Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 594 This is wrong
"Oh? Zhuchang wants to be the organizer of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds professional league?"
In Yangcheng, in a private box in Chen Yuhang's restaurant, Zhou Dongsheng and Wang Yi sat opposite each other.
As people from the same hometown of Guangzhou, after receiving Wang Yi's call, Zhou Dongsheng simply dragged Wang Yi here for dinner.
After all, Chen Yuhang's restaurant was of a high standard, and with their interests becoming more and more closely related, this private room was almost becoming Zhou Dongsheng's exclusive reception room.
What is a mere private room? Even if the entire restaurant is taken into account, it is not as valuable as the shares in hand.
Although it was nominally an investment, the project turned out to be so lucrative. Now, the money-making ability of the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" alone...
This investment was already the most successful one in Chen Yuhang's life. He was even praised by his elders . The benefits he gained were not just the numbers on the surface...
Therefore, Chen Yuhang naturally remembered this favor. What's wrong with giving Zhou Dongsheng some face?
It's just human relations.
"That's right. With the rise of e-sports in recent years, Zhuchang Games has also considered getting involved in e-sports, but it just suffers from the lack of a suitable game that is compatible with the e-sports ecosystem..."
Wang Yi said very frankly that although they have insisted on the path of independent research and development over the years, there is only one game from Zhuchang that can truly be remembered by people.
Fantasy Westward Journey!
Although Fantasy Westward Journey is very good at developing martial arts duels, which is also an important part of ensuring the long-term prosperity of the game's ecology...
However, in the competition arena where millions or even tens of millions of dollars are invested, it is destined that this game has basically no connection with e-sports.
In addition to this game, although QQ has produced some high-quality games such as "A Chinese Ghost Story" in recent years, it is basically impossible for this type of game to take root in the soil of e-sports and achieve secondary growth.
Therefore, the pig farm is really like a housewife who can’t cook without rice, and it is really powerless.
But there is always a silver lining. Who would have thought that the unintentional "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" would, contrary to its norm, reveal such potential.
The only pity is that this game is not entirely a pig factory game, otherwise they might be more proud of it.
"Obviously, the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has such potential. We at Zhuchang Games don't want to miss such a hard-won opportunity. We will use PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds as a stepping stone to take the first step into e-sports..."
Wang Yi spoke eloquently, and Zhou Dongsheng thought about it for a moment and realized that this was indeed the truth.
In Zhou Dongsheng's impression, when Future Pig Factory was making rapid progress in the field of e-sports, it realized the problem belatedly, but it achieved half the result with twice the effort and did not achieve very good results.
After all, when QQ Games was eager to launch a moba mobile game to develop mobile e-sports, Tencent Games' Honor of Kings had already completely occupied the market and had already formed a marginal effect.
Not only in MOBA mobile games, Tencent has also long formed an ecological closed loop in the e-sports ecosystem, blocking the drainage channel for latecomers to overtake on the curve.
After all, no one knows more about drain channel corners than Tencent (funny).
But at this point in time, it is clear that everything has not yet been settled...
Thinking of this, Zhou Dongsheng smiled brightly. "There is no reason for me to refuse such a good thing. What's more, Zhuchang Games also has a share in this game..."
"So, if we work together to make the pie bigger, it will naturally benefit everyone, right?"
Zhou Dongsheng thought happily in his mind that with Banana Project hosting and Zhuchang Game as the organizer, it could be said that all obstacles to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds professional league had been cleared away in one fell swoop.
Even though it is still in its infancy, this background alone is considered to be among the best in the country. However, compared with the e-sports ecosystem of Tencent, it is obviously still dwarfed.
But, you still have to eat one bite at a time...
"That's the truth. Don't be afraid of Ms. Zhou, let me speak from the bottom of my heart. What I regret most now is that I didn't firmly decide to acquire this game..."
"If I had persisted, maybe the outcome would have been different? After all, if I could get this project, I think it would be enough for me to retire and enjoy my old age..."
Wang Yi's expression of beating his chest and stamping his feet in deep regret was very lifelike.
Zhou Dongsheng shook his head. "Mr. Wang, you are wrong. The times have changed. It is no longer the time for one company to dominate the market and eat all the food. Only cooperation with everyone can achieve long-term success..."
"Although I am as optimistic about this game as Mr. Wang, if I had chosen to develop it on my own without the help from Zhuchang Games, I would have been very lucky if PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds could achieve half of its current performance..."
Zhou Dongsheng said this in a sarcastic tone, but it is true. Brandon Green, the "Father of Battle Royale", cannot handle the whole thing alone.
Given the foreigners' tendency to slack off, it's hard to say how far the development progress will go. In the end, they will probably have to produce a semi-finished product, which they will release under the beautiful name of a "trial experience version", and then improve it bit by bit with the money they have collected...
"I've learned a lesson. I'm not as enlightened as the young people at my age. I have one more thing to say to Mr. Zhou. The popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fully proves that there is still a big market for a novel game mechanism like Battle Royale..."
"Of course, it would be uneconomical to develop another battle royale PC game, so we plan to move this gameplay to the mobile game platform for a trial..."
"After all, I have to admit that mobile games are the real future!" Wang Yi couldn't help but sigh.
"What's the point of asking for permission? If you want the authorization, just take it. But in my opinion, although the battle royale mobile game is still a blue ocean, this PC game is still far from being a red ocean."
"Just one H1Z1 or PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is not enough to completely eat up this piece of cake. There is enough space for a few more excellent battle royale games..."
Zhou Dongsheng said meaningfully.
Wang Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "If I were an independent game producer, I might give it a try, but as the vice president of Zhuchang Games, I think the best choice is to follow the trend of the times..."
Zhou Dongsheng shrugged helplessly, "Of course, I respect Mr. Wang's choice , but I think QQ.com has the opportunity and potential to make such a work. After all, QQ.com has always been good at making Chinese martial arts and other traditional Chinese style games..."
"And to some extent, the game mechanism of Battle Royale is a natural fit for the 'jianghu of swords and sabers'..."
Having said that, Zhou Dongsheng stopped there. If NetEase can release the game Naraka: Bladepoint in advance, it may not be a bad thing...
Wang Yi was a little skeptical at first, but after thinking about it carefully, his eyes lit up. This idea seemed to have great potential!
