Chapter 126 Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight
Daewoo Information, in the conference room.
While chatting, the boss Wu Liangcai looked carefully at the young man in front of him.
"Looks like he's only in his 20s, but to let such a person negotiate... haha."
Wu Liangcai glanced around with a pair of small, shining eyes.
He found that Zhang Yuan didn't dare to look at him. Once he made eye contact, he would look away.
And the whole person showed a very uncomfortable state.
My hands kept opening and closing, and my fingers were intertwined and twisted from time to time. It looked like I was anxious, anxious, and stressed.
“When I first came here, I was so nervous without even talking about anything. It’s no use!”
Wu Liangcai acted like an old Chinese medicine doctor. He relied on his more than ten years of business experience to help Zhang Yuan. A tentative diagnosis was made.
Of course, Zhang Yuan is playing him.
What is the biggest taboo when two armies are fighting?
Underestimate the enemy!
How did Mr. Guan lose Jingzhou?
How did Uncle Liu Huang get his camp burned down?
It wasn't all the fault of Lu Xun, who was not well-known at the time and was regarded as a childish, "unknown" person.
It can be said that in the entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the turning point in the fate of the Shu-Han camp was the action of this wise general who was greatly underestimated at the time.
The most common mistake that middle-aged people, especially middle-aged people with successful careers, make is to underestimate young people.
They always think that they have enough experience and experience to crush the juniors.
As everyone knows, this is an empiricist error.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan used up all the acting points he had gained in the past to create a "cowardly, soft, stupid" embroidered pillow image.
In those days, Baodao people generally bossed around the mainland people and looked down upon them.
The economic base determines the superstructure. At that time, the mainland had just begun to take off, and it was the time to "grow its body."
Even though they are both business owners, the Baodao guys feel they are superior to others.
So, at this time, Wu Liangcai believed that he was overwhelmed in all aspects, including age, experience, mentality, place of origin, and vision.
"Mr. Zhang, let me show you around the company first."
Boss Wu led him around the office.
In the corridor, a large number of game posters were plastered on the walls. Zhang Yuan admired them while walking.
Soon after, I stopped in front of a poster.
“This is our famous work "The Legend of Sword and Fairy"."
"Oh, I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with it." Zhang Yuan acted like he was unfamiliar.
“There is also a company interested in the copyright of this game project. Coincidentally, it is also your mainland company.” Wu Liangcai said this deliberately to show that their copyright is in high demand.
Zhang Yuan nodded curiously, thinking in his mind.
Sure enough, I guessed it right!
The company he is talking about should be Sugar Man.
After looking around, the stranger Zhang Yuan caught the attention of many employees, especially female employees.
Back in the conference room, Mr. Wu called Cai Minghong, the person in charge of the "Xuanyuan Sword" project.
This gentle, middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses, nicknamed "Magic Cai", is the founder of the IP "Xuanyuan Sword" and one of the company's veterans.
This person is dressed as a standard technical geek. In terms of specific temperament, he is similar to Lei Jun during the Jinshan period.
Cai Minghong introduced to him in detail the origin and history of "Xuanyuan Sword", future prospects, and past achievements. Her tone was as proud as showing off her baby in a circle of friends.
Zhang Yuan nodded cooperatively. In fact, he knew these contents clearly.
And his goal is not "Xuanyuan Sword", but "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".
But he deliberately took the lead in expressing his interest in "Xuanyuan Sword" and hid his true purpose.
He did this because of one thing.
Infighting!
The internal strife of the company Daewoo Information!
The company Daewoo has a unique management style.
The company's employees are divided into groups, but this grouping is not by department, but by IP.
"Xuanyuan Sword" will always be "Xuanyuan Sword".
The people of "Fairy Sword" will always be "Fairy Sword".
There is almost never any exchange of information.
The advantage of this model is that the team members have a high degree of familiarity and sense of belonging to the project.
But the shortcomings are also obvious. The personnel differentiation between projects is very serious, and the team members only recognize the project boss, not the company.
This makes the star producers within Daewoo all look like Nian Gengyao.
The soldiers only recognize the general, not the emperor.
At this time, the boss Wu Liangcai's tricks came into play, and he started playing imperial tricks.
Let heroes versus heroes, and heroes versus heroes.
In the entire Daewoo company, there are actually only two most powerful producers. Apart from Cai Minghong, the devil, they are Yao Zhuangxian, the father of "Sword and Fairy".
