Vol 2 Chapter 133: Lure talent

Chapter 133: Luring Talents

The idea of ​​multi-country interconnection, Lin Feng has been around a long time ago. The 21st century has entered the era of global interconnection. Why are online games divided into different regions, such as national server, Taiwan server, European server, US server, etc. Why can't servers in various countries be interconnected, so that players all over the world can enjoy themselves under the same interconnected starry sky The game is fun.

Of course, there are various reasons for this. The agents are different, and the problem of benefit distribution is difficult to solve. However, since he has taken the agent in the Asian region, Lin Feng wants to try this new idea. Multi-country interconnection, Lin Feng believes that this will definitely attract the interest of players.

On the other side of the ocean, in the same network, players of different nationalities fight in teams. There are too many things that can arouse players' interest, and these things are enough to make game-loving players crazy.

After hearing about Lin Feng's idea, everyone secretly pondered this plan and found it feasible. Once successful, it would surely allow the "Second World" to go abroad and enter the Asian market and become a multinational online game company. However, the difficulty is not small, and there are also many problems.

"Dong Lin, this plan is feasible, but Dong Lin wants to start serving in several countries at the same time?" Wu Zhaopu's question is also everyone's question.

"In three countries and one region, the most popular online games in Asia are undoubtedly China and South Korea, and Taiwan, China, which is also the most popular area for online games. The Japanese TV game market is developed, but the online game market has been sluggish, but it is worth developing. "Lin Feng thought for a while, and decided to start serving the four most popular online games in Asia. As for the Japanese market, it is not a very ideal investment market, but Lin Feng will sooner or later enter the Japanese market, so he has the right to be a pathfinder first. What's more, with the current global popularity of Counter-Strike, and its online game of the same name, Lin Feng believes that it will definitely be able to make a **** road in Japan.

Wu Zhaopu frowned. As the "Second World" CEO, he has more knowledge about normal server load and server resource allocation than Lin Feng. The most difficult thing for multinational interconnection to solve is the problem of asynchronous data transmission.

"Dong Lin, the three countries plus one in Taiwan are interconnected. This requires too much server, and the problem of asynchronous data transmission is not easy to solve. I am afraid that our initial investment will be very large." Wu Zhaopu said, "And I don't know that Lin Dong is ready to open it. How many districts?"

"One zone allows all Asian players to play in one zone." Lin Feng said.

Everyone looked stiff.

One district, is this possible? In terms of the number of online legends, the highest online rate has exceeded one million. According to this ratio, if you include the other two countries and Taiwan, I am afraid that the number of online users will not be less than 2 million, and 2 million people are crowded in one area at the same time. This is terrifying. The data traffic of the Internet cannot be solved by simply adding a server. There are too many detailed problems, especially the multi-country interconnection, and the transmission speed of each country is different. In short, there are many problems.

It's not that Lin Feng hadn't considered everyone's worries. However, these are only technical problems and can be resolved. However, the huge initial investment of funds is indeed a problem. Today's "Second World" and other companies under its own account can only draw up to 200 million funds, but it may not be enough to complete multi-country Internet travel.

"By the way, this time I also acquired a brand new software-bt. I think it might be possible to use it to solve our technical problems, and maybe it can also solve our problem of insufficient funds." Lin Feng suddenly thought of the previous 50,000 yuan. U.S. dollar acquisition of bittorrent software. With this multipoint transmission, the more people there are, the faster the transmission is crazy downloading software.

Lin Feng hurriedly ordered someone to print out the relevant information of bittorrent and hand it over to everyone.

Cui Mingze, Fang Zhihang, and Qiu Xin, the former chief programmer of Xishanju Studio, and the current deputy director of the online development department of Jianxia Qingyuan, saw the three of them, their eyes brightened.

"Boss, who developed this software? The idea is too creative. Under the p2p architecture, multi-point transmission, my God, once this software comes out, I believe it will definitely change the online world." Qiu Xin exclaimed.

"Hehe, this is designed by an American named Cohen, but I completely bought the copyright." Lin Feng showed a slight complacency.

The three of them sighed at Cohen's mind, and sighed that the IT industry is changing with each passing day. If they are slow, they will fall behind.

Wu Zhaopu asked Cui Mingze and the three of them. They probably figured out the purpose of the software and said, "Dong Lin, the purpose of this software is mainly for downloading data, and it does not bring us direct economic benefits. I am afraid it will Many copyright issues are involved." After all, Wu Zhaopu was an economic analyst, and he quickly grasped the pulse of bittorrent.

"However, if this bittorrent software can really solve the problem of multi-country interconnection, I have a proposal. We will not put this software that can only be downloaded temporarily to the market, and let this technology be exclusively owned by our company. I think if it can really solve the asynchronous problem For transmission problems, other online game companies will definitely come to us to purchase licenses for this software in the future.” Wu Zhaopu thought about a very far-reaching future, but if everything is really as he thought, what this software will bring The profit will be generous.

