A community in Jinxiu Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai......

Sitting in front of the computer in the summer, I clicked on a link sent by a netizen from ICQ, which is said to be a super easy-to-use tool software, called "Variable Speed Gear". With the support of the newly installed ADSL broadband,The website to which the link points was quickly opened,This is a very simple personal web page,But the download address of the "variable gear" is very eye-catching on the top of the home page,Summer clicked on the download address of the "variable gear",The small software was quickly moved back to her hard disk by the network ants。

Picking up a cup and taking a sip of Coke, Summer clicked on the instruction document for "Transmission Gear", "...... How to change the speed of the game after starting the program?When the program is first started, it is the original speed, you can use the left and right buttons or the mouse to move the slider, and the program will display the set speed, such as reducing it by 4 times or speeding it up by 8 times, etc., etc., ......", it seems that the use of the software is very simple, and her slightly frowning brow is also relaxed.

Summer immediately installed the "Shift Gear" according to the instruction file, and then after starting the "Shift Gear", he opened the "Stone Age" that he had been playing recently, logged in to the game, and operated her character to walk slowly around the village of Karuta, and then she pressed the "+" button to adjust the speed to the fastest, and then the movement of the sub-character immediately became fast.

Looking at the primitive people who seemed to have stepped on the hot wheels under her feet, Summer nodded with satisfaction, since she came into contact with "Stone Age" at the end of last year, she has fallen in love with this kawaii-style painting style, she has fallen in love with this interesting primitive life, and she has also fallen in love with the playmates in the game.

However, there is one thing that I am not satisfied with in the summer, that is, the speed of "Stone Age" is too slow, not only the speed of fighting, but also the speed of walking, and she has to walk for most of the day to get to the nearby village (of course, this is mainly because she didn't know that there was a mammoth bus at that time). Now, with the existence of "shift gear", she no longer has to endure the snail-like walking speed, and even fights, according to netizens, so that she can have more time to play games instead of spending time on the road as before.

He posted a smiling face to the netizen who provided the download link of "Variable Speed Gear" on ICQ, picked up the cup and took another sip of Coke, then leaned back on the soft chair and began to enjoy the high-speed journey of "Stone Age" comfortably......

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No. 29 Shangdi East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, in the office of Zhiguan Electronics Beijing Company............

Feng Hua was sitting on the sofa in his office, and next to him was Zhao Sanhe, the operation manager in charge of "Three Kingdoms", and the two cups of tea on the coffee table between the two of them were emitting misty green smoke, exuding a faint fragrance.

"What do you mean by that?" Feng Huazhu casually threw the report in his hand onto the coffee table and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Mr. Feng, this is the recently collected information, from the above it can be seen that there are many tools and software for the "Network Three Kingdoms", such as "intelligent robots", "network three workaholics", mouse combo programs, etc., and even "China Computer News" has mentioned it. Zhao Sanhe flipped through the report on the coffee table, and pointed at the important place with his hand as he spoke.

Feng Huazhu crossed his hands, leaned back, and said, "Hmm...... So what?"

"I think that if these tools continue to develop, they may have a negative impact on the future revenue of the game. Zhao Sanhe glanced at Feng Huazhu's face, and his tone was slightly heavier.

"OK! I'll ask a few questions. Feng Hua calmly cocked his legs, and said nonchalantly: "Will these tools and software attract more people to play "Three Kingdoms Network"?"

"Well...... Zhao Sanhe thought about it for a moment and replied, "According to the current situation, it should be okay." ”

"So will these tools and software drag down our monthly card sales?" Feng Huazhu continued to ask.

"This ......" Zhao Sanhe thought for a while and replied, "It shouldn't be, and it may increase." ”

"That's the end, since the number of players will increase and monthly card sales will rise, then what's there to worry about?" Feng Huazhu pursed his lips and said with a little dissatisfaction.

Zhao Sanhe didn't give up, and wanted to work hard: "However, the lifespan of the game is ......"

"Okay, okay, there's nothing to do, you can get busy first. Feng Huazhu waved his hand dissatisfiedly, he didn't want to listen to Zhao Sanhe's rambling anymore.

