novelslam Chapter 279 League of Legends
Chapter 279 League of Legends
On the fourth day, while Shen Yuege was out buying groceries, Lu Ran took out his phone from under the sofa cushion.
Shen Yuege took his phone, but not completely.
She probably didn't expect that before she "confiscated" his phone, Lu Ran had secretly stuffed another old phone under the sofa cushion.
Power on, full signal strength.
He first opened TUTU and glanced at the data.
Daily active users: 62 million.
Lu Ran stared at the number, his brows furrowing.
He remembered that before going to the disaster area, TUTU's daily active users were 78 million. Later, due to disaster relief fundraising, it surged again, exceeding 80 million. Now, 80 million has become 62 million.
Eighteen million users, gone.
He then opened the news app and read through the articles one by one.
EA and Perfect World have reached a strategic partnership, with the first collaborative product expected to launch next year.
Sakura Games' "Dragon Kingdom Market Strategy Fund" achieves another milestone, bringing its total investments to sixteen local game companies.
[Weibo Games Center launched the "Warm Winter Project," joining forces with 100 celebrities to pray for disaster-stricken areas; the topic garnered over 500 million views in a single day.]
Tencent's Half-Life launches new map "Dust Desert," daily active users return to 15 million.
Each message is like a small knife, not sharp, but it pierces accurately.
Lu Ran leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
It turned out to be the case.
No wonder Shen Yuege wouldn't let him touch his phone.
During his absence, his rivals, who had been eyeing him covetously, finally couldn't hold back any longer.
EA, Sakura Games, Weibo, Tencent—each of them is taking advantage of his injury to desperately carve a slice into TUTU's cake.
Normally, a small company like Tutu Technology wouldn't warrant such a large commotion from so many companies.
But recently, Tutu Technology has been really eye-catching.
Disaster relief fundraising, the postponement of "Super Girl", the closed beta of "Three Kingdoms Kill" and the stable operation of "Seven Heroes Jianghu" - every event has been at the forefront of public opinion, and every move has precisely hit the opponent's sore spot.
TUTU's user loyalty is increasing, its brand reputation is improving, and its market share is growing.
If this trend continues, it won't be long before TUTU grows from a "small company" into a behemoth that no one dares to ignore.
So, while he's injured, while he's away, and while Rabbit Technology is leaderless—we should act quickly.
The business world is like a battlefield; no one will show mercy just because their opponent is injured.
Lu Ran wasn't unaware of this principle; he just hadn't expected these people to act so quickly and so ruthlessly.
He opened TUTU's comment section and scrolled through the comments one by one.
In the comments section, the tide has begun to turn.
[User "spectator"]: Why does TUTU seem so quiet lately? Has no one been taking care of Lu Ran since he got injured?
[User "Passerby A"]: The closed beta server for "Three Kingdoms Kill" has been closed for several days. They said it was for maintenance. Why has it been so long? Is there a problem?
[User's "Rational Analysis"]: TUTU's update frequency has clearly decreased recently. It used to have new content every week, but now it's been almost two weeks and there's been nothing new. With Lu Ran's injury, the entire company seems to have come to a standstill.
[User "Sichuan Man Xiao Chen"]: Don't say that. President Lu was injured in the disaster area, so the company staff will definitely take care of him. It's normal for updates to be a little slower.
[User's "Rational Analysis"]: I didn't say Lu Ran was bad. I meant that TuTu Technology relies too much on Lu Ran. Without him, the company can't function. This in itself is a big problem.
Lu Ran looked at these comments and remained silent for a long time.
Some of what these users said is true.
Tutu Technology is indeed too reliant on him.
Product ideas, content planning, strategic direction – he single-handedly did half the work of the company.
Everything was normal when he was there.
When he was away, he couldn't even handle the maintenance of the closed beta server for "Three Kingdoms Kill".
This is not Zhou Mingzhe's problem, nor is it the technical team's problem.
This is his problem—he holds too much power in his own hands and hasn't built a system that can operate independently.
But now is not the time for reflection.
The most important thing now is to stop the bleeding.
He looked at his right leg; the cast was still on, and the doctor said it would take at least six weeks to heal. Six weeks? He couldn't wait that long.
He glanced at the data on his phone screen again—62 million.
Compared to its peak of 80 million, it has already dropped by nearly 20 million. If left unchecked, this number will continue to decline. Once it falls to 50 million, 40 million, or even 30 million, it will be difficult to recover.
Lu Ran put his phone away, leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and his mind began to race.
As for EA, their cooperation with Perfect World is a done deal, and it won't have any direct impact on TUTU in the short term. However, in the long run, once they have established a foothold in the Chinese market, they will eventually reach into TUTU's territory.
On Sakura Games' side, a dozen or so small and medium-sized companies have merged together. Although they may not seem like much individually, they form a considerable force. Once they unite, TUTU's cooperation opportunities with small and medium-sized game companies will be greatly reduced.
On Weibo, the "Warm Winter Plan" is basically just a way to grab traffic while TUTU is quiet. Celebrity blessings, hype, and trending topics bombardment—Weibo has been playing this game for over a decade and is very skilled at it.
On Tencent's side, the new version of Half-Life was launched, and daily active users returned to 15 million. Although it is still smaller than the scale of Seven Heroes, it at least shows that they have not given up on this line and are still investing in it.
A four-faced song.
Lu Ran took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and her gaze fell on the "Super Girl" poster on the coffee table.
The poster features ten girls standing in a row, all smiles. Below the poster is the text: "[The Grand Finals, stay tuned!]"
The finals.
He suddenly laughed.
Since everyone thought that if he got injured, Rabbit Technology would collapse, then he would show them with his actions—
Even if Lu Ran only has one leg left, he is not so easy to bully.
He picked up his phone, found Zhou Mingzhe's number, and dialed it.
I answered the phone after it rang once.
"Lu Ran?!" Zhou Mingzhe's voice was filled with obvious surprise. "You...didn't Yue Ge take your phone?"
"I have a backup phone," Lu Ran said. "Brother Zhou, I have a question for you."
"What is it?"
"Has TUTU been experiencing a significant user churn lately?"
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, a somewhat apologetic reply came through.
"It's quite serious. While you were away, the market was cracking down on us, and we lost some users." Zhou Mingzhe felt that he, as the person in charge, had not done a good job and had let Lu Ran down, so he desperately took the blame upon himself. "It's all my fault. During this period, my defense and counterattack were not done well, and the software optimization was not done well either."
"It's alright, it's not your fault," Lu Ran comforted her. "But it's time for us to withdraw from the new stuff."
"What?" Zhou Mingzhe asked in confusion. Could it be that Lu Ran had come up with something new while he was resting at home?
"A new game, a new game that will help us capture the market." Lu Ran said confidently.
Since so many companies want him dead, he has no choice but to fight back.
Lu Ran originally planned to wait until the team was more proficient and the time was right before bringing it out.
It seems we can launch it ahead of schedule now.
Lu Ran searched for the game in the system and then clicked on it.
"League of Legends has been downloaded."
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