You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 426

Qin Shaoyan just fired a bunch of blank shots on the portal website and then left it alone, but people in the gaming industry analyzed the interview for several days.

Does what he said make sense?
Yes, there is, but it seems like he said something, and it also seems like he said nothing.

Everyone analyzed "Warring States OL" for a long time, but for a while they couldn't figure out the relationship between the design in the game and the retention and ARPU values ​​mentioned by Qin Shaoyan.

As for the overall game framework, there is no need to mention it. It is now in the internal testing stage, and there are definitely many functions that have not been opened. We can only make analysis based on what we have now.

The most intuitive feeling that "Warring States OL" gives people is just one word: it's fun to play.

The pace of the entire game is obviously faster than other games on the market. There are no long and boring tasks, and you won't have to play for several minutes to level up.

Before you know it, the player has already reached level 20 or 30, and has also put a lot of effort into the main storyline.

What surprised everyone the most was that "Warring States OL" has achieved the ultimate in various details, and auxiliary functions such as feedback prompts, label descriptions, and gameplay guidance are all very complete.

Although the development cycle of online games is long, they will be repeatedly modified, resulting in very high R&D intensity.

Under high-intensity conditions, R&D personnel do not pay attention to various small details or do not have enough time to do them. However, "Warring States OL" has a short development cycle, but it has achieved this aspect.

Players will not encounter situations where they cannot understand the game or the rules during the game.

"Warring States OL" not only has a built-in game manual, but also an automatic path-finding system, so players no longer have to find their destination by themselves.

Small details may not seem noticeable, but they can really improve the player experience.

Players feel great about it, but producers involved in R&D have a headache because it is too trivial.

Anyone can do it, and it's not difficult, but it takes a lot of time and energy, and from a research and development perspective, the cost-effectiveness is very low.

Using this time you can create a new gameplay design, which is much more useful than focusing on details.

What's more, the game content will undergo repeated revisions, and if you have prepared it in advance and want to make changes later, you will have to start all over again.

Is it okay if we concentrate on it once more before the final launch?
Theoretically it is possible, but the reality is that it will be too late by that time.

On the contrary, the automatic pathfinding can be tweaked.

……

Kou Hongfei, CEO of Qvod, is facing a very tricky problem at this moment. Just now, a supervisor in charge of operations reported to him that the playback data of a certain video was abnormal.

Kou Hongfei was a little surprised. "It's not like you haven't seen the viral video before. Is there any need to make such a fuss?"

"Brother Fei, the situation is different this time!" Yan Jingtao, director of the Operation and Maintenance Technology Department, said worriedly, "The data of this video is growing very fast. It has been less than three days since it was uploaded, and the number of views has increased rapidly since last night. According to the recommendation rules, it has been on the homepage, and the number of views is still increasing wildly."

“The content operations department said they had never seen such good data from user-generated content before, and they are still analyzing the video content.”

Kou Hongfei frowned. "Do you suspect the data is fake? Have you checked the user's IP address?"

"I checked it, but didn't find any problems." Yan Jingtao shook his head.

"Call the director of the content operations department over." Kou Hongfei gave an order to his secretary over the landline, and the director came over soon.

"Is there any problem with the video content?" Kou Hongfei asked directly.

The director replied, "It's a bit complicated. The main content of this video is a spoof and re-processing of the latest fantasy blockbuster "The Promise". The content is humorous and uses a lot of popular online content to interpret it. It subverts the previous comments on film and television dramas, caters to the thinking of Internet users, and finds the market explosion point."

Kou Hongfei frowned and knocked on the table. "Let's get to the point. What's wrong with this video?"

The director hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously, "We see that other social platforms are reposting and discussing the content of this video. Could it be... a hype arranged by President Qin?"

"Probably not." Yan Jingtao shook his head. "Boss Qin will communicate with the technical department in advance about any action he takes. We did not modify the playback data in the background."

Kou Hongfei was stunned for a moment. The question from the content director made him hesitate. It was hard to say whether it was President Qin's doing.

After all, Mr. Qin has never followed the beaten path.

“If it wasn’t arranged by President Qin, then we suggest that this video be handled in a low-key manner and removed from the homepage,” the content director said directly.

