Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

The issue of resurrecting Scatter Explosions was discussed for some time in the gaming community.

There have been quite a few gossip discussions in the group, after all, Tencent has invested a lot of real money in Girls' Frontline 2.

In addition, although Tencent disbanded SunBoom, it gave the copyright and development resources to Yuzhong.

It means getting Yu Zhong to find someone to take over.

At this point, the penguin was no longer thinking about making money; it only wanted to get back the marketing expenses stipulated in the betting agreement without any risk.

Therefore, the person who actually takes over doesn't need to pay anything.

Once you finish watching Girls' Frontline 2, you can log in.

Since there's no need to spend too much on development costs, some people are actually willing to take over.

The reason why no one has come to take over the business for so long is because of Yu Zhong.

He still demands complete autonomy in development, a completely independent studio, and the right to only accept investment; he must be the boss.

The problem is that even established manufacturers like Perfect World have heard of Yu Zhong's reputation.

In addition, Yu Zhong is currently on probation. While this doesn't affect his work, the law stipulates that people on probation cannot become legal entities.

As a result, those who were initially interested quickly lost interest.

The matter reached a stalemate.

However, under Yao Xiaodong's leadership, both sides eventually compromised.

Several established game companies, some even struggling to survive, each invested some money to establish a new company and entrusted it to a professional CEO for management.

Yu Zhong entered the game as a working person, but the contract also stipulated that he would receive a share of the profits from the game, and the profit share would be quite high until the debt to Tencent was paid off.

This is also the premise for Tencent to grant the license and allow this new studio to use the parts that Girls' Frontline 2 has already developed.

Chapter 483 Lin Li's Call

November 15st

The resurrection of the Scatter Explosion has barely appeared in the public eye, except for a very small number of people who have paid attention to it.

Throughout July, the hottest topic remained the Summer Spark event.

The impact of the summer sparks is still spreading rapidly.

Now it's not just Bilibili.

On Nico Nico Douga, Twitter, and even in the global gaming community, videos of Xinghuo's swimsuit cosplay have been the most widely circulated.

As a result, Spark Games also became quite popular.

Because in the videos that were released at the time, every time a character appeared or every cosplayer was doing a freeze-frame pose, there was a portrait of the same pose next to them.

And introductions to the characters.

This information is also spreading rapidly as these videos go out.

Although the conversion rate was very low, as the base number increased, the quantitative change led to a qualitative change, and the number of users on the Spark platform showed a clear upward trend during this period.

While players were having a heated discussion outside about which cosplay was the most accurate and even broke the boundaries of the two-dimensional world,

Within the industry.

This is partly due to the ongoing development of the State Administration of Press and Publication's announcement.

NetEase.

The debate over whether or not to create your own game platform has reached a fever pitch.

Even Ding Lei had no choice but to step forward.

A meeting of senior executives was convened to finalize this matter.

"I think it's really unnecessary for us to invest resources in building a platform. Tencent has twice the traffic of us, but it still didn't succeed, did it?"

Another voice refuted this.

"We didn't say we wanted to become a top-tier platform. What we're discussing now is whether or not to build a platform. In this current climate, putting aside everything else, just being able to get our own games without licenses onto PC and reach a segment of users is enough to be a decisive factor. I don't even know what there is to discuss."

Ding Lei nodded to himself.

However, just as he was about to speak, another dissenting voice emerged.

"What decisive reason? Do you know that the business world is like a battlefield? Once you're on the battlefield, it's a matter of life and death. If we don't become a platform, Tencent and Spark will try to win us over. But once we're on the battlefield, we'll be your opponents!"

After that statement, others agreed.

"I think we should contact Xinghuo and team up with the third brother to take down the eldest brother. That's what we should be doing right now."

After hearing those two sentences, Ding Lei also fell into thought.

This is the difficulty of being a leader.

Just as many people understand the honey trap as a beautiful woman seducing you, the real honey trap can make you believe it is love before you are stabbed to death.

The same applies to making decisions.

Countless correct statements are heard every day, and you need to judge which statement is more correct.

This is not an easy task.

At least from Ding Lei's perspective, who doesn't have the ability to see into the heavens, making this decision was really difficult.

But he also knows.

As a leader, even the worst decision is better than no decision at all.

After thinking for a while, Ding Lei took a deep breath.

I think..."

Just as he finished the first half of his sentence, Ding Lei's phone, which was on the table, suddenly rang.

This is the usual situation.

Ding Lei wouldn't answer, but just as he was about to hang up.

Just then, I saw the words "Lin Li" on my phone.

