game trailblazer

Chapter 172
The three-day conference passed in a blink of an eye. All the participating game development companies took the KylinWindows95 development introduction materials they received and planned to go back to study and study carefully, and the participating media also gained a lot of valuable news, such as E3 Rumors of the exhibition.However, the most envious news here was brought by the basically unknown creative workshop. On the second day of the meeting, at the request of Zhao Haiguang, the general manager of the creative workshop, Li Chunlin, announced the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" some time ago. "Biography" sales.

"The PC version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" sold a total of 3.2 sets in mainland China, 6 sets in Hong Kong and Macau, 30 sets in Taiwan, and 2 sets in Southeast Asia. The revenue was 5660 million yuan, and as the game producer, Creative Workshop got 1712 million yuan from it, deducted the development cost of 750 million yuan, and made a profit of 962 million yuan." Li Chunlin said.

3.2 sets, 30 sets, 5660 million yuan, 1712 million yuan, one shocking number after another, immediately captured the hearts of everyone.Some people care about the sales of the game and the 38 sets that represent export sales, which shows that the creative workshop has come ahead of everyone and has the ability to distribute games overseas.Some people care about the development cost of 750 million yuan and the profit of 962 million yuan in the creative workshop, which shows that the profit has exceeded 50%, which can be said to be a huge profit. Of course, those who think this way have selectively ignored the main profit from As for the facts outside the mainland market, only the result of dividing 962 by 1712 is left in my eyes, and I just want to figure out how to get a share of it.And some people only saw the sales of 3.2 sets in the mainland, plus the well-known 128 yuan price of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", the figure of 400 million alone has already made them very excited.

As the sales of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" were spread at the meeting, more and more people "cared" about the game industry...

In the early morning of July 7th, the early birds were still chirping on the branches, and most people in the city were still asleep. Chen Jingyi went to the bathroom and wet the towel on her hands with cold water, then wiped her face to let herself Clear your mind.In order to confirm the stocking situation in various places, Chen Jingyi has been staying in the office since last night. She didn't feel relieved until five o'clock in the morning when she learned that the last batch of goods had been placed on the shelves of the specialty store.There are still more than three hours before the game launch ceremony at nine o'clock, Chen Jingyi plans to wash her face, and then take a nap, so as not to look too sluggish later.

In fact, this is not the first time for a game to be launched, and it is not the first time for a game to be sold. However, as the general manager of the newly established Fengyun Interactive, it is the first time for Chen Jingyi to be in charge of the game's launch and sales. I hope to hand over a good report card to repay the boss's trust in her.From the establishment of Fengyun Interactive to becoming the general manager herself, it seemed like a dream to Chen Jingyi, and she still remembers the scene at that time.

Fengyun Interactive was established in mid-March this year. After finishing the launch ceremony of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", the marketing department of the creative workshop was transferred to Fengyun Interactive as a whole.Soon after, Fengyun Game Club was also placed under the management of Fengyun Interactive.After adding professionals in administration, finance, and marketing, Fengyun Interactive gradually took shape as a professional game publishing company.Regarding this adjustment, Chen Jingyi felt that she might have greater development in the future, but what surprised her was that the representative of the company's investor actually gave her a special letter of appointment.

"This is your letter of appointment, Ms. Chen. If you have no objections, I hope you can take up the post as soon as possible." The representative of Orient Holdings said while handing a bronzing red letter of appointment to Chen Jingyi.

Chen Jingyi took it over and took a look. On the inside page of the yellow background was written "...Miss Chen Jingyi meets the qualifications for the job, and is specially hired as the general manager of Fengyun Interactive Software Technology Co., Ltd....", she rubbed her eyes in disbelief, surprised He said, "General manager? The general manager of Fengyun Interactive?"

"That's right, the general manager of Fengyun Interactive."

"But I..." Chen Jingyi used to mainly do marketing work, but she suddenly became the general manager, and she inevitably felt a little flustered.

"This is the boss who appointed you to take up the position. He thinks you are very suitable for this position."

"Boss? You mean Zhang..." Chen Jingyi asked.

"As you think."

Chen Jingyi only felt a burst of great happiness and was full of fighting spirit. It was a kind of motivation generated by trust. Holding the letter of appointment in her hand, she said excitedly: "Please tell the boss, I will definitely do a good job. He will definitely not live up to his expectations.”

"This is the best opportunity to repay the trust of the boss. I must do a good job in the game sales this summer!" Chen Jingyi, who was lying on the sofa in the office, swore secretly before falling asleep.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the first wave of Fengyun Interactive's summer game sales officially started.Chen Jingyi, who arrived at the venue for the launch ceremony early, could no longer see the exhaustion before, and reincarnated into a beautiful and capable white-collar beauty.

