There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

  Chapter 518 Unless the other party can predict the future

   "Mobile? Casual games? Mobile online games?"

  Lin Xi heard a few words spoken by Lin Yao.

   I am even more confused.

   After all, she is not in this industry.

  Lin Xi doesn't like playing games either.

   Compared to playing games.

   She seems to prefer to devote her extra time to her sister.

  So it was a bit difficult for her to immediately understand what Lin Yao said just now.

   "You read the planning book first, and then I will explain it to you."

  Lin Yao, who was nestled on the sofa, let go of her lap, and picked up the cat on Lin Xi's lap sideways, and put it in her arms, letting her read the plan with peace of mind.

  Lin Xi heard what his sister said, thought about it, and opened the planning book directly.

   And at the same time.

  The cat in Lin Yao's arms immediately became fussy again when he saw the change.

  But probably because Lin Xi was nearby, it wasn't too violent.

It's just that he didn't lie down quietly, but struggled to get up. He stood up, put his short forelimbs on Lin Yao's knees, looked around nervously with his small head, and saw that Lin Xi was still beside him, so he didn't jump up. Walk.

   "Aren't you being too ungrateful? I've always been feeding you cat food, right?"

  Lin Yao watched the man stand up, looked at Lin Xi's puppet cat, put down the long snow-white legs curled up on the sofa, and smiled angrily.

   "Meow~"

  The puppet cat heard the sound, looked back at Lin Yao, immediately withdrew its forelimbs, and lay back on her lap.

   Then, it looked up.

Um.

   Can't see her anymore.

  Lin Yao didn't think much about it. Seeing that the puppet cat was no longer noisy, she ignored it and turned to look at Lin Xi.

  Lin Xi frowned slightly, quietly looking at the proposal.

  Actually, the entire plan, apart from the design idea of ​​the mobile phone, the design plan of the game and the description of the software, is not very long.

soon.

  Lin Xi figured out what his sister wanted to do.

   "Have you finished reading it? In fact, what the whole plan wants to do is very simple, just seize an opportunity and try it out."

Lin Yao watched her put down the planning book, and said: "Mobile games, that is, the mobile games mentioned in the planning book, I will definitely do it, because I am very optimistic about this market, even if I am not optimistic, with the current development of Linmu Studio In terms of size, it is also essential to try."

"But there is one problem. I did a little research on the brands and models of mobile phones currently on the market, and found that there are too many and too complicated. This is not something that a forest studio can solve. The only thing that a forest studio can do is to Let the game adapt to more mobile phone models."

   "But the cost of this adaptation is not small, so I thought, since I am optimistic about the mobile game, why... can't we be the party that sets the standard?"

  When Lin Yao said this, she paused, stroked the cat on her lap lightly, and then continued:

   "Because of the switch, we now have experience in physical product sales and mature channels. Although mobile phones are mobile phones, game consoles are game consoles."

"But having said that, with this mobile phone, we don't have to focus on traditional mobile phone users...We can focus on gamers. Anyway, my original purpose was to bring unity to the chaotic mobile phone market as much as possible. The studio can make mobile games more easily, without having to invest too much energy in adapting messy games. Even if it really fails, it can speed up the unification.”

   "So, I wrote this plan, the focus is on games, and the mobile phone is included."

   "Of course, if the mobile phone brand can gain a good reputation among players, achieve good results, and then radiate to ordinary users, that would be even better. At that time, it is estimated that Forest Financial Holdings will not have to worry about the problem of a single industry."

  Lin Yao said a lot in one breath.

  The core idea is to serve the game.

   A sentence of 'do you have faith' is enough.

   Any more would put pressure on Lin Xi, so Lin Yao didn't say too much about her mobile phone expectations, only saying that it would be better if she could achieve results.

   And Lin Xi quietly listened to his sister's words, pondering, and did not answer for a long time.

  Lin Yao waited quietly.

   After a while.

"it is good."

  Lin Xi raised his head and made up his mind: "I will set up a subsidiary company independently, which will be responsible for connecting with Linmu Studio."

   "Have you made up your mind so quickly?"

