Chapter 88 Mr. Qin’s Speech (2-in-1)
Qin Shaoyan doesn’t care what the big guys think, he has nothing else on his mind, he only thinks about how to lead his domestic gaming peers to a win-win situation.
We are just clean in our hearts, nothing else, we just pretend to be colleagues.
He was having fun playing lottery with the audience when a familiar figure appeared in the crowd next to him and waved to Qin Shaoyan.
Hey, isn’t this me, Brother Chen?
Qin Shaoyan immediately handed the trumpet to Teacher Hong and asked him to preside over the lottery. He jumped off the table and got out of the crowd.
"Brother Chen." Qin Shaoyan greeted enthusiastically but shyly.
Chen Peng said helplessly and funny: "You have made a lot of noise."
Qin Shaoyan immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Brother Chen, I didn't expect to be so popular. , I’m causing trouble to you.”
“Let’s not talk about it anymore.” Chen Peng coughed, “You have to keep your job title when you work.”
"Okay, Director Chen." Qin Shaoyan followed suit.
“Didn’t you say you are from the American V agency?” Chen Peng pointed at the banner and asked, “Why did you become a domestic company again?”
“Oh, I I used to work at V Agency and returned to China to open a game company." Qin Shaoyan immediately said sincerely, "We are strategic partners with V Agency. They entrusted us to come over to help participate in the exhibition. Please see the entrustment letter."
Chen Peng nodded and asked: "Is this Plants vs. Zombies made by a domestic company?"
"Yes, this game was developed by me at a domestic company and handed over to V Agency. Published in North America." Qin Shaoyan also took out a copy of the company's business license and a copy of the US copyright document from his pocket.
Huh? Have you prepared all the materials? !
You came prepared.
Chen Peng couldn't help but deepen his affection for Qin Shaoyan, "Can I take this with me?"
"This is for Brother Chen." Qin Shaoyan added, " Do you think there’s anything missing?”
“No, this is enough”
Qin Shaoyan suddenly asked, "Director Chen, I see that industry representatives have been arranged to come on stage. Can you let me go up too."
Chen Peng frowned and looked at Qin Shaoyan hesitantly, "Mr. Qin, you want to go up. What are you talking about?"
"Go up and talk about the overseas release of domestic games," Qin Shaoyan said sincerely, "We have some experience in releasing our games in North America. I hope it can be helpful to other colleagues."
< br>The game goes overseas?
Chen Peng's eyes lit up, then he looked at Qin Shaoyan, but did not give a reply.
He put the things away, patted Qin Shaoyan on the shoulder, and said before leaving, "Please check the text messages on your phone."
Seeing Chen Peng leave in a hurry, Qin Shaoyan knew that he must go to report to the leader. .
Qin Shaoyan turned around and was about to go back to host the lottery when Cao Bo quickly came up and pulled him diligently.
“Hey, Mr. Qin, as you are, don’t do the work yourself. Come and sit down, you’ve been busy all morning.” Cao Bo turned to his employees and said, “Go and help Mr. Qin. . ”
This Mr. Qin is both capable and well-connected. He is really a great guy.
Cao Bo didn't even care about his own stall, and devoted himself to helping Mr. Qin.
He knew in his heart that with Mr. Qin here, the whole place except those big companies would be basically a backdrop.
I was so close that I got the benefit of the doubt. Didn’t I see that my peers at other booths looked at me with jealousy?
Qin Shaoyan was chatting with Cao Bo about some interesting things about V agency while waiting for Chen Peng’s call.
More than ten minutes later, Qin Shaoyan was about to get up and reorganize the program, but he saw Chen Peng again before it started.
Chen Peng's face was solemn this time, and he quickly walked over, grabbed Qin Shaoyan's arm, "Mr. Qin, come with me quickly."
Qin Shaoyan felt happy in his heart, knowing that it was almost done, he agreed and hurriedly followed superior.
"Mr. Qin, you will go on stage to say a few words later, and you should prepare yourself first." Chen Peng warned as he walked, "If you don't know what to say, I will write a few words for you."
< br>"Okay." Qin Shaoyan showed an expression of excitement and joy, "Thank you so much, Brother Chen."
Chen Peng didn't take credit, just waved his hand, "No need to thank me, your company's results are so impressive, I don't want to thank you." The leader will also ask you to go up and talk about it.”
"Then I have to thank Brother Chen for giving me this opportunity to participate in the exhibition." Qin Shaoyan thanked him again.
