"Golden Wind..."
Before Mr. Zhao finished speaking, everyone in the conference room said in unison.
Everyone's consensus is very unanimous.
Because of this company's achievements in FPS games——
No one can match it!
The game "Left 4 Dead" created the "second-generation FPS model" that was praised by countless peers and imitated crazily!
Soon after, he exploded the shooting game market with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, leading in sales across Asia and creating a new FPS gameplay called "Battle Royale"!
In just one year!
Two works!
One subverts the basic mode of shooting games! The other creates a new way to play games!
I can’t say there won’t be a company like this in the future, but it’s definitely unprecedented!
Therefore, all the senior executives of Yiyou thought of Golden Wind at the first moment.
But the problem is——
"Isn't their size enough to meet the production cost requirements of the escort masterpiece?"
Mr. Sun said:
"Generally speaking, the cost of a major escort game is easily 700 to 800 million, and it is not uncommon for it to exceed 1 billion. However, Golden Wind..."
"Even if we take into account the revenue that PUBG brought them this time,
"It is impossible for them to produce a game with a total investment of 800 million or 900 million, or even more than 1 billion, before the release of Yiyoux2..."
The problem of volume.
It seems that this problem has been bothering them since the founding of Golden Wind.
This is even more true today.
“What if we participate in the investment?”
When everyone frowned, Mr. Qian suggested:
"We will be responsible for providing the capital to supplement the development funds needed for Golden Wind, and then both parties will share the profits in proportion."
Although what Mr. Qian said sounds reasonable.
But it was obvious that he did not consider how much money Yiyou would need to invest if it really did.
After all, he is the boss of the development department and his surname is Qian, but he has always been the one asking for money and has no idea about the investment amount.
"Not very good,"
Mr. Zhao, the second-in-command, immediately shook his head, indicating that something was wrong:
"If Golden Wind really wants to develop one of the three Escort masterpieces, then the project will have to start by the end of next month at the latest,"
"By that time, PUBG's full revenue would not exceed 200 million, and that's under the best circumstances."
"That is to say, we will need to inject 600-800 million yuan into them to support their game development,"
“The risk is too high.”
As an investor, the investment amount is close to eighty percent of the total project amount!
Isn’t this nonsense!
This is not an investment, it's clearly gambling.
Hundreds of millions of funds.
Such a large sum of money is not a small amount even for Yiyou.
and!
The use of such a huge amount of funds requires the approval of the board of directors.
And Yan Sheng knew that group of people very well.
As a motion sensing cabin and game platform company, the board of directors would never agree to them taking such an unconventional approach and temporarily playing the role of a game development investment company, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into a small emerging enterprise.
And if they insist on having their own way and embezzle funds without telling the board of directors, then if they fail, everyone present, including Yan Sheng, will be in trouble and may even be involved in a lawsuit.
Therefore, it is useless for just a few executives to trust Golden Wind.
No one can do anything unless the board of directors makes the final decision.
"Um--"
At this point, several people frowned in thought, and for a moment they were at a loss for what to do.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Yan Sheng sighed and said, "Let's put Golden Wind as a backup for now. For FPS games, let's contact Zhenting Studio first."
Zhenting Studio is also a well-known large-scale game company in China, mainly engaged in FPS games.
In terms of size, it is on par with Guangyao, one of the five major studios under Xun Teng.
The two families are rivals and often arm wrestle with each other, with both sides winning and losing.
Since Guangyao is a direct descendant of Xun Teng, Zhen Ting naturally prefers Yiyou. The relationship between the two families is pretty good and they have collaborated many times before.
Yan Sheng finally took the size issue into consideration and put Golden Wind on the shortlist.
Even though, he wanted very much to cooperate with Golden Wind and allocated the quota for the last FPS escort masterpiece to Golden Wind, to be directed by Gu Sheng himself.
But a good cook cannot cook without rice.
He couldn't possibly let Golden Wind produce a work worth less than 200 million yuan and release it as their flagship masterpiece, right?
That would be really laughable.
Thinking about this, Yan Sheng also picked up the phone and prepared to call the person in charge of Zhenting Studio to ask the other party's opinion and see if there was any intention of cooperation.
However!
