"Play more games..."
Zhang Yuan looked at the densely packed company nameplates on the first floor wall of the office building. In the same building as the animation company, there was a game company with a name that seemed familiar to him.
"Why, do you know how to play more?" Huang Weimin asked after hearing his muttering.
“I’ve heard of it...”
Playing more games is actually the later Happy Reunion Era, which is also the owner of YY Voice!
"Hey, their company has established a trade union platform. Several people in our company are in the same union as their manager's office, and we often play "World of Warcraft" in a group with them."
"Our company has a good relationship with them "
Yes, Duowan at this time developed a simple game union system based on the "World of Warcraft" game area.
In general, we are taking advantage of the rise of "World of Warcraft" and doing peripheral service work based on it.
And at this time, the voice software that made Duowan truly rise should not have been developed yet.
Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while.
“That means that this company is actually still in its earliest stages.”
He inquired with Huang Weimin again.
Duowan Games was only established last year, and it will be a year old now.
The company only has a few dozen people, which is slightly more limited than his animation company.
After Zhang Yuan heard this, he clenched his fists.
Isn’t this a God-given opportunity?
He is still weak and needs money.
This kind of network technology company will be the market giant of future generations.
The entertainment industry and the technology industry have high ecological barriers.
At present, the Internet technology circle has to rely on the entertainment and gaming circles to develop slowly.
But in another ten years, the entertainment industry will not be able to reach such heights!
Especially Alibaba and Penguin, the two giants that led to the country’s anti-monopoly, completely penetrated and controlled most of the Chinese entertainment industry in the later period.
But Duowan has only been established for one year and is still a newborn.
Besides, the other party was established with the game as the starting point, or "World of Warcraft".
Zhang Yuan rubbed his chin, and he happened to have something in common with him.
“Old Huang.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Since we are neighbors, the employees often play games together.”
“It’s rare for me Why don't you come here and tell them that we can have a meal together and treat them all?" Zhang Yuan made up his mind.
"Really?" Huang Weimin didn't expect Zhang Yuan to be so grand.
"Okay, I'll say hello, but it's already off work time now, I don't know how many of them are still in the company."
As a result, forty or fifty people came all of a sudden. ...
The whole company is working overtime!
Programmers back then were already so miserable.
"Hello, I've seen you for a long time." Duowan's boss is Li Xuelin, the former editor-in-chief of NetEase and also worked at Sohu.
In the middle of last year, he left NetEase and founded Duowan Games.
Zhang Yuanyi added up, the accounts are wrong!
Huang Weimin said that Duowan was established at the beginning of last year, but this person only resigned from NetEase in the middle of the year... Good guy, you can start a company while working, right?
Zhang Yuan is somewhat famous, and since he was treating guests to dinner, Boss Li was very polite even though he was not familiar with him.
The programmers got even more excited when they heard that there was Japanese food available.
There were a total of seventy or eighty people from the two companies. When they came to the Japanese food store, they thought they were visiting a tour group!
The store finally took out a few large screens and separated half of the store for them to use.
"Thank you Mr. Zhang Yuan for the treat. Let's raise a toast!"
Boss Li also brought his employees to toast him.
However, the hard-working programmers will have to go back and work overtime soon. In addition, most of these people don't like to drink, so they all respect Coke and Calpis.
Zhang Yuan didn't care. He had a good chat with Li Xuelin beside him and got to know the other party's situation deeply.
Li Xuelin founded Duowan Games not by himself, but by finding an investor in the industry.
Speaking of which, he is also a big boss in the technology circle.
It’s Jun’er.
Which soldier?
Areyouok that soldier!
It’s Lei Jun!
Although Jun'er is still the CEO of Kingsoft at the moment, he founded Joyo.com in 2000.
Sold to Amazon in 2004 and made $75 million from resale!
Imperial Capital Cash King is no nonsense.
Then Rebus started his investment career.
Duowan’s first investment was one million US dollars from him.
If this money were given to Huang Weimin's animation company, it would probably be able to run it for ten years.
But Duowan is an Internet company!
Not to mention anything else, the salary of a programmer alone is three to four times that of an artist!
There are also a lot of website operation and maintenance costs, and publicity costs.
You even have to spend money fighting with similar websites to seize users.
So in fact, in just about a year, most of this huge sum of one million US dollars has been burned.
