Rebirth of the Evil Life

This call from the United States came from hn Lee, the father of "Unter-ke" who had collaborated with Lin Feng before. During the phone call, hnLee told Lin Feng that because Lin Feng recommended them to develop online games and network "Unter-ke" during their previous cooperation, after consideration, the Valve game development team has recently developed "Counter-Strike ne". In view of the previous happy cooperation between the two parties, we hope to discuss with Lin Feng about his agency rights in China.

At the same time, hnLee also hopes to introduce the founder of Valve, now Newell, to Lin Feng, and hopes that Lin Feng can come to the United States as soon as possible.

After hearing the news, Lin Feng became very energetic. He didn't expect that he would casually talk to hnLee and hope that he could develop "unter-ke" as an online game. Unexpectedly, a year later, he actually developed it as an online game and was the first to contact him.

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

Lin Feng has previously sold a total of more than 400,000 quasi-genuine copies of "Unter-ke" through Dingdang.com. Tencent also provides an online gaming platform, with an endless stream of players. If "Counter-Strike ne" is launched at this time, it will definitely be a hit and take your gaming empire to a new level.

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

At that moment, Lin Feng held an urgent small meeting with Wu Zhaopu, Liu Yingying and others to determine the maximum acceptable amount and related details of the US bank's agency for "Counter-Strike ne". After arranging the company's affairs, Lin Feng led He went to the United States alone with several assistants.

This trip to the United States also made Lin Feng realize that there were too few think tanks around him. Every meeting had to summon Liu Yingying from Dingdang.com and Wu Zhaopu from "Second World" for consultation, which was not good for the company's development. Especially as the companies under its own umbrella are growing day by day, if they want to develop rapidly and stably, talents are essential, and there are a lot of talents.

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

The working methods and attitudes of Americans and Japanese are different. As soon as Lin Feng got off the plane, Valve's Newell and hnLee personally greeted Lin Feng and took Lin Feng directly to the company headquarters. Lin Feng did not even have a good time in the legendary Silicon Valley. Enjoy it.

valve company headquarters,

It is said that the headquarters is actually not very big. However, in a place like Silicon Valley in the United States, where land is at a premium, renting a floor or a building is definitely beyond what Valve, a company that has only developed a few games, can afford.

After entering the company and chatting briefly, Newell introduced the main creative staff of the current company, and then asked the technical staff to show Lin Feng the graphics and operability of "Counter-Strike Ne".

The graphics adhere to the consistent style of "Unter-ke". The light and shadow effects, picture details, music and sound effects are still not outstanding, but they are enough to allow the game to run smoothly, and the graphics are not overly demanding, which directly reduces the requirements for computer configuration. Requirements, for an online game, are the key to its popularity.

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

As for the game rules, this adaptation to an online game has added a variety of modes: competitive mode (traditional "Unter-ke" LAN mode), decisive battle mode, grenade mode, extreme mode, biochemical mode, etc. The biggest highlight is the expansion of the camp system.

"Counter-Strike ne" is divided into CT camp, T camp and zombie camp. Elite forces from various countries have appeared in the CT camp, such as France’s Armed Action Team, Russia’s Snow Special Forces, Taiwan’s Thunder Team, Japan’s Warning Agency Guards, the United States’ Navy SEALs, etc., and of course the most important Chinese Yanlong Tactical Team.

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

As for the T camp, there are the Blue Legion (mercenary force) from the United States, the Wild Guerrillas from the Middle East, the Sunset Legion from Japan, etc. What surprised Lin Feng was that in the T camp setting, Japan actually had three troops selected. I’m afraid Once the network is put into operation in the future, whoever chooses a Japanese team from the T camp will definitely be bullied.

The zombie camp is divided into five types of zombies: ordinary zombies, host zombies, shadow Barbies, hateful butchers, and witch zombies. Although zombies cannot use guns, they have special skills that are unmatched by the human camp.

The three camps have their own advantages and disadvantages, which greatly enriches the playability of the game.

After trying it out, Lin Feng was extremely satisfied with the quality of the "Counter-Strike ne" game he developed over the past year. Once he becomes an agent, it will definitely become a hit on the Internet.

Seeing that Lin Feng was satisfied, Valve CEO Newell and the father of CS, hnLee, also had smiles on their faces. This time they selected Lin Feng as the first agency partner of the newly developed "Counter-Strike NE". In addition to the previous successful cooperation experience between the two parties, the more important point is that Valve is currently working with the company it previously cooperated with, Xueleshan, because before The game copyright issue is currently being litigated, and the relationship between the two companies has also deteriorated extremely. Therefore, Newell, who originally planned to recruit agents in the North American market first, simply turned his attention to other markets.

According to their market research, although the European online game market started early, the number of gamers is not large. There football is the number one sport, and football games are also the number one game. Although the world's most famous CS team is also in Europe, Valve CEO Newell is not optimistic about the prospects of "Counter-Strike ne" in Europe. At least the short-term returns will definitely not meet Newell's current requirements.

The lawsuit between Valve and Xueleshan is currently locked in a stalemate. No matter who wins in the end, the two companies will be unable to cooperate again. For Valve, which has exhausted its funds due to the development of "Counter-Strike NE" and "VE2", this first agent must be successful and must be able to bring them huge funds for subsequent research and development.

Europe was not good, and Africa was a no-brainer. There were too few people in Oceania, and it was not as good as Europe. In the end, Newell set his sights on Asia. At first, hnLee proposed to cooperate with Lin Feng, but Newell believed that a company that sells quasi-genuine products has limited strength. Although the two parties had a happy cooperation before, they could not bring the huge funds they expected to Valve, so he rejected Lin Feng from the beginning.

However, after careful investigation, Newell discovered that the most popular online game market in Asia today is not Japan, let alone South Korea, but China. The most popular online game company in China, which can also be said to be the well-deserved hegemon, is "Second World". After further investigation, it was discovered 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 shocked and speechless. The well-received "V" they developed only brought in $15 million in revenue to Valve, while "Legend" developed by Lin Feng brought in almost the same figure every month. This made Newell horrified. He immediately made up his mind to cooperate with Lin Feng.

Immediately, he asked hnLee, 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 negotiations will naturally go smoothly. Newell asked for a mainland China agency fee of US$10 million and enjoyed a 30% profit share.

Lin Feng was already familiar with this type of negotiation. Although Newell has developed a series of world-renowned masterpieces, Newell, who is a technical R\u0026D engineer, is not as good as Lin Feng in negotiations, otherwise he would not have a game copyright dispute with Xueleshan, which he had previously cooperated with.

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

This is not because Newell is stupid, but Valve is currently in trouble. The lawsuit with Sierra is not only protracted and consumes a lot of energy from the company's top management, but also makes many venture capitalists hesitate to move forward, making it impossible for Newell to obtain new financing. Now Valve must obtain at least US$8 million in liquidity, otherwise the following series of development plans will be shelved 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 liquidity.

Lin Feng knew that this was Newell's lowest offer. Of course, Newell's limit has not yet been reached. However, things should not be done forever. Cooperating with Valve is just the beginning. There is no need to make the relationship so tense just for some benefits. Lin Feng does not want to become the second Xue Leshan and file a lawsuit with Valve in the future.

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