Of course, there are no internet cafes in slums like Kowloon Cave. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoSo Gu Cheng had to endure the expensive Internet fees and go to the Jiangnan District next door.

After finding an Internet café, turning on the machine, and browsing the Internet for a long time, he learned a lot of market and news. Combined with the superficial knowledge of the history of the Internet in later generations, a general line of thought is sorted out.

It is now the end of March 2000, and the Nasdaq has climbed past its all-time high and is beginning to weaken. But the bubble hasn't completely burst.

Once it breaks, those who didn't have time to cash out in the Internet frenzy will drown in the sea.

Therefore, when Gu Cheng set "Internet entrepreneurship" as his first step plan, it was equivalent to setting a tone at the same time:

Even according to the history books, it was less than 10 months before the bubble burst completely.

If you want to get a new company, develop a concept, burn the market value, and then tell a story in the capital market to raise money, it will definitely be too late.

This time difference, not to mention not enough for an IPO, is not enough to find someone stupid and a lot of money VC (venture capital).

In other words, Gu Cheng can only choose a short-term, fast, and profitable business.

So, what is profitable to do?

It's only 2000 years now.

Music is all pirated;

There is no charging platform for online literature;

Stand-alone games are all pirated;

There is no place to download the video, because the Internet speed can't support it at all, and there is only a CD for 5 yuan a video store.

So, there's really only one choice left: online games.

Online games can't be pirated. (Private servers are not counted)

Moreover, in the early days of the Chinese online game industry, a large number of Dongyi online games did successfully pour into the Chinese market, and there was a lot of luggets.

Gu Cheng is going to return to China in the future, and now he is looking for an online game agent who can pick up the leaks in Dongyi.

It's you.

Gu Cheng closed the browser, opened the hard drive on the computer where the online games were stored, and tried to find a few online games recorded in the history books.

Most of the online games that became popular in the late 90s were turn-based, such as the Stone Age.

Because the network at that time was so poor, many were still using 56K dial-up, and the tall online games were directly stuck.

Turn-based online games, on the other hand, are more tolerant of metrics such as internet speed and frame drops. Even if you get stuck for more than ten seconds in a round, you won't be disconnected.

After entering the year 2000, as the Internet speed became faster, real-time MMORPGs began to appear.

Gu Cheng browsed a little and found a hottest real-time online game in Dongyi, which is still in the closed beta stage, called Dragon-Raja (Dragon Clan).

"Huh? Doesn't it mean that the most popular Dongyi online game in this era is a 'legend'? Is it wrong in the history books? Gu Cheng sat in front of the computer, thinking so in his heart, and his mouth involuntarily muttered.

"I don't know, what's so interesting about 'Legend' - if you really want to play, you can also find it in LAN games, how can you find it on the online game disk!"

Next to him, a handsome netizen who had blonde hair similar to the second kaido red pill in Boxing Champion 97 obviously heard Gu Cheng's broken thoughts, and retorted.

Gu Cheng glanced at the man embarrassedly, 20 years old, like a college student.

It seemed that in order to show off his rich travels, the man snatched Gu Cheng's mouse and clicked a few times, helping him find the folder of "Legend".

It turns out that today's "Legend" is still a LAN leveling PK game, and Blizzard's "Diablo 2" is put together.

The "old driver" obviously felt that it was boring to play an online game alone, although he helped Gu Cheng find the "legend", he did not forget to continue Amway: "You see, the legend is a garbage that is hairy and fun, it is better to mix with my brother and play the dragon clan together, the PK is super cool, the picture is good, and the space for cooperation is also large." ”

"Thanks, I'll try it all." Gu Chengtui couldn't resist the other party's invitation, and said that he would definitely try the dragon clan later.

Gu Cheng had only seen these games in history books, plus he knew the reviews of some data analysts in later generations, but he had not played the game itself.

As a data director of an entertainment product promotion platform, his professional ethics in his previous life told him: don't make inferences, and don't believe the conclusions of history books.

Everything has to be tried and analyzed for yourself, to find out the root factor of whether a game will be popular or not.

After playing for less than an hour, Gu Cheng really felt sleepy.

Turn-based sluggish walking and monster-killing action, an environment setting without a plot or world view, a rough art style, and weak magic effects......

Is this really a "legend" that makes many people forget to sleep and eat and pay money?

