game trailblazer

Chapter 130 Zhao Haiguang's Ambition
Back in the office, Zhang Lexing dialed the phone number he found from the note pad, but the ring rang for a long time but no one answered. "Could it be that Wang Mengyao misremembered the phone number?" Zhang Lexing murmured in his heart.

Just as the phone in his hand was put back to its original position, the phone rang suddenly. Zhang Lexing subconsciously reached out to pick up the receiver and brought it to his ear. A somewhat familiar voice came from the receiver: "Is Mr. Zhang Lexing in?"

"I am Zhang Lexing, who are you?"

"I'm Zhao Haiguang, we talked about it at the game industry seminar last year, remember?"

"Remember, of course I still remember, Chairman Zhao called specially, there must be something important?"

"I can't say whether it's important or not, but I had a great conversation with you last time. What you said really benefited me a lot. Unfortunately, because I was busy with work, I couldn't take the time to contact you again. When I have time , but I heard that you have gone abroad, so I had to call often to ask. I didn't expect to be lucky today, and I ran into it. I don't know if Mr. Zhang has time. I want to ask you out to talk about the game industry face to face. "

Zhang Lexing pondered for a while, this Zhao Haiguang is quite enthusiastic about the game industry, so he can just go and find out what achievements the Electronic Game Machine Branch has made in the past half a year.

"Okay, President Zhao, where shall we meet?"

"I'll pick you up by car, Mr. Zhang, your name is Beihang Building, right?"

"Yes, it's near the Madian Bridge."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, wait for a while, you will be there in 15 minutes."

After Zhang Lexing hung up the phone, he went to the sofa next to him and sat down. At this moment, Ma Guanghai came over and asked, "Boss, let me go with you."

"No, it should be fine." Zhang Lexing waved his hand and said.

"Boss, what about your safety?"

"Well," Zhang Lexing pondered for a while, and said, "If you are worried, you can drive a car to follow, but if nothing happens, don't show up."

"Good boss." Ma Guanghai nodded.

……

Fourteen minutes and 35 seconds later, just as Zhang Lexing arrived downstairs at the Beihang Building, he saw a black Santana parked on the side of the road. The window glass was slowly rolled down, just revealing the figure of Zhao Haiguang, who was inside the car He waved his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang, here!"

Zhang Lexing also waved his hand, walked a few steps to the side of Santana, opened the car door and got in.As soon as he sat down, Zhang Lexing turned sideways and said to Zhao Haiguang: "President Zhao, I'm sorry to trouble you to drive here yourself."

"Wherever it is, it's just on the way." Zhao Haiguang said politely.

"President Zhao, where are we going next?"

"Well, since you have been abroad, you should get used to drinking coffee. Why don't you go to the cafe opened by a friend of mine. The coffee there is not bad."

Zhang Lexing has also drank so-called coffee several times in China in the past few years, all of which are made with coffee powder, and some things are added indiscriminately.This time he wanted to drink coffee again, Zhang Lexing didn't want to suffer this again, so he quickly declined, "No need to be so troublesome."

Zhao Haiguang is very good at observing words and expressions, and he actually heard Zhang Lexing's implication. He started the car and said with a smile: "Mr. I can’t get used to the coffee made from those coffee powders, so I opened such a coffee shop, all the coffee beans I bought from abroad are ground and brewed by myself. How about it, let’s try it together.”

It is actually coffee made from coffee beans, which is still relatively rare in China, Zhang Lexing couldn't help being tempted, and nodded quickly.

……

Zhao Haiguang's car stopped within 10 minutes after driving out, and Zhang Lexing asked in surprise, "Is it there?"

"Yes." Zhao Haiguang nodded, "This is it."

Zhang Lexing got out of the car and took a look. This is the place he usually passed by on his way to and from get off work. It can be said that he is already familiar with it. Not to mention coffee beans, there is not even a cafe that uses coffee powder.Zhang Lexing couldn't help pointing with his fingers and asked, "Is it really this?"

After Zhao Haiguang got off the car, he nodded again with certainty: "That's right, it's here."

"But it doesn't even have a cafe signboard."

