Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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Naturally, he went back to playing Honor of Kings.

As for the large number of anime and manga fans who were attracted to this site, they were essentially "locust fans" (players who follow the trend of harassing and exploiting others).

With the release of "Destiny's Path" and the addition of "Dimensional Battlefield," which allows players to get an extra skin for their wives...

"Honor of Kings" can still hold its own against the competition due to its large player base, and it also has a large number of social players who don't care much about public opinion.

However, the spin-off game "Glory of Kings" simply couldn't withstand the pressure.

And so, it was eventually formed.

Tencent, along with "Honor of Kings" and "Honor of Kings: Clash of Kings" and the Crazy Play Festival, went up against Spark, but not only did they fail to defeat Spark, they were also killed in a 2v1 situation.

"President Lin's murderous intent is too strong."

NetEase Games, a high-level meeting.

Ding Lei sighed, looking at the Apple best-selling list. FGO was number one, the mobile game version of Fantasy Westward Journey had risen to number two due to an event, Arknights was number three, and Honor of Kings had fallen from the top spot to number four.

"This spark, this spark, is no small spark; it's going to become a prairie fire, scorching people to the point of pain."

Although NetEase has been fighting with Tencent, it is still quite a sight to see Tencent in such a sorry state.

Ding Lei was actually a little guilty.

This feeling of unease is hard to describe. Basically, it's like, "I can't even beat a penguin, and now there's a Spark that's beating the penguins so badly. What if Spark actually kills the penguins in the future?"

It is precisely based on this mindset.

That's why we have this meeting today.

Today's meeting, although an internal meeting of NetEase, is also somewhat related to Spark.

Specifically.

NetEase poached an executive from Xinghuo, and this executive proposed a new project.

This project received support from the younger generation within NetEase.

In general, they hope to launch a large-scale, dual-end project with a project scale and trajectory similar to Galaxy Park.

The specific subject matter is the fantasy and anime genre, which has never been explored before.

Of course, the topic they choose to discuss is not the focus of today's meeting; after all, the topic of a project is not so important that Ding Lei should be invited to the meeting.

The decisions that truly require his input.

He is the person in charge of this project and wants to use the Spark Model to promote the entire project.

This is a more important matter.

It is no exaggeration to say that this was a directional decision within NetEase.

Before discussing specific decisions, Ding Lei and the other executives chatted about some trivial matters. The most noteworthy event in the entire gaming industry right now is Spark's Dimensional Battlefield.

That's why Ding Lei made that remark at the very beginning.

"Spark is too strong, which is not a good thing for us. In the past, when we launched new products, we only needed to deal with Tencent. Now we have to pay attention to Spark."

With the CEO making his stance clear, NetEase's senior executives naturally needed to express their opinions as well.

Although NetEase and Xinghuo seem to be on the same side now, it's still quite difficult for someone at NetEase's level to wholeheartedly follow Xinghuo.

Of course, being on guard is one thing.

Learning from the advanced experiences of our competitors is another matter entirely.

"Spark Mode" began at the end of 16.

This term gradually became popular in the gaming community.

No one could explain what the Spark Mode was, but the term did become popular, especially in 18.

Almost every game project that's been approved, especially anime-style games, uses this term.

This term appears repeatedly in interviews with game designers who initiated projects in 18.

It's as if simply saying we've adopted the Spark Mode will convince players that we're a conscientious development team.

Now.

As Spark progresses from one success to another.

The "Spark Model" has gradually evolved from a mere slogan.

This has become a topic that many large domestic companies are seriously considering.

Their logic is very simple.

Since we don't understand how Spark became popular, let's just make an exact copy of Spark's method, shall we?

As far as Ding Lei knows, he is not the only one with this idea.

Even Tencent, which is closely associated with Spark, has internally initiated at least two projects that "pay homage" to Spark in terms of framework, payment model, and operation model.

It's just that it hasn't reached the publicity period yet, so outsiders aren't very clear about it.

"Let's get down to business. Let Liu Hua come in and talk about why he wants to use the Spark Model for development."

As Ding Lei spoke, the executives in the conference room also became serious and a little nervous.

Logically speaking, since they were leaders and Liu Hua was reporting to them, she shouldn't have been nervous.

However, this report was indeed a little different.

Because Liu Hua was previously a senior executive at Xinghuo.

Moreover, his resume is quite impressive. He was in charge of the operation and management of two projects, Girls on the Frontline and Arknights, and was later transferred to Galaxy Park as a project manager.

He is considered a core member of the creative team.

This resume didn't seem like much last year, but with the huge success of Arknights in 18 and the explosive popularity of the Galaxy Park black box test, this person's reputation has soared.

