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Saturday morning, 361 Company.

Chen Dong stood under the blackboard in the program department's public office area, holding a plastic whip, pointing at the content written in chalk on the blackboard.

The words "CD-ROM", "computer", "internet broadband", "single-player game", and "online game" are clearly written on it.

Chen Dong first moved the pointer to the word "computer" and said, "Gentlemen, at present, the main profit-making business of our 361 Company is basically cartridge games and software. We have not been involved in other industries."

"The purpose of my meeting today is to tell you that from now on, our 361 Company will begin to expand the scope of its business, which means!"

"We are venturing into the electronic computer business! This business will be a mainstream trend in the future development of the times, and it will be the area where our company will focus its efforts and development in the future."

Influenced by island nations, the mainstream gaming platforms on the market are still various game consoles led by Nintendo and Sega, especially Nintendo and Sega's handheld game consoles, which are considered to be the main trend in the future development of the gaming industry.

This was unassailable before the advent of the internet.

Therefore, most companies in Europe, America, island nations, Taiwan, and South Korea focus on arcade games, handheld game consoles, and Famicom (FC) games.

It was only when the internet began to take off in 96 that a very small number of forward-thinking companies, or those that wanted to take a gamble and overtake others, turned their attention to electronic computers and the internet.

The plan is to develop both single-player and online games.

Otherwise, single-player games and online games are all inferior.

Even though Blizzard Entertainment had already developed World of Warcraft 1 in 94, it still couldn't become mainstream.

Computer games became the mainstream gaming format in countries other than Taiwan until November of this year, 1996.

The emergence of an absolute masterpiece called Diablo completely reversed this situation.

This game is the ancestor of all online games. All subsequent online games, and even most single-player games, have borrowed heavily from Diablo's setting elements.

It is an absolute masterpiece that cannot be surpassed or bypassed.

Chen Dong's remarks made many programmers in the company very skeptical, but they dared not openly oppose his words.

Many programmers still believe in the outdated Japanese system, thinking that handheld game consoles are the future of gaming and are not optimistic about expensive, delicate, troublesome, and pricey electronic computers.

In 1996, the weight of a computer, just the main unit, was generally 12 pounds. Add to that the bulky monitor, which weighed no less than 10 pounds, the keyboard, mouse, cables, and the complicated and inconvenient installation process, not to mention the ridiculously expensive broadband.

Compared to handheld game consoles that are at most the size of two palms, it's not surprising that people have this thought.

Even at 361°, only a few computers are connected to the internet, and that was only this year.

Previously, programming and such were all done on a local area network.

Looking at their expressions, Chen Dong couldn't explain much. Besides, they wouldn't believe him anyway, and even if they did, they wouldn't understand.

Fortunately, I'm the boss, so all I have to do is make the decision and give a general explanation.

Then Chen Dong continued, "Therefore, in the future our company will add three new projects: single-player game development, online game development, and online software development."

Upon hearing this, the game development department, which focuses on developing cartridge games, was filled with mixed feelings of joy and worry, while the software department, which focuses on developing online antivirus software for computers, was overjoyed.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dong moved the pointer in his hand to the words "Internet Broadband" and explained to his employees what Internet Broadband was and its prospects, blah blah blah.

After that, I explained what single-player games are, what online games are, and what CDs are.

These things will be common sense a decade or two from now, but not many people understand them now.

If I don't give you a general overview, your employees will definitely get confused and be completely clueless.

After giving a brief explanation, Chen Dong immediately announced his decision, stating without room for doubt: "Therefore, from today onwards, the Game Department will be renamed the Cartridge Game Department, and will retain five programming groups, which is 20 people in total."

"Then, we added a single-player game department and an online game department. The single-player game department has three groups, and the online game department has three groups."

At this point, Chen Dong looked apologetically at the Software Department and continued, "As for the Software Department, for the time being, we will maintain the status quo of one team and one seconded team. The seconded team will be borrowed from the Online Games Department. Once the medical management software is developed, it will be returned to the Online Games Department."

The software engineering department, which had just been overjoyed, suddenly looked ashen-faced as if their parents had died.

I thought the boss was finally paying attention to them, but it turned out to be the same as always.

Software programming is nowhere near as lucrative as games. With limited manpower, we need to prioritize the money-making aspects of games.

"The heads of the Software Department and the Cartridge Games Department remain Ma Aiguo and Li Hua."

"As for the heads of the single-player games department and the online games department, that depends on your performance."

After saying that, Chen Dong looked at the group of employees with a smile.

The promotion opportunity was so close at hand that it immediately excited the group of programmers. They were eager to perform well and strive for a promotion, a raise, and to marry a beautiful and wealthy woman!

Thinking about it, I’m a little excited!

Then came the on-the-spot personnel changes, such as who would go to which department.

These matters do not require Chen Dong's attention; Li Hua is responsible for coordinating them.

Chen Dong sat in the boss's chair under the blackboard, drank some mineral water and rested for a while.

Before long, the personnel transfer was completed, and the personnel department also recorded it.

Then, Chen Dong continued the meeting, took a document from a bag on the ground, stood up and placed it on the table, and said, "Regarding the cartridge game, produce the cartridge game according to this plan."

Upon hearing this, Li Hua immediately stepped forward and opened the document to take a look.

"Single-player game department, get me working overtime to finish this single-player game."

Chen Dong placed another document on the table and emphasized, "I will be checking the progress from time to time. This single-player game is extremely important to our company. We must develop it quickly and produce a high-quality game!"

As for the online game department, Chen Dong also gave them a document and said with a smile, "Your task is not heavy. Just do what I wrote in this document."

"The matter is not urgent, and the existing two teams should have enough manpower."

Then, Chen Dong looked at the human resources department and said with a headache, "We still don't have enough programmers. Keep recruiting. Recruit five more teams first."