Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

"Warcraft 3" has just come out, and some cities are preparing to host urban hegemony competitions.

The first one to make an announcement was New York. It was initiated by an Internet cafe. The prizes were not large, and the one-to-one individual prizes were only [-] US dollars.

However, even though the prize money is not too much, there are still a lot of people who sign up for the competition. Many people who sign up for the competition are in other cities. Many people may travel to and from New York, and the travel expenses are more than [-] US dollars.

These participating players are either really for love, or they are players from some professional clubs.

In the past few years, because of the holding of WCG, there are more and more professional game clubs. Some clubs with a slightly larger scale will be involved in games with a little reputation on the market.

This time, "Warcraft 3" has become so popular. Before the game was officially released, some game clubs were already preparing to form a "Warcraft 3" team. "Warcraft 3" was added to the wcg project.

In this case, if WCG wants to invite teams to the competition, it must choose some well-known teams. Although the prize money for the city competition in New York is very small, it can increase the popularity of the team.

In addition, although the prize money for the competition is very small, because this is the earliest competition of "Warcraft 3", Yawei Esports will also post their competition videos.

The Duck Web Duck Web site has a Duck Web E-sports website, which specifically publishes some videos related to e-sports. The attention of this account is definitely not comparable to that of big guys like Ma Tianyuan, but it also has tens of thousands of fans, and it is Duck Web after all. The official account of the duck web, there may be pushes in the future.

The second city competition announced was Lyon, France. Unlike New York, Lyon's "Warcraft 3" City Competition was led by the local government and sponsored by the Information Technology School. Not only did the bonuses exceed New York's, but Also has a bit of an official background.

The most interesting thing is that the well-known local football team Lyon Football Club will also send a team to participate in this competition.

That's right, the Lyon Club will become the only football club to establish an e-sports department, but for the time being, their club only has the "Warcraft 3" project and does not participate in other game competitions.

Lyon Club's idea is very simple. "Warcraft 3" is a new project. On this relatively new track, they hope to compete with some old clubs, which may produce miraculous results.

If they can get some results in this competition, they will also consider participating in other game projects in the future.

Deep Space Company actually attaches great importance to Lyon Club's establishment of a gaming team. Although the organizer this time is an information technology school, Deep Space Company has provided a lot of technical support.

There are many similar situations. The competitions held in other cities also have some shadows of Deep Space Corporation. The purpose of Deep Space Corporation is very simple, that is, to cultivate a sufficient number of teams before the official start of WCG this year. , wait until the finals to directly add "Warcraft 3" to wcg, and then invite teams from various countries and regions to participate.

Teams like the Lyon Club, of course, must be supported by Deep Space Corporation. Although the Lyon Club has been engaged in football before and has no experience in e-sports, they have money and background. As long as they are willing to invest, they will definitely be able to create a team. A strong team is coming.

If the Lyon Club succeeds this time, it will definitely attract more capital to enter the market. As the cake grows bigger, Deep Space's profits will naturally increase.

This year, some large companies, including electronic technology companies such as Motorola and Nokia, and Internet companies such as Google, have tried to form e-sports clubs.

The purpose of these companies to form or sponsor e-sports clubs is of course not to make money from the clubs, but to promote their own companies through e-sports clubs. In the past two years, wcg has become more and more popular, and they all see it in their eyes.

Clothing brands such as Nike, Adidas, and Puma have not established clubs, but they are actively contacting various well-known clubs, hoping to sign sponsorship contracts with them.

Now in e-sports competitions, more and more players show their faces, and their team uniforms are exposed more and more, so they are naturally attracted by clothing brands.

The most sponsored ones are of course peripheral companies. WCG does not prevent players from bringing their own peripherals. Except for headphones that must be prepared for the competition, other items such as mice, keyboards, and mouse pads can be brought with them, and they only need to be delivered in advance. The general assembly checks and records.

In the first competition, there were almost no players with sponsored peripherals. By the last competition, almost every player had sponsored peripherals in the final stage.

The more such sponsorships, the more e-sports clubs can survive.

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"Warcraft 3" competitions are held in full swing in various places, and at the same time, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" is also steadily increasing.

The North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has exceeded [-] million U.S. dollars, and it is stable to exceed [-] million U.S. dollars in the end.

It has also been released in several other countries, and the box office has performed well. The global box office has exceeded [-] million U.S. dollars.

Some organizations have given new forecasts, and the final box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is likely to exceed [-] million US dollars, which is more than double the original forecast.

So far, the topic of whether Deep Space can make money on the project "Pirates of the Caribbean" has been terminated. Even if the film's follow-up box office performance is not good, Deep Space can already be sure to make money.

Deep Space's investment in the production of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is basically the same as Disney's, but it can get more money in the final box office account. This is because Disneyland has obtained the copyright to use the film's background and props. Disneyland could create a theme park based on "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the future, but Deep Space cannot build a similar park.

Of course, the peripheral products of the movie are jointly operated by both parties, and the profits are also shared equally.

In short, Deep Space can get more box office share, so when the box office exceeds [-] million US dollars, they can say that they are not losing money, and they will start to make money when there is a box office later.

When Jimmy got the box office data of "Pirates of the Caribbean", he was not surprised at all. When he first started this project, he knew that the box office of the movie would not be low.

First of all, he has confidence in this movie. After all, he is a screenwriter, knows what the audience likes to watch, and knows the advantages of this script.Secondly, he has confidence in the publicity capabilities of Deep Space Company and Disney Company. Let alone a high-quality movie such as "Pirates of the Caribbean", even if it is a piece of shit, the two companies together can sell it at a high price.

