You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 436

The boss says he wants to copy, what can the subordinates say?
You can't say that plagiarism is not allowed. You should persuade them tactfully by saying that plagiarism is difficult or will affect subsequent scheduling.

But if the boss is very strong, then no amount of persuasion will be of any use.

The people present can be said to be the management and backbone of the "Zhengtu" development team, and they are very familiar with Shi Yuzhu's style.

Shi Yuzhu can be said to be a heavy game player. He was dissatisfied with playing card-based games at first, so he wanted to make an online game that charged for props.

Therefore, during the research and development process, Shi Yuzhu put forward many opinions and suggestions. As the boss and veteran player, he has a high say in the general direction of the game.

Of course, Shi Yuzhu doesn’t understand research and development, and his ideas and opinions are organized and implemented by these R&D backbones.

After all, no matter how good the plan is, it needs to be implemented.

Shi Yuzhu has been in the business world for so many years, so he is clear about this principle.

But something is not right now.

Yue Tao did not simply vent his dissatisfaction at this meeting, but the situation was getting a little out of control.

Shi Yuzhu is now heavily addicted to "Warring States OL". He has recharged hundreds of thousands of yuan in just one month, but he has not become the top fighter in the entire server.

The more he played, the more he felt that "Warring States OL" was the online game that best suited his ideas, so he began to constantly ask others to learn from his opponent's strengths.

The backbone members of the R&D team are exhausted. The boss asks them to copy whatever he sees as good, and they can no longer continue with the practice of copying first and then talking about it.

Yue Tao said fiercely: "If you see something good, just copy it. If you see something good, just copy it. What are we doing with the expedition? Let's just switch to the Warring States period."

"Everything is someone else's. Our own designs have all been overturned. What else do we need to do? Just find a few executive planners to copy them."

Lin Haixiao frowned, "Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity."

Ji Xuewei sighed, "It's not that easy to copy. Now a lot of things have been changed, and the numerical system also needs to be rebuilt. The key is time. Lao Ding, we don't have much time left."

Ding Qiang's face was as gloomy as water, and he said slowly: "The current tentative plan is to conduct a public beta test in early May, and officially start charging in June."

"Impossible." Yue Tao objected directly, "They said March before, then they said they wanted to read "Warring States" and changed it to April, and now they say they want to change it to May."

"There's only one month left, and so many things need to be changed. Will we just release them without testing? That's too risky. What if there are bugs?"

Ding Qiang replied, "We still have one month left, and time is indeed a bit tight. I hope everyone can unite as one and complete the project."

"This is not only related to the entire company and the entire team, but also to your own interests."

"The ZT project has been successfully launched, and the subsequent bonuses will be huge, beyond your imagination."

"Even if it's for your own sake, you have to fight for it."

"We can work together, but now we are changing our mind so often that we have no idea of ​​the direction." Yue Tao said angrily, "If we want to complete the revision within a month, the prerequisite is that Mr. Shi should not ask us to make revisions too frequently."

"Otherwise we won't have time to do anything, and we can't even make changes."

Lin Haixiao also said: "This method of copying is not acceptable now. We need to have a good talk with Mr. Shi."

"This kind of plagiarism will only mess up our own position, and it's too late with only one month."

"I think we should be more confident, instead of blindly imitating others, we should create our own things."

Everyone in the conference room was silent and no one spoke.

Be more confident and say it easily.

What constitutes authority in the gaming industry, of course, depends on how much you can earn.

As long as you succeed, even if what you make is shit, then whatever you say is right.

If others think you are wrong, then it must be that they are wrong.

As long as you are successful, there will be people who will follow suit, imitate, or even plagiarize whatever shit you do.

But plagiarism...

No, it should be said that reference and tribute are very common in the gaming industry.

From the game type to the gameplay, to the art style, all can be borrowed and paid tribute to.

There are even many online games that can be reproduced one-to-one, with just slightly different styles based on the original.

When it comes to imitation and tribute, Penguin is the most experienced.

Someone once joked that the penguin's success was due to copying.

The Penguin company woke up at some point in its early days and began to borrow and copy crazily.

