Chapter 107: A Trip to Yanling
Yanling City, Jiangsu Province, New District Software Park. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
This is the first batch of software parks approved by the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and later approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Celestial Empire, it has become the software industry base of the National Torch Program, enjoying a series of preferential treatment, protection and support policies. In a small square kilometer of land, hundreds of software companies gathered.
China's game market has huge potential and abundant human resources, which has long attracted the attention of game companies in neighboring countries.
The so-called neighboring countries are actually mainly Japan and South Korea.
The mainstream of Japan's game industry is completely different from the mainstream of the world's game industry, and as a big game console country, Japan's game industry has an insurmountable bottleneck in terms of output, and it seems to be relatively self-contained, and it is not easy to introduce or export.
From the last century to the present, Japanese game companies can have a relatively wide influence in the Celestial Empire, and they are just a glorious company in the Three Kingdoms series, the Legend of Heroes series, the Age of Discovery series, the Sixth Heavenly Demon King series and the Legend of Determination series.
However, the latecomer of Korean games once had a huge influence in the Celestial Empire, especially in the year or two after the millennium, when popular masterpieces such as millennium, legend, and dragon clan were born and dominated the game industry of the Celestial Empire for a period of time.
However, South Korea is too small after all, and when the Japanese game industry began to catch up, it was easy to become the target of major domestic game companies, both openly and secretly. Soon he was torn off from the throne of solitude, although he can still firmly occupy a place, but the overall market is gradually decreasing in influence, and it has long lost its former prestige.
After all, no matter how closely related Korean culture is to the culture of the Celestial Empire, there must still be a layer of cultural differences between the games made by Koreans and the games made by the Celestial Empire themselves.
Despite this, the Celestial Empire has long since become the largest market for the Korean game industry, and there is no possibility of quitting. Therefore, many long-term Korean game companies have begun to change their thinking and directly invest in the establishment of R&D teams in the Celestial Empire.
Take the software park in Yanling New District as an example, in less than half a year since 09, more than a dozen game companies established by Korean-funded enterprises have been registered here.
Zhao Cangting, the director of Nexon, stood in front of the wall of his office with a heavy face, looking through the gap in the shutters in the office hall outside.
After coming to this familiar and unfamiliar country for more than half a year, my state of mind has gradually become full of doubts from the ambitious at the beginning, and now it is a state of confusion.
Is there really what I'm looking for?
His father was the former president of Nexon, and he led the famous game company to build a series of successes. But just over a year ago, he was forced to resign as president because of a tax evasion scandal, announced his retirement, and transferred all the company's shares to him.
This decision is not favorable to almost everyone. Zhao Cangting? Isn't that the gentleman boy of President Zhao's family? At a young age, he wandered into nightclubs and lived an indulgent and absurd life, and finally President Zhao had no choice but to send him to serve in the army.
Just such a hairy boy with an unbearable past and who has just retired from the army not long ago, what can he do?
What's even worse is that Lao Tzu evades taxes, the boy is debauched, these two fathers and sons are simply the black sheep in the company, what are they doing in the company? Let's just pool some money to buy the little shares in his hand, and then completely kick him out of the Nexon company!
Obviously, when Zhao Cangting entered the company's board of directors, it attracted widespread skepticism. Not to mention the succession to the position of president, even if you are idle, you don't have one. The expectation of other shareholders for him is that An An will receive dividends separately and take care of the company's affairs.
The cold eyes in front of people and the whispers behind people for a while deeply stimulated Zhao Cangting, after all, he was only a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, a young man with dreams and enthusiasm. He vows to make a comeback with his father's unfulfilled wishes, to impress those who have despised or ignored him.
When he made up his mind to run to ask his father, who was living in seclusion after retirement, what he should do, his father gave him a suggestion: go to the Celestial Empire.
The largest market for Korean game companies is in the Celestial Empire, and Nexon is naturally no exception, and you should try to go to the Celestial Empire to find your future.
So Zhao Cangting quietly came to Yanling City, did not play the banner of Nexon Company, but invested in the establishment of his own game studio in a low-key manner, recruited a group of gamers from the Celestial Empire, and gave them a lot of freedom in research and development, hoping to make a good game product to bring back to South Korea, so that the group of people on the board of directors of Nexon Company were convinced.
He remembers his father's admonition: you are just an investor, you just need to learn how to put the right people in the right positions, and that is the secret of my success.
Not long ago, he secretly invited several of his father's former subordinates to Yanling City for a vacation in the name of tourism, and evaluated the research and development results of this studio for more than half a year, but the conclusion was not very optimistic.
So he was at a loss again, it didn't seem to be as simple as he had imagined. I personally selected this group of eloquent and confident gamers from a large number of applicants, who seem to be experienced, but the products they can make are not like that at all.
