my tech museum

Chapter 41 Backstab from the Penguin

"Mr. Ma, you were the one who said at the beginning that this would force Future Technology to reduce the copyright fee of the Magic Star Engine, but the current situation doesn't look right!"

"The other party has set up its own game studio, which already speaks volumes."

"Now that Future Technology has basically mastered the domestic engine licensing market, if we enter the game field and gain a firm foothold, those of us may not be able to withstand it."

Shenzhen.

Penguin headquarters building.

In the core conference room, Ma Teng looked at the familiar figures on the screen in front of him, feeling somewhat depressed.

Originally, he took the lead in proposing a temporary boycott of the Magic Star Engine, in order to allow Future Technology to reduce the copyright fees for game development, and to strive for more benefits for these well-known domestic game companies.

But right now the copyright fee has not been reduced, and an additional 5.00% service fee has been added.

If you choose to compromise at this time, I am afraid that several other game companies will take this account to Penguin Games.

Relying on the huge resources owned by the Penguin Group in the past, in the game market, companies such as Wangyimiyou Perfect Juren may not have to be too concerned. However, the appearance of the Magic Star Engine abruptly broke the original industry structure. It is very difficult to say whether Penguin will be able to keep the market in its hands.

So in this case, Ma Teng can only bite the bullet and hold on.

Not to mention reducing the copyright fee to the ideal [-]%, at least it must be more favorable than before.

Otherwise, why make such a big fuss.

It can only be said that Penguin's position today has brought too much confidence to Ma Teng, so that he firmly believes that things will develop according to his expectations.

"I know you are concerned about your market share being affected."

After several company executives in the video stopped talking, Ma Teng took off his glasses, propped up his arms and rubbed his temples with his thumb and middle finger.

Then he raised his eyes and said in a deep voice: "However, the other party has just released the news of the first Phantom Star Engine game, and you are rushing to hold a remote video conference to ask questions. It is a bit too impatient."

"Ma Dong, what do you mean by that?" Ding Lei, the CEO of NetOne, asked in the video.

"How far the phantom star engine can go, you should know better than me."

"Using this engine to develop games is indeed very efficient, but if you want to produce a high-quality end game in such a short period of time, I am afraid it will still be somewhat difficult."

"I admit that future technology has a very strategic vision, but unfortunately it is not stable enough."

"If they can be more patient and spend more time polishing this game, it may really have an impact on our market share."

"But now, I guess there is a high probability that they will lift a rock and shoot themselves in the foot."

Ma Teng was a little surprised when Huanxing Studio suddenly appeared. He didn't expect Xu Lei's reaction to be so decisive and sophisticated.

So many backhands have been engaged in a short period of time.

Even the alliance between their game companies has been disturbed.

But he is not very optimistic about this game.

I think that the future technology must be developed in such a short period of time to make them use the mouse, but it is difficult to control the details and quality of the game in this way. When players pay a lot of money to buy a trial game, more and more loopholes and shortcomings will appear. .

At that time, Penguin only needs to use its own resources to expand public opinion.

Let the player request a refund.

Plant the impression in everyone's mind that the Magic Star engine is flawed, and that future technology is not suitable for making games.

In this way, Future Technology still has to rely on these well-known domestic game companies to earn copyright fees.

However, Ma Teng's plan was very good, but he didn't know that this terminal game stand-alone game produced by Magic Star Studio also had the assistance of a smart assistant, and the production progress was naturally much faster than that developed using the Magic Star engine alone.

at the same time.

As Ma Teng's voice fell, several people in the video inevitably fell into a brief silence, thinking about the possibility.

After about half a cup of tea, Ding Lei, the CEO of NetOne, said: "Since Mr. Ma said so, we will wait and see for a while, and we just hope that we don't end up making everyone feel bad. end."

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When the remote video conference was disconnected, Ma Teng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know how long it had been since he was so focused on one thing as he is now.

After a while.

Ma Teng put on his glasses again, raised his eyes and asked Zhang Tiandong who had been staying beside him, "How is everything going?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Ma, I've already made people stare at the game from Huanxing Studio."

"As soon as they go live at night, they're going to find out what's wrong with the game and attack it from every angle."

Facing Ma Teng's inquiry, Zhang Tiandong acted confidently, and quickly explained his arrangement.

After hearing these words, Ma Teng made sure that there was no other problem, so he waved his hands and said, "It's none of your business here, go down and get busy first."

"It's Director Ma." Zhang Tiandong nodded in response.

Then he turned around and walked outside, preparing to personally supervise the night's affairs.

But as soon as he reached the door of the office, Ma Teng's voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Wait a minute."

When Zhang Tiandong heard this shout, his body suddenly stopped.

Then turned around again, quickly walked to the desk and asked, "Director Ma, do you have any other orders?"

"Go to contact Biz and Yitian Animation to take down the copyright of the game adaptation of the spirit cage."

"Buy copyright?"

Hearing this order, Zhang Tiandong was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said after realizing it: "Ma Dong, you want to..."

"I still underestimated the future technology company. The current situation is not good for us. We must make two-handed preparations first." Ma Teng directly interrupted Zhang Tiandong's words, and took the initiative to explain the reason in a somewhat lonely tone.

And Zhang Tiandong, as the person in charge of the Penguin game business, how could he not know what Ma Teng meant.

The spirit cage is a hotly discussed topic on the Internet now, and it has the title of the first animation produced by the Magic Star Engine, coupled with its theme of doomsday wasteland and many novel settings, if it is developed into a large-scale boutique game, there must be many audience and selling points.

But in this way, it also shows that Penguin Games will use the magic star engine to develop new game projects under the company's banner.

"Mr. Ma, do we really want to accept the 20.00% copyright service fee?"

"There are other companies over there?"

Seeing that Zhang Tiandong still had objections, Ma Teng said coldly: "In any case, the interests of the company must be guaranteed first. If the game market is dominated by the Magic Star Engine in the future, whether it can take the lead will become particularly important."

"I understand Chairman Ma, I will handle this matter myself." Zhang Tiandong nodded heavily.

……

That night.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

As the first game developed and produced using the Magic Star engine, Wushenzhijie officially opened for sale, players who had already been sitting in front of the computer bought and downloaded it for trial play.

And it also includes many anchors of major live broadcast platforms, it is destined to be a sleepless night.

(End of this chapter)