Chapter 69

The GA agency was in complete chaos; Liu Baihong and his female assistant and lover had scoured nearly every major hotel in Hancheng.

But they still could not find any trace of Qin Xiaoyu.

Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoyu, just boarding the high-speed train back, received a call from Dong Guanglin, CEO of TAP.

The other party immediately stated that GA’s announced list of April’s award-winning games did not reflect TAP’s position.

They had also terminated their strategic partnership with GA.

Regardless of the final results GA published, the game Genshin Impact would receive a one-month free recommendation on the TAP platform.

During the call.

Dong Guanglin cautiously probed about contract renewal, since the collaboration between Genshin Impact and TAP was only for six months.

Qin Xiaoyu gave no clear answer to this question—neither agreeing nor outright refusing.

He simply said he hadn’t yet considered that aspect and suggested discussing it after the contract month.

A platform taking only ten percent of revenue was virtually nonexistent across all of Xiaguo.

Qin Xiaoyu was internally fine with this ratio.

Besides, he wasn’t the type to kick away the ladder after climbing up.

But.

In Qin Xiaoyu’s eyes, the TAP platform was still far too small.

Exclusive collaboration with them would not be beneficial for the development of his games.

So.

He expected to renew the contract with TAP, but the exclusivity clause would likely need revision.

The reason for this was that Qin Xiaoyu had long planned to build his own platform channel.

Given the current market environment, whether in Xiaguo or overseas, the relationship between platform channels and game developers had grown distorted.

That outrageous revenue split was the clearest proof.

Qin Xiaoyu had no intention of becoming some hero saving the industry; such a system had existed for years and couldn’t be changed by him alone.

But he refused to let the lifeline of his games remain in others’ hands, forced to beg for favor from platform channels.

Moreover.

Any game company aiming to reach the pinnacle of the industry must possess its own distribution channel—it’s essential.

Of course.

These were still only Qin Xiaoyu’s plans for now.

The difficulty and resistance involved in building a platform channel were even greater than developing a game.

After all, it would clearly threaten the vested interests of others.

Given his current situation, he simply couldn’t spare more energy for this.

After ending the call with Dong Guanglin, CEO of TAP.

Qin Xiaoyu had planned to enjoy the scenery during the journey, but before he could put down his phone, he saw several voice messages pop up on WeChat.

Each voice message showed a duration of around sixty seconds.

Qin Xiaoyu frowned slightly and opened the first message directly.

“Brother Yu, who were you talking to? I called you over a dozen times and it was always busy! Something’s happened—our official website and Xiaopu Station homepage have been bombed!”

“After you finish your call, check the situation immediately—I’ll try to calm the players down…”

Chen Wei’s tone was clearly frantic; it seemed something urgent had truly occurred.

Qin Xiaoyu did not open the remaining voice messages—he opened the Xiaopu Station app directly.

Damn.

Qin Xiaoyu took one look and immediately felt his scalp tighten.

[You call this the God of Liyue? More like a sickly weakling!]

[PV fraud, F**K miHoYo, give me my money back!]