Chapter 328 The mysterious man’s super IP
In a blink of an eye, it’s Monday.
When Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao walked hand in hand into the golden wind, the whole company was in a sensation!
Everyone seemed to be well prepared and arrived at the company early, waiting for the arrival of the two of them.
The moment the electric door opened, there were two popping sounds, and colorful ribbons suddenly sprayed and floated in the air.
Then, I heard Dajiang in the crowd shout:
“Laba garlic!”
Everyone shouted in unison:
machines
“Laba garlic!”
machines
“Wuhu—!!”
Gu Sheng:…
Shen Miaomiao:…
After being silent for a long time, Shen Miaomiao turned to look at Gu Sheng and twitched the corner of her mouth:
“Is this arranged by your Excellency?”
Gu Sheng had rejection written all over his face:
“Do you think I look like you?”
The two of you looked at me, and I looked at you, and then burst into laughter.
It’s really nonsensical.
But fortunately!
The two of them are not ignorant people. Since everyone is so enthusiastic, they are not stingy and kiss on the spot to show their respect.
Suddenly, the company burst into laughter and applause, and everyone booed—
“One more!”
“Cooking sweets on the spot, highlighting the immersive experience!”
“Mr. Gu is awesome! Director Shen is awesome!”
“The boss is awesome—!”
…”
For a time, the company was filled with a happy atmosphere.
After laughing and making trouble, Moritani also brought the latest progress of the neon trip—
“Things are going very well…”
He and Gu Sheng came to the president's office together. The two of them sat down one after another. Moritani made tea while making a report.
Yes.
Just as Melancholic Blues was preparing to go on a two-person trip and perfect Overwatch with a golden experience, Moritani took Sato and Yuki, and the three of them returned to Neon to contact a mysterious person for the next step of IP development.
The reason why Golden Wind is so popular is that it even dispatches the company's vice president and studio executives to coordinate business activities.
The fundamental reason is that the IP this time is really too big.
It is no exaggeration to say that if you play games, you must have heard of this IP.
Even if you have not played the game, you may have heard of this IP.
As the flagship of a game genre, back then, this series of IPs could be said to have killed the gods and the Buddhas.
Only later, because the director who led the development stepped down, the series gradually began to decline.
but!
Although the director back then is now almost sixty, the copyright of this series of IPs has always been in his hands.
Moritani and his party went to talk about this matter.
They need the IP in the hands of this director to resurrect this series in the somatosensory cabin and use it as a flagship masterpiece to participate in the upcoming Los Angeles E3 game show in September.
“…actually the other party was quite hesitant at first,”
Moritani said:
"Even if our original "Silent Hill" and "Escape" were not very successful, the other party would not even have the idea of talking about it."
Hear the words.
Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly:
“Is it so difficult to get it? Is it biased against our size?”
“That’s not true,”
Moritani shook his head:
“On the contrary, to him, the price for which this IP is sold is insignificant.”
“To put it bluntly, from the beginning of this IP to the present, the money the IP has brought to him has been enough for him to use for three lifetimes. The copyright fee is more symbolic than monetary to him,”
“In other words, this IP is already a sentiment and has nothing to do with the bid.”
Um-
Gu Sheng nodded slowly.
If these words were said to others, he might sneer and say that the pretender is brought down, and it is better to spend money.
But this IP and this person...
Gu Sheng smacked his lips and thought to himself that what he said was true.
After all, if this director is really like Cornick, everything will be based on money.
Then this series of IP is definitely not their turn to acquire.
Comela or Yunwei have already purchased it.
Thinking of this, Gu Sheng nodded:
"Then what?"
Moritani took a sip of tea and continued:
“Then our two-person trip was released, and coincidentally, the release time was exactly the day before our last visit to him.”
Speaking of this, Moritani laughed.
Shaked his head and said:
“I guess he must have seen the content of the two-player game, or simply played it by himself,”
“The last negotiation was very pleasant,”
“That’s why today’s conference call happened.”
That’s right!
Moritani and others went to Neon and the result is today’s video conference!
Super IP purchase negotiation, success or failure depends on this!
Looking at the time, it was already 8:50 in the morning. Gu Sheng nodded.
Then, he briefly browsed through the plan in front of him:
“Let’s get together later.”
"good,"
Hearing this, Moritani nodded and drank the tea in one gulp:
“Listen to you.”
Said.
The two of them adjusted the background of the video together and adjusted their seating positions.
It’s nine o’clock Beijing time!
A video call from Neon Dongjin kicked off the IP acquisition.
As the call comes through!
In the video, a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a side-parted hair appeared.
At this moment, the middle-aged man is sitting in the office of his villa, bowing slightly and nodding to Gu Sheng and Moriya in the video: "Good morning Gu Shengjun, good morning Moriya."
Here, Gu Sheng also nodded slightly and smiled:
“Good morning, Mr. Shinji Sansho.”
good!
This time, the super IP that Golden Wind wants to acquire is the world-renowned "Resident Evil" series!
The mysterious person that Moritani and others have been in contact with all this time is Sanshang Shinji, who is known as the father of the Resident Evil!
Yes.
Although there is no Hideo Kojima, Hidetaka Miyazaki, or Hideki Kamiya in this world.
But there is Sanshang Shinji! There is a biohazard!
Starting about twenty years ago, with the release of "Resident Evil 1", a biochemical craze was started by Shinji Mitsuo and his studio.
That’s right, Shinji Sansho Studio.
Due to the changes in the world line, it seems that Capcom, the master of cold food in this world, has never been born. The biochemical series has always been produced by Sanshang Studio.
