You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 56 Give some benefits to your family
Wang Dalin couldn't believe his ears. A T-shirt cost three dollars? !

Damn it, it has to be Section Chief Qin.

The path is wild, even if you can find orders for yourself, you can go abroad.

My more than 300,000 yuan is really worth it!

"Three dollars?!" Wang Dalin immediately jumped up from the bed excitedly, "Chief Qin, don't worry, I, Wang Dalin, am not an ignorant person, and your share will never be less."

"Are you going to use this to test cadres?" Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Don't talk about it yet, the quality of your clothes must be guaranteed, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Don't worry, I, Wang Dalin, will personally supervise the work. There will definitely be no problems!" Wang Dalin assured, patting his chest.

"I will contact you later and tell you the specific requirements." Qin Shaoyan hung up the phone and looked at Fatty G with a smile.

"Look, solving the problem is very simple. It's not as complicated as you think."

Fatty G couldn't help but start applauding. Through today's conversation, he discovered that this John is indeed a talent.

Have a broad vision, a keen sense of the market, and excellent abilities.

It seems that no problem is a problem for him and he can solve it easily.

"Now we are going very smoothly on the first step." Qin Shaoyan put down the phone and continued, "Next we have to talk about the crucial second step."

"Please tell me." Fatty G quickly corrected his sitting posture again.

"Improving Steam, it's absolutely impossible to improve Steam as it is now." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "We need to improve its page layout, add some small functions, and most importantly, fix the bugs. This must be done quickly."

Fatty G nodded, "I'm going to talk to Bram right now, but this matter can't be rushed. It depends on Bram."

The full name of Bram mentioned by G Fat is Bram Cohen. He is a super awesome person, a genius programmer, and the founder of BT download technology.

However, this genius is an autistic person and has social difficulties.

"This matter needs to be done as soon as possible." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "Let's try out a small game on Steam first and provide it to players for free."

"Free?!" Fatty G was shocked. How could it be possible to give away games for free?

Besides, where can I find a small game in a hurry, and the quality can’t be fooled too much.

It's definitely not okay to copy other people's games. This is infringement. If you make it yourself, the cost is hard to say.

"I'll take care of it." Qin Shaoyan said boldly again, "Just use my game as a free game and provide it to players."

"How...how can this be done?" Fatty G quickly refused, "This gift is too expensive, I can't accept it in vain."

"It doesn't matter. Let's put this game up first and see the players' feedback." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "It will be the same when I put up the DLC later."

Fatty G stood up excitedly and held Qin Shaoyan's hand again, "John, you are really my best friend, thank you."

"Suppose you owe me a favor." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile.

……

Qin Shaoyan and G Fatty talked and laughed happily. G Fatty personally sent Qin Shaoyan out of the office, shook hands with him enthusiastically, and said many words of thanks.

"George." Fatty G shouted outside, "Help John pack up an office and come out."

"Huh?!" George was stunned when he heard this, "Office?"

"Yes, John and his partners are going to work here." Fatty G urged, "Hurry up."

George agreed and went to find the empty office confused.

Zhang Pingyi didn't know what happened from beginning to end, and asked anxiously: "What did you and Fatty G talk about?"

"We talked about the past of the game industry, looked forward to the future, and how to kill publishers." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "Also, he promised to help us publish games with all his strength."

"He helped us publish it?" Zhang Pingyi was dumbfounded. "Why did he publish it? Valve is just a game development company and does not publish it."

"It's not available now, but it will be available soon." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "I am in charge of their distribution department."

"What the hell?!" Zhang Pingyi was completely shocked, "What on earth did you say to Fatty G?"

"Our games are released on the steam platform and are free."

"Free?!" Zhang Pingyi was dumbfounded, "Then why are we still busy?"

"Of course it's to make money."

"How can you make money for free?!" Zhang Pingyi found it unbelievable. "You are wrong." Qin Shaoyan showed a meaningful smile, "The free one is the most expensive."

Let me give North American players a little free-to-play shock.

"Zhang Tianshi, please take note and make the following preparations." Qin Shaoyan said with a serious face, "Now you are preparing three versions for me. The first one is a free version, which only contains the first 20 levels, and deletes all the rest. "

"The second is the official version, which has all fifty levels, but some plants need to be removed, such as two-way shooters, machine gun shooters, watermelon pitchers, corn pitchers, corn cannons, etc. I will make a list."

"The third version is the DLC version, which contains all game content."

"Did you hear that clearly?"

"..." Zhang Pingyi couldn't help but said, "You want to sell a game twice?"

"This is already a very conscientious approach." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "I'm still not cruel enough."

In fact, it's a matter of habits in the North American market. They haven't developed the habit of using paid props in free games, otherwise Qin Shaoyan will teach North American players a lesson.

Soon, Qin Shaoyan and Zhang Minyi had their own offices at the V agency headquarters, and they also had V agency employee cards.

Using the space and computers provided by V, the two started their work.

Zhang Pingyi is responsible for splitting several versions. This kind of thing is actually very simple and has no technical difficulty.

The content that Qin Shaoyan is responsible for is much more complicated. He has to solve the steam problem for G Fat.

After Qin Shaoyan tested the original version of Steam, he spent a day making a long modification form and sent it to G Fat.

After that, people at V agency were in a state of chaos. Qin Shaoyan was very strict in his work, leaving no room for negotiation.

In addition, the time node was very stuck, and the employees in charge of Steam at V Company were quite complaining.

Even because Qin Shaoyan's demands seemed so outrageous to everyone, Bram Cohen, a genius with social disabilities, couldn't help but rushed into Qin Shaoyan's office to complain.

However, Qin Shaoyan was very easy-going at other times, and he was humorous and made many friends.

Qin Shaoyan often provided V Club employees with some games from China for trial play, and soon a small Chinese style became popular within V Club.

In addition to "Plants vs. Zombies", the favorite games of Valve employees are also "Sword and Demon". This Diablo-style Chinese game has attracted a wave of fans.

Of course, there are also some small welfare movies. For a time, borrowing hard drives from each other became a new trend within V agency.

Time passed unconsciously, and what Fatty G was worried about finally happened.

A German hacker named Alex G released part of the source code he stole for Half-Life 2, causing an uproar on the Internet.

Many game industry media flocked to Valve, asking whether the leak would have an impact on the release of Half-Life 2.

Fortunately, V Agency prepared in advance, and George took the speech written by Qin Shaoyan and came forward to give some explanations to reporters.

"Half-Life 2" will have to be partially reworked due to leaks, and its release will be delayed by two to three months.

George told reporters that the fans are family members of V Agency, and he has obtained some benefits for his family.

First, Valve will provide a Half-Life peripheral T-shirt for free to players who purchase the game.

Players only need to spend five dollars to pre-order "Half-Life 2" on the steam platform to get this benefit.

Second, V Society will release a free mini-game for everyone to try at the appropriate time.

As soon as the news came out, a large number of players quickly flocked to the Steam platform.

The number of reservations reached 30 on the first day.

The number of reservations rose to 80 the next day.

On the third day the number became 150 million.

After receiving the news, Fatty G was so excited that he couldn't speak. He rushed directly into Qin Shaoyan's office and hugged him.

"John, we made it."

"Yes." Qin Shaoyan acted very calmly and said with a smile, "This is just the beginning, Gabour, the good days are still to come."

"Now it's time for us to take the next step."

(End of this chapter)