Chapter 114: A New Direction
"Cheers!" Shu Ya excitedly raised her wine glass and said loudly. Today finally got her wish and won the crown of the National College Student Entrepreneurship Competition, for Shu Ya now, although the prize money of one million dollars is not of great economic significance, she has a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars with half of the shares of DukeShu, and a quarter of one million dollars is of course not even a drizzle.
But this is the national champion, a real champion from countless geniuses in the United States, this honor is more worthy of pride for Shu Ya than hundreds of millions of net worth.
"Cheers!" Suzanne and Selena also toasted excitedly, compared to Shu Ya, they are more fortunate to be able to ride the big tree of Duke, how many years less struggle in life? Just with the 10 million shares of the company stock that I have now, I can have food and clothing for the rest of my life.
"Cheers!" Duke also has a reason to celebrate, being able to successfully open up a new battlefield, find Susanna, Selena, Clement and other good partners, and achieve leapfrog development in a short period of time, of course, it can be regarded as a blessing in life.
After drinking it all, Shu Ya's face was already crimson, her wine was very weak, and today Suzanne chose a red wine that Duke had never heard of, the red wine of ChΓ’teau Digun. Although the brand Duke had never heard of, it was Duke's problem and not the wine, because the price of this wine was more than $20,000 per bottle, which alone was awe-inspiring, and it was clear that this was a very niche top wine brand.
Compared with the high-end brands that Duke is familiar with, Latour or Lafite, it can be said to be more than good. According to Susanna, the wine is produced in just a few thousand cases a year, and it is usually stored for more than 50 years, which means that each bottle is more than half a century old.
Drinking this wine, it's really tasting history.
But no matter how good the wine is, it is also intoxicating, and after a glass, Shu Ya is a little drunk, and her spirit is obviously more excited than usual. "Duke," Shu Ya said as she looked at Duke with drunken eyes, "Thank you, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be where we are today." β
This is drunken talk, and it is also true.
"Yes, Duke, you need to drink more," Selena continued Shuya's words. "We were able to win the final championship, and MI is in such a good situation that it really depends on your invention. Here, a toast! With that, Selena cleanly drained the wine in her glass.
Encountering such a bold beauty, Duke smiled bitterly and killed it, thinking that this small glass of wine was at least dozens of dollars, and the buddy's current life was really luxurious.
A year ago, where would I have thought that I could live such a corrupt life, life is really an unpredictable drama.
"I toast everyone, if it weren't for everyone's efforts, we wouldn't be where we are today," Duke said, pouring his wine and raising his glass. "It's also an honor for me to be able to partner with three beautiful women." Duke is also sincere in his words, although he can take care of technical problems, but for a company, success is not only technical problems.
"Okay, okay, we don't have to compliment each other," Suzanne said with a smile, "When you say this, I get goosebumps all over my body, we are all beautiful and handsome, today we are having a celebration party, not a commendation party, okay?" Now that we're a million dollars to spend, let's think about where we're going to go after dinner. β
"No, you're really going to spend this prize money like that?" Selena said exaggeratedly. "I'm waiting for it to buy something to arm itself? The salary that MI gives me now is just enough for my life. I finally got a windfall, and I'm going to go shopping on Fifth Avenue tomorrow. β
"Selena, you're a money fan," Suzanne sneered, laughing. "Please, you are also a quasi-billionaire sister now, with a Citibank platinum card in your pocket, your youth is only in a hurry for more than ten years, you must be happy in life, making money is to live better, if you don't have fun now, what's the point of making money?"
Yes, Suzanne is a typical rotten girl. Listening to Suzanne's hedonistic philosophy, Duke shook his head. However, looking at Lao Mei's lifestyle, it seems that this is really the case, just look at their savings rate and debt ratio.
"I'm not like you," Selena glanced at Duke meaningfully, "I still have to make money, find a good husband to live a good life"
Duke was a little distracted by Selena's glance, and the meaning in this look was too much, wouldn't it, could it be that he and Suzanne had such a bad affair, even Selena could see it? But even so, there's no need to involve buddies, this is really lying down and getting shot.
Duke lowered his head, pretending not to see Selena's deep eyes, and after a while, he looked up at Shu Ya's face, but fortunately, Shu Ya, who was very drunk, didn't notice it. I didn't feel anything about Selena's words. In normal times, just Selena's eyes and this pun on the sentence really can't hide the clever heart of this genius girl.
