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If all else fails, you can just borrow some from Xinghuo.

Xinghuo will definitely lend it.

Thinking of this, David smiled wryly.

"It's tough, I have to borrow money from my competitors."

Feeling the smile on his face, Dawei instantly realized something.

In today's market, is being able to become a competitor of Spark in a particular game something to be happy about...?

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David had mixed feelings about the success of "Galaxy Paradise".

Chen Zhou of Tencent has a simple feeling about the success of "Galaxy Paradise".

Nothing else, I just feel terrible.

The discomfort is twofold.

On the one hand, it's natural to feel resentful seeing competitors succeed again.

This kind of annoyance is actually nothing.

Because this kind of discomfort can be relieved by swearing.

However, because Galaxy Park was successful again, the pressure to meet performance targets from above could not be solved by simply scolding people.

At this point, a consensus had been reached within Tencent Games.

Both Ma Huateng, at the highest level, and the newly appointed head of the game department, attach great importance to Xinghuo.

Especially since the E3 exhibition.

Tencent Games has now placed the Spark platform as its most important competitor.

said with no exaggeration.

Dealing with Xinghuo is just like dealing with Douyin.

It has become politically correct within Tencent.

In Tencent's own assessment, both Spark and Douyin are major traitors, traitors who could potentially shake Tencent's foundation! They must be eliminated.

In this environment, it serves as the blade of the entire Penguin Games.

Chen Zhou's WEGAME naturally expanded rapidly as well.

This expansion has led WEGAME to absorb a lot of resources.

On the other hand, the pressure is also greater than imagined.

Especially with the release of "Galaxy Paradise".

The entire internet is buzzing.

It's no exaggeration to say that this has caused a nationwide sensation.

May, 2018

At this point in time, Galaxy Paradise had no competitors in the dual-platform mobile game market. In fact, even without Galaxy Paradise, Genshin Impact alone could dominate the entire dual-platform mobile game market.

IGN is directly testing *Galaxy Paradise* in a black-box environment.

I gave it a score of 10.

He stated frankly that once this game is made, it will be a groundbreaking product.

Apart from IGN, other review websites also gave it almost unanimous positive reviews.

Following the black-box testing, sales of Galaxy Park: Discovery and pre-registrations for Galaxy Park: Survival were affected.

It's also praising the upward trend.

This is only a limited closed beta test. I can't even imagine how popular it would be if it were a public test.

If it were just that "Galaxy Paradise" was popular, that would be one thing.

The key point is that Xinghuo's actions have made Chen Zhou very uncomfortable.

The October Penguin Crazy Play Festival, which should have entered the publicity and promotion stage, has been delayed indefinitely, with the plan being revised again and again.

The investment in the Crazy Fun Festival has been increased again and again.

This is just like fighting a war.

The penguins haven't even started fighting yet, but they're already recruiting.

Why recruit soldiers? Because they feel they can't win, what other reason is there?

However, the more this was the case, the greater the pressure on Chen Zhou, the frontline commander.

"Mr. Chen, Ms. Xiao wants you to come over."

Upon hearing this sentence...

Chen Zhou's scalp tingled with fear.

Again.

Again!

Chapter Seventeen: A Global Barometer of Blue Ocean Industries

For Ma Xiao.

Chen Zhou initially wanted to curry favor with a powerful figure, so he started making contact proactively from E3 onwards.

But now, just hearing Ma Xiao's name makes his liver ache.

But anyway.

Ma Xiao is currently the biggest boss in the entire Tencent Games.

The big boss is summoning us; we have to go whether we want to or not.

Upon entering the conference room, Chen Zhou sensed that something was amiss.

Several people were already sitting on the sofa in the tea break room.

Upon closer inspection, he saw Photon, TiMi, Magic Cube, Aurora Borealis, and even a foreigner he didn't recognize.

I wanted to ask, but the atmosphere in the tea break room didn't allow it.

Many people imagine that big shots hold meetings just like themselves, sitting in a black and white conference room for a whole day.

But in reality, someone of Ma Xiao's status would spend most of their time outside conducting "business meetings."

Of course, some confidential meetings within the group are also held in these tea break rooms.

Therefore, Ma Xiao's tea break room was decorated quite exquisitely.

It was decorated to resemble Ma Xiao's favorite coffee shop, so it looked like a corner of a coffee shop had been taken out and placed in the Tencent building.

There's even a bar inside, with a female assistant making coffee.

If it weren't for Ma Xiao's serious expression as she looked at the document, as if she were reading a critical illness notice rather than a business document, it would be hard to believe.

He frowned and glared.

The atmosphere at the scene must have been quite relaxed and harmonious.

When Chen Zhou came in, Ma Xiao didn't look at him, but instead told him to take the documents on the table and find a seat to read them first.

"Okay, Ms. Xiao."

Chen Zhou had assumed Ma Xiao was looking at the initial test data for Galaxy Paradise, and when he picked up the document, he had already decided what he was going to say later.

However, when he actually took the document...

It was rather strange.

Because the documents he had were not the initial test data from Galaxy Paradise at all.

Instead, it was a document titled...

The report, "Global Blue Ocean Industry Trends," and its accompanying report, "2018 World's Top 100 Emerging Companies," are both relevant to this report.

"An industry report? Which investment bank did this?"

Chen Zhou started his career in overseas investment, so he is no stranger to this type of report.

Many investment banks, financial services institutions, and any large finance-related company.

We often produce these kinds of industry reports.

Moreover, they're paying real money to hire the most professional people to do it.

Of course, they don't actually do these industry reports for the sake of the industry itself.

Rather, it's because they can create waves without any real reason through these rankings.

To allow the market to receive some controllable positive or negative news.

Essentially, this is the same function as credit rating.

Those who frequently watch the news will likely see news like this.

JPMorgan Chase issued a research report giving XXXX company an "overweight" rating.

If you think you should increase your holdings, then just do so. Why issue a report?

So why would these big investment banks publish their painstakingly written reports? And why would they make them public?

I can only say that I understand everything.

So Chen Zhou's first reaction upon seeing this report was, "Could it be that Tencent's rating has dropped?"

"Look at the section about Spark."

Perhaps noticing the confusion in Chen Zhou's eyes, He Shen, the person in charge of Tianmei, sitting next to him, made a comment.

However, this statement did not answer Chen Zhou's question; instead, it deepened his doubts.

"Huh? Spark? Spark is involved in this?"

It's no wonder Chen Zhou was confused.

Because this kind of investment advice report shouldn't possibly have anything to do with Xinghuo.

Even if you praise Xinghuo to the skies or belittle it to the point of worthlessness in your report, it won't have any impact on Xinghuo.

After all, Xinghuo is not a listed company.

Who would bother to write a report for a non-listed company?

Chen Zhou opened the report with curiosity.

Right from the start, the report demonstrated its high quality.

The first few logos are already quite impressive.

This is a report jointly released by six "authoritative" investment institutions, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.

This is the fourth year since 15.

At the very beginning of the report, besides the usual boasting about how professional their report was,...

It also introduced the past and present of the trendsetting companies in 15, 16 and 17.

And the development of their respective industries.

All these things and data serve one purpose: to enhance the value of the report.

Chen Zhou had heard of this report before, but had not seen it.

After all, this report has little to do with the gaming industry; it focuses more on internet companies.

After a brief look at it now, I've found that this report is actually quite impressive.

Last year, the bellwether company selected in this report was a cryptocurrency exchange.

This is indeed a popular industry last year, and even recently.

Bitcoin, which was worth $1000 at the beginning of 17, surged to $17 by the end of 2.