This year's Pokeni game completion is indeed a little less, mainly because in addition to galgame, other games need hardware support, and the development difficulty and development cycle are much more.

Fortunately, now Pokeni is not short of money.

Especially after the release of Pokémon 3D World, the sales of Neon alone have reached a staggering 2 million copies.

At the end of the year, another wave of sales in Europe and the United States, 5 million copies should be stable.

This is the global power of Pokémon.

In the next period of time, Qing Zhiyuan had no other thoughts, just pushed the only treasure in his hand "To the Moon" well.

So Qing Zhiyuan hurriedly invited the presidents of major distributors to dinner.

After chatting with Hiroyuki Hattori, President Hattori immediately said that he would directly order 100,000 copies.

Last time, because I wasn't very optimistic about the 3D market, I didn't dare to take more of the game "Pokémon 3D World", and I was once in an embarrassing situation of selling out.

But after this incident, Hattori Yuyuki also has a very clear understanding -

Between the Times Market and Qingzhiyuan, it is not wrong to choose Qingzhiyuan.

So this time, I will directly mention 100,000 copies in one go.

After the two of them finished eating, on the way home, Hiroyuki Hattori still threw the disc of "To the Moon" into the trash.

duang！

"The game is a big deal!"

……

After finalizing the next marketing plan of "To the Moon" and the contracts between major distributors, Qing Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The next step is for the project team to complete the PV and posters according to the needs of the operation department, and then put the corresponding materials to major media, so that "To the Moon" can enter the normal sales process.

These step-by-step matters are handled by the Operations Director Takahashi Kazuma Club.

……

9 October 1995.

When Qing Zhiyuan returned to the company, he suddenly remembered something, he originally wanted to press the elevator on the 14th floor, and then pressed down one floor.

The 13th floor is actually Qingzhiyuan's, but the name of this company is called-

P-net。

That's right, this is the subsidiary that was spun off from Pokeni by Masayoshi Son, and now its main business is Internet products.

However, so far, P-net has only two products, one is the official website of pokeni, and the other is the official forum of pokeni.

But in fact, these two are combined, and the forum is mounted at the bottom of the website.

At present, P-NET is still in the period of burning money, and tens of millions of yen are paid every month for Internet fees alone.

Fortunately, it has also gained a certain scale, and by now, the number of daily visitors to Pokeni-Net has exceeded 100,000.

In 1995, this was already a very unnatural achievement.

Because of Pokeni, a website company called Yahoo is having a hard time.

Whether it's consulting or entertainment, Yahoo has never done much to pokeni, and the most important thing is that Son Masayoshi, who was supposed to invest money in Yahoo in his previous life, did not become their financial father.

In the absence of an injection of external capital, Yahoo struggled to grow.

It's not that it hasn't grown at all, after all, the Internet is an outlet, as long as you stand on the tuyere and make a difference with pokeni, you will still be able to take off one day.

It's just that according to Qing Zhiyuan's estimate, the timing of this take-off may move back a lot.

……

The moment Qing Zhiyuan's figure appeared outside the glass door, the young lady at the front desk was a little stunned.

Nani?

Is this the one?

Really?

Although she was extremely shocked in her heart, the young lady's reaction was still extremely fast, and she quickly stood up and bowed to Qing Zhiyuan.

"Hello President."

President?!!

The others heard the voice of the young lady at the front desk and looked over in unison.

Nani?!

How could the president patronize our P-NET?!

Oh, my God!

Incredible, right?!

When the president came to inspect the work, the employees of P-net were very moved.

In particular, the old employees of the head office who were transferred from Pokeni to [support] were almost crying.

Finally remembered that we were here.

Even though it's only one floor away, I don't feel like I'm working at the headquarters.

Although this place is very strategic according to the president, the old members actually know it very well in their hearts-

We were all exiled.

This kind of thing is really unheard of, and it can only be said that the president has played a good hand.

Not only will I devolve you, but I will also give you a salary increase for fear that you will change jobs.

In the current employment environment, it is really not easy to get such a high-paying job, who dares to change jobs, who is willing to change jobs?

"Hello President!"

The employees of P-NET stood up in unison and saluted Qing Zhiyuan.

Ah......h

All of a sudden, Qing Zhiyuan was also nervous.

I always feel like I'm participating in a military parade.

The surprise in Qing Zhiyuan's heart was no less than theirs.

P-NET now has a total of more than 50 people, and 80% of the employees are newly recruited faces, and Qing Zhiyuan does not know any of them.

It's not that I don't want to get to know each other, but the main thing is that I'm too busy to come down and inspect the work.

