Chapter 195 There is an old Chinese saying: Those who work in the west are heroes.
“Gentlemen, I hope everyone can recognize the reality. The wave of charity created by the golden wind is rolling towards us.”
at the same time!
Neon!
Comella Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.!
The meeting room on the top floor!
Moritani Tetsuya, who was sitting with his head bowed, said:
“If you have paid attention to the word-of-mouth trends of players recently, it is not difficult to find some signs,”
“Now, some players are comparing us with Golden Wind,”
“We are all our own people here. I don’t think we should avoid anything. Let’s open the skylight and speak out—”
“Why is there public pressure on Silent Hill? Why are we constantly being attacked and criticized?”
Looked around the venue for a week.
Moritani Tetsuya ignored the dark face of President Kamikoshi Keimasa and said fearlessly:
“Because for the sake of profit, we kicked away our partners and tried to maximize our profits.”
“But at this time, what did the Golden Wind do?”
“They are working hard for social welfare and charity, even publicly donating all sales at any cost.”
Speaking of this.
Moritani shook his head slightly, frowning.
“Gentlemen, we betrayed our trust for the sake of profit, and they gave up their profit and devoted themselves to charity. Now it’s clear who stands on the commanding heights of public opinion, right?”
Hear the words.
A circle of executives and Silent Hill project leaders who attended the meeting lowered their heads.
although!
Moritani’s words are very heart-wrenching, and even seem to make others’ ambitions undermine his own prestige.
But everyone knows that Moritani is right.
Let’s not talk about whether this Golden Wind Charity Action was deliberately targeting them, or whether there was someone behind it.
There is no doubt that the Golden Wind succeeded.
Nowadays, Golden Wind not only stands on the commanding heights of public opinion, but can even point fingers at them from the commanding heights of public opinion!
Long time!
I heard President Kamikoshi Keimasa ask: "What should we do according to what Executive Director Isoriya said?"
Everyone looked at Moriya.
And Moritani did not hesitate at all:
“Announce in advance.”
——
As soon as this statement came out!
Even the president Kagemasa Kamikoshi took a breath!
Announcement in advance!
This is easy to say!
But you must know that just such a simple sentence will increase their publicity costs by millions of dollars!
Today!
The development of Silent Hill is nearing completion, with a total development cost of approximately $15 million.
Calculated according to the normal publicity and distribution ratio, the publicity and distribution cost is basically the same as the development cost, which is also about 15 million knives.
However, due to the unfavorable start.
The ostentatious operation of kicking away Golden Wind at the beginning brought them a lot of trouble with public opinion.
So in terms of publicity costs, they need to spend at least another five million dollars to fill the gap in word-of-mouth.
The publicity cost became 20 million knives.
Now, because Golden Wind has turned around and started a charity project, their already stable reputation has been shaken from the side.
So they need to spend more money to advance and extend the announcement period.
With a slight shiver, another 2-3 million dollars went in.
So and so!
At the end of the day, the promotional cost of "Silent Hill" has reached 22 million U.S. dollars, and the total cost is close to 40 million U.S. dollars!
The most important thing is!
This money cannot be spent!
No one here is a fool, everyone knows very well—
If we don’t announce it in advance now, we should nip this wave of public opinion in the bud as soon as possible before it explodes, and quickly increase the popularity of "Silent Hill".
So wait until early next month, when this wave of discussions becomes raging again, they will need to use more publicity funds to make up for the loopholes!
Until then!
But you can’t just fill in two or three million dollars and be done!
unless!
“Unless we give up investment in the Silent Hill project now and continue to follow the normal publicity process,”
Moritani said:
“After all, when it was first launched, we only used it as a supporting subsidiary game,”
"Stop the loss in time is a way for us."
Sober Moritani.
Have to say!
Moritani Tetsuya, who once made Gu Sheng extremely greedy, and even now has not given up the idea of taking advantage of the corner, has extremely accurate judgments on the form of the game market!
Furthermore, his loyalty is outrageously high!
Even though he couldn’t stand it, it could even be said that he despised everything Comela did on the “Silent Hill” project!
but!
He is still able to keep a clear mind and use his best ability to try to keep this IP and its profits!
I despise you, but that doesn’t stop me from defending you to the death.
Such sentiments and professional ethics are definitely not attainable by ordinary people.
And now!
Moritani had already seen something was wrong.
