Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

Chapter 292

The next day, Chen Hao arrived at the company unusually late at work.

The first thing he did when he arrived at the company was to call Xu Peiliang to his office.

Give him some warning and make preparations for a rainy day.

"Let's do it first, I hope it won't be needed!"

Xu Peiliang came with a confused face and left with a heavy heart.

Since he is a newcomer in this group of management, he heard from some seniors that there are two rules that must be followed when working with the boss.

Article : As long as the things assigned by the boss are carried out unconditionally.

Article : If you think there is something wrong with what your boss explained or it is wrong in your eyes, you can mention it, but if the boss still wants to implement it, please refer to Article .

He also hoped not to have to use it.

On January 1, four products including Shiyou Accelerator, Youdun Defense Firmware, Century Security Browser, and 6 Game Open Platform were officially released.

After the launch, the market response was enthusiastic. Users have been looking forward to it for a long time and have downloaded the corresponding products for use.

Relying on the convenience of World Games Accelerator, the security of Youdun Defense Firmware, and the traffic drainage of Century Security Browser, the overall number of online players of Century series online games has increased to a certain extent.

The 4399 game open platform is a matter of slow work and meticulous work, and it is not something that can be accomplished overnight. With a good ecological environment, the rest is a matter of time.

Other areas such as winning streaks and security, which are the main battlefields of online games, are also developing vigorously. Even the film and television industry, which is trying to test the waters, has achieved initial success.

Century Zongheng has been in the limelight for a while recently, and some media even published an article "Century Zongheng deserves its name", which shows that the reporter or the media is quite optimistic about its development momentum.

The good times didn't last long, not even a day.

On January 1, Xu Peiliang reported that they discovered that the employees sent by Blizzard did not come to work today and their mobile phones were turned off.

At the same time, the Blizzard docking team for remote support was suddenly unable to be contacted, emails were not returned, and phone calls were not answered.

After hearing this, Chen Hao's first reaction was to quickly open the official website of Blizzard abroad to see if there was any relevant news.

On the official website, among most of the articles about World of Warcraft's various gratifying achievements, there is an inconspicuous piece of news.

Chen Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. Sure enough, Blizzard announced the termination of cooperation with Century Interactive Entertainment, the Chinese agent.

Immediately, Chen Hao ordered Xu Peiliang to prepare according to the previously discussed plan, file the necessary documents, prepare the statement, sort out relevant information and contracts, and seek support from Qian Jun of the Legal Department.

September 1, overcast.

Under the current general trend of public opinion that praises Century Zongheng, a distinctive voice suddenly appeared.

Sina was the first to publish an article, "Unexpected changes in World of Warcraft agent, Blizzard is dissatisfied with Century Interactive Entertainment"

The title is shocking and the content is even more shocking.

"According to foreign media reports, on January 2005, 1, Blizzard's official website issued a statement saying: Blizzard and Century Interactive Entertainment have different business philosophies. Currently, Blizzard has terminated the agency cooperation agreement with Century Interactive Entertainment regarding World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft test date Unknown. Our reporters will continue to follow up and report, so stay tuned!"

This news spread like a snowball, spreading to ten, and spreading to hundreds of people. It spread at the speed of an avalanche throughout the online gaming circle.

As soon as the news came out, both the media group and the player group were shocked and were in an uproar. What is going on?The game that will be tested soon, Blizzard will make this?
Other media are like sharks smelling the smell, following up the reports, and various small articles appear one after another. The media people have no memory. They were praising Century Interactive Entertainment two days ago, but now there are all kinds of speculations and doubts.

You can't be curious, this is about to go into closed beta, and it's a sure thing, where is Blizzard going?
This is like when a baby is about to be born and a couple has a conflict. The first reaction is not to make do with it first, but to directly abort the baby and get a divorce?
What did Century Interactive Entertainment do to make Blizzard so angry?
On January 1, many people discovered that Coca-Cola co-branded with World of Martial Arts appeared in major supermarkets, while Pepsi-Cola co-branded with World of Warcraft was missing. This also confirmed some rumors and speculations.The same is true for KFC and McDonald's. The former only has themed meals, but the latter still has the same buzz.

Perhaps Blizzard is beginning to pay attention to China's public opinion.On the same day, Blizzard issued another statement targeting Century Interactive Entertainment.

After summarizing the content of the statement, it is divided into three parts. The beginning lists Century Interactive Entertainment’s three crimes: 1. Unauthorized development of competing products without reporting the matter 2. Suspected of plagiarizing World of Warcraft 3. Taking the opportunity to suppress World of Warcraft.

Then I complained to the majority of netizens that Blizzard wants to bring good games to Chinese players who love Blizzard games with a sincere heart.They were forced to have no choice but to make this decision and announced the unilateral termination of the contract. If they are to blame, it is Century Interactive Entertainment that has done all the bad things.

Finally, we should build up confidence and let the majority of Chinese players not be discouraged. They will find a better agent and continue to represent World of Warcraft. However, it will take a certain amount of time. World of Warcraft will eventually see you again!
As soon as the statement came out, domestic game-related media, both online and offline, once again launched an all-out attack.

Now netizens understand the crux of the contract termination controversy. It turns out that Blizzard terminated the contract in anger because Century Interactive Entertainment produced a competing online game similar to World of Warcraft, "Martial Arts World."

The player base of Blizzard games can't sit still. The game that was supposed to be available to play next month has suddenly disappeared. I don't know if it will be available until the end of the year.

No matter who of you is right, as long as we are not allowed to play games, you are just seeking death. They went to the official forum of Century Interactive Entertainment and opened fire on the spot.

"Century Interactive Entertainment deserves to die!"

"Will you die if you don't copy it? Chen Hao, my ancestor has been embarrassed by you."

"I asked why the item distribution and dungeon mechanism are so similar. It turns out that Century Interactive Entertainment copied it."

"RNM, refund the money!"

It doesn't matter if you start scolding me, fans in the martial arts world are not happy about it.

"Throughout the whole article, I looked horizontally, vertically, left, right, and everywhere, and there was a lot of barking. Please, Mr. Foreigner, can your dog stop barking?"

"Trivia: Item distribution, captain distribution, and free pickup have long been available in other games; in addition, the concept of dungeons in games has been included in Sony's classic online game "EverQuest" in 03 in its expansion pack "Lost Dungeon" Copy elements. If you want to say plagiarism, Blizzard copied it first from Sony. Besides, the gameplay does not involve patents and there is no plagiarism. The gangsters need to find some evidence, don’t be fooled.”

"CNM, you'll get your money back after you spend it."

Then the players were divided into the martial arts faction and the Warcraft faction. The two groups went back and forth, argued with each other, fought for their own beliefs, and had a great time fighting each other online.

Century Interactive Entertainment Headquarters in Beijing.

Chen Hao was in Tianji Studio, watching the scolding on the forum.

As long as the excessive content involves family members and all organs, all posts will be deleted, and other posts that curse others or even him will be kept.

However, when he saw the cold knowledge about dungeons, he remembered that it seemed to be the first of its kind by Blizzard. However, Blizzard was not sure whether the market would recognize the mechanism of dungeons, so it deliberately disclosed it to Sony internally.

I wanted to be the first to try it out, so I went to the market to try and make mistakes, and found that the effect was pretty good, so I used it in World of Warcraft. This shows Blizzard's virtue.

Let them argue, some of the truth is unclear, I hope it can help some people improve their memory.

"Pei Liang, are you ready for the announcement?"

"Okay, boss."

"send!"

"Oh!"

On the day Blizzard released its second statement,

Another person involved in the World of Warcraft contract termination incident finally responded.

(End of this chapter)