After chatting with Mike about some details, the phone rang suddenly. Chen Yuanming took the phone and glanced at it, then smiled and apologized to Mike, walked out of the noisy living room, and picked it up in the other corner of the suite. on the phone.
"Merry Christmas!"
The voice on the phone was filled with laughter and joy from the heart, which made Chen Yuanming laugh.
"It's more than half past Christmas on your side, isn't it?"
In non-daylight saving time, the difference between China and the United States is 13 hours, and it is noon on the 25th in Beijing today.
"It's not Christmas here. Naturally, it only makes sense to tell you now." Xiao Junyi smiled slightly teasingly, "Why, listening to your movement over there, it's lively?"
Even if he walked into the corner, he couldn't stop the laughter from the room. At this time, it was midnight, Christmas finally came, and it was also the time when "Diablo" officially began to sell. The hustle and bustle of the whole room could literally overturn the roof, and the nose was full of alcohol and the sweet smell of cake.
"I was with the group of people from Blizzard. Today the new game was released, and I had tossed around all night." Unlike the noise in the room, the voice on the phone seemed to come from another world, quiet, calm, and warm. , like the sunshine in winter in Beijing. Chen Yuanming leaned against the wall and brought the receiver closer, as if he wanted to feel the warmth inside.
"I didn't expect you to be so obsessed with games, and you're ready to expand this time?" Xiao Junyi chuckled. He still couldn't understand Chen Yuanming's enthusiasm for games. This was not his usual investment style. However, being surprisingly cute also makes him look more in line with his age.
"It's interesting, and money comes again. There are not many things in this world." Chen Yuanming relaxed and changed his standing position, "How about you? Now I'm finally back in Beijing."
For more than a month, Xiao Junyi has indeed not been idle. The work of the company's southward relocation is more complicated than he imagined. He also traveled to Hangzhou. The journey was exhausted and the time difference between the two sides was so tiring that he had no chance to speak a few words quietly many. However, no matter how drained their energy is, hearing the voice of their lover will bring a touch of relief. Although they have not entered the information age, cables and satellites still build a bridge for them, so that they will not truly be separated.
"Well, I'm going to watch the development of Hongshang again. After the Spring Festival in Beijing, we will go south to pave the way for the new factory."
"Then we may have more opportunities to meet next year." Chen Yuanming smiled, "Next year, the game company is going to relocate to China, and the reservation is now in Suzhou, which is not too far away."
"It's not far." Xiao Junyi's smiling eyes couldn't help but curl up, "It's only a 2-3 hour drive, and when you say that, I'm starting to itch now."
"Then let's itch for two more days." Chen Yuanming said calmly, raising the corner of his lips, "I'll try my best to return to Beijing on the 30th after the annual meeting in North America is over."
"Are you spending New Years together?"
"Wash up and wait for me."
Both calm and ambiguous, this time the heart was not just itchy, but thumping and throbbing. Xiao Junyi suddenly hated the noisy movements on the phone. If possible, he would rather stay there than himself.
He let out a sigh of relief, and there was a hint of complaining in his voice, "It's going to be tough now..."
Not bad these days. But Chen Yuanming really couldn't say such a thing. Like Xiao Junyi, at this moment, hearing his voice on the other side of the earth is really too hard.
"As soon as possible… "
"Don't." Xiao Junyi smiled and shook his head, "With all your hard work, you don't know what you're going to do to yourself no matter how fast you are. I'll wait for you, and give me a call before you come back."
"good."
"You boy."
There was silence in the microphone for a moment, neither of them spoke, just letting the other's breath echo in their ears. Finally, there was a chuckle from the opposite side, "Go to bed early if you're crazy enough, Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas."
A cross-ocean call, but a few minutes. Chen Yuanming hung up the phone, exhaled a long breath, raised his feet and walked towards the group of boys who had already fallen out.
Seeing Chen Yuanming's figure in the distance, Allen blew a sharp whistle, "Chen! News came from the store, and 500 copies were sold!"
"Good news." The smile on Chen Yuanming's face has not faded, "It will surpass the sales of Warcraft 2."
"Yes!", "Of course!" Several voices shouted at the same time.
Ignoring the group of annoying people who were coaxing, Mike approached Chen Yuanming with two glasses of wine and smiled, "Is it the girlfriend's phone call just now?"
Chen Yuanming took the wine and raised his eyebrows, "Is it so obvious?"
"Hey, it's not like I've never been in love! Just your expression..." Mike grimaced, "but that girl is so lucky..."
"I am lucky." Chen Yuanming interrupted the other party's words and raised the wine glass in his hand, "For luck."
"For Blizzard!"
The wine glasses clumped together and made a melodious squeak.
Although it was still during the Christmas holiday, Chen Yuanming sat down with the heads of Blizzard and Eagle's Nest the next day to discuss the issue of the eastward advancement of the game industry.
Nowadays, the animation industry is not ignored in China. On the contrary, since 1995, the Central Propaganda Department and the Press and Publication Administration jointly launched a Chinese children's animation publishing project code-named 5155, which is to strive to establish 5 animations within two or three years. Publishing base, focusing on publishing 15 large-scale series of children's animation books, and creating 5 children's animation publications.
