After listening to the explanation, the person who came to inquire about the news was immediately stunned. He vaguely felt that Battle.net points would pose a huge threat to their retailers.
Players can accumulate Battle.net points only by logging into the Battle.net platform to play Counter-Strike.
Battle.net points are not only used to match players with comparable combat power, but also an honor!
For today's young people, with high Battle.net points, they can brag and show off in front of others.
"How did the Flamingo Company come up with this method?!"
The "scout" was so nervous that he didn't have the heart to continue inquiring about the news. He immediately turned around and went to the coffee shop to report the situation.
At this time, the faces of several retail bosses in the coffee shop were not very good-looking, and there were more and more people queuing outside the flamingo retailer.
"Boss!!!"
The spy hurried to the boss and shouted.
A middle-aged man smoking a cigarette frowned and said, "I asked you to inquire about the news. There is news so soon?"
"Yes, Boss, I have made a major discovery, which may be a huge threat to our company!"
"Say it now!"
"The game discs sold in the Flamingo retail store have a serial number. Using this serial number, you can activate the game on the Battle.net platform and bind it to the Battle.net account, which can be used permanently in the future. Battle.net Credits launched this morning…”
"Spy" took a deep breath, organized the language, explained the usefulness of Battle.net points, and expressed his concerns.
After several retailer bosses listened to his remarks, their faces sank.
Obviously, they all realized the importance of Battle.net points!
One of them frowned with the word "Chuan" on his face, like a concubine, sighed softly, and said: "Alas, the rise of the Battle.net platform, I am afraid that it cannot be stopped! Even an old man like me knows about Battle.net points. It's important, players are definitely willing to log on to the Battle.net platform for Battle.net points. Who wants to play single-player games! Players will download games directly from the Battle.net platform in the future, will we retailers still make money?"
As soon as the words fell, several others nodded and sighed.
Suddenly it was noon.
The retailers were about to leave the café when the phone rang.
"Boss, it's not good, at 12:00 noon, the Battle.net platform suddenly updated, and then a big news was released on the homepage!!!" A woman's eager voice came from Motorola's mobile phone.
"What's the hurry!! What's the matter?" the smoking boss reprimanded.
"Boss, it was announced on the homepage of the Battle.net platform that on January 1st next year, Glory Group will join hands with Flamingo to hold the "Counter-Strike" and "Red Alert" competitions. , the champion will be rewarded with $5 million. Red Alert is an individual event, and the champion will be rewarded with $1 million!"
The retailer boss was stunned when he heard the words.
My goodness! It's just a game competition, with so many prizes? ? !
"Boss, participating in the competition is required. Whether it is "Counter-Strike" or "Red Alert", Battle.net points must be in the tens of thousands! With such a large amount of prizes, it will definitely attract countless players. I will definitely log in to the Battle.net platform to play the game! It is foreseeable that as soon as the news of this competition comes out, the number of users of the Battle.net platform will explode! This is extremely unfavorable for our retailers!" The female secretary said her thoughts. came out.
At this moment, the retailer boss was dripping with cold sweat, as if the sky was dark.
"By the way, what happened to that Glory Group? Why have you never heard of it before?" He asked after calming down a bit.
"Honor Group is not well-known in Europe and the United States, but it is famous in mainland China! Glory Group has more than 400 chain Internet cafes in mainland China, covering almost major cities in China, and its popularity is very high! Recently, Glory Group started Establishing Internet cafes in Europe and the United States has extremely strong financial resources, which is shocking! However, I guess that the behind-the-scenes boss of Honor Group should be CHronos Li. Otherwise, Honor Group will not develop so fast, and it will be able to compete with Flamingo Company. Let's work together!" said the secretary.
The retailer's boss answered softly, then hung up the phone, suddenly aged several years.
The other individual bosses looked at his decadent look and hurriedly asked what happened. When they heard that the Flamingo Company and the Glory Group were going to jointly hold a game competition, their faces paled.
"The Battle.net platform is threatening and unstoppable!"
Everyone shook their heads one after another, as if the situation was gone.
