The first stop when I came to the United States, there was no doubt that it was Blizzard.

At present, Zhou Fangyuan's most important industry in the United States is Blizzard, and the future of Blizzard will be extremely brilliant, of course he has to experience it himself.

The development of World of Warcraft has entered the late stage, in fact, modeling and programming are not difficult, the game context is also ready-made, the most difficult thing is to test all kinds of B, as well as various side quests, small easter eggs, etc., etc., after all, Blizzard's concept of World of Warcraft is "a new world", how complex the content of a world is, needless to say, even if it has omitted 99% of the part, only one percent of the part, it is enough for a game company to do.

A large team, more than a dozen small teams, day and night are constantly testing and repairing B, Zhou Fangyuan did not bother them, just took a turn in the development area, and returned to the office with Mike.

"Let's talk about how the company has been doing lately"

Zhou Fangyuan picked up the report handed to him by Mike and flipped through it casually.

In fact, many things are already very detailed on the report, but he still prefers to listen to Mike dictate to him.

"In the past three months, the company's revenue is 70 million US dollars, we have listened to your suggestion, and added a number of new services to the battle, these services will not affect the balance of the game, but can allow players to have a unique experience, most of these revenues come from the game side here, StarCraft has sold a total of 7 million units, and Warcraft III is 5 million units."

Next, Mike explained in detail the release of several of the company's games.

Not surprisingly, Blizzard has a good position in the gaming industry, and these games are selling well, bringing Blizzard a steady stream of revenue. Of course, limited by the size of the player base, so the upper limit of a one-time income model like this is actually very limited, after all, there are so many players, when all potential customers buy the game, no matter how to open up the market, as long as the player base is not a large span of increase, the game sales will be like that, don't expect any big development.

On the contrary, there are several games from afar games, and the current praise rate in the market has begun to gradually increase.

Turn-based games are nothing new, the earliest turn-based games were tabletop games, and this kind of game has basically been around since the beginning of human history. In the United States, turn-based table games are still very popular, and the audience is far more than in China. Therefore, it is not difficult to promote Dahua in the United States, of course, for Lao Mi, the game of Dahua is not attractive. The main thing about the attractive content is the workmanship of the game.,The art inside、The music has a strong oriental charm.,For old rice who likes to try new things.,It's good to try it once in a while.。 The plot is also a bit interesting, and in order to promote the game more conveniently, Blizzard also released the indirect background of the game on the game Mi Guoguan, the background of Journey to the West, the synopsis of the story, the identity of the main characters, etc.

But what is a little frustrating is that even if it is so recommended, the number of players in the United States is still not too much, probably only a few hundred thousand.

In fact, hundreds of thousands of people are already a lot, after all, it is not the future generations, personal computers are not completely popular even in the United States, most families still do not have personal computers, and even if there are, there are not many people who play games.

In contrast, in fact, the legend is more popular, first of all, the dark wind is familiar to the old rice, the battle picture is also more flexible, and the skills with different characteristics of each profession also make Lian forget, the current number of registered legends has exceeded five million, and the number of people online at the same time is close to one million, which is really a considerable number. And the legend didn't follow the routine of the general United States game company.,From the beginning, this game doesn't sell any version number.,Players can download it completely free.,Of course,If you want to buy a disc client,It costs some money.,But it's not expensive.,And it will come with the disc with some posters.,Albums and so on.,It's really quite conscientious.。 The charge is mainly on the point card, and the amount is exactly the same as the domestic point card, but the US dollar is collected in the United States, which is converted into soft sister currency, which is several times the income.

Finally, it's Plants vs. Zombies, as a masterpiece in casual games, this game can be described as enduring, and after its launch, it has also caused a wave of players, and the number of buyers has already exceeded 10 million, and it is heading towards 15 million in North America, and 30 million in the world. When players knew that this game was actually made by a Chinese game company, even people who were not very interested in the game suddenly became interested.

And the various paid services that come with it,It's also a big part of the income,According to the data shown on the report,Just the various service fees of Plants vs. Zombies,The revenue in the past three months has reached more than 10 million US dollars,In addition to various costs,Far games can receive at least 4 million US dollars,Equivalent to more than 20 million soft sister coins,It's really not a small number。

This is just one of them,Sales of several games,Along with various services,It is expected that in the last quarter of 01 year,Far games will be able to get nearly 100 million dividends,This is a hundred million,Game companies with extreme income of more than 100 million in this era,How many can there be in the world? This is still the reason why the next few games have not been launched, and once the follow-up games continue to be launched, the scale of distant games will be even larger.

Of course, that's another story.

After staying at Blizzard's headquarters for two days and having a good chat with Mike about the company, Zhou Fangyuan flew to Los Angeles.

This is the headquarters of Blizzard Pictures, a branch that was just established this year, and currently has only one job, and that is to complete the production of the Warcraft movie.

The great director Cameron is here, and he is making preliminary preparations for Warcraft.

Although the male and female protagonists are not there, they have been here before, and recently they are making up for the plot of Warcraft, and have been asked to know more about the behavior habits and ways of speaking that are recognized in ancient times, and they can be in place at any time once the movie starts. At the same time, here in Los Angeles, the special effects department in the early stage of the movie is also preparing. Of course, the special effects are mainly based on the computer, but it also needs to build some scenes, otherwise all the pure special effects, the cost will break through the sky.

Zhou Fangyuan met Director Cameron here, speaking of which, this is the first time Zhou Fangyuan has seen this famous director.

This great director is relatively thin, but he is also relatively handsome, and he speaks very funny, which is completely different from the rumors.

