Zhou Fanting's energy and complexion are much better now than when Chen Chu first met him. Originally, Zhou Fanting thought that Chen Chu's place was just a small workshop.

But the situation was much better than he imagined. The performance of "Minecraft" exceeded everyone's expectations. From the beginning of large-scale promotion to now, it has almost dominated the game list.

Since Chen Chu arrived at HKUST, this game has caused a stir in the entire game market.

It has become the most popular game in the world for three consecutive weeks, and it is also the game with the highest sales volume, and it is a trend that will continue.

Chen Chu took the information handed over by Zhou Fanting and saw that the entire game had been downloaded on various websites and forums, exceeding 970,000 downloads!

This also means that the transaction volume of Chen Chu's games has exceeded 20 million US dollars. Of course, this is theoretically true. In practice, it also includes high taxes, channel fees, etc.

However, in terms of cost, this is already a huge profit. Earning so much from a game may not be a big deal, but if you compare the cost of developing this game, you can know how profitable this game is!

Zhou Fanting is equally excited. Now, more than five million US dollars have been withdrawn from Chuke Technology's account. This is just the beginning. A large amount of funds will enter the account in the future!

Zhou Fanting is not sure about the Internet companies in the world, but among the domestic Internet companies now, Zhou Fanting is sure that even the three major portals in China are far behind in terms of profitability compared to Chuke Technology!

This is almost no different from grabbing money. Even the speed of the money printing machine is probably not as fast as the speed of making money in this game.

However, Chen Chu is a little disappointed. To be honest, this game has great potential. It is the only game in the future that can compete with CS and Red Alert in terms of downloads. It is not just a hype!

However, as time goes by, it can be expected that the sales cycle of this game will be long. Even if it is several years in advance, Chen Chu is sure that the installed base will be at least tens of millions of games!

After reading it, Chen Chu said to Zhou Fanting, "Go and contact Ouqi Games and pay them a fee so that they can continue to promote the game!"

Fatty Badler basically gritted his teeth and persisted, even though he had to bear the burden of loan sharks. He also sent Chen Chu one email after another, which could be said to be in tears.

Chen Chu couldn't stand it any longer, fearing that starving Badler from 200 pounds to 190 pounds would be a sin at that time.

"I know!" Zhou Fanting said to Chen Chu. Now Zhou Fanting was completely convinced of Chen Chu. Before that, Zhou Fanting heard many people saying that games make money, but this time Zhou Fanting really realized what robbing money is.

"During this period, major game companies have also released several games, but none of them pose a threat to us!" Zhou Fanting said.

Chen Chu listened to Zhou Fanting's report. During this period, Zhou Fanting was not idle. He was collecting updates from major game companies around the world, including games released.

Of course, this does not include domestic games. Now Chen Chu’s games are between stand-alone games and online games. If we look at stand-alone games, even Kingsoft Software’s Xishanju Game Studio, one of its masterpieces, has achieved breakthrough sales in one fell swoop.

The 200,000 sets of "New Swordsman Love" cannot be compared with "Minecraft".

Compared with online games, the most popular one now is Shanda's "Legend". At its peak, 600,000 people were online at the same time, which can be said to attract everyone's attention. The selling point cards are even more popular. According to the leaflet, the monthly sales exceed

100 million!

However, compared with Chuko Technology, which has made a lot of money in silence, Zhou Fanting still feels that it is much worse. At least now, Chuko Technology has made tens of millions of dollars in a single month with "Minecraft". Compared with "Legend", it is also

Don’t give in too much, and what you get is US dollars!

During this period, game companies including Daewoo, Sega and other companies released large-scale console games including Empire of Angels and World of Gods 2.

The results were shocking. They were all defeated by Chuko Technology’s “Minecraft”, which surprised everyone. These games did not even pose the slightest threat to “Minecraft” and continued to sit on the top of the list of the world’s best-selling games!

"However, in a few months, there are rumors that Square Enix may discover the Final Fantasy 11 game!" Zhou Fanting said with a worried look.

After Chen Chu heard this, he didn't have much worry. Let's not talk about whether Square, which has always been delayed in releasing the game, can release the game on time. Even if the game is released, it will have little impact on them. After all, the audiences of the two games are fundamentally different.

And the most important thing is that Chen Chu is ready to make changes. Now that he has funds, Chen Chu doesn't have to tie his hands.

