Chapter 328: Wealth limits your imagination, dear
surprise.
After listening to Gu Sheng's story, Shinji Sanshang's first reaction was surprise.
Just as Gu Sheng said, this Resident Evil game is different from previous ones.
There was no huge crisis of nuking Raccoon City, nor was there any huge crisis involved in rescuing the president's daughter.
The story takes place on a small farm in Louisiana.
This is where the story begins and where it ends.
The protagonist named Ethan is an ordinary person. After learning that his long-lost wife is now on a farm, he decides to set off for Louisiana to rescue his wife.
It is such a simple story. Although there is no huge crisis, it is still thrilling and full of dangers.
even!
Because the perspective is downward and the protagonist's identity as an ordinary person can better create a horror atmosphere for the entire game.
And this.
This is exactly what Gu Sheng said, the key to returning to classic horror.
"...As for horror games, I think we are more confident."
After saying that, Gu Sheng smiled and nodded.
Hearing this, Sanshang Shinji also took a deep breath in his heart.
He knew that Gu Sheng's words were not just boasting.
The confidence he spoke of was not blind confidence.
Nowadays, looking around the world, there are only a handful of companies that can make horror games as successful as Golden Wind.
It is not an exaggeration to say that if Konami had not been so greedy and arrogant, and had been willing to move forward hand in hand with Golden Wind, the Silent Hill IP would never have fallen into its current embarrassing situation, and it would have been very likely to go hand in hand with the original Resident Evil and become another classic series IP.
Although Golden Wind has only produced two and a half horror games so far, namely Phasmophobia, Escape, and Silent Hill PT.
But just through these two and a half works, it is not difficult for Shinji Sanshang to judge Golden Wind and Gu Sheng's control over horror games.
And now, this new "Resident Evil 7: No Heroes" also allows him to see that against the backdrop of the Resident Evil, Gu Sheng has taken a different approach and focused his attention on the ingenious ideas of ordinary people.
Moreover, one can also get a taste of the "old style" from the details revealed in some of Gu Sheng's plans.
"It seems that our previous discussions were not in vain,"
After a moment of silence, Sanshang Shinji took a deep breath, smiled and nodded:
"Then let's get down to business and talk about the price of copyright fees."
As soon as these words came out!
Gu Sheng and Moriya were both shocked!
They both knew that once these words came out, it meant that the matter was already 90% successful.
After all, before this, no one had ever been able to negotiate copyright fees with Shinji Misho, and most of them were turned down and nothing came of it.
"How much does your company offer for the copyright acquisition?"
Shinji Mishang asked.
This is a difficult problem.
For a long time, Gu Sheng has been worried about the copyright fees of the "Resident Evil" series IP.
The price of this thing is actually difficult to measure with actual money.
Games, movies, peripherals, toys...
There are so many things related to it, and the copyright price has already reached an astronomical figure.
But the problem is that although the copyright price is astronomical, the money that Golden Wind can pay is limited.
Even though Shinji Sanshou claims that he has earned enough money for three lifetimes, he probably doesn't care about money at all.
But you can't just give someone 18 million dollars casually. That would be too disrespectful to the person and to the copyright.
Think of this.
Gu Sheng opened his mouth and said after a pause: "425 million dollars?"
Then he added:
"Of course, this price is only offered by us. We still need to seek Mr. San Shang's opinion on the specific details."
Less.
In fact, before the acquisition, Gu Sheng also roughly checked the transaction prices for copyright acquisitions in this world.
Logically speaking, if you want to negotiate copyright acquisition for a global game IP like "Resident Evil", the price would be at least $500 million.
That’s the starting price.
$425 million is obviously less.
Gu Sheng didn't want to offer such a low price, mainly because they really didn't have that much money!
after all!
Ever since "Garden Warfare" raised their disposable net worth to 1 billion yuan, or about 142 million US dollars, Golden Wind has taken a big step forward and started to gallop wildly in the international market.
Take a look at these projects they have produced since becoming a mid-sized game company:
"Sekiro" cost $181 million; "Peak Nation" cost $89 million; "Overwatch" cost $138 million; "It Takes Two" cost $212 million.
