game trailblazer

Chapter 243 Eastern Industrial Park

The meeting ended smoothly before noon. Both parties can say that they can meet what they need and they are happy. Those who need to attract investment have received an investment intention of up to 20 billion yuan, and those who need benefits can also discuss the allocation of resources. Zhang Lexing has obtained the required commitments. Zhao Haiguang has obtained the opportunity for the future development of the domestic game industry.At the invitation of Director Li, the two parties also came to the private room downstairs to have lunch together. Although the table was full of attractive dishes and a lot of drinks, Zhang Lexing hadn't been thinking about it for a long time. Start thinking about how to go about the Internet cafe in the future.

After a delightful lunch for both guests and hosts, Zhang Lexing drove to the Oriental Industrial Park in Shangdi, accompanied by Wang Mengyao, Ma Guanghai and others.After getting off the car, Zhang Lexing and his group went directly to the BJ office of Dongfang Holdings on the second floor of Building 8, which is also the mobile office of his chairman. He will work here for the next week.Since the major research parks have been formally connected to each other through satellites, Zhang Lexing’s office no longer needs to be fixed in a certain place for a long time. As long as there is a satellite ground station, the latest situation can be checked at any time, although it is far from being able to work anytime and anywhere. However, it is already the best at this time. Affected by this, even the manpower in BJ's office has been reduced, because there is no need for many people to collect data.

Passing through the open office area outside, Zhang Lexing walked into his independent office, then sat down on the sofa, leaned back on the backrest, closed his eyes gently, and put his left hand close to his eyes at the base of his nose Slowly rub the inner canthus.Ma Guanghai moved a chair and sat down by the door in silence. After Wang Mengyao came in, he obediently stood not far from Zhang Lexing, waiting.

After rubbing for a while, Zhang Lexing closed his eyes slightly and asked, "Meng Yao, what's going on here recently?"

"Boss, since you participated in the 'Domestic Game Development Trend Seminar' last time, the 'China Game Library' project has started operation. As of last week, 153 applications have been received, and 28 companies have personally recommended , we took the initiative to contact 9 companies, and not many of them finally met the purchase requirements. There were only 12 games, such as "Water Margin Heroes", "Warring States", etc., all of which were signed in the form of buyout. In addition... The above is the situation as of last week, if you need more detailed information, you can read the latest weekly report." Flipping through the notepad in her hand, Wang Mengyao replied: "In addition, yesterday two game studios officially The joining companies are Octopus Studio, which separated from Tengtu Software, and Creative Yingxiang Studio, which lost the investment from Taiwan Xinyi Company and became independent."

Hearing the familiar name, Zhang Lexing opened his eyes and asked, "Oh, how are these two studios arranged now?"

"Well, the two situations are different. Octopus Studio left Tengtu Software after completing the project. After the evaluation by the Human Resources Department, it is believed that its main members already have certain game development capabilities, but they still have a lot of experience. Lack, so the company plans to arrange a few foundry projects for them to exercise. Creative Yingxiang Studio came with a project, "Between Life and Death 2 Doomsday Legend", a real-time strategy game, after evaluation by relevant departments, I think that according to its setting, it can be made into a top-notch game that is not inferior to similar games. The unique thing in the game is that many battle scenes take place in the deep space, and the concept of freely assembling space bases is added, which is very innovative. ..."

"Creative Eagle Soaring? I remember that they belonged to Lidi Company. The copyright of "Between Life and Death 2" is no problem."

"Boss, Lidi Company is a subsidiary of Taiwan Xinyi. Creative Yingxiang was originally called Yingxiang Studio. The relationship between them and Lidi Company is actually the relationship between the production team and investors, but the original copyright of "Between Life and Death" is in Yingxiang. Xiang studio, so you don't have to worry, and the legal department has already reviewed it, and the copyright is indeed no problem."

"Well, in this case, I can rest assured. Mengyao, is there anything else?"

