my return 2002

Chapter 248 Flying to the Other Side of the Ocean
When it comes to MOBA games, we have to mention two people, one is Yang Dao and the other is Ice Frog.

Although Eul was the creator of the original DOTA map, he soon withdrew from the production of DOTA maps, and was later taken over by Yangdao. There is a prop in DOTA called Eul's sacred staff, which was later named to commemorate Eul's contribution. of.

Although most DOTA players are most impressed by the Ice Frog, it has to be admitted that Yangdao is the founder of the DOTA game.

After Yangdao took over, he spent a lot of effort to make DOTA. A total of forty heroes were updated, including Xiaoxiao, Shadow Demon, and the first generation of Karl. Shen Lang still remembered that the first generation of Karl had a total of 27 skills. Than back the periodic table of elements.

Yangdao even set up a game studio to update and maintain DOTA. Ice Frog also joined in this period. Unfortunately, DOTA only existed as a MOD map in Warcraft 3 at that time. Blizzard was also extremely stingy with map creators. Sharing benefits, Blizzard feels arrogantly, I open up the platform to make maps for you, it is already a gift, and you still ask me for a condition, wanting benefits?
So Yangdao ran away in a rage, threw DOTA directly to Ice Frog, and then turned around to make a game called League of Legends.

And Ice Frog also officially took over DOTA because of Yangdao's departure, opening the golden age of DOTA.

Shen Lang immediately called Li Xuelin in the United States and asked him to look for these two people.

Li Xuelin scratched his head as soon as he heard it, how can he find this thing?Just know two IDs?The key point is that he has not been to the United States for long, and he is also unfamiliar with the place.

Shen Lang thought about it, and came up with an idea: "Well, you go to a community website called HOHO. This is the largest DOTA community in the United States. They should be active in this forum. You send them a private message and ask them if they would like to I am willing to make a DOTA game independent of Warcraft 3, but if I can’t get in touch with them, I will fly over immediately.”

Although Li Xuelin was at a loss, he followed what Shen Lang said, and soon logged into the HOHO community. Sure enough, as Shen Lang said, the posts on this forum are basically related to DOTA. Li Xuelin also found the early Sheep knife and ice frog posted a post, and then sent them a private message.

But after waiting for two days, there was no reply. Li Xuelin thought that there was no way to do this, so he immediately found the community administrator, and then transferred him two hundred dollars. The administrator helped him contact Yangdao and Ice Frog.

At first, the two didn't really want to meet Li Xuelin. After all, a stranger from Huaxia who wanted to ask them to make an independent game looked like a liar.

Li Xuelin had no choice but to invite them to the company to discuss. After seeing that Li Xuelin had registered a company, the two relaxed their vigilance and expressed their willingness to meet him.

Here, Li Xuelin hurriedly called Shen Lang to ask how to talk about it. Shen Lang thought about it and finally decided to go there in person. After all, these two are the two giants who made League of Legends and DOTA2, which exploded the global game market. If If it can be included in the bag, it is definitely blood money.

Shen Lang hurriedly called Shen Nanpeng and asked him to help with the visa to the United States.

Shen Nanpeng suggested: "Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity and invest in a company in the United States directly. After a while, you can directly obtain a green card in the United States without the trouble of going through the embassy visa."

This is a good proposal, and Shen Lang readily accepts it. Although he disdains the American country's down-to-earth style of doing things, he still covets the market and talents of the American country.

A few days later, Shen Nanpeng told Shen Lang that it was settled, as long as Shen Lang went to the embassy for a face-to-face meeting.

But for Shen Lang going to the United States near the Spring Festival, his mother Zhou Chunxiang didn't give him any good looks, and Shen Lang could only wink at his cousin Shen Hongbin.

Shen Hongbin said with an envious expression: "Oh, you are still comfortable, go wherever you want to go, we ordinary people with ordinary hair want to go to the United States, I don't know how difficult it is."

The eldest aunt was really envious, and said to Zhou Chunxiang: "Yes, brothers and sisters, you see how promising Xiaolang is. If we want to go to the United States, we usually have to prepare a lot of materials a month in advance before we can get a tourist visa for us. One for Xiaolang Just make a phone call, and I haven’t been to the United States yet.”

