"Second World" conference room.

Lin Feng looked at more and more people in the conference room and smiled with relief. The company is constantly making progress and growing. In 2 years, it has grown from scratch to an industry-assessed asset of at least US$25 billion, which is enough to make Lin Feng proud. And

With this merger, Lin Feng's personal assets will rise significantly again.

I wonder where Forbes will rank me this time? - Lin Feng secretly guessed.

But looking at the crowded conference room in a blink of an eye, Lin Feng smiled bitterly. The "Second World" headquarters building will not be fully completed until the end of next year, and now with the development of the company, its development speed has exceeded the estimate. The current company

The headquarters is really too small, too small.

Fortunately, everyone has no objections to the current small conference room and headquarters. The key to the company's strong development is that it doesn't matter if the headquarters is smaller. Who didn't grow and develop like this in the beginning? For example, when "amd" was founded, it only had seven

Personally, there were only twelve people in "ati" when it was founded, so everyone can adapt to the current situation. What's more, through the conference room window, looking at the "Second World" headquarters in the distance that is rising day by day, everyone is filled with excitement.

There is hope that this "Second World" headquarters building, just like the current "Second World" companies, is "growing" every day and strives to become the tallest skyscraper in the world.

"Everyone, first of all, we would like to welcome the company's new board members, Mr. He Guoyuan and Mr. Luertz, VIA representative Mr. Huang Yijia, and Tencent representative Mr. Gu Sibin." Lin Feng applauded to welcome the new members.

The four of them smiled at everyone.

"Here, I will first announce the personnel appointments of the new 'Second World'." Lin Feng put his hands on the conference table, glanced around the crowd, and said, "I will personally serve as the president of the new 'Second World'

, 'Second World' consists of three main development departments - game development department, hardware development department, and scientific research and technology development department. The staffing of the game development department remains unchanged from before, and there are still seven game development teams, headed by a vice president.

Wu Zhaopu serves as the deputy director, Vice President Newell (former president of 'valve' company) serves as the deputy director, and Tencent representative Gu Sibin serves as the special advisor; the hardware development department is divided into two main sub-departments - the microprocessing department and the display chip department, and the director is

The former 'amd' president Ruertz serves as (now the vice president of 'Second World'), the former 'ati' president He Guoyuan serves as the current vice president of 'Second World' as the deputy minister, and 'VIA' representative Huang Yijia serves as a special advisor."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. This personnel arrangement had been expected and it was considered a happy result.

"As for the Department of Scientific Research and Technology Development, the director is Cohen, who continues to be responsible for the development of 'cloud computing', and the deputy director is Bruce Allen, who is still responsible for developing supercomputers. Bruce, you need to communicate more with people like Ruhl in this regard.

." Lin Feng ordered. For the scientific research and technology development department to be mentioned on the same level as the game development department and hardware development department, it is to raise the status of Cohen and Bruce Allen in the company to the same as everyone else. First, to express himself

Paying attention to them prevents the "golden trio" of Cohen, Bruce Allen, and Kevin Mitnick, who is temporarily unable to see people, from being poached; the second is to prevent the theft of "cloud computing". "Cloud computing"

Lin Feng must be firmly in his hands. This is the key to dominating the Internet era.

The eyes of the former "amd" president Ruiz and the former "ati" president He Guoyuan lit up. "Cloud computing" is extremely mysterious. Although it is not under their department's account now, they all belong to the same company, so naturally they are not.

I worry that I won’t be able to use this technology in the future.

"Let's start reporting now." Lin Feng said after everyone recovered from the personnel distribution just now.

"Lin, now that our company has merged, I would like to talk about my suggestions and plans first. I have talked with Mr. He Guoyuan, and I am going to adopt an 'integration' plan like Intel, integrating CPU, motherboard, graphics card, and memory.

Coupled with the company's status in the gaming industry, it is preparing to build the 'Spider Platform' - the '5a' plan." Rultz said excitedly.