Zhang Yuan continued to talk nonsense and poured a lot of wine into Boss Li. The boss revealed the truth and started to complain.
In fact, their company has already started to contact venture capital companies just after the Chinese New Year this year, and has successively negotiated with several companies.
Either the other party has too much appetite, or the money they are willing to invest is too little.
And listening to what the other party said, Boss Li has discovered the importance of the voice function in the union system and is considering developing related software.
But software development costs money!
Moreover, Duowan is expanding rapidly, with thousands of new guilds added every month. Just renting a server is not a small expense, and now it plans to launch a game information service to increase customer stickiness.
We are also recruiting more employees and want to double the number of employees by the end of the year.
After all, it’s money, money, money!
Internet technology companies are actually burning money!
Whoever cannot be burned will die and all efforts will be wasted.
The shared bicycle war of later generations is a typical case. In the last few behind-the-scenes capital, more than 30 billion was burned in more than a year, and the remaining ones were king.
"Actually, I also have a lot of enthusiasm for the game industry." When Li Xuelin was drunk, Zhang Yuancai hooked his shoulder and whispered.
"I know, I know, you even went to Singapore to accompany Li Xiaofeng to play games in person. Everyone in the business knows about it." Boss Li answered with a smile.
“Our companies are close to each other and we have a good relationship.”
“So if you are short of money, we can discuss it.” Zhang Yuantu said indifferently.
"That's great, your words are enough!" Li Xuelin obviously didn't take it seriously and said while holding it.
"Just tell me, how big is your company's current funding gap?" Zhang Yuan asked.
"At least two million U.S. dollars."
"Okay." Zhang Yuan calculated it. Fortunately, he didn't spend all the money to buy a house.
"Thank you very much, I'll be waiting for you to save us!"
The two of them exchanged glasses and drank a lot.
After eating, everyone is fine... that is, they go back to the company to work overtime.
Zhang Yuan changed his plan and did not go back to the imperial capital directly, but stayed another night.
The next day, Li Xuelin came to the office and started working normally.
After having a cup of coffee to refresh myself, the company receptionist knocked on the door and entered the room.
"Mr. Li, is someone looking for you?"
"Who?"
"Zhang Yuan, who we had dinner with last night, is the boss of the animation company upstairs."
"Oh, please come in!" Li Xue said in her heart that she had eaten something yesterday It's embarrassing for a big star to have a meal.
“Welcome to visit our company.”
After Zhang Yuan entered, Boss Li was very polite and asked someone to make him a cup of tea.
"If I have the opportunity later, I think I can organize a game competition between the two companies." Boss Li said with a smile.
"No problem, but I didn't come here today to talk about this."
"What?"
"Have you forgotten what we said last night?"
"What's the matter..." Li Xuelin was halfway through speaking when countless memories flooded into his brain.
"Are you serious?" he asked hesitantly.
Two million US dollars, isn’t it just a joke at the wine table?
Isn’t this bragging?
"I think we can cooperate, not just in investment." Zhang Yuan looked serious, letting the other party know that he was not joking.
“In addition to capital injection.”
"Li Xiaofeng and I can also advertise for Duowan."
"Not only that, I went to Xiangjiang to film a few days ago and found that Nicholas Tse is also a serious fan of "World of Warcraft"."
"I can also bring him here to increase Duowan's popularity."
"How about it, not bad, right?"
After hearing what he said, Li Xuelin showed a weird expression.
Does being a star make money like this...
Two million US dollars is more than sixteen million!
Can a young actor come up with so much cash?
Ordinary actors are really not good.
Even Fan Bingbing cannot come up with tens of millions in cash in a short period of time.
But he is different. His main source of funds is film and television investment, and his cash flow is naturally much larger than that of ordinary actors.
Secondly, the reason why Li Xuelin did not take his words seriously was because of the barriers between the entertainment and technology circles.
Investments in the technology circle mostly come from big names in the same circle.
Just like Lei Jun, he not only gave money, but also later invited several technical experts from Jinshan to help.
Otherwise, those venture capital companies from the financial circle can help technology companies lay the foundation for listing.
The entertainment industry can neither provide technical support nor financial services.
Even if you have money, others don’t necessarily want it!
Just like there are almost no coal bosses in the technology circle, just having money is useless.
