my return 2002

Chapter 213 Online Video
In a dormitory of the university.

"Fourth, hurry up, the service will start soon, I really convinced you, there is a lot of shit on the lazy donkey."

"Come on, come on, it hasn't opened yet, what's the hurry?"

"Fuck, open, fast forward, fast forward."

"Hey, why didn't this World of Warcraft pinch your face? The characters are too ugly, right?"

"Idiot, isn't the dwarf you choose ugly, and replace it with humans and night elves, that one looks good."

"Yeah, that's it, don't pinch your face, bad review."

In fact, when he just signed the agency agreement with Blizzard, Zhu Jun suggested to Blizzard to add a face-squeeze function. After all, since Jianyu Jianghu, mainland online games will add a face-squeeze function more or less. .

However, Zhu Jun's proposal was not taken seriously by Blizzard at all. Just kidding, they are the noble Blizzard, how could they temporarily add content because of a Huaxia game company.

Zhu Jun was so angry that he cursed in Chinese, and the interpreter was too frightened to say anything. Unfortunately, he could only vent his anger. The cooperation with Blizzard was doomed. Ninetowns was only an agent and had no initiative at all.

"Fuck, why is the picture of my Novice Village different from yours?"

"Second brother, are you a pig? The humans we chose and the night elves you chose must be born in different places."

"Fuck, there is such a thing? Who asked me to choose the night elf just now?"

"Don't talk about it, delete the account and create a human one, and we will take you later."

"Fuck, why are there so many people in Xinshou Village?"

"World of Warcraft is awesome, so handsome."

Although experienced many twists and turns, players who successfully entered the game quickly appreciated the charm of World of Warcraft.

On the other side, Inspur Technology, in the conference room.

Shen Lang, Lei Jun, and Wang Tao each have a computer and are roaming the continent of Azeroth. Of course, they are not simply playing games, but observing players' attitudes towards World of Warcraft.

After about half an hour, the three of Shen Lang quit the game client.

Lei Jun sighed: "Zhu Jun really paid a lot of money this time. The Chinese translation of World of Warcraft is quite good."

Wang Tao's face was also a little ugly. At first he didn't think World of Warcraft was so great. As he got to know more about World of Warcraft later, he understood why Shen Lang had such high demands on the [Zhu Xian] project team.

At this time, an employee from the technical team knocked on the door and came in, handing Wang Tao a document. After Wang Tao read it, his face became even uglier.

Shen Lang took it over and looked at it, and couldn't help but feel a sinking heart.

The file contains a set of data. Jianyu Jianghu used to start at eight o'clock every day, with an average of no less than 80 online concurrently, but today it is less than 60, a total of more than 20 less. What is even more frightening is that since ten At one o'clock, the World of Warcraft server opened, and this data dropped sharply again, almost falling below 50. This is a very dangerous number, which shows that many players in Sword Rain Jianghu have been attracted by World of Warcraft.

"World of Warcraft is really a strong enemy." Lei Jun said with emotion.

Seeing that the two were downcast, Shen Lang smiled and said, "There's no need to be so pessimistic. We've already anticipated the power of World of Warcraft. The decrease in players is a perfectly normal phenomenon, but World of Warcraft is not perfect."

Said Shen Lang pushed his computer screen towards the two of them.

Lei Jun and Wang Tao saw that this was a post from a multiplayer user with the title: Why don't I play World of Warcraft.

"First of all, I admit that World of Warcraft is indeed a good game, but it is not suitable for all Chinese players."

"First: The aesthetic deviation between the East and the West. Maybe Western players like the darker style of painting. After all, Blizzard is in the same line, which is understandable, but as an ordinary Chinese player, I really can't accept it. The characters are so ugly, especially the dwarves, I really want to know if there are any players in China who choose this thing."

"Why do we players like to play online games? To put it bluntly, it is a kind of spiritual sustenance. We put ourselves into the game characters, fantasizing that we are fighting for justice in another world, enjoying grievances or killing people, setting fires, and robbing houses. But in the face of Forgive me for such a thing, I really can’t put it into it.”

