughed dryly, his face flushed: "I think it's... not impossible to provide some of our technology."
Wu Liang sneered in his heart: Brother Changren, you're making decisions with your lower body!
He instantly interrupted Tang Changren's words: "How about this, Director Chu, let us see the technical engineering documents of the Other Dimension Tactile Gel Suit first, we'll judge its authenticity and value, and then decide on the subsequent form of cooperation."
Chu Xiong thought for a while and nodded: "Alright."
After that, he took Wu Liang and others to the company's technical department office area.
Suddenly!
A programmer ran over with a worried look:
"Director Chu, it's not good, our company's R\u0026D server is under attack from an unknown source!"
Chu Xiong's expression instantly became serious: "What is the situation of the attack?"
"From our monitoring system, the source of the attack is a set of unknown IP addresses, and the attack method is very hidden, bypassing our firewall."
Chu Xiong frowned: "Is there any way to trace the source of the attack?"
"We are currently trying, but the other party's technical level is very high, our defense system has been severely damaged, and it is likely that we will not be able to stop their attack."
"Immediately strengthen our firewall and intrusion detection system, and at the same time notify all R\u0026D personnel to temporarily stop all work related to the server to prevent more data leakage."
When Wu Liang heard this, he muttered in his heart: Damn it, I'm about to get Peach Garden Township's core technology for free, who is this blind guy who dares to snatch food from our mouths?
He immediately laughed:
"Director Chu, don't panic, our Youyi's technical team is not vegetarian, especially Mr. Tang Changren, who is on the list in international hacker competitions.
We can help you resist this attack and protect most of your game engineering files, but in exchange, you also need to provide the core technical documents of the Other Dimension Tactile Gel Suit, how about it?"
Chu Xiong frowned,
isn't this just equivalent to getting it for free!
Who knows if these attackers were sent by you, putting on a double act in front of me?
He was about to refuse when Melissa popped up a private chat window on Chu Xiong's computer, which read:
"Master, you can agree to him."
Although he didn't know what medicine Melissa was selling in her gourd, Chu Xiong decided to trust her this time.
After Chu Xiong agreed, Tang Changren and his team began to fight back.
First, they deeply analyzed the characteristics and behavior patterns of the attack traffic to determine the attack methods and vulnerability exploitation methods that the attacker may have used.
Then, they used self-developed software to deeply monitor and analyze the network traffic, and timely discovered the attacker's whereabouts.
Tang Changren said excitedly: "I finally caught you, everyone pay attention, carry out intrusion blocking, IP blocking, and data packet filtering!"
After working all afternoon, the other party's attack was completely repelled.
For the sake of white silk ice cream, Tang Changren also additionally assisted in strengthening the Taoyuan Township server firewall.
In the evening, the computer center of Longteng Group Building.
Jiang Lei and his team leaned back in their chairs, looking dejected, gasping for breath and wiping sweat from their foreheads.
His technical team had exerted all their skills, but the other side was equally formidable, as if fueled by chicken blood. To avoid mutual destruction and exposing their own IP address, Jiang Lei ultimately chose to give up.
"There's actually a高手 (gāoshǒu - expert) on the other side?"
Jiang Lei felt a lingering fear. Thankfully, he had stopped at the last moment, preventing their address from being exposed. Otherwise, the game engineering files of "CrossFire: War Hero" might have been reverse-engineered by the opponent.
Afterward, Chu Xiong delivered the Dimensional Touch Band documentation to them as promised.
After Wu Liang and his team left, Chu Xiong sighed to Melissa on the computer, "I always feel like we lost out."
Melissa smiled mysteriously, "It's okay, Master. I have my own plans."
...
After obtaining the Dimensional Touch Band bodysuit, Wu Liang was full of confidence and immediately instructed his technical team to research it, preparing to apply it to their own game.
This time, having obtained Peach Garden Village's product without contributing any technology, Wu Liang also received praise from Shi Yi.
Wu Liang's heart was filled with triumph.
What Fan Langtao, what Lu Yu, what Cai Yuhao, none of them were a match for him. He was the new generation leader of the Huaguo (China) game industry!
Later, Jianghai City TV's Financial Channel's "Game Life" program featured an exclusive interview with Shi Yi and Wu Liang.
In addition to promoting "Wilderness Survival: Redemption," Wu Liang, as the project leader, was the main focus of the host's interview.
Host:
"Mr. Wu, as a newcomer who has been with the company for less than two years, your promotion has been so rapid. You must have your own unique insights, right?
What kind of changes do you think you've experienced in the past two years?"
Wu Liang looked at Shi Yi and offered flattery at the appropriate time:
"The process of learning by Mr. Shi's side has been wonderful for me."
Host:
"But you're so young, aren't you afraid that some people will say, look, you got there by sucking up to him, you're trying to leech off Mr. Shi's authority.
Some people in the company might also say that you're just a nobody."
Wu Liang:
"There are indeed such people in the company who say that I am a young and inexperienced person in the workplace.
But what I really care about is other people's evaluation of my entire life.
I think joining Youyi is at least something I think about over a period of twenty or thirty years."
Host: "In recent years, Youyi has accepted many fresh graduate interns, but only you have remained at Youyi."
Shi Yi: "Let me interject here. Wu Liang is completely different from the other eliminated interns. They cannot be placed together. Wu Liang and they are not at the same level."
Wu Liang continued to flatter:
"When you do things in the company, you will definitely make mistakes. The company will pay for the mistakes you make, and then someone will teach you how to do things.
That's not all, someone will also pay you money.
Don't you think this is too cost-effective?
Moreover, by following Mr. Shi, he tells you the experiences of the losses and mistakes he has made.
In my university days, I once imagined that
if my career could have such an experience, working alongside a top entrepreneur, I would feel happy even if I did nothing every day, just watching how he holds meetings, just listening to what he says and does every day."
This flattery made Shi Yi feel extremely comfortable.
Viewers watching the live broadcast were complaining:
"Isn't this program supposed to be promoting "CrossFire"? Why has it become a personal show for this guy named Wu Liang?"
"He's become a leader in the game industry at such a young age. He has the right to show off."
Host:
"I'm very curious, as Mr. Shi's research assistant, what is your monthly income?"
Wu Liang:
"Actually, to be honest, I haven't looked at the pay slip that Youyi gave me. I really haven't looked at it, I don't know.
When I came to Youyi, I said, Mr. Shi, can you give me an office closer to you? I want to report to you at any time,
I don't think anything else is important."
The barrage was frantically spamming at this moment:
"The flattery hit the spot."
"I used to sneer at it, but now I'm studying it frame by frame!"