"Boss, do we really want to invest in the Internet cafe industry?" Wang Mengyao asked carefully.

"Of course, only in this way can we speed up the promotion of the system and create a new market for the domestic game industry. With a stable foundation for survival, the domestic game industry will have the opportunity to grow and thrive." Zhang Lexing smiled Said: "And as long as Internet cafes operate well, they can actually make a lot of money."

"Hmm..." Wang Mengyao opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but held back.

Zhang Lexing noticed Wang Mengyao's expression, and asked suspiciously: "Mengyao, what's wrong with you? If you have anything to say, tell me."

"Well," Wang Mengyao hesitated for a moment, carefully organized his words and said: "Boss, there is one thing I have never understood. Why do you care so much about other domestic game companies and often go to great lengths to provide them with various supports? If we keep those supported resources, our own game development strength can definitely be greatly improved, and it can also represent the domestic game development strength, and it is the best."

"Mengyao, why do you think the game industry in the United States and RB has developed so well?"

"Well, boss, I think it's because they have advantages in capital, technology, and talents that they can develop to where they are today."

"This is indeed one reason. More importantly, they have enough market to ensure the survival and development of game companies, and sufficient competition to ensure the motivation of game companies to continue to innovate and improve. These two points are the most lacking in China. Yes. The genuine game market is too small to support several companies. Game companies are generally weak, lack funds, and are unable to develop very good games. Their income will only worsen. If this continues, it will be like falling into a vicious circle. Insufficient, can’t develop good games, can’t get enough income, can’t improve technical strength, lack of development funds, and can’t develop good games in the future. Even if there is competition in this environment, it’s only low-level competition, and If things go on like this, there may not be many domestic game companies that can survive.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Lexing got up and went to the window, looked at the office building of the creative workshop opposite, and continued to say to Wang Mengyao: "Once a large number of domestic game companies close their doors, the domestic game market will gradually shrink. At that time, I am afraid that even our company will first consider overseas markets when developing games, so that the domestic game industry will exist in name only. It does not matter if one company dominates, but there must be other followers behind it to participate in the game industry The more people there are, the larger the scale of the industry, the country will pay more attention to it, the relevant support policies will be introduced, and the industry will enter a virtuous circle..."

Wang Mengyao nodded thoughtfully, and said, "That's why you are so dedicated to providing all kinds of help, and even set up a dream fund."

"Yes, what I am pursuing is the development of the entire industry. The current domestic market is like a small cake, which is simply not enough for everyone to share. The only way is to find a way to make the cake bigger, instead of trying to dominate it."

"Boss, I understand. So about the Internet cafe, shall we start operating now?"

"No hurry, I think you should have experienced their efficiency, let's talk about it after the discussion, in case something unexpected happens." Zhang Lexing waved his hand and said, "Mengyao, if you have nothing else to do, go get busy first. , I will rest first."

"Okay, boss." Wang Mengyao bowed slightly, turned and left the office.

Zhang Lexing took out a thin quilt from the bottom shelf of the file cabinet, returned to the sofa, and began to take a nap at noon...

It was already [-]:[-] in the afternoon when he woke up, Zhang Lexing sat up and yawned, put away the quilt, tidied the sofa, got up and went to the window to look out.Under the bright sunshine outside the window, the pruned grass and green trees downstairs look lush and lush. There is a fountain in the middle of the lawn, and the flying water column is shining with a little golden light under the afternoon sun.Zhang Lexing stretched out his hand to push open the glass window, and a fresh scent of grass and trees floated in, which was lightly refreshing and made people feel very comfortable.

After standing quietly for a while, Zhang Lexing closed the window, went back to his desk and sat down, then turned on the computer, logged into the system with his own account, checked the latest situation in the OA system, and took care of a few things that needed him He was free again to express his opinions through office emails.Zhang Lexing glanced at the clock in the lower right corner of the computer. It was still a quarter of an hour before three o'clock in the afternoon. It was still very early. He stood up bored, walked around the office a few times, and glanced at the file cabinet several times. Finally, he decided to go to the opposite building to have a look. He hadn't been there for several months. He wanted to see if there was any change in the creative workshop.

