The richest man

Chapter 158 Isn't it easy to earn hundreds of millions of dollars?
For a while, the threshold of the American branch of Legendary Films was about to be broken.

Zhang Jun set a condition that only 30% of the investment will be sold, the copyright of the film belongs to Legendary Film Company and Legendary Game Company, and there will be no peripheral income.

Peripheral income is the bulk.

Movies such as "King Kong", "Spiderman" and "Space Invaders" have a lot of fans. Movies are only one of the factors that affect peripheral income. If part of the peripheral income is given up, it is obvious that Zhang Jun will suffer.

Therefore, simply refuse the investor to obtain peripheral income.

Only the film box office income and film distribution fee income are enough for Hollywood film giants to make a lot of money.

Of course, the appetite of the Hollywood film company is great, and the two sides fell into difficult negotiations.

However, there are many Hollywood film companies and they are not united. As long as one company lets go, the internal fortress will collapse instantly. Zhang Jun will always believe that victory will belong to him...

10 days after the release of "Jaws", it began to be released in various parts of the world.

Not surprisingly, "Jaws" almost swept away, winning the local box office champion and frequently breaking local box office records.

For a time, there was a frenzy of sharks all over the world.

People's fear of sharks has reached an unprecedented level.

The major beach attractions of coastal tourism in the United States are already empty...

Los Angeles, Venice Beach, Louise, the person in charge of the attractions, was in tears, accepting an interview with a reporter from ABC TV station.

Lewis complained to the reporter: "Since the release of "Jaws", tourists are afraid of sharks, so they don't come to Venice Beach. Zhang Jun, demand that "Jaws" be taken down immediately!!!"

The reporter of ABC TV station was surprised when he heard this. In the history of the United States, there has never been a film company sued by other unrelated companies because of the big sales of the film.

Louis continued: "According to my calculations, the coastal tourism industry in the United States has been severely damaged in the 10 days since the release of "Jaws", with direct or indirect losses of more than 50 billion US dollars! We must not let this continue to happen, " Great White Shark" must be drawn immediately!!"

The reporter nodded in agreement.

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That night, Louis' interview video was immediately reported by ABC TV station, which caused a great sensation.

The people who eat melons in the United States are all shocked.

"Oh! What kind of movie is "Jaws"? It's so awesome? It forced the coastal travel company to sue Universal Pictures and Zhang Jun, demanding that the film be removed?!" A fat man was eating cereal and drinking soapy water , full of surprise and curiosity.Originally, he didn't plan to go to the cinema to watch a movie, but when he saw the news tonight, he couldn't help being very curious about "Jaws".

Other media outlets in the United States followed suit.

"Jaws" immediately rallied at the already weak box office.

Countless Americans came to the cinema to watch movies with curiosity.

The US branch also informed Zhang Jun of the news as soon as possible.

Zhang Jun was stunned.

The U.S. coastal travel company wants to sue itself, damn it, is there any reason for this? I just invested in a movie, and it's none of my business that your tourism industry has been severely damaged...

Zhang Jun couldn't help but feel lingering fear. Fortunately, Universal Pictures was among the investors this time.

Otherwise, all the guns will be aimed at him alone. He is not sure whether the US judiciary will favor the US travel company.

Sure enough, Universal Films of the United States is not afraid of trouble, and publicly clamored in front of the media that "Jaws" did not target any beach, and would not compromise with any coastal tourism company!
At this time, Hollywood film companies are all in unison. They also make movies, and they will also cause losses to some industries. Naturally, this kind of thing should not be allowed to become a case. Otherwise, wouldn’t many companies take the opportunity to take advantage of it and sue Hollywood film companies.

The travel company sued to no avail.

Instead, it brought more exposure to "Jaws".

The industry has speculated that the box office of "Jaws" may exceed US$2.4 million in the United States, and at least US$5 million at the global box office, and it is unknown whether it will exceed US$6 million.

Not only the industry is crazy, but the media is also crazy.

