Rebirth of the Internet: Starting from Games

Chapter 222 Making Money in a Right Way

Tom Chilton, then the executive director of Blizzard's World of Warcraft, laughed.

Although the expressions of these Oriental people in the audience are very cold, their bodies are still quite honest. As expected, Oriental people are very cunning.

Not only was Blizzard shocked, but Chen Hao also had a toothache. It was so exciting that there were so many companies participating in the competition.

He saw that there were many companies whose names he had never heard of, as if they had suddenly popped up from nowhere. Some companies sounded like they came from overseas.

Sure enough, the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds.

Finally, Blizzard announced that this tender will conduct three rounds of screening. From these 51 companies, select a company that can run World of Warcraft best and most successfully and satisfy the market, players, and consumers.

The results of the primary election will be announced in a week.

At the same time, it was announced that in order to show Blizzard’s emphasis on China’s domestic game market, on March 3, Blizzard Vice President Bill Ropa will hold a visit to China at the Xintiandi Dongmei Comprehensive Entertainment Center in Shanghai.

After the bidding meeting, Chen Hao did not leave immediately. Instead, he caught up with the mobile phone guy and talked about Blizzard games.

The next day, Chen Hao did not return to Beijing. Instead, he asked Brother Mobile to have dinner alone. I don’t know whether it was the good impression he left last year or the effect of chatting about daily life. Brother Mobile happily accepted the invitation.

During the dinner, Chen Hao asked why he came to the World of Warcraft team.

It turns out that just a few months after Chen Hao and the others left last year, the Diablo project team was in maintenance mode after the expansion pack "Lord of Destruction" was released. Diablo 3 has yet to move, and half of the entire Diablo project team has been integrated into World of Warcraft. The world's team, so

Chen Hao then listened to some inside information about the World of Warcraft bidding by chatting about games. The mobile phone brother Yemen understood the other party's intention of visiting and told some anecdotes without violating the principles.

51 seems to be a lot, but some of them are actually temporarily registered companies. The latest company was just registered three days before the bidding meeting, which is outrageous.

Some tenders even stated an agency fee of 2000 million U.S. dollars. It was like a local tycoon waving the money in his hand and shouting at Blizzard, "I have money, please sell World of Warcraft to me."

It's a pity that such a company has nothing but money.

Although money is only one aspect, Blizzard is looking at all-round conditions, such as computer rooms, servers, operations, channels, and so on.

The cell phone guy just clicks on it.

After eating and drinking, the mobile phone guy declined Chen Hao's follow-up arrangements.

Before leaving, he said earnestly, "Actually, the last time I took you to visit the Blizzard exhibition hall, I found that Mr. Chen is also a Blizzard fan. Blizzard, or I would rather hope that World of Warcraft would not fall into the hands of some businessmen full of copper odor. By leaving it in the hands of a boss who loves games like you, Mr. Chen, we will be more assured that World of Warcraft will get better and better."

Chen Hao nodded emotionally and bid him a friendly farewell.

Then he asked the translator, what did he say in the last sentence of "Ula Ula"?

After listening to the translation and watching the other party's retreating figure, Chen Hao secretly thought, after all, World of Warcraft was his youth, and he had no shirking responsibility.

After returning to Beijing, Chen Hao started his normal work.

The first step is to sort out the total funds available within the group, which is just over 7 million.

On weekdays, it seems quite a lot, but when converted into U.S. dollars, it’s only over 9000 million, which feels a bit underwhelming.

I don’t know if it’s enough, but it’s always good to be more prepared.

It is now February 2th, and he estimates that it will be at least a month before the Blizzard bidding dust settles. Even if various agreements can be finalized, it will not cost so much money at the beginning, and it should be paid in installments.

Therefore, there should be a window period of several months in the future. Try to make more money while these two months are not enough.

For the next time, Chen Hao racked his brains to think of ways to make money.

After holding it in for two days, when my brain was about to be drained, I came up with a more reasonable way that would not be too restrictive.

Why is Chen Hao so worried? It's not that he can't think of it, but that there are too many, including first deposit, cumulative deposit, VIP privileges, passes, first deposit benefits for each tier, skins, props, etc.

<divclass="contentadv">He needed to make reductions and control. Finally, after thinking for a long time, he decided on the policy of first recharge + recharge discount + pass + skin.

Especially for skins, the bottom line is that it does not affect the balance of the game. There is no such thing as +10 points of attack power, as long as it highlights one purpose: to look good.

Three Kingdoms OL and Three Kingdoms OL, one compatriot, one set of skins, the two games can be launched online at the same time, making huge profits.

In addition, Three Kingdoms Kill OL can also learn from the model of later generations of LOL. The game is free and the generals are free, but only 5 generals are available for free. Players who want more generals can purchase them through the mall and can unlock them with in-game silver coins or ingots. .

Silver coins can be earned by playing games and completing tasks in the game, while ingots can be obtained by players by recharging.

It's either liver or krypton. If you don't want to spend time, just pay for it if you can't help it. It's so clever and simple, simple and unpretentious.

Chen Haofeng went out with excitement on his face, but was stopped halfway by the ringtone of his cell phone.

The lady at the front desk said that two employees claiming to be Blizzard came to the door of the company and wanted to investigate the company.

Hey, this can't be ignored. Things have to be prioritized. Chen Hao went to receive them in person and waited for the other party to show their work certificate.

It turned out that after submitting the bidding materials, Blizzard arranged for people to go to these companies for on-site inspection and verification.

Chen Hao led the other party to visit the company, including the technical team and customer service team. He just wandered around the 22nd floor and introduced some of Century Interactive Entertainment's current business conditions and achievements.

Of course, the Honors Exhibition Hall is a must-visit location.

Chen Hao did not lead anyone from Blizzard to the other two floors. After all, some projects that needed to be kept secret were still under development.

Otherwise, Blizzard would look at it and say, oh, you are looking to represent World of Warcraft, and you are also secretly developing an online game similar to World of Warcraft with ulterior motives, and directly pass Century Interactive Entertainment, then Chen Hao will really cry without tears.

After the visit took about half an hour, Chen Hao invited them to go to the computer room in Zhongguancun for an on-site inspection.

At the same time, he handed the other party a business card. This is the contact number and address of the vice president of our group. When you get there, there will be a dedicated person to receive you two.

After saying a friendly farewell to the other party, Chen Hao called Lin Lang to explain the situation and let go of the matter and continue his skin care business.

Chen Hao rushed downstairs, found Chu Xuan himself, and dragged him into the conference room.

After describing his thoughts about skins just now, Chen Hao inspired new inspiration and thought of Hearthstone. The Three Kingdoms Killer OL can not only make a fuss about the skins of generals, but also the card borders and card backs. some articles.

Then the mall can add cards such as general-changing cards, brand-changing cards, and name-changing cards.

Changing the general card means choosing one of the three initial generals. If you are not satisfied, you can change the general card to a batch of three new generals.

The same applies to changing cards. You can only change an unwanted initial hand card. In addition, for the sake of fairness, only one of each of these two cards can be used.

Players can also change their name by purchasing a name change card.

After chattering a lot, Chen Hao picked up the thermos cup and drank a lot of water to moisten his waist.

"Today is February 2th, and the Three Kingdoms Online OL public beta will be launched on February 18th. There are still 2 days until the full game is completed. Can these functions be completed before the public beta?"

"I can't do it!"

"Gah?"