my return 2002

Chapter 215
That night, Shen Lang held a meeting for his staff in the hotel room.

"When you arrive at this game company tomorrow, remember to read more and ask more questions, especially some questions about gameplay design."

An employee asked puzzledly: "Mr. Shen, we have no experience in developing horizontal action games before. Wouldn't it be better to just buy this company?"

Shen Lang smiled: "If the price is right, it's better to buy it, but what if the other party doesn't want to sell it, or the lion opens his mouth? We have to make two preparations."

Everyone understood, and everyone's attitude became serious.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard today. Go back and have a good rest. Before going back, I will give you three days off, and the company will pay for your food and lodging." Shen Lang slapped his hands and said.

"Yay! Long live the boss!"

"Boss, I love you."

Shen Lang scolded with a smile: "Go away, I don't like men."

A few days later, Shen Lang and his party drove to Neople Company under the leadership of the middleman. Along the way, the scenery of Jeju Island also made Shen Lang have a deep impression on the city. He thought that he could bring Feng Xiaoxiao here Take a vacation here or something.

Neople company is located upstairs in an office building, which is also a high-tech development zone set up by the South Korean government in Jeju Island. According to the intermediary, the rent here is very cheap, and they can enjoy extremely high tax benefits. Many small entrepreneurial companies will choose to live in Work here.

All the way to the door of a relatively small office on the third floor, before Shen Lang and his party reached the front desk, they saw a few Koreans coming up to greet them. They chattered a lot, and after the translator explained, Shen Lang realized that the leader was the Neople company. The founder Xu Minzai.

"Hello, Mr. Xu."

"Hi Mr. Shen."

As early as last night, Xu Minzai inquired about Shen Lang's real identity from the intermediary, so when he saw Shen Lang, Xu Minzai was extremely emotional. Who would believe that this young man who looked too young in front of him actually He is the boss of the third largest game company in the mainland (Inspur Technology was squeezed out of the ranking after the closed beta of World of Warcraft)
Xu Minzai led Shen Lang and his party to visit the company. As a small company with little strength, Xu Minzai could only boast about the company's only product [Dungeon and Warrior].

In order to show the strength of his company, Xu Minzai also told the employees: Answer every question, and make them believe that our game has a future.

And the employees of Inspur Technology had the boss's instructions, so they naturally tried their best to empty the minds of these employees. One side likes to ask questions, and the other side likes to answer them, so they hit it off.

In order to prevent Xu Minzai from seeing the problem, Shen Lang deliberately sent Xu Minzai out and invited him out for dinner.

Xu Minzai agreed happily. He had heard that it is best to do business with Chinese people at the wine table, as the chances of success would be much higher.

So Shen Lang asked the intermediary to find the most famous restaurant in the area. The intermediary was also very honest, and found a local restaurant that specializes in beef. Xu Min's mouth was watering when he heard it.

South Korea is near the sea and has a well-developed fishery, especially Jeju Island, so seafood is not expensive, but beef is so expensive that ordinary people can’t afford it at all. This is why most Korean barbecue is pork.

"Come on, you two are welcome, move your chopsticks, I treat you to this meal."

Shen Lang's words made Xu Minzai completely relaxed, and after being polite, seeing Shen Lang moving his chopsticks, he stretched out his claws to the sizzling roast beef.

While eating barbecue and drinking wine, Shen Lang pulled Xu Min to chat about the customs and customs of Jeju Island, looking very interested in it, and the middleman acted as an interpreter.

Xu Min was eating and drinking, and almost regarded Shen Lang as a real buddy. He blushed and boasted to Shen Lang, and even said that he had a lot of resources as a girl group manager, and then revealed the man I understand the expression.

Shen Lang cooperated and said: "Then I must see it some other day."

"No problem, it's on me. As long as Mr. Shen is willing to spend money, he can find anything." Xu Min was already drunk at this time, and all companies and game agents were thrown out of the sky. .

When Xu Min was so drunk that he passed out, Shen Lang asked the middleman to send him back to his residence. He also drank a lot of wine and went back to the hotel to rest.

In the afternoon, after the employees came back, they went back to Shen Lang's room for a meeting, each of them organized today's gains into notes, and then everyone discussed what they had gained.

