The more well-known big companies in the American film industry include Warner Bros., Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Universal, MGM, etc., in addition to many small independent production and distribution companies such as New Line. Zhang Lexing prefers large companies that own production and distribution, but in fact, he is mainly worried that the box office may be affected by distribution problems when making films in the future, so he is not interested in those small distribution companies that are easier to acquire. But I didn't expect that these big companies are not cheap now, such as Paramount, the expert assessment price is not less than 8.2 billion US dollars, although Zhang Lexing is not unable to get it now, but the biggest problem is that his subordinates can't find someone who understands the film industry, Zhang Lexing doesn't want to buy the next company in a daze, and sell it at a loss in a few years, so the film company's acquisition plan can only be suspended. Fortunately, Calvert, who was in charge of the investigation, was very capable, and in addition to investigating the situation of the film company, he also attached a simple way to get involved in the film industry at the end of the report - to acquire the rights of certain films, and attached a list of possible acquisitions, in which Zhang Lexing found a trace of "The Terminator".

The first part of "Terminator" was shot by director James Cameron in 1984, and the production cost of the whole film was $6.4 million, and the film achieved a North American box office of $38.37 million and a global box office of $78 million after its release. But I didn't expect that six years later, Hermdale Company did not develop and grow, but because of its own business problems, it was on the verge of bankruptcy and had to take out its own money to get by, and the copyright of "Terminator" was included in the list of saleables, which is said to have attracted a lot of attention.

"Terminator ......" Zhang Lexing saw these words on the list, his heart trembled, and he felt that he had found a very suitable target. "The Terminator" is nothing in itself, but it can connect ILM, James Cameron, Schwarzenegger and other people or things. Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing dialed the number of Anderson, the head of the Red River Fund, and gave him the task of buying the copyright of "Terminator" at all costs.

After receiving the notice, Anderson did not dare to slack off and immediately went to Hermdale to contact. Thomas, the boss of Hemdale, relied on the intention of more than one company, and at first wanted to put up a shelf and wait for the price to sell, but he didn't expect Anderson to directly quote $12 million, a price he couldn't refuse, and Thomas was dumbfounded. This can't be blamed entirely on Thomas, who made the Hermdale company not as mixed up as before, and they are almost waiting for the rice to be put in the pot every day. Thomas didn't want to use several companies to compete and raise the price of his own things, but except for the Red River Fund, the highest offer of others was only $7 million, and the price difference was too far. Although Thomas is the eldest brother, Hemdale Company does not have the final say on everything alone, so he hesitated again and again, and finally had to accept Anderson's offer to transfer the copyright of "Terminator" to the Red River Fund, and Zhang Lexing became the new owner of "Terminator".

Two days after winning "The Terminator", when Zhang Lexing was still thinking about the resources in his hand and planning how to make full use of them, Yang Xinxin appeared in front of him with a stranger.

Before Zhang Lexing could ask, Yang Xinxin spoke first: "Brother, you really don't have the consciousness of being the boss of the company." ”

Yang Xinxin's words made Zhang Lexing very embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Sister Xin, I really ...... what you said."

Before Zhang Le finished speaking, Yang Xinxin continued: "I know that you are in a bad mood these days, the film industry has invested in a lot of money, and in the end you only won the copyright of one movie, and it is very difficult for Japan to acquire it." But brother, don't you know that there is a kind of person in the world called a corporate sniper?"

"Corporate sniper?" Yang Xinxin was really right, Zhang Lexing, who knew little about the financial market, had never heard of this term.

"Corporate snipers, to put it simply, are looking for companies with investment value or undervalue, making profits by acquiring their shares, joining the board of directors to influence their operations, or even outright acquisitions, and then making profits through spin-offs and sales. The stranger who came with Yang Xinxin explained Zhang Lexing's doubts.

"Sister Xin, who is this?"

"He's my friend Mak Ka Chun......"

Mai Jiajun took out a business card and handed it to Zhang Lexing, and said at the same time: "If Mr. Zhang has the intention of corporate M&A, you can come to me." ”

Zhang Lexing took the business card and looked at it, and then looked at Mai Jiajun. This person is still dignified, but he looks like Sven Wen, seems to be loyal and honest, and is not as ruthless as the corporate sniper in Zhang Lexing's imagination.