"... I think many of you have been to Zhongguancun Electronics Street, which is known as the 'Silicon Valley of China', or at least heard of it. But have you ever thought about becoming a boss? Have you ever experienced the success and failure of doing business? Do you know how to turn a small company into a big one? Do you know what it feels like to gather elite soldiers, have tens of millions of assets, and dominate China's high-tech field?"

Speaking of this, Lin Musen deliberately paused, and looked down the stage for a few times. When he found that the emotions of the players in the audience had been mobilized, he continued in a more passionate tone: "Everyone can, now Shenzhen The "Revelation of Zhongguancun" launched by Jinshan Company provides this opportunity for everyone. In this game, you are the boss and the founder of a company. You have to start with applying for a license and recruiting talents. You can rent a counter in the Science and Trade Building To engage in retail or wholesale, you can also rent an office in Chinasoft Building to directly engage in software companies, but the ultimate goal is to develop and grow your own company through painstaking management..."

The voices of Lin Musen and Lu Qiuya on the stage were constantly entwining and drifting away, but Li Wenbo in the audience didn't pay attention to this. His attention was all on the sales point that was being prepared next to him.Li Wenbo can be regarded as an old player. He has a good family background, and he played Apple II very early. Later, he also bought Nintendo Famicom, Super Nintendo, etc., but for some reason, he has a passion for computer games. A soft spot, especially some cumbersome simulation games.

The times are developing and technology is improving. In recent years, Li Wenbo's computer has also been continuously upgraded, from the original Apple II to 386, 486, and now the latest Pentium 100 multimedia computer, what sound card, CD-ROM drive? , decompression cards are all available, and the games played have been upgraded from the relatively monotonous games on the Apple II to "Sim City", "Civilization", "The Age of Discovery", etc., but basically they are all foreign products. The foreign letters on the screen forced him to improve his English, but in his heart he still hopes to play Chinese games.

The release of the first domestic game "Condor Commando" last year gave Li Wenbo a glimmer of hope. Although the game is not very good, it at least shows that domestic game companies have begun to work hard.In March of this year, a domestic game company called Creative Workshop launched another game called "Legend of Sword and Fairy". This is the second game Li Wenbo bought with money, which also gave him hope Although RPG games are not his favorite, the quality of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has completely conquered his heart. Since then, Li Wenbo has become an enthusiastic supporter of domestic games.According to the popular saying in the 3st century that Zhang Lexing is familiar with, Li Wenbo is now a "fruit fan" (a fan of domestic games).

After playing "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Li Wenbo saw the membership application form of "Fengyun Game Club" attached to the package, he filled it out and sent it out without hesitation, so he naturally became a member of Fengyun Game Club, Soon, I received a membership card and a trial CD from the club.

After playing the games on the trial CD, Li Wenbo fell in love with the business simulation games "Happy Farm" and "Revelation of Zhongguancun", and the adventure game "C+Detective" seemed interesting, but as a " "Fruit fans" he still decided to buy all these games, because the quality of the games is not bad from the trial play. Although "Rage Tank" and "Blood Battle on the Bund" are not his favorite genres, he is still not short of money. I am willing to support domestic game companies and hope to have more good games in the future.

Originally, as a member of the Fengyun Game Club, there was no need to queue up at the scene, as long as the money for the game was transferred, the game would be sent back naturally, and you could also enjoy a discount.However, the previous experience told him that the games sold at the launch ceremony would always have something different from the normal version, which was why Li Wenbo came here on purpose.

After waiting for a long time, the game finally went on sale. With the advantage of being attacked, Li Wenbo got a relatively high number plate. After showing his membership card, he spent 90 yuan to get his favorite "Revelation of Zhongguancun" smoothly. ", of course, he didn't forget to buy "Rage Tank" which is also on sale today. After the discount, it only costs 80 yuan, which is regarded as supporting domestic games.

Holding two game boxes in his arms, Li Wenbo rode his bike back home excitedly.As usual, his parents were not there, so Li Wenbo changed his shoes and went directly to the study room where the computer was kept.Sitting on the soft chair in front of the computer desk, Li Wenbo looked at the two games in his hands. The packaging boxes were not bad, especially "Fury Tank". After a while, he also decided to take a look at "Revelation of Zhongguancun" first. The previous trial version was too short, and basically he could only watch the screen effects and operation interface, which was too unsatisfactory.

Putting "Fury Tank" aside first, Li Wenbo opened the box of "Revelation in Zhongguancun". A game disc in a plastic box, a relatively thick user manual, a game poster, and of course an application form for joining the "Fengyun Game Club", but these things are useless to him.

First, I looked through the user manual. The content is quite detailed, but it introduces all aspects involved in the entire game, and even includes the development history of Zhongguancun, as well as some famous companies and people.Putting down the manual, Li Wenbo turned on his computer, put the game CD into the CD drive, installed the game according to the instructions in the user manual, and started the game immediately.

