Rebirth of the Evil Life

This call from the United States was from Mihn Lee, the father of "Counter-Strike", who had collaborated with Lin Feng before. During the phone call, MihnLee told Lin Feng that because Lin Feng had recommended them to develop an online game to make "Counter-Strike" online, after consideration, the valve game development team had just recently developed "Counter-Strike Online". In view of the pleasant cooperation between the two parties before, I hope to discuss with Lin Feng about his agency rights in China.

At the same time, MihnLee also wanted to introduce the founder of Valve, the current CEO Newell to Lin Feng, and hoped that Lin Feng could come to the United States as soon as possible.

Hearing this news, Lin Feng's spirit was greatly lifted. He also didn't expect that he casually said to MihnLee that he hoped that he could develop "Counter-Strike" as an online game. Unexpectedly, a year later, he really developed it into an online game, and he was the first to contact him.

Now "Counter-Strike" is gaining popularity all over the world, and it has officially become an official event of the first WCG (World Electronic Games Competition) held by South Korea's Samsung just this year, attracting thousands of game masters to participate. Although there is no domestic team participating in the competition at this time, "Counter-Strike" is in full swing in the country and is deeply loved by everyone.

Lin Feng had previously sold more than 400,000 quasi-genuine copies of "Counter-Strike" through Dingdang.com, and Tencent.com also provided an online game platform, and the number of players continued to stream. If "Counter-Strike Online" is launched at this time, it will definitely become a hit, and it will bring his game empire to another level.

"Legend" is a role-playing online game, "Plants vs. Zombies" is a casual online game, and the upcoming "Counter-Strike Online" is a first-person shooting online game. The three online games are divided into different categories. Players of different types, and all of them are high-quality online games, so instead of conflicting, they can echo each other, which is bound to make their "Second World" reach new heights.

Immediately, Lin Feng held a small meeting urgently with Wu Zhaopu, Liu Yingying and others, and determined the maximum acceptable amount and related details of the US trip to represent "Counter-Strike Online". With a few assistants, he went to the United States alone.

This trip to the United States also made Lin Feng realize that there are too few think tanks around him. Every time he holds a meeting, he must call Liu Yingying, the CEO of Dingdang.com, and Wu Zhaopu, the CEO of "Second World". This is not good for the company's development. . In particular, the company under its own is growing day by day. If it wants to develop rapidly and stably, talents are indispensable, and there are a lot of talents.

Talent, talent, I hope that this trip to the United States can find some talents and come back.

Americans and Japanese have different working methods and attitudes. As soon as Lin Feng got off the plane, Valve’s CEO Newell and MihnLee greeted Lin Feng in person, and took Lin Feng directly to the company’s headquarters, leaving Lin Feng without even the legendary Silicon Valley. Enjoy it.

The headquarters of valve company, it is said that the headquarters is actually not big. However, in the Silicon Valley of the United States, where land is very expensive, if you want to rent a floor or a building, it is definitely not something that Valve, a company that has only developed a few games, can afford.

After entering the company, after a brief greeting, Newell introduced the main creative personnel of the current company, and asked the technicians to show Lin Feng the graphics and operability of "Counter-Strike Online".

The picture follows the consistent style of "Counter-Strike". The light and shadow effects, picture details, music and sound effects are still not outstanding, but it is enough to make the game run smoothly, and the picture is not too demanding, which directly reduces the requirements for computer configuration. Require,

For an online game, it is the key to whether it can be popular.

As for the operation, it still provides the same number of guns as "Counter-Strike", and maintains the original refreshing feeling and good feel. Lin Feng tried it, and it feels very good. The feeling of sweeping the battlefield with an AK47 in hand is still so exciting.

As for the rules of the game, a variety of modes have been added after this adaptation into an online game: competitive mode (traditional "Counter-Strike" LAN mode), decisive battle mode, grenade mode, extreme mode, biochemical mode, etc. The biggest highlight is the expansion of the camp system.

"Counter-Strike Online" is divided into CT camp, T camp and zombie camp. In the CT camp, there are elite troops from various countries, such as the French Armed Action Group, Russia’s Snowy Special Forces, Taiwan’s Thunder Team, Japan’s Security Guards, and the US Navy Seals, etc., and of course the most important Chinese Yanlong Tactical Squad.

Lin Feng could imagine that once he becomes an agent in the future, there must be countless players who choose the Chinese Yanlong Tactical Team.

As for the T camp, there are the Blue Legion (mercenary troops) from the United States, the reckless guerrillas from the Middle East, and the Sunset Legion from Japan. To Lin Feng’s surprise, there are three Japanese troops selected in the T camp setting. I’m afraid Once the network is in operation in the future, whoever chooses the Japanese team of the T camp will definitely be beaten.

