Otherworldly Architect

The production team of "Shargil Qiming" is still excitedly discussing the issue of catching the heat.

People in the industry can see that “League of Legends” is buying a lot of traffic.

The popularity that others bought with Jinshan Yinhai, you can get it for free - that is simply a great creation!

The chief designer has even thought about it. If this wave of popularity is successful, hurry up and launch a new character design.

Just Shargil's younger brother! Exactly the same appearance, more hot!

However, after the small meeting, two young people came up with their tails between their tails.

With panic in their eyes, they reminded the chief designer in the small dark room.

"Shargil's character design is mainly made by Varian... We just changed the hair color. He didn't give us permission, and he also joined Blue Star Studio, so Blue Star's character design is legal. …”

The chief designer frowned: "What? Varian has worked in our company for so many years, and this character design is not ours?"

"He did it during the break..."

"Shit! Call the surveillance right away! Find a time when he is not at work during his working hours, and say he later made a personal design at noon in order to make up for his working hours." The chief designer decided, "That's it, in the future Unified caliber! Shargil's character design belongs to us, reasonable and legal!"

However, plans can never keep up with changes.

Just when their team was planning how to get hot, a lawyer's letter had already fallen from the sky.

"What?! Bluestar Studio sued us directly?!!!!"

Ming Yan did not give his opponent any chance to prepare, and a lawyer's letter that had been prepared for a long time was delivered to the door.

At the same time, this human-design infringement case has been brought to the People's Court of Sixth Star Province.

Lawyers are ready!

The materials were collected for several months, and even some monitoring and data of the rival company was obtained through special channels.

It is enough to prove that Varian did not cut corners, but did his best.

However, in the end, because of an unwarranted excuse, just before the ten-year option was available, he was directly driven away from his workstation!

You can't even touch anything on your computer.

In terms of process, before the court accepts the infringement case, it also invites both parties and lawyers to meet in court to try to reconcile.

The chief designer of "Shargil's Awakening" brought two newcomers.

On the opposite side, Ming Yan was present in person, and of course Varian was sitting in the plaintiff's seat.

Ming Yan was the youngest of all the people present, and he still looked very handsome, like a fresh graduate.

The defendant basically ignored the clear words and tried to persuade Varian.

But Varian was determined this time, saying, "I can forgive you for looking at my computer, but I will never forgive you for using my wife's image for infringement!"

The supporting actress of "Shargil Qiming" copied the character of his wife.

Moreover, 80% of the flesh is exposed...

Varian is furious!

Even if the price of 300,000 yuan has been opened on the opposite side, he is not moved at all.

Sometimes money really works, but more often, people still have principles.

Varian's principle is that the wife is above all else!

"My bottom line is to delete these two characters! Apologize in public!" Varian angrily said, "I want you to apologize in front of my wife! Or I'll kill you! If you don't die, I'll **** you for the rest of your life!"

Ming Yan, who was sitting next to him, showed a kind smile and reminded him sideways, "Don't forget to compensate."

"Yes! Economic losses and psychological damages must be compensated!" Varian said.

The lawyer appropriately added: "Our compensation is 30 million yuan."

The judge's mouth twitched.

This offer obviously means: reconciliation? No play! Come on, fight to the end!

Seeing that the reconciliation could not be achieved, the defendants quickly turned their faces completely.

One person said: "You said that we infringed and embezzled your character design, is that embezzlement? Our Shargil's character design is clearly the art team's hard work—"

"It's me!" Varian slapped the table, "Look at my eyes! My hair!"

The judge's eyes widened.

Cough, in fact, he has also seen the CG of "League of Legends". After all, it has been too popular recently.

But the dashing and handsome swordsman inside, and the angry bearded man in front of him?

Is this the gap between ideal and reality...

Seeing that the situation took a turn for the worse, the two sides were rattled.

"Cough," the defendant's chief designer finally said, "Varian, it seems that you have had a good two years. Your wings are hard, and you remembered to bite your old boss?"

He is also an old man in the industry. Although he has not done any popular works, a designer who can make a profit is a good designer and is one of the company's signatures.

Varian sighed, sat down and said, "You're deceiving people too much."

The defendant's tone was very calm, and he said, "You have just entered the Blue Star studio, and you don't have the capital and connections in the past, so you must have a hard life? I heard that you don't have two people under your staff, so you have to draw the sketches yourself. It seems that Bluestar's boss doesn't think highly of you."

Varian's eyebrows twitched, his face a little odd.