"Of course, some people will say: You don't have to choose dwarves, why do you have to use this? In fact, I really want to say that none of the races in World of Warcraft are aesthetically pleasing to me. They are all ugly in my opinion. I don't believe in myself. Go to the official site to see the pictures."

"Second: If it's just an aesthetic problem, it's not unacceptable to bear it. What really made me sentence this game to death is that the perspective in the game is too shaky. After a few turns, I can't find myself at all. Where is it, where is the monster?"

In fact, before World of Warcraft, there was no such 360D online game with a 3-degree full viewing angle in China. Many players came into contact with pseudo-3D such as Miracle MU, so many players did not know that they were actually dizzy in 3D. After entering the world, you will find that you are not suitable for this game at all.

Wang Tao was refreshed after reading the post, and Shen Lang said to the staff of the technical team.

"You go to extract the data for half an hour and see what changes."

Sure enough, according to the newly sent data, Jianyu Jianghu's simultaneous online has shown signs of recovery, and the current concurrent online has exceeded 55. I believe it will not be long before it will return to 60.

In the various servers of Jianyujianghu and YY voice chat rooms, many players are also discussing World of Warcraft, and many players who tried it out also came back to express their impressions.

"The game World of Warcraft is really great. Is there anyone with me? I'm about to be level [-], fly with me."

"C'mon, it's just too much hype, that's all. As far as the character modeling is concerned, I feel disgusting at a glance. It's a garbage game."

"Actually, it's okay. It's not that good, but it's still fun. It's just that the closed beta is too slow now. It's better to wait for the public beta to experience it."

In fact, the reason why many players think that World of Warcraft is very fun, but still return to Jianyu Jianghu is mainly because they are reluctant to part with their love and friends here. During the period before World of Warcraft has not been tested, Jianyu Jianghu has been built according to Shen Lang's requirements A complete set of player social system.

In addition to love, there is also the master-student game, not to mention the gang game. The monthly battle for the first gang in the world is the event with the highest number of simultaneous online players in the sword rain world outside the battle of righteousness and evil.

Coupled with the fact that there are so many female players in Sword Rain Jianghu, who would be willing to let go of their younger sisters?As for pulling my younger sister to play World of Warcraft?
I'm sorry, but for modeling the ugly characters in World of Warcraft, it's okay to be ugly.

I have to say that the aesthetic gap between the East and the West is really big. In the eyes of Westerners, lines are beautiful, but in the eyes of Easterners, arcs are beautiful.

Of course, there are only a few games like Jianyu Jianghu that have established a complete social relationship between players. Other games are not so lucky to face the impact of World of Warcraft.

Especially games like Legends, which have no connotation and rely entirely on brushing, are losing players at a rapid rate.

Not to mention legends, World of Warcraft has become so ruthless that even Miracle MU, which is represented by Ninetowns, has not let go. At the same time, the number of online players has dropped rapidly, even more serious than the loss of legendary players, because Miracle MU is also a 3D game in name, and Same fantasy theme.

These two are just the first of them. Except for NetEase and Penguin, which only has one casual game QQ Tang in the whole mainland, other game manufacturers have been greatly impacted.

If it weren't for the fact that World of Warcraft closed beta only opened ten servers, and many players couldn't squeeze in, it is estimated that the phenomenon of player loss would be even more serious.

In fact, at the beginning Zhu Jun planned to open more internal test servers as before, and then make a fortune by selling activation codes. However, Blizzard strongly asked him to give up this plan, which made Zhu Jun extremely unhappy. If you want to make money, then simply open a few groups of services, and you can save a lot of bandwidth costs.

On the same day, Ninetowns announced the internal test data, and there were as many as 5 people online at the same time. People who don't know how to look at this data may think: so few people?

However, in fact, the reason why only 5 people are online at the same time is because Ninetowns has opened a server with 5 people. If other players want to log in, they can only wait for someone to go offline. In the case of 2000+, many players have been queuing since ten o'clock in the morning, and have never entered the game at all.

Undoubtedly, this closed beta was extremely successful, and it also broke the previous curse that European and American online games would inevitably hit the market in the mainland.

Blizzard immediately negotiated with Ninetowns to add new servers. Although Zhu Jun was reluctant, under the double pressure of players and Blizzard, he opened ten more servers, and soon the newly opened servers were full instantly. In just two days, World of Warcraft The number of internal beta testers in the world has exceeded [-].

