Rebirth of the Evil Life

Multi-country interconnection, this idea has been conceived by Lin Feng a long time ago. The 21st century has entered the era of global Internet. Why are online games divided into various regions, such as national servers, Taiwan servers, European servers, and American servers, etc. Why can’t the servers of various countries be interconnected so that players from all over the world can enjoy themselves under the same Internet starry sky? Game fun.

Of course, there are various reasons for this, such as different agents, profit distribution and other issues are difficult to solve, but since he won the agent in Asia, Lin Feng wants to try this new idea. Multi-country interconnection, Lin Feng believes that this will definitely attract the interest of players.

On the other side of the ocean, in the same network, players of different nationalities fight against each other. There are too many things that can arouse the interest of players, and these things are enough to make players who love games go crazy.

After everyone heard about Lin Feng's idea, they thought about it secretly, and felt that this plan was feasible. Once successful, "Second World" would go abroad, enter the Asian market, and become a multinational online game company. However, the difficulty is not small, and there are many problems.

"Mr. Lin, this plan is feasible, but how many countries does Mr. Lin want to open servers at the same time?" Wu Zhaopu's question is also everyone's question.

"Three countries and one region. Now the most popular online games in Asia are undoubtedly China and South Korea, as well as China's Taiwan region, which is also a popular region for online games. The Japanese video game market is developed, but the online game market has been sluggish, but it is worth developing. , "Lin Feng thought for a while, and decided to open the server at the same time in the four most popular regions of online games in Asia. As for the Japanese market, it is not a very ideal investment market, but Lin Feng will enter the Japanese market sooner or later, so it is better to be a pathfinder now. What's more, with the popularity of "Counter-Strike" in the world and the online game of the same name, Lin Feng believes that he will be able to fight his way out in Japan.

Wu Zhaopu frowned. As the CEO of "Second World", he knew more about the normal server load and the resource allocation of each server than Lin Feng. The most difficult problem for multi-country interconnection was the problem of asynchronous data transmission.

"Director Lin, the interconnection of the three countries plus a Taiwan region is too demanding for the server, and the problem of asynchronous data transmission is not easy to solve. I am afraid that our initial investment will be huge." Wu Zhaopu said, "And I don't know that Director Lin is going to open How many districts?"

"One area, let all Asian players play in one area." Lin Feng said.

Everyone's expressions froze.

A district, is this possible? Judging from the number of online users of "Legend", the highest online rate exceeds one million. According to this ratio, if the other two countries and Taiwan are included, the number of online users may not be less than 2 million, and 2 million people are crowded in one area at the same time. This terrifying data traffic can’t be solved just by adding servers. There are too many details in it, especially the multi-country interconnection. The transmission speed of each country is different. In short, there are many problems.

It's not that Lin Feng didn't think about everyone's worries. But these are just technical problems that can be solved. On the contrary, the huge initial capital investment is indeed a problem. Today's "Second World" and its other company accounts can only transfer a maximum of 200 million funds, but it may not be enough to complete multi-country Internet games.

"By the way, this time I also purchased a brand new software - BT. I think it may be used to solve our technical problems, and maybe it can also solve our problem of insufficient funds." Lin Feng suddenly thought of the 5 million dollars to acquire BitTorrent software. This multi-point transmission, the more people, the faster the crazy download software.

Lin Feng hurriedly ordered someone to print out the relevant information about BitTorrent and hand it over to everyone.

Cui Mingze, Fang Zhihang, and Qiu Xin, the former chief programmer of Xishanju Studio, who is also the current deputy director of the development department of "Swordsman Love Online", looked at it and their eyes lit up.

"Boss, who developed this software, its idea is too creative. Under the P2P architecture,

Multipoint transmission, my God, once this software comes out, I believe it will definitely change the network world. "Qiu Xin was amazed.

"Hehe, this was designed by an American named Cohen, but I have completely bought its copyright." Lin Feng showed a slightly smug expression.

The three of them even lamented Cohen's mind, and lamented that the IT world is changing with each passing day. If you are a little slow, you will fall behind.

Wu Zhaopu asked the three of them, Cui Mingze, and after finding out the purpose of this software, he said, "Dong Lin, this software is mainly used for downloading data, and it will not bring us direct economic benefits. I am afraid it will. Many copyright issues are involved." After all, Wu Zhaopu is an economic analyst, and he quickly grasped the pulse of BitTorrent.

"However, if this BitTorrent software can really solve the problem of multi-country interconnection, I have a proposal. We will not put this software that can only be downloaded temporarily on the market, and let this technology be exclusively owned by our company. I think, if it can really solve the problem of asynchronous Transmission problem, in the future other online game companies will definitely come to buy the license of this software from us.” Wu Zhaopu had already thought of a very far-reaching future, but if everything is really as he imagined, what this software will bring Profits will be huge.