"Look," Zhao Haiguang pointed to a five-story building next to him and said, "Actually, it's on the third floor above that. My friend said that the shop is not actually for making money, but mainly for drinking authentic coffee." , just don’t want to hang a signboard below, so it has been open for more than a year, and few people know that there is a coffee shop here. In fact, some of his friends often come here, but the coffee he makes tastes really good. "

Unexpectedly, there are such weird people who open a shop without expecting anyone to come to them. No wonder I never knew there was a coffee shop here. Zhang Lexing shook his head slightly, sighing in his heart.

Following Zhao Haiguang up to the third floor, Zhang Lexing saw a cafe after pushing open a very ordinary door. , it looks like it is used to process coffee, and the words "Kabu Coffee" are faintly written on the wall behind the bar.Not far from the bar, there are three half-height bookshelves filled with books of various colors, which just separate the bar from the area where the seats are placed.Beyond the bookshelf is the largest area in the cafe, with six coffee tables scattered around it, and there are many green plants around, but it seems that there is no one there.

After entering the door, Zhao Haiguang walked inside and shouted unceremoniously: "Wang Shuo, here comes a guest."

After shouting a few times, a person suddenly appeared from under the bar and said angrily, "Okay, okay, stop shouting, I already knew you were coming in."

"Introduce a friend to you, Zhang Lexing, who has stayed abroad like you and worked in game development." Zhao Haiguang pointed to the man behind the bar and introduced to Zhang Lexing: "Wang Shuo, the owner of this cafe. "

Standing behind the bar, Wang Shuo wiped a rag and replied: "Zhao Haiguang, I knew that you couldn't do without the game. But there is still progress. I used to be friends who played games, and now I finally If you have friends who play games, it will be more convenient for you to play in the future.”

"You're making fun of me again. There's nothing wrong with liking games. Well, give me two cups of coffee. I have something to talk to my friends about."

Zhang Lexing smiled at Wang Shuo behind the bar as a gesture of greeting, then followed Zhao Haiguang to a coffee table and sat down.

"President Zhao, let's talk about it now." Although Zhang Lexing is not impatient, but the habit he has developed over the years will not waste time on unnecessary things casually, so he has no intention of spending time here leisurely. If Zhao Haiguang said If things are not to your liking, it is better to go back and study new game development.

"Mr. Zhang, since you ask this question, then I won't go around in circles. For more than half a year, the video game machine branch has not achieved anything, except for a seminar last year, which developed some member units and collected some Membership fees, the president, they are all busy with their own affairs, and they don't pay attention to the game industry at all. This year, they started to care about the video game console branch again, but what they care about is when the so-called seminar will be held this year, How many member units can be developed at that time. I feel very disappointed. If it continues like this, the game industry will never be established in 100 years. As far as I know, some responsible industry associations will do some research on industry development, and will Give some guidance to the development direction of member units, but we only care about the membership fee! Mr. Zhang, do you think this is still like an industry association?" Zhao Haiguang became more and more excited as he talked, and couldn't help but slapped heavily Take a look at the table.

Immediately, Wang Shuo's voice came over: "Zhao Haiguang, we didn't let you take photos of our coffee table casually, and we won't entertain you in the future."

Hearing this, Zhao Haiguang quickly apologized again and again: "Sorry, sorry, I was too excited just now, I will be careful, Brother Shuo, don't be angry."

Zhang Lexing watched this scene and found it very interesting. This Wang Shuo is really a weirdo. Zhao Haiguang was right when he said that he didn't open the cafe for making money.

"Sigh..." Zhao Haiguang sighed: "Mr. Zhang, last time I heard you talk about some ideas about the game industry, which inspired me a lot. What do you think should be done in this situation?"

"Actually, this matter is difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say. The key is to see how determined you are. In your heart, how much weight does the game play in President Zhao's heart? Whether the domestic game industry is developing or not depends on you. Do you care?"

