Chapter 30 Culture wins(1/2)
Author: Fan Yitong
Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half of the game, Huang Kunyu took out a stack of thick documents in a bag and handed them to Jin Shang.
"In principle, this is a scientific research project that needs to be kept confidential. However, it may require cooperation between Xiaojin and your company, so I will show you the insensitive ones first..."
He reached out to take it. While everyone else was focusing on the football match, Jin Shang took the time to read through the contents before he had a general understanding.
"If I hadn't worked overtime during this period to learn some professional knowledge in the computer and Internet fields, I might not have been able to understand the content inside."
To put it simply, this is a comprehensive project focusing on network security. The application environment is how to protect the security of domestic computers after accessing the international Internet.
In particular, relevant scientific research institutes, involving confidential fields, have extremely urgent needs for this.
As early as last year, an anti-virus software was launched in China on the market, but it was too crude. It was only a transitional product developed based on the conditions at the time and could kill a small number of known viruses.
The development of the Internet has good sides, but also shortcomings that need to be made up for. There are endless examples of viruses that have brought real harm. Therefore, after accessing the international Internet, how can we tighten our control in front of foreign counterparts who have taken the lead?
The most important thing is to have good fences to prevent dead wolves, tigers, leopards, flies and bugs from taking the opportunity to sneak in and cause trouble.
This is the project led by the School of Computer Science of Beijing Normal University.
However, the anti-virus program has been developed for several months, and after several rounds of internal reviews and small-scale testing, the general evaluation is OK.
However, it got stuck when it was tested on a larger scale.
There is no test environment!
There are only about 200,000 Internet-connected computers in the entire country, most of which are used for professional scientific research. They basically have confidentiality levels, and the Internet is subject to relatively stringent restrictions.
Looking across the country, there are enough open networked computers, mature LAN environments, exposed to the Internet environment invaded by computer viruses, and organizations and groups that are not subject to policy restrictions. The largest one is Jinshang's, which communicates online under the guise of fans.
Internet cafe in the center.
There are one hundred business computers and more than a dozen professional computers for office use, except for a few unnamed research institutes and the computer rooms of individual colleges and universities in Beijing. In terms of number, they are already the highest in the country.
More importantly, this is a public company with a mature business model, which is indeed an ideal testing environment.
Why develop autonomous antivirus programs?
In addition to higher-level network security, the main purpose is to provide the most basic protection for pioneers in Internet companies.
To put it bluntly, it was about to be "open beta", but it was found that there were not many "volunteers" at all. The best and most suitable one was Jin Shang's Internet cafe.
"Sure enough, as long as you are number one, even if you are a parallel importer, you will still be a handsome guy in the eyes of others."
These days, who would be so full that they would spend millions of real money to open an Internet cafe for others to try out for a fee?
Before the first person to eat crab appeared, no one knew that it was edible and tasted good when cooked properly.
In the same way, without Jinshang, the business model of Internet cafes may appear on this land in one or two years.
Now, Jin Shang, who "took the first bite of crab", is enjoying the first wave of dividends from being a pioneer.
I don't know how much time passed, but Jin Shang closed the file and raised his head to look outside. The scoreboard showed a score of three to zero, and the fans in the stands cheered excitedly one after another.
On this stadium, the home team has a huge advantage. There are few stadiums in lower leagues that are so "terrible".
The sound produced by tens of thousands of people trying their best is comparable to that of a fighter jet taking off.
It may be the first time for many visiting team players to experience a "hostile" scene with tens of thousands of people. If they can display their strength normally, they are already considered leaders with extremely outstanding psychological quality.
There were nearly twenty-five minutes left before the end of the game. Jin Shang couldn't help but sigh to himself as he watched the visiting team's players lose their minds and wished that the game would end quickly so they could leave this hellish place as soon as possible.
"I guess I'll have to drink two more."
Sure enough, six minutes later, captain Pasang Tsering hit a long-range shot into the opponent's goal, completely sealing the victory.
"As expected of the captain, the older I get, the better I become. I guess it won't be a problem to play for another two or three years."
Huang Kunyu applauded and said with admiration,
"If he had been so dedicated ten years ago, the national team would not have been dormant for so long."
The national football team's external record is getting worse and worse, and the fans are becoming more and more dissatisfied. They miss the days when they could still boast about one or two, and naturally they cannot avoid mentioning the short-lived Pasang Tsering.
It's a pity that whether it is success or failure, the players and fans are old.
Huang Kunyu, who turned around and saw that Jin Shang had finished reading, came over and asked:
"What do you think?"
"Okay, but I wonder how the college plans to cooperate?"
"Funds are limited, so it is impossible to give you service fees and venue rental fees. However, we can provide network security services for free during the test period. If there is any damage to software or hardware, we will compensate you at the price."
"These are all minor problems. Electronic products depreciate quickly and are updated very frequently. With the frequency of use of my Internet cafe, which works for more than ten hours and nearly twenty hours a day, the requirements for maintenance and upgrades are extremely high..."
If it were really the fault of the college, they would probably have to vomit blood. This kind of small favor is not what Jin Shang wants. The real value is the anti-virus program itself.
"After testing that set of anti-virus software, I spent 200,000 to buy the copyright, source code and secondary development authorization. Since we are going to develop in the Internet field, network security will be taken seriously sooner or later, and my company will not
exception."