From the first to the fourth installment, Resident Evil’s reputation became more and more famous, and it even became the well-deserved overlord IP of horror games for a time.
The movies adapted from Resident Evil have also made a lot of money one after another.
but!
Since "Resident Evil 4" starring Leon, Sanshou Shinji, who was in his heyday, announced his retirement and resigned as the chief director of Sanshou Studio. When the era of somatosensory cabins came, Jiliu retreated bravely. Live a life of no worries about food and drink.
As a result, the Resident Evil series without the leadership of Shinji Sanso has embarked on a crazy downhill road, and on the downward path, it will never return.
It was from this point on that Resident Evil was no longer the Resident Evil that Gu Sheng was familiar with, and Leon, Chris, Ada Wang, Jill, etc. all "retired".
The biochemical IP that entered the era of somatosensory cabins first used "Resident Evil: Killing" and set foot in a new field under the banner of "Resident Evil 5".
But they made a fatal mistake. They continued the over-the-shoulder perspective that the Biochemical series has always featured in the somatosensory cabin, allowing players to use a first-person experience in the somatosensory cabin to control the protagonist from a third-person over-the-shoulder perspective.
The result was of course as you can imagine, it was a complete mess.
After this, the team learned from the experience and launched the sixth part of the Biohazard series two years later, called "Resident Evil: Frenzy".
This time, they have improved the perspective problem, made the game fit the somatosensory cabin, and adopted a first-person perspective.
However, due to the change of the protagonist group, the story line was too complicated and huge, and the strength was not enough to carry the ambition, which led to continuous failure, even worse than the previous step.
In that year, Sanshang Studio announced its dissolution.
And "Resident Evil", a world-famous super IP, has also become the personal property of Shinji Sanshou.
Although during this period, there were many manufacturers who wanted to invite Shinji Sanshang to come back or buy the copyright from him.
But all of them were rejected without exception.
As Moritani said, there are only a handful of manufacturers like them that can sit down and have face-to-face negotiations with Sansho Shinji over the years.
They are the first manufacturer like Golden Wind who can have detailed discussions with him many times.
“…Mr. Gu’s creativity is amazing, and his attitude towards games is also admirable,”
After a brief introduction between the two parties, Shinji Sanshou took the lead in getting to the point:
“I have played some of your works, and they are very amazing.”
“Thank you, Mr. Sanshang, you are so complimentary,”
Gu Sheng smiled slightly:
“Compared with a flagship super game IP like Resident Evil, we still have a lot of room for effort.”
“Hahaha, Gu Sang is too humble,”
Hearing this, Sanshang Shinji laughed loudly and waved his hand:
“Gu Sang has a library of games. It’s too late to turn his wild ideas into reality. He won’t rest on his laurels like me.”
——
actually!
Mishō Shinji’s words are just a metaphor.
After all, from the establishment of Golden Wind to the present, the games they have produced are truly diverse.
Shooting, action, tower defense, role-playing…
Having it all!
Gu Sheng’s head is like an inexhaustible treasure trove of inspiration, always able to make breakthroughs in fields that make people’s eyes shine.
Golden Wind doesn’t need to count by 2, because they can’t even count by 1!
Mishō Shinji This is a complimentary metaphor.
How could he know?
This is not a metaphor at all!
Gu Sheng really has a treasure trove of games in his mind!
and!
Just as he said, Gu Sheng has inexhaustible access to this treasure house, and he can't even get out even if he only takes 1 out!
Gu Sheng couldn't help but feel a sudden rush in his heart.
Even though he knew that San Shang was making an analogy, his smile still made his heart tremble a little:
“Haha, ha, Mr. Sanshang is overly praised. I only...occasionally get inspiration.”
“The Chinese people’s humility is really deep in their bones. We can’t understand it no matter how much we imitate it.”
San Shang nodded repeatedly, obviously moved by Gu Sheng's unpretentious and humble attitude, and his good impression doubled.
God knows!
If Gu Sheng knew what he was thinking at this moment, he might not be able to help laughing out loud.
Sorry, Brother Sanshang, I am really not humble. I really don’t dare to take credit.
These things you see are all games I played in my previous life.
And what I’m about to show you is also a continuation of your IP from the previous life.
Although it was not made by you, it is also known as the most successful next-generation Resident Evil series that returns to the horror atmosphere.
Thinking of this, Gu Sheng smiled a little more weakly.
To be honest, this feeling is quite outrageous. I feel like I picked up someone else’s phone, formatted it and then sold the phone to the original owner.
“I heard Moritani-san said that for this copyright acquisition, Gu Sang had already sorted out the general outline of the new Resident Evil movie,”
Sanshang Shinji didn’t notice Gu Sheng’s hidden smile, but still said politely:
“A new Resident Evil with the flavor of Golden Wind?”
“Well—that’s right,”
Gu Sheng nodded and admitted shamelessly:
“After all, in this Resident Evil, we will use a new protagonist,”
“And from a perspective, it will also break away from the original extraordinary events such as ‘saving the world’, ‘protecting the city’, and ‘saving the president’s daughter’.”
"oh?!"
Hear the words.
Sanshang Shinji couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Gu Sang, please tell me in detail?"
"OK."
As Gu Sheng nodded.
I saw him slowly opening the plan that had been prepared in front of him and said:
“We have seen too many stories of heroes saving the world,”
“This time, I want to tell a story about an ordinary person,”
“The story of an ordinary husband, the story of an ordinary father,”
“The name of the story is—”
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“Resident Evil 7: Not a Hero”
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PS: Asking for a monthly pass
(End of this chapter)