Chapter 1847 Mentally too fragile

Zhou Buqi felt a little heavy.

This Wang Fang is the savior of Sohu’s gaming business. No wonder Lao Zhang trusts him so much. It’s not easy to fire such a person!

Yan Xinlei continued: "After Wang Fang joined Sohu, he received unconditional support from Mr. Zhang. From funds to bandwidth, to servers and environment, they were all the best. We gave him whatever he asked for. Mr. Zhang even personally came forward to go to Lei Jun.

His right-hand man hired Shang Jin, the director of Kingsoft Games, to help him."

"What happened next?"

"Then "Tian Long Ba Bu" came out, and it suddenly became a national game. Then, Mr. Zhang was very happy, so he split the game business and became Changyou Company."

"Understandable."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

For talents who have made great achievements in opening up new territories, just giving some money and options is not enough. They must have a sufficient proportion of shares.

By splitting off the game business and establishing Changyou Company, Wang Fang should be able to get a significant proportion of the stock. In Changyou's equity structure, Sohu holds 55% of the shares, Ziwei Star holds 35%, and the remaining 10% are employees.

In terms of shareholding, Wang Fang’s shareholding is estimated to be between 6% and 7%.

Yan Xinlei said: "However, after the establishment of Changyou, the equity distribution was uneven. Employees held 10% of the shares, and Wang Fang alone held 6.8%. This was okay. Everyone followed him and accepted it. But the distribution of the rest of the shares was

It was unbalanced, and he gave most of the stocks to his fellow villagers. He created a small team in the company divided by region, and relied on this small team to control the company, which aroused everyone's dissatisfaction."

"A conflict broke out?"

"Yes, there was a split. Shang Jin led a group of people and left Changyou angrily, founded Qilin Game Studio, and then developed an online game that was almost exactly the same as "Dragon Babu" called "Genghis Khan".

"

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, "Exactly the same?"

Yan Xinlei said: "Yes, they are basically the same. Even many pictures and special effects are the same. Shang Jin... they should have brought a lot of internal information from Changyou."

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "Just sue for this kind of thing. Those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die. For creative products like games, there is no way out if they are completely imitated."

Yan Xinlei said: "Yes, we are suing. In fact, I don't think it is a big deal. "Genghis Khan" cannot be compared with our "Dragon". It is estimated that it will be closed down in less than two years.

.But...I don’t know what to say about Wang Fang. Maybe he has too much self-esteem, or maybe he has too many psychological problems."

"What's going on?"

"Didn't they sue "Genghis Khan" here? Shang Jin publicly spoke out, saying that they were not plagiarizing, because "Dragon" was developed and designed by him, and Wang Fang did nothing. "Dragon"

"Part" is originally his work, and there is no plagiarism."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "What does this mean? The game is copyrighted. It belongs to Changyou."

Yan Xinlei said: "Yes, that's it. Everyone knows that they are messing around. But Wang Fang couldn't stop it after a while. He seemed to be greatly stimulated and humiliated. He became furious in the company and made several remarks in a row.

I have a bad temper and feel that my gaming talent has been underestimated."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What's the truth? Who developed "Tian Long Ba Bu"?"

Yan Xinlei said: "Shang Jin is the director of this game, and he led the team to make it. But Wang Fang is the business manager, and he manages the development team. If you really want to talk about it, Shang Jin should account for 95%, and Wang Fang

Fang probably accounts for 5%. Everyone inside knows this, so Wang Fang feels humiliated. Changyou’s Ace Game was not created by him, and he feels that his authority has been shaken.”

Zhou Buqi knew more about what happened next, "So Changyou later developed a new game "The Deer and the Cauldron"."

Yan Xinlei smiled and said: "Yes, it seems you know, it is "The Deer and the Cauldron". This game has an investment of 80 million US dollars. Wang Fang personally went into battle and devoted a lot of effort to this game. Didn't I just tell you about Wang Fang's early years?

Not the one that has represented the United States

When he designed and developed "The Deer and the Cauldron", he was still thinking about the online game "Magic Sword". It was a martial arts version of "Magic Sword". He planned to rely on this game to revive the company.

improve morale and restore one’s authority and dignity.”

"But "The Deer and the Cauldron" failed."

Zhou Buqi has read Changyou's financial report. Changyou will go public in the United States in March. Last year's financial report was very important, with net profit reaching US$500 million.

Several businesses performed very well, but the only business that was losing money was "The Deer and the Cauldron" which was just launched last summer.

Although the game failed, Zhou Buqi didn't care too much.

Making games is just like making Hollywood blockbusters. How can you make a profit without losing money?

Where there is success, there must be failure.

The failure of this game will not put any pressure on Changyou's business growth.

Whether it is Zhou Buqi or Zhang Chaoyang, they can actually accept the failure of a game. No one can always win.

