Chapter 0812: Making Cheats

The suggestion Zhao Fusheng made to Chen Tianqiao was actually nothing new; if placed a decade later, it would be a commonplace promotional strategy, such as cooperating with internet cafes for publicity and giving away game cards.

Zhao Fusheng even told Chen Tianqiao about some practices from the game "Zheng Tu," stuffing all sorts of online game promotional strategies into his mind at once.

Although doing so might cause many people to lose their jobs, Zhao Fusheng felt that was someone else's problem; he only cared whether he could push Shengda to develop more rapidly.

Chen Tianqiao was surprised but not shocked.

He knew Zhao Fusheng's abilities—how could someone who had created the country's largest navigation webpage and established a virtual community be someone with nothing in his mind?

So he nodded in agreement to all of Zhao Fusheng's suggestions, saying he would tell Chen Danian, who was in charge of technical development, to find someone to implement them.

Zhao Fusheng nodded; if Chen Tianqiao had readily agreed to everything, he would have thought it was just lip service, because although others didn't know, he clearly knew that among the Chen brothers, the elder brother handled company operations, while the younger brother was the technical person.

In other words, Chen Tianqiao didn't understand this kind of technical stuff at all; what he was better at was finding business opportunities.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Fusheng thought of something, something he had almost forgotten before.

Cheats!

As a post-80s generation, Zhao Fusheng and his peers were a generation affected by the family planning policy; many parents, to keep their jobs, mostly chose to have only one child.

A decade later, this generation was often called "little emperors" by the media, but in reality, although these only children enjoyed the love of their families, most of them actually hoped to prove themselves and help their families.

Take Dong Guoxiang, for example. The main reason he followed Zhao Fusheng wholeheartedly was the hope of improving his family's circumstances and changing his own life.

Zhao Fusheng actually started his business with the same sentiment.

Only, in this life, because he had the advantage of foresight, he didn't have to work as hard.

But that doesn't mean Zhao Fusheng had no thoughts about making money.

Whenever there was an opportunity to make money, Zhao Fusheng wouldn't miss it.

"Fusheng, you're looking for me?"

In the studio, seeing Zhao Fusheng, Dong Guoxiang was somewhat surprised. Usually, Zhao Fusheng would contact him by phone or through Zhang Qian, rarely visiting in person.

"Today, first familiarize yourself with a game called 'Legend.' I don't need you to learn how to play it, but rather how to promote it in the game and search online for forums and chat rooms related to Stone Age." Zhao Fusheng said to Dong Guoxiang.

Dong Guoxiang was taken aback: "I've heard of the game 'Legend,' but what are you going to do?"

"Make a cheat program."

Zhao Fusheng said decisively.

"A cheat program?"

Dong Guoxiang looked bewildered, clearly not understanding Zhao Fusheng's intention.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and explained to him the characteristics of cheats for Legend as he remembered them, then said to Dong Guoxiang, "Brother Dong, do you think you can make a program like this?"

Dong Guoxiang hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "I'll give it a try."

In fact, he didn't quite understand what Zhao Fusheng was saying, but this man had always possessed an extraordinary spirit of perseverance; once he decided on something, even ten oxen couldn't pull him back.

"By the way, although the country hasn't explicitly regulated it yet, this thing we're making isn't something worth advocating." Zhao Fusheng paused for a moment, then still told Dong Guoxiang about the risks of cheats.

"You mean, there's no law banning it now?"

Dong Guoxiang was silent for a long time before speaking.

Zhao Fusheng nodded. "It's only temporary. I estimate that in a year or two, the authorities will definitely regulate it."

In fact, if he remembered correctly, around 2003, making cheats had already been considered illegal.

But even many years later, you could still buy various game cheats on Taobao.

Actually, in Zhao Fusheng's view, cheats were inevitable, just like pay-to-win players in online games. Since you allow some people to use the power of money to become invincible high-end players, you should also allow others to use the power of technology to achieve the same goal.

The only difference is that the former allows game companies to make more money, while the latter is like digging at the game company's foundation, so it naturally has to be banned and opposed.

And what Zhao Fusheng was doing now was digging at his own foundation.

After all, he was also one of the shareholders of Shengda Company.

But the problem was that Zhao Fusheng knew very well that even if he didn't do it, countless others would. Rather than letting others dig at his foundation to make money, it was better to do it himself. At least the money would be like moving from his left hand to his right.

As for Chen Tianqiao's feelings, sorry, they were never within Zhao Fusheng's consideration.

"That's fine. We can stop then." Dong Guoxiang thought for a moment and said to Zhao Fusheng, "I'm not good with words. Since you think this is doable, I'll follow you."

Zhao Fusheng smiled. The smartest thing about Dong Guoxiang was that he wasn't a very ambitious person, but he had his own little calculations. He would put all his demands on the table and let you decide whether to meet them.

Dealing with someone like that, Zhao Fusheng felt at least he didn't have to worry about being sold out.

With that in mind, Zhao Fusheng nodded. "We only have one year. Legend will officially start charging fees around New Year's Day, and then by New Year's Day 2002, we have to stop."

He paused, looked at Dong Guoxiang, and said, "Start recruiting people now and make the cheat as soon as possible. I'll tell you the specific requirements."

Dong Guoxiang nodded. "I understand. There's no time to lose; the sooner the better."

"Yes. When we make a profit, thirty percent goes to you, ten percent for equipment maintenance, another ten percent as bonuses for the people you recruit, and I'll take only fifty percent." Zhao Fusheng said calmly.

Dong Guoxiang naturally had no objection to this arrangement. As the boss, Zhao Fusheng was also taking considerable risks. Taking fifty percent of the profit was actually a fair price.

After the two had settled everything, Zhao Fusheng once again explained the functions of the cheat to Dong Guoxiang before leaving the studio.

At the door, he stopped, turned around, and looked at Dong Guoxiang. "Brother Dong, rent another office later. Don't let it overlap with the navigation webpage one, understand?"

Dong Guoxiang was startled, then quickly nodded.