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Chapter 705: Reluctant to let go of the child but unable to trap the wolf

Li Dongling rescued Chen Tao not because he was a direct descendant of the Hanxi Jiaotong University gang or anything like that. Those things had no meaning at all to Li Dongling.

The Shenzhou computer project has been burning money like water, but as Chen Tao said, not all of the money was spent by the Shenzhou computer hardware research and development team.

The Shenzhou computer launched by Dongling Hi-Tech is definitely not as good as HP, Dell and other brands equipped with Intel's latest chips in terms of performance.

As early as the beginning of the preparation of Shenzhou computer, the plan was to make this computer the "smoothest" computer in history.

That is to say, the computer hardware and system, as well as chips, graphics cards and other components are controlled as one, and the software installed in the Shenzhou computer is optimized to the extreme, allowing people who use the Shenzhou computer to have an unprecedented "silky" feeling.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to continuously optimize Shenzhou computers, Microsoft systems, Dongxin Semiconductor graphics cards, Kingsoft software, and Xishanju games.

For Chen Tao, his main task is not to assemble a computer, but to constantly deploy troops like a commander.

Let hardware manufacturers such as chips, graphics cards, screens, as well as software, game and other companies, continue to cooperate with Shenzhou Computer to make adjustments.

A considerable portion of Shenzhou Computer's funds were actually spent on various partners, asking them to cooperate with Shenzhou Computer in research and development. Otherwise, how could it be possible to burn so much money?

Li Dongling was aware of this and that's why he helped Chen Tao out of the predicament.

Looking around and glancing at everyone in the conference room, Li Dongling asked Zou Tao, the general manager of Xishanju, "What is the current status of the game that Xishanju developed exclusively for Shenzhou Computer?!"

Previously, Li Dongling joined forces with Kingsoft, Founder, and New Oriental to form Xishanju, with the goal of letting it develop exclusive games for Dongling Hi-Tech.

Last year, when Dongling Hi-Tech launched the Shenzhou electronic dictionary, it proved that this tactic was effective. The electronic dictionary is known as a handheld game console, and it is not an exaggeration.

The "Feng Mo Ji" game developed by Xishanju for electronic dictionaries is very popular among players. It is an indisputable fact that at least a considerable number of users choose to buy the machine because of the game on the electronic dictionary.

The second-generation electronic dictionary, which will be released this year, is equipped with two games, "Happy Match 3" and "Legend of Heroes", and is expected to attract a larger number of game users to buy electronic dictionaries.

How do I put it? People who use electronic dictionaries to learn English may never get the hang of games.

Similarly, people who buy a computer just to play the above games probably won’t be able to learn it no matter how much the Shenzhou electronic dictionary is optimized or how many words are updated. The two users are clearly divided...

Just like a computer, some people rely on it to make a living, while others simply use it as a tool for watching videos and playing games.

What Dongling Hi-Tech can do is to do its best to meet the needs of users in the two major camps of learning foreign languages ​​and playing games.

Now it is the turn of Shenzhou Computer, and Xishanju is needed to work hard to develop exclusive computer games for Shenzhou Computer!

Hearing this, Zou Tao did not dare to neglect it and said hurriedly, "The Swordsman Love developed by Xishanju for Shenzhou Computer has now entered the testing phase and will be specially optimized for Shenzhou Computer in the future!"

The game developed by Xishanju for Shenzhou Computer is Swordsman Love. The funds for the game development were all provided by the Shenzhou Computer Project Department and were also counted as part of the Shenzhou Computer R&D project.

“Swordsman Love will be developed as soon as possible. No matter how it runs on other computers, it must run smoothly on Shenzhou computers without any lag!

After the Shenzhou computer goes on sale, we will use this game for promotions. If necessary, you can buy a computer and give away the game of Swordsman Love as a promotional activity!"

Li Dongling said directly, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. If a game can really boost the sales of computers, what's wrong with giving it away? !

Anyway, in the current environment of genuine software, all kinds of pirated and copycat software are rampant. Xishanju can't sell many copies of the genuine Swordsman Romance.

In the previous life, Xishanju's Swordsman Romance 1 was a huge hit in China after its launch, but the reason for its critical acclaim and popularity was not because it did not sell well, but because the sales of copycat and pirated game discs exceeded the genuine ones!

Swordsman Love 1 sold a total of 2.5 copies, each set costing 125 yuan, with a total profit of about three million yuan. It seems like a lot, but in fact, it is completely incomparable to its popularity!
Instead of letting counterfeit products take advantage, it is better to do the opposite and use this game directly to promote Shenzhou computers. Who knows, there may be unexpected results.

When Zou Tao heard about the strategy of giving away a Swordsman Online stand-alone game disc when buying a computer, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

Swordsman Love is Xishanju's first computer game. The entire Xishanju has invested huge efforts in it. Zou Tao would naturally be unwilling if it was just treated as a "gift".

But he also understood that the development funds for Swordsman Love came from Shenzhou Computer, and this project was of completely different importance than the game. No matter how reluctant Zou Tao was, he knew which one was more important to Dongling Hi-Tech.

