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Chapter 173 The Second Wave of Summer Vacation

Chapter 173 The Second Wave of Summer Vacation

After playing for three hours at a stretch, Li Wenbo finally stopped. He has passed ten official game levels in a row, which should be two big levels, and this special reward level has also seen two levels. Every time, it was hilarious every time. The first time it was just the villain crawling out and throwing grenades. The second time, because the enemy tanks came out too fast, he didn't have time to defend. As a result, when the headquarters was about to be destroyed, The eagle actually flew away, and even more ridiculously, the pile of besieging tanks still had question marks on the top.

The official level design is very good, the battle is extremely hot, the scene is full of tricks, even the enemy's attack methods are changeable, and the shape of the big and small bosses at the end of the level is even more different, so that there is basically no repetition after playing in one breath a feeling of.Especially in one level, when the cartoon tank passed the jumping point and leaped over the obstacle, there was also slow motion and zooming of the screen. Looking at the tank leaping into the sky amidst the cannon fire, Li Wenbo's heart couldn't help tightening up. , He didn't relax until his tank slowly fell to the opposite land.

After quitting the game, Li Wenbo suddenly felt a desire to communicate with others, to share his joy, tension and excitement, so he dug out the manuscript paper in the drawer and began to write...

It took three days to re-experience the levels of "Fury Tank" several times, and Li Wenbo discovered a new fun. It turns out that the reward levels are not fixed. At least six modes have appeared in the few times he played. The reward levels are all tanks as the protagonists. In addition to the classic "Tank War", there are even tank racing games.At the same time, Li Wenbo’s article "The Days of Fighting in the Bramia Continent" was also completed. This Bramia Continent is where the story of "Fury Tank" took place. He put it in an envelope at the fastest speed, wrote the address and sent it to the "Home Computer and Game Console" magazine. In fact, he didn't care about the remuneration for the article. He just hoped to share his feelings with his players. Unfortunately, Fengyun Game Club He didn't hold any gatherings, otherwise he wouldn't need to write any manuscripts in such a hurry.

Fengyun Interactive's game sales activities are going on vigorously, and other game companies are not idle. It is the thriving Taiwanese game company that has released a large number of games during the summer vacation, including "Flame Dragon Knights 2", "End of the Century Business Excellent works such as "Revolution" and "Warriors for Hegemony 2", and some companies were stimulated by the PC-98 games "Ring Arena Girl" and "Special Service Mecha Team" transplanted by Huayi International last year, which won the sales champion of the month, and began to try to Sinicize and transplant to PC -98 games, in order to enhance the attractiveness, some companies that are purely for making money will inevitably focus on some games with "H", of course, there are basically no "H" screens, such as "Pretty Girl DreamWorks" 2", but for well-known reasons, colored ones like "Saint Sentai 1" are always more popular.With the help of "omnipotent" pirates, these PC-98 transplanted games with and without color began to gradually spread to the mainland, and the game industry that had just started soon encountered troubles.

In addition to Creative Workshop and Xishanju, only Jinpan Electronics released games this summer. This time they launched an action game "Charge", which is a horizontal version of the clearance type 2D action game, and occasionally interspersed vertically in the middle The part is a bit similar to "Contra".As for other mainland computer game development companies, because they started relatively late, the games are still under development, or even only in the conception.

While many people were busy being bosses in "Zhongguancun" or fighting fiercely on the continent of Bramia, Zhang Lexing received the survey results from Blue Information Market Research Company and Russell Market Research Company. The investigations coincidentally pointed to two companies, TSR (Strategic Learning Research Specification Company) and Wizards of the Coast. In fact, other companies were also mentioned in the report, such as White Wolf Games, a company that started to get involved in desktop games in 1991, but because Zhang Lexing had never heard of it, so he chose to ignore it.

The investigation report introduced: "TSR was founded by Gary Kigax, Don Kay, and Brian Blumey in 1973, and officially launched the first generation of "Dungeons and Dragons" in January of the following year.

