Poaching

Author: Wilderness Elegy

It was Zhou Buqi's impromptu decision to go to NetEase, which was a bit unexpected.

However, some large domestic companies, especially well-known private enterprises like NetEase, have long been accustomed to it. Whether it is NetEase, Alibaba, or Ziweixing, they all have a department dedicated to receiving important people.

It’s not about hosting big bosses from the same industry, it’s mainly about hosting various officials who come for research. This has become an indispensable cost for many large companies.

Zhou Buqi is obviously the most important person.

Boss Ding put down the work at hand and came downstairs to greet him enthusiastically. Then he was a little surprised, because the other person... felt so simple!

There are only two people in total.

One man and one woman.

The man is wearing a black down jacket, because the weather is relatively cold, and he also puts the hat attached to the down jacket on his head, only showing a little bit of his face; the woman is wearing a white down jacket, without a hat, with a beautiful appearance, and the middle part of her neck.

Wearing a bright red scarf.

It was Zhou Buqi and Ning Lu.

How can he have the style of a big boss?

They are just like ordinary young lovers, no different from those employees of NetEase.

Zhou Buqi walked over quickly, shook hands with Lao Ding, and said with a smile: "I'm here temporarily. I have something to explain to you."

Mr. Ding was slightly startled, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I heard that NetEase Games and Changyou had a little conflict recently? They both went to Weibo to quarrel?"

"Hey!" Mr. Ding suddenly became embarrassed and waved his hands repeatedly, "Youfeng was a little impulsive. I have already criticized him, and I won't do it again. It's a normal business poaching, so I have to show my understanding."

No matter what you are thinking, Boss Zhou has come to express his apology in person, so he must be more generous. If he is still fussy and doesn't give face, it would be too stingy.

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Youfeng? Ding Youfeng?"

"Yes, that's him." Boss Ding nodded and added, "The president of NetEase Games."

"Is he there?"

"See you there?"

"good."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

Mr. Ding smiled and said, "It's a coincidence. If you come here at this time tomorrow, You Feng may have to go to Yangcheng."

Then, he briefly introduced the structure of NetEase games.

NetEase's headquarters is in Hangzhou, but NetEase Games' headquarters is in Yangcheng. Ding Youfeng is the president of NetEase Games. He usually travels between Hangcheng and Yangcheng.

The group of people went upstairs together, and Zhou Buqi casually inquired about the situation, "What is the current scale of NetEase Games?"

Mr. Ding said: “The development has been rapid in the past two to three years.”

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "NetEase has chosen the right direction to transform into games. Two or three years ago, I bought NetEase's stock for about 300 million U.S. dollars. I looked at the data that day and found that the stock

It’s now worth over $800 million.”

What he is talking about is the investment of Pluto Capital.

Mr. Ding said frankly: "Yes, NetEase's stock price has risen rapidly in recent years, mainly due to its development in the gaming industry."

Zhou Buqi was very emotional.

Or should I say they are excellent?

Now is the trough period of the gaming industry. Many major gaming companies are having a very difficult time, and their stock prices are getting lower day by day. Even Shanda, the largest domestic gaming giant in the past, has delisted from the US stock market in despair.

NetEase bucked the trend and became one of the top 20 gaming companies in the world.

And this is also Zhou Buqi’s judgment on the general situation of the game industry.

In the past ten years or so, the domestic game industry has actually lagged behind.

It doesn’t work on every level.

Mainly relying on the agent of foreign games to support itself.

For domestically produced games like "Perfect World" and "Dragon", you even secretly ask the Korean team for help and ask them to polish it... It's really a bit embarrassing.

However, China has a huge advantage.

That is the institutional advantage of examination-oriented education in cultivating ordinary talents, and it can develop extremely quickly.

The current domestic game industry is already on par with Japan and South Korea in terms of overall strength, especially at the technical level. The outstanding features of the domestic game industry are good technology, low cost, high efficiency, and fast updates.

