You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 422

The development team and operation department of the "Warring States OL" project were all excited and expressed that they would go all out and strive to win the first battle of the project.

Seeing everyone ready to fight, Qin Shaoyan was very satisfied. The morale was high and the soldiers were ready to fight.

After the meeting, Zhang Pingyi sat down on a chair and breathed a sigh of relief while waiting for everyone to leave. "No matter how much mental preparation I had done before, I became even more nervous when the time came."

"There's nothing to be nervous about." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "As long as the server doesn't crash frequently and there are no fatal flaws like bugs that cause item brushing, the game will definitely make money."

“It’s just a matter of how much money you make.”

Zhang Pingyi glanced at Qin Shaoyan and said, "You said there's nothing to be nervous about, but you're more nervous than anyone else."

"Really?" Qin Shaoyan touched his chin, "Why didn't I see it?"

It would be bullshit to say that I wasn't nervous.

Qin Shaoyan was also very anxious, but he couldn't show it in front of his subordinates. He was the leader now, and if he panicked, the morale of the gang following him would be lost.

It’s not because he is nervous about launching the game. He has participated in the research and development of seven or eight online projects in his previous life, some of which have a turnover of 1 billion, 2 billion, or even 3 billion.

He is familiar with launch, operation, version maintenance, and handling of operational accidents.

However, this time the launch of the online game is not simply a matter of how much revenue it generates, but is related to the market value of the campus network.

After all, this was Qin Shaoyan’s first time starting a business and going public, and he had no experience in this area.

He started his business in 03 and took his company to be listed on NASDAQ in just three years. This has surpassed most company owners and is extremely rare.

No matter what the final outcome of Campus Network is, Qin Shaoyan will leave a significant mark in the history of the Internet.

But Qin Shaoyan wants more than just that.

If it was just for wealth, Qin Shaoyan would not choose to start his own business. After making the first pot of gold, he could just lie down and invest to easily achieve financial freedom and have wealth that he could not spend in several lifetimes.

But Qin Shaoyan felt that he had to do something in this life to make the opportunity given by God worthwhile.

Seeing Qin Shaoyan remained silent, Zhang Pingyi thought of changing the topic to something lighter. "What you said about 'Zhengtu' is really cowardly. It postponed the test as soon as it heard the news. If other competitors play like it, our 'Warring States' will definitely be popular next year."

"Zhengtu is not a coward," Qin Shaoyan said softly, "It's just being cautious. Our main opponent next year will be it, so we can't take it lightly."

"Huh?" Zhang Pingyi was a little surprised. "It's just a 2D online game. Are you being paranoid?"

"I don't overestimate it at all." Qin Shaoyan explained seriously, "Even though it's a 2D online game, 2D hasn't reached the stage of being phased out yet, and its target users overlap with ours."

"Shi Yuzhu has invested a lot of money in this game and will not give up easily. He is counting on this online game to push the company to go public."

"Huh?" Zhang Pingyi was surprised. "Giant is also going public?"

"Where will the money come from if we don't go public? Brain Gold is not selling well now. We used to rely on advertising bombardment for marketing, but now that ads are not allowed to be broadcast, we can't continue with that strategy." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "Shi Yuzhu is a heavy online game enthusiast. He saw that Shanda and NetEase made a fortune from online games, so he switched to this track."

"He is very good at marketing. You know, marketing is also very useful in the online gaming industry."

"I thought your target was Shanda." Zhang Pingyi suddenly realized.

"Shanda..." Qin Shaoyan said disdainfully, "You are just a dead body in a grave. Besides, Chen Tianqiao has focused the company's strategy on the Shanda box and doesn't care about the game business."

"What about Perfect World? Its 3D engine is also good," Zhang Pingyi continued to ask.

"That's all." Qin Shaoyan didn't take it seriously. "It's not a big threat. We can make a 3D free-viewing online game later."

"After the 2D horizontal fighting online game project at Pixel Studio is finished, Brother Kun will definitely switch to 3D. He has been researching it for a long time."

Speaking of 2D horizontal fighting online games, it is a bit difficult to comment on Zhang Pingyi. From a sentimental point of view, it is quite interesting and very similar to the arcade games we played in the past.

But from the perspective of online games, this thing will probably flop.

Zhang Pingyi decisively changed the subject again, "Do you think that Zhengtu will copy the gameplay design of our game?"

