Old Zhang answered and wrote the task down in his notebook. "We've already been feeling our way through LAN technology. We've studied the IPX Protocol, and it can connect multiple computers together. But to make a wide-area-network MMO like Dungeons & Dragons Online, data synchronization and anti-cheat would be a huge project. We can start with simple LAN multiplayer first and build up experience."
With business finished, the atmosphere in the conference room loosened.
Nine-Tattoo Dragon stood up and straightened the hem of his short-sleeved shirt.
"Come on. We've been at it all morning. My treat—let's go downstairs and eat something good."
The core members of Mercury Technology did not stand on ceremony. They followed Nine-Tattoo Dragon downstairs and headed straight for a seafood food stall nearby that they often went to.
In the private room, after several rounds of dishes, the topic naturally shifted to the company's everyday gossip.
"Speaking of making money, we have to toast Supervisor Chen." Old Zhang raised his beer glass and gestured toward the man in black-rimmed glasses sitting in the corner.
This man was the copyright supervisor Nakayama Takuya had sent over, a genuine Taiwan native.
Back then, Fu Zan and the others had had quite a few complaints about this supervisor parachuted in from above, afraid he would wave a chicken feather like an imperial warrant and clamp down on development by the throat.
After a few months together, the whole style had completely gone off in another direction.
Not only was Supervisor Chen extremely strict in copyright review, helping them avoid several major land mines, he had also started a side business while he was at it.
"Supervisor Chen, I'll drain this cup. You do as you like." Fu Zan also raised his glass.
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