Otherworldly Architect

The production team of "Shajill Qiming" is still excitedly discussing the issue of hype.

Anyone in the industry can see that "League of Legends" is buying a lot of traffic.

The heat that others bought with Jinshan Yinhai, I can enjoy it for free - that is simply a great fortune!

The chief designer has even thought about it, if this wave of enthusiasm is successful, then hurry up and launch a new character design.

Just Shajir's younger brother!Exactly the same looks, more hot!

However, after the small meeting ended, two young men approached with their tails between their legs.

With fear in their eyes, they reminded the chief designer in the small black room.

"Shajill's character design was mainly done by Varian...we just changed the hair color. He didn't authorize us, and he also joined Blue Star Studio, so Blue Star's character design is legal ..."

The chief designer frowned: "What? Varian has worked in our company for so many years, this character design is not ours?"

"He did it during his break time..."

"Bullshit! Immediately call the monitoring! Find a time when he is not at his seat during working hours, and say that he made up his personal design at noon to make up for working hours later." The chief designer said, "That's it, in the future Unify the caliber! Shajir's character design belongs to us, it is reasonable and legal!"

However, plans can never keep up with changes.

Just when their team was planning how to catch the heat, a lawyer's letter had already dropped from the sky.

"What?! Blue Star Studio sued us directly?!!!!!!"

Clearly saying that he didn't give his opponent any chance to prepare, a lawyer's letter that had been prepared for a long time was delivered to the door.

At the same time, this human design infringement case has been brought to the People's Court of Sixth Star Province.

Lawyers are ready!

The material has been collected for several months, and even through special channels, part of the monitoring and information of the opponent company has been obtained.

It is enough to prove that what Varian did during his tenure, not only did he not cut corners, but he did his best.

However, in the end, because of an unfounded excuse, he was directly expelled from his position before the ten-year option was available!

You can't even touch anything on your own computer.

In terms of process, before the court accepted the infringement case, both parties and lawyers were invited to meet in court to try to reconcile.

The chief designer of "Shajill Qiming" brought two newcomers.

On the opposite side, Mingyan was there in person, and of course Varian was sitting on the plaintiff's seat.

Mingyan was the youngest among all the people present, and he still looked very handsome, like a fresh graduate.

The defendant basically ignored the express words, and tried to persuade Varian.

But this time Varian was determined and said: "I can forgive you for looking at my computer, but I will never forgive you for using my wife's image!"

The supporting actress in "Shajill's Enlightenment" just copied his wife's character design.

Moreover, [-]% of the meat is exposed...

Varian is furious!

Even if the price on the other side has already reached 30, he is not moved at all.

Sometimes money really works, but more often than not, people still have principles.

Varian's principle is that his wife is above all else!

"My bottom line is to delete these two avatars! Apologize in public!" Varian said angrily, "I want you to apologize in front of my wife! Otherwise, I will bite you to death! If you don't die, I will fuck you forever!"

Mingyan, who was sitting next to him, showed a kind smile, tilted his head and reminded, "Don't forget to make compensation."

"Yes! Both economic loss and psychological damage must be compensated!" Varian said.

The lawyer appropriately added: "The compensation we propose is 3000 million yuan."

The judge's mouth twitched.

This quotation obviously means: reconciliation?Nothing!Come on, let's fight to the bottom!

Seeing that the reconciliation failed, the defendants quickly turned their faces completely.

One person said: "You said that we infringed and stole your character design, so is it embezzlement? Our Xia Jier's character design is clearly the hard work of the art team—"

"It's me!" Varian slapped the table, "Look at my eyes! My hair!"

The judge's eyes widened.

Cough, in fact, he has also watched the CG of "League of Legends", after all, it has been too popular recently.

But the dashing and handsome swordsman inside, and the angry bearded man in front of him?

Could this be the gap between ideal and reality...

Seeing that the situation took a turn for the worse, the two sides were on the verge of breaking out.

"Cough," the chief designer of the defendant finally said, "Varian, it seems that you have had a good life in the past two years. Your wings are stiff, and you remember to bite your old club back?"

He is also an old man in the industry. Although he has not done any popular works, but a profitable designer is a good designer, which is one of the company's signatures.

Varian let out a long sigh, sat down and said, "You're the ones who bullied people too much."

The defendant spoke calmly, and said, "You just joined Blue Star Studio, and you don't have the capital and contacts you used to use, so life must be difficult, right? I heard that you don't have two people under your command, and you have to draw sketches yourself. It seems Blue Star's boss doesn't think much of you either."

