Chapter 517 Research and Development
The end of the old era.
The beginning of a new era always makes people full of reverie.
Although Lin Yao still doesn't know what the mobile Internet era of this world will bring.
It's not clear whether it can reach the height of her previous life.
But as an orphan who has experienced the mobile Internet era, or a plug-in.
Lin Yao has to try the water anyway.
After all, the relevant hardware level in this world is actually very mature, but it has not evolved much due to the lack of breakthroughs in mobile communication technology and the influence of the general environment.
Mobile Internet in this world is still in the stage of cultivation and growth.
In fact, many companies that have little to do with the game industry have begun to explore how to seize the entrance to the mobile Internet after the new generation of mobile communication technology began to be commercialized. It
's just that no one can tell what the future trend will be, and no one can make an accurate prediction.
So few companies dare to say for sure what to do and how to do it.
The vast majority of companies are still in the exploratory stage. Some companies
that dare to go all-in in a certain direction are just gambling, gambling on a future.
Just like Lin Yao's previous life, after 5G is commercialized, no one knows what the future will be like.
All kinds of concepts came out at once.
Smart cars, Internet of Everything, Metaverse, AR scene applications...
Big companies are betting on what they think the future will
be like. They are all speculating on imagination and the future.
Demons are dancing in disorder, and there is no leader.
This is a stage that every new era will inevitably go through after it opens.
Just like the world where Lin Yao is now, facing the commercialization of the new generation of mobile communication technology, after the breakthrough of the key technology of orthogonal frequency division multiple access, people with a keen sense of smell smelled new opportunities and chose to explore and find a new starting point. It's
just that.
Although Lin Yao is also exploring a new starting point, she has a little more advantage than other smart people...
That is, she knows what the future will be like, although this future cannot be directly applied.
But there should not be much change in direction.
Others cannot make accurate predictions, even rough predictions, and can only rely on guessing.
But she can vaguely see that future.
This is her advantage.
This is also the reason why she made mobile communication software in advance.
Although the main purpose of her doing this is to allow Linmu Studio's games to have a stable traffic entrance in the future.
But in addition to games, she is indeed trying to play her advantages in other fields.
So the three major matters are listed.
Lin Yao is most concerned about the second point.
The plan to open a mobile terminal and test the waters of mobile games in the future.
The former is Lin Yao trying to play to his strengths in other fields, and the latter is an important attempt in the field of games.
At this stage, it is no exaggeration to say that every decision made by Lin Yao will affect the future of Linmu Studio.
In human terms, it is
just like "World of Warcraft".
If you don't do it, it's fine. Once you do it,
you will either live a great life
or die a heroic death.
Compared with the second point,
other things like whether to make a sequel to Dark Souls and the next development plan are not very important.
Because of the accumulation, Linmu Studio is already qualified to fail in this regard.
As for the third point, Qi Jianhua's suggestion is more of an expansion, and even if it fails, it will not affect too many things.
The only thing is that if the future choice is wrong, Lin Yao really dare not guarantee that Linmu Studio will have another chance...
There is in the field of games, but Lin Yao is really unsure about other fields.
After all, not whoever comes up with a good idea first will be able to survive and become the ultimate winner.
There is still pressure.
So Lin Yao looked at the three things he listed.
In the end, all her thoughts were focused on the second thing.
Until.
There was a knock on the door.
Lin Yao suddenly came back to her senses, straightened up, and said, "Come in.
" "Lin Yao, this is the stable version of the mobile terminal for Kaihei. You try it."
Zhong Xiu hurried in, holding a test phone with dozens of labels on it, and handed it to Lin Yao.
"Okay."
Lin Yao took the test phone, didn't say anything nonsense, and lowered her head to try it.
In fact, the transplantation of the mobile terminal for Kaihei is called transplantation, but it is no different from doing it again...
Lin Yao has been with this project for a long time.
So she was quite calm when she got the stable version of the mobile terminal.
And Lin Yao also understood the operating system of this world.
Although it was not her own phone, she got the hang of it quickly.
Unlike at the beginning.
Using a mobile phone would bump into things.
Because the mobile phone market in this world is also a mess, there are still people who buy mobile phones with physical keyboards, and they are far from sunset. Although the market share of touch screen mobile phones is steadily increasing every year, it has not yet dominated the entire market.
And precisely because the mobile phone market is so chaotic and the related operating systems are also so diverse, it is indeed difficult for someone who is familiar with full-screen operations to suddenly go back to the past and adapt.
But it's okay.
Lin Yao finally found a replacement similar to Android, although the three physical buttons made her feel like she was going back to the past.
But after using it for a while, she got used to it.
Now she is using a touch screen phone, and the phone she tested is also a touch screen phone.
