my return 2002

Chapter 294
"Hey, why did Mr. Ma think of calling me today?" Shen Lang teased.

The corner of Jack Ma's mouth twitched: "Mr. Shen, why bother to ask knowingly? If Mr. Shen intends to get involved in the field of e-commerce, we can join forces. Why invest in an unpopular JD.com."

That's right, not being popular is Jack Ma's evaluation of JD.com. In his opinion, JD.com's model is too cumbersome, and the self-operated structure is too small, and there is no way to pose a threat to Taobao.

If it weren't for the lessons learned from Paipai.com, Jack Ma would not have made this call. It is already very difficult to fight against the Penguin family. If another YY is added, the pressure will be too great.

Shen Lang said in a sincere tone: "Mr. Ma thinks too much. Investing in JD.com just happens to be approached by Mr. Liu. I think his project is not bad, so I plan to invest some money. It's really not as evil as rumored by the outside world. "

Jack Ma on the other end of the phone was silent for a while before speaking again: "Well, let him handle the company's business matters. The important thing is not to affect our relationship."

"That's for sure. By the way, is Mr. Ma free on September 9? I want to make an appointment with you." Shen Lang asked with a smile.

"September 9st?"

Shen Lang explained: "Isn't [Zhu Xian] movie scheduled for National Day? There will be a premiere on the night of September 9th. If Mr. Ma is free, how about coming to support me?"

Jack Ma readily agreed: "Hehe, I've heard that Mr. Shen is working on a video game linkage, so the [Zhu Xian] online game will also be launched, so I really have to study hard."

"Then it's settled."

"A word is settled!"

After hanging up the phone, Jack Ma's face immediately became extremely ugly. Cai Chongxin was a little puzzled. Didn't he just see the two talking and laughing?
"What's the matter? Old horse?"

Jack Ma slammed the phone on the coffee table.

"Shen Lang is determined to get involved in e-commerce."

Cai Chongxin also became nervous: "Is he going to start a war with us?"

"That's not necessarily true. I guess he just wants to test the waters with Jingdong. This kid is as slippery as a loach. You can see his industry layout all the way, from antivirus software, to the multiplayer community, and now YY , Which one is not dormant to accumulate energy first, and then become a blockbuster? He will not be like a penguin, driving a car and horse against you as soon as he comes up, but this is more unpredictable!" Jack Ma's tone was full of worry.

Cai Chongxin frowned when he heard the words: "Then why don't we just press Jingdong to death?"

Jack Ma waved his hand: "Doing this is tantamount to tearing face off with Shen Lang, and even if Jingdong is killed, Shen Lang will only lose some money and not hurt his bones. On the other hand, if he goes to join forces with eBay and Dangdang , we are more passive.”

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. Aren't we playing tricks?" Cai Chongxin was a little annoyed.

Seeing that Cai Chongxin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Jack Ma was happy: "What are you in a hurry for? Have we been fooling around for nothing these years? Besides, JD.com's path is completely different from ours, on the contrary We are the least threatening, even with Shen Lang's support, it will take at least a few years to do it, and by then we will have ruled the world long ago, so do we need to be afraid of Liu Qiangdong?"

From the bottom of his heart, Jack Ma is not optimistic about Liu Qiangdong's business model. If he is compared with Liu Qiangdong with animals, Liu Qiangdong is a hardworking and capable cow, while he is a horse that can travel thousands of miles a day. He can only plow the fields in one-third of an acre of land, but his horseshoes can travel all over the world.

From Jack Ma's point of view, it's a gap between mind and vision. Liu Qiangdong is nothing to be afraid of. If he hadn't hugged Shen Lang's thigh, Jack Ma wouldn't bother to talk to him at all.

"Then we just let JD.com ignore it?" Cai Chongxin asked.

Jack Ma smirked twice, then leaned into Cai Chongxin's ear and whispered: "What is the most scarce resource for e-commerce besides online traffic? It's logistics. As long as we grasp the express companies such as Yuantong and Shentong, we are afraid What kind of waves did Jingdong turn up?"

