Chapter Eighty-Five: The Development Plan for "Go-Kart".
Xue Mingtao pondered for a moment, he had already thought about this question before, but Chen Ping had just proposed some changes to this game, so Xue Mingtao also needed to think about it again.
But just a moment later, Xue Mingtao said decisively: "To develop this game, it takes a team of about 30 to 50 people, it takes eight months to nine months, and the total investment is about 20 million to 25 million!"
Hearing the few numbers given by Xue Mingtao, Chen Ping frowned slightly, and after being silent for a moment, he said softly: "For this game, I already have a detailed game overview in my head, and after being in the company for so long, I think you should also know that when the game "Plants vs. Zombies" was developed, I can clearly tell you that in the development process of this game, I can play a role with "Plants vs. Zombies" The same role in the development of that game, and if that were the case, would that number change in any way?"
Hearing Chen Ping's words, Xue Mingtao's eyes suddenly lit up, he knew very well that when the game "Plants vs. Zombies" was developed, it only took about half a month before and after, and there were only nine people in total, plus Chen Ping was a full ten people, and the total investment was only hundreds of thousands.
This is really too little investment for the game "Plants vs. Zombies".
Chen Ping's role in the development of this game is irreplaceable and crucial.
Therefore, Xue Mingtao also knows very well that if Chen Ping can play the same role in the second game developed by Guangyu Technology Company, even if it is only half of the previous role, it will also be able to greatly reduce the development cycle of this new game!
Thinking of this, Xue Mingtao also sat down, subconsciously took the pen and paper that Chen Ping had just put in front of him, and calculated quickly while thinking about it.
Seeing Xue Mingtao's actions, Chen Ping also smiled slightly, unimpressed.
It is said that Xue Mingtao's behavior is really rude, this kind of work should not be done in front of his boss, but should take the questions raised by the boss, go back and draw a conclusion carefully, and then report to Chen Ping.
But Xue Mingtao's actions at this moment, Chen Ping saw it in his eyes, but he didn't feel uncomfortable, but glanced at Xue Mingtao with great approval.
In Chen Ping's view, Xue Mingtao is really not a businessman, his essence is actually a game developer, he has always maintained a high degree of enthusiasm for the development of games, and this is what Chen Ping wants to see the most, and it is precisely for this reason that Chen Ping valued Xue Mingtao's characteristics at the beginning, and selected Xue Mingtao from those candidates.
So at this moment, Chen Ping did not stop Xue Mingtao's actions, but quietly waited for Xue Mingtao to give his results.
After a long time, Xue Mingtao let out a long breath, slowly put down the pen in his hand, and then raised his head, looked at Chen Ping in front of him with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen, according to my calculations, if you can play the same role as before, then to develop this game, we will need a technical team of about 20 to 30 people to work together, which lasted between two months and three months, and the total investment is about 15 million!" Of course, what I said before involves the total investment figures, and does not include the rental and purchase of servers!"
Hearing Xue Mingtao's last words, Chen Ping also nodded slightly, he naturally knew that the rental and purchase of servers was not a small number.
However, there is more than one online game to be developed by Coslight Technology in the future, so Coslight Technology naturally has another set of plans for the rental and purchase of servers.
At that time, Coslight Technology only needs to purchase enough server groups to maintain the operation of multiple online games.
It is precisely because of this that Chen Ping didn't pay too much attention to what Xue Mingtao said at the end.
In the early stage of the development of Guangyu Technology Company, the server must still be leased, and it is impossible to buy it directly, you must know that the direct purchase of the server is a sky-high investment, and the current Guangyu Technology Company has no way to bear such a high investment, and even the development of this new game, Guangyu Technology Company's funds are a little stretched.
At present, there are tens of thousands of dollars left on the books of Guangyu Technology Company, and Chen Ping is still waiting for the funds of the third phase of group purchase to arrive, so it is naturally impossible to come up with too much money to buy servers.
So Chen Ping didn't take this matter to heart, but after pondering for a while, he said decisively: "In this case, according to what I just said, you will recruit people as soon as possible in the near future, and after recruiting all the people, the development of our game will be officially on the right track!"
