Chapter 10 (2/2)

After listening to Ding Xiaomei’s data, Xu Zhi did not say anything. Instead, he pointed on the Director of research and development, Wang Kewen.

“Wang Kewen, what do you think about this closed beta?”

“President Xu,” Wang Kewen stood up and said a little embarrassedly, “President Xu, I personally don’t think it’s very ideal. Why don’t we suspend the open beta and then polish the game? Give me another month to further improve the quality of the game’s graphics. At that time, another closed beta might be better.”

“Suspend the open beta test? Why do you say that?” Xu Zhi looked straight at Wang Kewen and said.

“President Xu, isn’t it obvious? If this was a open beta test, the results would definitely not be good. In fact, it would be better to polish the game further,” Wang Kewen said in an angry tone.

“Oh, that’s your opinion. Sit down.”

Xu Zhi asked Wang Kewen to sit down, and looked at the Directors in front of him. He was too lazy to call for names. Instead, he said directly, “Okay, since we started with Wang Kewen, the rest of you, take turns to state your opinions.”

He Wei, who was next to Director Wang, stood up at this time.

“Chief Xu, I don’t think it’s the game’s problem. In my opinion, this game shouldn’t have performed so badly. Perhaps there are other reasons. President Xu, don’t think of it as delaying the open beta, think of it as finding out the reason for the poor performance before the open beta.”

“What other reasons do you mean?” Xu Zhi asked curiously.

“President Xu, I don’t know at the moment.”

He Wei shook his head. He only knew that there was a problem, but he did not know what the problem was.

“Alright, you sit down too.” Xu Zhi nodded. He had a higher opinion of He Wei now that He Wei was able to say that it was not the game’s fault.

The next person was the Director of finance, Huang Meng. She was a woman in her thirties and had been bought by Qin Zishu for a large sum of money.

He Wei had just sat down when she stood up. She started talking.

“President Xu, from the looks of it, I think it’s a good idea to stop the loss in time and stop the open beta testing. After all, this is also the reason why President Xu wanted to stop the research and development of Real Battlefield 2.”

Huang Meng’s sarcastic words gave the Directors beside her goosebumps.

Looking Straight at Xu Zhi, Huang Meng continued, “President Xu, after listening to the other Directors just now, in my opinion, this game is unlikely to become popular. President Xu, we previously invested 30 million in advertising fees for this. This is a huge blow to the finances of the company. Including the research and development fees, a total investment of 40 million have been expended. This is not a small amount.”

“Also, this does not include the other expenses we have to incur after the open beta. It’s not a good business case to invest so much in a game that’s hard to sell.”

“President Xu, we closed beta to test if there are problems, and now that there’s a problem, I think it’s time to turn back. If we turn back now, we can at least get back half of the advertising money we invested, we won’t lose too much.”

“Moreover, President Xu, don’t feel embarrassed. There are plenty of games in the market that have been in closed beta for four to five years. Although it’s called closed beta, it’s actually just a matter of delaying. Who knows, the game might just die in the closed beta stage one day.”

“We’ve been developing for a month, but closed beta is only for three days. We didn’t invest too much at this point. Just treat it as a mistake.”

“President Xu, what do you think?”

Huang Meng pursed her bright red lips and looked at Xu Zhi with a smile..