Under this model, Penguin naturally has a bad reputation among most Internet companies, because its replication poses more or less of a threat to general Internet companies. Although Penguin's imitations are mostly not very successful, once it settles in the industry, it will defeat a group of early practitioners.

Many Internet entrepreneurs are asked the same question when facing venture capital.

What would you do if Penguin copied your model and ideas?
The vast majority of entrepreneurs will remain silent when asked because they don’t know what to do.

In the gaming industry, being copied by a Penguin-owned studio is also very scary for other peers.

Because Penguin has an advantage that no one else has, that is the powerful QQ user base.

With a huge number of QQ users, it naturally brings huge traffic. With the continuous development of the domestic Internet, the number of QQ users is also growing rapidly, and this advantage is becoming more and more obvious.

In fact, the most threatening thing about Penguin is its huge user platform.

If you see a successful game on the market, you can just find a team to copy it, and then use your own advantages to promote it. Will you be able to be successful?

The answer is, no.

You should know that copying is a very technical activity and it is not something you can learn just by looking at it a few times or playing around.

Almost every hit has been plagiarized, but few can surpass the original.

Those who follow the trend and copy others basically want to take advantage of the popularity and make a quick buck. No one has ever thought about becoming a huge hit because it is even more unrealistic than winning the lottery.

Many projects die directly in the process of plagiarism, and only a few of them can make it to online testing.

After all, a certain level of technical strength is still required in the research and development process, and it is difficult to build a team with strong technical strength and good teamwork.

Other people’s game mechanics may seem simple, but when you try to replicate them you find that your skills are simply not up to that level. Forcing them to work will only result in various crashes and bugs, forcing you to give up some functions.

When some functions were abandoned, the whole project went in a weird direction, and in the end, a game that no one knew what it was was produced.

Even with such a team, it still depends on the level of the producer.

The quality of producers varies greatly, just like the directors in the film and television industry, the strong ones are really strong, and the mediocre ones are really mediocre.

As we all know, those with strong abilities in an industry are a minority and the majority are mediocre.

The position of producer is no exception. Producers with strong abilities and high qualities are rare, and most of them can even be described as mediocre.

The word "idiot" is more appropriate to describe it.

Adequate R&D funds, a knowledgeable boss who will not interfere, capable producers and a R&D team with strong execution capabilities, an experienced operation and distribution team, and a bit of luck, these factors together can create a successful game.

Normally, you will encounter tight funds, bosses who know nothing and interfere in everything, producers with confused brains, and all kinds of weird employees.

Therefore, it is very normal for a project to be cut off during the R&D stage. 70% of the projects can be screened out from project establishment to testing.

Even if it can pass the test, has no major bugs, and the data is barely acceptable, it can be truly charged for public beta testing. The next step is to wait for the market to test it.

Some games are well-made and the team is dedicated, but they just don’t become popular. This is purely a matter of luck.

Of course, these are extremely rare examples.

What we often see are all kinds of junk works, works that are junk no matter how you look at them, or works that look beautifully packaged but are actually junk.

Most of the domestic online games are numerical games, and the numerical system can be said to be the soul of them.

It is relatively easy to copy the gameplay, art style, and other aspects, but it is almost impossible to copy the numerical system.

Because in the process of copying online games, due to various situations, it is inevitable to make certain modifications, and the overall numerical system will be modified accordingly.

Even if you can get the numerical table of the tribute object, this set of things is not very useful, and may even have a negative effect.

Moreover, different operators will choose different commercialization models, and their requirements are also different, which will force the R&D team to modify the numerical system to adapt to the rhythm of the operating platform.

This will put a great test on the design capabilities of numerical planners and producers.

Therefore, plagiarism is not a panacea and may lead to your own death. After the meeting, Lin Haixiao, Ding Qiang and Ji Xuewei came to Shi Yuzhu's office to give a collective admonition.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the boss sitting in front of the computer, operating the keyboard and mouse frantically with his hands, and he was very absorbed in the game.

The three people looked at each other and stood there, no one daring to speak first.

But Shi Yuzhu soon noticed them and said, "You came at the right time. Take a look at this thing."