  Lin Yao was a little surprised.

  Mobile phone is a very unfamiliar industry to Forest Financial Holdings.

  And the current mobile phone market is not a blue ocean.

  Red Sea properly.

   Recruiting is popular.

  Switch is a product with the backing of Linmu Studio, and Linmu Financial Holdings was also desperate at the time.

  However, as a popular communication tool, the mobile phone is not convincing because of the description of "new form of smart phone" in Lin Yao's planning book without seeing the physical product.

   How many players are willing to buy mobile phones for games?

  Lin Yao didn't have much confidence.

  But Lin Xi agreed within less than ten minutes of thinking.

   "Well, I trust you."

Lin Xi closed the plan book and said with a gentle smile: "Besides, the survival of Forest Financial Holdings now depends entirely on Linmu Studio and Switch... Regardless of personal feelings, Linmu Studio is also trustworthy. Let me convince the shareholders. .”

   "It's not necessary."

Lin Yao was stunned when she heard Lin Xi's words, and then smiled lightly: "You don't need to go through the trouble of setting up a subsidiary company, just buy it directly. This is an attachment, which includes the design ideas of mobile phones and the mobile phone manufacturers I am optimistic about. When the time comes, you will let people Be responsible for negotiating with these mobile phone manufacturers, and then do your due diligence and choose the one you think is the most reliable.

   Don’t worry about the money, Linmu Studio is wholly owned, so you don’t have to worry about it. It’s best if you can fully control the company. Of course, if you are worried about Forestry Financial Holdings, you can hang some shares under the banner of Forestry Financial Holdings.

  As for the shareholders, if you don’t want to, then you can tell them that this is my idea, you can either accept it or die, anyone can make a switch, without Linmu Studio, they can’t even handle chip suppliers.

  In addition, sister, how is the preparation for the relocation of Forest Financial Holdings next to the forest studio? "

  Finally, after Lin Yao finished speaking, she seemed uneasy, and asked about the relocation, ready to scare Xiaoxiao at any time.

"what?"

  Lin Xi was not surprised by his sister's last words.

   Actually.

  The survival of Forest Financial Holdings is largely due to the forest studio, not to mention that the major shareholder of Forest Financial Holdings is still Lin Yao...

  She was more surprised when Lin Yao said about buying a mobile phone factory.

   This is not very common.

   "The relocation is still in preparation, but it will be soon... But Yaoyao, direct acquisition, is there any problem with the capital chain?" Lin Xi thought for a while and asked.

"sister."

  Lin Yao was unhappy when she heard this. She patted Lin Xi's shoulder lightly, and said earnestly: "You don't know anything about the cash flow of the game company or Linmu Studio..."

  A mobile phone manufacturer, how expensive can it be?

  Lin Xi: "..."

   "Did you just show off in front of your sister?"

   After a long time.

  Lin Xi finally came to his senses.

  The expressions gradually become dangerous.

   "No way."

  Lin Yao smiled brightly at Lin Xi, trying to get away with it.

  How could Lin Xi let her go so easily.

   "Meow~"

   After a few seconds.

   Accompanied by the Ragdoll cat jumping off the sofa in panic.

  The girl who was showing off just now was pressed on the sofa, shaking with laughter because of tickling.

   "I was wrong, is it okay to be wrong?"

   Between sisters, whoever makes more money is not the one who is strong, she really can't stand it.

   Soon, Lin Yao begged for mercy out of breath,

   "Let you show off... I will negotiate with those mobile phone companies as soon as possible, and I will let Uncle Zhang take the lead."

  Lin Xi glared at his younger sister lightly, satisfied, he hugged his younger sister and turned over, letting her lie on top of him.

   "Well, I don't want Linmu Studio to be overly involved in this project. After all, the progress of this project is based on the premise of the continued growth of Linmu Studio's game business."

Lin Yao nodded, breathing calmly, and said: "So when the time comes, Linmu Studio will mainly do software work, and you may need to help with hardware. I will ask the hardware department of Switch to assist, and I will also assist , providing an overall design idea.

  Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is also the fact that the forest studio is very popular now, and every move is too eye-catching. Maybe someone will be able to guess what it is, so thank you for your hard work. "

   "...Are you showing off in front of your sister again?"

   "What! I just said something like a big tree attracts the wind, and you are making unreasonable words."

   "Exaggerated words, right!"

   "Wait, Lin Xi, I'm warning you, I'm on top now, you... eh!"

   "..."

Meow.

not far away.

  The puppet sat on the floor, raised two cat ears, and looked at the two sisters on the sofa.

   cried out dissatisfied.

   Recently.

   It seems to be falling out of favor more and more.

  …

  After Lin Xi chatted with Lin Yao.

  The mobile phone project was officially launched.

but.

  Not many people in Linmu Studio know about this project.

  The insiders are only a few high-level people.

  Including Lin Yao, Mu Wanqing, Zhong Xiu, Bao Liangzhe.

  Most of the other staff know about the mobile terminal, and the only thing they know about is a mobile communication software.

  Even insiders were taken aback when they learned that Lin Yao really wanted to make a mobile phone.

   Especially Jong Soo.

  He really didn't expect that Lin Yao would do this for the game.

   It's all because of the vinegar, I made dumplings!

but.

   After Lin Yao explained.

  He was relieved.

  Lin Yao explained the full-screen smartphone solution in detail.

  He even vaguely felt... It's really hard to say who is Jiaozi.

   But he didn't pay too much attention to this aspect.

  Compared with the hardware, who is the dumpling and who is the jealousy, he cares more about how to adapt to the full-screen operating habits of the mobile terminal that he dominates.

  After getting the operation plan given by Lin Yao.

  Zhong Xiu quickly dropped everything and excitedly prepared to change it, and at the same time said that he wanted to participate in the development of the mobile phone system.

   And loudly asked Lin Yao to send herself a prototype as soon as possible.

   "He's a born product manager..."

  Lin Yao watched Zhong Xiu run out excitedly, a little dumbfounded.

  In fact, she also wanted to chat with him about the current mobile operating system pattern.

  In Lin Yao’s previous life, Android and IOS were divided into two worlds. To a large extent, it was because of the ecology and the market structure has been formed. Let’s not mention the latter. The competition in the former market is so fierce that the barriers to entry are too high.

  So if it is not forced to do nothing, basically no company will make a new system.

  Android is pretty good.

   But here, with the demons dancing wildly, there is really a chance to dominate the world...or take a big bite of cake.

   But this touched Lin Yao's knowledge blind spot.

  There are only two options in front of her. The first is to choose an open source system on the market and improve on this basis.

  The advantage of this solution is that the risk is small, there is a ready-made foundation, and it is easy to do.

  The second is self-development. Starting from scratch, this solution is good for everything, but there is no experience, high investment cost, and high risk.

  Lin Yao also has no experience.

  She mentioned something to Zhong Xiu just now, and he seems to be more inclined to the latter.

  But Lin Yao is still struggling.

   By the way... don't you have a system?

  Lin Yao suddenly remembered something and frowned slightly.

   Last time the system rewarded a VR, and then there was no movement.

  The main reason is that the threshold for completing the next task is too high.

  Switch's global sales exceeded 70 million units.

   This has not yet been achieved.

  The rewarded VR technical documentation is useless, and Lin Yao is really not interested in it.

   Maybe there will be interest in the future, but not now.

   Might as well reward her with an open source mobile phone system.

  She might still be Limbus...

   Lin Yao thought of this, pursed her lips, and smiled lightly.

Well.

   It’s okay to be joking, but as the scale of Linmu Studio is getting bigger and bigger, she also knows that relying on the system alone may not work.

  Let’s talk about the situation of the acquired mobile phone manufacturer...

  …

  Except cell phone items.

  The recent actions of Linmu Studio are not many.

  Because Lin Yao was not in a hurry to arrange a project to take over the game.

  Currently, most of the staff of Linmu Studio are still focusing on the games that are going to be released.

   But just like what Lin Yao said.

   Now Linmu Studio can really be said to be a big tree attracting the wind.

   Most staff are not aware of it.

   But for the peers.

