Back To 1995

   Chapter 571 Eye-opening

The last time, less than a month after the release of "Diablo", various pirated and cracked versions began to appear on the market, and even people from gangs began to be second-order dealers. And know.

  Eat a quarrel and grow a wiser. This time, "StarCraft" is released. Xue Leshan has specially cooperated with Fortis Antivirus to develop a new secret key anti-theft and anti-cracking system for game discs.

Xue Leshan does not expect these means to be able to completely prevent piracy and cracking. As long as the pirated game discs are delayed, it will take enough time to appear on the market. If you delay for another month, you will be able to sell more genuine copies for another month. Make a fortune!

"The release of StarCraft this time, like the last "Diablo", is also an omni-channel release. Xue Leshan will put the game CDs in the stores of America and major overseas game retailers, and let StarCraft be released. Appear on the shelf where players can see it at first sight!"

  Ken Williams said, "Sega consoles, computers, and Xileshan game platforms will all start to sell "StarCraft"."

Unlike the last time, this time because of the Sega console, in order to take care of the Sega console, let the Sega console sell a few more machines. The StarCraft game will first log on the Sega console platform, and then the PC game CD, On the Xue Leshan online game platform, it will be released simultaneously.

   "In addition to the previous promotional methods, this time the release of StarCraft will launch an "e-sports competition" to promote the StarCraft game to users."

   After saying this, Ken Williams looked in Song Yang's direction, but saw Song Yang, who was just sitting in the back, writing something on the paper in front of him with the pen in his hand.

The last time "Diablo" was released was just when the Snow Mountain online game platform was launched, and the method of "pulling people's heads" was used for publicity. Now that the Snow Mountain online platform has users, the data on paper is close to two. Tens of millions of people, basically covering most of the world's game users.

   These days, there are not as many websites as later generations, and there are not as many entertainment activities. The user activity of the Xueleshan online game platform is still very high, even if it is promoted normally, it can sell a lot.

Just like Ogilvy & Mather games in China, even if you are just a game agent, you can make a lot of money, but there are too few entertainment activities. Games are one of the few entertainment activities that countless people can come into contact with. As long as The quality of the game is decent, and you don't have to worry about selling it at all!

Song Yang is not too worried about the promotion of "StarCraft". After all, he has already experienced it. For veterans such as Ken Williams and Roberta, this can still create a moth, so one has to doubt it. , Is there a change of people?

   "How about the production capacity of StarCraft's game discs?" After a while, Song Yang finally said.

Hearing this, Ken Williams hurriedly said, "We have already placed enough orders with several disc studios in America and overseas, and the output of console and PC game discs in the first week is expected to be approximately Over five million sets!"

The last time he suffered a loss, Ken Williams thought he couldn't sell them all. As a result, the "Diablo" discs were not enough to sell at all, so that piracy was rampant. This time, Xue Leshan learned a lesson and prepared five million in the first week. set of games.

Song Yang nodded. Now the game market is more and more similar to the movie industry. They are all sold out in the first week, and they can sell a quarter of the whole sales in a week, maybe even half of them. Of course, the sales of games The cycle is much longer than the movie, but the first week of sales is also crucial.

After the    meeting, Song Yang came to Ken Williams' office and said directly, "ICQ, Double Click, Fly Tower, Saipan System, etc., will cooperate with Xue Leshan to promote StarCraft games!"

ICQ community space and Fortinet online antivirus software all have huge user groups. Double-click can now place advertisements on major websites around the world. Saipan system is now the mainstream system for mobile phones in the world, covering more than 40 million users. Everyone, these channels are all draining for Xue Leshan, enough for StarCraft to appear in front of countless people.

  Ken Williams nodded, then remembered the rumors he heard, he couldn't help smiling and said to Song Yang, "CUC International seems to be in big trouble!"

It's no wonder that Ken Williams was a little gloating about the misfortune. Thinking back then, after CUC International acquired Xue Leshan, it immediately swept the Williams and his wife out of the house. To say that Ken Williams had no opinion on CUC International would be absolutely bullshit. Now that the feng shui turns, Xue Leshan is separated from CUC International, and it is a prosperous life. Ken Williams has once again become a big man in the global game industry, and CUC International is in a deep quagmire. How can we not let Williams laugh.

Song Yang was not surprised when he heard the news. The former president of CUC International, Silverman, commissioned Blackwater to dispatch a bounty hunter to bring the former president of CUC International, Walter Forbes, and chief financial officer, Anne Paque. America was brought back from overseas.

That is equivalent to CUC International's internal, almost torn face. Song Yang is not surprised that there is something wrong now. What is CUC International? After a year or two, the Internet and technology industry bubbles burst. , that's when all kinds of big melons broke the news!

  Song Yang is not very interested in the big melon of CUC International Company, but the outside media still associates the big melon of CUC International Company with Xue Leshan Company, which adds a bit of heat to Xue Leshan.

"CUC International's president, Silverman, admitted to financial fraud, but denied his knowledge. CUC International set a new record for America's financial fraud, with an estimated fictitious revenue of more than $1.577 billion. Investors initiated a collective $3.2 billion in CUC International. Litigation compensation!"

As soon as the big melon of CUC International came out, it quickly made headlines in America. It was not that there were no listed companies to play tricks before, but the courage was not as big as that of CUC International. In terms of finances, for the American people, it is really a stab in the **** and an eye-opener.

Song Yang watched on TV. Silverman, who was summoned by the New Jersey court for investigation, appeared in front of the camera with an unfortunate face. He was indeed unlucky. CUC International's financial fraud was a matter before the merger. It doesn't matter a dime, but now it's him who takes the blame.

  Silverman didn't have to worry about going to jail, but Huang Ni fell off his crotch and was disgusted, but it was inevitable, and he had to pay a large fine.

At the dinner table, Zhou Guochang and others, who were dining with Song Yang, were all eye-opening when they saw on TV that CUC International dared to make a financial problem of 1.5 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 13 billion yuan. Feeling, just sigh or the Americans will play...

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