my return 2002

Chapter 201 The gap between people is much bigger than the gap between humans and dogs
"Boss Chi, it's a pleasure to meet again." Shen Lang smiled and called Chi Yufeng and Li Qing to sit down.

With a straight face, Chi Yufeng said in a bad tone: "Mr. Shen, we have always kept the water in the water, so why bother to force each other?"

Shen Lang didn't care either, since Chi Yufeng was willing to have an interview with him, it meant that he was already tempted, it was nothing more than a matter of price, Shen Lang didn't mind making some concessions, as for the verbal cheapness.

They are all messing around in the rivers and lakes, and the face has already been taken, so face, just give it.

"Boss Chi, I'm to blame for this, so I'll punish myself with three cups, what do you think?"

As he spoke, he drank three glasses of wine without giving Chi Yufeng a chance to object, and after that, Shen Lang began to vomit his bitterness again.

"Mr. Chi, you don't know that it's difficult to make a game. Although Jianyujianghu's data is not bad now, World of Warcraft is coming soon, and the entire online game industry is about to be rewritten. I really have no choice."

Chi Yufeng rolled his eyes secretly, cooperating with you to poach my corner or is he forced to help?
"Mr. Shen, you invited me here just to talk about this, right?"

Shen Lang knew that there was something for him, so he quickly greeted Li Qing to eat food, and then poured wine for them.

"Mr. Chi, I believe Mr. Li should have told you. That's what I think. Although we were not friends before, there is no need to hurt our peace because of this incident. I will spend 1000 million to buy Zulong's work. Inspur Studio, Chi Group will leave the venue face to face, Zulong Studio can also have a better development in Inspur Technology, this is a win-win situation, what do you think?"

1000 million?Li Qing was a little surprised by Shen Lang's wealth, is Zulong's studio worth 1000 million?Obviously not worth it. After all, it is only a single-player game studio. It has never proved itself in the online game market. Even with the popularity of online games, it is not worth 1000 million. This price makes Li Qing feel unprecedented importance. The perception of Shen Lang has also been greatly improved.

Chi Yufeng was caught in the middle of weighing, and 1000 million was not an astronomical figure for him, but it was still a lot of money.

"1000 million, in cash?" Chi Yufeng asked.

Shen Lang said seriously: "Cash, as long as Mr. Chi nods, the money can be credited after signing the contract."

Chi Yufeng sighed, and said to Li Qing: "Xiao Li, you have also seen that Mr. Shen is determined to win you, so you should follow him in the future."

Shen Lang's heart moved, this matter is considered to be a success, frankly speaking, spending 1000 million to acquire Zulong Studio, at this point in time, is definitely a premium acquisition, but this transaction is definitely worth it, with the addition of Li Qing's team, It will definitely speed up the research and development progress of [Zhu Xian], for him now, time is the most valuable.

Li Qing was still a little uncomfortable, so Shen Lang picked up his wine glass and touched him.

"Welcome to join Inspur Technology. I believe that when you look back one day in the future, you will never regret your decision today."

Li Qing raised his head and drank the strong wine in the glass, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

That night, Shen Lang drank too much. He was extremely suspicious that Chi Yufeng was taking revenge, so he made up his mind that he must bring Lei Jun with him next time he drank with Chi Yufeng.

Two days later, Shen Lang signed a contract with Chi Yufeng, officially taking Zulong Studio under his command.

The team members of Zulong Studio have little objection to this acquisition.

For ordinary employees, well-known companies in the industry + better treatment, how can it be better than the newly established Perfect World, right?What else is there to fault?
As for those who started businesses with Li Qing, after seven years, all their dreams and passions have been wiped out, and making money is the first priority.

Except for some who are really unwilling to leave the capital, 27 members of Zulong Studio decided to join Inspur Technology.

Shen Lang also asked Lei Jun to arrange a dormitory for them in advance. Of course, except for Li Qing and a few management staff, they can enjoy Shen Lang's two-bedroom apartment. Ordinary employees can only go to the nearby community to live in a four-person room, but compared to other The company's accommodation environment has improved a lot.

What I have to complain about is that after entering 2004, the housing prices in Shanghai began to show explosive growth. From the average price of 2002 in 2004 to more than [-] in [-], some super luxury houses have even refreshed the average price. people's understanding of money.

