my return 2002

Chapter 202 How do you know if you don't try
In addition to Penguin, Shanda also launched a well-prepared Age of Heroes in October. Shanda's slogan is "Online Game of Thousands of People's National War", and the promotion is head-on. It's more exciting than "Battle between Righteous and Demon".

However, after entering the game, internal beta players found that the picture quality and skills of this game are similar to those of the legendary world. Far.

Moreover, the skills of the characters in the game are too poor, giving people a feeling that it is a game that is completely made out of the legendary sand attack gameplay, and the production is also very rough.

"Shanda looks like he won't be in the shadow of a legend for the rest of his life. What are these? It's another legend with a different skin."

"Still touching Porcelain Sword Rain Rivers and Lakes, do you deserve it? Garbage stuff, you still have the face to sell activation codes, 20 yuan for nothing!"

Chen Tianqiao's face became extremely ugly when he saw the players' comments, and he stared at Tan Qunzhao dissatisfied.

"After spending so much money and energy, this is the answer sheet you gave me?"

Tan Qunzhao was powerless to refute. Before the Age of Heroes project team was poached by Shi Yuzhu more than half of the staff, and those who remained were crooked melons and dates. In addition, Chen Tianqiao was in a hurry. "Looking for materials", I originally thought that players would flock to it because of the successful experience in the legendary world. Unexpectedly, players' tastes have long been spoiled by Jian Yujianghu, and they don't buy it at all.

Not only that, but Shi Yuzhu laughed at the coldness of Age of Heroes, saying that this game is not worthy of being called a national war game at all, and the game he is developing is the real national war game.

What is murder?This is called murdering one's heart. When Chen Tianqiao was interviewed by the media, he revealed all the circumstances of Shi Yuzhu's visit to Shanda and poached people afterwards, and angrily accused Shi Yuzhu of not even having the most basic morals.

Shi Yuzhu said that poaching is just a means of business competition, and satirized Chen Tianqiao for his lack of capacity.

This made Chen Tianqiao very angry, and the two began to scold each other for a while without giving in.

Of course, the rivalry among businessmen is not for the sake of rivalry. Chen Tianqiao frequently appeared in the media and mentioned Age of Heroes, which really improved the popularity of this game. During the closed beta period, the maximum simultaneous online reached [-]. It didn't meet Chen Tianqiao's expectations, but for many small manufacturers' games, it is already a very good result.

And when Shi Yuzhu was interviewed by the media, he never left the words of "Zhengtu", which made this unreleased game familiar to the game players.

By the time Shen Lang returned to Shanghai, the closed beta of the Age of Heroes had ended, Chen Tianqiao never appeared in front of the media again, and Shi Yuzhu couldn't get up by himself, so the scolding battle between the two sides naturally ended.

Li Qing's team has already joined in the perfection of the world view of [Zhu Xian]. After coming to Inspur Technology, Li Qing's team has a feeling of entering another world.

Take the world view and plot structure of [Zhu Xian] as an example, Li Qing and the others have never seen it before. Which online game company would be so willing to put in such effort, not only invited the original author, but also the entire plot team with more than a dozen people. , action design, scene composition, and art are also involved in the production process to ensure that every detail can be linked together.

Li Qing also specifically asked Wang Tao: "Old Wang, how long have you been doing this?"

"It's been two months." Wang Tao said indifferently.

"Two months?" Li Qing couldn't imagine that the average development cycle of an online game in China is one year, and the production team has not started construction for two months. Fried.

Li Qing asked again: "Why don't you design the world view and develop games at the same time?"

Wang Tao shrugged helplessly: "Because the game engine has not been developed yet."

Well, Li Qing is completely convinced that being rich is self-willed. From these details, he can also see Shen Lang's ambitions. The slogans posted in the office area of ​​​​the [Zhu Xian] project team that are against World of Warcraft are not casual talk of.

On this day, Shen Lang called Li Qing to his office, and asked warmly: "How do you feel during the time you joined the job?"

"Boss Shen, it's all pretty good, but I'm too busy." Li Qing scratched his head a little. For the programmers under him, perfecting the world view is really not their forte. New employees are not afraid of being tired, but afraid of not being alive Do it, can't find your own position.

Shen Lang comforted: "Don't worry, the development of the game engine is progressing smoothly, and some development tools will be completed in the next year, and you will be busy then."

