Chapter 329: Wealth limits your imagination, dear
surprise.
After listening to Gu Sheng's story, Sanshang Shinji's first reaction was surprise.
As Gu Sheng said, this Resident Evil game is different from the past.
There is no huge crisis of neutering Raccoon City, nor is there a huge crisis involved in rescuing the president's daughter.
The story takes place on a small farm in Louisiana.
This is where the story begins and where it ends.
The protagonist named Ethan, as an ordinary person, learned that he was missing and his long-time wife was now on a farm, so he decided to set off to Louisiana to rescue his wife.
It is such a simple story. Although there is no huge crisis, it is still thrilling and full of dangers.
even!
Because of the lowered perspective and the identity of the protagonist as an ordinary person, it can create a more terrifying atmosphere for the entire game.
And this.
This is exactly what Gu Sheng said is the key to returning to classic horror.
“…As for horror games, I think we are quite confident.”
After saying that, Gu Sheng smiled and nodded.
Hearing this, Sanshang Shinji also took a deep breath in his heart.
He knew that Gu Sheng's words were not just an attempt by Mrs. Wang to sell melons.
The confidence he talks about is not blind confidence.
Nowadays, looking around the world, there are only a handful of horror games that can achieve the level of Golden Wind.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Comela had not been so greedy and arrogant back then, and had only been willing to go hand in hand with the Golden Wind, then the Silent Hill IP would never have fallen into the embarrassing situation it is in now, and would have been very successful. It may go hand in hand with the original Resident Evil and become another classic series of IP.
Although so far, there are only two and a half horror games produced by Golden Wind, namely Phobia, Escape, and Silent Hill PT.
But through only these two and a half works, it is not difficult for Sanshang Shinji to judge the control of Golden Wind and Gu Sheng in horror games.
Now, the new "Resident Evil 7: Not a Hero" has also allowed him to see that in the context of Resident Evil, Gu Sheng took a new approach and focused on the exquisite ideas of ordinary little people.
Furthermore, the flavor of "old life" can also be tasted from the details revealed by Gu Sheng in some of his projects.
“It seems that our previous negotiations were not in vain,”
After a moment of silence, Sanshang Shinji took a deep breath, smiled and nodded:
“Then let’s get to the point and talk about the price of copyright fees.”
As soon as this statement came out!
Gu Sheng and Mori Gu were both shocked!
Both of them knew that as soon as these words came out, it meant that the matter was 90% successful.
After all, no one has ever been able to negotiate copyright fees with Sanshang Shinji before this, and most of them just got rejected.
“How much does your company offer for copyright acquisition?”
Sanshang Shinji asked.
This is a difficult question.
Gu Sheng has actually been worried about the copyright fee for the "Resident Evil" series of IPs for a long time.
The price of this thing is actually difficult to measure in actual money.
Games, movies, peripherals, toys…
ˆ There are too many things related to it, and the copyright price has already been an astronomical figure.
The problem is that although the copyright price is astronomical, the money Golden Wind can spend is limited.
Even though Sanshou Shinji boasts that he has earned enough money in three lifetimes, he doesn’t care about money at all.
But you can't just give away 18 million to people casually. That would seem too disrespectful to people and the copyright.
Think of this.
Gu Sheng opened his mouth and muttered: "425 million knives?"
Having said that, he then added:
“Of course, this price is only issued by us. We still need to seek Mr. Sanshang’s opinion on the specific details.”
Less.
In fact, before the acquisition, Gu Sheng also roughly checked the transaction prices of copyright acquisitions in this world.
Logically speaking, for a global game IP like "Resident Evil", if you want to negotiate a copyright acquisition, you have to spend at least 500 million US dollars.
That’s it, it’s still the starting price.
425 million dollars, obviously less.
Gu Sheng didn't want to announce such a low price, mainly because they really didn't have that much money!
after all!
Since "Garden Warfare" raised their disposable net worth to 1 billion yuan, or about 142 million U.S. dollars, Golden Wind has taken a big step and started to gallop wildly in the international market.
