Chapter 391: A Love Letter to All Players
"roar--"
The deafening dragon roar echoed over the main city.
A huge golden dragon was hovering in the clouds , appearing and disappearing.
The entire city is decorated with lights and lanterns hanging high, and various ancient Chinese-style buildings are lined up in an interlaced manner, using the most festive red tone.
Far away.
You can also see the shadows of the four mythical beasts, Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger and Black Tortoise, floating above each city area, guarding one side.
Auspicious cranes flew across the sky, drawing their attention to the floating islands, where majestic palaces were clearly visible.
This scene, full of Chinese cultural heritage, instantly attracted the attention of all corporate representatives, who were unable to look away.
"As you can see, this is one of the areas we are bidding for, called the Huaxia Theme City District."
The person in charge of this bidding was naturally the senior sales department in Honghuang, who explained it to them with a smile on his face.
As soon as the words came out, the representatives of various companies were shocked again.
"What did you say?"
"This is just one of the city districts?!"
"How big would the complete main city be?"
"This, this, does Honghuang want to build an international metropolis?"
The delegates were in an uproar.
Even the Chinese-themed urban area in front of them was enough to shock them.
But now Honghuang said that this is just one of the urban areas!
Involuntarily, their eyes fell on the area in the distance blocked by the light curtain and they swallowed.
They found that they had underestimated Honghuang's ambition.
I thought it was just a large-scale commercial game, but it turned out to be an attempt to build a giant city that is no less than real.
Such a huge game city, coupled with the 1 billion users of the Honghuang platform and the traffic of countless games.
They couldn't imagine.
How prosperous will this city be in the future?
I'm afraid that the most famous metropolises in the world would pale in comparison to this virtual city.
The most important point.
The virtual terminal has extremely strong plasticity!
Many things that cannot be achieved in reality can be realized in the virtual world , such as the exaggerated urban construction in front of us and the ridiculously large urban area.
Get it!
We must seize the operating rights of the core area!
Especially the land near the central square is a natural advertising area.
Even if you sell pig feed in a place like that, you’ll probably be able to take off right away!
"Excuse me, what is the minimum bid price for this area?"
Someone immediately couldn't help but ask.
The place he pointed to was the ancient high-rise buildings next to the central square, which made everyone's faces change and they all held their breath.
"This boss really has a good vision."
The Honghuang employee smiled and began to introduce: "These stores are the closest to the central square and have the blessing of domestic cultural style. They can almost be said to be the most valuable areas in the entire main city. We classify them as Area A."
"For shops in Area A, the starting price for annual rent varies depending on the area, and is 100 million yuan. We will conduct the live auction through the operation interface in front of you."
100 million?
The representatives' eyes lit up.
This price may be astronomical for many people.
But which of those present here is not a company with assets exceeding 100 million or even tens of billions?
Moreover, this is the most core area of the entire main city. If it is taken over, the annual revenue that can be generated will be more than 100 million.
They were very fortunate to be able to participate in the auction at the first opportunity.
Everyone present signed a commercial confidentiality agreement.
At least in the short term, there is no need to worry about the news leaking out, and there is enough time to raise funds.
"That means at least 270,000 a day. Now the price for a day on the homepage of an e-commerce company is around 250,000. As long as the price is not too outrageous, we have to get it!"
Several representatives from cooperative companies discussed in low voices in private.
If possible, they can even jointly own a few more stores and create a commercial street. By then, making a fortune every day will be nothing short of huge profits.
"Okay, now that we know the price, let's start bidding for Shop A10. Everyone, please follow me."
As the Honghuang employee finished speaking, they had already arrived in front of the super-large building with address A10 and walked straight through the gate.
The feeling of being able to personally check out the store's interior design stirred up the crowd again, and they began to carefully examine every corner of the store.
"This! How can these objects be so realistic?"
“It’s just like the real thing!”
“And the textures on the tables and chairs are so real!”
“The area is bigger than it looks from the outside, and it has several floors. It can be turned into a large shopping mall without any problems!”
"Are we sure we are in the virtual world?"
These big shots, who are usually admired by countless people, are like country bumpkins entering the village, exclaiming constantly.
At the same time, he was calculating in his mind the profits that could be brought by taking over this store.
The Honghuang staff next to him also continued to introduce diligently:
"I forgot to tell you that the store rent also includes the store decoration design function, which means that you can also hire someone to design the store layout and change it to what you need."
