Bincheng, around 2:40 pm.
At this time, a new game launch conference specifically for the gaming industry media was being held in the Technology Park of Jiyou.
The theme is naturally the introduction of "The Bloody Scientist".
Although the game has been promoted at the E3 booth, Techgame did not spend money to rent the E3 venue for a press conference.
Instead, it will be held in its own science and technology park in China after E3 is over.
At the same time, because all industry media and partners are invited. Therefore, the press conference of "Bloody Scientist" did not allow players and fans to participate, and it was not even broadcast live.
It seems that there is a high probability that it will be available for people to watch in the form of video after the press conference is over.
Soon, the invited people began to take their seats in the lobby of the press conference.
However, due to limited seats, most media reporters just stood on both sides of the aisle, preparing photographic equipment.
Time passed by, and the endless crowd slowly stopped increasing.
The press conference has not yet begun, but the people present started chatting with each other.
In the corner, a middle-aged man in a suit suddenly raised his eyebrows, smiled and greeted another person playing on his mobile phone in his seat.
"Director Jin? Oh, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet him here."
Upon hearing this greeting, Director Jin raised his head from his cell phone and listened.
When he saw the person, he also smiled.
"Mr. Liu? It's a pleasure to meet you. Isn't this a press conference for TechGame? Why are you, Infinite Entertainment, here too?"
The man known as Mr. Liu smiled and nodded. He took out the cigarette box out of habit and took out one and handed it over.
"Come on, of course. Although there are rumors that our Infinite Online Entertainment and Tech Gaming are competitors, in fact, we have always maintained strategic cooperation."
Director Jin suddenly looked surprised.
That's right. It's not surprising that two Internet companies, both of which are among the top in the country, are competing with each other and cooperating with each other in order to prevent one from becoming dominant.
Mr. Liu still uses the term strategic cooperation, which means that the business dealings between both parties are still win-win.
Director Jin looked at Mr. Liu, patted the seat next to him, and motioned for him to sit down.
The latter was not polite and sat down directly, smoothing down his suit.
"It's rare for Mr. Liu to come in person. I thought that game conferences are usually attended by relevant people in charge. I didn't expect that I've experienced something new today."
Mr. Liu smiled and waved his hand, took out a lighter and lit a cigarette for Director Jin.
"As an operations officer, there is nothing wrong with me being here. It is my responsibility to cooperate with other companies."
Director Jin took a deep breath from his cigarette and blew out smoke rings.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Liu, but the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Infinite Entertainment is unattainable no matter what."
At this time, the time came to 3 pm.
In the scene, on the exhibition stage, a young man slowly walked up.
He bowed to everyone and then spoke.
"Dear leaders and fellow reporters, good afternoon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was thunderous applause.
The young man on the stage smiled, nodded, and continued talking.
"Thank you all for coming to our latest game launch conference on Jiyou Network. My surname is Yang, and I am the person in charge of Jump Studio."
"This time, I will introduce to you the horror game created by our company - "Bloody Scientist"!"
With a bang, the game's logo appeared on the multimedia projection screen.
And the audience burst into applause again.
After Operation Officer Liu finished applauding, he did not listen to the content on the stage, but started chatting with Director Jin.
"Director Jin, I don't see you coming to such occasions very often. Why do you want someone from the entertainment industry to come to this game conference?"
After listening to this, Director Jin took a puff of his cigarette and smiled.
"It's not a secret. I'm planning to make a movie to promote a newcomer. The most popular thing nowadays is movie adaptations of games, especially abroad. Several movies have been successful. I'm wondering if I can also That’s what you should do.”
"But I don't know anything about games. They just happened to hold this game conference, so I came to take a look."
"However, adapting a game into a movie definitely requires film and television adaptation rights. I have some friendship with Mr. An of Jiyou, and I am going to see which of their games is more popular."
"When the movie is produced, it should be our first debut as a newcomer."
When Operation Officer Liu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The middle-aged man in front of him has quite a lot of background.
He is a veteran director in the entertainment industry, his surname is Jin.
He is famous for having produced several classic film and television works, and he can be regarded as a powerful actor!
But now, he has stepped behind the scenes and become a mentor who cultivates idols.
At the same time, he is also a producer and investor.
Although he no longer personally directs filming, he is still active in the entertainment industry and his reputation has not diminished.