"The dungeon and warrior they made is very good. It is the equipment system. The dropped equipment can not only be worn, but also can be decomposed to obtain various materials. Some materials can be used to strengthen the equipment. In this way, Players will not be discouraged even if they do not get good equipment in the dungeon."

"There is also their shard exchange system, which is also very distinctive, increasing the channels for players to obtain top-level equipment."

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Shen Lang nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "It seems that the money for inviting Xu Min to eat barbecue today was not wasted. We will continue tomorrow and strive to empty out their little things in the fastest time."

"Haha~~~"

An employee asked with some embarrassment: "Mr. Shen, will we be discovered by them?"

"So what if you find out? If I want to buy their company, of course I have to get to know them a little bit first. In the end, I didn't agree on the price. Can you blame me?" Shen Lang shrugged.

A group of employees were convinced, and thought: No wonder he can be the boss, and plagiarism can be said so confidently.

When he came to Neople Company the next day, Xu Minzai was still a little embarrassed and kept apologizing to Shen Lang.

"Mr. Shen, I'm really sorry. I drank too much yesterday and I was rude in front of you."

Shen Lang patted Xu Minzai's shoulder with a smile, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I drank a little too much yesterday, so we're even."

Xu Minzai apologized for a while, and didn't feel relieved until she saw that Shen Lang was really not unhappy.

The employee of Inspur Technology looked at it, and could only restrain himself from laughing out loud. This guy is really innocent enough, and he is still counting the money for him after being sold by his boss.

Shen Lang also pointed out that he didn't have time to learn more about the company yesterday, so he dragged Xu Min to the office.

This time Xu Min learned the lesson from yesterday, and talked with Shen Lang about the conditions of game agency from the very beginning, and Shen Lang was very happy when he heard it.

To be honest, the quality of the Dungeon and Warriors game is really mediocre, especially the current version, which can even be described as crude.

However, for such a side-scrolling game with rough 2D graphics, Xu Minzai actually asked for an agency fee of 300 million US dollars, and a 20% profit share for the national server in the future.

To be honest, the reason why Dungeon and Warriors became popular in South Korea and the mainland is not because of how good the game is, but because it has found two good agents, the South Korean side found Samsung, and the mainland side found Penguin.

Seeing that Shen Lang didn't object, Xu Min secretly rejoiced, thinking that her homework was not in vain. This young game manufacturer boss is indeed very rich, and he is also very easy to deceive.

In fact, Shen Lang could not restrain himself from cursing in his heart. Over the years, many domestic game manufacturers have introduced Korean online games one after another, which created an illusion for Korean game companies that mainland game companies have a lot of stupid people and a lot of money.

Even if such a condition is given to domestic second- and third-tier game manufacturers, it is impossible to agree to it, and they really take themselves seriously.

Originally, Shen Lang planned to spend several million yuan to acquire this game company, but seeing the other party's attitude, he didn't mention it.

"Ahem, Mr. Xu, don't worry about it. I heard that there are Hyejae Cave and Ssangyong Cave in Jeju Island. They are very beautiful. I came here in a hurry this time and I don't have time to visit. Why don't Mr. Xu act as a pawn for me?" A guide for two days? Let's talk while walking?"

Xu Min was a little hesitant, but seeing Shen Lang's face turned ugly, he immediately agreed: "No problem."

This time, Shen Lang did not continue to let the middleman follow, but invited an international student to act as an interpreter, and just walked around for fun. Originally it was said to be a two-day trip, but Shen Lang stunned and took a tour of the entire Jeju Island Not to mention, I really saw a lot of beautiful scenery.

When Shen Lang and Xu Min came back, it was already five days later.

During this process, Xu Min wanted to test Shen Lang's views on the agency conditions more than once, and was mentally prepared for the other party to bargain, but Shen Lang didn't talk about it at all. , he shifted the topic to the customs of the journey, making Xu Min's stomach ache.

Fortunately, finally back to the company, Xu Min thought to himself, is it fun to play now?Can we have a good chat?

However, after Shen Lang learned that the employees basically understood the gameplay of the dungeon and the warrior, he said regretfully to Xu Min.