Look at these projects they have produced since they became a mid-sized game company -
“Sekiro” cost $181 million; “Apex Kingdom” cost $89 million; “Overwatch” cost $138 million; “Two” cost $212 million.
Just three quarters!
The four works produced by its three major studios cost Golden Wind a total of 620 million U.S. dollars!
It’s almost like making a fortune and burning a fortune!
Although the profits are indeed very strong, and if this momentum continues, the profits will become more and more abundant in the future.
The problem is that the release time of these games is still short, and the accumulation of funds is not that fast.
In addition to the challenges of cooperation with Tencel Bull during the period, and the capital expenditure for the acquisition of Ubsoft.
The sum of various reasons has directly led to the fact that although Goldwind today is extremely profitable, its disposable net assets are only just over 500 million US dollars.
Yes.
"talent".
In the past three quarters, while the fixed market value has increased crazily, the company's disposable net assets have also increased from the original 1 billion yuan to about 3.5 billion yuan.
In less than a year, disposable net assets increased by 3.5 times.
If it were another game company, the boss would probably laugh crazy if it could achieve such results.
But for Golden Wind, the disposable funds of 500 million US dollars are really a bit stretched to acquire the copyright of "Resident Evil".
So, the price of 425 million knives is really all the sincerity of Golden Wind.
It’s not that they don’t want to pay more, but that they really can’t pay more.
After all, after buying the game copyright, you have to leave some foundation for early development work, right?
Gu Sheng can't wipe out his entire family fortune just because of a copyright, right?
…
Why not? !
ah? Why? !
You pay for it! Isn’t all the money in this company yours? You were made for me!
Shen Miaomiao beat her chest and stamped her feet!
Spend money, my silly husband! You are such a bastard! Why don't you know how to take advantage of such a good opportunity to burn money?
500 million knives!
If we spend all this, plus the development costs, the overall price of a "Resident Evil 7" will be at least 700-800 million dollars!
Do you know what this concept is?
This is a concept where Yiyou and Xunteng join forces to create a one-piece sensory cabin with a PC platform, and everyone joins forces to sell it. Even if you sell Martian, you can't make back the cost within the specified time!
At that time, even a mere 10 times rebate!
As long as we casually lose hundreds of millions, we can get more than a billion or even billions in rebates!
oops-
Shen Miaomiao's flesh ached to death.
You silly old man, you really don’t know that our family is spending more and more money!
Infuriating! !
That’s right.
The two of them have to go to the housing management bureau in the afternoon. Gu Sheng wants to add little Nezha's name to the house book.
Although theoretically speaking, with the worth of the eldest lady Shen Miaomiao, she is not short of a house worth 1.8 million yuan. But when she heard that Lao Gu wanted to add her name, Shen Miaomiao was overjoyed and nodded in agreement.
At lunch, Shen Miaomiao asked Lao Gu how the copyright acquisition was going in the morning.
So!
I got such a heartbreaking answer!
Shen Miaomiao almost choked to death from the meatball soup, her face turned red from holding it in.
"so what?"
Finally, she patted her chest and drank the soup down. Shen Miaomiao wiped her mouth and asked:
“Do they think our price is too low and just let it go? How about we contact them again? Say we are willing to raise the price and raise the overall purchase price? Or let them directly ask for a price?”
Such a good opportunity to spend money, Shen Miaomiao definitely did not want to miss it.
Although today’s price seems a bit reluctant for Gold Wind.
But she still has Lao Shen!
At worst, just ask Lao Shen to borrow money!
Now that they are independent from Shen Capital, the worst they can do is apply for a loan from Shen Capital directly in the name of Golden Wind. Anyway, she will be able to repay it in the end. Presumably, with such a formal loan, Old Shen also I won’t not borrow it.
However, Gu Sheng shook his head:
“No, the deal was finally done.”
Hear the words.
Shen Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s okay, it’s okay.
Although the price was a bit low, the deal was finally concluded, which is not unacceptable.
“$425 million?”
Shen Miaomiao asked:
“You, this electronic succubus, are really charming. You can’t even meet the starting price, so they gave you the copyright, tsk tsk…”
However!
Gu Sheng still shook his head: "It didn't cost that much."
