game trailblazer

Chapter 228 South Korea Trip ([-])
"Sorry for keeping everyone waiting." A man in a striped suit walked in from the meeting room, and after apologizing, he continued, "I'm Jin Zechen. Welcome to visit NCSoft."

Zhang Lexing looked at Jin Zechen. Wearing a striped suit, he looked quite young, and his appearance was also very ordinary. His face was a little pale and haggard, and he looked like he lacked sleep. This may have something to do with NCSoft's recent poor condition.

Jin Zechen spoke Korean. Fortunately, Park Mi-hee was present, and through her translation, the two sides could communicate smoothly.After exchanging a few polite words, the two parties sat down again and started to get down to business.

"Mr. Jin Zechen, we are the representatives of the parent company of Asia Interactive. My surname is Zhang." Zhang Lexing introduced Jin Zechen through Park Meixi's translator. Of course, he did not directly reveal his identity, because he was not needed for such things. He did it himself, but he had never been to Korea before, and wanted to take the opportunity to take a look, so he snatched the business that originally belonged to the Asian Interactive and Electronic Entertainment Division.

Jin Zechen listened to Park Meixi's relayed greetings, and responded with a smile: "It turned out to be Mr. Zhang. I don't know if your company is here to visit. What advice can I give?"

"I can't give advice, but Asia Interactive is very interested in your company and wants to cooperate with you." Zhang Lexing continued.

Jin Zechen was overjoyed. Although Asia Interactive hadn't made any big moves in South Korea in the past two years, he had also heard that he had invested in some game companies. Now that he has taken a fancy to his NCSoft company, maybe there is a chance to solve the dilemma he is facing now. Fortunately, those people from the financial company left in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Thinking about it, Jin Zechen asked with the same expression on the surface: "Oh, cooperation is no problem, but I don't know what form Mr. Zhang's so-called cooperation is?"

"Our company plans to increase efforts to develop the Korean market, so we hope to find some suitable game development companies as partners to provide support in various aspects such as funding, branding, and resources." Zhang Lexing explained briefly.

Jin Zechen nodded after listening, and asked, "Then what method will you adopt for our NCSoft company?"

From Jin Zechen's heart, he hopes to obtain financial assistance, and it is best to only finance the projects under development alone, so that he does not have to worry about his company being robbed, but he also knows that Asia Interactive His thoughts might not necessarily make him fulfill his wish, so after Jin Zechen finished speaking, he nervously waited for Zhang Lexing's answer.

"Method? It hasn't reached that point yet. We are here mainly to inspect your company's strength. As for the specific cooperation method, it depends on whether your company's strength can meet the requirements." Zhang Lexing said lightly.

What Zhang Lexing said was completely beyond Jin Zechen's expectations, and the last sentence "it depends on whether your company's strength can meet the requirements" also made him very angry.If he had changed before serving in the military, Jin Zechen might have had a seizure long ago, but these years of hard work have almost smoothed his edges and corners, and he is more able to control his emotions.

Jin Zechen took a deep breath and said: "Mr. Zhang's words are probably inappropriate. With the current strength of our company, it is definitely among the best in Korea. If our strength is not enough, then no one will be suitable."

Zhang Lexing smiled slightly after hearing this, and said: "Mr. Jin Zechen's tone is not small, but as far as I know, after your company opened in March this year, it is not the game industry. , and the original team of your company is not good at game development. It was not until the team of Mr. Song Zaijing who developed "Kingdom of Wind" came over that your game development was on the right track. So we are worried that your company's game development strength is not good enough It's normal. Mr. Song Zaijing's team has joined your company for only one or two months. It's hard to say whether it can integrate well into your company and whether it can exert its own strength. Mr. Jin Zechen, we need to prove that a person who can Proof that your company has strong game development capabilities..."

Jin Zechen's face darkened. He didn't expect that his old background had been investigated long ago. Although this situation was not too unexpected, it caught him off guard. At least now he didn't dare to pat his chest casually and brag about his game How is the development team doing.

