my return 2002

Chapter 189 World of Warcraft
Regarding the Singularity's God-making Movement, Li Xuelin was a little worried at first, but Shen Lang just smiled lightly.

"Since it's God-making, what's the point of creating only one God?"

Thus, there was a banner advertisement in the center of the homepage of Xingchen Chinese website: Xingchen Great God Training Program!

God?nourish?What the hell is this?Many readers also accidentally clicked in.

Soon they were shocked by the content. This so-called master training plan is actually very simple, which is to invite capable authors to contribute.

Afterwards, the editor will set a guaranteed price for the author according to the excitement of the manuscript, ranging from ten yuan per thousand characters to fifty yuan per thousand characters. If the income is lower than the guaranteed price, Xingchen Chinese.com will pay the manuscript fee according to the guaranteed price.

And if the income of the author's manuscript fee exceeds the guaranteed price, Xingchen Chinese.com will pay the manuscript fee according to the author's actual income.

For a while, many readers who were eager to start writing because they couldn't find a book to read, were so excited that they began to prepare the first book in their lives.

Of course, only a small number of readers started writing, and the impact of the Great God Cultivation Program of Xingchen Chinese Network on the author group is undoubtedly extremely terrifying.

Don't look at ten thousand words as if it is very little, in fact, the length of online novels is generally relatively long, often several million words, especially like many fast-handed authors, ten thousand words a day is not impossible, according to thousands of words Counting ten yuan, one day is 100 yuan, and one month is three thousand yuan.

As for fifty thousand characters, well, most authors dare not even think about it. You must know that the blood red that Singularity is promoting breaks [-] manuscript fees a month, which has already caused a sensation on the Internet. A contract of fifty thousand characters should be more diligent. You can get a manuscript fee similar to that of Blood Red.

"Third Young Master, your hand speed is so fast, you can make fifty thousand characters."

"Damn it, fifty thousand words, it's time to catch up with the blood red, I'm going, by the way, who has the YY number of Xingchen editor? I'll go find the way for you."

The various author groups have already exploded. The old authors who have been diving for thousands of years have been blown out by the great god development plan of the Xingchen Chinese website. In the opinion of the authors, it is not important whether the master is not the master, the key is how much they can get. manuscript fee.

What is the happiest thing in life?For most people, it is nothing more than doing what they are interested in. If you can make money while doing what you are interested in, it will be perfect.

Not only the authors of Singularity and Stars, but also many authors who have been hanging around in various forums have started to take action.

The result is that the YY number edited by the Xingchen Chinese website is almost full, but Li Xuelin immediately applied to Liang Han of YY, and gave them the permission to customize 5000 friends online, and at the same time, 360 mailbox also opened a huge 500G account for them. Memory Capacity.

The editor of Xingchen Chinese website once again realized what it means: it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Singularity soon got wind of it, but this time they didn't dare to follow up. The reason is very simple, no money.

What kind of master plan is this? It's a money-burning plan. With Singularity's wealth, they can't survive a round. They have no choice but to watch a large number of outstanding authors lose.

The loss of the author was quickly reflected on the readers. Many readers lost sight of the book they were chasing, and the author ran away, so why stay in Singularity?
"Hey, Lao Lin, you said that if we had accepted Shen Lang's offer back then, wouldn't we be in the situation we are today?"

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For Shen Lang, the singularity is just a small episode, and the Xingchen Chinese website is just an idle game. His main energy is still on other businesses of Inspur Technology.

At the end of April, Lei Jun finally returned from the United States.

"How about it, going to Blizzard this time is not a small gain, right?" Shen Lang received Lei Jun at the Modu Airport.

Lei Jun said excitedly: "The receipt is indeed not small. Blizzard is indeed the greatest game company in the world."

At this time, Blizzard is at its peak, and various popular games are emerging one after another. Warcraft Trilogy, Diablo Trilogy, StarCraft, and World of Warcraft, which is about to sweep the world, are produced by Blizzard. .

"Okay, don't get too nervous, let's go back first." Shen Lang scolded with a smile.

Lei Jun walked around in front of a Honda CRV and joked, "When did you buy this thing?"

Shen Lang rolled his eyes at him angrily: "Isn't this the car we ordered for the company last time? I just mentioned at the end of the month that my Cadillac won't be available until next month, so I'll drive it to pick you up first." Now, lest you pick my reason again."

