Early the next morning, Lin Bao came to the rest area on the first floor of the hotel where he was staying alone.

Last night, Zheng Rong sent a message to herself from China that World of Warcraft officially wanted to buy the copyright of her song "Themass". Originally, Lin Bao didn't have any interest in this kind of business thing, but the other party wanted to meet and talk to him by name.

The official of World of Warcraft, that is, Blizzard Entertainment.

People of Lin Bao's age group are naturally thunderous about Blizzard's name.

"World of Warcraft", which has been popular from a few years ago to the present, can also be regarded as the memory of their generation's adolescence.

Other games that came out of Blizzard's hands also have quite a few classics.

What Lin Bao didn't expect was that "Themass" had just recently been transmitted from China to foreign website forums, and a company of Blizzard's level came directly to the door.

Lin Bao's gaze swept around the rest area, and soon he saw a middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a beard.

"Hello, it's Mr. Russell from Blizzard Entertainment. ”

Lin Bao walked over with a smile.

"Teacher Lin Bao?"

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at Lin Bao, with a slight expression of surprise on his face, then immediately stood up and shook hands with Lin Bao, "Teacher Lin Bao, hello, I'm Russell Brower, and I am currently the music director of Blizzard Entertainment. ”

"Hello!"

Lin Bao was slightly surprised that the other party turned out to be Blizzard's music director.

The reason Blizzard Entertainment has been able to make so many classic games is because they are making games with care. Their game CG is at the level of Lingying. Their game music is a real ten-year sharpening sword.

If Lin Bao remembers correctly, the new expansion pack updated a few years ago, "The Rise of the Lich King", the classic theme song "No Pounding, it has been used for ten years, and once it has been released, it has been sought after by all gamers.

As the director of the important music department of such a game giant, this Mr. Russell definitely has a high attainment and status in both the game industry and music.

"To be honest, even at this moment, I still can't believe that the oriental musician who created the song "Themass" is so young!"

The two sides sat down, and Russell looked at Lin Baodao opposite.

This is a person who doesn't seem to have any scheming, and the thoughts in his heart are unabashedly expressed on his face.

Such a person, in some things, may make you uncomfortable.

However, you will never feel jealousy and hatred for such people.

Lin Bao said: "Mr. Russell, I didn't expect that a person of your status would come over and talk to an unknown person like me in person. ”

"Haha, can I understand this as, Mr. Lin Bao, are you sarcastic about what I just said?"

Russell couldn't help laughing, "However, Teacher Lin Bao is not an unknown person. At the very least, you're already well-known in the World of Warcraft player base and in the Blizzard music department. ”

Lin Bao smiled and shook his head.

He knew that Russell was praising himself. Perhaps, during this time, the music of "Themass" has become more popular in the game circle. But his own name, absolutely taken out, those players have never seen it.

"That's right, I think your agent in China has already given it to you, and we at Blizzard Entertainment are interested in buying the right to use the song "Themass" you created as the theme song of the new expansion of "World of Warcraft". ”

Russell pulled out a contract from his briefcase and handed it to Lin Bao.

Lin Bao took it, and it was a licensing contract in Chinese and English.

After a general browsing, Blizzard Entertainment wants to use $450,000 to buy the right to use Lin Bao's song in game promotions and expansion packs.

For this price, Lin Bao himself does not have much concept.

But last night, Zheng Rong gave herself an approximate price.

On Blizzard's contract, the price it gave itself was much lower than the price offered by Zheng Rong.

But according to Zheng Rong, if the song "Themass" can be cooperated with Blizzard, then the influence in the Western music circle will even exceed that of the Golden Hall.

After all, although the influence of "World of Warcraft" is not as good as in the previous two years, and the total number of registered users in the world has fallen below 10 million, the influence of the game itself in the global pop world is still very large.

Moreover, the development of peripheral IP around "World of Warcraft" has caused a much higher publicity scope than the number of server users.

Originally, Zheng Rong had a plan to cooperate with "Themass" and "League of Legends", which is currently on the rise, but now, since the people of "World of Warcraft" want to communicate and cooperate with their side, it is naturally better.

Music with a medieval background like Themass doesn't match a younger game like League of Legends.

Therefore, Zheng Rong's method is that everything can be discussed.

The price is low, but it is completely possible to pull some authority for yourself in terms of publicity.

Lin Bao finished reading the contract in his hand, thought about it, and said, "Mr. Russell, if it costs $450,000, I feel that it is a bit low." ”

"It's okay, the price is negotiable. ”

Russell smiled and said, "I think that in this cooperation, whether it is Blizzard's side or your side, it is very intentional." So, when it comes to price, we can talk about it. ”

Obviously, Russell, like Lin Bao, is not a person who is good at business negotiations.

Two people say this one by one, and the whole cooperation has completely entered an ambiguous state.

Since the other party's attitude is like this, what else is there to argue about?

Lin Bao smiled and said, "Then if that's the case, there is no problem on my side." However, when it comes to copyright money and related publicity issues, it is up to Zheng Rong, a teacher from our studio, to decide, so the specific contract details may still need to be discussed with her. ”

"Ok, I'll find a colleague in the company to arrange this later. ”

Russell said, "Actually, Mr. Lin Bao, there is another thing to do now. ”

Lin Bao nodded.

Seeing Russell like this, like himself, he is not a person who can negotiate the contract in detail, and now he has specified that he wants to see him in person, and Lin Bao also thought of it, there must be other things. Then he said, "Mr. Russell, you." ”

"Mr. Lin Bao, I don't know, are you interested in joining our Blizzard music team?"