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"Spider Platform" is a platform launched by later generations of "amd" after acquiring "ati". People who have studied biology must know that "spider platform" is the unique survival ability of spiders, and it is also the unique survival ability of spiders.

The most important means of maintaining survival and reproduction. "Back then" amd adopted "Spider" as the code name for its new platform. The purpose was to show the majority of users that "amd" attached great importance to integrating the three parts of the CPU, motherboard chip, and graphics card.

Forming a platform that is closely integrated with each other like a spider web, "back then" there was only one manufacturer that had CPU, motherboard chip, and display chip business.

However, "amd" "back then" proposed a "spider platform" of "3a" (cpu, graphics card, motherboard), but now it has become a "spider platform" of "5a" (cpu, graphics card, motherboard, memory, games)

, it is really a bit lamentable about the power of "historical inertia".

"Well, Vice President Wu, as well as Qiu Xin, Minwu-Li, and Newell (the fifth director of the game development department, responsible for the development of "Half-Life 2"), please cooperate more with Luertz. Especially Qiu Xin and Minwu-

Li, your games are all large-scale 3D role-playing online games. We need to put more effort into optimizing the hardware. This is our own hardware and it cannot run slower than Intel and Nvidia with the same specifications.

Newell, yours is also the key point. "Unreal 3" is about to come out, and our "Half-Life 2" cannot lose to them." Lin Feng ordered.

"For example, a simple check program can be added to the game. If it is '5a', the player will be prompted before logging in to say that the 'Spider Platform' is now started, and the performance will be improved." Lin Feng thought for a while,

suggest.

Everyone's eyes lit up and they applauded. Regardless of whether this "spider platform" can really improve its performance, the psychological effect brought by just these few words can already drive users crazy. After all, many times, computers

The speed is just a psychological feeling. If you think it is fast, it is fast.

The subtle changes in psychology are so wonderful!

"Lin, also, I heard that you also own a b2c and c2c online sales website - Dingdang.com. I think we can set up a computer hardware production and sales department. Now our company can't produce monitors, hard drives, and keyboards.

We can do everything except mice, cases, and speakers. We can find other companies to cooperate with monitors and hard disks. As for keyboards, mice, cases, and speakers, we can completely outsource them and designate manufacturers to produce them specifically for our company." Luertz said more and more.

excited.

"Well, Mr. Lin, our company has the right to operate public Internet cafes in East and South China in mainland China, and has also obtained the 'Ministry of Education Authorized Safe Computer Manufacturer' license. It is completely feasible to build our own brand of computers. Based in China

This will be the world’s number one market in the future, and then we will build it into the world’s number one brand.” Vice President He Guoyuan also looked excited.

Previously, "ati" was not only trapped by financial problems, but also by technical problems. Now after the merger, although he is no longer the president of the company, he is excited about his personal profits and the company's future. This merger is definitely a multi-faceted one.

Win the situation.

Lin Feng nodded. Indeed, the acquisition of "amd" and "ati" has changed the entire computer industry. Both the computer hardware manufacturers and the computer dealers will change. Of course, benefiting from

The biggest one is myself. Not only will the "Second World" develop rapidly, but also its own "Dingdang.com" will be able to exclusively monopolize the online sales of "Spider Platform" computers, and its own 'Lin's Technology Co., Ltd.' will also

Benefited from the acquisition of "amd" and "ati". Whether it is the current "Phantom" MP3 player or the mobile phone to be developed, "amd" and "ati" processors and display chips are needed.

Later, Luertz and He Guoyuan reported in detail the next plan of the Hardware Development Department. The first is the issue of building a chip production base. Since the three companies merged and their headquarters are in mainland China, it is inevitable to open a chip production base in China. Especially

The brand new "k8" chip and the chip production line with 0.13 micron technology will naturally be settled in the mainland. After all, mainland China not only has broad market prospects, but also has a low-cost labor force.