Wu Zhaopu's words reminded Lin Feng. Lin Feng remembered that the "Counter-Strike Online" launched by Valve was based on a distributed system called something derived from BitTorrent. This system can greatly reduce the load of data traffic on the server and reduce the dependence on the server.

"Then can you use this software?" Lin Feng looked at Cui Mingze and the three of them.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled wryly, "Boss, although we are also programmers, we are specialized in technology. If possible, it is best to invite the programmer who developed this software. If he is the host, I believe This technology transition should be much easier."

"Okay, leave this to me." Lin Feng made a final decision on the company's future development plan.

Multi-country Internet "Counter-Strike Online", this will definitely be the most anticipated game in the second half of 2001. However, Lin Feng didn't intend to reveal this news immediately, which would attract the madness of players and the industry. Of course, if it were Shi Yuzhu, a mad genius in the marketing industry, he would have hyped up this concept a long time ago, but Lin Feng is Lin Feng after all, not Shi Yuzhu. The wind does not want to put satellites.

Lin Feng didn't want to be scolded by the players for failing to overcome technical problems. Lin Feng hopes to build his "Second World" into a well-known high-quality online game company like Blizzard.

After the meeting, Lin Feng called Valve's CEO Newell.

"Newell, I'm Lin Feng from 'Second World', and I have something to trouble you with. The BitTorrent software I bought from Cohen last time had a problem. I hope I can invite him to Shanghai to guide me. The programmer on my side." Naturally, Lin Feng would not openly poach Newell's corner, otherwise the other party might become wary and would not let him go. What's more, poaching people like this is not good for the other side. It's better to invite people over first, and then keep them from leaving. After that, give Newell a gift, and both parties are not embarrassed.

Newell didn't expect this either, so he naturally agreed. Who ever thought that the programmer I just hired would be gone forever. He also personally put Lin Feng's "Second World" on the throne of the game empire.

Cohen was also anxious when he learned that there was a problem with his software. He is a straightforward person, how can he know so much. Thinking that he received Lin Feng's 50,000 US dollars, but the software had a problem, he became anxious immediately. After returning home, I quickly packed up and boarded the plane.

When Cohen arrived in Shanghai, he was flattered by Lin Feng's grand welcoming ceremony. At this time, he realized that something was wrong. After Lin Feng explained it later, he immediately understood that it was not a problem with his software, but that the other party wanted to poach someone. In this regard, Cohen is both funny and helpless. Now that everyone is in Shanghai, what else can they do. In addition, Lin Feng's idea of ​​using BitTorrent software technology to connect online games to multiple countries attracted him deeply. In addition, Lin Feng promised that his annual salary would rise to 500,000 US dollars, which also stimulated the heart of Cohen, who has always been poor.

After thinking for a while, Cohen agreed to Lin Feng's request. As for my home in the United States, it was originally a temporary rented apartment, and there were not many valuable things, so it was not worth going back again. After Cohen called his friend in the United States and asked him to help him refund the rent, he settled down in Shanghai.

When Newell received a call from Lin Feng, saying that there was something wrong with Shanghai and that he wanted to borrow Cohen for a while, Newell understood what was going on no matter how stupid he was. But he didn't point out that the two companies are now in a cooperative relationship, and there is no need to tear their faces over these trivial matters. What's more, Cohen is just a staff member he recruited, not a core staff member of the company, and it doesn't matter much if he gets poached.

What's more, Newell also guessed that it should be related to the BitTorrent software newly designed by Cohen. Lin Feng didn't want to steal the company's core code of "Counter-Strike Online". Therefore, Newell graciously told Lin Feng that Cohen would use it with Lin Feng.

But Newell secretly had a feeling in his heart that giving up Cohen this time was probably the most important mistake he made in his life.

With Newell's generosity, Lin Feng naturally understood that he already knew about it, so he didn't reveal it. Under the tacit understanding of both parties, Cohen became the special consultant of Lin Feng's "Second World", responsible for the network communication of the technical department.

All the best!

In order to launch "Counter-Strike Online" in Asia as soon as possible, Lin Feng temporarily transferred Cui Mingze's working group who was in charge of the development of "Audition Dance Troupe" and the Xishanju working group that had been developing "Swordsman Love Online" under the leadership of Cohen. Next, give priority to overcoming the technical difficulties of "Counter-Strike Online". Lin Feng felt a headache when he thought of recruiting people to develop "Journey" in the future.

There are too few talents, and people still need to be recruited——Lin Feng was thinking about where to find more game talents.

At this moment, Wang Hai, who was in charge of tracking down the hacker, got news.

"Mr. Lin, I have locked the detailed address of that hacker." Wang Hai called.