"Chat, voice, call, circle of friends..."
Lin Yao tried the functions of the mobile terminal one by one.
The only feeling is.
This is WeChat...
and probably because she encountered a familiar software, her long-lost memories resurfaced, and then she started to act stupidly again, using full-screen gestures to operate the software.
On the side.
Zhong Xiu saw Lin Yao swiping on the three physical buttons and slowly typed a question mark.
I don't know what Lin Yao is doing.
Lin Yao acted stupidly a few times and reacted.
She stopped her hand, holding the phone, and suddenly fell into deep thought.
By the way...
when did full-screen mobile phones become popular in my previous life?
In 2011, 4G was commercially available.
It seems that the next year, BlackBerry launched an operating system with similar full-screen gestures.
Then Xiaomi in China seemed to have launched a full-screen concept mobile phone in 2016.
But in the end, it seems that Apple opened the era of full-screen, and then let all manufacturers begin to embrace the full-screen and the gesture interaction it brings.
Hmm...
is there such a thing here?
"How is it?"
Zhong Xiu saw that Lin Yao had been silent, and finally began to think while holding the phone, so he asked softly.
"Very good."
Lin Yao came back to his senses, smiled and handed the test phone back to him: "Then let's test it internally first. There is no need to launch it now. It's not time yet." "
Okay, then I'll install the software for all of you later, and then we'll set up a small group internally to use it."
Zhong Xiu took the test phone and said, "But the scope is limited to core personnel, right? After all, the mobile phones used by everyone now are all kinds of strange, and it's too troublesome to be compatible. It's okay for core personnel to change their phones, but it's unnecessary for ordinary staff to change their phones, and confidentiality will also become a problem."
"Yeah."
Lin Yao nodded in agreement.
"In addition... Actually, before we started, I didn't expect that mobile communication software could be done this way."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhong Xiu slowly said, "If we have to explore this alone, it will probably be difficult. But Lin Yao, whether this can succeed is still unknown. Although it feels very interesting, it is currently limited to WIFI scenarios to achieve the best experience. I tried the current mobile network, and it was too slow. No one can tell how the market will react. Be prepared."
"Yeah."
Lin Yao didn't explain too much.
Zhong Xiu was just worried that she was too confident. If the software didn't meet expectations, it would be too hard and sad.
After all, when the mobile project was launched, Lin Yao seemed to know what the entire software would look like in the end, and she looked quite confident.
But games are games, and software is software.
Lin Yao has not yet achieved results that can convince others in this regard.
No one knows what the future of this software will be like.
It's normal to worry.
Lin Yao didn't want to say much. You can't just tell people that you can predict the future.
After she responded, she paused, suddenly changed the subject, and asked: "Zhong Xiu, what do you think of the current operation method of the mobile phone?"
"The operation method of the mobile phone? It's pretty good."
Zhong Xiu was a little surprised when he heard it: "Why do you suddenly ask this?"
"Actually, I'm thinking about a brand new gesture interaction based on the full screen... Forget it, it's nothing."
Lin Yao said halfway.
Suddenly stopped and shook her head.
No.
Zhong Xiu is the leader of the PC game department, there is no need to let him think about these things.
It's not that it's not possible.
It's that Linmu Studio's roots are in games.
Cross-border requires a lot of energy and brings great risks.
And the current mature game system of Linmu Studio happens to be the best industry to resist risks.
Now it's not a good choice to let Zhong Xiu, the boss of the PC game department, open up new territories.
"?"
Zhong Xiu slowly put a question mark again.
But he didn't think much about it: "Then I'll leave, I'll install the software for you later, and then I'll return to the PC game department! In addition, I think the sequel to Dark Souls can be considered."
After that,
Zhong Xiu left.
Before leaving, he remembered the term "full-screen gesture interaction", but didn't pay much attention to it.
After Lin Yao watched him leave,
he looked down at the paper on the desk.
After thinking about it, he wrote down his answer.
1. The next development plan of the console and PC departments, whether to make a sequel to Dark Souls.
The console department maintains its existing advantages and finds a new way for the next generation of Pokémon "exchange" gameplay. The main purpose of the next stage is to launch a masterpiece that is different from mobile games.
As for the PC department, the sequel to Dark Souls will be made!
2. The plan to open a mobile terminal and test mobile games in the future.
The mobile version of Kaihei will be announced when the new generation of communication technology is officially commercialized. At the beginning, you can make some small games with light volume but good gameplay. At the beginning, don’t talk about how much money you hope to make, but earn a wave of reputation first.
As for games and mobile versions of Kaihei, you can try to cooperate with Linmu Financial Holdings.
A whole wave of big ones!
