Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

Chapter 143 Legend 3
The wool comes from the sheep, and 1 million is nothing compared to the revenue contributed by the monthly miracle.

Just think of giving rebates to these people who live and feed their parents. The principle is the same as giving out bonuses at the annual meeting of the group. Only by letting these people drink the soup can you cut leeks better!
Chen Hao prides himself on being a relatively conscientious capitalist. In addition to cutting leeks, he at least also takes on the responsibility of nurturing the soil, fertilizing and watering. He is much better than those who later only cut leeks and did not cultivate them.

Miracle players were overjoyed, and Century Interactive Entertainment was dancing for joy, but it broke the defenses of players playing other games.

After all, other people's games have nothing to do with them, and their own games are as cheap as an iron rooster. Players are unhappy, and the result is that major game official website forums are targeted and blasted by their own players, and there are a lot of complaints for a while.

"Century Interactive Entertainment, this heartless person, is up to no good."

Eventually it reached the ears of the bosses of these game manufacturers, and they all made remarks similar to the above.

Seven days of free entertainment during the Chinese New Year, this guy was the first to propose it, and they had to follow.

This hasn't stopped for half a year, and there is another anniversary celebration for Laoshizi. You can do it as you like. Various online benefits, offline prizes are given here and there, and even the notary office has moved out. Why are these players you? My dear father and my dear mother, if you support me like this, the game manufacturer will lose face to Century Interactive Entertainment!

Before the emergence of Century Interactive Entertainment, the game manufacturers on the market were just me. They would just give you games to play. Why do you still ask for this and what?Don't play with it.

As a result, things took a turn, and after this Internet catfish appeared, the situation became chaotic.
Now major manufacturers are trying every means to snatch players from Century Interactive Entertainment, but with little success.

Ding Sanshi also heard about it, and his eyes lit up. Hey, it turns out that in addition to the game itself, online games can also be played like this.

It just so happens that Westward Journey OL2 was released a week after the open beta of Miracle. If I didn’t say anything, copy it!

Let the people below also start preparing for the anniversary celebration activities of "Westward Journey OL2". Brother Sanshi is not short of money.

NetEase turned a profit for the first time in 2002. Although the profit was not much, it was only more than 1600 million yuan for the whole year. Most of the revenue was contributed by online games, which allowed him to see the huge prospects of the online game market.

Therefore, we began to increase investment in self-developed online games in 03, starting with the creation of "Fantasy Westward Journey", which is a Q version of the turn-based online game. It is intended to compete with Century Interactive Entertainment's "Wonderland Transmission RO" and "Magic Baby" and even its own agent "" Stone Age".

It also secretly acquired Tianxia and its technical team, the production company of the online game "Tianxia", and developed the 3D fantasy masterpiece "Tianxia II" based on it, trying to become the absolute king of 3D online games. It has great ambitions.

NetEase currently has a market value of several billion and is rich. Ding Lei also has enough patience and confidence to polish his own products, hoping to occupy a large territory in the online game market in the next few years.

Listed companies like NetEase regularly release financial reports every quarter, but Century Zongheng does not need to disclose it to the public.

The main reason is that Chen Hao doesn't want to go public. Although on the surface it will raise a lot of money, it will bring a lot of restrictions, and the gains outweigh the losses. Isn't it good to make a fortune in silence and be the master of his own affairs? He likes to speak out!
At least until 2023.

However, when he paid attention to NetEase's anniversary event page, he felt very complicated.

It cannot be said that they are exactly the same, they can only be said to be almost inseparable.

Brother Sanshi, it’s not that I won’t let you copy. Can you change the way you talk and add a few new activities? I’ll just copy it.

Chen Hao felt a little emo for a moment
The penguin hasn't come yet, but the pig has copied it first. Who can he ask to reason with?
At this time, the receptionist called and interrupted Chen Hao's reverie, saying that the Korean Wemade company wanted to find him.

Wemade?The legendary parent company, why should we look for him when we have nothing to do?Could it be.
Asking her to transfer the call, after some communication, Chen Hao hung up the phone, slightly excited.

As he thought, Wemade currently has a masterpiece "Legend 3" in hand, and asked Century Interactive Entertainment if it would be interested.

Unmentioned, although "Legend 3" didn't seem to be very popular in his impression, Chen Hao spared no effort when it came to disgusting opponents.

Whether you make money or not is secondary, being able to disgust Brother Qiao is the key!

Hey, he seems to have experienced the joy of three stones.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Hao called Zhou Xiao and asked him to hand over the anniversary work to Li Wu first. It happened that this opportunity was also a training for Li Wu, so Zhou Xiao immediately left for South Korea to negotiate the agent for "Legend 3" .

After coming back, if Li Wu performs well during the anniversary celebration, he will continue to be in charge, and you will be responsible for checking.

Zhou Xiao had no objection and took the order.

This kind of pie-in-the-sky thing has just settled down. Now that Chen Hao has calmed down, there is one more material for the press conference, so why not do it.

Recalling the meaning of the translation on the phone just now, I want Century Interactive Entertainment to act as an agent as soon as possible. I feel that Wemade is in a hurry.

How can Wemade not be anxious? It is the plaintiff and Shanda is the defendant. It is in South Korea and Shanda is in China. South Korean laws cannot control Shanda.

Then it specially set up a branch in China to sue Shanda. As a result, it has been half a year since "Legend"'s child "Legend 3" was about to be born, and the lawsuit has still not been decided.