The zombie camp is divided into five types of zombies: ordinary zombies, host zombies, shadow barbies, abominable butchers, and voodoo zombies. Although zombies cannot use guns, they have special skills that the human camp cannot match.

The three camps can be said to have their own advantages and disadvantages, which greatly enriches the game playability.

After some trials, Lin Feng was extremely satisfied with the quality of the game "Counter-Strike Online" developed in this year. If it becomes an agent, it will definitely become popular on the Internet.

Seeing Lin Feng satisfied, Newell, the CEO of Valve, and MihnLee, the father of CS, also showed smiles on their faces. This time they selected Lin Feng as the first agency partner of the newly developed "Counter-Strike Online". In addition to the previous successful cooperation experience between the two parties, the more important point is that Valve is cooperating with the previous company Sierra Mountain. The copyright issue of the game is currently in a lawsuit, and the relationship between the two companies has also deteriorated extremely. Therefore, Newell, who originally planned to recruit agents in the North American market, simply set his sights on other markets.

After their market research, although the European online game market started earlier, the number of players is not large. Football is the number one sport there, and football games are number one game. Although the world's most famous CS team is also in Europe, Valve CEO Newell is not optimistic about the prospect of "Counter-Strike Online" in Europe, at least the short-term returns will definitely not meet Newell's current requirements.

Now the lawsuit between Valve and Sierra Mountain is stalemate, no matter who wins the case in the end, the two companies will not be able to cooperate again. For Valve, which has already run out of funds due to the development of "Counter-Strike Online" and "Halflive2", this first agency must be successful and must be able to bring them huge funds for subsequent research and development.

Europe is not good, and Africa does not need to think about it. There are too few people in Oceania, so it is not as good as Europe. In the end, Newell set his sights on Asia. At first, MihnLee proposed to cooperate with Lin Feng, but Newell believed that the strength of a company that sold quasi-genuine products was limited. Although the two parties had cooperated happily before, they could not bring Valve the ideal huge capital, so they rejected Lin Feng from the beginning.

However, after careful investigation, Newell found that the hottest online game market in Asia today is not Japan, let alone South Korea, but China. And the most popular online game company in China, and it can be said that the well-deserved overlord is "Second World". After further investigation, it was found that the president of "Second World" was actually Lin Feng, who had been rejected by him before, Newell was dumbfounded on the spot.

Especially when he heard that "Legend" developed by Lin Feng's "Second World" had a monthly profit of tens of millions of dollars, Newell was even more stunned and speechless. The highly acclaimed "Halflive" developed by them only brought in $15 million in revenue for Valve, while "Legend" developed by Lin Feng has almost this figure every month. Immediately made up his mind to cooperate with Lin Feng.

Immediately, he asked MihnLee, who had been in contact with Lin Feng before, to call Lin Feng, and Lin Feng's trip to the United States began.

The cooperation attitude of both parties is sincere, and they also have cooperation experience with each other, so the negotiation is naturally very smooth. Newell asked for a US$10 million agency fee in mainland China and enjoyed a 30% profit share.

For this kind of negotiation, Lin Feng has long been familiar with it. Although Newell has developed a series of world-renowned masterpieces, Newell, who was born as a technical research and development personnel, is not as good as Lin Feng in negotiations. Otherwise, he would not have a game copyright dispute with the previous cooperation with Xue Leshan.

After some bargaining, Newell insisted on the agency fee of 8 million US dollars, but the profit share was reduced to 20%. It is even possible to give the Asian agency rights to Lin Feng, but the initial agency fee of 8 million US dollars must not be less .

It’s not that Newell is stupid, but that Valve is in trouble now. The lawsuit with Sierra has not only been protracted, it has consumed a lot of energy from the company’s top management, and it has also made many venture capitalists hesitate, preventing Newell from obtaining new financing. Now Valve must obtain at least 8 million US dollars of liquidity, otherwise the following series of development plans will be stranded or even terminated. Therefore, Newell did not hesitate to reduce the profit share, and even gave Lin Feng the agency rights for the entire Asia, in order to obtain a huge amount of working capital.

Lin Feng knew that this was Newell's lowest offer. Of course, Newell's limit has not yet been reached. However, things must be done, and the cooperation with Valve is just the beginning. There is no need to make the relationship so rigid for a little benefit. Lin Feng also does not want to become the second Xue Leshan, and later fight a lawsuit with Valve.

However, Lin Feng did not agree to Newell's agency contract, because a plan suddenly appeared in his mind.