What Yu Dong wants to do is to build V Club's Steam. What he thinks is that since he has decided to make a good game, he might as well do it right and complete the entire industry chain.
Shen Kong had also thought about completing the industrial chain of the book industry before, but in a traditional industry like books, it is very difficult to get a share of the pie with those oligarch publishers and booksellers, and it requires a lot of investment and risks.
Gao, the most important thing is that once Deep Space wants to enter the market, it will inevitably be squeezed out by publishers and booksellers, which will not be beneficial to Deep Space's own book business.
But the electronic game industry is different. This industry is young, and the professional path of e-sports has just begun. Deep Sky can definitely form an advantage by early deployment.
This WCG is over, and when Battle.net really comes into play, and with the addition of Steam, the rest of the road can be followed exactly as Yu Dong envisioned.
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"I am very optimistic about Ma Tianyuan in "StarCraft", what do you think?"
After the first day of competition, Liu Qing rubbed his blurry eyes and said to Ren Hongfei.
Ren Hongfei nodded. He agreed with Liu Qing's view. Ma Tianyuan was obviously stronger than the others. In the first half of the game, only Story gave him a little hindrance. The competition with the others was basically chopping melons and vegetables.
In fact, in most of the first half of the competition, the level gap between the players on both sides was not small.
"StarCraft" has more than a hundred players, and the competition system is very cruel. The first half of the game adopts a bo3 elimination system. If you lose one game, you will have no chance. It will not be divided into three groups until the top twelve, and then a single round robin within the group will be played.
, after the group stage competition, the first place in each group and the second place with the best results will advance to the semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals will determine the championship and runner-up, and the losers will determine the third and fourth place.
If a player wants to win the championship, he needs to play seven or eight rounds. If every round is played, he needs to play twenty-one or twenty-four games.
Of course, under normal circumstances, it is not necessary to play so many games. Take Ma Tianyuan as an example. Before entering the top 12, he played a total of three rounds, and he only played seven games in these three rounds. In addition to playing with Story
In addition, the first two rounds were won 2-0, and each round was very short.
This situation was normal in the first half of the game, and there were many one-sided situations, so the time was actually not bad.
"Sigh." Liu Qing twisted his neck again and sighed: "The game is good to watch, but the key is that the other three games are all held at the same time, so there is no way to go. And our tickets are limited to venues, so we can go
No other venues.”
"The other three games, only "Quake" is better, "Escape" and "FIFA" are not interesting." Ren Hongfei said.
Liu Qing retorted, "How could it be possible? For this competition, "Escape" specially made a new map. It is very difficult. All players play blindly, so they can't play for long at all."
In order to increase the competitiveness of the game, Shen Kong specially created a new map for "Escape", adding some special levels based on the original Great Wall map.
Moreover, the competition is not about who can run farther, but a points competition. The player who obtains more points in the same time period wins. In order to obtain more points, players need to eat as many props as possible, which increases the difficulty of the game.
"And "FIFA", you don't play football, so you don't know how fun football games are."
Ren Hongfei shrugged, "In fact, I have seen several players who play FIFA who don't usually play football."
"It's impossible to play this game without playing football... Hey, look at that foreigner, is he the one who was with you this morning?"
Ren Hongfei looked in the direction of Liu Qing's finger and saw Michael Mohan standing in a daze in front of the WCG display poster in the lobby on the first floor.
The two walked over and Ren Hongfei said, "Mr. Mohan?"
Michael Mohan turned around and saw Ren Hongfei, showing a surprised smile, "Ren, you are still here as expected."
Ren Hongfei looked surprised, "Are you waiting for me?"
"Almost." Michael Mohan smiled and nodded.
After chatting with YU in the auditorium today, Yu Dong's words of "what a pity" made him feel that he should bring Ren Hongfei to YU to see, so at the end of the game, he stood in the hall for a while.
He didn't look at the crowd coming out because he thought it would be too difficult to find a Chinese person he had only met once among a bunch of Chinese faces, so he simply stood in front of the poster and waited for Ren Hongfei to come and "claim it."
"he.