3. Qi Jianhua’s suggestion just now.
Give it a try.
Anyway, it won’t cost much money. Since the motion capture studio and Qi Jianhua have this intention, let’s give it a try.
Lin Yao wrote his own plan under each answer.
Then he dropped the pen.
He stood up.
Prepared to go to various departments.
…
At the end of May.
The popularity of "Monster Hunter" had just dropped.
The small-scale test of "World of Warcraft" was officially launched.
Although the number of players who booked the test in the end soared to 10 million.
But in the end, not many people participated in the small-scale test.
After all, as Lei Hongguang said, there is another Pokémon to be released later, and it can’t be too popular.
And the popularity of this small-scale test is not high.
The first reason is that the number of people participating in the test is limited, and the test requires a confidentiality agreement.
The second reason is that after the Linmu Carnival meeting was held, the trial was immediately opened.
At that time, the discussion about "World of Warcraft" was overwhelming.
Almost all the gameplay that players could get in touch with in the trial was discussed.
The expectations were already very high.
Unless the public beta, or Linmu Studio announced another big bombshell.
Otherwise, players will discuss and pay attention to it, but it is basically impossible for the game to attract as much attention as when it was first announced.
Linmu Studio currently has more than one game released, "World of Warcraft".
So it is impossible to announce new bombshells at this juncture.
It is understandable that the popularity is generally average.
And this also made "Pokemon" complete.
On June 10th,
"Pokemon" was officially unlocked.
Because of the previous game
, this game sold 3.2 million copies in three days!
There is no doubt that it has achieved great success.
In the end, Mikio Kawabe did not go head-to-head with Linmu Studio...
After seeing the success of Pokémon, he changed the release date of his game back
for the sake of money . The success of Pokémon also officially indicates that Linmu Studio's carnival event has taken a big step towards the direction of a dazzling moment in the history of games. The next two games of Linmu Studio. As long as there are no major problems. The Linmu Carnival will become one of the most successful game events in the history of games. After the success of Pokémon. The pressure came to Tianhu and domestic peers... After all , although there is only one single-player game left, Diablo, Linmu Studio's peers who make single-player games have been mentally prepared. In other words, they are lying flat. Anyway, they can't be stopped. Even Game Player, the enemy of the Vaporwave game platform, has recently loosened its mouth. Although it is not known whether it was discussed in advance. Anyway, Dreamland and Giber Company contacted Linmu Studio again and talked about the issue of game sharing on the Vaporwave game platform again. Logically speaking, after they set up their own business, they should not talk to Linmu Studio about game sharing. After all, their games are not on the Vaporwave game platform now, what does it have to do with them? But they contacted. Although it was not stated explicitly, it seemed that they wanted to compromise with Linmu Studio. You reduce the commission for the game, and I will go back... In the end, Linmu Studio's reply was also very simple, just saying that you don't have any games on the Vaporwave game platform. It's none of your business. After hearing such a reply, the two companies did not contact each other again. It is probably because the games currently launched by Linmu Studio are all console-side. The two games that landed on the Vaporwave game platform have not yet been released. However, although the two companies are still tough, Game player has indeed taken fewer actions recently. Whether it is the enthusiasm for contacting third-party manufacturers or the number of promotions, it feels quite flat. As for how they will react after "Diablo" and "World of Warcraft" land on the Vaporwave game platform, it is unknown. Anyway, there is no big action at present, and there seems to be no pressure at all. In contrast, it is the domestic online game companies that are under great pressure when facing "World of Warcraft", which occasionally jumps out to brush its presence but has not been publicly tested. The knife that has not fallen is always the most terrifying. It has fallen. At most, it will be a knife.
Anyway, no matter what,
the subsequent impact of the Linmu Carnival is indeed great.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it has stirred up the entire game market.
The entire game ecosystem has suffered a blow.
Most game companies have been forced to move.
Whether they imitate Linmu Studio or firmly believe that they can fight against Linmu Studio.
They will always do something.
And now Linmu Studio is a veritable super first-line game developer.
The first super first-line game developer in China!
No one can deny this.
However,
after the carnival,
the helmsman of this domestic first-line game developer has been a little bit unprofessional during this period...
Not only did he not take advantage of the opportunity of his rise, but he also continued to blossom in more places and set up new games. Although there are game projects, Lin Yao's main mind does not seem to be on them. Instead,
she is quite interested in the two fields of mobile terminals and mobile games.
There is also the field of CG animation movies, and the completely unrelated... mobile phone field.
And many internal staff of Linmu Studio also know this.
Because market research cannot be done by Lin Yao alone.
As for why he is interested in these fields, most staff members can't figure it out.
Not to mention the ordinary staff, many core staff members couldn't figure it out.