Xue Mingtao immediately nodded and agreed.
Although Xue Mingtao also knew something about the company's funds, he did not raise his own questions in front of Chen Ping, whether the company's funds were sufficient was not something that Xue Mingtao, the manager of the game development department, needed to consider, all he needed to consider was the formation of the team and the development of the game.
The game of running karts may gradually decline after a few years, but Chen Ping knows very well that in his previous life, the game of running karts was once popular, especially in China, as long as he was still playing online games during that period, almost nine out of ten of them had played this racing game!
The game of running karts is also relatively simple, and it is for this reason that this game can be completely popular.
But then the reason why this game will gradually decline, there are many factors, and the most important two factors, one is because the update of this game is too slow, completely unable to keep up with the times, more and more more beautifully made games appear on the market, and the game's graphics production and other aspects have not made the slightest progress, under the big waves, let this game gradually decline.
On the other hand, it is also because of the domestic Internet giant, Tencent has launched the game Tencent Speed, the picture is more dazzling, although the operation is not simpler than this game, but it also has its own uniqueness.
For these two reasons, as well as a number of other reasons, the game will gradually decline, and in the end, not many people will even play the game anymore.
However, for Chen Ping, this game is after all a popular game that was once popular.
Now seize this opportunity to launch this game, which can also make a good start for Coslight Technology to officially enter the domestic online game market.
The company that developed this game was a Korean game company, and it is also the game development company of Bubble Hall, which is now popular in the market.
The character model of the game Kart Running is the prototype of the character of Bubble Hall.
In fact, the investment required to develop such a simple online game generally does not reach the level of tens of millions, but if you want to buy the character model and use rights of Bubble Hall from the Korean online game company, plus some other investment in copyright use, a total of millions of investment is required, so the estimated amount of investment in the end will reach as much as 15 million.
Otherwise, with the role that Chen Ping can play in the process of game development, the development of this game will only require millions at most.
Chen Ping gave Xue Mingtao half a month to form the team, and half a month later, the development of the game Kart Running will be officially put on the agenda.
However, in this half a month, Chen Ping has another plan, he is ready to move Guangyu Technology Company to Pingjiang City.
In the next few years, Chen Ping will still have to go to university in Pingjiang City, and Pingjiang City, as the capital of Dongjiang Province, will be much more prosperous than Anhe City, and in a small city like Anhe City, the speed of development will be much slower.
Although Guangyu Technology Company is an Internet company, its development also needs a good environment, for the convenience of the future, Chen Ping simply set up the headquarters of Guangyu Technology Company in Pingjiang City.
In this half a month, Chen Ping needs to completely transfer Guangyu Technology Company to Pingjiang City.
Although under normal circumstances, Chen Ping will not go to Pingjiang City until the end of August, when the university starts, but for the development of his future career, Chen Ping still decided to go ahead of schedule, lest the second game is in the process of development, and the company will have to migrate, which is likely to lead to the leakage or even loss of data for game development, which is more than worth the loss.
Chen Ping also thought twice about this idea, and then found Xu Weihua, Xue Mingtao and others to discuss it together.
Everyone also agreed with Chen Ping's plan, and the company's relocation to Pingjiang City would also have certain benefits for the company's future development, and they would naturally not refuse.
On the evening of July 2, after Chen Ping had dealt with the affairs at hand in the company, he glanced at the time, then got up and cleaned up, and hurried to the Four Seas Hotel.
Tonight, Chen Zhiguo and Fang Mei invited guests, feasted relatives and friends at home, and celebrated Chen Ping's admission to the college entrance examination.
For these relatives, although Chen Ping does not have too many feelings in his heart, but the courtesy is still exchanged, at least on the surface, Chen Ping will still do a good job.
In fact, for this kind of relatives who can't be contacted several times a year, the vast majority of people don't actually have too many feelings in their hearts.
But the difference is that Chen Ping will maintain a minimum of respect for these relatives, and when the other party is in trouble, if he has the ability, he will spare no effort to help.
But many people abandon such relatives.
This is the fundamental difference between being a human being, and it is also the biggest difference between Chen Ping and his uncle's family!