At this moment, the matter of the game competition caused a huge sensation.
Players all over the world couldn't help but be inexplicably excited, and they were all discussing the events of the game, especially when it came to the huge prize money, all of them were gearing up and flushed, as if the prize money was already in their pockets.
Among them, there are naturally many shrewd businessmen who have realized the business opportunities and are ready to form game clubs.
It is not difficult to start a game club because of the previous experience in the operation of various ball clubs.
And a team event like "Counter-Strike" must require multiple people.
That night, the news of the game competition made headlines around the world.
"The Los Angeles Times" said: "Flamingo Company and Glory Group team up to host the largest competition in history, and the prize money is jaw-dropping!!!"
"The Times" said: "Flamingo Company and Glory Group have opened the era of competitive game competitions!!"
Well-known economist Welch said in an interview with NNC TV: "Flamingo Company and Glory Group jointly held a large-scale game competition, with amazing prize money, attracting countless players! Here, we might as well guess, Flamingo Company's move What is the intention behind it? Why did it deliberately use huge bonuses to cause a national sensation and hype
First, it must be to promote the Battle.net platform, because only players with Battle.net points can participate in the competition!
Second, promote "Counter-Strike" and "Red Alert"!
Third, promote the development of the glory chain Internet cafes.
Fourth, it may be to develop e-sports and control the rights of e-sports competitions at the same time!
In any case, it is of great benefit to the development of Flamingo Company and Glory Group!
In my opinion, the prize money doesn't really need to be that much. The $1 million champion prize for Counter Strike is enough to make a splash and attract players around the world, but it's $5 million! It can be seen that the amount of the prize is so large that the Flamingo Company is likely to play a big game of chess! "
"What big chess?" the NNC host asked.
Welch pondered for a while and said, "Change the status of the game! As we all know, games are deeply hated by parents. In their eyes, playing games has no future, and playing with things is frustrating, but if you play games, you can make money, and playing games can also become a Occupation. Maybe the status of the game will be greatly improved! Flamingo may create a new era of the game economy!!!”
After a pause, Welch smiled: "I'm looking forward to such an era, because I also like to play games!"
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After the announcement of Battle.net points and game competitions, the registered users of Battle.net platform immediately blow out!
A week later, the Battle.net platform had 8.4 million registered users and a total of 14 million Counter-Strike sales, including offline retail sales. The total sales of "Red Alert" reached 11.4 million.
Such a proud achievement, the industry is extremely shocked.
At this moment, none of the third-party game developers denied the Battle.net platform, and they all decided to cooperate with Flamingo. Are you afraid of not making money by publishing games on such a popular platform? Moreover, they also realized that with the development of the Internet, there will be more and more users on the Battle.net platform, possibly even hundreds of millions, which is more user-friendly than publishing games on the Flamingo console platform. many!
Of course, there are also many powerful game companies that are building their own game platforms, such as EA. Among them, there are more than 20 companies that Li Zetian knows about. The success of the Battle.net platform has made them see the importance of the game platform. A game platform with huge popularity is a cash cow.
However, they are destined to be difficult to pose a threat to the Battle.net platform.
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Beverly Hills.
Li Zetian looked at Dongfang Yuqin and asked, "How about the Glory Internet Cafe?"
"It's very popular, and the supply of computers is in short supply! In the Internet cafe, you are either playing "Counter-Strike" or "Red Alert"."
"Is there any bad news?" Li Zetian said casually after taking a sip of coffee.
"Hehe, there really is!" Dongfang Yuqin laughed.
"Isn't someone scolding me?" Li Zetian thought that Chinese parents would definitely scold him to death when they saw their children getting addicted to the Internet.
Dongfang Yuqin was stunned for a moment: "How did you guess it!! I don't know who spread the word that you are the owner of the Glory Internet Cafe. There are many parents and teachers in mainland China who are scolding you, saying that you are only profiting, opening Internet cafes to poison students. , let many people become addicted to the Internet, skip classes every day... After that, many experts and professors also came forward to criticize you!"