"I said it last year. I started playing games with the Atari 2600. I have never fallen behind for so many years. Even if my family objected, I still did not change my mind. After I started my own business, the situation changed. For the better, at least I no longer need to ask my parents for help to buy a certain game. It can be said that games have become an inseparable part of my life. As for the domestic game industry, there is nothing but knowing that there is a Tianzhiyuan I know, if I hadn’t participated in the video game branch last year, I would not have known that there are so many companies engaged in the game industry in China. Of course I am very concerned about the development of the domestic game industry, and basically all the games I have played It is a foreign game. Although there are many of them I am addicted to, but I have rarely seen domestic games, which always makes me feel a kind of regret. Foreign games are very beautifully produced, but after all, they are not compatible with our cultural atmosphere. There are differences, and some of the games that represent Chinese history are often misleading. It would be great if the domestic game industry can develop, and maybe we can have a lot of shortcomings. Therefore, when I joined the video game branch, it was With the idea of ​​revitalizing the domestic game industry, I hope that with the help of the association, domestic game companies will grow stronger, and one day industry giants like Nintendo and Sega will be born." Zhao Haiguang shook his head and sighed: "Oh, It's a pity that the reality is always not so satisfactory."

"Since Chairman Zhao has such ambitions, let me just say a few words." Zhang Lexing has always had a game dream in his heart, hoping that the domestic game industry can reach a height compared with foreign countries, and foreign players can launch games for a domestic company. The game is crazy, and domestic players can happily play Chinese game consoles and Chinese version of game masterpieces.This idea has been buried in my heart and I rarely say it out. Thinking that today I found that Zhao Haiguang had a similar idea. Although he thought slightly differently because of his different positions, everyone was for the same goal. We can have one more partner to work together.

"President Zhao, if the domestic game industry wants to revitalize, it must have policies to encourage development, a good industry atmosphere, and a large enough domestic market. If the Electronic Game Machine Branch really wants to play a role in the domestic game industry, it can start from these three We start from one aspect. But the current video game machine branch obviously doesn’t set the goal on this, so the first thing to solve is the question of where the video game machine branch will go in the future.”

"But the president and the others..."

"Since they don't care about the game industry, it's better to let them shine where they are more suitable."

"Mr. Zhang, do you mean..."

"I don't mean anything, but I think the position of president should be filled by someone who loves games more, so that the video game machine branch can focus on the revitalization of the industry, instead of thinking about how much membership fees to charge. .”

"But..." Zhao Haiguang hesitated.

"Don't Chairman Zhao want to find out your name and your contributions when people study the history of the domestic game industry's development and growth many years later?"

Zhao Haiguang's eyes lit up, he nodded slightly, and then asked, "Assuming that the chairman is changed, how should the video game branch go?"

Just as he was talking, Wang Shuo took two cups of coffee on a tray and walked to the table, put them in front of Zhang Lexing and Zhao Haiguang respectively, and then walked away without saying a word.Zhang Lexing looked at it, and saw that the white coffee cup with the words "Kabu Coffee" printed on it was placed on a white patterned cup holder. The coffee cup was filled with amber liquid. When he took a slight sniff, an aromatic smell came to his nostrils. come.Zhang Lexing picked up the cup, took a sip, a stream of heat flowed into his mouth, and immediately after the slight bitterness, there was a feeling of rich fragrance.

"This coffee is not bad." Zhang Lexing nodded, Zhao Haiguang's introduction was really correct.

"Let me just say, this coffee might be the best in BJ City." Zhao Haiguang said with a little complacency.

Putting down the coffee cup, Zhang Lexing continued the previous topic and said: "President Zhao, the next thing to do is the following four things. The first is to rectify the name, the second is to establish rules, the third is to lay the foundation, and the fourth is to implement policies."

"Mr. Zhang, what is rectification of name, establishment of rules, foundation and policy, can you explain in detail?"

"The first rectification of the name means that the Electronic Game Machine Branch is currently affiliated with the China Software Industry Association. In fact, from the experience of foreign countries, the game industry will be able to develop to a height no less than the software industry, and games are not only Only the software part, so it is a bit inappropriate to belong to the China Software Industry Association. We must find a way to separate from the China Software Industry Association and directly establish a China Game Industry Association. Under this association, several professional committees or branches can be divided. In this way Only in this way can it be a relatively independent industry association, and there will be no strange phenomenon that the game machine manufacturer is affiliated with the branch of the China Software Industry Association."

"This is the second..." Zhang Lexing was about to continue talking, but suddenly there was a voice behind him, and before he could say anything, he was interrupted.

"Brother, you and your friends didn't call me when you came out to enjoy life, you are really cunning!" Zhang Lexing felt a little familiar with this soft voice.

(End of this chapter)