However, when it comes to failure, some people are broad-minded and strong enough to withstand the pressure, while others are unable to do so and will fall into collapse, such as Changyou CEO Wang Fang.

Yan Xinlei said: "The Deer and the Cauldron failed, and Wang Fang seemed to have lost his soul. I didn't have much contact with him. I met him a few times and felt that he had no fighting spirit at all. Later, some people said that he was depressed and mentally unstable.

The condition is very bad.”

Zhou Buqi was a little strange, "Isn't Changyou developing a new game? It bought the copyright of an online novel from Ziweixing and is going to adapt it into a game "Fights Beyond the Sky OL"."

Yan Xinlei nodded, "Yes, Wang Fang didn't give up and wanted to develop another game, but his spirit was obviously not right, and the atmosphere within the company was no longer as passionate as when he was developing "The Deer and the Cauldron"."

Zhou Buqi now understood the cause and effect, "So I went to India to find faith, spiritual sustenance and spiritual relief."

"Yes!" Yan Xinlei was helpless about this, "He just believes it himself, and he wants us to believe it too. After painstaking practice, our whole body can be transcended, and we can become a spiritual master. Success or failure is not the same."

It couldn't be more important. This is just evasion, not daring to face failure head-on, and looking for excuses to cover it up."

Obviously, Yan Xinlei is very dissatisfied with this set of rules.

Through an Indian sect, we help employees awaken themselves and get rid of the pain in the world... Your sister, are you using the company as a spiritual altar?

Zhou Buqi was also very dissatisfied.

No wonder Changyou was so powerful in its previous life and was a well-known game company in China.

It soon fell into decline.

More than ten years later, I still have to continue to rest on the laurels of "Dragon Movie".

If you do this, can you not perish?

The company has become a church!

Judging from Yan Xinlei's current state, what he said is definitely true. There may be errors in the details, but in general it is absolutely correct. This Wang Fang has a huge problem!

In just this moment, Zhou Buqi made a decisive decision.

No negotiation!

Must be fired!

Wang Fang, as well as his direct team divided by region, will all be fired, and Changyou will be cleared out, leaving no one behind!

Zhou Buqi has very ambitious plans and business prospects for Changyou, and such a group of people will never be allowed to cause trouble within the company.

Once word spread, it became a big joke in the industry.

Maybe even his boss, Zhou Da, has become a talking point in the industry.

Zhou Buqi said: "So, when we hire people, ability alone is not enough. There are too many capable people in this world. We also need to look at the character and whether they have a strong enough mind. Isn't it just a team split?

Well, isn't it just that "The Deer and the Cauldron" failed? So what? You can't bear the little internal and external pressure? Your heart collapses? Your spirit becomes depressed? Do you have to rely on Indian sects for relief?

To put it bluntly, he is simply a coward."

Yan Xinlei deeply agreed, "Yes, it feels worse than me!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "That's definitely not as good as you. You have such a strong mentality. When we were in school, you played games in the dormitory every day. I remember Wang Dalong also told me that in some classrooms, in order to prevent

Signing in on behalf of others uses high technology and requires fingerprints to sign in, so why don't you go?"

Yan Xinlei smiled and said: "Then I didn't learn from you. Didn't you say that if you don't fail the university, it will be in vain."

Zhou Buqi coughed and said with a bit of embarrassment: "Frustration education is still useful. If you fail a few more subjects, you will feel the pressure of not getting a diploma in college. In the society, you will definitely be better than those good kids."

Take care of things."

Yan Xinlei waved his hand, "I've finished telling you about Mr. Wang's affairs, what should I do? Do you want to take care of it?"

"Well, I have to take care of it!"

Zhou Buqi did not hesitate and gave a firm and affirmative reply.

Yan Xinlei sighed, "It's not that I want to make a snitch, but if they do this, the company will really be ruined. Now I have discovered that no matter how strong a person's ability is, he still needs a good platform to present it. Changyou is

I don’t care about others as I have a platform to show my personal abilities. I can’t just watch this group of people mess around inside the company and destroy my career platform.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "You are doing the right thing, this is how it should be. Well... Changyou is going to be listed soon, and Lao Zhang may be doing a road show in the United States. You should keep this matter secret first, and don't make it public. Zhang Chaoyang and I will study it first and see.

Let’s see how to deal with it.”

Yan Xinlei said: "Should we stop the development of "Fights Break the Sphere" first? Mr. Wang's current thinking is consistent. The overall design of the game is copied from "Devil Sword", and the gameplay design is copied from "Dragon Babu"

.After this game is made, it lacks new ideas and is unlikely to be recognized by players."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him with a half-smile, "What? You don't want to do board games? Do you want to develop online games instead?"

Yan Xinlei laughed, "No, I don't show favoritism."
Chapter completed!