Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

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According to the programmer's habitual thinking, Chen Hao classified them into categories. It turned out that except for the last one, he had to do everything else himself.

Yes, I have to keep busy this year.

Re-prioritize things.

Pick out the ones that can be done in parallel. Lin Lang is in the company at this time.

Chen Hao called his brother over and planned to take care of the computer room first.

I saw the cost estimate handed over by Lin Lang.

Lin Lang said methodically, "Currently, the computer rooms in the four first-tier cities have been put into use. There are currently three online games in operation on the market. The network performance and load are very stable. A total of 4 million was invested here last year. If the computer rooms in the second-tier cities are put into use by the end of the year, To build it, plus the number of servers previously evaluated, we will need to invest at least 2 million yuan!"

Lin Lang's face was expressionless, as if the 8 million was not his money, although most of it was indeed not his money.

"How much?" Chen Hao's mouth trembled when he heard it. Just now he thought that there were more than 2 million lying on the company's account. Good guy, it turns out that the big spender is waiting here.

Considering Blizzard's high standards and strict requirements, this hardware must be selected no matter what.

"In this way, let's go step by step and finish the first-tier cities. Let's split the second-tier cities into three batches and advance step by step according to priority. I will ask the finance department to invest 1 million in Juhard, and you will spend it first. , not enough."

After that, he and Lin Lang walked to a wall, which was a domestic map.

A dozen small red flags had been placed on it. Half an hour later, the two completed their communication, and an additional red flag appeared on several second-tier cities on the map.

Chen Hao clapped his hands and said, "This is it for now. In addition, you can find a professional team to get a brochure for our computer room and various technical parameters. I will use it in the future. There is no rush. Just give it to me before the end of the month."

Lin Lang nodded.

After talking about the business, Chen Hao showed an unserious smile and said, "Brother, when are you going to find me a sister-in-law? It's been so many years, it's not a problem to rely on my hands all the time."

Lin Lang looked at the thermos cup in Chen Hao's hand with disdain, "You'd better take care of yourself first. Who said you can rely on your hands? The millions just divided a year ago can be used to fly together every night, and the groom can continue to do it every day." It’s been several years, don’t worry, the fate has not arrived yet.”

"If you have nothing to do, you can talk to Da Niao. Maybe you will get enlightened while chatting."

"Haha, let's talk about it later. I'll go back to Zhongguancun and you can continue your work."

After finishing the computer room, Chen Hao used a search engine to search for clues about foxmail. Half an hour later, he found traces on a very unpopular website.

On April 2000, 4, Zhang Xiaolong announced that he would join Boda Company as technical director and vice president. The email software Foxmail he developed was sold to Boda for 18 million yuan.

Then I used Baidu to search for this extensive related information, and found only a few sentences.

Boda Company was established in January 1999. Its main business is email-based software products and service solutions. It only has an official website address.

It's easy to do if you have it. Chen Hao picked up the phone and said, "Hey, Pengkun, I sent a URL to your email. You have someone make a preliminary contact with Boda and reveal their intention to acquire Foxmail, and then make preliminary contact with a person, Zhang Xiaolong. For small dragons and dragons from Humen, it’s best to get his cell phone number and address. Hmm, I’ll wait for your news.”

In the afternoon, Chen Hao convened a meeting with all employees of Tianshu Game Studio.

The large conference table was filled with dozens of sets of books on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Chen Hao had his manpower go to more than a dozen bookstores to buy them at noon.

People who come in first receive a book and a set of books.

The reason why Tianshu Studio was established is that the acquisition of Dongfang Calculus cannot be completed in a short time. Even if it is acquired, the plan of Wuxia World OL is too big, and the development cycle can be calculated in years.

Walking on two legs is both stable and fast.

He even wanted to adopt Goose Factory's later Gu cultivation strategy.

For example, MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) mobile games became very popular later. "Super God" produced by Photon Studio and "Honor of Kings" produced by Tianmei Studio. At the beginning, the revenue of the former was more than 15 times that of the latter. Unfortunately, Later, the overly complicated modes PVP and PVE were wanted, but the steps were too big, and "Honor of Kings" seized on the PC version of the LOL mechanism to overtake it in one fell swoop.

For another example, when the battle royale mode became popular, two competing products, "Peace Elite" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", appeared within Goose Factory and were put on the market to compete with other players.

Later, everyone knew that the total revenue of "Honor of Kings" has already exceeded the billion mark, and "Peace Elite" followed closely with tens of billions. The remaining two have long been eliminated by the market, leaving only some information. .

Even if it is as powerful as WeChat, when it was first born, let alone Lei Jun’s MiLiao externally, there were two direct competitors internally: the mobile QQ team and the Qxin team. At that time, the mobile QQ team and the Qxin team were directly under Liu Chengmin, the vice president of the group, and Zhang Xiaolong are just the general manager of the Guangzhou Research Institute. There is a big gap between the two in terms of rank, and the former has a team strength of a thousand people.

As a result, Zhang Xiaolong led WeChat to break out of the tight siege. Even after the WeChat project was completed, Xiao Ma still showed no mercy and launched seven similar APPs in one go to compete with WeChat for market share, namely "Maohu", "Light Light" "Chat", "You Ji", "Friend", "Echo", "Deng Yu", "Happy Yu", some people on the Internet call it "Seven Swords Down Tianshan".

In fact, it’s the same as investing. If you don’t put your eggs in one basket, if you invest in 10 projects and one of them succeeds, the income may be several times or dozens of times the total investment amount.
People often say that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It is not unreasonable. The cost of trial and error for rich people is too low. If one fails, the next one will succeed, and one of them will always succeed.

