Homecoming of Rebirth

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This conversation is dead again, and I can't answer it.

It was Xu Xiaoqian who asked Yang Xiao, "Did you have dinner with Kou Zhongqi last night?"

Xiao'er, "What's wrong?"

Xu Xiaoqian broke into cold sweat, "It's nothing, she still called me, luckily I didn't go."

Just like that, he walked to the river without saying a word, and found that not only Xiao Ma and Zhou Tao, Qi Guodong who had just got engaged, but also Ding Lei and Wang Zhendong were there.

When Qi Lei saw it, "It's almost here, haven't you slept yet?"

Tang Haichao shrank his neck and smiled wryly, "Can you sleep?"

Ding Lei went straight to the point, "Stone, tell me, how much did you spend in the past half month?"

Qi Lei smiled wryly, "Not much, 1000 million."

The available funds in Sanshi's account are 200 million, the contract deposit of 400 million, and the 500 million that Uncle Geng put here for emergency, and now only 100 million is left.

Moreover, the 100 million has to be typed out immediately.

"Hard advertisements, Internet cafe posters, website promotions, and short video clips in first- and second-tier cities across the country, as of now, exactly 1000 million! In the next month, it is estimated that there will be another 1000 million."

"Hiss!!" Ding Lei gasped, "So many? Where are those?"

Brother Xiao Ma took over the conversation, "The official promotion and operation cost of "Red Moon" is 300 million US dollars. Although the Treasure Island Game Alliance on "King of Kings" has not announced it, the rough calculation is also at this level."

"The most ruthless one is "UO". That orange is rich and powerful! It has already thrown in 500 million yuan, and it will soon be equal to their North American operating expenses."

"Huh..." Everyone looked at each other, and Tang Haichao scolded his mother directly, "CTMD, let them mess up like this, and you can't do it if you don't follow? Is the mainland market so attractive?"

Brother Xiao Ma laughed, "It's not the market that's alluring, it's the capital that's alluring!"

"Now the temptation of the Internet in mainland China is the same as that in North America. Whoever gets ahead will be able to attract capital. If you win this battle, you will get a return of zero if you invest as much as you want!"

Tang Haichao nodded and looked at Qi Lei solemnly.

"Shitou, at this time, I won't say anything unnecessary. I have discussed it with Lao Ding, Lao Wang, and Lao Chen. If you want money, give money, and ask someone to give!"

"I have to push these grandchildren back to me! No. 17 East Street can't die of serious injuries right after being born?"

These Internet tycoons came to Harbin not only to attend Qi Guodong's engagement ceremony, but also for a more important purpose.

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Tang Chenggang sat in front of the computer all night, and soon discovered some clues.

First of all, in 2000, there were no more than ten games that had been announced to be launched.

However, there are a total of four models that are going online on the first day of the new year.

He also discovered that Sanshi's "Legend" was originally scheduled to go live not in February, but on January 2, just in time for the official launch of the year before.

Moreover, the two major portals Netease and Sina have issued a formal server opening notice, and started to build momentum, but then suddenly changed the scheduled time to the current February 2th.

As for why...

Because within a few days after Sanshi Company made the announcement, another game was scheduled for January 1st.

This game is - "Red Moon".

"Legend" was changed after "Red Moon" was finalized in order to avoid "Red Moon".

And after "Legend" was changed, "Red Moon" was also changed, and it was changed to - February 2th!

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Then, Tang Chenggang also discovered that "Legend" has far lower expectations than the other three games in the online players' expectations.

In the forum of Sohu.com, there is a voting activity dedicated to these four games that were launched at the same time.

Among the four games, choose the one you are most looking forward to and most want to play.

Among them, "King of Kings" has a support rate as high as 38.1%, which is the most anticipated game by players.

The second place is "UO".After all, UO's private server already has a certain mass base in China, and it is also a halo, with an approval rate of 27.9%.

