Resource Tycoon Reborn

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As soon as Motiejunas left Bill's mansion in his car, the first thing he did was to call the directors who were on his side and asked to meet face-to-face to discuss this new incident as soon as possible. Regarding Airbus's challenge to Boeing's aircraft They have never doubted the determination of the manufacturing boss.

This time, when Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas, Airbus set up many obstacles for Boeing through the European Union. In order to complete the merger, Boeing had to make concessions to the European Union. The price was: Boeing agreed to give up three U.S. companies. Contracts for airlines to purchase only Boeing aircraft for the next twenty years; acceptance of the principle that technology licenses and patents developed by McDonnell Douglas' military projects can be sold to Airbus; agreement that McDonnell Douglas' civilian part will become an independent accounting unit of Boeing. Publish financial statements separately. It can be said that Boeing made huge concessions before the EU agreed to its merger with McDonnell Douglas.

The two companies are now competing in a world-wide competition that can be said to be a bayonet, which has also made the hatred between the two companies growing. Anything that can cause trouble for Boeing, as long as it does not kill the enemy by a thousand, hurt yourself by a thousand. Second, Airbus will do it! What’s more, this matter also involves China, the most important future aviation market, so there is no room for any mistakes.

Fang Mingyuan and Bill watched Motiejunas leave. Bill shook his head. Regarding the matter between Fang Mingyuan and Motiejunas, he really didn't know how to mediate. He could only hope that Boeing could take a step back. Bill It can be seen that Fang Mingyuan is very serious about this matter and does not just come in casually for fun.

"Bill, how is the development process of the box?" Fang Mingyuan asked casually as they walked back.

Bill spread his hands and said helplessly: "It's going to be a lot more trouble than we originally planned. Your size and weight requirements are driving them crazy!" Fang Mingyuan requested that the size and weight of the box can only exceed that of the PS2 at most. Five percent, this requirement drives Microsoft engineers crazy!

"If you want to make a difference in the Japanese market and reduce future losses, then this is a must!" Fang Mingyuan said straightforwardly. The sales of Xbox in Japan can be said to be a success, and one of the most important factors is that The reason is that compared to Japanese electrical appliances, the Xbox produced by Microsoft is synonymous with big and small, just like a black brick. It is so unpleasant to look at! In addition, there were not enough classic games at the beginning. If you support it, xbox will eventually end up with a loss.

"And I must remind you that the Japanese take product defects very seriously, and this will inevitably affect the reputation of your products. You must abandon the past practice of patching the Windows operating system every now and then. In that case, It will only make Japanese and players all over the world abandon Xbox. Bill, I am not kidding you, including power cords, optical drives, controllers and other equipment. We must ensure their quality!" Fang Mingyuan said solemnly, "I can We don’t want players to criticize our Gamestation company for being irresponsible and releasing exclusive works on an unqualified console in the future.”

Bill nodded with a wry smile and said: "I understand, I promise. I will do my best to ensure that substandard products do not flow into the market."

Fang Mingyuan sighed softly in his heart and said nothing more. I'm afraid Bill and the others wouldn't understand how strict the Japanese were on products. Historically, Xbox was rejected by the Japanese because of issues with its optical drive, scratch pad, and power cord design.

It was so frustrating that many Japanese media gave extremely severe criticism. Microsoft finally had to give players the treatment of withdrawing and replacing the game. Regardless of how much it cost, it can be said to have a significant impact on Microsoft's reputation in Japan.

However, in line with the old saying in China, one learns from each experience. Unless Microsoft really stumbles on this issue, I'm afraid it still won't truly realize the difference.

"Fang, I'm sorry to trouble you about the launch of the game!" Bill Surong said.

"There is no problem. The development of "Resident Evil 2" is going very smoothly. I believe it will be completed before the Xbox is officially released." Fang Mingyuan gave him reassurance.

Since "Resident Evil" was officially released on May 15, 1996, it has become a date remembered not only by gamestation employees, but also by horror game fans around the world in later generations, because on this day,

It can be said that it laid a solid foundation for Gamestation to become Japan's first-class game production company, and also announced the arrival of the "horror era" in the history of games! From this day on, various zombie movies and games emerged one after another.

"Resident Evil" has achieved jaw-dropping results on game consoles and computers around the world. In addition to earning extremely huge profits for the gamestation company, it has also brought good reputation and great benefits to the gamestation company.

pressure. This makes the launch of subsequent versions very difficult.

Therefore, it was not until the end of 1999 that Gamestation announced that it would officially start research and development of "Resident Evil 2", which triggered a carnival among biohazard fans around the world. After Microsoft planned to develop Xbox, in order to show its support for Microsoft,

Fang Mingyuan agreed that the Xbox version of "Resident Evil" would be the first to appear on the market, followed by the Sega version and the Sony version. To this, both Sega Corporation and Sony had protested. In addition, the gamestation company also agreed to provide support for the cooperation with Microsoft.

A game development company jointly develops a racing game.

Bill couldn't help but feel a little more happy. He was very satisfied with the launch of "Resident Evil 2" that could be released on multiple platforms. He believed that this could attract the attention of many Biohazard fans. "Hey, that's right.

, Fang, don’t you have any plans to put "Resident Evil" on the screen?" For such a well-known work around the world, it can be said that before filming, it has been decided that a large number of audiences will enter the cinema to watch.

If it had been another company, I'm afraid it would have been included in the filming plan long ago and it would have been popular in the film market. But looking at Fang Mingyuan's appearance, it seemed that there was no such plan at all.

