Reborn to create a virtual world

Lin Shu did not directly describe this truth in words.

There are too many games that I have learned to sell my feelings this year, so many that they are almost covered.This is not surprising, in the past 45 years of rampant piracy culture, too much culture died of piracy; in the past 25 years of piracy of games, too many ideals and enthusiasm died of reality.

And later on, the game groups that survived and did not change jobs all learned to sell their feelings...or to sell their pity.Tell you that without the movie ticket you bought, our business will have no future; tell you that without the sales of many genuine copies, we will not be able to carry out the next round of research and development.

Lin Shu didn't like this way, because that gesture seemed too pitiful and embarrassing.He'd never been one to pose like that—there's no harm in doing it commercially, but he doesn't have a publicity department right now, so he doesn't want to make such a project himself.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't have ideas.

For Lin Shu, the original game platform is not the only project he can use as a starting point, but he has chosen to fight against piracy.This is the most suitable step to draw more people into this industry - lowering the level of commercial game production while expanding the number of professional or amateur practitioners is what he thought of, which can revive the stand-alone game industry in advance and promote the development of copyright most effective means.

The next development is very logical.

On June 6th, the future game engine Level 17 was launched. On that night, there was a lot of quarrel in various forums over the platform and charging standards.But even so, the amount on Lin Shu's book is still growing at an alarming rate.

On June 6, the charging standard for the engine was condemned a lot, and this was exactly what Lin Shu expected. He watched the development of the situation silently, even if he was personally attacked, he did not say anything.

On the evening of June 6, the quarrel reached a climax. Although some people had already said that the game platform did not come up with a double charging mechanism, they were not taken seriously.

That night, Lin Shu posted a message on the official Weibo. Instead of defending the method of charging, Lin Shu posted a long statistic Weibo related to the development of the game industry in the past 25 years.

He lists hundreds of games that have appeared in the past, and each game lists the development date, release date, and the last time the game group or game company disbanded.Some are not accurate to the day, some are not even accurate to the month, but this is enough to express his intention.

All companies or production teams that no longer exist are marked in red, while the few domestic companies that are still alive are marked in black.But in fact, the whole picture actually shows the cruel scenery of the red mountains and rivers of the motherland.

While @ the few remaining game groups and game companies, Lin Shu also @ @ those companies that survived and turned to online games or other companies.Some official Weibo retweets, some did not.

But this influence is enough.

The subsequent reversal was naturally expected. There was no dispute about the future engine for a long time, because the original data was transferred for free, and the fact that the original serial number became the engine serial number was quickly spread in the next few days. .Lin Shu skillfully took advantage of the short-term misunderstanding and some of the concessions, while reversing the situation, he gave the game group with only two people a lot of favorability and topicality.

In addition to gaining brand favorability, this turmoil also quickly sealed the mouths of some people to prevent the other party from attacking Lin Shu with the charging model—because in essence, the new charging model created by Lin Shu actually has great benefits Foreground, it is easy to attract attacks.

But Lin Shu took the initiative to create a loophole for himself, creating the illusion that he might charge twice, attracting attacks from everyone.This has many advantages for him-one is that after this attack is reversed, the person who was slapped in the face will lose the position to attack the future game group with the same argument.

Sure enough, after this big reversal, the sales model of the game platform, which was originally the most vulnerable to attack, has hardly attracted any criticism.Firstly, it was because the pricing of the sales program seemed reasonable and cheap, and secondly, it was because Lin Shu clearly had the upper hand in the previous fight, which inevitably made most attackers more cautious.

And Yang Ziqi almost watched the whole fight.

In fact, from the launch of Lin Shu's platform, Yang Ziqi saw a subtle meaning in this design, but it was only a vague intention, not very clear and mature.

He is also one of the people who purchased and downloaded all the activation codes on the platform for the first time, and tried all the functions.But in the process of trying, the whole engine shocked him far more than when playing "Three Kingdoms Ideal".

Especially when he found that using the engine to make games is not only so simple that ordinary people can get started, but can even be uploaded to online platforms for sale through in-game settings.

The previous doubts about the exquisiteness of the game "Three Kingdoms Ideal" and the incomprehension about Lin Shu's free upload of such a game have all been answered at this time.

As a large game company, even if Yang Ziqi is only the technical director, he is keenly aware of the role such an engine and platform can play, and the potential behind it.

Yang Ziqi finally realizes that Lin Shu, who can only be called a child, has far greater ambitions than he expected.From the very beginning, what he was planning was not the profit of a game, but an entire field.

That night, Yang Ziqi took the entire procedure to find Beichen's current boss, and after some discussion, the other party urgently summoned Beichen's current management for an impromptu meeting.

The meeting lasted less than an hour, and then Yang Ziqi left Binhai City and drove onto the expressway to Huxi City.

The night before, Lin Shu observed the situation and planned the follow-up process very late. When he came downstairs yawning early the next morning, the first thing he saw was Yang Ziqi sitting in his living room.

After seeing him coming downstairs, Yang Ziqi only exchanged a few hasty greetings before he couldn't help but get to the point.

"Lin Shu, 2000 million, buy "Three Kingdoms" and its accompanying engine, as well as related technology, would you like to sell it?"

At that moment, to be honest, Lin Shu was somewhat taken aback by Yang Ziqi's straightforward attitude.

Not only Lin Shu was shocked, but Liang Yuehua was also shocked.Thanks to Lin Jinhua's lazy personality and being a night owl, he was still asleep upstairs at this time, otherwise Lin Shu would not know how Lin Jinhua would react.

