Chapter 605

The cost is too high!

If all the game development teams of "second world" aim to develop a global unified server, there will be only one consequence: the capital chain of "second world" will be dragged down.

Now, 13 groups of servers have been set up, which can carry 2.8 million players online at the same time. A total of 39 supercomputers are used. The manufacturing cost alone costs nearly US $350 million, not including other site concession fees, labor costs, maintenance costs, and high electricity charges. However, the consumption of so much money, although also achieved the desired results, but from the balance of payments, it is a very failed strategy. But also bring a series of negative effects.

From the financial point of view, "second world" can't bear the fact that other game development teams adopt the global unified server architecture. Maybe in a few years, the players' computers will be upgraded, and they will be able to bear tens of thousands of players in the same game map game. Maybe that's the coming of the era of global unified server. For now, it's too early!

"Boss!" Joe Wan kanhem looked at Lin Feng pitifully. Whenever he thinks of thousands of players fighting in the game and using various strategies and tactics, Joe Wan kanhem is very excited. Although small servers can also carry players' games, they are undoubtedly much smaller in scale and atmosphere, which is hard to avoid. And it's also about the profit sharing of each game development team. After all, the fewer players, the less the company naturally earns, and the less the profit sharing of its game development team.

In particular, swordsman is enjoying the privilege of global unified server architecture, but other game development groups are not. This naturally makes other game development groups jealous. What's worse, Joe Wan kanhem's fourth development group is American. This inevitably makes people doubt whether Lin Feng is too partial to his compatriots. Although this idea was only in Joe Wan kanhem's mind for a turn, it was hard to avoid a bit of expression. He couldn't help but glanced at Qiu Xin, the leader of the second game development team in charge of "swordsman's love for China".

Phase from the heart!

Lin Feng is in charge of a company with nearly hundreds of billions of dollars. Apart from foretelling, he is also aware of people's psychological activities from the details. Lin Feng's most frequently read book on the plane or before going to bed is psychological manipulation, written by (US) Juve Weber.

When a company develops to a certain scale, management is the key. Management is about people, but people are the most complicated. If you want to understand people's heart, psychology is naturally the first choice. It can be said that all successful managers are basically masters of psychology. They can infer their subordinates' intentions and psychological activities from their subordinates' every move, facial expression and subconscious activities.

Therefore, when Joe Wan kanhem inadvertently glanced at Qiu Xin, who was two seats away from him, Lin Feng caught his intention and was secretly alert. His "second world" now belongs to a multinational company, with members from all countries. As the chairman of the board of directors and concurrently as the president of the company, he must have a bowl of water, otherwise it is absolutely not conducive to the development of the company. Moreover, if it is not handled properly, it may cause the company to fall apart. Such an example is very common in history.

Lin Feng gently pecked a small mouthful of ginseng tea. After brewing a little, he had an idea in his heart.

"First of all, I'd like to apologize for the economic losses caused by the adoption of the global unified server architecture in swordsman's love story Lin Fengshen repeated.

Everyone was surprised.

"Originally, I thought that the global unified server architecture could bring huge profits and popularity to the company, but I didn't consider whether the players' computers supported or not, and the architecture cost of supercomputers. Here, I apologize to all shareholders of the company. " Lin Feng got up and said with a slight bow.

There was a sound of surprise in the conference room. No one thought that Lin Feng would apologize in front of everyone. At that time, people also expressed different opinions. However, Lin Feng held an absolute stake, and no one could express any objection, so he had to obey.

Later, in order to realize the promise to the players, "second world" lost money on the architecture server. Although people didn't say much, they still complained a little in their hearts. After all, although Qiu Xin's second game development team has also brought huge profits to the company, it is not proportional to the company's investment in architecture server.

However, according to the agreement of the company, the second game development group still gets the same profit share as other game development groups, which naturally makes other game development groups complain and feel dissatisfied. However, at present, "second world" is one of the most promising IT companies in the world. The other is "Google". Therefore, this complaint is naturally buried in people's hearts.

But if any crisis breaks out in the future, these hidden contradictions will break out violently, which will be fatal to the company.

"Boss... I..." Qiu Xin is not a fool. In ordinary communication, from the eyes and attitudes of other people, he can naturally see the views of other game development groups on him and his game development group, but he can't say anything and doesn't know what to say. Without profit sharing, the hard work of more than 100 employees in the second game development group for 18 months and more than 14 hours a day will be in vain. Can accept this to divide, also suffer other game to develop group gossip however, this lets a person in the heart extremely uncomfortable.

