Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2217 Shakespeare
"Me?" Zhou Buqi was a little amused, "I don't play games, how can I understand this..."

Mattrick said: "Let's raise an idea, 99% of the effort is not as good as the 1% of the inspiration. What is most needed to design a game is genius-like creativity and inspiration."

Zhou Buqi said: "I never thought about the key point."

Mattrick smiled and said, "Let's play freely."

Zhou Buqi said: "It is difficult to play freely, the more free you are, the more helpless you will be."

"what?"

Mattrick froze for a moment.

Zhou Buqi knew that there was a disagreement, so he added an explanation, "It's like watching Shakespeare plays, those Shakespeare actors, even male actors, have to wear tight pants, tights, and high leather boots. Wrap the body tightly. Only when the body is tightly restrained can the actor's spirit be lifted. Just like girls like to wear tight pants, I was very surprised, so I asked them. It is said that wearing tights and tights can restrain the body and lift the temperament, which will make people more confident and comfortable."

Mattrick nodded, "Well, we should look for the infinite within the finite."

Zhou Buqi was very happy. He felt that his summary was too good, and it was extended according to his own concept of finite element to infinite element. He praised: "Yes, that's what it means!"

It seems that Mattrick is going to be the big boss.

The big boss is so talented, has an unprecedented imagination, and can do almost anything, even film and television are unprecedentedly successful.

His investment in "Game of Thrones" has become an investment story that breaks the circle.

The reason why it broke the circle is not because of how much money this American drama made.

Instead, the entire investment circle is trying to explore and learn from Boss Zhou's investment philosophy.

After all, he is the richest man in the world!

It really cannot be faked.

Mattrick smiled and said, "If you don't use your mobile phone to look it up, you might be able to find inspiration."

Zhou Buqi was slightly taken aback, "What are you looking for?"

Mattrick said: "Go to the game list to see which games are popular at the moment, and see what other people are doing, maybe you will find inspiration."

Zhou Buqi had no choice but to take out his personal mobile phone, "My mobile phone is an iPhone."

Mattrick smiled and said: "It's okay, the current mobile games are basically dual-platform, whether it's Apple or Android, the list is similar."

Zhou Buqi took out his mobile phone, opened the Apple store, and found the game list... The game list is divided into paid game list and free game list.

The most important thing is of course free games.

Paid games don't make much money, and free games make a lot of money.

Read the list.

Zhou Buqi couldn't help laughing, looking at him amusedly, thinking that Mattrick was expressing himself on purpose, after all, Boss Zhou praised the co-CEO Ren Yuxin just now.

On the free game list, as far as the eye can see, they are all familiar names.

Angry Birds ranked first, Bejeweled third, Fish Swallowed fourth, Angry Birds Rio fifth, and Plants vs. Zombie, the eighth is a new mobile game "Zuma" released by Baokai Game Studio under Changyou.

In the United States, six of the top ten games are Changyou games.

Several other games should also pay attention.

Then I was attracted by the game that ranked second-"Temple Run".

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi couldn't help but clicked in, "Is this a new game?"

Because of the attention paid to mobile games, he has been paying attention to the game list in the Apple Store.

Once a good game appears, hurry up and get it!
When it becomes popular all over the world, the price will be expensive.

"Temple Run" should have just appeared.

Mattrick sat next to him and glanced down, "Yes, the new one is a beta version, and it's only available for iOS. It was developed by a couple. There are many bugs in the game, but the gameplay is very interesting. , rushed up quickly."

Zhou Buqi looked at the detailed information of the game and found that it was officially launched in January this year, "It's really a new game, have you paid attention to it?"

Mattrick nodded, "Well, I paid attention. I met that couple a few days ago. They are very young. They set up a game studio... How about you download it and play for a while? Feel it?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I don't need to play, you can just talk about it, what type is it?"

"Parkour type."

"Well, parkour in the temple has elements of adventure and sports, so it's not surprising that it became popular."

"Parkour has been very popular in recent years, and it is very popular among young people." Mattrick, as a professional, can provide more detailed information. "The adaptation into a game actually dates back to EA."

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "EA?"

Mattrick said: "Yes, the core field of EA in sports games is called "Mirror's Edge". Big brother's story."

Zhou Buqi asked, "Which big brother?"

Mattrick said: "It's the 'Big Brother', the character in the classic novel "1984"."

"1984" is such a classic literary work, and many later literary and artistic works basically continued the general framework of this novel.

For example, the "Hunger Games" movie series being developed by Ziweixing Global's Summit Entertainment Studio is actually a remake of "1984."

Still, it's a very political science fiction novel.

In China, it even belonged to banned books for a long time.

Zhou Buqi said: "When designing games, you should be more cautious. It is best not to touch similar themes."

