Chapter 266: World War
With trembling hands, he took out a thick stack of papers from his briefcase.
"Lin, I'm developing a real-time first-person shooter called Shijie Wars. In our Jihua's "Shijie Wars", we will include all countries in reality, and combined with your concept of 'Asian Connection', the game will adopt global interconnection, and players from all over the world will be on one game server. Gable said with a little trembling in his excited voice.
When Lin Feng heard this, he was stunned, "Shijie Wars", global interconnection, this jihua is by no means simple, and it is exciting! Lin Feng also began to be a little excited, and even trembled.
"Lin, in this Shijie Wars game, players from all countries belong to their respective camps. There will be two alliances in the game, and players from all nations can choose to join one of them by voting, or they can create new alliances independently after completing the ultimate quest in the game. Players who join an alliance will be able to attack other alliance players and will be able to capture their 'lands' and occupy them completely. According to the reality, countries have land and cities of different sizes, except for the capital, which can only be captured and then grabbed for resources, the rest of the cities can be completely occupied. Gable briefly introduced "Shijie Wars" to Lin Feng in an excited tone.
"Yes, and each country has different weapons, and there will be tanks, planes, ships and other tools of war in the game, which will be an unprecedented, unprecedented online game." Minh-Le said excitedly.
"This is our detailed jihua book on the development of "Shijie Wars", Lin, look at it, I am sure you will be as excited as I am." Gable handed Lin Feng a thick Jihua book.
Lin Feng took it and took a general look, and felt that the prospect of this game was huge, and he couldn't help but develop it immediately, launch it on the market, and go in and have a good game. This "Shijie Wars" is not just as simple as Gable describes, it is just a first-person shooter game, in which players from all countries can upgrade the defensive buildings and means of production buildings of their national cities by completing missions, and of course, they can also plunder resources by capturing the cities of the country. (:〕
To put it simply, this "Shijie Wars" is a combination of "StarCraft + SimCity" + "Counter-Strike", and players have almost unlimited freedom in it. The theme of the game is bloody warfare, but players who don't want to spend all day on the battlefield can choose to become a city builder and improve the city's defense and economy by completing various missions. In short, players can become a variety of classes in it, not just a single class, and each class does not require any professional skills, as long as they complete the mission. This can delay the player's "aesthetic fatigue" of the game to the greatest extent, and provide a variety of classes for players to play.
And it is possible to capture enemy territory developed in imitation of real shijie, which is undoubtedly a dream war game for all men. Lin Feng believes that if this game is developed, there is no doubt that it will be the number one online game in the industry, and I am afraid that the number of players will exceed everyone's imagination, and the number of gamers will probably be hundreds of millions. Of course, there are many more questions. (〕
"Will such a game be locked by various countries? After all, according to what you said, it is a boundary map modeled after the real Shijie country. This is Lin Feng's most worrying question, if the game is locked by various countries, it will lose its meaning.
"No, we will take the future as the background, and there is no intersection with reality, just a shape. What's more, "Age of Empires" also has countries and nationalities, just as popular. Gable said slyly.
Lin Feng nodded, as long as there is no name or title of any country in the real shijie in the calculation. After all, in the game, it is possible to occupy the territory of the rival alliance country and plunder the resources of the opponent, so you must be cautious in this regard.
"Do you have any questions from Jishu?" Lin Feng asked. If there were no problems, Lin Feng believed that they would not come.
"Jishugami, there is no big problem, we can all overcome it. The only thing that is lacking is the capital, the capital to develop the game. Gable said helplessly.
"How much do you need?" Lin Feng asked.
"$100 million. At least that much is needed to start the game, the game scene is too big, and the scale and content involved are too wide, and I'm afraid the development team will also set a record. I estimate that it will cost up to $2.3 billion. Gable looked at Lin Feng eagerly. With such a huge game development fee, Gable can't think of anyone else who has so many and believes in the future prospects of this Jihua, not to mention that this game can only be operated by Lin Feng.
Lin Feng was suddenly, obviously Gable and the others came here to ask for money. However, I am indeed not short of money now, but whether it is personally funded or funded by the "second world", then I need to consider it.
"Lin, this time we are not only here to seek capital, but also to seek cooperation." Gable said.
"Cooperation?" Lin Feng didn't understand what Gable meant.
