my return 2002

Chapter 170 The enemy of the enemy is the friend

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Jun came out of the Shanghai Airport in a hurry, his face was full of exhaustion, and his assistant hurried forward to help him carry his luggage.

While walking, Zhu Jun asked.

"How's the word-of-mouth of Miracle's closed beta? Is there any news from Shanda?"

The assistant quickly replied: "Word of mouth is somewhat polarized. Some legendary old players are still very enthusiastic, but they are not very attractive to non-legendary players. There are many criticism posts in the multiplayer community. I feel that it should not cause too much damage to Miracle MU. Influence."

Zhu Jun stopped and glanced at the assistant, who was taken aback and froze on the spot at a loss what to do.

"Doing business is not about falling in love. I feel that if I can succeed, everyone can make a fortune."

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After Zhu Jun finished speaking, he ignored the assistant and took out his mobile phone to dial a number.

"Hey, where are you? When will you return to the magic capital?"

Shen Lang on the other end of the phone smiled and said: "I didn't go back this year, okay? From your tone, you didn't go back for the New Year?"

"Well, I just came back from Korea, how about it, let's find a place to have dinner and get together."

"Okay, you choose a place."

A restaurant on the Bund of Shanghai.

Shen Lang was taken to the upstairs box by the waiter, and when he opened the door, he saw that Zhu Jun had already cooked with a plate of cold dishes.

"You kid, you said you were inviting me to dinner. I haven't arrived yet, so you should eat first." Shen Lang scolded with a smile.

Zhu Jun didn't feel embarrassed at all, he still gnawed on the stewed pig's trotter with his head down, wiped his mouth after the gnaw was clean, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Don't pick on me. For half a month in Korea, every day except barbecue is kimchi. I almost vomited."

Shen Lang smiled and poured him a glass of water: "What? Are you going to represent Korean online games again?"

Zhu Jun took the teacup and sighed: "There is no way, Shengda is pressing harder and harder. If I don't make any noise, the hope of going public will be slim."

Shen Lang shook his head secretly. At the beginning of the 21st century, Zhu Jun’s ideas actually represented the ideas of most mainland entrepreneurs. For them, only when their companies went public could they be considered successful. The capital market seemed to have a magical power to attract them to continue. pounce on.

However, in fact, most companies did a good business before they were listed, and the listing was the peak, and then the performance plummeted, leaving a mess in the end.

Taking advantage of the serving time, Zhu Jun whispered to Shen Lang.

"This time I went to South Korea to meet Kim Xuekyu. I am going to represent their new game [Sword of Excellence]. Then you have to help me promote it."

Shen Lang was not too surprised by this, the [Miracle] launched by Shanda obviously touched Zhu Jun's sensitive nerves.

"No problem, as long as you give me money, everything is easy to talk about."

The two looked at each other and smiled, but Zhu Jun knew that if it was just for making money, there wouldn't be those [miracle] negative comments posts in the multiplayer game community. Shanda's wealth is well known.

"By the way, your Jianyu Jianghu should be closed beta soon, right? When will I avoid you?" Zhu Jun teased.

Shen Lang picked up the wine glass and clinked with him: "Don't worry, we won't meet each other. The closed beta will start next month. If everything goes well, the public beta will be in March, and it will be officially launched in April."

"So fast?" Zhu Jun looked at Shen Lang in surprise.

Shen Lang shrugged: "It took almost a year for research and development, which is not too fast."

Zhu Jun thought enviously, as expected, good R&D teams belong to others, but he has no plans to increase investment in self-developed teams. In his opinion, the risk of self-developed is still too great, it is better to represent other people's mature games safe.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the company officially resumed work. Shen Lang appeared in the front desk seat at the door early in the morning, and then handed out red envelopes to the employees who came one by one.

This red envelope is prepared separately for the employees who stay behind and work overtime. Everyone is the same. It is 500 yuan, which is definitely not a small amount in 2004. All the employees are smiling so much that they feel full of energy all day long. Full.

The internal beta version of Jianyu Jianghu has been completed. The employees are actively looking for bugs and improving optimization. Shen Lang is not idle. The promotion of Jianyu Jianghu has been put on the agenda.

In order to keep it secret, the project of Jianyu Jianghu has not been announced before, so the outside world naturally has no way of knowing about this game. Inspur Technology has never represented the game, and it has little influence among the players.