Varian's eyebrows twitched, and his face was a little weird.

——"There are no two people under his command"?

There are no two people, but "League of Legends" is not the kind of game that plays with character design. The character images are brought in and set by the players themselves.

There are not many art jobs for human design, so why hire so many people?

——"The boss doesn't take it seriously"?

Varian glanced sideways.

Well, Mingyan is very busy, and I'm still looking for a voice actor for the past two days, and there are thick dark circles under my eyes.

But he came anyway, for the promise of revenge for Varian.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Varian said coldly.

The defendant said: "Think carefully, although Blue Star Studio is in the limelight now, it is only a new small studio after all. And we have been in business for nearly 30 years, and we don't know how many large and small lawsuits we have experienced. Varian, measure your own weight, will the person in charge of Blue Star be willing to fight us for you alone?"

Varian hadn't spoken yet.

"what……"

Mingyan yawned deeply, smacked his lips, and said, "I'm happy."

"Who are you?" The defendant glared at him.

Said plainly: "Blue Star's boss."

"..."

The chief designer's eyeballs almost popped out.

He knew that Blue Star was founded by a rookie architect, and he had also heard that the rookie was called a "genius"...

But he never expected that Mingyan was so young!

It looks a little younger than their company's master interns!

Why can the gap between people be so big, why can't their company produce an immortal genius?

As long as there is a "Minecraft", it is impossible for them to maintain such a small scale after so many years!

God is really not fair.

"Reconciliation is impossible." Ming Yan said lazily, "I will support Varian. You want 30 yuan to settle this matter? To be honest, I have prepared 300 million yuan for the cost of the lawsuit. If it is not enough, Will add later."

As soon as these words came out, there was no sound in the room.

This is the kind of master who is afraid of going to court.

Rich, free, and reasonable!

In the end, he still fought for his breath and insisted on fighting to the end!

To be honest, the defendant's lawyer is already considering a formal apology...

But the chief designer, who is over [-] years old, was humiliated by the juniors in public.

His face was flushed, and he said, "You have to think about it! It takes years and months to go to court, not to mention this year, next year may not be able to get a result!"

After saying this, the judge's face was a little ugly.

The lawyer desperately tugged on the chief designer's sleeve, but he still couldn't hold him back.

He said angrily: "Don't wait for the lawsuit to come out! Your small studio will go bankrupt first! What "League of Legends", what "Minecraft", I am! You will not be able to open it sooner or later. Shut down the server!"

Mingyan raised his eyelids and said, "Oh. Then you must live until then."

Everyone: "..."

Huh.

Varian was taken aback.

This shows that the chief architect usually does not show the mountains and does not show the water, but when the two lips touch each other, it can really choke a person to death.

In the end, the defendant was so angry that his veins showed.Almost crawled over from behind the seat, rolled up his sleeves and beat someone up.

Mingyan is still the old god, as if he can't see the eyes on the other side who want to choose someone.

He said to Varian: "Okay, the harsh words are over, and the next step will be handed over to the legal team."

Varian nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

After all his anger was vented, he turned back into a big sheep with a beard.

By the way, their lawyer team hired the firm downstairs.

Yes, that's right, Cleary's office.

When he first heard this, Mingyan was still surprised.

It was Kerry who called back, and said very unconvinced: "What are you doing! I am not as good as you in making games, so why am I not allowed to do other things? Our family's property is so big, it can't compare with poor people like you! "

Ming Yan thought, why is this guy still so annoying when he talks.

But the big companies still have a lot of background, and the few gold medal lawyers hired by Creary are all capable of business.

And they just go upstairs and downstairs, so communication should not be too convenient.

Mingyan finally made a decision, and handed over the infringement case to the lawyer team of Creely.

Although the lawsuit is expected to take a year or two, this is the longest time the defendant has shamelessly delayed indefinitely.

But the final victory is a certainty, there is no need to ask too much, the difference is the amount of compensation.

So when I went to work the next day.

Varian brought a pack of dried flowers, and with a rare shyness on his face behind his beard, he said, "Boss, this is made by my wife. We want to thank you, and we are busy with my small copyright issue." After running for so long..."

Mingyan did not refuse, after receiving the dried flowers, he said with a smile: "It's still early, there will be a chance for the other party to apologize in person in the future."

It can be seen that Creary's lawyer team is really quite qualified.

Because not long after the case was accepted, the other party panicked.

They also specially sent a publicist to reconcile with Varian privately.

In the past few days, Varian went to work with a red face, and from time to time brought some special products to distribute to Blue Star's colleagues.

