Reboot the heyday

Chapter 2657 The Road Not Envisioned

Green tea has green tea benefits.

Wang Taika sat on the sofa, and Zhenyan leaned over obediently.

But instead of pressing it directly, I used my own strength to support it, snuggling like this.The result of this is that she is indeed by Wang Taika's side, but Wang Taika will not feel tired.

Knowing exactly how to please people, and without talking nonsense, is simply too understanding for men.

If you don't think about the history and the future, men are actually very reluctant to reject such a woman.

Wang Taika put his arms around Zhenyan, looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar face close at hand.At close range, it doesn't really look like that.

Suddenly, I realized that I was really perverted enough.

Wang Taika smiled, then looked at Duck King: "Very good."

Duck King smiled and said: "Actually, there is another matter that is not too big or small. This matter is not very reliable, so I will just talk about it. Listen and see."

Wang Taika understood, and looked at Zhenyan.

Zhenyan stood up and said softly, "Then I'll wait for you outside."

Wang Taika nodded, and looked at Duck King after Zhenyan left: "Didn't you say that was the only thing, why did another thing come up?"

"I thought of it suddenly, because I don't have a horoscope, so I'm not sure if it can be done. So I didn't take it to heart, I just remembered it."

Duck King began to rummage through the files on the table, and finally found a folder, opened it to look, and happily handed it to Wang Taika.

Wang Taika received it, and when he saw the above information, he was startled for a while, and then showed a somewhat puzzled expression.

Because these materials have nothing to do with the things that Wang Taika is in contact with now, and have nothing to do with XB Entertainment.It's about the game industry.

Wang Taika asked: "Do you want to enter the game industry?"

Duck King smiled and said, "Keep watching. I'll tell you again after I've finished."

Wang Taika continued to read. The first piece of information above is that according to foreign media Bloomberg reports, the Saudi Arabian Sovereign Fund PIF, known as the world's largest investment group, invested 30 billion US dollars to purchase the three major American games. Shares of giants EA, Activision Blizzard and Take-two.Among them, Take-two is also the famous parent company of Rockstar.

Subsequent analysis showed that this was not the first action of Saudi tyrants.As early as before, the Japanese manufacturer SNK, which developed the "King of Fighters" and "Metal Slug" series, was bought by the Saudi game company EGDC for 33% of the shares, and EGDC will increase its shares to 51% to become the real talker.

Behind PIF and EGDC, there is a common owner named Muhammad bin Salman, who is the future king of Saudi Arabia.

The future king and local tyrant in the Middle East is an avid gamer and the richest and most powerful post-80s generation in the world.

Moreover, Salman is not just generating electricity for love. EGDC organized Saudi youths to go to Japan to investigate, communicate and learn about the game industry long ago, and jointly develop games with major manufacturers.

These are all reflected in the products. The three major IPs in the fighting game industry, "Tekken", "Street Fighter" and "The King of Fighters", have all launched new characters with Middle Eastern backgrounds in recent years.Among them, Najid of King of Fighters XIV was designed by Arab netizens in a design competition held in the Middle East.

Wang Taika said with a smile: "No matter how much oil there is, one day it will be exhausted. It seems that the young crown prince knows this truth well. But what does this have to do with us? It's too late to enter the game industry now." ?”

Duck King smiled and said, "Albert, why is your mind so dull now? It's not because you play with female idols every day, which leads to all your energy in your lower body."

Wang Taika said: "Almost, I am willing."

Duck King said with a smile: "Albert, think about it. If you mention the Middle East, you must have been there before. It doesn't make sense to ask you these things. Then think about it, if ordinary people think of the Middle East, what can they think of?"

Wang Taika said: "Oil, Dubai, local tyrants."

Duck King asked, "What about ordinary people talking about Korea?"

"Of course it's the idol industry." Wang Taika suddenly said: "You mean, Saudi Arabia wants to use games as its own cultural industry, just like South Korea's entertainment industry. The ultimate goal is to promote its own culture?"

"bingo."

Duck King said: "In recent years, Saudi Arabia has been undergoing drastic reforms, developing domestic tourism, restricting religious police, relaxing restrictions on women, introducing technology from abroad, and actively investing in emerging companies. Excessive dependence on oil, complete modern transformation."

"And the most important part of the modernization transformation is the export of culture. You also know that Chinese culture is relatively closed, coupled with the prevalence of Western culture, there is basically no space for Chinese culture to be exported in the international community. .”

Wang Taika nodded, cultural output is the only way for every country with the ambition to be a great power.Every country is trying to export its own culture to the world.

There are various Hollywood blockbusters in the United States, Confucius Institutes in China, animation and games in Japan, and entertainment industry in South Korea.

Although Saudi Arabia has become a real local tyrant relying on oil economically, its influence in the international community is basically zero in terms of cultural output.

Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world, yet there is not even one percent of the content about Arabic on the Internet.

Under such circumstances, cultural export has become an important strategy for Saudi Arabia.

Because the game is the easiest to get people into the pit, it is popular and has a high degree of acceptance.So the game has become a very important cultural battleground.

The first step is to start acquiring major game companies through the will of the country.Anyway, Saudi Arabia has money, so it doesn't care if the company is losing money, as long as it is good, it will be bought.

After buying it, the game company will be more or less affected.You can see the clues from the release of Middle Eastern-style characters in a variety of games.

Even the two large game companies in South Korea are now controlled by Saudi funds.As long as you get more shares, adding more Arabic elements to the game is not easy.

Wang Taika continued to read the information and found that many small domestic game manufacturers have already set foot in this fertile soil.Many domestic game manufacturers that are not well-known in the country have already launched customized games for local tyrants.

There is a game that costs less than 400 million, and the monthly turnover in Saudi Arabia is close to 4000 million, and there are less than 100 players in this game.The banknote ability of the local tyrants in the Middle East can be seen.

Of course, the most important thing is localization.For example, the healing icon has changed from a cross to a moon, and the female characters are all masked to reveal their eyebrows, eyes and arms.Players in the Middle East can play a very immersive role as a sultan who leads an army, stepping on the entire Mediterranean Sea.

There is no doubt that such a story is like a domestic cultivating fairy tale for Japanese players, and unifying the Chinese world is the ultimate goal of every believer.

So with the rise of recharge data, this kind of private customization, which was originally only in jokes, has really become a feasible wealth code.

Wang Taika was a little bit greedy.To be honest, it's no surprise that Saudi tyrants spend hundreds of millions of dollars in acquisitions.

It's a pity that every line is like a mountain.

Wait!
Wang Taika was stunned, looked at Duck King and asked, "You don't want to be an Arab idol, do you? All Arab women need to cover their faces."

"Idols don't only have girl groups, can't Arab boy groups work?" Duck King said excitedly: "Try it, it doesn't count as a loss if you fail, and you will make a lot of money if you succeed!"

Wang Taika was moved. The idol industry has always been based on the number of fans. Maybe we can do the opposite and focus on the quality of fans?

A rich fan is worth tens of thousands of people!
This is really an unimagined path.

(End of this chapter)