After joining NetEase, Liu Hua quickly demonstrated his abilities.

In this situation, just like Cao Cao meeting Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms period, even Ding Lei couldn't help but think, "This is the man who used to report to Lin Li."

As the boss of NetEase, I can't afford to lose face.

So these executives had very mixed feelings.

However, they were unclear about it, and their feelings were complicated.

Standing outside the door, Liu Hua's feelings were even more complicated. Why? Because he was starting to regret it.

His reason for leaving Xinghuo was the same as most people's reasons for leaving Xinghuo: family, or more accurately, romantic relationships.

Last year, when he attended a class reunion, he reconnected with a female classmate he had a crush on in high school, and the two eventually became boyfriend and girlfriend.

After they started dating, he learned that his girlfriend worked at NetEase in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Another six months passed, and the two met each other's parents and further confirmed their relationship.

One of them was in Shanghai, and the other was in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Naturally, they had to consider who should go to whom.

In the end, Liu Hua gave in and, persuaded by his girlfriend, decided to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou.

At that time, Xinghuo only had a newly established reset studio in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

If Liu Hua goes to Suzhou or Hangzhou, his treatment will definitely change.

So, for the sake of his family, after much deliberation, he finally applied for resignation.

He was originally quite disappointed by this matter.

However, when he submitted his resignation and told HR the reason, HR asked him to wait a while.

Subsequently, Lin Li personally spoke with him, mainly to understand his views on Xinghuo. After this conversation, HR contacted him again.

They approved his resignation and introduced him to a very strange plan.

The project is called Starshine.

Chapter 86 What is Spark's Influence in the Industry?

Project Starshine.

It was initially a startup support program for former Spark employees.

In any business, people come and people go.

This is normal.

For Lin Li, not only are the employees at Xinghuo important, but departing employees are also a part of the resources.

Why was Yuan Shao's family so powerful during the Three Kingdoms period?

Four generations of high-ranking officials, their students are all over the world.

For these employees who leave Xinghuo, if any of them want to start their own business, HR will recommend the Xinghui Program.

This is especially true for key figures in the creative team.

A certain amount of angel investment will also be allocated.

From another perspective, the Starshine Project is actually a more challenging but freer way to build your own project team.

After all, after accepting angel investment from Spark, Spark also became a shareholder. Although the structure is different from Spark's internal studios, it is the same as Azur Lane.

In many people's eyes, Azur Lane was actually created by Spark.

Therefore, if you really have entrepreneurial ideas and are bold enough, you can skip the internal project approval process at Spark and start your own business directly.

In this way, although there is no Spark to back them up, the profits from starting their own business are also greater.

How to measure it is something you have to figure out for yourself.

The plan had a good starting point, but after its launch, there were few opportunities to actually use it.

On the one hand, because Xinghuo itself is in a period of rapid growth, there are many internal opportunities.

There aren't enough of our own people, let alone a mechanism to generate talent surplus.

Given this reality.

In the second half of 18, Lin Li made some adjustments to the plan.

This broadened the scope of the Starshine Project.

Not only entrepreneurs, but anyone who goes to another company, becomes a senior executive, and is able to independently lead a project can also join the Starshine Program.

Of course, the details of the plan have also changed.

This change makes it seem like something out of a corporate spy movie, but it's not actually like that at all.

Take a close look at this process.

If Spark's executives go to other companies to lead project development.

Furthermore, this project uses the Spark Engine and is launched on the Spark platform; only then can the Starshine Project be considered officially launched.

Spark can provide one-on-one technical support on a project-by-project basis, and will also promote technical interaction between the two companies.

Spark can even provide investment if the project where the executive works needs it and their company agrees.

After listening to the entire Starshine Plan, HR kept emphasizing that it was not a spy agreement, but a Spark program to help departing employees with their career development plans.

Liu Hua still felt something was off.

Then, HR introduced him to another case.

This case involves Zheng Dong from Tianfu Xishanju, the same guy who left Xinghuo for family reasons and then joined Tianfu Xishanju.

Although he did not intentionally place Xinghuo in Xishanju, there was no Xinghui Plan at that time.

It was Zheng Dong's agreement with Xinghuo, from management to values, that led to the subsequent cooperation between Xishanju and Xinghuo.

Furthermore, the reason why Seasun and Spark have been able to cooperate so harmoniously after the collaboration began is that...

Zheng Dong also provided assistance.

Recently, Xishanju's new game, Twin Star Vision, has been using the Starfire engine, and all its promotional activities have revolved around the Starfire platform.

It's basically tied to Xinghuo.

Even in the game trailer, the Starfire engine logo was placed at the very beginning, and many of Starfire engine's new technologies were used in the demonstration.