"Huang He is deliberately disgusting us!" Zeng Qing angrily denounced in the office after Kaixuan was launched.
After the talk with Huang He, Zeng Qing cheered up and invested all the remaining programmers in the company into optimizing Kaixuan.
It must be said that Chinese programmers are truly amazing, especially this batch of programmers left over from Tengda. In less than three months, they managed to optimize an online game developed by a Korean.
They managed to optimize a computer game that generally required a configuration in 2005 to run smoothly on a computer from 2000, which can be called optimization masters.
After completing the optimization, Zeng Qing finally decided to launch "Kaixuan" on the 00 game platform. Fearing that the unoptimized version would deter new players on the 00 game platform, Zeng Qing endured for three months without launching it. He eagerly launched Kaixuan on the oo game platform only after the optimization was completed.
However, who would have thought that on the first day Kaixuan was launched, it coincided with oo game platform's preheating for "World of Warcraft". All players on the entire oo game platform were discussing this newly released game, and had no interest in Kaixuan at all.
There was no heat for Kaixuan on the forum, which made Zeng Qing furious. He cursed Huang He in his office and insulted all his ancestors.
As he was enjoying cursing, his secretary suddenly walked in and whispered, "Boss, there's a phone call."
"Who cares who it is, I'm not taking it!" Zeng Qing said angrily.
"This... this is a call from Chairman Huang He of Jiangnan Group," the secretary hesitated and said.
"What? What are you still standing there for? Quickly transfer the call!" Zeng Qing suddenly shouted. The secretary then hurried to transfer the call, and Zeng Qing said with a smiling face, "Chairman Huang, what can I do for you?"
"Cough, cough, it's nothing much. I just came to apologize. I didn't expect the promotion of Warcraft to coincide with the launch of your Kaixuan. I'll send you our company's internal progress schedule later. The promotion plan for World of Warcraft was set three months ago. It's not that I deliberately blocked you."
"However, it's also my subordinates' lack of consideration. They were only thinking about confidentiality but didn't think about reminding you to change the launch time, which has made things so awkward now. I'm very sorry!" Huang He said on the phone.
"It's okay... it's okay, this is not your company's fault, it's not a big deal!" Hearing Huang He say this, Zeng Qing was greatly moved. All the previous resentment towards Boss Huang dissipated a lot.
Huang He calling proactively to apologize for this matter was incredibly impressive.
"No, no, no, this is our operations staff's fault for not providing you with thoughtful service. I have already instructed the work group responsible for your operations to take the train to Shenzhen together to apologize to your company. If you don't forgive them personally, they will be directly fired on the spot!" Huang He said calmly.
"Boss Huang, is it really that harsh?" Zeng Qing was stunned. Huang He actually went to such lengths as to make an operations group take the train to apologize. He had never encountered such a thing in his life!
Moreover, it was a large enterprise like Jiangnan Group apologizing to him, a former defeated opponent.
"Hey, Boss Huang, actually, I just remembered, it seems like half a month ago, your company's contact person approached me and asked us to delay the launch for a month. However, I really couldn't afford to delay any longer, so I refused. It was I who strongly requested to launch today, and your operations group is not at fault at all!" Zeng Qing quickly said. If the operations group of Jiangnan Group came to apologize to him, it would be difficult for him to mediate such a situation, so it was better not to have them apologize.
"No!" Huang He said with a very serious and hateful tone on the phone, "I actually know about this, but they only bluntly told you to postpone the launch for a month without telling you why or the reasons. It's normal for you to refuse such an unreasonable request."
"Moreover, I heard that phone recording, and their tone was very bad, and their attitude was very arrogant. If I were you, hearing someone talk to me like that, I would have kicked them straight away. If I didn't break their heads, I wouldn't be Huang He!"
"These guys are self-righteous and arrogant, thinking that they have joined Jiangnan Group and are responsible for operating a large platform like the oo game platform. They think they have power and influence and can bully you partners at will!"
"After reaching cooperation with you, I told all staff members on the entire platform that you game developers are our parents, our mother and father. I want them to worship you and serve you, so that you can enjoy meticulous care and service!"