Do you give them another chance to see if they can change the project for the better, or do you just get rid of them all and start a new team to start over?
Zhao Cangting was hesitating, and the office phone on the desk rang.
"Mr. Zhao, there are two people who claim to be the heads of the threesome studio, and they said that they have made an appointment with you. ā
"Bring them in. Zhao Cangting sighed, retracted his messy thoughts and sat back at the boss's desk.
When Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong walked into this office, they were faced with Zhao Cangting's eyes of examination and doubt.
They were followed by a Korean assistant who doubled as a translator.
However, what Zhao Cangting and the assistant did not expect was that there was no need for others to translate for this meeting.
"Anihassai. ā
"Anihassai. ā
Two authentic Korean greetings sounded, and the two young men in front of them smiled and nodded, bowing slightly. Given the strict social etiquette of Koreans, it may seem a bit casual, but in the context of the Celestial Empire's culture, it is the most formal greeting to meet.
The pronunciation of this greeting is very standard, and there is no sense of temporary rustiness, and it is even much more authentic than the vast majority of Celestial Dynasty employees who have worked in the office hall outside for more than half a year.
Zhao Cangting and his assistant raised their eyebrows in unison, looking surprised.
"Are the two of you also Koreans?" Zhao Cangting's attitude suddenly warmed up, and he stretched out his hand to invite the other party to sit down on the sofa.
Liu Kewei looked at Che Guanglong with a smile and motioned for him to answer.
"No, we are all Celestial Empire. Cha Kwang-ryong smiled slightly and confidently replied in fluent and standard Seoulese Korean.
Zhao Cangting blinked, a little unable to react for a while.
"You speak it so well in Korean. His assistant took over in time, "I can't believe you're a foreigner if you don't say it." ā
"Haha, now that we are in the Celestial Empire, if you want to talk about foreigners, you and Mr. Zhao are foreigners. Che Guanglong made a joke to the assistant.
"Oh, yes, yes, now we're foreigners. The assistant is also a young man, and he seems to be quite good at playing tricks, "The main reason is that your Korean is so standard, I thought I was chatting with someone in Seoul just now." Did you graduate from the Department of Korean Literature?"
"I am a Korean-Chinese from the Celestial Empire. Che Guanglong explained very simply.
Zhao Cangting said in disbelief: "I have also seen some Xian people of the Celestial Empire, and their accents seem to be more northern (referring to North Korea)." But your Korean language is almost the same as that of a Seoulian......"
"From primary school to middle school, I studied at the Xian children's school. Most of our Korean teachers have studied abroad in Korea, so the pronunciation is closer to Korea. ā
"Mr. Liu, the level of Korean translation you brought is very high, and you should give him a raise. Zhao Cangting said to Liu Kewei with a smile.
However, before Che Guanglong or his assistant could translate this sentence into Chinese, Liu Kewei had already directly smiled and shook his head.
"Aninida, not a translator, he's my partner. Although the last two sentences are in Chinese, the first sentence is in Korean, and it is also an honorific.
Cha Kwang-ryong immediately translated in Korean: "He said that I am not a translator, I am a partner." ā
"Mr. Liu can also speak Korean?" Zhao Cangting was taken aback again, and asked Che Guanglong curiously.
"It's hard to say, but I can understand a lot. Cha Guanglong nodded and explained, "He has watched a lot of Korean variety shows, so he has learned some." ā
And this guy has been looking for me to learn Korean from time to time for more than half a year!
"So, you're not a translator, but a ...... of the Threesome Studio?" Zhao Cangting asked tentatively.
"I'm the master of Threesome Studio. Che Guanglong replied.
After a few pleasantries, the conversation went smoothly and quickly got on track because there were almost no barriers to communication.
Liu Kewei took out his notebook from his backpack, put it on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and began to display the PPT promotion documents, game planning outlines and presentation videos one by one. When he said a word, Che Guanglong translated it, and Zhao Cangting nodded frequently while watching.
Although from his personal point of view, he has a good impression of this game, but after all, he lacks professional experience in games and does not have much confidence in his own judgment.
Therefore, as soon as Liu Kewei's presentation came to an end, he euphemistically made his own request, hoping that Liu Kewei could provide copies of these materials, and he sent them back to Seoul for his team to evaluate.
Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong readily agreed, and when they were about to copy these materials into the USB flash drive that Zhao Cangting took out, they were about to say goodbye and wait for news. Zhao Cangting's eyes rolled and he made another request.
"Can you take a moment to look at our team's projects and give us some input?"
Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong exchanged glances, which was an unexpected situation. It's clear that the Korean investor wants to test the professionalism of their game development on the spot.
"No problem. Liu Kewei nodded heavily and replied confidently.