From December 2nd to Christmas, Western companies have been on holiday, generally only about 20 days of working hours, but in the service industry there is no Christmas said, the more the holiday period in the service industry staff busier.

Game and software sales are also a service industry, this year's Microsoft senior management has issued the most stringent order, employees are not allowed to take leave without special reasons, all game franchise store staff and marketing and sales staff are all working overtime, and during the Christmas season, it is not closed 24 hours a day, open all night.

The order was issued on December 4, and Robbie, the senior vice president, personally sent an internal email to each of the employees involved, and it is said that on the same day, some employees approached the union to complain, but the union did not support the employees in the employee's position, but persuaded them to support the company in earnest.

"Pete, calm down, if you don't want the game department to reduce the number of people next year, and you, a professional game tester, will be laid off by the company, then go to work obediently!"

"James, I'm not threatening you, our union will always represent the interests of the workers' group, but please also think about everyone, if even the game department no longer exists, does it make sense for you to stay here? Be realistic, buddy! ”

"Listen to me, Miss Dale, that the trade unions will never be on the side of the capitalists, and rest assured that we have secured quite favourable conditions for you. For every hour of overtime, you will receive 4 times the $25, which is a subsidy of $100 per hour! Yes that's right, it will be 4 times your salary, and cash excluding tax! This money is provided by the Microsoft Game Battle Platform Major League Foundation. You can rest assured that it's coming from! ”

"Kuler, don't believe those rumors. I dare to guarantee that it is 4 times the cash subsidy per hour. Yes, pay you 4 times your normal hourly wage in cash every hour, and you won't be taxed a penny! This is a necessary condition for the union to promise the board of directors, and we won it! Okay, you have to tell your friends about these treatments, goodbye! ”

Under the double guarantee of threats and inducements, the union did not confront Microsoft's top management this time, but chose to compromise.

They know that if they don't. It is likely that the sale of Xbox will be a signal of Microsoft's overall rout, and this defeat will be seized by competitors and magnified infinitely, eventually bringing down and disintegrating Microsoft's gaming platform alliance, and then pulling Microsoft's allies away one by one, and finally leaving Microsoft alone, and it is they who suffer.

This is no joke, on December 4, Microsoft's top management, who had been arguing for three days without results, looked at Microsoft's stock, which was declining every day. From a high of 54.72 to $45.24, a cumulative decline of more than 17.3% in three days, and a loss of $103.8 billion in market capitalization, they knew that if they continued to argue. If it doesn't work out, Microsoft will be in a state of no return.

So a Microsoft Game Battle Platform Alliance was formed, and its main initiator was Microsoft Corporation. Strong alliance members include EA USA and Ubisoft France. PlayRabbit, Australia, Black Isle Studios. Activision, Bungie, Origin Software (online game "Genesis Online"), Canadian indie Hawkins (online game "Meridian 59"), Japanese NewSonic and so on.

Such a scale can be called luxurious, these members include stand-alone games, online games, real-time strategy games and other genres, although slightly inferior to Dragon Games in terms of quality, but their number is still enough, the cumulative market share of the game can account for about 30%, as long as they can gain a firm foothold, they can still have a fight with Dragon Teng.

Microsoft stock has recovered rapidly, the Nasdaq index has gradually recovered, and this wave of Internet has not yet reached the final break, and people still have to enjoy the last feast.

Peace is once again in the world, but this is only on the surface, and in fact there is an undercurrent.

Every day, countless international calls are made to the Beijing headquarters of Longteng Company, countless e-mails are sent to the cooperative mailbox announced to the public, and a large number of large and medium-sized game companies fly to the capital on international flights.

Many small and medium-sized game companies entered the game industry with their dreams, only to find that they were as deep as the sea, the game was difficult to develop, there were too many competitors, their own products could not be sold, and employees could not afford to pay their salaries.

It's not terrible that this kind of career is at a low ebb, but it's terrible to completely lose the confidence to develop games, because now there is a second choice related to one's life and death, just like "marriage is a woman's second reincarnation", as long as you seize the opportunity, maybe you can come back to life with the help of the Dragon Game Battle Platform!

