An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 398: World of Warcraft Fees

Zhang Tao's efficiency is indeed very high. At noon the next day, he sent a text message to Hao Yun, saying that the company has been registered and is now entrusting a design company to design a trademark.

The office space is temporarily used in Yunmeng Building.

Anyway, there are a lot of vacant offices in Yunmeng Building. Hao Yun originally planned to rent out those vacant rooms, but considering the management problems that may be caused by the mix of people, this matter has been put on hold.

lunch time.

Lin Jun, who was eating in the staff cafeteria, had a look of interest on his brows after listening to Hao Yun's project called "Quick Sound".

However, Li Zongzheng, who was sitting on the side, frowned and said doubtfully.

"How do I feel that it is similar to the live broadcast?"

"What do you know?" Lin Jun squinted at him and continued, "Live broadcast is live broadcast, and short video is short video. The two things are completely different concepts, and the real user scenarios are also different. Let me ask you, would you Are you watching the live broadcast on the subway?"

Li Zongzheng answered honestly.

"I don't take the subway."

Lin Jun coughed.

"...I mean what if."

"Should...not be? When there are people around, watching the live broadcast always feels very subtle," Li Zongzheng scratched the back of his head, and continued, "If I'm really bored and there is no computer next to me, I usually play with my phone for a while games or something."

"This is the scene that the short video is aimed at!" Lin Jun snapped his fingers and said in an admiring tone, "I didn't expect that Zhang Tao could come up with such an interesting idea...I underestimated him."

Not wanting to hear him bragging and criticizing, Li Zongzheng rolled his eyes and continued to eat. All he can think about now is the World of Warcraft project.

Up to now, the number of active players in World of Warcraft has exceeded 20 million, setting multiple records in the history of MMORPG games in a row. However, the problem of profitability has not been well resolved.

The first is the charging method.

Not counting the time charging model that has been eliminated, the current mainstream charging methods of MMORPG are basically item charging and buyout system, and item charging is the main method.

In fact, Yunmeng Games originally planned to adopt a time charging model for World of Warcraft, but no one thought that Sea Lion Group would suddenly step in and create "Endless Epic".

If the time charging method is adopted, World of Warcraft will be very passive in the face of free copycat works from friends, so this plan was shelved and changed to free for all players.

However, the problem now is that World of Warcraft did not design such a thing as an item store when it was developed, and how to add paid items to the game in a way that players can accept is also a rather troublesome issue.

"What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing," Li Zongzheng said with a sigh when Lin Jun looked at him, "I was just thinking, there are 20 million World of Warcraft players, and it would be great if each player could donate ten yuan to us. "

Lin Jun shook his head and said.

"The layout is small. There are so many players here, and you only pay ten yuan from their pockets? Don't talk about whether you can earn back the money from the supercomputer. Will it be enough for the electricity bill of the future server?"

Leaning at this guy, Li Zongzheng said.

"It's easy for you to say."

"It's not that I said it's easy, but it's not difficult at all," Lin Jun said leisurely, "Not to mention, with more than 20 million active players, you just develop a mall to sell skins, and it's easy for a month It's easy to loose hundreds of millions of water."

Seeing this guy taking it for granted, Li Zongzheng couldn't help complaining.

"How can it be as simple as you said? Do you think it is a fast-food mobile game like Temple Run? Excessive development of paid props will not only make the game nondescript, but also shorten the life of the game. Our supercomputing center has been built, you plan to operate it Run away next year?"

"This is indeed a problem," Hao Yun rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said, "In the long run, we have to develop paid features without sacrificing the player experience... Let's have a meeting to discuss it later, you Call all the executives of Yunmeng Games."

Li Zongzheng nodded, but Lin Jun who was sitting beside him had a helpless expression.

To be honest, it seems to him that it is completely unnecessary to worry about this kind of thing.

Any game has a lifespan, no matter how popular it was, there will be a day when no one cares about it.

Rather than worrying about how to prolong the life of a game, it is better to think about how to take advantage of it.

When it is hot, it is a little bit to catch a little bit, which is more reliable than any other idea.

As for the supercomputing center...

From his point of view, it was a wrong decision from the beginning.

After lunch time, Hao Yun went to the conference room.

When he arrived at the conference room, the executives of Yunmeng Games were already here.

But just as he was about to announce the start of the meeting, a phone call came over suddenly.

He was going to hang up the phone, but after glancing at the familiar name of the caller, Hao Yun gestured to the executives in the conference room to wait for a while, and then walked out of the conference room while pressing the connect button, He brought the phone to his ear and said happily.

"Hey, Mr. Liu, why did you suddenly remember to call me?"

The caller was none other than Liu Zhiping, the chairman of the Maritime Group, and also Mr. Liu who was honored as the "Godfather of Xiaguo Instant Messaging Software" by the entire industry.

A few days ago, Yunmeng Group and Sea-Lion Group were fighting fiercely in the game business. The latter removed all the business of the former on the Sea-Lion platform, while the former directly reported the latter to the General Administration of Market Supervision with a complaint. The conflict between the two parties was almost It has reached the point of tearing the face.

"Haha, if I forget, no one can forget you. How are you doing, how are you doing recently?"

There was a heartless laugh from the other end of the phone.

Although it sounds relaxed on the surface, there is no half-pleasure in it.

Hao Yun smiled and said in a friendly tone.

"Thanks to you, it's great, but the colleagues in the legal department always complain to me that they work overtime every day until late at night, and the business volume is busier than the sum of the past year."

"Hehe, it seems that Mr. Hao must remember to be considerate of his employees. Such an excellent and hardworking employee would suffer a great loss if he quits."

"That's a must. Who will work if you don't give enough benefits these years. We just took a piece of land a few days ago to build a house for our employees. I plan to send a separate letter to our colleagues in the legal department in a few days. A bonus, and strive to write a few more materials."

Liu Zhiping's brows twitched violently.

Of course he knew what Hao Yun was talking about.

During this period of time, Sea-Lion Group has been tormented by the anti-monopoly investigation, especially after those small companies saw Yunmeng Group come out to take the lead, they all rushed to follow along.

He really hates these fellows who touch porcelain. The Sea Lion Group has climbed up step by step by virtue of its current status. Why sue us for monopoly?

Taking a deep breath, Liu Zhiping suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a moderate tone. .

"Mr. Hao, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Enemies are easy to solve but hard to tie. What do you think?"

Hao Yun said with a smile.

"Is this something I can decide? Mr. Liu might as well ask himself a question, is it our Yunmeng Group who picked on you first?"

Liu Zhiping said with an unchanged expression.

"This is all a misunderstanding. I understand your anger very well, but please understand that I can't watch every decision made by every department in such a large group. If I know that my executives actually do something to you If something like that happens, we will definitely stop it.”

Hehe, an apology is useful, so what do you need the police for?

Hao Yun smiled and didn't take it seriously at all.

To be honest, from Liu Zhiping's voice, he didn't hear any sincerity at all, all he heard was condescending arrogance.

Among other things, the official accounts of Yunmeng Games and World of Warcraft are still blocked because of "relevant regulations", and this is still under the circumstances that the anti-monopoly investigation has already started.

"You and I don't have that much free time. I think we should stop playing around in circles. What is Mr. Liu doing with me today?"

Hearing Hao Yun's words, Mr. Liu had a smile on his face, and finally there was a hint of happiness in his voice.

"Boss Hao is indeed a sensible person, so I'll just say it straight."

Without pausing, he continued.

"Two conditions, exchange for a reconciliation!"

"I don't know what Mr. Hao thinks?"