Reboot 2003

Chapter 265 044: GameJam (two-in-one)

Fortunately, there probably won't be such an opportunity in the future.

When we returned to the hotel that day, Ah Yue was so sleepy that she yawned and went to bed without even having time to eat.

Chen Qin returned to his room and before boarding Fetion, he received a music text message from China Mobile. It was "Welcome to Yanjing" that Xu Lingling helped him subscribe to... It was released simultaneously with the concert today. Although Xu Lingling also sang a single , but she liked this one better... or so she said.

As for the MV, you can watch it by turning on the hotel TV.

It was broadcast everywhere. Chen Qin opened it and watched it twice. It felt exactly the same as in history. Of course, this must be an illusion. After all, I had seen this MV in my previous life. There must not be a little girl with a bun in the Drum Tower. Playing hide and seek against the wall, I guess she finally took advantage - there were hundreds of artists in this song, and she and Chen Tianjia were the only two underage girls.

Chen Tianjia was sent on a political mission. After singing the first line, he was nowhere to be found. Xu Lingling was able to hide and seek by the Drum Tower, which was a show-stealer for the artist, but it looked really cute.

Being able to pretend to be cute in front of people all over the country is probably a contribution to society.Nowadays, everyone has enough to eat, and writing code is probably no better than pleasing the masses.

But we have to write this code.

The next day... Xu Lingling finished singing, Ah Yue went to the class reunion, and her aunt also planned to have a few days of fun in Yanjing.

There will still be a long May Day holiday...that's what I originally thought.

It was just the next day that Mr. Li came to message, saying that the Shanda Innovation Institute next door wanted to cooperate with Kaitian Systems. Galaxy Investment had recently received several new cases that everyone was unsure about. As for the Red Water Fund, something suddenly happened. …

Chen Qin was anxious to go home. Anyway, since the matters here had been settled, he booked a flight back to Longshan on May [-]nd.

But it’s really time to go back.

After Xu Lingling finished singing, she had nothing to do. In fact, it was time to return to Xiangjiang. Although A Yue had driven away the old CEO, she should discuss with her family and Ali how to run the company next. Although it was good to have fun, but Now is not the time to have fun...

As the time approaches the middle of 2008, some things seem to be subtly changing.

After returning home, she stayed at home for several days. On the first day after the May Day holiday, Ah Yue came back.

Having just dismissed the CEO of a family company, Chen Qin thought that she could actually study in Lin'an nearby, but she did come back this time, and there was really nothing surprising.

So Chen Qin asked A Yue how she was doing soon and who was going to be the next CEO?
"Although Uncle Zhou is fully responsible, he was the acting CEO before. This time Ali seems to want to support someone, but considering the company's ownership, the plan is not to elect an interim CEO at all..."

A Yue held the half-organized textbook in her hand and said thoughtfully... Thinking about it, it was indeed like this; although Gu Wenjie was unconscious, he had always been the nominal CEO. Since the interim CEO resigned this time, But we can't just ignore it. Alibaba is eyeing it. Of course they won't be happy to hand over all the management of the company to a Gu family. If they directly let their people manage it, the Gu family won't feel at ease.

What's more, Yahoo's shareholding ratio is still high. If someone holds shares, they can't stop others from interfering.

Fortunately, listed companies are quite capable of dealing with situations where they need to balance the interests of all parties.

In short, Kuaikan has not elected an acting CEO. After setting up several senior executives in charge of different departments, the day-to-day management of the company will be handled by the board of directors and its subordinate executive committee.

"Now that we have seized power, let's do it well." Chen Qin said to her while looking out the window. "Although Yahoo and Alibaba have their own plans, they are essentially doing business just like your family. They are always thinking about intrigues." If you can't do anything, you should work with your adults and think carefully about how to run the company now."

This is what the truth says, and of course Ah Yue knows it.

After understanding the interests of each level of the organization, the so-called "thinking about problems from the perspective of a capitalist" itself should be something that even junior high school students can do.Now that the power of the company's board of directors has increased, since she wants the company to regain its former glory, she can now do what she wants...