A film with an investment of less than 1000 million U.S. dollars may exceed 6 million U.S. dollars at the box office, breaking the box office record in global film history! ! !
It's awesome!

Hollywood film companies are once again stimulated, even if they don't get peripheral revenue, they can still make a lot of money.If you don't make money, other companies will naturally make money.

Universal Films was the first to compromise, reached a cooperation with Legendary Films, accepted the conditions proposed by Zhang Jun, and decided to invest in "King Kong".

Because the director of "King Kong" is still Spielberg, the big IP and the most popular director in the United States, the box office is definitely guaranteed enough, so Universal Pictures chose "King Kong".

As soon as the news spread, the other major Hollywood film companies immediately became anxious, fearing that Universal Films would catch all of Zhang Jun's movies, and he might not even have a drink of soup.

So, in less than a week, the major film companies have compromised and reached an investment and distribution agreement.

"After Universal Pictures invested in "King Kong", [-]th Century Fox and Legendary Films reached a cooperation to invest in "Space Invaders"!!!"

"Disney has reached a cooperation with Legendary Films to invest in "Spider-Man"!"

"Warner has reached a cooperation with Legendary Films to invest in "Star Wars"!"

"..."

A series of investment cooperation caused a huge sensation in the United States.

Fans look forward to it, fans are happy.

In the stock market, the stock prices of Universal, Disney, Warner, and [-]th Century Fox all soared.

Especially for Universal Pictures, the director of "King Kong" is still Spielberg, so the stock price has risen the most.

With Spielberg's reputation, there is an endless stream of companies that invite him to make movies, and the director's salary has reached an extremely terrifying level.However, Zhang Jun had the foresight to sign the directorship of "King Kong" with Spielberg early.

Spielberg never expected that "Jaws" would be so successful, otherwise he would not have signed the contract with Zhang Jun so easily.

However, Zhang Jun can also be regarded as his nobleman.

Without Zhang Jun, "Jaws" might not be as popular.

It is impossible for him to become the highest-grossing director in the world.

Furthermore, the director's salary of "King Kong" is not low.

Therefore, Spielberg is still very attentive and is actively preparing for the movie.

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The media in Hong Kong are all in the dark.

Hollywood film companies rushed to cooperate with Zhang Jun one by one, and agreed to such harsh conditions.

In the past, it was usually the Hollywood film companies who took advantage of the Hong Kong film companies, but this time it was completely reversed.

In short, to describe Zhang Jun in one word, awesome! ! !
After the news reached the major film companies in Hong Kong, there was an uproar.

Shao Daheng was smoking a cigarette, and there were more than a dozen cigarette butts scattered on the ground.

People are more mad than people.

When Daheng Shao thought that the film "Jaws" invested by Zhang Jun had made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, while "The Orangutan King" with his own huge investment had only a box office of more than 1 dollars in the United States, he couldn't help being deeply shocked and speechless.

Jiahe.

Looking at the contents of the newspaper, Boss Zou has gradually lost his will to compete with Zhang Jun.

"Hey, he is a giant in Hollywood, but he is still in the small fish pond of Hong Kong. The two sides are not on the same level at all..."

Perhaps Zhang Jun still doesn't know that investing in these Hollywood films by himself is undoubtedly a "dimensionality reduction blow", directly destroying the confidence of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

In fact, today's Zhang Jun is indeed focusing on Hollywood.

Hong Kong's domestic box office, no matter how high the box office is, may not be a fraction of the box office of a Hollywood blockbuster...

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As March 3 approaches, the world is still immersed in the fear of "Jaws".

Zhang Jun is preparing for the release of "Pac-Man".

In the office of Legendary Game Company, Zhang Jun is listening to the report.

"Boss, 32 units of "Pac-Man" arcade machines have been produced, and 20 units have been sent to the warehouses of branches around the world. The charter king promises to give priority to delivering our arcade machines to their destinations quickly! " Shangguan Muye said.

"Have the arcade dealers notified?" Zhang Jun asked.

"It has been notified, they will go to the local branch to try out the game!"

