Chapter 564: The End of the Road! A Greedy Mad Dog!
I don't think so.
We don't need any of that fancy stuff to cause a stir.
Because we are the gimmick, we are the hot topic, we are the sensation.
We no longer need anything as an add-on to the game. The game itself is enough to cause the most unprecedented tsunami in the history of the game industry.
Isokoa pursed his lips and complained secretly.
"That's right, President Gascony."
Aesop opened his mouth and said:
"Because we have entered the final stage of game development, the entire game has basically been finalized in terms of both the plot and the gameplay settings,"
“So your suggestion…”
Speaking of this.
Aesop spread his hands, indicating that it was not easy to achieve.
Hearing this.
Gascony nodded.
"It's a shame, but to be on the safe side, let's stick to your development pace."
"But we still need to work harder on marketing and promotion."
After saying that.
The conference room fell into silence.
For a moment, the meeting seemed a little dull.
Codick, who should have answered immediately and responded to his leader's instructions, was daydreaming at the moment, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
It was only after Aesop reminded him that Kodick finally realized:
"...Ah, ah, that's right! The chairman is right. We...we will definitely work hard!"
Seeing this, Gascoigne was also a little suspicious:
"Does President Kodick have anything to say?"
As soon as these words came out.
Then Codick's expression froze.
He did have something to say.
He wanted to disclose the entire project situation to Vivendi's top management.
There is no need to think about any fancy publicity or promotion, because this project... is basically a half-finished product.
Oh no, that’s not right, it can’t be said to be a semi-finished product.
Strictly speaking, "The Day Before" doesn't even meet the standard of a semi-finished product.
This is a defective product.
As things stand now, the entire game can be considered a semi-finished product, with only the part that was playable at the E3 expo being available.
Yes, it’s just that small suburban neighborhood that can be walked to the end in three minutes, with scattered buildings and crooked streets.
You read that right.
This trial street, which was previously questioned by players, was described in their external publicity as "an incomplete prototype in the early stages of development."
But in fact, it is already the most complete area in the actual development of the game.
We simply don't have the ability to complete such a work.
The cost of one billion dollars seems to be large enough, and it can even be regarded as the largest investment made by Yunwei in recent years.
But in fact, if we look at it according to their expected standards, not to mention that the billion dollars includes costs including publicity and promotion expenses, even if it does not include publicity and promotion, and all the funds are used to develop "The Day Before", the final quality of the work is far from the effect advertised in their trailer.
Because you know!
If Golden Wind is really making a virtual world game under the name of Made in Heaven as they expected, how much accumulation they have gone through!
The development cost of the Golden Engine was $120 million, the acquisition of Phoenix to improve the picture rendering module cost $1.8 billion, the joint venture with Aurora Games to upgrade the sound module cost $65 million, the acquisition of the Dream Engine to upgrade the reality enhancement module cost $3.15 billion, and the absorption of Takasugi Group to upgrade the security module cost $215 million.
Just the upgrade of the engine itself and the four major modules - Golden Wind has already burned more than 5 billion US dollars in the early preparation process of this project!
That's it!
This does not include the R&D investment in the two golden winds’ core technologies, physics and artificial intelligence!
Besides!
All of the above technologies are not achieved overnight!
The huge capital investment and five years of technological accumulation are definitely not a whim of Yunwei. They can achieve overtaking in a curve with just half a year of development time!
This is no longer a chasm.
It's the difference between two worlds.
good!
No matter how arrogant Yunwei was in the past, no matter how arrogant Codick was in the past!
The fact is——
Today, Yunwei has been left far behind by Golden Wind in terms of development investment and core technology mastery!
and!
Even if we take a step back, we are betting our lives!
Everyone in the industry knows what kind of person Shen Miaomiao, the chairman of Golden Wind, is.
That woman really dared to gamble her entire fortune and the future of the entire group.
But what about us?
Do we, Yunwei, dare to gamble our entire fortune? Even if we dare, will you, Weiwangdi, allow it?
I regret it.
Today, Kodick increasingly regrets his previous recklessness and overconfidence.
But unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world.
In fact, he also realized that the senior executives who knew the inside story of this project had already tacitly agreed to give up this project and even give up on Yunwei.
Today's Yunwei seems to be calm and stable.
But in reality, they are all just fragile appearances.
The real Yun Wei is actually an old and brittle piece of paper, just waiting for the official release of "The Eve of the Catastrophe" to burst out with all the hidden injuries.
Under such circumstances, senior executives who knew the inside story had already begun cashing out secretly in preparation for their final exit.