- "There aren't two people under your command"?

There are not two people, but "League of Legends" is not the kind of game that plays with characters, and the characters are brought and set by the players themselves.

There are not many art jobs in the area of ​​character design. Why do you have to hire so many people?

- "The boss doesn't take it seriously"?

Varian glanced aside.

Well, Ming Yan is very busy, and he is still looking for a voice actor for the past two days. He has heavy dark circles under his eyes.

But he came in person, with a promise of revenge for Varian.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Varian said coldly.

The defendant said: "If you think about it, although Bluestar Studio is in the limelight, it is only a newly opened small studio. We have been in business for nearly 30 years, and we don't know how many lawsuits we have experienced. Varian, measure your weight, can the person in charge of Blue Star be willing to fight with us for you alone?"

Varian still didn't speak.

"what……"

Mingyan yawned deeply, smacked his lips, and said, "I'm happy."

"Who are you?" The defendant glared at him.

Ming Yan said, "Blue Star's boss."

"..."

The chief designer's eyes almost didn't pop out.

He knew that Blue Star was founded by a rookie architect, and he had also heard that the rookie was called a "genius"...

But I never expected that Ming Yan was so young!

Looks a little more tender than their company's master intern!

Why can the gap between people be so big, and their company can't produce a genius who is not born in the world?

As long as there is a "Minecraft", they can't be this size after so many years!

God is really unfair.

"Reconciliation is impossible." Ming Yan said lazily, "I'm backing Varian. You want three hundred thousand to settle this matter? To be honest, I have prepared three million for the cost of the lawsuit. If Not enough, I'll add more later."

As soon as these words came out, the room was silent.

It is this kind of master who is afraid of a lawsuit.

Rich, leisure, but also accountable!

In the end, he still fought for a breath and had to fight to the end!

To be honest, the defendant's lawyer is already considering a formal apology...

However, the chief designer, a person over forty years old, was not able to come down from the stage because of the public praise of the younger generation.

His face flushed and he said, "You have to understand it! The lawsuit is a matter of years and months, not to mention this year, and the result may not come next year!"

Having said that, the judge's face was a little ugly.

The lawyer tried desperately to pull the chief designer's sleeve, but still failed to pull him.

He said angrily, "Don't wait until the result of the lawsuit! Your small studio will close down first! What "League of Legends", what "Minecraft", bah! Sooner or later I can't open the server and close the server!"

Mingyan raised his eyelids and said, "Oh. Then you must live until then."

Everyone: "..."

Huh.

Varian was stunned.

This shows that the chief architect usually does not show the mountains and waters, and when the two lips touch one another at a critical time, it can really choke a person to death.

In the end, the blue veins of the defendant's anger were revealed. I almost crawled over from the back of my seat and rolled up my sleeves and punched someone.

Ming Yan said that the old **** was still there, as if he could not see the eyes of the few who wanted to choose someone.

He said to Varian: "Okay, the harsh words are over, and then it will be handed over to the legal team."

Varian nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

After all his anger was vented, he turned back into a big bearded sheep.

By the way, their legal team hired the firm downstairs.

Yes, that's right, Kerry's office.

When I first heard this, Ming Yan was surprised.

It was Kerry who called back and said in a particularly dissatisfied voice: "What! I can't do games as well as you, so I'm not allowed to do anything else? Our family's industry is so big, it's not comparable to the poor like you! "

Ming Yan said to himself, why is this guy still so annoying when he talks.

But the big companies still have a lot of background, and the several gold lawyers dug by Kerry are very capable of doing business.

And they are the relationship between upstairs and downstairs, usually communication should not be too convenient.

Ming Yan finally made a final decision and handed over the infringement case to Kerri's team of lawyers.

While the lawsuit is expected to take a year or two, this is the longest time the defendant shamelessly drags on indefinitely.

But the final victory is a certainty, there is no need to ask more, the difference is how much compensation is in the end.

So when I went to work the next day.

Varian brought a bag of dried flowers, and with a rare shy expression on his face behind his beard, he said, "My wife made this, boss. We want to thank you for a little copyright issue for me, and get busy. Running down the ground for so long..."

Ming Yan did not refuse. After taking the dried flowers, he smiled and said, "It's still early. I will have the opportunity to apologize in person in the future."

It can be seen that Creary's legal team is really quite competent.

Because the case had just been accepted not long ago, the other party was a little panicked.

They also sent a publicist to try to reconcile with Varian in private.