And with Qing Zhiyuan's memory, unless he is particularly good-looking or has characteristics, he will basically forget who is who after he goes back.

The old employees are emotional, the new employees are unfamiliar, and Qing Zhiyuan has the illusion of being seen as a monkey.

Am I here to inspect or to be viewed by you?

It's not good to say.

Many employees are also meeting the president for the first time.

Qing Zhiyuan is actually a relatively low-key boss in the game industry, and he rarely appears on TV and appears in the media lens except for necessary situations.

But that doesn't mean there are fewer people who know him.

Qing Zhiyuan occasionally appeared in the newspapers, such as if Letong reported on him, and in the previous news, there was also a peak master talk about Qing Zhiyuan VS Miyazaki.

Recently, he appeared on the screen because of his participation in the electronic entertainment industry association organized by Sony.

Compared with the presidents of other companies, Qing Zhiyuan is really outstanding, and he is especially prominent at the press conference, and he is set off like a star.

It's hard not to be remembered.

What's more, on the wall where P-net enters the door, there is a large organizational chart.

The only avatar at the top of the pyramid is Qing Zhiyuan's.

So those new employees who have only seen the photos and videos of Qing Zhiyuan are nervous and excited.

I met the living president for the first time.

"The president is really handsome!" A female employee sighed quietly.

The person next to him didn't dare to move, but he had a similar thought in his heart.

The president looks much better in real life than on TV.

Those reporters really don't know how to shoot, and they make our handsome and dashing president black and blurry.

……

Taking this opportunity, Qing Zhiyuan got to know the employees of P-net one by one with a smile on his face.

It turned out that I didn't remember one.

The programming apes who do IT these days are basically men, and even if there are one or two women, they are very ordinary.

After a turn, Qing Zhiyuan called Yosuke Toki, the current head of P-NET, into the conference room.

"President, how did you come up with this?"

"Well, just a little time today, come and have a look." Qing Zhiyuan bowed slightly, "I'm sorry, I'm late, mainly because I was too busy with work before and couldn't take a break, I should have come down earlier to have more contact with you." ”

"No, President, your job is important." Yosuke Higashiki said.

Yosuke Higashiki is very young, only 29 years old this year, but he has been working in Pokeni for several years, and he was recommended by Ken Akanishi when he was in danger.

So on a technical level, there is nothing to say about strength.

"Well, I probably can't pay attention to that much, so can you please tell me a little bit about the current business situation of P-NET?" Qing Zhiyuan asked.

"Okay president."

Yosuke Higashiki took a deep breath, and his brain spun rapidly.

Seriously, it was the first time I met the president face-to-face, and I didn't say hello at all, so I was really nervous.

"In accordance with the tasks assigned by you, President, we have now set up the Pokeni official website, which is a comprehensive website in which special staff members update information every day.

At the same time, we have also implemented the image function of the website, but it is limited by the network speed, and different places and different network conditions may load our web pages at different speeds. ”

"Uh-huh." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

This is still very clear in his heart.

Nowadays, dial-up Internet access, the transmission speed is very slow, almost a few k to tens of k, according to this speed to load pictures or something is really a bit difficult.

However, after the image of the pokeni-net has a strong portal ability, at least so far in the loading speed and support of the image, P-NET is the only file.

With text and picture functions, Pokeni-Net has the basic ability to receive advertisements, and it can be realized slightly.

Qing Zhiyuan is still relatively optimistic about this.

As for the network hardware, Masayoshi Son is already working on it, and now the world is still using the IPV4 protocol, and Masayoshi Son is building an IPv6 experimental network 6bone.

But this thing is not easy to do, according to the normal development process, it is expected to really get after 2003 in the commercial stage.

ADSL communication should be faster, which is the legendary broadband.

This technology was born in the United States in 89 years, and the first thing that neon wants to commercialize here is to roll out the network cable.

The original way of the telephone line, which we used to make calls, only took up the low-frequency part of the copper wire and did not fully realize its full potential.

The ADSL technology uses frequency division multiplexing to divide the ordinary telephone line into three relatively independent channels: telephone, uplink and downlink, which not only avoids interference, but also improves the rate.

It is definitely a qualitative leap from dial-up network to ADSL, and the network speed can be increased from a few ks to 1M or even 2M at once.

Don't look at 10M in 2023, it's too slow, but, in this era, the network speed can reach 512k, which already gives people the feeling that they are about to take off.

It's coming, it's coming.

Qing Zhiyuan thought to himself.

