Chapter 201: 197. Weiteng's Countermeasure

Zhang Ran thought that he couldn't possibly let two British princes stay in the basement of their home; if that were to get out, he would certainly be losing face.

So he thought he would see if Huo Zhiyuan had any rooms available, and if so, arrange for all four little ones to stay there.

What Zhang Ran did not yet know was that Prince Haiman had already begun planning to send his eldest son over as well.

Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu were both a bit dazed; was their own son really that impressive?

He had actually managed to coax British princes over?

Huo Zhiyuan naturally had no objections to this, "I have plenty of rooms over there. I'll have someone do a little decorating tomorrow; I guarantee the children will like it."

Huo Zhiyuan was very happy to do such things, and in fact, she wished there were more of them.

"Did Uncle Haiman not try to stop it?" Zhang Sicheng couldn't help but ask. He still couldn't quite wrap his head around it; even knowing his father had a good relationship with Prince Haiman, the current extent of it still exceeded his imagination.

"Heh, that guy is probably dying to send the two children over. Alright, don't overthink it; it's just a friend's children coming over to play for a couple of days," Zhang Ran said.

Zhang Sicheng nodded silently without a word; you're the dad, you call the shots.

"Then should I take a few days off? To look after them specifically?" Liu Lu also asked.

Zhang Ran waved his hand and said, "The two of them are coming to see Susu and Taotao, so you just go to work as usual. Besides, we'll just have them go to school when the time comes, and let them experience our great Huaxia's cramming-style education."

As he said this, a somewhat mischievous smile appeared on Zhang Ran's face; since they were coming, he wouldn't let those two boys be idle.

Weiteng Group Game Division.

The President of the Game Division, Yin Gui, sat in the main seat, presiding over today's meeting. After stating some of the company's decisions and items that needed discussion, Yin Gui finally turned his gaze toward Manager Wang.

"Manager Wang, tell us about the situation with Biaoxue Company," Yin Gui said.

Manager Wang nodded and began, "At first, Biaoxue Company was somewhat tempted by our offer, but for some reason, just a few days ago, their attitude changed completely, and they rejected our acquisition proposal."

He then briefly recounted his attempt to acquire Biaoxue Company, and also mentioned that Zhang Sicheng had ultimately asked for one billion.

"Young people these days really don't take money seriously; he asked for one billion right off the bat. He really had the nerve to say it," someone said with a laugh.

Although they were a bit surprised by this situation, they didn't take it to heart, and they didn't care much about Zhang Sicheng either.

"Now that we understand the situation, let everyone share their thoughts," Yin Gui said, tapping the table.

"President Yin, to be honest, I didn't think much of this game before. Although the game does have a trend of being a hit right now, a large part of that is because of Prince Haiman.

As far as I know, Prince Haiman has basically stopped logging into the game now, and because of this, some of the game's players have also given up on it."

"Yes, I think so too. And the revenue source for this game is really a bit too small. There's no equipment, just selling some characters and effect cards; for many big spenders, it has no appeal at all.

If you want to make a profit with this game, you must have a large enough player base and form a certain long-term popularity; otherwise, even if we acquire this game, the final result will only be barely maintaining it."

"You can't say it like that. The game's popularity is still steadily climbing, and this was only something created by their small company. If we at Weiteng acquire it and give the game our full support, I believe it will absolutely explode in popularity. By then, the game's revenue will definitely not be low.

Moreover, I am very optimistic about the professional league they've set up; this is also a very important way to maintain popularity.

This is very likely to replace the current online games and become a major selling point for mainstream games in the future."

"Then do you know how much manpower and resources we would need to invest to truly meet your requirements? We are currently competing with Shengcheng; where would we get so much manpower and resources to invest? Have you considered this point?"

The conference room suddenly became lively as everyone expressed their own opinions and views.

Yin Gui did not stop them, but just listened quietly to everyone's discussion, and only spoke when it was about time: "I have heard everyone's opinions, but I also support acquiring Biaoxue Company.

The professional league they've created and this game indeed have very commendable aspects. I intend to acquire them as a pathfinder; if it really is feasible, it might have a decisive effect on our competition with Shengcheng."

"However, what others said also makes sense; now is not the time to invest a large amount of manpower and resources, so we also need to come up with a proper plan."

Since Yin Gui had already made the decision, and quite a few people supported it, the others stopped arguing. In the end, it was just a small game company, after all.

Aside from this game and the professional league that piqued their interest, there was nothing else.

"Since we've decided to acquire them, then let's suppress them first, drive the price down, and then..." They were all old hands at this, so a plan was immediately formed.

"Not bad. It just so happens that this President Zhang is currently full of himself; he needs to be dealt a head-on blow, and then stepping in to acquire them will be much easier."

"But how come I heard that this game company has a deep background?"

"As long as it's normal business competition, what does it matter how deep his background is?" There was actually nothing wrong with that statement.

If their company were small, they would indeed need to be careful, but they had already reached their current scale; many seemingly deep backgrounds were actually nothing. Did they not have backgrounds themselves?

And as long as it is normal business competition, with Weiteng's current size, no one would say anything.

"Hmm, then it's decided. First, notify the game platforms we cooperate with and have them remove the game *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*. At the same time, we also need to engage in some normal competition in other areas," Yin Gui said.

"President Yin, although this can be effective, the results will be a bit slow. Also, we don't know how much money this President Zhang actually has. I entrusted someone to check, but found nothing."

"Don't worry about that for now. If he decides to hold out, we'll hit him with a public opinion storm package then," Yin Gui finally made the decision.

Actually, if they were still small, they would have already cloned it, but now that they had reached this point, there was no need to do so; doing it would only invite some unnecessary trouble.