Listening to Long Wu talk about World of Warcraft, Su Ming's first reaction was not related to the movie at all, and he nodded subconsciously: "I've played, Brother Ten didn't expect you to play games even when you're old, I play Warlock, what profession do you play?" ”

"Huh?" Long Wu looked at Su Ming blankly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Instead, he turned to the left and said to the side: "My old bean doesn't play, he can only steal vegetables, and he can't play with so many skills in World of Warcraft." I play defense, the Darkan server in the tenth district, which server in which district do you have, and what is the equipment level? The tribe is still an alliance, next time we team up to play 2v2 to brush the honor level......"

"My tribe of Theramore in District 5." Su Ming said.

"Oh, that's not good, I'm in the alliance, we're not on one side, we can't team up." Xiang Zuo was a little disappointed, and then said: "Why don't you change camps, Uncle, there are many friends in the entertainment industry in my guild, Wu Yanzu you know, you are also a warlock......

Long Wu had a serious expression on his face, his eyes wide, just like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, sitting on the side and looking at the two of them innocently.

"Oh oh, it's off-topic, this is a game, not a movie...... Su Ming said before he realized that he had made a super big mistake, his voice changed slightly, and he looked at Long Wu in surprise: "Tenth brother, you mean, the movie made this time is World of Warcraft." ”

Long Wu smiled and nodded, "That's it, listening to the two of you chatting so happily, you know that there are many players in this game, and the fan base is large enough." ”

"Of course, this is a game that has been popular all over the world for ten years, not only in China has a huge fan base, but in the world, in every country with the Internet, there are a large number of fans. Oh, except for that place in North Korea, I guess their internet speed is not good over there......"

Su Ming nodded: "However, the copyright of the IP should be in the hands of Blizzard, right?" Brother Ten, have you talked about it? ”

Blizzard Entertainment is an authentic American company, which has launched a number of classic series of works, such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo series, with a company address in the United States, leaders and employees are also Americans, and there is almost no border with the Xiangjiang Film Market.

Even if you want to sell the rights to film adaptations, Blizzard has more options for Hollywood and European studios, such as Saul Lentz, which produced the Lord of the Rings series, or simply choose Disney Pictures, Legendary Pictures and other well-known companies with rich experience in fantasy films.

Whether in terms of overall strength and company popularity, Longwu and even Huaxia Star are far from being the opponents of these companies.

Long Wu's 'power' has a huge influence in the Xiangjiang film and television industry, and it can be said that there is nothing he can't get the script and copyright he wants. But in the United States, it is impossible to have such a large capacity.

Speaking of which, even a person as introverted as Long Wu couldn't help but show a smug expression: "My family has a deep relationship with a certain powerful person in Blizzard, and it happened that Blizzard was interested in investing in the filming of World of Warcraft movies and looking for partners. ”

"What about the conditions offered by the other party?" Su Ming frowned slightly and asked with some curiosity.

The East is a society of human feelings, and the West is a contract society, no matter how good the relationship is, it is impossible to give the film copyright to Long Wu in vain.

Not only is it impossible to give it for nothing, but if you can hand over this purely Western magical style work to an Oriental film company, maybe the conditions put forward are more stringent than those given to Western film companies.

Of course, the 'relationship' of the five dragons played a decisive role, and if there was no such 'relationship', the other party probably would not have considered cooperating with the five dragons at all.

Blizzard Entertainment's proposed cooperative production mainly means: the other party provides the film IP copyright, participates in the guidance and supervision of the film, does not interfere with the filming process and candidates, and finally takes 20% of the producer's share as the copyright fee.

Assuming that the box office sells 100 million, the producer can probably divide 40 or 50 million, and Blizzard almost does not have any expenses, so it takes 800 to 10 million from it.

The above are conditions for Western companies, are industry practices, and are not excessive.

In addition, as Su Ming expected, for the Oriental film company, the other party has an additional condition: no matter how much the final box office of the movie is, the producer must pay a minimum deposit of 30 million US dollars in advance.

Regardless of whether the final dividend is 30 million US dollars or not, the 30 million Blizzard will not be refunded.

In other words, Blizzard's final share is 30 million US dollars, plus about 8% of the total box office.

The $100 million investment that Long Wu said includes the $30 million in advance.

That's why he pulls investments everywhere, and the cash he has at hand at present, even the advance payment of 30 million US dollars, is a little stretched, unless he is willing to sell Huaxia Star's shares.

Huaxiaxing's equity is the foundation of his life, and it is of course impossible to cash out unless it is a last resort.

"Well, are you interested in joining?" Long Wu asked with a smile.