First, there is a cutscene, using newspapers, new and old photos of Zhongguancun, etc. to introduce the history of Zhongguancun, and then a menu appears on the computer screen: "Create a new company...regain the leadership...make extras...leave Zhongguancun", Li Wenbo knew The corresponding is actually "new game", "take progress", "exit the game", so he chose "start a new company".After filling in some personal and company information, Li Wenbo received his company license, rented a small office in China Software Building, and started his career in Zhongguancun.

Li Wenbo soon discovered that there was a big difference between the official version and the trial version. The companies and place names that appeared in the trial version were basically fictitious, such as "Wutong Technology Company", "Great North "Computer Company" are all unheard of names, but the official version may have been authorized, and there are many familiar names, such as "Lenovo Group", "Great Wall Computer", and even the streets and main buildings in Zhongguancun. The real world is very similar, giving people a sense of immersion, as if they were really struggling in Zhongguancun.

After playing for a while, Li Wenbo's "Bowen Software" slowly developed, and gradually gained a certain share in the financial software market. The company began to grow gradually, and he had more and more things to consider. Fight for financial software vendors, or use surplus personnel to open up new software markets. With money in hand, should you continue to invest in the development of new products, or improve the office environment, and improve employee satisfaction (low satisfaction, work efficiency will also decline) ), or give some bonuses to increase the loyalty of employees (the loyalty is too low, it is easy to be poached by others), and sometimes even pirated software will come out to join in the fun, which greatly reduces the sales of his newly launched software.

The operation of "Revelation of Zhongguancun" is quite normal for simulation games, but it is very complicated compared to other types of games. However, for Li Wenbo, this is exactly the fun of his game. The more difficult it is, the more challenging it is Therefore, in the ups and downs of Zhongguancun, "Bowen Software" continues to thrive...

After eating dinner alone, Li Wenbo, who played "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" for a long time, decided to change his taste and play "Rage Tank" for a while. The trial version on the CD only has three levels, and the battle is more intense.

Put the CD of "Fury Tank" into the CD-ROM drive, and start the game immediately after installation. As soon as the menu of "Fury Tank" came out, a prompt popped up on the screen, "Pentium processor detected, do you want to enable high-definition mode?"

"High-definition mode? Could it be..." Li Wenbo was taken aback. This was something he hadn't encountered when he was playing the demo version. He couldn't help but think of a possibility, and he couldn't help but feel happy. The mouse pointer naturally moved to "Yes". , clicked on it, the screen went black for a moment, and soon the game menu came out.

Li Wenbo conveniently chose "New Game". The screen went black, and then a funny cartoon came out. After briefly explaining the background of the game, the game officially started, and a familiar yet unfamiliar game screen appeared in front of him.I say familiar because Li Wenbo has played the demo version, and I say unfamiliar because the graphics are much more beautiful than the demo version. The layout is basically unchanged, but it looks much more pleasing to the eye.

Of course, there are still accidents. Li Wenbo found that the first level of the trial version that he had played before turned into a teaching level, but soon he found that the existence of the teaching level was very necessary, because the official version has changed a lot in terms of operability.The original trial version is just a 2D horizontal version of the tank shooting game controlled by pure keyboard. To be honest, it is a bit inconvenient to control, but now the official version has become WASD on the keyboard to control the direction of the tank, and the mouse to control the turret. Shooting, number keys 1~6 to switch weapons (in fact, it is the standard FPS control mode).The cartoon tank controlled by the player can not only move left and right, but also get down or stand up, and even bounce and fly in some special places.

The background of the screen may be clearer and more layered than the trial version due to the high-quality image quality. The fighting style still continues the fiery excitement in the trial version. The weapon system has been greatly improved, except for the cannon with unlimited ammunition. In addition, it also has weapons such as three-barreled guns with a relatively large attack range, powerful cannons, self-tracking missiles, and powerful destructive flames.

The difficulty of the game is not high, at least with the level of the game Li Wenbo chose, he easily passed the first five levels, and then the screen flashed, indicating that there will be a bonus level next.

When the screen and music of the reward level came out, Li Wenbo was stunned. The familiar rhythm and screen were clearly the first level of Nintendo's Famicom (FC) "Tank Battle". Going back seven or eight years, if it wasn't for the mouse and keyboard in his hands, he might really have thought that what he was playing was the old Nintendo red and white machine.

As an experienced player, although he doesn't play many games on the Nintendo Famicom, Li Wenbo has practiced the national game "Tank Battle" for quite a long time, and he is faced with the simplest first level. It's not too difficult to get up.But as the saying goes, there is a man who stumbles, and a horse stumbles. Li Wenbo was accidentally attacked by the last tank from behind and was blown up. But something hilarious happened. A villain crawled out of the wreckage out.Li Wenbo subconsciously pressed the shooting button, and the villain threw a grenade, which happened to blow up the sneak attacking tank to pieces. The victory music played, and the level was passed...

(End of this chapter)