"But now, these guys think they are your parents, which is simply outrageous!"
"Old Zeng, to be honest with you, I want to make the oo game platform a comprehensive platform where all game manufacturers in the world are willing to put their games on our platform for operation and receive our traffic support!"
"Compared to your games, the games operated by our Jiangnan Group in the future will only be a small part. Therefore, you are our parents, but now these guys are acting so arrogantly from the start. Won't game developers like you be terrified of us in the future and curse us behind our backs?"
"So you are helping me out this time. When they arrive at your company's door, don't be in a hurry to accept their apology. You don't even need to see them. Close the company's door and make them stand outside for three days. Let everyone in Shenzhen see how Huang He treats you game partners!"
"..." Although Huang He's words seemed to be considering Zeng Qing and helping him vent his anger, Zeng Qing felt a chill run down his spine, and goosebumps started to appear.
This Huang He was too ruthless, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to his own people.
Although making someone stand at their company's door for three days would not cause much physical punishment, the spiritual and personal humiliation would be immense. These three days would likely become the biggest nightmare in the lives of the entire operations group.
But Huang He did it anyway, and even exposed them to the public.
After all, Tengda was currently at SEG Plaza in Shenzhen, which was full of people from related industries. This entire operations group would essentially be socially dead within the industry.
If they encountered someone with insufficient resilience, they might even jump off a building.
But Huang He still did it. His heart was too cruel.
Of course, Huang He was definitely not simply trying to humiliate them. Huang He's goal was very simple, which was to buy a thousand-li horse with a hundred-li gold.
SEG also had a large number of game developers. Huang He wanted to show them how Jiangnan Group treated their game partners, to impress them, and then have them proactively seek cooperation with the oo game platform.
At the same time, this would become a national news story. In a short period, game developers across the country would probably know this story. The reputation of the 00 game platform in the entire game developer circle would likely skyrocket.
It had to be said that Huang He's methods were indeed brilliant.
However, this would make Tengda and Zeng Qing, who were letting people stand outside for three days, become the bad guys.
So, could Zeng Qing refuse?
No, he certainly couldn't refuse. Huang He's intentions were so clearly analyzed, his goal was to use this operations group to boost the company's reputation. If Zeng Qing didn't make the entire operations group stand for three days and play the role of the bad guy, then Tengda would truly become the bad guy.
"Okay, I understand. I'll do as you say!" Zeng Qing said with a wry smile.
"Alas, I'm truly sorry to you this time!" Huang He sighed. "How about this, after two weeks, especially after the promotional heat subsides and your game operations are on track, I'll give you a comprehensive promotional package for free and do my best to drive traffic for you to compensate for your losses!"
"Thank you! Thank you, Boss Huang!" Zeng Qing said gratefully, this time sincerely.
After Huang He hung up the phone, Zeng Qing suddenly glanced downstairs, fearing that the group of apologizing members would rush over.
Of course, the company entrance was empty at the moment, as the game had just launched today. Even if these people took the train immediately, they would not arrive until tomorrow at the earliest.
However, deep down, Zeng Qing was completely convinced of Huang He's capabilities, lamenting that it was no wonder Jiangnan Group could reach this point. If such methods were used in ancient times, they would be the methods of an emperor.
Half an hour later, the secretary walked in again and whispered, "Chairman, the server data for the 00 game platform is out. Would you like to see it?"
"What's there to see? The player count must be very low. I originally prepared 12 new servers for this launch, and I thought we could get at least thirty to forty thousand new players. Now it seems all of that was in vain! Everyone is discussing World of Warcraft now, what achievements can we have!" Zeng Qing said irritably.
"Well... Chairman, you had better take a look. The situation is probably not what you imagined!" the secretary whispered.
"What?" Zeng Qing was stunned, then he looked at the report. The report was only one page long, and it summarized in just one sentence: all 12 servers were full, with over 5,000 players queuing for each server. The operations department requested an emergency opening of 20 more servers.
Kaixuan had actually exploded!