"Brother, don't underestimate him, he's a popular figure on Wall Street. His first debut was with Carl Icahn to snipe Trans Global Airlines, relying on the cooperation between the two, the acquisition of 52% of the shares from zero to 9 months was completed, Karl Icahn mastered Trans World Airlines as he wished, and Mak Jiajun also earned the first pot of gold in his life. Since then, he has set up his own practice to help companies in need with M&A. If the timing is right, he will also shoot directly, as far as I know, at least in '87 and at the beginning of this year, he was not idle. ”

Zhang Lexing thought that Yang Xinxin's introduction should not be wrong, so he came out with the information of Yiqiao Group and handed it to Mai Jiajun, "Mr. Mai, you see if there is any possibility of acquiring this company." ”

Mai Jiajun took the information and looked at it, and said: "The family business is a bit difficult, but it is not completely impossible. ”

Zhang Lexing was overjoyed: "Mr. Mai, what should I do?"

"I need two billion dollars, and I will definitely let you buy this company at a reasonable price by the end of the year, but I hope you don't interfere with how to do it. ”

Zhang Lexing understands that this is also a gamble, and if it succeeds, it will not only greatly increase the strength of Kunpeng Animation, but also benefit his future game development career. But if it fails, the money may be wasted. Zhang Lexing's face changed slightly a few times, he exhaled, and said, "Okay, I believe in you." ”

Mai Jiajun smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, soon you will know that it is worth the money." ”

A dark war around the Hitotsubashi Group quietly kicked off......

After two things on his mind, Zhang Lexing's attention shifted to the employees who came to the United States for further study. At this time, it happened to be the vacuum period of the Blue Dragon Company's project, and the developers who had completed the preliminary project were preparing to enjoy the holiday, only Zhan Jun was different. Just like many people who studied abroad during this period, Zhan Jun and others were more strict with themselves, fully grasped the time, and studied hard, so even Albert, the development director of Blue Dragon, felt very incredible about their progress. When the employees of Blue Dragon Company were discussing with each other where to go on vacation, Zhan Jun and others gathered at their residence to summarize the experience of the previous project.

Zhang Lexing was also very relieved to learn that the employees worked so hard, and after reading the evaluation report issued by Albert, he decided to give them a formal opportunity to exercise. borrowed a conference room from Blue Dragon Company, and a pre-game development seminar was held......

On a table in the middle of the conference room is a newly launched Dell 486 computer, which is not connected to a monitor but displays the picture through a projector on a screen not far away. Next to the projection screen is a whiteboard, which is used for improvised writing. There are a lot of PC games in the computer, such as Sid Meier's "Pirates" and "Railroad Tycoon", Will White's "SimCity", and "God is Crazy" from a British production company.

"You've been studying for so long, have you ever thought about making a game with your own hands?"

Everyone nodded, and replied in unison, "Yes!"

"Do you have any ideas for new games?" Zhang Lexing has high expectations for the team he is cultivating, hoping that they will have a strong sense of independent innovation, so he does not plan to provide ideas entirely on his own, if he does, I am afraid that he will kill the creativity of this game development team with his own hands. In KF-Panda back then, Zhang Lexing suffered this loss, and finally had to change the planners to solve this problem. Zhang Lexing doesn't want to make mistakes on the same issue twice, and he doesn't have the capital this time.

There was silence for a while, and people began to stand up and speak. Some people have proposed to repackage some games released in the early years with the latest computer technology, some people want to port some popular games on console platforms to PC, and some people even propose to Chinese games like "SimCity" and "Railway Tycoon", and of course, some people have put forward more "original" suggestions - adapting "Journey to the West" into a game......

