On the way back, Li Kewen had been thinking about what Jester had told him when he first returned home.

Going to study in the United States?

According to Jester's identity, of course, this can't be deceiving him, because there is really no need, he wants to go in his heart, but he knows very little about the United States, although now with the Internet, he can know a lot about the outside world.

However, it is different now than it will be ten or twenty years from now.

Ten or twenty years later, as long as an ordinary person can use the Internet, even if he does not leave home, he can still have a deep understanding of the customs, humanities, history, politics and culture of all countries in the world - as long as he is willing.

However, in this day and age it is not possible.

For the United States, at least in this era, it is still extremely desirable, and the same is true for Li Kewen, the university that can be recommended by Jester must also be one of the best universities in the United States, and the American university is completely ahead of the domestic universities in this era.

Li Kewen also told his parents about this, his parents are just ordinary people, although they have a good job, they are still in the category of ordinary people, and even their understanding of the United States is not as good as their son.

"That person is really capable ......"

Li Kewen's mother was even a little skeptical about this, but his father shook his head and interrupted his mother's question: "It's all reported on the news, and this guy named Jester is a big celebrity, because he was going to meet Kewen before, we had to be tried by politics - I also inquired about this person at that time, it was amazing, the world's top richest man, and he had a great influence in the United States." Even when he came to China, we were personally greeted by the leaders of the vice-state level......"

Li Kewen's father's words also completely relieved his mother.

Such a person, of course, can't just talk about it.

"Kewen, do you want to go to the United States?" His parents had no way to make a decision on their own, so they decided to ask the opinion of the protagonist of the matter.

"Yes."

Li Kewen said without hesitation.

"Money ......"

In fact, this is what Li Kewen's parents are worried about, they are just ordinary families, which is good in China, but in the capitalist world of the United States, this money is not enough.

However, Li Kewen quickly explained: "Mr. Li told me that if I am willing to sign a contract with him to work at Mars Entertainment for five years after graduation." He would provide me with the full cost of studying in the U.S., and would even give me an internship at his company when the time was right, and I also asked about the salary of the internship......"

Li Kewen said a number to his parents, and then his parents opened their mouths wide in surprise and couldn't speak.

Because this number, for them, is simply unattainable.

"So, his company? What does his company do? ”

As Li Kewen's parents, of course, he had to ask about this, and Li Kewen also explained it in detail. When they heard Li Kewen say that Jester's company is making games that are useless in their eyes, they also grew up, and even his mother was extremely surprised and said that this thing can also make money?

And Li Kewen said with certainty: "Not only can you make money, but you can make a lot of money." ”

"Why did he find you? A person like him, even if he is looking for talents in China, will not find you, after all, you are only a high school student. Not even a college student ......"

This is also where Li Kewen's family is confused.

In their eyes, although Li Kewen has shown some talent and talent in computers since he was a child, there are so many people in China. There are too many people with this ability, and their son is only a high school student, and the other party does not go to those professional students who graduated from prestigious universities, but comes to their son, which is also something they really can't understand.

"It can only be said that it was a coincidence, a small thing I made was seen by the other party, and then I became interested, and it happened that Mr. Li came to China during this time, so he decided to meet with me."

Li Kewen did not say how he was valued by Jester, and even put him on a par with his idol Carmack.

However, he was still a little resentful of his parents just because he was just a high school student and felt that he was inferior to those college students, so he also defended: "Parents, can you not be so outdated in your thinking - what era is there still this kind of thinking, in the field of programmers, Xue Li does not mean anything, for example, the best programmer before Mars Entertainment, he is a high school student, but he is the god in the hearts of countless programmers around the world!" ”

Hearing his son say this, Li Kewen's parents naturally looked at each other.

When Li Kewen was discussing with his family whether to go to the United States, Jester was also thinking about and layout, combined with the history of the domestic game market in his mind, to think about how he should lay out in China.

In fact, the domestic game market has been a deformed market since the day it was born - under what circumstances can the game market be formed and develop healthily?

He must have two necessary conditions.

One is the abundance of material life, so that people can fully enjoy ~ spiritual food, and the second is that the protection of copyright must be valued.

Because only when the first point is satisfied, then there will be a large number of players who are willing to spend money for the game.

Only by satisfying the second point can we make games survive.

And in China, needless to say, the past, is the present, or the future, this is an unattainable thing, if it weren't for Jester's success in China by acting as an agent for his own company's MMORPG games, maybe the domestic game market is still half-dead.

Now the domestic game market is much better than the same period in the original history, in fact, it is said that there are companies that are preparing to introduce the "Network Genesis" that has been operating in China for several years, and a game called "King of Kings" made by a company like a bend is also ready to be introduced, these are the sweetness seen from the MMORPG online game represented by Jester.

Although the material life in China is still far from being rich, there is no way to pirate the operation of online games. So that there is a big market for this kind of game.

