game trailblazer

Chapter 348 Monternet and Mobile Games

Ten days later, when Zhang Lexing was routinely checking his work emails, he saw an email from Cheng Zhaokang, the director of the Internet Business Department, which wrote: "...A message from BJ, on November 11, China Mobile Communications Corporation launched "Monternet Project" will open its existing WAP platform and short message platform to partners, and aim at "one-point access, whole network service", upgrade and improve the billing system, and provide partners with A comprehensive service network. According to Lu Xiangdong, deputy general manager of China Mobile Communications Corporation, 'Monternet' is a unified mobile Internet business brand of China Mobile Corporation, and China Mobile will go out of operation through 'Monternet' Provide a platform for many application content/application service providers, realize open and fair access, and build a link between application service providers and users as a customer aggregator.

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According to the data provided by China Mobile and verified by us, the number of Internet users in mainland China is currently 1690 million, while the number of mobile phone users in the same period is close to 8000 million. According to these data, the number of mobile Internet users will soon exceed the number of users accessing the Internet through computers, which is likely to become an important industry development direction of the Internet Division in the future..."

At the end of the email, Cheng Zhaokang put forward three suggestions: first, buy some shares of China Mobile through the stock market, and gain a certain say in the future mobile Internet business in the mainland through a curve method; second, invest in the mainland to establish relevant Business companies, participate in China Mobile's "Monternet" plan, and strive for a larger share of the pie; third, take advantage of the current favorable opportunity of the Internet industry downturn, through mergers and acquisitions, to strive for mobile Internet before the development of mobile Internet , master enough content and service resources.

Zhang Lexing didn't know the inside story of Monternet. After all, he was just an ordinary user. At most, he had used GPRS and CDMA1x to surf the Internet. What affected him the most was the spam messages, which are more hateful than spam. , although he didn't cheat his banknotes, but at certain moments unsolicited text messages often spoiled the long-brewing atmosphere.However, excluding the bad experience on the user side, from the perspective of Chinese Internet companies, Monternet is simply a life-saving straw for them. If it is not relying on the sudden deluge of text messages, several major domestic portals may have to Closed for business.

Zhang Lexing will not object to Cheng Zhaokang's proposal to participate in Monternet. Some domestic Internet companies he invested in are now in urgent need of finding a way to make profits. The SMS service of the Internet can be used to make good use of it.

However, Zhang Lexing's eyes are not just focused on text messages. Currently, there are less than 8000 million mobile phone users in the mainland, but in a few years, the number will rapidly expand to 4, 5 million, or even more, and it will bring There are a large number of mobile game users and users accessing the Internet through mobile phones. If this scope is expanded to the whole world, the number of mobile game users and users accessing the Internet through mobile phones will increase several times. With the future development of Zhang Lexing Group, this area The market will never give up.

Zhang Lexing actually thought about mobile games a long time ago, but the analog mobile phones at that time were too simple, even inferior to the early Apple II. Even if a game could be developed, it was just a kind of guessing numbers.With the gradual development of mobile phone technology, G** mobile phone was born. The performance of the mobile phone processor is constantly improving, and the screen of the mobile phone has also evolved from a digital light-emitting tube to a monochrome LCD screen. Finally, some games similar to "Snake" can be produced. The game is over.However, this is still far from Zhang Lexing's expectations. In this environment, the development of mobile games can only do some pre-research, but he still made some plans in advance, such as investing in the British company ARM, and developing games based on The research on the embedded operating system of ARM processor is to quickly enter the mobile game market if conditions permit, and the ARM processor can also be used in handheld game consoles, which can serve multiple purposes.

In Zhang Lexing's view, developing mobile games must at least have a color screen, and the processor of the mobile phone should not be too good.According to the collected information, last year RB had a color-screen mobile phone, and this year RBNTTDoCoMo also launched the i-mode color-screen mobile phone "Digital Mover N502itHYPER", which is equipped with a 2-inch STN color LCD screen, which can display 256 colors at the same time, with a screen resolution of 120 ×120.According to Zhang Lexing's point of view, the screen with this configuration is really bad. It is not bad for a static picture. If the picture moves fast, there will be a legendary smear on the screen, but this is better than a monochrome screen. After all, it is considered an improvement. In a few years, TFT screens with higher resolution and better display effects will gradually replace this backward STN LCD screen. There is even more space for playing games.