"Okay, Mr. Shen, I know what to do."

As soon as Li Qing was sent away, Lei Jun came to Shen Lang's office and shared a gossip with him.

"Hey, have you heard? Zhou Hongyi smashed Yahoo's office and even submitted her resignation to Yahoo. The manager of Yahoo's mainland branch has already approved it."

After Yahoo acquired 3721, Zhou Hongyi also took his team to join Yahoo’s mainland branch, but the appearance of 360 security guards made Yahoo’s acquisition of 3721 a joke, and Zhou Hongyi’s team was naturally excluded, after all More than 1 million US dollars was thrown out without even hearing a sound, and Yahoo executives probably felt blood dripping from their hearts.

Zhou Hongyi had always been arrogant, how could he bear this?From the first day I joined Yahoo, I started to disagree with the senior management of Yahoo's mainland branch. I didn't expect it to be even worse this time, forcing the other party to let me resign.

Shen Lang's heart tightened when he heard the words, the inertia of history is still so strong, although he took the first step to do 360, but the big guy who can leave his name in business history naturally has his own advantages, in case this guy is still evil Immortals who want to do free antivirus will definitely be a strong enemy in the future.

"Zhou Hongyi's resignation should be to start a business. Help me keep an eye on his movements."

Seeing Shen Lang speak so solemnly, Lei Jun lost the desire to gossip before and asked tentatively.

"It's just Zhou Hongyi, there's no need to be so nervous, right?"

Shen Lang shook his head, the title "Cardinal" is not called for nothing against a boss who can force Xiao Ma to use outside tactics.

"Although 3721 is a rogue plug-in, in all fairness, if you have no technology and no funds, can you do better than Zhou Hongyi?"

Lei Jun fell silent. When he was working on anti-virus software in Jinshan, he looked down on rogue software like 3721 from the bottom of his heart, but he had to admit that Zhou Hongyi's method was simple, direct and effective.

If it wasn't for the appearance of Shen Lang, maybe the current 3721 is still alive and well.

"Okay, I will keep an eye on him, but I heard that although Yahoo agreed to Zhou Hongyi's resignation, they signed a non-employment agreement with Zhou Hongyi. According to the agreement, he will not resign within one year. It is allowed to enter the Internet industry." Lei Jun said.

Shen Lang smiled contemptuously, Zhou Hongyi was a person who never played cards according to common sense, how could he honestly implement the non-compete agreement, it was nothing more than hiding from the stage to behind the scenes.

"By the way, did sister-in-law take it?" Shen Lang asked.

With the 100 million yuan given by Shen Lang, plus the savings in Jinshan over the years, Lei Jun directly bought a villa in Xijiao Manor, and the renovation was just completed last month.

Lei Jun's face was full of smiles: "I took it, and Zhang Tong asked me to thank you."

Look at this happy smile, the smell of dog food is in the air.

Not long after Shen Lang returned to Shanghai, a heavy news suddenly spread in the Internet circle. It was rumored that Yahoo was going to invest in Alibaba. If the deal was negotiated, the amount involved would reach 10 billion US dollars.

How much wealth was $10 billion in 2004?It is equivalent to more than 80 billion yuan. At this time, when most Internet companies are still counting in tens of millions, the value of 10 billion US dollars is undoubtedly a blockbuster. It instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the media, and the media rushed to report. There was also a lot of discussion.

For a time, Alibaba, a company that has never had a sense of presence in the Internet circle, instantly stood in the center of people's vision.

Many netizens began to explore why this company called Alibaba was worth so much money, and some people suspected that this was just blatant hype, and Alibaba was not worth so much money at all.

Yang Zhiyuan of Yahoo also said that Alibaba is a company with great potential when facing foreign media.

Jack Ma also praised Yahoo as a great company in front of domestic media.

Although Yang Zhiyuan and Jack Ma did not directly respond to the investment and the 10 billion US dollars, they have already expressed their attitudes in front of the media.

In the midst of this hustle and bustle, time soon came to November, and Yao Yong finally came to Shanghai from the capital. Shen Lang personally drove him to Suzhou.

Shi Hai had already rented a house for Yao Yong according to Shen Lang's needs. Yao Yong was also very satisfied with the environment in Suzhou. He officially joined the job the next day and began to join in the research and development of the 3D game engine.

