Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2156 Attacking the Game Gold Mine

It's the end of the year, and most of the family members have returned to their hometown in Northeast China. After all, the grandfather and parents are there, and the son can't go back for the time being, and the daughter-in-law will be considered filial piety if she goes back.

There were not many people left at home in the capital, two pregnant women, Shi Jinglin and Zhen Yu, two little secretaries, Sun Guanran and Ning Lu, and Aunt Xue.

This relieved Aunt Xue's psychological burden a lot.

Shi Jinglin and Zhen Yu are not the kind of meddlers; Sun Guanran and Ning Lu are from the secretary department, and they are the ones who hold the most secrets of Zhou Buqi. Even if they find out something, they will keep it secret.

So at home, Zhou Buqi's eyes, a small movement, or pulling down his little hand or patting and pinching her buttocks are all more flirtatious.

Aunt Xue lost the tension and anxiety of the past, and finally felt that trance-like deer bumping in her heart, as if she had returned to her girlhood when she first fell in love.

When I went back to my room at night and thought about it alone, I began to vaguely expect that the bastard would suddenly come knocking on the door, and then barge in and bully me involuntarily.

"Hey, woman!"

Aunt Xue lay on the bed and couldn't help laughing at herself.

I feel that in front of such an excellent and good man as Zhou Buqi, age, status, and seniority are nothing, and I am just an obedient little woman waiting to be favored.

"This is not a good sign!"

Aunt Xue got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower to calm herself down.

She felt that she should restrain herself in time, and some things are not impossible, as long as they don't cross the line, the relationship between the two of them is close and friendly, and the atmosphere is harmonious.

But once the boundary is crossed, both parties will feel guilty in their hearts, and maybe they won't be as harmonious as they are now.

Human nature is the saddest.

Never test humanity.

Hold on!
On the other side, Zhou Buqi first went to Shi Jinglin's room, talked with her for a while, coaxed her to sleep, and then went to the study alone.

Things are not over in Japan yet.

Ren Yuxin is still staying in Tokyo, so he will definitely not be able to reunite with his family this Spring Festival.For Changyou, this is a major event; for him personally, it is also a major event.

Originally, in terms of the distribution of power and responsibilities between the two co-CEOs of Changyou, Ren Yuxin was in charge of domestic business, and Don Mattrick was in charge of overseas business.

Ren Yu Xinzhi has great talent, good vision, and strong ability. Of course, he also wants to show his skills on the international stage.

This trip to Japan is an opportunity!

If it is handled well, he is likely to gain jurisdiction over Japan, South Korea, and even the entire Asian region.

At this time, Zhou Buqi was in the study, using the Weibo product developed by Ziweixing, to make a video call with Ren Yuxin.It can be seen from the screen lens that Ren Yuxin is in the hotel at this time, with a wine cabinet behind him and a bottle of red wine next to him.

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up, seeing him like this, he didn't look like he was drinking dull wine, it was a celebration wine, "Is there any good news?"

Ren Yuxin smiled and said, "Yes, there is really good news."

"Which aspect?" Zhou Buqi is currently focusing on two cases, one is Capcom and the other is Konami, "Don't tell me about the acquisition of those small companies, you can handle it yourself."

Ren Yuxin said: "Capcom, I went there this afternoon and talked for more than four hours, making great progress."

"Oh?"

Zhou Buqi felt that his efficiency was quite high.

Ren Yuxin said: "In fact, we mainly talk about four directions. First, Capcom's financing; second, Capcom's game management rights in Europe and the United States; third, Capcom's game cooperative development rights; fourth, Changyoulai full rights Responsible for Capcom's mobile game business."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "The summary is very comprehensive."

Ren Yuxin smiled and said: "The first two points have been negotiated, very happy."

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "So fast?"

"Well, mainly they are also in a hurry." Ren Yuxin was very leisurely on the opposite side of the video, holding a red wine glass in his hand, looking very relaxed, "I was shocked when we talked about financing. I didn't expect them to be so honest. I Several sets of strategies were prepared, but they were useless. They came up and said that they could dilute up to 35% of the shares and give up two board seats.”

"35%?"

For Zhou Buqi, of course, the more shares he holds, the better, and it would be even better if he could buy them as a whole.Don't look at the many internal problems of Japanese game companies like Capcom, but their game intellectual property rights are really rich.

For example, in terms of total sales, the sales of "Resident Evil", "Monster Hunter", "Devil May Cry" and "Street Fighter" are similar to those of the British ace game "Tomb Raider".

