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The net profit of the game is also very high. After deducting various fees, it can still reach about 30%.

It can be said that of the entire Hongmeng Huaxia Company, Hongmeng Games has the most money.

Even if two large-scale games are developed this year.

There is still 900 million Chinese currency in the account.

After Xu Liang read it.

""Kart Racing" has been in open beta twice, will it be released soon?"

"As planned, it will be officially launched on the market on December 1 this year."

"What about "Tianxia 2"?"

"The first inner version will start in March next year, and it will probably be launched in the second half of the year. "Dragon Movie 2" will be launched earlier, and it will be launched in April next year.

"Bubble Hall 2" will be released in June next year.

"Legend 3 Legend World" introduced from the brother company will be launched in September next year.

"Miracle MU2" will be released in March next year. "

Xu Liang nodded.

Now Hongmeng Games China Company has three major studios.

Dijiang Studio has developed two games: "Tianxia" and "Zichuan", introduced a game "Millennium", and is preparing to develop a game "Legend of Xiaobing".

There are also two games developed by Jumang Studio: "Dragon Babu" and "Sou Shen Ji", one imported game is "Legend", and one to be developed is "Piaomiao Journey".

Zhurong Studio has developed three games: "Bubble Hall", "Kart Runner" and "Warring States", and introduced four games: "Red Moon", "Audition", "Bubble Show" and "Rock and Roll". Racing".

"Warring States" is an improved version of the Monopoly game.

The game starts in a remote main city. You roll dice to move around the big map. You make different options to trigger events through different cells, and gradually accumulate strength.

Players collect resources, arm troops, cultivate characters, and capture cities. Except that there is no fog of war system, it is equivalent to combining the strategy of 4X games with the randomness of Monopoly.

When players stay in enemy territory, instead of simply buying land or paying taxes, they can also choose to raid or directly attack the city.

In special cells, you can choose to learn skills from a master, recruit soldiers, restore physical strength, learn skills, recruit generals, etc.

Nearly a hundred recruitable characters have also been designed based on historical records and folklore, with their skills and attributes designed.

Although it is not a large game, it is very playable.

This game is also the third game developed by Zhurong Studio, and the first game developed by itself without the guidance of Xu Liang.

It is still in the research and development stage.

"Mr. Xu, I want to set up another studio."

"Why?"

"With the development of overseas Hongmeng game subsidiaries, more and more games will be introduced in the future. Our company's strategy is that 20% of game profits should be controlled by the studio.

Half of this 20% goes to the working group that develops the game.

The working group responsible for introducing games can take away 10% of the profits of a game by simply localizing it. This is very unfair to the working groups that develop from scratch such as "Tianxia" and "Kart Runner". "

Xu Liangliang was stunned.

Don't worry about scarcity but inequality.

Why do I work so hard and get the same amount as you guys who don't work much?

"Moreover, by separating the imported games separately, the head office can also retain more profits." Wu Xifan said.

The working team that worked hard on research and development can get 10% of the game's profits. If it is just translated into Chinese, there is no need to pay a share, or a share of one or two points will be given. After all, life is very easy.

In this way, Hongmeng will earn more.

As a qualified capitalist, Xu Liang naturally had no reason to refuse.

"I agree to your request, but this studio is not suitable to continue sorting by mythical characters."

Wu Xifan nodded, it's just a name, you can choose any one.

Xu Liang picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

"I heard that the domestic game market has been very prosperous this year, and the popularity of "Legend" has almost been suppressed?"

"There are indeed many good games produced in China this year. Among the top five are "Legend of Blood", "Miracle MU" and "Bubble Hall" produced by us, as well as "Conquer" produced by NetDragon, and Xishanju The just-launched "Swordsman Love Online Version"."

Xu Liang nodded slightly. Whether it was "Conquer" or "Swordsman Love Online Edition", they were all deeply remembered by him.

"Conquest", which focuses on PK, is one of the few games in the domestic online game market in 2003 that can still be popular despite the competition from "Legend of Blood".

Moreover, in the following ten years, NetDragon launched dozens of expansion packs and distributed "Conquer" to more than 100 countries around the world, which can be said to have been developed to the extreme.

Not to mention "Swordsman Love Online Edition", it set off a comprehensive martial arts craze in the domestic online game market and became a common martial arts memory for many old players.

And it also sells well in Greater China and Southeast Asia, which are influenced by martial arts.

"Both our "Tianxia" and "Dragon" can't compete with Swordsman Love?" Xu Liang asked

Now is different from the last life.

Hongmeng Games has already developed two martial arts games.

"Of course not. Now "Tian Long Ba Bu" and "Tian Xia" are still among the top ten games in China, but our two games have been on the market for more than a year, and the novelty of players has passed. And the stand-alone version of "Swordsman Love" The game has also accumulated a lot of users, and as soon as the online version was released, it instantly exploded in the market."

