There are difficulties, but with the strength of the cross-server company, there is nothing that cannot be fought if you want to.

Xue Wenmin just felt uncomfortable, and to use this vicious competition method, which meant that they had to spend more money to get a game. He can't give up the agency business, because if the operation is good, he can still make money.

Carefully studying the online games that will be launched or have been in public beta this year, Xue Wenmin feels that Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States do not have good works. Xue Wenmin also noticed League of Legends, but he felt that this copycat game was not as good as Dota 2.

Moreover, Tencent has already taken a stake in Fist, and Xue Wenmin is too lazy to fight, and finally sets his sights on a Belarusian game company called Argaming. Founded in 1998 and with a lot of experience in development, the game company launched a shooter called World of Tanks this year.

Shooters aren't just gunfights, tanks are also shooters.

World of Tanks supports 30-player PVP battles, and the game will feature various types of tanks, including light, medium, and heavy tanks, anti-tank destroyers, self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles, as well as a wide variety of weapons and equipment for players to choose from.

Xue Wenmin happened to be a fan of tank games, and he personally contacted Argaming to ask for an activation code, and played for a few days. World of Tanks is a game developed for military fans, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get started, and Xue Wenmin found it quite difficult to play at first.

Fortunately, during the internal test, everyone's skills were not good, so Xue Wenmin was not bad. After getting his hands on it, Xue Wenmin experienced the fun of World of Tanks and felt that the game was very promising, so he decided to represent World of Tanks.

The personal hobbies of the operator have some influence on the business.

At this time, no domestic game companies have noticed World of Tanks, and Xue Wenmin is a little entangled, whether to immediately invest in this company, or directly take the agency. I am afraid that the agency has not been negotiated yet, and suddenly attracts the attention of other companies and runs over to intervene.

This is vicious competition, once someone takes the lead, other competitors have to follow.

In the end, Xue Wenmin decided to take a stake in Argaming in order to be safe.

He knew that Hang Yu had paid more attention to the agency business recently, so he called Hang Yu directly for instructions. After learning about Xue Wenmin's goal, Hang Yu didn't understand it very well, because he hadn't played the game World of Tanks.

Hang Yu is not a military fan, and he doesn't know anything about tanks, but he can understand the obsession of military fans with strategy games.

Xue Wenmin strongly recommended it, and Hang Yu agreed.

There are very few people who know about World of Tanks, but the game is actually quite good and very profitable. World of Tanks has a small audience, but its audience is more willing to spend money.

The reason why World of Tanks did not catch fire in China has a lot to do with its agents. The original agent of this game was Sky Net, which was founded in 02, and its operating masterpieces include "Guild Wars", "Pocket Wars", "World of Tanks"...

There are dozens of games in the air.com, but there are very few of them, and the operation capacity is relatively average. If you change to a cross-server company to run World of Tanks, with the support of Weibo users, it will definitely be much better than the original historical results.

Although Argaming has been in business for more than a decade, it was not very valuable until World of Tanks became popular all over the world. Xue Wenmin spent $10 million in the first round and directly acquired 68% of the shares of Argaming, becoming the largest shareholder.

Now don't worry, even if someone buys again, it is impossible to steal the agency of World of Tanks.

After stabilizing the game, Xue Wenmin ran the company while paying attention to other companies and games. However, he is the same person as Hang Yu, he likes to choose targets according to his hobbies, and he generally doesn't start games that he is not interested in.

Xue Wenmin believes that the company's operational capacity is limited, if there are too many games, it is easy to affect the operation of existing products, it is best to take the boutique route, and it is enough to act as an agent for a few high-quality works every year.

Like Sky Net, Nine Cities, NetEase, and them, games that are a little famous are rushed over, Xue Wenmin feels that it is a waste of resources and time, which is equivalent to a big fight in the nest, and players are not easy to choose.

Especially for games of a similar genre, there is no point in repeating proxies.

Xue Wenmin chose World of Tanks, the first reason is that he thinks it is fun, the second reason is that the player feedback is good, and the third reason is that there is no similar game in the cross-server company.

"Lao Xue, you can't just focus on agency business, quickly pick a suitable R&D company for us. Zhou Guangyue waited for several days, but did not get the result, so he came directly to the office to urge.

"You can pick two of these companies, and you can also work with Argaming. Although this company is not developing an action game, I think that in the future we may be able to develop a war game as well. Xue Wenmin said.

"World of Tanks, is this game fun?" Zhou Guangyue saw the report on Xue Wenmin's desk.

Zhou Guangyue also likes competitive games, especially games with fast action rhythm and more tests of reaction and brain. However, he was under the impression that the tank seemed to move slowly, and it didn't feel very competitive.

"This kind of game is developed for military fans, and you don't like military martial arts, so you can't understand it. Xue Wenmin said.

"Depending on how well you operate, if the game is doing well, we can try to develop a war game. But you'll have to wait a year or two, and zombie invasion is not a good game. Zhou Guangyue said.

In order to reduce the computer configuration, the zombie invasion game is mainly made by the boss more exquisitely, but the game characters are in the Q version, the mob is slightly perfunctory, and the scene is enhanced by music to enhance the sense of substitution.

There are several benefits to using the Q version of the characters, one is to reduce the configuration requirements, the second is to attract cute lovers, and the third is to reduce the fear that dark horror scenes and atmosphere bring to players.

Don't overestimate the player's tolerance, many players are particularly timid and afraid to play a dark style game alone.

As an upgrade game, it requires the development of more field maps, NPCs and coherent plots, which is a bit more work. Of course, this game is not in place as soon as it comes, but intends to update the plot and map while operating.

The other is the innovation of the battle mode, which takes a lot of time to grind.

"It's up to you for the past two years, don't let the company's performance fall. Zhou Guangyue said that since self-developed games take a long time, the company's performance can only be supported by agent games.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it. Xue Wenmin said.

Zhou Guangyue knows Xue Wenmin very well, he is a serious and responsible person, and since he said it, he will do it wholeheartedly. Xue Wenmin said rest assured, Zhou Guangyue was really relieved, and went back to the office with the information to select investment objects.