The three of them walked to the computer and looked at the screen following Shi Yuzhu's finger.

"See, there is no strengthening protection charm. This is to prevent the weapon from breaking when strengthening. And this guarantee charm is to increase the success rate." Shi Yuzhu pointed at the two props, "Two new props from the Warring States Period, what do these mean?"

"This shows that the campus network's operators responded quickly to player feedback. Players were very dissatisfied with the weapons breaking during the enhancement process, so they immediately launched an improvement plan."

"This plan is not simply to prevent the weapon from breaking, but to come up with a protective item to make money from you again."

"We need to learn this idea carefully. Everything is designed as a paid prop."

The three people felt their scalps tingling after hearing this, and secretly complained in their hearts that the campus network was really dark.

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Shi Yuzhu touched his chin and said, "But I always feel that there seems to be something wrong with their enhancement probability. Why does a 50% enhancement success rate always fail? It has happened four or five times in a row."

"Lao Ji, you are a numerical expert, can you tell me about it?"

Ji Xuewei thought for a moment and replied, "This should be a pseudo-random probability. Showing a 50% success rate for enhancement does not mean that you have a 50% chance of success."

Shi Yuzhu frowned, "You mean his enhancement probability statement is wrong, right? In fact, the enhancement probability is not that high?"

"It should be." Ji Xuewei was a little uncertain.

Shi Yuzhu didn't dwell on this and picked up a notebook from the table. "I have recorded in detail the consumption of weapons from enhancement +1 to +10. It seems that the consumption has increased since the third weapon. What's the reason?"

Ji Xuewei was a little confused, "Really? You didn't remember it wrong, did you?"

"How is that possible? I counted them one by one, and I recorded them every time I strengthened them." Shi Yuzhu said firmly, "It's just that the consumption has increased."

Not only Ji Xuewei didn't understand, but everyone else was even more confused.

"Maybe this is the strengthening mechanism of "Warring States OL". Lin Haixiao said uncertainly.

"Then can we copy it?" Shi Yuzhu asked.

"Uh..." Ji Xuewei said immediately, "This is not very difficult technically, but it will be troublesome to adjust the numerical value."

"I don't care how to achieve it, I just want to copy this." Shi Yuzhu emphasized again.

"There's one more thing. Can you guys help me research this? The second place on this list is very close to me. Can you guys tell me how I can spend money to distance myself from him?"

Ding Qiang couldn't hold it in any longer and said, "Mr. Shi, there are so many changes, and we don't have enough time. Didn't we schedule the public beta test in May? If we have to change it, should we postpone the public beta test date?"

"The public beta date cannot be postponed." Shi Yuzhu directly shattered the fantasy of several people. "The date has been set and cannot be changed."

Once the public beta date is determined, it is basically impossible to postpone it, especially for key projects. The more important the project, the less likely it is to be postponed.

Because the company has invested huge resources in key projects, including publicity, promotion and traffic diversion.

Other departments make publicity and promotion plans according to the scheduled date. Once implemented, they cannot be changed and the cost of changes is very high.

Furthermore, once the deadline is postponed, all those advertising and promotion resources will be wasted because you have breached the contract and the advertising and promotion company will not refund the money.

The market competition is fierce. If you withdraw, other competitors will immediately take your place and occupy your time slot.

When they heard that there was no chance of postponement, everyone was nervous.

Shi Yuzhu stared at the computer screen for a while, then suddenly looked up and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with the second place on the battle power list? Why can't I close the gap with him no matter how much money I recharge?"

Everyone was stunned. Lin Haixiao hesitated. "Maybe they have also recharged money?"

Shi Yuzhu frowned, very unhappy, "Are there so many rich people?"

……

Liu Kun, the producer of Pixel Studio, walked into the operation department with a smile on his face and greeted everyone, "Mr. Zhou, congratulations. I heard that your monthly turnover has exceeded 50 million. You are very rich."

"It's all thanks to the hard work of the brothers." Zhou Yuan said with a smile, "Brother Kun, your project will be tested soon, let me know if you need anything."