Before he could find the contact information of Zhenting Studio on his phone!
Ding Dong!
Suddenly, the cell phone rang!
A push from Tiantianyou News appeared at the top of the screen——
《Breaking news! Xun Teng announced its cooperation with Zhen Ting Studio! 》
Me? Huh?
Yan Sheng froze immediately and read the news three times!
Next, lift up your phone and flip it left and right to check.
He suspected that he was being monitored!
I just said I wanted to cooperate with Zhen Ting, and the next second you told me that Zhen Ting "defected to the enemy"?
Why do I feel like I'm being controlled by a mysterious force?
Yan Sheng felt a little annoyed. He opened the push and saw the following message:
...It is reported that the cooperation between the two parties is mainly to prepare for the "Polar Bear Generation 3" somatosensory cabin that will be released in the first half of tomorrow.
At that time, Zhenting Studio will join hands with Xun Teng’s two ace shooting game studios - Guangyao and Tianlang, to jointly launch three FPS-type escort masterpieces.
At the same time, Polar Bear 3 will become the only somatosensory cabin to date that chooses three games of the same type to provide protection.
It is enough to see that Xun Teng Games is determined to win the FPS market this time...
hiss--!!!
Putting down the phone, Yan Sheng couldn't help but take a breath and frowned.
He knew it would be in the first half of next year.
The new generation of somatosensory cabin "Polar Bear 3rd Generation" developed by Xun Teng Technology will be released perfectly at the same time as the "Yiyou x2" developed by Yiyou.
Of course, rather than saying it was a collision, it would be more accurate to say that Xun Teng Technology was "sniping" them.
The reason is very simple -
As of the second quarter of this year, Yiyux1's domestic market share has increased from 17% to 20%, a year-on-year increase of 3 percentage points.
As one thing grows, another thing shrinks. The market share of Polar Bear 2 has dropped from 28% to 25%, a drop of 3 percentage points.
The gap between the two sides has also narrowed from 11% to 5%.
Xun Teng certainly couldn't sit still, because if things continued like this, their position as the leader in domestic motion sensing cabins would most likely be replaced.
Yan Sheng had expected Xun Teng’s sniping.
But he didn't expect it!
This time, Xun Teng's attack was so fierce!
We have contacted three large domestic shooting game studios in succession and launched three FPS games as escort masterpieces to build momentum for the new generation of somatosensory cabins!
You can see it!
Xun Teng is determined to get a piece of the pie in the increasingly hot shooting game market!
Even at any cost!
He took the initiative to contact Zhen Ting, with whom he had always had a bad relationship, and spent a lot of money to bring them under his command, almost completely monopolizing the resources of the domestic first-line shooting game developers!
[This time, you can’t get any of the shooting game stuff from Yiyou! ]
Xun Teng's meaning was obvious.
It took a full half minute to slow down!
Yan Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly and forwarded the message to the executive WeChat group:
"Forget it, I won't call Zhen Ting anymore, let's find another way out..."
Upon hearing this, all the executives picked up their phones.
After checking it out, they were all dumbfounded!
What the fuck?
Mr. Yan’s words are always followed by the law?
Just when I said I wanted to cooperate with Zhen Ting, Zhen Ting defected to the enemy?
certainly!
It’s actually not quite appropriate to say “surrender to the enemy”.
There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
As an independent game studio, Zhenting has not signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with Yiyou, and is not a deep cooperation partner of Yiyou. It is understandable that it chose Xunteng, which offered a higher price and opened its mouth earlier.
But in this way...
"Then what should we do?"
Vice President Lao Zhao was scratching his head:
"Aren't you going to give us this fucking shit?"
"There aren't many established first-tier companies in China that specialize in shooting games. After all, Xun Teng has always dominated the market,"
"Two of the top three FPS manufacturers are owned by Xun Teng,"
"Now, all three of them are under their control."
"We... this is fucking..."
Old Zhao had a complicated expression.
I'm not angry, I just think this matter is outrageous.
Three FPS escort masterpieces? !
Is this something a human would do?!
Who is so good at choosing three games of the same type as the escort masterpieces for his own somatosensory cabin? !
Is this... raising a Gu?
