Chapter 146 is meaningless, but it’s fun
In the history of China’s online game development, Korean online games have had a profound impact on China’s game industry.
For example, Legend, Miracle, Ragnarok, MapleStory, Arena of Valor, Audition, Kart Racing, Cross Fire, Dungeon & Warriors, Aion...
Especially Chinese online games In the early days, Korean online games were almost overwhelming, and they have firmly occupied half of the country.
For example, early legends and miracles had no rivals at all.
Several games are still in operation ten or twenty years later, which shows how popular these games are.
In addition to squeezing the market, the style and design of Korean online games also affected the design and aesthetics of domestic online games, which were called Korean-style online games at the time.
Early online games only had two forms: European and American style and Japanese style. Because the United States, Europe, and Japan were the three major game markets at that time, the game industry was developed, and the design and painting style had their own characteristics, so two styles were formed. genre.
Korean online games were originally copied from Europe and the United States. At that time, the most influential Korean online game "Paradise" had half of its game settings directly copied from a European and American open source text adventure game called "Nethack".
Not only do the items, monsters, and spells have the same values, but even their names have not changed, the character growth and interface structure are also almost the same.
The other half of the settings, art style, and game mechanics are copied from "Diablo".
This online game became very popular in South Korea as soon as it was launched, allowing NCSOFT to catch up from behind and become the earliest online game giant company in South Korea alongside NEXON.
The success of "Paradise" has also become the starting point for the industrialization of Korean online games.
After the Asian financial turmoil, the Koreans put forward the strategy of "building a nation through culture" and made every effort to develop the entertainment industry.
South Korea positioned the IT industry and cultural industry as the backbone industries for national development in the 21st century and launched the "Cultural Industry Promotion Law."
A large amount of chaebol capital has poured into the game industry. Many Korean game companies started by imitating "Lineage" in the early days.
Laws, policies, capital tilt, and the addition of outstanding graduates from South Korea's top universities have made the South Korean game industry begin to rise, and then they went overseas to seek gold.
At that time, the Chinese game industry was in its infancy and could not resist the invasion of Korean games.
It was not until 2008 that the economic level improved. Also with the support of policies and capital, the influx of outstanding talents began to slowly squeeze out Korean online games.
In this era, if you want to be in the game industry, your biggest enemy is not Europe and the United States, but South Korea.
Qin Shaoyan has never relaxed his vigilance about Korean online games. He has made many targeted plans from the beginning of the layout of online games.
Before he could do anything, the other party came to him.
Qin Shaoyan sneered several times. It was a long-term tug-of-war with Korean online games, but that didn't stop him from messing with the Koreans first. He was disgusting and disgusted with them.
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At around five o'clock in the morning, Qin Shaoyan arrived in Seattle by plane with a few confidants.
George, who was woken up from his sleep, yawned and complained, "Damn it, John. Is there anything you can't say until I wake up? Disturbing my sleep will affect my working status during the day."
Qin Shaoyan also Without talking nonsense, he asked directly: "Are the Koreans coming?"
George was stunned for a moment, and then asked in great surprise: "How did you know?"
"Yes. From NEXON?" Qin Shaoyan continued with a sullen face: "Do you know where they live?" "Yes." George nodded, and then asked, "What happened?"
"Give me their address." Qin Shaoyan urged without explaining, "Hurry up."
George looked at Qin Shaoyan confused, but didn't ask any more questions, and casually wrote one on the post-it note. address.
Qin Shaoyan took the note, turned to look at Zhang Pingyi, took out a handful of coins and the note from his pocket and gave it to him.
Zhang Minyi looked at the things in his hands with a confused expression, and then looked at Qin Shaoyan, "Mr. Qin, what are you?"
"Zhang Tianshi!" Qin Shaoyan looked at him solemnly. With Zhang Pingyi, "Now there is an important task for you."
Zhang Pingyi instinctively felt something was wrong, but he still said subconsciously: "Uh, tell me."
"You know how to call 911?" Qin Shaoyan pointed to the public telephone booth on the street, "Go ahead and take the photo." Use the address above and make up your own reasons. Let the police officers in Seattle treat the Koreans well."
Fuck!
Zhang Minyi was very speechless. He watched Qin Shaoyan remain silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Does this make sense?"
"It doesn't make sense." Qin Shaoyan answered honestly , "But I feel happy."