Legendary Game Company has a lot of users, and as long as the arcade purchases of these users reach a certain level, they will be notified.

"Are the novels and comics ready?"

"It's all ready. Before the official release of "Pac-Man", it will be serialized in the "Legendary Game" magazine."

"En." Zhang Jun nodded, all the preparations have been completed, and "Pac-Man" will definitely be more successful than the previous life!
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Just after leaving Legendary Game Company, Zhang Jun came to DreamWorks.

The scale of DreamWorks is growing day by day, and the number of employees has exceeded 1000.

Animators from mainland China came to DreamWorks to make a living, and recruited Japanese and American animators, and Zhang Jun directly merged Risheng Club into DreamWorks and became the Japanese branch of DreamWorks.

Prior to this, Zhang Jun had already asked DreamWorks to produce the "Pac-Man" animated film.

Now that "Pac-Man" is about to be released, Zhang Jun wants to know about the progress of the "Pac-Man" animated film.

Zhang Jun doesn't know much about animated films, but he also knows that a classic will definitely take a lot of time to produce, and it's normal for it to take a year or two.

Sure enough, Liu Zhan, the general manager of DreamWorks, told Zhang Jun that DreamWorks had just completed the polishing of the script and the design of the main characters, and the film would not be completed until the first half of next year at the earliest.

"Pac-Man will definitely become popular for a year or two. By then, "Pac-Man" will have accumulated a large number of fans. It may be just right to launch an animated film at this time!" Zhang Jun thought for a while, and did not urge DreamWorks Speed ​​up production.

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"groove!!"

"Why can't our arcade machines be sold!!!"

Zhou Dapao complained extremely, he is a local arcade machine manufacturer in Hong Kong.He used to be in the clothing business, but since he saw the legendary game company's arcade machines selling well and earning a lot of money, he became jealous.

Then I also tried my best to enter the arcade industry, recruiting engineers from Japan at a high price, and imitating "Space Invaders".

Zhou Dapao expected that the arcade machine developed by himself would also sell well, but the reality hit him hard in the face.

There are many imitations of "Space Invaders" on the market, most of which are shoddy, so that players hate the imitators of "Space Invaders".

The arcade machines produced by Zhou Dapao's company suddenly became unsalable.

The situation of more than a dozen arcade machine companies in Hong Kong is the same as Zhou Dapao's company, all of which are in business difficulties.

Only then did they understand that not everyone can play arcade games.

"Oh, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have invested in the arcade game industry, and now it's my grandma's loss." Zhou Dapao sighed.

To invest in this factory, Zhou Dapao spent more than 50 Hong Kong dollars just to purchase equipment.

"Old Zhou, did you know that the legendary game company is going to hold a product launch event tonight, and it should be releasing a new game!!!"

The voice of a middle-aged man came from the phone, it was the owner of another arcade company who was connected with Zhou Dapao.

"Legendary Game Company is going to release a new game again?!" Zhou Dapao was surprised. Recently, he has been worrying about how to sell the arcade machines in the warehouse, and he really hasn't paid much attention to the news.

Legendary Game Company releases a new game, which is big news in the industry and serves as a wind vane for the industry.

8 o'clock in the evening.

Journalists from major media and people from the game industry came to the Peninsula Hotel one after another.

As soon as they arrived at the product launch site, a dozen arcade machines attracted everyone's attention.

Legendary Games' arcade machines all have the same appearance, but the stickers on the outside will be different.

"Pac-Man??"

Looking at the title of the game and the images of Pac-Man and ghosts, everyone couldn't help talking in low voices.

But just looking at these, it's just scratching the surface, and it's impossible to guess how the game is played.

After a while, under the expectation of everyone.

Shangguan Muye, the general manager of Legendary Game Company, appeared on stage.

Shangguan Muye didn't gossip much, and introduced to everyone straight to the point: "Hi everyone, I'm Shangguan Muye, our company has developed a new game called "Pac-Man"!"