If he really can't prove it, Jin Zechen suspects that the other party may turn around and leave. After all, he also knows that although there are not many local game development companies in Korea, the number is not rare. At least as far as he knows, there are Several companies are in the same circle anyway. Although they are all in a competitive relationship, some news can still be heard through the inextricable relationship between developers.But how can I prove it? NCSoft has no completed games at all, so we can't use the "NCHTML editor" to make up the numbers.

Jin Zechen thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to use "Paradise" under development to show his performance. He is still very sure of Song Zaijing's ability. The "Kingdom of Wind" with more than one million registered people is Song Zaijing's ability. The best performance, he believes that "Paradise" will definitely impress people in Asia Interactive.

After first waving Jin Yingzhen and whispering a few words, Jin Zechen turned to Zhang Lexing and said, "Mr. Zhang, if this is the case, I will take you to visit our company's game development department, so that you can have a better understanding of our strength." Intuitive awareness."

"That's exactly what I mean, Mr. Jin Zechen, please lead the way!" Zhang Lexing didn't really have any doubts about the strength of NCSoft, but he was curious about the development of "Paradise" and wanted to take the opportunity to visit it.

Zhang Lexing and his team followed Jin Zechen out of the conference room and came to the game development department next to it. Perhaps for the sake of secret development, this is a large room separated by a half-height partition, which is divided into multiple areas for more than ten people. used by developers.When everyone walked into the game development department, Jin Ying was really standing in a partition area outside. There was an open computer on the desk next to her, and a man in a black sweater and black-rimmed glasses was sitting in front of the computer.

"This is Mr. Song Zaijing, the person in charge of our game development department." Jin Zechen introduced.

"Mr. Zhang, hello!" Song Zaijing immediately stood up and bowed to Zhang Lexing and others.

"Mr. Song Zaijing, I heard that you made "Jurassic Park" and "Kingdom of the Wind", both of which are great games, especially "Kingdom of the Wind" I heard that the number of registrations has exceeded one million, you It is indispensable." Zhang Lexing took a step forward and stretched out his hand to Song Zaijing.

Song Zaijing was stunned for a moment, and then his heart warmed up. For the developers, any praise is not as good as the recognition of the games he developed. Unexpectedly, the people in Asia Interactive are quite interested in him, and he couldn't help but feel happy.On the other hand, Jin Zechen, who was standing aside, felt a little unhappiness. Just now, the guy from Asia Interactive was not so enthusiastic about him, but he also knew that this was not the time to attack, so he had to endure it.

Jin Zechen coughed twice, and said, "Brother Zaijing, please demonstrate our game to the guests."

"Oh." Song Zaijing remembered what Jin Yingzhen said just now, sat down quickly, called up the demonstration program of "Paradise", and started to introduce it while operating with the mouse.

"We adapted the game "Paradise" based on a best-selling Korean comic..." Song Zaijing moved the mouse, and used the mouse arrow on the screen to draw a few times on the background introduction text of the game, and said: "The game is a structure. In the fantasy stories of the Middle Ages, there are knights, princesses, magicians and thieves, as well as various evil characters and monsters. The social and economic systems in the game are all feudal kingdoms, and the lords and knights are under the norms of the contract To maintain title to the land..."

"Players can give characters a variety of identities in this social system," Song Zaijing moved the mouse and clicked on a few game pictures to introduce: "Most buildings, objects, game characters, etc. are created by referring to historical documents. Drawings Some were drawn in 3D beforehand by graphic designers with experience in animation backgrounds and computer graphics..."

"Players can play as dark goblins, royal families, knights, goblins, and magicians," Song Zaijing introduced several pictures with game characters: "Dark goblins and goblins belong to the same race, and they also have visions that are different from ordinary people. Function...is a natural assassin. The royal family has super charm and can summon members of the blood alliance...its charm value will determine the number of blood alliance members. Knights are good at thrilling close combat, and they will defend the safety of the monarch to the death...But Use all weapons and defensive equipment, and have a variety of combat techniques. Fairies have eyes with night vision, and have a more mysterious atmosphere...Can use many types of weapons, and also have mana. Magicians can cast ever-changing magic, whether it is Wind, fire, thunder or electricity,..."

