No. 058 "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" open beta

After a few days of secrecy, Wei Dongsheng revealed his real name for a long time.

Wei Dongsheng "admitted" that he operated the legendary private server and raised funds for the research and development of the torrent download artifact; admit to being the sole developer of the torrenting artifact; admit that he owns a certain amount of shares in Spring Software and Spring Network; admitted that he led the development of the online game "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms", and threw out a new topic: "Like the torrenting artifact, the Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms is a free game, a game that is always free. ”

"A first-year high school student earned 1.3 million yuan in March" to "A world-famous torrent download artifact, the author is actually a first-year high school student"; "His name is Wei Dongsheng" to "Wei Dongsheng turned out to be a shareholder of Spring and Autumn Network and Spring and Autumn Software"; "The second work of genius high school student Wei Dongsheng is the online game "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms"" to "Following the torrent download artifact, Wei Dongsheng continued his free road and announced that "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" is a permanent free game", the topic of Wei Dongsheng is boiling on the Internet.

Before 2003, the college entrance examination was fixed on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of July every year; After 2003, the Ministry of Education considered that the temperature in July was generally high, and advanced it to the 7th, 8th, and 9th of June. The water army of the Spring and Autumn Network did not let go of any hot spots, first created an eyeball effect and deliberately criticized the score-only theory of test-oriented education, and took Wei Dongsheng as an example to discuss what a good student is; When public opinion fermented to the point of arousing the disgust of supporters of test-oriented education, the Spring and Autumn Internet refuted the rumors in a timely manner, posting Wei Dongsheng's previous monthly examination results and midterm results, proving that Wei Dongsheng is a god-level scholar who transcends the differences between quality education and examination-oriented education.

The topic of god-level scholars has dropped slightly, and when the Spring and Autumn Network released the "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" client to allow players to download and register in advance, it continued to set off a new round of topics. The protagonist of this round of topics is the third-party payment credit and security tool software Spring and Autumn Security Steward, Wei Dongsheng plagiarized the slogan of Alipay in the future, assuring players of the security of online payment: "You dare to use, I dare to pay, the maximum compensation is unlimited." ”

In this sentence, Wei Dongsheng has enough confidence.

Compared with other antivirus software, Spring and Autumn Security Manager has a very high technical content, but it is also limited. The Spring and Autumn Safety Steward is not the kind of black technology that is second to second, it is not that Wei Dongsheng and the computer intelligent life blue-green algae can't do "meet the gods and kill the gods, meet the Buddha and kill the Buddha", but the Spring and Autumn series companies do not have enough foundation to hold the black technology that transcends the times. Therefore, the computer-intelligent life blue-green algae has always been hidden in the shadows, quietly defending Wei Dongsheng's core interests. The Spring and Autumn Security Butler on the bright side,The technical content is a bit similar to the torrent download artifact,Although the effect exceeds the products of friends in the same industry,But it is within the scope of everyone's understanding。

Spring & Autumn Security Manager does not guarantee the security of online payments.

However, after all, the cyanobacteria of the cyber security department is a computer intelligent life, and it will cooperate with the computer intelligence life of the financial department to secretly supervise suspicious transactions, thereby greatly reducing the hidden dangers of online payment. It is precisely with the security defense line built by cyanobacteria and green algae that transcends the times that Wei Dongsheng has the confidence to shout domineeringly: "You dare to use it, I dare to pay, and there is no upper limit to the maximum compensation." ”

The time came to June 16, 2003.

On March 23, 2003, the game studio of the Internet café was dissolved; On May 18, 2003, Wei Dongsheng withdrew from the private service industry chain and temporarily lost his economic resources. From May 18th to June 16th, the pockets of the Spring and Autumn Series Company and Wei Dongsheng were empty, and the available funds on the books were getting smaller and smaller day by day.

June 16 is the open beta time of "Spring and Autumn Ten Kingdoms".

The life and death of Spring Group, Spring and Autumn Network, Spring and Autumn Service, Spring and Autumn Information Service, Spring and Autumn Information Security, and the holding subsidiary Seed Network, all depend on the operational achievements of "Spring and Autumn of Ten Kingdoms".

It's almost all or nothing.

"The Ten Kingdoms of Spring and Autumn" is so important.

Therefore, Wei Dongsheng, Jing Minqiang, Lu Binqi, Hu Shifei, Chang Mingxia, Lei Jiafei and other major project leaders were all concentrated in the Spring and Autumn Network headquarters. The monitoring display screen instantly summarizes key data such as the highest number of online people, average online people, and recharge amount of the day, so that everyone can understand the operation status of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" in real time.

At 14 o'clock, Chang Mingxia manipulated the mouse to click the confirmation button, the server of "Spring and Autumn Ten Kingdoms" was officially connected to the client, and the numbers on the monitoring display began to scroll.

