What happened was too sudden.
Wang Fa did not expect that Chenghai 3C, which had already reached the top spot in the creative workshop, would be knocked off the top spot by a new map that came out of the blue. Although there are still many players playing this map, more and more people have turned their attention to the new map.
That would be fine if that was all.
Although the popularity has declined, it is not as good as expected at best, but overall it is still quite impressive. However, the terrible thing is that since DOTA went online, Chenghai 3C has not updated its map for a long time.
Stopping map updates means there will be no new things, and without new things, the existing popularity will continue to be lost. Wang Fa was simply more anxious than the creator of the map, and he couldn't wait to take his account and update it for him.
Finally unable to sit still, he sent a private message on the site to hao12345's account.
[Hello, are you the map creator of Chenghai 3C?]
When he first saw this message, Hao Yun was testing the balance of the independent game version of DOTA. He didn't take it seriously and just replied "yes" casually.
However, the message that came from the other side immediately stunned him, and his busy hands stopped.
[Please allow me to introduce myself. I am the person in charge of the 3C project of DaMi Entertainment. After studying the map you designed, we were very interested in the three-corridor gameplay and design concept you proposed, so we created an independent online confrontation game. As a tribute to your creativity, we are going to name this game Chenghai Alliance.]
[If you are willing to authorize our new work and cooperate with our publicity and distribution work, we are willing to pay you a considerable licensing fee.]
[I don’t know what you think?]
Although it was not stated explicitly, the meaning behind the words was already obvious.
If you are wise enough to authorize us, we can give you some money for your help in promotion. It doesn’t matter if you don’t plan to cooperate. The game has already been made anyway, and it will definitely be launched as scheduled.
As for infringement or anything like that, there is no such thing at all.
Although the gameplay is similar, in the final analysis, your Chenghai 3C is just a map on Warcraft, while ours is an independent game released through formal procedures.
The two are not of the same type, so how can we say it is plagiarism
To say it is a reference is far-fetched!
However, what surprised Hao Yun was not the shamelessness of the other party, but that the other party was not only shameless, but also shameless to come to his door.
Looking at the computer, his expression was full of weirdness. He was not even sure now whether this guy really didn't know or pretended not to know. This "hao12345" was his account.
"It shouldn't be..."
"Even if it wasn't a hot search at the time, shouldn't this be common sense to Warcraft players?"
Although all the media at the time were reporting on the five million prize money and the player who won the tournament, he remembered that he was interviewed by the media at that time.
Moreover, even if there is no interview, for players who know the game Warcraft, it should be well known that hao12345 is their vest, right
Out of curiosity, Hao Yun couldn't help but ask.
[How much licensing fee do you plan to pay me?]
Seeing this reply to the private message, Wang Fa felt happy and thought that hao12345 was attracted by him, so he quickly sent a message.
[The specific figure will not be given until we have a meeting to study it, but I can assure you that the authorization fee will not be less than half a million.]
Five hundred thousand is fine...
Hao Yun held back his laughter.
A year ago, he might have agreed without saying a word.
As for now...
Even if a zero is added to this number, he feels it is missing.
Finally, Hao Yun couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't bear to see his friend and businessman continue to embarrass him, so he sent a message.
[Do you know who I am?]
Seeing this message, Wang, who was sitting in front of the computer, was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what the map creator meant.
However, based on the principle of friendly negotiation, he still typed.
[This... We respect your privacy and have not investigated your personal information. Or how do you want me to call you here?]
Too lazy to talk in circles, Hao Yun typed.
[I am Hao Yun.]
After seeing this line of news, the other party was obviously silent for a while.
After a long time, as if he had come to his senses, the other person finally came over with an embarrassed expression.
[(Awkward)]
[Please stop joking.]
Hao Yun continued typing with a smile.
[I am really Hao Yun. If you don’t believe me, go watch the replay of the War Cry Cup. I remember I said hao12345 is my vest. Am I not laughing at you? Didn’t you do a thorough investigation before establishing the project?]
I sent the message, but there was no response for a long time.
Hao Yun's hands were itchy and he continued to send a question mark. Unexpectedly, the message he sent this time had a red exclamation mark next to it.
The moment he saw this exclamation mark, Hao Yun was stunned for a moment.
Damn it
Is this blacklisting
At this moment, Hao Yun did not know that the person who had sent him a message to discuss cooperation was not some small fish or shrimp, but Wang Fa, the manager and chief designer of the Rice Entertainment Product Department!
All right.
Although these titles sound very bluffing, and Wang Fa himself is somewhat famous in the industry, in front of Mr. Hao, he is no different from a small fish or a shrimp.
Just when Hao Yun threw this episode aside, Wang Fa, who was far away at the rice entertainment headquarters, was furious and losing his temper at his subordinates.
"hao12345 is Hao Yun?! Are you all pigs??? Our game is about to be developed, why doesn't anyone tell me about this!"
Everyone in the office was also scolded and looked confused and aggrieved.
We didn’t tell you, but you didn’t even ask!
Besides, shouldn’t this kind of thing be common sense
Almost everyone, including Luo Xingtao, the head of ALX Studio, believes that Wang Fa deliberately chose this map as the adaptation blueprint because he knew that the designer of Chenghai 3C was Mr. Hao himself.
Unexpectedly, they misunderstood...
"Wang, Mr. Wang, please calm down first."
Luo Xingtao coughed dryly and was about to say a few words of comfort. However, before he could say the words of comfort, he was slapped with spittle on his face.
"How the hell do you want me to calm down! What a bunch of losers!" Cursing, Wang Fa sat back on the chair, his heavy breathing was like the crater of a volcano brewing magma.
hao12345 is actually Hao Yun!
Wang Fa could think with his buttocks that from Hao Yun's point of view, he would definitely not cooperate with their Chenghai Alliance announcement.
Even thinking of DOTA, which was recently launched and topped the creative workshop hot list, and Chenghai 3C’s suspension of updates, this series of seemingly unrelated measures is clearly aimed at their “Chenghai Alliance”.
"Mr. Wang, what should we do now?" Luo Xingtao was also undecided and looked at Wang Fa at a loss.
Chenghai Alliance is the transformation work of ALX Studio.
Now that the release of "Operation Counter-Terrorism: Siege" has encountered Waterloo, if this new game also falls into a loss, there may be no ALX studio in the gaming industry in the future.
Even if we are a little optimistic, the studio has not been disbanded, and it is inevitable that it will be laid off or even packaged and resold.
Wang Fa bit his thumb, with a gloomy expression on his face.
As the top leaders of the Rice Entertainment Products Department, at least in the crucial project of the Chenghai Alliance, the two of them are both prosperous and disadvantaged.
Finally, he made up his mind and made a decision.
"Ahead of release!"
"But we have to change the name."
"Just change it to... 3C Alliance!"
Although it's a bit of a cover-up, the opponent is Mr. Hao of Yunmeng Group after all. Facing this formidable opponent with both strength and popularity, we still have to be cautious, at least not to let anyone take the blame for some superficial things.
Compared with the Chenghai League, which is an obvious side ball, the 3C League sounds much better.
As the abbreviation of Three Corridor gameplay, many maps in the creative workshop have similar titles. You Yunmeng Group can't be so overbearing that you can't even let people use the abbreviation of 3C, right
Seeing Mr. Wang regaining his confident expression on his face, Luo Xingtao always had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Is it really okay to do this
It always feels like it’s not that simple…