Fang Mingyuan smiled and said: "The directors I like are too busy, so I can only wait until there is a suitable director and actors before starting it." In fact, it is not just the director's problem, but Fang Mingyuan's feeling that in the future

As far as the current special effects are concerned, he feels that he can wait a little longer until the special effects technology can be strengthened, so he has not deliberately promoted it. Otherwise, films like "Resident Evil", which are guaranteed to have high box office, will still use them.

Are you worried that there are no good directors willing to direct?

"What a pity! Many of the works of our companies are not suitable as Xbox launch games." Bill said with deep emotion. For example, Blizzard, owned by Fan Mingyuan, and Microsoft's own department responsible for producing computer games, there are many good ones.

work.

For example, "Diablo", "Warcraft 2", "StarCraft", and "Heroes" series produced by Blizzard are popular games on computers that are loved by countless people. Another example is "Age of Empires" produced by Microsoft itself.

, "Microsoft Flight Simulator", Bill once had the idea of ​​porting them to Xbox, but unfortunately Fang Mingyuan rejected them without hesitation.

If it were someone else, Bill might still insist on his idea, but he couldn't even think of objecting to Fang Mingyuan's rejection. Although, Fang Mingyuan's achievements in computer games have not been as good as those of game consoles.

It attracts so much attention, but in fact, computer games are also a weapon for the Fang family to attract money. However, most of the time this weapon is handed over to Blizzard! Thus, Gamestation is responsible for game console games, and Blizzard is responsible for computers.

The game's two-carriage layout.

Since Blizzard was acquired by the Fang family, Blizzard, which has received ample financial support and no constraints from anyone, has successively released works that have made the world applaud, especially "StarCraft" produced by Blizzard in 1997.

, so far, more than 7 million units have been sold in South Korea alone, and more than 18 million units worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling games in history, and the "Battle.net" it launched

The system has also attracted many players from all over the world to join it.

So far, it can be said that the sales of Blizzard's four major game series have exceeded the "platinum level" of one million units! This is extremely rare in the history of computer games. This also ensures Blizzard's extremely generous profit margins.

"How is the development progress of "Diablo 2"? Will there continue to be delays?" Bill laughed and said, "I asked this question for many people in the company. They can't wait any longer!" Microsoft Corporation

Many employees of Microsoft know that their boss and Blizzard's boss should be good friends. Otherwise, how could it happen that whenever Blizzard releases a new game, its new game will appear in Microsoft's employee rewards, and Blizzard's

Gaming is a perennial option.

Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said: "Theoretically, it should be able to be released within this year, but I don't know if it will be postponed temporarily." Although Blizzard's boss in this life has become the Fang family, they have a tradition of skipping tickets.

But there has been no change at all. This has been vividly reflected in "Diablo 2". From the initial release at the beginning of the year, it has been delayed until now. Even he, the boss, can't stand it anymore.

."Diablo 2" is one of the few games that he can now get interested in playing again, and this version of "Diablo 2" has many new changes based on his suggestions. He believes that it will be better to play than

The previous version of "Diablo 2" was more fun. Many players who like Blizzard's games also hate Blizzard's behavior. But when Blizzard's game is released, they will feel that the wait is worth it.

"You guys are really patient. Do you really plan to stay open for three years and only open for three years?" Bill said funny. He learned this sentence from Fang Mingyuan. Although he is not very interested in games, but in Microsoft,

, but there are many people who are loyal fans of Blizzard games.

"No, they plan to have this game for ten years!" Fang Mingyuan said seriously. But in fact, this is indeed the case. In his previous life, "Diablo 3" had not been released until his death.

"Ten years?" Bill couldn't help but laugh. He thought Fang Mingyuan was joking. For the gaming industry, ten years is already a long time. I'm afraid many companies have emerged and many companies have been eliminated.

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Bill sat down, poured a cup of coffee for Fang Mingyuan, and then said: "Besides "Diablo 2", does Blizzard have any new projects now?"

Fang Mingyuan took a sip of coffee. Now that he was obviously feeling chilly, it was still very comfortable to drink a cup of hot coffee. "We are preparing for "Warcraft 3" and the expansion pack for "Invincible Heroes 3"."

"Hey, I heard that Blizzard is acquiring a company now? How is it going now?" Bill poured himself a cup of coffee and held it in his hand.

"It's done in the middle of the year, your news is already too late!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile. Blizzard acquired Valve Software, the developer of "Half-Life". This was of course based on Fang Mingyuan's instructions, but Blizzard did not

You know, what Fang Mingyuan is interested in is not "Half-Life", but one of its game modules, which later became popular all over the world for many years, "Counter-Strike"!

Blizzard fully acquired Valve Software, but it did not annex it, but turned it into an independent subsidiary. Fang Mingyuan believed that this would be better for its development. He is looking forward to the day when "Counter-Strike" is officially born.

One day. I hope he has not forgotten the "skills" he has developed in his previous life. Bill was slightly absent-minded. Blizzard's first acquisition created the glory of the "Invincible Heroes" series of games, and now, Blizzard has

After acquiring a company, will there be a new game that becomes popular all over the world?

The phone rang in the living room, and Bill immediately picked it up. After only listening for a moment, his expression couldn't help but change again. After a long while, he put down the phone, and with a bit of frustration, he said to Fang Mingyuan: "Bad news, Ge."

Bell's application has been approved by the Florida Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has ordered Florida Secretary of State Harris not to sign any results of this presidential election before the Supreme Court's decision. It seems that this election battle may not be successful.

Keep fighting!" (To be continued...)