"Come, drink" Duke quickly raised his glass to interrupt the conversation between the two, and it seemed that there seemed to be something wrong with the two tonight. If you don't get it, you'll be on the bar. Although the duel of beautiful women is mostly a pleasing blessing for the eyes, Duke always has the feeling that the city gate is on fire and the fish in the pond are affected.
It would be better to divert the topic, and Duke used his brains to find a topic that could resolve the delicate situation.
"I said, after today's game is broadcast, our company's popularity has increased a lot, what can the company do next to open up the existing game customization market?" Duke suddenly thought that it was still the topic of the company's development, and it was easier to change the attention of the two beauties.
Sure enough, as soon as this question was mentioned, the attention of the two beauties was really attracted.
"After all, the overall market size is still relatively limited just by selling our brainwave games, and if we can occupy a part of the existing game market, even a few percent of the users, it will be a huge market for us," Duke continued.
"If you can sit on the customer's door, then I don't know when we will be able to open up this market."
"Yes, we can't take it lightly now, although our sales are booming right now, but this kind of relying on only one game, the road ahead is definitely getting narrower and narrower. I estimate that with our championship this time, our sales will set off a wave of high tide, and it will gradually stabilize in the future. After all, there are only that many players who like fighting games. β
"If this group of players who like fighting games is developed, the growth potential of our product is over, and it is really very difficult for the company to maintain a high speed without opening up new markets. Judging from the current situation, our R&D work has not yet been carried out in the learning and medical markets, and there is not much hope for a strong product to emerge in the short term. β
"So I think it's better to dig deeper in entertainment, especially games, so it seems that connecting to the existing game market is obviously the best choice to get twice the result with half the effort."
Suzanne is that the more she drinks, the clearer her mind becomes. With this analysis, Duke and Selena both feel very reasonable.
The problem is that it is not so easy to open this market, and it is obviously difficult to open this market if Duke does not think clearly about this chain of production interests and what role MI plays in this chain.
To put it bluntly, for the latecomer to the game market of MI Company, this fighting brainwave game developed by itself is just a very niche market segment filler, and it is really in the mainstream market of online games and stand-alone games, and now it is difficult to stand on its feet if it does not have a good positioning.
To put it bluntly, Duke and they must come up with a new business model in the ecological environment of the existing game market, so that both parties can obtain benefits, so that brainwave products can really cut into the existing game market, before this new business model is recognized, even if Duke is ten times more sophisticated, no game operator will come to the door to cooperate.
If the bread is only so big, you will eat it and it will be shorter than mine, and a fool will want to share it with you.
Therefore, in the shopping mall, it is very important to position yourself, what you can do that others can't do or what others can't do, so that you can really integrate into this business ecological area.
Direct similar products to seize the other party's market has always been the bloodiest in the shopping mall, if it is an evenly matched opponent, this approach is often a lose-lose situation, if the two sides are disparity, the poor side will be quickly replaced by the strong side.
For MI companies, this approach is clearly not advisable. Therefore, it is necessary to think of a way to make this market pie bigger and bigger, and then get a piece of this expanding market is the best choice. Judging from MI's brainwave products, there is now this preliminary foundation, and there is no need to fight homogeneously with existing game market operators.
"Duke, I have an idea," Selena said after a moment of silence. "Is it possible to plug in our brainwaves to look at a new type of player, and then charge those players individually, just like our online version of Ancient Legends Online, so that we don't have to conflict with the existing market."
"This is actually to distinguish the high-end gamers in the existing game market, using the brainwave telekinesis helmet, although it is playing the same game, but it gives people a really different feeling. It would be even more ideal if you added some props to the program that fit the brainwave telekinesis helmet or something. β
I have to say that Selena's idea is not new, among the players who play the game, some are not afraid of spending money, for them, to get a unique feeling in the game, it doesn't matter if you spend some money, so in the past few years, China's Shi was born with a so-called free game, swept away the money of countless so-called RMB players.
"I think Selena's idea is very reliable, tomorrow we will carefully calculate it, I think Shu Ya may not work today" Duke smiled bitterly and patted Shu Ya, who had fallen on top of him, and said. "Next time, don't persuade Shuya to drink."
"Hehe, Dr. Duke, don't you think this is a good opportunity for you?" Suzanne said to Duke with an extremely ambiguous look. Selena next to her just pursed her lips and smiled, not saying anything.
"I say, am I so unbearable in your eyes?" Duke couldn't laugh or cry, these two beauties looked like they were like buddies who were beasts taking advantage of people's danger.
(As always, ask for a collection.,This month has never been interrupted.,It's not easy for someone who is busy with P things all day.,There's a week's difference in the middle.,It's not easy)