At the same time as the number of downloads of Sword and Shield is growing wildly, the downloads of Spark Novel Network and Battle Games on the other side have also grown explosively because of the Spring Festival.

As of half past three p.m. on February 24th, the total number of downloads of the Spark Novel Network APP has reached 550,000+, with 110,000+ registered users and 20,000+ daily active users;

The total click-through rate of the Competitive Mini Game webpage has reached an astonishing 17 million, and the number of registered users who download and register on the APP client is even more uncomfortable, with 100,000+ daily active users.

Although this number is not comparable to the data of those well-known novel networks and game websites, it has gained a certain degree of popularity on the Internet. Although the reputation is not very good.

At this time, in the office of Changfeng Building, looking at the steadily growing data in the background, Chen Xu was very happy.

In the era of mobile Internet, these traffic are all wasted money.

However, the company has done a good job, and the profit pressure has also followed, and the Spark Novel Network can be self-sufficient, and the competition game is only some passive traffic income for the time being, which is far from catching up with the company's expenditure.

rent 2 million;

1.7 million for office equipment, computers, consumables, etc.;

Management, technicians, planning and promotion, administrative management, fresh graduate interns, etc., plus a piece of recruitment of more than 40 employees, these people need a salary of 40~500,000 a month.

In addition, he plans to buy two game studios, which will be even more expensive.

So the next step is to consider the profitability of the game.

Chen Xu called Yang Siyan, the general manager, and called him to come over to discuss.

Yang Siyan used to be a manager in a game company, and the game company closed down in the middle of last year, and has been unemployed.

Yang Siyan's ability can only be said to be average, and the reason why Chen Xu decided to hire him was because he felt that this person did not have too many ambitions and desires, and at the same time, he could faithfully carry out his orders, and there would not be too many doubts.

That's enough.

With Xiaobai here, it is not too important what Yang Siyan's level is, the key is to be obedient, he doesn't need a smart person with too much curiosity.

Less than a minute after the phone call ended, Yang Siyan came over.

He was about forty years old, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, slightly chubby, with a large round face, short spiritual hair, and a modest and cautious smile on his face.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

"Sit. As he spoke, Chen Xu picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table, took out one and handed it to Yang Siyan.

Yang Siyan took the cigarette and took out a lighter from his pocket to help Chen Xu light it.

"Hiss-" Chen Xu took a puff of cigarette and asked, "Before, Zhengfeng Games didn't put those messy advertisements and hyperlinks, but now that the company's expenses are getting bigger and bigger, I plan to do a little value-added service, what do you think?"

Yang Siyan nodded and said, "Well, as long as you control the frequency of advertisements, it's not a big problem." ”

Chen Xu said: "Okay, I'll leave these to you." ”

After a pause, Chen Xu said: "The free version of the stand-alone game can be used to attract traffic, and I plan to ask foreign teams to help me make some paid games." ”

"Oh, really?" Hearing Chen Xu's words, Yang Siyan was suddenly shocked.

To be honest, Yang Siyan is full of gratitude to be able to come to Zhengfeng Games as deputy general manager.

When he reached middle age, he was unemployed, his family was old and young, and the mortgage weighed him down, and for a while, he was even desperate to the point of wanting to commit suicide.

When he was at the darkest time in his life, he was lucky enough to be recruited into the game to be the general manager, and he was really full of gratitude to Chen Xu.

And the company's office environment is also eighteen streets away from the previous company, and he really feels so lucky.

But this week, he was a little worried in his excitement, the huge rent and labor wage expenses are real, but the company has no profit projects to match, and free games alone can't support such a large company.

Once the company goes out of business again, he really doesn't know where to go from here.

Hearing Chen Xu's words at this time, Yang Siyan became excited.

"But the problem is that the foreign team has a very strong production ability, but the creativity is not good, we need to do a good job of chronicles, illustrated books, character backgrounds, etc., and then give them to make them. ”

Yang Siyan said excitedly: "There is a shortage of everything in the domestic game circle, that is, there is no shortage of good ideas, as long as the boss needs it, I can find you dozens of creative drafts for you to choose from now, and the price is very cheap." ”

Chen Xu smiled: "Okay! You can help me find more." ”

"Well, I'll look for it now. Saying that, Yang Siyan extinguished the cigarette in his hand and walked out happily.

Chen Xu threw away the cigarette, got up and walked to the window, looked at the slanting sun in the west through the clear floor-to-ceiling window, and thought silently.