Of course, the main premise is not to get involved in gambling and drugs. No matter how rich you are, it is GG.

And poor people often lose their entire life savings if they make one mistake.

After working hard for decades, I continued to save money and wanted to open my own store, but it took 20 years.
With his presence this time, will King of Glory, Peace Elite, or Tencent still be the same as before?
Chen Hao can't say for sure. Let's wait and see. There are still more than ten years left, so there is no rush.It's a pity that now it's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice, and the conditions don't allow him to raise gu so extravagantly.

Having said so much, in fact, this is Chen Hao’s original intention to establish Tianshu Game Studio and the origin of the Three Kingdoms Online project.

Why did you choose the theme of the Three Kingdoms?Because Chen Hao grew up reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms novels, TV series, and playing Three Kingdoms games. It was his selfish desire to be his own boss. Of course, he had to be willful and take advantage of his privileges.

What's more, the history of the Three Kingdoms is well-known to every household. Anyone who comes here can talk about three visits to the thatched cottage, seven entrances and seven exits, three heroes fighting Lu Bu, straw boats borrowing arrows and other allusions.

There are countless romantic figures inside, all of whom are outstanding.

Among the four major masterpieces, in terms of mass base, only Three Kingdoms can compete with Journey to the West. Since NetEase chose the Journey to the West route, it is understandable that it chose the Three Kingdoms.

Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Hao knows that in the following ten years, there will be an endless stream of online and mobile games with the theme of the Three Kingdoms, and the wool will be lost.

But currently, the one that knows the most about Three Kingdoms games is a Japanese company: Glory, which is best known for the "Three Kingdoms" series and the "Dynasty Warriors" series.

Of course, there are also some classic stand-alone productions in China, such as the "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" series by Ao Ting Technology. He remembers that it was released in 7 or 8, and he didn't pay much attention to it after 3.

There is another important reason for choosing a Three Kingdoms-themed game. It has no copyright and does not require royalties.

In the world of martial arts, Chen Hao still needs to find Lao Jin and Lao Gu to buy the copyright.

Well, Gu Long seems to have passed away a long time ago. We still need to find out who owns the copyright.

"Ahem, let's start class! Everyone here is a fan of the Three Kingdoms and SLG. Based on this, there are several tasks that need to be completed by everyone!"

Teacher Chen is employed again.

Depending on the type of work, Chen Hao asked them to focus on different aspects of reading the Three Kingdoms. For example, the artist asked them to focus on the character's personality and appearance, and the game planning focused on the plot direction and main and branch lines.Others just read it through, focusing on a sense of immersion.

After all, it’s impossible to make a Three Kingdoms game without truly loving the history and characters of the Three Kingdoms.

Miracle MU and Ragnarok RO both belong to the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) type, but their styles and audiences are completely different, so it is reasonable to attract criticism from Miracle players.

Paopaotang is a casual competitive online game that attracts female players.

Then Three Kingdoms Online should not overlap with them, but a new type, thinking about a mobile game masterpiece in future generations.

Chen Hao had already thought about and determined the game type of Three Kingdoms Online before, which was SLG (turn-based strategy game) plus chess.

Chen Hao began to write and draw on the blackboard next to him, and explained it based on the PPT game plan he had prepared for the New Year.

Compare everything from character style requirements to combat mechanism features with some ready-made reference objects on the market.

A series of modules, from game mechanics to novice guidance to profit models, basically cover every major aspect of the game.

An hour later, after the explanation was completed, Chen Hao picked up the thermos cup at hand and drank it to moisten his smoky throat.

"Players spend a lot of time managing their own forces and recruiting elite soldiers and generals. They will suffer losses in battles. If they can't wait for that time, they spend money to speed up. And strengthen the concepts of individuals, gangs, and alliances. The overall idea of ​​Three Kingdoms OL is like this."

Chen Hao knocked on the blackboard, very seriously.

"Everyone brings their own thoughts and what I just talked about to read and record inspiration and ideas. Chu Xuan regularly organizes brainstorming every day to improve this game plan. Standing on the shoulders of a giant like me, maybe you can have more interesting ideas. How to play. Bring your plan to me next Monday! If you have any difficulties, come to me anytime and I will solve them unconditionally!"

Chu Xuan is an elegant technical man wearing glasses. He nods in agreement, with a cold expression and fiery eyes.

He had just listened to his boss talking about the game and felt that this mode was so awesome. It really brought out the human nature. He was also looking forward to the moment when the game would be released.

Chen Hao knocked on the table and emphasized to everyone, "Everyone has watched the press conference. Anyway, I have released the satellite, and I am very confident in this game. I hope everyone can work together! It is said to be within the year, of course, the sooner the better. Okay, if it can be developed in the first half of the year, I will give your department a big red envelope. You have also seen it at the annual meeting. The cakes I, Chen Hao, have always been able to eat in your mouths. Okay, you can decide on the remaining details. Let’s adjourn. .”

This is all he can do. Not everything needs to be done by him. Otherwise, spending so much money and hiring so many people in the past few months is just for this time.

The boss is just a driver who controls the steering wheel of the car, pays attention to the accelerator and brake, and does not go off the road and falls into a ditch. The rest is done by the people below.

In the following week, Tianshu Studio, under the leadership of Chu Xuan, read books every day and held reading sharing sessions and game discussions in the form of brainstorming.

When employees from other departments passed by, they could often hear excited cheers and fierce quarrels inside, which made them feel that the mental state of the people meeting inside was more or less abnormal.

A week later, Chu Xuan knocked on the door of the chairman's office with excitement on his face.

(End of this chapter)