Fortunately, there are many games on this platform, and the diversion effect will not be too bad, but this does not meet Shen Lang's expectations for the game Jianyujianghu.

The advent of the Internet era means that the era when wine is not afraid of deep alleys is gone forever, and no matter how good the product is, it will not be popular if the promotion is not in place.

Shen Lang first contacted the author of the novel "Jian Yu Jiang Hu" "Where is it now".

Jin He Zai still has an impression of the customized novel I created a year ago. When I heard that the novel has been adapted into a game and is about to be tested internally, Jin He Zai readily agreed to cooperate with the publicity.

Therefore, Jin He Zai quickly published a short article on Sina.com.

"I don't know how many readers still remember the novel [Jianyu Jianghu] released a year ago. After a year, the online game adapted from this novel will be tested on the [-]st of next month. I am honored to be invited by the official. I will also participate in this internal test, the rivers and lakes are far away, we will see you there!"

Soon, this short article by Jin Hezai aroused great repercussions among his readers. In 2004, it was the first time that an online novel was adapted into a game.

Wukong's biography of where is he now has attracted a large number of fans for him. At the same time, he is also one of the few writers in the online literary circle who can enter the mainstream film and television circle. As early as 2001, he was invited to cooperate with Wong Kar Wai and Liu Zhenwei for the first time to write the film novel "Unparalleled World". At the same time, he also wrote lyrics for the movie's theme songs "Happy Meeting" and "Drunk".

"Big critic, adapting a novel into an online game, this is the treatment that everyone like Jin Yong and Gu Long can only get!"

"I look forward to it, don't say anything, I will definitely participate in the closed beta, see you there!"

What Shen Lang and Jin He Zai didn't expect was that the game adaptation of Jian Yu Jiang Hu not only caused a sensation among the readers, but also set off a turbulent wave among the authors.

In 2004, the web literature circle was still in its infancy. In October last year, Singularity just launched a VIP paid reading mode. Before that, writing web articles was purely for love. Most of the authors were free. Write it down, the update is extremely unstable, and the authors who can update daily are rare, and the "weekly" and "monthly" are the mainstream.

The emergence of the paid reading mode allows authors to earn some pocket money in their spare time, and their willingness to update is greatly increased.

But that's all. At this stage, no one thinks that writing novels can support their families.

However, after the news of the game adaptation of "Jianyu Jianghu" came out, many authors were immediately excited. Although they didn't know how much "Jianyu Jianghu" had brought to Jin Hezai, this undoubtedly made the authors see a new way out.

That day Xiao Ding had just turned on the computer and logged on to QQ when he heard a "didi" sound.

A look, all kinds of private messages, the author group is also very lively.

"What's going on? Did I miss something?" Xiao Ding asked curiously.

"Fuck, Master Ding, you are finally online."

"Master Ding, go to Sina.com to see why the short story [Jian Yu Jiang Hu] released before has been adapted into an online game, and the closed beta will be in February. Your Zhu Xian is more popular than [Jian Yu Jiang Hu], isn't it? Can you also work hard in this direction?"

Xiao Ding became interested when he heard it, and quickly opened Sina. Seeing that it was true, he couldn't help but feel a little envious. Zhu Xian had just been published in Baodao Province in March last year, but because it was a buyout, although the book was very popular, he only wanted to I made 2 yuan, and later it was serialized online for free, so I didn’t make any money at all.

Not only Xiao Ding, but also many well-known online novel authors at the same time, are also very envious. Some people even found Jinhe through their connections and wanted to ask some details about the game adaptation of "Sword Rain Jianghu".

Jin He Zai cannot be disclosed due to the non-disclosure agreement signed, which instead makes many authors think that Jin He Zai has made a lot of money.

In addition to letting the original author stand, Shen Lang also purchased homepage recommendations for half a month on Sina, Netease, and Sohu. In addition, in the game category in the 360 ​​browser navigation, the official website of Jianyu Jianghu also appeared in the first echelon.

Under such a powerful publicity campaign, "Sword Rain Jianghu" began to have a certain influence among the player groups in just a few days.

For a while, all major game companies were on the verge of a formidable enemy.

The grand Chen Tianqiao urgently held an executive meeting.

Tan Qunzhao first introduced the situation of Jianyu Jianghu, but Shanda's executives were a little puzzled. They didn't understand why Chen Tianqiao paid so much attention to a game that had just emerged.

