Chapter 705: Reluctant to leave the child but unable to trap the wolf
Li Dongling came to Chen Tao's rescue not because he was a direct descendant or a member of the Han Xijiao Gang. Those things had no meaning at all to Li Dongling.
The Shenzhou Computer project is constantly burning money like water, but as Chen Tao said, the money is not all spent by the Shenzhou Computer hardware research and development team.
The Shenzhou computer launched by Donglin Hi-tech is definitely not as good as HP, Dell and other brands equipped with Intel's latest chips in terms of single performance.
As early as the beginning of the preparation of Shenzhou Computer, the plan was to make this computer the "smoothest" computer in history.
That is to say, computer hardware and systems, as well as chips, graphics cards and other components are all controlled by hands. The software equipped with Shenzhou Computer is optimized to the extreme, giving people who use Shenzhou Computer a feeling that has never been so "silky". .
To achieve this step, it requires continuous optimization by Shenzhou Computer, Microsoft systems, Dongxin Semiconductor graphics cards, Kingsoft Software, and Xishanju Games.
For Chen Tao, the most important thing he does is not to save a computer, but to constantly mobilize troops and generals like a commander-in-chief.
Let chip, graphics card, screen and other hardware manufacturers, as well as software, game and other companies, continue to cooperate with Shenzhou Computer to make adjustments.
A large part of Shenzhou Computer's funding is actually spent on various partners to cooperate with Shenzhou Computer's research and development. Otherwise, how could it be possible to burn so much money.
Li Dongling knew this and came to Chen Tao's rescue.
Looking around and at everyone in the conference room, Li Dongling asked Zou Tao, the general manager of Xishanju, "What is the status of Xishanju's games exclusively developed by Shenzhou Computer?!"
Previously, Li Dongling joined forces with Kingsoft, Founder, and New Oriental to form Xishanju. What he wanted was to let it develop exclusive games for Dongling Hi-Tech.
Last year, when Tanglin High-tech launched the Shenzhou electronic dictionary, it proved that this trick is effective. The electronic dictionary is called a handheld game console, and it is really not just a boast.
The "Demons" game developed by Xishanju for the electronic dictionary is very popular among players. At least a large number of users chose to buy the game because of the games on the electronic dictionary. This is an indisputable fact.
The second-generation electronic dictionary, which will be released this year, is equipped with two games, "Happy Xiaoxiaole" and "Legend of Heroes", and is expected to attract a larger number of game users to buy electronic dictionaries.
How do you say this thing? People who use electronic dictionaries to learn English may never get started with the game.
Similarly, those who buy a machine just to play the above games, no matter how much optimization the Shenzhou Electronic Dictionary has done or how many lexicon databases have been updated, they probably won’t be able to learn it. There is a clear distinction between users on both sides...
Just like a computer, some people make a living by working with it, while some use it purely as a tool for watching videos and playing games.
What Tanglin High-tech can do is to do its best to meet the needs of users in the two camps of foreign language learning and gaming.
Now it's Shenzhou Computer's turn, and it needs Xishanju's efforts to develop exclusive computer games for Shenzhou Computer!
Hearing this, Zou Tao did not dare to neglect and said hurriedly, "The Swordsman Love developed by Xishanju for Shenzhou Computer has now entered the testing stage, and will be specially optimized for Shenzhou Computer in the future!"
The game Xishanju developed for Shenzhou Computer was Swordsman Love. The game development funds were all funded by the Shenzhou Computer Project Department and were also counted towards the Shenzhou Computer R&D project.
"Swordsman Love will be developed as soon as possible. No matter how it runs on other computers, on the Shenzhou computer, the experience must be smooth and there should be no lag!
After Shenzhou Computer goes online and goes on sale, it will use this game for activities. If necessary, you can buy a computer and give away the game Swordsman Love as a promotional activity! ”
Li Dongling said directly, "I don't want to give up my children, but I can't trap the wolf. If I really use a game to boost computer sales, what if I really give it away?" !
Anyway, given the current genuine software environment, where all kinds of pirated and copycat software are rampant, Xishanju cannot sell many units by selling genuine Swordsman Love.
In the previous life, Xishanju’s Swordsman 1 was a hit in China after its release, but it was a critical success not because it couldn’t be sold, but because copycats and pirated game discs sold much more copies than the genuine ones!
Swordsman Love 1 has sold a total of 25,000 sets at 125 yuan each, making a total of about 3 million, which seems like a lot, but in fact it cannot match its popularity at all!
Rather than letting knockoffs take advantage, it is better to do the opposite and directly use this game to promote Shenzhou Computers. Maybe it will have unexpected effects.
When he heard the strategy of giving away the Swordsman Love single-player game CD when buying a computer, Zou Tao opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.
Swordsman Love is Xishanju's first computer game. The entire Xishanju team has put in a lot of effort. Zou Tao would naturally be unwilling to accept it as a "giveaway".
But he also understood that the development funds for Swordsman Love were provided by Shenzhou Computer, and this project had a completely different weight than the game. No matter how reluctant Zou Tao was, he knew which one was more important to Dongling High-Tech.