Of course, look at the media. After all, the situation is special. A Yue should have considered this matter in the past few days.

She said: "After Uncle Zhou resigned, he seemed to have resigned directly from Yahoo. There has been recent internal turmoil at Yahoo, and the board of directors is discussing what to do next. They did not participate in the discussion, but it seems that the cloud service is still planned to continue."

Chen Qin wasn't asking about this, but he also knew about it...

Chen Qin asked subconsciously: "Where has he gone? I mean Manager Zhou."

A Yue shook her head: "I don't know, but it is said that he wanted to start his own business, so he went to Pengcheng."

Well, I want to start a business and make my own mobile phones, Chen Qin thought.

If Lei Jun comes, then he can directly give the Guazi mobile phone to Lei Jun to make, and then use the method of investment to divide the interests... Of course, this is an explicit statement. In order to maintain the neutrality of Kaitian OS, try to make yourself It should be very important that this person who is trying to be a referee is less like a player.

Now comes Zhou Hongyi... In fact, it is already very good, and his 360 mobile phone will be good in the future, but in short, compared to Lei Jun, he is still a little bit disgusting, and he also has a non-competition agreement with Yahoo, so he cannot go too far.

So now he wants to get his own mobile phone... But Zhou Hongyi probably does have plans to start a business. He has been tied to Yahoo for three years, and the golden period of Internet entrepreneurship in China is about to pass.

Fortunately, mobile Internet is here. For most Internet elders, it is not difficult to see the future of mobile Internet.

Probably to make up for the missed three years, Zhou Hongyi immediately left for Pengcheng...

do what?Of course it is a mobile phone brand. Although there are many things that can be done on the mobile Internet, Zhou Hongyi has the capital and connections, as well as the subordinates who follow him, so he naturally wants to do some big business. Mobile phones are a manufacturing business, so relatively speaking It is said that the threshold is higher and the ceiling is also higher.

Who are the investors?It's a Xiangjiang company called Manjun Group. Although Zhou Hongyi himself has money, 3721 has already cashed out a lot of money, and this time he resigned, he can also arbitrage Kuaikan's stocks.

However, if an individual gets money from the capital market to start a business, there is really no need to put all his wealth back; on the one hand, in order to resist risks, he needs external capital injection, and Guazi Mobile can sign a technology sharing contract with him. So Zhou Hongyi had just started his business, and now the two parties have signed a series of cooperation contracts for technology sharing, continuous investment, and business betting, and then quickly started making products.

Finally... where to do it?Of course it's Pengcheng.

Nowadays, Pengcheng represents the center of the physical manufacturing industry in China and even the world. Whether it is a mobile phone or an MP3 player, you can make it in a street in Huaqiangbei and rent a small room. Pengcheng and the surrounding electronics factories used to produce things and sell them exclusively. For foreigners, if they make more now, they will do some side business in China and sell them to Pengcheng to make a little money.

This has resulted in Pengcheng's current manufacturing costs being extremely low. All accessories and casings can be purchased on the market. I just need some glue to stick things together, and then there are white-brand mobile phones everywhere on the market.

Although of course you can't make money just by manufacturing white-brand mobile phones, Pengcheng has complete upstream and downstream facilities, is an external port, and has good policies.

Guazi Mobile may not care about the cost, and because of its relationship with Shanghai, it must be opened in Shanghai. In order to control costs, Zhou Hongyi went directly to Pengcheng.

Chen Qin knew these things, and thinking about it at the moment, A Yue said: "I don't know if it is because of this incident, the stock price of Kuaikan has gone up a little recently..."

"Yahoo itself cannot protect itself, and it is certainly a good thing to break away from Yahoo." Chen Qin said, "In addition, the U.S. stock market has been rising overall recently, and with state-owned assets at the bottom, the stock market will certainly not be able to hold up."

"Hey, what are you two talking about?"

Guo Yang turned from the front table to speak. Chen Qin and A Yue didn't know how to explain for a while, and suddenly felt a little cold.