Ding Lei made a gesture to pause the meeting.

Picked up.

"Mr. Ding, congratulations." Lin Li's voice came through the receiver.

"Congratulations on what?" Ding Lei asked blankly, subconsciously.

Lin Li laughed and said, "I heard that NetEase is launching a game platform, right? Everyone will be working on platforms from now on, so I called to congratulate you."

Ding Lei frowned and looked up at his company's senior executives in the conference room.

Was there a traitor? Or was it just a coincidence?

"We don't have that plan at the moment. Is there anything else?"

After Ding Lei finished speaking, he planned to hang up the phone and continue the meeting.

And it was at this moment that Lin Li's voice came again.

"Oh, you're not building a platform? That makes things easier."

"What's easy to handle?" Ding Lei asked, even more puzzled.

Lin Li smiled and said, "Spark plans to launch a startup program for the domestic game industry. Mr. Ding, would you be interested in being a guest judge?"

Ding Lei frowned. Good heavens, so he was just bluffing me?

If I say that NetEase wants to build a platform, does that mean there's no second half to my statement?

Cunning, so very cunning.

Even so, Ding Lei still had a question: If you, Spark, want to make an entrepreneurship program, then go ahead and do it. Why did you pull me in as a mentor?

What the hell is going on?

Although he was internally overthinking things, he asked aloud.

"Entrepreneurship programs?"

Lin Li nodded.

"Did you know that the Spark Games Competition has already attracted hundreds of entries from both domestic and international teams?"

For some reason, Ding Lei felt that Lin Li's words sounded a bit smug.

"Speak the key."

"Okay, let me get to the point. The Spark Games Competition not only has hundreds of project teams registered, but tens of thousands of people have also registered for the individual competitions. The competition has garnered a lot of attention from players across the internet, and the number of players who have already registered for the Spark Games Awards Ceremony has exceeded ten million..."

Lin Li was rebuffed.

However, Ding Lei still managed to say a long string of words while he remained silent.

Fortunately, after saying that part...

Lin Li finally got down to business.

"Many of these project teams have fantastic ideas, but they lack funding and personnel, so we wanted to create a platform like this..."

"Don't go."

After hearing this, Ding Lei thought to himself, "Wow, that's something."

No wonder I called him.

No wonder I asked him if he wanted to work on a platform.

This is ostensibly an invitation to NetEase, but in reality, it's a surrender offer.

He is from the prestigious NetEase.

Although Ding Lei wasn't sure if he would run a platform, he knew what it would mean to participate in a competition organized by the Spark platform at this critical juncture.

Even so, there were indeed very heated discussions within NetEase regarding whether or not to develop a platform.

But no matter what, NetEase shouldn't be siding with Spark right now.

Lin Li clearly guessed that Ding Lei might refuse.

So I immediately replied.

"Hey, Mr. Ding, don't reply so quickly. Although this program is named after Xinghuo, Xinghuo is actually just the organizer. Xinghuo is not the only participant. Let me explain the competition format to you first."

"The show 'Rising Star' is an online program that will be broadcast globally on Bilibili, Nico Nico Douga, and YouTube. It will be jointly reported by 12 media outlets, including CCTV.com, Xinhua.net, Asahi Shimbun, IGN, and Famitsu. The judges we have already agreed to include Sony China, Capcom, Ubisoft China, and Bilibili. If you want to join, add me, and the basic judging panel will be almost complete."

"We will record for two days in total, and together we will select 10 teams from the participants."

"In addition to scoring, judges can also invest in projects they are satisfied with."

"How did it go, Mr. Ding?"

Ding Lei fell into deep thought.

He was pondering how much of what Lin Li was saying was true and how much was false.

Chapter 484 Tomorrow's Star Program

"Sony, Ubisoft, and Capcom are all coming? Who are they?"

When Ding Lei asked this question, Lin Li knew that, at least for this moment, he was tempted.

"Sony and Ubisoft are the top executives in China, and Capcom is the producer of Monster Hunter. So, what do you think of the Japanese team? They're pretty good, right? So, Mr. Ding, you need to step in, otherwise it'll look like we Chinese have no one to rely on."

Ding Lei sighed. Lin Li's mouth was unbeatable. Even if you knew he was saying nice things, it still had an effect coming from his mouth.

"But there's still Bilibili, isn't there?"

Lin Li smiled.

"Bilibili doesn't know anything about games. If Chen Rui hadn't sponsored it, I would have dragged him along."

Ding Lei laughed along with him.

"CCTV and Xinhua are one thing, but you also have connections with Asahi?"