But Li Xuelin discovered that the biggest difference between Zhang Yuan and other artists is that he is the only well-known actor in the Chinese entertainment circle who has a direct and in-depth connection with games.
Photos from Singapore’s legendary night are still circulating online. The foundation of multiplayer, "World of Warcraft", is also based on the world view of "Warcraft".
Duowan Games, which has only been established for a year, needs publicity the most to expand its market.
Now Li Xiaofeng can be regarded as a living saint in the Chinese gaming circle!
The guy who plays games was interviewed on CCTV?
Before him, almost no one had done it.
If this banner is there, more play will be what the people want.
Plus what he said about Nicholas Tse...
At the beginning of this year, he only appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage for the second time, and it was officially at a time when the popularity was high.
I have indeed heard that this person loves to play "World of Warcraft".
Looking for celebrity endorsement?
Other websites rarely do this.
Because the endorsement fee is high, and the overlap between the fans of ordinary celebrities and the users of gaming websites is not high.
Li Xuelin thought about it and found that Zhang Yuan was a strange special case!
"Mr. Li, I have been working in the entertainment industry for several years." Zhang Yuan lowered his eyebrows and trembled his eyelashes, knowing that he must be thinking, so he felt extra cautious.
“It made me understand a truth.”
“That is, laymen cannot lead experts, and professional things must be left to professionals.”
"If you are willing to cooperate with me, then I will only be involved in the company's publicity business."
"As for internal management, company development, and business development, I, a layman, have no interest and no ability to manage it."< br>
“So, I hope to make you my equity holder.”
Li Xuelin’s eyes widened.
No, you are really serious!
Holding equity on behalf of others means giving away rights but not profits.
If two people sign an agency holding agreement, except for important resolutions such as equity transfer and sale, ordinary shareholder rights will be fulfilled by the agency holder.
Although he has transferred the proceeds, the power is still in his own hands.
This shows that this person is not greedy. He just wants to make money, not to seize power.
Give me money, I can do publicity, and you won’t interfere with my management of the company... Hiss!
The company’s angel investor is Mr. Lei, but why do I think this person is more like an angel?
"Uh...can you let me think about it?" After a long while, Li Xuelin bit his lip and said.
"Of course, but I have to go back to the Imperial Capital today."
"Leave me a phone number and we will contact you at any time."
"Of course, of course..." Li Always took out his cell phone.
He still had to discuss the capital injection with Lei Jun. After all, he was the company's major shareholder.
If Zhang Yuan injects capital, it will definitely dilute part of his equity. It depends on whether Mr. Lei agrees.
The two chatted for a while, and then Zhang Yuan took the initiative to get up and leave, giving the other party space to think.
I greeted Huang Weimin again.
Based on what Zhang Yuan said yesterday, he plans to adjust the protagonist of the new animation and remove the negative parts of his character to avoid affecting children's values.
"Okay, that's good. Let's come up with a plan as soon as possible."
"That's right!" Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered.
“We can also make the theme song for the new animation.”
“No problem, it’s easy to handle. I’ll just bring back the music team from “Baby Girl, Good Mother”.”
“The team can do it, but this time the singer will be available for me.”
"What, do you have an idea?" Huang Weimin wondered.
"Yes, let me give you the whole big job." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder confidently.
After that, he flew back to the Imperial Capital and made some repairs at home.
I have to go to Anji to shoot the last few scenes of "The Night Banquet" in a while.
Before that, he had to plan the celebrity appearances and activities for the Hao family’s charity race.
"Hey, Brother Hua..."
He called Liu Dehua and asked if he had time to come forward.
Brother Hua was very busy, but he still promised to be there that day.
And I am very sad about Zhang Yuan's development.
At the same time, I am very pleased that he has found a way to promote his upcoming movie.
"How about finding someone else? Cheng Zai likes to play with cars and race cars." Brother Hua said.
"Of course, you can only invite him."
"Haha, okay, then I will contact him."
The Chengzi that Brother Hua said, It is Guo Fucheng, another one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
This is a well-known car lover in Xiangjiang, and like Uncle Long, he has held a charity racing event at the Magic City International Circuit.
Hua Ge and Guo Fucheng have a very good relationship. Not only have they collaborated many times, they also played father and son in "The Legend of Lei Luo".
"Two of the four heavenly kings, plus Chenlong...well, this sign is attractive enough!"
