The diva and I cross each other

Chapter 100 Harvesting Game Company

Rong Mu returned to his own office from Luo Ming's office and dialed Sister Shan's number as soon as possible.

Sister Shan is still in Bingzhou, helping people to the end, sending Buddhas to the West. How can she run away after completing the task?

At this time, Sister Shan had just gotten up and was washing up when she heard her cell phone ringing.

Sister Shan wiped the water off her face and hands and answered the phone: "Hey, Rong Mu, what's going on?"

"Sister Shan, our "Plants vs. Zombies" sales figures abroad are also very good, with more than 6 sold now."

"6?" Sister Shan was a little surprised.

Obviously this data is much better than she thought.

"Okay! It seems that your game is of really high quality. Otherwise, how could it sell so well?

By the way, what is the refund rate for the game? I remember that the steam platform has an option to try it for a period of time and get a refund, right? "

"It is possible to try and get a refund, but the refund rate is not high, currently only about 7%."

"That's really good, so Rong Mu, did you call me specifically to tell me the good news?" Sister Shan asked.

"No, no, Sister Shan, I have other things to do here."

"I knew it, tell me! What's the trouble again?"

"It's not a trouble, right! He told me when Luo Ming and I were talking about work just now."

Rong Mu told Sister Shan everything about "Plants vs. Zombies" anti-theft.

Sister Shan frowned after hearing this. She already understood what Rong Mu was worried about.

It sounds to Sister Shan that the so-called D encryption can indeed ensure that the game is not leaked to the greatest extent, but it also brings a series of problems.

The most uncomfortable thing for players is definitely the verification problem. In some cases, D encryption requires continuous online verification, which may cause players to be unable to play normally when there is no Internet connection or there is a problem with the server.

The verification problem also leads to the problem that it is inconvenient for genuine players to change machines to play games.

Moreover, this D encryption technology does not perfectly solve the problem of piracy. Crackers will eventually be able to find a way to bypass it, but it will only take a while, about half a month according to Luo Ming.

Rong Mu is worried about whether D encryption will make genuine players dissatisfied with "Plants vs. Zombies", which will instead cause the game's sales to plummet.

Sister Shan thought for a while and then said: "Rong Mu, I think your worries are unnecessary. 99% of normal players will not change machines frequently. As long as this kind of thing does not happen to you, it is difficult to resonate with you.

As for those who frequently change their devices within a day of the game being sold, let’s not say 100%, more than 95% of them may be piracy. Will they be stupid enough to expose themselves? This is a matter of legal responsibility.

I guess the normal situation is that ordinary players will not discover your D encryption in this month, and the pirates will remain silent, but they will definitely increase their efforts in order to retaliate against you until they crack your D Encrypted for it.

Of course, it is not ruled out that these pirates will find trolls to incite public opinion online.

If this happens, just contact me directly. In my field, I have never been afraid of anyone! "

After hearing what Sister Shan said, the stone in Rong Mu's heart finally fell to the ground.

He thanked Sister Shan and was about to hang up the phone when Sister Shan suddenly stopped Rong Mu and said, "Rong Mu, wait a minute. You just said that D Encryption Luo Ming's original plan was to get Sony to come out and top the tank. Right?"

"Yes, does Sister Shan have any different ideas?"

"Rong Mu, can the algorithm be patented?"

Rong Mu was stunned for a moment and then shook his head and said: "Sister Shan, I'm afraid it won't work. The algorithm itself cannot be directly registered as a patent in China.

According to domestic patent laws, algorithms are regarded as rules of intellectual activity and are not technical inventions or utility models that can be patented. "

"So how did Alibaba register its patents on face recognition when it comes to image recognition?"

"Alibaba's patents should be able to be applied to specific technical fields and implement specific operating methods. For example, Alipay's scans can use these patents, so they can obtain protection from patent laws."

"Isn't Luo Ming's D encryption good? Game anti-theft can be considered to have used specific technical fields and implemented specific operation methods, right?"

"Sister Shan, what you said seems really okay!"

“If it’s feasible, then why don’t we change our thinking and register the relevant patents and then sell the patent usage rights to stand-alone game companies.

By then, every new game that uses your patent will need to pay a patent fee. This should also be a way to make money, right?

Even big companies like Steam and Sony will take the initiative to seek cooperation with you in order to protect their games. "

"Sister Shan, I think this method is good. I'll discuss it with Luo Ming."

"Well, go quickly! If Luo Ming agrees, the follow-up matters will be left to me. I know a few lawyer friends who are involved in copyright. They should also be able to help with patent registration."

Hearing this, Rong Mu hung up the phone and rushed to Luo Ming's office.

