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As one of the top companies in the world, AMD had a separate think tank department that provided effective reference for the company's decisions.
Because of the existence of the think tank, AMD's decisions would not be too outrageous.
For example, this time, Tom Clusi was infuriated by Shi Lei's cold attitude and was prepared to give up on the collaboration with Dream Entertainment.
However, Kira Katara, a member of the think tank, immediately retorted.
"Vice President Tom, regarding Dream Entertainment, the upcoming release of 'Brave World' has already gained a lot of popularity in Xia Xia.
The other party's staff did not exaggerate the value of the invitation code for 'Brave World'.
If we hype it up well, the value of every invitation code for 'Brave World' may even exceed the current market's highest valuation! "
Tom Clusi was definitely not an idiot to be able to become AMD's Senior Vice President.
After being reminded by the think tank member, Kira Katara, Tom Clusi started to think seriously.
"Kira, tell me in detail, how should we operate?"
Although Tom Clusi was not an idiot, he was not a member of the think tank. He was not as proficient in detailed planning as the think tank staff. He only had a vague idea.
Each member of AMD's think tank was the best of the best. It would be an understatement to say that they were one in a million.
Kira Katara organized his words and asked casually, "Vice President Tom, what do you think of 'World of the Brave'?"
Tom Clusi said with a hint of disdain, "What kind of excellent game can Xia Xia's people make?"
It was not that Tom Clusi looked down on Xia Xia. It was just that Xia's game industry was really that weak.
Most of the games of the major well-known game operators were basically works of foreign game developers. There were very few original works.
As a member of the think tank, Kira Katara was in charge of the in-depth research with Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd. He had a detailed understanding of Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd., Mirui Technology Co., Ltd., as well as the related Fantasy Technology Company and Celestial Painting Company.
For example, Fantasy Technology's campus security plan and the behavior dynamic capture program that extended from it.
Although Kira Katara did not know about the Dynamic Behavior Recognition Engine, he could already guess the main operating system of World of Braveheart through the Dynamic Behavior Capture Program.
Another example was the Immortal Painting Company. Although the Immortal Painting Company was not well-known, as a subsidiary of Mirui Technology Co., Ltd., Kira Katara had learned about the situation from various sources and finally found out about the company's illusory graphics processing software.
Through this news, coupled with the "World of Bravehearts" poster that had been exposed on Xia Xia's Internet World, Kira Katara deduced that the final art design for "World of Bravehearts" would probably use Unreal Graphics Processing Software for the final optimization.
Taking everything into consideration, Kira Katara was as confident in World of Bravehearts as Shi Lei was.
"Vice-president Tom, I'm afraid that 'Brave World' isn't as bad as those Xia Xia games!
This time, 'The World of Heroes' might set off an unstoppable storm in the gaming industry.
Therefore, we, AMD, must be ahead of all our competitors and start a deep cooperation with Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd., "Kira Katara replied.
Tom Cruise hit the nail on the head and asked, "Kira, is there any great benefit to AMD from our deep cooperation with Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd?
Tell me about your plan! "
Kira Katara explained, "Vice-president Tom, according to your original plan, we can sell the invitation code for 'Brave World's' closed beta on ATI's high-end graphics cards.
However, this combined sale does not mean that every high-end graphics card will be given an invitation code for the closed beta. Instead, it will be done in the form of a lottery.
For example, if you buy our latest high-end graphics card, you will receive a lottery card from us. You will know if you can get an invitation code for 'Brave World' by scratching the cover of the lottery card. "
Tom Clancy's eyes lit up slightly. "Kira, continue!"
"The winning rate doesn't need to be too high. If we maintain a winning rate of 10%, we will be able to shut the mouths of the consumers.
Moreover, we can also expand the lottery for 'Brave World's' closed beta invitation code to CPU sales. If you buy a high-end CPU, you can also get a lottery card.
With the high popularity of 'Brave World' on Xia Xia, our high-end graphics cards and high-end CPU will have a new round of sales boom, "Kira Katara said with a smile.
"That's a good idea!" Tom Cruz nodded with a smile.
Kira Katara laughed and said, "Vice-president Tom, I actually have another idea.