Guo Yang was a little embarrassed and didn't know if there was any misunderstanding. He abruptly changed the topic: "Speaking of which, many people in the new era are playing Warcraft RPG recently. Song Ziyun took me to play two days ago."

Ah Yue still didn't reply, so Chen Qin became interested: "What is it, Dota?"

"You also know Dota?" Guo Yang became interested, "But it's actually Chenghai 3C. It seems there are still people playing the game."

"I haven't played much 3C," Chen Qin said, "but I have played Dota."

"I see people playing Dota in Internet cafes. Their version is simpler and killing people is more enjoyable." Guo Yang said, "Chenghai 3c is too complicated. I don't know what to do. I watched them play it for a while, but I didn't understand it." At this time, Ah Yue asked: "Have your documents been written?"

"I wrote it." Guo Yang shrugged, "But recently, my sister at the company read our documents and said that our writing was unprofessional, so they went to write it."

Chen Qin asked: "Sister from the company?"

A Yue explained: "Because the Three Kingdoms Famous Generals has been closed down recently, so I proposed to the board of directors to let their people help us make games."

Guo Yang said depressedly: "They all feel so professional. I think their copywriting is indeed better than ours."

A Yue disagreed: "No matter how powerful they are, that famous general has not yet been defeated."

Chen Qin said with a smile: "That's why I'm taking advantage of your work now in order to prove that I'm better. Although your copywriters have experience, they can still write after reading the templates. They spend eight hours a day in the office looking up information and want to win." It’s quite easy to pass you.”

Guo Yang said: "But we are students after all. I even want to drop out and work hard."

He said this seriously, and the two of them were startled.

Ah Yue looked at Chen Qin, who said: "Just take it easy! There are still many days ahead. Besides, there is only one game. If they are willing to work hard, we can also relax."

Guo Yang asked: "Then should we stop writing in the future?"

"Of course you write, but if you don't write, maybe they won't write well. Ah Yue pays you a salary, you write a token token, let them do the work, and you use the salary to play Dota, isn't this the best of both worlds? "

Ah Yue remembered a term she had been told before: "Is this the 'catfish effect'?"

"Yes, management is also a science."

Chen Qin said it as if it was funny, and both of them laughed.But after saying this, Guo Yang said: "But Song Ziyun and I also want to work hard. In fact, we also want to make games well."

Then he said depressedly: "It seems that there are a lot of things after the game was launched, and we gradually became less involved. Although the work does not seem complicated, we gradually have to coordinate the work with the people over there, consider player feedback, and cooperate with updates. Cycle, in short, it feels like..."

A Yue asked: "What do you feel?"

"I feel like I can't help anymore," Guo Yang said.

A Yue nodded. In fact, she also felt this way. Now she can speak on the board of directors of Kuaikan Media. But after all, she is a middle school student. The more she is exposed to, the more constrained she will feel. Of course, the results in the past are indeed It works, and my family is helping, but if you want to go further...

At this time, Chen Qin suggested: "How about we play another game?"

Guo Yang's eyes lit up, but Ah Yue was a little confused: "You asked me not to be half-hearted. Besides, since Friends Fight does not go to Yahoo's platform, charging is also a hurdle. We have just planned to open paid items recently, and there will be many more by then. Things are going to be busy.”

"One moment and another moment," Chen Qin said, "Now you are the project manager, but you are also a board member who can speak out. Now that you have reached this level, after promising projects enter a stable period, you should also consider letting them go to other companies. People have done it. "Friends Brawl" is now the company's main business. On the one hand, you can't drag the company forward by yourself. On the other hand, you have to give some credit to others. As for us, we are not in Lin'an and have done a lot. Coordination work may not be that easy, so just leave it to others.”

A Yue thought thoughtfully: "Okay, then how about leaving the work to those people? Just those in "Three Kingdoms"..."

"They are your subordinates. You are in charge of the project. Just let them continue their work." Chen Qin said, "As for you who are good at design, we are good at giving you a hand. If you want to make a new game, recruit more people and start from scratch. alright."