"Mr. Feng, then I'll go first. Zhao Sanhe sighed secretly in his heart, got up and prepared to leave, and just came to the door of the office, Feng Huazhu's shout came from behind him: "Xiao Zhao, wait a minute." Zhao Sanhe had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and immediately stopped and turned around, with an expectant look on his face.

"Oh, you arrange some activities for "Three Kingdoms", such as buying 12 monthly cards at one time to give special items in the game, and try to attract as many players as possible to buy monthly cards. Feng Huazhu commanded with a serious face.

"Well, okay, I'll arrange it. Zhao Sanhe was a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't show half a point on his face, and turned around and left the office after agreeing.

Feng Huazhu breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back again, and the whole person was completely relaxed. In fact, what Zhao Sanhe said Feng Huazhu didn't understand at all, but he knew that the next focus of Zhiguan Electronics was "The Legend of Jin Yong's Heroes Online", as for "The Three Kingdoms of the Network", it can be abandoned at any time, so it doesn't matter if there are any tools and software, the key is to catch the user and pave the way for the future operation of "The Legend of Jin Yong's Heroes Online".

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Room 9072, Jing'an Center, North Third Ring Road East, Chaoyang District, Beijing Huayi United Software Development Co., Ltd. Office Area......

“…… That's basically the case. Zeng Yijiang, manager of the technical support department, cleared his throat and continued: "Mr. Zhou, in addition to the gear shift, "Stone Age" also has a tool software called SADE, which can even provide perverted functions such as piercing walls and meeting enemies in situ, which can be said to have threatened the long-term development of "Stone Age", I think ......."

Zhou Chenghu waved his hand impatiently, interrupted Zeng Yijiang's tirade, and said dissatisfiedly: "I'm not interested in hearing you talk so much nonsense, I just want to know if these things will affect me to sell monthly cards?"

"Hmm...... This ......" was interrupted in the middle of the speech, Zeng Yijiang's heart was a little uncomfortable, but it was not easy to attack in front of his boss, so he had to pretend to think about it for a while, and replied: "Probably not." ”

"That's fine. A smile appeared on Zhou Chenghu's face again, he actually didn't know anything about the technical problems of online games, he hadn't even played "Stone Age" much, and he didn't know what the so-called tool software would do, but this did not prevent him from continuing to make money from online games.

"But......" Zeng Yijiang was still a little unwilling, and wanted to try to persuade him again.

But Zeng Yijiang had just said two words, and was interrupted by the impatient Zhou Chenghu: "Old Zeng, you have to know that online games are actually just a thing, and you have to let customers play well." If you want customers to have a good time, you have to let them come, you have to make them comfortable, then they will pay for it. It's like the one in heaven and earth, and when the guests are served comfortably, the money won't roll in......"

When he said it, Zhou Chenghu touched the black silk jade leg of the secretary next to him, and while feeling the silky and smooth touch, he continued to teach Zeng Yijiang, the "old-fashioned" in his mind.

Because of the partition of the desk, Zeng Yijiang didn't see Zhou Chenghu's big hands moving up and down, but the slightly trembling body of the secretary still made him feel a little strange, thinking of the company's internal comments on this boss, he quickly understood what the other party was doing. Zeng Yijiang soon couldn't hold on, and he didn't have the heart to persuade the boss to change his mind, so he simply found an excuse and escaped from the office that made him very embarrassed, so that he didn't listen to Zhou Chenghu's last instructions about the preparation of the new online game "Archmage".

Standing outside the office, Zeng Yijiang snorted disdainfully, he was too disappointed in this somewhat unlearned boss, "Maybe I want to consider changing places", he began to think about the possible next foothold in his heart.

"Well...... things for Archmage need to be accelerated, and if we can add another goldmine to make money, maybe we will be able to get a better car soon. Zhou Chenghu glanced at the closed door, took the secretary into his arms, and began to "explore" more deeply with the jade man in his arms while thinking about the next step......

Shangdi West Road, Haidian District, in a small conference room in Building 5 of Oriental Industrial Park......

