Chapter 110: Digging the Foot of the Wall
At a time when countless e-sports fans in China were rejoicing that Mythical Company was able to hold CCG, Li Haoyu did not directly return to China or go to Japan to see Japan's competitive games that can join CCG, but stayed in the United States and went to Atlanta, the capital of Georgia.
Of course, Li Haoyu didn't come to Atlanta to hang out idle, he came here to poach, to be precise, to poach all the members of a game studio.
This game production studio is not large, there are only about a dozen people, and its name is "Randy Studio", which can be said to be a small studio with no name in the United States, and I don't know how many such studios there are in the United States.
But fifteen years later, everyone in the game industry mentioned this "Randy Studio", because they developed a new generation of game engines that were called epoch-making at that time, and this game engine was later introduced by the game company that made Lingyun Sword, and left and right produced Lingyun Sword, a high-quality martial arts game.
Li Haoyu didn't know about the studio, but after coming to the United States, he accidentally saw the information of the game Lingyun Sword again, and he searched for the name of the game company that would make Lingyun Sword in the future on the Internet of the hotel, but there was no information on the Internet.
Li Haoyu searched for Randy Studio, which made the game engine of Lingyun Sword, but he didn't expect that there was such a studio in the United States now, and the main personnel of the studio were almost exactly the same as the information in the super game editor, and he instantly determined that this studio was the studio that would produce a new generation of game engines in the future, so after negotiating with Blizzard and other companies, he came to Atlanta, and no matter what, he wanted to dig this future super studio to Huaxia to work for him!
Randy is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an avid gamer, but he plays games primarily to make better games. When he was in college, he had the idea of compiling a new game engine with a special architecture, and he got the help of many like-minded classmates and professors in school, but after more than a year of research, no progress was made, and many people quit the research group.
After graduating from college, Randy formed a studio under his own name to work on this new architecture of game engines. Two years have passed, although there has been a little progress, but there is no hope of success, Randy is almost desperate, and the studio's funds are almost exhausted, if no one sponsors it, Randy can only dissolve the studio himself. After all, people also have to eat, and it is impossible for the more than ten people who follow him to do research with him hungry.
"Randy, there are two Huaxia people out there who say they want to see you."
It was Randy's assistant who spoke, and Tom, who was also the studio's main person in charge of external affairs, and rushed over to speak.
"Huaxia?" Randy said suspiciously, "I don't know any Huaxia people." After thinking for a while, he said, "Tom, you can invite these two Huaxia people in." ”
Li Haoyu and Lin Zhendong followed Tom to this famous game studio in the future, they were once facing disbandment, and judging from the information in the super game editor, it is now the most difficult period for this studio, and it should not be a big problem to dig it up.
Rather than calling it a studio, it's better to call it a kennel, and the 80-square-meter room is littered with garbage and more than a dozen computers that look quite old are running. All kinds of cables are messed together, and if you want to repair a computer, it will take half a day to sort out the cables.
"Hello Mr. Randy, I heard that your studio is working on a new type of game, I'm very interested, I wonder if you can let me take a tour?" Li Haoyu went straight to the point.
Randy hesitated for a while, and then thought that his studio wouldn't be able to open if no one sponsored him anyway, and it wouldn't be a big deal to let this Huaxia person take a look, maybe if this Huaxia person was interested, he would provide sponsorship!
"Okay, sir, come with me, I'll introduce this game engine of ours......" Randy introduced the new generation of engine he was working on in detail, looking at Li Haoyu's eyes from time to time, and wondering if he was interested in this feeling.
The more Li Haoyu listened, the more surprised he became, and it was obvious that the engine introduced by Randy was the one that was later regarded as a classic by countless game producers. Although Randy's research progress is very slow at the moment, it is already in its infancy, and it will only take a few years before it can begin to take shape.
"Sir, to tell you the truth, if there is no foreign capital injection, our studio will be dissolved, and you may be the last customer." Randy looked at Li Haoyu expectantly.
