Chapter 222: How Much Investment?
Feiyu Studio was originally founded by three young people, and originally there were only three of them, two programmers and one designer, who could only help others make some puzzle games.
And with the development step by step, they have also developed a studio of only three people into a game production team of more than 20 people, in which they put a lot of effort into it, of course, this also shows that they are not bad.
But as the team grew, so did their hearts, and they were no longer satisfied with making small games, but wanted to start making a big single-player game, and they wanted to make a work that would make their name in the history of the game!
But as soon as this idea appeared, they found themselves facing a huge problem, that is, they didn't have that money at all, and they wanted to make a large-scale stand-alone game, and it was a high-quality game, which was a big consumption of manpower and material resources, and their studio was quite sufficient in terms of manpower, but there was a lack of a few excellent game designers, of course, in fact, game designers could also use money to solve it, so the most fundamental problem was still no money.
They also tried to find investment for themselves, but the result was not good, the only one who would invest tens of millions of yuan to make a game could be a game company, and how could a game company hand over the task to another team?
Of course, in the process of the founders of Feiyun Studio looking for investment, there are also many game companies who threw olive branches to them, intending to buy their entire team, but they were rejected by Feiyu Studio, because the people of Feiyu Studio know very well that once they are acquired by those large game companies, then the studio will exist in name only, and their group of people will definitely be broken up and scattered into the various teams under the game company, so they are unwilling.
And when Feiyu Studio was at a loss, Wei Junbo found them and only said two words to Feiyu's leaders: first, Nanshan Film and Television Company can provide you with high-quality content for adaptation and investment; Second. After the acquisition, it is guaranteed that it will not be split, and Feiyu Studio is still Feiyu Studio!
With Wei Junbo's two commitments, the two most important problems that plague Feiyu Studio today have been solved almost instantly-content and funding, so Feiyu Studio did not hesitate. directly agreed to meet with Lin Nan to talk in detail.
Accompanied by Wei Junbo, Lin Nan came to the place where Feiyu Studio was located, in fact, people who could have called Feiyu Studio came directly to Nanshan Film and Television Company to talk, but Lin Nan said that he wanted to see the working environment and working status of Feiyu Studio by the way, so he directly set the location of the negotiation at the location of Feiyu Studio.
After arriving at Feiyu Studio, Lin Nan was one of the founders of Feiyun Studio, and now the main Xu Hua, under Xu Hua's warm hospitality, Lin Nan also visited the entire Feiyu Studio, and Xu Hua also deliberately showed Lin Nan the achievements of his studio over the years.
Most of the people in Feiyu's studio are young people in their twenties. Especially in this group of young people, most of them are otaku who sit at home to watch movies and play games, so many of them are fans of Lin Nan themselves, and most of the rest have watched Lin Nan's works, so they are also very happy to see Lin Nan coming.
Xu Hua's desire to sell the studio was not hidden from them, in fact, this was also a result of everyone's discussion. And instead of working for others, it is better to work for their idols, so this group of people is also very friendly to Lin Nan, and they are also playing with their lives to show their abilities, hoping to make Lin Nan more interested in them.
After visiting the circle, Lin Nanbian and Xu Hua were ready to talk about the acquisition of Feiyu Studio in the office, and sat down. Lin Nan saw that Xu Hua was actually alone, but he remembered that there were three founders of Feiyu Studio, so he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and asked curiously: "Aren't the other two used?" ”
"No, they're not very good at communicating with people, I can call the shots about this!" Xu Hua smiled at Lin Nan. explained.
A hint of clarity flashed on Lin Nan's face, many technical nerds are indeed not good at communicating with people, since this is the case, let's talk to Xu Hua.
"I believe that Junbo should have told you about our general situation, so what do you think about this acquisition?" Lin Nan got straight to the point. didn't intend to accompany Xu Hua to talk nonsense.
Xu Hua nodded, and then replied: "There is no problem with the acquisition of our team, and the two points raised by Mr. Wei Junbo also solve the two problems that plague our studio today, so we actually want to cooperate with Nanshan Film and Television Company." However, we still have a few more conditions! ”
"Tell me about it!" Lin Nan said with a smile, he came this time to listen to Xu Hua's conditions, if the conditions were not too much, then Lin Nan would naturally agree.
Xu Hua frowned and thought about it for a while and said: "Actually, my request is very simple, that is, I hope that if it is acquired, all my current employees can stay together, no one will leave, and I will be responsible for them!" ”
Lin Nan frowned slightly when he heard Xu Hua say this, and then said: "Once Feiyu Studio is acquired by Nanshan, then you are also all employees of Nanshan, and every employee of Nanshan has to constantly go through various inspections including personal ability and moral level, once the inspection fails, we will let him leave the company, under such a system, I have no way to open an insurance policy for more than 20 people under your command!" ”
"Mr. Lin, you misunderstood, my employees are the best employees in the world, I have full confidence in their individual ability and sense of teamwork, and I don't want to ask for an insurance policy for them, I mean I hope you can not make any personnel changes to my team because of business matters at the beginning of the acquisition!" Xu Hua shook his head at Lin Nan, and then added, "Actually, this is also the reason why we are reluctant to sell the studio to those big game companies in the industry, because I know that they will definitely break us up!" ”
Lin Nan had a hint of clarity in his eyes, and then smiled at Xu Hua: "If that's the case, you can rest assured, I won't make personnel changes to your team for no reason, if you make a change to which person to go or stay, I will give you a good reason!" ”
"Thank you!" Xu Hua said to Lin Nan sincerely, and then moved on to the next topic: "I know that Mr. Lin is doing film and television, but now he suddenly wants to buy my studio, I want to know what kind of work you bought our studio to let us do?" ”
"Of course it's a game!" Lin Nan couldn't help but feel that Xu Hua's question was a little funny, did he still want him to do special effects?
"Do you want to make some puzzle games to match the movie you filmed to match the publicity?"
"No, no, no, of course not!" Only then did Lin Nan know that Xu Hua had misunderstood, so he explained with a smile: "What I want to do is to make people remember the classic game for more than 20 years!" ”
After Lin Nan finished speaking, he saw Xu Hua is expression of disbelief, in fact, who could believe that a person who has been in the film and television industry all year round said such a big thing?
"What do you think a game needs to do if it wants to be a hit?" Lin Nan asked Xu Hua.
"Story, Gameplay, Investment!" Xu Hua's answer is simple but very accurate, there is a good plot that can attract players to play the game, and good gameplay determines how long the game can be played by players, as for investment, to a certain extent, investment is equal to having a plot and gameplay.
"I'll give you the investment, I'll give you the plot, let's discuss the gameplay, what else do you suspect?" Lin Nan knocked on the table and said.
Their Feiyu studio has always been troubled by funds, and their biggest dream is to have sufficient funds to be able to do a big job, and now Xu Hua is naturally the most concerned about this issue, only to hear Xu Hua ask in a slightly trembling voice: "Then how much investment are you going to give?" ”