Chen Tianqiao glanced at the executives present, and said in a serious tone: "Don't underestimate this game, and don't underestimate the company Inspur Technology, otherwise, we will pay a heavy price for it!"

Tang Jun paused as he turned the fingers of the pen, and reminded: "Mr. Chen, this game was only tested in February, and it will be at least April before it is officially launched. It will not have much impact on our listing plan. I think we Now the main competitor is Ninetowns, so it’s better not to make extra troubles for the time being.”

As soon as the words fell, it aroused the unanimous approval of the executives. Since Chen Tianqiao proposed the listing plan, the executives have all focused on the direction of listing. Otherwise, it will only take two years for Shanda Agent Legend. It is impossible for such a huge project to proceed so smoothly if the hearts of the people are not in harmony.

Chen Tianqiao sighed secretly. He knew that going public was the top priority at the moment, but he also knew how luxurious the current product line of Inspur Technology is. What Shen Lang lacks now is a cash cow. It's hard to hold him down anymore.

For a while, Chen Tianqiao was also caught in a tangle. On the one hand, he was planning to go public, and on the other hand, he heard the name of "Jianyu Jianghu". less than.

"I remember Jinshan has a game called Swordsman Love?" Chen Tianqiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Tan Qunzhao's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "That's right, Mr. Qiu and Shen Lang have long had grievances, so he should be happy to show Shen Lang some color."

Chen Tianqiao nodded appreciatively, and waved his hand: "Okay, Lao Tan, you can let Jinshan's president Qiu know, and besides, President Cai, 17173 should also fully cooperate."

In Cai Zhongjian's mind, tens of thousands of grass and mud horses ran wildly, but there was no way, now that 17173 has been acquired by Shanda, he is just a high-level wage earner, and he can't influence the overall situation at all.

Jinshan headquarters.

Since Lei Jun left, Qiu Bojun has carried out a major cleansing of Jinshan, and now there is only one voice inside Jinshan, which makes him very satisfied.

However, the ensuing problems also caused Qiu Bojun a headache. On the one hand, due to the excellent performance of 360 security guards in the Worm King virus incident, the user base is growing day by day, which makes the market for paid antivirus software dwindle. The revenue of Kingsoft Internet Security has shrunk by 70%. If it were not for the support of the enterprise user market, the data would not be readable.

On the other hand, due to Lei Jun's resignation, some turmoil also occurred in Xishanju, which directly led to a decrease in the income of Swordsman Love, which made Qiu Bojun heartbroken.

In order to stabilize the executives of Xishanju, Qiu Bojun can only increase their salaries, but Qiu Bojun cannot fully trust them. After all, these executives were all single-handedly promoted by Lei Jun.

If you want to talk about who will be most affected by the news of the upcoming internal test of "Sword Rain Jianghu", then it must be Qiu Bojun. Ever since he learned that Lei Jun has gone to Shenlang Technology, Qiu Bojun has been worried that Lei Jun will go to Jinshan start.

But he didn't expect this day to come so soon. When he heard the news that day, Qiu Bojun was undoubtedly struck by lightning, and he was stunned.

After the shock, there was panic. The Swordsman Love Online project was brought out by Lei Jun. No one knows this game better than Lei Jun.

"At all costs, we must never let Jianyu Jianghu become popular!"

This was Qiu Bojun's first reaction.

However, he soon discovered that he seemed unable to do it. Inspur Technology had too many cards in its hands. The diversion of the multiplayer game community and Internet cafe management software was enough to make "Jianyujianghu" have a large number of players.

On the contrary, it is him, you must know that Shen Lang still holds the online point card sales of Swordsman Love Online so far.

"Could it be that I can only be bullied?" Qiu Bojun gritted his teeth.

At this moment, the mobile phone rang, and Qiu Bojun was a little puzzled when he heard that it was actually Tan Qunzhao.

As a result, Tan Qunzhao actually said that he was willing to give Jianxia Qingyuan online the best recommended resources. Of course, the price he had to pay was that the point card agent of Jianxia Qingyuan online in the future had to be handed over to Shanda.

This is when he was dozing off, someone brought a pillow, Qiu Bojun was naturally overjoyed, and readily agreed.

"Why did Mr. Tan help me deal with Inspur Technology?"

Of course, Qiu Bojun is not stupid. Judging from Shanda's actions, it is obvious that he is targeting Inspur Technology.

Tan Qunzhao: "Why do you need to ask the boss, just remember that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, that's enough!"

(End of this chapter)