Rebirth of the World’s Richest Man

   Chapter 2720 Online Games

  Although Ding Lei said that he has gotten along relatively happily ever since he met Jiang Xiaobai, but after all, he hadn't seen each other a few times.

   When the wine was over, the dishes were over, and the five flavors were over, Ding Lei slowly started talking about his business.

   "Jiang Dong, when you were at the Internet Summit before, you said that if you want to survive the Internet winter, the main reason is to find a profitable direction for the company."

   "Yes, the direction of profit can be said to be related to the life and death of an enterprise. In the past, we blindly pursued the user growth of the enterprise, the number of installed machines, page views, active people, etc., as long as these data are enough, there will be capital willing to invest.

   But things are different now. In this cold winter, capital will no longer give funds easily, and the stock price has fallen to the bottom.

   Now for all Internet companies, the most important thing is to find a profitable direction, which is a matter of life and death. "

  Jiang Xiaobai's words are very serious and serious. This is also the most urgent thing in all the Internet industries at present, and it is necessary to change from the original style.

  Class D nodded. In fact, most Internet people have a consensus on this.

"Dong Jiang is very insightful. After I came back, I also thought about it a lot. I also opened several discussions to study the profit direction of Net One. Now there are so many directions. Let me tell you, Jiang Dong see if it is feasible. If it is feasible, then we will Net one is about to prepare to launch these projects.

  I don’t want to delay for a moment…”

  Jiang Xiaobai put down his chopsticks and looked like he was listening carefully. The others at the dinner table were similar, all pricked up their ears.

   For Wang Yi, this is life and death. Of course, there are opportunities for trial and error, but there are certainly not many, because the stock price has fallen to a certain extent.

  If it is not profitable for a long time, there will be no Net One company after a year and a half.

   For Zhang Jun, this is a layout of Huaqing Holding Group in the Internet industry, although the scale of investment is not large according to the size of Huaqing Holding Group.

   But it is not too small. If the investment fails, it will not only be a blow to the layout of Huaqing Holding Group, but also cast a shadow on Jiang Xiaobai’s investment vision.

   Even bigger, it will have an impact on the confidence of the domestic Internet industry. After all, Jiang Xiaobai has always been famous for his outstanding investment vision. Even several Internet companies that Jiang Xiaobai personally invested in have failed.

   Who still has the confidence to invest in the Internet industry with domestic capital?

   "Insights don't count, they're just opinions." Jiang Xiaobai said.

  Ding Lei nodded and said, "I'm going to invest in a few games. This online game is profitable at this time. Speaking of which, this inspiration came from Jiang Dong."

   After finishing the first sentence, Jiang Xiaobai had no surprises. In his previous life, Wangyi was transforming into investing in online games, and then he began to turn losses into profits.

   Even when Ding Lei said the words "Online Game", the words "Journey to the West" popped into Jiang Xiaobai's mind.

   If we say that the first year of the domestic Internet industry was 1994, from April 20, 1994, the country was officially connected to the Internet—it started with a 64K international dedicated line. By 1995, to the south of the capital, a huge sign was erected: "How far is it from the information highway - 1500 meters to the north"

   Then to the rise of Sohu, Wangyi, Xinlang and other portals.

   Then 2001 is the first year of domestic online games.

  The millennium has given us too many surprises, good and bad.

   Its arrival has changed the direction of many things, and it has also allowed many players to enter a wider world-Internet cafes from the smoky arcade game hall.

  The domestic online game industry has also developed rapidly during this period, and many popular classics have emerged during this period.

   For example, the online game "Stone Age" developed by JSS;

  For example, the large-scale Q-version 2D role-playing online game "Magic Baby" developed by Duowanguo and produced by Square Enix;

   and the first domestic self-developed 3D online game "King of Kings".

   This is a turbulent era, and it is also known as the "first year of domestic online games".

  The domestic online game industry is booming, and turn-based MMO games have won the favor of a large number of players by relying on simple and easy-to-understand gameplay, excellent social systems, and the fun brought by gameplay such as combat, development, and interaction.

  Foreign online games headed by "Stone Age" and "Magic Baby" are rising rapidly, and the momentum is booming.

It was at this time that a turn-based MMO terminal game independently developed in China stood out from the adversity surrounded by strong enemies. Relying on the "national style" as its characteristic selling point, it successfully occupied the head market of domestic online games and became the other The "new favorite" of the players.

   is also Wangyi's "Journey to the West". But to be more precise, it should be "Westward Journey 2".

   It is possible that early netizens have not played "Western Journey to the West", but it is estimated that there are not many who have not heard of "Western Journey to the West".

   This is the trajectory of historical development, so Jiang Xiaobai is not surprised.

   What makes Jiang Xiaobai surprised is, what is the matter with this D-class saying that he was inspired by himself?

   Seeing Jiang Xiaobai's doubts, Ding Lei explained with a smile: "Didn't you chat with that President Chen at the Internet Summit before?

   Everyone is paying attention to him, and I also got to know him, and found that this online game is still very promising. "

  Ding Lei said, Jiang Xiaobai smiled wryly, it is true that online games have a future, although some people regard them as poisonous, but there are really many people who started online games.

   This Wang Yi did not say that he survived by relying on "Journey to the West", but it is undeniable that "Journey to the West" gave Wang Yi time to transform, and also allowed Wang Yi to see the possibility of making a profit.

   Needless to say, Shanda started with a game, “Legend”.

   If "Westward Journey to the West" is popular, and people who play in Internet cafes early in the morning have never played it or have heard of it, then "Legend" is a netizen who got up early to play in Internet cafes, and one of them has played it.

  The game that was commissioned by the agency of 300,000 US dollars took less than half a year, and the CS and Dark games in the Internet cafe were directly smashed.

  In the Internet cafes at that time, it is no exaggeration to say that 90% of the players played Legend. Legend has attracted the vast majority of players with its simple operation, intense PK and near-perfect values.

   And it also opened a precedent in the industry, that is, the Internet cafe recharge system. Before that, the biggest headache for gamers was the point card problem. They often couldn't buy point cards. With this system, the legendary game was promoted to the whole country and became the overlord of online games.

   (end of this chapter)