Like a salesman, Zhou Buqi said carefully: "Bitcoin can be traded, just like stocks. I am planning to build an online Bitcoin exchange. As long as Bitcoin is done, there will be

Other virtual cryptocurrencies will follow suit. According to my judgment of the Internet market and the trend of decentralization, this trend will definitely rise."

"Virtual currency...cryptocurrency..." Zhang Chaoyang tried to taste his words, "You mean...this kind of cryptocurrency is just like a game. Can Changyou launch its own cryptocurrency?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Changyou's business is all in China, and its main games are all domestic. Even if Dota 2 is released in Europe and the United States, it is represented by Blizzard. For many players, they only think of this

It’s a Blizzard game. If Changyou wants to become a gaming giant as famous as EA and Blizzard, it needs to find another way! Well, take a shortcut! Take the route of hype for new concepts!”

The risk of cryptocurrency is too great, and Ziweixing is not suitable for entry.

The main reason is that Ziweixing already has a relatively stable business overseas and has established a basic market. This part of the basic market cannot be allowed to bear the huge risks of cryptocurrency.

But Changyou is different.

Changyou is a new company abroad with no foundation.

The competition in the gaming industry is very fierce, far more fierce than in other social networking, e-commerce, and cloud computing industries. The Internet industry is a winner-take-all, but there is no winner-take-all mechanism in the gaming industry. Even start-ups and small companies compete with giants.

The likelihood of the company competing.

So much so that in order to ensure its own status, ea often acquires small companies. After the acquisition, it is not to develop the small companies, but to close the small companies' business and let them die.

Changyou wants to develop in the overseas game industry. It is too difficult to stand out by taking the conventional route. Giants are like tigers.

If it is tied to the super concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrency, it is really possible to stand out!

If one day the Ponzi scheme nature of cryptocurrency is exposed and the cryptocurrency industry is completely finished, Changyou will not die. Because Changyou still has a domestic market. If it cannot continue in the foreign market, it will just focus on the domestic market.

That's good, anyway, domestic policies are very strict on cryptocurrency supervision, and it is not allowed to play with this thing.

Zhou Buqi further explained to him, "Cryptocurrencies need to be mined, just like Bitcoin... The logic of mining Bitcoin is actually the process of creating blocks through calculation. After creating a block, you get the reward of Bitcoin, that is

Mining is successful. Connect these blocks to form a blockchain..."

Zhang Chaoyang was confused, "What does this have to do with the game?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The traditional mining method is to create blocks by cracking software. Can we change the idea and change the mode of cracking through software to creating blocks by completing tasks in the game and downloading copies?

?Games are software too.”

"I'm going!"

Zhang Chaoyang was stunned. He was lying lazily on the armchair, but now he sat up.

Zhou Buqi said: "From an economic point of view, all social labor should create value. Playing games can also be regarded as a kind of labor, but in the public mind, games are more about spending money than

make money."

Zhang Chaoyang said: "There are still some players who can make money by playing games. In "Tian Long Ba Bu", there are many players who keep doing tasks to accumulate gold coins and ingots, and then sell them for money."

"Those are a minority." Zhou Buqi knew that a small number of high-level players could make money through games. "I don't believe any game allows transactions outside the game."

Zhang Chaoyang nodded, "Indeed, OTC transactions will affect the revenue of the game."

Zhou Buqi said: "But any paid game is inseparable from over-the-counter trading. This is a hard demand of players. In this case, it is better to launch a unified over-the-counter trading platform."

"Unified platform?" Zhang Chaoyang looked surprised, finally understanding what he meant, "Design a cryptocurrency to replace game coins such as gold coins, silver coins, and ingots in the game. This cryptocurrency can be used in

You can spend money in the game and trade on trading platforms outside the game."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, that's what it means. You can design a unified wallet in the game, just like Ziweixing's gold coin wallet. It is mid-level and can be connected to many games. Players can

Cryptocurrencies earned in the game can be transferred to other games for consumption or sold on trading platforms.”

"Wait a minute, there are too many problems here, let's sort them out." Zhang Chaoyang was very interested in this, but also felt that this idea was a bit big, "You mean the cryptocurrency earned in "Dragon Babu"

, can be withdrawn to the wallet. Then when players play "The Deer and the Cauldron", they can withdraw the cryptocurrency from the wallet to purchase game props."

"right."

"What about balance? The design of the game cannot be absolutely balanced. If the copy of "Dragon" is simple, it is easier to earn cryptocurrency, but "The Deer and the Cauldron" is difficult. Then players will not choose to start from "Dragon"

You did the tasks in "The Deer and the Cauldron" and then transferred the cryptocurrency to "The Deer and the Cauldron" for consumption?"

