Chapter 157: A two-pronged approach

At this moment, Liu Yun had a faint subtle feeling in his heart, as if God had given him a chance to try if he could get the agency of the World of Warcraft.

"Sister, aren't you optimistic about this game either?" asked Liu Yun with a smile.

"I'm not optimistic, after all, I'm also managing a game station, and I also deliberately studied the graphics of this game, and that kind of character image and game style should not be popular with players. Liu Yueru thought for a while and smiled.

Liu Yun smiled, and smiled a little meaningfully. He understands Liu Yueru, not to mention that she is a fledgling female cadre, even if many Internet bigwigs have looked away, the agency fee of up to more than 10 million US dollars per year, plus the profit sharing is not low, so that countless Internet companies are discouraged, and no one is willing to try such a big gamble.

He lowered his head and was silent for a while, looked at Liu Yueru seriously and said, "I want to try." ”

"What to try?" Liu Yueru didn't react for a while, and asked with some puzzlement.

Liu Yun felt that this atmosphere was made a little serious by himself, and said with a smile: "It's the topic we just talked about, about the agency of World of Warcraft, I want to try it." ”

"Are you crazy?" Liu Yueru looked at Liu Yun in surprise, staring at him stunned for a while with wide eyes, but Liu Yun reciprocated with a calm gaze and looked at her.

It didn't take long for Liu Yueru to lean back on the chair a little helplessly, but her chest was constantly rising and falling, her emotions seemed a little excited, and she sighed and said: "Acting for World of Warcraft will cost at least $10 million a year, and there will be huge promotion costs and server purchase costs in the future." ”

"I've seen a report that Blizzard asked affiliates to buy their designated game servers during negotiations, and these servers are so expensive that they almost have five servers that are as big as legends and miracles, plus a lot of maintenance fees, this game needs to burn money and burn money from beginning to end before it is operated, so you even have to prepare $15 million in the first year, and I don't know how the market will react after the game is operated. ”

Liu Yun glanced at her cousin in a little surprise, but she didn't expect her to really learn more about it. However, he understands that the game server naturally has to be expensive, otherwise these players will be halfway back from the team dungeon, or they will be stuck, and they will definitely be like Zhu Jun in the previous life, and they will be greeted by the whole family every day.

Seeing that her cousin said so many words in one go, Liu Yun stepped forward to bring her a cup of tea and said with a smile: "I calculated that as long as the number of online users reaches 200,000 by then, we will be able to break even." ”

"200,000? How many games are there in the whole of China, and only a few have reached this number, and some of the previous European and American games that were very optimistic about the result, but the number of online users was only tens of thousands. Liu Yueru shook her head and said.

Liu Yun knows that the number of online users of this game is far more than 200,000, and even exceeded 1 million at its peak, which is a real paying player.

He hasn't paid attention to the news of the game industry recently, and he thought that the agency of World of Warcraft had almost been decided, but it was because the rights protection turmoil of the miracle players at the gate of Nine Cities had caused too many changes.

Liu Yun has the impression that there will be a more popular Korean game in the next two years, the 2005 is the Dance Troupe, and the 2006 is Kaka Kart.

It's just that these two games are the same as Liu Yun's previous creative ideas, and the replicability is quite high.

I remember that it didn't take long for Tencent to launch Xuanwu and Flying Car one after another, and then rely on the huge user base to beat the original. So in Liu Yun's opinion, the popularity of these two games will not last long, and he can only make a quick amount of money from them.

These are not what Liu Yun wants, he needs a game that can allow him to jump directly into the dragon gate and let Yoyoluo directly enter the first-line Internet company. World of Warcraft is undoubtedly the best option, and its popularity will continue for a long time.

What's more, World of Warcraft is a game with unique characteristics that are impossible for Tencent or several other interconnected companies to imitate.

Liu Yun doesn't have to worry about making wedding dresses for others because of Youyouluo's weakness.

He stood up and walked to the window, looking out from the height of the sixteenth floor, and the scenery of the entire Ningjiang city was in full view.

"Sister, many companies will have one or two big bets on their net worth in their operations, Jiucheng is like this, Shanda is like this, and Alibaba is the same, why don't we give it a try?" Liu Yun said in a relaxed tone.

Liu Yueru sighed slightly: "This company was established by you, if you decide to do so, what can I do." It's just that how do you solve this huge agency fee?"

Liu Yun squinted his eyes slightly, and said: "I will find a way to do this, it will take about half a year from negotiation to signing the contract, and it is completely too late to prepare funds." His idea was to wait for Baidu to inquire and use the money from the sale of 123 as the agency fee for the first year of World of Warcraft.

As for the agency fee for the next few years, it will be easy to manage, as long as the game is officially operated for a fee, it is a cash cow with an amazing output value, and the agency fee is not a problem at all.

"If there are only a few people online and the operation is bleak, have you thought about the consequences, it is a debt of more than $10 million. Liu Yueru said the biggest worry in her heart.

Liu Yun said in a relaxed tone: "I naturally thought about it, do you remember when Sohu packaged 20 million US dollars and 123, if it really failed this time, it would be as if Youyouluo had not been established." ”

He said so, but he was sure in his heart that that day would not come. World of Warcraft will inevitably become the most popular and profitable game in the Huaxia Continent before 2010, and he was also a participant in this scene in his previous life, even if the server crashes every day, the rollback can't stop the enthusiasm of Warcraft players.

Liu Yueru understood, this is her cousin's hole card. If this agency game fails, he will sell Yoyoluo, and he will still have millions of dollars in balance, as well as several milk tea branches and bars, and he still has the capital to make a comeback.

"Okay, since you've decided, then I'll fully cooperate with you, what do you need me to do now. Liu Yueru quickly collected her mood and asked.

Liu Yun stretched out two fingers and said: "Two things, one thing can slightly reveal the agency fee of more than 10 million US dollars in World of Warcraft on the homepage of Youyou, as well as a huge profit share, and hype in the name of various anonymous game experts is not optimistic about the prospects of this European and American game in China, you can hire some water army to brush comments, by the way, let us and our partners Tencent, Sohu, and Sina also express similar opinions on the news page, and you can give each other some benefits privately." “

"The second thing is that you can try to contact the Blizzard executives and say that Yoyoluo is interested in representing the World of Warcraft game. We just do a two-pronged approach, scare the other companies away, and then go and negotiate agency on our own. Liu Yun said with a mysterious smile.