"Zhidong, pour me a cup of tea…"
Brony shouted at Zhang Zhidong.
Zhang Zhidong also reacted and quickly went to pour tea.
At the same time, Brony introduced the founders of Penguin to Li Ze.
"Director Li, these are my business partners. The one who went to pour tea is Zhang Zhidong, the one beside me is Zeng Liqing, the one on the left is Chen Yidan, and the one on the right is Xu Chenye…"
"Hello, everyone!"
Li Ze smiled and greeted her.
"Hello, President Li!"
Zeng Liqing and the others also smiled and shook hands with him.
At this moment, Zhang Zhidong walked over with a cup of tea and said with a smile,"Last time, I had to thank President Li for giving us a suggestion for a pop-up advertisement.”
"Boss Li's suggestion has allowed Penguin Corporation to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising fees in the past month!”
"That's right!"
Brony also nodded." I have to say that President Li's idea of this pop-up advertisement is really wonderful. If it weren't for the income from this pop-up advertisement, I'm afraid our company wouldn't even be able to afford to rent a server..."
"That's right! We are all very grateful for President Li's suggestion. This time, we finally have the opportunity to meet President Li and personally thank you.”
Chen Yidan echoed.
Li Ze smiled slightly. He was still thinking about how to lead the topic to Penguin Corporation's investment, but now the other party had put the words on his lips, saving him a lot of time.
Hence, Li Ze pretended to be surprised and asked,""Oh? Why do I hear that Penguin is in a difficult situation?”
"That shouldn't be the case. As far as I know, your QQ chat has tens of millions of registered users. Even if you haven't found a profit point yet, it should be easy to attract some investment and maintain the company's operations!”
Upon hearing Li Ze's words, Brony and the others could not help but smile bitterly at each other.
In the end, Brony sighed and said somewhat gloomily,""Boss Li, you might not know this, but the number of registered users on QQ has indeed reached tens of millions, but we are currently worrying about having too many users.”
"Because the more users there are, the more servers and networks they need. It's like burning money every day, and it's burning more and more.”
" If it was before the winter of the Internet, there might be a lot of capital willing to invest in Penguin, but now..."
Brony paused for a moment and sighed again.
"To be honest, we have looked for many investors before, including domestic internet companies such as Skinny Fox, New Wolf, and Net One. Unfortunately, none of them were willing to invest.”
"Even the US International Data Group, which previously invested in Penguin, has announced that they want to withdraw their investment.”
"As of now, the 2.2 million USD we raised in the last round has almost been spent.”
" I was not exaggerating when I said that if it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in income from the pop-up advertisements, our company probably wouldn't even be able to afford the server rental fees…"
"Overall, our current business situation is indeed quite difficult.”
At this point, Brony could not help but look at Li Ze and said with some envy,"I really envy you, CEO Li. Your company's online game, Legend, has been very popular recently.”
"I heard that the highest number of people online at the same time has already exceeded 800,000?”
"This is even higher than the free beta period.”
" To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that the company is really out of money, I would have gone overseas to represent a game and tried it back in China…"
Zhang Zhidong, who was beside him, also echoed with envy," Yeah, the Legend of Mir 2 is really popular now.”
"At least half of the computers in any internet cafe are playing Legend of Mir 2.”
"I wonder if it's not convenient for President Li to disclose how much the Legend of Mir 2's monthly revenue is?”Zeng Liqing asked curiously.
Everyone, including Brony, looked at Li Ze.
They were also very curious about how much money such a popular legend could earn!
Li Ze smiled. There was nothing to hide. It was a good opportunity to show the founders of Penguin Corporation his 'strength'.
Hence, Li Ze smiled and replied,""Actually, it's not too bad. The Legend of Mir 2's entire December revenue was only around 20 million.”
"More than 20 million? Hiss…"
Brony and the others widened their eyes when they heard this number. They looked at each other and gasped.
"This is too exaggerated! A monthly revenue of more than 20 million…If this could be maintained, wouldn't it be 200 to 300 million a year!？”
"Oh my god…"
Zhang Zhidong's face was filled with shock, and he could not help but swallow hard.
"Although I thought that Legend rank would definitely be very profitable, I didn't expect it to be so profitable!”Brony sighed and looked at Li Ze enviously.
"The key is that CEO Li said it so casually. It's just 20 million, that's all…I feel like banging my head against the wall when I hear this!”
"This is too much of a blow!"
Chen Yidan smiled bitterly.
"That's right…Think about it, even though our QQ chat has tens of millions of registered users, we can only rely on selling accounts and a pop-up window advertisement to make a little bit of revenue.”
" It's nothing compared to CEO Li's legend…"
Zeng Liqing shook his head and agreed bitterly.
Li Ze chuckled and glanced at Brony and the others.
He pretended to think for a long time.
Then, he suddenly said,"Boss Ma, there are a few others. Actually, I'm quite optimistic about your company's QQ."”
"Although we can't find a suitable way to make money at the moment, I think that with the tens of millions of registered users that QQ has now, it will definitely be promising in the future.”
Li Ze paused on purpose.
His gaze swept across them.
"Well…if you're willing, I can invest some money in your company."”
"In this way, you won't have to worry about the funds needed for the company's development in a short period of time…"
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