In the corridor of the Penguin Company building, a project manager wearing a suit and leather shoes walked quickly. He was holding a document in his hand. Judging from his expression, he must have encountered something good.
Standing in front of Ma Huateng's office, Du Shuze took a deep breath, straightened his tie, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
Hearing the sound coming from the office, he immediately opened the door and walked in impatiently.
"The boss's acquisition has been negotiated. The people at Wanghai Lexiang Technology have already received news. With the support of our injection of funds, the virtual reality device they are currently developing has been updated to directly connect to the laptop data line. capabilities, and solved the original compatibility issues. It just passed the test yesterday and can already perfectly run games such as Microsoft's Valkyrie that have logged into the virtual reality platform."
The former has a lot of popularity in China. Since the launch of the virtual reality promotional trailer in September 2015, it has also attracted much attention in China. Although the latter is not well-known in China, it is because Eve chose the wrong agent.
"Discuss the agency rights with Bingp Company and be sure to win it." Ma Huateng said solemnly.
Without a good game, it is very inconvenient to promote the virtual reality business. It is impossible for people to spend money to buy a VR device just because QQ can log in on the VR device.
"But Eve's partner, Century Tiancheng, is also talking about Valkyrie. They have already represented Eve, and we don't have an advantage in the competition for the sequel to Valkyrie -" Du Shuze said with a look of embarrassment.
Ma Huateng smiled mysteriously, "We have money and a better user base."
In the past, it was because I didn’t pay attention to the niche game Eve, but now that I think about it, since it is a virtual reality, what could be more fascinating than freely flying in the star space
Confirming the boss's determined attitude, Du Shuze breathed a sigh of relief and continued.
"What about Microsoft?"
"Is that a stand-alone game?" Ma Huateng frowned slightly.
"The content of the game is mainly single-player. But it can also carry out community cooperation." Du Shuze replied.
"In other words, there is no need to use a large server as the server, and the private bridged LAN can also be connected?" Ma Huateng said with a smile.
"That's the theory." The project manager nodded.
"Don't worry about it, we only do online games. The spirit of the Internet is sharing. Those gamers will naturally crack it." Ma Huateng waved his hand.
The project manager was stunned and suddenly realized.
“The boss is wise!”
Do you need to say this? Ma Huateng glanced at him sideways,
However, Ma P still sounds very comfortable. Ma Huateng leaned on the boss's chair with a little pride. This sudden rise of future human technology is indeed a bit difficult to deal with. Fortunately, the foundation of the Penguin Empire is here, and it is easy to enter the field of virtual reality.
The reason why we have been holding back is simply because the mobile market has not yet been saturated. How dare you, a mere emerging company, compete with the Big Three for market share? What a dream.
It's just that this war has been provoked after all, and what he pays more attention to is the actions of the other two giants.
"You should also pay attention to the trends of Alibaba and Baidu. I feel that they may be in this area of business-"
The door suddenly opened, interrupting the conversation between Ma Huateng and Manager Du.
The man at the door was panting and holding on to the door frame, holding a crumpled document in his hand.
Ma Huateng frowned slightly, being rude to the employees for coming in without knocking. He felt very dissatisfied. Du Shuze, who was standing next to him, glanced at the man with schadenfreude, and soon returned to his serious expression.
After taking a few breaths, the man finally stood up straight. He didn't care about apologizing. He walked to Lao Ma's desk in two steps and placed the document on the desk tremblingly.
"Old, boss. Futureman Technology has made a new move. This is the contract I copied from the Internet cafe that we have a cooperative relationship with. Huh-" He finally breathed. the man said.
Ma Huateng glanced at him and turned his attention to the documents on the table.
"Virtual reality experience agreement?"
Ma Huateng flipped through the documents and frowned slightly.
For some reason, Future Tech's actions made him feel a little uneasy.
"Xiao Du."
"Hey." Du Shuze stood up straight immediately. Waiting for orders.
"You are in charge of the company's virtual reality. After get off work, why don't you drop by this experience store for me to try it out." Ma Huateng said casually.
"Yes! Boss."
"Okay then, you two go and do your work first."
