Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

Pavitsov agreed.

However, when it came time for the formal handover, Pavitsov instigated a riot among the employees of Project 2077. Although this was not known to the outside world, it caused turmoil within the organization.

Ultimately, the owners of CDProjekt had to resort to a rather awkward policy to resolve the situation.

He promoted Conrad to producer of 2077, while retaining Pavezov as game director.

This operation is very abstract.

Similar to.

If we compare 2077 to a movie, it's basically like this: the original director of this movie was Conrad.

However, Conrad was unavailable when it came time to make the film, so he asked Pavezov to take the lead in the preparatory work.

The result is now.

Pavezov has been reassigned as director, and Conrad has become a producer!?

It seems Conrad has been promoted.

The problem is, producers mainly handle distribution, promotion, and logistics, not filmmaking!

but..

This is the case.

Under these conditions, the production of 2077 was quite difficult: a new theme, an open world, a large map, high investment, compounded by chaotic management and office politics.

This foreshadowed the future delays and potential collapse of the 2077 series.

This is also related to Conrad leaving with a group of core members of The Witcher 3 in 2011.

But even so.

After Spark launched the Spark platform, CD Projekt still had Conrad take on the role of head of the GOG platform, attempting to inject some new changes into GOG.

~~~

"I've looked at the platform launched by Spark."

“From the very beginning, I believed that Lin Li’s direction in developing this platform was wrong. After the launch of this Spark platform, my opinion was further solidified.”

"I don't deny that Xinghuo is very good at making ACG games and organizing offline events, but Lin Li has overlooked the fierce competition in the game platform market and the size of the existing distributors."

penguin.

Game division integration meeting.

Wang Guang is explaining his arguments.

After returning from the Spark press conference, Wang Guang realized that he seemed to be going in the wrong direction.

Penguins can walk the path of sparks too.

However, he did not change his mind because he felt that the path of Spark was not easy to take. On the other hand, a few days ago, Tencent, Perfect World, Shanda and other established companies reached a verbal agreement against Spark.

Penguins are naturally the big brother here.

Or more accurately, Wang Guang was the eldest brother.

When he listened to executives from other companies toasting him at the dinner table, Wang Guang felt a sense of elation that he found very pleasing.

The saying goes, "Where you sit determines what you think."

Under such circumstances, Wang Guang had to make this conclusion.

"The Spark Platform is doomed to fail."

"It's obvious that Lin Li doesn't understand platforms or agents."

"The three major defeats of the Spark Platform".

"The first failure was the verbal innovation, which resulted in a next-generation gaming platform."

"But in reality, it was just a low-price agency agreement."

"Do you think our years of experience as a distributor, whether it's Tencent, Perfect World, or Shanda, can be solved with just a low price?"

Chapter 401 Yu Zhong unleashed a powerful attack

"ridiculous!"

"The second defeat was the laughable empiricism."

"This is very interesting. A company that makes mobile games, whose main products are mobile games, is trying to create a platform for PC games?"

"Is this reasonable? No, it's not!"

"The third defeat: a hollow and pretentious alliance."

"What Spark Program? This so-called developer alliance? Don't be fooled by the dozens of companies involved. I'd say such a loose organization is bound to be rife with conflicts. Each company has its own interests, not to mention these are all small companies whose names I've never even heard of. How could they possibly be united?"

"They've even opened up the Spark Engine; which manufacturer would use someone else's engine?"

"Therefore, Spark can only fool these small ACG companies."

"The gaming platform is not about attracting attention, but about developing in a real and substantial way. Every innovation carries risks."

"Even our company, Tencent, WEGAME, accumulated experience for several years before daring to say that it wants to expand overseas. What makes Spark think it can?"

"Of course, maybe Lin Li never intended to make a good product. Just like his title, the master of empty promises, it's not surprising that someone who only knows how to make empty promises would have such thoughts. Time will soon prove everything."

Wang Guang gave a long speech to Xinghuo at the meeting, but he didn't say a word when he was actually there.

These words were all pent up after I lost the argument that day.

Wang Guang spoke very excitedly on stage, but the atmosphere in the room was quite somber.

Because after listening to Wang Guang's passionate report.

Ma Huateng did not react at all.

convention.

Even if the person on stage speaks poorly, Ma Huateng will applaud to show his approval of their work attitude, acknowledging their attitude before discussing the matter.

But this time.

No.

Since the boss hadn't spoken, the people below the stage naturally kept their eyes down, not daring to utter a word.

There was a silence that lasted for several tens of seconds.

"I don't want to hear any talk of inevitable defeat. I just want to know, what are you going to do?"

Ma Huateng's tone was indifferent.

Wang Guang wiped his sweat, realizing that his previous statement hadn't passed muster.

No matter what, Ma Huateng is not a fool.

You have to produce results to speak for yourself.

"Regarding the overall platform strategy, we have already reached cooperation agreements with several mainstream domestic game companies besides NetEase. They will all launch their currently operating games on WEGAME through channel servers, while also setting up overseas servers."

"These games may be old, but they still have appeal."

"Regarding new games, we are strengthening our platform and have already reached agreements with three companies."

"Finally, in the realm of anime and manga games."

"We have already communicated with President Yao and completed the deployment of the Girls' Frontline."

"Girls' Frontline international version will launch tomorrow."

"According to our estimates, we can strive to achieve a monthly revenue of tens of millions for Girls' Frontline International Server through promotion across all channels."

"We've become a benchmark for brand operation. Even for games that have already been shut down in China, we can still generate tens of millions in revenue. This performance is enough to convince those who are wavering."

Wang Guang's logic is still the same old thing he used to use.

Before the Spark press conference, Ma Huateng might have listened, but now, he finds nothing new to hear.

But in the end.

Ma Huateng ultimately agreed to Wang Guang's proposal.

This is mainly because Penguin is still selecting personnel internally.

He still needs time to replace the personnel. After Lin Li's turmoil, Ma Huateng's expectations for WEGAME have risen to a very high level.

This may be the next growth opportunity for Tencent.

It might even be a more profitable business than Penguin Games.

Wang Guang is clearly no longer suitable to stay in this position.

However, before the newcomers are selected, Ma Huateng still needs Wang Guang to continue leading WEGAME forward.

What Wang Guang just said, while not particularly original, wasn't wrong either.

Ma Huateng also needs time to think.

Well, let's just make do for now.