Lei Jun laughed, he almost forgot about it.

After Shen Lang got into the car, Lei Jun sat in the co-pilot and asked worriedly, "Are you good at your craft? How about I drive?"

"Go away, how did I get here without my skills?" Shen Lang said as he kicked the accelerator and started quickly, Lei Jun almost knocked his head on the windshield.

Back at the company, Lei Jun changed his previous joy, and said with a sad face: "I will only know after I go out, what is the gap."

Lei Jun went to Blizzard this time and received a warm reception from Blizzard. Shanda’s listing in the United States made American game manufacturers also focus on the big cake of the mainland game market. Some mainland manufacturers took the initiative to come to seek cooperation. Naturally, Blizzard would like to ask Lei Jun Jun to show the strength of Blizzard.

So Blizzard specially sent a person in charge of the World of Warcraft project team to take Lei Jun to visit the Blizzard headquarters for several days.

During this period of time, Lei Jun not only saw the strength of Blizzard's game production, but also its operational strength. Games such as StarCraft and Warcraft have formed a complete e-sports industry chain, allowing Lei Jun to Surprisingly, the game can still be played like this.

Of course, what really amazed Lei Jun was World of Warcraft. This game has basically been completed, and the project team is doing various simulation tests and BUG repairs. Thanks to this, Lei Jun also played for two days.

"This is not just a game anymore, it truly builds a second world between reality and fantasy."

When Lei Jun saw Jian Yujianghu before, he actually felt astonished, but that feeling was not deep, and he quickly recovered.

But after seeing World of Warcraft this time, Lei Jun has not been relieved for so long, so one can imagine how intense the stimulation World of Warcraft brought him.

Shen Lang can completely understand Lei Jun's gaffe. When he first came into contact with World of Warcraft as a pure player, he couldn't extricate himself for a long time.

Lei Jun understands game production and game operation. The more he understands, the more he understands the difficulty of making World of Warcraft, and the more profound the shock will be.

Shen Lang patted Lei Jun on the shoulder and asked, "What's the matter? Do you think we can't make such a game?"

Lei Jun looked directly at Shen Lang, paused, and then said word by word: "You may be able to, but other game manufacturers."

"Oh? Why?" Shen Lang asked with interest.

Lei Jun smiled: "They are all normal people, you are a lunatic!"

"Haha."

Afterwards, Shen Lang called Wang Tao in again, and the three of them began to count.

Lei Jun said with a serious face: "We must obtain the agency rights of the World of Warcraft game, otherwise it will be difficult for us to make a comparable game to compete with it in a short period of time."

Wang Tao looked at Shen Lang and didn't express his opinion, but it could be seen from his eyes that he was not very convinced.

Shen Lang asked Lei Jun: "Did Blizzard make any specific requests?"

Lei Jun directly took out a piece of A4 paper from his backpack and handed it to Shen Lang: "Here are some of the things I summarized, and they are also some of the things that Blizzard has a tougher attitude on."

Wang Tao came over curiously, and almost cursed just looking at the top two.

Blizzard's conditions can be said to be extremely strict. First, there is a licensing fee of 300 million US dollars. In addition, there are 600 million US dollars in various activity expenses. This item alone is close to 1000 million US dollars. Secondly, there is World of Warcraft 22% of the income after the official fee.

Shen Lang's face was always calm, but when he saw the last item, he slapped the piece of paper on the table.

The last line indicated that every update of the national server World of Warcraft expansion pack had to be handed over to Blizzard for a fee of no less than 1000 million US dollars, which had completely exceeded Shen Lang's bottom line.

In addition, Blizzard also asked Inspur Technology to be responsible for the promotion of World of Warcraft in the mainland, and the cost was no less than 300 million US dollars.

"It's impossible for me to agree to such a condition, let's cool them down for a while." Shen Lang snorted coldly.

Lei Jun opened his mouth, and finally swallowed the words back.

Just one day later, Shen Lang suddenly received a call from Zhu Jun.

"Mr. Shen, I heard that you sent Mr. Lei to Blizzard? Do you want the mainland agency rights for World of Warcraft?" Zhu Jun's tone was a little anxious.

Shen Lang didn't hide it from him either: "Well, I asked Lei Jun to get in touch with it, why, you also fell in love with World of Warcraft?"