  The public actions of Linmu Studio cannot be concealed.

   "700 million wholly-owned acquisition of mobile phone manufacturers?"

  Sky fox.

  When Mou Feng heard the news, he was stunned: "What are they going to do? Has this mobile phone manufacturer released any new technologies recently?"

   "I haven't heard of it, but I heard that it's about to go bankrupt..."

The subordinate who submitted the report shook his head slightly: "I checked this company. Although it was the first domestic manufacturer of touch screen mobile phones, in order to pursue sales, it adopted a blind expansion of machine-sea tactics, and the brand image has been almost consumed. , even if it is not acquired, it is estimated that it will not survive.

  The only advantage is probably that there are many patents. "

   "Why did Linmu Studio acquire such a company?"

  Mou Feng subconsciously asked a subordinate.

  Because he is very confused.

   But the subordinate also looked confused, how did she know!

fine.

Li Guangsheng next to him took up the conversation without making it difficult for his subordinates: "Don't worry about it! Maybe it's because we have too much money and are too busy to bet on the future. What we should care about now is not this matter, but the upcoming "Warcraft" world"!"

  Li Guangsheng rubbed his eyebrows.

  He hasn't slept well lately...

  Some time ago, "World of Warcraft" was tested.

  He bought several test accounts at a high price.

   Then I went in and played "World of Warcraft" for a while, and after that, I couldn't sleep even more...

  Now all his thoughts are on what to do with Tianhu after "World of Warcraft" comes out.

   "Did you forget what I told you?"

When Mou Feng heard Li Guangsheng's words, he turned around and frowned: "After the new generation of communication technology is put into commercial use, with the improvement of bandwidth and speed, it may make it possible to play online games on mobile phones! I have to care about this matter! I doubt that Lin Yao It's the same idea!

  She also thinks that it will be possible to play online games anytime, anywhere in the future, so she wants to bet! ...But, even so, there is no need to acquire mobile phone manufacturers, right? I don't know! "

   "Afeng, I didn't mean to play online games on mobile phones? Do you think this is really possible? How to play this?"

Hearing what Mou Feng said, Li Guangsheng smiled wryly: "Look at the current mobile games, they are all simple stand-alone games. Although it is possible to have online rankings, it is limited to this. You know how complicated online games are. Is it? Let’s not talk about us. Take Linmu Studio’s own "World of Warcraft" as an example, the buttons involved cover half of the keyboard, and you need the mouse to assist you to play.

   And how big is the screen of the mobile phone? How high is the performance? How do you put a game like this on your phone? It's not that I don't trust you, but that I really can't imagine how mobile online games can attract players! Is it not good to play on PC?

  Now Tianhu can't do PC-side online games enough, and was defeated by Linmu Studio! Now the MMORPG that Tianhu is best at still has "World of Warcraft" hanging on it... What do you say now that the future can be expected, I really can't expect it! "

  Mou Feng: "..."

  Faced with questions from friends.

  He has nothing to say.

really.

  Although he has a strong premonition that mobile games will become the mainstream game carrier in the future.

  But he didn't know how to put an online game into his phone...

   This is really too difficult.

  This is probably the disadvantage of smart people like Mou Feng compared to Lin Yao.

  They vaguely saw the possibility of the future, but they didn't know where the road would lead.

  So Mou Feng's suggestion is to brainstorm and set up a special department for research and development, and develop mobile games under the premise that the future network will not be a problem.

   For this reason, he also specially called many high-level meetings, but later came to the conclusion that it could not be done.

  Because mobile phone brands vary from good to bad, and various models are flourishing, which mobile phone should be used as the basis for making mobile games...

Um?

Um! ?

  Mou Feng's eyes widened slowly, thinking of a possibility.

  Linmu Studio acquired a mobile phone manufacturer...won't it be for mobile online games, to formulate mobile phone standards?

   What kind of guts is this! ?

   Come to think of it.

  Mou Feng immediately looked at his subordinates standing aside, and asked, "Have they contacted more than one mobile phone manufacturer?"

   "Well, I heard that several leaders have also contacted, but they didn't agree." The subordinate nodded.

