Volume 2 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 208 The Game (1st Update)
Zhang Siyuan, who left Xu Zelei's office, strolled to Cui Xiong's office. Cui Xiong was drinking tea at this time, and when he saw Zhang Siyuan coming in from the door, he put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said to Zhang Siyuan: "BOSS, are you here?"
Since following Zhang Siyuan to China and working in Times Technology for two months, the success of QQ Legend has made his life better and better. The QQ legend, which was once unattended in South Korea, has become hot in China. Not only did Times Technology make money, but Cui Xiong, as a R&D personnel, got no less bonuses.
Zhang Siyuan walked to the sofa in Cui Xiong's office and sat down, and asked Cui Xiong, "I heard Mr. Xu say that you have something to look for me, what's wrong?"
"Oh, yes. Because of the National Day, although the number of players of QQ Legend has returned to normal, there is still a gap compared with the peak of QQ Legend. I want to ask the boss if there is any way to restore the QQ legend to the hot situation it was before?" Cui Xiong heard Zhang Siyuan's question and said to Zhang Siyuan.
"Is there a big gap?"
"Not big. It's just that now there are some games imitating QQ Legend on the market, which seriously divides the QQ Legend market. I'm wondering if we're going to put some big moves out to make QQ Legends more popular. β
"What do you think?" asked Zhang Siyuan.
Cui Xiong turned on the computer and said to Zhang Siyuan: "Boss, look, these are the only maps we currently open, and some modes have not yet been opened. I'm wondering if we're going to open some modes first to attract players, and then we'll have a big update and other features later. β
After Cui Xiong finished speaking, he stepped out of the way, and Zhang Siyuan sat down in Cui Xiong's seat and operated the computer. The current QQ Legend is basically a simple story mission, as well as a few dungeons, and the really interesting activities have not been opened, so Cui Xiong thought about opening some functions to attract players.
After playing for a while, Zhang Siyuan said to Cui Xiong who was standing aside: "You look at it, you can discuss the legendary things with Mr. Xu in the future." I can teach you everything, as long as you follow what I say about research and development, QQ legend will definitely become a classic. Don't worry too much about the games on the market, the most important thing about games is popularity, and those games will last a few months at most. Lack of publicity, lack of popularity, players will not play for a while. In addition, after all, it is an imitation, and after all, the playability is not as high as our QQ legend. β
"OKAY, BOSS, I GOT IT. Cui Xiong nodded on the side.
Zhang Siyuan gave him a few suggestions, and during the research and development process, he experimented with it, and the fun of the game was indeed more interesting than what he developed at the beginning. In addition, the boss is Zhang Siyuan, so about the QQ legend, Cui Xiong has to ask Zhang Siyuan for instructions.
Regarding the road to be taken in the future of QQ Legend, Zhang Siyuan has already written a plan and sent it to Cui Xiong. Strictly speaking, Zhang Siyuan has nothing to suggest to Cui Xiong, he just needs Cui Xiong to develop it and update it step by step.
In this life, the QQ Legend source code has not been leaked. The games on the market that are modeled after the legend are not as good as the QQ legend. There will also be no private servers in the previous life, and the lifespan of the QQ legend will be much higher than the legend of the previous life.
The source code stolen by Li Zhanpeng is only a small part of the code of QQ Legend, and it is the code with added materials. Really make a game according to those codes,Even Cui Xiong doesn't know what it will become,If you can really make a game that is comparable to QQ Legend or better than QQ Legend,Then Zhang Siyuan really admires Tencent's technical staffγ
Cui Xiong's words also reminded Zhang Siyuan that there have been other games in the market that are dividing the market of QQ Legend, and this aspect really needs to be paid attention to. The success of QQ Legend is irreproducible. But really in terms of playability, QQ Legend is really not comparable to many games in later generations.
Although there are his suggestions, which strengthens the playability of QQ Legends. But after all, there are congenital deficiencies, whether in terms of graphics or game operation, after the performance of computer hardware keeps up, many games can surpass QQ Legend.
Zhang Siyuan also thought in his heart whether it was time to introduce other games. Nowadays, the number of computer users is increasing, and the game market is getting bigger and bigger, and not everyone likes games like QQ Legends. There will always be people who like casual games, and the market for that type of player is also very large.
Although there is a precedent of QQ Legend, it is not realistic to try to pick up leaks from other game companies. But even if you can't get the game, as long as you can get the agents of those classic games in your memory, you won't make much less.
Zhang Siyuan is now thinking about whether to take the agency of CS first while CS has not yet become popular, or to develop the same game by himself like Ma Tenghua in the previous life.
Now CS has not been a big hit, if Times Technology preemptively developed the same model, then no one will say that they plagiarized. It's just that game development is not so simple, and Times Technology is a well-known lack of people, which is a troublesome thing.