"Two hundred thousand? The total project cost is only half a million, and the actual cost for front-line research and development is only over two hundred thousand. You are really willing to give it up."
Director Huang Kunyu, who spoke in a relaxed tone, thought for a moment and then gave a more positive answer, but he did not make any promises.
"In principle, there is no problem. However, the computer anti-virus program is a collective achievement, and the ownership belongs to the funding department and the school jointly. If it has its own commercial operation plan, it will not use direct sales..."
There is some truth to this, and Jin Shang also understands the concerns within the system. If it is sold too high, it will not fall into his own pocket. If it is sold too cheap, he may be labeled as selling state-owned assets at a low price in the future. The gain outweighs the loss.
"Director Huang, you only need to mention the purchase and sale of anti-virus software when necessary. As for the future cooperation method, we will discuss it in detail later. This matter will not affect our cooperation, and I am also very happy.
Make you laugh."
As he spoke, Jin Shang put the matter aside for the time being and asked Huang Yiyi to hand over two document bags. One of them had the words "Northern United Game Platform" written on the cover, and the other was a large document with hundreds of pages.
The title of the game development plan is "Three Kingdoms".
Huang Kunyu flipped through it roughly and was stunned by the investment budget. The former had a rough estimate of 250,000, and the latter even offered a sky-high price of nearly 650,000.
These two cooperations are limited to joint development, mainly with top students from the School of Computer Science, and supplemented by the technical department of Jinxi Culture. To put it bluntly, they are to let those young talents who come to the capital with dreams but not much work experience to exercise their abilities.
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"How generous, Xiaojin, is this how your Internet cafe makes money?"
Jin Shang shrugged calmly and replied calmly:
"It's normal for a single business to have high profits. I estimate that it can maintain a huge profit period for about twelve to eighteen months, and then..."
"Um!"
Even if he didn't say anything, Huang Kunyu also understood that whenever there is a newly discovered "gold mine", it will definitely attract a large number of envious people to rush to dig it out. In a low-tech business like an Internet cafe, the pioneers can make a lot of money.
It's normal, but it's extremely difficult to last.
"Do you mind if I take these two plans back and look at them carefully?"
"Of course there is no problem, but I hope that Mr. Huang will keep it as secret as possible. We have already invested a lot in the early planning. If it is used by a competitor, with our weak development capabilities, we will not be able to compare with our peers."
"Of course. The former is a comprehensive application that integrates casual games, and the development difficulty is average; the latter is a historical-themed video game, and there are many things to consider. It is estimated that many professionals will cooperate with each other."
For example, vocal music, art, etc. are all important.
Logically speaking, schools are generally not willing to take on game development work, even if they pay too much. However, in the past, Jinshang has provided many commissions for the development of board and card puzzle games.
Tasted the sweetness.
In the eyes of the stubborn old-fashioned people, video games are indeed difficult to be considered elegant. In fact, those small games cannot be regarded as playthings, but are just entertainment at best. Stand-alone games and online games that cannot be put on the table will definitely not be able to catch their eyes.
, but with the word "Three Kingdoms", it can be connected with history and culture.
This world has undergone great changes in history since the Song Dynasty, and there was almost no difference from the past.
Although the famous chapter-style novel "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" did not appear, Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms" and Pei Songzhi's "Three Kingdoms Notes" still exist, plus more than a thousand years of folk stories and opera novels from various places.
After repeated interpretations, Chinese people are also very familiar with that story that happened in the late Han Dynasty.
If you can't find a direction for artistic expressions such as historical literature, folk art, drama, film and television dramas, just draw materials from the story of the Three Kingdoms. There will always be people who appreciate it, and it won't be any worse.
"Three Kingdoms" is an enduring historical IP. If you want to occupy the highest position in the cultural field, telling the story of the Three Kingdoms to convince people across the country is a big plus.
You know, Jin Shang's company is called "Jinxi Culture", and it is a cultural company that is about to get on the high-tech express train. It is reluctant to say that video games are high-tech, but the Three Kingdoms game is excellent traditional culture.
In the early days of the development of electronic computers and online games, the management of electronic games was still blank. However, Jin Shang still submitted the plan to develop the "Three Kingdoms" series of games to the cultural department for filing early, and the application submitted to the Press and Publication Administration was approved.
Since it is a serious cultural company, of course it has to do things to promote fine traditional culture, and making money is just incidental.
For the gameplay of the first version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms game, Jin Shang referred to the model of the previous game "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Guangrong Company in order to adapt to the current computer software and hardware environment.
Jin Shang almost completed most of the game's general framework by himself, and then asked the company's editors to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. This resulted in a plan of nearly a hundred pages, and a detailed setting book that was five times that amount.
When he learned that Jin Shang had such a plan, Zheng Liangzhi was also shocked by the crazy idea of his little boss. In contrast, he asked an old man who studied ancient literature to organize the game copy and plot, and jointly wrote the story
An original "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a bit more relaxed.
In one day, nearly one million was spent. If Lao Jin knew that his own son was so "prodigal", I don't know how angry he would be.
The main things were almost settled, and everyone present felt more relaxed, and their attention was drawn to the football match.
Nearly 27,000 enthusiastic fans, led by the cheering group organized by He Laoxi, gathered together and suppressed the visiting team's fans in the stands without any thought of resistance. A disastrous defeat.
Right before my eyes, many of the visiting team's fans, who were originally few in number, left the venue early.
To be continued...