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Beijing City, Great Wall Hotel.
The Great Wall Hotel was located in Xiyang District, a bustling area of Beijing City that would host the Olympic Games in two years.
The famous Zhongkai Village of the Xia Xia High-Tech Industrial Zone was also located in Xiyang District. The headquarters of Patriot Corporation was located in Zhongkai Village.
Shi Lei had booked a presidential suite at the Great Wall Hotel. It had three bedrooms, a living room, a study room, and a kitchen.
Shi Lei stayed in the master bedroom, while the four people from Judgement Security were divided into two groups and stayed in one bedroom.
As for whether or not something would happen between them, Shi Lei had no idea!
In Quanjude, Shi Lei contacted the two founders of Pixel Software Studio. They agreed to meet at the Great Wall Hotel to discuss their cooperation.
In the revolving hall on the top floor of the Great Wall Hotel, Shi Lei ordered a cup of mocha coffee and slowly savored the faint bitterness from the tip of his tongue. He let this bitterness cover up the sadness in his heart.
Love a person, love a city.
Lingyumo was in Beijing, so Shi Lei liked Beijing. Although he could not find Lingyumo for the time being, he was satisfied to be able to stand in the same city and breathe the same air.
Shi Lei took a sip of the bitter coffee and looked at the time. It was only 3: 40 p.m. The appointment with Pixel Software Studio was at 4 p.m., so there was still a little more than 15 minutes to go.
Through the huge floor-to-ceiling window, Shi Lei looked at the scenery in the distance. He could not help but think of a sentence.
You are in this city, but I can't find your shadow. I can't smell your breath.
Little Ink, do you know how much I miss you?
Shi Lei clenched his fists and made up his mind to upgrade the dynamic behavior recognition engine to FRE level as soon as possible. Then, he would use the facial recognition engine to search for Lingyumo.
At four o 'clock in the afternoon, the two founders of Pixel Software, Liu Zhen and Liu Yan, arrived at the revolving hall on the top floor of the Great Wall Hotel.
Liu Zhen was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He was slightly plump and had a protruding belly. He was also balding, but he didn't use a wig to cover it up. From this detail, it could be seen that Liu Zhen was very confident. He didn't care about what others thought of him, or perhaps he was a little arrogant.
Like Shi Lei, Liu Yan was wearing a pair of glasses. However, unlike Shi Lei's rimless glasses, Liu Yan's glasses were gold-rimmed, giving off a shrewd and capable feeling.
Liu Yan was younger than Liu Zhen, looking to be in his thirties.
The two of them came to Shi Lei's side. The slightly plump and balding Liu Zhen took the initiative to ask, "Are you Mr. Shi Lei?"
Shi Lei turned his head and regained his senses. He glanced at the two and nodded. "Hello, I'm Shi Lei, the founder of pixel software.
Please take a seat. What kind of coffee would you like? "
As he spoke, Shi Lei pressed the service button on the table and called for a waiter.
"Sir, how may I be of service?" the waiter asked politely. As a five-star hotel, the service attitude of the Great Wall Hotel was very comfortable.
Shi Lei looked at Liu Zhen and Liu Yan and said with a smile, "Please make yourselves at home!"
Liu Yan was the first to speak. He smiled and said, "Mr. Shi, I like mocha too!"
Liu Zhen said calmly, "A cup of Blue Mountain coffee!"
The so-called Blue Mountain coffee was produced in the South Mountain Range of Jamaica. It was located at an altitude of 1,600 meters above sea level. The coffee produced was only 6,000 hectares.
The annual production of Blue Mountain coffee had always been less than 900 tons. 90% of it was supplied to Voisin, and the remaining 10% was supplied to the world.
In other words, the world only received 90 tons of Blue Mountain coffee every year.
Under normal circumstances, such a small amount of coffee was impossible to be sold.
The Blue Mountain coffee that sold for a few dozen yuan in a roadside coffee shop was definitely a fake!
However, the Great Wall Hotel was a well-known five-star hotel. They did indeed have real Blue Mountain coffee, but each cup was sold for 3,000 yuan!
Liu Zhen deliberately ordered a cup of Blue Mountain coffee to observe Shi Lei's expression and judge Shi Lei's character.
Unfortunately, Shi Lei's expression didn't change. It was as if he didn't know that Blue Mountain coffee cost 3,000 yuan a cup at the Great Wall Hotel.
Liu Zhen didn't care that he didn't get the answer he wanted. After all, he would get some answers during the discussion later.
After the two cups of coffee were served, the waiter sensibly left, leaving Shi Lei and the other two with a quiet space.
Looking at the two people who were silent, Shi Lei spoke first, "Mister Liu, you should be very clear about my objective, right?
On behalf of Fantasy Technology Co., Ltd., I formally invite you to join our project. Like Yuquan International, you will be our external personnel. "
Liu Yan didn't speak. Although he and Liu Zhen each owned half of Pixel Software's shares, under normal circumstances, Liu Zhen was in charge of external negotiations.