"You can set the tax rate. The easier the business to make money, the higher the tax rate. In the environmental protection industry, the tax rate may be only 5%, and in the tobacco industry, the tax rate may reach 80%. You can adjust it through the tax rate. To withdraw cryptocurrencies from your wallet, you need to pay

Tax."

Zhang Chaoyang nodded and continued: "What about the income? If it is designed like this, there must be a lot of free players, and most of the players are mining for tasks, and then selling them on the exchange to make money."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "How can it be so absolute? "Tian Long Ba Bu" can also do tasks and make money through over-the-counter transactions. How many people will work hard to complete tasks? As for games, the vast majority of players still focus on entertainment.

Mainly. Things that cannot be done in the real society can be realized in the virtual world one by one to achieve great personal achievements. The more free players there are, the better the game experience will be for those paying players who are willing to spend money.

The sense of superiority and achievement will be stronger.”

Zhang Chaoyang shook his head, "This reason is not convincing."

Zhou Buqi reacted quickly and immediately said: "It's easy, just level it up in the game. Ordinary accounts can't download dungeons to mine, they have to upgrade to a certain level. And mining is also difficult, every time you mine

The amount of minerals also makes a difference. The better the equipment, the stronger the combat effectiveness.

The more minerals are dug out. This can encourage players to spend money and buy equipment. You can also design mining areas of different levels, and each mining area can also set the maximum number of mines per day... The design is up to the game, and the right of interpretation lies with the game.

Isn’t it easy to hold the player tightly?”

Zhang Chaoyang was silent for a long time, "So, this cryptocurrency is unlimited."

"right."

"How can the value be guaranteed? As the number of cryptocurrencies increases, the price on the trading platform will go down. When the price is low, the attractiveness will decrease, which may lead to a decrease in players' interest in the game."

"Oh, Lao Zhang!"

Zhou Buqi was a little speechless.

Zhang Chaoyang did not understand the true meaning of this business model and asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Lao Zhang, all your questions are based on your narrow understanding of this business model. Don't think of this business as a game business. This is based on the game industry... a bank business!"

"hiss!"

Zhang Chaoyang took a breath of surprise, and goosebumps appeared on his back.

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "You can think of the currency issuance system controlled by Changyou as the central bank in the virtual world. These games in Changyou are all companies and organizations in the virtual society. The society is short of money.

The central bank just distributes money. If there is too much money in society, there is a danger of inflation.

I just want to find a way to get the money back and solve the problem of inflation. This is a bank in the virtual world, and the social structure is also very simple. It solves the economic difficulties of these small and small things in the virtual world and solves the super complex society in the same way as in the real society.

The economic principles of economic problems are too simple."

Then, he explained it in detail again.

For example, Changyou launched a "Changyou Coin". If players mine too many Changyou Coins in various games, the number of Changyou Coins in the Changyou trading platform will increase from 10 million to 20 million, causing the price to continue to fall.

what to do?

Very simple!

Changyou, as the central bank of virtual currencies, must play a regulatory role.

There are more Changyou coins on the platform and the price is low, so we will spend 100 million yuan to buy 2 million Changyou coins at a low price to maintain the attractiveness and competitiveness of Changyou coins to players. If you continue to buy, you can violently increase the price.

The price of Changyou Coin has attracted retail investors to follow suit and chase the price higher.

Changyou could sell 1 million coins at a high point and earn a total of 100 million yuan.

In other words, Changyou's virtual central bank managed to break even during this wave of bankrolling, but it got the benefit of 1 million Changyou coins in vain.

By repeating this process several times, the virtual central bank can effectively regulate the quantity and value of Changyou coins in the market. This is much crueler than in the real world. It is purely harvesting retail investors without any value creation at all. It is a pure capital game.

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As for Zhang Chaoyang's concern about the decline in revenue from games under this model... Come on! Under this model, Changyou has become a virtual central bank, so what games do you still rely on to make money?

Relying on tax collection, relying on capital regulation, and relying on printing money, is there any business in the world that is more profitable than this?

Half of Zhang Chaoyang's body was numb, and he was shocked by the nonsense of this gangster, "You are not playing a game at all, you are... you are playing a virtual capital operation!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "That's right. Games are virtual worlds, and currencies are also needed in virtual worlds. Virtual currencies are also currencies. With currency, capital operations are indispensable."

"Is this legal?"
Chapter completed!