Chapter 313: 309. Ling Hua

Zhang Ran's family was finally gathered together, and since this was essentially a purely recreational trip, the next few days were spent in a very relaxed and happy manner.

Zhang Sicheng and Zhang Siyan were not in a hurry to head back either, choosing instead to stay and play for a few more days.

Ever since Zhang Ran returned, they had rarely had such relaxing moments; of course, they had even less of them before, as they had all been busy with their own lives.

So, they all liked and cherished this moment very much.

However, just because Zhang Ran was relaxed did not mean that others were, such as Ling Hua of Weiteng.

Ever since returning from Zhang Ran's place with Zhao Lifeng, Ling Hua had fallen into a long period of deep thought.

First, he was thinking about why Zhang Ran would do this, what kind of layout Zhang Ran had in mind, and what it was that Zhang Ran wanted.

Second, he was also thinking about what impact it would have on Weiteng if they really sold Dingdang Net.

Upon hearing Zhang Ran's request at first, Ling Hua's first thought was to sell Dingdang Net, because Zhang Ran's terms were too good.

Hundreds of millions of registered players and millions of concurrent users—what kind of super game was this?

Once such an achievement was truly reached, combined with the Game Club system that Zhang Ran had already let people like Ning Qing establish, one could imagine that Weiteng would launch an all-out attack on Shengcheng in the gaming industry.

But precisely because the terms were so good, Ling Hua had been thinking about why Zhang Ran would offer such terms after calming down during this period.

Another point was that Zhang Ran had never asked him for money from start to finish; one had to know that no matter what, Zhang Ran's investment back then had been quite a lot of money, but Zhang Ran had never mentioned it, as if he had forgotten.

An even more important point was that Ling Hua did not believe Zhang Ran had fallen behind the times or did not understand the current internet.

Combining all these, Ling Hua always felt that Zhang Ran was plotting something, and it seemed he had even calculated him into it.

Dingdang Net was actually, just as Zhang Ran said, not a very significant supplement to Fengli Net; at the very least, in Ling Hua's view, it was not worth the price Zhang Ran was offering.

Then why would Zhang Ran offer such a high price?

Was there really some other layout of Zhang Ran's hidden within this Dingdang Net?

The more he thought, the more of a headache Ling Hua had; he simply knew too little about Zhang Ran. To him, Zhang Ran was like a fog, and he had no idea what else he had.

This was actually a huge advantage of Zhang Ran's: many people were unclear about what he was still hiding, so many of his methods would leave people unable to fathom them.

If Zhang Ran put everything out in the open, then people like Ling Hua would probably be able to figure out what Zhang Ran was doing after a little thought.

Even if they couldn't figure it out, they would have a rough guess, rather than being completely in the dark like they were now.

"Chairman, everyone has arrived. We can start the meeting," the secretary said, coming in to remind him.

Ling Hua rubbed his cheeks and said, "Let's go."

Arriving in the conference room, the senior executives of Weiteng's various departments had basically all arrived.

Ling Hua looked at everyone and, without any nonsense, said directly, "I've called everyone here today because there is something I want to ask for your opinions on. This is not to make a decision, but just to let everyone express their views."

Everyone nodded, but no one spoke; they wanted to see what kind of matter could make Ling Hua so cautious.

"Someone has proposed a condition to me: he will provide a game with hundreds of millions of registered players and millions of concurrent users in exchange for our Dingdang Net!" Ling Hua said directly.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was in an uproar!

Everyone understood what this condition meant. Weiteng's biggest revenue source right now was gaming, and regardless of whether they were in the gaming department or not, they were all very familiar with these figures.

At first, some thought Ling Hua was joking, but seeing his serious expression, it didn't seem like he was joking at all.

One by one, they began to hesitate.

"Chairman Ling, if this is true, then forget about one Dingdang Net; even if it were three, we should agree," someone said excitedly.

But the next moment, he looked at the president of Dingdang Net apologetically and said, "President Qu, I'm sorry, I was a bit blunt."

President Qu gave a wry smile and said, "It's nothing. If that were really the case, I would have no objection to selling Dingdang Net."

Everyone understood what these figures meant.

"But Chairman Ling, who is so kind? Is this really possible?" President Qu asked; in his view, this was an impossible thing.

And such terms were just to exchange for a Dingdang Net?

Others had the same doubts.

Ling Hua said, "It's not exchanging the entire game for Dingdang Net; it counts as a partnership, but it can be led by us at Weiteng.

Also, the profit model for this game is not extensive; it doesn't have various pay-to-win items like traditional online games."

"Everyone knows the currently popular *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*, right?" Ling Hua asked.

Everyone nodded one after another. "It's the profit model similar to *PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds*. I came here this time because I also wanted to ask if we should exchange Dingdang Net when these conditions are met."

At this, everyone fell silent and began to frown and think. Ling Hua had already stated the premise, so now they only needed to consider whether doing so was worth it.

At the same time, everyone understood what such a game would mean for their entire Weiteng Group.

It was not just a matter of profit and money; once they really had so many users and such high stickiness, the user base it represented would be terrifying.

By then, Weiteng Games could suppress Shengcheng Games in every aspect in this regard.

This strategic significance was more important than profit.

"Chairman Ling, I feel we can agree, because once successful, the effect it will have on our group will be unimaginably huge," someone said.

"I agree too!"

"But if we do this, our layout in the online shopping sector will be completely ruined," someone also raised an objection.

Ling Hua's heart skipped a beat. Could this be Zhang Ran's goal? Was he trying to cut off their Weiteng's reach in the online shopping market?

But was doing this worth it?

"What of it? The online shopping business was originally just a supplement to our group's business. The online shopping market is currently in fierce competition, and our Weiteng Group doesn't have that much capital to fight for it.

Instead of wasting so much manpower and resources now, it would be better to throw it all into the gaming market and strive to suppress Shengcheng in one fell swoop!"

"Right, once we succeed, we will have enough capital and money, and it won't be too late to charge back in then."

Everyone spoke up one after another, and the number of people in favor far exceeded those opposed!