Zhou Fangyuan arrived in the United States three days later, and with the presence of Xiao Li, the speed of their procedures is much faster than that of ordinary people.

At Blizzard's headquarters in California, Zhou Fangyuan met Blizzard's three founders, Frank Pearce, Aaron Adhan, and Mike Mowymi, whom he had previously met in Paris.

For the arrival of Zhou Fangyuan and Xiao Li, the three founders expressed a warm welcome.

At this time, Blizzard was already a very famous company in the game industry, and its headquarters was very magnificent, much more magnificent than Zhou Fangyuan's distant network. Therefore, Zhou Fangyuan was able to buy Blizzard, in the final analysis, it was Xiao Li's credit, if there was no Xiao Li, he would have squeezed him dry, and he would not be able to buy a behemoth like Blizzard now.

Zhou Fangyuan stayed at Blizzard's headquarters in California for a total of three days, during which he and Xiao Li inspected various departments of Blizzard under the leadership of the three founders, and had a certain understanding of Blizzard's current situation.

World of Warcraft, which has almost become a milestone in the future, is now in development, in fact, Warcraft III is still in development, World of Warcraft has also begun development, considering that the average development time of online games is higher than that of single-player games, then it is conceivable that when Warcraft II was developed, World of Warcraft may have been on the development agenda.

It's just that it may be because the technology was not up to par at that time, or it may be because online games were just emerging at that time, and Blizzard did not pay enough attention to this game internally, so the development of games was always slow.

But that's not bad, 02 Warcraft III. and 03 Frozen Throne have laid a solid user base for World of Warcraft, so it's good to follow the current progress, no need to reluctantly speed up, and don't need to continue to bounce tickets, just go step by step, Blizzard can steadily enter the peak.

However, regarding World of Warcraft, Zhou Fangyuan said that he had something to say.

In the conference room, he looked at the plot copy of World of Warcraft and didn't speak for a long time. The three founders sat across from each other and watched him for a long time. I have to say that sometimes age is really a hindrance, theoretically Zhou Fangyuan is currently the second largest shareholder of the company, and when Xiao Li made it clear that he didn't care about it, Zhou Fangyuan had absolute control over the three in front of him.

It's a pity that the three people on the other side didn't show any respect and awe when facing him, although they welcomed Zhou Fangyuan and the others very warmly, it didn't mean that they really believed in Zhou Fangyuan.

Of course, this may have something to do with the overall atmosphere of the Western world, but Zhou Fangyuan prefers to believe that they don't actually have themselves as the head of the company.

There was some helplessness in his heart, this situation was not the first time Zhou Fangyuan had encountered it, he sometimes really wished that he could be reborn a few years later, at least directly to the university period. However, after thinking about it, if he was reborn for several years, he would miss a lot of opportunities, and Zhou Fangyuan felt that it was actually not bad now.

Okay, the gossip is far away, in short, the three people on the other side disagree with themselves, which makes Zhou Fangyuan a little helpless and a little angry, but more funny. I am afraid that I am the most qualified person to express my opinion on the development of this company, and they don't pay attention to themselves.

"Good copywriting......

Zhou Fangyuan put down the document in his hand and said with a smile.

The three people on the other side also nodded lightly in the face of a smile, but with that expression, it seemed that they deserved such a compliment.

"But, it's too short. ”

Zhou Fangyuan's next words made the three people opposite frown.

"In this copy, the plot is only arranged for Wrath of the Lich King, what about the rest of the plot? Don't tell me you haven't thought about it yet. ”

"In fact, we already have an idea of the direction of the plot later......"

Mike frowned and said.

"It's not enough to have ideas, the arrangement of the plot must be arranged at least ten years later, according to one expansion pack in two years, you only have three or four free time for the expansion film, every step of the development of the plot is very important, the current hero may become a traitor in the future, and the traitor now may also become a hero in the future, if you can't lay the groundwork in the early stage, how will the plot develop in the future? Or ignore the logic of the plot, and directly forcibly whitewash?"

In fact, even the copy in Zhou Fangyuan's hand is a rather rough version, which only roughly describes the different developments of different people, and has some meaning of writing an outline.

"For example, this mission, Illidan, he is one of the most important characters in the early plot, in the Warcraft series, Illidan is also one of the most popular characters among players, this character is now a traitor, what are you going to do in the future? Always make him a traitor? Or do you want to whitewash him? If so, how will the plot go? Now look at the performance on this copy, he is a complete evildoer, when the time comes, you casually say that he is a hero, he is a hero? Are you making fun of the player?"

“......”