"Sorry, your asking price is far beyond my expectation, I need to go back and discuss it with the company's management."

Xu Min was in a hurry, and said in her heart: The price is negotiable, but you should pay the price, maybe I will agree if you pay the price?
It's a pity that he can't say it directly, so that he will be at a disadvantage in future negotiations. Xu Minzai even thinks that what Shen Lang said is just a negotiation strategy, and he wants to force himself to lower his value.

Shen Lang didn't care what he thought, he had promised his employees a three-day vacation, and just happened to visit Jeju Island in the past few days, so he personally made a travel itinerary and took the employees to have a good time.

When I got back, I immediately boarded the flight back home.

Now Xu Min was completely dumbfounded. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. After learning what Inspur Technology had done during this period of time, he realized that the other party was here to steal the teacher?
"Axi, are you all pigs? You answer whatever people ask you?"

"But, didn't you tell us to tell us everything?" The employees were also very aggrieved.

On the other side, Shen Lang brought his staff back to Shanghai, took a day off and then continued to work. These days, he had a great time in Jeju Island, and he relaxed a lot.

As a result, as soon as I arrived at the company, I heard the lady at the front desk say that Shi Hai from the snail game is here.

Shen Lang didn't see anyone in his office, so he ran to Lei Jun's office next door, and sure enough Shi Hai was here.

Seeing Shen Lang, Shi Hai flicked his artist-like hair, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, I heard that you have returned to Korea. How is it? Did you meet a beautiful love?"

Shen Lang said with a smile: "There is no beautiful love, but someone is pimping me."

After talking about Xu Min's situation, Shi Hai and Lei Jun laughed.

Lei Jun also joked: "Then did you follow or not?"

"Tch, I'm that kind of person."

"Yes!"

"Haha~~~"

After a while of teasing, Shi Hai finally revealed the purpose of his visit. Nautical Century is about to conduct internal testing, and he wants to create a dedicated area for Voyage Century in the Duowan game community.

Shen Lang agreed without saying a word, which was what he had promised to Shi Hai before, not to mention that Snail still has its own shares.

"By the way, do you want to get some activation codes to recover blood for this internal test?" Lei Jun asked.

Shi Hai smiled wryly and shook his head: "That's what I meant, but now even World of Warcraft doesn't sell activation codes, how dare we dare to play a small game like this?"

Speaking of which, selling activation codes for the internal test was a bad idea given to Zhu Jun by Shen Lang. It was for the sake of generating income, but it was quickly imitated by various game manufacturers. As a result, even slightly more famous games would sell activation codes. To make up for the expenses that cannot be charged for the internal test.

The act of not requiring activation codes in the World of Warcraft internal test has also won praise from countless players, and other game manufacturers dare not play this game anymore.

From the beginning of Ninetowns to the end of Ninetowns, Zhu Jun personally concluded this game manufacturer's money-making model, can it be regarded as a cycle?
"How many sets of servers are going to be opened in Nautical Century this time?" Shen Lang asked curiously.

Shi Hai stretched out five fingers: "It should be almost enough to open five servers."

"so little?"

"My Boss Shenda, do you think everyone has a big business like you? It's a great game for a small company like ours to break through [-] online betas at the same time. What's more, a game like the Age of Voyage is doomed. It will be a niche game." Shi Hai said unhappily.

Shen Lang smacked his lips, thinking about it: "The appreciation level of domestic players has been brainwashed by Korean online games. It is indeed difficult for Nautical Century to achieve good results in China. You might as well put more effort into the Japanese, Korean, European and American markets. "

"That's a good idea." Shi Hai's eyes lit up.

Shen Lang added: "If the snail is short of money, I can increase the investment."

"Okay, you are waiting for me here." Shi Hai laughed and scolded, but he did not refuse: "Okay, we will see when the time comes, and if necessary, I will come to your place to fight the local tyrants."

After sending Shi Hai away, Shen Lang called the employees who had gone to Korea together to the office, announced the official establishment of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp Project Team", and began to develop this horizontal version of the action online game.

The game engine follows the previous engine of Jianyu Jianghu, and this endless mission game engine is not outdated at present.

(End of this chapter)