Chapter 545: Iron Rule? That's ridiculous!
"Why are you so excited?"
As if he had noticed the shifty look in Little Nezha's eyes, Gu Sheng frowned doubtfully and looked at the person next to him:
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah? Really?"
Gu Sheng's question startled Shen Miaomiao, and she smiled awkwardly:
"Am I...excited?"
I'm just excited!
Shen Miaomiao waved her hand to dispel Gu Sheng's doubts, but she was excited in her heart!
joke.
The biggest rebate in five years!
Who wouldn’t be excited!
You know, this "Resident Evil VIII" is the project with the largest comprehensive investment in history!
The copyright fee alone costs $188 million!
The production cost is as high as 245 million US dollars, which is twice as much as the previous "Resident Evil VII"!
The normal production costs alone add up to more than 400 million!
With such horrific costs, it is not easy for any game manufacturer in the world to make a profit within a month.
but!
For Golden Wind and Gu Sheng, this “mere” cost of 400 million yuan does not seem to be safe.
But fortunately!
In addition to normal copyright and development fees, Shen Miaomiao also has an ultimate killer investment project!
That is the cost of purchasing shares of the Dream Engine and upgrading the Golden Engine.
3.15 billion dollars!
When she thought of this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but want to laugh.
Oh my god, three billion dollars!
Once, when Golden Wind had not yet developed to this extent, she had asked Lao Gu what the maximum production cost of a game could be based on the situation at the time.
At the time, Lao Gu’s answer was about 500 million, excluding various marketing and promotional activities.
Therefore, she never dared to think that the production cost of a game could exceed the peak of 500 million.
But now!
The emergence of the "forced counterattack" golden engine has completely broken the upper limit of the game production cost of Golden Wind.
The short-term technological leap has made the upgrade cost of the golden engine higher and higher.
From 100 million, to 1.8 billion, and then to 3 billion!
With the terrifying investment growth, no matter how popular Golden Wind's games were, they could not catch up with her speed of "wasting money"!
after all!
Now, taking all the calculations together, the total cost of the game "Resident Evil VIII" has reached a terrifying amount of 3.583 billion US dollars!
Thinking about.
Gu Sheng standing next to him also put aside his worries for the time being and opened the data statistics backend of Huayu Electronics, ready to take a look at the monthly sales statistics of Sheng 8.
That’s right, it wasn’t Shen Miaomiao who suggested to check the data at the right time this time, but Gu Sheng who took the initiative to check it.
The reason is very simple -
"Resident Evil VIII" is the flagship masterpiece of Yiyoux3. The sales volume will directly affect the future sales development and reputation of Yiyoux3.
The sales trend of Yiyou x3 is directly related to the realization of Golden Wind’s ultimate stage goal.
This is the starting point of a new era.
Gu Sheng attaches great importance to it.
He has never needed the affirmation of a good result as much as he does now.
"So what counts as a good grade?"
Seeing that there were only a few minutes left, Shen Miaomiao asked.
"Return the investment,"
Gu Sheng said:
“It would be a good result if we can successfully recover the cost in a single month’s sales.”
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao was stunned.
It seems that what Lao Gu said sounds like "the earth is round" -
When they were still small, Lao Gu regarded "recovery" as the passing line for a game's market performance.
Although this passing line is already quite abnormal for other game manufacturers, the games following Golden Wind are obviously even more abnormal.
Don’t even mention making a profit in a single month.
Golden Wind has achieved such an abnormal achievement of paying back the investment in a single week more than once or twice.
And now, when Gu Sheng once again took out the "single-month return on investment" as the criterion for measuring the success of "Resident Evil VIII", at first glance, it seemed a bit "unambitious".
but!
Think about it carefully!
You will be shocked and say to yourself, "That's not right!"
Because Sheng8 is a completely exclusive game!
And it is a brand new game exclusive to the domestically produced motion sensing cabin!
You must know!
Looking back at the ten years of development of motion cabin games, "exclusive escorts" have emerged one after another!
Whether it is the Yunwei series or the Konami series, the release of each new generation of somatosensory cabin is inseparable from the support of the escort masterpieces from its top studios!
Looking back at the performance of these top studios in the world, an ironclad "law" seems to have never been broken:
That is, "it is difficult to make a profit from exclusive escort in a short period of time."
It's normal and reasonable.
After all, games require platform support, and it is impossible to roll out a new somatosensory platform in a short period of time.
Therefore, most of the cost recovery of "exclusive escort" generally takes about three quarters to complete.
Even if it is shorter, it will take at least two quarters.
That's it!
Or let’s take Yunwei and Konami, the two giants of motion sensing cabins that once dominated the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and controlled the vast majority of the global market share.
The somatosensory cabin that Sheng 8 landed in was Yiyou——
A domestically produced somatosensory cabin.
At this point, looking back at Gu Sheng’s “small goal”, its difficulty can be seen.