For this brand-new production base, Lin Feng still set the location in Chu City, his hometown. Although it is underdeveloped, the transportation is extremely convenient. And the labor is cheap, with an average salary of only 520 yuan, not to mention the current municipal party secretary of Chu City

Yu Haowei (who has been promoted to Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee) and Director Ouyang of the Public Security Bureau (has been promoted to Director), but the people in Lin Feng's small team can also get a lot of benefits with their "care". And in terms of loans, they will

It is not impossible to get the best price and interest-free loan.

Neither Luertz nor He Guoyuan had any objections to this. On the contrary, they were very pleased. China is a socialist country with very Chinese characteristics, and it would be great if the "Second World" could have a certain red background.

After finalizing the affairs of the hardware development department, Lin Feng turned his attention to the company's real core department-the game development department.

If hardware is the body, then games are the soul. Today’s computer hardware can achieve its current rapid development, and games are indispensable. According to surveys by some authoritative magazines, more than 90% of people use computers for work and study for no more than 10 years after purchasing them.

%, the remaining 70% is used for games, and the remaining 20% ​​is used for surfing the Internet and watching movies. This shows the importance of games to computer hardware!

"Boss, this is the second quarter financial report of the original Second World." Wu Zhaopu handed a stack of information to Lin Feng, and at the same time looked at Luertz, He Guoyuan and others opposite him, and smiled mysteriously.

"Boss, in the second quarter, due to the launch of "Zhengtu", the profit of "Legend" declined slightly, with only a net profit of 30 million US dollars." Wu Zhaopu said with a slight regret, and at the same time glanced at Luertz and the other people who looked shocked.

He Guoyuan smiled secretly.

"Although "Audition: All-Star Lineup" has generated a lot of negative news, its profits have increased significantly after Michael Jackson and Avril Lavigne joined the team. In the second quarter, its net profit reached 40.21 million U.S. dollars." Wu Zhaopu said.

Get color.

Luertz and He Guoyuan on the opposite side looked even more shocked. Although they knew that the "Second World" was profitable, they did not expect it to be so profitable. When they were willing to merge, they were more interested in the potential of the "Second World" and their potential in the business.

The influence of the online game industry, as well as the mainland market, and "cloud computing", the merger was the result of many considerations. But psychologically, they also believed that the "Second World" took advantage this time, and it was Lin Feng who took advantage.

After all, they are one of the top computer hardware manufacturers in the industry, and their influence is not the same as that of a game company.

But now it seems that maybe they took advantage and the "Second World" is too profitable!

Witnessing the subtle changes in expressions on the faces of Luertz and He Guoyuan, Wu Zhaopu secretly smiled. He deliberately read out loud the second quarter financial statements of the original "Second World" to remind Luertz and He Guoyuan that in terms of influence,

It is true that these two companies are larger than the "Second World", but in terms of profits, they are stronger than the "Second World". This is why Wu Zhaopu is slowly deepening Lam Feng's influence on the company. He must not let the "Second World" because of its development.

grow stronger and lose control.

Although "dictatorship" is not good, if you meet a wise leader, "dictatorship" is far better than "republic" or "democracy" system! In the novel "Heroes of the Galaxy", Reinhard von Reuenkrat

Mu has created the miracle of "dictatorship", and Wu Zhaopu believes that Lin Feng can do the same.

"'The King of Fighters Online' achieved gratifying results in the second quarter. After the launch of the 'King of Fighters Online' Asian League and 'Asian Champions League', the profit reached more than 51 million US dollars. "Counter-Strike Online" dropped slightly, but also had a profit of 22.3 million US dollars.

"Wu Zhaopu continued.