Xu Liang nodded, "Which one has better results, "The World" or "Tian Long Ba Bu"?"

""The World" is better, but it's only good."

"You should pay more attention to it. When two games of the same type are being developed, I'm afraid some designs and ideas may collide. If there is a misunderstanding, it will hurt the harmony." Xu Liang said.

"OK."

Xu Liang originally planned to stop one model if the revenue difference was too big.

Achievements cannot be given up, and you cannot blame others.

But if it's almost the same now, it's hard to do anything.

Xu Liang stood up and said, "Let's go, take me to the office area."

"Please."

After playing around with Hongmeng Games, Xu Liang left.

Instead of going home, he went directly to the headquarters.

"Mr. Xu."

The young man in a crisp suit stood up quickly to say hello.

"Are you, Mr. Xie, here?"

"exist."

Xu Liang knocked on the door, opened the door and walked in after hearing the noise.

Xie Wen, who was looking at something at his desk, saw him come in and quickly stood up to greet him.

"Mr. Xu, why are you here?"

"I have something to discuss with you."

The two sat down in the reception area of ​​Xie Wen's office.

The secretary who followed in brought tea to the two of them.

Xu Liang said directly: "Do you know Jinshan Company?"

"Of course, I have used WPS series and Kingsoft PowerWord, one of the earliest computer software companies in China." After a pause, Xie Wen said, "You plan to acquire him."

Xu Liang nodded, "If we want to launch the mobile operating system, we must build a sufficient ecosystem. Kingsoft's WPS and PowerWord are a good complement to us."

"I thought you were interested in Xishanju's "The Romance of the Swordsman"."

He knew that Xu Liang went to Hongmeng Games for inspection today.

"It's just a game. We have no shortage of profitable game projects. In contrast, the mobile operating system is related to our success or failure in the next ten years. This is the most important thing."

Xie Wen nodded. There is indeed no shortage of money-making games for Hongmeng now. "Legend", "Warcraft", etc. which one is not more popular than "Swordsman Love".

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to acquire Jinshan Company?" Xie Wen said.

Xu Liang frowned, "Why?"

"Lenovo Group holds 30% of Kingsoft's equity and occupies a majority of board seats."

After looking at Xu Liang's expression, Xie Wen continued to explain.

"It all comes down to Microsoft. In 1989, Kingsoft released WPS 1.0 and Kingsoft I Hanka, almost monopolizing the domestic desktop light printing field.

It is difficult for Microsoft Office to compete with him.

However, Qiu Bojun is a top coder, but his level of running a company is average. He easily agreed to the agreement that WPS can interoperate with Word in terms of document format, and was fooled by Microsoft and Gates.

Microsoft just stepped on WPS and completely occupied the domestic office software market.

Then in order to maintain its dominance, the interoperability agreement was torn up and the WPS compatible function of MS Office was erased. This blocking action caused WPS to disappear from the market for a time.

By the time Jinshan realized it, it was already too late.

In order to restore the market, Kingsoft invested heavily in developing a set of software "Pangu Components" similar to office suites.

However, only 2,000 sets of Pangu components were sold, and Jinshan’s first counterattack failed.

However, Qiubojun did not give up. After two years of research and development, Kingsoft launched WPS97 in 1997.

But the cruel reality is that WPS, which has not been updated for a long time, is still overwhelmed by Microsoft even though it has made 97. And in order to do 97, Kingsoft has completely run out of money.

Qiu Bojun even sold his house and car for the sake of the company.

There was no choice but to bring in foreign investors, namely Lenovo.

In 1998, Lenovo injected US$4.5 million in cash into Jinshan Company, thereby holding 30% of Kingsoft's equity and becoming the single largest shareholder. Kingsoft Company subsequently reorganized and established Lenovo Kingsoft Holdings Co., Ltd. in Xiangjiang.

After the reorganization, in addition to Lei Jun, Kingsoft's board of directors also includes independent investor Ye Jiayang, Kingsoft founder Qiu Bojun, Lenovo Group Vice President Yang Yuanqing, and Lenovo Group President Assistant Zhu Linan.

Therefore, Kingsoft is now completely in the hands of Lenovo. "

Xu Liang frowned.

Domestic business is different from foreign countries.

In foreign companies, the company's equity is relatively dispersed, and the real decision-makers within the company are the management including the CEO.

But in China, the shareholders who control the majority of the shares are the actual controllers of the company.

The comprador behind Lenovo Group is one of the big bosses behind the famous Taishan Club, a former Sina shareholder, and Duan Yongji, who almost had a fight with him, is also a member of the Taishan Club.

With this kind of relationship, it is strange that Lenovo would agree to sell Kingsoft to him.

And even if you agree, the price will be very high.

The gain outweighs the loss.