There is no need to be too demanding, as long as ADSL is commercial, then many things can be done.

When the time comes, he can show the world what a real futuristic game is.

……

In addition to image support on websites and web pages, Yosuke Higashiki also talked about search engines.

This word was still given by Qing Zhiyuan.

Just like a car engine, the engine is a vital tool and technology that we can drive to retrieve information and feed it back to the players.

Don't look at its simple entrance, its appearance is not good, but in fact, what is buried deep underneath is simply as huge as an iceberg.

"Search engine, we can almost support more than 100,000 posts in the search site, and we can search through keywords within 2 seconds, but it is still affected by the network, and it may be slower externally.

After that, we will optimize the algorithm a little more to make the retrieval faster and more accurate, and at the same time make it more intelligent. ”

In this era, Qingzhiyuan does not require much intelligence, as long as the retrieval efficiency is high, and the accuracy is actually step by step.

In this era, as long as you are fast, you have already outperformed the vast majority of Internet companies in the world.

It's fast, good, and smart, but it's not realistic.

Sei Chi Won exchanged his thoughts with Yosuke Toki, who agreed to write down the president's words in a small notebook.

……

After Yosuke Higashiki finished the report, he only felt that the cold sweat on his back had come down.

Is there anything more terrifying than a surprise inspection by the president?

Fortunately, although he was banished by the head office, he was not a bastard, and in Yosuke Higashiki's opinion, as long as he could do well in the subsidiary, he would be summoned back by the president one day.

……

Now there are portals and search engines, which means that Qingzhiyuan has merged the two companies [Google] and [Yahoo] together.

If this subsidiary does well, the future will be a trillion market capitalization.

However, I always feel that there are still shortcomings and something.

Qing Zhiyuan touched his forehead, stroked it carefully, and suddenly found that he had another very important thing, but it was relatively simple to do, and he didn't arrange it.

"By the way, Dongmu, in this way, you guys, make one more very important thing, instant messenger."

"Instant messengers?" Yosuke Higashiki was a little confused.

It's easy to understand in the literal sense, but he doesn't know what to do.

Qing Zhiyuan smiled, pulled a whiteboard from the side, and drew on it with a marker.

First a personal chat user interface is drawn, and then a chat box is drawn next to this interface.

This thing is what QQ looks like in Qing Zhiyuan's memory.

It's just that he's omitted some extensibility.

Basically, only text input, friends, picture insertion, and file transfer functions are retained.

After Microsoft's win95 came out this year, it basically indicated that the Internet era was really coming.

win95 is a graphical interface operating system in the true sense, and it is precisely because of its visualization and ease of operation that personal computers have entered ordinary people's homes.

In the first half of this year alone, the number of Neon PC owners has more than doubled, and now it has almost 5 million users.

That's one in every 20 neon people who own a computer.

And that number will be more than 50 million by the year 2000.

It is imperative to make instant messaging software.

……

At this time next year, there will be a communication software called ICQ in the world, and Qingzhiyuan has to get ahead of them.

Doing this is based on Qingzhiyuan's own strategic considerations.

On the one hand, seizing the instant messaging track is equivalent to having a large number of user groups in the future, which is to take the QQ set, accumulate users first, and then realize them.

On the other hand, the development of instant messengers is also to prepare for online games in the future, and you will definitely use this to interact with others in the game.

Anyway, sooner or later, it will have to be developed, so it is better to develop it earlier.

Actually, this thing looks complicated, but it's quite simple to do.

When Qing Zhiyuan was in college, he was able to write a simplified version of QQ independently, and it didn't take much time.

The functionality of the first version is simple, and the company definitely has the technology.

The only thing to note is that all user privacy and data security issues need to be stored on the server, rather than simply being stored in a local client.

Then there is a discarded requirement for transmission efficiency.

According to Qing Zhiyuan's estimate, with the strength of the company, this thing will be developed in a week at most, and the interface can spend a little more time beautifying.

What is cost-effective?

It's called value for money!

……

Qing Zhiyuan told it in great detail, and Yosuke Higashiki understood it at a glance.

"This should do."

He didn't dare to say that it was easy, but instinctively felt that it should not be difficult, it was just a matter of workload, and even the workload was not too large.

Maybe a small team of 3 or 4 people can do it in a month.

So here's the problem.

Yosuke Higashiki asked suspiciously, "So what should we call this instant messaging app?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Qing Zhiyuan touched his chin.

"Since it's a live chat software developed by our company, it's better to take an English name literally.

What about Pokeni Real-Time Talk?

Abbreviated as PRTT.

Or RTT. ”

……

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