"The gameplay of this game is very simple. It is to control Pac-Man to devour the small soybeans on the maze path. Once you encounter the ghost face symbol, you will be eaten. If you eat all the small soybeans, congratulations, you have passed the level. "

"No matter how much you say, it's better to demonstrate it to everyone."

"Now I will show you how to play!"

After speaking, he walked to an arcade machine and started playing, which was connected to a big screen.

The game started, and everyone quickly understood how the game was played.

This novel gameplay immediately aroused everyone's interest.

A few minutes later, Shangguan Muye stood up from his chair, walked to the middle of the stage, smiled, and said to everyone: "Everyone has seen it, this is the gameplay of "Pac-Man"!"

"According to our company's own survey, not only men love to play this game, but even women like it very much. Our company's expectations for this game are far beyond "Space Invaders". If you want to cooperate, please do so as soon as possible." Contact our company, because the game may be hot and the product is in short supply!!!”

Some people in the arcade industry under the stage twitched their mouths when they heard the following paragraph.

The hunger marketing strategy that Legendary Game Company talked about internally has already been spread.

Legendary game companies often use insufficient production to stimulate users to snap up their arcade machines.

It's still the same this time.

The product launch soon ended, and 10 "Pac-Man" arcade machines were bought by the Peninsula Hotel and placed in the hotel for people to play.

The next day, "Pac-Man" hit the headlines of major newspapers.

The Legendary Games magazine also began serializing the Pac-Man novels and comics.

All over the world, distributors have come to the Legendary Games branch to try games and then sign contracts.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Legendary Game Company's brand name is still very strong, and the "Pac-Man" game itself is very good.

For a time, arcade orders continued to flow.

Resellers also quickly sold arcade machines to arcades, movie theaters, supermarkets, and more.

"Pac-Man" kills both men and women. As soon as it was released, it was immediately sought after by players, and there was an endless stream of players queuing up to play "Pac-Man".

Seeing this, the bosses of game halls, movie theaters, and supermarkets increased the number of "Pac-Man" one after another.

In just over a week, the game "Pac-Man" became popular all over the world!

The wholesale price of "Pac-Man" is 1400 US dollars, but due to the use of 6502 chips, the profit has increased by nearly 150 US dollars, coupled with mass production and the price reduction of spare parts, if the game development costs are not counted, then a "Pac-Man" The profit on the Pac-Man arcade was almost $1000.

So far, Legendary Games has sold 15 units of "Pac-Man", which is a profit of 1.5 million US dollars! !

This speed of making money is comparable to that of a money printing machine.

Zhang Jun was excited. Sure enough, developing games is the most interesting thing.

Next, although the sales of "Pac-Man" have decreased, they still far exceed other arcade companies.

Pac-Man novels and comics followed suit in Legendary Games magazine, which in turn drove Pac-Man arcade sales.One link after another, one can't help but feel that Legendary Game Company's routines are really deep.

At this time, DreamWorks held a press conference and announced that it was preparing for the "Pac-Man" animated film, which may be released next year.

As soon as the news came out, the players of "Pac-Man" were extremely excited, causing heated discussions, not to mention the discussion among the whole people, at least in school, the popularity of "Pac-Man" skyrocketed, and those students around who didn't play games couldn't help but feel sorry for them. "Pac-Man" was interested, and then I tried to play it, but I fell into the pit.

Soon, the distributors discovered that "Pac-Man" ushered in a wave of upsurge again. Legendary Game Company's arcade machines were really easy to sell, and it was really easy to make money!

"I can only say that Zhang Jun is really good. The integration and utilization of various resources has made "Pac-Man" continue to explode!" A dealer said with emotion. In the future, look for Legendary Game Company, the game developed by this company, then It must not be just a game, but also novels, comics, cartoons, and live-action movies.

With such a huge resource integration and promotion, it is difficult for the game not to become popular! !

When other dealers discussed in private, they all admired Legendary Game Company and Zhang Jun himself.

Other game development companies can only hope to thrive.

Perhaps, if the game developed by oneself is handed over to the legendary game company for distribution, if they are fancy, it may also be adapted into novels, comics, cartoons, live-action movies...