Chen Peng stopped at this time and looked at Qin Shaoyan seriously, "Mr. Qin, when you go up to give a speech, you should pay attention to the scale and propriety, and don't speak uncontrollably."
"Brother Chen, you Don't worry." Qin Shaoyan immediately patted his chest and said, "I am a domestic company, and I hope to work in the game industry in the future."
"Besides, my family is still here."
Now. Chen Peng breathed a sigh of relief and stopped mentioning helping Qin Shaoyan write lyrics.
The two came to the rostrum and stood there waiting to be called up.
After a few minutes, the host started stringing together words.
“China’s gaming industry was booming in 2003. In addition to the boom in online games, stand-alone games also frequently produced excellent works. Some of these stand-alone games have traveled across the ocean and achieved impressive results in the United States.”
"Now we invite Mr. Qin Shaoyan, President of Sentinel Technology Co., Ltd., to come to the stage!"
The scene burst into warm applause. Qin Shaoyan rushed onto the stage with a red face, ran to the host and took the microphone.
"Hello everyone, I am the president of Sentinel Technology, and my name is Qin Shaoyan."
"Qin is the Qin of Qin Shihuang, and Shaoyan is the man of few words." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "I am a bit I’m not good at words, so I’m sorry for what I said. Please bear with me.”
Chen Peng sneered, you don’t act like a man of few words.
"I grew up playing domestic stand-alone games." Qin Shaoyan suddenly sighed, "There were no Internet cafes at that time, they were all places called computer rooms."
"Hidden in In a residential area, more than a dozen computers form a local area network, which is used secretly every day.”
"I first came into contact with foreign stand-alone games, such as Delta, Red Alert, and Interstellar."
"Later, I gradually started to like our domestic stand-alone games, such as Fairy Sword, Swordsman Love, Bloody Battle on the Beach, and Heroes "Of course, all I played was piracy," Qin Shaoyan added, "because I didn't have a computer or money at that time, and I didn't even know what piracy was."
"My hometown is in the 18th-tier city in Northeast China, where pirated games are harder to find than pirated tapes, let alone genuine ones."
There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and most of the audience here All the games are pirated.
After all, genuine copies are too expensive. They don’t even have their own computers, let alone buy games. They all go to Internet cafes to play.
As for Internet cafes, even the operating system is pirated.
Qin Shaoyan suddenly straightened his expression and said seriously: "The domestic game industry started on the PC side, and the domestic game industry has been rooted in the PC since its birth."
"At that time Domestic computers are still very expensive luxury goods and are very rare, so the domestic game industry has faced a difficult environment since its birth. "
"With the development of the Internet in recent years, computer sales have soared and the number of Internet users has also increased year by year. However, games. The difficult years of the industry are worth remembering forever. "Thank you to those seniors who pioneered the domestic game industry. Thank you for creating the domestic game industry. Thank you for designing such fun games."
The audience was silent, and even people from other game companies were quiet, listening to Qin Shaoyan's speech.
Qin Shaoyan paused and his voice started to sound a little low. "Last year, someone told me that stand-alone games are no longer viable. You should switch to online games. You can still survive this way. You can't survive by playing stand-alone games."
"I know this is the kindness of my friends, but I still feel unwilling to do so."
"Is it true that domestic stand-alone games are no longer viable? I don't know." Qin Shaoyan looked at the audience , said one word at a time, "I only know that if everyone thinks so, then stand-alone games will really not work."
"I know it's hard to survive in stand-alone games. Nowadays, you can't sell much if you make a genuine stand-alone game, and you can't even recover the cost."
"This is not anyone's fault, you are just not lucky That’s it.”
“When I was at V, Half-Life producer Gabe Newell told me that every single-player game producer in China is respectable.” Qin Shaoyan’s moment. Some choked up, "In my opinion, you are heroes."
"It is the pioneers of stand-alone games who sow the fire that led to the current development of the game industry. Stand-alone games have cultivated a large number of fans for online games. Talent."
The other colleagues in the audience were touched for a moment when they heard Qin Shaoyan's words, and their eyes gradually turned red.
If it wasn't for love, why would they join this industry?
Many of them have personally experienced the changes in the game industry. From birth to development to decline, they have all shed sweat and tears for the game.
Suddenly, Qin Shaoyan on the stage raised the trophy in his hand, "When I received this trophy at the American Golden Keyboard Award Ceremony, the first thought in my mind was, this The trophy is not awarded to me alone.”
“It is awarded to every single-player game producer in China.”
Qin Shaoyan raised the trophy and said loudly: “This should be the case. It’s your honor.”