Now, in order to make a newcomer popular, such a veteran director is planning to make a movie to pave the way for him?
This is incredible.
After all, according to the standards of the past entertainment industry, you only start filming and accepting endorsements after you become famous.
And now, you actually have to spend money to buy the copyright of the game to make a movie?
There is such a good thing! ?
Operation Officer Liu couldn't help but feel regretful when he thought about the large number of game IPs in the company that had yet to realize their residual value.
In his opinion, instead of hiding it, why not use the remaining energy and adapt it into a film or television or something else?
"Director Jin, we have known each other for so many years. If you don't tell me anything, don't you look down on our Infinite Online Entertainment's games?"
Although Operation Officer Liu laughed loudly, his meaning was clearly expressed.
The games of our Infinite Online Entertainment are no worse than those of Jiyu Network!
Although you have a relationship with Mr. An from Jiyu, we have known each other for several years!
Now you are planning to buy the film and television adaptation rights of the game in order to attract newcomers, then why not look for Infinite Entertainment?
No matter how I say it, I am also the COO!
Moreover, our company’s reputation is better than that of Jiyou!
When Director Jin heard what Operation Officer Liu said, he understood what he meant.
He immediately smiled and answered the question tactfully.
"Mr. Liu, you are making things difficult for me. Your Infinite Online Entertainment and TechGame Network are well-known names on the technological Internet. How could I look down on them? I don't understand this. "
"But it's good that you're here and you can talk to me about the copyright issue in detail. And what about your recent... Let me think about it later. Oh, that game called Time of Death is quite popular. This should be your company Under the banner, right?"
Time of death?
Operation Officer Liu frowned, with confusion on his face.
To be honest, although he is the chief operating officer (COO) under the CEO in the company, he is mainly responsible for the company's business operations.
Because Infinite Entertainment is an Internet technology company developing in multiple fields, not just a game company.
So game-related business only accounts for a part of it.
Once the business increases, he will just look at the results and control the direction of most things, and will not participate in the project.
This is what supervisors and managers do.
Therefore, Operation Officer Liu only knew that his company had many game IPs, but he almost didn't know the specific game names.
Of course, except for hot items.
In addition, he himself does not play games, so he only knows a few of the company's many businesses that can make a lot of money.
For the rest, they only know one result but not the process.
It is precisely because of this that when Director Jin mentioned the name of the game "Time of Death", he looked confused.
Does the company have this project?
Why don't you have any impression at all?
It seems like you haven’t even seen the report?
"I'm sorry, Director Jin, you also know that we have a lot of business in Infinite Online Entertainment. In terms of games, we not only develop games ourselves, but also agent and distribute IPs from other companies. So what is the time of death you are talking about? , I really have no impression.”
"ah?"
Operation Officer Liu's words surprised Director Jin.
This game is very popular on the Internet now, why don’t you, the leader, know about it?
"Isn't that only game the studio you acquired? I saw that the topic of this game on the Internet is quite popular, so I thought it was created by your promotion."
Upon hearing this, Operation Officer Liu suddenly understood.
After working on it for a long time, it turned out to be the only game.
He knew about this company. Last year, Infinite Entertainment spent a large budget to promote a VR horror game called "Blackjack".
At first, as the COO, he almost stared out of his eyes when he got the business report.
Because it says that the company will allocate a small part of the funds from other projects to focus on the promotion of this game so that it can gain popularity.
More importantly, this "Blackjack" is a free downloadable game!
It has no profit revenue at all!
In other words, the company spends a lot of money to launch a game that cannot make money.
Isn't this a joke?
Putting aside the issue of the game being free, simply diverting the budget from other projects is outrageous.
Who would put eggs in one basket and give them away?
Who bears the risk?
Eggs blown by strong wind?
What’s more, it’s a VR game with an uncertain future!
What a fool!
Therefore, after reading the report, Operation Officer Liu immediately rejected the implementation of the project.
But what he didn't expect was that after he refused, the promotion was still implemented.
This made him furious, and he went directly to the operations and promotion manager to question him.
Then I learned that this project was personally approved by the company’s chairman, Mr. Liang.
Ah this...
At that time, Operation Officer Liu was suddenly out of his mind and felt that this operation was a fantasy.
How could Chairman Liang do such an outrageous thing?
But there is no way. Since the higher-ups have decided, they can only watch the company implement it.
