While handing the document to Yu Wenfei, she said with a smile: "It just so happens that I went to the United States this time, in fact, I was thinking about making money for the company." This plan is what I thought, and I am going to use it on Blizzard and Villefort's new games, so Mr. Fei will help me refer to it. ”

Yu Wenfei took it and took a look, it turned out that the plan was about the charging system of World of Warcraft and CSOL.

The game World of Warcraft, if it were not for Yu Wenfei's acquisition of Blizzard, it might have been delayed for half a year.

But now because of Yu Wenfei's intervention, the fate of Blizzard has changed, the company's turbulence time is very short, and all the main backbone personnel have been retained.

Therefore, the development of the game did not delay time, and the work efficiency was of course much higher under the stability of people's hearts.

As a result, World of Warcraft was launched half a year ahead of schedule, and after the internal beta was completed, it will soon enter the stage of global release.

At that time, the common charging system for online games was generally based on the length of the fee or the monthly subscription.

Just like the grand legend, at the beginning, there was no monthly fee, only a time card.

A point card for 120 hours is priced at 35 yuan.

This price doesn't seem too expensive, but don't forget, that's the price of 0102, and besides, one hundred and twenty hours is really not much, a real legendary player, who doesn't play three or four hundred hours a month.

In 03, Legend began to introduce a monthly card system, and the monthly fee for each month was also 35 yuan.

Some people may think that the price of thirty-five in the third year is so expensive, will there really be SB to buy?

I can tell you responsibly that there are......

And after the launch of the monthly card, the price is 35 yuan, but because it is so popular, when you actually buy it, you even have to pay forty or fifty to buy it!

For an online game like Legend, playing seven or eight hours a day can only be regarded as a light player and a casual player.

A real heavy player, people never go offline!

So the monthly subscription system seems to be very conscientious, if you really calculate the length of time, those heavy players, a month just a point card will need two hundred yuan!

And after the monthly subscription, even if it costs forty or fifty to buy, it is very cost-effective.

............

In Effie's plan, only the charging system of the mainland market has been planned, and the first thing is about the charging method of World of Warcraft.

The first is the release of the game, and the domestic side is ready to use the game itself to provide online free download, and the model of the physical collector's edition will be launched.

If you buy a genuine CD, it is not expensive, and there are two versions for you to choose from.

The regular version, which only costs 68 yuan, contains two game CDs and beautiful game posters.

The collector's edition is amazing.,Tin box packaging,In addition to game CDs、Game posters,There are also exquisite ornaments,There is also an original picture book。 There is also a month's worth of monthly card giveaways!

And the price of the Collector's Edition is only 288!

This is for local tyrant players.

Yu Wenfei asked in surprise: "Is there still a charge for online games, is the physical version too expensive, will anyone buy it?"

Effie replied: "What is this, in Europe and the United States, even if it is an online download, there is a charge." The North American company is priced at $19.99 for web downloads, and physical discs are even more expensive. I just took into account the national conditions of the country, so I provide online free download. However, there must be a considerable number of users who will not be able to get the physical version, because the game installation package is quite large, and it may take a long time to download it on the Internet. ”

Yu Wenfei suddenly realized that he was used to the free online game system in later generations, but he forgot that it was 2003!

Because of the bandwidth, large online games like World of Warcraft are indeed a bit slow to download from the Internet. And Blizzard has always been more "picky", World of Warcraft in Europe and the United States is indeed the ontology also charges, online play also charges, and even the expansion film is still charged!

However, the game does a good job, and even if there is a charge everywhere, players still buy it.

............

Next, there is the online charging model, and Effie's plan is to pay for the duration and the monthly fee at the same time, giving players the opportunity to choose freely.

If the time is calculated according to the length of time, the price of a 100-hour point card is 50 yuan, and it costs 5 cents an hour.

The price of a monthly card is 60 yuan, 2 yuan per day.

In other words, if you play less than four hours a day, you can choose a point card, which won't cost more than sixty a month.

If you're a heavy player, you have to choose a monthly card for more than ten hours a day, and the cost of one hour is very cheap.

"Sixty a month...... Isn't it a bit expensive, how much is the grand legend?" Yu Wenfei said with a frown.

"The monthly card of the legend is thirty-five, but Fei Zong, in terms of the quality of the game, the legend is not worthy of being compared to the World of Warcraft, so it is normal for our game price to be higher than it. Effie said disapprovingly.

