Rebirth Online Entertainment

Chapter 2: [-] Horizontal Online Games

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Hearing Chen Jiayi's suggestion, Gu Xiaoyu, Tang Chao's network eo, led the team to South Korea.

The South Korean Game Industry Ministry was overjoyed when they heard that Gu Xiaoyu, the network eo of Tang Dynasty, had come.You know, South Korea is a big country in the video game industry.Today, although their game industry is not bad, compared to China, it is far behind.As a result, after Gu Xiaoyu arrived, many Korean game manufacturers, including some high-ranking government officials, all went to the airport to welcome them.

It can be said that this kind of hospitality is similar to the visit of state leaders.

"Thank you for being so enthusiastic..."

Gu Xiaoyu didn't expect that he would be so welcomed when he came to Korea this time.

In fact, before this, when Tang Dynasty Network made plans and arrangements, the news attracted widespread attention from the Korean media.They believe that although China has a relatively slow history of video game development.However, driven by the Tang Dynasty Company.Their electronics industry has reached a world-class level.Especially the leading role of Tang Dynasty Network, some other Chinese game manufacturers followed up for a while, and made countless contributions to the Chinese video game industry.

Now that they know that Tangchao Network eo is coming, these media said, "This is an opportunity, an opportunity for the Korean game industry to develop substantially. If Korean game manufacturers can attract the experience of Tangchao Network, then Korean game companies Even if it cannot surpass China's research and development capabilities, it can reach an astonishing height."

Therefore, under so many media reports.Many game manufacturers, including government agencies, attach great importance to this.I personally sent some representatives to the airport, hoping to give Tang Dynasty Network a good image.

"Excuse me, Mr. Gu, the outside media has been claiming that Mr. Gu came to my country this time because he wanted to cooperate with some game manufacturers in our country. May I ask, is this rumor true?"

In addition to all parties - governments -, including representatives of game manufacturers, many media also came to the airport this time to interview Gu Xiaoyu of Tangchao Network.

"South Korea is a neighboring country of China, and it is also an important game country in Asia. This time, Tangchao Network came to South Korea. In addition to investigating the situation of Tangchao Network's subsidiaries and agency companies, we will also consider looking at other Korean game manufacturers, if there is a project, our Tang Dynasty Network is naturally willing to cooperate with the Korean game industry."

Although Gu Xiaoyu didn't expect so many people to greet her at the airport, but since she managed Tang Chao Network, she has cultivated him into the role of a strong business woman.When encountering the voice of the media, the words are not revealing.The answer this time, on the one hand, affirmed the market position of Korean games, and on the other hand, it also gave hope to the Korean game industry.Of course, no one knows whether they can cooperate or not.However, on the bright side, South Korea is so honored, so naturally they should give them face... This is the same in the country's diplomacy. Every day, talking about important partners, in fact, in private, it is a fight to the death.

The subsequent time will be based on the itinerary of the Tang Dynasty Network.Gu Xiaoyu first visited the "toz" company, a subsidiary of Tangchao Network. When he learned that the "3" 3 game project was about to be released, Gu Xiaoyu said.I hope that toz company will continue to work hard, give full play to the boutique strategy of Tang Dynasty Network, and strive to expand to the world game market.Later, under the leadership of Gu Xiaoyu, Tang Dynasty Network also visited the agent of "Piao Miao Journey".

Speaking of Piao Miao Journey, this is the first online game on the Tang Dynasty Network.This online game has not only achieved very good results in China, but also achieved very good results in the Korean game market.Even South Korea, which has always been known as a classic paradise, dare not compete with "Misty Journey".At present, the number of simultaneous online users of Piao Miao Journey in South Korea is about 40... This record is also the highest number of online games in the Korean online game industry.

For this record, Gu Xiaoyu highly appreciated it.

It is even said that Jade ol's Korean agency rights can still be considered for signing with the agency company.

These are all the arrangements for the first day of Tang Chao Internet Company, but this is not the most important thing.

In fact, Gu Xiaoyu already knew what happened to Toz, a subsidiary of Tang Dynasty Internet, so he didn't need to come and investigate in person.As for the agent company, it is actually simpler.Seeing the number of online people who are ranked first, there is nothing to say at all.However, in order to prevent other people from guessing the plan this time, the itinerary had to be arranged this time.

Finally, under the warm invitation of the Korean representative, Gu Xiaoyu inspected some other Korean game companies by the way.

Influenced by Chinese online games, South Korean game companies have begun to move towards high-quality products.In particular, as early as a few years ago, Tang Dynasty Network had announced the plan of Zhuxian ol.In this way, many Korean game companies have also begun to move towards the 3rd road.For example, krgsoft company, he released the blood rivers and lakes, which is a good 3 online game in the Korean game market.