Shen Miaomiao:?
What are you doing? ? ?
You are a dog, right? Gu Sheng?
The most outrageous thing is...this product was successfully bargained?
“You mean it didn’t cost that much...?”
Shen Miaomiao grinned and gave a questioning look.
Xin said you shouldn’t just cut it in half, right? Is that too grandiose? Please help our future children gain some virtue, please?
Inquiry room!
Seeing Gu Sheng stretch out a finger.
Shen Miaomiao suffered cardiopulmonary arrest!
Holy shit! !
You are a real dog!
You didn’t chop him in half, you were even more ruthless than to chop him in half!
“One…one…one hundred million?!”
Shen Miaomiao was shocked:
"You bid 425 million...how on earth did you pretend to be poor so that the transaction price could be reduced to 100 million?!"
You don’t want to give it to Sanshang Shinji, right? !
But!
What Shen Miaomiao didn't expect was that after hearing her offer of 100 million, Gu Sheng still raised his finger and shook his head:
“The unit is wrong.”
Shen Miaomiao's little face froze immediately!
You translate for me.
What the...fucking...fuckin...unit is wrong?
“Ten...million?”
After a long silence, Shen Miaomiao tentatively spoke, saying to her heart, Gu Sheng, don't be too outrageous.
But Gu Sheng still shook his head, saying that I was so outrageous:
“Wealth limits your imagination, dear,”
“One knife.”
Shen Miaomiao:…
Shen Miaomiao was confused, completely confused.
The knife in Gu Sheng's mouth was like a knife to her brain.
From 100 million knives to one knives.
“So you followed the Internet line and gave Shinji Sanshang a knife?”
Shen Miaomiao blinked her big, completely blank eyes:
"Lao Gu, we can't threaten people. It's illegal..."
This time, it was Gu Sheng's turn to be choked.
He sometimes really doesn't understand what's going on in his wonderful little mind, but he can always say amazing things and come up with some wild imaginations.
Hands his forehead and is speechless, Gu Sheng waves his hand: "Mr. Sanshang proposed it..."
Yes!
As Shinji Sansho himself said!
Today's "Resident Evil" is actually no longer a money-making tool for him.
Without any bragging, he no longer has much desire for money.
After all, he has no family and no children. In his middle age, he has achieved both fame and fortune. His biggest wish for the rest of his life is to go fishing in the Pacific Ocean with his own fishing rod.
The only thing he is interested in is "who can do a good job in biohazard".
Even before that, he was ready to hide this work forever.
At this moment, Gu Sheng came, with the greatest enthusiasm and respect for Resident Evil, and presented him with a refreshing Resident Evil story about ordinary people.
San Shang likes this story and is looking forward to what kind of bizarre and thrilling stories he will experience as an ordinary person on a small farm.
So, Sanshang Shinji decided to give Golden Wind a chance to show his talent——
He licensed "Resident Evil" to Golden Wind for the price of one knife.
Yes, authorized.
Because according to Gu Sheng, his Resident Evil sequel will be presented in two parts.
In this authorization, Shinji Sanshang only took one shot and was willing to be a special game director.
If this time, Golden Wind can break out of the siege with the IP of "Resident Evil" and regain a new life at E3, then he will then transfer the copyright to Golden Wind at a mysterious price, allowing them to The story of this ordinary man named 'Ethan' is finished.
He himself retired and went to the Pacific to work as a fisherman.
But if Golden Wind continues the decline of Resident Evil 5 and 6 this time, then "Resident Evil" will be permanently sealed and will never appear again until it enters the coffin with San Shang.
A price as light as a feather.
A test as heavy as Mount Tai.
Mishō Shinji wants to find a destination worthy of entrustment for the IP that he has worked so hard to create and is like his own child.
The Golden Wind is his only choice at the moment and most likely the only choice in this life.
He chose to believe in the golden wind and Gu Sheng.
So now.
It’s Golden Wind’s turn.
The once dazzling IP needs to be brought to light again, with an unparalleled new look, so that biochemical horror can once again come to the gaming industry...
(End of this chapter)