"Why?" Kou Hongfei was a little surprised.

"The video content contains a lot of pirated movie clips, which may be copyright infringement." The director said worriedly, "After all, Qvod has joined the anti-piracy alliance, and I'm afraid it will have a bad impact..."

"This spoof video has gone viral. I'm afraid there will be a lot of copycat works that will reprocess and spoof various TV series. Will this involve legal issues?"

"Besides, this movie was directed by Chen Kaige, who is not very popular. The movie's reputation has collapsed now. I'm afraid he will vent his anger on us."

Kou Hongfei was also stunned and realized that this video was indeed a bit troublesome.

"Oh, I'll give President Qin a call and ask for his advice." Kou Hongfei couldn't make up his mind and decided to ask President Qin first.

In the past, Qvod didn’t care about infringement or not, as long as it could increase the playback data, they would just use it.

But things are different now. Qvod has joined the anti-piracy alliance and can no longer act as unscrupulously as before.

After Kou Hongfei got through the phone, he greeted her first, and then asked cautiously, "Boss Qin, did you make that steamed bun?"

"What steamed buns?" Qin Shaoyan was puzzled. "I haven't cooked for a long time. I don't know how to steam steamed buns."

"It's not that steamed bun." Kou Hongfei quickly explained, "There's a very popular video on Qvod called 'A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun'. I want to ask Mr. Qin if this video has anything to do with us."

Qin Shaoyan was stunned when he heard the news, and then he laughed, "This is content created by users themselves. I will recommend it immediately and put it at the top of the homepage."

"Also, please contact the user who uploaded the video and sign a cooperation agreement with him."

Kou Hongfei hesitated. “But he used a lot of footage from the movie The Promise in this video. I’m afraid there will be trouble.”

"There will definitely be some trouble, but don't be afraid of it!" Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "If The Promise sues the author, we will take it on. We will protect this person."

Qin Shaoyan certainly knew what was in "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun", as he had seen it in his previous life.

This video can be said to have pioneered spoof videos and also became the beginning of the subsequent online spoof video genre.

The author of the video is called Hu Ge, who became popular on the Internet with his spoof videos. Later, he created "The Chinese Team Wins the World Cup", "The Birdcage Mountain Bandit Suppression", "The War on Internet Addiction" and so on.

Although Hu Ge accidentally created a school of thought, he did not continue on this path. He gradually retired and there was no news about him after a few years.

However, a minor actor with whom he often collaborated in the spoof skits became famous more than a decade later.

The man is Gong Geer, the producer and screenwriter of "The Wandering Earth". He also dubbed "World of Warcraft" and participated in the Super Boy talent show.

"A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun" was originally edited by Hu Ge for fun, and uploaded to the video website to share it with his friends.

Unexpectedly, it went viral as soon as it was released online, and reached the homepage of Qvod.com at an extremely fast speed.

"The Promise" is a fantasy blockbuster directed by the great poet Chen Kaige, with a production cost of over 300 million RMB.

The great poet was very confident about this movie, but he did not expect that its reputation would collapse as soon as it was released.

Although the film claimed to have grossed 140 million yuan in the first week, it continued to decline due to the collapse of word of mouth, and in the end the box office did not even reach 200 million yuan. It can be said that it was a huge loss.

The box office failure and the collapse of word of mouth made Chen Kaige very depressed. He was completely broken after the release of "A Murder Caused by a Bun".

Qin Shaoyan doesn't care at all. You make a rubbish movie to disgust the audience, so can't the audience give back?

As for the infringement of user-generated content such as spoofs, secondary creations, and commentaries, there are still debates ten years later, but it is rare for copyright holders to actually come forward to sue.

Nowadays, we can’t even control pirated resources, let alone spoofs.

The QVOD website has come out to express its attitude, which also gives confidence to content creators.

After Mr. Qin spoke, Kou Hongfei knew what was going on. He put down the phone and said seriously, "The boss said that he wanted to protect the author of the video, so the video doesn't need to be removed from the homepage."

The director was a little surprised, "What if Chen Kaige protests?"