With this kind of vacillation, Gu Cheng peeked at the screen of the "old driver" next to him for a while, and he was playing "Dragon Clan" on it:

The gorgeous spells of the witch/saint dual system, the rich professional restraint and skill matching, are far richer than the legendary three single career lines of war, law, and Tao, and the PK coordination is also very exquisite.

To cast magic, you have to chant first, you have a skill cooldown, you can be interrupted by enemy countermeasures, and you have a hitstun after interruption - these concepts have matured almost in the era of "World of Warcraft" in later generations, but they have actually appeared in "Dragons".

No matter how you look at it, the "Dragon Clan" is better than the boring situation of "Legend" that "two level 35 and level 33 of the same profession fight against each other, and if there is no gap in equipment, level 35 will win, unless the blood vial of level 35 is drunk first".

To put it mildly, the legendary PK doesn't require technology, at most as long as you master the rhythm of the blood vial, and then it will be consumed. Even use the "automatic deduction" of later web games to directly give PK results, and both sides are not unconvinced.

Seeing Gu Cheng's drowsy appearance, the "old driver" poked him with his elbow again:

"Figured it out? Play Dragons with me. Meet me, my name is Quan Shunyu. ”

"Oh, my name is Gu Cheng - a Chinese person."

Since ancient times, otaku have no borders, Quan Shunyu obviously has no racial concept, and after listening to Gu Cheng's nationality, he suddenly felt very curious:

"Huh? Are you Chinese? Coming to travel? That's even more to have fun with the dragon clan, so that you can feel the highest level of our Dongyi online game. The original novel of this game must also be read.,It's a classic.。 ”

Gu Cheng smiled and did not argue.

While playing games in teams, the two chatted for a long time. From Quan Shunyu, Gu Cheng learned more about people's views on online games in this era, and also revised some of his own predictions and assessments.

……

After playing games in the Internet café for three hours, Gu Cheng basically evaluated several important online games.

He calculates the time, and there will be nothing new to gain if he continues to play.

But Quan Shunyu was still teaming up with him to kill monsters and level up, and he was very happy, and Gu Cheng was embarrassed to sell his teammates offline.

At this moment, his Dragon Clan Mage had reached level 19, and Gu Cheng suddenly found an excuse.

"I'm level 19, and the goblins and skeleton soldiers in the south of the city don't gain experience, so I'll go to eat first, and then change maps to practice together next time."

At that time, the dragon clan did not have a portal, nor did they return to the city, only the setting of automatic return to the city offline. Every time I go back online, it takes me a long time to get to the leveling area. Therefore, when many people level up and practice to the point where they want to change the map, they go offline and return to the city.

Who knew that Quan Shunyu was still unfinished and still pestering him.

"Okay, let's eat first. Come back in the afternoon to change the map and kill the man-eating flower, that monster can be practiced to level 27. ”

Gu Cheng was speechless for a while, and said in his heart, could it be that the consciousness he showed when he was playing the game was so good that he was forced to fly by the rookie?

He couldn't find an excuse to refuse, so he was dragged by Kwon Shunyu to a nearby restaurant.

Quan Shunyu ordered barbecue, rice sausage, and miso soup;

Gu Cheng ordered a bowl of cold noodles.

After the food was served, Gu Cheng couldn't help but figure out the matter of the game agent there while eating.

Based on the game performance he saw this afternoon, Gu Cheng was not at all worried that the development company of "Legend" would dare to make a high price for the future "Legend Huaxia District Agency".

Because this product is really not brilliant, the seller has no advantage in the negotiation.

Now the key point he is struggling with has shifted to "Even if you get the agency, can the legend really be popular?" "The question comes up.

"Take a step back and think about it, if you introduce dragons instead, will it be more popular than introducing legends?" This thought was in Gu Cheng's mind for a long time, and he couldn't make a decision.

"What do you want? Come, let's have a barbecue together, I can't finish it. Seeing Gu Cheng distracted, Quan Shunyu poked him with his elbow, "I've never seen a big man eat cold noodles." ”

"Thanks, I'm thinking about something." Gu Cheng smiled slightly, and saw two thin slices of beef rolls sandwiched from the outside.

"Look at the way you look, it really doesn't look like a tourist, so frugal." Kwon Shunyu laughed and teased him.

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