Chapter 318: Game University
Beijing, East Third Ring Road, Westin Hotel, this is where Ye Shenxi lives.
At half past eight in the morning, after breakfast, he was changing his clothes, and although it was only a private meeting on this occasion today, it was still not suitable for casual clothes to attend, so he could only change into a suit and tie.
Chen Xiaofan was also standing aside at this time, so people rely on clothes, and even such a babbling girl changed into a professional suit at this time, and she looked a little energetic and heroic.
"I said, what are you doing here, I'm changing my clothes, and you've been staring at you." In the living room of the suite, Ye Shenxi glanced at Chen Xiaofan, who was standing straight on the side.
Chen Xiaofan shook a set of light gray suits and a navy blue pattern tie presented by his hands: "I'll help you check it, and help you tie a bow tie, tie a button, tie a collar, and trim your sleeves." ”
"Come on, you can get out." Ye Shenxi waved his hand.
"Mr. Xia has ordered to serve you well."
"You're still staring at me when I change my clothes, Mr. Xia came back and picked it up, believe it or not."
"Oh......" Chen Xiaofan put his suit and tie on the sofa beside him.
This girl now has the feeling of being a big girl on the herring network.
After a while, Ye Shenxi changed his clothes, or Chen Xiaofan drove, not to the general office of the Ministry of Culture on the side of Chaoyangmen, but to the private meeting room of the hotel on the side, the distance was only more than five kilometers, passing through a dense forest of high-rise buildings, ten minutes later, the two soon arrived at their destination.
The agreed "seminar" time was half past nine, and it was Zhou Yan, deputy director of the Second Division of the Secretary of the General Office, who welcomed Ye Shenxi into the door, and she was the one who called Ye Shenxi before.
"Hello, Mr. Ye." Zhou Yan looked affectionate, a middle-aged woman about forty years old, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were a little mature when she smiled.
"Hello, Director Zhou." Ye Shenxi and Zhou Yan shook hands.
"Minister Cai is still having a meeting, and he will come over later."
"It's me who came early."
Zhou Yan took Ye Shenxi to the lounge, and Chen Xiaofan followed silently behind him...... To Ye Shenxi's surprise, there were already several people sitting here, all of whom looked like they were extraordinary.
"Mr. Ye, let me introduce you."
"This is Director Chen of the Cultural Market Department of the Ministry of H."
"This is the XXXX office of the Copyright Agency, Director Zhao."
"This is Director Lu of the Digital Publishing Department of the General Administration of GD."
"This is Director Han of the Industrial Policy Department of the GX Ministry."
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Yo ho! Ye Shenxi's head suddenly grew bigger, and the battle was a little bigger than he expected...... Chen Xiaofan trembled behind him and didn't dare to squeak.
When I participated in some exhibitions and summit forums before, I didn't meet so many leaders at one time, first of all, the level is a little far from here, and those occasions are almost just talking about the scene, greetings, chatting and chatting, but today is different, it is a more in-depth exchange, and it is also to discuss a lot of real plans and policies.
This is a "workshop" to ......
Zhou Yan probably guessed Ye Shenxi's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's still a private meeting, if you have anything to say, everyone is here to listen to your 'lecture'." ”
"Lecture" is just a joke, you don't have to take it seriously, but it can be seen that the other party's posture has been lowered a little, and Ye Shenxi is really not used to it.
These are the core figures who control the lifeblood of multiple industries, and their influence has long been not limited to the field of games. Several bigwigs also looked at Ye Shenxi with a smile, their attitude was curious, but also a little stunned, they couldn't imagine that Ye Shenxi, who had made the game industry prosperous in the past two years, turned out to look like this, and he was still so young.
The bigwigs stood up and shook hands with Ye Shenxi one by one, and said a few words on the scene, the face was given, Ye Shenxi didn't dare to be skinny, he was full of energy, and used his life's wisdom to greet others, be careful, and honestly bow down and be small.
A few people were quite open, they seemed to be old acquaintances who they often came into contact with on weekdays, and before they got to the point, they asked about the development of some Qingyu networks abroad, such as how much "The Origin of Everything" sold.
Ye Shenxi was stunned when he said that there were more than 300 million US dollars.
asked again how many games have been sold on the FG platform, Ye Shenxi replied that there were almost 60 million copies, and he sighed again.
Mainly these people, if you don't know anything about the game industry, you may not have much reaction, anyway, in this international market, the unit of measurement is 100 million euros, and there are quite a lot of things sold in tens of billions of copies. It's just that they are still people who know something about the Chinese game industry, but they must be a little different from those in the industry.
Zhou Yan led Chen Xiaofan out and went to another lounge to wait slowly, this was not the place she should be.