In 1976, the company changed its name to TSR Hobbies. At the same time, in order to alleviate financial difficulties, Gary Kigaix sold two-thirds of the shares to the Brummer brothers and was forced to surrender control of the company.After a period of prosperity, under the toss of the Blumey brothers who are not good at management, TSR's operating conditions began to go from bad to worse, and even turned from profit to loss, and even had a debt of 150 million US dollars.

In 1985, the Brummer brothers, who were kicked out of the board of directors, transferred their shares to Rowling Williams, who was hated by Gary Kigaix. In the end, Gary also sold his shares. Since then, TSR has entered the Williams era and began a period of rapid development.

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Due to TSR's blind market policy, it has started to go downhill in recent years. After the consecutive failures of "Cursefire" and "Dice of the Dragon", TSR's debt is as high as 2400 million US dollars. Recently, it was reported that SSI did not renew the contract with TSR. According to news, if the decline cannot be reversed as soon as possible, TSR may go bankrupt at any time.

TSR is extremely valuable for acquisition, and the required cost is expected to be between 4200 million and 5000 million US dollars (including 2400 million US dollars in liabilities). Occupy enough market in the shortest time. "

Seeing this, Zhang Lexing realized that the original name of the card was not accurate. The correct name should be a board game or TRPG. Fortunately, the people in the investigation company were smart enough to find the wrong direction.

The section on Wizards of the Coast in the investigative report reads: "Wizards of the Seas was founded in 1990 by Peter Atkinson, who was still working at Boeing, and six of his friends...

In 1992, Wizards of the Coast launched its first product "Order of the Beginning", but because of citing the rule system of other companies, it got into a lawsuit of infringement...

In 1993, Wizards of the Coast launched the first collectible card game "Magic The Gathering". As a result, it became famous at the GenCon conference (board game industry exhibition) that year, and the sales of "Magic The Gathering" decks also began to skyrocket. Sales exceeded 4000 million copies that year.Relying on the super money printing machine of "Magic The Gathering", the scale of Wizards of the Coast has rapidly expanded, and it has grown into a large company with 250 employees this year.

Wizards of the Coast is extremely valuable for acquisitions. Since the shareholders are relatively scattered, it is believed that as long as a suitable purchase price can be proposed, it will be relatively easy to achieve the purpose of the acquisition. However, due to the success of "Magic Gathering", Wizards of the Coast has more funds on hand , the purchase price will be relatively high, and it is expected to cost around US$1 million.In addition, according to the survey, companies such as Hasbro are also interested in Wizards of the Coast. "

The subsequent part of the investigation report also attached simple information about Hasbro and other companies. Among them, Hasbro wrote: "Hasbro, founded in 1923, is the second largest toy company in the world, second only to Mattel…

Through years of acquisitions and mergers, Hasbro has acquired brands including Playskool, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers and Transformers, among others…”

In fact, there was a lot to write later, but Zhang Lexing's eyes were completely attracted by the words "Transformers".Many people saw "Transformers" for the first time as the animated version translated by Shanghai TV Station. The majestic Optimus Prime, the proud Megatron, and even the sound waves that speak loudly have become objects of imitation for many children.It was also at that time that Zhang Lexing watched Transformers for the first time. Although he was no longer a child, he still fell in love with these transforming robots. It was because Transformers toys were already on sale in the store, but the price was relatively expensive. , at least Zhang Lexing, who had just graduated at the time, couldn't afford it.Later, the cartoons stopped broadcasting, and Transformers gradually went away, but the dream of Transformers was buried in the hearts of many people. Until the release of the live-action version of "Transformers" in 2007, the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were finally erupted. , Zhang Lexing is also one of them.