Cai Chongxin couldn't help giving a thumbs up and praised: "Wonderful, originally we had to vigorously develop logistics. As long as these express companies are not allowed to accept orders from JD.com at low prices, JD.com's original cost will be higher than ours. If you come here, you won’t be able to compete with us!”

The two smiled at each other.

On the other side, after Shen Lang hung up the phone, he came to the game research and development department. The time has come to September, and there is one month before the release of "Zhu Xian", and the adaptation game of "Zhu Xian" has entered the final internal closure In the testing session, both Wang Tao and Li Qing were crazy busy.

"Server virtual test, how about the carrying capacity?" Shen Lang didn't disturb the others, and came directly behind Wang Tao.

Wang Tao looked back and saw that Shen Lang was coming, he quickly stood up and gave Shen Lang the empty seat.

"Mr. Shen."

"Mr. Shen!"

After Shen Lang was seated, Wang Tao explained: "3D games have much higher requirements on servers. We have conducted three simulation tests. Based on the current server capacity, a group of servers can only support 1.2 players online at the same time. , in order for players to have a smoother experience, I am afraid that a set of servers can only satisfy 1 players online at the same time."

With the hardware level in 2006, Blizzard’s dedicated server for World of Warcraft can only accommodate 8000 people online at the same time, which also leads to high operating costs in Ninetowns. [Zhu Xian]’s servers are purchased from the same batch as Jinmen Data Center The accessories are assembled by the company itself. Compared with the better hardware configuration, the disadvantage is that it is more troublesome. It took two months to debug the batch of servers in the Jinmen data center, but the cost was not saved much.

The only advantage is that the carrying capacity has been improved to a certain extent. Don’t underestimate the fact that these two thousand players are online at the same time. Just imagine, these two thousand players release skills, gain experience, and drop treasures in different scenarios at the same time. To perform calculations, the computing power requirements for the server are extremely high.

"1 people?" Shen Lang frowned slightly.

In 2006, the 3D online game technology was still in the exploratory stage, and the hardware and software were still immature. The only 3D online game that could truly serve 80 people was World of Warcraft. To be able to host 90 players online at the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the server load is below [-]%, but Ninetowns spent so much money and finally got the agency right of World of Warcraft. More than [-]%, which is why many Warcraft players complain that Ninetowns will only cheat money and not upgrade the server.

Shen Lang pondered for a moment, and said to Wang Tao: "The number of people online at the same time is less, so the requirement for the retention rate of the game will be higher. You must be mentally prepared!"

The number of people online at the same time means the prosperity of a game, especially in such a large-scale MMORPG game, many copies and tasks need to be completed in a team, and the number of people online is small at the same time, and players cannot find a suitable team, and the game will be difficult to survive .

Wang Tao and Li Qing looked at each other, feeling that the burden on their shoulders became heavier.

"Mr. Shen, we are confident."

Shen Lang nodded, and did not continue to put pressure on them, but changed the topic to the game.

"How about the finished game? Have you put it in the game exhibition hall below for everyone to try?"

Wang Tao smiled wryly and said, "You just went to the United States, and we transplanted it to the game hall for internal testing. The response was pretty good, and there were quite a few bugs. During this time, we have arranged a professional team to fix the bugs."

"That's right, then I'll try it out too." Shen Lang said and went to the game hall, Wang Tao and Li Qing naturally followed.

When Shen Lang came to the game hall, he found that it was really lively here. However, soon, the game hall became extremely deserted, and all the people who were playing in full swing just now looked at Shen Lang with dull eyes.

"What? You all skipped work to play games?" Shen Lang asked half-jokingly.

The employees quickly denied it: "Mr. Shen, stop joking. We are off work today. Whoever skips work and goes to his company to play games is looking for death."

"Then what are you afraid of, keep playing, how about it, is this game fun?" Shen Lang asked with a smile.

"It has to be fun, otherwise, why would we come to the company to play games without going home to rest after a good rest."

Wang Tao and Li Qing looked at each other and smiled, Shen Lang laughed and cursed at the embarrassment of the two.

"These are not the entrustments you invited, are they?"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Shen Lang approached him, and an employee reluctantly gave up the computer to Shen Lang. Shen Lang re-registered an account, and then connected to the temporary server.