Hearing Lao Zhao's doubts, Mr. Li, who is in charge of market operations, shook his head and said, "It's not about raising poisonous insects. Xun Teng is trying to completely occupy the FPS market and kill us with one blow..."
Hearing this, Yan Sheng raised his eyebrows and raised his hand: "Tell me about it?"
Mr. Li nodded:
"First of all, Xun Teng is not stupid. I believe everyone knows this."
"Historically, no motion sensing pod company has ever selected all its escort masterpieces to be of the same game type when it is released ,"
"Shun Teng must know this, so I guess--"
"Their tactics this time are 'break them down from all directions and attack together'."
Mr. Li is very smart, or rather, very cunning.
After all, they are specialized in the market, and even if you pluck out a single hair, it will be empty.
I realized immediately that Xun Teng's actions were full of evil ambitions!
"Tianlang, Guangyao, Zhenting,"
Mr. Li counted on his fingers and said:
"These three developers all seem to be FPS manufacturers, but in fact, they focus on different aspects,"
"Tianlang focuses on traditional competitive battles. It started as a first-generation FPS and was the core development team of CrossFire,"
"Guangyao's main focus is on the somatosensory cabin masterpiece. The current development focus is on the second-generation FPS, and it is very good at grasping the market trend."
"As for Zhen Ting, it has always focused on the stand-alone game market. Whether it is the storyline or the graphics, it has a good market reputation."
After listening to Mr. Li's analysis, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Mr. Li’s meaning is very clear——
Tianlang focuses on traditional battles to maintain its position.
Guangyao launches the second-generation FPS with a big battle royale to divide and erode the market.
Zhen Ting is responsible for producing stand-alone games and chasing and intercepting.
Three axes, each one going straight to Yiyou’s throat, is bound to take over the shooting game market in one fell swoop!
Even Yan Sheng, a competitor, couldn't help but sigh inwardly at what a fierce attack!
If you need money, you have money; if you need people, you have people!
The three axes may seem simple and crude, but force can defeat skill. When the big axe comes down, even Yiyou will find it difficult to resist!
Obviously!
Hard steel is definitely not a good choice for Yiyou!
So, after a moment of silence, Vice President Zhao said, "If that's the case, President Yan, why don't we stay out of the spotlight for now."
Yan Sheng understood what Vice President Zhao meant.
The three axes are powerful and they find it difficult to resist.
If that’s the case, then don’t resist!
Anyway, there are more than just FPS games in the motion sensing cabin!
Since Xuntong is determined to seize the FPS market this time, we should stay away from them and focus on sports and racing when escorting masterpieces.
Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, this is the advantage of walking on three legs.
Although it may lose part of the shooting game market, it can make up for it through the other two tracks, or even surpass it.
Why not?
"Mr. Zhao means that we should just give up FPS?"
Yan Sheng groaned slightly:
"But Yiyoux2's full sensory assistance technology performs best in the FPS genre..."
"You don't have to give up completely,"
Vice President Zhao laughed and said:
"As for the shooting game manufacturer... we still have a backup option."
Golden wind!
Then Mr. Zhao said:
"We definitely cannot completely ignore the shooting game sector, otherwise the advantages of full sensory assistance will not be reflected."
"But if we insist on taking the three measures, it will not be worth it for us,"
"Then let the Golden Wind take action."
"Tian Ji's horse race,"
"Use a low-cost horse to symbolically compare with Xun Teng's three axes."
"Then we stepped up our efforts and tried to let the other two tracks seize this opportunity and overtake on the curve."
"Anyway..."
Speaking of this.
Lao Zhao was actually a little embarrassed, knowing that his move was a bit mean, but it was indeed the best solution:
"Anyway, Golden Wind... should be used to fighting this kind of battle where the outnumbered win."
"Although Golden Wind is an inferior horse in terms of cost, I believe that with Director Gu's performance..."
"Well……"
"Um……"
"It should be... okay, right?"
In the end, Lao Zhao himself didn't believe it.
He really couldn't make up any more lies.
How much does Golden Wind invest?
100 million? 200 million?
How much does the three-pronged investment cost?
Three billion? Four billion?
Any one of them could be enough to pin Golden Wind to the ground and beat him!