Li Haoyu didn't expect this studio to face such a predicament, I really don't know who saved them with the discernment, but all this has nothing to do with other people, this studio is destined to belong only to him Li Haoyu.
"So, how much money does your studio need to inject to keep it running, and how much money do you need to develop your game engine?" Li Haoyu said slowly.
Randy was thrilled and said, "Sir, please believe us, the game engine we are working on will definitely cause a sensation in the game industry in the future." At that time, other engines like Frost and Unreal Engine will be eliminated by our engine, and you only need to pay $5 million to see this engine finished in a few years! ”
"Five million dollars?"
Li Haoyu pretended to be thinking about the pros and cons, and he was actually overjoyed, but he didn't need them to continue to develop, because he already had the finished product of this engine. What he values is the skills of these people, it can be said that these people are all treasures that cannot be changed, and in a few years, when this engine begins to take shape, 500 million US dollars will not be able to buy these people.
Randy felt that his offer was too much, which frightened the Huaxia man, and hurriedly said: "Sir, it only takes three million dollars, no, two million dollars is enough, please believe us, we will definitely be able to develop an epoch-making game engine!" ”
Li Haoyu smiled: "It's okay to inject capital, I also have a game company in Huaxia, if you are willing to join my company, I will provide funds for your research, and I will definitely not let you transfer the direction of research, how about it?" ”
Randy hesitated, and Tom, who had been following them, said, "Randy, what do you think?" ”
Li Haoyu continued: "Randy, in fact, I already have a better engine than your game engine, and it is already a finished product, so I don't attach much importance to your engine. The reason why I invited you is because I think you are all talents, and I can't bear to let you be buried. ”
"No way, the one we're working on is definitely an epoch-making engine, and absolutely no one can do it better!" Randy suddenly jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, glaring at Li Haoyu angrily.
Lin Zhendong took a step forward at this time and blocked in front of Li Haoyu, for fear that this excited Yankee would accidentally hurt Li Haoyu.
Li Haoyu motioned to Lin Zhendong not to be so nervous, reassuring him, and said, "Randy, do you think I'm telling a lie?" ”
At this time, the other people in the studio heard Randy's voice and surrounded them curiously, and one of the young men with colorful hair said curiously, "Randy, what was your name so excited just now?" ”
Randy shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Li Haoyu and said, "This gentleman from Huaxia said that he has a game engine that is better than the one we are working on, and it is also a finished product. ”
The people in Randy's studio were in an uproar, looking at this young man with an oriental face in disbelief, there was a trace of anger in their eyes, and a few people who were anxious even wanted to copy the guy and beat Li Haoyu up. The reason why they were able to endure poverty and hunger was that they believed that the games they made were absolutely epoch-making works, and now how could they not be outraged to hear a young ** with an oriental face unashamedly proclaim that they already had a game engine that was better than theirs?
"Gentlemen, I know that you don't believe that I have such a finished game engine that is more advanced than yours, we have a saying in Huaxia called 'hearing is false, seeing is believing', now I will let you see it with your own eyes."
Li Haoyu smiled easily and said, "Randy, can you provide me with a computer?" ”
Randy really wanted to see the kind of engine that Li Haoyu said, and nodded, "Okay, you come with me." ”
Coming to a computer, Li Haoyu plugged the USB flash drive into the computer's interface, which was part of the game engine of Lingyun Sword, which was enough for experts like Randy to understand. He opened the USB flash drive, opened all the engine information in it one by one, and said, "You are all experts in game engines, I believe you will be able to understand it." ”
Randy and the others looked at a few lines of code, and their eyes widened, and they exclaimed, "God, what he said is true!" ”
Half an hour later, everyone in Randy's studio finished reading this information, they looked at Li Haoyu at this time was completely different from just now, after discussion, Randy smiled bitterly: "Sir, you won, we agreed to work in Huaxia, but you have to open all the information of this engine to us, and we must not interfere with our research direction at will, in addition, everything in our studio is up to us, and the products we produce must have naming rights and profit sharing." ”
Li Haoyu showed a smug smile on his face and said, "Deal!" I can agree to your request. ”