Li Dongling saw Zou Tao lowering his head. Li Dongling did not want to dampen the enthusiasm of Xishanju. After all, Xishanju would be needed to develop more supporting games for Dongling Hi-Tech's products in the future. Moreover, games would definitely be a cash cow in the future. Xishanju's status would also become higher and higher. Li Dongling did not want Xishanju to fail.

After thinking for a moment, Li Dongling said to Zou Tao, "Xishanju has two choices!"

“The first option is to wait until Swordsman Romance is completed and then have Shenzhou Computer buy out its inland copyright!

The second option is that Xishanju can choose to adopt a profit-sharing system like the previous Tianya Company.

Every time Shenzhou Computer sells a machine, it can share a certain percentage of the revenue with Xishanju!"

Previously, after Tianya Internet Company was established, the first product it launched was the Tianya Pinyin Input Method, but it was also worried about rampant piracy and that it could not be sold at a good price.

Therefore, Tianya Company cooperated with Shenzhou USB flash drive and launched an activity in which one could get Tianya Pinyin input method software for free by buying a Shenzhou USB flash drive. The result was that it directly changed the entire domestic computer input method landscape and even brought computers into the era of universal access, taking a crucial step!
Nowadays, the Wubi input method is no longer as good as it used to be. Almost all computer novices use the Tianya input method to type.

Now, as we have not yet entered the Internet age, it is impossible to count the market share of input methods, but according to conservative estimates, 70% or even 80% of domestic computer users may use the Tianya Pinyin input method.

Zou Tao's eyes lit up, he was no stranger to the name of Tianya Pinyin Input Method. Even in the domestic software industry, Tianya Pinyin Input Method was a classic case!

Tianya Pinyin Input Method and Shenzhou U disk complement each other. The former relies on the latter to achieve sales and revenue, and the latter relies on the former to open up sales in one fell swoop. It can be said to be one of the most classic cases in the history of domestic software.

Until now, Tianya Pinyin input method is still bundled with Shenzhou USB flash drive. Every time a new generation of Tianya input method is launched, it is sold through Shenzhou USB flash drive.

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"I choose the second one!"

Zou Tao said in a deep voice, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was sold in a bundle with Shenzhou computers. He didn't know whether the miracle of Tianya Pinyin input method and Shenzhou USB flash drive could be replicated, but he wanted to give it a try."

Li Dongling nodded. He was not surprised by Zou Tao's choice.

However, this option also has benefits for Shenzhou Computer, especially when it started to promote the chain of Internet cafes. Purchasing a Shenzhou computer would come with the game "Swordsman Love Story", which attracted many Internet cafe owners to buy Shenzhou computers.

“Not only Swordsman Love, but also other games on the market now, Shenzhou computers will also be optimized.

For example, for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", we can contact its developer and have the game deeply optimized with Shenzhou computers, or even buy out the copyright of the game in mainland China.

In addition, games such as Quake, Red Alert, Age of Empires, and Heroes of the Three Kingdoms should also contact their development teams to optimize them based on the configuration of Shenzhou computers!"

Fortunately, there are not many games on the market now, and Shenzhou Computer can spend money to let these game development teams optimize the games. In a few years, there will be hundreds or thousands of games on the market, and it will be impossible to play them like this.

Games will be the most important means of publicity and promotion for the Shenzhou computer's release this time. No matter what the configuration of the Shenzhou computer is, when you use it to play games without any lag, who dares to say it is not good?

Li Dongling passed Zou Tao and asked the conference phone on the table in front of him, "How is the development progress of Master Lu's software at Tianya Company?"

The voice of Guo Jingyun, general manager of Tianya Company, came from the conference phone.

"The Master Lu software has been basically developed and will begin testing next week. Tianya Company will definitely not delay the release of the Shenzhou computer!"

Guo Jingyun issued a military order. He was also a direct descendant of Dongling Hi-Tech and a member of the Hanxi Jiaotong University gang. Guo Jingyun fully cooperated with Chen Tao.

"In addition, Tianya Forum, Tianya Sports, and..."

At the Tianya Company headquarters in Zhongguancun, Yanjing, Guo Jingyun glanced at Zhou Hongyi and Wang Jiangmin who were sitting next to him, and continued, "Yahoo Mainland Company and Jiangmin Antivirus Software will also fully cooperate with Shenzhou Computer to deeply optimize the software and Shenzhou Computer!"

After Guo Jingyun, heads of departments such as Doxin Semiconductor and Oriental Optoelectronics began to report one after another.

"The Tianji chip is currently being optimized in the Shenzhou computer. Once its functions are determined, the Tianji chip will go into mass production!" Wu Xinyi stated.

Lin Qijian also said, "We are also optimizing and debugging the Tianji chip process. It is expected that after large-scale mass production, the cost of the Tianji chip will drop further!"

"BOE will start trial production of computer screens for Shenzhou Computer next month!"

(End of this chapter)