For this, Zhou Fangyuan is used to it, many times, the media report on a person, and his image is obtained from all aspects, and he is not completely a guest official. For example, the name of Cameron "Tyrant" was obtained from the set crew and actors, but in fact he is not like this in his daily life, he just strives for the improvement of the movie, so when he is not satisfied, he will inevitably lose his temper. Over time, he has the name of a tyrant, in fact, this is very unobjective, if all departments can work together when making a movie, there will be no mistakes, why should he become a tyrant?

Thinking about it from another angle, isn't the so-called "tyrant" the best portrayal of his attitude towards movies? Zhou Fangyuan once believed that tyrant is sometimes a better adjective, and it is precisely because of such a tyrant that he can dedicate classic film and television works to countless fans.

"By the way, what do you think about the follow-up contract, James?"

After the two walked around the set, Zhou Fangyuan suddenly asked.

Of course, there is more than one Warcraft movie, if he can, Zhou Fangyuan wants to make it a feature-length movie, the real kind of epic one, one serial movie after another.

In this regard, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, etc. are all doing well, among them, The Lord of the Rings is the most epic, of course, on the original work, The Lord of the Rings is indeed a masterpiece, crushing Warcraft is not negotiable, this, even the most extreme Warcraft fans have to admit, because Warcraft's achievements in terms are really lackluster. But when it comes to making movies, Warcraft will not fall behind, and Blizzard has now signed a letter of intent for cooperation with the Writers Association of the United States, Blizzard plans to change the plot of Warcraft in a way that does not move, but it can add a lot of character descriptions and details.

The Writers Association of the United States also agreed to this invitation to cooperate, and they will appoint some excellent writers to complete this work, and the real well-known writers don't think about it, it is impossible for people to participate in the adaptation. But there are some writers with average innovation ability who can still use a good pen, and if Warcraft becomes famous, these writers can also become famous, which is a win-win situation.

After it is done, Warcraft has the ability to truly compete with the Lord of the Rings in all aspects, relying on the game and, as long as the movie does not collapse, it is estimated that it can go far. And once the plot of Warcraft is really rolled out, even if the game doesn't work one day, the movie can still continue to be filmed, just like Hearthstone in later generations, and initially used the light of Warcraft to promote itself. But when Hearthstone developed and had a group of loyal users, it immediately jumped out of the cage of Warcraft and began to develop itself. This can be true for games, and certainly for movies.

In addition to this, there are TV series, and there are too many things that can be done in anime, a Warcraft, which is a rare super p in history, and if you don't develop it well, you're sorry for being reborn.

As for Cameron, after hearing Zhou Fangyuan's words, he glanced at Zhou Fangyuan suspiciously, but he didn't ask anything, but directly said his thoughts.

"Mr. Mike has talked to me about this before, but in my opinion, I don't want to direct too many films in one series, or rather, I'm just going to direct this one film, I have my own ideas, and I don't want to tie myself to one series"

Cameron is not Zhou Fangyuan's employee, let alone his subordinate, and in terms of his character, it is normal to speak very straight.

So when he said this, although he obviously didn't appreciate Zhou Fangyuan's invitation, Zhou Fangyuan was not angry, but looked at him with a smile.

"James, your idea is very good, and I support you, in fact, I actually have an idea of a big production, and the cost is at least more than 200 million"

Zhou Fangyuan looked at Cameron with a smile.

Cameron raised his eyebrows, "Two hundred million? That's not a small amount, but you can't say it."

"I know what you're asking, James, I'm talking about 200 million dollars. ”

"Two hundred million dollars?"

James' interest intensified.

"I'd love to hear your thoughts, what kind of movie do you want to make?"

"A pure special effects movie, at least 80% of the part in it is done with special effects, and I am ready to use high-definition technology and 3 technology, as for the content of the story, I have already thought about it, the story takes place in the year 2154, the story starts on Earth, Jack Sully is a former Marine with two legs paralyzed, he feels that there is nothing worth fighting for, so he readily accepts being sent to work for a mining company on the planet Pandora. There is a mineral element on this planet, NBN, which is not found anywhere else, and it is the reason why humans can come from far and wide to pioneer here.

NBN will revolutionize humanity's energy industry, but the resource-rich planet Pandora is not suitable for human life, the air here is deadly to humans, and the native flora and fauna are ferocious predators and extremely dangerous. The environment here has also created a race that is different from humans: they are not happy with the arrival of human pioneers, and they do not like the scars left by human machines on the land of this planet because they are mining everywhere."

Zhou Fangyuan told the synopsis of the story of Avatar, who will be famous in film history in the future, and he knew that this movie was the work of Cameron's ambition for 30 years, and Cameron himself admitted that he had the idea of making this movie as early as 1976. It's just that he was just an ordinary employee at that time, and he was not a well-known director. And at that time, he just had a simple idea, and the idea of this thing appeared in a flash of inspiration, and it was a question whether he could catch it. Even if you catch it, it's just a thought, and it's hard to make this idea more and more fulfilling.

It took Cameron thirty years to turn a small idea into a display, but now there are still several years before he officially starts filming this movie, I'm afraid he only has an immature idea in his head, maybe this Warcraft is his practice, so at this time, Zhou Fangyuan took out the full version of the Avatar story, and he didn't have to worry about colliding with Cameron.

Not only will it not crash, but it even makes Cameron feel sorry for each other.

Because he suddenly felt that the story Zhou Fangyuan said in his mouth was the story he had always wanted to achieve, which had always been relatively vague, and now that Zhou Fangyuan told it, the whole story suddenly became clear in his brain, and the world in that story suddenly became real.

Cameron's breathing became a little rapid

"What you said, is your plan to make 200 million yuan really true?"

"Of course it's true," Zhou Fangyuan smiled, he looked up at Cameron, "This kind of thing, do you think I'll take it out to lie to you?"

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