For example, luxury houses such as Sandalwood Palace, Xijiao Manor, Jiujiantang, and Gubei Zhenyuan have been sold at sky-high prices.

After Lei Jun arranged everything, Li Qing led the team to the magic capital, but Shen Lang didn't go back together, everyone came, and it seemed a bit unreasonable to just dig a team back.

So Shen Lang set his sights on the next victim.

Facts have proved that the gap between people is sometimes far greater than the gap between humans and dogs. The world is so unfair. Some people are born geniuses, such as Yao Yong.

Yao Yong's parents are both high-level intellectuals. They grew up in Tsinghua Tsinghua University and were admitted to Tsinghua University. However, unlike ordinary people who study hard in cold windows, Yao Yong did not spend too much time on his studies. Most of the energy goes into the music.

He started to learn violin in elementary school and trombone in junior high school. With his excellent performance skills, he joined the Jinfan Symphony Orchestra of Beijing Middle School Students as the second trombone, and participated in the closing ceremony of the Asian Games with the group.

When he was in high school, Yao Yong encountered the 90s rock craze again, and fell in love with rock crazily, started to learn guitar, and formed a band in his freshman year.

Oh, by the way, he also has a famous writer's uncle——Wang Xiaobo.

Any parent has a limited tolerance for their children playing rock and roll all day long, and senior intellectuals like Yao Yong's parents are no exception. Seeing that the child is so obsessed, there is no choice but to ask Wang Xiaobo, the uncle, to persuade him. Advise Yao Yong.

It's a pity that the rebellious youth at that time could not listen to the words of adults. Wang Xiaobo said one sentence, and Yao Yong had ten sentences waiting for him.

Wang Xiaobo can only say: No matter how you look at it, rock and roll is not a happy way of life.

Yao Yong immediately said: Why do you need to be happy?Pain is the source of inspiration.Didn't the predecessors say: Without pain, what kind of poet is it?
Well, a proper sophomore boy.

Ordinary parents probably would have been blown away when they heard this, and this is Wang Xiaobo, he said to Yao Yong.

"The suffering of others is the source of your art; and if you suffer, you will only become the source of others' art."

Yao Yong's dream of being a rock youth has run aground.

Of course, this is just the beginning of Yao Yong, a young genius. After putting down his guitar, Yao Yong started to get in touch with games, which aroused his interest in programming, and established his own software company in 2002.

In August 2002, Shuimunianhua, which was popular because of the song "I Have You in My Life", chose to quit because Li Jian and Lu Gengxu's music philosophy did not agree.

Lu Gengxu wanted to reorganize Shuimunianhua, so he found Yao Yong and Miao Jie, both Tsinghua alumni and music lovers. During this period, they released the album "Shuimu Nianhua New Songs + Selection", which achieved good sales.

The most important thing is that Yao Yong did not give up programming during Shuimunianhua, but in the end he had to leave the team because of his unbearable health.

After putting down the music again, Yao Yong put all his thoughts on programming, and in 2005, the software company he founded not only independently developed a 3D engine, but also used this 3D engine to develop QQ Xuanwu, and became a It was a hit all over the Internet, knocking Jiuyou's Audition from the throne in one fell swoop.

This is the script God prepared for Yao Yong!

Shen Lang found Shuimunianhua's agent's phone number through headhunting, and then found Yao Yong's address, and killed him with some fruits.

This is an old building, and Shen Lang walked around the streets and asked several old men before finding the right place.

Just as he was about to go upstairs, he saw a man in a black leather jacket with long hair coming down.

An old man next to him said to Shen Lang: "No, this is Yao Yong you are looking for."

"Brother, I don't seem to know you, do you? What do you want from me?" Yao Yong looked at Shen Lang curiously, no matter how you look at him, he doesn't look like a groupie.

Shen Lang handed the business card to Yao Yong. Yao Yong glanced at the business card, looked at Shen Lang for a while, and beckoned: "Come to my room and chat."

The room of the literary youth + otaku is naturally not very tidy, but it is not sloppy, Yao Yong greeted: "Dude, sit down, what do you drink? I only have mineral water here."

The corner of Shen Lang's mouth twitched, well, he still has to choose only mineral water.

Shen Lang put the fruit basket on the tea table, took the mineral water Yao Yong handed over, and explained his purpose.

Yao Yong shook his head as soon as he heard it: "I hate going to work the most, and I don't go to work for any money."

