Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

Chapter 553: Both worlds are in my hands

At the end of March, Century Blizzard slowly returned to normal office conditions. The acquisition crisis during this period did not have much impact on internal employees.

They just talked about the current situation of the company before and after tea. Except that their boss Mike Mohan has changed from the original president of Blizzard to the senior vice president, but he is still the boss of their game division. Others such as office location, colleagues, None of the departments or businesses have changed.

However, the new boss is an Oriental named Chen Hao, and there is also a vice president who is said to be the CEO of Century Interactive Entertainment's North American division.

Chen Hao called Duan Jianye over because this guy has made the North American branch of Century Interactive Entertainment flourish in the past two years. He was still able to occupy a certain territory despite being chased by a group of foreigners and performed well.

He wanted to see this kid's subsequent performance before delegating power to Century Blizzard.

At the same time, Duan Jianye was asked to transfer some employees from Century Interactive Entertainment's North American branch to be responsible for Century Blizzard's operational promotion and cooperation-related matters.

The follow-up model is basically that Blizzard is responsible for production, Century is responsible for sales, production and sales are integrated, and all profits are collected.

Before leaving at the end of the month, Chen Hao had a chat with two generals, Duan Jianye and Mike Mohan, alone.

Like the former, Chen Hao first affirmed the other party's past achievements. Now that he has new responsibilities, he allocated some shares, raised his salary, and had new expectations and requirements for him.

As for Old Mike, Chen Hao planned to give him a game gift package before leaving to save him a few years of detours.

When Mike Mohan saw this information, he asked, "Is this a game plan?" He looked at Chen Hao with some caution in his eyes.

Just acquired Blizzard, the fox's tail is showing so quickly?

Chen Hao poured him a cup of coffee himself, "Don't be nervous, my friend, this is just a gift for you before leaving.

We are both professionals in making games. These games are just a few prototypes of what I think of from Blizzard's perspective. I hope they can be useful to you and learn from each other's strengths. "

The information is the game information that Chen Hao took the time to compile during this period.

These include the card game "Heroes of Warcraft" based on the World of Warcraft, the MOBA game "Heroes of the Storm" based on the Blizzard series of heroes, and some game ideas and team suggestions for restarting Diablo 3, including inviting former Diablo 4 players. Employee recruitment plans for giants and related Blizzard North

The last part is about the company's future development plan for the mobile terminal.

Half an hour later, when Mike Mohan finished reading all this, he was shocked, "Is this all what you thought about?"

"Otherwise, the development of Century Zongheng to its current scale is all due to the employees below? Whether the train is fast or not depends entirely on the headband.

Of course, these are just suggestions and ideas. Anyway, I gave the gift. As for whether you like it or not, it’s up to you whether you use it or not.

I hope that Blizzard will remain the same Blizzard and will not be compromised by any external factors. "

The two then communicated and reached an agreement on the exclusivity plan of Blizzard games proposed by Chen Hao and the agent of World of Warcraft in China.

Before leaving, Chen Hao asked, "Is there anything else you need my help with?"

Chen Hao was originally just being polite, but he didn't expect that Mike Mohan really needed help with something.

That is, the World of Warcraft expansion pack "Wrath of the Lich King" (WLK for short) has not been approved in China. I hope Chen Hao can find a way in this regard.

Chen Hao nodded and agreed to find a way. After all, it was his own game.

At the beginning of April, Century Interactive Entertainment North America Branch and Century Blizzard were both on the right track, making progress every day. Chen Hao and his party packed their bags and headed back home to end their one-month trip to North America.

On April 4, Century Interactive Entertainment and Century Blizzard officially announced to the media that after the expiration of the "World of Warcraft" agency agreement in mainland China, the exclusive operating rights will be granted to Century Interactive Entertainment for a period of 9 years. Currently, the agency is ninth The right to operate the city expires on April 4.

After the news was announced, it didn't cause much reaction. After all, everything was within everyone's expectations. It would be big news if Warcraft was handed over to others.

But even so, many people were shocked when the media analyzed the current online game landscape of Century Interactive Entertainment.

In the field of MMORPG, Century Interactive Entertainment's original "Martial Arts World" plus "World of Warcraft" two worlds accounted for 70% of the domestic and foreign market share.

Moreover, the MOBA category is also dominated by "Union of Gods" and "Glory of Heroes".

The well-established self-research is still fresh, and the agency of "CF" and "DNF" is also blooming. Century Interactive Entertainment's game territory is becoming more and more stable!

But the happiest people are undoubtedly the domestic Warcraft players, who are very happy.

Because the WLK expansion pack that hopes for the stars and the moon may be able to clear up the clouds and see the sun in the hands of Century Interactive Entertainment.

Why has WLK, which is synchronized with other regions around the world, been unable to go online in China? This requires mentioning a special existence, the game version number!

The version number we usually refer to is the license number issued by the General Administration of Press and Publication in accordance with the "Electronic Publications Management Regulations" for electronic publications including games.

Since January 1998, 1, version numbers have begun to appear in games and electronic publications of all sizes. The version number is a restriction that appears to control games. Perhaps it may be older than many readers. Be slightly larger.

On May 2003, 5, with the rapid development of the Internet, the Ministry of Culture promulgated the "Interim Regulations on the Management of Internet Culture", giving it the power to manage Internet content.

Since then, the powerful online games have been called Blackboard and Menghua, and the two masters have been in charge of the electronic entertainment industry.

Just like the Internet cafe license in the past, one license has blocked many owners who want to open Internet cafes. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for all beings to get stuck on the first number, and the role of the version number in game distribution has become increasingly important.

In the past, it was very easy to apply for version number approval. Since the CCTV broadcast of "Battle of Internet Demons" last year caused some public opinion in the society, the opening of plate number application and approval has begun to tighten. The entire game version number issuance has been under a relatively restrained situation. ongoing.

In fact, the delay in WLK's approval is not only affected by the external environment, but also has internal problems.

That is, Ninetowns wanted to blackmail Blizzard into renewing its agency for another four years, but it was decisively rejected and refused to do so.

Because Blizzard has repeatedly asked Ninetowns to optimize and iterate its own servers, but has yet to see any action from the other side, it has already complained about Ninetowns' stinginess.

The contract renewal request was rejected, so The9 didn't pay much attention to the application and approval of the version number. As a result, it attracted overwhelming abuse from players.

And some radical players called on the "World of Warcraft" forum,

"Everyone plays less for 10 minutes a day, and they calculated an account for Ninetowns: "If everyone plays less than 10 minutes a day, then Ninetowns will lose 22 yuan in daily income and 675 million yuan in monthly income. If each person plays less than 1 hour a day, Ninetowns will lose 135 million yuan in daily income and 4050 million yuan in monthly income. "

This made Zhu Jun realize, yes, the money he earned now still had to go into his own pocket, so he immediately arranged for someone to apply.

Later I found out that even though he had more than enough intentions, he still lacked the energy. When asked about the progress of the review, he would always just use three words.

"awaiting notice!"

(End of this chapter)