Age of Legends

Chapter 251 Believe
Later, Zhang Chen went back and posted the name in the QQ group. Everyone quickly approved it and thought it was good.

Jing Qinming: "This word is very inclusive; you can put anything into it. It's also very distinctive. In the future, our works will be able to be distinguished from others. There are so many Three Kingdoms games, and every manufacturer is making them. How can we differentiate ourselves? For example, 'Wanxiang·Three Kingdoms' will be our Three Kingdoms series. If we want to make a martial arts game, then it will be 'Wanxiang·Martial Arts'."

Luo Chengyue: "Yes, yes, yes, 'Wanxiang·Shanhaijing', 'Wanxiang·Xiyou', 'Wanxiang·Cyberpunk', hurry up and get someone to register the trademarks, first register Wanxiang Jianghu. Then register one for every possible category under the Wanxiang brand!"

"All things encompass everything" has a slightly entertainment-oriented connotation, which Zhang Chen thought was quite fitting.

Jing Qinming and his colleagues, being quick learners, immediately started brainstorming and came up with ideas. They quickly grasped the future significance of the name.

Wang Shuowei: "I think we could design a martial arts-style character wearing a straw hat for our company's opening sequence, shattering the void with a single sword strike and cutting through countless worlds!"

Xie Yu: "That's a good idea."

Luo Chengyue: "Moreover, based on the game content, the little man will create a world, and players will know at a glance what type of game it is!"

Jing Qinming: "Sure, I can even render the intro in a couple of days!"

Wang Shuowei became somewhat conceited after receiving praise from everyone.

Many games and movies nowadays have highly recognizable company intros at the beginning, which are deeply ingrained in people's minds. For example, MGM's famous lion, DreamWorks' boy fishing on the moon, Paramount's snow-capped Utah mountains, Disney's castle with fireworks, and Robotics' lamp-head robot. Many people feel excited when they see these company intros because these companies have produced many Oscar-winning classic films, which is a guarantee of quality.

If one day, the appearance of their intro featuring a little figure in a straw hat in the game's opening sequence stirs the emotions of many players, then they have achieved their original intention and goal in making the game.

Xie Yu: "A friend of mine can handle trademark registration, and he can get it done for us. I'll have him get started as soon as possible."

Everyone agreed and prepared to immediately begin registering and creating the company.

The creation of the name "Wanxiang Jianghu" was somewhat dramatic. It actually came from an unofficial member, Shen Nuoyi. Despite her good grades and intelligence, she readily believed him when he said he was designing and producing games and even helped him come up with a name.

So Zhang Chen ended his chat with Jing Qinming and the others, and sent Shen Nuoyi a text message before bed: "Your name suggestion has been widely adopted and highly praised."

Shen Nuoyi was also in a good mood, so she waved her paws and smacked her lips in response: "Hmm... Don't you even know who I am!"

When Zhang Chen saw this message, she was noticeably a bit arrogant, which was unlike her usual self at school.

Normally she is always humble and polite. Even if she beats her competitors in an exam and others congratulate her with a hint of jealousy, she will remain calm and summarize her study methods.

So, it turns out you secretly enjoy it too, huh? Forget about maintaining your image.

Zhang Chen typed again: "I said I'd make games, and you think I can actually do it? Don't you have any doubts?"

Shen Nuo lay on the bed, her black hair cascading down around the pillow. She stared at Zhang Chen's text message, momentarily stunned. It seemed so. If anyone else had told her they wanted to make a web-based computer game, she probably would have wondered how it was even possible, doubting their competence. But with Zhang Chen saying it, she naturally assumed he would do it, without even considering the feasibility. Yet Zhang Chen always seemed to act on his wildest ideas. Like when he suddenly appeared and told her Chen Xuran had been attacked and asked her to find a way to save her. Now, thinking back, she hadn't doubted it, hadn't even questioned its veracity. Instead, she immediately accepted it as a serious matter and acted according to Zhang Chen's instructions, her legs even feeling a little weak.

She didn't know why, but being with Zhang Chen made her feel at ease, and she would believe anything he said seriously.