No.3 is "Red Moon", a Korean national game. It has been in operation for two years and has regularly occupied the top spot in the Korean online game list.This is not only the slogan of Actoz, but also the confidence passed to the ears of domestic players.

Although the support rate is not as good as the previous two models, it is almost the same, reaching 25.6%.

As for "Legend"...

It belongs to the same development company as "Red Moon", and it's a new game. It doesn't even have an internal test, so it operates directly. The gameplay and style of "Red Moon" have a high degree of overlap with the online spread of "Red Moon", and the approval rate is only a pitiful 8.4%! !

And this 8.4% is still the result of the blessing of Sanshi Internet Cafe, the promotion of the Internet Cafe Management System, and the vigorous efforts of Sina and NetEase.

Of course, there is still nearly half a month of vigorous publicity, which has earned such a pitiful amount of attention.

What surprised Tang Chenggang even more was "Red Moon"'s publicity and operating expenses of up to 400 million U.S. dollars, and the promotional slogan of three games called "free for half a year".

Where is this competition?

This is naked siege!

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riverside.

When it was approaching twelve o'clock, it suddenly snowed, and large flakes of snow reflected the dim street lights, dancing and falling gently, caressing the crowd.

Qi Lei and his entourage stood in a row by the river, looking down at the big world of ice and snow in the middle of the river.

This year's Ice and Snow World is magnificent, with a 1:1 Great Wall, and a 1:1 restoration of the iconic Ruins of St. Paul's in Macau, which returned to the motherland this year.

A few people from the south also had to marvel at the imagination of the people in the Northeast, who actually created such a miracle in the ice and snow.

In normal times, Brother Xiao Ma would definitely go crazy, at least to experience the 100-meter-long ice slide.

It must be very exciting.

But now, I'm not in the mood at all.

"Damn it!" Brother Ma suddenly cursed, "That grandson of Lei Bushi is such a chicken thief, why doesn't he come?"

Tang Haichao smiled, "Does he dare to come? Come, I will beat him to death first! Don't think he is a big brother!"

It was Qi Lei who persuaded him: "Don't run on him, he's already trying his best to make up for it. The whole Xishan Residence almost moved here, what do you want him to do?"

Wang Zhendong stared, "That's what he should be, I want to beat him!"

The root of all disasters comes from Lei Jun, the head of Jinshan. Qi Lei gave him the nickname Rebus, and now it has been changed to Lei Immortal.

Passing is also very simple.

While preparing for the platform, No. 17 East Street is also trying its best to win over domestic game manufacturers.Among them, the most worthy of wooing is of course Xishanju, which can be called the horizontal ceiling of domestic game production.

And Xishanju is a studio under Jinshan, whether to join or not to join, the decision rests with Mr. Lei.

Don't think that Lei Jun looks down on people like a joker in front of the high-tech industry and Internet industry tycoons in later generations.

At this time, he, Ding Lei, Wang Zhendong, is a younger brother in front of him.

Jinshan's strength in games and software is unmatched at least in China.

Ordinarily, Xishanju looks down on No. 17 East Street, a bunch of uneasy guys, isn't this just to set up technology?

Of course Lei Jun didn't like it either.

However, No. 17 East Street has a killer feature!

The server technology of Sanshi Company really made Lei Bushi tempted.

Because as long as the experts are clear, Sanshi's server technology can not only be used in games, but it is valuable wherever it is placed, and the value is very large.

Therefore, Lei Bushi happily agreed to allow Xishanju to join No. 17 East Street, but the condition was that the technology shared by the server could not only be used by Xishanju, and Jinshan Company should also be within the scope of sharing.

This request was a bit excessive, but Jinshan was in the business of software, and there was no business conflict with several companies. After careful consideration, Qi Lei agreed.

And Xishanju didn't join in vain, and brought out a lot of valuable game production experience, as well as engine technology.