In just three quarters!
The four works of its
It’s almost like making money and spending it all!
Although the profits are indeed very strong, and if the momentum continues, the profits will increase more and more in the future.
But the problem is that the release time of these games is still relatively short, and the capital recovery has not accumulated that quickly.
In addition, there was the challenge competition in cooperation with Tencel Bulls and the funds spent on the acquisition of Ubisoft.
All these reasons combined have led to the fact that although Golden Wind is making extremely considerable profits today, its disposable net assets are only over 500 million US dollars.
Yes.
"talent".
In the three quarters, while the fixed market value increased rapidly, the company's disposable net assets also increased from 1 billion yuan to about 3.5 billion yuan.
In less than a year, disposable net assets increased 3.5 times.
If it were any other game company, the boss would be so happy to see such results.
But for Golden Wind, the disposable funds of 500 million US dollars are really a bit stretched for acquiring the copyright of "Resident Evil".
Therefore, the price of $425 million really represents all the sincerity of Golden Wind.
It’s not that they don’t want to pay more, but they really can’t pay more.
After all, after purchasing the copyright of the game, you have to leave some foundation for the early development work, right?
Gu Sheng can't possibly empty out his entire family fortune just for a copyright, right?
…
Why not? !
Huh? Why?!
You pay for it! Isn't all the money in this company yours? You should make it for me!
In response to this! Shen Miaomiao beat her chest and stamped her feet!
Spend money, my silly husband! You are such a big spender! Why don't you take advantage of such a good opportunity to spend money?
Five hundred million dollars!
If we pay all of this, plus the development costs, the total price of "Resident Evil 7" will be at least 700 to 800 million US dollars!
Do you know what this concept is?
This is the concept of Yiyu and Xunteng joining forces to sell the somatosensory cabin and PC platform together. Even if they sell a lot of them, they can’t make back the cost within the specified time!
And by then, even if it’s just a 10-fold rebate!
As long as we lose a few hundred million, we can get tens of billions or even hundreds of billions in rebates!
oops--
Shen Miaomiao felt so painful.
You silly old man, you really don’t know that our family’s money is increasing the more we spend!
So infuriating!!!
That's right.
As the morning negotiations ended, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao left the company and took half a day off in the afternoon.
The two of them had to go to the Housing Authority in the afternoon, and Gu Sheng wanted to add little Nezha's name to the house title.
Although theoretically speaking, with the wealth of Miss Shen Miaomiao, she has no shortage of a house worth one or two million.
But when she heard that Lao Gu wanted to add her name, Shen Miaomiao was still overjoyed and nodded happily in agreement.
During lunch, Shen Miaomiao asked Lao Gu about the copyright acquisition that morning.
then!
I got such a heart-wrenching answer!
Shen Miaomiao almost choked to death on the meatball soup, her face flushed red.
"so what?"
After finally patting her chest and swallowing the soup, Shen Miaomiao wiped her mouth and asked:
"Did they just give up because our price was too low? How about we contact them again? Tell them we are willing to raise the price and increase the overall purchase price? Or should we just let them make an offer directly?"
Shen Miaomiao definitely didn't want to miss such a good opportunity to spend money.
Although the current price seems a bit stretched for Golden Wind.
But she still has Lao Shen!
At worst, I can just go and borrow money from Lao Shen!
Now that they have become independent from Shen's Capital, the worst that can happen is that they can directly apply for a loan from Shen's Capital in the name of Golden Wind. Anyway, she will be able to pay it back in the end. I believe that Old Shen will not refuse such a formal loan.
However, Gu Sheng shook his head:
“No, we finally made the deal.”
Hearing this.
Shen Miaomiao was slightly stunned, then breathed a sigh of relief.
It's OK.
Although the price was a bit low, the deal was finally done, so it was not unacceptable.
"Four hundred and twenty-five million dollars?"
Shen Miaomiao asked:
"Your electronic succubus is really so charming that you can't even afford the starting price, but they gave you the copyright. Tsk tsk..."
However!
Gu Sheng still shook his head: "It didn't cost that much."
Shen Miaomiao:?