After logging in, I found that the face-squeezing gameplay of Jianyu Jianghu has been perfectly inherited, and as a 3D game, the face-squeezing system of [Zhu Xian] has been made more delicate.

There are more styles of facial features and facial contours to choose from, and you can even make your character ugly. Shen Lang clicked on a random pinched face, and what came out was a standard heroic face. Enter Shen Lang directly. The name of the wave, after clicking Next, there is another option.

"You set up three racial camps? Will this make the players too scattered?" Shen Lang asked looking at the human, god, and demon options on the screen.

Wang Tao explained: "Although there are three races, there are actually only two camps. Players can choose the Alliance of the Righteous Path or the Alliance of the Demonic Path in the later stage. The difference between the races is that the attribute points added by each upgrade are different from the talent skills."

"Players can quickly gather in the town after leaving the Novice Village, and they don't need to run far to join other companions like World of Warcraft."

Shen Lang nodded, and clicked to enter the game. After the loading screen, the background music played, and Shen Lang couldn't help but shine.

"This background music is well done. Compared with Jian Yujianghu, it has improved a lot. Who made it?"

Wang Tao explained with some embarrassment: "We outsourced this to Moon Gate Music Studio, and the background music we make in-house has not yet reached such a high level."

"Moon's Gate Music Studio?" Shen Lang suddenly thought, isn't this the studio for making background music for Jianwangsan, no wonder it has such strength.

"Can you buy this studio directly?"

Wang Tao smiled wryly and shook his head: "Actually, we have already talked to their person in charge, and they refused."

Shen Lang waved his hand: "That's because the price you offered didn't meet their psychological price, you might as well talk to them again, the price can be relaxed a bit, game music is our weakness, if you can make up for it, don't care about spending more Some money."

Wang Tao likes to see Shen Lang's rich and powerful appearance. No one likes to follow the boss who picks and chooses, not to mention spending money to buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, this local tyrant's temperament is controlled to death, isn't there?
After entering the game, enter a CG animation that cuts through the plot, which basically restores the encounters between the protagonists Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu when they were young. After the plot kills, Shen Lang's character enters Novice Village.

The novice tutorial is mainly to teach players how to use some functions in the game, such as talent points, skill upgrades, equipment, etc. After completing these, Shen Lang will be promoted to level ten, and he can leave the novice village and enter the city to choose a school to learn from.

Shen Lang nodded secretly, the picture quality of this game has reached the level of World of Warcraft, and it can even be said that it has surpassed World of Warcraft in terms of oriental aesthetics.

After experiencing it for about half an hour, Shen Lang's character has reached level [-], and his professional skills are also very gorgeous. Shen Lang saw some shadows of the perfect world in it, which should be designed by Li Qing's team.

"Well, it's not bad. Have you confirmed the time for the closed beta? [Zhu Xian] movie's National Day schedule is about to go online." Shen Lang praised with satisfaction, and then asked.

Wang Tao replied: "October 10 has been confirmed, and the internal test is ready at 1 am. We have been communicating with Huayi, and we have already discussed it."

"That's good, let's leave it at that. The report card is due in one month. During this time, you should work hard and pay close attention. I will tell other departments to cooperate with you in marketing and promotion."

Shen Lang smiled and patted the shoulders of the two of them. After spending so much money, it took two years. Naturally, Shen Lang would not be stingy about investing in resources.

The news of the synchronous online game and movie of [Zhu Xian] spread quickly on the Internet. For fans of the original book of [Zhu Xian], this is definitely a long-awaited feast.

Although many "Zhu Xian" die-hard fans expressed their concern about destroying the classics, most of them just talked about it. As long as the reputation of the movie is not too bad, they will basically contribute a movie ticket. As for online games, for gamers, as long as It is a game that suits your appetite and is fun, so there is no reason to miss it.

Of course, compared to the reaction of the web writers, the reaction of book fans can only be described as flat. Once this news was exposed, almost all the web writers exploded.

Xiao Ding's YY also exploded immediately. When he opened it, there were all kinds of red dots, and he couldn't return it. He could only publish a YY log to explain the situation, and help [Zhu Xian] to promote a wave of publicity.

(End of this chapter)