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Wu Zhaopu's words reminded Lin Feng. Lin Feng remembered that the counter-strike online launched by Valve was based on a distributed system called what was derived from bittorrent. This system can greatly reduce the load of data traffic on the server and reduce the dependence on the server.

"Then can you use this software?" Lin Feng looked at the three of Cui Mingze.

The three looked at each other and smiled bitterly, "Boss, although we are also programmers, but we have expertise in technology, if possible, it is better to invite the programmer who developed this software. If he is in charge, I believe This technology conversion should be much easier."

"Okay, leave this to me." Lin Feng made a final decision on the company's future development plan.

Multi-country interconnection counter-strike online, this will definitely be the most anticipated game in the second half of 2001. However, Lin Feng was not prepared to disclose the news immediately, which attracted the madness of the players and the industry. Of course, if it is replaced by Shi Yuzhu, a mad talent in the marketing industry, he must have been overwhelmingly hyping the concept, but after all, Lin Feng is Lin Feng, not Shi Yuzhu. Under the premise that everything is still unknown and important technical problems have not been resolved, Lin Feng The wind doesn't want to release satellites.

Lin Feng didn't want to be scolded by the players because he failed to overcome technical problems. Lin Feng hopes to build his "Second World" into a high-quality online game company like Blizzard.

After the meeting, Lin Feng called Valve's CEO Newell.

"Newell, I am Lin Feng from the'Second World'. I have something to trouble you. The bittorrent software I bought by Cohen last time has something wrong. I hope I can invite him to Shanghai for guidance. The programmer on my side." Lin Feng naturally wouldn't dig into Newell's corner clearly, so the other party might be wary and not let go. What's more, digging like this doesn't look good on the front. It's better to invite people over first, and then keep them away. Afterwards, I will give Newell a gift, and neither side will be embarrassed.

Newell didn't expect this, so he naturally agreed. Who would have thought that the programmer he just hired would be gone forever. He also personally sent Lin Feng's "Second World" to the throne of the gaming empire.

Cohen was also anxious when he learned that there was a problem with his software. He is so straightforward, he doesn't know so much. Thinking of receiving Lin Feng's 50,000 US dollars, but there was a problem with the software, I was in a hurry. After going home, I hurriedly cleaned up and got on the plane.

When Cohen arrived in Shanghai, Lin Feng's grand welcoming ceremony made him flattered. At this time, he realized that things seemed strange. When Lin Feng explained later, he immediately understood that it was not that there was a problem with his software, but that the other party wanted to dig someone. In this regard, Cohen is both funny and helpless. Now that everyone is in Shanghai, what else can be done. In addition, Lin Feng's idea of ​​using bittorrent software to interconnect online games in multiple countries attracted him deeply. Coupled with Lin Feng's promise that his annual salary will rise to 500,000 US dollars, it also stimulated the heart of Cohen, who has always been poor.

After some thoughts, Cohen agreed to Lin Feng's request. As for the American home, it was originally a temporary rented apartment, and there was not much value in it, so it was not worth going back. After Cohen called a friend in the United States and asked him to help refund the rent, he settled down in Shanghai.

When Newell received a call from Lin Feng, saying that something went wrong in Shanghai and he wanted to temporarily borrow Cohen for a period of time, Newell knew what was going on no matter how stupid he was. But he didn't point it out. The two companies are now in a cooperative relationship, so it's not guilty to tear their faces at these trivial things. What's more, Cohen is only the staff he recruited, not the core staff of the company, and it doesn't matter if he is dug into the corner.

What's more, Newell also guessed that it should be related to the bittorrent software newly designed by Cohen. Lin Feng did not intend to steal the company's core code for counter-strike online. Therefore, Newell told Lin Feng generously that Cohen followed Lin Feng to use it.

However, Newell had a secret feeling in his heart that giving up Cohen this time was probably the biggest mistake he made in his life.

With Newell's generosity, Lin Feng naturally understood that he already knew about it, and he didn't say anything. Under the tacit understanding of both parties, Cohen became Lin Feng's "Second World" special adviser, responsible for the network communication of the technical department.

Happy to everyone!

In order to get Counter-Strike online in Asia as soon as possible, Lin Feng temporarily transferred the Cui Mingze working group who was in charge of Audition development, and the Xishanju working group who had been developing the swordsman love online. Under the leadership of Cohen, he gave priority to attacking counter-strike. Online technical difficulties. Lin Feng had a headache when he thought of arranging people to develop his journey afterwards.

There are too few talents, and they have to be recruited—Lin Feng wondered where to dig some game talents back.

At this moment, Wang Hai, who was in charge of tracking down hackers, had news.

"President Lin, I have locked the detailed address of that hacker." Wang Hai called.