Reborn Capital Empire

?Chapter 512 The Matrix (Part 1)

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"Blizzard Studio, with its three game development teams, is responsible for the second of "Diablo 3" and the third responsible for the development of "StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty". The two teams are still in the game planning stage, and the first team is responsible for The developed "Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne" has entered the final testing stage, and if nothing else, it will be available globally on July 1 this year. At the same time, relying on the historical background and characters of Warcraft, the online game "World of Warcraft" is developed. 90% has been completed, and it is expected to be able to conduct internal testing by the end of the year. It will be officially released in mid-2004."

"Fantasy Studio, its three game development teams, have little difference in progress. Relying on the three series of "Pirates of the Caribbean", "National Treasure" and "Harry Potter", the game has been planned and is currently in the process of planning. In the development stage, it is estimated that the inner side will be able to be unfolded early next year.”

Compared with the three old studios of Valve, Journey to the West, and Legend, although Xueleshan and Blizzard were established earlier, under the ravages of Vivendi, except for Blizzard, Xueleshan almost died. Fantasy belongs to Xinjian, and it is not surprising that the two of them are behind in progress.

"Gabe Newell plans to hold the Matrix Game Elite Invitational Tournament in South Korea?" Guo Shouyun continued to ask after nodding his head.

"Yes! ... At present, Blizzard's Battle.net global registration number has exceeded 10 million. In order to gather popularity, enhance brand awareness, and also to announce the company's new games, so there will be the Korea Global Game Elite Invitational Tournament in January next year. However, , which was originally the plan of Blizzard Studio, and was later promoted to the entire matrix game by Gabe. The competition items were also composed of "Warcraft", "Diablo", "StarCraft", and added "Counter-Strike", "Half-Life". Life and Call of Duty."

"Gabo's eyes are sharp. I remember that the original Matrix game itself had a battle.net?"

"Yes, but after the acquisition of Blizzard, the two battle.net have been integrated."

"That's not bad, I won't bother anymore." Guo Shouyun nodded, "What's the budget for this 'Matrix Elite Invitational'?"

"$1.5 million!"

"$1.5 million? This budget is too low." Guo Shouyun shook his head. He was very aware of the amazing profits of the future game market. Matrix games wanted to become the undisputed No. 1 in this industry. In addition to sophisticated games, peripheral games Publicity cannot be left behind.

"In this way, increase the budget of this 'Matrix Game Elite Invitational' to 10 million US dollars."

"10 million?" Buddy Morris asked in surprise.

"That's right. ... In addition, the name should be changed, from the 'Matrix Game Elite Invitational' to the 'Matrix Game Carnival', which is held on January 5th every year. In addition to the competition, there should also be song and dance performances, a fancy dress party featuring game characters, As well as a food and game exhibition, which lasts for one week. In addition, 200 lucky spectators are drawn from Battle.net, with full airfare and room and board expenses, and let them participate in the carnival live. The game live and performance, through Canal+, and TNT TV, And the Hulu network, live broadcast to the world simultaneously.”

With just a few words, Guo Shouyun turned an internal 'gathering party' directed and performed by Matrix into a large-scale entertainment event for the world.

"Boss, with such a scale, the budget of 10 million may not be enough!"

A cabaret performance means inviting some stars to play, and their appearance fees are not cheap. Even if it is discounted in the face of the matrix, 10 million is definitely not enough.

"Then increase the size of the budget. We have made a lot of money this year. And we can pay less tax by spending money."

A game carnival can not only enhance the user stickiness and attractiveness of matrix games. If done well, with the exponential growth of the global gaming population, the benefits of Matrix will only increase.

Seeing the big boss made up his mind, Buddy Morris didn't say anything more. And he is not a fool, and he can also see the benefits of the matrix game carnival. However, compared to Guo Shouyun, he is more worried about the ratio of investment to income. If the investment yields better-than-expected returns, that's all the better. If not, it's a real headache.

"How about Marvel? Is Ike Palmut still working on a new superhero comic?"

"After the boss chatted with him last time, he changed his mind. He established the Marvel Comics website and opened the platform for all cartoonists to upload their works. At present, more than 500 cartoonists around the world and more than 3,000 different works have been included. It currently has 23 million registered users and generated $15.88 million in revenue."

Guo Shouyun nodded. The role of Marvel Comics, like Reading and Tencent Pan-Entertainment, is the most upstream IP provider. So when transforming Marvel Comics, he told Marvel CEO Ike Palmut about the architecture of the later Tencent animation platform. Then came the Marvel Comics website. Now it seems that the other party is doing pretty well.

Seeing that he had no more words, Buddy Morris took the initiative to say: "Pixar is currently producing two animations, one is "Kung Fu Panda 1" adapted by the boss, and the other is "The Incredibles" "."

Hearing "The Incredibles", Guo Shouyun was unconsciously relieved. Although he changed the future of Pixar, many things were not lost with his adaptation. This is the best. The smaller the butterfly effect he creates, the more valuable the future he knows will be~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Is there enough money? "

"Finding Nemo's global box office is nearly 900 million, and the net profit belonging to Pixar is 250 million US dollars. It is enough to develop two animations at the same time."

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Finding Nemo" was a big hit at the box office, making him the author a lot of money. You know, for any movie, TV series or anime adapted from him, he will charge 10% of the total box office and peripheral income as a copyright fee.

Therefore, after a "Finding Nemo" came down, Guo Shouyun's income exceeded 100 million US dollars.

Moreover, his films released by Matrix this year are not only "Finding Nemo", "Spirit Ghost Record 3", "Spring in the Cattle Class", "Heartbeat" and "Fifty Shades of Darkness" are also given to him. brought in over 100 million in revenue. In addition to publishing and the income he deserves as chairman and director of various companies, Guo Shouyun's income in 2003 is close to 500 million US dollars, excluding company assets and other companies' equity investment income.

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