"How is it? When is the development expected to be completed?" Shen Lang asked.

Shi Hai shook his head helplessly: "We are communicating with your game design side every day, and your requirements are constantly changing. It will take at least half a year to meet your requirements."

Before Shen Lang could speak, Shi Hai said again: "I know you are short on time, we will get some development tools, let you get some peripheral things up first, so that your project team can have something to do."

Shen Lang heaved a sigh of relief. The production of "Zhu Xian" cost more money than he imagined. So far he has burned nearly 5000 million. Although this includes the money to buy Zulong Studio, it is expected that the final game will be produced. The cost will exceed 1.5 million. Even with Jian Yujianghu's ability to attract money, Shen Lang still feels like Alexander.

After returning from Suzhou, Shen Lang suddenly received a call from Zhu Jun. Originally, Shen Lang thought that this guy was going to drag him to play football again, but Zhu Jun said that he is now in the United States.

Shen Lang suddenly thought that it seemed that Ninetowns would be listed on NASDAQ in one month.

"The Ninetowns is going to be listed?"

Zhu Jun was a little surprised: "How do you know? I have never heard of it in China."

The reason why it was not publicized in the country was to prevent Shanda from doing bad things behind its back. After all, Shanda had made a miracle before to pull Ninetowns back. Unfortunately, this 3D version of the legend did not reach the height Chen Tianqiao expected.

Shen Lang didn't answer, but joked: "Why, are you calling to show off to me?"

Zhu Jun was speechless for a while: "I'm that kind of boring person."

"Is not it?"

The two exchanged a few words, and Zhu Jun then turned to the main topic: "Are you interested in selling the shares of Ninetowns in your hand? There is an investment institution in the United States that can buy it at a price that is 10% lower than the issue price. Waiting for the six-month lock-up period."

Shen Lang pondered for a moment and asked, "What is the issue price of Ninetowns?"

"17 dollars." Zhu Jun's tone was rather smug.

No wonder Zhu Jun is proud. You must know that Shanda originally planned to set a price of $13 at the beginning of its listing, but later lowered it by two dollars to $11. The price of $17 undoubtedly shows that in the eyes of the U.S. capital market, the value of Ninetowns has exceeded A grand.

Of course, the reason for this situation is largely due to Ninetowns acting as an agent of World of Warcraft. With the sweeping trend of World of Warcraft in the North American market, Ninetowns, which has won the agency right of World of Warcraft in the mainland, naturally also more favored.

Perhaps this is also the main reason why Zhu Jun wants to win the agency right of World of Warcraft at all costs.

Shen Lang thought for a while, but still refused, World of Warcraft has not yet launched, Ninetowns' stock price has not yet reached its peak, and it is not the time to make a move. The half-year lock-up period will soon pass, so there is no rush.

"It seems that you still have great confidence in me." Zhu Jun was very happy to hear Shen Lang's rejection.

Shen Lang said unhappily: "I have confidence in World of Warcraft, okay? Don't put gold on your face."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, then hung up the phone.

Not long after the call was hung up, Shen Lang's cell phone rang again, and it was Jiang Yan calling.

"The Ninetowns is going to be listed, do you know?"

Shen Lang hummed calmly.

Jiang Yan said: "Zhu Jun just called me. There are investors in the United States who want to buy the shares of Ninetowns held by Fuhua. What do you think?"

Shen Lang smiled and said: "My consulting fee is very expensive, isn't it good for you to go whoring for nothing?"

"Why don't you invite me to dinner?"

Jiang Yan said anxiously: "Let's not say it's just one meal, I'll treat you even ten meals, don't keep it up."

"You can consider selling it." Shen Lang said.

Jiang Yan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did Zhu Jun also call you? Did you agree to make a move?"

"No."

"Then you still let me sell it?" Jiang Yan rolled her eyes.

Shen Lang smiled and said: "Of course it is to prevent us from bumping into each other and no one can sell at a good price."

"You don't seem to be very optimistic about the future of Ninetowns? Don't forget that Ninetowns has obtained the agency right of World of Warcraft." Jiang Yan said unwillingly.

"Presumably you also know that Inspur Technology is developing a 3D online game called [Zhu Xian], and our target is World of Warcraft."

"So confident? That's Blizzard."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

(End of this chapter)