Du Shuze immediately walked out of the door. The man who ran in hastily hesitated for a moment and wanted to say something. But when he saw the displeased look on his boss's face and realized that he was being reckless, he immediately shut his mouth. He followed Du Shuze and left the office.
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In the center of Wanghai City, Xingyue Internet Cafe is crowded with people. There were many empty machines, but the counters were still crowded with a dense and dark crowd.
When these people enter an Internet cafe, the first thing they say when lying at the front desk is usually -
"Network administrator, help me set up a 'Phantom' helmet machine."
"I'm sorry, sir, the only four phantom helmets in the store are already being used by people." the waiter said in a dumbfounded voice.
She has repeated the same rhetoric at least fifty times.
"What?! Already full?" The man's eyes widened, "Oh no, why do you only have four here?"
This rhetoric obviously did not satisfy the man. If it weren't for the fact that the waitress was a beauty, he wouldn't have been able to help but curse.
As a loyal fan of Futureman Technology, he has been paying attention to the official website of "God Level Continent", looking forward to the promotional short films updated every other month. In addition, those anchor players who were selected to participate in the internal beta were also paid attention to by him.
Although these anchors often remain silent about the content of the game, when talking about whether the game is fun or not, even a certain anchor with paralysis showed a smile like an Internet-addicted teenager.
This game has been warmed up for almost half a year since it was launched on the official website, and now he can finally play it. How can he not be impatient? As soon as he saw the experience store news pushed by Future Man 1.0, he immediately put down what he was doing, locked the nearest cooperative Internet cafe on the map and rushed over.
But now, the person who visited Xingyue Internet Cafe actually told others that he was full
Are you kidding me? This is the largest Internet cafe in the area. There are only 4 "Phantoms" among thousands of machines
"How long do you have to wait?" the man said impatiently.
Seeing the man's unkind expression, the new waitress almost burst into tears.
"Okay, get in line."
"Of course I know about the queue. I'm just asking how long it will take?" the man asked aggressively.
Unable to stand it any longer, the waiter who had finished what he was doing immediately pulled the newcomer to the back, then went into battle himself and said politely.
"Sir, do you need to board the computer normally or experience the virtual reality service? If you want to experience the virtual reality service, please register and queue on our computer. There are 51 players in front of you in the queue. Please arrive before 102 hours Come and experience it, we will remind you via text message five hours before then. In addition, if you have time at night, you can also choose to join the night queue. There are currently 23 players -"
As soon as he heard that the queue would last for five days, the man immediately became furious and slapped the counter table and shouted.
"Fuck, there are so many crappy Internet cafes, and you have to queue up to get online, so I'm done with it."
Although he said this, the man did not leave. Instead, he stared at the waiter, waiting for him to show a compromising expression.
However, the waiter was obviously an experienced person and looked at him with a smile, showing no signs of indifference.
Seeing that this man has been stuck in the queue, the people behind him have become dissatisfied.
"Can the people in front hurry up and get out of here if you don't want to play anymore? It's wasting a lot of time."
"That's it, don't whine like a sissy."
Hearing the voice coming from behind, the man blushed. I wanted to leave, but looking at the long queue behind me, I was afraid that if I left, I wouldn’t have the chance to experience it.
"Who, who said I don't want to play? Just wait and see how much it costs!"
"Isn't that what you said?" There was a burst of booing from behind, but the man obviously planned to ignore it.
Just say whatever you like, I'm quite thick-skinned.
"6 yuan an hour." The waiter pointed to the sign at the door with a smile.
The price was not expensive, and the man felt a little more comfortable. It costs 12 yuan an hour to try out an Apple computer. People from the future are so technologically advanced that they still have a good conscience.
The same scene also happened in large cities such as Wanghai City, Shenzhen City, and Shangjing, and gradually moved inland. In a few days, "Phantom" helmets will also appear in major international cities such as New York, London, and Paris.
When the first player reluctantly put down his virtual helmet and excitedly picked up his mobile phone to share his shock with netizens, it had already announced the beginning of the first intimate contact between human civilization and the virtual world. (.)