Just when he still thought that the company's decision was wrong, he never expected that the VR game called "Blackjack" would actually succeed!
Although there is no revenue, the traffic of its own IGame platform has increased dramatically.
Advertising profits explode!
It even boosted the sales of other games, directly recouping the promotional budget doubled, which surprised Operation Officer Liu!
This is indirect profit!
For this reason, Operation Officer Liu went to search for the company Weiyi Games and found out...
Why are there only 4 people?
The previous work was "Dark Forest"?
Isn't this game a promotional project that the company was also responsible for before "Blackjack"?
Seeing this, Operation Officer Liu suddenly realized.
Combined with the pitiful number of insured people and popular games in the only game, he mistakenly thought it was a subsidiary of Infinite Entertainment.
It seems that it should be newly established.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Mr. Liang attaches such importance to it.
You must know that leading companies like Infinite Entertainment have acquired or wholly-owned small companies in almost all walks of life, but none of them are as caring as Weiyi Games.
So it can only be established by one's own family, not by outsiders.
With this idea in mind, he didn't remember what Sky games were developed by Weiyi Games in the future, but according to the report results, it was profitable again...
Okay, anyway, for him, this is another very popular tool that can bring many benefits to the head office.
Just remember your name and other things for the people below.
His COO only cares about results.
"You made a mistake, Director Jin. That only game is not the studio we acquired, but a newly established game company."
"You know, products like games are generally handled by professionals. Sometimes for the convenience of development, we will set up companies in other parts of the country to facilitate individual personnel management."
"I'm not a gamer. I'm just a person who maintains the company's operations and expands its business. Not to mention these small companies, I don't even remember all the products in our head office. So in terms of games, Well, I can only be counted as the one who signed and approved it."
"The time of death you just mentioned should really exist, but I haven't seen it yet."
Director Jin nodded to express his understanding.
For people like them, leaders in non-technical positions are generally responsible for operations and people management in the company, rather than participating in projects.
So in many cases, the leaders of game companies may not necessarily understand games, and the leaders of music companies may not necessarily understand music. In the same way, the leaders of film companies do not necessarily understand movies, and the leaders of two-dimensional companies do not necessarily understand two-dimensional movies.
So what do these leaders know? Why are you sitting in this position?
It's very simple, it can make the company profitable, and it can make the company make money. As time passed, it was his turn to sit.
Director Jin put out the cigarette in his hand, glanced at Yang's supporters who were chatting away at the booth, and then turned to continue the conversation.
"Mr. Liu, it's like this. We want to make a movie about a game that hasn't been released yet but is already popular."
"This is one of the reasons why I came to this press conference. I want to see what "The Bloody Scientist" is like."
"In addition, when our movie is finished, we can also hope to launch it together with the game and promote each other."
"I believe that with the reputation of our Tiancheng Pictures and the reputation of your unlimited online entertainment, we will definitely achieve good results."
Operation Officer Liu raised his eyebrows and nodded secretly in his mind.
"Director Jin, if the film and television adaptation rights of Time of Death are really given to you, how much are you prepared to pay?"
Director Jin looked around, without saying anything, stretched out two fingers of his left hand.
Operation Officer Liu could tell at a glance what the price was. After all, he had known Director Jin for so many years, so he naturally understood what he wanted to express.
Twenty million!
"Director Jin has always had a good vision and has high expectations for a game that is still under development. Then I have to say thank you to Director Jin for being so optimistic about the quality of our Infinite Online Entertainment products. "
Operation Officer Liu grinned, feeling very happy.
He has long wanted to use the remaining value of the IP in the company, but he has never had the chance to do so.
Now that I finally have it, how can I let it go?
The director in front of him wants the film and television adaptation rights of the game, and he wants to pay 20 million, so why not?
"So Director Jin, are you going to learn about the game "Death Time" now, or do you want to know some important points about game copyright?"
Director Jin waved his hand, the expression on his face seemed to tell Operation Officer Liu that this matter was not urgent.
"Mr. Liu, I do have this intention. But I still want to wait for you to really confirm it before we sit down and talk. Otherwise, if you agree, I will have to worry about being unable to implement it for various reasons. .”
Operation Officer Liu smiled.
Director Jin's meaning is actually very obvious.
The implication is to say:
As a senior executive, you don’t even know the status of your own game. If I, an outsider, want it, I have to worry about whether it will arrive.