Undoubtedly, once the super IP becomes popular, the surrounding income is also very amazing.

Game cards, stickers and figures from Legendary Toys are on sale!

There are even well-known international companies that want to cooperate with Legendary Game Company to authorize the game brand image.

Zhang Jun selected several powerful partners, such as the Coca-Cola Company, to print Pac-Man on the Coca-Cola bottle to achieve a win-win situation for both parties and increase the exposure of "Pac-Man".

Rimula Men's Clothing also produced a batch of fashionable T-shirts with Pac-Man printed on them, which became popular and made a lot of money.

Since Hong Kong is the headquarters of Zhang Jun, people seem to feel a kind of fear of being dominated by Pac-Man. Pac-Man posters, arcade machines, stickers, dolls can be seen everywhere...

Every day, a large number of arcade machines are shipped from the factory to all over the world.

Hong Kong people and the media are all guessing how much money Zhang Jun will make this time.

The profit of each arcade machine sold can probably be deduced.

Zhou Dapao is going crazy. On April 4st, Legendary Game Company took the initiative to announce the sales volume of "Pac-Man". In March alone, the sales volume of "Pac-Man" reached 1 units, which exceeded everyone's imagination! ! !

"How could there be 35 units? What the hell, the sales volume is too scary!!! The production cost of Legendary Game Company must be lower than ours, and an arcade machine can earn at least 700 US dollars!"

Zhou Dapao felt so powerless, looking at the piles of arcade machines in the warehouse, he couldn't help feeling sad.

Legendary Games Inc.

Zhang Jun: "Most of the arcade machine manufacturers in Hong Kong are about to go bankrupt. Although the games they produce are not popular, most of the equipment in their factories are relatively new."

"Yes, boss, as far as I know, almost all arcade machine companies in Hong Kong are facing bankruptcy!"

Zhang Jun smiled when he heard the words, "It just so happens that our company wants to expand its scale and buy all their equipment at a low price. In addition, they also buy back the inventory in their warehouse at a low price, and then change the game substrate and replace it with our game."

The core of the arcade is the game substrate, and the shape is not very important.

In fact, as long as the game substrate is replaced with game software, it can become another game.

Back then, Nintendo's arcade machines were unsalable. In order to sell these arcade machines, "Donkey Kong" was developed. It only needs to re-burn "Donkey Kong" onto the game substrate.

"Okay, boss, I'll arrange it right away!!" Shangguan Muye couldn't help laughing when he heard this.These arcade machine manufacturers in Hong Kong are basically making wedding dresses for legendary game companies.

As a result, Zhou Dapao and a group of arcade machine owners who were about to go bankrupt soon received the acquisition offer from Legendary Game Company.

These arcade machine manufacturers really couldn't survive, except for a few strong companies, most of them chose to sell the company.

Legendary Games' factory has almost tripled in size.

However, Zhang Jun is still not satisfied.

Legendary game companies will have more and more development projects, and the global game market will also become bigger and bigger.

Crucially, Legendary Games is also developing home video game consoles, handheld game consoles, and electronic pets.

The powerful and cheap 6502 chip was enough to support the development of these products.

You know, Nintendo FC red and white machine, China Xiaobawang game console, Wenquxing electronic dictionary, etc. all purchase 8-bit chips.

Zhang Jun learned about the development projects of his company Legendary Game Company.

Electronic pets are the easiest to develop, easy to develop, and not difficult, but the playability and user stickiness of developing games are extremely strong.

Once it is released all over the world, it will not be a problem to sell tens of millions of electronic pets a year.

Right now, we can only wait for the chip factory to be established.

MOS Technology's small fab can only produce 30 million chips a month, which cannot meet the demand at all.

Fortunately, after three months of emergency construction.

The chip factory is almost complete...

Zhang Jun can finally go crazy, no, it's a burst of production capacity...

Hunger marketing? NO, it doesn't exist, I really want to output without brains, watch my electronic pet sweep the world! ! !

(End of this chapter)