Chapter 305

"Dark Forest Theory?"

Liu was originally a bit restless, but he perked up the moment he heard this.

His eyes even lit up.

"Yes, it's based on two key points: first, survival is the primary need of civilization; second, civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains constant."

Chen Mo smiled.

He gave Liu a rough explanation of the Dark Forest Theory. The more Liu listened, the more excited he became, until he finally stood up straight from his seat.

"Right! This is the theory I've been struggling to think of. I know how the rest of the plot should develop now."

Liu was extremely agitated and wanted to grab his things and go home to write the novel right then and there.

Before Chen Mo said these words, he had only regarded Chen Mo as a young male celebrity.

No different from other stars, at most just a bit more famous.

But after Chen Mo spoke of the Dark Forest Theory, Liu's view of Chen Mo was completely overturned.

This young man had real ideas!

If he sold the novel's copyright to him, he believed that with Chen Mo's ability, he could very likely produce a film or television adaptation with an extremely high degree of fidelity in the future.

"Chen Mo, don't worry, I will sell the copyright to you. Once *The Three-Body Problem* is finished, I will also tell everyone that you are the one who provided the finishing touch to this novel."

Before leaving, Liu didn't forget to excitedly promise Chen Mo.

Chen Mo had no interest in Liu's promises; as long as he could get the copyright to *The Three-Body Problem*, that was enough.

……

Just as Chen Mo successively secured the copyrights for *The Three-Body Problem* and *Ghost Blows Out the Light*, Alibaba's stock price skyrocketed.

The entire financial circle was shocked by it.

Previously, Alibaba's stock had balanced at around 20 yuan per share; now, it had risen to 110 yuan per share.

And the stock was still showing an upward trend.

A large number of retail investors began buying Alibaba stock, and Chen Fu's net worth doubled once again.

Sitting on investments in the two major industries of the Communications Group and Alibaba, Chen Fu's net worth had currently reached as high as 44. billion.

Meanwhile, the total assets of China's second-richest person were only 21. billion.

《The Asset Gap Widens Between China's Richest and Second-Richest》

《Truly Wealthy Enough to Rival a Nation》

《The Richest Man in China Who Created a Financial Legend》

《The Financial Legend Created by China's Richest Man》

Domestic financial reports were everywhere, and everyone was marveling at the extent of the richest man's wealth.

When netizens discovered that *Soldiers Sortie* featured the richest man himself, the viewership ratings for *Soldiers Sortie* rose once again.

In just a few days, it actually tied the peak viewership ratings of *The Return of the Condor Heroes*.

Just kidding—a TV series starring the richest man himself; anyone would want to see what the fuss was about.

Furthermore, Chen Fu's acting, for a newcomer, was quite good and had the temperament of a soldier.

Chen Mo and his father both created viewership miracles.

On the other side.

Seeing Ma putting effort into Alibaba, Little Ma did not stop the pace of the Communications Group's development.

After half a year of research and development, and an investment of over 100 million in funds.

The Communications Group's new game, 1o1, was finally released.

As soon as the game was developed, the Communications Group specifically invited many Dota players and ordinary players to conduct internal testing, modifying the game from various aspects.

The final version had been successfully developed!

They immediately started a global public beta, launching both domestic and overseas servers simultaneously.

Communications games now held a high status in the country; hearing that Communications was releasing another game, many people entered the game at the first opportunity.

For a time, the polarized reviews of the game were very intense.

"Communications is amazing, they actually managed to make a game like 1o1."

"The playability is quite strong."

"Strong? What's strong about it? It's just a plagiarized game."

"Can Communications release an original game of their own?"

"Why so much nonsense? Isn't it enough that it's fun?"

The voices of players rose and fell in the internet cafe.

The game operation interface of 1o1 was too similar to the interfaces of Dota and Warcraft, but it had optimized the gameplay and interfaces of both games significantly.

If it were any other gaming company, they would have started trying to whitewash the game immediately, but Little Ma didn't care about such things.

Bad publicity is still publicity.

Communications games, starting from *Xuanwu*, *Speed*, and *CF*, had always followed the path of bad publicity.

The more controversy there was among players, the more popular Communications games became.

Not only was there questioning among the player base, but Little Ma also used the media to fan the flames.

For a time, the popularity of 1o1 became even higher.

Groups interested in games globally all took notice of this game.

……

On the set of *My Love from the Star*.

"Mo!"

Little Ma ran to the film crew.

During this period, whenever he had free time, he would come to find Chen Mo every few days, and each time he would get many new ideas from him.

Although Chen Mo was much younger than him, Little Ma already viewed Chen Mo as a teacher-like existence.

Chen Mo had just finished filming a scene and was not surprised to see Little Ma arrive.

He sat casually on a chair to rest.

"You're amazing, Mo. The buzz 1o1 has generated is almost the biggest hot topic in domestic gaming. I'm very optimistic about this game; it will definitely become a hit for Communications in the future."

Little Ma spoke incessantly about his thoughts.

"It's just that while the buzz is enough now, there aren't many players yet. Most people are just discussing the game and haven't become 1o1 users."

As he spoke, Little Ma smacked his lips.

This was also normal.

After all, Communications had only just started the public beta for 1o1, so there wouldn't be many game users.

Moreover, the player bases for Dota and Warcraft were very stable; compared to *Xuanwu* and *Speed*, they valued the competitive nature of games more.

This also led to 1o1 only having buzz at the beginning.

"In that case…"

Chen Mo took a sip of water, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

"I plan to establish an esports team, poaching some esports players from the professional Warcraft and Dota scenes to build the strongest esports team in the world."

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow, having already made his decision.

An esports team?

"Mo, you're interested in esports games too?"

Little Ma looked at Chen Mo in surprise, not expecting Chen Mo to suddenly make such a request.

"No, the esports industry will be one of the most profitable industries in the country in the future."

Chen Mo smiled mysteriously.

Hearing Chen Mo's words, Little Ma was completely baffled.

It was now the second half of 2007; the esports industry had not emerged at all in the country and was even an industry that was very misunderstood by the public.

The public's view of esports was still very traditional, believing that games were dross that would make people addicted.

Many parents even criticized the Communications Group after they released so many games.

Chen Mo actually said that the esports industry would become one of the most profitable industries in the country in the future?

How could that be possible?

"Mo, I admit that many of your ideas are very advanced, but this idea is a bit too fantastical."

Little Ma couldn't imagine the scene Chen Mo was describing at all.