"Chief Qiu, it's none of your business. It's my fault." Unexpectedly, Wu Zhaopu stepped forward to stop Qiu Xin and stood up, "ladies and gentlemen, this global unified server architecture is privately proposed by me to my boss, and I also insist on it. After all, with the development of computer hardware and the expansion of network bandwidth, the global unified server is imperative. But I have forgotten the limitation of technology and capital. It has nothing to do with the boss. He is taking care of it for me. Here, I deeply apologize, I am willing to accept any administrative punishment of the company Wu Zhaopu said with a deep bow.

"Mr. Wu!" Lin Feng called softly.

By doing so, Wu Zhaopu is obviously fighting for Lin Feng. After all, the unified global server architecture was proposed by Lin Feng himself, and Wu Zhaopu had privately opposed it at that time. However, with Lin Feng's insistence and Bruce Allen's joining in, the "second world" had the possibility to develop its own supercomputer, and smoothly implemented the unified global server architecture.

It has nothing to do with Wu Zhaopu.

Lin Feng wants to explain. After all, he has to admit that it's his own fault. But just as he is about to speak, Wu Zhaopu steps on him.

Lin Feng frowned and looked at Wu Zhaopu winking at him. After a little consideration, he suddenly understood what Wu Zhaopu meant. Wu Zhaopu is carrying the "black pot" for himself. There is only one reason why he wants to carry the "black pot" for himself. He maintains his absolute authority and "myth" in front of the company.

Lin Feng has never failed since he created the "second world". All his decisions are extremely correct. He has set up an image of "myth" that never makes mistakes in front of the company. This "myth" image makes the "second world" fully believe that Lin Feng can lead them to success in the face of any difficulties.

In Wu Zhaopu's view, Lin Feng's image is very beneficial to the company's stability and long-term development. If it's not necessary, it's better not to destroy Lin Feng's "myth" image and let it continue. In particular, "the second world" listed, become a NASDAQ listed joint-stock company, at any time may be sniped by other consortia or acquisition. Although Lin Feng holds 35% of the shares, plus the shares held by these Chinese, "the second world" can be said to belong to Lin Feng absolutely. But if one of them sells the company's shares, plus other consortia's intentional acquisition, "second world" is not impossible to fall from Lin Feng's hands. It will be not only Lin Feng's regret, but also all Chinese's.

In the 53 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China, there has been a "second world" and a "Lin Feng". Wu Zhaopu absolutely does not want to let Qi become the bag of other consortia“ "The second world" must not repeat the same mistakes and follow the old path of "Tencent".

The "myth" image of Lin Feng helps to maintain the authority and dominant position of the company. As for his image and status in the company, Wu Zhaopu does not think it is important. What's more, Lin Feng is not the kind of person who breaks down a bridge. Besides, Wu Zhaopu, a vice president who is not greedy for power, who is not careful and who can take the blame, is believed to be the favorite of all bosses.

For Wu Zhaopu's hard work, Lin Feng naturally won't let it go in vain.

"Mr. Wu, although you insist, I agree. As for your punishment, I've decided to demote you to a lower level in the administrative position, but I'll take the Deputy position temporarily. As for the economic punishment, I'll take it on my behalf. Starting today, next year in 2003, my CEO's salary will be $1. " Lin Feng announced.

There was an uproar. Lin Feng is the president of the "second world". According to the current economic situation of the "second world", his annual salary is US $20 million. It is admirable that Lin Feng so forthrightly refuses this US $20 million. Although Lin Feng is the world's third richest man, with assets of more than 40 billion US dollars, it is surprising that he so forthrightly refuses the annual salary of 20 million US dollars.

However, with Wu Zhaopu's admission of mistake, administrative degradation and Lin Feng's self penalty, the issue of global unified server architecture has been exposed here. Since then, the company has been restored to a harmonious atmosphere.

"Boss, I understand that" Hero online "will still adopt the server architecture of ordinary online games." At this time, Joe Wan kanhem had no dissatisfaction and resentment.

Unexpectedly, Lin Feng smiles. If that's the case, it can't satisfy these game talents from all over the world. After all, the punishment is fun except for Lin Feng's $20 million salary. Moreover, in Lin Feng's view, although the global unified server architecture can not be realized at present, it can "save the country by curve".

"No, kanheim, you can still adopt a globally unified server architecture." Lin fengxiao said.

Now, everyone in the meeting room didn't understand. I don't know what Lin Feng wants to say. One moment they disagree, one moment they admit their mistakes, and one moment they agree, which makes people's minds really hard to turn around.

For a long time, Joe Wan kanhem patted his head helplessly and shook his head.

