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however.

When Qin Nan realized this, he was confused.

Looking at the NetEase building under the sunlight.

He was truly lost.

Two years of development, every little detail of the development process.

At first, when he said he wanted to make a mobile game with multiple playthroughs, no one believed that such a game could actually be made.

Despite these doubts, Qin Nan withstood the pressure and presented a plan.

He built up his team by promising easy money.

Discuss the plot of each playthrough with the scriptwriters and communicate with the art designers about each character.

Voice acting, performance, side stories.

A project is the culmination of the hard work of many people.

During the closed beta of Seven Days City, he reviewed every single review he received with his team.

Qin Nan felt pleased with the praise.

He carefully studied the criticisms.

But so much effort has been put in.

But this is the result we got in the end.

We need to get hyped up after just one week online.

Qin Nan knew very well what the consequences of being injected with chicken blood would be.

This project might recoup most of its costs after a burst of high enthusiasm, but once that's over, the grave is already dug.

All that's left is to watch this project slowly sink into the grave.

unless.

Unless they encounter a wise leader who can turn the tide.

Can...

Is Mr. Hu that kind of person?

Qin Nan became increasingly confused the more she thought about it.

However, Mark Wang, who was standing next to him, seemed to have a clearer understanding.

After a long sigh.

"Alright, what can we, who toil like cattle and horses, possibly do?"

After expressing his feelings, Mark Wang took out another cigarette.

"By the way, I have a question for you. I heard that Spark Games is trying to poach you guys. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Nan immediately became nervous.

After returning from Spark Games, he repeatedly greeted the Seven Days of the City development team who had visited Spark Games.

After we get back, everyone should know what to say and what not to say.

Don't talk nonsense.

During this period, he indeed did not hear any rumors or gossip about the production team.

So, it was with Qin Nan.

He thought that Xinghuo's poaching of people was well-kept secret and had not been exposed.

But now, a single sentence from Mark Wang startled Qin Nan.

How did you know...?

Qin Nan immediately sensed something was wrong after saying only the first part of his sentence.

Wouldn't that expose us?

Although... even if the fact that competitors are poaching employees is exposed, it's not really a big deal.

He didn't leave after all...

But it still didn't feel right.

Just as he was thinking about how to salvage the situation, Wang Youting's next words surprised him even more.

"Well, I didn't mean anything by it. If you really want to leave, remember to take a few of our team members with you."

Wang Youting's words were very sincere.

He and Qin Nan are now in the same boat. If Qin Nan really leaves, it means that the last glimmer of hope for the Seven Days Capital project will also collapse.

Chapter 267 A Peculiar Acquisition Negotiation

The key issue is that if this project collapses, Mark Wang will not be able to extricate himself from the situation.

Such a large project cannot simply be dissolved.

Even if Qin Nan runs away, the remaining production capacity and the remaining staff can still support a portion of the game's production capacity.

The question is, what future does Mark Wang have in running such a game?

A year or two later, the game was shut down.

He had no qualifications, no bonuses... and not even any future promotion opportunities.

Nobody wants a loser.

Especially in large companies like NetEase.

Mark Wang isn't stupid.

If Qin Nan is going to Xinghuo, his best option is to go with him...

~~~

Mid November

When Qin Nan arrived at Xinghuo Games with Hu Peng and a group of NetEase executives, his mindset was very complicated.

Last time, he came to learn from Spark Games.

This time, however, he actually came to negotiate with Xinghuo.

The subject of the negotiations was surprisingly the Seven-Day Capital.

Yes.

He was here because Spark Games and NetEase Games were engaged in a very strange round of negotiations.

Spark is going to acquire Seven Days Capital Studio.

The reason things have developed to this point can be traced back to the events of the past month and a half in the capital city.

This period of one and a half months.

The experience in the Seven-Day Capital is very similar to my previous life.

The only difference is that the collapse was faster and more violent than in the previous life.

In its previous life, the project generated over 100 million RMB in revenue in its first month, which raised high expectations within NetEase.

Even after the collapse, they continued to try to salvage the situation.

They have also been providing resources.

But in this world timeline.

Because Spark Games released the open demo of "Eastern Fantasy World" on the two most important days after the server launch.

It created a siphon effect on the games during those two days.

With the addition of Spark Games as a major player, the entire ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) market is now larger than before, and players' points of reference have also changed.

In the past, players used Honkai Impact 3 as their reference point.

And in this world, the standard of reference has become Battlefront Girls, FGO, and Azur Lane.

If you want to make a game that requires high pay-to-win elements, then you need to be technically stronger than the game you're referencing.

For example, in the Honkai Impact 3rd game, the monetization is quite strong.

Despite the complaints about the 3D art style, players still spend money on the game.

However, these players, despite their spending spree, are also the same ones who keep asking Spark Games every year if they'll make something similar to Honkai Impact 3.

This put a lot of pressure on miHoYo.

In this market environment, after experiencing a surge in revenue in its first week, Seven Days City launched a new in-game purchase event in late October.

The revenue in the first month was still only 6000 million.

This number looks good, but more than half of the 6000 million were generated in the first week.

By November, after Hu Peng's "spending money to stimulate" them.

Players already felt that your game was designed to rip them off, and then Hu Peng pulled this stunt.

I dare not spend any more money on in-game purchases.

The water supply system completely collapsed.

The turnover in the first week of November was less than 2 million.

at this time.

Qin Nan has truly given up.

This includes his core creative team, who even started asking him if he wanted to switch jobs to Spark.

Just as Qin Nan herself was beginning to consider whether she should talk to Lin Li again.

NetEase received a quote from Spark Games.

One hundred million RMB to acquire the Seven Days City project team.

The NetEase staff didn't even look at the offer; they just smiled and politely declined.

Then, the next day.

Spark Games has made another offer: 200 million RMB.

This time, NetEase was somewhat tempted, but not too much.

A game that generated 60 million in revenue in its first month, and you're just going to settle for 200 million?

Subsequently, Spark Games made its third bid, offering 300 million RMB.

At this moment.

I'm starting to get interested in NetEase.

According to their own internal estimates, Seven Days Capital was just a flash in the pan, not to mention that Moonflow had already collapsed.

Based on the current situation in November.

Even if more pay-to-win events are introduced later, the revenue will only be in the tens of millions.

If it's not done well, the revenue might not even reach 100 million in a year, and the server might even have to be shut down the following year.

This type of project.

In NetEase's internal KPI assessment.

It was originally intended to be demolished.

Now there are suckers willing to pay cash to take over...

I'm still somewhat tempted.

However, for NetEase, 3 million RMB only made them realize that Spark Games really wanted to acquire Seven Days City.

It's not to the point where NetEase Games would sign a contract directly.