This time, he not only has to challenge the "iron law" that has never been broken in the ten years of development of the somatosensory cabin.
It is also necessary to lead China's independently developed and manufactured somatosensory cabin to gain a firm foothold in the international market, sit firmly on the throne and become a local leader!
Ding-ling-ling——!!!
As Gu Sheng finished speaking!
The alarm that was set early in the morning suddenly rang!
For a moment, both people on the sofa took a deep breath!
"Fellow Radisson people, it's time to witness a miracle—"
With Gu Sheng waved his hand!
Click!
The page refreshed, and at 9:00 pm Zhongjing time, the monthly sales results of "Resident Evil VIII: Village" suddenly appeared on the huge projection -!
【Total number of sets sold worldwide: 7751456 sets】
[Estimated sales: $503 million]
500 million in revenue!
Seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand sets!
A miracle happens!
OHHHHHHHH——!
Gu Sheng jumped up from the sofa, clenched his fists, raised his arms and shouted!
Iron rule?
Muse!
Admittedly, the sales volume of 7 million copies is nothing compared . It can be easily surpassed by the "Plants vs. Zombies", which is suitable for all ages, and "Minecraft", which is one of the best-selling games in the world.
The revenue of 500 million dollars is just a drop in the bucket compared to Golden Wind's current funding demand of 5 billion dollars.
but!
What Gu Sheng values is not the superficial achievements, but the deep impact brought about by these achievements!
The sales of seven million sets represent the players’ expectations and affirmation for the new somatosensory technology!
A revenue of $500 million means the door to a new era of physical sensing has opened!
Not far away!
The throne of the king of games has been unveiled, waiting for the arrival of the master of a new era!
Gu Sheng was overjoyed!
At the same time, Shen Miaomiao jumped up directly and rode on her "Director's mount" again!
Wuhu! Take off!
Shen Miaomiao was so happy that she went crazy!
The receipts in my mind have never been so familiar——
【Main Project: Resident Evil VIII】
[Project investment amount: 3.583 billion US dollars]
[Project settlement time: 28 days (+0 days)]
[Project rebate rate: 2 times (+0 times)]
[Note: According to system regulations, if the host invests in an approved project through the manager, the rebate rate will be reduced to 1/5]
Current revenue: $503 million
[Project loss amount: $3.08 billion]
[Project rebate amount: $6.16 billion]
[Ding! Project loss detected! Calculation in progress! ]
[Ding! Loss settlement completed, rebate has been issued to the host's personal bank card! ]
Six billion dollars!
Rebate received!
What did I say! What did I say!
Shen Miaomiao is so beautiful that she seems to be bubbling.
Is it that the four-week period has come to an end and the female dragon king has returned? (crooked mouth)
Private yacht?
I can tie a bunch of private yachts together with wire and drive them out like a chain of iron chains!
Think about the old and shabby rental house where I used to live. I had a high fever in the middle of the night and even had to ask Sister Chuchu for a cup of milk tea!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh that what the ancients said was so right, before God gives a great task to a person, he really will make his heart suffer, his muscles and bones tired, and his body hungry!
And now, the clouds have finally cleared and the moon is visible!
"You are worthy of being my man, Xiao Gu is awesome!"
Shen Miaomiao, who was hanging on Gu Sheng like a koala, put her arms around Gu Sheng's neck and did not hesitate to give him her warm and sweet kisses. She was obviously very happy.
"Are you praising me or yourself?"
Gu Sheng held the little Nezha in his arms and looked into her big, bright eyes.
"All praise!"
Shen Miaomiao laughed:
"But the main thing is that I'm better!"
"Wow, no way, sir,"
Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows and placed Little Nezha on the back of the sofa:
"I made the game and upgraded the engine. How can you, a hands-off boss, be more powerful than me?"
"Because I have a keen eye for talent!"
Shen Miaomiao bared her white teeth and tapped Gu Sheng's nose:
"If I hadn't had the wisdom to recognize you, how could this day have come to pass?"
"Well, there's no need to use cute words at this time."
Gu Sheng smacked his lips and corrected him:
"Although what you said seems to be true in theory, I still think I am better."
Shen Miaomiao wrinkled her nose: "Then you must have a reason..."
"The reason is..."
Gu Sheng rolled his eyes and pretended to think, then suddenly leaned forward and kissed the corner of the lovely girl's mouth:
"It's hard to explain in a few words, why don't you see it for yourself?"
"Hello--"
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao bit her red lips and couldn't help but let out a coquettish sound.
But her eyes were filled with the fiery and cunning brilliance of a little fox. She gently unbuttoned Gu Sheng's collar with her delicate hands, and her breath was as sweet as orchid and as soft as spring water from a lotus:
"Bad guy..."
Click.
The dim and warm light permeates the room where light and shadow interweave.
The cute furry bear slippers fell down, and the slender white jade toes drew a graceful arc, swaying slowly in the misty halo like soft water plants...
