Wen Meili also said: "Let's go after Korea is over!" ”

"Don't worry about it yet! Let's take a look at what Xiaoxue talked about in South Korea! Song Chen nodded, "But I'm going back to the United States first!" Let my mom take advantage of this time to stay in China for a while longer! ”

"I'm quite happy, Hengzhu will stay in his hometown for a while longer, and it's good to help Weile's marriage by the way!" Li Wan smiled, and then asked, "Then you plan to go back to the United States first?" ”

Song Chen spread out his hands and said helplessly: "Yes, there are many things in the United States, and Cousin Weile's wedding must be settled as soon as possible, so I won't go!" As a gift, since I gave my friend a limited edition Porsche, I would like to give him a Rolls-Royce! ”

Jiang Yan said: "What a luxury! But I want to remind you that Wei Le's cousin Wei Yu is also working under you, and he is married early! So if you want to send it, you can send it together, and you can't favor one over the other! ”

Li Wan is very willing to her family, she smiled and said: "It's this gift, your cousin is either the end of this year or the beginning of next year, so your gift must be according to your friend's standards!" ”

"Okay, no two words!" Song Chen didn't want to be a friend and a relative, so he agreed very happily.

Jiang Lin muttered: "In this case, let your mother stay in our house for a few more days until the Korean side is confirmed!" Beiping to Seoul is closer after all! ”

Song Chen looked at her mother, Li Wan hesitated for a moment, and said embarrassedly, "Won't it be too troublesome?" ”

Jiang Lin waved his hand and said with a smile: "What's the trouble or not, it's all a family, so it's settled!" ”

"That's fine, get closer during this time!" Wen Meili also persuaded her, and then asked Jiang Yan, "Are you going to go with Ah Chen or stay here for a few more days?" After all, it's rare to go home, why don't you stay with Hongling for a few more days? lest your mother-in-law not be able to stay! ”

Jiang Yan looked back at Jiang Hongling. Seeing her nodded, she smiled and said, "Mom, you've squeezed me like this, can't we stay!" ”

Song Chen then smiled and said, "Then so be it!" ”

……

On May 13, 2002, Song Chen took Zhao Lin back to Woodside in the United States, and before he got rid of the fatigue of jet lag, he received a transoceanic call from Du Bao, general manager of Chenxing Internet Cafe Chain Co., Ltd. in Beiping, and heard from him the "Blue Speed Internet Cafe Fire Incident" that had just occurred in Beiping.

Song Chen forgot what time period this incident happened in the previous life, and he was not sure if it happened today, but in reality, such a thing still happened in the same Internet café when he flapped his "butterfly wings" like this, and Song Chen could only think that he had reversed the fate of many people. But the protagonists of the incident have not changed: three underage arsonists, the owner of the Internet café, and the Internet café without a license and no safe passage, and finally the internal logic of the entire Blue Speed incident has been running without interference!

As "another witness of the tragic lesson", Song Chen can only help this accident, for the same reason as the more tragic 911 incident! However, after the "Blue Speed Incident", the Internet café industry, which was once regarded as a huge profit, has since entered a watershed, not only with many inexplicable "fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law" on its head, but also with a sharp decline in profits. Perhaps, the only good thing is that later local governments banned the license approval of new Internet cafes except for chain stores, which is probably a consolation prize for Chenxing Internet Cafe to be able to talk about comfort!

In this matter, Song Chen couldn't help. I can only tell the truth: with the tightening of regulatory policies, the period of profiteering of Internet cafes is over!

After talking to Du Bao, Song Chen also made a transatlantic phone call to Liu Jun, the current owner of Chenxing Internet Cafe, to remind him of the possible negative impact of this incident. And told Liu Jun: "Chenxing Internet Cafe must adhere to the high-end route unswervingly, and new stores can be opened in the same way, but the overall investment pace should be slowed down." And reduce your investment in computers! ”

"So strict?" Liu Jun didn't seem to have read the newspaper at this time, and he was not mentally prepared for Song Chen's unprepared warning.

"Du Bao called me as soon as possible, and you should be able to understand how much impact this incident will have! These ya's sense of smell is definitely higher than ours! Song Chen warned, "Considering the influence of public opinion, you have to arrange the suspension of business, so as not to be caught off guard!" ”

"Suspension of business......" Liu Jun gasped, "People are black Internet cafes that have been burned, what is the matter with us regular Internet cafes that operate honestly and pay taxes?" ”

"Anyway, get ready!"