It is also because animations from Japan and the United States have been introduced in large quantities in the past two years, which has attracted the attention of the upper levels to the industry. However, in Chen Yuanming's impression, this action did not seem to have caused any waves. In his memory, only products such as Blue Cat and Xiyangyang are left in China's later generations, not to mention international competitiveness, and even a complete industrial chain does not exist. . No matter what happened in the middle, it is clear that China's animation industry has undergone a generational break. Combined with the ban on the sale of game consoles, and the spared no effort to crack down on game halls and computer halls, the entire game industry has become a "poisonous weed" after 2000, and the once fire has been completely extinguished.
After the Internet really began to develop, China's computer halls were only left with online games from the United States and South Korea.
On the one hand, it is the pursuit of the upper class, on the other hand, there are all kinds of pirated game discs in Zhongguancun, and the huge group of online games in the computer hall all night playing CS, Red Police, Warcraft and even later generations of online games. Between the ditching and blocking, only the pirates and computer hall owners are fattened, and China's original game industry has no room to struggle at all.
If you want to build an industry, the most important thing is to let people taste the sweetness. In the optical disc industry, he succeeded once. In the animation and game industry, he may not be able to change his mind and do it again.
Like what he wants to do now...
"Just animation?" Mike asked suspiciously.
Chen Yuanming shook his head gently, "Animation first."
Chen Yuanming's suggestion is not the same as Blizzard imagined, but the root of the problem is that today's computer games actually don't use too many artists. Everything still maintains the most primitive and crude state. On the one hand, the hardware of the computer is obviously not up to the standards of later generations, and on the other hand, it is also because everyone is not focusing on the picture effect. From the perspective of Blizzard alone, the demand for "artists" can be minimized today.
But Chen Yuanming felt that it would be a good choice to add some video promotional notices to Blizzard from now on. The picture is rough, but there is still room for imagination, and it is this enrichment of the plot that gives Blizzard games more charm. In this pre-computer game era, it might be a good attempt.
Hearing this suggestion, several Blizzard leaders who attended the meeting immediately whispered.
After a while, Mike still nodded, "Now Blizzard's program needs to be as close as possible to contact and cooperate, outsourcing is not as convenient as hiring new employees. But animation is indeed a feasible direction, the effect of the promotional animation before the release of Diablo. It’s very good, if it can reach a certain level and have enough cost-effectiveness, it will be a good choice. In this way, when we release the new expansion, we can put some animation plots.”
Although many, many years earlier, the idea does fit with Blizzard's operating model. Chen Yuanming nodded, "Nowadays, there are some animation outsourcing factories along the coast of China - although most of them are set up by Taiwanese - they also undertake a lot of European and American animations, and already have some foundations. First build a shelf, build a base, and then Keep going deeper."
With that said, he turned to look at the person in charge of the Eagle's Nest sitting on the side, "There are many companies in the market that want to carry out game transplants, right?"
The Eagle's Nest came this time to Mr. Swar, a key member of the sales department, and I saw him nodding, "The Eagle's Nest has acquired a lot of potential game studios, and most of these studios want to develop their own original creations. games, so some low-end transplanted works have left the market. For example, they are transplanted to FC, or Sony's new PS, or some small games adapted from comics and movies. There is still a lot of room in the market. There is a lot of potential for development.”
"That's right." Chen Yuanming smiled slightly, "Let's start with outsourcing small games like this, and wait until half a year or a year to expand the front line. Feiyan's game console is currently under development, and it will be launched next year if it is not unexpected. At that time, it is also a very important part to produce more excellent works for our own host. Let’s use all our vitality to develop the Chinese market together.”
In fact, this kind of outsourcing is also harmful to the American game industry today. In this sunrise industry, there are still too many small studios relying on porting and adapting games to make money and accumulate experience. Both Blizzard and North Blizzard have done similar work. Just like LV100 without any hero appearing, this kind of adaptation is also an indispensable part of the game industry chain. Now that their jobs are going to be taken away by the Chinese, many American studios who make a living from this will start to starve.
But neither Blizzard nor the Eagle's Nest care much about it. After all, they are real businessmen, not philanthropists. If you can promote the development of your own company faster and better, why care about how those small studios survive? Perhaps instead there will be a new impetus for those with talent to join their ranks.
Now what Chen Yuanming has proposed is exactly what they need. With this premise, negotiations will naturally be barrier-free. The final destination is the expected Suzhou Economic Development Zone, where a group of mature animation outsourcing teams have gathered. As long as they can operate properly, whether they can cultivate people is the second, and profitability is absolutely inevitable. When a company makes a profit, more people will invest in this industry. Chinese people have never lacked a herd mentality. As long as this mentality reaches a certain height and popularity, it will naturally become the soil and opportunity for original germination.
Now that the Win95 system has been listed in China, it is time for genuine game discs to enter the mainland market and grab some space from the crazy pile of pirated game cards.
(End of this chapter)
The author has something to say: Recently, I found that the mobile phone wap station is very powerful. If any classmate finds that he has made repeated purchases and spent more money, he must take a screenshot and use the station SMS to poke the administrator! It's really hard for everyone to read the text >_
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