"No need. I heard that our project has been handed over to Penguin for operation." Liu Kun smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I can't cooperate with you anymore."

"Hey, why did you ask Penguin to do that? Our own operational capabilities are not bad either." Zhou Yuan was very surprised.

"This was decided by President Qin." Liu Kun sighed, "Maybe he has some agreement with Penguin."

Zhou Yuan also felt sorry about it, but now that "Warring States OL" has just been launched, it is the time when it is making a lot of money. According to general market rules, "Warring States OL" can at least operate for four to five years.

In the past four or five years, the game company has been able to produce several games, so the operations department certainly has no shortage of projects to work on.

An operations staff member ran over and whispered, "Boss Zhou, that giant from server 1 has recharged another 100,000 platinum and wants us to give him a weapon that won't break. Do you agree to that?"

"Impossible, tell him we don't have such weapons." Zhou Yuan thought for a moment, "You can tell him to give him some more protection charms and backup charms."

"Also, the enhancement rate you set is too high. It shows 50% but you adjusted it to 5% in the background. The big players are not stupid and they must be unhappy. You should raise it a bit."

The operator agreed, and then asked, "Boss Zhou, Giant Platinum has recharged another 100,000. The gap between us and the second place in terms of combat power will be widened today. We will also fight for the Royal City tonight."

"Then give the second place more gold ingots, so that he can also improve his combat power." Zhou Yuan then reminded, "Let our staff take it easy, and don't increase their combat power too much, or they will surpass the number one on the list."

"The royal city will be given to No. 1 today, so don't fight for it."

Liu Kun was surprised. "You guys also arranged a babysitter in the game?"

"Well, that's not called a shill." Zhou Yuan explained, "Boss Qin said that this is a special operations staff."

"Hehe." Liu Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Boss Qin's operation idea is really... hehe."

Zhou Yuan also smiled and said nothing.

Whether it is illegal or not is another matter, as long as you can make money, that’s fine.

Didn’t you see that these players were charging money into the account? This shows that Mr. Qin has a good grasp of the psychology of these players.

The two of them were tactful enough not to continue discussing President Qin's operating methods, and walked towards the meeting room together.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Qin Shaoyan holding a pile of documents and checking them. "Brother Kun is here, come and sit down."

Liu Kun sat next to Qin Shaoyan and asked, "Boss Qin, when will someone from Penguin come so we can make a demo version in advance."

"It will probably be in the next few days." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "Well, it should be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The demo version can be made in advance."

"You don't have to make it too formal. Just show them the development version. Penguin is very confident in the quality of our game."

"This is all thanks to President Qin's reputation." Liu Kun said with a smile.

This may sound like flattery, but Liu Kun still has some sincerity in it.

"Warring States OL" emerged as a dark horse and quickly achieved the goal of 600,000 online users, surpassing the record set by "Legend" that year.

The revenue in the first month after its launch was nearly 60 million, which shocked all peers. Everyone predicted that "Warring States OL" would achieve even higher results in the future.

This performance is enough to prove Qin Shaoyan's status in the gaming industry. Many companies are rushing to cooperate with him, hoping that Mr. Qin can customize an online game for them.

Penguin had already reached an agreement with Qin Shaoyan on cooperation in FPS online games, and when they heard that Qin Shaoyan had created a new type of online game, they immediately agreed to continue the cooperation.

"Brother Kun, there is something you need to do for me." Qin Shaoyan reminded him, "For the overseas version of "Warring States OL", we need to find someone to translate the text in advance."

"Ah." Liu Kun was very surprised. "Has an overseas operating company come to discuss cooperation so soon?"

"If they don't come, we can take the initiative to look for them." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "It's better to prepare for a rainy day than to cram at the last minute."

"Okay." Liu Kun nodded. "Overseas versions are usually in South Korea and Vietnam."

"We can also consider Thailand, and we also need a traditional Chinese version." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "Let's make an English version as well."

“We also want to make an Arabic version.”

"Ah?" Liu Kun was very surprised. "Arabic version?"

"Next, we plan to open up the Middle East market." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "There are a lot of rich people there."

(End of this chapter)