Zhou Chunxiang felt relieved after hearing this, but she still complained: "Hmph, what's the use of earning so much money, I feel uncomfortable after a year."

Having said that, Zhou Chunxiang still stuffed a lot of winter clothes into Shen Lang's suitcase.

Lin Aiguo drove Shen Lang all the way to Shanghai, and Shen Nanpeng sent someone to send a business invitation letter from Sequoia Capital in the United States, and even prepared the air ticket for him.

When he arrived at the gate of the embassy, ​​Shen Lang saw many people queuing up. He had to admit that the status of the United States in this period was second to none in the world. Countless people yearned to go to "Free America" ​​to breathe the "sweet" air there.

Shen Lang directly took out the invitation letter and handed it to the staff of the embassy. The staff looked Shen Lang up and down, and then took him directly into the visa officer's room.

"Did you make a mistake? Why are you still jumping in line?"

"That is to say, how long have we been queuing up?"

Shen Lang pretended not to hear, closed the door, the visa officer looked at the invitation letter, and then checked Shen Lang's passport, and found that there was no problem, so he said something in English very friendly.

"I wish you a pleasant journey in the United States."

"Thank you, I think this must be a pleasant journey." Shen Lang smiled and replied in English, and took the stamped shield.

Coming out of the visa officer's room, there was a fat man with a Modu accent among the people in the queue, who gloated and said to Shen Lang.

"How about it, was your visa rejected? You deserve it, let you jump in line."

Shen Lang shrugged, then unfolded the page that was stamped on the shield, and walked away, leaving a group of stunned people messing in the wind.

Lin Aiguo didn't bring his passport with him, so he couldn't apply for a visa, so he had to send Shen Lang to the airport and stopped.

Shen Lang handed Lin Aiguo 3000 yuan: "It just so happens that you will also go back for a new year, so this money should be used to buy you a plane ticket."

Lin Aiguo was about to refuse, but Shen Lang pressed his shoulder: "Okay, gentlemen, don't babble, I'm going to board the plane too, happy new year."

With an embarrassed smile on Lin Aiguo's dark face, he collected the money. 3000 yuan was a lot of money for him.

The flight to the United States went straight into the sky. This was Shen Lang's first trip to the United States since his rebirth.

Eighteen hours later, the flight landed at Los Angeles Airport.

As the second largest city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the most prosperous city besides New York. It has the reputation of "City of Angels". Of course, the premise is that you must be rich. located here.

"Boss Shen, long time no see." Li Xuelin ran over when he saw Shen Lang from a long distance, and took the luggage from Shen Lang's hand.

Shen Lang looked at Li Xuelin for a while, and joked: "It seems that you live a very healthy life here, and you have gained weight."

Li Xuelin rolled his eyes and complained: "I can't help it. I often eat high-calorie hamburgers and fried chicken when I work overtime. How can I not get fat!"

"Isn't there a Chinese restaurant?" Shen Lang asked curiously.

Li Xuelin made a gesture of vomiting: "Don't mention the Chinese restaurant, they are all deceiving foreigners. Even Kung Pao Chicken can make you a sweet treat. You might as well eat a hamburger."

"Haha."

Talking and laughing, he got into the car, and Shen Lang said seriously: "Is there a time to meet them?"

"It's fixed, tomorrow is the weekend and they just happen to be free."

All the way, Li Xuelin sent Shen Lang to the hotel and was about to leave when Shen Lang stopped him.

"I also slept a lot of time on the plane. I still have jet lag at this point, and I can't sleep for a while. Take me to Xingchen International."

Li Xuelin immediately took Shen Lang to the office of Star International, which was located in an unremarkable office building.

"It's not like I just came to the United States. I don't know the prices here, and I don't know how long it will cost 500 million US dollars, so I rented a cheap one first." Li Xuelin explained.

Shen Lang smiled, and patted Li Xuelin on the shoulder: "Saving is a good thing, but don't wrong yourself too much. If you don't have enough money, you can always ask me for it."

"It's enough. Many American companies can start a business with tens of thousands of dollars. The company has enough money on its books now, and it's no problem to support it for a year or two." Li Xuelin said with a smile.

Shen Lang shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "Money is for spending, blindly saving money will not bring you the market, here I will explain to you, in my opinion, Xingchen International is not only the US branch of Xingchen Chinese website, but also It is a bridgehead for cultural output, the greater the influence of this project, the better, even if it is not profitable for five or ten years, I can afford it.”

