After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 339 The First Family

Relying on the reputation of the Gujian series, as long as Wangyuan Shengtang doesn't make big strides, he won't be able to talk about losing money.

However, Gu Jian 4 has replaced the Unreal 4 engine, plus motion capture and facial capture, so the cost has risen significantly.

What's more, after it is done well, it needs publicity, and the cost of publicity and distribution can often reach more than half of the production cost, which requires money.

Boss Meng didn't answer so quickly this time, and finally he told the truth:
"Brother, I want to be the best in stand-alone games, so although I also want to make money, I want to say that I am not afraid of others coming in and sharing the money. Whether it is the Gu Jian Qi Tan series or the Shen Wu Fantasy series, they all need money. The more the better, everyone makes money together, and shares the profits according to the proportion of investment.”

Boss Meng has a heart. He has worked hard to set up a shelf, and let others come in and make money easily. It is impossible for ordinary people to be so generous.

However, Li Zhuo didn't quite believe Teacher Meng was so sincere, he asked:

"If I invest 2000 million in, how much can I get from the cake?"

Boss Meng's eyes flashed, he patted the armrest of the seat and said:
"In this way, stand-alone games rely on domestic players to shop online on several online platforms. If you invest 2000 million, our total investment will be 1 million, giving you 20% of online platform sales. Of course, one prerequisite is to eliminate Announce that part of the fee."

This one sounds great, but it's actually quite complicated.

For example, this game will definitely be sold on the external network. The sales on the external network are indeed not as high as those in China, but don’t forget that its unit price is more expensive than that in China, and sometimes it can be two or three times more expensive. This is also a lot of money. , will you share?
For example, the derivative products of the game, including the production authorization of game dolls, game props, etc., do the money earned have nothing to do with Li Zhuo?

For another example, is the related copyright fees of games, such as mobile games, online games, film and television, comics and animation copyrights, not his share?
Including the profits earned by Gu Jian online games, including the licensing fees for characters, etc., it is not that simple.

If you only rely on the online sales of domestic game platforms, you may not even be able to get back your money.

It is very difficult to pick peaches, unless Li Zhuo invests enough money to force Boss Meng to make concessions in this regard.

Li Zhuo asked a question:
"Boss Meng, we are all sensible people, can we talk about the full copyright?"

This sentence killed Boss Meng. He found that the young man in front of him was not easy to fool. He looked kindly, but his heart was clear, so he shook his head and said:

"Tencent has also asked similar questions before becoming a shareholder of my company. My answer is that copyright mobile game development can have priority, but full copyright cannot be discussed."

This attitude is very clear, and I feel that Boss Meng is not short of money, at least not short of Li Zhuo.

Li Zhuo nodded, and then said:

"If Boss Meng has financial pressure or emergency needs in the future, and wants to talk about it later, you can contact me."

That's all for now, Li Zhuo stopped talking about this issue, and then turned to praise Boss Meng's purple sand teapot.

After communicating with Boss Meng, Li Zhuo stood up and said goodbye. People from the company's copyright department had already conducted the first round of testing with Wangyuan Shengtang on Gu Jiansan's film and television copyright.

After leaving the high-tech park, the copyright department told Li Zhuo about Wangyuan Shengtang's requirements for Gu Jiansan TV series.

Including the approval of the project within 2 years, the film must be produced within 6 years, otherwise the copyright will return to Wangyuan Shengtang again.

It is required that the total investment of TV series should not be less than 1 million yuan according to the current price level, the male and female protagonists must be popular first- and second-tier stars to play, the director must also be a well-known domestic director, and the special effects cost should not be less than 4000 million yuan...

Under this bundled condition, they are willing to reduce the copyright fee to 2300 million.

There are a lot of requests, I guess this is due to the fact that Vientiane Entertainment is a newly opened company, there is no support, I am afraid that it is hoarding IP, or has no strength, and I plan to make a bad drama just to make money, and then it will eat back the ancient sword game series .