For example, Japanese game companies, their biggest advantage is that they have been developing for decades and have a deep foundation.

The family has a solid foundation.

However, no matter how strong the family is, if they keep wasting money, they will be ruined sooner or later. The country is much better than them. Although the domestic game industry has little foundation, it is growing rapidly and making rapid progress.

Judging from the current situation, as long as the country is given a few more years... not to mention catching up with South Korea, it is also easy to win over Europe and the United States.

Ultimately, the gaming industry is a technology industry.

What matters is talent.

Whoever has more talents will be stronger. This is an unchanging truth.

Just like football.

Whichever country has a larger football population will have a stronger football level. Now the national football team is stronger than Vietnam, that’s because the domestic football population is larger than that of Vietnam. After a few years, Vietnam’s football population will increase, and domestic football will

With fewer and fewer children, it is natural for Vietnam to surpass the national football team.

Of course, this is also related to the nature of the game. The game itself is not high-tech.

Just like the Hollywood film industry, there is a whole set of successful formulas for the writing of online novels and the later assembly-line Internet celebrity music.

Once you choose an idea, whoever applies the formula well will be successful.

In this regard, there are enough talents in the country, so it is not unusual to surpass Japan, South Korea, or even Europe and the United States. It is only a matter of one day earlier and one day later, and the scale of talent is there.

However, this is not possible in some particularly high-end fields.

For example, biopharmaceuticals, chemical materials, semiconductors, and operating systems.

There are many ordinary talents in the country.

But these fields are too high-end, and only world-class talents can promote the take-off and progress of this industry. This is no longer possible. In all aspects, China only has disadvantages and no advantages.

World-class talents cannot be deceived by simple emotional guidance and patriotic propaganda. Even a female skiing athlete needs a contract of hundreds of millions to sign her and let her represent the country in the competition. That kind of

How much is a world-class scientist worth?

Zhou Buqi asserted: "The game industry is not a very sophisticated industry. In this field, China will eventually become the number one in the world. NetEase is focusing on transforming to games, and the direction is very right."

Mr. Ding nodded, feeling a little pity, "If the domestic protection of intellectual property rights could be stricter, the country would definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the field of large-scale console games."

Zhou Buqi hesitated for a moment, but then gave some advice, "We have seen the ceiling of PC games, and we still have to look at mobile games next."

Boss Ding did not respond.

NetEase currently has 13 studios and more than 2,000 employees, all of which are developing online games for PC games. It is like a desperate move. In the field of mobile games, it has not yet truly laid out its layout.

After a while, Zhou Buqi went upstairs and met Ding Youfeng, the president of NetEase Games.

After explaining the purpose of his visit, Ding Youfeng blushed.

Somewhat ashamed.

Unexpectedly, after I complained a few words on Weibo, Boss Zhou came over in person. The favor was so generous that he could hardly handle it.

Ding Youfeng took the initiative to lower his profile and apologized repeatedly, saying that he was inconsiderate and posted on Weibo when his head was hot, and released the industry insider information to the public. It really shouldn't have been done.

Then, we talked about poaching.

This time, it was Zhou Buqi's turn to be shocked.

Depend on!

Fooled!

You Ren Yuxin, you didn’t tell the truth!

Not only did he poach COO Zhan Zhonghui, Vice President Chen Wei'an, and R&D Director Wu Yunyang from NetEase Games, he poached more than 30 people in one go!

There is a core studio of NetEase Games in Yangcheng called Dahua Studio.

That's right, it's the studio that develops, designs, maintains, updates, and operates the "Westward Journey" series of games.

Zhan Zhonghui was in charge, and Chen Weoan was in charge.

As a result, Ren Yuxin took action and almost poached the entire core team. In addition to the three core executives, there were 12 planners, marketers, 5 QCs, 8 technical engineers and 5 artists.

personnel.

No wonder Ding Youfeng was so angry that he went to Weibo to provoke Changyou.
Chapter completed!