357. Dragons should have a sense of crisis
In 1987, Su Budong seemed to have done many things that had nothing to do with games. His awakening was because he saw an article.
At Narita Airport, Su Budong bought a copy of "FAMI" and the headline article was: "The Fall of the God of War, Rise of the New God". Because the waiting time was not long, Su Budong brought this issue of the game magazine on the plane and prepared to read it carefully.
On the plane, he read the article carefully.
The article says: "There are few FC players who don't know about War Dragon, just as incredible as those who buy TVs don't know about Sony. The games such as "Three Kingdoms", "Blue Dragon", "Contra", "Plant vs. Zombies" produced by War Dragon are all popular works. However, since 1987, War Dragon has disappeared at an incredible speed. Apart from a game "Star Kirby", which makes girls like, we have not heard any news about War Dragon's new work this year.
After four years of continuous accumulation and struggle over the past 1983-86, 1987 can be regarded as an era when the electronic game industry matures, but Zhan Long was obviously absent in the first half of this critical year.
Are they lying on the credit book and waiting to die? I think when a company crosses the sky at a comet-like speed, it will disappear at the same speed.
The changes in the market this year can be seen from the naked eye: In January, Nintendo's American version was officially released (the game consoles that were visible on the US market before were all parallel products, which can be regarded as Nintendo officially entering the North American market after experiencing the game winter.) In the same month, Link's adventure was released. This is the orthodox sequel to the first generation Zelda. This work inherits the first generation in the plot, but the game console is not inherited much. This generation adopts the horizontal scroll mode, and the general picture is a 2D traditional look. If you encounter a monster, you will switch back to the horizontal scroll scene and enter the battle. It is rare for the second generation to carry out such a big innovation game, which can be said to show Nintendo's courage.
In February, Enix's Dragon Quest 2 was released. This time the story took place a hundred years after the first generation. The descendants of the three brave "Luo Gang" gathered together to defeat the evil priest and began adventure. This work introduced the choice of partners for the first time. The protagonist can choose two partners who also inherited their bloodlines and work together to complete the adventure. The map is 4 times the size of the previous work (the capacity is still a certain difference from the "Legend of Jin Yong" by Zhan Long), the number of puzzles increases, and the difficulty of the entire game increases. There are many daily buyers on sale, with the first sales for many weeks, with an average score of 9.55 points. This record is unprecedented.
April: Nintendo held a press conference and announced that Nintendo's red and white machine FC sold more than 10 million units in Japan, reaching the popularity of two companies and one unit.
Yamauchi Hiroshi said more than once: "In the future, in the competition for family games, whether to develop software that attracts players for a long time and makes them feel interesting and fun is the key to determining the outcome."
In fact, the author views it the same way, but Zhanlong is not doing his job properly. It is said that their founder Su Budong has been on business trips since the beginning of this year, rather than making games as quiet as other game producers. So we can't help but pessimistically think: the fall of the old god and the rise of the new god...
Su Budong did not listen to the advice of criticism. This article has some practical information, and the content has attracted Su Budong's attention. He thought about it for a long time on the plane, which was also a habit he developed for a long time on business trips.
Implementation is implementation.
How long did Zhanlong take the lead? He was a little relaxed and thought that he could fight the entire industry with his own abilities? The trend of history will never slow down because of someone. It is irresistible and can only follow it but not go against it. How to follow the trend and grasp the trend is an unavoidable problem. Zhanlong is standing above the trend of history, so he can achieve something. He is a little proud and will finally be abandoned.
How does gaming technology produce leap changes? From 8-bit computers to 16-bit computers to PS2 era (at the same period of the host era, the same below) to PS3/PS4 era, and mobile Internet (mobile game era), every change is a leap forward and jumps forward. This will create an interesting phenomenon: the winners of the previous stage will become the losers of the next stage. If effective changes cannot be produced, the more successful the early stage, the higher the possibility of being eliminated in the later stage. This is a very cruel thing in the world.
For example, the destruction of Atari, the decline of Sega, and the decline of Nintendo for a period of time can all be regarded as failures during the leap. But the cruel thing is that Sega did not hold on after DC, but Nintendo held on and ushered in Nirvana.
The achievements made in the early stage will become the cost of the later transition.