After Zhang Lexing pretended to look at it for a while, he pointed to a new picture on the screen and said, "The fineness of this picture seems to be very high."

At this time, Jin Zechen walked over from the side and pointed to the picture on the screen to explain. "Mr. Zhang, the screen resolution of "Paradise" is 640×480 high-color, which is also determined after considering factors such as network data transmission efficiency and player computer performance, in order to show more details on the same screen. , the characters are relatively smaller, but we still pay attention to the details of the movements, but this can’t be seen from the still pictures.”

Zhang Lexing said smoothly: "Since this is the case, it's better to show some practical things. Just looking at the pictures can not understand the technical level of a game."

Song Zaijing glanced at Jin Zechen and saw that the other party had a slight forehead, so he called up a game demo program and reintroduced it to Zhang Lexing while operating: "In order to make it easier for players to get started, we have adopted a simplified user interaction design. Can complete most of the operations...The game mode is free, players can choose their own way to play the game...Add the built-in chat function, you can freely choose the range of sending, and even chat with other players one-on-one...Planning The area of ​​the map is huge, including mountains, seas, caves, and there are various areas for players to explore..."

Zhang Lexing watched it for a while, and seeing that Song Zaijing was still talking about the game introduction, he couldn't help interrupting him tactfully: "Mr. , I have a certain understanding of your technical level, don't go on talking, it's hard work."

Seeing this, Song Zaijing stopped the mouse in his hand, turned his gaze to Jin Zechen, and waited for his opinion.Jin Zechen didn't care about Song Zaijing, but turned to Zhang Lexing and asked, "Mr. Zhang, shall we continue our chat in the conference room?"

Zhang Lexing nodded and said, "Alright, let's talk again."

A group of people left the game development department, came to the meeting room again, and sat down again on both sides.Jin Zechen asked first: "Mr. Zhang, I don't know..."

"Mr. Jin Zechen, then I won't go around in circles with you." Zhang Lexing took a sip of the re-brewed tea in front of him, and then said: "We want 70% of the shares of NCSoft, please make a price."

"Ah!" Jin Zechen was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand what was going on. It wasn't just about cooperation, but it turned into an acquisition in a blink of an eye.

"We want 70% of NCSoft's shares. Mr. Jin Zechen, please make an offer." Seeing that Jin Zechen was tongue-tied and silent, Zhang Lexing repeated what he had said before.

"Why? Aren't we talking about cooperation? Why has it turned into an acquisition now?" Jin Zechen asked after recovering.

Zhang Lexing smiled, spread his hands and said, "Holding shares is also a form of cooperation. Once NCSoft becomes a company under Asia Interactive, there will naturally be no obstacles to cooperation."

"No, this won't work." Jin Zechen shook his head instinctively. He never thought of selling the company. After all, NCSoft was founded by himself, and it hasn't even been a year yet. How could he sell it so easily.

"With all due respect, Mr. Jin Zechen, your current financial situation seems to be not very good. I heard that you seem to have borrowed some money from a financial company. They are not good at it. Don't you worry that they will come to your door one day?" Zhang Lexing shook off the news he heard from Li Chengxu yesterday.

Jin Zechen's expression changed immediately. He didn't expect that the other party knew about this matter. It seems that his company may not even have any privacy.To be honest, he has always been worried about this matter. According to the harassment frequency of those people, it might be too late to finish the development of "Paradise". If that is the case, it will be over.

After hesitating for a while, Jin Zechen finally gave in. He knew that even if he didn't agree, he might not be able to be kind. He might have annoyed the other party. Asia Interactive poached Song Zaijing and others away in a fit of anger. Then he really had nothing to do. Yes, after all, the current situation of the company is really difficult to say.Why not take advantage of the present and simply sell some of the company's shares for some money, not only can you fill in the financial company's account, maybe you can make some money yourself.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, I agree, but I want 300 million US dollars." Jin Zechen gritted his teeth and stated his conditions cruelly.

A triumphant smile appeared on Zhang Lexing's face. He knew that his future online game team would have another base for training and learning...

(End of this chapter)