The next day at 2:30 pm...

Brother Ma dressed up carefully before going out, of course, not to meet his lover, but because he respected Cao Mang, his opponent.

"If I continue to fight, I will probably lose twenty or thirty years of my life." Brother Ma looked at himself in the mirror, rubbed the white hair on his temples with his hands, and said to himself.

After straightening his tie, he walked out of the office. Xu Huachen was already waiting outside the door.

"Is it true that Mr. Cao of Qilin is only in his early twenties?" Xiao Ma asked while looking out the car window on the way.

"Well, twenty-two years old." Xu Huachen glanced at Brother Ma and replied.

"There are truly talented people from generation to generation." Brother Ma sighed.

Xiao Ma's father is the chairman of Yantian Port, and he can be regarded as a small second-generation rich man, but he started Penguin from scratch.

But his real first pot of gold came from the stock market. His most exciting deal was to flip 100,000 yuan to 700,000 yuan, which laid the foundation for Xiao Ma to start his own business independently.

"Who says it's not?" Xu Huachen smiled.

...

After the two arrived at Qilin Communications, they went to Cao Mang's office under the leadership of Yang Xuehong.

Although Xiao Ma is not a big star, his photos have been made into various emoticons, and Cao Mang recognized him as soon as he walked in.

"Mr. Ma, welcome." Cao Mang saw Brother Ma's white hair on his temples. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Cao, you're welcome, Xu Huachen is one of Penguin's shareholders." Brother Ma introduced him after the two shook hands.

"Mr. Xu, welcome, please take a seat." Cao Mang shook hands with Xu Huachen and said.

"Mr. Cao, you're welcome." Xu Huachen said with a smile, and after shaking hands, the two of them sat in front of the tea seat.

"You two, come and have a try. This is this year's Yuqian Longjing. I bought it when I went to Hangzhou last month. You can't buy such good tea if you don't know acquaintances." Cao Mang smiled and poured tea for the two of them.

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"It is indeed a good tea." Xiao Ma said after smelling it and taking a sip.

"I wonder what Mr. Ma is here for this time?" Cao Mang asked after filling his tea cup.

"Penguin is preparing for 5,000 new Internet cafes. I think Mr. Cao should know about it." Brother Ma picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. Xu Huachen also picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Why do Chaoshan people love drinking tea? As a Chaoshan native, Xiao Ma is no exception. It’s just that he doesn’t set up a tea table in the office.

"Yeah." Cao Mang nodded and said after drinking the tea in the cup.

"We plan to hand over these 5,000 Internet cafes to the Kirin Network Alliance for management, and the original 500 Internet cafes will also join the Kirin Network Alliance," said Xiao Ma.

Brother Ma's words immediately confused Cao Mang.

Brother Xiao Ma, what does this mean?

"Mr. Ma, what is this?" Cao Mang asked in confusion.

"Penguin plans to give up the instant messaging business. Mr. Cao is too good in the social field. Penguin is no match for Qilin." Xiao Ma said with a bitter smile.

"Mr. Ma, thank you very much." Cao Mang said with a smile after pouring tea for Brother Ma.

"In the future, Penguin will transform into an online game company. We hope that Penguin's games will be available on the Qilin Game Platform in the future." Xiao Ma said with a "kowtow".

The kowtow ceremony is a ritual in the Chinese tea ceremony. It is said that at that time, the eldest brother Qianlong was playing a little naughty. He went on a tour in Jiangnan incognito and dined at the same table with his courtiers. He became so temperamental that he actually picked up the teapot and poured tea for all his beloved ministers.

, this frightened the courtiers, and they stood up one after another to thank Qianlong.

But they had no choice but to dress incognito. Kneeling in a group would easily reveal their identities, so they had an idea. They slightly bent their index and middle fingers and tapped them on the table a few times to make a snapping sound. They knelt down with their fingers as a gesture of kowtow.

Later, this story gradually spread, and the kowtow ceremony gradually became a tea table etiquette for ordinary people from the original etiquette of monarchs and ministers, and it is quite particular.

"Kilin Game Platform welcomes any online game company to settle in, and we promise not to represent any foreign games. Kirin Entertainment only operates self-developed games," Cao Mang replied.

Cao Mang understood that Brother Xiao Ma had admitted defeat.

Cao Mang admired Brother Ma's courage very much.

It is not easy to have the courage to admit mistakes, because human nature is self-centered, and self-centered nature makes people unconsciously always protect their own opinions and dignity.

However, a mature and beautiful personality must have this kind of character. Some people are embarrassed to admit their mistakes because of face problems, and even use rhetoric to deflect their mistakes.

In this case, even if people don't expose it in person for various reasons, there will still be complaints behind the scenes, and they may even not buy your account.

"It's really not unfair at all for Penguin to lose to Mr. Cao." After hearing Cao Mang's words, Xiao Ma said with a smile as he put down the burden in his heart.

"Mr. Cao, you are so generous." Xu Huachen also said with admiration.

A company can give up part of its living space to its peers, but 90% of entrepreneurs cannot do this.

"Coexistence can lead an industry in a good direction. Once the industry is monopolized by a certain company, the industry will lose the momentum for development, and the industry will eventually perish," Cao Mang said with a smile.

Xiaoma Ge and Xu Huachen thought: Bah~ I believe you, if we can really coexist, Penguin will not be forced to his death by you.

Although the two of them thought so in their hearts, they had to admire Cao Mang's magnanimity. Brother Ma would never do this.

In fact, what Cao Mang said is not wrong. The fault is that today's network environment is not good and there are too few users. The field of instant messaging cannot be further subdivided. In the future, Momo will also dominate the world, and Penguin mobile version and WeChat will fight to the death.

As for the fact that Qilin Games allows other games to enter, this is because Qilin wants to gain more users. Some players are not users of Qilin, but once the game is bound to Qilin, they indirectly become users of Qilin.

Another reason is that it is difficult to agree with others. No one can guarantee that their game can be accepted by all customers. This is also one of the reasons why other games are allowed to enter.

For example, users of Dota criticize League of Legends, users of League of Legends criticize Dota, and users of Overwatch and Chicken Fighter criticize each other. These are all normal things.

If Kirin wants to gain more profits, it can only be a platform, and it must fully benefit every available user. Kirin's users may not necessarily like Kirin's games, so Kirin might as well sell these users indirectly.

If Qilin wants to continue to be strong, platform is the only choice. If Qilin Games wants to be completely platform-oriented, it must give up some of its benefits.

"Mr. Cao, it's a pleasure to cooperate." Brother Xiao Ma extended his hand and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!