Chapter 499

"Dark Forest Theory?"

Da Liu had originally been somewhat uneasy, but upon hearing this, he perked up.

His eyes lit up.

"Yes, based on two points: the first is that survival is the primary need of civilization, and the second is that civilization continues to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains constant."

Chen Mo smiled.

He roughly explained the meaning of the Dark Forest Theory to Da Liu, who became more excited the more he listened, finally standing up from his seat.

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

Da Liu was very excited and wanted to take his things back to write the novel immediately.

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

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

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

This young man has great ideas!

If he sold the novel's copyright to him, he believed that with Chen Mo's ability, it was very likely he could produce a film or television drama 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, Da Liu didn't forget to excitedly promise Chen Mo.

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

Just as Chen Mo successively secured the copyrights to The Three-Body Problem and Ghost Blows Out the Light, Alibaba's stock rose crazily.

The entire financial circle was shocked by it.

Previously, Alibaba's stock was balanced at around 20 yuan per share, but now the stock had already risen to 110 yuan per share.

And the stock was still on an upward trend.

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

Sitting on investments in two major industries, the Communications Group and Alibaba, Chen Fu's current net worth had already reached as high as 44.3 billion.

And the total assets of China's second-richest person were only 21.7 billion.

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

"Truly Wealthy Enough to Rival a Nation"

"The Richest Person in China Who Created a Financial Legend"

"The Financial Legend Created by China's Richest Person"

Domestic financial reports were everywhere, and everyone was marveling at the wealth of the richest person.

When netizens discovered that Soldier Sortie was actually starred in by the richest person himself, the viewership ratings for Soldier Sortie rose again.

In just a few days, it was actually on par with the highest viewership ratings of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Just kidding, a television drama personally acted in by the richest person—anyone would want to catch a glimpse of the novelty.

Moreover, Chen Fu's acting skills were very good for a newcomer, possessing the temperament of a soldier.

The father and son, Chen Mo and Chen Fu, both created viewership miracles.

On the other side.

Seeing Brother Ma putting effort into Alibaba, Brother Ma (Pony Ma) didn't stop the pace of the Communications Group's development either.

After half a year of research and development, investing hundreds of millions in funds.

The Communications Group's new game, LoL, finally came into being.

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

The final version had already been successfully developed!

They immediately started global public testing, simultaneously opening domestic and overseas servers.

Communications games now held a high status domestically; upon hearing that Communications was going to release 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 were actually able to make a game like LoL."

"The playability is quite strong."

"Strong, what's strong? It's just a plagiarized game."

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

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

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

The game operation interface of LoL was too similar to the Dota and Warcraft interfaces, but it had optimized many of the gameplay mechanics and interfaces of the two games.

If it were any other game industry, they would definitely have started whitewashing the game at the first opportunity, but Brother Ma didn't care about these things.

Bad publicity is still publicity.

Communications games had always followed the bad publicity route, starting from Xuanwu and Feiche to CF.

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

It wasn't just the questioning among the player masses; Brother Ma also utilized the media to fan the flames.

For a time, the popularity of LoL became even higher.

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

Filming set of My Love from the Star.

"Mo Mo!"

Brother 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 could get many new ideas from Chen Mo.

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

Chen Mo had just finished filming a segment and wasn't surprised to see Brother Ma arrive.

He sat casually on a chair to rest.

"Awesome, Mo Mo. The buzz generated by LoL is almost the biggest buzz in the domestic gaming scene. I am very optimistic about this game; it will definitely become a hit game for Communications in the future."

Brother 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 LoL users."

As he spoke, Brother Ma smacked his lips.

This was also normal.

After all, Communications had only just started public testing for LoL, so there wouldn't be many game users.

Moreover, the player groups for Dota and Warcraft were very stable; compared to Xuanwu and Feiche, they valued the competitive nature of the game more.

This also led to LoL only having buzz at the beginning.

"Like this..."

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

"I plan to establish an e-sports team, digging up some e-sports players from professional Warcraft and Dota players to create the strongest e-sports team in the world."

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, having already made a decision.

An e-sports team?

"Mo Mo, you are also interested in e-sports games?"

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

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

Chen Mo smiled mysteriously.

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

It was the second half of 2007, and the e-sports industry hadn't risen at all domestically; it was even an industry that was very misunderstood by the public.

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

Even many parents had criticized the Communications Group after it released so many games.

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

How could this be possible?

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

Brother Ma couldn't imagine the scene Chen Mo was talking about at all.