However, for the Tang Dynasty network.Although the hot-blooded rivers and lakes are good, they are not at the same level as "Zhuxian ol".Therefore, Gu Xiaoyu only briefly commented on this game.After that, there is no text.This made krgsoft, including some other game companies in South Korea, blush a little, and thought to themselves, "What kind of game company is Tangchao Network? Naturally, I don't think much about some games in South Korea. Now I can comment a few words, which is already considered Not bad."

In addition to the hot-blooded rivers and lakes, some of the more classic and even more influential ones in Korea, such as Paradise and Miracle, are still not recognized by Tang Dynasty Internet eo Gu Xiaoyu because the game is too simple. .This made Gu Xiaoyu a little disappointed, because he didn't see anything innovative during his stay in Korea these few days.In order not to make mistakes, Gu Xiaoyu even investigated some small game companies.

It's a pity that so many game companies don't have much innovation.

However, after investigating so many Korean game companies, Gu Xiaoyu also saw a phenomenon.That is the Korean game is slowly transforming.In the past, many games that were more kimchi in Korea have not been developed much until now.In contrast, some other game companies, more or less, already have the shadow of Chinese game development.Either go high-quality goods, or engage in innovation.

This is something to be happy about.At least it proves that the Chinese game industry has already attracted the attention of the world.

Otherwise, it is impossible for South Korea to learn from the success of Chinese games.

"Mr. Gu, I believe that I have gained a certain understanding of our Korean game industry during the visit these few days. I don't know about Tangchao Network..."

South Korea-Government-Minister of Electronics and Information Industry "Jin Zhenglin", after Gu Xiaoyu visited various game manufacturers, secretly held a business meeting with Gu Xiaoyu.

"Have some understanding."

Gu Xiaoyu nodded, although a little disappointed.But there are still some gains, especially after Korean games have absorbed the success of Chinese games, they have still made substantial innovations on them.Moreover, his innovation can also inherit their fusion of East and West.

In this regard, they did a good job, even Gu Xiaoyu was deeply inspired.

"However, our Tang Dynasty Network also found that the production level of major game companies is still relatively low. If such a game is introduced to the market, I am afraid that it will not get the support of game lovers around the world."

"What Mr. Gu said was that my country's game industry took many detours in the past. Moreover, most games wanted to take the route of low cost and high return. In recent years, this has also reversed the collapse of a large number of relatively small game companies in our country. This is a heavy blow to our country's game industry. And your company has always been endowed with innovative ideas, coupled with the pursuit of excellence in game production, and has always been the object of study for our Korean game companies..."

"Where, where, Minister Kim was joking."

Gu Xiaoyu smiled, guessing in his heart, the next sentence, I am afraid that this so-called minister will tell about their cooperation project.

"Actually, our Korean game talents have always been good, and we also have a lot of ideas. Our Ministry of Information Industry has a plan to invite Tang Dynasty Network to open a game research base in our South Korea. First, this game base can be used for Tang Dynasty. Research various game technologies on the Internet, and secondly, we also want to make our own contribution to Korean games. Look at this plan..."

Sure enough, Kim Jong-rim revealed a cooperation plan.

"Game research base."

Speaking of which, Tangchao Network really needs to open several game research bases.

Although Tang Dynasty Network also has a game base in China that specializes in various aspects of game technology.Moreover, this game base is all elites selected from major universities in China, and even universities in the world.Among them, many game settings in Zhuxian ol have many technical supports from the game base.It can be said that a game base has played a very important role in the development of online games.

"Minister Jin's plan is good. However, the matter of the game base is very important, and we need to study it carefully."

Regarding this plan, Gu Xiaoyu didn't want to agree to it in a hurry, he still wanted to think it over carefully.

"No problem. However, if Tangchao Network can agree, our Korean government - can also give Tangchao many preferential policies and regulations..."

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neople

neople is a game company in South Korea, but now it should be said to be a game studio.

In fact, as early as 2001, neople company has been established.At that time, their company's plan was the same as that of major Korean game companies, but it wanted to develop a 2rpg game.However, with the victory of Chinese online games.It doesn't matter if the Korean game market retreats again and again. Even the domestic game market is dominated by Chinese games.

Today, there are many games from China in the Korean game market.Even, many players have no resistance to Chinese games.It seems that as long as the game comes in from China, a large number of Korean players will go to try it out.In particular, if you discover the idea of ​​a Chinese game, it will cause quite a stir from time to time.

There is no need to say more about games like Misty Journey.This world-class online game has always been called the most classic work in the world.It's understandable that Korean games can't stand it, but apart from the work of Piao Miao Journey, the works of other game companies have also gathered Korean game players to go crazy.

Finally, the Korean local game market is full of Chinese games.

So far, during the two years from 2001 to 2003, the Korean video game industry was in danger, and because of a large number of low-cost games, the market did not open up, and since then, a large number of game companies have closed down .The neople company did not escape this bad luck.Seeing that there was no future for small-cost game production, investors immediately withdrew their funds. The neople company, in such a situation, ended here.

