Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

Chapter 556 The Prototype of the Century Game Empire

Four years ago, they worked hard to represent World of Warcraft as fresh blood in the company.

Nowadays, they have grown into the mainstay of the department and are dedicated to the early launch of WLK.

In order to allow WLK to meet the majority of players as soon as possible, they are working with engineers from Century Blizzard to make rectifications, working day and night.

This is no longer a matter of salary and money, this is a matter of love and feelings!

After four years of separation, it’s hard to cool the blood!

Even if the blood turns as black as petroleum, even if the skeleton grows flesh and turns into a skeletal muscleman, even if the female elves have more cloth on their bodies, even the professional name of thieves feels that it may lead to bad guidance for teenagers and thus change. Became a stalker.

But they still treat WOW, which is covered with patches, like their first love.

After countless days and nights of hard work by countless people from Century Blizzard and Century Interactive Entertainment Tianji Studio,

Finally, in mid-May, the revised version of WLK was finally reviewed again.

On May 5, Century Interactive Entertainment announced to the media that the "World of Warcraft" expansion pack "Wrath of the Lich King" will be launched on the Chinese server on June 20. This is a Children's Day gift brought by Century Interactive Entertainment to the majority of Warcraft players. !

At the same time, it was announced that Century Blizzard will cancel Battle.net, and Blizzard Family Bucket and related player data will gradually be integrated into the World Game Center platform in the next six months.

What The1 had not been able to do for half a year, Century Interactive Entertainment was able to do it in just over a month. Many players praised it and came to Chen Hao's Weibo to fulfill their wishes.

"I only recognize two dads on the Internet, Dad Ma from Taobao and Dad Chen from Century."

"Dad Chen is the real new bee!"

"Did I disconnect the Internet? What's the story upstairs?"

"Well, you can just translate the last three words into English."

"Time is money, my friend, please hurry up on Children's Day! My kids are looking forward to the sports meeting held in the school, and I'm looking forward to the opening of WLK. Both of us have a bright future!"

"When the thunderous war drums sound again, target NAXX, move forward!"

"2234, daddy is here!"

This day is a carnival for World of Warcraft players, and after hearing the news, many friends and businessmen lamented that the energy behind Chen Hao should not be underestimated. This is because they know that in the current environment, a game as big as World of Warcraft wants to be successful. How difficult is it to pass the version number level?

At the same time, Century Pictures announced that Ning Hao's third film "No Man's Land" is officially scheduled to be released to movie fans on July 7, further confirming their speculation that Chen Hao is someone from the DPRK.

In June, with the launch of the World of Warcraft expansion pack "Wrath of the Lich King", the number of domestic online players of World of Warcraft broke a new high, even surpassing that of the martial arts world for a time.

In the same month, not only Blizzard, Century Interactive Entertainment also dropped a bomb, that is, with Daewoo, Zhiguan, Nintendo, Sony, Honor, Ubisoft, SNK, KONAMI, CAPCOM and many other well-known domestic and foreign games besides Activision. The developer has reached a strategic cooperation agreement, and its non-exclusive games will be launched on the Century Game Platform one after another.

Including but not limited to the "Sword of Sword" series, "Xuanyuan Sword" series, "Final Fantasy" series, "Street Fighter" series, "Assassin's Creed" series, "Dynasty Warriors" series, "Devil May Cry" series, etc.

Chen Hao's generosity has always stirred up waves, shaking the domestic gaming circle to pieces.

In fact, these are all the work of Zhou Xiao. While Chen Hao was acquiring Blizzard, he led a team to conquer all areas, using the current data from the World Travel Center to conquer the city from house to house. Half a year later, the results were remarkable.

The media analyzed this move as a signal for Century Interactive Entertainment to enter the stand-alone market from online games. However, with piracy rampant in China, the future of Century Interactive Entertainment’s plan may not be bright.

Some media also predict that this is Century Interactive Entertainment’s strategy to save the country from rural areas and encircle cities. It has a massive player base through the Century Game platform, and its ultimate goal is to unify the domestic game market.

The prototype of the gaming empire has emerged!

While the public's attention was attracted by the big news from Century Interactive Entertainment every three days, no one paid attention to some corners of the Internet.

There is a group-buying website called Meituan and a news and information website called Jinri Toutiao. They are quietly rising and growing wildly. The butterfly begins to flap its wings. Perhaps it is because it has been given some mysterious label. When Ning Hao I sent the gold robbery case to trial and got a reply within a few days.

There were only a few rectification suggestions, and the efficiency was so high that Ning Hao thought he was in a science fiction movie.

With the two crazy parts "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing" earning over 100 million in box office, Ning Hao has now joined the ranks of new directors. He has become famous in the film and television industry with low cost and high returns. If it weren't for Century Pictures standing behind him , to avoid being poached.

July’s “No Man’s Land” is also hailed as a dark horse for the upcoming summer season.

Major theater chains have also begun arranging films, with "No Man's Land" competing with "Searching for Jackie Chan", "Ice Age 3" and "Doraemon 08: The Movie" at the same time.

As early as 04, from the perspective of supporting domestic films, the higher authorities verbally issued a notice asking all theaters across the country to support domestic films. From June to August every year, in principle, the introduction of overseas blockbusters was not encouraged.

It is called Domestic Film Protection Month, and most of the main source of income for theater chains every year still comes from Hollywood blockbusters.

Therefore, the summer box office is not ideal every year.

Hangzhou Zhongan Movie World is a 4-year-old cinema with 6 theaters, 539 seats, and a total investment of more than 700 million yuan.

Zhongan Movie World breaks the convention of clustering theaters in the city center and goes deep into the community to become the audience's neighbors. For audiences in the north of the city, there is no long distance to go, making it easier and more casual to watch movies.

However, with the development of the times, several theaters with first-class hardware, humane design, leading technology and fine construction have appeared in the city center, such as UME International Cinema, Xinhuadu, and Oscar.

As a result, fewer and fewer people come to Zhongan to watch movies, which makes Tong Zhihong, the general manager, increasingly worried about attracting customers.

This year the theater spent a lot of money on a comprehensive upgrade.

The theater uses the latest projector, with high-brightness, high-definition, and high stability; JBL amplification equipment is introduced to provide realistic sound effects and a full sound field. In order to comply with ergonomics, all the seats have been replaced, and combined with the large row spacing and high starting slope, the audience's comfort level while watching movies has been raised to a new standard.

We want to save the declining situation of theaters by upgrading them to give audiences an extraordinary movie sensory experience.

Although Tong Zhihong is as good as other theaters in terms of hardware, the funds have been poured into theater upgrades and there is no more money for promotion. As a result, the attendance rate in the first half of this year is still not ideal.

It’s the Protection Month, and without the support of Hollywood blockbusters, it’s even more desolate. The theater attendance rate last month was less than 10%, which is terrible.

Every day the studio loses money, and it can’t stop

This made him feel like a frog in warm water, being slowly boiled in it and waiting to die.

Tong Zhihong regrets a little. At that time, he chose this location to avoid competition and some policy benefits. If he had known this, he would have spent more money to open a store in the city center. Unfortunately, he did not have the opportunity to do so.

Nowadays, it is estimated that if a thief comes to visit and sees this bleak scene, he will not be able to bear to do anything. Maybe he will buy two more tickets to take care of his business.

At this moment, the theater manager came to report, "Boss, the young man who calls himself Meituan is here again. Do you think he is here again?"

"How many times has this happened?"

"This is the fourth time in a week."

As the saying goes, once again, twice, never again, this guy is quite perseverant, and he is always idle anyway.

"Then let's meet him. I'll have him come to my office later."

(End of this chapter)