"The "Swordsman Love: Loyalty to the Country" launched at the end of May has just been charged at the end of last month, and there is no profit yet. However, it is expected to bring at least a net profit of about 30 million US dollars per quarter. And this is still a conservative estimate, after all, "Swordsman Love"

The revenue of "Serving the Country with the Most Loyalty" depends on the number of the company's supercomputers and the improvement of players' computer configurations. The net profit of the original 'Second World' in the second quarter reached US$143.51 million." Wu Zhaopu finished with an "understatement".

What Wu Zhaopu said was an "understatement", but Luertz and He Guoyuan were shocked when they heard it. The original "Second World" could reach a net profit of US$143.51 million in one quarter, which is amazing. For example, "ati

”, excluding costs and high scientific research and development expenses, the net profit for a year is only about 200 million US dollars, and this is their most glorious time. In the past year, they had a net loss. As for “amd”, based on price

Attacking the dominance of "Intel" can be described as losing money and making money. For such a large microprocessor company, the profit in the first quarter was only more than 20 million US dollars, which is really shabby.

Regarding the financial statements of "Second World", the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They both said that games make money, and when they saw it today, it was true! However, they also felt a sense of pride in their hearts. Now they are also part of this company, and their future prospects are bright.

There was a bright light. For Lin Feng, the man who created miracles, I felt admiration and respect in my heart at this moment.

Perhaps under the leadership of this young man, we can really create miracles, overthrow "nvidia" and overthrow "Intel"! - Luertz, He Guoyuan expects.

Lin Feng saw the changes in Lu Erzi and He Guoyuan's expressions and smiled in his heart. In order to build momentum for himself, Wu Zhaopu suppressed Lu Erzi and He Guoyuan. At today's executive meeting, he reported good news but not bad news. Indeed, the original "

In the second quarter of 2002, "Second World" hit a record high with a net profit of US$143.51 million. But this was only the net profit of each game's operating costs, not the company's net profit.

The "World War" currently developed by the company is a huge money-drawing hole. If it cannot succeed in the future, a loss of 1 billion US dollars will be enough for the "Second World" to have a good drink. Of course, there is also the "Second World" headquarters building

The construction is also a huge money-attracting hole. Fortunately, this huge construction fund is advanced by the Yangtze River Engineering Group. The "Second World" only needs to repay US$70 million per year, which can be paid off in 25 years. (The estimated construction cost is 1.5 billion.

US dollars, a total of 1.75 billion US dollars will be repaid in 25 years, and the remaining US$250 million is interest). Of course, there is also the development of other games, the development of "Half-Life 2", the development of "The Underground", the development of sports games, "

The development of "Invincible Heroes", the construction of the "Legend" movie city, etc. all require money.

Therefore, although the "Second World" is now making amazing profits, its financial situation is not optimistic. After all, the "Second World" has only been established for 2 years, and its foundation is too thin. There are too many areas that need to be built. But in the future, it will definitely be very

bright.

Whether it is "nvidia", "Intel", "Nintendo", or "ea", they must become a stepping stone to success for the "second world"!

"Okay, now the development teams of the game development department will start reporting." Lin Feng said with a smile and glanced at Luerz and He Guoyuan, who looked longingly.

Everyone responded in unison.

"Boss, the popularity of "Legend" has declined slightly due to the influence of "Zhengtu" and "Swordsman Love: Loyalty to the Country", and its lifespan is expected to be about one year away," said Cui Mingze, leader of the first game development team.

"However, boss, due to the new 'props charging' model of "Zhengtu", although the maximum number of online users is only 1.2 million, the profit is extremely amazing. It was launched in May and released to public beta in June. In the past month, it has reached 120 million

Net profit of RMB." Cui Mingze said with a hint of sigh and amusement.

Lin Feng is not surprised by the results of "Zhengtu". Shi Yuzhu's "robbery" way of making money is indeed very powerful, but it can only make a profit in the short term, but it is not a good thing in the long run. It is too naked a way of making money.

Giving players no sense of belonging is not what the "Second World" wants.

"Second World" wants to become a company that can stand for a hundred years and be passed down for a long time.
Chapter completed!