"Lao Wa has gotten rich!" Everyone laughed at him.

Varian said cheerfully: "Someone is begging me now. I won't agree to me, and I will drag them along. Gifts can be accepted, and meals can be eaten as well. They will be mad at them!"

He felt that Boss Ming had an idea.

Ming Yan said to him: "It's just a sugar-coated cannonball. You eat all the sugar-coating and shoot the cannonball back."

Even more ruthless than a ruthless man, he is a werewolf!

On the other hand, the lawyer's letter has been sent out, and the official account of "League of Legends" also issued a clarification manuscript at the same time.

This matter was prepared long ago, and the manuscript was written early in the morning.

Sending it out at this moment, on the one hand, is to clarify the rumors of plagiarism, and on the other hand, it is also to call on players and fans to treat this matter rationally.

Blue Star Studio is not a weakling who can be bullied, even his fists have already been thrown out!

So after seeing the announcement, the players felt at ease because of the official attitude.

Fans even began to tell each other: "Don't go to other places to read posts casually, one fan is ten black, and Blue Star will be recruited black."

"Let's not bring heat to the spicy chicken production team! Don't brush, don't hack, don't water, resist rationally, and piss them off!"

It can be seen from this incident that Blue Star Studio already has a certain number of fans.

The speed at which the studio built their official website was far behind their popularity.

The official account has tens of millions of followers, and the official websites of "Minecraft" and "League of Legends" have hundreds of millions of favorites.

But Bluestar didn't have its own user account system, and there wasn't an official platform to connect its games.

The road has to be walked step by step, and the meal has to be eaten bite by bite.

Boss Ming is already so busy that he can only sleep three or four hours a day.

He has a lot of things to do, including follow-up updates and bug fixes for several games, and he also has to ask about official websites, forums, account numbers, etc., as well as in-game advertisements, shopping malls, etc., as well as "League of Legends" All aspects of the follow-up of the league.

The game will only get bigger and bigger, and more and more, and subsequent updates cannot always be designed by Mingyan himself.

He can only recruit experienced game designers and architects to assist him in completing various tasks.

...Oh, yes, recruiting is also something he has to ask about.

He is also responsible for the training of newcomers. At present, there are no veterans who can lead people, so he can only find time to arrange tasks in person.

With more and more people, logistical problems have also been exposed.

So far, each employee's work computer and resources at hand are still deployed by the smart housekeeper.

Clearly just buy and pay...and keep paying.

Regarding financial issues such as accounting, it is also entrusted to the smart housekeeper.

The advantage of AI is that it will not make mistakes, and it can correct itself very quickly if it makes mistakes; but the disadvantage is that it follows the rules and sometimes pays too much attention to the process, which may cause unexpected tax and time loss.

Also, the production of music and sound effects is imminent.

Blue Star Studio can't always find an outsourced team for all the music of each game in the future.

Mingyan already has a dozen good demo clips in his recorder, but he has been unable to find a suitable opportunity to make complete music.

At present, he has found several suitable independent dubbing studios, and is ready to wait for a suitable opportunity to directly acquire or invest in one...

This is already the most labor-saving way.

All in all, all aspects are waiting to be fed.

He said that he was very busy, but the outside world only saw that the official main website of Blue Star Studio was still under construction.

Finally, the studio LOGO came out, and there is also a home page, but it simply leads to three games: "Minecraft", "League of Legends" and "Hachiko's Story".

Can't even register an account!

(Obviously because it is stated that there is no time to be a server.)

This makes even the players anxious to death.

Someone even suggested on We Media: [Why don't we crowdfund and build an official forum first? 】

Some fans looked at Blue Star Studio as if they had discovered a treasure of genius that hadn't grown yet.

As soon as a bud breaks through the ground, they can't wait to pick more fruit.

God knows how difficult it is to create a good game.

And the players whose appetite has been cultivated are wandering in the "game shortage" where there are no new games to play every day. The kind of hunger and thirst from the heart makes people very sad.

Therefore, they also thought from the bottom of their hearts:

Every studio that can produce good games is a miracle bestowed by God!It must be taken good care of!

Recently, it has been stated that some rewards and donations from players have been received one after another.

"???"

Mingyan is also a little confused.

——Could it be that the profit model of "League of Legends" really worries them?Afraid that the studio will close down because it can't make money?

Although the donations are not many, there are hundreds of thousands in total.

Mingyan was confused for a while, and decided to open a new account to save the money.

If any player activities are held in the future, this money will be used as a bonus and given back to the players.

