Chen Cheng rushed from Chengdu to the capital the next day, and for him, a small game programmer, Bernett is a high-level player in the game industry, equivalent to a superstar in the entertainment industry.

So Chen Cheng came to see Bernett with 120,000 points of sincerity and fear.

However, after seeing Bernett himself, he was stunned again, it turned out that these cows were coaxing the big names in the industry, and they were just like ordinary people!

Because when he met Bernett, the guy had just woken up from a hangover, and it was already eleven o'clock at noon.

"This is Bernett?"

Chen Cheng took advantage of Bernett's inattention and quietly asked Li Zhifan.

"yes!"

Li Zhifan smiled bitterly, "He is too good at drinking, he drank it for four hours yesterday." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the situation in the room, especially the empty wine bottles on the coffee table, and couldn't help but say, "It seems that he has drunk a lot since he came back." ”

Chen Cheng frowned: "No wonder he was kicked out of the game by Sol Online, so can he be a qualified game producer now?"

"Let's talk!"

Li Zhifan said, "As long as your private life does not interfere with normal work, it is still fine, but if the situation is the opposite...... Hehe, I'll have to reconsider. ”

After washing up, Bernett seemed to be a different person, although he was not very energetic, but he was completely different from the previous appearance after waking up from a hangover.

"Lee!"

Bernett walked over to the couch and sat down, asking, "Who is this young man?"

"His name is Chen Cheng!"

Li Zhifan glanced at Chen Cheng and motioned for him to introduce himself.

If they met like this directly, Chen Cheng would definitely take a break and express his fan feelings, but now he won't do it, and said with a calm smile: "Hello Mr. Bernett, I am the head of an independent game studio, we are college students, and we have a development team of 20 people. ”

"20 people?"

Apparently thinking that the number of people in this team was too small, Bernett turned to Li and asked, "It seems that you invited me to play in China, you should have something to do with the game?"

"Yes!"

Li Zhifan said bluntly, "We want to make a survival game by ourselves, and we want to ask you to be the producer, if you agree, we can continue to talk about the rest of the content." ”

"You guys?"

Bernett's eyes swept back and forth between Li Zhifan and Chen Cheng, "A team of 20 people?"

"No, this team will be the core technical layer and management of the company!"

Li Zhifan said, " Their game studio is independent, but it will be acquired by me, after the acquisition, we will recruit more talent, and I know that you have made an announcement on your social platform, saying that you want to form your own studio, my idea is this, we both cooperate, the game is developed and produced by you and your studio, we are involved in the whole process, after the game is launched, you provide technical support and maintenance support, but it is mainly maintained and operated by us, and when there is a problem that cannot be solved, I will contact you. ”

"Oh, just outsource the R&D studio to me, huh?" Bernett asked.

"Yes, that's what it means!" Li Zhifan said.

"I want to know, how much money do I get?" said Burnett.

"You can mention it first, and then we'll talk!"

Li Zhifan said with a smile that the thinking of Chinese and foreigners is here, especially Americans, before doing a thing, they should first consider the offer in its entirety, while the Chinese said that they could talk slowly in the middle.

Of course, Burnett also knew this problem, so he said to Li Zhifan bluntly, "In this business, I want to earn 10% of the game production cost, OK? Now many producers of large game companies have more than 20% of the price, my requirements are not too high, right?"

"Then we'll have to see what the budget is for the whole game!"

Li Zhifan spread his hands, "Although for me, money is not a problem, but the problem is that you can't waste money, you have already operated the game "King of Survival", and you must have witnessed the birth of "King of Survival 2" and other games that follow the trend, and you must be more familiar with the production fee than me." ”

No one can say for sure how much it will cost to make this game, because it can't be compared to other games of the same genre because it's a matter of concept, not demand.

For design and development, the logic, process, function points, and modules of any business have a lot of details, and the scope of evaluation results can be large or small in the case of uncertainty, which is meaningless, and it is irresponsible to give a random quotation.

For some large-scale projects, the preparation and preparation stages of the project in the early stage will take several months.

For a product, there is a process for planning plans, demand statements, development plans, design plans, schedules, etc., which need to be evaluated many times and then implemented in detail.

In fact, there are many very formal and large-scale development companies in the world, but these companies still have a lot of risks, especially project management, so some projects need to invest more money than building their own teams in order to hire a decent development team.

In fact, outsourcing is definitely much riskier than in-house teams, and the additional costs sometimes bring are huge.

In extreme cases, for example, in the middle of development, the development company picks and stops, even if it goes to lawsuit, it is not a problem that can be solved in a short time, and it can even drag on for three or five years.

It's no longer a question of how much it costs to complete the project.

The real cost of the game is not actually in the design and development, the cost of this part is mainly focused on labor, and Li Zhifan himself already has a development plan, according to the plan, as well as the standard of the team's location, the construction period plus basic labor, how much it costs, in fact, it can be roughly calculated with your eyes closed.

Therefore, whether it is the senior management behind it or Li Zhifan, they have chosen outsourcing.

Because we all know that the real investment is actually in the operation and promotion of the game, and the game is made by people to play, so to solve the problem of dissemination and monetization, the cost of many project promotion is N times that of development.

This is not only about spending money, but also about having a team to do a good job in various tasks, such as internal finance, operation and maintenance, external distribution channels, promotion channels, etc.

Even if it is a game supported by radio and television, you can't expect this game to be known by word of mouth.

