Chapter Ninety-Nine: The First Release of the Summer File
The three-day conference period passed in a blink of an eye, and the participating game development companies all took the KylinWindows95 development primer materials they received and planned to go back to study and study them carefully, and the participating media also received a lot of valuable news, such as the rumors of the E3 exhibition. On the second day of the meeting, at the request of Zhao Haiguang, Li Chunlin, the general manager of the creative workshop, announced the sales of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" some time ago.
The PC version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" sold 32,000 units in mainland China, 60,000 units in Hong Kong and Macau, 300,000 units in Taiwan, and 20,000 units in Southeast Asia. A total sales revenue of 56.6 million yuan was realized, and as the game producer, the creative workshop received 17.12 million yuan, deducting 7.5 million yuan in development expenses, and also made a profit of 9.62 million yuan. Li Chunlin said.
32,000 sets, 300,000 sets, 56.6 million yuan, 17.12 million yuan, one shocking figure after another, immediately captured everyone's hearts. Some people care about the sales of the game and the 380,000 units that represent exports, which shows that the Workshop has gone ahead of everyone and has the ability to distribute the game overseas. Some people care about the development cost of 7.5 million and the profit of 9.62 million in the creative workshop, which shows that the profit has exceeded 50%, which can be said to be a huge profit, of course, people who think like this have selectively ignored the fact that the main profit comes from outside the mainland market, and only the result of dividing 962 by 1712 is left in their eyes, and they are thinking about how to get a piece of the pie in their heads. And some people only see the sales of 32,000 sets in the mainland, coupled with the well-known price of 128 yuan in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", the figure of 4 million alone has already made them excited.
As the sales of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" were spread at the conference, more people "cared" about the game industry......
In the early morning of July 9, when the early birds were still chirping in the branches and most people in the city were still asleep, Chen Jingyi went to the bathroom to wet the towel on her hand with cold water, and then wiped her face to clear her mind. In order to confirm the stocking situation in various places, Chen Jingyi stayed in the office since last night and did not return until 5 o'clock in the morning when she learned that the last batch of goods had been placed on the shelves of the specialty store, and she was relieved. Now that there are more than three hours before the game's premiere ceremony at nine o'clock, Chen Jingyi plans to wash her face and take a nap, so as not to look too bad in spirit.
In fact, it is not the first time to engage in game launches, and it is not the first time to engage in game sales, but as the newly established general manager of Fengyun Interactive to be responsible for the game launch and sales, this is the first time for Chen Jingyi, and she hopes to hand over a good report card to repay the boss's trust in her. From the establishment of Fengyun Interactive to her own general manager, it was like a dream for Chen Jingyi, and she still remembers the scene at that time.
Fengyun Interactive was established in mid-March this year, and after the launch ceremony of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", the marketing department of the creative workshop was transferred to Fengyun Interactive as a whole. Soon after, the Fengyun Game Club was also transferred to Fengyun Interactive to manage. With the addition of administrative, financial, and marketing professionals, Fengyun Interactive has gradually taken shape as a professional game publishing company. For this adjustment, Chen Jingyi felt that she might have greater development in the future, but what surprised her was that the representative of the company's investor actually gave her a special letter of appointment.
"This is your letter of appointment, Miss Chen, if you have no objections, I hope to take office as soon as possible. The representative of Oriental Holdings said as he handed a gilded red letter of appointment to Chen Jingyi.
Chen Jingyi took it and took a look, and the inside page on the yellow background read "...... Miss Chen Jingyi meets the qualifications and is specially appointed as the general manager of Fengyun Interactive Software Technology Co., Ltd., ......", she rubbed her eyes in disbelief and said in surprise: "General manager?
"That's right, it's the general manager of Fengyun Interactive. β
"But I ......" Chen Jingyi used to mainly do marketing things, and suddenly became the general manager, and she was inevitably a little panicked.
"This is what your boss has asked you to do, and he thinks you're a good fit for the position. β
"Boss, you mean ...... Zhang," Chen Jingyi asked.
"Just as you think. β
Chen Jingyi only felt a huge sense of happiness coming, full of fighting spirit, that is a kind of motivation generated by trust, holding the letter of appointment in her hand, she said excitedly: "Please tell the boss, I will definitely do a good job, and I will definitely not live up to his expectations." β
"This is the best opportunity to repay the trust of my boss, and I must do a good job in this summer game sales!" Chen Jingyi, who was lying on the sofa in her office, swore secretly before falling asleep.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the first wave of Fengyun interactive summer game sales officially began. Chen Jingyi, who arrived at the venue of the launch ceremony early, could no longer see the previous fatigue, and re-incarnated as a beautiful and capable white-collar beauty.