"Lin, to be honest, we're here
I can't stay anymore, and the lawsuit with Xueleshan Company is endless, and I'm annoyed. And the feeling of being pinned down everywhere is too uncomfortable, this time we came to China to cooperate with the 'second world' and reach an alliance company. Gable said a little astringently.
"Alliance?" Lin Feng was stunned.
"It's when our two companies merge to form a whole new company and become the hegemon of the computer game world." Gable said yearningly.
Lin Feng frowned, his "second realm" is in the middle of the day, although the valve is not bad, and it is also a well-known brand in the computer game industry, Lin Feng does not want his company to become a vassal of the other party, not to mention that although the other party is famous, it is far from being comparable to his own company in terms of financial resources.
"Hehe, Lin, this is our cooperation jihua, you can study it." Gable handed Lin Feng a copy of the cooperation book.
Lin Feng took a general look, this so-called cooperation is better to say that Valve took the initiative to ask for it to be merged into the "second shijie", and the cooperation is just a fig leaf. If so, Lin Feng is extremely interesting. In addition to "Counter-Strike" is the most famous, valve really made it rich, widely known is the "Half-Life" single-player game, which is Valve's real fist product, if you can cooperate, it will definitely be of great benefit to you to enter the single-player game market. (〕
"Alright, then, Gable, you rest first. I've prepared a hotel for you, you go and rest first, and I'll talk to the shareholders of the company. Lin Feng said.
Gable nodded. The reason why he proposed the merger plan this time was also helpless.
First, in the United States, the persecution by Xueleshan Company was too fierce, and the lawsuits between the two sides were endless, which affected the entire Valvee Company, and even normal operation could not be guaranteed. And Mike, another partner of the company, just sold all the company's shares in a very irresponsible way last month and went on a so-called global vacation, which is a serious blow to the company.
At the same time, Half-Life 2, which had been in development, was also stuck, running out of resources from valve, and the resulting game made Gable extremely unhappy, reprimanding it as rubbish. Therefore, it is imperative to seek cooperation. But what really made Gable make up his mind was because Minh-Le was based on Lin Feng's "Counter-Strike Online" Asia Interconnection Jihua, and proposed "Shijie Wars", a first-person shooter game that would be globally interconnected and allow players from all over the world to play on the same server, Gable was extremely optimistic about its prospects.
But it's not difficult to develop Shijie Wars Online, as long as you have money. But if you want to be globally connected, you lack a fatal software, which is Lin Feng's "cloud computing". Without Lin Feng's "cloud computing", let alone global interconnection, even countries can't rush out. But "cloud computing" is now exclusively owned by Lin Feng's company, and Lin Feng does not plan to announce it, so he must cooperate with Lin Feng.
After thinking about it, Gable thought of merging with Lin Feng and the two companies. With Lin Feng's financial resources and "cloud computing", plus his own jishu, it is definitely a match made in heaven, and Gable can use this to get rid of the lawsuit entangled with Xueleshan Company, so why not. The only thing that made Gable slightly reluctant was that once the merger was bound to be dominated by Lin Feng's company, he would no longer be the CEO.
Of course, after the merger, in order to balance, Lin Feng will definitely not be able to run away if he gives Gable a "second world" vice president, and Gable himself does not attach much importance to rights, what he is eager for is success in game software, which makes Gable make up his mind to merge the two companies.
Gable's ideas are not clear to Lin Feng, but this merger plan is extremely attractive. Lin Feng immediately convened an emergency shareholders' meeting to discuss the matter. Based on the importance of this matter, Li Zekai, who is far away in Hong Kong, also attended the meeting by telephone.
"Guys, what do you think of this Jihua?" Lin Feng asked.
Cui Ming, as the head of the first game development department of the "second world", also owns 5% of the company's equity, and he appreciates this jihua, but also rejects it. Although he now has the rights to develop and maintain "Legend" and "Audition" in the "Second Realm", it is clear that neither of these games is the focus of the company, and the company's previous focus is "Sword Online", and now once it merges with Valve, this "Shijie Wars" will definitely be the company's priority. At that time, his position will inevitably be even more awkward. However, in terms of professional ethics, Cui Ming still expressed his true opinion.
"Lin Dong, I think Valve's merger plan is completely acceptable, and our company must occupy a leading position. This partnership will allow our company to officially become a leader in the computer game industry. Cui Ming said.
Lin Feng nodded and looked at the other heads of the game development department. (Read!) 〕