Liu Zhen took a sip of the Blue Mountain coffee. The rich aroma bloomed between his teeth. "Mr. Shi, so the mysterious investor working with Yuquan International is really Fantasy Technology Co., Ltd."
Shi Lei nodded. "To be precise, it should be Mirui Technology Co., Ltd. This proposal was personally issued by the parent company. I'm just an agent."
"Then, Mr. Shi, what kind of remuneration can you promise us?" Liu Zhen asked.
Shi Lei thought for a moment. "We won't talk about the specific remuneration for the time being. We can only pay according to the specific labor when the project allocates specific tasks."
Liu Zhen slowly shook his head. "I'm sorry, Mr. Shi, but we can't accept this condition!"
When Pixel Software was first established, the Demon Sealing Record of Blades and Swords had achieved great success. After that, they invested all their efforts into researching Journey to Fairyland.
It was now the end of 2006, and Journey to Fairyland was officially launched in 2007. It was operated by Penguin and had achieved great success.
At this critical juncture, Pixel Software had invested all their resources into Journey to Fairyland. They couldn't participate in Fantasy Technology Co.'s plan for a false reputation.
After all, Pixel Software's situation was different from Yuquan International's. Yuquan International was in a twilight period.
However, Pixel Software was currently in a period of rapid growth. They couldn't abandon Journey to Fairyland and invest in an unknown game with no copyright.
Shi Lei was a hacker in his previous life, not a member of the gaming industry. Therefore, he didn't know this information. He only found out about Pixel Software from an internet search engine. Among Xia Xia's game development team, Pixel Software was relatively famous and powerful.
"Mr. Liu, I wonder what are the requirements for your pixel software?" Shi Lei asked.
Liu Zhen chuckled. "Mr. Shi, you may think that we're arrogant, but Pixel Software wants the copyright of the game. We'll be responsible for the research and development of your company's game."
Shi Lei's face turned cold. Pixel Software had made some achievements, but they weren't qualified to take charge of a research and development project worth tens of millions of dollars.
"Arrogant!" Shi Lei snorted in his heart. His impression of Pixel Software plummeted.
"Mr. Liu, regarding the research and development rights, our parent company, Mirui Technology, has already made arrangements. I don't have the authority to agree to your request!"
Liu Zhen's eyes flashed with a hint of sarcasm. As an upstart in the gaming industry, they didn't really believe that Fantasy Technology Co. would fork out ten million dollars to produce a game.
After all, in Xia Xia's environment, ten million dollars was too much of a risk. Moreover, Fantasy Technology Co.'s claim that they were going to develop a new operating system was a huge joke.
Therefore, Liu Zhen's attitude was firm. He didn't have any intention of cooperating.
Shi Lei also noticed Liu Zhen's intention. After knowing that Liu Zhen had no intention of cooperating, Shi Lei didn't waste any more time. He continued, "Mr. Liu, your company's technology is outstanding. I will report to the parent company and apply for the research and development rights for your company.
I'm sorry, Mr. Liu. I still have some matters to attend to.
I've already paid for the coffee. You can continue to rest for a while. "
Shi Lei stood up and left in a carefree manner without even looking back.
Standing in the elevator, Shi Lei sneered, "Pixel software, what right do you have to be arrogant?"
Back in the presidential suite, Shi Lei used the hotel's computer to search for detailed information about pixel software.
It had to be said that pixel software was quite capable.
Through some small means, Shi Lei learned a piece of information from the official website of Pixel Software Company. It turned out that they had hooked up with the big penguin and were secretly negotiating with the big penguin about the cooperation plan for Journey to Fairyland.
"I see, it's the big penguin again!
It seems that Fantasy Technology and Penguin are destined to be enemies. "
The penguin had a famous saying, "Always imitating, never being sued."
The Big Penguin also had a glorious tradition: if it copied other people's games, the other people's games would die, but the games it copied would become popular.
If someone plagiarized Penguin's game, that person would definitely die. Penguin's game was very popular.
Because of this characteristic, the Big Penguin became more and more powerful. In 2006, the Big Penguin had begun to take shape as an Internet overlord.
However, the game that Shi Lei was going to develop was a somatosensory game. Through the dynamic actions of the body, it required the cooperation of a dynamic behavior recognition engine. Even if the Big Penguin plagiarized, they did not have the cooperation of a dynamic behavior recognition engine.
Without the cooperation of a dynamic behavior recognition engine, even if Shi Lei gave them the source code of the game, they would not be able to play it.
After closing Pixel Software's official website, Shi Lei started to think about how to cooperate with the other two targets.
If the other two partners also fell through, then this trip to Beijing would undoubtedly be a failure.
The other two partners were Target Software and West Mountain Residence. Shi Lei checked their information at night. After careful investigation, he found that these two partners had not changed much recently. Shi Lei was relieved.
"Should I talk to West Mountain Residence first or talk to Target Software?"
(To be continued.
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