The three people on the other side all stopped talking, they looked at Zhou Fangyuan with a frown, a look of anger and disapproval.

Zhou Fangyuan didn't care about their attitude, he smiled and pushed the copywriter towards Mike and the others.

"I'm very optimistic about the future of online gaming, and at the same time, I'm more optimistic about Blizzard, so we want to get this company at a high price. Again, it is precisely because we are optimistic about this company that I want it to grow steadily, rather than taking it one step at a time and not knowing what the future holds. I hope you can take one step at a time to see the future market direction, and at the same time have a more long-term plan for the development of your own games and new games.

It's like the content on this copy, yes, there are a lot of things that can be played in it, just pull out a character or an event, you can develop an expansion pack, but is that enough? No, this is not enough, as a large-scale online game, the plot you arrange must be coherent, so that players are full of curiosity about future versions while trying new versions. Instead of making players enter the game and feel strange and abrupt about the existing plot.

Speaking of the content above this copy, there are two main enemies that I can know so far, namely the Burning Legion and the Elder God, so now the question is, what is the Burning Legion? When did his mastermind behind it appear? In what way did he appear and in what way was he defeated? Is there a connection between the Elder God and the Burning Legion, and if so, what is the relationship? Is there a more powerful enemy behind the Elder God? What is the real purpose of the Burning Legion...... There are so many things, you still don't have a clear conclusion, do you think that's possible?"

In fact, the current Blizzard headquarters does not have a good arrangement for the follow-up plot of Warcraft, otherwise there would not be a situation where the plot will begin to become particularly chaotic after 4.0.

In the last life, Zhou Fangyuan had this feeling when he played the game, if the 5.0 panda man, he could barely say the past with the main god, then what about the 6.0 Draenor?What does the orc hometown on another time and space line have to do with the main plot? There is also 7.0, directly Illidan and Sa Zong forcibly whitewashed, there was no foreshadowing before, it was presented in front of the player so abruptly, look at how many players questioned the plot on the Internet? At the end of 7.0, Sa was sealed in an unimaginable way... ... The Burning Legion, which basically promoted the development of the entire main line, failed like this? Among the heroes with names and surnames, one Lafayette and one Wawang died? Too stupid, too stupid.

Of course, there are many reasons why Warcraft will decline in the later period, players have different tastes, the game is too fast-food, the game is not humane, and so on, these are one of the reasons for the decline of Warcraft.

But I have to say that the confusion of the plot is undoubtedly one of the reasons.

So the first step for Zhou Fangyuan to do now is to reverse the problems in the plot.

"I'll tell you what I think, in fact, I think that in terms of the plot, we can set Illidan as a hero from the beginning, and the enemy he has to face is the Burning Legion, but everyone doesn't understand him, so he is forced to become a traitor-like character. And the Burning Legion, it's not absolutely evil, we should set the Elder God as a more evil existence than the Burning Legion, which involves a reason why the Burning Legion wants to destroy the Burning Legion, this point, your previous setting is very good, for example, the Titan comes from the Star Soul, then the Elder God is actually the existence of the corrupted Star Soul, and the Burning Legion destroys the Elder God and the world corrupted by it in the entire universe in order to avoid the appearance of the Fallen Titan.

Is there a more powerful enemy behind the Elder Gods? an enemy that can directly confront the Titans? Is there any other subordinate to this enemy, and can these subordinates sneak into Azeroth in other ways...... Anyway, there's so much that can be developed, and I hope you'll spend a little more time, and preferably hire some dedicated authors to give you inspiration for your stories. ”

Zhou Fangyuan actually moved out the follow-up plot of Warcraft, but because of the time difference, if these ideas are put forward now, the Warcraft team will be able to lay the groundwork for the plot in a vague way, so that the future plot development will not be abrupt and unacceptable.

The three founders on the opposite side were all stunned, and they could guarantee that this copy had never been shown to Zhou Fangyuan before, and it was impossible for the other party to see these things. However, these rough plot plans provided by Zhou Fangyuan are eye-catching.

Yes, pure evil and pure justice are too fake, they want to create a world, so the relativity of each character is very important, so that it will appear real and attractive.

Originally, the three of them were still a little disappreciative of Zhou Fangyuan, but when they looked at Zhou Fangyuan again, their eyes had changed. In their eyes, Zhou Fangyuan has become a genius in copywriting design, just a cursory look at the plot, can provide so many things they have never thought of, if you look at it this way, Blizzard is in charge of this person, it doesn't seem to be bad, at least he is not a guy who doesn't know anything about games like Vivendi, the other party not only knows the game very well, but also can provide a lot of help for their game.