ββ¦β¦ I think many of you should have been to Zhongguancun Electronics Street, known as 'China's Silicon Valley', at least you should have heard of it. But have you ever thought about going to the sea to become a boss? Have you ever experienced success and failure in business? Do you know how to turn a small company into a big company? Do you know what it's like to have a team of elite soldiers, tens of millions of assets, and dominate China's high-tech field?"
Speaking of this, Lin Musen deliberately paused, his eyes swept around the audience a few times, and when he found that the emotions of the players in the audience had been mobilized, he continued in a more passionate tone: "Everyone can, now the "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" launched by Shenzhen Jinshan Company provides everyone with this opportunity. In this game, you are the boss, the founder of a company, you have to start with the license, recruit talents, you can rent a counter in the Science and Trade Building to engage in retail or wholesale, you can also rent an office in the Chinasoft Building to directly engage in a software company, but the ultimate goal is to develop and grow your own company through painstaking management......
The voices of Lin Musen and Lu Qiuya on the stage were constantly entwined and scattered, but Li Wenbo's mind in the audience was not focused on this, his attention was all on the sales point that was being prepared next to him. Li Wenbo can also be regarded as an old player, his family conditions are good, he played Apple II very early, and later Nintendo red and white machine, Super Nintendo or something, but I don't know why he has a soft spot for games on the computer, especially some cumbersome simulation games.
The times are developing, science and technology are advancing, Li Wenbo's computer has been constantly upgraded in recent years, from the original Apple II, to 386, 486, until now is the latest Pentium 100 multimedia computer that is being used, what sound card, optical drive, decompression card are readily available, and the games played have also been upgraded from relatively monotonous games on Apple II to "SimCity", "Civilization", "Age of Discovery" etc., but basically they are foreign products, although the screen full of foreign letters forced him to improve the level of English, but in his heart he still hopes to play Chinese games.
The advent of the first domestic game "Condor Commando" last year gave Li Wenbo a glimmer of hope, although the game was not very good, but at least it showed that domestic game companies have begun to work hard. In March of this year, a domestic game company called Creative Workshop launched a game called "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", which is the second game that Li Wenbo spent money to buy, and this is also the game that ignited the flame of hope for him, although RPG games are not his favorite, but the quality of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" completely conquered his heart, and since then Li Wenbo has become an avid supporter of domestic games. According to the popular saying of the 21st century that Zhang Lexing is familiar with, Li Wenbo is now a "fruit fan" (domestic game fan).
After playing "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Li Wenbo saw the application form for the "Fengyun Game Club" attached to the package, and he filled it out without hesitation and sent it out, so he naturally became a member of the Fengyun Game Club, and soon received a membership card and a trial CD sent from the club.
After playing the games on the trial CD, Li Wenbo fell in love with the simulated management of "Happy Farm" and "Zhongguancun Apocalypse", as well as the adventure game "C+ Detective" It seems to be quite interesting, but as a "fruit fan" he still decided to buy these games, because from the trial point of view, the quality of the games is not bad, "Rage Tank", "Bloody Battle on the Beach" Although it's not the genre he likes very much, he is still willing to support domestic game companies because of his money, and hopes to have more good games in the future.
Originally, as a member of the Fengyun Game Club, there was no need to queue up on the spot, as long as you hit the money you bought the game, the game will naturally be sent back, and you can also enjoy discounts. However, the last experience told him that the games sold at the launch ceremony always brought some different things from the ordinary version, which is also the purpose of Li Wenbo's special run.
After waiting for a while,The game finally began to sell,With the advantage of being received,Li Wenbo got a relatively high number plate,After showing the membership card,Spent 90 yuan to get his favorite "Zhongguancun Apocalypse", of course, he didn't forget to buy the same "Fury Tank" sold today, only 80 yuan after the discount, it should be regarded as supporting domestic games.
Holding the two game boxes, Li Wenbo rode home excitedly. As usual, his parents were not there, Li Wenbo changed his shoes and went directly to the study where the computer was placed. Sitting on the soft chair in front of the computer desk, Li Wenbo looked at the two games in his hand, the packaging box is not bad, especially "Rage Tank", the picture on it is very bold and feeling, after thinking for a while, he also decided to take a look at "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" first, the previous trial version process was too short, basically you can only see a picture effect and operation interface, it is really not enjoyable.
Put "Fury Tank" aside first, Li Wenbo opened the box of "Zhongguancun Apocalypse", and the number of things in it is still a certain gap compared with the last "Legend of Sword and Fairy", basically a game disc in a plastic box, a relatively thick user manual, a game poster, and of course, a "Fengyun Game Club" membership application form, but this thing is useless for him.
I flipped through the user manual first, and the content was quite detailed, but it was said that all aspects involved in the entire game were introduced, even including the development history of Zhongguancun, as well as some famous companies and well-known people. Putting down the manual, Li Wenbo opened his computer, then put the game disc into the CD-ROM drive, and after installing the game according to the instructions on the user manual, the game was launched immediately.
