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Chapter 203 Providing timely help

Just as the entire internet was lamenting the difficulties Mr. Li faced in "cutting off an arm to survive" and running a physical business,

Shenzhen, Fiyta Building.

In the strategic conference room at Penguin headquarters.

Pony Ma looked at the news briefing in his hand, his brows furrowed, his eyes revealing deep doubt and unease.

"It seems that Haofeng Network is abandoning its casual mobile game division and preparing to cut its losses to survive," an executive analyzed.

Pony Ma shook his head and countered, "If he really gave up on mobile games because of a lack of funds, then why did he invest so heavily in developing the hardware platform for Xiaomi phones?!"

This makes absolutely no sense in business!

You spent tens of billions to manufacture mobile phones and seize the terminal access point of the mobile Internet.

So the phone was finally made, and you ended up selling off your most profitable mobile software content at a loss?!

"This..." The executives below looked at each other, unable to answer.

"Unless..." Pony Ma pushed up his glasses.

"Either way, it's the League of Legends PC game he's in; its earning potential and speed far exceed our imagination!"

"Or perhaps he believes that the old era of mobile games has completely changed!"

......

Throughout July, the doorstep of Haofeng Group's overseas business department was constantly being knocked down.

Several major overseas game publishers, including EA, Gameloft, and Microsoft, along with top private equity firms from Wall Street, gathered at Nanjing Xianlin Science and Technology City.

The tug-of-war at the negotiating table was fierce and intense.

These overseas giants originally wanted to leverage their status as multinational conglomerates to suppress Haofeng's valuation.

However, Haofeng's business team had a very tough attitude, which could even be described as arrogant!

"Eight billion dollars! All paid up! Not a penny less!"

Zhou Ci, President of the Overseas Business Department, slammed the revenue figures for six top-tier mobile games, including Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, onto the table. "Gentlemen," he exclaimed, "this is currently the world's most lucrative mobile money-printing machine matrix! If you don't buy it, plenty of others will line up to do so!"

Li Feng's direct order was to allocate 8 billion.

Although outsiders see this as a desperate attempt to "cut off an arm to pay off debts," at the negotiating table, Haofeng acted as if he had more money than anyone else.

This confident and fearless attitude actually intimidated the group of Wall Street elites.

Meanwhile, Zhao Zhe, the head of the investment department in Tokyo, Japan, was also experiencing a similarly intense tug-of-war.

After TDK's parent company made some concessions by launching a combination of "spin-off + performance-based agreement + reverse takeover of the core team" to acquire ATL Battery, it still held firm on the issue of divesting its core technologies.

However, as negotiations on the domestic mobile game matrix progressed, Li Feng had a clear understanding of the implications.

Even if the Japanese side holds firm on the highest price, once the eight billion US dollars from the sale arrives, after deducting the budget for acquiring ATL, Haofeng Group will still have at least two billion US dollars left in its overseas accounts!

Having enough food on hand means you won't panic.

Perhaps it's the thrill of a "clearance sale" that's addictive.

By the end of July, an even more shocking piece of news exploded in the domestic gaming industry!

Haofeng Network announced that it will sell its once-popular web game, "Shenxiandao," along with the entire web game development team, to Alibaba Group in Hangzhou for 25 billion RMB!

Now, everyone in the Chinese internet community understands.

"Jack Ma is giving his brother a hand!"

"Alibaba recently acquired UC Browser and 9Game, and was just looking for a core game product to test the waters in the gaming market. By selling 'Immortal Tao' to Alibaba, Li Keqiang not only cashed out 25 billion yuan, but also conveniently gifted Jack Ma a ready-made, mature game development team!"

"Everyone's saying that Li Keqiang was driven crazy by banks' debt collection efforts to get into the semiconductor industry. It seems that Alibaba, the big brother, is actually stepping in with real money to support the stock price!"

To many netizens and industry leaders, this 25 billion RMB acquisition was a timely and much-needed act of kindness.

……

August, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, first floor of the Grand Hyatt Building.

At this moment, although Yang Mi has already given birth to her daughter Li Yuxin, her figure has long since recovered to its most graceful state, and even has a more mature charm than before pregnancy.

She was leaning back on the luxurious velvet sofa in the living room, her eyes closed as a professional technician did her nails.

On the single sofa opposite her, Zhu Xudan was clutching a tissue, tears streaming down her face.

"Honey... Waaah... What should I do? I feel like my whole life is over..."

Zhu Xudan sobbed, her voice filled with unbearable grievance and despair.

Yang Mi frowned slightly and glanced at her with some annoyance.

"Cry, cry, cry! What else can you do besides come here and cry?"

Yang Mi scolded her impatiently, "Back then, I sent you to Zijin Mountain hoping to build you a ladder to heaven, but you didn't have the ability to keep the boss's heart, and you even caused me to be punished by the boss! Now look at you, coming here to mourn every day, what do I owe you?"

After being scolded by Yang Mi, Zhu Xudan cried even harder, but her tone revealed a deep sense of resentment:

"Sister Honey, it's not that I'm incompetent... it's just that they're bullying me too much!"

Zhu Xudan bit her lip and spilled the news she had just heard from the company's artist department: "The female lead, Yang Xuewu, in the company's newly launched historical drama 'Lanling King' has been cast—Li Yitong!"

"Li Yitong has only been with the company for a short time! How did she manage to get the lead role in a fully-funded drama?!"

Zhu Xudan felt increasingly overwhelmed as she spoke:

"Now, in the company, which of my colleagues who joined at the same time, or even later than me, hasn't gotten a lead role? Even Li Yitong has risen to that position!"

"Among all the young actresses at Haofeng Film and Television, I'm the only one left. I haven't even landed a supporting role yet, and I'm just a background character on set every day! Sister Mi, if this continues, I'm really going to be marginalized by the company!"

Hearing Zhu Xudan's tearful complaints, Yang Mi's initially impatient expression softened slightly.

She waved her hand, signaling the nail technician to leave first.

Actually, Yang Mi also felt a little guilty.

If she hadn't been so clever as to pack Zhu Xudan up as a "gift" and send it to Li Feng, which angered the boss, Zhu Xudan wouldn't have been relegated to the sidelines for so long.

As for why Li Yitong got the lead role, she already knew that her boss had been playing a matching game for three days in a row.

"Don't cry."

"Tears are the cheapest thing in this company."

"Sister Mi, what should I do?" Zhu Xudan looked at her as if she were grasping at a straw.

"If you want to be on the table, you'll have to spend some money."

Yang Mi looked at her, her tone icy: "Go back to Jinling now and find Song Qian."

"Song Qian?" Zhu Xudan was stunned.

"Just tell her that I sent you to find her." Yang Mi couldn't help but curl a cruel smile at the corner of her mouth.

"She knows where to take you and what to do with you."