"Hahahaha." Qin Shaoyan suddenly laughed, "If that's the case, it would be great."

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Pingyi felt strange.

"Games are not so easy to copy." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Those gameplay designs are very purposeful and are an important part of the economic system. The economic ecosystems of "Zhengtu" and "Zhan Guo" are different. It's hard to say what the consequences will be if we copy them."

"If you want to copy well, you need to have a deep understanding of the design ideas of the entire game. Only when you have a thorough understanding can you start copying."

"There are many things in the beta version we are using that are not open to the public. They just copied the simplified version, which is completely unusable."

“MMORPGs look simple, but they are the most difficult to make.”

Zhang Pingyi thought about it and said, "Nowadays, as long as an online game can be made, it can almost make money. Just copying it with your eyes closed may be the same."

"It will be different soon." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "There will be more and more online game products, and the market competition will be fierce. Don't just look at the fact that the number of online game users is growing rapidly every year. There are hundreds of games coming out every year, and players have more choices. If you don't come up with something real, I'm afraid you won't make any money."

Zhang Pingyi also fell silent. After a long while, he spoke softly and asked, "Our game will make a lot of money, right? You always have a plan."

"You will make money." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, "You will definitely make a lot of money!"

……

Liu Xiaoming went to an Internet cafe near the school early, quickly turned on a computer, and then opened the "Warring States OL" forum.

"I'm buying the invitation code for the internal test of "Warring States OL" at a high price. If you have the product, please contact me privately."

"Whoever still has the Warring States invitation code, take it out now. Why are you hoarding it?!!"

"Who has the Warring States invitation code? Please help me!!!"

Liu Xiaoming was a little disappointed and subconsciously pressed F5 to refresh the screen a few times.

However, every time you refresh the page, there will be a large number of posts seeking to purchase invitation codes, but there will not be a single post for sale.

"Warring States OL" is extremely popular now, and countless players want to enter and experience this online game in advance.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get an invitation code for the internal test. Although there are various activities on the official website and forums to give out invitation codes, there are too many people participating and they are always snatched up in a second.

It is now difficult to get a code on the entire network. Some rich people even claim that they are willing to pay 10,000 yuan to buy an invitation code, but even so, there is no demand for it.

Scalpers who specialize in invitation codes for various games have also been harassed a lot. They are also jealous of this business opportunity, but they have no channels or ways.

Every time there was an event where invitation codes were distributed, they couldn’t get one, even when they used scripts, which made them very depressed.

After the event, someone will sell it on the market for tens to hundreds of yuan, and then it will be bought by eager players. Liu Xiaoming sighed and looked at the official website announcement again and again, and kept wandering around the campus network forum and popular squares, waiting for the random distribution event.

The campus network has recently launched a lot of new activities and is giving out 5,000 invitation codes. This has led to a lot of people flocking to the campus network to grab them, making it even more lively than the Super Girl competition.

When Liu Xiaoming was waiting for today's campus network activity with great expectations, his good friend hurried back and sat next to him, "Good news, the teacher didn't call the roll today."

"This is not good news." Liu Xiaoming sighed, "I thought you had an invitation code."

"Still waiting for your invitation code." The friend laughed, "Didn't the campus network say that there will be a lottery for invitation codes at 10 o'clock today? Do you want to draw?"

"Fuck! Another lottery!" Liu Xiaoming cursed in disappointment, "I never win in the lottery, what's the point of drawing?"

Liu Xiaoming's luck was not good. He registered on the campus network in early 04 and was one of the earliest users. He was very frustrated that he never won a prize in the lottery.

However, having said that, he still opened the lottery page and waited for the event to start at ten o'clock.

His good friend had already opened Fantasy Westward Journey and was playing it leisurely, while Liu Xiaoming was watching the news and paying attention to the countdown to the lottery.

As the time approached ten o'clock, Liu Xiaoming sat up straight, rubbed his hands vigorously, and prepared to pray carefully before going to draw the lottery.

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His friend took action directly, "What are you doing with your ink? Your hands are so black. Let me clean them for you."

"Get out of here!" Liu Xiaoming hurriedly pushed his friend away, "Your hands are even darker."

"You're not as black as that!"

The two of them started to pull each other for a while. Liu Xiaoming was afraid that his friend would ruin his plan, so he grabbed his friend's arms tightly with both hands, and in desperation, he suddenly hit the mouse with his head.