For this investment promotion , Mr. Song and Mr. Li put in a lot of effort and came up with various functions that would benefit both parties.
As expected.
After hearing his introduction.
The representatives, who were already very excited, became even more anxious.
"Hurry up and start shooting! We want this shop!"
"Haha, this is not up to you."
"Since it's an auction, let's see who bids the highest."
"It's still unclear who will win."
Most of these people were sent by companies with missions to carry out.
Now that I see such a project with huge potential right in front of me, how can I sit still? I have to get it no matter what!
After all, this is a big deal that concerns their promotion and salary increase!
"Since everyone is so enthusiastic, let's start the auction for the first shop. The starting price is 100 million, and each bid increase must not be less than 10 million!"
Seeing that the atmosphere among the crowd was becoming increasingly tense, the Honghuang employees knew that their goal had been achieved.
Without further ado, he began to host the auction on the spot to sell the first year's use rights of the A10 shop.
For a while.
The sounds of bidding came one after another.
"I'll give you 100 million!"
"120 million!"
"130 million!"
"140 million!"
…
"How was it? Did the auction go well?"
Honghuang, inside the sales department.
Chen Lin found Lao Song who was guiding the work.
“It’s going well.”
Old Song crossed his arms over his chest, looking thoughtful.
Although he said this, he didn't look happy at all.
"Are you having problems?" Chen Lin asked doubtfully.
"I guess so." Old Song nodded and handed over a form. "I just asked someone to do a count and found a problem. The largest e-commerce platforms and chain stores in China have not come. The same is true for those abroad."
He wouldn't find it strange if only a few of them didn't come.
But now, almost half of them have rejected their invitation, with various reasons.
Originally they were planning to cooperate with those companies to fill the urban vacancies in the prehistoric world as quickly as possible and speed up the pace of going online.
Now we have to change our plans.
"Didn't you come?"
Chen Lin's eyes narrowed slightly.
Based on his understanding of those companies, they should not give up the opportunity to expand their business to the virtual end, but now they directly rejected them.
"It looks like someone is tripping us up."
"who?"
"Not just one person, but several."
Without even checking, Chen Lin roughly guessed the reason.
It would be impossible for a single competitor to make these well-known domestic and foreign companies speak with one voice.
I'm afraid that apart from Suoni and Ren Tiandi, other virtual terminals will also get involved, not wanting Honghuang to be the only one in power.
"I see."
Old Song was very perceptive and quickly realized, "Are they trying to slow down our progress in this way so they can catch up or even develop the same project?"
"That's about right. If they can really stand together, they can achieve this in a short period of time."
You know.
They are now competitors.
Any one of them is an international company among the Fortune 500.
When all of them are combined, it is definitely a very terrifying energy.
It seems that Honghuang's big move this time has finally pushed them into a corner, forcing them to stand on the same front and put pressure on Honghuang at the same time.
Those companies.
I'm afraid I'm just sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight.
I want to see the outcome of their fight before deciding which platform to cooperate with.
"Haha, that's a nice thought."
Chen Lin sneered, his expression becoming indifferent: "There is no such thing as a sure-win business in this world. Since they want to wait, let them wait. We don't have time to keep them company."
Chen Lin knew that this would be the biggest challenge that Honghuang had faced since its establishment.
But compared to when I first entered the industry and had no money and no one, the conditions are much better now, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
After discussing the response strategy with Lao Song.
He returned to the office and called up the system interface.
[Game detected: Great World]
[Can you customize the CG? ]
Familiar reminders echo in my ears.
Chen Lin habitually looked through the available materials, thinking about what kind of CG to customize.
"Hmm? This is..."
Suddenly, he sat up straight and looked at the material interface with some surprise.
In addition to the materials in the prehistoric world, even materials from other games, movies and animations have become options.
From the pixel figures in "Minecraft" to the wanderer mecha in "Pacific Rim".
As long as it is a game or film or television work released by Honghuang, all character materials have become optional.
“Is it because of the interconnection?”
Chen Lin immediately guessed the reason.
Because the prehistoric world is connected to other games, the character materials of other games have also become part of this new game world, which made him pleasantly surprised.
"In this case, the movie should be customizable."
Yes.
There was a movie in the previous life.
It is a mixture of characters from all the company's game IPs, shot at a cost of billions.
That movie has a special name in the gaming circle.
A love letter to all players.
