Although it is inevitable, when Yaya strolls on the streets, looks at the melody in the streets and alleys, and looks at the nine young and beautiful dancers dancing cute dog legs in shopping malls and LED signs, Yaya also has to sigh.

"It's good to be young!"

"Say it like you're old. Mao Yi hugged Yaya's fragrant shoulder and teased with a smile.

"No, people are six years younger than me, and I have a weak heart. Yaya squinted at Mao Yi and said in a weird manner.

Mao Yi gets rid of crying and laughing, which is a bitter smile.

Seeing Mao Yi's reaction, Yaya snorted lightly and didn't care anymore.

Unexpectedly, when Mao Yi and Yaya were shopping in Myeongdong, they saw Laura's portrait card again.

"Huh?" Mao Yi was stunned when he saw it, and seemed to think of something.

took Yaya to the physical store.

Although Yaya was strange, considering that Mao Yi was probably thinking about things at work, she didn't ask why.

After entering the physical store, Mao Yi looked for it, and in the corner of the shelf, he found "Tomb Raider 8", which was obviously not bought by anyone.

"Boss, is this selling very bad?" Mao Yi asked, picking up a disc.

The boss glanced at the beautiful girl next to him, swallowed his saliva secretly, and then said, "Well, it's very bad." ”

"You guys ...... last month How much did you sell?" asked Mao Yi casually.

"This game just came out this month. The boss frowned.

"How much did that sell?"

"What are you asking for?"

"Just ask. Mao Yi naturally knows the "rules".

Pick up a plate and put it at the counter to checkout.

Seeing that Mao Yi really wanted to buy it, the boss said: "Counting this, only twelve copies have been sold so far." ”

"Oh. Mao Yi didn't seem surprised, and said goodbye with a smile.

Looking at the disc in Mao Yi's hand, Yaya was a little curious: "Is this game selling poorly?"

"Well, it's very bad, when the previous game was released for a week, it had already sold a million copies, but this one only has more than 200,000. ”

"Are you optimistic about this project?"

"Who doesn't like it?" Mao Yi said with a smile: "In the eerie and terrifying ancient tomb cave, a plump long-legged girl goes through various puzzles and battles to obtain treasures, what a good theme." ”

"But if this theme is so good, why is it not selling well?" Yaya asked rhetorically.

"There are many reasons...... Mao Yi briefly explained, and fell into deep thought.

"Are you trying to buy the rights?"

"Hmm. Mao Yi nodded: "But this game ...... With the background of Bilibili, it cannot be developed in a short period of time. ”

"How much money is needed?"

"More than $200 million. Mao Yi said solemnly.

Yaya was secretly speechless.

200 million US dollars, according to the exchange rate, is equivalent to 1.7 billion red banknotes!

So much money, go get a virtual game......

Yaya is really crazy about the game industry.

"Hehe, in fact, it is not so easy for this project to start. Mao Yi said with a smile.

This is true, "Tomb Raider 8" was released in 09, but "Tomb Raider 9" was 13 years old.

It took nearly five years to finally go live.

So what about the quality?

It is a turning point for the entire series, which can be called the Call of Duty Modern Warfare series compared to the previous World War II-themed series.

Is this game profitable?

Make money.

Although the expected sales were not met, so that a lot of losses were made.

But the reality is that the project is really profitable.

That is, the time to withdraw funds is relatively long.

What's even interesting is that PC sales account for more than half of the entire fund!

In other words, the fact that this game pays off is entirely due to PC players.

In the previous life, there was a dispute between PC and console, the former had high image quality, and the latter had high sales.

It can be regarded as a duel between art and commerce in another sense.

So can Bilibili buy the copyright of "Tomb Raider" and then make it yourself?

Most likely, no.

After all, today's Bilibili is really just a group of novices.

Although I studied in a foreign game studio for a period of time, the results that can be brought by that period of time depend on the time feedback.

It is impossible to get immediate benefits.

Unless......

Acquisition of Crystal Power.

Is this decision feasible?

Mao Yi fell into deep thought.

In my memory, there are only two works left by Crystal Power.

They are "Tomb Raider 9" and "Tomb Raider Rising".

As for the last installment of the reboot trilogy, it was taken over by other studios.

So......

Can you make an article on this?

Thinking of this, Mao Yi looked at Yaya hesitantly.

"Something?"

"Well, I'm going to the United States now, you ......"

"With you. Yaya said as a matter of course: "You can't take care of yourself, I can take care of it when I go." ”

Mao Yi was stunned for a moment, and then responded with a smile: "Okay!"

The two hurriedly got on the plane and headed for Beijing.

There is no way, after all, the two do not have a U.S. green card, and they are not Koreans, so they can only return to China first and then transfer to the United States.

Of course, there was also Lin Zhiling, who rushed to Beijing early.

The three took their luggage and went to the United States.

There is nothing to say about the process.

Although in the early stage of the release of "Tomb Raider 8", there were fatal problems such as personnel transfer and studio integration, but everything is based on sales.

As a game with an investment of tens of millions of dollars, it has only sold more than one million copies worldwide since it was put on the shelves, and looking at this value, I am afraid that in a month, the game will not exceed three million.

This kind of sales, compared to the cost, can be said to be a loss.

Directly let the subsequent version of the research enter an indefinite state of stagnation.

The creative director was also resigned.

It can be said that it is very miserable.

Then Mao Yi went directly to the Crystal Power Studio.

After a brief explanation of the intention, the owner of the studio was embarrassed and said that the copyright of "Tomb Raider" was in the hands of SE.

They can't sell it.

Mao Yi was not surprised.

But Mao Yi said with a smile that if one day Crystal Power wants to continue to develop "Tomb Raider", he can come to Huaxia Bilibili to find him.

Although the other party disagreed, he still expressed his gratitude.

Out of the crystal power, Lin Zhiling asked puzzledly: "Boss, don't you want to buy it?"

"Can't afford it. Mao Yi said helplessly.

It's really unaffordable.

If the copyright is in the hands of Crystal Power.

With the current situation, Mao Yi is afraid that he can buy it at a very low price.

But in the hands of SE......

That company is notoriously speechless.

Therefore, Mao Yi, who is not rich in audience funds, can only give up.

"Then why doesn't the boss go to SE and ask?" Lin Zhiling was puzzled: "I think SE, who has just experienced a failure, I'm afraid it will also be very resistant to this IP, ......right?

Lin Zhiling's words made Mao Yi's eyes light up.

Yes, I've got the tip of the horns.

Even if you buy the copyright of "Tomb Raider", can you still create a remastered version?