Facts have proved that his strategy is correct.
"Mr. Mohan, what do you want from me?" Ren Hongfei had a puzzled expression on his face. He didn't understand why Michael Mohan was waiting for him here.
Michael Mohan smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I still don't understand what we talked about this morning. I want to talk to you. Is it convenient for you?"
"I..." Ren Hongfei turned to look at Liu Qing.
Liu Qing smiled and said: "Let's talk. I went to the music hall to hang out, and my mother asked me to bring him a tape of "The Rain Keeps Falling". I was just watching the game and almost forgot about it. Mohan
Sir, you can chat, I'm leaving first."
The last sentence was said in English with an awkward accent, but Mohan could hear it clearly.
"Okay, bye."
After Liu Qing left, Mo Han and Ren Hongfei walked side by side towards the game theme museum. As soon as they left the building, they were shivered by the cold wind and couldn't help but shrink their necks.
"I heard you say this morning that you are about to graduate, do you want to find a job?" After just saying one sentence, Mohan felt that his mouth was filled with cold wind, and his teeth kept chattering.
Ren Hongfei didn't fare much better. He walked faster towards the game theme building and answered Mohan's question, "Well, I had this idea when I came to Jinling this time."
Mohan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where can you work in Jinling with your major?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I don't know." Ren Hongfei shook his head, "Our major is very complex and is needed in many places, but those companies don't know it themselves."
"Then would you consider coming to Deep Space Company? Your major is very special. I think only Deep Space Company is the most suitable for you. Deep Space has been developing its computer business in the past few years."
"Of course I have considered it, but because Deep Space Company is holding game competitions and annual meetings, even the human resources department is very busy and has not been hiring recently. I want to submit my resume to their company, but I have to wait until next year."
"So that's it. I know the managers of Deep Space Company. Would you like me to introduce you to them? Maybe they can help you arrange an interview."
Ren Hongfei looked at Mo Han and was a little moved by his proposal. However, on the one hand, Ren Hongfei was not sure whether Mo Han was bragging. Although Ren Hongfei had a good impression of Mo Han, it was the first time for the two of them to meet.
He was not sure what kind of person Mohan was; on the other hand, he felt that something was wrong when he asked the other person to help him through the back door when they met for the first time.
Seeing Ren Hongfei's hesitation, Mohan smiled and said: "I can only help you get an interview opportunity, but I can't guarantee that you will be hired."
These words dispelled Ren Hongfei's doubts. He smiled and said, "Thank you very much."
"Well, then give me your contact information and I will contact you when the arrangements are made."
Ren Hongfei nodded, copied Liu Qing's family number on the paper and handed it to Mo Han.
After talking about work, the two of them almost arrived at the game theme area. Mohan kept bringing the topic to games. Ren Hongfei didn't think much and just chatted with Mohan casually. The more they chatted, the more Mohan felt that
Ren Hongfei is talented in games.
After watching the game for just one day, Ren Hongfei gave a lot of opinions to WCG, such as the competition system, the selection mechanism, and other things related to professional clubs.
"E-sports and video games should be two different things. It should slowly become a sport. As we see today, the competition will be the same as other sports competitions. Since it wants to be sports, it must be standardized. I think this
Deep space companies need to take the lead, or the state intervenes. Along with standardization, marketization will inevitably occur...or it can be said that marketization has already begun before standardization. After this WCG is over, various places will inevitably
A large number of e-sports clubs will emerge, but most of them will definitely be very unprofessional. After a period of chaos, the remaining e-sports clubs will develop the market..."
Ren Hongfei was very detailed and even predicted the development trend of e-sports clubs in the next ten years. The reason why he had this understanding was actually based on research on the development data of video games and other sports clubs.
in conclusion.
Although the projects are different, Ren Hongfei believes that the essence of e-sports is actually the same as other sports. The differences can also be solved through data analysis. As long as you master the data, you can grasp the essence of the world.
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After separating from Mohan, Ren Hongfei has been thinking about Mohan's identity. Although Mohan has been guiding him to speak and he rarely expresses his opinions, it can be heard that Mohan should be engaged in game-related industries.