Speaking of gaming mobile phones, the first thing Zhang Lexing thinks of is Nokia's N-Gage and N-Gage QD. These two mobile phones can be said to be the first head-on challenge launched by mobile phone manufacturers to portable handhelds, but the result is a battle. Shameful defeat, Nokia first learned from Sega, gave up the research and development of professional game mobile phones, transformed N-Gage into a game platform, applied it to other Nokia mobile phones, and finally gave up even the N-Gage game platform.In contrast, Apple's iPhone has been very successful. Relying on the support of the app store, not only has its performance far surpassed these two professional gaming phones from Nokia, but it even poses a great threat to portable handhelds.

Zhang Lexing also plans to make a mobile phone similar to the iPhone in the future, but his ambition is not only on the mobile phone. In the game map he conceives, there are not only computer platforms, home game console platforms, but also portable handhelds and portable games. He hopes to develop such a linked online game platform, which can be accessed through computers, home game consoles, portable handhelds, and portable mobile phones. The access method can be the client of the online game, or browse In short, it is an online game that can be accessed through any device anytime, anywhere. This is the development direction of "Big Thousand Worlds" in his mind.

According to Zhang Lexing's conception, "Big Thousand Worlds" is a game world composed of many virtual spaces of different sizes, among which the first world called "Safety Island" is located in the center.In the first world, it contains a variety of complex game forms. Players can drive a variety of aircraft from propellers to jets to soar in the sky, and they can also drive everything from miniature golf to luxury sports cars. A variety of vehicles in the game drive on the ground, and you can also experience a variety of occupations in the game, such as becoming a doctor, relieving illnesses for NPCs and players in the game, and you can also engage in business. Start a side stall, grow into a business tycoon, and even become the mayor through the votes of "citizens", manage a city in the game by yourself, and develop a remote town into a city like in "Sim City" A large city with a large population.

If such a huge idea is only limited to the game client on the computer, the limitations will be very large. At least it is impossible for players to know the situation of their characters at any time. If the game can be extended to all platforms (computer, home game consoles, portable handhelds, mobile phones, etc.), then the way games are likely to change dramatically.

For example, in the simulated business part of "Big Thousand World", players can establish their own companies in the game client, and then use intuitive operations like "Theme Park" and "Transportation Tycoon" to develop and expand their own companies. But if you can also access it through a browser, then players don't have to wait for the client to load every time, but only need to open a webpage, enter their account number and password, and they can check their company's data changes at any time, and even You can make adjustments to your company directly on the web page.

Another example is the character development part of "Big Thousand Worlds". When players play on their home computers or game consoles, they may need to run around and find exercise places to cultivate various attributes of their characters. If you come to play, the player may be able to make a character training plan, check the results of the exercise at any time through the mobile phone, and make timely adjustments when necessary.

In this way, players will definitely have more fun than staying in front of the computer, and with the support of the Internet and mobile Internet, many interesting applications can be developed for multi-platform linkage games.For example, when it is inconvenient to play games, you can keep in touch with your friends in the game through software like ICQ on your mobile phone, listen to what they say about the joy of the game, and even hang a certain game equipment on the sales network, and then use Mobile phone to check the buyer's situation.

However, in order to achieve such a goal, a core network that supports games is essential, and this core network should include two parts: the Internet and the mobile Internet.With the bursting of the dot-com bubble, many Internet companies that had spent money on infrastructure were on the verge of bankruptcy. Zhang Lexing was able to acquire them and use the optical fibers it laid to strengthen the network communication capabilities of its own group. The construction of the education network, the gradual construction of a core communication network covering important areas of the country, coupled with the continuous improvement of the communication satellite network and the envisaged submarine optical cable plan, the Internet has basically completed the layout.

As for the part of mobile Internet, due to environmental reasons, it has just started, but Zhang Lexing already has a very good goal - Hutchison Telecom. Since the acquisition of satellite TV, he has actively established a good relationship with the Li family. In order to have more allies in the business field.Of course, Zhang Lexing did not intend to spend a huge amount of money to eat up the entire Hutchison Telecom. Now Hutchison Telecom is actively developing the 3G network. In the next few years, it will be a black hole of burning money. If it is eaten up now, it will only drag him down. The relationship with the Li family.Hutchison Telecom needs a lot of funds for its future development. If Zhang Lexing only intends to take a share, there will be many opportunities, and there is no need to worry about the impact on the relationship between the two parties.

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While Zhang Lexing was still thinking about the future, the competition in the online game market unknowingly became more intense.On this day, Lee Seung-jae and Dr. Hu held a grand press conference with several newly hired employees, announcing to the media present that Uchikotsu will formally enter the domestic online game industry. As usual, use The hotel where the press conference was held was also found for free by Lee Seung-jae using his contacts.