First of all, there is a cutscene, using newspapers, new and old photos of Zhongguancun to introduce the history of Zhongguancun, and then a menu appears on the computer screen "Start a new company...... Re-intake of the handsome seal...... Making Footage...... Leaving Zhongguancun", Li Wenbo knew that the corresponding was actually "new game", "progress taken", and "quit the game", so he chose to "start a new company". After filling in some personal and company information, Li Wenbo received his own company license, rented a small office in China Software Building, and began his career in Zhongguancun.
Soon Li Wenbo found that there is a big difference between the official version and the trial version, and the companies and place names that appear in the trial version are basically virtual, such as "Wutong Technology Company" and "Great Northern Computer Company", all of which are unheard of names, and the official version may have been authorized, and there are many familiar names, such as "Lenovo Group" and "Great Wall Computer" Even the streets and main buildings in Zhongguancun are very close to the real world, which makes people feel a sense of involvement, as if they are really struggling in Zhongguancun.
After playing for a while, Li Wenbo's "Bowen Software" Slowly developed, gradually achieved a certain share in the financial software market, the company began to grow gradually, he needs to consider more and more places, is to concentrate on the financial software business to fight, or to use surplus personnel to open up a new software market, have money on hand, is to continue to invest in the development of new products, or to improve the office environment, improve employee satisfaction (low satisfaction, work efficiency will also decline), or or or to send some bonuses, enhance employee loyalty (loyalty is too low, easy to be poached by others), and even sometimes pirated software will come out to join in the fun, so that his newly listed software sales have been greatly reducedγ
The operation of "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" is normal for simulation games, but it is very complicated compared to other types of games, but for Li Wenbo, this is his game fun, the more difficult it is, the more challenging, so in the ups and downs of Zhongguancun, "Bowen Software" continues to thrive......
After eating dinner alone, Li Wenbo, who had played "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" for most of the day, decided to change his taste and play "Fury Tank" for a while.
Put the Tank of Rage disc into the disc drive, and the game will be launched immediately after installation. As soon as the menu of "Fury Tank" came out, a prompt popped up on the screen: "Pentium processor detected, do you want to enable high quality mode?"
"High quality mode? Could it be ......" Li Wenbo was stunned, this was something he didn't encounter when he was playing the trial version, and he couldn't help but think of a certain possibility, and he couldn't help but be happy, and the mouse pointer naturally moved to the top of the "yes", clicked down, the screen went black, and soon the game menu came out.
Li Wenbo easily chose the "new game", the picture went black, and then a cartoon animation with a funny style came out, and after briefly explaining the background of the game, the game officially began, and the familiar and unfamiliar game screen appeared in front of him. said familiar because Li Wenbo played the trial version, and said strange because the picture is much more beautiful than the trial version, and the layout has basically not changed, but it looks much more pleasing to the eye.
Of course, there are still accidents.,Li Wenbo found that the first level of the trial version he had played before actually became the teaching level.,But soon he found that the existence of the teaching level is very necessary.,Because the official version has changed very much in terms of operation.γ The original demo version was just a pure keyboard control 2D side-scrolling tank shooting game, to be honest, it was a bit inconvenient to control, but now the official version has become WASD on the keyboard to control the direction of the tank, mouse control turret shooting, number keys 1~6 weapon switching (in fact, it is the standard FPS control mode). The cartoon tank that the player controls can not only move from side to side, but also lie down or stand up, and even bounce in some special places.
The background of the picture may be clearer than the demo version because of the high image quality, and the combat style still continues the hot excitement in the demo version, and the weapon system has been greatly improved, in addition to the machine cannon with unlimited ammunition, it also has a three-barreled cannon with a relatively large attack range, a powerful cannon, an auto-tracking missile, and a powerful flame strafing weapon.
The difficulty of the game is not great, at least at the level of the game chosen by Li Wenbo, he easily passed the first five levels, and then the screen flashed, indicating that the next level would be a bonus level.
As soon as the picture and music of the bonus level came out, Li Wenbo was stunned for a moment, this familiar rhythm, this familiar picture, it is clearly the first level of Nintendo's red and white machine (FC) "Tank Wars", time seems to have gone back seven or eight years at once, if it weren't for the mouse and keyboard in his hands, he might really think that he was playing the old Nintendo red and white machine.
As a veteran player, although there are not many games on Nintendo's red and white machines, as a national-level game "Tank Wars", Li Wenbo has practiced for a long time, and he is facing the easiest first level, which is not difficult to deal with. However, as the saying goes, people miss their hands and horses stumble, and Li Wenbo was carelessly blown up by the last tank from behind, but something hilarious happened, and a villain crawled out of the wreckage of the tank. Li Wenbo subconsciously pressed the shooting button, and the villain threw out a grenade, which happened to blow up the sneak attack tank to pieces, and the victory music sounded, and he passed the level......
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