Seeing that Effie is so confident, of course Yu Wenfei can't say anything, after all, he doesn't know much about the game market. When it comes to the general development trend, Yu Wenfei naturally knows it, but the details are not very good.

If that's all, it's nothing, but to Yu Wenfei's surprise, Effie also has to add additional charges such as "costumes" and "mounts" in World of Warcraft.

This is a bit "black-hearted", isn't it......

After all, it's a paid game, and players are already paying for time, so why spend money on bells and whistles like costumes and mounts.

Of course, this is from the player's point of view, on the contrary, from the point of view of the game manufacturer, of course, it is necessary to dig out all the charging methods that can drain the player's wallet.

Moreover, in the final analysis, this "cheating krypton" model was first proposed by Yu Wenfei, and Effie just carried it forward.

In CSOL, the method of deceiving Krypton is much more "pure", opening the box and revealing the gun skin, and this one means can deceive Krypton countless times.

Anyone who has played CSGO knows this......

After reading Effie's plan, Yu Wenfei sighed, patted Effie's shoulder, and praised: "There is a way to make money!"

Of course, Effie heard that she was "promising", and she suddenly felt happy when she could get such praise from her boss.

Yu Wenfei naturally would not cut off Effie's charging methods for the sake of the so-called "conscience", and playing games was originally a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer.

And relatively speaking, Effie has done a very "kind" job, and those skin props that need to be bought with money do not affect the balance of the game, just the bells and whistles are good-looking.

Some players with better financial conditions are willing to pay for these extra items, and no one is to blame.

Compared with the bottomless tricks of krypton in mobile games in later generations, this is nothing.

The plane flew directly to New York, and when they arrived in New York, everyone went their separate ways.

Yu Wenfei took his secretary and Shen Nanpeng and Yang Yuanqing to meet Zhou Mengyi and prepare for the final negotiation with IBM, the address of this meeting is in New York, where IBM also has a headquarters building.

Effie went to California, where she was going to Facebook Games North America, as well as Blizzard and Villefort.

............

After coming to the hotel, everyone washed up, and without taking a break, they found a conference room and started the meeting directly.

Zhou Mengyi first reported on the recent contact with IBM.

"On behalf of IBM's board of directors, Peng Mingsheng has formally notified us that he is willing to sell the personal computer business unit for $1250 million in cash, including all employees, fixed assets, patented technology, trademark goodwill, etc.

However, the other party has two requirements, one is that the acquisition must be paid in cash after approval, and the other is that it must ensure that the positions, salaries and benefits of existing employees cannot be reduced, and the number of layoffs within three years shall not exceed 20% of the total number of employees. ”

Yu Wenfei nodded slightly, doing business in other people's countries requires abiding by other people's game rules, there is nothing to say about this.

In Europe and the United States, the power of trade unions is very strong, and I don't know how many Chinese enterprises suffer from this when they open factories in Europe and the United States.

However, IBM's personal computer business department is better to say, after all, most of the employees are technical personnel, relatively speaking, most of the people engaged in technology are more introverted and do not like to make trouble.

The auto workers in the United States are the best, and they have directly made Detroit, the world-famous automobile city, yellow......

Detroit was once known as the "automobile capital of the world", synonymous with the automobile industry as early as 100 years ago, and was once one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the United States, where the first concrete road, the first traffic light, the first freeway, and the first department store appeared here.

In addition, the headquarters of the three major auto giants, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are located here.

As a result, because there are too many auto workers and too many trade unions, the major auto giants are miserable. The worst thing is that not only several major auto giants have declared bankruptcy, but GM has survived with huge government aid, and even the local government of Detroit has declared bankruptcy......

Auto unions organize strikes at every turn, force concessions to workers, get higher benefits and wages, and do not allow companies to fire workers, and those who should be eliminated do nothing but get paid.

The situation there is really not clear who is the capitalist and who is the proletarian......

Oh, and it's worth mentioning that more than 80 percent of the population here is of African descent. Needless to say, Detroit is safe and secure, even Americans are rarely willing to go there, the streets are full of idle young people, and murders happen every day!

Sometimes, there is something hateful about the poor, and there is a lot of truth in this saying.

............

There is no problem with cash payment, there is no problem with no layoffs, and the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business unit is also because there are a large number of experienced engineers here, which is a valuable asset, and Yu Wenfei will certainly not lay them off.

"Contact IBM, and we will start the final negotiations tomorrow, and we will make a quick decision!" Yu Wenfei commanded dryly.

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