Multi-country interconnection, this idea Lin Feng has had for a long time. The 21st century has entered the era of global interconnection, why online games are divided into various regions, such as national servers, Taiwanese servers, European servers, American servers, etc., why can't servers in various countries be interconnected, so that global players can enjoy the fun of games under the same interconnected starry sky.

Of course, there are various reasons for this, such as different agents, and the problem of benefit distribution is difficult to solve, but since he has taken down the agent in Asia, Lin Feng wants to try this new idea. Multi-country interconnection, Lin Feng believes that this will definitely attract the interest of players.

On the other side of the ocean, in the same network, players of different nationalities fight in teams, and there are too many things that can provoke the interest of players, and these things are enough to make game-loving players crazy.

After hearing Lin Feng's idea, everyone secretly pondered and felt that this plan was feasible, and once it succeeded, it would definitely allow the "second shijie" to step out of the country, enter the Asian market, and become a multinational online game company. However, it is not easy to face, and there are many problems to face.

"Lin Dong, this jihua is feasible, but Lin Dong wants to open the service in several countries at the same time?" Wu Zhaopu's problem is also everyone's problem.

"Three countries and one region, the most popular online games in Asia now are undoubtedly China and South Korea, as well as Taiwan, China, which is also a popular region for online games. The Japanese video game market is well-developed, but the online game market has been sluggish, but it is worth developing," Lin Feng thought about it and decided to launch servers in the four most popular regions in Asia at the same time. As for the Japanese market, it is not a very ideal investment market, but Lin Feng will enter the Japanese market sooner or later, and it is better to be a stepping stone now. What's more, with the global popularity of "Counter-Strike" and its online game of the same name, Lin Feng believes that it will definitely be able to fight its way out in Japan.

Wu Zhaopu frowned, as the CEO of the "second shijie", he knows more about the usual server load and the allocation of resources on each server than Lin Feng, and the most difficult thing to solve in multi-country interconnection is the problem of asynchronous data transmission.

"Lin Dong, the interconnection of the three countries plus one Taiwan region has too high requirements for the server, and the problem of asynchronous data transmission is not easy to solve. I'm afraid our initial investment will be huge. Wu Zhaopu said, "And I don't know how many districts Lin Dong is going to open?"

"1 zone, let all Asian players play in one zone. Lin Feng said.

Everyone's expressions froze.

In terms of the number of people online in "Legend", the highest online rate exceeds one million, according to this ratio, if you count the other two countries and Taiwan, I am afraid that the number of online people will not be less than 2 million, and 2 million people are crowded in one district at the same time, this terrible data traffic can not be solved by just adding servers, there are too many details in it, especially the interconnection of multiple countries, and the transmission speed of each country is not the same, in short, there are many problems.

Lin Feng didn't think about everyone's worries. But these are just problems on jishu, and they can all be solved. However, the huge capital investment in the early stage is indeed very problematic. Today's "second shijie", as well as other companies under their own, can only withdraw a maximum of 200 million funds from their accounts, but if they want to complete multi-country Internet tours, it may not be enough.

"By the way, this time I also acquired a brand new software, BT, which I think may be used to solve our jishu problems, and maybe also solve our lack of funds. Lin Feng suddenly thought of the BitTorrent software that he had acquired for $50,000. This multipoint transfer, the more people, the faster the transfer crazy download software.

Lin Feng hurriedly ordered someone to print out the relevant information of BitTorrent and hand it over to everyone.

Cui Mingze, Fang Zhihang, and Qiu Xin, the former chief programmer of Xishanju Studio, are also the current deputy director of the development department of "Swordsman Online".

"Boss, who developed this software, its idea is so creative. Under the P2P architecture, multi-point transmission, oh my God, once this software comes out, I believe it will definitely change the network shijie. Qiu Xin was amazed.

"Hehe, this is an American named Cohen, but I bought the rights to it. Lin Feng showed a slight smug look.

The three of them even lamented Cohen's mind, and also lamented that the IT industry is changing with each passing day, and if you are a little sluggish, you will fall behind.

Wu Zhaopu asked Cui Mingze and the three of them, and after roughly figuring out the purpose of this software, he said, "Lin Dong, the purpose of this software is mainly used to download data, and it cannot bring us direct economic benefits, and I am afraid that it will also involve a lot of copyright issues." After all, Wu Zhaopu is an economic analyst, and he quickly grasped the pulse of BitTorrent.

"However, if this BitTorrent software can really solve the problem of multi-country interconnection, I have a proposal, we will not introduce this software that can only be downloaded to the market for the time being, and let this jishu be exclusively owned by our company. I think that if we can really solve the problem of asynchronous transmission, other online game companies will definitely come to us in the future to buy the license of this software. Wu Zhaopu has thought of a very far-reaching future in the blink of an eye, but if everything is really as he thinks, the profits brought by this software will be huge.