Including him.
Again, although Kotick is a business idiot, he is not a complete idiot.
Although the undercurrents in the company did not occur openly, they could not escape his perception.
Kotick was very conflicted.
He knew that if at this moment, at this critical juncture, he told everything he knew.
Then the project "On the Eve of the Catastrophe" will be immediately stopped and rectified.
Afterwards, they refunded the money and apologized, saying that the project encountered force majeure and the sale needed to be postponed.
In this way, although the impact of market decline is inevitable, at least they can brake in time, curb the catastrophe before it happens, and avoid the collapse of the company.
But what then?
Kotick thought again.
Such actions would certainly save Yunwei and prevent the company from collapsing like a blown chimney.
But the plunge in market value caused by the sharp drop in stock prices will take them a very long time to make up.
It could be five years, it could be ten years, or even longer.
By then, even if they were really able to make a complete version of "The Day Before", it would be too late.
I'm afraid that Made in Heaven has already completed the unification of the virtual world and become the only true God in the new era of physical perception.
and.
What will Vivendi do with him?
You know, the huge economic losses caused by such a serious mistake cannot be compensated by him simply packing up and leaving.
Support from capital sponsors has always been a double-edged sword.
If the bomb of "On the Eve of the Catastrophe" really explodes in his hands, he will face astronomical compensation or even prosecution.
I can't stay here!!!
But just half a second of hesitation!
Kodick then retracted his impulsive impulse to confess!
My billions of assets and the next few decades of life must not be ruined here!
Indeed!
It was Yunwei who discovered me, trained me, and made me successful!
But corresponding to this is also the result of my decades of hard work!
Billions of assets!
But I earned all this through my own ability!
Even though I am greedy, I got everything by my own ability!
I cannot be held responsible for Yunwei's collapse, and it cannot all be blamed on me alone!
My life and property cannot be held hostage. Even if my assets are depleted, they are enough to keep me well-fed and well-dressed for several lifetimes!
Think of this!
With his life at the end of his rope, Codick could not help but become extremely fearful!
"I do have something to say,"
Then Kodick took a deep breath and said:
"Although it's hard to say, I still want to ask the board of directors... to give us another sum of money for the promotion of the game's official launch at the end of the month!"
"You must make it bigger, more exciting, and more sensational than GW!"
Bang!
Before he finished speaking!
Suddenly!
Then I heard a noise from the chair under Aesop!
For a moment, Codick at the scene and Gascoigne on the video call were both shocked and looked sideways!
At this moment, Isokoa looked a little pale, and he forced a smile:
"Uh... As a technician in charge of engineering projects, it's not appropriate for me to be present when it comes to budget matters."
"I'd better avoid the decision-making of the core senior management for the time being."
"President, Vice President, please continue the discussion. I will go to work on the project first..."
After saying that.
Seeing Codick and Gascoigne nodded after a pause, Aesop breathed a sigh of relief and quietly left the meeting room, then gently closed the door.
Fucking lunatic !
He is simply a madman among madmen!
A greedy mad dog who is at the end of his rope, desperate and reckless!
Fuck——!!!
Isokoa left the meeting room with cold sweat on his forehead and was trembling with fear!
He couldn't even believe what he had just heard from !
Add cost?!
It’s not like Kotick is unaware of the actual situation of “The Day Before”!
Judging from the actual situation of their project, even if Vivendi spent another billion yuan in budget and let them do the promotion and publicity in outer space, they could create a fucking galaxy!
It is also impossible to make any difference to the actual situation after the game is released!
Quite the opposite even!
The more vigorous their publicity is, the more severe the backlash will be in the end!
Kotick is not a fool! He should know this clearly!
So--!
Why did he just ask Vivendi for money again?
Isokoa's fingertips began to tremble!
Of course it's for his own fucking gain!
This madman, knowing clearly that he could not do any job even if he received the money, not only did he not think about how to end the matter, but he even wanted to suck the blood of the parent company in the end!
It's simply the madness after reaching the end of the road!
Isokoa was covered in cold sweat!
Is Vivendi's blood so easy to suck?
Can we just suck the blood of the capital giants across Europe and the United States?
Aesop was surprised and even terrified by Kotik's endless greed and madness.
If this major defeat had brought trouble to Codick before, it would have been huge compensation or even imprisonment.
Then from that moment on, when he once again danced on the edge of a knife, intending to swindle more funds from Gascony to line his own pockets!
The final fate of this mad dog is not just as simple as compensation and lawsuit...