Thinking of this, Zhang Le walked out of his office and came to the open office area outside.The five or six clerks left in the office were all busy, talking about something on the phone, or typing on the keyboard in front of the computer. Wang Mengyao was sitting next to the door of Zhang Lexing's office, watching a group of book.

Zhang Lexing patted her on the shoulder lightly, and ordered: "Meng Yao, let's go to the opposite building with me."

Wang Mengyao put down the book in her hand and stood up immediately: "Okay, boss."

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The two came downstairs and walked along the path between the buildings to Building 8 (the office building where the creative workshop is located) opposite Building 6, while Ma Guanghai followed Zhang Lexing at an appropriate distance.Since the creative workshop moved to the Oriental Industrial Park, Zhang Lexing didn't come here many times, and he often passed by in a hurry, so he didn't know much about the situation in the building. Wang Mengyao was very clear about this, so he just arrived at 6 Downstairs in the No. [-] building, she began to introduce.

"Boss, this building has eight floors in total, six floors on the ground, and two floors underground..." Wang Mengyao gestured with her hands while introducing: "By the way, there is also a garden-like terrace on the roof. nice."

"Okay, then I'll go up and have a look later. I haven't been there a few times." Zhang Lexing looked up, and could vaguely see a few green plants protruding from the roof of the building.

Wang Mengyao picked up the badge and swiped it at the door downstairs. There was a "beep" and the green light on the door came on. She reached out and held the doorknob and turned it. She pushed the door and walked in. Zhang Lexing and Ma Guanghai also hurried in. 1 lobby of the building.

Wang Mengyao put the badge away and continued to introduce: "Boss, the left side of the first floor used to be the office area for administrative, financial and other management personnel. However, because the space is relatively large, the area on the right side was empty before. Two game studios were given to the newcomers, Octopus and Creative Eagle, as their temporary residence, and it also allowed them to work more with the company's management staff."

"How about it, are they still used to it?"

"Fortunately, our company's management has always been very free, and they have no problem."

"Well, that's good." Zhang Lexing nodded in satisfaction.

"Boss, the first basement is the internal employee parking lot, and the second basement is the server area and the sub-computing center of this building. They are still relatively empty for the time being and have not been fully used. Would you like to go down and have a look?"

Zhang Lexing shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go upstairs."

"Boss, do you want to take the elevator?" Wang Mengyao pointed to the two elevators at the end of the hall and asked.

"No need, let's go up the stairs, just in time to see the past floor by floor." Zhang Lexing shook his head again.

The three walked up the stairs to the second floor, pushed open the door in the stairwell and walked out.According to Wang Mengyao, this floor is a leisure activity area, which inherits the previous tradition. There are all kinds of entertainment facilities here, including the latest arcade games and an electronic game room with various home game consoles. It is full of treadmills, There is a 1000-square-meter gymnasium with various exercise equipment such as rowing machines, a small KTV room specially treated for sound insulation, and even a small indoor basketball court.When Zhang Lexing and others passed by, there happened to be a few employees playing a 3VS3 game on the basketball court. They were sweating in the fierce confrontation, and they didn't notice anyone passing by at all.After standing aside and watching for a while, Zhang Lexing and others turned around and walked towards the third floor.

"Boss, you have been to this floor before. It is mainly the planning center, art production center and project department. You should remember it." Walking out of the stairwell, Wang Mengyao pointed to the office area partitioned by a long row of glass and introduced: "The one opposite is the office area of ​​the project department."

Zhang Lexing stood in the aisle and looked to both sides. Although the glass was a little reflective, he could still see those busy figures. He heard the sound of keyboard tapping and mouse clicking, accompanied by a few soft songs. The sound of music mixed together, a picture of busy work emerged in his mind.

(End of this chapter)