"Go quickly!"
Zhang Pingyi rushed to the phone booth with a troubled face, picked up the phone, inserted coins, and started pressing 911.
George couldn't understand what the two were talking about, and looked helplessly as the two whispered, "Hey, John, why did Zhang go to the public phone booth? I have the phone with me."
Qin Shaoyan smiled, how could he use his phone for such a thing?
Qin Shaoyan turned to look at George, who was still confused, and said in English: "Take us to meet the Koreans." George was a little confused, "Why meet them?"
"I want to make an appointment with them for breakfast and have a chat together." Qin Shaoyan urged, "Hurry up and finish early and have an early rest."
Twenty minutes later, Qin Shaoyan sat in the car Here, I watched a Seattle police raid from a distance.
The tall policeman picked the person up from the hotel bed, put him on the ground and searched him, then put his hands cuffed behind his back into a police car and took him back to the police station.
Qin Shaoyan raised his hand to look at his watch and praised in Mandarin: "The Seattle Police Department is very efficient. Master Zhang Tianshi did a great job."
Zhang Pingyi next to him had a dark face and said nothing, pretending not to hear.
And George looked shocked and confused, and asked in English: "John, what happened?"
"I don't know?" Qin Shaoyan also looked confused. , "How could this happen?"
"It seems that the plan to have breakfast with the Koreans has been ruined. Let's go back to rest first, and then go to V agency."
Then Qin Shaoyan He looked at George seriously and said, "George, my friend, can you keep today's matter a secret? I don't want Gabe to know that I'm planning to meet the Koreans. I'm afraid he will misunderstand."
George yawned and said casually: "Okay."
"You swear."
"Okay, I swear!" George said impatiently, "Damn, let us Let’s go back and rest.”
It’s none of his business whether the Koreans live or die, he just wants to go back and sleep.
Several people returned to the hotel with different moods. After a good sleep, they became energetic again.
Qin Shaoyan walked into the V agency headquarters with a happy face and greeted the familiar employees.
V Company employees responded enthusiastically, joked with Qin Shaoyan, and congratulated him on his success at the E3 exhibition.
Chatting and laughing all the way, Qin Shaoyan walked into Fatty G’s office.
G Fat looked up and was a little surprised to see Qin Shaoyan, "Why did you come so quickly? I thought you would stay in Los Angeles for a few more days."
Qin Shaoyan sat on the sofa minding his own business. , sighing, "Originally, that was what I planned to do, but something unexpected happened and I had to come here in advance."
G Fat asked curiously: "What happened?"
"How are the negotiations between South Korea's NEXON Company and you?" Qin Shaoyan suddenly asked.
Pang G was startled and frowned, "How did you know? George told you?"
The representative of NEXON company came in secret and made a special request Valve strictly maintains confidentiality and will not disclose the information until the negotiations are concluded.
The other party was so solemn about the matter. Although Fatty G felt uncomfortable, he readily agreed.
As a result, as soon as the conversation started, Qin Shaoyan came to the door.
George next to him immediately defended: "It's not me, I didn't say anything."
Qin Shaoyan said lazily, "It wasn't George, it was the Koreans who said it themselves. They are in China. It is widely announced that it has obtained the license for the online game version of "Counter-Strike" and is negotiating with agents." "Waltfak?" G Fat was furious, "We have not reached any agreement at all. , how can they do this? Isn’t this a fraud?”
“They also asked us to keep it secret. What the hell is this?”
Qin Shaoyan echoed in agreement: "That's what Koreans are like, they have no business credibility."
G Fat cursed a few times and looked very unhappy.
Qin Shaoyan suddenly asked: "Are you negotiating with the Koreans today?"
"Yes."
"Then you don't have to wait." Qin Shaoyan smiled Laugh, "They won't come today."
"Why?!" Fatty G was a little shocked.
"This is what Koreans are like. They call it small negotiation skills." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "In our Chinese language, it is called play hard to get, just like fishing, you will put out the line before pulling the fish up. . ”
G Fat was a little dubious, so he asked someone to contact the representatives of South Korea’s NEXON company to confirm whether they would still attend the appointment today.
After a while, the secretary came to reply, but could not contact the NEXON representative, and there was no message from the other party.
G Fat was furious and yelled, "These damn Koreans!"
(End of this chapter)