In the field of games, games are generally rated based on the sales of genuine games.

In other words, these games are theoretically at the same level.

However, this is only the appearance.

There is a hidden industry truth behind it.

"Tomb Raider" has been a computer game since its inception, facing hundreds of millions of computer game players around the world, and it has also been made into a movie by Hollywood, starring the big star Angelina Jolie. It's even bigger.

Capcom's games are different.

In the past 20 years, there were no computer versions of these games at all, and all of them were console games. Players needed to buy exclusive video game consoles or handheld game consoles.

This creates a threshold for the market expansion of the game.

The higher the bar, the fewer players there will be.

The total number of console game players in the world is only 5% of computer game players!

In other words, these classic games under Capcom, relying on only 5% of the player base group of "Tomb Raider", sold the same sales volume as "Tomb Raider".

How could this be a level game?

Now, Capcom has made appropriate adjustments, starting with "Resident Evil 5", officially launching the computer version, and then the market exploded. "Resident Evil 5" and "Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition" combined, the total sales volume is 4 times that of "Resident Evil 4".

This shows how big the computer game player is.

It is conceivable that when the new version of "Resident Evil" starts to increase the computer version, the total sales of this series will quickly exceed that of "Tomb Raider".

There are no PC versions of the other games.

There is no mobile game version.

This is a gold mine waiting to be mined.

At this stage, it is of course a rare opportunity for Changyou to buy a gold mine at a low price, no matter how many difficulties there are.

Ren Yuxin also had a similar idea. His vision was much stronger than those of Japanese game producers. He said with a smile: "Because Kenzo Tsujimoto now holds about 48% of Capcom's shares, and his son Ryozo Tsujimoto also holds 35% of Capcom's shares." Part of it. They hope to retain their status as the largest shareholder after this round of financing. So Changyou can only get a maximum of [-]% of the shares.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Is that the decision?"

Ren Yuxin said: "It's decided. I was still thinking about how to fight, but it turned out that there was no need at all. The other party came up and showed the bottom line. I don't know whether they are honest or just don't know how to negotiate. "

Zhou Buqi said: "I guess it's due to lack of negotiation experience. A company like Capcom, doing business in Japan, doesn't need complicated negotiations. All businesses are done step by step. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to operate in the European and American markets." Fang was bullied so badly."

Ren Yuxin said: "Well, they are also aware of this. According to them, in the two games "Resident Evil 5" and "Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition", they made less than 1 million US dollars in the European and American markets. They were all divided up by the channel dealers. So their original strategy was to set up a Capcom European branch to do this part of the business themselves.”

Zhou Buqi was not optimistic at all, "But let's pull it down, they are not at that level!"

Times have changed.

In the 80s, Japan was very powerful at that time, mainly because the family property was wiped out by the war, and the new generation had to rely on struggle and hard work to recreate their homeland.

That generation is very hardworking and has a fighting spirit.

It's similar to the current domestic situation. 996 is nothing at all. Anyone who dares not to work overtime may be called by the leader and slapped in the face the next day.

This is no longer the case now. Japan has become rigid after it has developed. The younger generation has grown up in a favorable environment and enjoys excellent social welfare.

They are all a bit lazy.

All lay flat.

Most of the women stopped working and became housewives, and even a large part of them entered the two-dimensional world, and already had the mentality of avoiding the world.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for them to go to Europe to suffer hardships and develop new businesses.

Ren Yuxin smiled and said, "Yes, that's what I said, and they probably think the same way. They don't dare to rush to Europe for investment. Especially now that Capcom's performance is so poor, they don't dare to take any risks. Coincidentally, Changyou appeared, as long as they split the bill fifty-fifty, they will be satisfied."

This is a very awesome clause, Zhou Buqi was very concerned, "Is it settled?"

Ren Yuxin said: "Well, they are happy, we agree."

"What about time?" Zhou Buqi spoke very fast, "There can be no time limit, 30 years, 50 years or anything, Changyou must always hold such terms!"

Ren Yuxin smiled slightly, "This is not enough."

"Ok?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, very surprised.

Ren Yuxin said: "That's right, this is a permanent clause. In addition, there is also a clause on the right to adapt."

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up, "Adaptation right? Film and television adaptation?"

Ren Yuxin said: "What is there to talk about about film and television adaptations? If there is an opportunity to adapt a game into a Hollywood film and television production, no one can refuse. What I am talking about is game adaptation, which is to get their game IP and let Changyou To develop the overseas version, including our domestic version. This is the third article, but there are some differences, and we need to talk about it later..."

(End of this chapter)