After a while, he took the milk from Liang Yuehua, sat down on the sofa, and said to Yang Ziqi, "Mr. Yang, 2000 million...isn't the lowest offer?"

Lin Shu naturally understood in his heart that the value of this engine was far more than 2000 million, not to mention the encryption technology and transmission technology involved in it.But he didn't think that Yang Ziqi also understood the true value of this engine and its related technologies.

Yang Ziqi may understand that such an engine and platform are very valuable, but he is different from Lin Shu, he has more guesses and uncertainties about the future, which leads to his valuation of the engine and platform to be a little bit. room.

Yang Ziqi didn't expect Lin Shu to ask such a question, he was taken aback for a moment, and then answered, "Actually, it's the highest price the company is willing to give."

"Give the highest quotation from the very beginning...Mr. Yang, don't you leave some room for negotiation?" Lin Shu asked with a smile.

Yang Ziqi was silent for a while, and then said: "I don't think it makes sense." He paused, and then said, "I'm not discriminating against age...In fact, I think it should be a compliment. Lin Shu, you are not like I usually see You are very smart, very smart, but I think you are only ten years old after all. Ten-year-old children... There are always some things that are different from adults. "

He said: "So I won't play adult tricks with you. Rather, I don't think that tricks can work on you. Your world is different from ours after all. I have experienced it so I know. I think you may know some negotiating knowledge, because you are indeed a smart boy, but the more you do, the less necessary it is for me to do so.”

Lin Shu understood what he meant.Yang Ziqi felt that even if a child knew the skills of negotiation, he would not recognize the meaning of negotiation itself.Because the world of children, at least in concept, must be straightforward.He may not agree with such an approach.

But Lin Shu has always acted smarter, so Yang Ziqi didn't think that coaxing at the expiration of the term could play a big role, and it would be bad if there was a reaction, so he gave up this approach from the beginning.

Lin Shu was silent for a while, but then laughed.

He wasn't really a child, but Yang Ziqi was right about one thing - no matter what kind of negotiation skills Yang Ziqi used on him, it was useless, although the reason was not the same as Yang Ziqi thought.

He said slowly to Yang Ziqi: "Mr. Yang, although you may not understand...but I will not sell the first game or project in my life for 2000 million."

He didn't say that Yang Ziqi's valuation is lower than his own valuation of trading platforms and encryption, because it doesn't make sense to say that.He can't force people to look at the value at this time from the perspective of ten or twenty years from now, that's not realistic.From the point of view at this time, Yang Ziqi's valuation is already high enough - it is estimated that most of it is because the engine is made perfectly, and they are currently unable to break the encryption method used by Lin Shu, and they realize that building such a platform, such a Strong cryptography is indispensable.

Yang Ziqi was really surprised when he heard this.He thought for a while, and then said to Lin Shu: "Lin Shu, I must admit that the real value of the engine and the platform you have built may indeed be more than 2000 million. But this real value is actually one This is an ideal form...Because in the process of realizing this value, you need to solve many problems-soon, not only Beichen, but more large companies will discover the value of such a platform, and they have financial resources and Technology, manpower... I'm only speaking from the standpoint of Beichen. If we want to imitate a similar engine and a similar platform, we don't even need to spend 2000 million. But we have far more influence than you , publicity ability, and operational ability.”

Lin Shu was unmoved, and said, "In this case, Mr. Yang, why don't you just spend 2000 million yuan to imitate an engine and platform?"

Yang Ziqi choked suddenly.

Lin Shu smiled, and didn't wait for the other party's answer, so he answered the question himself: "Everything you said is actually true. I don't have as much financial resources, material resources, and manpower as you. But in fact, I have An advantage that you cannot replace with all your financial, material and human resources."

He smiled and said, "I have time."

"How long would it take you guys to make a platform like this? Three months? Six months? A year? No, it's not going to be enough because you don't have experience with this type of system. Design mechanism, calculate data, eliminate BUG, ​​because you have never tried a similar system. Of course, because our future system already exists, you can barely be regarded as a reference object, but I am very confident in the encryption method I use , even if it is not unbreakable, but I don't think you can crack it in a short time."

"And for me, that's the advantage."

When he walked out of Lin's house, Yang Ziqi felt a bit lost.

He feels that he has lived for dogs in the past 20 years.

If he hadn't lived on a dog, why would he feel for a moment that he was not as good as a kid who was ten or twenty years younger than him?In the end, instead of being able to convince Lin Shu, the other party pointed out the core of the negotiation.

Then Yang Ziqi saw another child head on.

At some point, there was another child standing at the door of the Lin family. He looked about the same age as Lin Shu, with handsome features. Although he was not as beautiful as Lin Shu, he could already see how handsome he would be in the future.His hair hangs down to his ears, which is the short haircut that children at this time often cut to reach the ears, but it is not as well-behaved as ordinary children, but it shows a bit of fashion and fashion.

Although he was young, he was wearing a well-fitting shirt vest and suit trousers.In this already hot June, people always feel a subtle sense of disobedience.

Although Yang Ziqi was in a trance, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

When the boy saw him coming out of Lin's house, he seemed to be taken aback for a while, and looked at him with doubts for a long time.

Yang Ziqi thought about it, and thought it might be Lin Shu's classmate, so he didn't think much about it.It's just that after he got into the car, he glanced in front of the door inadvertently, only to find that the other party hadn't pressed the doorbell yet, but one hand was holding on to the hem of his vest. He seemed very nervous, but he was taken aback for a moment.

This child looked very shy, completely different from Lin Shu who was so old and fearsome at a young age, and he didn't know how he became friends.

Thinking of this, Yang Ziqi started the car.