Mattrick said with a smile: "Of course, EA's game illustrates the problem. The reputation is good, but the income is not good. However, this does find a new design direction for the game industry, that is, parkour games. I checked, "Temple Run" is the first parkour game in the field of mobile games."

Zhou Buqi said: "From the perspective of game design, it is obvious that "Temple Run" is better, with elements of adventure... It would be even better if it could be closer to "Tomb Raider."

Playing games is nothing more than pornography, gambling, and drugs.

The protagonist in "Tomb Raider" is a girl with a very hot body, wearing sexy underwear, you can rub the edge towards "yellow".This is why this game can be adapted into a Hollywood movie.

Including "Resident Evil" is also.

The reason why it can be adapted is that the protagonist is a hot woman, wearing underwear to dance martial arts, it will be very attractive, and it will have a certain selling point when it is made into a movie.

"Equipment restrictions make it impossible to make too complicated games." Mattrick smiled, and he had already seen what Boss Zhou meant, and said with a smile, "You are very optimistic about the theme of parkour?"

Zhou Buqi said bluntly: "If young people like it, it can become a trend. Parkour is so popular, and even many popular variety shows are parkour programs."

Mattrick said with a smile: "There is also a design for falling into the water. Many female contestants wear very thin clothes, which will be faintly visible during the process of passing the level. If they fail to pass the level and fall into the water, they will be soaked. It's translucent."

Zhou Buqi said: "The core element is cool running, which will definitely become a very important game trend, and it will also be an important branch of sports games."

Mattrick immediately understood, "I will send someone to talk to the couple about the acquisition of this game. In fact, I talked to them last December."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Isn't this game only launched in January?"

Mattrick said: "The free version was launched in January. In fact, it was launched in September last year. At the beginning, it was a paid version, $1... It's actually a problem of thinking. Many gamers only know how to make games. I don’t know how to do business, and many of them are based on the traditional business ideas of production and sales.”

Zhou Buqi smiled, "This is the trend of the Internet. It's been many years, and I haven't understood it yet."

Mattrick said: "At the beginning, I made a paid version, but it didn't catch on. I launched a free version in January this year, and then it became popular in the iPhone. Last year I quoted $1 million, but they didn't sell it. I want to try again. Try the free channel."

"This time they succeeded."

Zhou Buqi felt that it was a pity.

If you want to quote now, it will be expensive.

Mattrick said with a smile: "It's still far away. It's just a beta version and it's purely free. For them, it's hard to say whether they can find opportunities to monetize in the future."

"Purely free?"

Zhou Buqi laughed.

Mattrick said: "Yes, I heard that the official version will not be released until June, and some in-app purchase functions will be added at that time. If you sell it now, the price will not be too high!"

Zhou Buqi said decisively: "Then what are you waiting for? Act now!"

As for asking Boss Zhou to design any games, that's a bit of nonsense.He's not a game fan, it's okay if he's an experienced game player, he can copy a copy with his foresight.

It’s just that since parkour, why not cooperate with many big IPs of Ziwei Star Global.

As for the game, the richer and more exciting the elements, the more fun it is.

For example, to borrow the ip of "Jurassic Park".

Borrowed dinosaur elements.

Players have to challenge dinosaur islands one by one, and then flee in the pursuit of dinosaurs...

……

Hearing that Boss Zhou used Shakespeare as an example, Don Mattrick made fun of it that night and invited him to watch a play at the Empire Theater in Manhattan.

It is an art troupe from the UK, authentic.

Zhou Buqi wasn't very interested at first, but Ning Lu was very interested, saying that she hadn't seen Shakespeare plays yet, and wanted to go to the theater to experience the centuries-old artistic atmosphere.

Throughout the world, there are not many operas that have been performed for hundreds of years, except for Shakespeare, which is the domestic Kunqu Opera.

Zhou Buqi can only rely on her.

Fortunately, this is not a concert. You don’t need to dress too formally to watch Shakespeare plays. You can go in and watch them in a low-key way, and slip away quietly.

The Empire Theater has a history of nearly 100 years, and its reputation in Manhattan is no worse than that of Broadway Theater.

New York is not only prosperous in business, but also a paradise of art.

Almost all the top art groups in the world have come to New York to show their style. For example, Mei Lanfang in China was famous here at home and abroad.

After going, I was a little surprised.

Mattrick said that this time it is a national treasure-level art troupe from the UK.Unexpectedly, all kinds of large posters in the theater hall, the posters of the troupe of Shakespeare were not placed in the middle.

The core position is a classical drama from China.

There are labels in Chinese and English.

It is written in Chinese as "Youth Edition Peony Pavilion".

(End of this chapter)