"I'm sorry, boss. I can't figure out what you mean, boss!" Joe Wan kanhem said helplessly.

People also look forward to Lin Feng. Wu Zhaopu, in particular, couldn't understand what Lin Feng meant. Although he is willing to take the blame for Lin Feng, he always takes the blame, which is not a good thing. If you can recite it once less, you can recite it once less.

"Ha ha, although the global unified server architecture cannot be implemented at present, it is the general trend in the future. We can build it in advance. When the computer hardware development and bandwidth meet the requirements, we will be able to launch a global unified server. " Lin Feng said.

"However, boss, if we adopt a global unified server architecture, when I set Hero online, I have to set the game map and related facilities according to a certain proportion of the number of people online, which can't be changed. At that time, I will adopt the game server of the global unified server architecture, which can accommodate millions or even tens of millions of players online at the same time, but there are only a few thousand players online in the end. These thousands of players in the game, I'm afraid, just like playing a stand-alone game, it's difficult to meet other players. " Joe van kanhem said.

Qiu Xin also added.

"Yes, boss, it was also because the game was developed according to the global unified server architecture. In the end, it could not be modified any more. It could only use the supercomputer architecture server with negative profit ratio. If we still adopt the global unified server architecture, "Hero online" will face the same dilemma as "swordsman love: loyalty to the country" at that time. " Qiu Xin said.

When they heard this, they were worried. But Lin Feng is a hearty smile.

"Ha ha, yes, your concerns are correct. But my idea can perfectly balance the cost and the future development trend of the game. " Lin Feng said with a smile.

Everyone was stunned, holding his breath, waiting for Lin Feng to come down.

"Kanheim, you develop the game according to the global unified server architecture, but the game scenario is limited to 500000 maximum online quota for the time being." Lin Feng said.

Joe Wan kanhem frowned, and after hearing Lin Feng's words, he didn't understand Lin Feng's meaning any more.

"Hero online adopts two kinds of servers, among which the game client with global unified server architecture uses supercomputer as the game server to ensure that it can accommodate 400000-500000 online players. I believe that when Hero online is developed, the computer hardware at that time should have been able to meet such requirements." Lin Feng said.

Bulus - a theory and "amd" deputy general manager of the development department ruerzi nodded. However, the rest of the game development team was confused and didn't understand what Lin Feng meant.

"What I mean is to take the game client in a supercomputer architecture as the game Ontology (large game scenes, which can hold hundreds of thousands of players), and the game client in an ordinary game server architecture as the game copy (small game scenes, which usually hold thousands of people). All ordinary players play in the replica. Only the top players can enter the advanced server and play in the same large-scale game scene with the top players in other parts of the world. " Lin Feng explained in detail.

Everyone's eyes lit up after listening!

"As for the qualification, we can take all kinds of competitions and rankings to decide. Players who have reached this qualification will automatically upgrade their player account to VIP account and enter the scene of large game server. Ordinary players can only play in the ordinary game server. In this way, the game developed by our company can not only integrate with the global unified server architecture in the future, but also produce certain competition among players, so that they can work hard to enter the advanced server. I believe that this can definitely stimulate the game desire of players. At the same time, we only need to provide a super computer as a high-level server, and the company can fully bear the cost. " Lin Feng said.

After a careful review, everyone applauded. This solution can't be better. Although most players can't enjoy the pleasure of large-scale maps played by hundreds of thousands of people at the same time, they can let the excellent players enter the advanced server to experience the pleasure. Spend the same money, naturally want to enjoy better service.

This undoubtedly allows players to invest more in the game, but also can bring more revenue for the company, and does not affect the cost of the company!

Wonderful! How wonderful—— People's eyes to Lin Feng are full of worship again, and only their boss can think of this idea.

"Minwu Li, your" World War "can also be set in this way. It can be divided into high-level server and ordinary server. In this way, I believe that the development difficulty will be reduced a lot, and the cost can be well controlled." Lin Feng reminded.

Minwu Li Zhong nodded. If the advanced server architecture game main body, ordinary server architecture game copy, then everything is simple.

"Your game can also be set in this way, using advanced server and ordinary server to meet the company's development and current cost needs." Lin Feng looks at the others.

Cui Mingze and others also nodded.

Lin Fengchang breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he completely solved the problem of global unified server architecture. Companies no longer have to bear the burden of huge costs!

"By the way, what about the strongest on the ground?" Later, Lin Feng looked to Xishan Longzhi.

"The strongest on the ground" was put forward by himself, and it is also one of the games that Lin Feng is most concerned about. The thought of the game excited Lin Feng.