In a one-on-one situation, the cost difference is still ten times!
What's more, this time, they want Golden Wind to fight one against three!
The cost gap is thirty or forty times!
What kind of magical game could allow Golden Wind to make a comeback despite being at such a huge disadvantage?!
Old Zhao couldn't figure it out.
Because that is simply tan90° - it doesn't exist!
This move is actually to use Golden Wind as a scapegoat!
When the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, it was Lu Bu who had the most superior fighting power!
What are these two pieces of money from Golden Wind?
If I tell you my name, you will be shocked.
This is like three Lu Bu beating up General Lingling.
Old Zhao even suspected that he would only be able to build a tomb for Golden Wind at that time.
The ashes of Golden Wind will have to be left to those three.
Yan Sheng was in a difficult situation.
On the one hand, Lao Zhao's move was too damaging. This level of Tian Ji horse racing was like letting an elementary school student enter the octagon cage to fight against three Tysons.
But on the other hand, Lao Zhao’s method is indeed the best solution at present.
Dilemma!
After some hesitation!
Yan Sheng made up his mind!
"Well, in two days, PUBG's first week sales will be announced,"
"From what I've seen, it should be no problem to recover the cost in the first week."
"While Mr. Shen is happy, I will go to Binjiang in person."
"On the one hand, we want to congratulate Mr. Shen, and on the other hand, we want to take this opportunity to talk about our considerations,"
"I think she'll be more accepting of this..."
…
I can't accept it.
I can't fucking accept this!!!
Ahhhhhh——
Two days later!
Golden Wind President's Office.
Shen Miaomiao grasped the gilded-framed wooden certificate in her hand, her teeth clenched, her eyes bloodshot, and she almost broke the certificate in her hand!
On the table, clearly visible was the first week sales results of PUBG, which the Asian Games Association had faxed to her as of 8 o'clock last night!
Other games don’t have this treatment!
because!
As of last night!
The total sales volume of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds broke the highest single-week sales record in the history of the Asian Games, making history!
566,894 copies sold in a single week! Total sales of 55,555,612 yuan!
After deducting the 10% commission, the net profit was perfectly recovered in a single week, even exceeding 50 yuan!
What Shen Miaomiao was holding in her hand was the record-breaking medal certificate sent by China Entertainment Entertainment on behalf of the Asian Games Confederation.
I fucking...
Shen Miaomiao was about to go berserk.
Making money is not scary, the key is that my ten million was lost in this BYD game!
Ten million!
I got that by using my super guaranteed card!
That is a card that is so precious that it cannot be more precious. It is a 100x rebate card that can only be obtained by unlocking achievements!
Only one copy! Don't miss it!
I worked hard for half a year on this thing and came up with a game called "Left 4 Dead". I lost 100,000 yuan and turned it into 10 million yuan.
Before I could even warm my hands to the fact that the money was being integrated into the company's funds for free, thinking that eggs lay chickens and chickens lay eggs, and it was an endless cycle, and the situation was looking very good.
result!
Half a year!
The egg did hatch a chicken, but the chicken ran away with a meow!!!
Shen Miaomiao was very sad.
Even a little phantom pain...
Plop.
After holding her breath for a while, Shen Miaomiao lay weakly on the table, a tear of sadness flowing from the corner of her eye.
Frustrated.
It's so frustrating.
Especially after hearing the employees outside the door running around telling each other, congratulating each other, and exclaiming, "Director Gu is truly a genius!"
This kind of frustration has reached its peak.
Is there still justice in the world?
Is there still law?
Isn’t this bullying honest people?
I!
If you endure for a while, everything will be calm. If you take a step back, the angrier you will get!
With a loud bang!
Shen Miaomiao jumped up from her seat, raised the medal and certificate and was about to knock it against her knees!
But at this moment!
Knock, knock, knock—click.
Chu Qingzhou knocked on the door and poked his head in: "Boss Shen, you...? What are you doing?"
But see!
At this moment, Shen Miaomiao was holding up the medal and certificate in both hands, looking up, like an old ape holding Simba.
"I……"
Shen Miaomiao opened her mouth:
"Ah--Zikenya--Mummy Chihuahua--"