After hanging up the phone, Song Chen couldn't help but rub his forehead tiredly, obviously his body had not fully adapted to the jet lag in the United States. A pair of soft flowers gently pressed Song Chen's temples from behind, and a pretty face that was disgusting and happy was pressed against his face and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"There was a big fire in a black Internet café in Beiping, more than a dozen people were injured and more than 20 died, and Beiping City was boiling and the sky was boiling, and you don't have to guess to know that public opinion will be one-sided!" Song Chen said bitterly, "Next, the entire Internet café industry will become the target of verbal criticism, and those irresponsible parents, viewers who don't know the truth, and the media who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic may not know how to arrange this industry!" ”

Zhang Ruoxi was stunned and said: "Isn't it a black Internet café, what does it have to do with the entire industry?" I remember that Chenxing Internet Cafe has always done a good job in fire protection, after all, it is a leisure place for high-end consumption! ”

"I think it's useless, the key is for the government to understand!" Song Chen laughed at himself, "Are there still few things going online in China?" Every time something happens, don't stop without introducing a culprit! The question is, how can the cause and effect relationship in this world be so pure and clear! The real culprit of this matter is a bear child who has no sense of the legal system, and the black Internet café without a business license is only the second illegal subject, but China's laws usually willfully characterize a certain group, and it is called to calm public opinion, but everyone knows that the consequences of the misplacement of legal crimes are even stricter! ”

When Song Chen was babbling, Zhang Ruoxi bent her willow eyebrows, she pursed her lips and smiled: "Look at your appearance, you really look like a vested interest with damaged interests!" ”

Song Chen said to himself: "I can't look at the profit of Chenxing Internet Cafe, but I can't get used to some of their actions!" ”

Just when Song Chen sighed again, Zhai Yan and Fan Xue walked in with more than a dozen copies of the text, and she said with a smile: "This is the text accumulated in the past few days, and you need to approve it personally!" I know you're tired, so don't give it to me right away! ”

"What a coincidence!" Zhang Ruoxi smiled, "I also have a few documents for you to sign!" ”

Song Chen snorted lightly and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

……

Song Chen's worries didn't stop there. Not long after Liu Jun's desk desk received an administrative notice from the local government, and the reporting calls of the general managers of the local branches also rang non-stop, which made Liu Jun upset and not very disturbed.

The "Blue Speed" incident directly led to the closure of nearly 400,000 Internet cafes across the country for rectification, and when such a thing happened, game manufacturers and agents were also hit hard, as Liu Jun's girlfriend, Li Wei soon felt the deep malice from the policy.

However, Song Chen knew that the suspension of business was not very long, so after talking to Liu Jun on the phone, he didn't pay attention to it anymore and rested at home for two days. After reviewing the texts that Zhai Yan had given him for many days, he took Zhao Lin to the studio of Chenxing Games in Chenxing Park.

The studio currently has a team of about fifty or sixty people working on the game engine. Newell, but what really manages is VALVE's co-founder Mike? Harrington; IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT LI XIUYING, WHO IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF WEBZEN, ACCEPTED SONG CHEN'S INVITATION AND FINALLY CHOSE TO ABANDON THE RELATIVELY SMALL WEBZEN TO JOIN THIS HUGE AND EXPENSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK, AND TAKE CHARGE OF THE WORK OF ART DIRECTOR IN THIS GAME ENGINE.

After Song Chen acquired Marvel Entertainment and DC Comics. A younger team was recruited under the banner of Chenxing Games, and the studio was spoofed as ROITGAME, working with the team on the same floor as the game engine development.

Riot Games has attracted the attention of countless game lovers and American comic fans since its inception, as the studio has acquired the rights to the heroes of Marvel Comics and DC Comics. As a character material for the new online game League of Legends! Moreover, as the first online game designed by Song Chen himself, this "League of Legends" is also an online game in the history of the game that has been greatly sought after without even a single code.

The head of Riot Studios is called Steger? Hedlund is a veteran of the game industry. If you are familiar with Blizzard's history, you will know that he is the main designer of Diablo 2.

Stig? Headlund has been in the gaming industry since 1987 and has spent time at Infinity, Koei, and EA. Shortly after the Vulture was founded, he went to apply. At the time, Vulture was just an insignificant small company developing a few low-budget games for home consoles.

With little interest in the size of the vulture and the projects in development, Hedlund joined Sega instead. Three years later, when he saw the prototype of "Diablo", he changed his mind and willingly ate "Turning Grass", and finally became the chief designer of "Diablo II" - and the vulture company is the predecessor of the famous "Blizzard North" in the eyes of Blizzard fans.

In 2000, Steig? After Song Chen acquired Marvel and DC, and issued a declaration to make great games, Hedlund, who was looking for new opportunities, was favored by the senior headhunters of the American Chenxing Group, and the information was then sent to Song Chen's email.

Song Chen has only one line in his fancy: the former Blizzard northern executive, the chief designer of "Diablo 2"!

Pick Steger? After Heidelund became the person in charge of the new project, Song Chen was going to Beiping for more than a week, and he didn't officially meet with the boss until today.

As for Zhao Lin, of course, she can't really be in charge of Riot's management and R&D, the reason why Song Chen brought her here is that on the one hand, she is very in line with the cartoon style of "League of Legends" in terms of personality, and on the other hand, it is also because of her help that Song Chen was able to redraw the map of "Summoner's Canyon" in his memory.