In the past few days, Varian has been red-faced at work, and from time to time he brings some specialties to Blue Star's colleagues to distribute.

"Lao Wa has made a fortune!" Everyone laughed at him.

Varian said cheerfully: "Someone is begging me now. I won't agree to me, I'll drag them. The gifts are accepted, and the dinner table is accepted. I'm mad at them!"

He thinks that the boss still has an idea.

What Ming Yan said to him: "It's just sugar-coated cannonballs. You eat all the sugar-coating and hit the cannonballs back."

Even more ruthless than a ruthless man, he is a werewolf!

On the other hand, the lawyer's letter has been sent, and the official account of "League of Legends" has also issued a clarification manuscript at the same time.

This matter was prepared long ago, and the manuscript was written early in the morning.

Sending it out at this moment is to clarify the plagiarism rumors, and also to call on players and fans to treat this matter rationally.

Blue Star Studio is not a weakling to be bullied, and even his fists have been thrown out!

Therefore, after players saw the announcement, they felt at ease because of the official attitude.

Fans even started to tell each other: "Don't just go to other places to write posts, one fan is worth ten black people, and Blue Star will be blackmailed."

"Let's not bring enthusiasm to the spicy chicken production team! No brushing, no black, no water, rational resistance, mad at them!"

It can be seen from this incident that Bluestar Studio already has a certain amount of fans.

The speed of the studio building the official website is far behind the speed of their popularity.

The official account has attracted tens of millions of followers, and the official websites of "Minecraft" and "League of Legends" also have hundreds of millions of collections.

However, Bluestar still does not have its own user account system, and there is no official platform to connect its games.

The road must be taken step by step, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time.

Boss Ming is so busy that he can only sleep three or four hours a day.

He has a lot of things to do, including the follow-up updates of several games, bug fixes, as well as official websites, forums, accounts and other publicity venues, as well as in-game advertisements, shopping malls and other issues, as well as "League of Legends" All aspects of the follow-up to the league.

The game will only get bigger and bigger, and subsequent updates cannot always be designed by Mingyan himself.

He can only recruit experienced game designers and architects to assist him in all aspects of work.

...Oh, yes, recruiting people is also something he has to deal with.

He also assigned the training of newcomers. At present, there are no veterans who can lead people, so he can only find time to arrange tasks himself.

As the manpower grew, logistical problems came to light.

So far, each employee's work computer and resources at hand are still being deployed by the smart housekeeper.

Make it clear that you just buy and pay...and keep paying.

Financial issues such as accounting are also entrusted to the smart housekeeper.

The advantage of AI is that it does not make mistakes, and mistakes can be corrected very quickly; but the disadvantage is that it follows the rules and sometimes pays too much attention to the process, which may cause unexpected tax and time loss.

Also, the matter of making music sound effects is imminent.

Bluestar Studio can't always find outsourced teams for all the music of each game in the future.

Ming Yan already has more than a dozen good demo clips in his voice recorder, but he has not been able to find a suitable opportunity to make it into complete music.

At present, he has identified several suitable independent dubbing studios, and is ready to wait for a suitable opportunity to directly acquire or invest in one...

This is the most economical way.

All in all, all aspects are waiting to be fed.

Ming Yan was busy with life and death, but the outside world only saw that the official main site of Blue Star Studio was still under construction.

Finally, the studio LOGO came out, and there was also a home page, but it simply led to three games: "Minecraft", "League of Legends" and "Hachiko's Story".

Can't even register an account!

(Obviously because Ming Yan hasn't had time to make a server yet.)

This looks even the players are anxious to death.

Someone also suggested on the We Media: [How about we crowdfunding, let’s make an official forum first? 】

Some fans view Blue Star Studio as if they found a genius treasure that has not yet grown.

Only one bud had just broken the ground, and they couldn't wait to pick more fruit.

God knows how easy it is to make a good game.

And the players whose appetites have been raised are hesitating in the "game shortage" where there are no new games to play every day, and the feeling of hunger and thirst from the heart makes people very sad.

Therefore, they also thought from the bottom of their hearts:

Every studio that can produce good games is a miracle bestowed by God! Be sure to take good care of it!

Recently, Mingyan has received some tips and donations from players one after another.

"???"

Ming Yan is also a little confused.

——Could it be that the profit model of “League of Legends” really worries them? Afraid that the studio will go out of business because it can't make money?

Although the donations are not many, there are hundreds of thousands in total.

Mingyan was confused for a while, and decided to open a new account and save the money.

If you hold any player activities in the future, use this money as a reward and give it back to the players.