Unexpectedly, after being reborn, he would actually meet Transformers in such a form. Zhang Lexing's thoughts were immediately occupied by Hasbro, and he wished to buy this company immediately. However, judging from the size of the company mentioned in the report, Hasbro is not so easy to acquire, it seems that a long-term plan is needed.As for TSR and Wizards of the Coast, Zhang Lexing was very greedy and wanted to buy them all. After all, TSR used to be the leader in the board game industry, and still had a lot of inventory on hand, and Wizards of the Coast, as a newcomer in the industry, was very pioneering. If these two companies can be merged into one, I believe it will be more competitive. Zhang Lexing also hopes to use the resources of these two companies to help him develop trading cards, and even develop Elephant Dragon and Dungeon The same perfect Xianxia game system, such as "World of Sword and Sword".

However, if you want to take over two companies at once, you still need to plan well. At least Wizards of the Coast has competitors, so you can't just do it rashly. Only by planning in advance and achieving your goal as quickly as possible can you let Competitors had no time to react.Of course, the first thing to do now is to continue to track the situation of TSR and Wizards of the Coast to avoid accidents, and Hasbro has also entered the investigation company's attention list because of Zhang Lexing's request.

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On July 7, the second wave of Fengyun Interactive's summer game sales began. This time, the business simulation game "Happy Farm" and the adventure game "C+ Detective" were launched.

Wu Yufei is in a much better mood now. His family conditions are not as good as that of his classmate Li Wenbo. The money for buying games comes from part-time jobs or living expenses. Naturally, he can’t buy all the games he likes to play. So after receiving the demo disc from Fengyun Game Club last time, after making a decision, he decided to buy "Fury Tank" and "C+ Detective".Because Wu Yufei liked to play "Tank Wars" before, he was more interested in tank games, and recently he was more obsessed with detective novels, so he made this choice, and had to give up the others. , I asked Li Wenbo to borrow it to play.

It's a pity that Wu Yufei couldn't catch up with the release of "Rage Tank" last time, so he had to buy it through mail order. As a result, during the waiting period, Li Wenbo, who had played for a few days first, always had something to do when he had nothing to do. Showing off love in front of him made him depressed for several days, until he received the "Furious Tank" in the mail and his mood gradually improved.

This time it was the turn of "C + Detective" to launch the ceremony. Wu Yufei didn't want to suffer the loss of last time, so he made preparations early and ran to the venue just after dawn. He didn't expect to get No. 1, which made him very happy, especially when he saw that Li Wenbo got more than 80, he felt even more refreshed, and the previous depression seemed to have completely disappeared.

After standing for a long time, the sale finally started. Wu Yufei showed his membership card and got the long-awaited game "C+ Detective" at a discounted price of 92 yuan.Putting the game into the car basket, Wu Yufei rode on the car and hurried to the dormitory. At this time, he was in no mood to admire Li Wenbo's expression. He only hoped to go back as quickly as possible so that he could play the game sooner. game.

Back in the dormitory, Wu Yufei couldn’t wait to open the game’s packaging box. It was similar to the last “Legend of Sword and Fairy”, and the content in the box was also very rich. A translucent crystal box contained the color printing game of “C+ Detective”. CD, a thick game manual, a beautiful "C + Detective" game poster, a few new game promotional coloring pages, and a doll that is said to be one of the four heroines in the game. It was very tempting. As soon as he found this Wu Yufei, he locked the doll in the drawer immediately, so as not to be caught by any roommate.

After putting away irrelevant things, Wu Yufei sat in front of the computer, turned on the power, put in the CD to start the installation, and started the game immediately after completion.

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"Boss, get up, don't go to bed, you go to bed every time you arrive at the office, why don't you find a few cases to deal with during this time, don't you know that the detective agency is almost out of money." A gentle but stern voice came.

I opened my eyes, and it was Weng Yalin who appeared in front of me. She looks gentle on the outside, but she is actually a beautiful woman who can kung fu. investigator.

"I'm not sleeping. In fact, I'm just closing my eyes and thinking about something." I made up a reason, but I couldn't help but move my eyes to the opening of Weng Yalin's clothes on her chest, which seemed bigger than before. a little.

"Boss, you are so annoying!" Weng Yalin covered her chest with her hands, said something shyly, turned and left.