Perhaps, Mohan himself is an employee of Deep Space Company. Deep Space is very big after all, and it is normal to have a few foreign employees. However, this speculation is not reasonable. The employees of Deep Space must be very busy these two days, and there is no time to go around.
Wandering around.
The next morning, Ren Hongfei suddenly received a call from Mohan. Mohan told him that arrangements had been made for him and that it would be available this afternoon and asked him to go directly to the Deep Space Company.
Ren Hongfei didn't hesitate much, changed into formal clothes, and went straight to the Deep Space Park with Liu Qing in the morning.
In the afternoon, Ren Hongfei walked out of the conference hall and met with Mohan.
After meeting, Mohan led Ren Hongfei to the elevator.
Seeing Mohan press the 46th floor, Ren Hongfei was surprised and said: "Is the personnel department of Deep Space actually on the top floor?"
Mohan smiled: "The person interviewing you is a leader of the company, and his office is on this floor."
Hearing what Mohan said, Ren Hongfei was surprised, but he didn't think much about it. Each floor of the Deep Space Building is very large, and there should be many offices on the 46th floor.
But after the elevator reached the top floor, Ren Hongfei felt something was wrong, because the layout of the top floor of the Deep Space Building was completely different from that of ordinary office buildings.
After coming out of the elevator, there is a large area, very empty, with only some sofas and chairs. It looks like a leisure area, about two to three hundred square meters.
Seeing such a rest area, Ren Hongfei couldn't help but sigh, there are many companies whose entire area is not as big as this rest area.
On both sides of the rest area, there are two doors with no door heads. It is not clear what they are used for. Maybe they are two departments? But even if there are two departments, there is no need to use such doors. It feels like
It's like two independent spaces.
"Let's go."
Mohan took Ren Hongfei towards the office on the east side.
Knocking on the door, Mohan pushed the door open and entered.
After the door was pushed open, Ren Hongfei looked at the scene inside with a surprised expression. It didn't look like an office at all, but more like a bookstore... No, not a bookstore, it should be said to be a book exhibition area. The rows of books on the shelves
The covers of the books face outward so that people who come in can see them at a glance.
There is a large area behind the bookshelf, but I can't see what it is for.
When you walk in and look to the left, there is an office area. A man is writing something on his desk with his head down.
The man didn't even raise his head and simply said, "Wait a moment."
Mohan took Ren Hongfei and sat down on the sofa. Ren Hongfei looked around, and then looked at the man behind the desk, his heart pounding.
He had a bold guess, but it was so outrageous that he couldn't even believe it.
After swallowing, Ren Hongfei leaned over and asked Mohan in a low voice, "Michael, who is this?"
Seeing Ren Hongfei's nervous look, Mo Han found it quite interesting. Ren Hongfei gave him the impression that he was a relatively calm person who was not prone to stage fright. He didn't expect that he would be so nervous now.
He smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you that the person who wants to see you today is YU."
"Really-" Ren Hongfei almost screamed, he tried hard to suppress his voice, "Aren't you trying to harm me? If I had known it was Yu Dong, I would have been well prepared."
"It's not necessary. Why are you so nervous?"
"Aren't you nervous when you see him?" Ren Hongfei asked.
Mohan couldn't say anything to refute. In fact, when he saw YU for the first time, he was a little nervous. After all, YU's reputation was so great that it was really difficult for ordinary people to behave normally when they saw him.
The two of them stopped talking after that. Ren Hongfei kept rubbing his legs and his brain was running rapidly.
He thought that since Yu Dong was interviewing him in person, he would probably talk about something related to literature. Fortunately, he usually liked reading, and he had read basically all of Yu Dong's books, so he would definitely be able to pick up the conversation.
He even recalled the plots in Yu Dong's novels in his mind, just in case Yu Dong asked him later and he couldn't answer.
About five minutes passed, but Ren Hongfei felt like a long time had passed. At this time, Yu Dong raised his head and looked at Ren Hongfei with a smile: "I heard that you have some opinions on "Escape"?"
Chapter completed!