Cui Xiong saw Zhang Siyuan sitting there and didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't make a sound to disturb him. waited for Zhang Siyuan to stop thinking, and Cui Xiong asked Zhang Siyuan, "BOSS, do you have anything to explain?"
"Do you know some game developers, I have a few game blueprints here, and I'm looking for someone to develop them. Seeing Cui Xiong standing aside, Zhang Siyuan suddenly reacted, there are indeed few domestic game programmers, but there are many foreign game programmers, especially South Korea, a big game country.
Hearing Zhang Siyuan say this, Cui Xiong thought for a while and asked, "What kind of programmer does the boss want?" I have some friends here, you can help ask." β
"Competitive games, games like Half-Life. There is also a game that has not appeared on the market now, which can be regarded as a casual one. Zhang Siyuan said with a smile.
Zhang Siyuan wanted to find someone to make World of Warcraft, but unfortunately he also knew that it was impossible. Blizzard's production must be a boutique is not a joke, and a game that can last as long as World of Warcraft seems to be such a thing in history.
Zhang Siyuan would rather have the idea of acquiring Blizzard than expect a game like World of Warcraft to be developed by Times Technology. If there was such a good imitation, then the Blizzard of the previous life would not know where it would have gone. After all, Blizzard's bounce ticket is loved and hated by everyone. If there really was a company that could replace Blizzard, Blizzard would have gone out of business a long time ago.
"Okay, I'll help you ask. But I can't guarantee that they will be willing to come to China and learn Mandarin. Cui Xiong said with some apprehension.
Zhang Siyuan's foreign employees must be able to speak Mandarin, which is a very harsh condition. It's a pity that this is Zhang Siyuan's bottom line, otherwise Cui Xiong could have brought more people to the original QQ legend's R&D team.
Zhang Siyuan smiled: "If you don't want to, forget it, I'm not in a hurry." China's Internet is developing more and more rapidly, and there will be more and more relevant practitioners. I'll wait, anyway, now that the company has QQ Legend, the plan in my head, it doesn't matter if it's sooner or later. β
Zhang Siyuan just wants to lay out in advance now, and it is not yet time for the game market to really explode. The hardware can't keep up, and no matter how fun the game is, it's not interesting if the machine can't take it. And the domestic Internet speed is now slow, and playing those large-scale online games will also be stuck.
This is also the reason why QQ Legend has to divide so many servers, if the dead players are concentrated in one server, then the server simply can't bear so much data. The gaming experience will become very poor, which will also affect the playability of the game.
The game that leads the domestic game market, Zhang Siyuan does not plan to be all-round. There is only one game, and Zhang Siyuan is ready to eat it. That is the Fantasy Journey to the West, the game that made Ding Sanshi rich.
Sohu has been owned by Zhang Siyuan, although Zhang Yangchao still has shares in his hands. NetEase is still very moist now, Zhang Siyuan can't take NetEase, but he can pinch the lifeblood of NetEase's future.
Portals are on fire now, but the decline of portals in the future is the trend. The three major portals have been transformed, NetEase's pillar industry is games, and it is a competitor itself, Zhang Siyuan will not let NetEase transform smoothly.
Taking advantage of the fact that Fantasy Westward Journey has not yet been developed, nor is it NetEase's, find the developer of Fantasy Westward Journey in advance and include it in Times Technology, and what will happen to NetEase at that time is predictable.
Thinking of this, Zhang Siyuan said to Cui Xiong: "You are busy first, I still have some things." If there is anything in the future, you can email me directly, and you don't have to tell me every time I go to the company. Cui Xiong answered, and Zhang Siyuan got up and left Cui Xiong's office.
Zhang Siyuan walked around the company twice and found Zhang Junkui: "How is the company's recruitment now?"
"Qin Siyu is now in charge of the personnel side of the matter, you go and ask her. I've been busy with publicity for a while, and I haven't been asking about personnel lately. Zhang Junkui said something that surprised Zhang Siyuan.
Zhang Siyuan asked suspiciously, "Qin Siyu?"
"It's the little girl at the front desk, you don't have an impression?"
Zhang Siyuan nodded: "Yes, it's just that she is in charge of personnel, can she do a good job?"
In Zhang Siyuan's impression, Qin Siyu is not as old as him. It didn't take long for Zhang Junkui to contact the personnel work, and Zhang Junkui directly asked her to take the lead, which is a bit exaggerated.
"Whether you can do it or not, you can see for yourself. A week before the National Day, she was already dealing with the company's personnel problems. The reason why I haven't told you yet is that I am going to wait for her to be inspected for a period of time, and I will tell you when she is qualified, and then I will directly turn positive. Zhang Junkui said with a smile.
Hearing Zhang Junkui's words, Zhang Siyuan didn't say anything more, but walked towards the personnel department.
As soon as he walked to the entrance of the personnel department, Zhang Siyuan heard Qin Siyu's shout: "Mr. Zhang, are you here?"