Whether "To the Moon" is a project that Gu Sang deliberately created for their Comela, it has already affected the reputation of "Silent Hill" and even the entire Comela.
Just in case!
Does Golden Wind have any backup plan?
What will happen to Comella at that time? What about Silent Hill? Do you still want to continue to follow?
Don’t follow the bet?
You have thrown 40 million knives into it, how can you stop?
Follow?
At that time, it will be 50, 80, or even hundreds of millions, just a gamble on life?
Moritani’s worries are not groundless!
Do the math!
Now, it has been several months since they kicked Gu Sang away and terminated their cooperation with Golden Wind.
What has Comella been doing for such a long time?
They are developing Silent Hill, a game that cost $15 million to develop.
So what did the Golden Wind do?
Are they developing a plan to go to the moon? A game that only cost $70,000 to $80,000 to develop?
Obviously!
This is not the actual efficiency of Golden Wind at all!
Such a small pixel-style game, if the Golden Wind project team worked together, and with outsourced assistance, it could be made in about half a month!
Even if you take 10,000 steps back!
The script of this game is indeed very good, and it was polished over time!
A one-month development cycle is completely enough for them!
So what does Golden Wind do in the rest of the time?
Take a vacation?
A bit nonsense, right?
Isn’t this worthy of doubt?
so!
Faced with today’s predicament, Moritani has only two suggestions!
Or, publicize it immediately and try to minimize the loss.
Either, brake in time, stop having any hope for Silent Hill, and stop increasing investment!
The publicity fee is only 15 million, you can play whatever you like.
It is equivalent to treating Silent Hill as an abandoned child.
After all, there are many games to be released in this batch of Comera, including guns, cars and ball, so there is no need to hang on this tree.
“Which path does the Sen Valley Executive... prefer?”
After listening to Moritani Tetsuya's words, Kamikoshi Kage was thinking for a moment and then asked.
Moritani said:
"And now that "To the Moon" has appeared, I feel even more uneasy,"
“There is an old Chinese saying: Those who work in the west are heroes.”
“It means that those who can correctly understand the situation, no matter whether they are advancing or retreating, are heroes,”
"so…"
Moritani did not express his position directly, but just tilted his head.
However, his attitude is already obvious.
He felt the danger.
Moritani Tetsu also wanted to stop because there were all Gu Sheng outside.
But as soon as these words came out, Yamamoto Tsuna couldn't sit still!
no! This project must not be abandoned!
After all, once this project is successful, he will become the biggest winner in this new game launch period and the only true **** among the three top studios! One person controls two blockbuster projects, and he remains the leader from ancient times to the present!
Yes.
There are many large and small studios in Comela.
Among the many game studios, there are three established studios at the forefront—
Yamamoto Studio, Koizumi Studio, Takasugi Studio.
The three studios are at the same level, similar in scale, and enjoy basically the same resources. They are all established teams in Comella, and they usually compete with each other.
It is collectively known as the “Three Peak Neon Studios” by the outside world.
Yu Sanjia.
Over the years, Yusanjia has been competing openly and covertly.
This time, Tsuna Yamamoto finally seized the opportunity to combine shooting and racing, and won the majority of the resources announced this time with his "Yakuza Fury".
Even through "Jinjian", they kicked away Golden Wind and Gu Sheng, monopolizing the popular horror IP of Silent Hill.
Having two potential masterpieces in hand!
Once successful!
From now on in Comela, he will let the birds fly as high as the sky, let the fish leap as wide as the sea, and control the three families arbitrarily!
Furthermore, in two years’ time, Kamigoshi Kagemasa will take a back seat.
At that time, if he wants to find this kind of opportunity again, he will be extremely powerful.
This opportunity cannot be missed, the time will never come again!
Hence, Tsuna Yamamoto must try his best to preserve the resources of "Silent Hill"!
No matter how much it is, he must follow the bet. He must increase his power and go straight to the head of the three families!
“Mr. Moritani may have been too careful,”
Yamamoto Tsuna said:
“Furthermore, even if the Golden Wind has a back-up plan and keeps it secret, so what?”
“Now that Silent Hill’s IP is firmly controlled by us, they simply don’t dare to make similar themes unless they want to file a copyright lawsuit with us,”
“I believe they are not stupid enough to hit an egg against a stone,”
“In other words, they have to start over and open a new business,”
“There is no previous work, no foreshadowing, everything starts from scratch,”
“The only reliance is the aura of the ‘King of Horror Games’ in vain,”
“But in front of our propaganda, what does that weak halo mean?”
well.