Russell looked at him.

Lin Bao was stunned for a moment.

I didn't expect the other party to come over today, and he actually wanted to pull himself into the gang.

To be honest, he didn't expect it at all.

Blizzard's music has always been at the forefront of the game industry, even the pop industry, and the theme songs of the expansion films in the previous hit games have caused a very sensational impact.

Someone even once joked that Blizzard is a music company, not a game company.

It can be seen that Blizzard's strength in game music is very strong.

Lin Bao is very clear about his music creation, but he didn't expect that just by virtue of that song "Themass", the other party directly threw an olive branch to him.

"Mr. Lin Bao, I am also a professional musician, although the focus is on game music, but in terms of music, they are all interconnected. Your "Themass", both in composition and arrangement, is a complete display of masterful skill. Especially, just as it has recently become very popular among World of Warcraft players, it is also a game music. ”

Russell said, "To be honest, even I feel ashamed of your use of all the modern and classical elements in your music. Your use of pop elements, epic background elements, is very much in line with our Blizzard philosophy. So, here, I sincerely extend an invitation to you to join our Blizzard music team! And you can rest assured, in Blizzard's music team, you will never have to worry about the treatment and status!"

In fact, Russell's words are completely sincere.

And this is also the reason why he came here in person, and even flew from the United States to Vienna yesterday.

In the past month or so, "Themass" has suddenly appeared in various forums of "World of Warcraft" and exploded in the player circle, and even players have launched a petition in the forum to include this song as the theme song of "World of Warcraft".

Blizzard has always attached great importance to the needs of players. As Blizzard's music director, Russell immediately made a decision when he heard this song and wanted to buy it as the theme song for the new World of Warcraft expansion "Return of the Legion", which will be released in August. Because, this "Themass" is even more suitable in terms of theme than the one they polished themselves.

Therefore, Blizzard also quickly passed this decision internally and began the process of negotiating copyrights.

As for Russell, what he likes is not only this song "Themass", but more importantly, from this song, he saw Lin Bao's creative endowment and innovation in game music, so he started to win over him, and he has this school

Looking at Russell, who had an expectant expression, Lin Bao smiled helplessly and said, "Mr. Russell, I'm really sorry, I don't have the idea of joining Blizzard for the time being." ”

"Why?"

Russell was a little confused.

He thought that with Lin Bao's ability, he would naturally not be recruited so easily. But he didn't expect Lin Bao to refuse so directly.

Truth be told, when it comes to game music, no one has ever turned down Blizzard's solicitation so directly.

"Actually, the original intention of this song "Themass" is just that I want to help our country's netizens better understand the religious music of the Middle World, which is related to game music, which is completely coincidental. ”

Lin Bao said.

If someone else is interested in game music, they will naturally be very happy to agree. But what I want to do is my own thing, and I don't have the idea of going abroad for the time being.

"Teacher Lin Bao, the medieval religious music you are talking about should refer to the music class you are teaching, right?"

Russell suddenly said, "I watched some of the music lessons you taught in your country yesterday. In fact, that's one of the reasons why I wanted to invite you to Blizzard Music. Blizzard never makes music, it's never just about form, it's about making real game music. The real game music needs to be a complete understanding of the entire material and background, and it also needs an understanding of the plot of the fictional world view. Mr. Lin Bao, you can teach such a large classical music class, I think that my understanding of the Middle Ages and the classical background is very profound, and this is also something that we value very, very much. ”

Russell was very sincere about Lin Bao's solicitation.

But to his surprise, he was a little surprised and regretful, no matter what he was, Lin Bao didn't have any temptation.

Russell thought for a while, looked at Lin Bao and said, "Teacher Lin Bao, if you have any conditions, you can put it forward." As long as you can come to our Blizzard Music, any conditions, we can create for you. ”

Lin Bao said with some apologies: "Actually, I am very grateful to Mr. Russell and Blizzard Music for looking up to me so much, but I myself have no idea of joining other companies and going abroad for the time being." Of course, if Mr. Russell, you or Blizzard have any plans and ideas for cooperation, we can learn together. ”

Seeing Lin Bao like this, Russell sighed regretfully.

However, he didn't stick to it anymore.

What I really value is Lin Bao's endowment and creativity in game music. His purpose is, after all, to cooperate with Lin Bao in music, so whether he can enter Blizzard or not is not the biggest problem.

In the end, although the game unfortunately did not achieve the purpose of this line, Russell still attached great importance to Lin Bao. In particular, until noon, when they had dinner together, the two of them were still chatting enthusiastically about a lot of game music topics.

It makes these two people, who are almost 20 years apart in age, suddenly have a feeling of being close friends.

After saying goodbye to Russell, Lin Bao returned to the hotel and thought about a lot of topics that he talked about today.

In fact, from the perspective of domestic cultural export, it is a very suitable path to cooperate with a company that represents pop culture such as Blizzard.

Pop culture is the most communicative.

Moreover, he had also chatted with Zheng Rong about his live class spin-offs before.

Russell's words suddenly reminded him.

In fact, when I was shaping the whole Middle World music class, there were a lot of folk customs and even some fantasy elements in the middle. So why can't you use this background as a theme to develop some cultural products?

For example, write a script or something, and then have the opportunity to make a drama. Or, even develop a game with a relevant background.

The influence of such a popular product in communication is definitely higher than that of my own live class!