Jing Minqiang asked Chang Mingxia: "After hyping for so long, how many players are expected to be attracted?" ”

Chang Mingxia replied: "According to rough estimates, the average number of people online we predicted was about 90,000. ”

Jing Minqiang smiled: "Yo, you are so confident." As far as I know, second only to "Legend", "Miracle MU", which is now the second most popular, has an average online number of only about 200,000. ”

Before Jing Minqiang's words fell, the excited voice of the operator in front of the monitoring screen suddenly came: "In 22 seconds, the number of people online exceeded 1,000. ”

Jing Minqiang looked at the monitoring screen in surprise and praised: "Yes, 1,000 players came in 22 seconds, it seems that the hype is quite effective." Looking at this efficiency, it should not be difficult for the average number of people online to exceed 10,000. ”

Chang Mingxia continued Jing Minqiang's last sentence, and opened her mouth to come to a more accurate number: "The average number of online users of "Miracle MU" is currently 230,000, and our prediction of 90,000 is only 40% of it. ”

Jing Minqiang didn't dare to expect to catch up with "Miracle MU" at one time, and simply said: "Let's do 10,000 online first!" ”

The monitoring screen immediately reported the second record: "In 1 minute and 39 seconds, the number of people online exceeded 5,000." ”

Jing Minqiang took a cold breath.

Jing Minqiang didn't speak again, his eyes staring at the constantly jumping online numbers.

The number of online users exceeded 1,000 in 22 seconds, and Jing Minqiang didn't think it was a big deal. In Jing Minqiang's thinking concept, these players must have been eagerly awaiting for a long time, and entering the game at the right time does not reflect the real data of the future. The subsequent breakthrough of 5,000 in 1 minute and 39 seconds still does not reflect the real data in the future, but the number of people online is already a data worthy of great attention. As mentioned earlier, South Korea's No. 1 online game "Paradise", with Sina, one of the three major portals, has always hovered around 10,000 online users during its open beta period. As soon as the open beta of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" was launched in 1 minute and 39 seconds, it quickly rushed to 5000 online, and it is almost certain that it can easily surpass "Paradise".

Other staff members, including Chang Mingxia, were equally emotional.

The previous prediction is a prediction, and the real result is the final assessment, seeing that "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" broke through 5000 online in 1 minute and 39 seconds, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This is not a good result, but it has survived the life and death of an online game, and it will not at least lose money if it continues to operate.

The online numbers continued to jump, and the third record was soon released: 3 minutes and 3 seconds, and the number of online users exceeded 10,000.

"Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" used 3 minutes and 3 seconds to tie "Paradise" operated by Sina Legu.

Jing Minqiang suddenly lost control of his emotions and slammed the wooden table: "Success!" ”

Yes, it worked.

Jing Minqiang's success criterion is as simple as that.

In addition to the legend of monopolizing 70% of the market share in 2002, the achievement of 10,000 online users has been a success in the online game market in 2002. The embarrassment of Sina Legu is mainly due to the high agency fee of "Paradise" and its strong contrast effect in the Korean market and the Chinese market. The "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" is set up by Wei Dongsheng as the main framework, and the copyright is all in the hands of Spring and Autumn Software Company, although the agent sales share is as high as 30%, but considering that Wei Dongsheng is also the largest shareholder of Spring and Autumn Network, it can also be regarded as an internal operation.

Chang Mingxia was the first to stabilize her mood and immediately instructed the operation staff: "Spring and Autumn Network and Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn Games have all issued notices to congratulate the number of online users on exceeding 10,000 and unlock the 10,000 online reward packages in preparation. ”

Spring and Autumn Network employees are also pleased with the successful release of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms", at least they don't have to worry about the company's bankruptcy and unemployment. Dozens of employees are motivated to work more efficiently, keep up with customer service, and keep up with the influx of players.

The number of online users on the day of the open beta of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" did not stop at 10,000.

In 7 minutes and 4 seconds, the number of online users exceeded 20,000;

In 23 minutes and 34 seconds, the number of online users exceeded 30,000;

At 15:22:54 on the same day, that is, 1 hour, 22 minutes and 54 seconds after the official public beta, the number of online users exceeded 50,000.

Wei Dongsheng was a little disappointed: he did not hesitate to stigmatize himself and hype after waves, but it took 90 minutes for the open beta to deceive 50,000 players.

Wei Dongsheng's disappointment was based on his own judgment, and he felt that "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" should be aimed at the legendary series and kill them in waves in a free-to-play online game mode. However, it takes time for players to accept the free-to-play model, and second, the public beta of Legend 3 is in full swing, and the open beta of the point card timed pay-to-play game also does not cost money, and the hype of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" lacks deep appeal to gamers.

Of course, there is another important factor, the Chinese game market is the world of Korean kimchi games at the moment, from "Legend" to "Miracle MU", from "Paradise" to "Triumph", all made in Korea. More than 90% of China's online market is monopolized by South Korean manufacturing, and only a few domestic online games such as "Journey to the West 2", "Phantom Ranger" and "Conquest" are surviving.

Shenhai Wind Valley Digital Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd. claimed to want to produce the first domestic 3D online game "Sky City", but the project died in infancy, and the company was immediately tragically dissolved.

Under the vicious circle mechanism, players are eager for domestic games to cheer up, but they subconsciously do not trust the quality of domestic online games. If it weren't for Wei Dongsheng's desperate hype to attract more novice players who are ignorant of online games, the situation of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" would definitely be even more worrying.

Wei Dongsheng felt that it took 1 hour, 22 minutes and 54 seconds to break through 50,000 online, which was a failure of the operation of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms".

However, this was only Wei Dongsheng's idea.

Whether it is Chang Mingxia or Jing Minqiang, they have never had the luxury of hoping that "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" can counterattack the legendary series. The goal in Chang Mingxia and Jing Minqiang's hearts was low, so low that they saw 1 hour, 22 minutes and 54 seconds break through 50,000 online, and they were shocked to the point of incredulity, and they celebrated the success of the operation of "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms" with passionate emotions.