Not only did Yao Zhuangxian come to the company a year earlier than Cai Minghong, he also created another top cash cow, the "Monopoly" series!
"Xuanyuan Sword" is fed by the money earned from "Monopoly".
After the great success of "Xuanyuan Sword", Yao Zhuangxian also took a fancy to this game model and began to produce "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in 1994.
Everyone with a clear eye in the company at that time could see that this project had the potential to become a big hit.
But for Wu Liangcai, he is happy that the project can make money.
But at the same time, Yao Zhuangxian, who is about to master the two top IPs in the company, "Monopoly" and "Sword of Sword", already has the potential to achieve great success.
So, when the screenwriters of the "Sword and Sword" project, Xie Chonghui and Yao Zhuangxian, had differences over the plot, Boss Wu actually sided with screenwriter Xie Chonghui!
Forcing the project manager Yao Zhuangxian to make concessions.
The most direct result is the "Lingyue Controversy", which is the dispute between the two heroines Zhao Ling'er and Lin Yueru about who is the leading female lead.
Including the original plot, Yao Zhuangxian wanted Zhao Ling'er to use Lin Yueru's body to resurrect the corpse, but was rejected by Xie Chonghui with the support of Boss Wu.
So after the release of "Immortal Sword One", Yao Zhuangxian ran away in anger, took his troops to the Imperial Capital, and established the Imperial Capital Studio.
What’s even more outrageous is that when Yao Zhuangxian started preparing for "Sword and Sword II", he only discovered after half of it was completed that Boss Wu actually handed over the production of "Sword and Sword II" to the screenwriter Xie Chonghui, who had conflicts with him. leading!
In other words, two different versions of "Sword and Sword II" actually appeared within Daewoo at the same time.
As the father of "Sword and Fairy", Yao Zhuangxian almost ran out of energy.
You used the IP I created to make a sequel, but you didn’t even say hello.
I am still in the company!
Old Yao protested wildly and led his men to attack directly.
In the end, Xie Chonghui, who was a screenwriter, "voluntarily" resigned with his team, leaving behind a mostly completed mess.
Mr. Wu thought about it over and over again and realized that after spending so much money, it would be a pity to just scrap it.
So he made another show and asked Yao Zhuangxian to turn the "Immortal Sword II" in his hand into "Immortal Sword III".
Xie Chonghui's "Sword and Sword II" left behind was thrown to Motou Cai, who asked his team to pick it up and make it into a finished product before putting it on the shelves.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the money is still earned and the second and third generations can work together?
Then, the sales of "Sword and Sword II" unsurprisingly crashed.
With such a chaos, it is a miracle that it can be put on the shelves, and it is normal for it to be thrown out. Under the guidance of Boss Wu, the responsibility for this attack fell smoothly on Cai Motou and his "Xuanyuan Sword" team who were cleaning up the mess.
Yao Zhuangxian hated Cai Motou, thinking that he almost ruined his IP.
But Devil Cai was unwilling to take over the mess and felt that he was being set up by his boss and Yao Zhuangxian.
Seeing his two generals swearing at each other under his own arrangement, Mr. Wu finally felt relieved.
This is true internal fighting for experts and external fighting for outsiders.
So at this time, Daewoo was actually divided into two factions, one was the "Xuanyuan Sword" faction and the other was the "Immortal Sword" faction.
And because of the blockbuster "Sword and Sword II", Daewoo's vitality was seriously injured at this time and he was in urgent need of a blood transfusion.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have released the news about selling the copyright and attracted sugar people to come.
"Mr. Zhang, do you think our TV series adaptation of "Xuanyuan Sword" is very promising?"
After Cai Motou finished his introduction, Boss Wu asked with a smile.
“I am indeed very optimistic, how about we talk about the price?”
Wu Liangcai sneered in his heart.
Fool!
We only chatted for a few words and then started to negotiate the price. Let me kill you, a loser from mainland China!
"As for the price, our expectation is 60 million."
"Ah..." Zhang Yuan made a very surprised expression.
Of course, he was surprised.
I can’t afford this price even if I eat 18 pounds of pineapples a day!
Although he was talking about New Taiwan dollars, 60 million is equivalent to nearly 14 million Chinese dollars.
Wait a minute, the Varyag is being prepared at the Dalyan Shipyard at this time, otherwise I will drive over and park downstairs of your company to see if you still dare to ask for such an exorbitant price.