The reason why I didn't tell Li Xuelinming at the beginning was because I was afraid that he would be under pressure. Now that the website has been built, it shows that the first step has been to go out, and the next step is to spread the influence.

"Mr. Shen, I know what to do." Li Xuelin clenched his fists excitedly. As a cultural worker, no one wants to see the export of Chinese culture to the outside world. Unfortunately, due to the huge differences between Eastern and Western cultures, many good works in China are resounding abroad. Pingping, if this matter can be done in his hands, the sense of accomplishment cannot be measured by money.

While talking, the two had come to the office area of ​​Star International. There were only a dozen employees in total. Those foreigners saw that Li Xuelin came in with an oriental face, and no one cared. They continued to work with their heads down. The staff who came together stood up and greeted Shen Lang.

"Mr. Shen."

"Mr. Shen!"

Shen Lang stepped forward and patted them on the shoulder: "It's been hard for you these days, and you can't go home because of the New Year's Eve. How about this, this year's year-end bonus will be doubled and paid in US dollars."

The two almost jumped up when they heard the words, and they paid double in US dollars, which is definitely a lot of money.

"Thank you, Mr. Shen."

"Boss Shen is mighty."

Shen Lang waved his hands and followed Li Xuelin to his office.

After Shen Lang took his seat, Li Xuelin stood behind him and couldn't wait to help Shen Lang click on the website of Star International
The screen is full of English, which is still a bit difficult for Shen Lang, a scumbag who has just passed the fourth level of English, but looking at the layout of the website, I feel that it is not bad and very organized.

Li Xuelin explained: "We made this layout after three rounds of adjustments and borrowed from the layout of several of the most popular literature websites on the market. So far, the response from users has been pretty good."

Shen Lang nodded: "Good job."

Then he casually clicked on the book in the center of the front page. I have to say, I am not used to reading in English, and I am not used to reading English novels. After reading it for a long time, Shen Lang realized that the book is "Boiling Blood".

But when he clicked on the directory, Shen Lang gasped: "Why are there so many? Is there so much written on the Chinese side?"

"Uh, no, the Chinese side has already serialized more than 50 words. The main reason is that the translation is too slow. Universities in the United States generally have tight courses, and there are still many practical activities of teamwork that need to be participated in. Many international students can only squeeze It took some time for the translation, but the progress was a bit slow, but the novel [The Blood of the Beast] had a very good influence on the website, and many foreign readers left messages on the forum to urge it to be updated." Li Xuelin explained.

The education system in foreign countries is not the same as in China. In China, it is very tight before university, but it is relaxed after university. Anyway, after four years, as long as you don’t kill yourself, you can basically get a diploma, so many college students don’t have a diploma in four years. I came here for fun.

It's different in foreign countries. They don't pay so much attention to middle and high school education. On the contrary, when they go to university, the courses are heavy and graduation is also very difficult.

According to the research report of Harvard University, only 6% of four-year American universities can graduate within 60 years, 57% of public universities, 66% of private non-profit universities, and only 32% of private for-profit universities.
This is because the national conditions are different. If they were placed in China, their children would be admitted to university with great difficulty, but they would not graduate. It is estimated that the school would be demolished by angry parents, and the ancestral grave of the principal’s family would be dug up.

Shen Lang frowned slightly: "This can't be done. For works like this kind of western fantasy that have the potential to explode, you must find a translation that can keep up with the progress. Waiting for updates is a difficult thing for any reader. Never overestimate the patience of your readers."

"Well, I know what to do." Li Xuelin responded.

Shen Lang clicked on the website forum again, and suddenly had an idea.

"Why not put the comment function directly on the book interface? Wouldn't the user experience be better?"

Li Xuelin was stunned: "Is it still possible?"

"Why not? Think about it. If you are a user, you are excited to read a book, and when you want to write a review, you find that you have to click on another webpage. Wouldn't it be too troublesome?"

"The purpose of the Internet is to facilitate users. Operations can be completed in one step. Users must never move their fingers."

Li Xuelin scratched his head for a while, originally he thought the website was running well, and wanted to brag about it in front of Shen Lang, but Shen Lang found out so many problems when he first came.

(End of this chapter)