This IP is really rare, and these conditions are not too much, Li Zhuo thought for a while and said:
"We agree to these conditions, and deny all other conditions, and ask them to reduce the copyright fee to 2000 million, which is not an ordinary high price."

The people in the copyright department continued to negotiate according to his request. After another negotiation, Vientiane Entertainment finally bought the film and television drama copyright of Gu Jian San game at a price of 2000 million.

Li Zhuo directly used his own personal funds to buy the money, and the right to use the copyright belongs to the company.

Otherwise, with the money that the company just injected, after buying this copyright, it is estimated that it will be ruined.

Put it aside for the time being, he doesn't have the ability to make money out of it right now.

On the other hand, there is also good news from Wenxue.com.

The film and television copyright of "Three Lines of Reincarnation" has also been negotiated. Wenxue.com agreed to sell it at a price of 300 million yuan, and Vientiane Entertainment Company invested in the purchase.

This amount of money is much less, and this is because an adaptation of the author Wei Yu has become popular, otherwise the copyright may be bought for hundreds of thousands, and the website does not attach any additional conditions for the adaptation of film and television dramas.

At this point, because of the large number of ips, the web text company doesn't care so much about a single ip.

After securing the copyright of this work, the company began to look for an experienced gold medal screenwriter to adapt the novel, and the project can be established after getting the script.

However, this incident also reminded Li Zhuo that he specifically checked the domestic stand-alone game market on the Internet, and found that overall, this market is gradually increasing, which may be related to the obvious increase in young players' awareness of paying.

Although the overall market size of stand-alone games is small, only 20 billion yuan, the entry threshold is relatively low, and the investment of many games is relatively low, which is suitable for Li Zhuo to play now.

Like mobile games, that is a big market with a scale of [-] billion, and only capital tycoons can afford it.

Li Zhuo soon left for a place called Yuxin Village in Shahe Town, Changping.

It seems that the location is so remote, but there is a game room here, which has just become popular.

Its name is Cuttlefish Play Technology Co., Ltd., and its recent "Parents of Heaven" became popular.

When Li Zhuo found the studio according to the address, he was a little dumbfounded. Not to mention the location is in the countryside, and the environment of the farmhouse is very simple, the key is that there are only three people in the entire game studio.

Knowing that Li Zhuo came to invest in their studio specially, they were still a little confused.

A young man surnamed Ge reacted quickly and quickly brought a stool for him to sit down.

Li Zhuo explained:
"I saw that a small game you uploaded to the steam platform became popular, so I came to invest. Do you accept investment?"

The three looked at the environment of the private house, and asked hesitantly:
"Boss, do you really want to invest? Are you kidding me?"

It is estimated that they all think it is a bit sci-fi.

"It's not a joke, so you don't accept investment?"

"Accept, of course we accept!" The young man surnamed Ge quickly replied.

Indeed, one of their games has become popular on the Steam platform, but it is hard to say how much it will sell in the future. It is rare that a boss is willing to invest now, and they naturally welcome it.

A bird in the hand is better than a hundred birds in the bush.

Li Zhuo nodded, motioning for them to sit down and talk.

The three of them brought over some small mats that they sat on while eating, and sat down around him.

Li Zhuo gave them cigarettes, and these young men saw that they were Ruan Zhonghua, and they didn't refuse those who didn't smoke much, and soon they were puffing.

Among the three of them, one is game planning + copywriting + story, the other is a programmer, and the last is an artist.

Although there are few people, but the division of labor is clear, and only by working together can a blockbuster work be produced.

Li Zhuo explained:
"I came this time because I went to Wangyuan Shengtang, the parent company of Gu Jiansan, and was inspired. I also plan to invest in stand-alone game companies. You are the first one I looked for."

"Boss, how much money can you invest in us?" The young man who was in charge of the program among the three asked impatiently.

(End of this chapter)