In the chatter without much nutrition, Ye Shenxi slowly let go of it, he was still a slippery character, talking about some interesting anecdotes in the game industry, especially some relevant information about foreign industries, the bigwigs still listened to it with relish, this time he smiled silently, and his unfathomable appearance.
After a while, Zhou Yan walked in again, opened the door, and then a silver-haired elder, although full of silver hair, he was full of spirit and spirit, like a teenager, with bright eyes, but a kind face on his face. This is the real tiger eye, it is Minister H, Cai Yunhu, the initiator of today's seminar.
It is estimated that it is a respected elder like him who can gather these powerful figures from different departments to gather together for a private party.
Several bigwigs and Ye Shenxi all stood up and stepped forward to welcome him in.
"Cai Lao."
"Minister Cai."
"Minister."
It's all respectful.
Cai Yunhu saw Ye Shenxi at a glance, shook hands with him cordially, and then patted the back of his hand: "Young and promising, young and promising." ”
It seems that a position between the government and the people has been transformed into an atmosphere between the elders and the younger generations.
It is said that Ye Shenxi is also a businessman, or a technical worker, but with the prosperity of the commercial market, the status of businessmen is also improving, especially in the field of information technology, so that later Jack Niu ran around abroad, met with a certain prime minister today, met with a president tomorrow, and then established some personal friendships.
This kind of high-ranking official cadre, Ye Shenxi is also the boss of a top game company in China, although the current influence is limited to the game field, but it should also be in line with the scope of cordial and friendly meetings, he himself still wants to be high-spirited, scholarly and young, and talk eloquently......
Now that Cai Lao is out like this, it really looks like a family banquet.
Ye Shenxi himself was a little confused.
"Got to know all of you, right?"
"Yes, I've known them all."
"Okay, sit down, sit down." Cai Yunhu beckoned everyone to sit down, this was a small reception room, several solitary sofas formed a small circle with an opening, and he himself walked to the main seat against the wall and sat down.
Ye Shenxi consciously still accompanied the last seat.
"Everyone is here, it's not easy to get a few of you together."
"Old Cai, what you said, you say it, we are not on call." Director Lu said with a smile.
"I won't delay everyone's time, let everyone come over today, just to talk about the game, I don't really understand the old man, but everyone here today understands, just listen to you talk, just let me listen to it. Xiao Chen, you can preside over it. ”
What I'm saying is that I don't have my own opinions.,It seems that I've been mixed for a long time.,It's not easy to show your attitude.。
If we want to talk about attitude, in fact, today's meeting is also the attitude itself.
"Yes, Minister." Director Chen of the Department of Cultural Marketing took over Cai Lao's words: "This is our dereliction of duty. ”
Admitting his mistake first, the minister's tone was still amiable, but since so many people had been called for such a seminar, it was always some policy rules or something that was happening that was not very satisfying.
Director Chen said: "Everyone has already known Mr. Ye, Ye is always a person in the game circle, your industry pays attention to efficiency, and we don't make any speeches, speeches, or anything." ”
"Hmm." The other few people were originally chatting in a very lively atmosphere, and they were not as restrained as meeting leaders on various formal occasions, but now that Cai Lao is here, he looks solemn.
Time is very precious, Director Chen also got straight to the point: "In recent years, the game market has developed very rapidly, in 06 our game market size was 7.13 billion, the year before last reached 15.1 billion, last year was 26.1 billion, and in the first half of this year, it has reached 22 billion in just six months, and the growth rate far exceeds the traditional developed countries such as the United States and Japan." Of course, a market cannot be judged by revenue, but it also reflects the increasingly rich demand for games from the broad masses of people. ”
"But the faster you develop, the easier it is to go the wrong way, and after crossing a junction, you don't have time to think clearly, and you can only run to the left if you are too fast. Then I found out that this road was not right, and I had to detour back. This kind of thing has been seen a lot in history, and it is not unheard of in the field of games and the Internet. ”
Fortunately, there is no official talk today, Ye Shenxi originally thought that he would listen to a lot of official words when he came over today, but in fact, these bigwigs will still speak on different occasions.
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Director Chen continued: "Recently, Mr. Ye and his Qingyu Network can be said to be in the limelight, and it can be said that it stands out among hundreds of top game companies from all over the world on E3, and the Xianxia-themed game is even more impressive, not only causing extensive heated discussions in the domestic game market, but also many players abroad who are shocked by the exotic customs inside. ”
"We have also seen that this game, if it is finally completed, should be the work that best represents the charm of our country's traditional culture and the highest level of independent research and development in our game industry. Because of the herring network, we pay more attention to E3 than ever, and we also see the excellent game companies around the world. I saw them excellent, mature, and thrive in a regulated and orderly system. ”
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"Our country is now growing rapidly, has achieved fruitful results in many fields, and its economic, political, and cultural status in the world map is also rapidly improving."
