Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 935: Madness of QQ Farm

It was a little funny that Lu Shaohua had solved a problem that a company was facing before he even started inspecting Phoenix Tencent. However, Lu Shaohua was a reborn person after all, and he just moved the methods of his previous life over. It can be said that he didn't spend any effort at all.

Now that the issue of the Four Diamonds+ membership has been resolved, the next thing will be much easier. Ma Huateng and his team have a good idea of ​​what to do, and the only way to solve the problem is to tackle the technical issues. Once the technical issues are solved, Phoenix Tencent will surely take off again and reach a new level.

However, these are not what Lu Shaohua needs to take care of now. Lu Shaohua's current task is to inspect Phoenix Tencent Company and every department within the company to find out what role each department plays within the company. If he finds that there are departments that are not very useful, Lu Shaohua doesn't mind making them disappear, making the internal structure of Phoenix Tencent Company more concise.

Simplicity is the symbol of a strong company, because if the internal structure is complicated, problems may arise in the company's internal operations and the time spent on handling business will increase.

For example, if the company becomes complicated and a document has to go through several departments before it is completed, the time spent will increase exponentially. But if an emergency occurs, do you still need to deal with it?

Too many departments are the source of complexity. Now that Lu Shaohua has come to Phoenix Tencent for inspection, he doesn't mind sorting out the internal complexity of Phoenix Tencent. After all, Phoenix Tencent occupies a certain weight in Lu Shaohua's heart, and Lu Shaohua cannot ignore the problems it faces.

It's true, you wouldn't have known until you came to inspect. As soon as Lu Shaohua came to inspect, he found that the three departments were basically redundant. Without hesitation, he asked Ma Huateng to cancel the three departments and assign them to departments with similar businesses.

Human Resources Department, Business Department, Public Relations Department, R&D Department, Advertising Department, Consulting Department, Maintenance Department, and Security Department. These were the eight departments of Phoenix Tencent, but now Lu Shaohua has cancelled two of them, namely the Advertising Department and the Consulting Department.

The advertising department was merged into the business department, the consulting department into the public relations department, and the maintenance department into the security department, which turned the eight departments into five. However, Lu Shaohua did not end his internal rectification of Phoenix Tencent, but added another department.

This department is the game development department. This game development department is no different from other game development departments. Generally, game development is divided into two types: one is the development of stand-alone games, and the other is the development of online games.

The department established by Lu Shaohua will be between these two types of games. It is not an exaggeration to call it an online game, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a stand-alone game. This type of game is commonly known as a casual game.

Lu Shaohua knew that in his previous life, QQ games were very popular, especially Doudizhu, and the number of people online was often full, showing how popular it was. Now that QQ games have not been recommended, how can Lu Shaohua not start to launch them?

Also, before Lu Shaohua was reborn, QQ company launched QQ Farm and QQ Ranch, and their popularity was beyond words. It is obviously not appropriate to use the word "extremely popular". It should be described as "crazy".

Lu Shaohua once saw a post on the Internet, which talked about the crazy programs of some QQ Farm players. It claimed that many players set their alarm clocks in the middle of the night and prepared to steal vegetables.

Getting up in the middle of the night to steal vegetables for a virtual farm is just crazy. Below the post, there is a story about a school that developed a large area on the playground to simulate a QQ farm for students to grow vegetables in order to provide a good learning environment for students.

This is what madness is. There is a saying that goes like this: If you want to kill someone, you must first make them crazy.

Of course, here, it is not as serious as death. In Lu Shaohua's eyes, there is only money. The word "death" should be changed to "If you want the company to make money, you must first make it crazy."

Yes, as long as the players are crazy, they will not be afraid of not making money, especially regarding the fertilizers in the QQ farm. On the surface, it may not seem like much money, but if you add up small amounts, it will become a huge fortune.

In order to develop casual games, Lu Shaohua specially set up a game development department, which is mainly responsible for developing casual games. Of course, their main task is to develop casual games, but they also need to be involved in online games.

Don't forget, due to the large number of QQ users, launching online games will inevitably attract a large number of players. This is also one of the major projects that can make money. Even though Phoenix Software Group already has a Phoenix Online Game Company, as long as there is money to be made, Lu Shaohua doesn't mind opening another online game company.

In order to set up a brand new department, there are many links that need to be prepared. Lu Shaohua has now ordered its establishment, but if this brand new department is to be able to operate, it will probably take at least half a month, if not a month.

