Super Game Empire

Li Jian, the editor-in-chief of "Popular Software", has been busy lately. During this Christmas holiday, many game production companies around the world are rushing to release new games. There are more than 50 new games worthy of attention. In order to do a good job

For the first issue of the magazine in 1995, I worked overtime every day for a month and made overseas phone calls with the review team of the American cooperative company "Game Pass" to exchange scoring opinions.

"Editor-in-Chief Li! Director Fang from Longteng called you this morning and asked if you have time to visit their company!" The secretary walked into the office to report the news.

Li Jian just came back from outside. He hadn't even sat down for 5 minutes and he was still out of breath!

But when he heard that it was Dragon's summons, he stood up immediately: "Did you tell me what it was about? Forget it, they definitely won't. When are you planning to meet?"

The secretary pursed his lips and smiled: "Director Fang said this time that Mr. Yang wants to see you. If you give him a surprise, he will also give you a surprise. We will meet at the Longteng headquarters in Zhongguancun at two o'clock in the afternoon."

Surprise? Yang Yun must be concerned about the game rating committee! Li Jian knew it and was relieved: "Of course I will give him a surprise!"

Li Jian organized the relevant information of the scoring committee in the office and drove away from the magazine with the first draft of the new issue. He had just turned off the Fourth Ring Road and had not yet entered Zhongguancun. He saw colorful flags, balloons and a waist drum team next to Longteng Company from a distance.

, red and yellow streamers, beating gongs and drums like a festival, it turns out that Longteng Computer World is officially open for business!

After entering the old Longteng headquarters building next door, Li Jian was taken to Yang Yun's office. He saw Yang Yun writing furiously.

"Why didn't you go next door to cut the ribbon?" Li Jian quickly stepped forward and handed over the cigarette.

The two lit the fire, and Yang Yun asked Li Jian to sit down. He smiled and said: "This is not a big deal. Yongping and the others have arranged for people to do it. I don't want to show up. Come on, come on, have you brought me a surprise?"

Li Jian bravely joked: "What surprise are you planning to give me?"

Yang Yun pointed his thumb back: "The office building at the back will leave you a floor to be the headquarters of "Popular Software" magazine. Do you want it? Let it be rented out at cost price!"

"What?" Li Jian's first reaction was to give him a floor. But after hearing it carefully, he realized that it was renting at cost price. He patted his chest and said, "I was shocked. I thought he was giving me a floor!"

Yang Yun chuckled: "If "Popular Software" is your private property, why not give it to you? But the magazine is a public property, so it is inconvenient for me! The property company here belongs to Longteng, and all expenses are borne by us.

I can give it to you at the cost price. This is a prime location where every inch of land is precious. If you miss this village, you won’t be able to get this land!”

The biggest advantage of moving "Popular Software" to the next door to Longteng headquarters is convenience. In the future, it will take no more than ten minutes to get first-hand information, and it can also take care of most of the IT industry. Zhongguancun is the core area of ​​the IT industry.

Well.

And the transportation is convenient, the subway is at your feet, as long as the total cost is reduced. Who wouldn't want to move to Zhongguancun!

Li Jian beamed with joy: "This is really a surprise, but I have to go back and discuss it with the superiors..."

Yang Yun interrupted him and said with a smile: "Don't be happy first, I have to say whether I can give it to you or not! Where is the thing I want?"

Li Jian handed over the scoring standards and the first draft and introduced: "We adopt a rotation system for scoring editors. There are 6 fixed standing committee members and 4 external professional reviewers who change every year. We only announce the new replacement members every year after they come out.

The list of external professional reviewers from the previous session, as well as all their ratings, are available for public scrutiny.”

Yang Yun nodded: "Both Chinese and foreign countries?"

Li Jian said: "Yes, there are three permanent standing committee members from "Popular Software" and three from "Game Pass". For the non-fixed members, we select them from well-known global game critics and professional game magazines to ensure fairness. There are no Japanese.

!”

Yang Yun burst into laughter: "Aren't you just fooling around? Japan is also an important customer of ours. Let's give them a quota to prevent them from causing trouble."

Li Jianyi said angrily: "In the past few months, little Japan and we have been quarreling across the sea every day. I have long been fed up with it! I really want to kick them away!"

Yang Yun looked at the first draft of the new issue of the magazine again and said calmly: "Don't do this. What you want to ensure is absolute fairness. Don't be caught by others. In the end, the scoring standards will lose credibility. What we want

It’s about long-term interests. Don’t bring personal emotions into business.”

Li Jian knew the importance of the list to Yang Yun and quickly promised not to do anything reckless.

Looking at the first batch of game scores in the first draft, "Tomb Raider 1" scored 94 points, "Pro Evolution Soccer" scored 95 points, promoted to the Platinum Hall level, "Zuma" 89 points to the Gold Hall level, and several other games produced by Longteng Company

, were also ranked around the Silver Palace, Yang Yun laughed out loud.

"Not bad, not bad, worthy of being Long Teng's mouthpiece! Why not move to the office building next door, just work here!"