We can extend the invitation code for 'Brave World's' closed beta to all our product lines. Whether it's low-end, mid-end, high-end graphics cards or CPUs, we can give out the invitation code for the closed beta.
However, the chances of winning for high-end products will be higher, and the chances of winning for mid-end and low-end products will be lower.
In this way, our entire line of products will sell like hotcakes! "
"Good!
Let's do that! "Tom Cruz clapped his hands and agreed. He was obviously very satisfied with Kira Katara's suggestion.
"Kira, since we need to have deep cooperation with Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd, what price should we pay?"
Kira Katara laughed, "Vice-president Tom, you have already grasped the lifeline of Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd.
They don't have high-performance servers. If they rent them, not only will their stability and security not be guaranteed, but they will also incur a huge amount of server rental. "
Tom Cruz continued, "So, Kira, what you mean is that we will still provide servers to Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd., right?"
"Yes, but we will no longer sell the servers to them. We will give them the servers as a gift!" Kira Katara's eyes shone with shrewdness.
"We will use the supercomputer and its operating system to exchange the invitation code for 'Brave World's' closed beta with them!"
Tom Clancy was shocked. "Kira, you're crazy!
How can the price of a supercomputer be compared to 'Brave World's' virtual items? "
"Vice-president Tom, I know this is very risky.
But we can sign an VAM agreement with Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd. "Kira Katara continued.
"What VAM?" Tom Clusi asked with a frown.
Xia Xia, Shuangqing City.
After Shi Lei and Tom Cruz ended the unpleasant call, Shi Lei continued to write the voice system based on the GMM model.
Currently, the voice system was the most important. After completing the voice system, Shi Lei could complete the other systems. He could even use the voice system to carry out multitasking tasks and test the voice system at the same time.
When it was close to eleven o 'clock at night, the phone on the computer table rang again.
Shi Lei first looked at the caller ID and found that it was an unfamiliar number from Beijing. There was no contact record. Shi Lei pressed the answer button and asked, "Who is this?"
On the other end of the phone, a voice mixed with politeness and sincerity was heard.
"Hello, is this Mr. Shi from Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd.?"
"Yes, I'm Shi Lei. And you are?" Shi Lei thought it was strange. How did his phone number become known to everyone?
It seemed like he should change his private number and change his current number to a work number.
"Hello, Mr. Shi. My name is Zhu Jianyun. I'm a game developer. Please give me three minutes. I need to introduce some things to you.
Please give me this opportunity. I believe I won't waste your three minutes. "Although Zhu Jianyun's tone was sincerity, there was a sense of stubbornness in it.
Shi Lei originally wanted to hang up the phone, but since the other party was so insistent, Shi Lei wanted to hear what Zhu Jianyun had to say.
Besides this reason, Shi Lei felt like he had heard the name Zhu Jianyun somewhere before.
"Go ahead. You only have three minutes!" Shi Lei replied calmly.
"Mr. Shi, thank you for your generosity!" Zhu Jianyun said in a grateful tone.
"Mr. Shi, let me introduce myself again. I'm Zhu Jianyun from White Cloud Studio.
Our White Cloud Studio is developing a 3D game engine.
We hope to use this as a bargaining chip to officially join Dream Entertainment Co., Ltd. "
Game engine!
Shi Lei was shocked!
The core module of a game was the game engine!
The game engine determined the overall quality of the game. With a good game engine, it was possible to create a game with realistic effects and beautiful 3D graphics.
The various sceneries in the game were not created one by one. If they were created one by one, how much time would it take?
The various sceneries were all models. After being rendered by the game engine, the final game image would be created.
For example, the flowing water, buildings, trees dancing in the wind, and so on in the game were all created before being rendered by the game engine to achieve realistic graphics.
In order to achieve perfect and realistic graphics in the Brave World, a powerful game engine was required.
Originally, Shi Lei had planned to secretly steal the IW game engine, which was the endless engine used to develop the Call of Duty series.
IW 2.0 had been developed in 2005, and it was now 2007. Shi Lei clearly knew that IW's engine had been developed to version 3.0. They were using the IW 3.0 engine to create Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Although there was a target to steal, it would be better if he could have his own game engine.
Now that the game engine development team from White Cloud Studio had taken the initiative to contact him, could this be considered an unexpected gain?
(To be continued.
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