An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 382 Preparations for Counterattack

"Fuck?! Really?"

When he heard the news that Yunmeng Games planned to build a supercomputing center to provide computing power support for World of Warcraft, Yang Yuan, the editor-in-chief of "People's Union Information Industry News", almost dropped his jaw to the ground in surprise.

So much so that he, who has always been civilized and polite, couldn't help but swear on the spot.

Wang Hongsheng, the editor who reported the news to him, nodded, his face didn't look like he was joking, and he continued the previous topic in a serious tone.

"I was also surprised at first, thinking it was a rumor from some self-media... But then I called the person in charge of Yunmeng Technology, and Professor Chen Mingdong from Xiaguo Engineering College, and I got an answer that there was indeed such a thing .”

Hearing Wang Hongsheng's explanation, the expression on Yang Yuan's face gradually became serious, and at the same time, it was also tinged with an imperceptible excitement.

"There is something about Yunmeng Group... Can you help me contact the executives of Yunmeng Group? The higher the level, the better."

Looking at Editor-in-Chief Yang, Wang Hongsheng was slightly stunned and said.

"Are you planning to do an exclusive interview with Yunmeng Technology?"

"That's right!"

Yang Yuan nodded, with obvious interest in his eyes, and continued.

"It's the first time I've heard of such an interesting thing about using a supercomputer as a game server."

"But... Is it really okay to report news related to video games in a professional media like ours?" Wang Hongsheng said with a slightly hesitant expression.

Regarding the confusion of his subordinates, Yang Yuan said indifferently.

"You don't need to worry about this. If the board of directors asks, I will naturally explain it. You just need to do what I say."

If even this kind of thing is not worth interviewing, what else is worth calling it news?

Yang Yuan is confident enough that this report will definitely shock the entire industry!

In fact, it wasn't just the editorial department of "People's Union Information Industry News" that was shocked. When Yunmeng Game announced the news on its official website, almost the entire game circle was shocked by Yunmeng Game's generosity.

Using supercomputers to provide computing power for World of Warcraft?

Is this a lot of money and no place to burn it, or is it just a gimmick using super calculations?

Under normal circumstances, a supercomputer with a computing power of 10PFlops costs 60,000 to 100,000 yuan a day for electricity alone, and 30 million yuan for electricity alone in a year, and the operating cost easily exceeds 50 million yuan.

This is thanks to the breakthroughs in energy-saving issues in the electronic industry technology in the past two years. If it were two years ago, this figure might have doubled.

But even so, using a supercomputer as a game server is whimsical enough.

After all, the longest lifespan of an MMORPG is five years. For a game that will be eliminated in five years, it costs more than one billion yuan to build a supercomputer, and it also costs tens of millions of server maintenance every year. cost.

Even the wealthy Sea Lion Group may find it difficult to bear such a high cost.

Besides, there is no need for that.

The advantage of supercomputing lies in its huge computing power, and ordinary games do not use such a huge computing power at all. In addition, the hardware level of home computers is generally good now. In order to save costs, many game manufacturers simply put a lot of calculations on the players' computers.

Because this matter was so surprising that the popularity of the topic even overshadowed the beta version of World of Warcraft, and it was listed in the top three of the scarf search list.

[Use a supercomputer as a game server? ? ? Will you really not pay for death? 】

[Mr. Hao: Sorry, money ability means being able to do whatever you want. (funny)】

[I don't know how to complain... I just hope that Yunmeng Games won't bankrupt me. There are not many game developers with such a conscience. 】

[Hahaha, is it okay to go bankrupt? If we really go bankrupt, we will be able to play the game designed by Mr. Hao himself. (dog head)]

[Look at others! Gouyue's sea lion is still engaged in membership jumping, so he is willing to spend money to upgrade the server at Mr. Hao, so I give Yunmeng game a thumbs up! 】

Hao Yun never expected that his decision to build a supercomputer would attract so much attention.

However, the amount of attention he paid couldn't offset the pain caused by Yunmeng Group's loss of one billion yuan.

Fortunately, Wu Fan helped to apply for a high-tech loan in the park, and the annual interest was less than three points. Especially when I heard that Yunmeng Group planned to build a supercomputing center, the person in charge of the park even paid the rent for the land. He was spared.

different from other industries.

A supercomputer with a computing power of 10PFlops cannot be simply converted into money for the added value provided by other high-tech industries in the park.

In the president's office.

Secretary Zhou Ruining, who was handling work, suddenly spoke.

"Mr. Hao, you have received a new email in your work mailbox."

"who?"

"It seems to be from the People's Union Information Industry News?"

"People's Union Information Industry News"?

This is the first time I heard this name, Hao Yun asked.

"what is that?"

"It seems to be a communication media..."

Zhou Ruining, who also heard of this name for the first time, quietly opened the search tool and entered the name in the search bar.

Soon the search results appeared in front of him.

"Ah, I checked on the Internet. This newspaper seems to be quite famous in the IT industry. It is said that it is the professional newspaper with the highest sales within the People's Federation. It mainly reports the latest developments in information technology in the countries of the People's Federation. industry news."

Hearing this sentence, Hao Yun's face suddenly showed a hint of surprise.

"Does this industry...include video games?"

"Uh, I don't know, but I looked through their recent issues of newspapers, and it seems that there is no game-related content." Averting his eyes from the computer screen, Zhou Ruining looked at Hao Yun and tilted his head, and then said , "Could it be because of the supercomputing center we recently invested in?"

Hao Yun nodded and said.

"It seems to be the only possibility."

According to Zhou Ruining's description, the status of "People's Union Information Industry News" in the IT industry is probably similar to that of "Times Weekly" to general news. Video games such as World of Warcraft have no chance to enter the attention of such newspapers.

It has nothing to do with fame or how much money you make, it's purely because the style of painting doesn't match.

Thinking about it carefully, among all the recent business of Yunmeng Group, it seems that the only one that can arouse the interest of this newspaper is the supercomputing center that has just started construction.

"Mr. Hao, are you going to accept their interview?"

Hao Yun thought about it for a while, and suddenly his heart moved slightly, and he spoke.

"I don't think there is any problem. You can communicate with the other party about the specific interview time for me. Try to avoid Monday and Tuesday. It is best to arrange it before the beta version is officially launched. I should be free at other times."

"Also, remember to communicate the specific content of the interview with them in advance, and ask them to send us an interview outline if it is convenient."

After carefully writing down what Hao Yun ordered, Zhou Ruining said energetically.

"Okay, Mr. Hao! Then I will follow what you said and reply."

Hao Yun nodded, then looked at the time and saw that it was almost lunch time, so he pushed away the chair and stood up from the desk.

"Well. I will leave this matter to you."

"By the way, after sending the email, you remember to go to Yunmeng Media to find Sun Xiaoteng, and ask her to come to the group meeting room after lunch, and I will wait for her there. I plan to discuss some things with her, about The recent friction between us and Sea Lion Group in the game business, as well as the announcement and public relations of World of Warcraft."

Zhou Ruining nodded repeatedly and said with a smile.

"Yeah! Leave it to me!"