Rebirth of the Internet: Starting from Games

Chapter 171 Breaking the Record

It’s hard to make a meal without rice. If you ask me for a server, I have to get it first.

Lin Lang thought for a while and called Chen Hao.

Chen Hao's voice came from the receiver, "Brother, what do you want from me?"

"Three Kingdoms OL is in open beta, and the demand for servers has increased sharply, and Ju Hard is almost running out of hard work."

"Buy a server?"

"Well, I plan to purchase another 300 sets, but I don't have enough money!"

"How much?"

"Another 3000 million are needed."

"I will talk to the group's finance later and give you over 5000 million. Hardware construction and network services are the guarantee of our current quality. Brother, you are responsible for the hardware and I am responsible for the software. Just like my grandfather said, soft and hard are combined. ,Invincible!"

"Yeah, no problem. I'm keeping an eye on the hardware. Don't worry, it's over!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Lang felt a little heavier on his shoulders. It was because of this that he was present in every link, from the construction of the computer room, to the purchase of servers, and the recruitment of personnel. Expenditures are reviewed by him, which is tiring, but very fulfilling. After all, it is our own business.

It’s just that he followed his brother’s advice and used most of his income to build computer rooms across the country. He also purchased some real estate in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangdong, Shenzhen, etc., and even in Sanya.

Now under his leadership, Century Hardware has set up computer rooms in 16 provinces and cities across the country. The company has a team of more than [-] software and hardware engineers and nearly [-] sets of servers.

In fact, Lin Lang still has 50 groups of servers that are not in use. These are servers used for emergency disaster recovery in various places. These servers will be activated only if they are used as emergency plans for large-scale server downtime.

It is usually used as an idle machine, but Lin Lang would rather tear down the east wall to repair the west wall and move the servers running online than use these machines.

Just like borrowing money, it is the same principle to borrow money when you are in need but not when you are poor.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Lang ordered the engineers below to start preparing for the construction and installation of the new server group, requiring it to be ready before 5 o'clock.

For Chu Xuan, the public beta test of Three Kingdoms OL is a big test, and for Lin Lang, every public beta test of Century Interactive Entertainment is a test of the hard work.

When the next funds arrive, I will start to get busy again.
Nowadays, there are many computer rooms and large space. What is lacking are these servers. However, as time goes by, there are more and more servers in computer rooms everywhere.

This sense of accomplishment is very good, and this is why Lin Lang is currently enjoying it.

After all, behind him is a year of struggle to build his own hardware empire from scratch.

Lin Lang started to contact server suppliers on the phone to purchase goods.

After Chu Xuan called Lin Lang, he didn't know that so many things would happen next.

He was thankful that by two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the number of people online had stabilized at around 18. It had not increased, but it had not fallen back either.

Because all his ammunition has been used up, all 100 groups of servers have been put into the front line, and they are basically all full. The current threshold of online people is 20.

I can only pray that no one will come before 6pm. Is this the so-called trouble of happiness?
Although Chu Xuan knows that as a game project leader, this kind of emotion should not exist. How can there be a person in charge who is worried about the increase in the number of players in his own game?
At least it is temporarily stable now. Everything depends on the efficiency of Mr. Lin and the enthusiasm of the players at night.

Of course, Tianshu Studio Technology also has its own plan. For example, if there is an unexpected situation on the server, it can limit the flow in major servers.

Server current limiting is a means of limiting the overall number of people on the server by using only exit but no entry.

This is a solution that has no other options, and it is also a manifestation of admitting defeat in disguise, so Chu Xuan does not want to use this plan unless necessary.

At 17 o'clock, the number of people online who kept fluctuating up and down finally showed a slowly rising trend, with 10 new people every 3000 minutes gradually rising.

At 17:43, the number of people online reached 19, which is about to reach the threshold. The following technology began to suggest whether to take measures to limit the flow?

Chu Xuan said nothing, but kept looking at the time on his phone.

After the second technical reminder, "It is expected that the threshold will be reached in 20 minutes, and players may experience game freezes and other phenomena." Chu Xuan gritted his teeth and said calmly, "Wait another 10 minutes."

The veins of the clasped hands behind his back were slightly exposed.

As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone rang, like the sound of nature.

Chu Xuan quickly picked up the phone, and when he saw the caller, the boss, his face fell.
The boss had to answer the call. Chu Xuan coughed twice to adjust his mood and answered the call. It turned out that he was here to ask about the current situation.

Just after Chu Xuan reported a few words, his phone vibrated again. Someone called, and the caller was Lin Jujian.

"Boss, there's something urgent. I'll get back to you shortly."

Hang up the boss's phone and call Mr. Lin directly.

One minute later, the latest 1 groups of servers were in place.

The time came to 17:43.

Now that the family has enough food, Chu Xuan is not panicking.

But you have to play slowly. After all, tomorrow's new servers also need servers. We will follow a sustainable development strategy and launch 5 sets of new servers in each district first.

At this moment, Chu Xuan's heart dropped, and he called his boss again, remembering to report today's results.

Every second that follows is creating new history.

Every time the numbers on the projection screen jumped, Chu Xuan, no, all the employees of Tianshu Studio were very excited.

Sure enough, his previous judgment was correct. The number of people online in the game started to rise faster and faster after 18 o'clock.

At 18:31, the number of people online officially exceeded the 20 mark.

19:23, 22.

At 20:38, the number of people online in the Three Kingdoms OL public beta officially exceeded the 25 mark.

The office area of ​​Tianshu Studio on the [-]th floor of the Guomao Building erupted into enthusiastic cheers and screams.

Chen Hao, who was sleeping on the table, seemed to feel something and rubbed his arm that was numb from the pressure.

Today's monitors are too unfriendly. If you stare at them for a long time, you will easily become sleepy. He actually fell asleep.

Looking at the page on the screen, oh~ the number of people online at the same time in Three Kingdoms OL: 257392.

Okay, let's not waste the hard work of a group of people for so long. This is a record.

Before leaving get off work, Chen Hao wrote an email sent to the entire company, praising the achievements of Three Kingdoms OL and recognizing the efforts of Tianshu Studio. He took this opportunity to hope that other colleagues will continue their efforts.

He also asked Chu Xuan to post the first-day data battle report on the Century Interactive Entertainment official website, the Three Kingdoms OL official website, the 17173 Three Kingdoms OL special area, and the three networks would be updated simultaneously.

The next day, the bosses of various online game manufacturers were shocked when they saw the statistics of their own games yesterday. The number of people online dropped by one-third from the usual level. They thought they had drunk too much last night and didn't wake up.

Generally, after the operation of online games stabilizes for a period of time, the number of people online will fluctuate in a small range, but the overall situation is relatively stable.

This will only happen unless the version update shows negative optimization effects and triggers a lot of abuse, complaints and resistance from a large number of players.

I asked the respective technical leaders and found out that there was no update to the game yesterday.

Since it is not due to oneself, then it is due to external influences. I habitually open the website and take a look, and sure enough, How old are you?

The number of people online at the same time exceeded 25 on the first day of the public beta of "Three Kingdoms OL", setting a record for the highest number in the history of online games! 》

(End of this chapter)