This is knowingly asking, Shen Lang certainly knows that Ninetowns will be interested in World of Warcraft.

Zhu Jun smiled wryly and said: "There is no way, Ninetowns is seeking to go public, and it is difficult to convince those investors with only a miracle MU. We need a more famous project."

"And now Shanda has been listed, and your Sword Rain Jianghu has squeezed Miracle MU to the third position. If Ninetowns is not listed again, the hope may become more and more bleak in the future."

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun suddenly changed the subject: "I didn't say these things to make you angry. Words come first, fair competition, no matter what the result is, it can't affect the friendship between us."

Shen Lang was happy: "Then it's a deal. Since you are so honest, I also send you a message. Be careful of Shanda."

"You mean Shanda is also in touch with World of Warcraft?"

"A game like World of Warcraft, if you were Chen Tianqiao, wouldn't you be tempted?"

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After hanging up the phone, Shen Lang said to Wang Tao with a solemn expression, "[Zhu Xian], let's start the project officially from today."

Wang Tao was shocked when he heard this, and rubbed his hands excitedly.

Lei Jun couldn't help sighing when he saw this, but on second thought, with the competition between Ninetowns and Shanda, it would be very difficult for Inspur Technology to win World of Warcraft, so there is no harm in making two-handed preparations.

On the other hand, Chen Tianqiao has long coveted World of Warcraft. In fact, he was asked relevant questions by reporters from the United States as early as when it was listed in the United States, but he never made a statement, and he also wanted to gain the initiative in future negotiations.

Although Legend made Chen Tianqiao the first pot of gold and successfully sent Shanda to NASDAQ, Chen Tianqiao felt unhappy during the cooperation process with Actoz, the parent company of Legend.

It can even be said to be aggrieved. After seeing the popularity of Legend in the mainland, Actoz asked for an increase in share many times. After being flatly rejected by Chen Tianqiao, he directly passed Shanda and gave Legend 3 to Guangtong as an agent. Although Legend 3 did not become popular in the mainland , but scared Chen Tianqiao into a cold sweat.

In order to give Actoz some color, Chen Tianqiao developed Legendary World, and then filed a lawsuit with Actoz because of copyright issues, although the two parties finally reached a settlement.

What makes Chen Tianqiao even more angry is that due to the leak of the source code of the legend on the overseas server of Actoz, various private servers of the legend bloom overnight, which greatly damages Shanda's interests.

So even if he is cooperating with the famous Blizzard, Chen Tianqiao is not willing to be too constrained.

Until he heard the wind that Inspur Technology was seeking the agency rights of World of Warcraft.

Chen Tianqiao immediately became nervous and called Tan Qunzhao to the office.

"What do you think of this matter?"

Tan Qunzhao's face was serious: "We must not let Inspur Technology obtain the agency right of World of Warcraft!"

"Inspur Technology's Jianyu Jianghu has made it firmly occupy the second place in the mainland game industry. Once they get the agency rights of World of Warcraft, what will we use to check and balance? I am afraid that Shanda's number one position will be pulled down by then! "

Chen Tianqiao sighed: "That's exactly what I'm worried about. It's just that Blizzard's conditions are too harsh, and most of the profits have been taken away by Blizzard. Wouldn't it be a part-time job for Blizzard?"

Tan Qunzhao's eyes flickered: "So we still need to increase investment in self-development. Even if we lose the World of Warcraft project, we must have a game that can stabilize the basic disk."

Chen Tianqiao's eyes flickered a little. He didn't understand games, and he didn't like games. To the outside world, he always advertised that Shanda is an Internet company, not a pure game company.

The fierce competition in the game industry gave Chen Tianqiao the idea of ​​transformation. As for what to do, he suddenly thought of the iPod he had at Apple before.

"Okay, I don't understand the game, you make the decision." Chen Tianqiao waved his hand in a lack of interest.

Tan Qunzhao didn't notice Chen Tianqiao's strangeness, but thought it was Chen Tianqiao's trust in him, so he left the office happily.

Chen Tianqiao took out the iPod again and researched it for a long time. He accidentally glanced at the computer on the table, and then at the TV hanging on the wall in the reception area. products, and at the same time put all Shanda's current products into it, will there be users willing to pay for it?

(End of this chapter)