In the afternoon, Li Feiteng came to Villefort Software Company south of Seattle.

A nice office building, with a beautiful Valve font hanging in front of the company, as soon as he entered, there was a wide passageway, and there was also a Valve font on the left wall, and a few coffee seats.

There was no receptionist in the company, so Li Feiteng took two steps inside, and behind the transparent glass wall, he saw a group of Valve employees working on the computer.

About twenty people, when he walked forward to the door, there was a mature man with short blonde hair and a beard sitting inside, he got up and walked over, looked at Li Feiteng twice, and asked, "Sir, this is the studio of our Villefort games, can I help you with anything?" ”

"Hello, I'm Fei Teng Lee, and I'm here to visit Mike from Villefort. Mr. Harrington. Li Feiteng said with a smile.

"Oh, I am, what are you looking for me?" Mike was even more inexplicable, he didn't know the Asian youth in front of him.

"I am a representative from Huaxia Yunteng Game Company, and I am also a game developer, I heard that your company has developed two sets of 3D graphics engine systems by itself, and I would like to get permission to use them and develop some new FPS."

FPS is the abbreviation of first-person shooter games, and after Mike heard what he meant, a smile of surprise appeared on his face, and he stretched out a warm hand and said: "I didn't expect you to be the developer of Yunteng Games, and you must have participated in the development and production of the game Torchlight?" ”

"Oh yes!" Li Feiteng nodded hurriedly.

"Oh, really, let's go to the office and talk. I also have some thoughts about the torchlight. I'd like to talk to you. Mike said with joy.

The two of them came to an office. After pouring coffee for him and Li Feiteng, Mike sat down and said with a smile: "The upgrade system of Torchlight, as well as the equipment system, are eye-catching, but the graphics engine is a little worse, and the picture is not very beautiful and realistic, but in terms of 2D graphics engine, it is already a good game." ”

"Oh. Thank you, you also know that Huaxia games have always been very poor, and we have also developed a 2D graphics engine called Dark, but after going to the magnesium country to investigate the market this time, our graphics engine technology is outdated, so I can't wait to come to your company to get a good graphics engine system. Li Feiteng said fluently, he wanted to see what Mike's attitude towards image engine technology was.

Mike nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Yes, the most important thing in a game is the graphics engine technology, and I and the other founder of the company at the beginning. It was also my colleague at Microsoft, Mr. Gabe, who left Microsoft to start a business. Let's first consider the game graphics engine.

At the beginning, we got the help of McCann, a friend of idSoftware Games, to get the right to use the Mjolnir engine, and now our company has developed the GoldSrc engine ourselves, but, Mr. Li, our company is controlled by Xueleshan financing, and the right to use the GoldSrc engine is not in the hands of me and Gabe, but I am willing to apply to Xueleshan for you, which may require some dollars. ”

Li Feiteng listened patiently to Mike, he quickly nodded and smiled: "Of course we are willing to spend money to buy the right to use, but can you tell me about the approximate funds, because a large amount of our company's funds are used to invest in the development of Torchlight 2, and the sales dividends of Torchlight 1 have not been received for the time being, and you also know that game developers and businessmen are different." ”

Hearing his words, Mike pondered for a moment and said, "I can't answer for the time being, but it won't exceed $100,000 at most, and I think this price is not expensive." ”

It's only 100,000 dollars! Li Feiteng was extremely ecstatic in his heart, he was deliberately stunned for a moment, lowered his head and sighed: "I am afraid we can't afford to ask for so much." ”

Mike was very kind and innocent at heart, and when he saw the unspeakable concealment on the young man's face, he felt some sympathy in his heart.

The most heart-wrenching thing for game developers is that they don't have the money to develop their favorite games.

He has worked at Microsoft for many years, and at the beginning of the establishment of this Villefort company, it was also funded by him and Gabe, and even if it was financed by Xueleshan, Mike also had a lot of shares, so he also had a certain say.

Mike thought for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I'll try to help you keep the price down to a reasonable and low position, so that your company can develop good games." ”

Li Feiteng saw his true feelings, and he felt a little ashamed.

Remember, in his previous life, Mike later quit the Villefort company, broke off cooperation with the founder Gabe, and then took a 77-foot boat with his wife and began to travel the world.