The company's senior executives have long had a deep-rooted impression that Chinese people are sociable and good at building relationships. They believe that Shanda has already negotiated a price with the other party in secret, so there has been no movement until now.

Since Shanda wants to drag the word, Wemade can only find another way and open up a new battlefield.

"Legend 3" is the most advantageous weapon they put into the new battlefield!
In fact, during the development stage of "Legend 3", domestic Chinese manufacturers expressed their intention to be agents, such as Guangtong, Odin and other companies.

But Wemade wanted to use the maximum power of this weapon and seriously injured Shanda with one strike, so it was still undecided.

On the one hand, Guangtong has no similar operating experience, and Odin only has a background in stand-alone games, so he has concerns.

On the other hand, it is well known that Shanda’s old enemy is Century Interactive Entertainment.

In the final analysis, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Giving "Legend 3" to Century Interactive Entertainment to further compress the Shanda "Legend" market is the best choice.

You don't make me feel good, and I make you unhappy, so come on, let's hurt each other.The current Wemade company has such a mentality of breaking the pot and breaking it.

The negotiation only took 3 days, and Zhou Xiao cut the agency fee from the previous 1 million to 3 million, which was simply a bargain price. This shows how much Wemade hates Shanda.

A week later, Zhou Xiao brought "Legend 3" back to the company.

As a result, when "Legend 3" was tested within the company, everyone including Chen Hao was dumbfounded. They really bought a rotten cabbage at a bargain price.

The game is full of bugs, and it seems to be just a semi-finished product that has been launched in a hurry. In the eyes of Chen Hao, who has always adhered to high standards and strict requirements, it cannot be launched online, especially since they only have agency rights and no modification rights.

Sure enough, cheap products are not good products. Maybe Wemade does not necessarily hate Shanda to sell them so cheaply. It is also possible that our children know the basics and it would be good to have a source.

Chen Hao directly called Wemade and spent a long time chatting with the other party's boss.

"There are over a hundred major bugs and countless details. If you don't give me the source code, I won't be able to bring it to the market."

"I still want money for the source code. I'm giving you free technical resources to wipe your ass. It's good if I don't ask you for money."

"You will die if you try. Anyway, the three-year agency rights have been signed, and you can't sell it to anyone else. It's only a few million anyway. At worst, I'll hide it and we'll all break up!"

"If you give me the source code, I guarantee that it will be released to the public by the end of August at the latest! Even Shanda's mother doesn't recognize it."

"Well, think about it and wait for your call!"

Bang, he hung up after saying that.

This call was made by Chen Hao on the spot in front of all technical and ordinary employees.

These employees gave thumbs up one after another. After hearing this, they had only one feeling: the boss is so tough!But it’s really a relief.

More than 8% of online games on the market are now distributed from South Korea. With Legend and Miracle being the most beautiful, South Korea has seen a lot of money.

Subsequently, newly developed games began to ask for exorbitant prices, and even bundled sales, causing domestic game manufacturers to complain. News of various cooperation disputes often appeared on the headlines of major consulting websites, so these employees also knew the general situation.

But even under this background, the boss can still deflate the stick. What is this damn and glorious collective sense of honor? !
The next day, South Korea agreed to Century Interactive Entertainment’s request.

But the only thing that had an impact was that Zhou Xiao went to Seoul to sign the relevant confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement before his butt was hot.

Only Zhou Xiao's injured world was achieved.

A week later, Century Interactive Entertainment obtained the source code of "Legend 3" without any bloodshed.

With the support of the Century Interactive Entertainment technical team and Netshield Great Wall, all-round testing and bug fixes will be carried out in terms of game quality and security.

After the technical team evaluates the construction period, it is expected to reach the ready state before going online in mid-August.

Chen Hao issued an order to start preparations for the public beta of "Legend 3", such as the production of the official website and the 17173 information station area, the registration of the domain name www.mir3.com, etc.

Of course this was done in secret because he wanted to announce it at the press conference.

Tianshu Game Studio's "Three Kingdoms OL" is currently undergoing final preparations before closed beta testing.

Tianxuan Game Studio’s “Martial Arts World OL” is also being developed in an orderly manner.

From the Century Interactive Entertainment technical team, Zhou Xiao is fully responsible for the overall planning of the anniversary celebrations of "Legend 3" and "Miracle". As the person in charge of the anniversary celebrations of "Miracle", Li Wu is busy with kicking the back of the head, but it is fun to see his condition and the overall execution Stability and improvement can be of great use.

Lu Tao was temporarily transferred by Chen Hao to control the overall quality of "Legend 3".

After all these arrangements were made, Chen Hao himself began to think about the press conference.

It’s mid-July now, and it’s time for the semi-annual Century Interactive Entertainment press conference.

But this time Chen Hao wanted to put the date of the press conference on the same day as the Miracle Anniversary, which is August 8.

After all, maximizing the utilization of resources, using your own traffic is not called rubbing, it is called posting.

Since the previous press conference methods have been imitated by other manufacturers, Chen Hao, as a pioneer in the press conference industry, also has to think of some new ways to play.

After all, he wants to leave an impression on everyone that has always been imitated and never surpassed, so that it will be easier for him to act in the future.

No problem, you can copy it as you like. What I want is the influence of the oral soup. You can grab the remaining scraps.

After thinking for a while, Chen Hao got inspiration and picked up the phone and dialed the headquarters of Gravity Company, the developer of "Ragnarok RO" and Nexon Company of "Bubble Hall".

The two sides had cordial and friendly exchanges based on the friendship between China and South Korea.

(End of this chapter)