On Christmas Eve, in the heavy snow.

Wang Anran and Situ Xinyan took a taxi to Qianmen Street.

Situ Xinyan introduced: "Senior brother, don't look at the decoration here, the roast duck restaurant in this cheap shop is very famous, Yanjing is authentic, it is worth trying." ”

Wang Anran has been in Beijing for so many years, and in fact, it is the first time to eat roast duck here, and he hurriedly asked: "Isn't it just a roast duck, what's the point?"

When it comes to eating, Situ Xinyan seems to be very good.

"Senior brother, this is too particular, I often talk about food culture, food culture, if you add culture, it will be much more interesting if you add culture, you can taste delicious food while experiencing the mood of the ancients. ”

"The state of mind of the ancients?"

Situ Xinyan didn't explain, turned his head and asked Wang Anran: "Senior brother, do you know how many years of history the cheap roast duck restaurant is?"

Wang Anran didn't know.

"For more than five hundred years, this cheap shop has been there in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, imagine that Zhu Di also used to sit in your current position to enjoy the food, is there a feeling of the Ninety-Five Supreme?"

Wang Anran shook his head, he was sure that Zhu Di should not sit on the square table and eat roast duck, the emperor, even if he sits, at least he should spread a golden cushion on the stool.

This meal was eaten for more than half an hour, and when I went out, Wang Anran and Shan Lei came unexpectedly, Shan Lei came with her roommate Lou Jing, and I wanted to come here to try the roast duck from the cheap shop.

"Hello, Wang Anran!"

"Huh...... What a coincidence, you guys came here to eat roast duck too?"

Wang Anran's expression was unnatural, and he suddenly had a feeling of cheating, although these two girls had nothing to do with him.

The two said hello briefly.

Lou Jing pulled Shan Lei into the house to order.

Situ Xinyan asked Wang Anran at the door if he wanted to go to a movie.

Wang Anran was tasteless, shook his head and said: "The snow is too big, no matter how late the car is, I can't sit in the car, so let's do it today!"

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

At 12 o'clock in the evening, Wang Anran waited for the international call of Rebus as promised.

Jiang Yan's war report in the United States, 250,000 VCD/DVD players were all sold within two hours.

Jiang Yan has already begun accepting new reservations, and 230,000 people have now submitted deposits.

The sales of 250,000 units are only 50 or 60 million US dollars, which is far inferior to Huaxin Technology's graphics cards, but this can at least show that Jiang Yan's first shot into the US market has been fired.

At present, there is no shortage of VCD CDs, and the content of CVDs is much worse.

Of course, this is also a long-term process, and the key to the problem is to let these film studios see the profits brought by DVD video compression.

Of course, Jiang Yan can also buy the rights to the CDs of these films, but the cost is much higher.

Wang Anran's opinion is that Jiang Yan should buy as many disc rights as possible from the profits obtained by Jiang Yan.

"Mr. Lei, the matter of buying movie rights is very important, don't forget, Panasonic, Sony, and Philips are all studying DVD technology, and when they come up with the results, if they control the source of the film, what will happen, Jiang Yan's DVD is not compatible with them. ”

"Isn't this a bottomless pit, there are so many movies produced every year, Jiang Yan has to keep throwing money in it?"

Wang Anran shook his head and said: "Not exactly, as long as Jiang Yan's DVD can occupy more than 30% of the market, such a user base, no matter which publisher will not despise it, no one can refuse such a large market." ”

Rebus nodded and said, "Mr. Wang, I know, what Jiang Yan has to do now is to ship as much as possible, and the more we sell, the stronger our DVD standards will be." ”

Wang Anran nodded, there must be a battle in the battle for DVD standards, Jiang Yan can't swallow the entire market alone, it needs friends, and Jiang Yan's weakness is that she doesn't have her own optical drive technology, and she doesn't have the corresponding data burning patent.

Wang Anran considered whether Jiang Yan should open up the decoding technology and provide decoding chips and solutions to the outside world like Huaxin Technology.

Or eat a wave of market dividends first, how to grasp this time node, Wang Anran wants to hear Rebus's opinion.

......

A few days later, Counter-Strike made a high-profile announcement on Hong Kong Island.

More than 70 media were invited to the venue of 10,000 people, and more than 100 microcomputers were lined up on the spot.

More than 3,000 gamers entered the venue by offering a lottery.

The Republic of Gamers showed a big deal at the beginning, and naturally attracted the attention of the media.

The banner played by the country of players is the world's first pure 3D personal shooter, which also arouses the curiosity of ordinary people who eat melons.

The highlight of the event is the experience.

“Fire，Open fire!”

“Go Go GO!”

“Cover me!”

“You take the point!”

Bang...... Bang...... Bang......

The game immediately catches the attention of the audience at the beginning of the game.

"WC, he's behind you, him. ”

"AK47 is too real, the muzzle of the repeating gun is so powerful. ”

"Stupid, this gun can only be fired, next time you can take the M16. ”

"This picture, you can still bleed when you are shot, it's too ......"

"After Lao Tzu, I actually sprayed the picture, do you want to live, let's do it again, Lao Tzu will divide your five horses this time. ”

Counter-Strike is extremely easy to learn, but it takes talent to practice marksmanship.

This time, the player kingdom did not find any support, and the players on the scene turned the scene upside down.

The first batch of players to experience it has not yet arrived, and the players below are already impatient.

"It's time, come down, I'll try!"

"What's the hurry, isn't there still more than thirty seconds. ”

"You're not mistaken, thirty seconds, you enter the game, and the time has basically passed. ”

"I can't see if I can't do it!"

E3 Game Show special reporter Babu was trying to play on a machine, and when the time came, he sighed and said: "I didn't expect the Chinese to develop such a creative game."

I can conclude that every player who has tried it will always install it on their computer as soon as possible, and it seems that Counter-Strike will be the star of the show at the E3 game show next May. ”

Counter-Strike's $39 price tag isn't too expensive, it's not cheap, and more than 3,000 copies were retailed at the venue.

The publisher ordered the bulk of the order, and more than 300,000 copies were ordered in the first batch.

Republic of Gamers has announced that it will host a World Counter-Strike Arena on Hong Kong Island with a maximum prize pool of US$100,000 before the E3 Game Show in April 1995.

There was a lot of joy for a while, and the country of players also became popular on this day.

Wang Anran was not surprised by the popularity of Counter-Strike, in this era, there was a lack of excellent products, and three years later in history, the release of Counter-Strike caused a sensation.

Wang Anran just detonated the 3D game market in advance.

And Microsoft is already on their backs, and they learned at the first time that Counter-Strike can only be installed in the HarmonyOS SP system......

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