My name is Zhao Siming. My family is in Mid-Levels. I am quite rich. My father always wanted me to inherit the family company, but I have no interest in managing the company. I just want to be a detective looking for the truth, so I ignored my family’s objections. Opened such a Siming Detective Agency and recruited four employees.But recently, my father issued an ultimatum, interrupted my finances, and forced me to go home. The business of the detective agency is very bad. I often only have cats and dogs. The money is not much and it damages my image. This kind of case is usually rejected, so now the detective agency is in a bit of an embarrassment.

After looking at the situation in the office, I got up and planned to pour myself a glass of water. Suddenly, a capable woman came in from the outside and said to me in a heroic tone: "Zhao Siming, I have something to do. A case of investigation."

Her name is Yu Xue. It is said that she used to be a senior inspector, but then she quit for some reason. She is very skilled, and she is also good at playing with guns. Now she is an investigator of Siming Detective Agency.And Yu Xue mentioned that Murong Ling was in charge of contacting the detective agency. She took over the previous cases of cats and dogs. I don't know what kind of case it will be this time.

"What kind of case is it? This time it shouldn't be looking for a lost pet." I asked while sitting on the armchair.

"This time is a serious case, looking for the missing father. This is entrusted by a beautiful woman!" Yu Xue said with a strange expression.

I felt full of fighting spirit all of a sudden, and said happily: "Okay, this case is handed over to my famous detective Zhao Siming, it must be easy to catch, ahaha..."

"If you need the detailed information of this case, you can get it from Cai Xiuzhen." After Yu Xue explained, she turned and left angrily.

I got up and left my office and went outside.

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With the investigation of this missing case, the plot of "C+ Detective" officially started.Wu Yufei originally thought that relying on his background in detective novels, it would be easy to deal with. The missing "father" was found, but "father" had an accident the next day. Although the commission was completed, the beautiful client Wang Yamei also paid the fee, but Zhao Siming (Wu Yufei) always felt that the matter was not that simple, but he had no clues in his hand, so he couldn't continue the investigation.Next, Wu Yufei took another case in the game, investigating whether his wife was having an affair for the antique dealer Qian Wanwan. Unexpectedly, the antique dealer encountered an accident immediately. Under Wu Yufei's analysis, the real murderer Finally, the clues were revealed, this time it was done perfectly, and Zhao Siming (Wu Yufei) didn't feel the uneasiness of the last time.At this point, the game came to an abrupt end, and the ending scene appeared. Zhao Siming (Wu Yufei) continued to live a life of being squeezed by women every day, and worked hard to solve some cases. The evaluation at the end was "35% plot development, 30% plot completion %, overall rating D+".

Comparing the instructions in the manual, Wu Yufei discovered that he hadn't observed carefully enough, and didn't fully promote the plot.Because the hints in the instruction manual were relatively vague, Wu Yufei thought for a long time, and finally found that the problem was in the first case. It turned out that his hunch was right at the time, and that case was not that simple, so he called up the progress and started again. For the investigation of the first case, this time he set his target on the suspicious beauty client Wang Yamei...

After several weeks of hard work, dealing with traps and anti-trap, traps and anti-trap, and breaking through layers of fog, Wu Yufei finally got the evaluation of "100% plot development, 100% plot completion, and overall rating A+" At this time, he discovered that this game contains five seemingly unrelated cases, but there is a hidden line connecting these cases. Hidden accumulated case (when the game started, there was news about this case in an old newspaper in Zhao Siming's office), only then will there be a chance to get a perfect ending, and Zhao Siming (Wu Yufei) will also have the opportunity to meet one of the beautiful assistants Develop an intimate relationship.

Thinking of this, for the "happy" life of other players, Wu Yufei took up a pen and wrote on the manuscript paper: "When I first saw Wang Yamei, I thought there was something wrong with her, and the facts later proved me. guess, because the lipstick she used is too mature..."

(End of this chapter)

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