"Artificial Intelligence...... Internet...... Internet of Things ...... Global Intelligent Manufacturing ......"

For a moment, he thought of many, many things.

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Zizhu Garden Community.

After working as a full-time nanny for a while, Xie Lan found it really comfortable.

Every morning, I go to the vegetable market to buy good vegetables, and after I come over, I throw the coat that the host changed last night into the washing machine to wash, and hand wash the close-fitting clothes, such as underwear and socks, but it is very simple, and it is washed in five minutes.

Then it's just a matter of making the bed, the sofa and the like, mopping the floor, and it's fine.

At half past nine, I sent a message to Chen Xu, asking him if he would come back for lunch at noon?

If you come back, you will start preparing lunch.

However, generally there are ingredients that need to be stewed in advance, and stir-frying starts after half past ten.

It's easy anyway.

She can watch movies, listen to songs, and make a TikTok or something.

After eating, clean up the kitchen, and then nothing will happen.

She can take a nap on the small bed in the utility room that she has temporarily cleaned up, sleep until two o'clock, continue to listen to songs, watch movies, and brush Tik Tok, go to the vegetable market at half past three to four o'clock in the afternoon, and dig out her mind to think about what dishes to cook at night?

And then?

And then it's gone.

This job is so easy that she is a little embarrassed, and she feels that her efforts are not worth the monthly salary of 8,000.

In the past few days, she has been learning to make new dishes and various nourishing soups. She couldn't think of any other way to make up for it, except for the extra effort to eat.

This afternoon, she learned to make red wine stewed chicken wings, and casually took a bottle of red wine from the utility room, anyway, there were several boxes in it, and thirds of it was salted in a basin.

Then I looked at the rest of the red wine, thought about it, found a goblet, poured half a glass, and tasted it like in a movie.

Not to mention, it feels very delicious, not as sour as people say.

She thought maybe she was a natural fit for a magenta bar.

Then he poured another half a glass, and the girl in Douyin shook the red wine glass, squinted her eyes and said, "Ah~ My damn charm with nowhere to put it." ”

After drinking the red wine, Xie Lan found that the red wine cork was not stopped.

When she was plugging the cork, she found the English letters on the bottle, and then she remembered a problem, good red wine seemed to be very expensive.

After realizing this problem, Xie Lan's smoky mind immediately cleared up a lot, and quickly took out his mobile phone to check the price.

The utility room is full of high-end gifts such as Moutai, Wuliangye, Soft, and Cordyceps, and this bottle of red wine is put together, so it won't be too cheap, right?

I soon found out that the bottle of wine in her hand was called "Montafe", which was produced at the "Oakville Winery in Napa Valley" in the United States, and the price online ranged from 1500~3000.

Xie Lan's face turned white with fright, cooking a red wine chicken wings wasted a bottle of high-end red wine, and the owner of the family had to let her get out of the house when she came back.

At this time, looking at the red wine box with a bottle missing in the utility room, Xie Lan was depressed, "Bad pen, what are you thinking about all day long?"

After thinking about it, there is no good way to go to Xie Lan, so I can only wait for Chen Xu to tell the truth when he comes back, and if it doesn't work, I will compensate according to the price.

I went back to the kitchen and continued to cook dinner, but I was still nervous.

At six o'clock, Chen Xu returned.

Xie Lan brought the warm dish to the table, then pinched the apron in his hand and said, "That...... Mr. Chan...... Sorry ......"

Chen Xu glanced at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lan said worriedly: "I took a bottle of red wine and boiled chicken wings from the storage room today. ”

Chen Xu: "It's boiled, what's wrong?"

Xie Lan: "That's it...... I later wanted to come to the Internet to check it, the wine ...... It seems to be quite expensive. ”

Chen Xu smiled: "Hehe, it's okay, it's all down to the stomach anyway, it makes no difference whether you drink it or boil it." ”

"Uh...... Thank you~" Xie Lan said, finally relieved in her heart, but also very grateful.

She knew that this Mr. Chen took care of her mood and said this, and ordinary people might have to scold people.

After dinner, Xie Lan cleaned up and got off work.

Chen Xu originally planned to go to the gym, but thinking that school would start tomorrow, he had to sort out and print out the paper as soon as possible, and hand it over to the professor for review the day after tomorrow.

Thinking of this, he sat down in front of the computer and got busy......

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ps: This chapter can be regarded as pointing out the main line of the book, and the plot will be developed along this line in the future.

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