But unlike Tencent's version of "League of Legends", this map is not called Summoner's Canyon, Song Chen redefined this map, and set the location of this map in New York City, which has become ruins, the original woods and rocks have been replaced by dilapidated buildings in the steel jungle, as for the big dragons, small dragons and wild monsters have also been replaced as aliens and corresponding monsters, these are of course up to Hedlund and his team to arrange.

In a conference room with a few clean windows, after the development team leader Hedlund introduced the middle managers of the game's main planner and program director, Song Chen pointed to Zhao Lin and said: "In the absence of other special requirements, Miss Zhao Lin and Miss Zhao will serve as the art director for the time being!" ”

They all knew that Zhao Lin's identity was noble. There is no obvious objection, but there is some suspicion in his eyes! And Zhao Lin is rare in this workplace without showing his command, but nodded at them kindly.

"I'm sorry, because something happened to the Chinese side during this time, so I didn't meet you until today, I hope you won't be suspicious of your new job in the future!"

"We can't wait to develop a great product under your leadership!" Stig? Heidelund is also a seasoned old fritter who looks somewhat slippery.

Song Chen frowned slightly and said, "Although I provided the framework of the entire game, whether the product can be made or not still requires your efforts and polishing, so the final glory still belongs to you!" Mr. Steger. I hope Riot Studios will be able to lead you to develop a great product that surpasses Diablo 2! ”

Apparently sensing that the boss did not welcome sycophants, Hedrund said with a straight face: "I will not disappoint your expectations!" ”

"I like people who do practical things, I don't like people who flatter and pat on the back, you will get to know me in the future! Now, let's formalize this meeting, and after the meeting, you can recruit more junior staff as required! Song Chen nodded with satisfaction, then picked up the pen-shaped remote control and clicked it, and the blinds and incandescent lights in the conference room were automatically closed. The projector began to relax, and Zhao Lin carefully made a PPT text jiàn.

"I'm going to develop a new mode of online game, called MOBA, a real-time strategy, team-based game where five players each control five Marvel and DC-licensed superheroes online against five other opponents on the same map. There is equipment that matches the hero's background; Therefore, the game had to have an online platform that was able to automatically match, as well as personalized content, which I would tentatively name as talent trees, superhero systems, runes, and other elements. ”

In two hours. Most of them are Song Chen talking, Zhao Lin Heidelund and a few other high-level people are asking questions, and the PPT content is all Song Chen's superficial understanding of "League of Legends" in his memory. But for Hedlund, the head of the game, even a superficial name is enough to flesh out this awaiting online battle arena in his mind.

After Song Chen finished talking about dozens of pages of PPT, Heidelund and other managers also closed their shorthand books. Song Chen took a sip of water, and then asked: "On the game "Legend of Blood", I have the biggest realization, that is, the game cannot be a classical drama loved by niche players, but a star culture that is sought after by mass players, and the difficulty must be easy to use, so that 'down to elementary school students to eighty years old' can quickly grasp the essence of the game's gameplay!" In terms of game screen design, we must also pursue the game tone that is more recognized by mainstream players and is biased towards the Q version of the cartoon! Just like the image design of QQ, Miss Zhao has rich experience in games such as QQ and "Devouring Fish", so I asked her to be the head of art design! ”

Stig? Hedlund suddenly realized why Song Chen wanted to call his lover, who had always been indifferent, out of the horse, and originally wanted to use her 'advantages' to add weight to the game!

Seeing that they understood, Song Chen added with a smile: "Of course, I hope she can help you!" If she is incompetent or unqualified, I will accept your request to transfer her out of this position!

Zhao Lin glared at Song Chen viciously, and the grinning appearance suddenly made Song Chen feel a toothache. Seeing this, Hedrlund didn't understand that this seemingly young and cute person was actually a tigress, not easy to mess with!

Although he is very jealous of his boss's lover, on the other hand, Heidelund also thinks that this woman also has a shortcut to their rapid promotion, which is worth their good tie! Therefore, Hedlund said with a spring breeze: "I believe that we can cooperate happily!" ”

"I hope so!" Song Chen nodded vigorously, and then asked, "How long will it take to develop this kind of game?" ”

"According to your settings, the 2.5D gameplay style is not too difficult, and if it weren't for the fact that our game engine was not yet finished, we would have been able to produce a finished product in eight months at most! However, considering the use of our existing technology, I am sure that I will be able to come up with a beta version of League of Legends this time next year, and I should be able to come up with the finished product by Christmas next year! ”

"A year and a half? Enough, I'll give you two years, and it's up to you to grasp what talents you need! Speaking of this, Song Chen pondered for a moment and said cautiously, "Considering the attention of public opinion and fans to this game, Chenxing Technology's confidentiality system can be used, before "League of Legends" is finally launched, I don't want the media to know too much about this game!" ”

"I understand!"

Song Chen nodded and said, "Hedlund!" After the meeting, you go to my office, I have a few things I want to know from you! ”

"Oh! No problem, boss! (To be continued......)