"What should we do?" Kou Hongfei said disdainfully, "Let him protest. I'm not afraid of a lawsuit. If he dares to offend me, I'll deal with him!"

"What kind of status does our President Qin have? He chats and laughs with Bill Gates and has a deep background in the administrative department."

"What level is Chen Kaige? Do we at Qvod.com still fear you, a director from the entertainment industry?"

"I understand!" The director patted his chest and assured, "Leave the rest to us!"

The director hurried back to the operations department and shouted, "Put a steamed bun on top right now and increase the recommendation!" "Boss Qin has spoken, do it hard!"

……

Qin Shaoyan didn’t know what Kuaibo.com was doing, and even if he knew, he wouldn’t care because he was busy preparing for the annual meeting.

His subordinates were all busy with business and no one had the time to deal with the trivial work of the annual meeting, so President Qin personally took on this important mission.

The administrative department, together with the secretary Xiao Chen and the driver Xiao Hao, were busy running around, contacting the auditorium, finding performance teams, arranging shuttle buses and so on.

After a flurry of activity, we finally managed to organize the annual meeting.

Mingyue followed behind Qin Shaoyan, holding a list in her hand, carefully checking the procedures of the annual meeting, and verified the menu with the manager of the auditorium.

Then I checked the venue layout and ran around until I was sweating profusely.

Qin Shaoyan took out a tissue and wiped Mingyue's face. "How are you? Are you exhausted?"

"Not tired." Mingyue looked at the venue with a smile, holding her hands on her waist, and said proudly, "I haven't participated in an annual meeting yet. In the past, I only heard about other companies holding annual meetings and lotteries. Now I can finally participate in it myself!"

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"Hey, didn't you prepare a lottery box? Why didn't I see it?"

"What lottery box?" Qin Shaoyan was a little confused.

"It's just a closed box with an opening on the top. People throw a piece of paper with their name on it, and then the boss reaches in and takes out a few pieces of paper." Mingyue gestured happily.

"We are an Internet company. We use a lottery program to draw prizes. Who would still use that stuff?" Qin Shaoyan boasted proudly. "It's high-tech, and manual draws are prone to cheating!"

"You know shit. That's called a sense of ritual. Using the computer to draw the lottery is soulless." Mingyue rolled her eyes.

She had originally planned to draw the lottery in person, but that wish was dashed.

Seeing Mingyue's angry look, Qin Shaoyan had no choice but to say, "I'll let you use the computer to draw the lottery for them later."

"Will your computer lottery be cheated?" Mingyue suddenly asked.

"That's impossible, we have high technology!" Qin Shaoyan emphasized.

"Oh." Mingyue finally felt relieved and went to continue inspecting the venue.

Less than an hour later, a large group of people arrived and quickly filled the entire auditorium, which was filled with lively laughter.

This hall is specially designed for wedding ceremonies. It is fully equipped and everyone from the manager to the waiters are experienced and accustomed to such large-scale events.

When the time came, all kinds of delicious dishes and drinks were brought up like water and filled the table.

Various performances began immediately, and everyone watched the performances while eating, with a relaxed smile on everyone's face.

These people have been busy following Qin Shaoyan for a whole year, and it is rare for them to have such a moment of relaxation.

After the performance, various snacks were served and Qin Shaoyan went to the front desk with a microphone.

"Comrades, have you all eaten and drunk enough? I will now give you a few words."

There was a burst of warm applause from the audience, and some people whistled.

"Who's booing there? Heads of departments, take note of it. I'll prepare a few more pairs of shoes to give out later." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "I'm in charge of this year's annual meeting. If you think it's well done, applaud. If you think it's not well done, hold back."

Even more enthusiastic applause broke out.

"Alright, alright, this applause is too fake." Qin Shaoyan waved his hands. "I originally planned to have Mr. Zhang, Mr. Fan, and Mr. Hong each do a program, but I think it would be too much to ask them to work overtime this year. My remaining conscience won't allow me to continue to exploit them, so I cancelled this segment this year."

There was a burst of boos from the audience.

I don’t know whether it was out of conscience for booing Mr. Qin, or regret for not being able to see the performance of the senior executives.