At this time, Luo Ming was chatting with Tong Mingwei about ChatGPT.

"Mingwei, the principle of the chatbot you heard before is actually quite simple. When it was first born, it was actually a mentally retarded software that you input text and it could give random and random answers. This answer It doesn't correspond to the question you asked at all.

Then the engineer improves the program based on human speaking habits. To put it bluntly, it means giving him a learning sample and letting it form a certain memory until he can form a corresponding second half of the sentence based on the first half of the learning sample.

After a long period of learning, it mastered more and more vocabulary and samples, and the intelligent chat assistant was born.

As for why it can make people feel that it is growing when talking to humans, it is actually a similar principle. To put it bluntly, in the process of talking to him, you have exposed your language habits and let it master it."

"Pa~" Rong Mu pushed open the door and barged in while Luo Ming was speaking.

"Mumu? What's the matter with you being in such a hurry? Is there any problem with the D encryption on Sister Shan's side?"

Rong Mu did not speak, but looked at Tong Mingwei who was sitting on the sofa.

Luo Ming understood and said: "Mingwei, you go back first! Come to the company to officially start work tomorrow morning."

"Okay Mr. Luo, I'll leave first."

After watching Tong Mingwei leave, Rong Mu asked curiously: "Er Ming, who is this man? What position does he want to do?"

"His name is Tong Mingwei, and he is the son of the chairman of Huayue Entertainment where Wen Wen works. He is quite talented in programming and AI, and is also very interested in the future development direction of our company, so he wants to work in our company."

"The son of Chairman Huayue? Isn't that the prince of Huayue? Can our company accommodate this giant Buddha?" Rong Mu hesitated and asked after hearing that this man was going to join the company.

"Don't worry! There won't be any problem. Let's talk about Sister Shan. What did she just tell you? To make you come here in such a hurry?"

When Luo Ming asked about this, Rong Mu immediately talked about what Sister Shan had just told him about using D encryption to register a patent.

After hearing this, Luo Ming felt that it was indeed a good idea. This was how the parent company of D Encryption operated in the previous life.

If Luo Ming registers patents related to D encryption, he will be able to make money from game companies relying on D encryption before a new and better game anti-theft program emerges.

Even platform parties like Steam and Sony have to come to him for cooperation.

Of course, a large platform like this can also circumvent the patent coverage of D encryption by bypassing the part protected by the D encryption patent law and rewriting an algorithm similar to D encryption.

As for whether the big platforms will do this, it depends on what Luo Ming’s asking price is.

Thinking of this, Luo Ming already had a plan in mind. He said to Rong Mu, "Mu Mu, please tell Sister Shan and ask her to help register the relevant patents."

"it is good."

"If I remember correctly, generally speaking, after a patent enters the application process, the relevant patent content will also be protected at a certain stage, right?" Luo Ming asked.

"I really don't know about this. Let's call and ask Ying Qianlong."

Ying Qianlong is a lawyer at Hua Ju Law Firm in Bingzhou. After Rong Mu and Hua Ju signed an agency agreement, Rong Mu was assigned to become Zhuo Guang's exclusive legal counsel.

In the past, when the company negotiated with people from Steam, Sony, Penguin, and Alibaba, Ying Qianlong and Rong Mu went together.

Generally speaking, when Zhuoguang has no work, Ying Qianlong will still work at Huaju. When Zhuoguang has work, Ying Qianlong will deal with it as soon as possible.

Therefore, after receiving a call from Rong Mu, Ying Qianlong immediately put down the case at hand and helped answer Rong Mu's question: "As far as I know, Mr. Rong, if the patent application text enters the public stage and is authorized in the announcement, Before the stage, it can be considered to be a work and has been published, and therefore enjoys the protection of patent law.

If the patent application text has not actually been published before entering the disclosure stage, it does not enjoy the protection of the patent law. "

"Okay, I understand, please lawyer Ying Ying."

"Mr. Rong is too polite. This is my job. No need to thank you."

Rong Mu hummed and hung up the phone.

"Did Er Ming hear it?"

"That means the D algorithm patent can be negotiated with Steam and Sony as long as it enters the application process, right?"

"Er Ming, what do you want to talk about?"

"Of course we are talking about patent licensing. It is not difficult for such a large platform to bypass our patent and write a similar patent, so our best way is to license the patent to them at a relatively low price, in exchange for them to us Game promotion and support.

In this case, the money earned from game sales will definitely be much more than from selling patents.

In the future, we can continue to use patents to harvest money from game companies. We don’t have to worry about these two major platforms bypassing our patents and creating new similar patents, which will cut off our financial path. "

Rong Mu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "It makes sense, Er Ming, you are more thoughtful, let's just do it!"

(End of this chapter)