Idiot.
Moritani Tetsuya sighed in his heart and secretly cursed Yamamoto for being stupid.
Until now, he actually thought that Gu Sheng's aura as the 'King of Horror Games' was just superficial.
He does not admit, nor does he want to admit, the existence of genius.
He lived completely in his own world and firmly believed that since he was experienced and one of the directors of Yu Sanjia, he must be stronger than Gu Sang.
Shaked his head.
Moritani was too lazy to pay attention to him, and looked at the president Keimasa Kamigoshi who really had the power of life and death.
A moment of silence.
Shang Yue Jingzheng shook his head: "We can't retreat."
Finished.
As soon as these words came out, Moritani closed his eyes.
As expected, the president and Yamamoto wore the same pants after all.
Don’t ask.
ˆAs for the profit from the Silent Hill project, the two of them have probably already done a good job of distributing the profits.
Even, the president may take the big prize.
An old man who is about to retire pursues profit, and an ambitious man in his prime pursues fame.
One is the president and director of the company, and the other is the chief designer of Yusanjia.
The abyss of gambling has begun.
In the deepest part of the abyss, Gu Sang might be ready, waiting for two unlucky guys who were blinded by fame and fortune to offer their souls.
"All right."
Moritani nodded and said nothing more.
Because he knew that even if he said "huahua" now, in the ears of the two people opposite him, it would just be farts.
The interests of both parties have diverged.
It’s not enough to talk about speculation.
Moritani raised his hand: "Then I agree to make additional investment and advance the announcement of the "Silent Hill" project."
Hear the words.
Kagemasa Kamikoshi and Tsuna Yamamoto both breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction.
Then, Shangyue raised his hand:
“Director Moritani has expressed his position, what about everyone?”
Everyone raised their hands.
Approved by unanimous vote.
3 million additional funding.
Like a car that suddenly starts.
Without any warning.
Friday.
"Silent Hill" was announced to have been developed and has begun intensive global promotion! !
…
《Breaking news! Comella announced that Silent Hill has been developed and will be released in the middle of next month! 》
It’s finally here! Silent Hill has been developed! Coming out next month! 》
Silent Hill announces release date! Horror gamers rejoice! 》
【Coming! Coming! The psychological horror masterpiece "Silent Hill", known as the 'Savior of Horror Games', has finally announced its release date and will be released simultaneously worldwide on the 15th of next month! 】
["Silent Hill" independently developed by Neon Comela Digital Entertainment has announced that it has been developed. It is reported that the development team of "Silent Hill" is independently developed by Yamamoto Studio, one of Comela's "peak studios" …]
【The main work will continue the suspense left at the end of "PT". The new protagonist of the main work will experience a more bizarre and terrifying journey to explore the truth in the strange town of Silent Hill.】
‘Oh God, I finally waited until it was developed! I can't wait! ’
‘A psychological horror masterpiece! I believe that Mr. Yamamoto Tsuna, who is experienced, will definitely produce better games than PT! ’
‘An investment of $40 million! sky! This is the most expensive horror game in the history of Comela! ’
‘…’
For a while!
Media news, comments from various parties, and discussions among players are all over the place. The popularity of "Silent Hill" is rapidly increasing!
and!
It is not difficult to see that Comella did spend a lot of money this time.
Because both media officials and comments from all parties are almost deliberately avoiding negative comments, and even deliberately avoiding its trial version "PT".
Comella is working hard to build "Silent Hill" into a "completely independent" "new generation horror masterpiece" designed by "famous game designers".
even.
Even player discussions in major mainstream large-scale forums have been controlled by Comella.
FvkKOMINA's voices were all suppressed.
The keywords such as ‘Gu Sheng’, ‘Golden Wind’ and ‘King of Terror’ have almost disappeared.
It looks like everyone is singing and dancing, and the players are eagerly anticipating it.
“General.”
At the same time, Binjiang No. 1 Villa is the king of the building.
Shen Wanlin fired a cannon at Gu Sheng's advance guard, with the muzzle pointed directly at the veteran general Gu Sheng:
“How is it? Are they taking action?”
“Vaulting horse,”
Gu Sheng nodded, turned the horse's head, and lightly unloaded Shen Wanlin's menacing general:
“As you might think, they have advanced the centralized announcement time and are now promoting it overwhelmingly…”
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