To avoid this situation, Zhanlong must always have a sense of crisis, be overtaken by others, and be abandoned by players. He must never be self-satisfied and then stop the motivation and pace of progress.
It was already past 9 pm after landing, and Su Budong called: "After I arrived at the company, I will hold an emergency high-level meeting immediately."
Several senior officials who didn't know what happened were all called up, and for the first time they saw Su Budong sitting in the middle, their expression was so serious.
"Everyone, I want to say sorry first. Call you here so late." Su Budong looked at everyone present and said the content of the magazine in his hand.
"Since the Chinese New Year this year, I have done many things, some of which are my private affairs, which have affected the company's business and made the industry think Zhanlong is sleeping." Su Budong said.
"Boss, I don't think it's true. Our game department is still very busy now." Chu Xingyun wanted to ease the serious atmosphere at the moment, but Su Budong did not smile.
"This is the most terrifying thing, that is, our Dragon Warriors have too weak sense of crisis. Others have already chased us, and we still think we are the best in the world." Su Budong's words were not to criticize anyone by name, but to reflect on himself.
"I know, we have created a series of popular games together, but is that enough? No, it's not enough. I want more than these. Our company is open in China, and there are advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that we can be the only one in China and can grow wildly. The disadvantage is that we are too far from the center of the game and cannot see the profound changes happening in the world every day. The same is true for games. For example, trends, we created the RPG Blue Dragon, but does the second part have a story script? Is there any plan? No, because I won't say it.
No one thought of making the second part. Maybe someone thought of it, but because I was not here, no one mentioned it. The whole company is centered on me, which is not a good thing. Because I found that I was seriously insufficient in energy this year, and all aspects that needed to be taken seriously overdraw my energy. The planning was also a waste of time." Su Budong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "So sorry to you again. From tomorrow, I will strictly control the game. This is the foundation of Zhanlong. I may be involved in other side jobs, but my energy will not be mainly focused on this aspect."
After Su Budong finished speaking, Chu Xingyun looked bitter. He was used to living a life without a boss, and his life was so strict.
"The second thing is to remove Lin Muyu from the position of head of logistics department and secretary of my secretary, and the candidate for the new secretary was reselected by the secretariat - the man who wanted to be the CFO of the Xiangjiang Finance Company, raising funds for the company's major events in the second half of the year." Su Budong arranged his work in an orderly manner.
"We have a financial company in Xiangjiang?" This is the first time Chu Xingyun heard about it.
"Yes, but this matter has not been made public yet." Zhang Yang said casually.
Su Budong arranged several matters one after another, all of which were related to the development of the company. In Zhanlong, he was like a monarch, who controlled the direction of the company's progress.
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After the meeting, Lin Muyu had already handed over his work in Beijing and came to his room.
"Isn't it going well in Japan?" Lin Muyu brought a bottle of red wine, and Su Budong was too lazy to ask what brand of red wine was. Anyway, it tasted a bit good.
"I can't say whether it's going well or not, I can only say it's okay." Su Budong took a sip of red wine.
Before the night, Lin Muyu gently took off her short skirt. Her ankles were so slender and her feet were even more enchanting. If there were many men in this world who would be trampled to death by these feet, no one would doubt it. She took off her glasses, her eyes were as bright as stars, and like a pool, making people want to wander in it. This face was so beautiful that it was suffocating and afraid to look at it. With such a body, few people in the world could resist. Even if a blind man could smell the sweet fragrance emitted from her body, he could also hear her soul-stirring soft words.
She gently hugged Su Budong from behind, and Su Budong's body trembled slightly, and her body seemed to be able to speak, saying something that only adults understand.
"I'm leaving tomorrow," she said.
He hugged her in his arms. Every inch of her body seemed to tell the parting and when she would meet again.
A night of madness.
With shyness and pain, Lin Muyu kissed Su Budong goodbye.
As soon as he woke up in the morning, Su Budong received a call from Fan Ming: "Ancestor, you are back. If you don't come back, will Shilin Hou eat us?"
Su Budong was shocked: "What's wrong?"
"You are so noble that you forget things." Fan Ming was so angry, "Our Marquis's Marquis's competition is about to be held, and we are waiting for you to come back and host the meeting."
Chapter completed!