It's just that although the neople company closed down, the company's R&D personnel are still there.Especially under the leadership of neople chairman "Li Ming", this charismatic business leader.He said directly, "Even if the neople company goes bankrupt, even if there is no financial support, our neople company still exists, and we still have to continue our game path."

So far, under the leadership of Li Ming. The neople company decided to be very innovative.

Because, they know that if they develop ordinary 2rpg games, they must be courting death.Not to mention that you don't have much money, even if you have, can he seize the game market if he develops a game?If they could, investors would not withdraw their capital.So, they held many meetings at that time, and there was only one meeting, which was to discuss which aspect the "neople" company should innovate.

First of all, games must be online games.

Although there is a good market for click games, the business chain of click games is worse than that of online games.And, the competition for click games is tougher.Far not only China, like the United States, especially Japan, is simply difficult to surpass.For this reason, they never thought of clicking games.

Second, tentatively set as 2 games.

Although, 3 games have - exposed - signs.Especially in China, many game companies have begun to develop three types of games.Even in South Korea, 3 game plans like 3, "Hot Blood Jianghu" are under intense production.However, with neople's research and development capabilities, for the time being, 3 games are out of the question.

Third, it is different from traditional 2 games.

This one is different from the traditional Type 2 games, naturally for better innovation.

The first thing they think of is a turn-based game.

Because, under the influence of the Tang Dynasty Internet, a Fantasy Westward Journey simply created a miracle of a turn-based game.As a result, other turn-based games in the market are more or less affected.As soon as their new game is released, some people will come to try it out, and I believe it will achieve a good effect.

However, in the end, they gave up.

Now turn-based games are only available in some markets in China.In China, there have been a lot of turn-based games.Not to mention Sleepwalking Westward Journey, there are Westward Journey, Gu Long Heroes, Jin Yong Heroes, and even Big Talk Water Margin, which are said to be coming out soon.The competition is so fierce, how can the neople game team win?

Finally, a game member directly said that it would be better to develop an online game from "arcade".

This bold idea immediately attracted the attention of neople game group.

"Arcade."

Yes, whether it is China, South Korea, or the world, they are no strangers to arcades.Like King of Fighters, Dinosaur Island, Street Fighter, Alloy Head... a series, this is a famous arcade game.If they were adapted into online games and made into a 2-horizontal online game, maybe this would really attract the market.

"awesome."

The more they thought about it, the more excited the members of the neople game team became.

They knew that this one innovation was simply fantastic.Firstly, there are no 2-horizontal online games in the current world market.Throwing out this idea can definitely detonate the madness of the whole world.Secondly, 2 side-scrolling games do not require too much technology, which greatly reduces the development time.

In the end, Yizhi, a member of the neople game team, decided to develop a 2-horizontal version of the game.And, the chosen genre, is a fighting-based game.Moreover, they participated in the creation of the King of Fighters and Street Fighter in the arcade, such as professional settings.Since then, they have been working hard, gritted their teeth, and continued to develop in a difficult environment.

It didn't last long, and halfway through the game development, the neople game working group still faced funding problems.

This is not only reflected in the research and development funds, but now, even their basic living expenses have become a problem.In the end, in desperation, "Li Ming", the president of the neople game team, took this half-developed game and frantically found many game companies or venture capital companies, hoping to get their funds support.

However, after many game companies saw their works.They shook their heads and said, "Although, I have to say, the idea of ​​your game is very good. But, you know, the online game market has already begun to move towards high-quality goods."

Look, Piao Miao Journey, Zhu Xian ol, is able to achieve such success because of the high-quality goods.

Even Zhuxian OL is a purely oriental game, and people from all over the world still show a strong attraction to it... But your game is not only rough in production, but also blindly reflects its pk fairness and pk technology .And his level and the like, it is not reflected.You have to know that in online games, his pk has always been unfair. "

In this way, "Li Ming" was rejected by one game company after another, of course, the same is true of other venture capital companies.

"Brothers, I'm sorry, in the past half a month, no game company has taken a fancy to our work. I feel deeply guilty for mine..."

Li Ming regretted it.

Remembering when the neople company went bankrupt, he shouldn't have persisted like this.

However, more than a year later, they are still facing the original situation.Moreover, the situation is worse than before.At the very least, when the neople company went bankrupt, although the investors stopped investing, moreover, they took away a large sum of money.However, the small part of the company's remaining funds has been supporting their game work.But, now, they are penniless.A lot of developers in working groups, while they're working hard, they're borrowing money all the time.

However, they did not complain, they are still working hard for their ideals.Now, facing the current situation, Li Ming felt that he was really wrong.It's up to me to get to where I am now, so why bother to drag dozens of brothers with me?

Just when they were desperate.

Suddenly, the entire South Korean media began to report the news of Tang Dynasty's visit from the Internet.

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