Inspur Technology.

Wang Tao looked at Shen Lang with lingering fear. If it weren't for Shen Lang's advance layout, the impact on Jianyu Jianghu would not be so small. Of course, Wang Tao still felt a little distressed, and lost tens of thousands online at the same time.

"Okay, don't think too much, hurry up and make [Zhu Xian], Jianyujianghu can only keep the basic market, we don't have much time." Shen Lang patted Wang Tao's shoulder.

"En." Wang Tao nodded emphatically.

Shen Lang didn't put all his energy into the game either. After Wang Tao left, he called He Xiaopeng and two female programmers he had hired from Baofengyingyin to the office.

Shen Lang first greeted the two female programmers warmly, which made He Xiaopeng look at him a little unnaturally.

On the contrary, the two northeast girls are very forthright.

"There are no other problems except that the price is a little bit expensive."

Shen Lang said seriously: "Before He Xiaopeng studied an online buffering technology, I think you can exchange experience and learn from each other. In addition, I plan to set up a separate project team for Baofengyingyin for subsequent maintenance and development, but the name must be Just change it and call it 360 video.”

The two Northeast girls looked at each other without saying a word. The name Baofengyingyin was not chosen by them, and it has no special meaning to them. The boss bought it with money, so they can change it.

He Xiaopeng asked Shen Lang: "Mr. Shen, are you going to make this 360 video into an online video website like Sina Broadband, or do you plan to simply make it a player like the current Baofengyingyin?"

Shen Lang glanced at He Xiaopeng appreciatively, the other party obviously saw his deep meaning.

"Why can't you walk on two legs?"

"Walking on two legs?"

Shen Lang nodded: "The player mode is obviously not conducive to subsequent development. We can't expect users to download video files and then use the player to play them. In the future, there will definitely be online video sites like Sina Broadband, allowing users to No need to download, just click the mouse lightly, you can watch the video content you like."

"So I plan to build an online video website. At the same time, the player will undergo a comprehensive revision and synchronize data with the website, so that users can play online through the browser, or skip the step of opening the webpage by installing the player and watch it directly. video."

The two female programmers were fascinated by what they heard. Substitute it, they should also prefer this convenient and quick way of watching movies, right?

He Xiaopeng also nodded frequently: "Well, I also think that online video websites will rise in the future, and they will be a huge entrance for traffic."

"However, there is a question, how do we achieve this function?"

In fact, it is no wonder that He Xiaopeng has such doubts. Sina Broadband is actually not a video website in the true sense. It provides users with the function of uploading videos. Similar to Facebook (Facebook).

Shen Lang shrugged: "It's very simple, we collect video resources, upload them to the background of the website, and provide users with online viewing services."

"Is this suspected of copyright infringement?" He Xiaopeng's words were already very subtle, this is an obvious act of piracy.

Shen Lang didn't want to pirate, but in 2005, the protection of copyright was not strong enough, and the bandwidth cost of the original video website was extremely high. If he spent money to buy copyright, how could 360 Video compete with Youku and Tudou?
"Letting employees upload videos in the name of users won't solve the problem?" Shen Lang said lightly.

He Xiaopeng stopped talking. This is indeed a good way to avoid policy risks. Although it is a bit deceiving, it is better than going into battle naked.

After determining the direction, He Xiaopeng and the two female programmers returned to the project team to start working.

On the other side, seeing He Xiaopeng working in full swing, Wang Xiaochuan was also very envious, so he found Shen Lang.

"Mr. Shen, look, why don't you find me a new project to work on? It's really boring to develop this search engine all day long."

Shen Lang patted Wang Xiaochuan on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Baidu is going to go public soon, can the current market share of 360 search be listed separately?"

Wang Xiaochuan always believed that he was no worse than Li Yanhong, but that he started a little later. He didn't mention the new project, and continued to develop 360 search.

Shen Lang is actually very helpless. This year Baidu will go public, and next year Google will also enter the mainland. They are facing enemies, so it is impossible not to put some pressure on Wang Xiaochuan.

(End of this chapter)