"Jingle Bell......"
The ringtone of the cell phone interrupted Boss Qian's turning of pages.
He turned to look at the phone screen, which displayed the caller's contact - Bai Peiqi.
Both of them are veterans who have been working in the gaming industry for many years, so naturally they are very familiar with each other.
"Hey Lao Bai, what's going on?" Qian Jing pressed the hands-free button, his face still frowning.
"Of course someone who comes to you is doing something good." Bai Peiqi's magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone, "Is your new game about to be released? How do you feel about playing Pokémon?"
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Boss Qian was very upset when this incident was mentioned. He already had shadows about the collision with Carp Star Card House.
He cursed angrily: "Old Bai, you thick eyebrows and big eyes, you insist on poking at my sore spot? This guy Lu Li doesn't know what he's thinking. He's already made a Star Card computer, but you still want to go back to the game industry to reduce dimensionality and attack us. .”
"It's not because he likes games." Bai Peiqi said with a smile, "Just like you and me, don't we brothers have the opportunity to switch to other industries?"
Hearing this, Qian Jing was slightly startled.
Yes, if it weren't for love, who would come to make games?
In this dying industry, the average lifespan of all game companies is no more than two years.
Companies like Page and Outlook are already very long-lived companies.
Being able to persist in such a harsh environment for so many years, there is no doubt about the ability of Bai Peiqi and Qian Jing. Even if they jump to other industries, they will most likely be able to do well.
And it is precisely because of their love that the two of them have stayed in the gaming industry for many years.
"That's right, this guy Lu Li..."
Qian Jing stretched out his whole body, lying half on the office chair, looking up at the ceiling and sighing: "If you don't like it, who would play games... To be honest, Lao Bai, I'm still looking forward to Pokémon What the dream would be like.”
"You're just looking forward to it, don't you want to join in and see it yourself?" Bai Peiqi asked.
"Join?" Qian Jing didn't believe his ears, "Are you talking about joining the Pokémon project in the Carp Star Card House?"
"Yes, is this a good thing?"
"Forget it!" Qian Jing suddenly felt full of energy. He stood up from his chair and said loudly, "Let's not talk about whether we can make money. Being able to participate in the production of an excellent game is a very romantic thing in itself! "
"As long as you have this idea," Bai Peiqi nodded and continued, "Lu Li wants to find game companies across the federation to act as city agents for Pokémon, and the prospect is the agent company in Jinling, Jiangnan."
"City agent?" Qian Jing didn't understand for a moment, "The game company wants the game company to be its agent, and they have to be in every city? What does Lu Li want to do?"
"Well, you'll understand after you sign the contract with Carp Star Card House."
Bai Peiqi gave it up, then changed the subject and asked: "What happened to the live-action shooting game your company made before? It was the one that reserved the venue in Jiangnan Forest Park."
"Why are you asking this?" Qian Jing asked doubtfully, "The charter agreement signed with the park was for five years, but in fact, starting from the third year, Star Power Shooting had no business, and could only barely make back the money. This year should be In the last year, it should expire by the end of the year.”
"The last year." Bai Peiqi repeated it thoughtfully, and then said, "Old Qian, Carp Star Card House wants to cooperate with you because it is interested in the lease contract of your Forest Park. Otherwise, there would be no chance to directly Become an agent of Jinling.
Stop the Star Power Shooting project for a while, Forest Park will become one of the Pokémon battle venues! "
"What the hell is a battlefield?" Qian Jing was dazed.
"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to do it? If not, I'll go find Lao Li."
Lao Li is the president of another old game company in Jinling. The two companies are collectively known as the Jinling Twins in the gaming industry.
"Fuck it!" Boss Qian said immediately, "I will do it even if I lose money. I want to see what this game can do!"
...
Haicheng, Xinghai Academy.
Boys dormitory.
"Brother Lu, are you sure you have to invest so much money in the preliminary preparation of Pokémon?"
Geng Xiaowen stared at Lu Li's budget sheet.
"It's just so-so." Lu Li stared with dead eyes, looking indifferent.
"No, I'm a little dizzy."
Geng Xiaowen was a little confused: "Let me do the math for you. You need to book a total of 100 medium-sized or above forest parks and wetland parks in 60 relatively developed cities across the federation for Pokémon. Amusement park?”
"After all, catching Pokémon requires a wild environment to feel good." Lu Li spread his hands, "We can't let Pokémon spawn on the subway, right?"
"I do not really understand......"
Geng Xiaowen, who had never seen Pokémon before, certainly didn't understand what Lu Li was thinking.
"One hundred parks is only the first phase goal."
Lu Li did not explain in depth and continued: "In the future, we may need to contract more work, even exhibition halls, stadiums..."
"but......"
Geng Xiaowen started to speak but stopped.
He looked at the budget table again, checked the budget carefully, and then asked: "Is this the first phase of site investment, we are going to throw four to five billion star coins into it?"
"Uh... I guess it's about the same. The land is a bit expensive, so the venue fee may be a bit more." Lu Li's tone was also helpless.
"You also plan to find a local game company to act as an agent in each city..."
After Geng Xiaowen finished reading this budget, he looked at Lu Li: "Is this really necessary?"
"We will be holding federal events in the future. It would be more convenient to have an agency in each city." Lu Li explained, "And there are only so many people in Carp Star Card House. One in each city is not enough."
"How much do you plan to pay these companies?" Geng Xiaowen asked.
"Give me some profit sharing." Lu Li sighed.
"Is it really just a waste of money?" The little fat man was shocked, "How many game companies can you attract with your conditions?"
"I do not know."
Lu Li spread his hands: "I have asked Bai Peiqi to lobby, and I plan to invite companies with ideas to Haicheng for a meeting in the next few days... So can you pay?"
Even though Lu Li was ready to spend money, he was really shocked when the budget sheet came out.
He had no choice but to find Geng Xiaowen's foreign aid to invest.
"That...ok!"
Geng Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, clutched the budget slip in his hand, and gritted his teeth and said: "I have paid for the money. If my little treasury is really not enough, I will just ask my dad for some."
The little fat man felt that he was absolutely crazy for playing such a bet with Lu Li.
With an investment of over 1 billion before release, this is simply the most expensive game in history!