~~~

Wang Guang was entering the countdown to taking office, but he was unaware of it and thought that this time he would be safe and sound again.

come back to the office.

The first thing to do was to contact Yao Xiaodong.

The requirement is that nothing goes wrong when the Girls' Frontline international server launches tomorrow.

Although Yao Xiaodong had keenly sensed that Wang Guang had lost Ma Huateng's trust, he was, after all, the one who made the suggestion in this matter.

It was he who initially proposed at the meeting to make Girls' Frontline an international version.

There's nothing we can do now.

We have no choice but to cooperate.

~~~

at the same time.

"Boom!" Yu Zhong shouted from his desk.

"The packet is sealed! Thanks everyone, thank you for your hard work!!!"

The international version of Girls' Frontline was supposed to be released a few days earlier, but because of the Spark Carnival, Yu Zhong was caught off guard by a big challenge and was a bit stunned.

It took me a day or two to recover after I returned to work.

but.

In any case, the project was completed on time today, which made Yu Zhong quite emotional and also made up for many regrets.

After all, Girls' Frontline was bombed.

He had already succeeded in Japan by then, and many things in the subsequent versions were done by Tencent and its team.

Many things are different from his original development plan.

In the past month, in addition to the technical department working on graphics optimization to make the game look more like a new game, Yu Zhong has also been revising the copywriting.

Fortunately.

The script and presentation for Girls' Frontline 1 are still just a PowerPoint presentation, so they're relatively easy to revise.

Specifically.

Yu Zhong restored Del, who had been completely removed from the Chinese server in the later stages. The modification approach was the same as Raymond's, changing him to be admired by players.

In addition, all the dolls' names have been changed according to those of Girls' Frontline 2.

To facilitate the global promotion of the sequel to Girls' Frontline 2.

Yu Zhong even added some second-generation Easter eggs that he found very interesting.

These changes caused the project to be delayed, but thanks to his hard work and overtime, everything has been completed.

Although he was not in charge of the subsequent operations.