A Yue held her chin, but she looked a little excited: "Actually, the Friends Battle is almost done now, and the paid props are actually ready. They are mainly one-time props during the battle, and some more paid costumes and Decoration is another thing that increases the skill drop rate. It will be updated next. It will definitely not work if you rashly change the gameplay. I just add a little decoration and regularly launch some new content based on player feedback. It seems that there is no point in continuing to do it. Already..."

As they said that, their eyes began to shine and they looked at Chen Qin, but Chen Qin said: "What do you want to see me do? Look at the producer. I'm just giving you an opinion, what do you two want to do?"

"But we are just junior high school students after all." A Yue hesitated, "I can draw UI, and then do odd jobs..."

Guo Yang said: "We just checked the information and wrote some copywriting, but we still can't compare with the great masters."

Ah Yue said: "Yes, yes, the artist we collaborated with last time was very good, and the animators he introduced are also very good. Now the animator has come to our company, but the artist was poached by Flash Empire."

Guo Yang said: "Furthermore, Chen Qin, your code writing is very good. I heard that the boss who resigned was praising you."

Chen Qin touched his nose awkwardly, as if he was a little embarrassed by the compliment.

"In a big company, it's normal for people to come and go." Chen Qin said, "But making games mainly depends on design. Just like Internet companies need to be able to make products to be successful, games also need to have a knowledgeable producer to make them." Fun stuff.”

Then the two of them looked at Ah Yue, who felt a little embarrassed again: "I mainly think that we must need help from others to do this. And if the cost is very high and we make a game with the wrong theme, maybe it will Let the stock price fall..."

Guo Yang was a little hesitant after hearing this: "Anyway, as long as there are more people playing, it will be fine. Is that what you mean?"

Chen Qindao: "The subject matter is the subject matter. Although games are a content industry, the investment market actually does not like the content industry. They like standardization and certainty. The high added value of "Friends Brawl" lies in its continued operation. If you want to consider the stock price, You really have to think carefully about the subject matter of the game.”

Guo Yang suggested: "Then let's make another Flash game? Like Happy Farm."

A Yue said: "Many people are already making Flash games now. Flash Empire has already made many such games. If we continue to make them, the competition may be fierce."

Guo Yang said: "How about doing something else?"

"To be sure of success, of course you need to choose the latest platform, or a platform that is already very mature but others haven't started to build it yet." Chen Qin said, "This kind of platform generally has less competition, but if you want to be successful, you have to figure out how to get it." customers and make money.”

The two nodded: "What new platform is there?"

"You have to think about it yourself. My technology stack is quite comprehensive. As long as it's not too complicated, I can write some code." Chen Qin said, "But as I said just now, games are content products after all. , no matter what, the first and most important thing is to make the content good. Besides, investors are not devils after all. As long as you work hard, even if the final result is not good, at least the existing investors will not complain too much. "

The question seemed to be back to the beginning, and Guo Yang asked: "Then what kind of game should we make?"

A Yue had no plan this time: "I don't know anymore, I just want to play games, and then..."

He laughed as he said it, but Chen Qin said: "When making games, inspiration may be very important, but you can still make games without inspiration. We can start and then slowly figure out how to do it and what to do."

Guo Yang also remembered: "We can continue agile development, or we can discuss it ourselves first. We can have a small meeting after school, and then slowly think of ways to 'iterate' like last time. Speaking of the original idea last time, This version is completely different from the last version..."

Ah Yue thought about it, but Chen Qin said: "You don't have to be so formal about playing games, but it's better to shorten the time. Going to a milk tea shop to discuss it at the last minute is too stressful, so why don't we make it this weekend."

Guo Yang nodded: "Well, let's spend the weekend discussing what games to make."

Chen Qin said: "I'm not saying this, I'm saying you can relax a little. Recently there is a new term on European and American forums called GameJam."

The two were confused: "GameJam?"

Chen Qin said: "The name is not important. Anyway, since we are veterans, it is time to pursue speed. How about we learn this. In short, just spend a weekend and make a game directly."

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