Only this kind of game will have a market in China.

In fact, in Jester's original world, after more than ten or twenty years, many players in China have even formed a convention, they think that online games are real games - in this kind of deformed cognition, the real stand-alone game market is difficult to rise.

In fact, the success of the MMORPG genre is not just inspired by these people in China.

Koreans, for example, are very quick learners. It is said that several domestic companies are also in talks with Korean game companies about the introduction of agents.

It is now 1999, and it is the beginning of the explosion of the domestic online game market.

And some people in China are even thinking about whether we can make our own MMORPG, such as martial arts style games that are completely different from the popular European and American fantasy styles?

Or is it a turn-based MMORPG that is completely different from the real-time combat style of the Dark Belt?

These, in this era, are all people thinking, and all people are trying.

In fact, in this day and age, there is only money. If you have enough understanding of the game industry, it is not too difficult to make an online game that can make money, and the real difficulty lies in the laying of sales channels. Don't think that online games don't need sales channels.

While online games are available for free client downloads.

However, in this era when there is no online remittance, and there is no online banking, game companies can only make a profit by selling physical point cards. And it is very difficult to lay a perfect point card channel.

Jester certainly doesn't need to worry about that, because he was a few years ago. This step was expected when he set up a company with his sister-in-law in China.

Therefore, at that time, he put laying such channels in the first place, which was much more important than making money.

In the original history, the two pieces of the puzzle that can make the MMORPG game genre shine are "Cyber Genesis" and "Diablo", but in this era, these two pieces of the puzzle have all been completed by Mars Entertainment, so at this time, it is time to blossom, just like in the United States, EQ is also about to be developed and will be officially released soon.

Judging from the feedback from the test, many people are optimistic about the prospects of this game.

Many even predict that it will be a game that will attract 200,000 or even 300,000 paying players.

In China, there are also many companies that are ready to go and enter this industry that is still the sunrise, and Jester is naturally not far behind, but during this time, the Mars Entertainment Headquarters did not have any special experience to participate in this doomed and extremely tragic initial strangulation war, because in Jester's view, this initial strangulation war is meaningless.

Moreover, in the European and American markets, at least until the advent of WOW, the influence of MMORPGs was far from comparable to that of console video games.

Therefore, Jester is thinking about whether to set up a special MMORPG game development department in China, and the type of game developed can also be limited to martial arts style - because making fantasy style games is much worse in China than abroad, and it is far inferior in terms of cultural identity and understanding.

However, the martial arts style is unique to China, and it is also loved by domestic players.

Although the domestic stand-alone market is weak ~ soft, there have been several well-made martial arts style games in recent years, although there is a masterpiece of "Sword and Demon" that can be a great success in Europe and the United States, but it is like a studio called Xishanju called "Swordsman Love" The game can make many domestic players extremely loved.

Of course, although these players who love this game are playing pirated copies.

Although because of Jester, Daewoo's Legend of Sword and Fairy did not achieve the lofty status in the original history.

However, in the final analysis, the game of Sword and Fairy is still a qualified game in this era, not as good as those real top works, such as the obvious gap with "Sword Sealing Record", but in this Chinese PC game, especially Chinese RPG games are not too much, there are still some people who like the second-rate work of "Sword and Fairy".

Therefore, at least the popularity of the style of martial arts in China is beyond doubt.

Jester thought about this matter back and forth, and then found Fu Zan and told him about it, as the director of domestic affairs, Fu Zan naturally agreed with Jester's proposal.

In fact, he also saw the huge market that may exist in the future of online games in China, because everyone knows that there is only a dead end in China, and the network is likely to be able to get out of a completely different way, at least in the eyes of several domestic studios of Mars Entertainment, they need to look abroad at the beginning of making games.

Because only if the game can succeed in the country, they will be able to survive.

"Forming a new studio with the purpose of developing online games with a martial arts theme." Fu Zan kept thinking about the new instructions his boss had given him just now, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt about it.

Because as a Chinese, he knows that any gamer like him has a martial arts dream.

Whenever they play something like "Baldur's Gate" or "Requiem for an Exotic Town", countless people sigh, why can't we make such a martial arts RPG?

Although they also have "New Swordsman Love" and "Sword Sealing Demon Record", these are excellent works, but this is far from enough.

Coupled with the huge market prospects that are bound to exist for online games, it is foreseeable that this newly established studio may really be able to make a difference - there is no shortage of gamers who like this style of play, and what is lacking is that they will make a fun game.

Fu Zan was talking to Xishanju about the acquisition before.

Because of the coldness of the off-season market, Xishanju is also very moved, after all, becoming a studio under Mars Entertainment means becoming a member of the huge system of Mars Entertainment, which is an extremely important thing for any game developer, and Fu Zan now feels that Xishanju is indeed the most suitable person to develop such a martial arts style MMORPG. (To be continued.) )