   "Guangsheng, it looks like we're going to be in trouble."

  Mou Feng heard the words and confirmed it.

  Limwood Studio just wants to set the standard.

  They want to end the situation where there are good and bad mobile phone brands, and there are a variety of models.

  He told Li Guangsheng about his guess.

   "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Hearing this, Li Guangsheng immediately retorted: "You have been overseas some time ago, maybe you don't know, I also know the leaders of several leading mobile phones in China, they want to dominate more than Linmu Studio! They want to end the chaos in the mobile phone market. situation! But can they do it? No!

   They want to kill their opponents more than anyone else, but what they can't do, is the game company spending 700 million to acquire a mobile phone manufacturer that is about to go bankrupt? You are not dreaming! "

   "..."

  Mou Feng was silent again.

   What Li Guangsheng said really makes sense.

  He also thought that the other party was a coward just now.

   After all, it sounds too exaggerated.

  Unless...the other party can predict the future.

"Mobile online games, we will study, but Linmu Studio's acquisition of a mobile phone manufacturer really doesn't need to be too concerned. They are more likely to bet on the future. After all, I can probably guess some of their cash flow. fear."

  Li Guangsheng continued: "It is only meaningful to spend money. They see that the new generation of communication technology is about to be commercialized, and it is normal to be optimistic about the mobile phone market. However, it is estimated that they will have to wait until the year of the monkey to produce results. Even if they produce results, it has little to do with us.

  So there is no need to pay too much attention, what we have to consider now is the end game! "

  Mou Feng nodded slowly: "...Well, that's right."

really.

  Li Guangsheng is right.

  He couldn't think of a rebuttal point.

  He can’t do more. It’s okay to throw money like Linmu Studio, and it’s okay to follow suit to acquire mobile phone manufacturers, but what happens after the money is thrown? You can't spend too much money casually.

  At this stage, it is good to invest in the field of mobile games.

  Follow-up, if the situation is good, you can rely on the foundation laid now to increase investment.

   At least it can stand on the same starting line as Linmu Studio!

  …

  Although people in the industry were shocked by Linmu Studio's acquisition of a mobile phone manufacturer.

   But Linmu Studio is very low-key, and did not announce the acquisition of a mobile phone manufacturer with much fanfare.

   Nor did they come out to hold a high-profile press conference to talk about the future.

   Just operate the games you own step by step.

  Then build momentum for the two games that will be released later in the Forest Carnival.

   "Diablo" is officially announced.

  The whole Carnival of the Trees.

   When it comes to games that impact players the most.

   This is Diablo.

   I won’t talk about Pokémon.

  Monster Hunter is a similar game, although the concept is interesting.

   As for World of Warcraft, MMORPG is a very mature game type.

  But only "Diablo" has a very unique temperament.

  Overhead view, dark gothic style, strong B-movie feel.

   Really can't find any similar game on the market.

   Also, more importantly.

   This game is also Carnival's first dual login game.

  Although there are not many players who only play on the PC side, there are still quite a few.

  And this time "Diablo", the scope of publicity and distribution of Linmu Studio is no longer limited to Asia, and Europe and the United States are also focused on.

soon.

  The new publicity material of "Diablo" has landed on the largest overseas video website.

   And in one day, it gained three million likes!

  This game with a strong B-movie flavor has caught the eyes of many European and American players.

   They have been waiting for this game!

but.

  This is not good news for Gameplayer...

  For the first two games of Linmu Studio, they can still convince themselves that they are only on the console side and have little to do with PC.

   But this excuse can no longer be used.

   "I just want to ask, what are you going to do next?"

   Hawkins looked at Frank, a little annoyed.

  Since the establishment of Gameplayer, it can be said that there is a lot of thunder and little rain.

  In the end, there are over 100 million registered users, and there is no need to use it...

   None of the strategic goals were achieved, and none of the money was earned, but the investment was increasing day by day.

  He was getting impatient.

  The investors of Dreamland seem to realize that Gameplayer is not the opponent of the Vaporwave game platform, and they have slowly lost their patience.

  (end of this chapter)