It is a joyful thing to have a Chinese restaurant in a foreign country to satisfy your appetite.
The friends came with a family of three, and the owner of the Chinese restaurant, Mr. He, and his family were even more enthusiastic.
"welcome!"
In other countries, I can meet so many Chinese people, and they come here specifically to visit the store, and they are all celebrities.
The nostalgia of hometown and the dual joy of being under the halo of stars made Boss He and his family very excited. They took everyone upstairs and invited them into the best private room to entertain them.
"Everyone, please use it slowly. If you don't have enough, please add more." Boss He said.
"That's enough, that's enough, Boss He is too polite." Liu Xiaoli said continuously.
In addition to the dishes ordered, Boss He also sent several extra large dishes, filling the table.
Wu Jin couldn't stop being greedy after having Maotai, and took the initiative to pour wine for everyone.
While pouring the wine, he thought about today's experience and said: "It was very meaningful to go and look around today. It allowed me to fully understand the gap between the domestic and foreign entertainment circles, so as not to become a frog in the well in the future.
Feeling very proud."
He raised his head and smiled at everyone: "I feel calm now."
Everyone nodded. If they didn't take this trip to broaden their horizons, their understanding of Hollywood might never be more than superficial.
I once thought that if one of my films could compete with Hollywood films, it would be a great honor.
But now we know that derivative copyright is the root of Hollywood culture.
To truly surpass Hollywood, we must either break the chain of derivative copyrights from Hollywood, or surpass Hollywood in this aspect domestically.
The former is simply impossible to achieve, and the latter seems to be impossible.
This feels very powerless.
Wu Jin picked up the wine glass: "First of all, thank you auntie. Thank you for your hard work, auntie, for showing us around all the way. Thank you also to Sissi for explaining to us. Today's trip really gave me a lot of insight."
He continued: "Although I have gained more knowledge, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart. When I step on this foreign land, I must say, I wish our motherland peace and prosperity, and this is the foundation of our cultural confidence."
"That's good." Liu Xiaoli held the small wine glass and said, "I think we should have three glasses of wine in a row just for Wu Jin's words."
"Come!" Everyone toasted together.
"Do it!" Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei said.
Having said that, let’s drink to the prosperity of our motherland. There is no reason to refuse.
Stepping on foreign soil... Wu Jin's word "stepping" is the essence.
Being strong is worthy of respect, but it is also used to catch up and surpass, and there is no need to bow down.
They can feel Wu Jin's arrogance in his patriotism, and also deeply feel Wu Jin's career ambitions.
Liu Yifei felt that Chu Xuan and Wu Jin were similar in this regard, except that Chu Xuan rarely put words on his lips and always put them into action silently. The two of them could be considered to be like-minded people.
The meal ended in a cheerful atmosphere, and everyone went back to rest and recuperate to continue the rest of the trip.
There is Liu Xiaoli, who is thoughtful, flawless, elegant, graceful, dignified...
This is Xie Nan’s compliment to Liu Xiaoli after drinking too much.
Liu Xiaoli almost recognized Xie Nan as her goddaughter, and almost became sworn friends with Xie Nan after drinking too much.
With these and other good aunts who combined a series of beautiful adjectives around, everyone didn't ask questions about where to go or what to eat, they just followed Aunt Liu.
While everyone was on a pleasant journey that was not just a family, but was better than a family, on the other side of the ocean, there was a breakthrough in the matter of web games.
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Beijing, Xinlang Building.
Wang Jinhua got out of the car. Even in the relatively closed underground parking lot, the subtle air flow from the car made her shiver.
The temperature in Beijing in mid-November has been swinging below 5 degrees.
It was so cold that she couldn't help tightening her thick plush clothes and walked toward the elevator with her assistant bodyguard.
Longyou Information exists because of the web game plan. It has been more than 8 months since its establishment in March this year. At the beginning, it was located in the Xinlang Building for convenience. Most of the time, Mr. Xinlang Cao sent a former Xinlang
Yao Zhongming, the senior executive of the business department, is in charge.
When Chu Xuan was in the capital, Chu Xuan came to take a look from time to time.
When Chu Xuan was not in the capital, she would take the time to come over.
Yesterday, I received a call from General Manager Yao Zhongming, saying that there was new progress in the web game plan. Chu Xuan was still enjoying himself in New Haven at the moment, so he could only ask her to come and take a look.
