giants of the era

Chapter 451 "Little Horse" Goes Out

In the previous life, Shanda Group plagiarized "Legend of Blood" and developed "Legendary World" which was also very popular. Ironically, it was sponsored by the Audiovisual Electronics and Network Publishing Management Department of the General Administration of Press and Publication, and the Game Working Committee of the China Publishers Association CGPA, At the China Game Industry Report Conference jointly organized by China Telecom Corporation and International Data Corporation (China) IDC, "Legendary World" developed and operated by Shanda was selected as No.1 of the "Top Ten Most Popular National Games"; "Legend" was selected as "Top Ten Most Popular Online Games" No.1.

Well, "Legendary World" is plagiarized like that, it is almost printed in the same mold as "Legend of Hot Blood", and it can actually become a national game... I have to let people say "convincing".

Moreover, "Legendary World" is still a mess.

Softbank invested in Shanda Group in its previous life and made a lot of money.

And in this life, Softbank invested in Shanda Group again, which seems to be rolling forward along the historical wheel of the previous life.

However, how could Li Zetian make Shanda Group bigger in the Chinese game market?
Li Zetian still doesn't know that Softbank has invested in Shanda Group. If he knows, hehe, one word, do it! !
At this moment, in a small conference room of Blizzard, Li Zetian, Mike Mohan and other company executives are discussing the development of "StarCraft Online".

The big screen in the conference room played "EVE Online" developed by the Icelandic game manufacturer (CCP). Everyone watched and discussed at the same time.

With Blizzard's current status in the game industry, it is a bit embarrassing to say that it is necessary to learn the games of a small company.However, an excellent company needs to keep learning and improving in order to maintain its leading position.

Plagiarism?No, that's "don't be ashamed to ask", it's a reference, it's taking the essence and discarding the dross!
Li Zetian believes that Blizzard will always develop games with its own characteristics.The originator of real-time strategy games is "Dune Castle 2". However, Blizzard's development of "StarCraft" and "Warcraft 3" has become synonymous with real-time strategy games!
"EVE Online" is difficult for newcomers to get started, and it is a small boutique game, but the game developed by Blizzard is to be played by people all over the world. In addition, the background of the two games is completely different, so these two games should be will vary greatly.

Although "StarCraft Online" is an online game, it will definitely incorporate some real-time strategy game ideas into it.Players can rely on various forces, or stand on their own, or even become space pirates, awesome players can build a country.Players will have their own armed forces, including warships, fighter jets, tanks, ground troops, etc., and the combat mode is by no means turn-based, it is best for players to show off their operations and tactics.

Li Zetian and others discussed in the conference room all morning, and finally decided to develop "StarCraft Online". What kind of game will be developed, naturally need more time to discuss.With Blizzard's constant improvement in game development speed, a new game may not be finished within two or three years.In addition, Blizzard has a tradition of skipping tickets, so it's really hard to say when the online game "StarCraft Online" will be released.

Blizzard's bouncing tickets are well-known in the game industry, such as "there is a kind of bouncing tickets called Blizzard", "no bouncing tickets, no Blizzard"...

It would be strange if Blizzard didn't bounce tickets one day.

While Blizzard's bouncing behavior made players gnash their teeth, they also admired it unceasingly, which can be described as love and hate.The ticket bounce is because Blizzard wants to pursue higher product quality, which is why so many players all over the world like Blizzard's games!
After lunch, Li Zetian left Blizzard. He was just starting. How to develop "StarCraft Online" mainly depends on Blizzard itself.

In the afternoon, Li Zetian went to weibo (microblogging) company to find out that half of the website development has been completed, and it will be completed by the end of this year.

As for the development of William's Facebook project, Li Zetian didn't ask, and it was up to William to figure it out.

Three days later, when the news of Softbank's investment in Shanda Group came, Li Zetian was only slightly startled, and then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.Seeing this sneer, those who are familiar with Li Zetian know that someone must be in trouble!
Li Zetian's disdain does not mean that those game manufacturers in China can also disdain.

As soon as the news that Softbank invested [-] million US dollars in Shanda Group came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the Chinese game industry!

Everyone can see how profitable the game is. Shanda Group has cramp counting money because of a "Legend".However, the current portal websites do not make much money, and portal websites such as Netease, Sina, and Sohu are seeking ways to transform.Among them, NetEase's transformation direction is the most clear, which is to develop or represent games, and established the NetEase Game Division in 2001.

In addition, powerful game companies such as Ninetowns and Giant Network have emerged.

In 2002, Ninetowns obtained the exclusive agency right in mainland China for the game "Miracle MU" developed by South Korea's WEBZEN Company. As the most popular online game in mainland China at that time, Ninetowns became the only company in the industry that can represent "Legend" A grand rival company.

Giant Network was created by Shi Yuzhu, who is well-known and legendary in China. Invested in health care products in 1994. The first product was "brain gold". Later, due to the breakdown of the capital chain caused by the investment in the giant building, it was almost bankrupt and owed 2.5 million yuan in debt.After that, it made a comeback and launched the health care product "Melatonin", which was a great success and quickly spread to the whole country.Speaking of which, there must be no one who doesn't know the advertisement of "Melatonin": "This year's holidays, no gifts will be accepted, and gifts will be accepted for Melatonin!"

I don't know how many people in China have been brainwashed by this advertisement...

The success of Melatonin once again allowed Shi Yuzhu to appear on the "Forbes Rich List". Therefore, the financial resources of Giant Network are very strong, and different from the agency of Ninetowns for Korean games, Giant Network's goal is to be a real Chinese online game player. The game, to create a Chinese online game masterpiece, is currently independently developing an online game called "Zhengtu"!

NetEase, Ninetowns, Giant Network and other companies held meetings one after another to discuss Softbank's investment in Shanda Group.

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United States, Los Angeles, Tencent headquarters.

It was the first time Li Zetian met Ma Huateng face to face, and the other party was obviously a little nervous and excited.

"Ma Huateng, don't be nervous. I called you from Shenzhen this time because I have something good to tell you." Li Zetian patted Ma Huateng on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "Do you have the position of President of Tencent China?" not interested?"

Hearing this, Ma Huateng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his eyes sparkled. He was recruited by Tencent for no reason at the beginning. It has been more than four years now, although he worked hard to climb up. , but Tencent has a lot of talents, one radish and one pit, it is not easy to "promote".At this time, I suddenly heard that Li Zetian wanted him to be the president of Tencent China. How could Ma Huateng not be excited? !
"I'm interested!" He quickly responded loudly, knowing that this opportunity is rare and cannot be missed.

Li Zetian smiled and nodded, and then said: "Okay! But I have one condition, if you can defeat the Shanda Group, I will let you be the president of Tencent China!!! Tomorrow you will return to China, mainly in charge of Tencent games Business department. Hehe, I'll just wait to see your performance!"

Ma Huateng immediately straightened his back and responded loudly: "Mr. Li, don't worry, I will definitely live up to my trust and will definitely lead the Tencent Game Division to defeat the Shanda Group!!!"

(End of this chapter)