As the protagonist of the press conference, Dr. Hu stood imposingly on the stage, and said with a smile on his face: "...BJ Network Technology Co., Ltd. is mainly committed to online game development, game software production, 2000D film and television digital animation production , professional website construction and management and many other online entertainment and high-tech projects. The company's long-term strategic goal is to satisfy the Chinese market while earning foreign exchange through export. export channels, and strive to earn [-] million U.S. dollars in foreign exchange through export...

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The company plans to expand the number of technical developers to more than 100 within two years, train a large number of technical talents for the research and development team of Chinese online games, and at the same time introduce advanced scientific research and production equipment from South Korea to establish a large-scale software development and production base, and Cooperate with international and domestic high-tech companies, such as Global Technology in the UK, WIZGATE in South Korea, Sohu in China, FANSO, etc., have carried out extensive technical and project exchanges and cooperation..."

Under Dr. Hu's eloquent introduction, Yuzhiketong, which was established only two months ago, has become a powerful enterprise with keen eyesight and promising prospects, and even has the potential to become a leader in the domestic online game industry.Lee Seung-jae was very satisfied with Dr. Hu's statement. He always believed that things would be successful only if they were agreed first. Otherwise, no matter how much you did, no one would know.

"The first game launched by the company will be "Dark Light", which is popular in Korea," Dr. Hu continued on the stage: "The game has been running in Korea for four years, and now the average number of people online at the same time is 5000. Above, with 5000 daily visits, the number of global "Dark Light" members has exceeded [-], and it is the top three classic works of Korean online games...

The company is currently vigorously developing local game development capabilities, and will launch a large number of well-crafted and popular online game products in the future, dedicated to the vast number of Chinese online game lovers..."

If Lee Seung-jae's buddy Sun Seung-cheol was there and could understand Chinese, his eyes might pop out. "Dark Light" has not been completed for a few months, and it has been officially launched for less than a month. The number of online users has not even reached 1000, but according to Dr. Hu, the new online game "Dark Light" has become It is even more qualified than "Paradise", the current leader in the Korean market.

Lee Seung-jae is more satisfied now. With Dr. Hu's introduction, he feels that the Chinese people in the audience have been mobilized. Coupled with the work done in advance, I believe there will be a lot of praise for "Darkness" in tomorrow's newspapers and on the Internet. "Light" article, and players will definitely come to "Dark Light" after being bewitched. By then, the money will not be rolling in.Thinking of this, the smile on his face became brighter, and the pair of eyes hiding behind the lens became narrower...

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Also in BJ, Chen Hongzhan, who had been waiting anxiously, finally received the airmail from Taiwan. He opened the envelope and saw the legal person's signature and company seal of Taiwan Holy Priest Company on the inside page, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.At the beginning, he only put forward the suggestion of introducing "Millennium" to the company's management with the attitude of giving it a try. Perhaps the management also had a similar idea, but because there was no suitable goal, his proposal was passed immediately. And the management also gave him the honorable task of introducing the game.

Chen Hongzhan was not very sure about completing the task by himself. After all, Taiwan was no better than Hong Kong, and going there was even more troublesome than going to the United States. Fortunately, he still had many good friends, some of whom had connections in Taiwan.Through the introduction of friends of friends, Chen Hongzhan got on the line with the Holy Priest Company. I don’t know if the Holy Priest has never developed in the mainland, or for some other reason. When he proposed that the Arctic Ice Company intends to introduce "Millennium" , The other party actually agreed, and the asking price was not high, only 2000 yuan, so that he once thought that there was something wrong with his ears.

Until today, Chen Hongzhan got the game agency agreement signed by both parties. It was written in black and white that the holy priest transferred the agency rights of "Millennium" in mainland China to Arctic Ice Company. Arctic Ice only needs to pay 2000 yuan for this Just give it to the holy priest, and he was really relieved.

After successfully completing the task, Chen Hongzhan also received an award from the company, and also gave him a bonus of 2000 yuan, and then the company also handed over the operation of "Millennium" to him.In Chen Hongzhan's view, this is the company's trust in him, and he is full of confidence in the future of "Millennium". As far as the online games on the market are concerned, there is no pure martial arts game at all, even if it is an achievement. The best "Legend" only has the guise of a martial arts.Chen Hongzhan believes that as long as "Millennium" ascends to the top, players will definitely respond. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth slowly turned up, and his steps became more brisk...

(End of this chapter)