I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

Looking at the company's financial data, Michel seemed to age considerably all at once, his expression shifting from initial confusion to sudden understanding, from reluctance to resignation.

"Abandon all PC games and focus all our R&D attention on lightweight H5 games!" True to his keen business acumen, Michel instantly made the correct decision.

"Boss, don't we have other games? Are we really going to give up on the games we've painstakingly developed over the years?" The assistant had been with Michel since he arrived at BlizzGame, witnessing the company's growth and strength and watching these games evolve from a demo to titles generating tens to hundreds of millions in revenue.

Abandoning these games was undoubtedly a cruel decision.

"Haven't you figured out Zhang Menglong's intentions?" Michel said with a bitter smile, "Do you know why he only released 'God-King's World' now, instead of a month ago?"

"Isn't it because of the limitations of their technical team's development capabilities? After all, a game like this can't be created overnight. I think the planning for these two games probably began a couple of years ago."

"No, you're underestimating Zhang Menglong," Michel said, "Don't forget, besides his unfathomable wealth, his personal capabilities are also extremely fearsome."

"A young man in his early twenties, who solved a mathematical problem that had stumped the academic world for 200 years, won the Nobel Prize, and used his own artificial intelligence to successfully perform a surgery that even top experts only had a twenty to thirty percent chance of accomplishing—if we look at him with the eyes of an ordinary human, we're bound to lose miserably!"

"You mean..."

"The sequence of this game's release is definitely not a coincidence. I think Zhang Menglong has been ready for a while. He was waiting for us to go all in on another game, and then crush us directly through this game, rendering all our investments futile."

"That's impossible! How confident must he be in his own game to dare to do such a thing?" the assistant asked incredulously.

"Because he is Zhang Menglong," Michel said, "I believe, even if we now abandon World of Warcraft and pour all our energy into another PC game, he will immediately come out with another game to defeat us."

"To achieve that, how strong must one's development capability be?"

"I'm beginning to suspect that this person is extraterrestrial," Michel said with a wry smile, "Do as I say. Continuing to invest in these games is already meaningless. In six months to a year, every game on the market will be replaced, and our costs may well exceed the revenue."

"But if players protest... You know very well, many veteran players have spent a lot of cash on in-game items. If we shut down the servers, we will face a dire situation!"

"Then we'll just sell these games and compensate the players," Michel said, making the painful decision, "There's a saying in Huaxia, 'A short pain is better than a long pain.' Since we can see the future, why struggle any longer?"

...

"Mr. Zhang, have you heard the news? BlizzGame is planning to shut down all their major PC game servers within six months!" Knowing this news, Ma Hua immediately reported it to Zhang Menglong.

"Oh? He's quite smart." Zhang Menglong did not expect Michel to react so quickly.

"Then our previous plan might not be feasible," Ma Hua sighed. Although they already made a tidy profit, it was a pity they couldn't successfully deliver the killing blow to BlizzGame.

"Our previous plan is indeed unfeasible, but there are other ways," Zhang Menglong said with a sly smile, "It was hard to beat them head-on before because they were deeply entrenched in PC games, and ordinary game companies and products truly couldn't shake them."

"But now it's different," Zhang Menglong continued, "They've lost their advantage in PC games, and switching to the small game market now is not their area of expertise. Any company has the qualifications to become their competitor!"

"Well, well," although Zhang Menglong was indeed very crafty, outmaneuvering his enemy felt really exhilarating.

"So you're saying that whatever game they develop, we'll just follow and develop the same?" Ma Hua asked.

"No need!" Zhang Menglong replied, "Games, after all their variety, come down to just a dozen or so types. Even if they make H5 games, they can't escape these categories. The only advantage of H5 is the small size of the games, no need for large download packages, so as long as you have a smooth internet connection, you can open the games anywhere."

"And my games can do that too!"

"How is that possible?" As someone who came from a development background, Ma Hua was acutely aware of the issues with game memory, such as their once-developed game 'Honor of Kings,' whose client took up one or two gigabytes.

After playing for a while, you'd find that after a series of patches and upgrades, the damn thing was now over 10GB.

The advantage of H5 games is that you don't need to consume a large amount of memory to download a game client. It's like a website — it can run directly through caching, which is very convenient for players.

However, the quality of the game may drop due to this feature, and it places high demands on the game engine as well.

For example, no company has the technical development capability to turn a 10-plus GB game like "Honor of Kings" into an H5 game to date, nor is there any engine that can achieve this.

"Take a look at what this is?" Zhang Menglong sent Ma Hua a temporary URL.

Ma Hua opened the webpage on his phone and, as the progress bar quickly filled up, the game interface for "Godking World" loaded.

"This... you turned 'Godking World' into an H5 game?"

"Exactly," Zhang Menglong said, "And with the now widespread 5G technology, there won't be any issues with game data transmission. My engine can H5-ize all these 14 games!"

"Incredible, truly incredible!" Ma Hua exclaimed excitedly.

The race for big PC games had cooled, as had the market for mobile app games. The gaming company Storm Games had been hoping to struggle on with their H5 games, but Zhang Menglong's move had directly blocked their last path of retreat!

With this combination of moves, NetEase Games and Tengxun Games could claim they completely dominated the entire gaming market.

"There's no better time than the present, let's start preparing the release today!"

"Good, we'll get our people to work overtime immediately!"

...

"What? Triple project bonus? Get me up, I can work more overtime!"

"Damn, where's my tent? Honey, pack up my towel, toothpaste, and toothbrush for me, I'm going to be living at the company this week!"

"Although it's been a brutal month, I've made a year's salary. Once the project is over, I'm going to take a long vacation to play around — the company even approved a month of recuperation leave!"

...

Three days later, all PC, mobile, and H5 versions of the 14 games went live, and the whole gaming world was filled with lamentation!

"Bang!"

The door to Michel's office was kicked open by several people, and the shareholders of Storm Games glared at Michel furiously.

The gaming industry had taken a hit, and stock prices of listed gaming companies worldwide plunged, hitting the limit down for seven consecutive days within a week, causing the shareholders' assets to evaporate like steam.

Nobody knew why the games from Huaxia had suddenly become so awesome!

And just now, Zhang Menglong had posted a message.

"Actually, I just wanted to develop these games for something to play when I had nothing to do. Thanks to Mr. Michel of Storm Networks for pushing me, now I'm sharing the games I developed for everyone to play together!"

This statement pointed the finger directly at Michel; he instantly became the nail in the eye of the entire gaming industry.

If he hadn't messed with the game maps, he wouldn't have driven the Huaxia people to this point, would he?!

Although all the companies were enjoying the drama at that time, none of them would attribute the cause to themselves — they all just needed a scapegoat.

"Michel, from today onwards, you are no longer the chairman of Storm Networks!"