Su Ming thought about holding the wine and gently shaking the wine glass, but he didn't answer, as if he was considering.

This investment is by no means a matter of one or two million, and even the deposit prepaid to the other party has reached almost 200 million Huaxia coins, if you want to participate in this game, let alone 50 million, 100 million is not much.

The budget of Dragon Five is a total cost of 100 million US dollars, but this kind of blockbuster may increase the budget at any time, and it is reasonable to increase it by 10% to 20%, and it may need to be invested in the future.

If you want to play, it's a big gamble.

Seeing Su Ming thinking, Long Wu was not in a hurry to urge, and waited quietly on the side.

"Brother Ten, if it starts shooting in the near future, when will it be released?" Su Ming suddenly asked.

Long Wu's eyes lit up slightly: "I thought you would ask questions like directors, screenwriters, and leading actors." ”

"It's all in the details, it's not important." Su Ming said.

Long Wu nodded seriously: "Yes, this time it is a big deal, the shooting cycle determines when the money can be recovered, for businessmen, the interruption of funds is the most terrible." But don't worry, the Hong Kong film model is different from Hollywood, you can't say which is better or worse, the style is different, a play, Hollywood will take a few years, according to our way, the same quality, it can be completed in a few months. Of course, in terms of special effects, we can only ask the European team to speed up by adding money. ”

"That's it, Brother Ten, how much is the specific investment, I will give you an answer tomorrow, do you think it is okay?" Su Ming asked.

……

After returning to the hotel that night, Su Ming immediately got in touch with the heads of the subordinate companies to count all the funds that the company could call and the funds that must be reserved to ensure the normal operation of the company as soon as possible, as well as the next planned income.

Immediately after, he did not sleep all night.

Be excited!

The Warcraft movie, this is an opportunity to fall from the sky.

As a casual player of World of Warcraft, although Su Ming rarely spends time playing games, he still knows a lot about the game, not only has a large number of players in Huaxia, but also has a huge number of fans around the world.

This is a movie that can be used to sell feelings, which determines the box office basis;

At the same time, because it also has a large number of players in the West, it can easily open the European and American markets.

Due to cultural differences, it is difficult for any local Chinese film to truly open up the Western market, and the more films that can reflect the essence of Chinese culture, the more so.

Su Ming is a film company, and his eyes have never been limited to the local area, and from the first film, he has taken the Western market into account, but it has proved that it is too difficult for Eastern films to really open the box office in the Western world.

World of Warcraft is a great opportunity to fall from the sky.

As for whether it will be a bad movie, Su Ming didn't think much about it.

After chatting with Xin Linli about movies a few times, Su Ming has a new understanding of the so-called bad movies. There are two kinds of bad movies, one is scolded for not making money, and the other is scolded but making money. The Legend of the Gods belongs to the former, and the movies with a huge fan base and a 'feeling' signboard belong to the latter.

There are too many so-called 'xx movies' in China, which are so bad that they can't be added, but they make a lot of money, relying on fan effects and feelings.

According to Su Ming's current understanding of the world film market and the World of Warcraft game, even if this is really a bad movie, it is definitely not a problem to guarantee a box office of more than 300 million US dollars on a global scale.

In fact, Su Ming himself also thought about filming World of Warcraft, but due to financial constraints, this kind of magic blockbuster can't be played without a few hundred million Huaxia coins, and he can't take it out for the time being.

But the most important thing is that you still can't get the copyright.

Filming and producing World of Warcraft, as long as it is a mature film company, it is destined to make money, excluding theatrical distribution fees and dividends to Blizzard Entertainment, the income must be at least nearly doubled.

In the West, I may not be 100% sure, because the cost of filming in the West is more than three times that of the East.

The main reason for this understanding is that Su Ming himself is a player of World of Warcraft, and he has played it intermittently for many years, and he has personal experience of the status of this game in the minds of players. Even Long Wu actually does not have this advantage, and the vast majority of entrepreneurs in Xiangjiang do not have this advantage, and the vast majority of players who have this advantage of in-depth understanding of the market do not have the money to invest in film shooting.

Xiang Zuo may have, but he is not Long Wu himself after all, and it is impossible for Long Wu to really experience this feeling.

Long Wu looked for him, firstly, because he was indeed short of money, and secondly, it was more or less the favor of the last time he was a legend of the gods.

I also have an advantage that few people don't have: animals. In the World of Warcraft game, there are a large number of beasts and fantasy animals.

Moreover, with the supervision and guidance of Blizzard Entertainment and the joining of Taoyuan Pictures, this future World of Warcraft may not be a big bad movie.