Those on the rankings of various platforms are smashed with money, just like the application software on mobile phones, many of which burn money until users have a sense of dependence, and only then dare to talk about the problem of income.

In addition, from project planning, product planning, design, development, testing, promotion, operation to post-data analysis, Upgrading and iteration is not something that one person can control, Chen Cheng's Orange Elephant Game is the core of this project, and it is also the core of the company after the establishment of the company in the future.

"I can't say this well!"

Bernett said, "At the beginning, "King of Survival" burned 60 million just for the development of this piece, and "King of Survival 2.0" only used 25 million because of experience in development, and there is also a game called "King of the Battlefield", which is to follow us, it is said that it only used less than 8 million, but the effect of this game You can try it for yourself, it is really bad." ”

"Then the budget, you two will work together to design it!"

Li Zhifan said, "I'm only responsible for money and planning, and I don't care about anything else!"

"If you have a lot of ideas and models, we will speed up a lot in the early stage, and naturally we can save a lot of money!"

Bernett spread his hands, he didn't believe that Li Zhifan had any good plans, "But whether your ideas can be used, whether they can be realized, whether they can attract user groups, it is difficult to say, we can come up with our own plans and screen out the final results." ”

"It's okay too!"

Li Zhifan thought about it and didn't argue, he mainly didn't want to discourage the enthusiasm of the two, and he seemed to be domineering.

"I want to know, how much money do I get?" said Burnett.

"You can mention it first, and then we'll talk!"

Li Zhifan said with a smile that the thinking of Chinese and foreigners is here, especially Americans, before doing a thing, they should first consider the offer in its entirety, while the Chinese said that they could talk slowly in the middle.

Of course, Burnett also knew this problem, so he said to Li Zhifan bluntly, "In this business, I want to earn 10% of the game production cost, OK? Now many producers of large game companies have more than 20% of the price, my requirements are not too high, right?"

"Then we'll have to see what the budget is for the whole game!"

Li Zhifan spread his hands, "Although for me, money is not a problem, but the problem is that you can't waste money, you have already operated the game "King of Survival", and you must have witnessed the birth of "King of Survival 2" and other games that follow the trend, and you must be more familiar with the production fee than me." ”

No one can say for sure how much it will cost to make this game, because it can't be compared to other games of the same genre because it's a matter of concept, not demand.

For design and development, the logic, process, function points, and modules of any business have a lot of details, and the scope of evaluation results can be large or small in the case of uncertainty, which is meaningless, and it is irresponsible to give a random quotation.

For some large-scale projects, the preparation and preparation stages of the project in the early stage will take several months.

For a product, there is a process for planning plans, demand statements, development plans, design plans, schedules, etc., which need to be evaluated many times and then implemented in detail.

In fact, there are many very formal and large-scale development companies in the world, but these companies still have a lot of risks, especially project management, so some projects need to invest more money than building their own teams in order to hire a decent development team.

In fact, outsourcing is definitely much riskier than in-house teams, and the additional costs sometimes bring are huge.

In extreme cases, for example, in the middle of development, the development company picks and stops, even if it goes to lawsuit, it is not a problem that can be solved in a short time, and it can even drag on for three or five years.

It's no longer a question of how much it costs to complete the project.

The real cost of the game is not actually in the design and development, the cost of this part is mainly focused on labor, and Li Zhifan himself already has a development plan, according to the plan, as well as the standard of the team's location, the construction period plus basic labor, how much it costs, in fact, it can be roughly calculated with your eyes closed.

Therefore, whether it is the senior management behind it or Li Zhifan, they have chosen outsourcing.

Because we all know that the real investment is actually in the operation and promotion of the game, and the game is made by people to play, so to solve the problem of dissemination and monetization, the cost of many project promotion is N times that of development.

This is not only about spending money, but also about having a team to do a good job in various tasks, such as internal finance, operation and maintenance, external distribution channels, promotion channels, etc.

Even if it is a game supported by radio and television, you can't expect this game to be known by word of mouth.

Those on the rankings of various platforms are smashed with money, just like the application software on mobile phones, many of which burn money until users have a sense of dependence, and only then dare to talk about the problem of income.

In addition, from project planning, product planning, design, development, testing, promotion, operation to post-data analysis, Upgrading and iteration is not something that one person can control, Chen Cheng's Orange Elephant Game is the core of this project, and it is also the core of the company after the establishment of the company in the future.

"I can't say this well!"

Bernett said, "At the beginning, "King of Survival" burned 60 million just for the development of this piece, and "King of Survival 2.0" only used 25 million because of experience in development, and there is also a game called "King of the Battlefield", which is to follow us, it is said that it only used less than 8 million, but the effect of this game You can try it for yourself, it is really bad." ”

"Then the budget, you two will work together to design it!"

Li Zhifan said, "I'm only responsible for money and planning, and I don't care about anything else!"

"If you have a lot of ideas and models, we will speed up a lot in the early stage, and naturally we can save a lot of money!"

Bernett spread his hands, he didn't believe that Li Zhifan had any good plans, "But whether your ideas can be used, whether they can be realized, whether they can attract user groups, it is difficult to say, we can come up with our own plans and screen out the final results." ”

"It's okay too!"

Li Zhifan thought about it and didn't argue, he mainly didn't want to discourage the enthusiasm of the two, and he seemed to be domineering.