However, at this time, the benefits of a leader with charisma came out.
Although they couldn't figure it out.
But there was no opposition within Linmu Studio.
After all, World of Warcraft and Diablo haven't been released yet.
It's just the right time to recuperate.
And time soon came to mid-June.
Lin Yao received the last market research report provided by Mu Wanqing, and had a clear understanding of the current situation in several areas of concern.
She re-read all the survey reports submitted during this period.
Then, she began to write a plan.
And this plan.
Except for Mu Wanqing, all the staff in Linmu Studio didn't know what it was about.
...
Ten days after the release of "Pokemon".
The popularity began to decline.
And Lin Yao's plan was also finished.
She took the written plan and got off work on time, and then contacted Lin Xi on the way.
Seven o'clock in the evening.
"Xiaoyao."
Lin Xi returned home, changed her shoes in the entrance, and called her sister before she walked into the living room.
Lin Yao called her to come back.
Looks very anxious.
This makes her a little nervous, thinking something has happened.
But as soon as she entered the living room, Lin Xi stayed where she was, feeling a little amused.
On the sofa.
Lin Yao was curled up on the sofa, holding her round and well-proportioned thighs with one hand, looking down at the cat beside her, holding a small dried fish in the other hand, teasing the cat while talking to herself.
Talking about four dishes and one soup, transformation and other nonsense...
And next to her, the black and white ragdoll cat sat upright on the sofa, tilting its little head, looking at the small dried fish in the air, and calling out from time to time.
It looked pitiful.
"You called me back in such a hurry, just to tease the cat?"
Lin Xi was amused by this healing and nonsensical scene.
"No, I just happened to be a little bored."
Lin Yao raised her head, smiled brightly, and then handed the small dried fish in her hand to the cat's mouth.
The ragdoll cat opened its mouth to pick up the small dried fish, and immediately turned around and jumped off the sofa.
It seemed to be afraid that Lin Yao would snatch it back.
Because it was just snatched back... It was teased again.
But it had only run two steps when it bumped into Lin Xi and was picked up again.
"Gurgle..."
The ragdoll cat bit the dried fish, making a gurgling sound, but did not struggle, but quietly lay in Lin Xi's arms.
Lin Yao took out a piece of paper to wipe the oil stains on her fingers, then glanced at the cat in Lin Xi's arms: "Why wasn't it so obedient when I held it just now?"
"You usually grab it when you catch it... Of course it's afraid."
Lin Xi sat down gracefully next to Lin Yao, holding the cat, and said gently.
"Oh..."
Lin Yao's fair face showed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "I see, just like you do to me."
"What did I pull you for?"
"When taking a bath, especially when washing hair, how can you hold someone's waist and prevent them from putting on clothes..."
"That's to help you..."
Lin Xi put the cat on his knees and said with a smile: "Who makes you so anxious every time you take a bath...Okay, what's the matter? Why are you calling me back so anxiously?"
"There is something, I have an idea, but I need to ask for your opinion."
Lin Yao threw away the paper in his hand, and didn't bother about the cat, but talked about business: "How is the production of switch and related accessories now?"
"Very smooth."
Lin Xi gently stroked the cat on her thigh, and then replied: "With the improvement of proficiency, the production process has been optimized again and again. At present, the cost of a machine has been reduced to a new low. With the price reduction of materials, the cost of each machine is expected to be further reduced by the end of the year."
"Well... then, sister, do you have the confidence to open a new production line?"
Lin Yao nodded, and then asked.
In fact, she knew the current situation of Linmu Financial Holdings very well.
But for emotional and rational reasons, she still had to ask Lin Xi.
"New production line?" Lin Xi was a little surprised.
"Well."
Lin Yao picked up the plan on the table, and handed it to Lin Xi, and said at the same time:
"Sister, I am very optimistic about the prospects of mobile Internet, so I did a little research on the current situation in various fields, and then wrote a plan.
The content of this plan cannot be done by Linmu Studio alone, because there are too many things involved, and Linmu Studio has limited energy and cannot affect game development.
So it can only be led by you, and Linmu Studio will assist. See if you have confidence."
"...What do you want to do?"
Lin Xi took the plan, but did not look at it directly. Instead, he looked at Lin Yao and blinked.
Lin Yao thought for a moment and said succinctly:
"Develop a full-screen mobile phone and launch it after the new generation of communication technology is commercialized."
"And Linmu Studio will develop a new communication software for this phone, pre-install a variety of free casual mobile games, and also tailor a mobile game that perfectly supports this phone as a gimmick."
"The phone will initially target gamers, and then use this as a basis to open up a larger market."
"Are you confident, sister?"
(End of this chapter)
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