For their pirate theme park, Disney is more active in promoting "Pirates of the Caribbean" than Deep Space, and they have many traditional publicity methods that Deep Space is not good at, which just complements Deep Space.

Since the movie has not yet been released, all visitors to Disneyland can receive a leaflet, which, in addition to the introduction of some of the main parks in the park, is the promotion of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

There are many audiences who enter the cinema only after seeing the flyer in Disneyland.

After the movie was released, a large statue of Captain Jack was placed at the entrance of Disneyland in Orlando. You can definitely see this statue when you enter the park gate.

In fact, before the movie was released, Disney and Deep Space were already preparing for the second one, which shows how strong their confidence in this movie is.And the investment for the second film will be higher, at least [-] million US dollars.

Looking through the box office analysis report again, Jimmy asked his assistant, "I remember, YU's other movie "Heartbeat" is also about to be released."

The assistant nodded, ""Pounding Heart" will be released at the end of October, but our publicity plan for this movie is category C, and you approved it yourself."

"I know, class C is class C, let's arrange it according to the original plan, there is no need to specialize."

The publicity plan of Deep Space Corporation has several levels. The highest level is category s, the second level is category a, and so on, and category c is the fourth level.

In fact, for the products of Deep Space Corporation, the promotion plan of category C is quite good. After all, there are only a few promotions of Category S in Deepspace Corporation every year. The "Source Code" released some time ago is only category A. The Bourne Bourne even only had category B.

If "Pounding Heartbeat" was not written by Yu Dong, a movie with a cost of only a few million dollars might only have D-type publicity. After all, the higher the level of publicity, the higher the cost of publicity.

Of course, even if "Pounding Heartbeat" only has C-type publicity, its box office will definitely not be too bad, because before the movie goes online, the novel of the same name will also go online, and a lot of readers will definitely go to the cinema to buy it.

A project like "Pounding Heart" is very small for Deep Space Corporation, but its profit margin will definitely not be low. The cost of the film plus Yu Dong's screenwriting fee is less than 700 million US dollars. I want to make money at the box office It's so easy.

Moreover, this kind of movie basically has strong stamina, and the subsequent DVDs and various copyrights must also sell well. With an investment of 700 million US dollars, it is very easy to recover several times the profit in the end.

After the assistant left, Jimmy looked out the window at the still-under-construction Deep Space Building, lost in thought.

Whether it is "Heartbeat" or "Pirates of the Caribbean", in his eyes, it is just a small matter, even if "Pirates of the Caribbean" can bring them hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.

What he really cares about now is actually China, and he is not the only one who cares about China. Since China joined the WTO in December last year, many eyes of the world have been on China.

Regarding China's accession to the WTO, there are two completely different views. One side actively believes that China should join the WTO at this time, and they believe that China should follow the wave of economic globalization, participate in international competition, and enjoy the dividends of economic globalization.The other party thinks that it is too early to join the WTO. The country has just been re-opened, and all industries are very backward, so there is no way to talk about international competitiveness. They worry that once China joins the WTO, China's economy will be crushed by international competitors.

Some experts even put forward the "China Collapse Theory", arguing that once China joins the WTO, it will face collapse.

Jimmy is an activist. He believes that China has already met the conditions for joining the WTO. The experts who put forward the "collapse theory" simply believe that China's traditional agriculture, automobile industry and financial industry will be impacted by the world.

This kind of worry seems to be justified, but after careful analysis, it can be seen that this kind of worry is unnecessary. Compared with the benefits brought by opening up trade, this risk is not worth mentioning.China now has a population of more than one billion, and the age structure is very good, which can continue to export a large number of laborers for subsequent industrial development.

And with the opening of trade channels, the trade between China and Europe and the United States will definitely increase significantly.

Facts have also proved that Jimmy's opinion is correct. In the past year or so, China's exports to the United States have exceeded last year, and there are still two or three months left in this year. In November and February, China's exports to the United States still It is a critical period for exports, because during that time the United States is about to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

In Jimmy's view, the next ten years are crucial. If they can grasp this decade, they will take off.

Jimmy looked at the time, and he was going to meet with the president of Nintendo in half an hour. Blue Starry Sky was going to enter the game console chip market and needed Nintendo's support. This meeting was about cooperation.

Recently, Deep Space Games is working on two games, one is a horror game based on "Terror Cruise", and the other is a war game called "Mount and Blade".

The production costs of these two games are not low, especially "Horse Mount and Blade" can be said to be the most expensive and troublesome game that Deep Space Games has made since its establishment, especially this time Yu Dong only provided ideas, Even the plot is not provided, so the production team has to figure out the plot themselves.

The game "Horse Riding and Blade" was an idea proposed by Yu Dong last summer, but more than a year has passed, and the plot of the game has not been fully finalized. In one or two years, if you encounter any difficulties, the time will only be longer.

"Horror Cruise" is simpler. The plot of the game is based on the plot of the movie. In the game, players can choose many characters, and different characters have different tasks. Players need to complete the tasks to end the loop.Even if it is the same character, it may be randomized to different time periods and face different situations.

The main focus of this game is horror, how to pass the level is not important, the important thing is to scare the player out of heart disease.

If nothing else, "Horror Cruise" will be launched in the first half of next year.

Which platform these two games will be launched on depends on the subsequent cooperation. (end of this chapter)