But of course, that's not the right time to say that. Shen Nuo thought for a moment and typed: "First, I agree with what you said about it not affecting your studies. Second, I think you can do it, but it's okay if you can't. After all, being able to think of so many things can accumulate experience and help you achieve certain possibilities in the future. Third, senior year of high school is not just about studying, but also about finding ways to relieve stress. Using this method is much better than skipping class with Wang Shuowei to play games."

Zhang Chen thought to himself, "Luckily, Wang Shuowei didn't see it, otherwise he would definitely be furious. How is it better than skipping class with him? You and I are the real childhood sweethearts from the same compound, and suddenly you've become a negative factor affecting Zhang Chen's studies!"

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Inside the conference room of Namkwang Company, Park Jung-soo from LG Corporation of South Korea sat on the stage, looking at Zhang Zhonghua opposite him. He was quite dissatisfied with this company, which had the government's backing and had brought Chenguang Xian Company to stand between them and Namkwang Company.

Park Jung-soo is the former head of the module center at LG Display. He has worked at LG for over 25 years and is skilled in manufacturing innovation and quality management. This time, he was appointed by the chairman of LG headquarters to take full responsibility for building a 29-inch CRT production plant in Fukuoka with an annual output of three million units.

This is precisely the stage in which LG Group is implementing its "focus strategy" in China.

Park Jung-soo's goal is to cooperate with the "concentration strategy" plan and leverage the resources of the local Namkwang Company to quickly penetrate the low-to-mid-end market in China.

During this period, the demand for CRT picture tubes in the Chinese market was booming, and local companies such as TCL and Changhong seized market share through low-cost strategies. LG achieved localized production through joint ventures, avoiding import tariffs and reducing transportation costs, making its products only 70% of the price of similar products from Japan and South Korea. It could directly compete with Chinese brands with "the same quality at a lower price," and could also use its Chinese factories as a springboard to launch export offensives in Southeast Asia, while accumulating channel resources for its subsequent high-end plasma TV products.

Park Jung-soo has his own ambitions. Before he came, the chairman of LG had a long talk with him. The chairman said, "CRT picture tubes are a traditional business, but the joint venture project can become a springboard for LG to lay out its digital ecosystem in China. We have already begun to lay out plasma TV technology. I asked you to come to China to create production lines. On the other hand, I also want you to use this picture tube channel network in China to deploy the future high-end product market in advance and pave the way for LG's next 'digital innovation strategy' in China!"

The chairman's words clearly delighted Park Jung-soo. The Digital Innovation Strategy is LG's three-year strategic plan, aiming to seize market share with low-cost CRT monitors while simultaneously building momentum for technology localization and future high-end transformation. It is a key strategy related to LG's future high-end transformation.

As the vanguard of this strategy sent to China, if the joint venture strategy in Fuzhou goes smoothly, he will be a strong contender for a higher position in the LG Group in the future, becoming the core decision-maker in charge of the high-end technology strategy in Greater China.

Park Jung-soo believed that with LG's accumulated technology, he would be able to subdue Namkwang Group and make the joint venture his personal political stage, allowing him to amass future political capital.

However, when Park Jung-soo heard that M&G Display Technology, which claimed to have core technologies that were more advantageous than LG's, suddenly intervened and claimed to have made a technological breakthrough, possessing FD29 technology that was better than LG's silver core technology, he couldn't help but laugh.

Furthermore, he bluntly stated to Zhang Zhonghua's face, "Mr. Zhang, the precision technology of the Republic of Korea is not something you can question or challenge!"

Having been in charge of innovation and quality management at LG Group for over two decades, he is acutely aware of the waning technological capabilities of China. Therefore, his words reflect his pride and the intimidating power emanating from China's technological dominance. This is still considered mild; if a Chinese representative were to make such a demand in South Korea, he would be forced to drink "shoe wine" on the spot.

However, the negotiations in Rongcheng ultimately failed. With the intervention of Chenguang Display Technology, a three-way joint venture involving Namkwang and LG was necessary, requiring technical verification. Park Jung-soo even took their verification samples directly to the Korean headquarters for testing.

Today is the day when Park Jung-soo, Namkwang Corporation, Chenguang Display Technology, and Rongcheng government officials await the verification data to be transmitted from South Korea.

(End of this chapter)