The mouse button was touched during the collision, and the lottery pointer started to spin wildly.

The friend who was still struggling suddenly stopped moving and stared at Liu Xiaoming's computer screen in amazement, "Ah, ah, ah!"

"What the hell are you doing?" Liu Xiaoming rubbed his red forehead and cursed, "I told you not to move but you insisted on moving..."

The friend desperately shook Liu Xiaoming's shoulders and pointed at the screen, "Hey hey hey hey!"

"What are you talking about!" Liu Xiaoming looked up at the screen and fell silent. "Hey! I won!"

The four big words "Congratulations on winning the prize" flashed on the screen, making Liu Xiaoming go crazy. He hugged his friends and laughed.

It soon attracted the attention of other people in the Internet cafe, and someone came over immediately.

"Brother, how much do you want to pay for the invitation code? Hurry up."

"No, I want to play by myself." Liu Xiaoming refused decisively.

The friend was very sorry, "You are stupid, the invitation code is now sold for one thousand yuan."

"..." Liu Xiaoming was shocked, "Is it so expensive?"

"If you don't believe me, check it out online."

Liu Xiaoming didn't need to look for information, as his private messages were soon filled with various messages seeking invitation codes.

The asking prices ranged from four hundred to eight hundred yuan, and there were also people who wanted to get it for free, and there were also a lot of people who begged, threatened, and cursed.

Liu Xiaoming decisively deleted the private messages from these people and decided to keep them for himself.

But two hours later he changed his mind because someone was willing to buy it for 5,000 yuan, and the transaction was face to face.

Five thousand yuan was enough to buy a computer. Liu Xiaoming hesitated for a long time and finally agreed.

Soon, someone came to the door to buy the invitation code. At first, Liu Xiaoming was worried that the other party was a liar, but when he met him and found that the other party was wearing a suit and tie and was obviously a white-collar worker, he felt relieved.

After activating the invitation qualification, the other party readily handed five thousand yuan to Liu Xiaoming and left in a hurry.

……

"Mr. Shi!" A man in a suit and tie walked into the office and said happily, "I got the invitation code for Warring States."

"So fast?" Shi Yuzhu praised with satisfaction, "Wu Lian, you did a good job."

"I bought it with money." Wu Lian said with some regret, "The other party asked for too much money. He insisted on 15,000 yuan and would not sell it for a cent less."

"It's okay. You can go to the finance department to get the money later." Shi Yuzhu didn't care about this small amount of money. "Give me the account number."

Wu Lian immediately took out a small notebook, tore off a page from it and handed it to Shi Yuzhu with both hands.

Shi Yuzhu took it, glanced at it, and put it aside. "Wu Lian, there is one more thing you need to do."

"Mr. Shi, just give me your instructions!" Wu Lian said confidently, "I will do my best to get it done."

"We have to keep this low-key and not let too many people know about it." Shi Yuzhu glanced at the office door, then waved and called Wu Lian over. "Go find a few game studios that specialize in finding loopholes."

"Isn't Warring States about to start internal testing? Let them check it out. If they find any bugs, report them immediately."

Wu Lian was stunned and hesitated. "Boss Shi, I heard that the operations department of Zhan Guo has launched a high-priced BUG solicitation activity. The maximum reward for a BUG is 10,000 yuan."

"I'll give you 20,000!" Shi Yuzhu said generously, "I want a very hidden BUG, ​​do you understand?"

"Yeah, I understand." Wu Lian nodded.

Of course he understood what his boss meant. He wanted him to find someone to collect game bugs from his opponents, such as bugs that could cause the server to crash, or bugs that could allow for unlimited items or money.

It would be even better if we could find a team that makes plug-ins.

Although the online gaming industry has only been developed for five or six years, there is already a group of people specializing in related black and gray industries.

They specialize in researching loopholes in online games, and either exploit them to make a profit or collect money from game manufacturers.

Wu Lian patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Mr. Shi, I will definitely get this done."

"Go ahead." Shi Yuzhu sent the other party away, then called Lin Haixiao over and handed the note to him, "This is the beta test account for Warring States that I got from someone. Take it and study it."

Lin Haixiao was a little surprised, but still took the note.

"You must study hard and learn from their strengths." Shi Yuzhu patiently advised, "Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle."

(End of this chapter)