Wu Zhaopu's words reminded Lin Feng. Lin Feng remembers that the "Counter-Strike Online" launched by valve later is based on a distributed system called what is derived from BitTorrent, which can greatly reduce the load of data traffic on the server and reduce the dependence on the server.

"Then can you make use of this software?" Lin Feng looked at Cui Mingze and the others.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled wryly, "Boss, although we are also programmers, we are specialized, if possible, it is best to invite the programmer who developed this software." If he presides, I believe this jishu conversion should be much easier. ”

"Okay, I'll take care of this. Lin Feng clapped the board to set the future development of the company.

Multi-national interconnection Counter-Strike Online, which will definitely be the most anticipated game of the second half of 2001. However, Lin Feng was not prepared to reveal the news immediately, causing frenzy among players and the industry. Of course, if it were Shi Yuzhu instead, this crazy talent in the marketing industry would definitely have been hyping up this concept all over the world, but Lin Feng is Lin Feng after all, not Shi Yuzhu, under the premise that everything is not known and the important Jishu problem has not been solved, Lin Feng does not want to put satellites.

Lin Feng didn't want to be scolded by the players because he didn't overcome the problem on Jishu by then. Lin Feng hopes to build his "second shijie" into a well-known high-quality online game company like Blizzard.

After the meeting, Lin Feng called Newell, CEO of Valve.

"Newell, I'm Lin Feng of 'Second Shijie', and I want to trouble you with something. The last time I approached Cohen for the BitTorrent software, something went wrong, and I wanted to ask him to come to Shanghai and instruct the programmers on my side. Lin Feng naturally wouldn't dig into Newell's corner, so the other party might be vigilant and not let go. What's more, digging people like this doesn't look good on the other side. It's better to invite people over first, and then keep them from leaving. After that, give Newell a gift, and both parties will not be embarrassed.

Newell didn't think of any of this, so he naturally agreed. Who would have thought that the programmer they had just hired would be gone. also personally sent Lin Feng's "second shijie" to the throne of the game empire.

Cohen was also anxious when he learned that there was a problem with his software. He is a straight man, how can he know so much. Thinking that he had received $50,000 from Lin Feng, but there was a problem with the software, he was in a hurry. I went home and hurriedly packed up and got on the plane.

When Cohen arrived in Shanghai, he was flattered by Lin Feng's grand welcome ceremony. At this time, he realized that something seemed to be wrong, and when Lin Feng explained later, he immediately understood that it was not that there was a problem with his software, but that the other party wanted to poach people. In this regard, Cohen is both amused and helpless. Now that everyone is in Shanghai, what else can I do? In addition, Lin Feng's idea of using BitTorrent software to interconnect online games in multiple countries deeply attracted him. In addition, Lin Feng promised that his annual salary would rise to $500,000, which also stimulated the heart of Cohen, who has always been poor.

After thinking for a while, Cohen agreed to Lin Feng's request. As for the home in the United States, it was originally a temporary rented apartment, and there was not much value, and it was not worth going back again. At that moment, Cohen called a friend in the United States and asked him to help him pay off his rent, and then settled in Shanghai.

When Newell received a call from Lin Feng saying that something was wrong with Shanghai and that he wanted to borrow Cohen for a while, Newell understood what was going on no matter how stupid he was. But he doesn't break it, the two companies are now in a cooperative relationship, and he can't tear his face for these little things. What's more, Cohen is only a staff recruited by him, not a core employee of the company, and it doesn't matter if he is poached.

What's more, Newell also guessed that it should be related to Cohen's newly designed BitTorrent software, and Lin Feng did not want to steal the company's core code for "Counter-Strike Online". Therefore, Newell generously told Lin Feng that Cohen would use it with Lin Feng.

But Newell had a secret feeling in his heart that giving up on Cohen was probably the biggest mistake he had ever made.

Newell's generosity, Lin Feng naturally understood that he already knew about it, and he didn't say anything. With the tacit understanding of the two parties, Cohen became the special adviser to Lin Feng's "second shijie", specializing in the network communication of the Jishu department.

Everyone's happy!

In order to get "Counter-Strike Online" listed in Asia as soon as possible, Lin Feng temporarily transferred the Cui Mingze working group, which was originally in charge of the development of "Audition", and the Xishanju working group, which has been developing "Swordsman Online", under the leadership of Cohen, to give priority to overcoming the difficulties of "Counter-Strike Online". Thinking that he would have to transfer people to develop "Journey" in the future, Lin Feng had a headache.

There are too few talents, and they still have to recruit people-Lin Feng pondered where to dig up some game talents again.

At this time, Wang Hai, who was in charge of tracking down the hackers, had news.

"Mr. Lin, I have locked the detailed address of the hacker. Wang Hai called.