What the fuck are you???
Are you a dog, Gu Sheng?
You are poor and helpless, and cannot afford the starting price, but you are still trying to bargain. Are you still a human being?
The most outrageous thing is... this guy actually managed to bargain successfully?
"You mean you didn't spend that much...?"
Shen Miaomiao grinned and gave him a questioning look.
I thought to myself, why don't you just cut it in half? That would be too much of a fool. Can you please be kind to our future children?
Inquiry room!
Then Gu Sheng stretched out a finger.
Shen Miaomiao suffered cardiopulmonary arrest!
Oh my god!!!
You are a real dog!
You didn't cut it in half, you were even more cruel than cutting it in half!
"One... one... one hundred million?!"
Shen Miaomiao was shocked:
"You offered 425 million... How on earth did you pretend to be poor to bargain the price down to 100 million?!"
You didn't give it to Shinji Mishang, did you? !
But!
What Shen Miaomiao didn't expect was that after hearing her offer of 100 million, Gu Sheng still raised his finger and shook his head:
"The unit is wrong."
Shen Miaomiao's little face froze in an instant!
Please translate it for me.
What…what the fuck…called the fuck…the wrong unit?
"One... ten million?"
After a long silence, Shen Miaomiao tentatively spoke, thinking to herself, Gu Sheng, please don't be too outrageous.
But Gu Sheng still shook his head, saying that I was just so outrageous:
"Being wealthy limits your imagination, dear,"
"One knife."
Shen Miaomiao: ...
Shen Miaomiao was confused, completely confused.
The "1 knife" that Gu Sheng mentioned was like a knife to her brain.
From 100 million knives to one knives.
"So you stabbed Shinji Mishang along the Internet cable?"
Shen Miaomiao blinked her completely blank eyes:
"Old Gu, we can't threaten people. It's against the law..."
Now, it was Gu Sheng's turn to be choked.
Sometimes he really couldn't understand what was in Miaomiao's little head. She always said shocking things and came up with some wild imaginations.
Gu Sheng held his forehead in silence and waved his hand: "It was Mr. San Shang who proposed it..."
Yes!
As Shinji Misho himself said!
Today, "Resident Evil" is no longer a money-making tool for him.
Without exaggerating, he no longer has any great desire for money.
After all, he has no family and no children. When he reaches middle age, he has both fame and fortune. His biggest wish for the rest of his life is to go fishing in the Pacific Ocean with his own fishing rod.
The only thing he cares about is "who can do a good job in Resident Evil".
Even before this, he was ready to shelve this work forever.
And at this moment, Gu Sheng came, with the greatest enthusiasm and respect for Resident Evil, and presented him with a refreshing Resident Evil story about ordinary people.
San Shang likes this story and is looking forward to what kind of bizarre and thrilling stories an ordinary person will experience on a small farm.
So, Sanshang Shinji decided to give Golden Wind a chance to show his talent——
He licensed "Resident Evil" to Golden Wind for a dollar.
Yes , authorization.
Because according to Gu Sheng, his sequel to Resident Evil will be presented in two parts.
In this authorization, Shinji Misaka only took a part and was willing to be listed as a special game director.
If Golden Wind can break through the siege with the "Resident Evil" IP and be reborn at E3 this time, then he will transfer the copyright to Golden Wind for a mysterious price and let them finish telling the story of this ordinary man named "Ethan".
He himself retired and went to the Pacific Ocean to work as a fisherman.
But if Golden Wind continues the downward trend of Resident Evil 5 and 6 this time, then Resident Evil will be permanently sealed and never appear again until it accompanies San Shang into his coffin.
A price that's as light as a feather.
A test as heavy as Mount Tai.
Shinji Misaka wants to find a trustworthy home for the IP that he has created with great effort and is like his own child.
The Golden Wind is his only choice at the moment, and may very well be his only choice in this life.
He chose to believe in Golden Wind and chose to believe in Gu Sheng.
So now.
Now it's Golden Wind's turn.
The once dazzling IP needs to see the light of day again, with an unparalleled new look, so that biochemical horror can once again enter the gaming circle...
