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Here are two guest rooms.

"You can stay in the guest room tonight. After breakfast tomorrow, I will take you to New Dream."

Mo Maniang nodded, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. By the way, there is a bathroom in the guest room, you can just wash up in it."

While talking, Aunt Li and Aunt Wang came back.

"Sir, the room is ready."

Xu Liang nodded and walked in with Mo Maniang.

The room is very large, about 20 square meters excluding the bathroom, with a bed, wardrobe and desk by the window.

If you include the bathroom, it's close to thirty.

"Go to rest early and call me if anything happens."

Mo Maniang nodded.

Xu Liang turned around and walked out.

The relationship was getting closer step by step, so he was restless, but he had no intention of neglecting the beauty.

"Our Mr. Xu is really passionate. Look, this is another one."

"No one can say otherwise. But this girl is really beautiful. She looks just like the fairy in the painting. She is prettier than Miss Qiao and Miss Jiang who came here often."

"I don't know who will be able to build the Xu family's big house in the end."

"Who knows, let's just watch. Don't interfere in the master's affairs."

"I know this."

The gossip between the two old aunts became lower and lower, and then became quiet.

Mo Maniang closed the door, looked at the simple but clean room, breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed her tense mood.

After a brief wash, I went to bed to rest.

Xu Liang, who returned to the backyard, finished processing his work emails and went to bed to rest.

Early the next morning, I got up on time to run and practice.

After taking a bath and having breakfast, Xu Liang sent Mo Maniang to New Dream.

When they parted, the latter hesitated.

"I'm going home tonight, you don't have to pick me up."

"OK."

Xu Liang nodded. He had no intention of letting Mo Maniang live in the courtyard house in Shichahai all the time, because Jiang Xiaoyang came here often. Although most of them were during the day, there was still a risk of encountering him.

Mo Maniang's refusal also relieved him of worries.

"this is for you."

Somewhat unexpectedly, he took the small box handed over by the beautiful woman.

"I go first."

After that, without looking at Xu Liang's expression, he quickly opened the car door and walked out.

Seeing her somewhat hasty steps, Xu Liang felt a shy emotion.

Watching the beauty go away, Xu Liang opened the box the size of an adult's fist in his hand.

There is a red knot on the white soft lining inside.

From the slightly messy corners, it can be seen that the weaver's skills are not very good.

Xu Liang took it out with interest and put it on his hand to try.

"Not bad. It seems she did it herself."

After looking at it, Xu Liang took off the red rope and put it into the brocade box and put it away.

"Whenever I see this girl again, she will wear this."

Whenever you see a woman wearing any jewelry, you have to think about it in advance.

Therefore, it is not easy to be a conscientious scumbag.

"Besides, it is necessary to buy another house."

Instead of going to Xinmeng, I turned around and went directly to Hongmeng.

"Mr. Xu, this is the investment report just received from Mr. Hongyan Xia."

Xu Liang took it and took a look.

It mainly reports on the stock changes of the companies invested by Hongyan Fund, as well as the progress of the acquisition of Maotai, Wuliangye and Standard Chartered Bank.

"Let him continue. When the stake in Standard Chartered Bank exceeds 5%, remember to ask him to notify me."

"yes."

After agreeing, Lu Hui left.

Go into your office.

Xu Liang turned on the computer, opened the Hongmeng Game Hall, and opened the "World" game on the desktop.

It has been almost a month since Tianxia was officially launched on February 1. It is a large-scale online game that Hongmeng has spent two years polishing.

The quality of "Tianxia" cannot be said, the picture quality is much better than "Legend".

The gameplay is also different.

There is no established mode. After entering the game, players can freely explore, search for tasks, farm, or hunt. After upgrading their level, they leave the novice village and join the novice sect.

Xu Liang hasn't been playing for long and is still wandering around the novice village.

After swinging his sword to kill the rabbit that was causing harm to the village chief's field, he finally reached level ten and was given the title of 'strong man', so he could leave the novice village.

According to the regulations of "Tianxia", after joining the sect, learning martial arts, and reaching level 20, you can obtain the title of 'Young Hero'.

The young hero can sign a contract with a ‘spiritual beast’.

This concept was his idea. When he played "Westward Journey" in his previous life, the setting that attracted him most was the summoned beast.

He picked up the phone on the table and called Lu Hui.

"Mr. Xu?"

"Let Mr. Wu come for a visit."

"yes."

Not long after, Hongmeng Games President Wu Xifan hurried in.

"Mr. Xu, did you call me?"

"Sit down and talk."

Xu Liang smoothly brought the other party a cup of tea.

"Thanks."

After sitting down, Xu Liang smiled and said, "How are the recent results of "The World"?"