"How many employees are there now?!" Chen Chu stood up, poured a glass of water, and asked Zhou Fanting. Chuke Technology is currently working in two shifts. Due to the time difference, in order to ensure the operation of the server, there are other problems, etc., so all

The day and night shifts alternate.

Zhou Fanting said, "There are now a total of twenty-four employees, and nearly ten of them can pass the internship review immediately!"

Zhou Fanting handed the list to Chen Chu. Among them, Chen Chu recruited only five or six people, while the rest were recruited after Zhou Fanting reported to Chen Chu!

When he saw Chen Chu looking at the list, he frowned, and Zhou Fanting's heart also became tangled.

Chen Chu looked at the list, and when he saw the graduating colleges at the back, he couldn't help but take a few more glances. Among the twenty-four people, there were actually more than sixteen people who graduated from Yanjing Post University, that is, Zhou Fanting

school graduated from.

But after just a glance, Chen Chu didn't express anything, leaving Zhou Fanting confused as to what Chen Chu was thinking.

Chen Chu had no intention of talking more about this issue with Zhou Fanting. This was inevitable. In major Internet companies in later generations, you can see that there are quite a few department heads under one department head who belong to the same school.

Even when Chen Chu's business failed in his previous life, someone from the University of Science and Technology introduced him to the new company. These were unavoidable things.

There are ways to solve it, but it's not that time yet. Chen Chu sat down, put the list aside, and then said to Zhou Fanting, "I plan to turn the game part into an independent department of Chuko Technology!"

Zhou Fanting was stunned for a moment. He was not sure what Chen Chu meant. He didn't know whether Chen Chu wanted to restrain the game department or had other ideas!

Chen Chu didn't think so much. In the future, Chuko's technology will not be limited to the game industry, but may enter the software and hardware industries. The game department is now established to be more standardized!

"You will be in charge of the game department, responsible for running games, developing new games, etc.!" Chen Chu said to Zhou Fanting.

Zhou Fanting nodded. There is no doubt that his role will become more important in this way, but it is also limited to the game department. As for the personnel, finance and other departments, he has no right to intervene.

However, Zhou Fanting would probably not think of these things at this time, nor would he think so much about them. His attention was focused on Chen Chu's next words.

"Revised game?" Zhou Fanting asked Chen Chu with interest.

Chen Chu nodded. The entire game was in his mind. Chen Chu had already prepared for the revision.

Or to be precise, the current version is just a rudimentary version and not a complete game at all!

"Next, I want you to make a major revision of the entire game on the existing basis, including improving the current normal mode, adding more functions, and developing a survival mode and challenge mode!"

Chen Chu told Zhou Fanting his plan, "In addition, we plan to make the last mode at the end of this year, a multiplayer adventure mode!"

Zhou Fanting's eyes lit up when he heard this. He could even imagine how much the modes Chen Chu mentioned would change this game!

The normal mode, that is, the construction mode, may be too boring and lonely for some people, but the introduction of other modes will definitely be a novel experience.

In addition to the new game mode, Chen Chu also proposed improvements, such as ranking mode and official recommendation function, that is, players can upload the game world they built to the official, and the official will choose to display it to all game users, etc.

Various new features!

Zhou Fanting felt like he was enlightened. Chen Chu's words made him feel like he had opened up another world. These were things he had never thought of.

If these functions are launched, Zhou Fanting feels that it will be a completely new game.

Moreover, the playability and fun will probably be improved by hundreds of percentage points. There are also recommendation and ranking functions, which can also let the player know that he is not playing this game alone. This is the most lacking aspect of stand-alone games!

After saying so much in one breath, Chen Chu also felt a little dry. After taking a sip of water, Chen Chu opened a computer file, entered the password several times, then looked at Zhou Fanting and said, "This is the source code of the game.

You lead people to develop new features based on these source codes!"

"Everyone signs a confidentiality agreement and no one is allowed to pass on these codes!" Chen Chu looked at Zhou Fanting and said.

Zhou Fanting nodded hurriedly, "I understand!"

"Besides this game, I have something else for you to do!" Chen Chu was not sleepy at all at this time and just wanted to express all the thoughts in his mind.

The same was true for Zhou Fanting. The shock Chen Chu gave him that night was so great that it was almost like opening up another world!
Chapter completed!