"Mr. Wang is here."
"Good morning, Mr. Wang."
"Mr. Cao, Mr. Yao, I've been waiting for a long time."
After greeting Cao Guowei and Yao Zhongming, Wang Jinhua sat down on the sofa.
"It's very cold. Let's drink some tea first." Wang Jinhua rubbed her hands to keep warm.
"I made it specially for you." Cao Guowei took out a small teacup from the tea bowl with tweezers, poured hot water into the teapot and washed it, and then poured Wang Jinhua a cup of tea from the teapot.
The two parties have been cooperating for several years, and they have equity to maintain the interest relationship, so they have become very familiar with each other.
Yao Zhongming picked up a document and handed it to Wang Jinhua: "Mr. Wang, seven games have been reviewed and will be launched after the interface test is completed."
"Eh?" Wang Jinhua took the document and said, "The last email only mentioned five models, and now there are seven. This has improved efficiency."
Cao Guowei poured himself a cup of tea, put down the teapot and said: "The market is almost empty, so it's easy for web games to pass review. What's more difficult is client games, which have to be ranked."
When I met with Chu Xuan in September, the three major game manufacturers we were cooperating with were still developing and testing the planned fifteen games.
In October, the three major game manufacturers brought good news one after another, and their respective games were completed one after another.
After another month of review and approval, we also obtained the online registration number from the relevant departments.
"We only need to jointly operate three games, and the other games are used to attract and retain users. Now that we have obtained the registration number, the interface test that Mr. Yao said... does he mean that we also need to test the data?" Wang Jinhua opened the document and said.
"Yes." Yao Zhongming nodded: "But it's not about testing game data. The game testing has already been done. It's about testing whether the games can be used normally by the respective users on major platforms. Therefore, we need to develop a universal docking interface program.
"
"We still need to develop a program..." Wang Jinhua frowned as she looked down at the document. The platform has been developed, and the payment section has been connected to Alipay. Now she still needs to develop a program. This Internet software is really troublesome.
of.
"This program is very simple, effortless, and does not delay the planning time." Yao Zhongming explained: "It's just that before developing this interface, we have to determine the method of cooperation."
Wang Jinhua understood, reached out to pick up the tea cup, looked at Cao Guowei and said, "How was the discussion with Mr. Cao?"
Cao Guowei is responsible for negotiating the cooperation between Alipay and major platforms.
Cao Guowei went on a business trip some time ago, and now there should be results when he comes back.
Cao Guowei took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said, "Let's call Mr. Chu and ask him for his opinion and discuss it together."
"Okay." Wang Jinhua put down the tea cup, raised her hand and looked at her watch: "It's only eight or nine o'clock in the evening over there, so he shouldn't have slept."
Cao Guowei nodded slightly. The two parties had been keeping in touch online. He naturally knew that Chu Xuan was in the United States.
A few days ago, he went to various major platforms to talk, and now he came back with a selective result. Although he was confident in his heart, they still had to discuss it together, not to mention that Chu Xuan was still the major shareholder and was also involved in the web game plan.
the initiator of.
Wang Jinhua took out her mobile phone and made a call to Chu Xuan on speakerphone.
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United States, Connecticut.
Alice Town is known as the most beautiful town in the United States and is famous in Europe and the United States.
It is more than 30 miles away from New Haven, which is about fifty or sixty kilometers.
The environment here is quiet and the atmosphere is relaxed, making it a good place for relaxing travel.
The nostalgic little train, the classic Alice cruise ship, the way of traveling to town on horseback, and the classical layout without any modern buildings...
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei found it novel and had a lot of fun.
It was around eight or nine o'clock in the evening when I returned to the rented country villa.
The small castle-style villa is also very classic, with a blazing fire burning on the dry wood in the fireplace, and the retro glass chandelier is not that bright, but it has a sense of romance, and the friends playing around add to the atmosphere.
An affinity.
"Whenever I travel again, I must take my aunt with me. You can eat Chinese food wherever you go." In the open kitchen, everyone watched Liu Xiaoli cooking.
There was originally no stove here, let alone a pot for cooking, but Liu Xiaoli specially bought an induction cooker that can be used by plugging in, plus a pot and spatula for cooking, a steamer for cooking rice, and she also brought a few bags of rice.