"2005 was a year of struggle and also a year of harvest. All departments have achieved great results." Qin Shaoyan glanced at the employees below, "This year's year-end bonus has been distributed. I hope everyone can have a good year."

"I remember the first annual meeting we held last year. At that time, Qvod.com had just been established and there were only a few people. Now it has grown to more than 300 people."

"Last year there were only campus networks and Qvod.com, but this year there are more game companies, animation companies, and film and television companies. Today all the five tiger generals are here, and I am very happy."

In fact, there is one department that did not attend today’s annual meeting, which is the “Internet Public Opinion Monitoring Department” managed by Xiong Jiajia. Their annual meeting will be arranged separately.

The identity of this department is too special to be exposed to other departments.

"Now that everyone is here, let's start the lottery." Qin Shaoyan made a gesture, and Mingyue came up with a laptop and quickly connected it to the projector.

"This year's lottery program was written by Zhang Pingyi himself. Welcome everyone to supervise it. I will open the lottery program code for everyone to see."

Looking at the code on the projector, many newcomers were very surprised. What kind of trick is this?

Why are you still looking at the code on site?
"If there is no objection, then let's start the lottery now." Qin Shaoyan made a gesture to Mingyue, and then Mingyue pressed the Enter key to start the lottery process.

Work numbers kept scrolling on the projection screen, and cheers and sighs broke out from time to time.

This year's prizes are much richer than last year's, not only in quantity but also in quality.

In addition to the laptop, Qin Shaoyan also prepared several gold bars.

The golden glow is more attractive under the light than other electronic products, although they are of similar value.

The lottery system written by Zhang Pingyi is not truly random, but has different weights based on the time of joining the company. The older the employees, the easier it is to win good prizes.

However, Qin Shaoyan prepared more prizes this year, and every employee won something valuable, and they were all smiling.

Even Mingyue won a 500-gram gold bar, and she was so happy that she almost lost her sight.

She held the gold bar in her hand, carefully holding it, and glanced at Qin Shaoyan who was sitting next to her, "Do you think I can bite off a piece with my teeth?"

Before Qin Shaoyan could answer, she directly rejected the idea. She was reluctant to leave a tooth mark on it.

Qin Shaoyan was quite jealous and kept urging Mingyue to take a bite.

Mingyue glanced at him warily, "Why did you ask me to take a bite? What is your purpose?"

"Just bite off a piece for me. I didn't win anything today. It's not good to get nothing." Qin Shaoyan pretended to be pitiful. "Give me some of that big gold bar."

"No, this is the money I won myself. I won't give it to you." Mingyue quickly put the gold bar into her arms and packed it carefully.

"Look at the way you look." Qin Shaoyan turned away angrily.

Mingyue was a little panicked, and timidly pulled Qin Shaoyan's clothes, "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

"You're not really angry, are you?" Mingyue thought for a moment, "I'll go back and cut a piece for you."

Qin Shaoyan said with a stern face, "One gold bar is not enough. Give me the whole gold bar and I will forgive you."

Mingyue hesitated for a moment, then slowly took out the gold bar from her arms and handed it over carefully, "Here, take it."

As she spoke, she turned her head away, unable to bear to watch the gold bars being taken away.

Qin Shaoyan quickly took the gold bars, but the next second, she felt that her hands seemed heavier. She turned her head and found that there were two more gold bars in her palms.

Mingyue was surprised and happy, she looked up at Qin Shaoyan, "You..."

"Keep it, it's a reward from me." Qin Shaoyan said proudly.

Mingyue then realized that Qin Shaoyan was joking with her, and she raised her fist and punched him angrily.

Mingyue raised her fist but was reluctant to use force, so she gently pushed Qin Shaoyan.

"Hey, are you going back to your hometown for the New Year this year?" Mingyue asked hesitantly and shyly.

"Hmm?" Qin Shaoyan looked at him in surprise. "I'm not going back. I'm bringing my parents to Beijing to celebrate the New Year."

"That's good." Mingyue said softly, "I'll bring grandma over this year, so come over when you're free."

"Ah?!" Qin Shaoyan was stunned and felt a little at a loss for a moment.

(End of this chapter)