Chapter 471

Many reporters came to the press conference early. Last night, the popularity of "loyalty to the country under the sword" was well known. A total of 170000 players played on the same server, which ushered in a new era of online games.

170000 players in a server, a map game, think is a very crazy thing, people feel as if it should appear in fantasy or science fiction movies, but yesterday, May 23, 2002, at 19 p.m., it happened in front of the public, and all reporters are proud of the network game company that created this miracle, It's not from Japan, the game kingdom, nor from the United States, the originator of computer games, nor from Europe, the fertile land of modern game industry. It's a third world country, a developing country with weak civil technology in Europe and the United States for 50 years, and an online game company "second world" from China, which has been established for only two years.

With this in mind, many Chinese journalists in the press conference hall are very proud. Yesterday, "swordsman love: loyalty to serve the country" set a record of 170000 players online at the same time, the world's major media will be a burst of exclamation, a face of incredible, a face of horror.

170000 players play on the same server. The data flow is terrible when you think about it. The number of 3D models generated per second is even more shocking. In today's computer configuration, major media and game companies in Europe and the United States have absolute doubt and disbelief on the declaration of "millions of players play on the same game server" called out by "second world". Think it must be boasting! Just like the previous "anti terrorism elite online" Asian Internet, it's just a "battle net" in a different appearance rather than a real Asian Internet.

Unexpectedly, last night, "the second world" really created this miracle, let 170000 players play on the same server, and extremely smooth, and developed a new online game upgrade system, and a new martial arts combat system, all of which shocked foreign ghosts and little Japan.

Why can a Chinese online game company create such a miracle instead of being American, Japanese or European—— Many foreign game personages have expressed that it is difficult to understand this.

At today's press conference, there are many foreign colleagues. When Chinese reporters chatted with them, they heard their incredible faces and exclamations, and many Chinese reporters felt proud in their hearts. This is the first time that when interviewing IT industry with foreign journalists at the same time, Chinese journalists hold their heads high and look at these foreign counterparts with a trace of contempt.

what! Don't believe there are game companies in China? I tell you, that was before. Now China has a "second world".

what! It's said that Chinese game companies are bad at making games. I'll tell you, that was before. Now there is "the second world".

what! Say Chinese game can't make money, ya, who said, cut him! Before he died, he told him that it was before, and now there is a "second world".

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In the excitement of many Chinese journalists and the confusion and incomprehension of foreign journalists, Lin Feng and Wu Zhaopu went to the press conference hall. As soon as they arrived at the press conference, many Chinese reporters applauded. For nothing else, it has created an absolute technological innovation in the history of online games for this "second world", which has won the face of all Chinese game companies and the Chinese people.

Game player is game player. Game player game is now on the way. When the players say that their country has "EA", Japanese players say they have Nintendo, and European players say they have "Ubisoft". Now the Chinese mainland game player can also speak up and we have "second world".

Lin Feng was stunned, then bowed slightly to express his thanks to the Chinese reporter who applauded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of all the management and employees of second world, I would like to thank you for attending today's press conference. Thank you. Next, vice president Wu will introduce to you the actual operation of "swordsman love: loyalty to serve the country" yesterday When Lin Feng finished, Wu Zhaopu coughed softly and continued to speak.

"At 19:00 p.m. on May 23, 2002, our company's self-developed large-scale 3D role-playing online game" swordsman love: loyalty to the country "officially opened. At the same time, the number of online players reached 100000, 150000 at 20 o'clock and 170000 at 20:30. So far, the highest number of online players is 170000, The average number of online players is 170000. " Wu Zhaopu gave a brief introduction.

Although many reporters have known this data for a long time, they still breathe in from Wu Zhaopu's mouth. The highest online is 170000, and the average online is 170000. That is to say, from 20:30 last night to 10:30 now, the server of swordsman's loyalty to the country has been full, and there is no "vacancy". Even in the morning or when the online game server is most idle, it is still full, which makes many reporters slightly surprised.

But think about yesterday's Internet cafes waiting for the opening ceremony of "swordsman love: loyalty to serve the country". Many reporters have expressed their understanding of the dissatisfaction of many game players. Indeed, the production of the game is so good, whether it's a server game for 170000 players or the new martial arts combat system, it's fascinating.

Of course, all journalists are more concerned about the question: why doesn't "swordsman" continue to open more online players? Is it a technical problem? Or something else? If we don't open more places, will new game servers be added?

Among the expectations of many reporters, Wu Zhaopu explained the doubts of many reporters.

"I'll explain what all players expect and when to open more online places. Because the configuration of the player's computer can't meet the requirements of "swordsman's devotion to the country", our company adopts the latest technology of "automatic screen" system and "cloud computing" function to reduce the load of the player's computer. We use our company's three supercomputers to assist in the processing of some 3D models that the player's computer needs to process. However, in dealing with this huge amount of data, the three supercomputers are overloaded, which will inevitably affect the fluency of players' games. Our company will add another supercomputer within a week to serve the first area of "swordsman love: loyalty to our country". At the same time, we will open 30000 online places again, up to 200000 players online at the same time, It is also the number of online players that the final server in zone 1 can carry at the same time. " Wu Zhaopu explained.

Wu Zhaopu's voice fell to the ground and there was a buzz. No one expected that "the second world" would use the mysterious "cloud computing" to help players process some data. What's more, four supercomputers could only load 200000 players online at the most.