When Li Dongling saw Zou Tao with his head lowered, Li Dongling didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of Xishanju. After all, Xishanju will be needed to develop more supporting games for Dongling Hi-Tech's products in the future. Moreover, in the future, the game will definitely be a cash cow, and Xishanju’s status will become higher and higher. Li Dongling does not want Xishanju to be in ruins.
After thinking for a moment, Li Dongling said to Zou Tao, "Over there at Xishanju, we have two choices!"
“The first option is to wait until the development of Swordsman Love is completed and let Shenzhou Computer buy out its inland copyright!
The second option is that Xishanju can choose to adopt a share-sharing system like the previous Tianya Company.
Every time Shenzhou Computer sells a machine, it can share the income to Xishanju according to a certain proportion! ”
Previously, after the establishment of Tianya Internet Company, the first product launched was Tianya Pinyin Input Method, but it was still worried that piracy was rampant and it would not be able to sell at a high price.
Therefore, Tianya Company cooperated with Shenzhou U Disk to promote the activity of buying Shenzhou U Disk and giving away Tianya Pinyin input method software. The result was a direct change in the entire domestic computer input method pattern, and even brought computers into the era of all people, taking a key step!
Nowadays, the Wubi input method is not as good as it used to be. Almost all computer novices who start typing use the Tianya input method.
Now, we have not yet reached the Internet era, so there is no way to estimate the market share of the input method. However, a conservative estimate is that 70% or even 80% of current domestic computer users may use the Tianya Pinyin input method.
Zou Tao's eyes lit up. He was no stranger to the name Tianya Pinyin Input Method. Even in the domestic software industry, Tianya Pinyin Input Method was a classic case!
Tianya Pinyin input method and Shenzhou USB flash drive can be said to complement each other. The former relies on the latter to obtain sales and revenue, while the latter relies on the former to open up sales in one fell swoop. It can be said to be one of the most classic cases in the history of domestic software.
Up to now, the Tianya Pinyin input method is still bundled with the Shenzhou USB flash drive. Every time a new generation of Tianya input method is launched, it is sold through the Shenzhou USB flash drive.
"I choose the second one!"
Zou Tao said in a deep voice that he didn't know whether JX Love was bundled with Shenzhou Computer and could be reproduced. He didn't know the miracle of Tianya Pinyin input method and Shenzhou USB flash drive, but he wanted to try it.
Li Dongling nodded, not surprised by Zou Tao's choice.
However, this option is also good for Shenzhou Computer, especially when the chain of Internet cafes begins. If you buy a Shenzhou Computer, you will come with the game Swordsman Love. This will attract many Internet cafe owners to buy Shenzhou Computer.
“Not only Swordsman Love, but also other games on the market now, Shenzhou Computer must also optimize them.
For example, for "Legend of Sword and Fairy", you can contact its developer to have the game deeply optimized with Shenzhou Computer, or even buy out the copyright of this game in mainland China.
In addition, for games such as Quake, Red Alert, Age of Empires, and Heroes of the Three Kingdoms, you should also contact their development teams to optimize them based on the configuration of the Shenzhou computer! ”
Fortunately, there are not many games on the market now. Shenzhou Computer can spend money to let these game development teams optimize the games. In a few years, there will be hundreds or thousands of games on the market, and it will be impossible to play like this.
Games will be the most important means of publicity and promotion for the launch of Shenzhou Computer. Regardless of the configuration of Shenzhou Computer, when you use it to play games without lag, who dares to say that it is not good?
Passing Zou Tao, Li Dongling once again asked the conference phone on the table in front of him, "How is the development progress of Master Lu's software at Tianya Company?"
The voice of Guo Jingyun, general manager of Tianya Company, came from the conference phone.
"Master Lu's software has been basically developed and is ready to start testing next week. Tianya Company will never delay the release of Shenzhou Computer!"
Guo Jingyun issued a military order. He was also a direct descendant of Dongling High-Tech and a member of the Hanxi Jiaotong University Gang. Guo Jingyun fully cooperated with Chen Tao.
"In addition, Tianya Forum, Tianya Sports, and..."
At the Tianya Company Headquarters in Zhongguancun, Yanjing, he glanced at Zhou Hongyi and Wang Jiangmin who were sitting next to him. Guo Jingyun continued, "Yahoo Continental Company and Jiangmin Anti-Virus Software will also fully cooperate with Shenzhou Computer to deeply integrate the software with Shenzhou Computer." Optimize! ”
After Guo Jingyun, the heads of departments such as Dongxin Semiconductor and Dongfang Optoelectronics began to report one after another.
"The Tianji chip is currently being optimized by Shenzhou Computer. Once the functions are confirmed, the Tianji chip will begin mass production!" Wu Xinyi said.
Lin Sjian also said over there, "We are also optimizing and debugging the Tianji chip process. It is expected that after large-scale mass production, the cost of Tianji chips will further drop!"
"BOE will officially start trial production of computer screens for Shenzhou Computer next month!"
(End of chapter)