Li Jian laughed loudly: "I am very willing, but won't the list lose its credibility? But I want to tell you the truth, "Pro Evolution Soccer" scored 94 points, and the experts from our magazine gave it 9 points, which is worse.

This score is because I feel that the game emphasizes heroism too much and relies too much on stars. It has a sense of refreshment, but it still cannot reach the perfect 'live' state."

Yang Yun nodded. Of course he knew there were flaws and bugs. This was the first football game made by Longteng. Technically speaking, it was not mature enough. Subsequent versions would definitely get better and better.

"I know what you mean. Even if the Chinese don't favor Long Teng, PES can still win the Platinum Palace..." Yang Yun smiled: "It doesn't matter, the meat is rotten in the pot anyway, and the reviews are all about Sega platform games.

, it’s us who benefit, you just need to ensure it’s absolutely fair.”

Credibility is a very precious asset and cannot be abused even once, otherwise it will lose its authoritative effect. Once lost, it will be difficult to pick it up again. Just like Nobel, this kind of honor must not be easily distributed and must be well-founded.

check.

"No problem, Mr. Yang! Oh, by the way, this is the newsletter from the Tsinghua Carnival yesterday. Take a look at this..." Li Jian handed over another document and introduced: "Every year at the Sega Carnival, we will have a special topic. From

Starting this year, it will be changed to Dragon Carnival."

For the Soaring Dragon Carnival, Yang Yun had a plan in mind, it was almost time.

Over in Japan, programmers and game architects have almost evacuated, and there is still a hardware laboratory that cannot be dismantled and moved. It is estimated that in the next few days, during the New Year period, the Japanese government may make the final decision.

He is ready!

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On December 29, Yang Yun drove his Ferrari to CCTV. As expected, his Beijing A00001 license plate was known to everyone, and the guard let him go directly.

It was Thursday, and the CCTV Sports Channel was recording a football night program. In addition to Yang Yun, Fan Zhiyi, Hao Haidong, and some young football players playing in French Liga 1 and La Liga came to the studio to record the program as guests.

Every Thursday night from 18:30 to 22:30, for four hours, the content covers domestic and foreign football, and it is also a live broadcast. Football Night is the favorite TV program of China's first generation of football fans.

Producer Zhang Bin greeted Yang Yun and held Yang Yun's hand as soon as he came up: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yang. It will premiere on New Year's Day Sunday. We can only record the program today and show the edited video on Sunday."

Yang Yun chuckled and said: "That's just right, I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself during the live broadcast. It's much easier to record and broadcast!"

The two laughed and walked into the studio. Everyone else had arrived and stood up to say hello to Yang Yun.

There was another guest in the room, Xiao Zhiqiang, a well-known sports commentator and football commentator for "Sports Weekly", an important domestic sports newspaper. When shaking hands with Yang Yun, he expressed endless respect.

While everyone was chatting, Zhang Bin asked his assistant to hand over the program schedule. The questions listed above were all fine. Yang Yun said he didn't mind answering, so Zhang Bin continued to arrange for a makeup artist to come over to touch up the makeup, and asked the assistant director to come over and explain the recording process.

We introduced the camera, introduced the audience representatives, and soon entered the official recording site.

Zhang Bin is a very experienced program host. He is also a producer and director. His words are humorous, well-spoken and well-informed, and he quickly eliminates the nervousness of the guests.

After introducing Yang Yun, Zhang Bin asked: "When did Mr. Yang start paying attention to football?"

Yang Yun thought for a while: "In the 1989 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the Chinese team lost to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and missed the World Cup. At that time, I happened to create Longteng Company and also thought about making football games, but it was not until last year that I officially entered the game.

football world.”

Zhang Ming took the conversation and introduced: "Maybe the viewers don't know it well, but the owner of Deportivo La Coruña Football Club in the Spanish First Division is Mr. Yang. Now I will show you an introduction video of Deportivo La Coruña."

Introducing the club and then introducing the players from the youth training, the two international players Fan Zhiyi and Hao Haidong spoke one after another about their feelings about playing in the Spanish First Division.

Zhang Bin commented on the training video materials provided by Deportivo La Coruña, as well as the match highlights of the First Division, UEFA Cup and King's Cup. Finally, he took out the precious video of missing some money in the last game of the 1994 season, losing to Barcelona and finishing second in the league.

Make a review.

In this way, step by step, we introduced the specific situation of Deportivo in simple and in-depth terms, discussed the possibility of Chinese players going to overseas youth training, and commented on the growth potential of young players abroad. This is how the first exciting Football Night program was completed.

At the end of the program, Zhang Bin asked jokingly: "You may not know that Long-Sports of Longteng is the largest sponsor of this station. In addition to La Liga Deportivo, Longteng also purchased the American NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves.

And it sponsored the upcoming 1995 Dakar Rally."

Yang Yun smiled and said: "If you want to know more information, please pay attention to the NBA live broadcast on the sports channel and the Dakar Rally special program!"

Everyone laughed and gave thumbs up!