China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

After the filming of "Pacific Rim 2" was completed, Lu Yuan once again entered the "inactive" state, spending time with his wife and picking up the children every day.

Take a class by the way.

During this period, he participated in the 30th Film Golden Rooster Awards.

There is only one winner of this year’s Golden Rooster Award!
The crew of "The Wandering Earth" won six awards including [Best Feature Film], [Best Screenplay (Adaptation)], [Best Actor], [Best Music], and [Best Supporting Actor].

Yes.

After Baihua Best Actor, Lu Yuan won the Golden Rooster Best Actor again.

He has three gold medals in Chinese, and he probably has little chance of winning the Academy Award. As for the Golden Horse Award, it doesn't matter whether he wins it or not.

After all, the Golden Horse Awards have changed at this time.

October.

Since 1999, Hurun Research Institute has released the 'Hurun Rich List' for the seventeenth time.

Thanks to the rising stock price of Star Cinema and the valuation of Changhe Games, Lu Yuan and his wife broke into the top ten with a net worth of 1080 billion.

Breaking into the top ten for the first time.

Ranked fifth, one place higher than Rebus and one place lower than Xiao Ma.

As for the richest man or something.

Lu Yuan has never thought about how the entertainment industry can compare with real estate, finance, and the Internet?
His ability to break into the top ten depends entirely on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Changhe Games) and real estate (Star Cinema's own properties).

Without these two companies, his net worth would be at most 2-300 billion, ranking outside the th place.

Speaking of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", the game has been released for more than a year and finally has an opportunity to become popular.

In 15, NVIDIA launched the GTX900 series of graphics cards, using the second-generation Maxwell architecture, which greatly improved the energy efficiency ratio and performance.

Especially the release of 960.

Mid- to high-end Internet cafes across the country have ushered in a wave of phone replacements.

The upgrade of equipment has further promoted the player base of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

Nowadays, if you just find a good Internet cafe, at least 5 out of 08 players will be playing "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", which is quite similar to the 09- National DOTA style.

At the same time, the battle between live broadcast platforms has also increased the popularity of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

Compared with conventional FPS games, the high degree of randomness of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" makes it easy to create a live broadcast effect.

A series of memes such as Old Silver Coin, Gang Gun King, and Landed in a Box have also completely broken out of the circle and become part of the mainstream cultural circle of the Internet.

The wave of all-out chicken eating has swept the Internet.

From entertainers and celebrities, to top anchors, to ordinary players, they all flocked to the chicken battle.

The peak number of people online at the same time exceeded 300 million.

Those game companies are almost crying.

Nima.

I've obviously developed a similar game, but why isn't it as popular as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds?

The number of players has skyrocketed, and cheating has become the biggest headache for operators.

Although PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is a buyout game and the cost of cheating is high, no matter how high the cost is, it cannot stop those who are not short of money.

The number of banned accounts every day exceeds 10,000.

As an agent in the Chinese market, Tencent has rich experience in anti-cheating.

It can’t be blocked by technical means, right?

Strike directly at the source!

Inter-provincial arrests.

Last month, Tengxun teamed up with officials to eliminate a very large cheating team with hundreds of people. The main culprits were more than 30 people, and all of them were involved.

The hundreds of people on the periphery also had to squat for a while.

This Operation Thunder really scared those plug-in developers.

In that half month, the number of cheating players dropped sharply.

however.

The profits from the plug-in industry chain still make some developers take desperate risks, some go overseas to develop, and some sell secretly. Although the problem of cheating has not been completely eliminated, the gaming experience has been greatly improved compared to the period when cheating was rampant.

While conducting physical attacks, Tengxun also conducts technical screening. In addition to automatic monitoring, it also hired an outsourcing team of hundreds of people to conduct manual review.

Find one case and crack down on one!
Some cheating players are kicked out of the game just as they are playing.

Both Lu Yuan and Tengxun attach great importance to this game. Although Tengxun is only an agent, the agent's share is also quite large.

After the mall system (skin boxes) was launched, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' monthly revenue once reached more than 1 million US dollars.

The revenue in a single month is 7 million. If the figures were disclosed, the peers would be shocked.

What kind of game is this?
It's obviously a money printing machine!

It’s not so fast to grab money!
Although subsequent revenue has dropped a bit, it still amounts to tens of millions of dollars a month.

"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds"'s super ability to attract money also allowed Lu Yuan to launch a new project.

Theme park, start!
The project is first established, and the land is searched for while designing. From design, to land acquisition, to completion, a project takes at least three to five years.

After all, the investment in a theme park is at least several billion. If it is a super large theme park, it is normal to invest tens of billions.

How could such a major project be decided on a whim?
Preliminary research takes three to five years, which is considered fast.

For example, Yanjing Universal Studios, GWY agreed to launch the project in 13, signed a joint venture agreement in 15, acquired the land in the same year, and started construction in 16.

Opened in 21.

It took nine years.

Although Lu Yuan is not prepared to invest too much in the first theme park under Star Media, it is still a project worth more than 10 billion!

Being able to open a business in 22 years is considered fast.

In fact, Lu Yuan can't afford to invest around 200 billion. After acquiring the land and getting a loan, there is no need to invest more than 200 billion in real money.

But the plate was too big, and Lu Yuan didn't want to do it.

More than 100 billion can be earned by relying on "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". If the investment fails, the worst thing is that "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" will be in vain.

It won't break your muscles or bones.

but.

Where to place the theme park is indeed a headache.

Yanjing?

Magic City?

Don't think about it.

The former has Universal Studios and the latter has Disney. Lu Yuan is not arrogant enough to arm-wrestle with them.

Therefore, this theme park can only be placed elsewhere.

The specific city has not yet been decided, but it is no more than a few business circles, either the Yangtze River Delta or the Pearl River Delta.

Or Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.

In comparison, the Yangtze River Delta may be more suitable.

After all, the Yangtze River Delta has a wider radiation range, is close to coastal areas, has a relatively developed economy, and its people have stronger spending power.

There is no airtight wall in the world.

News of the Star Theme Park project soon spread in a small area, and some well-informed local governments have already begun to contact Star Media.

The more informed person is Contact Changhe Games.

Because the theme park is a project jointly funded by Changhe Games and Star Media.

The most well-informed group of people directly contacted Lu Yuan himself.

The person who called me had a good background.

Projects exceeding tens of billions are all super large projects if you look around the world.

Although each one has a bigger background than the other, Lu Yuan will not make a promise easily, and he will stabilize it first.

How can similar projects be decided in a few words? Even if the negotiations are not completed in the future, they will not be implemented. (End of chapter)