1991 Starting from the core

The day before Teacher's Day, Yuanxin Technology Park welcomed a group of peers in the software industry from all over the country.

As the host, Su Yuanshan accompanied the leaders of the provincial science and technology bureau to visit the science and technology park, and then visited the high-tech zone software base that has been put into construction. According to the planning, in addition to the necessary optical fiber network, supporting medical education and other related livelihood facilities will also be provided next to the software base to truly solve all the worries of high-tech talents.

The next day is Teacher's Day. Professor Su Xinghe rushed to the science and technology park and met with everyone, which was considered a good deal. Subsequently, Su Yuanshan, Xi Xiaoding, and Chen Jing hosted the first true software industry exchange conference.

Since there was no official forum, this exchange conference was held in the form of a tea party, so naturally there was no podium. Everyone has the idea of ​​getting to know each other and having many friends and many paths, so the atmosphere is very harmonious.

But even if there is no podium, everyone knows that Yuanxin has sent three giants, and the speaker is naturally Su Yuanshan.

Therefore, when Su Yuanshan cracked melon seeds and said with a smile, "I have an idea," everyone stopped communicating and looked at him.

"Actually, everyone can see that ours is purely an individual enterprise, and they all have no background."

Listening to Su Yuanshan's words, everyone just smiled and didn't take it seriously - but there was no way to refute it if they really wanted to. After all, from its establishment to the present, Yuanxin has not even taken out a single loan, let alone state-owned assets.

"And because the current domestic computers are mainly concentrated in government agencies, enterprises, institutions, and major schools. Therefore, in order to attract business... In fact, for us, we have to pay more than big players like Neusoft and Shanghai Soft. effort."

This sentence has touched the hearts of everyone, especially those who want to engage in "golden projects" with government departments.

Su Yuanshan smiled and said: "So our life is too difficult, so we can't stay together."

"Mr. Shan, why don't we just set up a federation ourselves." Giant's boss Shi Dazhu said with a smile. He looked around and said, "We are the right people."

When Giant came out with win3.2 this year, Hanka's business suffered an almost devastating blow. Coupled with the sudden rise of Chengdian High-tech in the complete machine market, their complete machine life is also very difficult.

But this does not prevent Giant from still being the largest company here except Yuanxin.

Su Yuanshan nodded with a smile: "Okay, but today's main discussion is not about setting up a federation, but about the future of our domestic software industry."

When it came to the way out, everyone looked at him, especially Qiu Bojun from Jinshan - there was even more gratitude in his eyes.

Through Xinghai, Kingsoft's WPS and Super Jieba have successfully entered the Western market, especially Super Jieba, which has quickly achieved a dominant market position by relying on reasonable prices and powerful functions - just kidding, this can drive the optical drive The software that turns into a VCD, you can earn money by buying it.

Although WPS is making slow progress, it still relies on Xinghai's channels to achieve certain results.

After all, WPS was born two years earlier than office, and QBJ is known as the number one programmer in the country.

It's a pity that there was no Yuanxin at that time, and Qiu Bo's army had no channel to enter the West, otherwise there would be nothing to do with the office.

"Currently, commercial software has just started in the West, but if you make similar software, it will be difficult to catch up. Not only do you have to make breakthroughs in functionality, but you also have to rush for time. In the end, it will still fall on programming talents... Frankly speaking , As far as programmers are concerned, there is still a huge shortage in China.”

"So in the field of commercial software, all we have to do is fill the market gap. This depends on everyone's vision. Xinghai can only help everyone reduce operational costs and troubles."

"But in addition to commercial software, there is actually a market that is emerging in the west. In other words... even Ni Country is facing changes."

Shi Dazhu's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "What market is it?"

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly: "The game, to be precise, is a 3D game."

Everyone was surprised.

"I won't hide it from you. Yuanxin will launch an extremely sharp 3D accelerator card next year at the latest. It can realize all 3D expressions you can think of and truly bring games into the 3D world."

Qiu Bojun hesitated for a moment and said: "Is this about PC? What about Ni Country? Ni Country is mainly about consoles...can you also use this accelerator card?"

Su Yuanshan smiled and shook his head: "I won't reveal the relevant details. I will just say that a console will be released soon, and it will also fully support 3D."

This news is really a bit of an inside story.

At present, the game console with the highest market share is the SFC "Super Nintendo". This is a 16-bit console that has been very successful. Its powerful performance and the scalability of external CD-ROM have made it popular from Japan to Europe and the United States. And everyone present knows more or less the anecdotes that it led to the break between Nintendo and Sony.

But no matter how super SFC is, it is just a 16-bit computer. Of course, there is no problem in running 2D games, but if you want to run a true 3D game full of polygons, the game screen will probably be more mosaic than mosaic.

"Then Mr. Shan means to let us play games?"

Shi Dazhu reacted quickly and immediately realized Su Yuanshan's intention.

Su Yuanshan smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

He just said softly: "Making a game is not just about software development, but you need to be devoted to it. And... you also need to consider the feelings of the players and listen to their voices."

"Any game manufacturer that only entertains itself and doesn't care about the players' feelings will not escape the fate of death."

"Any game manufacturer that only cares about kitsch players and loses its identity will also not escape the fate of destruction."

"Making games is an art of stubborn compromise and balance."

"Presenting the world and stories you like in a way that users like is the biggest secret to a successful game company."

Su Yuanshan shrugged after speaking: "I only know this, and I don't know if it's right or not. I'm not suggesting that everyone should play games all at once... but I think that if there is no way to go, you can consider it. If you want to If you want to invest in expanding your business, you can also consider it.”

"If you are interested, Yuanxin can provide you with relevant engine and API support through Xinghai."

At this time, Deng Hanqing, a programmer from the provincial capital who had been silent all this time and the founder of the first game studio in the provincial capital, suddenly said: "Mr. Shan, we are developing a game now. What I want to say is , a game studio, without the investment and support of external funds, will be difficult to survive a long development period.”

"But in China, no one invests in games at all."

Su Yuanshan smiled and nodded: "It's okay, Yuanxin will set up a venture capital fund."