"Uh, I knew it was going to be bad!" Li Zetian shrugged, "However, you can't always let them scold like this, you have to take some measures."
Li Zetian thought for a while, and said, "In the future, if you use the Internet in the Glory Internet Cafe, you must show your ID card."
"Mr. Li, most of the people who go online are students. They don't have ID cards. If this happens, won't the business of our Internet cafes plummet?"
"Well, that's true. That's it..." Li Zetian paused and said, "For those who don't have an ID card, set a time limit for them to access the Internet!"
Dongfang Yuqin frowned and said, "I'm afraid this is a big loophole..."
"Well, there are loopholes. However, it's better than nothing!" Li Zetian said lightly.
"Um."
"By the way, let the Internet cafes put some labels in front of each computer, which reads, 'On the Internet, you need to pay attention to the combination of work and rest, please arrange your time reasonably'."
Dongfang Yuqin heard this and smiled, "Can this work?"
"Pretend to show others!" Li Zetian laughed.
"Oh! Then I'll notify the person in charge of the Glory Group now!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said.
"Go!"
"Um."
For Internet addiction, Li Zetian naturally takes full responsibility.
Internet cafes are opened by him, and games are designed and developed by him. When others scold him, he can only bear it.
There must be countless parents in mainland China yelling at him, making Li Zetian feel a little guilty now and dare not go to mainland China. In the future, people's ideas will change, and it will be fine.
One of the goals of the Flamingo Company and Glory Group's game competition is to change the status of the game and people's perception of it.
Before Li Zetian crossed, "League of Legends LOL" was very popular, and the game industry was extremely mature. Professional players have many fans and high incomes. Instead of being looked down upon, they have become idol stars, not only shooting commercials, but even participating in variety shows.
Li Zetian thought in his heart that, with his own ability, he would start this flourishing game era ahead of schedule. Because Flamingo is the world's largest game company, Li Zetian benefits the most.
At this time, since the popularity of personal computers in the world is not as good as in the previous life in 2016, the Glory Internet Cafe will be a very important part!
The development of a chain of Internet cafes naturally requires more personal computers.
Li Zetian suddenly thought of a diskless system, which could save a lot of money.
After taking some time, Li Zetian took Dongfang Yuqin to the Galaxy Network Company.
After learning that Li Zetian came to the company, Tian Shuai and Zhang Yan hurried out to greet him.
"Mr. Li and Miss Dongfang Yuqin, welcome!" Tian Shuai laughed.
Zhang Yan looked at Li Zetian with a hint of curiosity and excitement in his eyes, and asked, "Mr. Li, when you come this time, won't there be something good for us to develop?"
Li Zetian nodded and smiled slightly: "There really is something!"
"What?" Zhang Yan couldn't help asking, looking at Li Zetian with fiery eyes.
Li Zetian smiled and said, "No hurry, I will tell you in detail when I get to the office."
Tian Shuai glared at Zhang Yan and said, "Mr. Li just came to the company and is still standing here, so you are so anxious!"
Zhang Yan scratched his head and sneered: "I'm not curious, you know, every time Mr. Li comes, he will bring a shocking design! Of course, a technician like me is very interested!"
While everyone was talking, they walked towards Tian Shuai's office.
After arriving at the office, Tian Shuai instructed his secretary to prepare a cup of coffee for Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin.
"Mr. Li, you can talk now!" Zhang Yan asked Li Zetian with a smile after everyone sat down on a sofa.
Smelling the aroma of coffee, Li Zetian took a breath, and then said calmly: "This time, I came up with an idea to develop the Glory chain of Internet cafes. Each Internet cafe has hundreds of computers. , cost a lot of money, if you can remove the hard disk of the Internet cafe, it will save a lot of money! So, I thought of a diskless workstation! The principle of a diskless workstation is to have a system server in the network. In addition to the operating system required for its own operation, it also needs an operating system required for the workstation to run! The chassis of the diskless workstation does not have a hard disk, and other hardware has a motherboard, memory, etc... "
As Li Zetian started the class and talked about Kaikai, the three people present couldn't help but their eyes lit up!