"I only have a total budget of 30 million. This is too expensive and I can't afford it." With that, Zhang Yuan stood up and left.
“Hey, it’s easy to discuss.” Boss Wu quickly stood up to stop him, and at the same time he felt happy.
This silly-minded mainlander actually quoted the lowest price... Hahaha!
Even though he was forced to sit down by the other party, Zhang Yuan's head was still shaking like a rattle.
"Your copyright is too expensive, I can't accept the price."
"Do you have any cheaper copyrights that you can sell?" Zhang Yuan asked seemingly casually.
"Of course. The adaptation rights of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" you saw just now are also for sale, but as I just said, that project has already been booked. If you want to talk, ..."
Boss Wu smiled cheaply, his meaning was very clear.
Need more money!
"If it's cheaper, the copyright of "Legend of Sword and Fairy II" can also be sold."
Zhang Yuan cursed in his heart.
The game is so messed up, I bought it to wipe my butt!
But he remained calm: "What's the price of this?"
"25 million."
"This is quite cheap, but if it is so much cheaper, won't the project be good?" Zhang Yuan put on a cute look.
"How could it be bad, and..." Boss Wu suddenly came up to him: "If you buy this project, I can give you a rebate."
Wu Liang then knew that Zhang Yuan was the company representative , not the boss, trying to seduce.
“Hahaha, Boss Wu is so generous and wants to chat!” He immediately showed a greedy look as if he was obsessed with money.
"Then I'll call the people from the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" project to come over and have a chat with you?"
"Okay!"
Both Zhang Yuan and Wu Liangcai were smiling, But there is another person in the conference room.
Magic Cai’s expression at this time was as if he had eaten shit!
Obviously I came first...
"Xuanyuan Sword" is his project. If the copyright is sold at a high price, it will be an indispensable benefit for him, and it will also improve his status in the company, surpassing that old guy Yao Zhuangxian.
Now the investor suddenly turned around and asked about "Sword of Immortality", he was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot!
Although the original team of "Sword and Fairy" moved to the imperial capital with Yao Zhuangxian, there are still contacts and post-production teams in Baodao.
The person in charge arrived and was not happy to hear that someone was interested in copyright.
Immediately and enthusiastically introduced the project "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
But the part that is highlighted is the first generation, not the second generation that hit the streets.
“This is not bad.” After listening to his introduction, Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.
Devil Cai felt a chill in his heart.
"But I think that "Xuanyuan Sword" is also good."
Cai Motou felt excited again.
"It's a pity that it's too expensive."
Cai Motou felt cold again.
"But there is a reason why you are expensive."
Devil Cai... his heart was still, because he could no longer beat.
Zhang Yuan's little heart was like a roller coaster with just a few words.
The person in charge of "Immortal Sword" saw that Demon Cai was there and heard what Zhang Yuan said, and he roughly understood the current situation.
The investor has money, but only wants to invest in one project!
The current situation of Daewoo is that both "Sword of Immortal" and "Xuanyuan Sword" are developing sequels. However, due to the failure of "Sword of Immortal II", Daewoo suffered heavy losses and struggled to survive.
If the copyright of any project can be sold, the company will inevitably inject more funds into the sequel of that project.
Especially "Fairy Sword".
At this time, "Sword and Sword III", which has revived the reputation of the series, will not be released for half a year, and the market is criticizing this IP.
Zhang Yuan rambled on and chatted with them for a while, saying that he needed time to think about it.
After a pleasant dinner with the other party, Zhang Yuan returned to Taipei by car.
After he left, the person in charge of "Fairy Sword" hurriedly called Yao Zhuangxian in the mainland to report the situation.
After his troubles this day, Yao Zhuangxian and Cai Minghong, the two mainstays of Daewoo Information, all took a breath.
"We must sell the copyright, and we must not let the investment fall into the hands of the other party!"
The two company veterans who have become enemies have a highly consistent idea at this moment.
Sitting in the car, Zhang Yuan burped, put his hands behind his head, stretched out comfortably, then shook his head and read the opening poem.
"Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of Morality, fame after Xia, Shang and Zhou."
"Seven heroes and five hegemons fought in the Spring and Autumn Period. They rose and fell in an instant."
"There are a few lines of names in the history of Qing Dynasty, and there are countless barren hills in Beimang."
"The fields of the predecessors are harvested by the descendants..."
Crack, Zhang Yuan slapped his thigh: "I want to see that Inside Daewoo, dragons and tigers are fighting!”
(End of this chapter)