Four supercomputers, according to previous industry estimates, are worth about $40 million. And the $40 million supercomputer can only load 200000 players, which can carry a small number of players. You know, an ordinary game server that can carry 5000 players online is no more than 20000 yuan. Load 200000 players, the most is 800000 yuan.

The difference between RMB 800000 and US $40 million is 440 times, which makes all reporters astonished.

"Vice president Wu, is that true? Four supercomputers can only load 200000 players online? Not two million? " A reporter of "popular software" couldn't help asking questions. Then he thought of Lin Feng's rules and said, "I'm really sorry, I forgot the rules, but the news is really amazing."

Lin Feng smiles, indicating that the reporter should not care too much.

"Yes, you heard me right. Our company spent more than 36 million dollars to develop four supercomputers, which can only accommodate 200000 players online at most on the premise of ensuring the smooth flow of players. " Wu Zhaopu nodded and said in a deep voice.

There was an exclamation under the stage.

Considering the miracle created by the "second world" last night, director Zhao of Shanghai Oriental TV station decided to live broadcast the news conference. Therefore, many domestic players and IT professionals, as well as countries in Asia and Southeast Asia that can receive Shanghai Oriental satellite TV, all watched the live broadcast. Conservatively, the audience rating is more than 30 million.

After listening to many domestic players, there was nothing at first, and they didn't feel much surprised. However, there is a netizen on the Internet called "coke drinks seven up", who boasts of being a senior person in the industry. After publishing the prices of ordinary servers and supercomputers, all the players who watched the live broadcast were surprised. They didn't understand why there was such a big gap. Why can an ordinary game company carry 200000 online players for 800000 yuan, while "second world" spent 36 million US dollars.

Players don't understand, but many domestic IT companies do. The difference of 440 times is that an ordinary group of game servers can only carry 5000 players at most, and 200000 players are shared by 40 groups of servers, so the cost is naturally low. While "second world" allows 200000 players to play on the same server, the gap is like that between diamond and charcoal, and the amazing "atmospheric pressure" of millions of MPa for 200000 players to play on the same server.

"New era" alliance of the remaining 12 online game company boss heard, naturally a burst of joy.

Chen Xiaowei, the president of "nine cities" with a trace of complacency and a trace of lucky smile -- you "second world" is not very good, now what do you do? Should we continue to add supercomputers and let more players join a server game, or just like us, each server only carries up to 5000 players online. Hum, Lin Feng, you have to pay a price for boasting!

If we continue to assemble supercomputers, the cost will be too high for all online game companies to imagine. It's like the miracle of "nine cities". Up to 500000 people are online. They only need 100 groups of servers to ensure the smooth operation of players. The investment is no more than 2 million yuan. Taking the "miracle" point card as an example, the monthly card is 60 yuan, which is only calculated according to 300000 players. The monthly income is 18 million yuan, and the server investment is earned back in one month“ Second world takes 10 months to recover the cost of four supercomputers.

If we continue to increase supercomputers, we will only consume all the liquidity of the "second world". Chen Xiaowei and others can see this point clearly. Naturally, they are very happy and satirize "the second world" and Lin Feng's overconfidence.

If "second world" chooses to be the same as them, with each server carrying 5000 players and multiple servers carrying more than one million players respectively, it will naturally make the players who join the game uncomfortable and enjoy different services for the same money, which is absolutely bad for the reputation of "second world".

This dilemma naturally excited Chen Xiaowei and others.

When Wu Zhaopu's words spread abroad, many game companies had hoped to learn from "the second world" how to make hundreds of thousands of players share the same server technology (of course, many game companies are willing to pay a certain price to obtain this technology license). Now they heard that four supercomputers can load 200000 players online, and they immediately backed out. The price is too high, the cost is too high, and the cost performance ratio is too low. Of course, many foreign companies are also looking at the next choice of "second world".

However, these foreign game companies, like the domestic online game companies, are ready to watch the "second world" jokes and see how Lin Feng can justify himself. Millions of players online, I see how you blow your hide!

At this time, there are also masters on the Internet to explain the powerful relationship to all players. After listening to it, all the players of "swordsman's devotion to the country" are in a hurry. If the server that "second world" opened later can only hold 5000 players, even 10000 players online, they will be disappointed. If you think about it, it's a pleasure for 200000 players to play. In a large-scale battle, there are hundreds of thousands of players participating. There are only 10000 players on their own side at most. They spend the same money, but they experience different game services. This naturally makes many players who still don't have the taste of "swordsman's love: loyalty to the country" uncomfortable.

At present, all over the country, there are hundreds of times more players trying to log in by clicking on the client of "swordsman love: loyalty to the country". Damn, there are too many people. It's not easy to get online. I can't get on the head office—— So they thought.

Unfortunately, the "login" button is always gray, occasionally flashing a bit of green, but it turns gray in less than a second before most players fail to respond.

See the "login" button turns gray, many players who failed to login again curse. But at the moment, eyes are again on Wu Zhaopu, hope he does not say that let all players for the painful decision.

Wu Zhaopu sneered in his heart. He knew what many competitors were thinking, but they were doomed to be disappointed. Indeed, if you continue to choose to use supercomputers to open services, it will cost too much money. But I'm sorry, "second world" is not short of money.

Yes, we don't have much money, but we have more money than you.

I'm sorry, but I'll work hard for the fourth watch tomorrow! Happy Lantern Festival in advance（ To be continued, if you want to know the future, please log in www.qidian.com , more chapters, support authors, support legitimate reading!)