The dragon game battle platform similar to Steam known to Yang Yun runs very smoothly, the core technology is in his hands, the most valuable player information is also in his hands, and the best competitive game is also his dragon system, he only needs to continue to expand his influence and scale, and constantly launch more attractive games, naturally there will be people who choose to attach to it, the big ship of Longteng is sailing safely into the distance, and there are many people who want to hitchhike without worrying about no passengers.

In this game supermarket, there will be more and more games, and in the future, Longteng will add MD, SS games, and DOS games, whether it is the most nostalgic or the most trendy, it will appear here.

In a few years, this platform may integrate the official website of Longteng, and at that time, gamers around the world may only agree with this super platform browsing center, thus replacing all the game sections of portals, even professional game portals.

Perhaps many years from now, no one will say that PC games are dead, or that there are fewer and fewer PC players, because the Dragon Games battle platform can meet the demanding and demanding requirements of any player, and as long as he pays, then PC games will never die out - and the platform will keep up with the times.

Christmas 1999 was different from previous years, it was not a stand-alone holiday, it had been integrated with the millennium and became a festival week celebrated jointly by the people of the world.

There are many rumors about the millennium, including the "millennial end of the earth" and the "millennial computer crisis", which say that because computers were not designed with the cross-century in mind, it is impossible to distinguish the difference between January 1, 2000 and January 1, 1900, and countries and governments that are overly dependent on computers will face uncertain changes, program crashes, data library errors, births and deaths are no longer controlled, public social security is out of control, and the whole society is about to fall into complete chaos.

The misanthropic and salvationists even openly distributed leaflets and held gatherings on the streets of Europe and the United States, calling on mankind to unite to tide over the difficulties, and as long as these people did not incite the villains to cause riots, the riot police cymbals standing around these rallies would not interfere at will.

In order to experience this memorable day for themselves, Yang Yun's family came to London, England, and became the first people in the world to enter the year 2000.

The clock rang at midnight, and the whole city was lit up with fireworks, and the deafening sound of firecrackers drowned out the cheers of the crowds in the streets, and even stirred the arguments of the terrified few extinctions.

"Dear ~ Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year~ We are people who have spanned two centuries, and it is worth celebrating!"

Yang Yun and his wife kissed, looked at the gorgeous fireworks, hugged each other, closed their eyes and pressed their faces, feeling each other's heartbeat and temperature.

"Alright, don't be numb!"

Lin Zhihong's voice came, interrupting the warmth between the two, and Yang Yun waved his hand impatiently: "Why don't you celebrate with your wife?" ”

Lin Zhihong was helpless, and pointed back: "She's celebrating with someone else's husband!" ”

Cao Nini was hugging Xiao Junjie, excitedly pointing to the brilliant and beautiful fireworks in the sky and laughing non-stop, no wonder Lin Zhihong was left out in the cold, so he could only come over to disturb Yang Yun and the others.

Yang Chongsheng had slept for a long time and didn't know how fragrant it was, and was taken care of by Wu Cimei, who was left in the car, this little kid still ate and slept and ate.

"Brother Yun, what are your New Year's resolutions?" Lin Zhihong handed over a cigarette and asked.

Yang Yun smiled, asked for a glance, and got a roll of Lin Zhiling's eyes: "At most!" ”

In fact, Lin Zhiling is also very concerned about this issue, according to normal people's ideas, they all have such high achievements, is there any other pursuit in life?

Such a beautiful day, a memorable day, it's too cheesy to talk about work!

Yang Yun Zhengse said: "According to the ID card, I am 32 years old this year, in fact, my biggest wish is...... Have a few more children! Ha ha! ”

Lin Zhiling screamed, she was picked up by Yang Yun, the two turned around on the street a few times, and couldn't help kissing, those passers-by with high noses and blue eyes let out good-natured laughter, and gave a thumbs up to give encouragement, the greasy appearance of the two made Lin Zhihong shake his head and sigh lowly, and left with some loss, and went to his wife and son.

"Do you really want to have more children?" Lin Zhiling gasped and asked a little embarrassedly, "Don't you have any other New Year's resolutions?" ”

Yang Yun laughed: "If you say your wish, it won't work." ”

Of course he had New Year's resolutions, but that was the biggest secret he couldn't tell, the first ten years of his rebirth were spent fighting in the midst of the chaos, and the second was to truly realize his dream of a super-game empire. (To be continued......)