No one would bring these things with them when traveling. Liu Xiaoli went to great lengths to take care of them. This care can be described as meticulous.
"Auntie, that's great." Xie Nan picked up Liu Xiaoli's left shoulder from behind and rested his chin on Liu Xiaoli's right shoulder: "Auntie, you really want to go with us wherever you go in the future. You are so kind. No wonder Chu Xuan and Qian Qian are against each other.
You are very dependent on us, and we have only been here for half a month, and we have found that we can't live without you."
"That's right." Sun Li peeled the pistachios and ate them.
"You have such a mouth." Liu Xiaoli stir-fried vegetables and said, "No wonder Wu Jin, a big man, is so fascinated by you. Just because of this mouth, you are a bit invincible in any industry."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing. They thought that Cai Shaofen was the pistachio in this team, but after playing for so many days, they didn't expect that the real pistachio was Xie Nan.
When it comes to comedy talent, Cai Shaofen definitely shows it naturally.
When it comes to making people happy, Xie Nan is second and no one dares to say that he is first.
Xie Nan continued: "Besides, it's very honorable to go out with my aunt. With this appearance and temperament, it's really shameful to say it's my sister, isn't it, sister?"
"Get out of here!" Liu Yifei took a bite of the apple, and the apple flesh made her right cheek bulge. She pushed Xie Nan away angrily and asked Xie Nan to leave her mother: "You are taking advantage of me and Chu Xuan again! Are you sworn sworn friends again?
No success!"
"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.
Liu Xiaoli looked very happy while cooking.
That day when she was having dinner at Boss He's place, she was so amused by Xie Nan that she drank too much and didn't know what Xie Nan said about how she was about to become sworn friends.
This group of guys laughed about this incident for half a month.
At this time, Chu Xuan's cell phone rang, and everyone restrained their cheerful mood.
Chu Xuan saw it was Sister Hua and answered the phone: "Sister."
Hearing this title, the friends also knew that it was Wang Jinhua who called, and she was Chu Xuan's only sister.
"Is it convenient to talk? It's about web games." Wang Jinhua's voice came from the mobile phone.
"Wait a minute." Chu Xuan took Liu Yifei's hand and led her out.
Wu Jin, Zhang Jin, and Deng Chao gave way. Seeing this situation, they knew that Chu Xuan had something important to do.
Everyone was silent, and after a while they started to make a fuss.
In the bedroom on the second floor, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei opened the door and came in and sat down at the end of the bed.
The gas fireplace was not turned on, and Liu Yifei felt cold, so she put her hands into the pockets of Chu Xuan's down jacket to keep warm as usual.
Chu Xuan held Liu Yifei's hand in his pocket, held the phone in his right hand and clicked on the speakerphone: "Sister, what's the matter?"
Liu Yifei leaned on his shoulder and kept quiet. Mr. Yao called yesterday, but Chu Xuan couldn't get through in New Haven, so she could only ask Sister Hua to go there.
From the echo of the phone, she heard that it was on speakerphone, and she probably guessed that Sister Hua must have met Mr. Cao and Mr. Yao.
"Mr. Chu, it's me." came Cao Guowei's voice.
"Mr. Cao." Chu Xuan responded.
"Without interrupting Mr. Chu's time, let's keep the story short. There are three options now, and we want to listen to Mr. Chu's opinion." Cao Guowei said straight to the point without any ink.
"Mr. Cao, please speak." Chu Xuandao, and Liu Yifei listened quietly.
"The first one is that we pay to rent and build servers for major platforms. We just need to let them connect to our server interface and connect, so that they have data viewing rights."
"The main authority of these servers belongs to us, but we have to pay to help them get it. Our additional cost here is about tens of millions. We get 70% of the game profit and they get 30%."
Chu Xuan nodded. This first type was exactly the 73% profit they had discussed before, but he did not expect that there would be tens of millions of additional costs.
Mr. Cao’s words were concise and concise, only stating the key points without explaining the reasons.
But he also probably knew that in order to host a large number of game users, the server would definitely need to be expanded, which was something he had missed in the calculation before.
"The second option is for each major platform to build its own server, and then connect the server interface with us. In this case, the main authority of the server lies with them."
"Even if the interface program is a standard set by us, if they want to cause trouble and let hackers do it, it is technically possible. The worst thing that can happen is to penetrate through our server interface and steal our game templates.
and procedures.”