"You're right, Director Jin, the environment here is not good either. It's noisy and not a good place to discuss business."
"Well, I will stay in Bincheng for a few days anyway. How about I give you a call after I confirm everything? Then we will find a place to have a good chat."
After hearing this, Director Jin smiled and nodded.
But he suddenly hesitated and made another request.
"Mr. Liu, as I just said. I make game movies mainly to promote the new idols of my company."
“However, I don’t think it’s enough for a movie to make a debut. As you know, the entertainment industry is now very competitive, and many popular idols appear in many ways to attract attention and then develop. "
"If your game about the time of death hasn't been completed yet, I wonder if you can also make the image of our newcomers into it?"
Operation Officer Liu was immediately stunned and replied uncertainly.
"Director Jin, you mean... to turn your newcomer into a game character?"
Director Jin immediately nodded in agreement.
"Yes, yes, think about it. Since it is a movie adapted from a game, the first thing it will attract is the people who play the game. These people are equivalent to the first batch of fans of our company's new idol."
"And since I am a fan, I think it would be better to have more contact. Of course, it is not contact in reality, but contact in the game. So, I want to put people in the game, preferably important roles. etc. Only when we officially debut will we be able to impress this group of gaming fans."
"Think about it, an important and resonant character in the game suddenly appears in reality. Isn't this a happy thing for game fans? It's also a good thing for us. It’s the beginning of a win-win situation.”
"With this group of gamers as a fan base, newcomers will have a traffic base. Then it will be logical to participate in variety shows, sing and film, etc. At that time, the main purpose is to gain fans from the audience, and this part of the gamers will be treated as It’s a stepping stone.”
"What do you think, Mr. Liu?"
After hearing this, Operation Officer Liu frowned and remained silent for a long time.
He didn't feel inappropriate about what Director Jin said.
On the contrary, this is what an entrepreneur should think about.
A product is a product, whether it’s a game or an idol. What is profitable and profitable is a commodity.
This thing doesn't distinguish between people and things.
But the hesitation in his mind was weighing the pros and cons.
Operation Officer Liu glanced at Director Jin and smiled.
Sure enough, it's not that simple.
Twenty million, if it is to sell the copyright of a game, is actually something worth agreeing to.
As for inserting a person into the game, it's just a matter of one sentence, and the project development team will obediently do it.
But the question is, is it worth it?
After all, if it is like what Director Jin said, to gain popularity for new idols based on people who play games, then it will be really smooth.
Although Hot Infinite Online Entertainment will not lose anything, watching others make a lot of money using their own things will always feel worse than losing money.
unless
"Director Jin, there is no problem with this matter. It must not be easy for a newcomer to be trained by you like this, right? Are they male or female?"
Director Jin smiled.
"She's a girl who just graduated."
Operation Officer Liu nodded, faintly aware of the subtle corruption that belonged to the entertainment industry.
"Director Jin, your request is not a big problem. But..."
Operation Officer Liu paused, changed the subject, and continued.
"Maybe we need to sit down and have a chat."
Hearing this, Director Jin was stunned for a moment.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Mr. Liu's calm face, trying to see something from it.
But unfortunately, he saw nothing.
I couldn't help but laugh in my heart.
Haha, as expected, he is a person from Infinite Entertainment, and he is quite good at finding opportunities to raise prices from the ground up.
What to say' probably have to sit down and have a good chat. '
In fact, to put it harshly, there are only three words: 'You have to pay more. '
For a while, Director Jin did not reply immediately.
Instead, he took out the cigarette box from his arms, took out a cigarette, lit it, and blew out the smoke ring.
Then he gave one to Mr. Liu, but did not light it.
After a while, Director Jin slowly spoke.
"Since it's not difficult to add someone in, it's not a big problem for us to sit down and talk."
"You can just pick a time, but since we've all sat down and chatted, I want to expand the impact."
Expand it a bit?
Operation Officer Liu frowned in confusion.
But he did not interrupt, but waited for an explanation.
Sure enough, Director Jin blew out the smoke ring again, looked at Operation Officer Liu, and spoke slowly.
"What we pay attention to when making movies is to design a protagonist who can impress the audience."
"In the same way, for those who play games, the protagonist in the game must be the most impressive one."
"In order to expand this influence, and also to give new people in my company a good starting point."
"I want her to play the leading role in "Death Time"."
(End of chapter)
