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Chapter 340: Strategic Negotiation (Part 2)

Chapter 340: Strategic Negotiation (Part 2)

"May I ask you a question? How is it going?" Chen Xiaowei asked urgently.

"...Is there a script? Why didn't I see it." After a long time, Zhang Yang replied weakly. He really didn't see any script. All kinds of wars, all kinds of wars, what kind of script is there?

"Of course there are. You didn't see that it was your eyesight problem, so I won't tell you. Do you think we can break their contract by sending this video to Blizzard?" Chen Xiaowei quickly cut to the point. Although Chen Xiaowei couldn't see it, Zhang Yang nodded without hesitation, and then said: "Of course, this video is so good, I believe our team is the best, so you just send this video to Go to Blizzard, I believe they are not fools."

"Of course, it doesn't matter who is supervising this project. It must be excellent. Well, since you have no objections, then I will directly send this video to Blizzard." Chen Xiaowei said narcissistically.

"...Well, you can decide for yourself, and I will leave this matter to you." Zhang Yang nodded helplessly. Chen Xiaowei immediately hung up the phone.

Mike looked helplessly at the phone in his hand. If it hadn't been specifically explained by the executive president of the head office above, he would not have been willing to negotiate with this inexplicable company. After all, even if Blizzard does not need these cg animations, or even does not produce cg animations in every game, it will attract huge attention.

Even, if Blizzard is not even willing to release CG, the effect will be even better, and the mystery will make players flock to it even more. However, Blizzard is not an irresponsible game company, and the game still needs CG animation, so Blizzard did not refuse In this negotiation, the most important thing for Blizzard is that Star Group is willing to do this CG animation for free as a promotion for their new products.

However, Forto's phone call still played a very important role. Although Mike is also a technician, his administrative management ability is also quite good, so in terms of interpersonal relationships, Mike is also quite literal. All in all, this Anyway, the most important thing for Blizzard is to waste a little time.

But if the effect is really good, then Blizzard is not at a loss. You must know that a good cg animation can mobilize the enthusiasm of players is quite good. In addition, Blizzard has always been outstanding in quality, and the combination of strong players is naturally even better. However, Mike was a little dumbfounded. Just now, the Eastern company called him and said that the CG animation had been completed.

But God knows, they just notified Blizzard less than 48 hours ago, and they already finished the animation? How efficient is this? Although Mike doesn't understand animation, he also knows that making an excellent animation is definitely not that simple.

In particular, the cg animation of the game is not that simple, and it is definitely not something that can be made in just two days.

But now that he has agreed to negotiate with the other party, Mike will naturally not regret it, so he should first look at the finished product sent by the other party. When I opened my mailbox, the other party's animation had already been sent over, so there was nothing to lose by looking at it anyway. After opening the mailbox, Mike found that the attachment sent in the mailbox was quite large, and it seemed to last at least tens of minutes. Could it be that the other party not only made a CG animation, but also walked out of a tens of minutes of CG animation?

Mike is a little bit dumbfounded, such a long animation, can't you just use the built-in video recording function of the game, and then send it directly after a simple optimization? Mike was a little dumbfounded, but he still downloaded the cg animation of this game in a serious manner.

Blizzard's network speed is naturally quite fast, but this video, which is only about 40 minutes long, still has a file size of more than 2g. Obviously, this video is made in ultra-high definition. After downloading the animation, Mike poured a cup of coffee before opening the animation.

When the video was turned on, a black picture appeared on the screen. Mike was a little strange, black? What's the situation? After moving the mouse, Mike thought that there was something wrong with his computer. Just when Mike was wondering, suddenly there was a loud "boom" from the computer's audio system, and Mike was taken aback. His hand shook involuntarily, and he slammed the coffee cup on the table. hit the ground.

With a "pop", the coffee spilled all over the floor, even spilling a lot into the keyboard. "Oh~**." Mike couldn't help but yelled. He was just about to bend down to clean when suddenly the computer screen flashed, and then a magnificent building suddenly appeared on the computer screen.

Mike, who was just about to bend over, was immediately stunned by this scene. As the CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, although Mike is not very involved in making games, he is naturally familiar with his company's games, so when he saw this game The moment the screen appeared, Mike was sure that it was a building from StarCraft 1, but this... the gap was too big.

As soon as this human building appeared, it seemed real. If it wasn’t for Mike’s familiarity with his company’s games, and almost all employees of Blizzard Entertainment were game fans, Mike was no exception. StarCraft 1, Mike and the others I usually play with people in my game company when I have nothing to do, so I am too familiar with this game.

At this moment, Mike didn't bother to clean up the trash under his desk, his eyes were all attracted by the video on the computer screen. The 40-minute video is neither long nor short, and Mike watched the entire video in a half-bent posture without moving.

After reading it, Mike realized that his body was a little numb because of maintaining one posture for a long time. Quickly let his body relax a little bit, looking at the player on the screen that had stopped running, Mike was a little shocked, is this still StarCraft? Are you sure this isn't a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster that just went on sale not long ago? But Mike knew that this was StarCraft I, and all the buildings inside, and even the arms of the three races were familiar StarCraft I arms, so he would never be wrong.

It's just that he didn't expect that a cg animation could actually produce such an effect. Although he knew it was post-processed, which game's cg animation would not be processed? As long as the main character appearing in it is a factor of the game, cg animation is just an animation made for publicity after all.