"Because they set up their own servers, we get 60% of the game profits and they get 40%."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei frowned at the same time. This second type can be eliminated directly. Although it can save tens of millions of fees, the consequences will not only be a 10% loss in profit, but also the possibility of the program code being stolen.
If the web game plan is successful, major platforms will definitely replicate it.
The core part of their web game plan is the window period before major platforms can reproduce it.
This window period of several months is when Longyou Company develops rapidly.
If major platforms have the opportunity to steal codes, it will definitely end the window period early.
"The third method is to use their own independent servers without interfering with each other. This is equivalent to dividing the game into N independent operators. All their platforms will promote the game together to maximize the promotion of the game nationwide."
"The first way of joint operation is that they will only operate normally and will not spend resources on publicity and promotion."
"Compared to the first type, this third type will allow our games to blossom instantly on the Internet and in Internet cafes across the country."
"But for the third type, the profit is 50/50."
Chu Xuan said: "Penguin, Wangyi, 51job, this third one was proposed by one of them, right?"
"It's Penguin." Cao Guowei said with a smile, "Mr. Chu has really good vision."
Liu Yifei shaved Chu Xuan's face, and Mr. Cao's praise of Chu Xuan also made her happy.
Chu Xuan stretched out his hand in his pocket and raised it to hold Liu Yifei's shoulder: "Only these large companies will ask for the initiative when discussing cooperation. The other platforms do not have the confidence to ask for the initiative when discussing cooperation with Mr. Cao.
.”
"That's the truth." Cao Guowei said: "Mr. Chu, which one do you think is in line with your wishes?"
Chu Xuan glanced at Liu Yifei, wanting to know her opinion.
Liu Yifei held out a finger and chose the first option.
Chu Xuan gave her a thumbs up and looked at her with a smile.
"Don't worry about the second one. If our web game becomes successful, Mr. Cao, you know the methods of those big companies better than I do. They will definitely steal our program templates and use them to copy. This will shorten the space for our dominant company."
Window period.”
"As for the third option, if we were just a game manufacturer, I would choose the third option and let our games spread all over the country in a short period of time to maximize profits. This is the dream situation of game manufacturers."
"But we are not a game manufacturer, we are a platform party, and we are a platform party with zero users."
"For us, users are the primary demand, and the benefits of the game are only secondary."
"The third model of independent operation by all parties is also contrary to our plan. Independent operation means that the data is not interoperable and we cannot interfere. Then the way we send game emails to convert users cannot be realized."
"So, I choose the first option. I believe Mr. Cao also thinks about it this way."
"Heroes think alike." Cao Guowei said, agreeing with Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan smiled and said: "The first is normal operation, but if the game brings them benefits, they will naturally take the initiative to promote it, and no one will have trouble with money."
"Indeed." Cao Guowei agreed with this view and said: "Mr. Chu, let's decide on the first option. We will send them an email tomorrow and send someone to set up the server the day after tomorrow. We will finalize the cooperation as soon as possible this month and next month
Once the interface is tested, you can set a date to launch the game."
"Okay, I will come back to the company next month to meet with Mr. Cao," Chu Xuan said.
"Okay, Mr. Chu, you are busy, Mr. Wang, Mr. Yao, I will discuss some details." Mr. Cao said.
"Chu Xuan, I'll hang up then." came Wang Jinhua's voice.
"Sister, you are busy, I'm going down to eat." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei got up from the bed.
"You haven't eaten yet?" Wang Jinhua said in surprise, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
"I just came back from playing." Chu Xuan opened the door and walked out with Liu Yifei.
"Okay, have fun." Wang Jinhua hung up the phone.
Chu Xuan put his phone in his pocket and walked down the stairs with Liu Yifei.
"Will it start next month?" Liu Yifei held Chu Xuan's hand with her right hand and held the escalator with her left hand.
"Either next month, or at the latest January." Chu Xuan said.
"If it happens, how long will it take to exchange equity with Bright Times?" Liu Yifei asked.
Chu Xuan thought for a while and said: "Develop during the market window period... maybe half a year."
Liu Yifei blinked. If it succeeds, then she will be the boss's wife next June?
She walked down the last step, her steps becoming cheerful as she walked.
Chu Xuan glanced at her obviously happier face, and naturally understood her heart, and just hoped that everything would go well.