"Don't rush to refuse. I think you should have heard that Inspur Technology is developing a large-scale 3D online game called [Zhu Xian]. This time we are directly targeting Blizzard's World of Warcraft. From 3D engine development to Game production, story plot, and world view background are all completely independent, I don’t need you to go to and from work on time every day, it’s up to you to decide whether to work or not.”

The reason why Shen Lang offered such generous terms was mainly because the 3D engine of [Zhu Xian] was being developed by Snail, and the staff Wang Tao sent needed a top technical coordinator to absorb the experience and lessons of developing the 3D engine to the maximum extent.

A thousand soldiers are easy to get but a general is hard to find. Sometimes geniuses need to be treated differently.

Yao Yong was taken aback by Shen Lang's words. In fact, some people had approached him before, even Ding Sanshi, the richest man, but at that time he was arrogant and dismissive of Ding Sanshi's invitation.

"What kind of treatment can you give me?"

As soon as Shen Lang heard that there was something for him, he immediately said: "I can promise you whatever treatment you want, as long as it is within a reasonable range."

"I need a quiet environment, close to the hospital, and a monthly salary of no less than [-] yuan. Also, the company has to reimburse me for the air ticket to and from Beijing once a month."

"No problem, any more?"

"That's all for now."

"Then, welcome to join Inspur Technology."

"By the way, where is my work place?"

"Suzhou."

"It's a good place."

After agreeing with Yao Yong on the time to start the job, Shen Lang left the capital, and when he returned to Shanghai, it was already the end of October.

During the period when Shen Lang went north to poach corners, some things also happened in the Internet circle.

Penguin’s QQ hall has conducted an internal test, and Penguin also attaches great importance to this game internally. QQ directly popped up a pop-up window to remind players to enter the pit, and even bought a lot of recommended positions in 17173 and Duowangame, and publicized it in advance.

It's just that the launch of QQtang caused Shanda's strong dissatisfaction, and Chen Tianqiao directly scolded Penguin in front of the media for blatant plagiarism.

In this regard, no one from Penguin responded to this, but let QQtang officially release an announcement, which roughly means that QQtang is completely independently developed by Penguin, there is no plagiarism, and it expresses unfair competition against certain peers behavior condemned.

Chen Tianqiao was so angry that he vomited blood, and was about to sue Penguin, but the legal counsel told him that according to the law, Shanda had no standing to sue, and Nexon, the parent company of BNB, had to sue.

For Korean companies in this period, the mainland market is already their cash cow. Even though BNB’s revenue in the mainland is less than one-tenth of the legendary revenue, that is tens of millions of revenue per year. Nexon can get It is not a small amount to share millions of profits every year.

So Nexon was very happy to receive Chen Tianqiao's email, and immediately sent legal counsel to the mainland, and first contacted Penguin. Of course, Nexon's purpose was not to make Penguin stop QQ Church, but to ask Penguin to pay a certain authorization fee .

Penguin is willing to give in to this blatant rip-off behavior, just say: You go and sue.

Nexon's legal counsel was so angry that he must give the penguin some color, and turned around and took the penguin to court.

Penguin's legal affairs did not dare to neglect. Although they still do not have the reputation of "Blue Mountain Pizza Hut", their combat effectiveness has not been compromised at all.

After Penguin Legal began to study Nexon with great concentration, they found that the basic gameplay of BNB was not their original creation, but borrowed from a host game called [Bomberman].

So there was a classic scene in the court. Nexon proposed that QQtang completely copied the basic gameplay of BNB, and was even very similar in many details. Compensation must be made immediately and the infringement should be stopped.

However, Penguin Legal just smiled and took out a document.

This information is exactly the defense statement put forward by Nexon when the producer of the game [Bomberman] sued Nexon.

Nexon claims that BNB is only similar to [Bomberman] in terms of gameplay. Based on the concept of intellectual property: protection of expression, but not ideas, BNB is different from [Bomberman] in many ways , should not be found guilty of infringement.

Well, the legal affairs of Nexon are all stupid, this is like shooting themselves in the foot.

In the end, Penguin Legal also succeeded in killing Nexon by virtue of this aggressive operation. Not only was it not sentenced to shut down the server immediately, but it was not even given symbolic compensation. It can be described as a complete victory.

(End of this chapter)