Because to be honest, Ming Yan is really not short of money.

Since the launch of "Minecraft", it has brought a total of more than one billion funds to Blue Star.

Even though he has been donating to the research institute for free, along with the government subsidies brought by charitable acts, Blue Star has also successively reduced or exempted hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.

"Defying the Sky" is even more terrifying.

This Dragon Slayer Sword has only been online for a few months, and it has already cut down three local tyrant players just like cutting leeks.

Today, the game is still opening new servers, and more than a thousand new servers have been opened.

The servers of the Star Age are very powerful, in fact, only two or three servers can accommodate all the players.

But in that case, wouldn't there be only two or three left in the title of "No. 1 Server Tyrant" and "No. 1 Server Guild"?

How can that be done!

Every local tyrant has great potential and is a clear target customer! They must also have the right to enjoy "server first"!

When the status of the local tyrants is stabilized, the poor players in the server can't survive and gradually lose...

Then it's time to roll.

If the two servers are merged, will the two "server first" also score a higher score?

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. It is necessary to compare who is stronger and who can stand out more.

——You have already charged so much money. If you can't keep your first place, isn't it a loss?

——A rich man who has been admired by his brothers for so long, is he willing to admit that he is not as rich as others and disappoint his admirers?

They are all used to being the first place among the stars and the moon. Who is willing to be subordinate to others and be the second child of ten thousand years...

Mingyan launched the "Limited Time Purchase Gift Pack" at the right time, and showed a businessman's smile.

In fact, these local tyrants contributed 98% of Mingyan's income with only 2% of the player population.

The monthly flow of "Anti-sky" has exceeded one billion yuan, officially crossing the threshold of "Chaoyang Alliance's Most Profitable Online Game Club"!

With a production cost of only a few million, it has returned more than a hundred times the profit to Mingyan, which is even more terrifying than selling drugs.

This scary Mingyan did not open the official account of "Dragon Slayer Studio", let alone the official website of the studio.

The financial statements of "Anti-Tian Jue" must be firmly hidden, so that people in the industry cannot find out how profitable this thing is.

Otherwise, this terrible profitability will easily form a vicious circle in which bad money drives out good money, resulting in a high degree of homogeneity and commercialization of the game market.

Fortunately, the cost of publicizing and sending out Ming Yan has been very terrifying, and it has become the threshold for the dragon-slaying sword.

Several big capitals waited and watched for a while, thinking that this new model is more risky and the benefits are unclear, so they did not choose to follow up.

Finally, there is the revenue situation of League of Legends.

The game is not yet complete - or, MOBA games will never be complete.

The so-called "generation version of a generation of gods", each version represents the rise of new professions, the emergence of new routines and new genres, and the **** of new professional teams.

"League of Legends" now only has more than 20 occupations to choose from, and each occupation only has a set of special skins.

Rao is so, players are still very enthusiastic in consumption.

Among them, the most popular set of skins is, unsurprisingly, "King of the Jungle" - this is the skin used by the junglers of the LOG team when they turned around at 15 points.

The star effect is highlighted here!

People are especially willing to support their idols. In their hearts, this skin is a symbol of "a man who is dead as iron" and a tribute to an unyielding spirit.

In the first month after the New Year's Day, the monthly flow of "League of Legends" finally exceeded 100 million.

Such a free game, which can only be profitable by "selling appearance", breaks everyone's inertial thinking.

It turns out that as long as the game is fun, designers can do whatever they want!

Players even heard that after the league was held, Blue Star Studios has been operating the game at a loss... So they spontaneously started to open new accounts to repeatedly buy skins.

Those who are able will even buy dozens of sets at a time.

On the game reviews on the IPP platform, there are also several reviews that are highly rated.

[The New Year has not yet come, and the in-game skins are not discounted, so I have to buy a few more sets at the original price. I want to take this opportunity to send some more money to Blue Star...]

[Please make more skins, it doesn't matter if you are ugly. Or come up with a recharge channel, just for playing, the kind that doesn't give away any props! 】

[Other platforms will take half of the rewards. Brothers, try to buy them directly in the game, and save some good-looking data for Blue Star. 】

Really, they really wanted to send money to Mingyan, because they were afraid that Blue Star Studio would go bankrupt like this.

Just like an old mother with a broken heart, looking at her own stupid son, she hates iron and says: "Trick money, stupid child!" How can you not learn to make money! Other studios are making a lot of money, why don't you make more money? ! What can I do when I'm hungry?