Everyone hung their heads low, not daring to make a sound.
"However, fortunately, though the contract has been signed, he only signed with Cloudend Game for one game. Everyone, start thinking of some remedial actions; maybe we can still poach him back next time. Let's all speak our minds freely," Liu Tianding clapped his hands.
A moment later, someone began to speak.
"Manager Liu, do you think that kid is in desperate need of money?"
"Hmm? What makes you say that?"
"Look at the two games he designed, the in-game purchases are totally unreasonable..."
"Clearly, both games are well-designed and could be used to play the long game for big rewards."
"But he always gives off the vibe that he's trying to make a quick buck wherever he can."
"So I'm guessing, maybe he's really short on cash? In urgent need of money? That's why he grabs whatever he can."
This remark seemed to enlighten Liu Tianding and it resonated with everyone else.
"It kind of... makes sense. Any clear-headed person can tell this is nonsense, can't a talented game designer like him see it? Perhaps he really is short on cash," Liu Tianding stroked his chin, pondering for a moment. "But now, if we go directly offering him money, that's not quite right; we don't have a good enough reason."
An employee also furrowed their brows in thought: "Even if the company takes not a penny in profit and gives it all to him, his game still isn't selling well... it hasn't even broken thirty thousand in revenue yet."
"How about we have our company's receptionist Liu try to seduce him, nobody can resist 36E!" someone suggested.
"Crazy! If we're talking romance, it's got to be consensual, I'm not seducing anyone! Scram!" The receptionist instantly flipped them off, her chest quivering with indignation.
"If it comes to that, I'll seduce him, my abs are rock-hard, just not sure if he's into that," added another male colleague boldly.
Seeing the conversation drift further off-topic.
Hou Xiaoguang from the game review department, who had been silent until now, spoke up.
"Everyone, I have a plan."
The whole conference room fell silent in an instant, all eyes turning to him.
"Go ahead," Liu Tianding nodded.
"Here's the thing. Since he chose to sign with Cloudend, it indicates he's not too interested in WWgame."
"Maybe it's because when his game launched, we didn't give him enough traffic support."
"Or maybe our liaison department was too cold to him, or it could be due to some other mess of reasons."
"Regardless of what he's thinking, this has become a reality, irreversible."
"What we can still do is, during this period he's left us, to have him rebuild a good impression of our company."
"Such as?" Liu Tianding asked, curious.
"For instance, WWgame could take the initiative to cooperate with Cloudend. When his game launches on Cloudend, WWgame could also launch his game simultaneously and carry out a free, major promotion across our entire platform!"
"Even if his game is online and Cloudend's servers can't handle it, we at WWgame will cover for them!"
"However, we won't take a cut of the resulting profits, returning everything to Cloudend, returning everything to him!"
"I think, no one would refuse free traffic, right? Especially for a small platform like Cloudend, which has long been coveting our daily active users, they would be eager to collaborate with us."
"Then, we just need Cloudend to casually mention to him, let him know this explosive wave of traffic is a gift from WWgame. We'd even be solving the problem of Cloudend's servers not being able to handle the pressure."
"Naturally, he will form a good impression of our company!"
"That way, Cloudend benefits from WWgame's support, expanding their user base. Ke Jin also benefits from us, becoming grateful. And we, in turn, welcome him back, a triple win! A direct win!"
After Hou Xiaoguang finished speaking.
The entire conference room sank into silence.
Everyone looked at each other.
With puzzled faces all around.
Free promotion for a game from another platform?
And not charging a single cent of channeling fees?
This had been unprecedented before...
"You, young man..." After listening to Hou Xiaoguang's plan, Liu Tianding's eyes slightly narrowed, his face stern as he turned towards Hou Xiaoguang.
Just when everyone was worried.
Liu Tianding revealed a smile of approval.
"You, young man, are getting a promotion!"
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I forgot to mention earlier, so let me supplement the setting here.
In this world, not only are game platforms responsible for hosting games, but they also provide the necessary servers for players to play on, as well as for data backup and storage, which are all maintained within the game platform.
The advantage of this setting is to avoid the protagonist needing to set up servers when starting a company in the early stages without financial means, which would be both dragging and costly.
After providing these services, the game platform would then split the revenue 50-50 with the game companies.
As for taxes and such, it will be briefly mentioned once the protagonist starts a company later on. Currently, as a sole proprietor, he's not making much, so he doesn't need to pay taxes yet.