In everyone's stirring brainstorming, a lot of ideas were born, but unfortunately there are almost no that can be used directly, although some ideas are good, the current PC hardware performance is limited, and its connotation cannot be fully expressed. As for the sinicization of the game,Considering the domestic market environment,It's okay if it's just as an amateur sinicization.,If you're doing the introduction of the sinicization of the eight classics,It's estimated that it's a loss of one.,Or talk about it in a few years.。

In fact, those who are limited by the performance of PC hardware can not fully express their connotation for the time being are still very interesting, for example, a person named Zhong Guoqiang, he claimed to have played "Prince of Persia", I feel that this type of game is very interesting, and the idea of turning the space of the prince's activities into three-dimensional, the protagonist of the game is changed to an adventurer during the Republic of China, the game process is no longer the prince to save the princess, but to hunt for treasure in the tomb full of mechanisms, and the adventurer needs to defeat the guards of the tomb while avoiding deadly mechanisms. Different tombs will be a level, the more the number of tomb organs in the future, not only there are hurtful mechanisms, but also the need to use your brain to crack the door, the corresponding number of tomb guards will also increase, the ability to guard will be stronger, when the completion of the exploration of all the tombs in the early stage will usher in the most mysterious tomb in history - the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. After listening to Zhong Guoqiang's introduction, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but look at him twice, and he was a little skeptical that this guy would also have crossed over, otherwise how could the creativity be so similar to "Tomb Raider", it can be said that it can be said that it is the Chinese version of "Tomb Raider". Although there is no way to produce it for the time being, Zhang Lexing has included this idea in the list of must-develop ideas, as long as the technical strength can keep up with it at that time, I believe that it will definitely be able to make an effect that surpasses "Tomb Raider". Of course, other interesting ideas are also recorded in the creative collection book prepared by Zhang Lexing in advance, and they will only be taken out when the conditions are ripe in the future, which is a valuable asset for the game development company.

Finally, it was Zhan Jun's turn to speak, he walked to the computer, launched the PC version of "Pirates", and said while demonstrating: "I studied this game carefully some time ago, and it was quite fun. Players can choose to play as a pirate of a certain nation, relying on trade, exploration, and warfare (including sword fighting, land warfare, and naval warfare) to obtain honorary titles or material rewards. There are a variety of ships available in the game, including three-sail fast battleships, large sailing ships, and dhows. It's a bit of a pity that the map is a bit smaller, and you can only move around Europe. I had an idea that if we could expand the map to the whole world, and add a little bit of ship types and game items, it would be a lot more fun for players to explore. ”

Zhang Lexing couldn't help but look at Zhan Jun twice, and sighed in his heart: "Could it be another rebirth, why are many of these people's ideas so similar to some well-known games in the future." In fact, Zhang Lexing didn't know that the game of "Age of Discovery" he knew was said to be really influenced by Sid Meier's "Pirates", although this statement was not recognized by the glorious company.

Since the creativity is almost the same, Zhang Lexing decided not to waste the name, so he simply occupied the signboard of "The Age of Discovery", and it is better to be cheap than cheap Japan.

With the end of Zhan Jun's speech, the game development workshop was almost over. So Zhang Lexing made a final concluding speech and determined the next development project "Age of Discovery", the project leader is Zhan Jun, and the other 11 people are team members. Next, it was time for Zhan Jun to take the lead, and the project development team was officially operational.

According to the process, the project team will conduct a feasibility analysis, which is an indispensable part of game development, which is the process of determining the expected market capacity of the game, setting the cultural background of the game, understanding user needs, and analyzing competitors. After research and discussion, the game is set in the 16th century during the period of European geographical discoveries. In order to reduce the complexity of the game, the plot is set as the adventure story of a young European born into a seafaring family, who sails to conquer the world in order to fulfill the dreams of his great-grandfather and father. As for the competitors, there are no similar games found except for "Pirates" that have already been released, of course, Zhang Lexing remembers that the glorious company will launch this game next year, but there is no film yet. From a market perspective, the game plans to develop Chinese traditional, Japanese, and English languages, and in order to expand the audience, in addition to being launched on computers, it can also be considered for home console platforms in the future.

After completing the feasibility analysis, Zhan Jun led his development team to the library to consult the relevant materials and maps of the period of geographical discovery, and in order to make the information more detailed, Zhang Lexing also asked someone to get some copies of some documents, drawings, and letters related to that period from the United Kingdom. After three weeks of research and analysis, Zhan Jun took out the project approval report, and the Age of Discovery officially began.

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