Shi Yuzhu: this year, he will invest a lot of resources to merge online communities.

Chinese webmaster News May 29 morning, giant Network chairman and CEO Shi Yuzhu recently said that this year will devote a lot of resources to the construction of network communities and mergers and acquisitions. The reason is that he believes that the online gaming community and network Community gaming is an important trend of industrial development since this year.
Shi Yuzhu is in the exchange with investors made the above statement. He said online games, which had more than 400,000 people on the Internet, were doing well, mainly because they formed a network community. Players in the game not only to play games, but also because of friends and difficult to give up.
Shi Yuzhu This statement easily reminiscent of a recent pile on giant network will be a stake in 51. COM rumors. There has been no confirmation from both sides of the news that the giant network has held 51. COM about 40% Equity, changing its largest shareholder, and has increased to more than 50% priority control. However, Shi Yuzhu and 51. COM founder Pang East has not yet responded positively to the rumor.
51.COM was founded in August 2005 by Pang East, positioning blog, friends and other network applications services. In May 2006, 51.COM received the first round of $6 million trillion in investment from Sequoia Capital, Haina (Asia). May 2007, the second round of financing, 51.COM, Intel, Red Point venture, Sequoia Capital and Haina (Asia) joint investment, the total amount amounted to 12 million U.S. dollars.
It is reported that the giant network from the beginning of last year, attaches great importance to strengthen the "journey", "giant" two independent research and development products of community building. "Journey" to launch the information film "with the city date", "Giants" to emphasize the different levels of players with the Legion game play, as well as the introduction of the work of men and women to complete the task, are trying to build a good community environment.
In addition, the Shi Yuzhu that many community-type web site launched online games have also achieved good results, Tencent is the first community after the development of online games to obtain the success of the typical case. Giant Network after the listing has sufficient cash reserves, at the same time has a strong ground promotion team, can be bought and some community-type web site to achieve a win.
Network community and the trend of the integration of online games industry, in the first batch of online games in the enterprise also embodies. Shanda in order to improve the strategic layout of its online games, has been the beginning of investment in the Chinese network and original literature website Jinjiang original network. Nine City founder Zhu June first thought is to do a network life community "Nineth City", but the community concept in the early immature, nine city "strange" to do the game. (Kangzhi)