Everyone was happy to come here, but, unlike Ding Lei, Wang Zhendong, Xiao Ma and other young eagles in shopping malls, Lei Bushi is an old fritter, with that mouth, that brain, that instinct to take advantage of the situation?

What's more, the platform of No. 17 East Street has not been built yet, and Lei Bushi has already used it. In an interview, he used No. 17 East Street as a boost for his Jinshan company.

He gave a brief account of Kingsoft's achievements and prospects, and revealed a little about the future development direction. He will form a game research and development cooperation organization with several leading companies in the Internet industry to jointly promote the development and progress of the domestic game industry.

That's probably what it means, maybe it's a bit reserved, Qi Lei didn't look at it carefully, and he wasn't in the mood to look at it carefully.

Anyway, what I said was quite cryptic, and it looked like bragging.

As a result, the speaker does not know whether he has no intention or no intention, but the listener has intention anyway.

There are only a few leading Internet companies in China, how many do you have?

Those who are interested will find out which ones they are, and No. 17 East Street has also surfaced.

Originally, this was nothing, some were happy and some were sad.

Some domestic companies, after learning about it, of course hope to join for mutual benefit.

However, for some foreign game companies, especially those who covet the domestic game market, it is not a good thing.

Originally, there was an imbalance in domestic game production. Only Xishanju could do it, and Xishanju has no public plans for online games yet.

The current domestic market is basically dominated by manufacturers from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The several online games in operation, all of which are foreign games, can fully prove this point.

In the words of Jin Yongmin, the Chinese market is not worthy of making games by itself, and it is enough to be an agent obediently.

As a result, now that you have joined forces to develop the game industry, then if you develop, whose job will you grab?

Don't feel too hostile, the shopping mall is like this, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

What's more, the country is in the golden age when capital gathers and money is everywhere. This piece of fat is too tempting, which makes it impossible for domestic game manufacturers to riot.

You know, capital is nothing but greed. The domestic market has been recognized by foreign manufacturers as theirs, and you are not allowed to seize it.

Do you dare to stick out your mouth?Even if I have this idea, I will try my best to get you.

Not to mention the feud with Sanshi Company, the founder of No. 17 East Street, and the willingness to operate the legendary Actoz in China.

Therefore, shortly after the exposure of No. 17 East Street, Jin Yongmin of Actoz and the producer of UO jointly took the lead to form a game together with several game companies from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe and the United States who intend to enter the Chinese market. Development League - GP.

Game Party!

"Game Party!"

It is not as ideal as No. 17 East Street. It does not need to share technology and only targets the mainland market to fight against the rise of the mainland game industry.

Thus, the current big drama was staged, the three giants of "Red Moon", "King of Kings", and "UO" encircled and suppressed "Legend"!

Not only for Sanshi Company, but also for a robbery at No. 17 East Street.

And these three games are "Red Moon" from South Korea, "King of Kings" from Baodao, and "UO" from Europe and the United States.

There is no overlap between the three games in terms of gameplay, style, and basic players, so even if they are released at the same time, there is not much competition.

However, "Legend" is different. Its popularity is not as high as these three, and it has overlap with the three in terms of player audience.

If three hit one, you will not be allowed to live!

Koreans are narrow-minded, and Jin Yongmin let Qi Lei and a group of kids play with the bottom up. Holding grudges is a basic operation, and it's not his style to let it go.

The game was robbed by your Sanshi Company, that's right, it was robbed!Not only the agency rights, but also the rights of modification, adaptation, and sequels were all snatched by Sanshi.

And the agency fee has been settled in one go, at least in China, "Legend" and Actoz are no longer related.

So what is he waiting for?Start fighting back right away.

Not only do you want revenge, but also No. 17 East Street cannot exist, your first game, you have to die!

"Alas!" Qi Lei suddenly sighed leisurely, attracting everyone's attention.

I saw him looking at the flying snow all over the sky, looking at the brightly lit and colorful world of ice and snow, and said solemnly:

"Why can't you get along with me?"