This is a conservative estimate. The minimum time is half a month and the longest is one month. The reason why the fastest time is half a month is because Phoenix Group has many talents. If they are mobilized, talents can be transferred from other subsidiaries, so it is possible to complete it in half a month.

But Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry. Instead, he let Ma Huateng set up the department slowly. It didn't matter how long it took. Therefore, Lu Shaohua did not order full cooperation with the newly established department.

"Let's go and take a look at the R&D department." Lu Shaohua waved his hand and gave orders.

Lu Shaohua had basically inspected other departments of Phoenix Tencent and was quite satisfied with the results. He did not plan to stay and waste time and went directly to the R&D department.

The R&D department of Phoenix Tencent is the company's largest and most complex department. In addition to continuously researching QQ software, it also studies other things. For example, if Lu Shaohua wants to launch QQ levels, that has to be completed in the R&D department.

In short, everything related to a field is done by the R&D department, including the update and upgrade of QQ version. How big and complicated is such a department?

Considering the complexity of the R&D department, Lu Shaohua felt that the inspection of Phoenix Tencent would take a little longer. Of course, if everything went well, it would not take too much time, only one day at most.

However, what Lu Shaohua could not have imagined was that the inspection time far exceeded Lu Shaohua's expectations. He had thought that he would finish the inspection today and stay for another day tomorrow, and this trip to Shenzhen would be over, but in the end, Lu Shaohua had to stay for two more days.

The reason for this is that Ma Huateng officially put the QQ level plan proposed by Lu Shaohua into the planning stage. Because Lu Shaohua was the proposer of this plan and was familiar with many things, Lu Shaohua had to stay and explain the detailed plan about QQ levels to the staff of the R&D department.

"We can use some codes to sort the QQ levels! For example, stars, moons, suns, etc. For the time being, let's imagine that a star is set as level one, the moon is set as level four, and the sun is set as level sixteen. Then, if we further subdivide it, each upgrade will add one more star. This is easier to calculate." At this point, Lu Shaohua looked at the staff who were listening carefully, and then continued to explain. "One star is level one, so when a user reaches level three, it is three stars, and when it is upgraded again, it will become a moon. When it is upgraded to level five, one more star will be added, and so on, until it reaches a sun."

What Lu Shaohua talked about was exactly the ranking method of QQ company in the previous life, but Lu Shaohua said it in advance, so it was not Lu Shaohua's personal idea. Of course, since Lu Shaohua was a reborn person, what he put forward now was equivalent to his personal idea.

This is not the end. After a pause, Lu Shaohua added another idea. "We have already launched QQ groups, which can be created by all users, but I think this is not acceptable. We must add a restriction, and this restriction can also be involved in the level of entry. For example, if you upgrade to one sun, you can create one group, and if you add another sun, you can create four groups. You can even change the group system to allow users to create super groups that can accommodate multiple people. This will definitely attract many users to buy memberships. Well, it can also be regarded as a means of making money."

QQ software itself is free. If it is used for free for a long time, the company will not be able to operate. Therefore, making money is necessary and inevitable. Therefore, Lu Shaohua came up with so many ways to make money.

"Pah...pah..."

There was warm applause, all for Lu Shaohua.

Not for any other reason, but because Lu Shaohua's speech is very clear and his ideas are very novel.

Ma Huateng was also one of the people who listened attentively. He also applauded, and then he stood up and said to the employees, "The chairman spoke very well, with broad ideas and new ideas. I think if we follow the chairman's ideas, our company will definitely make further progress. So, I hope that in the coming days, everyone will do their best to integrate the chairman's ideas and turn the ideas into substantial things."

Ma Huateng's words were more like a conclusion. In fact, what Ma Huateng said was indeed a conclusion. But is it inappropriate for Ma Huateng to say this conclusion?

In fact, this is not the case. This is a tacit understanding reached between Lu Shaohua and Ma Huateng. When Lu Shaohua said the last sentence, he signaled Ma Huateng with his eyes. The meaning was very clear. He let Ma Huateng make the closing remarks and at the same time give orders to the employees below.

After all, Lu Shaohua is not the head of Tencent. Although he has the power to order his employees to do anything, Lu Shaohua doesn't like to do so. He lets their leaders take care of giving orders, and he, Lu Shaohua, wants to be a hands-off boss.

"Pah...pah..."

Applause, and more applause, announced that the meeting was officially over.

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