“…… Since January, tools and software for online games have begun to appear on the Internet, such as ZKOK of "King of Kings", "Network Three Kingdoms" of "Network Three Kingdoms", "Intelligent Robot", etc., as well as general-purpose mouse automatic combo programs, operation recording programs, variable speed gears, etc. Wang Tianlei used the pointing pen in his hand to draw on the projection screen, and the mouse pointer in the image crossed the screenshots of the application of the tool software: "Just yesterday, we have determined a unified name for these auxiliary tools and software" plug-in', from the current development of plug-in software, mainly to automatically complete some tedious work in the game, whether it is zkok, 'network three workaholic' this kind of offline plug-in, or mouse automatic combo program, The auxiliary plug-in of the operation recorder has little impact on the balance of the game itself, but it can increase the online time of players, but the speed gear is an exception, because it can directly adjust the speed of most games, which will have a great impact on players who do not use the speed gear, and will also seriously weaken the interpersonal communication in online games, reducing the fun of the game......"

After Wang Tianlei finished his introduction, Ye Tianyu cleared his throat and said to everyone: "Just now Manager Wang has introduced the basic situation of the current plug-in, let's discuss it, what impact may this plug-in have on us?" Manager Lu, let's talk about it first. ”

Lu Yongcheng, who was named, opened a folder in front of him, then smiled at everyone and said, "Since Mr. Ye ordered me, then I will talk about the situation of "Legend" first. Well...... In fact, at the beginning of development, the big boss reminded us of the impact that plug-ins may have on online games, so in the development process, "Legend" has taken into account the existence of offline plug-ins and auxiliary plug-ins, and even includes variable gear and FPE, etc., on the one hand, from the game content design to increase the fun of players, reduce tedious and boring operations, on the other hand, from the technical plug-ins are shielded......"

"And ......" Speaking of this, Lu Yongcheng glanced at Wang Tianlei, who had already sat back at the conference table, and then said: "As far as I know, Manager Wang set up a set of online game data monitoring system here some time ago, which can record and intelligently analyze the data during the operation of the server in real time, coupled with the intelligent verification system of game packets that we integrate on the server and client, I believe that the birth of the "Legend" plug-in can be banned for a long time......"

After Lu Yongcheng's technical analysis came to an end, Ye Tianyu took the lead and slapped it gently, and then said to everyone: "Well, Manager Lu said it very well, do you have any opinions?"

Coughing slightly, Xu Ziqian sat up straight, and said with a smile: "Just now, Manager Lu analyzed the possible impact of plug-ins on "Legend" from a technical point of view, and what he said is very exciting, I will talk about it from a business point of view." As we all know, there are two main ways to charge online games, one is the monthly system adopted by "King of Kings" and "Network Three Kingdoms", and the other is the point card system adopted by "Stone Age", and our "Legend" is a combination of point cards and monthly subscriptions...... According to the analysis of data collected in a recent survey, due to the attraction of the convenient features provided by the plug-in, the number of paid users of King of Kings and the Three Kingdoms increased by 40% and 60% respectively in three weeks, while the online time of users of Stone Age also increased from an average of 4.5 hours per day in the previous period to 6.3 hours per day...... It can be seen that plug-ins have brought a lot of profit growth to "King of Kings", "Three Kingdoms" and "Stone Age", while the total number of users of "Legend" is still rising, but its market share has declined slightly...... In the current period of rapid development of the online game market, the impact of plug-ins on "Legend" is not obvious, but when the post-market competition is fierce, the impact of plug-ins may no longer be ignored, so I think it is necessary to formulate a control policy for plug-ins, and to put the development of the online game market into a benign track from the beginning. ”

Affected by Xu Ziqian's speech, everyone began to turn the topic to how to control plug-ins. Some people propose to learn from the original game rating policy, take the boycott of cheats as an industry policy, and call on all online game companies to work together to crack down on cheats that affect the balance of the game. There are proposals to attract those who are over-energized to the game development industry through more game development competitions and the popularization of junior game development tools. There are also proposals that the state should step in and introduce policies to curb the development of plug-ins to crack down on those who make plug-ins.

"Shall we report this matter to the big boss?" Lu Yongcheng proposed.

"There's no need to bother the big boss anymore for such a trivial matter, he has just gotten a noble son now, let's not bother. As for this plug-in, we can come up with a strategy and then send a work email. Ye Tianyu shook her head, she felt that such a trivial matter as plug-in was not difficult to handle, and there was no need to ask for instructions from above.

Glancing around the people in the conference room, Ye Tianyu gently knocked on the conference table: "Okay, let's continue to discuss......"

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