A burst of warm applause suddenly erupted from the audience, and all the audience and other colleagues applauded Qin Shaoyan from the bottom of their hearts.
Especially those in the industry stood proudly.
Winning a domestic stand-alone game is a trophy awarded by an American. They are all honored.
Mr. Qin said so well, this is a trophy for all of us.
Some people say that they have never heard of the Golden Keyboard Award.
Well, that's not the point.
As long as you know how awesome it is, if you don’t know it, that’s because you are ignorant.
Qin Shaoyan slowly put down the trophy and suddenly smiled, "This trophy is quite heavy. I'm sorry, I was a little off topic."
There was a burst of good-natured laughter from the audience.
"I know that domestic stand-alone games are really difficult." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "When I made Plants vs. Zombies, I was thinking about how to recover the cost. No matter how much, I can earn back the funds for the next project. Too many to think about.”
"Actually, many people were not optimistic about this project at the beginning, and I was almost desperate at that time."
"Then one day I was thinking, since it would be a hit everywhere, why not try it in the U.S. market? ? ”
“You must know that the US market is much larger than the domestic market. For example, in 2001, the domestic game market sales were only 500 million yuan, while the total sales of game consoles, software and peripherals in the United States were 6.5 billion. US dollars."
"But going overseas is not a matter of words. We have to face many problems," Qin Shaoyan raised his finger, "such as localization translation issues, how to find publishers, how to apply for U.S. copyright, and so on. Bargaining, legal issues.”
“Of course the most important thing is the travel expenses. Air tickets are too expensive.”
Qin Shaoyan smiled, and then said with a sincere and serious face: "I would like to express my special thanks to the relevant leaders of the publishing department. Regarding our plan to take the game overseas, the leaders have given strong support."
"There is no leader. Without their care and guidance, our plan to go overseas might have been aborted.”
“In the end, we overcame a series of difficulties and finally successfully opened the North American market and achieved amazing results.”
"Including DLC, the game is priced at US$15." Qin Shaoyan gestured with a finger, "Sales exceeded two million units in the first month, and reached five million units in less than three months. On January 1, 2004, the sales volume exceeded 11 million units.”
The whole audience was amazed, even though they were not surprised after hearing the figure of 11 million units just now.
But now with the price of $15, everyone is even more shocked.
That’s 160 million U.S. dollars. When converted into RMB, that’s 1.3 billion.
In 2003, the revenue of the entire online game market was only 1.38 billion. Your single-player game sales have caught up with the national game industry.
Thinking of this, the leaders of other departments couldn't help but look at the publishing department.
But the leaders of the edition office were expressionless, looking at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses, and they remained motionless without any reaction.
Okay, you guys are really good at hiding this.
It made big news without making any noise.
“It is a bold attempt to take our game overseas. I originally hoped to give our domestic colleagues more experience.” Qin Shaoyan said with emotion, “I am very glad that we succeeded. This success may give a new dimension to stand-alone games. Find a way out.”
“Single-player games and online games complement each other, and the two types are indispensable for mutual promotion.”
“Without the accumulation of stand-alone games, there would be no explosion of online games, and there would be no stand-alone games. The innovation of the game engine does not have the exquisite picture quality of online games.”
"When I was at V Club, I worked with the inventor of BT download technology to develop an online gaming platform, and I realized one thing." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "With the development of infrastructure and hardware, the network speed is getting faster and faster. , Online stand-alone has become inevitable, and stand-alone online games are likely to occur.”
“So, stand-alone and online games are inseparable.”
“As the times progress, I believe that stand-alone games will become more popular. The game will regain its vitality in the fertile soil of China."
"Finally, I have a message for you."
"I hope you will not forget your original intention and move forward."
"There will be times when you ride the wind and waves, and hang your sails directly across the sea."
"If you keep thinking about it, there will be echoes!"
"I hope that when you set sail to the sea, you will be like me, in a distant foreign land. Open up a new world."
"Thank you, everyone." Qin Shaoyan put down the microphone, picked up the trophy, and walked slowly off the podium.
A burst of warm applause and cheers erupted from the scene. Everyone automatically parted ways and looked at Qin Shaoyan with excitement, as if looking at an idol.
Chen Peng stepped forward and said with emotion: "Mr. Qin, your name is very good."
You call this being reticent?
"It's just that the atmosphere has reached." Qin Shaoyan said shyly, "I feel it."
Chen Peng nodded, "Go back and prepare, the leader will see you tomorrow. ”
Happy New Year everyone, I will give you an extra update, two in one, and send it together
(End of this chapter)