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Li Yuanhang went back to his home and took a shower. He just turned on the computer and was ready to play a game for a while, he received a video application from Wang Xiuqin. After he was connected, he heard Wang Xiuqin saying: "Feng Su was deleted from the library. Do you understand?"

Delete library?

Li Yuanhang couldn't help being stunned. This was one of the most serious accidents of Internet companies. Internal employees maliciously deleted their own databases, causing immeasurable losses.

Before Li Yuanhang's journey through the previous life, an Internet company called Weimob was deleted from its core operation and maintenance database, and its market value directly evaporated 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. Not to mention, it had to pay 150 million to the merchants.

Now that Fengsu was also deleted from the library, Li Yuanhang instantly thought of Zhou Yue's unusual behavior, and quickly asked: "Fengsu was deleted from the library? Who did it?"

Wang Xiuqin said: "Cen Min is the talent. It is said that Feng Su wanted to fire him. The resignation compensation has not been negotiated, so he deleted the server data in a fit of anger."

Cen Mincai knew Li Yuanhang, and he was a senior programmer like Zhang Yunhai. Although he hadn't dealt with anything in the two years of Fengsu, he also knew that he was a good old man who was not good at speech.

I don't know what the front speed is doing, so that honest people like this are forced to delete the library.

Li Yuanhang couldn't help sighing and asked, "Where is Cen brother now?"

Wang Xiuqin said with a bitter smile on her face: "I was taken away from his house just now."

"Do you know what Cen Ge deleted?" The consequences of deleting the database can be big or small. The big one can kill the company. The small one only takes a certain time to restore the data. Although he is not familiar with Cen Min, Li Yuanhang I don't want him to ruin himself because of a momentary confusion.

Wang Xiuqin thought for a while and said: "It is said that part of the code of the new game that Fengsu has not yet been launched has been deleted. It is the backend code that he was responsible for before, and the other things have not changed."

"That's okay, Brother Cen should not be severely sentenced," Li Yuanhang felt relieved, and changed the subject: "By the way, sister Qin, you and Brother Hai will come to me tomorrow. I have something to do with me. Please discuss it."

"Okay," Wang Xiuqin asked curiously, "Is there anything important?"

Li Yuanhang said: "Today I had a meal with Mr. Liu of Kaixia. He told me that he had signed up for the "Plague Company" for the G3 best strategy game selection. I asked him to take our "Monument Valley" Propaganda on G3, he agreed. We have to make a demo version before the start of G3, and it is best to translate the text into English, so I plan to discuss with you and Haige tomorrow."

Wang Xiuqin said with joy: "This is a great thing. Let's plan well tomorrow, and strive to officially release "Monument Valley" before the popularity of G3 has passed."

...

Time flies quickly, inadvertently it has come from midsummer to cold winter, less than half a month before the opening of G3.

"Monument Valley" is now more than half completed. Not only has the previous life ontology been successfully completed, even the DLC "Forgotten Coast" is only four levels away to declare its success.

Originally, "Monument Valley" was a strategy to release the body first and then DLC later. However, in order to be a blockbuster on G3, it was not officially released, and only two rounds of B testing were conducted at MBGM.

Liu Yong, the publishing director of Kaixia Network, has already played Ontology. He is full of praise for "Monument Valley" and asked for the release of "Monument Valley" with more sincere conditions than "Plague Company".

Li Yuanhang did not have a more suitable publisher in China than Kaixia Network, so he readily handed over China’s distribution rights to Kaixia Network.

What Liu Yong wanted was the global distribution rights. Naturally, Li Yuanhang would not hand over the global distribution rights so easily. After some bargaining, Li Yuanhang agreed to hand over the global distribution rights to Kaixia Network, but he asked for an increase in addition to China The share of other regions outside the country.

After all, Kaixia Network is only a top-notch distributor in China. It is naturally incapable of publishing games on a global scale. Their strategy is to subcontract the distribution rights to local publishers by region, and earn money by themselves. Take the difference.

For example, the domestic price of "Plague Company" is 5 yuan, which is about 2.5 yuan after deducting channel and tax expenses. Li Yuanhang and Kaixia Network each get 1.25 yuan.

It’s different in foreign countries. After deducting the indispensable expenses such as channels and taxes, a "Plague Company" priced at 5 yuan will only have a profit of 3 yuan (foreign channels generally share 37% of the accounts, and developers 70% ).

For the remaining 3 yuan, local publishers generally have to take away 1.5 yuan, and the remaining 1.5 yuan must first pay about 0.3 yuan in China’s tax. The remaining 1.2 yuan will be divided between Shinhwa Studio and Kaixia Network. , 0.6 yuan per family.

If Shinhwa Studio directly signs a distribution contract with a local distributor, Li Yuanhang can get twice the profit, but Kaixia only needs to contact a distributor and do nothing, he can get the same as the producer. Profit.

Therefore, Li Yuanhang used the global distribution rights to force Liu Yong to agree to the conditions for a three-to-seven share except for the China region, and he had to vigorously promote "Monument Valley" on G3.

Kaixia Network seems to be in a loss, but in fact it only made a little profit. After all, they only need to spend a certain amount of resources on G3 for publicity. Naturally, publishers will take the initiative to come to the door, and 30% of the profits are almost wasted.

What's more, the release of a high-quality game like "Monument Valley" also plays a significant role in building the international reputation of Kaixia Network, and the hidden profits are even more substantial.

After discussing the issue, Liu Yong told Li Yuanhang that Kaixia Network could provide three G3 tickets so that he could take two people to the United States.

Li Yuanhang just hung up Liu Yong's phone, and before he could put his cell phone back on the desktop, the phone rang again.

The phone was Li Yuanhang's predecessor, and it was also from his father in this world. He connected after thinking about it.

"Voyage, are you free to go home on New Year's Day?"

Although the fathers of the two worlds are not the same person, they really care about themselves the same. When Li Yuanhang just crossed over, he still didn't know how to face his current parents.

After a period of time, the influence of the memory of his predecessor and Li Yuanhang gradually transferred the affection of his former parents to his parents in this world, and the two Li Yuanhangs became one in a true sense. .

"Dad, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back on New Year's Day. In those few days, the company will send some people to the U.S. for business trips. They should only be free during the New Year."

Li Yuanhang didn't tell his parents about setting up a studio. He really didn't know how to explain it. Suddenly, their son opened up a studio and made money.

"That's right, then you go on a business trip, and be careful when you are away." Li Yuanhang's father Li Hui was a little disappointed.

Li Yuanhang hurriedly said: "Dad, I really don't have time now. I will definitely be back during the New Year."

Li Hui sighed and said, "I know, are you busy? Young people always have to work hard outside. Your mother and I have nothing to do. It's just that you haven't seen you for a long time, and your mother is talking about you a little."

When Li Hui said this, he seemed to think of something: "Have a long voyage, if you are going to the United States, stop by to see your second uncle. Your second uncle has been developing in the United States for these years, and I don’t know what happened. ."

Li Yuanhang recalled that he did have a second uncle in the United States who had only returned to his hometown in a few years. If it hadn't been mentioned by his father, he would hardly remember that he and the second uncle were here.

"Okay, I will definitely visit my second uncle when I go to America."