Chapter 15: The Development of [XINT]
With more and more people releasing their interactive novels, some people gradually realized.
The interactive novel was an emerging industry with great potential.
Although this industry had emerged not long ago, it had already shown its potential, the potential to be able to reach profitability.
At the very least, the Xinyi company that released [XINT] to the public had already proved it.
That's right. [XINT] had already made a remarkable profit for the Xinyi company.
Although [Choice of Robots] had also made a profit for the company, it still couldn't compare to [XINT].
When they had just released [Choice of Robots], most people were still accustomed to reading traditional online novels.
So, the [Choice of Robots] that suddenly appeared could only attract a few people.
After all, not everyone would be interested in the story of [Choice of Robots].
While some might prefer this kind of story, some might not.
In the end, only a few people purchased the rest of the story.
However, [XINT] was different.
People had never regarded [XINT] as a story in the first place. It was more like a tool, the tool that helped people write.
Because of this, everyone who wanted to write an interactive novel of their own was a potential user without exception.
Some people might be interested in interactive novels and might not prefer a story like [Choice of Robots].
But no one who might be interested in writing interactive novels could reject a tool like [XINT].
And because people released more and more interactive novels to the public. They also attracted some more people in return.
Gradually, many people also became interested in writing interactive novels of their own. And the first thing these people could think of was to use [XINT].
So now, [XINT] had been recognized as the most popular tool for people who wanted to write interactive novels.
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Before, those novel-reading platforms thought they would compete with the Xinyi company directly. Sooner or later.
However, things had developed into something that no one had expected.
There was a trend that had risen slowly at first, but they hadn't realized it until it was too late.
The trend: that when it came to something about interactive novels, people would think of the Xinyi company and [XINT] first.
People started to recognize the Xinyi company's brand more than their brands in this market.
These recognitions gave the Xinyi company an advantage that would only grow over time.
Also, if they couldn't release any interactive novels comparable to [Choice of Robots] soon, more and more people would only notice the existence of the Xinyi company.
And when everyone became aware of the Xinyi company's brand, it would only become more challenging for them to compete.
Just think about it, when two interactive novels appeared on the market. One was the Xinyi company's brand, and the other was an unknown brand. Most people would choose the first one because they recognized this brand.
But they were the ones who chose to compete. And, of course, they wished they could win.
They had already guessed that the Xinyi company would surely do something. Something that would stop them from winning.
After all, if they were the Xinyi company, they would also do the same.
At first, these people had prepared many plans while staring at the Xinyi company and wondering what they would do next.
The Xinyi company might do something to promote [Choice of Robots].
The Xinyi company might also release the second interactive novel after they had already released [Choice of Robots]
For every possibility, they had already prepared for the worst.
However, the next move of the Xinyi company was something that none of them had expected.
The Xinyi company chose to release [XINT] to the public.
And [XINT] was just a tool to help people write interactive novels of their own.
For this kind of tool, their platforms also had one. And they all chose to include it into their platform only for their authors to use.
But the Xinyi company was completely different. They simply released it to the public for free, which in their eyes, was too generous.
At first, all of them were confused and couldn't understand why the Xinyi company chose to do this.
After all, they had never seen any game engines released to the public in their life.
They could have never imagined that the Xinyi company could still do this kind of thing.
However, as time went on, they couldn't help but curse.
Because they finally realized.
The Xinyi company had never intended to compete directly with them at all.
Instead, more and more people wanted to compete with them by using [XINT].
And [XINT] was much better than the tools they had included in their platforms.
People could add some pictures and some sound effects.
And people could even change everything to their preferences from the most basic design, such as the background.
They also knew that [XINT] was much better as a tool. And they had also considered improving their tools based on it.
While they were still improving their tools, people had already started to use [XINT] as the trend grew.
From ordinary people to some authors and even some app/website development companies, all chose to use [XINT].
The Xinyi company had already given them the tool to help them compete.
And most people chose to accept it with a smile.
Before, some of these people had also planned to compete with the Xinyi company. But they changed their plans later just because of the release of [XINT].
Ordinary people were nothing because their interactive novels weren't good enough to compete with their authors.
But the number of their works released was something worth mentioning.
The more people used [XINT] and released interactive novels of their own. The more people would be attracted and use it too.
Some authors also chose to use [XINT], and these authors gave them a headache.
If ordinary people were the ones who helped the Xinyi company promote [XINT], then these authors were the ones who could compete with them.
After contacting some authors who had signed a contract with their platform, they found out.
For their authors who were once interested in writing an interactive novel of their own, most of them hadn't finished writing their first works yet.
Some of their replies were also very vague. But their experiences of being the platform themselves had already told them the truth.
These authors started to hesitate. They hesitated whether or not they should use [XINT] as the trend slowly became apparent.
[XINT] became more and more popular with ordinary people. And if they wanted to write interactive novels, using [XINT] might be better. It was easier to succeed because people had already recognized this brand.
They knew that if they didn't do anything, their platform wouldn't be able to climb higher as they thought.
Instead, they would fall because these authors started to lose their trust in the platform.
And while they were starting to lose hope of winning the Xinyi company, another group of people had also begun to use [XINT].
They were some small companies that developed apps/websites.
Since the Xinyi company had already released [XINT] for people, this group of people would also use it.
[XINT] was already the tool that people had recognized.
And because of this, using [XINT] might attract more users and increase the chance of success.
Although people usually call them shameless for relying on or imitating others for success, they wouldn't mind. And they wouldn't mind helping the Xinyi company promote [XINT].
For these shameless companies, success was everything. And they could do anything just for it.
Because of these groups of people, the competition became even more fierce. But in this fierce competition, [XINT] was undoubtedly the ultimate winner.
And this turn of events was what Chen Yize had already expected before.
At this moment, they began to panic. Panic because they didn't know what to do in this situation.
Should they also release something similar to [XINT] like the Xinyi company?
Some of them immediately did it as soon as this idea appeared.
However, almost all of them immediately rejected this idea because they knew it was too late.
It was too late for them to win the current Xinyi company, which had already gained a foothold in this market.
Instead of continuing to lose, most of them chose to forget about competing with the Xinyi company.
And some even forgot about the idea of entering this industry.
Yet, some were still stubborn and wanted to win the Xinyi company.
Whatever their choices were, the Xinyi company didn't need to feel concerned about this matter anymore.
If no accident happened, the situation would still develop according to what Chen Yize had thought.
However, there was still something that the Xinyi company couldn't ignore.
Some of those novel-reading platforms still didn't give up and chose to use [XINT] as a tool for them to succeed.
Because of [XINT], the Xinyi company eventually gained a foothold in this market.
But also because of [XINT], the Xinyi company attracted three different groups of people.
And every group chose to call Li Xinyi and ask directly.
The first group of people asked Li Xinyi whether she was interested in selling the Xinyi company to them.
The second group of people asked Li Xinyi whether she was interested in selling the Xinyi company's shares.
And the third group of people asked Li Xinyi whether she was interested in cooperating.
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