The reason is simple, Gabe is a businessman, the president of the Villefort company, and his entrepreneurial theories and development ideas are all based on profitability, and do not take into account Mike's feelings. For his part, Mike wants to develop the game on his own terms.

Li Feiteng is actually such a person, when he worked at NetEase in his previous life, he was very unhappy about doing mobile games, because mobile games have become the same, and they are completely game routines set up to make money, and new servers are opened one after another, not considering the game itself, but just trying to make a lot of money, and after the loss of players, he immediately shut down the server, redeveloped a similar game, and pounced on it one after another.

In the end, the real lifespan of mobile games is only half a year to a year.

Later, he resigned, he just wanted to make a classic and always popular mobile game, a game that is not so profitable, like World of Warcraft, the new server will not be opened casually, to open a new server, it will wait for the popularity of the old server to be capped.

It's a pity that before the game was developed, his life came to an end and he got this new start.

"Mr. Li, what kind of FPS is your company going to develop?" Mike asked curiously.

Li Feiteng came back to his senses from his memories, and he hurriedly smiled: "What we want to develop is not a stand-alone game, but an online battle FPS, with no story background, only some maps for battles." ”

"Oh! If that's the case, you don't really need to spend money on the GoldSrc engine. Mike smiled earnestly.

Li Feiteng opened his mouth in surprise, he didn't understand what Mike meant.

"That's the case, you should also have some graphics engine technology, I can personally provide you with some technology, anyway, you are not ready to attack the FPS stand-alone game market, and there is no competition conflict with the Half-Life game, and in the development of magnesium country, many game companies will open source the game and provide it to players MOD, I want to do this, there is no problem." Mike said sincerely.

"That's great! It's amazing! Li Feiteng shook his fist in surprise, he didn't expect Mike to be so helpful, but Mike was also telling the truth, the Hammer of Thor game has released open source code again, and there are already some Quake mods on the Internet, even if he doesn't want to spend money to buy the engine now, in fact, as long as he collects some open source code in the magnesium country, and then digs one or two game development masters, he can also develop a 3D game graphics engine by spending money and investment.

It's just that this will delay the day when CS was born, and Li Feiteng doesn't want to wait for CS to become popular, and then be taken by Villefort Company, and by the way, bring Half-Life to become popular.

Winning CS will make Yunteng Games truly famous in the world, and Li Feiteng will certainly not cut off his own money.

As he spoke, he took out a CD from the drawer in his office, put it on the computer, and asked Li Feiteng to come over and look at the contents of the CD.

I have to say that Mike is really a good person, the disc is full of GoldSrc engine technology open source code, he asked Li Feiteng to select some, and then Mike deleted some and gave it to him.

Mike handed him the disc and reminded him seriously: "Oh, Lee, don't mention this matter to anyone, and fundamentally speaking, I am also violating the company's requirements." ”

Of course, Li Feiteng will not sue anyone, he can get these technologies, so that Yunteng Games can quickly develop a new 3D graphics engine, and even invest in the establishment of a 3D special effects studio, Mike has helped him a lot, he is really a good person, of course he will not disappoint this fellow friend!

"Mike, this is my work game, and I want to have some technical exchanges with you when I return to China."

"Great, I also want to know the development story of your Torchlight, this game is really fun, and I wish you all the best if you can develop a 3D version of Torchlight as soon as possible, I want to see a beautiful magical world, that is just a great thing, although I can't imagine what it will be like right now."

Watching Mike dancing and talking, Li Feiteng was also very encouraged, of course he would develop a 3D version of Torchlight, but the name can no longer be called Torchlight, but World of Warcraft.

Leaving the mailbox, Li Feiteng chatted with Mike for a while before saying goodbye to him.

After sitting on the Lincoln Length, he was thinking that Mike didn't even know him, and when he thought about it, this Mike was so cute.

"Villefort is now controlled by the company, but unfortunately it will be dissolved next year, and more than 100 game programmers will be fired, which is an important opportunity for me."

Sitting in the car and muttering to himself, he glanced back at the Villefort company and suddenly realized that he would fail Mike.

In the future, Villefort will develop three classic games: the Half-Life series, the Survival Road series and Dota 2, and there is no doubt that Yunteng Games will also develop the same and targeted games.

Not to mention the competition between Dota 2 and League of Legends, Yunteng and Villefort are both game companies, which will inevitably embark on the road of fierce competition in the future. (To be continued......)