Zhang Yuanyan was almost ready, so he planned to use these superstars and Under the banner of the Hao family, start casting the net!
Once the news is released, it will be huge!
In just one morning, Zhang Yuan drained the battery of his mobile phone.
First of all, Hua Yi will definitely not be able to escape.
Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi will all be present.
And they all came with a mission to promote their respective movies.
They are "Yun Shui Yao", "Mo Gong" and "Night Banquet".
In this case, everyone wants to promote it, so Zhang Yuan simply thought of a trick.
Let the Magic City Circuit put up latte art for the racing city.
Write the publicity target on the side of the car, followed by the artist’s name.
For example: "Mo Gong"·Fan Bingbing.
"Baby Project"·Chen Long.
"Crazy Stone"·Liu Dehua.
Every star in the province competes for the time to go on stage to announce their announcement, and they will have to fight when the time comes.
Not only Hua Yi, other major film and television companies also called him.
Sun Li called him.
Yang Mi came to the door.
Wang Jinhua even took the initiative to contact him.
She wanted to recruit Xia Yu, Hu Jun, and Song Jia, all her subordinates.
Many little stars also called him, saying that as long as they can participate in racing, they can do anything they want.
Everyone wants to make progress!
But forget it about female artists. Several male artists also said the same thing, which made him a little bit unbearable.
But usually those who say this are low-profile people, and he doesn’t take it seriously.
But what's very interesting is that a well-known female artist also called him, and her words were full of ambiguity.
This person is Zhang Jingchu.
"I've wanted to get to know you for a long time. Why don't we have a meal together and make friends."
"Or give me your address and come to your house to find you... ”
This guy looks good and has strong abilities, but Zhang Yuan still declined.
And he knew very well why this already famous actress was teasing him so much.
Because this person has been banned by the Imperial Capital Wives Group!
Not only was Jiang Wenli slapped in the face at the award ceremony, but all the scenes she starred in in "The Beginning of Spring" were deleted.
The affair between her and Gu Changwei was well known in the industry, so Jiang Wenli teamed up with the wives of other directors in the imperial circle to issue a banning order on her.
This person who has been suppressed can only go to Hong Kong circles.
Later, Hua Yi took her in and allowed her to return to the mainland film and television industry.
As a result, she had just finished filming a few movies and had an affair with Feng Xiaogang while filming "Tangshan Earthquake". This time it was Xu Fan's turn to take action and issued a banning order on her.
The nickname of Director Harvester is not for nothing!
There are actually many actresses who do this, and most of the time Jiang Wenli, Xu Fan and others will turn a blind eye.
But Zhang Jing showed that she did not betray anyone!
Zhang Yuanxin said, I turned off the lights!
In the two films "The Beginning of Spring" and "The Great Tangshan Earthquake", the main character's wife acted on the set, and she still did this job all the time.
You are like this in front of me, you are not asking for benefits, you are planning to replace me... That's what those ladies think.
Is she still okay with this?
The phone calls came one after another, and those who were busy with him didn’t even have time to eat.
If this mobile phone was set to vibrate and stuffed into his crotch, Zhang Yuan would be happy all day long...
Cheng Hao, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, knew he was coming home and came to look for him.
As a result, after waiting for a long time, he was not idle, and he didn't even have time to say a word.
But not only was she not angry, she was holding her chin up and smiling.
In the past, it was Zhang Yuan who begged others, but now through this race, someone else is begging him!
Cheng Hao understood that he was no longer the same as before.
My heart is naturally happy.
"Huh..." Zhang Yuan finally took a break after draining the spare battery again.
"Na." Cheng Hao handed over another piece that had been charged.
"Secretary Chen, thank you." Zhang Yuan joked, receiving a charming eye roll.
"After this battery is finished, you are not allowed to answer the phone today. You have to accompany me to eat."
"Okay." Zhang Yuan agreed.
Cheng Hao is well-founded in what he says and does, unlike those domineering women who violently interrupt men's work for their own emotional needs.
If people are so reasonable, he has to respond to requests.
After plugging in the battery, I took a deep breath while waiting for the phone to turn on, preparing for the next round of phone calls.
Didi didi...
Sure enough, as soon as I turned on the phone, a call came in.
"Huh?"
But unlike before, Zhang Yuan knew that the caller this time was not about racing.
Because there are two big characters displayed on the mobile phone screen.
Table Wei...(End of this chapter)