It's just this effect... Mike is a little crazy. Could it be said that the opponent made such a grand cg animation in only 48 hours? How can this be! According to Mike's understanding, almost every detail and every appearance of these CGs that are comparable to real effects must be redesigned on the computer, rendered and then slowly made into the required appearance step by step.

And the environment inside has to adopt a part of the real environment, carry out partial modification and processing, and finally stitch it into a complete and coherent animation. With so many steps, even if there are a large number of professional employees doing this work, it will still be A long time, 40 minutes of animation, calculated according to this effect, it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least three months.

You know, almost all the videos of the terrain, even the buildings, and arms need to be re-made with a computer. Such a huge production volume takes two days! How did the other party do it in two days? In 2004, Blizzard had a lot of new projects, such as the new World of Warcraft expansion pack, The Burning Crusade and so on. The world is crazy.

This is not just the madness of the game world, because the forty minutes just now can almost be viewed as a small movie. After recovering from the shock, Mike immediately picked up his mobile phone, quickly found the phone number of the company president, and quickly dialed it back without paying attention. It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening in China.

The call was connected quickly. As soon as the call was connected, Mike couldn't wait to ask: "Miss Chen Xiaowei, is this video really produced by your company? Please forgive my doubts, but I think it seems that China is making a video The special effects are lagging behind.”

Chen Xiaowei smiled and said, "Of course, I can understand, but it won't happen in the future. China will also have its own special effects production company."

"Of course, if your company's special effects production can continue like this, then I can guarantee that you must be one of the best special effects production companies in the world." Mike said quickly.

"Naturally, we also believe that since Mr. Mike has seen the video produced by our company, what does Mr. Mike think of the proposal made by our company?" Chen Xiaowei immediately asked while the iron was hot.

"Of course, if your company can still guarantee the terms you proposed, then I will fly to China immediately to negotiate with your company." Mike said immediately, this is a reasonable thing for both companies, Mike naturally He won't refuse. If the Star Group can guarantee that all of them are free as they proposed at the beginning, then Mike will naturally be more willing to hand over all the CG animations of Blizzard games to the other party for production.

"Then Mr. Mike can lead your negotiating team to China." Chen Xiaowei said with a smile. Since she wanted to make a name for herself for the first time, she would have to make some sacrifices. It is impossible to become a fat man with one bite. Besides, this decision was also made collectively by the top management of the Star Group, so there would be no problem with Chen Xiaowei's agreement.

"Of course, if that's the case, then I'm going to prepare the schedule now." Mike said happily immediately, no company doesn't want to continue to be brilliant, even though Blizzard has become the leader in the world's game industry in the field of games, Blizzard is not invincible Yes, there are still many competitors, so defeating these competitors and obtaining greater benefits is naturally Mike's pursuit.

That's why Mike agreed so happily this time.

"Okay, then here, on behalf of the Star Group, I would like to warmly welcome Mr. Mike to China." Chen Xiaowei said with a smile.

"Thank you Miss Chen Xiaowei for your enthusiasm, then we will meet and talk again." Mike said with a smile.

"Goodbye, Mr. Mike." Chen Xiaowei nodded slightly. After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiaowei immediately cheered and said quickly, "Haha, Blizzard has agreed to our company's proposal, and they will come to China to negotiate with us soon."

"Wow!" The entire office immediately burst into cheers. The entire Star Group's senior management and some ordinary employees who worked overtime were in the office. Everyone was waiting for the negotiation with Blizzard just now. The 40-odd minutes just now was almost The most difficult time for them, now they got a positive answer from Blizzard Group, everyone cheered immediately, after working overtime for two days and one night, it was the first time they got the affirmation from others, everyone naturally felt extremely excited.

"I announce that everyone, let's have supper together tonight, and I'll treat you." Chen Xiaowei said excitedly.

"Wow! The president is mighty!" Everyone who heard Chen Xiaowei's words shouted out even more enthusiastically.

Blizzard Entertainment's actions were quite fast, which obviously didn't match their usual game skipping actions. On the second night after calling them, Mr. Mike, the president of Blizzard Entertainment, several assistants, and several The manager of the department has already come to China and stayed in the hotel arranged by Star Group.

"Tell me, what kind of conditions should we propose? Although we have said that it is free, but free is free, and we have not proposed other conditions." Li Keqing looked at all the management personnel in the company, asked seriously.

Looking at Li Keqing who was sitting on the president's seat in the meeting, Zhang Yang couldn't help admiring. In just a few months, Li Keqing already had the demeanor of a president. This meeting is aimed at the negotiations between Tomorrow and Blizzard Entertainment. It can be said that this negotiation with Blizzard is the first step of Star Group's expansion, or it is the first time that Star Group has started to make profits.

Although the Photon Defense Network is the first product of the Star Group, because the Photon Defense is free of charge and there are no specific profit-making projects, the Star Group is basically losing money in operation now, after all, the servers, employee salaries, etc. Everything is there, but there is currently no progress, no matter how good its future prospects are, if there is no new progress, it is still unknown how long the star group can support the operation.

The successful research and development of Nebula Software will undoubtedly save Star Group from the embarrassing negative profit stage. At least it can maintain a balance of revenue and expenditure, which is also a very good start for the development of Star Group.

Li Keqing seldom chairs meetings. She is the chairman of the company, and Chen Xiaowei is the executive president. Chen Xiaowei is responsible for hosting the usual meetings. , Star Group attaches great importance to this matter.