Well...... It's certainly not a completely refined language, and it's still going to form some habits.
Ye Shenxi listened to the opening remarks of the bigwigs, while sorting out what he wanted to say, he was thinking about how to say those things in a more concise way, so that the bigwigs could also understand it.
The other few people also glanced at him from time to time, and everyone knew that Ye Shenxi was the protagonist of today's seminar. What Zhou Yan said just now was only half a joke, and half of it was also the truth, today it was indeed Cai Lao who gathered a few people together, and then asked Ye Shenxi to teach them a lesson.
In terms of professionalism, they are certainly not as good as these practitioners who have climbed around in the industry and achieved great things, but practitioners often do not understand politics and policy. Therefore, the best way to formulate policies is still for these people to ensure the healthy operation of the industry, and at the same time listen to them and take the ideas of practitioners into the reference.
To evaluate a person, you can't just look at his age, but also look at what he has done, even if you know this truth, but the Ye Zong in front of you is really a little too young, they still subconsciously don't believe that this Ye Zong can say anything that makes them enlightened, maybe it is some "anti-ear advice" that only considers the market and ignores the national conditions.
After all, game companies and players still know a little bit about their attitudes towards these departments.
After Director Chen talked a lot, he finally asked: "Mr. Ye, among the few people here, you are the most professional and the most knowledgeable about games, I heard that you started to make some games by yourself when you were a teenager, and you founded a milestone at the age of seventeen, and you are also one of the people who know the history of the development of this industry the most." I wonder what do you think about how to promote industrial reform and enhance competitiveness? ”
"Thank you, Director Chen, I just have something to say." He looked at Cai Lao, who was squinting, Cai Lao did not move like a clock, squinting, and his expression did not change at all.
Ye Shenxi looked at this circle of people and said in a straight voice: "Director Chen just said that the game industry is developing rapidly, which is true, but it may not be complete. ”
As soon as these words came out, several bigwigs also leaned towards him slightly.
Ye Shenxi didn't mean to say something amazing, he said: "From 1995, which was the first year of computer games in our mainland, to the present 14 years, we have indeed seen the output value grow at a very high growth rate every year, and we have also seen the rapid rise of a number of game companies, as well as the exponential expansion of the player base, and the continuous emergence of many high-quality games." But there's a word called 'survivorship bias', and foreigners are rich? It's because the poor don't have the money to go abroad, and it's not easy for us to see; Is it easy for planes to crash? Because flights that land normally will not be reported; How easy are animals to behave before an earthquake? They usually behave so much that we don't pay attention to them. ”
"In fact, there have been many successful companies in the past 14 years, but many more have closed down. There are many successful gamers, but many more eventually leave the industry. ”
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"Like the laws of nature in all fields, when an industry develops to a certain extent, it is more able to see the other side of it, and only then will it need reform. Just as industry developed into the Victorian era, we only noticed the hazy skies and El Niño, and the deterioration of the natural environment; When artificial intelligence develops to a certain extent, we will imagine that in the future, maybe one day robots will replace us as the masters of the world, and everyone has seen "Terminator". ”
"Hahaha."
"The more time we get to this, the more we need to reform the system, so I very much agree with what Director Chen said just now, we need to reform."
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"I've been in this field for 12 years, and I think some of the problems we've faced, I think the main ones are the following."
"The first is the practitioners, the second is the market users, and the third is the industry rules and systems."
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"Our practitioners, especially the game planners who are the initiators of the work on the team, are actually very unprofessional. In the recruitment requirements of many companies, there is actually almost no threshold for this position, most of the time it is just required to love games, have rich game experience, and then ...... Hard-working, teamwork and cooperation. ”
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"In a mature industry, practitioners must have a professional threshold. We all know that architects, they need to learn mechanics, concrete and other materials and structures, foundations, construction technology and management, and even engineering geology, and then road construction, engineering drawing, and so on. ”
"Graphic designers also need to learn basic theories, sketching, design colors, decoration basics, introduction to graphics, history of Chinese and foreign arts and crafts, and so on."
"Game designers, who are also designers, rely purely on talent and experience to produce content because they don't know what to learn. As for what they should learn in architectural design and graphic design, they were told by teachers and schools, and they didn't know it at first...... So at the end of the day, it's that they don't have teachers. ”
"I don't have an education, so I'm not professional, and because I'm not professional, I can't make as good works as my foreign counterparts."
"So I think we could add a game development major to our university."