Ouyang Qing nodded and said, "Yes, but there is a shortage of talents in games, so don't be too anxious, you'd rather be in short supply." Also, if you can, you go to Shanda and dig someone over. ”

"Who?"

"Ling Tsunami. ”

"Amazing?"

"Great, this is a specialist. Ouyang Qing rarely praised a person with admiration, "In terms of the core architecture of the game alone, there are few people who can compare to him, and among the top talents in domestic game development, he can be ranked in the top three." ”

Li Zhengyi groaned and said: "Shanda is currently in full swing, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to dig people." I also told Zhang Xiaolong about this before, and my goal is to pry the corners of the Ninth City. ”

Ouyang Qing said: "I know about this, Lao Zhang told me, he told me, I just specially investigated the three current powerful game powers, so I came to you today to talk about it." ”

"Can it be done?" Li Zhengyi's tone was not very sure.

Ouyang Qing said: "Try it, there are two people in the Shanda R&D Department now, who can be called the left-handed knife and right-handed sword of Shanda Games, these two people are Ling Haixiao and Yao Xiaoguang." As far as I know, Yao Xiaoguang doesn't like to move nests very much, so it is very difficult to dig him, but Ling Haixiao is relatively easy because he doesn't agree with Shanda's philosophy. ”

Li Zhengyi suddenly became interested, sat up straight and asked, "There is gossip?"

Ouyang Qing said with a smile: "It's not gossip, it should be insider information that has been circulating in a small area." Shanda President Chen Boss is a very special person, you don't see that he is now using the legend to create a huge fortune, but he himself is very contemptuous of games, in his own words, that is, games can not carry his dreams. ”

So Lao Chen only acts as an agent for the game, purely using the game to complete his capital accumulation. And Ling Haitsung is an avid game maker, he likes to develop games, and agency games have no attraction for him. ”

Li Zhengyi was puzzled: "In that case, why did he join Shanda?"

Ouyang Qing shrugged his shoulders and said: "He has a game developer, what is it called a hero, but Boss Chen doesn't pay attention to it, now the two have a difference in philosophy, and it is only a matter of time before they part ways, so you just need to take the line and tell him bluntly that you can let him lead the game development, and persistently support the game development career, and ensure that he will be tempted." ”

"Okay, I'll try. ”

Li Zheng nodded in agreement, and then asked, "You said he can be ranked in the top three in the game, who are the other two?"

Ouyang Qing said: "As long as you get him, the top three will account for two." Because Ling Haixiao is not alone, he has a small team under him, and there is another master of game modeling in the team, this person's thinking creativity is not trivial, and the industry calls it a nerve knife. ”

"What about the other one?"

"Don't think about the third place. Ouyang Qing said with a smile, "That one is now under the command of NetEase, and Journey to the West is led by him, and it has been successfully operated." ”

Li Zhengyi was quite surprised, could it be the one who led the development of the evergreen game Fantasy Journey to the West in the game industry in the future?

Fantasy Journey to the West began in 03 and continued to occupy a place in the game industry more than ten years later, and even ten years later, it achieved a strong result of NO1 in the game online at the same time.

Seeing that Li Zhengyi's face was uncertain, Ouyang Qing thought that the other party was thinking about how to get this bull, so he persuaded him: "That one, you really don't have to make up your mind, the difficulty is infinite." As long as Ling Haitsumi and the Nerve Knife are summoned to Journey Technology, they are guaranteed to be much more powerful than that one. ”

Li Zheng nodded: "Okay, I'll dig when I see the opportunity." ”

Seeing that Li Zhengyi was leaving, Ouyang Qing hurriedly stopped him: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I still have something to ask you." ”

"You say. ”

"Journey games are completely free, right?"

Li Zheng nodded, a little surprised in his heart, this matter had already been mentioned in the planning document given earlier, it was impossible for Ouyang Qing not to know, and now that he asked, he must have other ideas.

Ouyang Qing said: "You don't have to be surprised, I'm just confirming that if the entry threshold is completely free, as long as the quality of the game is not bad, then there will definitely be no shortage of player resources, but a huge player base will be formed." However, on this basis, the game adopts the mode of charging in the prop mall, so for RMB players, as long as they have money, it is easy to open a huge gap with ordinary players, and there is a problem here. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Balance. ”

Ouyang cleared his throat and emphasized again: "Balance, this is the basis for the long-term existence of the whole game, if it is just a game mode that makes a splash, it doesn't matter, but I think, we invest heavily in the development of the game, it can't be a fast food game, so the numerical balance is particularly important." ”

"We should not only highlight the superiority of high-consumption players, but also let ordinary players or low-consumption players see the hope of catching up, and at the same time, we must also divide different grades, so that every player can find superiority and pleasure in different grades. To achieve this, it is not only the quality of the game, the characteristics and appearance of the equipment, the novelty of the gameplay, but also the values that support the core of a game. ”

Ouyang Qing saw this truth very thoroughly, and Li Zhengyi, as a reborn person, had already realized this from the fast food web games in his previous life.

The page game in the previous life is the type that Ouyang Qing said about getting a vote and flashing, and there is no balance at all in terms of values.

The development cost of the web game is very low, but the speed of money absorption is very fast, and the developer will not care about the life cycle of the game, as long as he can make enough money within half a year, he will immediately abandon the web game and transfer to other web game development.

The pursuit of money is the goal of this kind of game company, and they have no intention of sinking down to make games, and in the face of the purpose of making money, the hearts of all suitors have been impetuous.

It's a vicious circle.

If this continues, players will naturally complain, and the gaming industry will be ruined by these unscrupulous game developers.

Far from it!

The numerical balance that Ouyang Qing mentioned is actually the most important part of the online game system - the numerical system.

In the game planning given by Li Zhengyi, there is no numerical system that includes the core of the game, and for the journey game, the numerical system is precisely the most critical point.

"Don't look at me. Ouyang Qing met Li Zhengyi's expectant gaze and spread his hands, "I'm not proficient in the game value system, and I know some talents in this area, but they are all paid games, and they don't directly break the existing game rules and make a free game like you." You must know that the core value system of paid games is completely different from that of free games, because the starting point of free games has become different due to the addition of money items. ”

Li Zhengyi sighed: "Let's do it first, this kind of talent, it's a big deal to cultivate it slowly, this game doesn't have to be in a hurry, it can be understood in one to two years to complete." ”

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