Wu Xifan's face showed excitement, "It's very good. Currently, the number of registered people has exceeded 8 million, and the number of people online at the same time has exceeded 400,000, and there is still huge room for growth. It is foreseeable that even if it is not as good as "Legend of Hot Blood", it will not be Too much difference."

"Originally, I planned to launch "Miracle MU" in China this year, but it seems that I have to push it back."

Although the current domestic game market has expanded somewhat compared to its original history due to continuous development, it can only accommodate two large-scale games.

Adding another one to the mix will only intensify the internal friction.

Might as well put it to next year.

Wu Xifan nodded, "Mr. Xu, I think it is not suitable for us to invest heavily in the development of large-scale online games in a short period of time. The later version updates of "Tianxia", "Legend", "Miracle", and "Dragon" are enough for the four of us. There will be no shortage of large-scale online games in five years.

What we lack now are shooting games, female-oriented social games and sports games.

After all, not everyone likes to play large-scale online games with killing and killing.

In addition, do we also need to develop a 3A-level game? "

Xu Liang's face showed thoughts.

He is also no stranger to AAA games.

This term originated from the United States in the 1990s. There is no authoritative definition yet. The widely circulated interpretation is that games have high development costs, long development cycles, and consume a lot of resources.

Generally speaking, the production cost of AAA games reaches hundreds of millions of dollars, the development team usually has hundreds or even thousands of people, and the development time often reaches more than 3-5 years.

The well-known "Red Dead Redemption 2" invested US$800 million, took 8 years, and more than 2,000 employees participated in the development. The budget of "xxxx5" reached 265 million US dollars, and the total budget of "The Witcher 3" was 81 million US dollars, with a production team of about 1,500 people.

In his memory, the only AAA game masterpiece in China may be MiHoYo's "Genshin Impact" that appeared twenty years later, and Game Science's "Black Myth: Wukong".

The former invested US$100 million, while the latter is unknown.

Others like "Bright Memory" and "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" are more like self-pleasure.

"Old Wu, I understand your thoughts, but now is not the time to be a 3A."

"Mr. Xu, we have enough funds..."

Waving his hand to interrupt him, "It's not a matter of funds. In 2000, the country's "Opinions on Carrying out Special Management of Electronic Game Business Sites" was issued, which clearly stipulated that the production and sale of domestic electronic game equipment and its parts and accessories was prohibited. .

AAA games are mainly based on game consoles and PCs. Without game consoles, our income will be reduced.

There is another reason. Although Hongmeng Games is developing well now, it still lacks the foundation.

Domestic game users are not enough to support us in developing such a large-scale game. "

"Mr. Xu, we still have the international market."

“Of course the international market is good, but a game must first satisfy the domestic market before it can be considered international. Otherwise, it’s putting the cart before the horse.

Moreover, you can’t even handle the domestic market that you are most familiar with, let alone the domestic market with changing styles? "

After a pause, Xu Liang continued.

"Old Wu, I understand your efforts to enter 3A. A game company wants to become famous in the international game market, and a popular 3A masterpiece is the best choice.

But the current Hongmeng game has just learned to walk, and we cannot start running before we are steady. "

Wu Xifan nodded, "Mr. Xu, I understand. I will manage Hongmeng Games well, train more talents, and increase revenue."

"As long as you understand. Don't worry, let's stabilize it for two years. I also promise you that when Hongmeng Games' domestic market revenue exceeds 400 million US dollars, you will allocate money to make AAA masterpieces."

Wu Xifan was shocked.

Hongmeng Games' domestic revenue, excluding Hongmeng Game Hall, last year's total revenue was 530 million Huaxia coins, which is still far from the total revenue of 400 million US dollars.

But the gaming market is growing very fast.

In 2000, Hongmeng Games’ revenue was less than 200 million, and this year it is almost 600 million.

With the rapid growth of the Internet population, the size of the entire game market in 2002 will exceed 2 billion.

Hongmeng’s revenue can at least double.

Therefore, although the revenue standard of US$400 million seems high, it may be achieved in four or five years.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu."

"You don't need to thank me. Whether you can realize your ideal as soon as possible depends on you."

Wu Xifan nodded and stood up.

"Mr. Xu, if nothing happens, I'll go and get busy first. I'll try to meet your requirements as soon as possible."

"Go ahead."

Wu Xifan turned and left.

Looking at his back, Xu Liang shook his head slightly.

As the revenue of Hongmeng Games has grown rapidly in a short period of time, and "Legend" and "World" have exploded in popularity, Wu Xifan's ambitions have also grown and become aggressive.

"However, when it comes to 3A, there should be an opportunity soon."

Enron's financial fraud not only detonated a series of large companies in the United States, but also severely damaged the French company Vivendi.

Vivendi has a bunch of enviable assets.

Universal Music, Universal Pictures, and Vivendi Games.

His appetite isn't big enough to devour Universal Music and Universal Pictures, but Vivendi Games is not to be missed.