Chapter 75: Xia Yuans New Friend

Chapter 75: Xia Yuans New Friend

As the winter approached, Mei Fangs peaceful life continued steadily.

His relationship with Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi remained harmonious. He would go to school together with Xia Yuan, and after class, Mei Fang would walk home with Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan. On weekends, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi often played games together, and occasionally they would invite Mei Fang to go shopping or play together. However, most of the time, Xia Yuan would hang out with Lin Youxi.

Mei Fang also saw this period of time as a nostalgic youth experience, and of course, he spent most of his free time studying Golang.

Golang is a language focused on servers, comparable to Java, and is mainly used for storing and connecting server data. In Mei Fangs current world, it was a newly emerging programming language that appeared in the first half of 2008.

Simply put, if one wants to develop online games or handle server-related tasks such as account data management, learning Golang is essential. Even for web development, having some knowledge of Golang is advantageous. For example, Bilibilis web platform initially used Java but later switched to a Golang-based framework.nove(l)bi(n.)com

Recently, Mei Fang also observed the development of the internet in this world. First and foremost, he paid attention to the domestic ACG website[1]. AcFun[2] was already established last year, but it is still a niche community and is often criticized by users for frequent server crashes. As for Bilibili, there is currently no news, and Mei Fang couldnt find any information about the founder and CEO on major forums.

In fact, Mei Fang had always wanted to create his own platform.

Just like how iOS games are associated with the App Store, Android games with Google Play (although the Android market in China is divided among various smartphone manufacturers, but Google Play is the most used internationally), most PC games are on Steam and the well-known Penguin Empire(Tencent).

Once a platform is established, developers can release their works on your game platform, gain popularity and exposure through the platforms traffic, and share a portion of their earnings with the platform. Typically, the revenue split is 70-30, which is like earning money while lying down. This way, you can make money quickly.

Moreover, the financial chain of the gaming platforms is relatively stable.

Because platforms can directly receive user payments in real-time, they can first receive the money earned and then distribute it to the development teams.

This also means that if the industry is in a downturn, such as the well-known game industry slump in 2022, these distribution platforms can hold onto the money first to ease their situation. As for whether the game developers will suffer from a broken funding chain and face difficulties, it all depends on the conscience of the platform.

Some might argue, But theres a contract, isnt it enforceable? For large game development companies, they can certainly engage in such legal disputes, both parties can afford the legal costs, and big companies have their own confidence.

But most game developers are small teams that are easily taken advantage of. They only have about ten people in a company and dont even have professional legal support. They can only beg the platform to release profits on time so they can pay their employees. Its possible that these studios wont even have a chance to receive this money before they disintegrate and go bankrupt.

Of course, Mei Fang initially thought that he was too young and didnt have time to deal with these issues. By the time he had the opportunity, the major platforms had already been established. His technical skills were limited, and he didnt have much room to maneuver. Hes only making games to pursue his dreams, and he could at least support himself with Bitcoin.

But now he has slightly changed his mind. At the very least, he wants to try Bilibili, which has not yet been launched, and TAPTAP[3] in the mobile game market, although their monetization capabilities are limited, Mei Fang doesnt have many other choices at his age.

Bilibili is, of course, an expensive portal website to make, but it naturally attracts major capital investments. In addition, it once had a great opportunity to dominate the domestic ACG industry, but it didnt seize the chance. Its self-developed products were completely unsuccessful, and it became a pure game operator on its gaming side.

Even if Bilibili is already under development, Mei Fang can still enter the market early and become a co-founder of potential dominant platforms.

Of course, being his own boss is the most enjoyable. Mei Fang has Bitcoin to back him up in the future, so he isnt afraid to invest money.

In addition to investigating the current situation in the internet industry, Mei Fang also discovered other significant differences in other industries, mainly in music.

Although he is not particularly good at singing, Mei Fang has always paid enough attention to popular music.

Jay Chou, the king of the Chinese pop music in this world is not much different from Mei Fangs memories. Jay Chous most iconic album, Capricorn[4], was officially released in October of this year.

But at the same time, Mei Fang also noticed that some internet singers did not appear in this reborn world. Among them, the most prominent ones were Xu Song[5], Silence Wang[6], and Xu Liang[7], who were supposed to become the three giants of Tencent Music in the future.

In his previous life, Mei Fang was a huge fan of Xu Song. As a member of Xu Songs fandom, called Squirrel fandom, he diligently memorized the lyrics of every song by Xu Song.

Hmm

Xia Yuan smiled slightly, not directly responding, she then smiled at Mei Fang and said, Tonight, I want to buy a hand warmer with Xiaoxue. The classroom is too cold. She recommended a store. You and Youxi should come too!

Okay, should I call Youxi out now?

No need Its almost time for class. Just let her know. Thats it! Wait for me at the door after the evening self-study. Our teacher loves to drag on.

Okay.

Mei Fang was not unfamiliar with the name Peng Xue or the person herself.

After all, she can also be considered as Mei Fangs acquaintance from his previous life, one of his middle school classmates.

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Buyongsays:

Nov 21, 2023 at 6:16 pm

loved the introspective planning from Mei Fang side! that was always fun

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