If a magic blockbuster can be shot well, it is difficult to estimate in the international market. In that year, the Lord of the Rings series invested 250 million US dollars, and the total box office reached 2.9 billion US dollars.

Su Ming doesn't expect 2.9 billion, as long as the total global box office of this movie can break 500 million US dollars, he will be able to make a lot of money, if it reaches 1 billion US dollars, it will be a super fat meat.

The greater the investment, the greater the benefit.

And Su Ming's thoughts are deeper than Long Wu.

Even if this movie doesn't make money, as long as it doesn't lose too much, Su Ming decided that he must invest, and the bigger the momentum, the better.

Because, at present, under Taoyuan Group, the key enterprises in the first echelon of listing are Taoyuan Film and Television!

Taoyuan Film and Television wants to go public, but it is lacking an influential big production!

There is nothing like World of Warcraft to quickly open up the market on a global scale and improve the popularity of Taoyuan Film and Television.

Even if it's a bad movie.

Once Taoyuan Pictures can be listed, the income in the stock market will be the real majority, which will make Su Ming jump from a well-known local entrepreneur to a real wealthy class, and in terms of film entertainment, he will be on an equal footing with Long Wu, Huaxia Xing, and a series of predators in the mainland.

For 'small and medium-sized entrepreneurs' like Su Ming, the real 'first pot of gold' is actually in the stock market.

If you want to become a wealthy person, you might as well set a small goal first: go public.

It is foreseeable that when the huge cash flow of the stock market is injected into various companies, it will inevitably have a substantial improvement on the entire Taoyuan Group, whether it is to continue to make movies or prepare for more listing sequences, it is easy to do so.

The fastest way to make money in these years is not to do business, but to play with capital, although the manipulation of capital itself does not generate value, but it can bring the greatest benefit to the trader in the short term. Capital accumulates like a snowball, and the richer the person, the easier it is to make money, building a huge financial empire in a short period of time.

However, there is a huge risk in the pure manipulation of capital, and without industry, there is no foundation, and a violent 'yin wind' can blow down.

The capital operation based on the industry is relatively stable, Su Ming now has no shortage of industry, what is missing is this 'first pot of gold', starting capital operation.

And in this gamble, Su Ming is not worried that he will lose all his money, the player base of World of Warcraft is here, even if the movie hits the street in the end, the box office of one or two hundred million is still not a problem all over the world, and it is nothing more than a loss of tens of millions.

Su Ming sometimes seeks stability, because he is young, and some have time to develop slowly, but also because he is young, when it is time to make a move, he will not hesitate to make a move, because he can afford to lose.

There is no 100% sure thing in the world, there is more than sixty percent of the shots, compared to the chain of huge returns once successful, the tens of millions of costs that may be paid for failure, Su Ming is willing to gamble.

In the afternoon of the next day, the total number of statistics came out, and the total amount of money that Su Ming's various industries can use is about 180 million Huaxia yuan, most of which is the balance of the last movie, as well as the recent profit book funds of each company.

Su Ming gritted his teeth, and still said the same sentence, either don't do it, if you want to do it, you can do a full set, and all the 180 million will be invested in it.

This almost drained his cash flow.

Fortunately, the company has laid a very solid foundation for the group companies before, and all the companies are operating well, and there will be a steady stream of income in the future, which can ensure the stability of the company's operation.

In fact, if Su Ming gritted his teeth, he could still draw out another sum of money to make up a small 200 million. Every time he makes money, he will set aside a small part and put it into the small treasury of financial management, and over the course of a year, this small treasury has more than 10 million yuan with interest.

But after thinking about it, I still didn't move. This money is not reserved for himself, but for his mother, in case he has a horse stirrup in the future, and he goes out on a business trip like his father, so that his mother will not be financially difficult.

Early in the morning of the third day, Liang Sicheng, the company's royal lawyer, came to Xiangjiang with a whole group of lawyers, stationed in the villa of Long Wu, led by Su Ming, and negotiated the specific details of cooperation with Long Wu, which was clear on paper.

The investment of 180 million yuan, plus Long Wu's own 2 or 200 million, as well as more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars injected by Shenghe, almost 500 million Huaxia yuan funds, cooperation between shareholders and Blizzard Entertainment, legal provisions, various agreements are as vast as the sea, thousands of things, brothers and brothers settle accounts, everything must be determined in advance, so as not to cause disputes afterwards.

With this conversation, Su Ming lived in Long Wu's villa for a whole week.

In a week, two things happened that were not too big or small. (To be continued.) )