Because to be honest, Mingyan is really not short of money.

Since the launch of "Minecraft", it has brought more than one billion yuan to Blue Star.

Even though they have been donating to the research institute free of charge, the government subsidies brought about by charitable acts have successively reduced or exempted hundreds of millions of yuan in taxes for Blue Star.

"Defiant Art" is even more terrifying.

This dragon-slaying sword has only been online for a few months, and it has already cut three crops of rich players like leeks.

To this day, the game is still opening new servers, and more than 1000 new servers have been opened.

The servers of Interstellar Age are very powerful. In fact, only two or three servers can accommodate all players.

But in that case, wouldn't there be only two or three titles of "No. [-] local tyrant in the server" and "No. [-] guild in the server"?

How can that be done!

Every local tyrant has great potential and is a stated target customer!They must also have the right to enjoy "server first"!

When the local tyrants' status as emperors is stabilized, the poor players in the server can't survive and are gradually lost...

Then it's time to roll.

If the two servers are merged, will the two "server first" also compete with each other?

There cannot be two tigers in one mountain, and it is necessary to fight to find out who is stronger and who can show off more.

——I have already invested so much money, if I can't keep my first place, wouldn't it be a loss?

——A rich man who has been admired by his brothers for so long, is he still willing to admit that he is not as rich as others, and let his admirers feel disappointed?

They are all used to being No.1 among the stars, who would be willing to submit to others and be the second child of ten thousand years...

Mingyan launched the "Limited Time Purchase Spree" at the right time, and showed a businessman's smile.

In fact, these local tyrants accounted for only 2% of the player population, and contributed 98% of Mingyan's income.

The monthly turnover of "Nei Tian Jue" has broken through the 10 billion mark, officially crossing the threshold of "the most profitable online game club in Chaoyang Alliance"!

With a production cost of only a few million, it returned more than a hundred times the profit to Mingyan, which was even more terrifying than selling drugs.

This frightening statement did not open the official account of "Tulong Baodao Studio", let alone the official website of the studio.

The financial statements of "Nei Tian Jue" must be firmly hidden, so that people in the industry cannot find out how profitable this thing is.

Otherwise, this terrible profitability will easily form a vicious circle in which bad money drives out good money, leading to a high degree of homogeneity and commercialization of the game market.

The good thing is that the cost of publicity and distribution that has been stated is already very terrifying, and it has become the threshold for the dragon sword to come out of the mountain.

Several big capitals waited and watched for a while, thinking that this new model is risky and the benefits are unclear, so they did not choose to follow up.

Finally, there's League of Legends revenue.

The game is not yet complete—or, in other words, MOBA games will never be complete.

The so-called "one version, one god", each version represents the rise of a new profession, the emergence of a new routine and a new genre, and the dominance of a new professional team.

"League of Legends" now only has more than 20 occupations to choose from, and each occupation only has a set of characteristic skins.

Even so, players are still consuming enthusiastically.

Among them, the most popular set of skins is unsurprisingly the "King of the Jungle"-this is the skin used by the jungler of the LOG team when they came back at 15 points.

The star effect is highlighted here!

People are especially willing to support their idols. In their hearts, this set of skins is a symbol of "a man is as determined as iron", and it is a tribute to an unyielding spirit.

In the first month after the New Year's Eve, the monthly turnover of "League of Legends" finally exceeded [-] million.

Such a free game, which can only make money by "selling appearance", broke everyone's inertial thinking.

It turns out that as long as the game is fun, designers can do whatever they want!

Players even heard that after the league was held, Bluestar Studios has been operating the game at a loss... so they spontaneously started to open new accounts to buy skins repeatedly.

Those who are capable will even buy dozens of sets at once.

On the game reviews on the IPP platform, there are also several reviews that are highly praised.

[Currently the new year has not come yet, and the skins in the game are not discounted, so I have to hurry up and buy a few more sets at the original price.Take this opportunity to send more money to Blue Star...]

[I beg you to make more skins, it doesn't matter if you are ugly.Or create a recharge channel, just for fun, the kind that doesn't give away any props! 】

[Other platforms get half of the rewards. Brothers try to buy directly in the game as much as possible, and save some good-looking data for Blue Star. 】

Really, they wanted to send money to Mingyan sincerely, because they were afraid that Blue Star Studio would go bankrupt just like that.

Just like an old mother who has her heart broken, looking at her stupid son, she hates the iron and says: cheating money, silly boy!How can you not learn how to cheat money!Other studios are making a lot of money, why don't you make more money? !What should I do if I'm hungry?