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Chapter 52 Games from China

Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds, "You know, I am also a game developer. Our company recently developed a stand-alone game for the North American market."

"But we are not familiar with it here in the United States. I would like to ask you to help contact the publisher."

"That's no problem." Fatty G said with a smile, "Ask George to contact you. In fact, just send me an email and I will recommend it for you."

"Thank you so much." Qin Shaoyan quickly stood up, shook hands with Fatty G, and said goodbye.

Every minute and every second is precious now. After all, traveling thousands of miles to the United States still costs a lot of money.

Qin Shaoyan had to hurry up and sell the game.

At this time in 2003, game distribution basically relied on publishers to make CDs, promote and market them, and then distribute them to offline channels for sale.

Valve's online platform, Steam, which is also famous in later generations, is still immature at this time, and it leaves a terrible impression on players.

The interface is ugly, there are many bugs, frequent updates, long loading time on the Internet, etc.

The platform launched a beta version in March 2002, and it was not until September 3, 2003, shortly before Qin Shaoyan came, that the steam platform launched a full version.

It wasn't until 2005 that the steam platform began to list non-V games.

At this time, Steam was not yet complete, otherwise Qin Shaoyan could just put the game on the Steam platform without having to go all the way to the United States.

George took the two people to the reception room, made them each a cup of coffee, and then started to call the publisher.

Although George looks like a common nerd in the game industry, he works vigorously and quickly settled on a publisher.

"A marketing director from a publisher will come over in the morning." George put away the phone and asked, "Have you brought any game discs?"

"We brought a computer with demo games inside." Qin Shaoyan patted the computer bag in Zhang Pingyi's hand.

"Very good." George stood up immediately, "I'll find a projector to make the presentation more convenient."

George immediately took action and asked several colleagues to pull up the curtain and assemble the projector.

Qin Shaoyan also stood up to help, connected the computer to the projector and turned it on, and invited George to try out the game.

"Plants vs. Zombies, wow." George opened the game and began to review the game, and other colleagues who were helping came over to watch the fun.

With the novice teaching completed, George has mastered the game operations and began to place plants randomly.

"John, your idea is not bad, but now I don't think there are any advantages to this game."

Qin Shaoyan didn't refute, just responded with a smile, "Be careful, it will be difficult later."

"Such a simple game is not a problem for me." George said proudly, "Look, isn't this very simple? I passed another wave."

"This design is not acceptable. Players will find it boring. You should increase the difficulty of the game. It is too naive now... ugh ugh!"

Just as George was talking enthusiastically, a prompt suddenly appeared on the screen, "A large wave of zombies is approaching!"

Before he could react, piles of zombies swarmed over and quickly gnawed away the peashooters and nuts he had placed randomly.

"Fake, oh, I bought it!" George watched helplessly as the monsters overwhelmed his defenses.

The others burst into laughter.

"George, you idiot, you are so careless!"

"I told you it's not that simple anymore."

"Hahaha, George's head was eaten."

George's face turned red, "I'm just not familiar with the game. Just wait until I try it again."

The second time, George began to deal with it cautiously, thinking about his own placement strategy, while the colleagues next to him kept making troubles and coming up with ideas.

After passing several levels, the difficulty of the levels gradually increased, and George was too busy to take care of it.

"Put some cherry bombs."

"Idiot, you need to add an extra layer of nutty defense."

"Freezing is the best, don't add flames!" "There's not enough sunlight, pick it up quickly."

"Fake, this zombie can also throw small zombies?"

"Hahaha, George, your brain has been eaten again."

"Let me come, let me come."

Colleagues who had been watching from behind for a long time became interested in the game. They were excited to watch it and started to compete for the trial position of the game.

In the end, everyone had to draw lots and queue up to try it out.

The second player lasted longer than George, but still failed, and was then pushed out by the third player and usurped the throne position.

George scratched his head and scratched his head as he watched. At this time, he was addicted to this little game and began to beg Qin Shaoyan non-stop.

"John, do you have a second copy? I'm going to get another computer and let me play some more, please!"

Qin Shaoyan frowned, looking very confused, and finally nodded reluctantly, "Okay, I still have three copies of the CD here, no more."

"Oh John, that's great, you are simply an angel." George hugged Qin Shaoyan hard, then hurried out of the reception room and quickly brought three laptops.

Soon the scene became chaotic again, and everyone began to compete for the trial position.

As the man who contributed to the increase in quotas, George naturally had one quota to himself, and the other two were allocated to others.

Soon the movement in the reception room attracted the attention of others, and gradually more people came over.

The small reception room was quickly filled with people and turned into a game room. A dozen people crowded together and watched four people fighting zombies.

This game seems to have magical powers. It seems to be only slightly interesting, but when you start playing it, you will find that the more you play, the more you get into it.

Time passed quickly, and the whole morning passed quietly. Everyone was so absorbed in watching that they forgot about the time.

It wasn't until their stomachs began to growl that everyone thought of having lunch, but some people still refused to leave, saying they would rather give up lunch and play more.

At this time, George's cell phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and paused the game reluctantly.

"Damn it, I've already placed the cannon, but it happened at this time." George answered the phone with some annoyance, and hung up after saying a few words, "The operator's people will be here soon. Let's find another reception room. It looks like these lunatics won't make room for us."

"It's okay." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile and packed up Zhang Pingyi's laptop.

George found the reception room next door and rearranged the projector. Soon a middle-aged white man in a suit and tie walked in.

"This is Mr. Hall Bank, the marketing director." George introduced enthusiastically, "This is John Qin, a game developer from China. He has brought a great game. You must watch it. Look, I swear this is a special game.”

Mr. Bank glanced at Qin Shaoyan, shook hands with him very reservedly, and then sat on the sofa.

"How is the quality of the game? I have to watch it first before I can tell."

George immediately said enthusiastically, "Let me show you. This game is really fun."

Mr. Bank did not speak, he just smiled and made a gesture of invitation, and then looked at the big screen.

While demonstrating, George gushed over the advantages of this game.

Qin Shaoyan sat aside and carefully observed Mr. Bank's expression.

It seems that Mr. Bank is very difficult to get along with and behaves a little coldly when he comes in.

At this time, Hall Bank watched the demonstration without saying a word, never showing any expression.

Qin Shaoyan's heart tightened. It seemed like this guy was a bit difficult to deal with.

After the demonstration was over, Mr. Bank slowly spoke after seeing George's enthusiasm.

"The game is not bad." Bank turned to look at Qin Shaoyan, "It is quite good for a game developer from China to achieve this level."

"Thank you." Qin Shaoyan politely expressed his thanks.

"But I'm not optimistic about this game from China." Bank said calmly, "You know, American players may not accept it well, because no Chinese game has ever been released in North America."

(End of this chapter)