Lin Yuquan flew to Los Angeles first and joined Stephanie the next day. Mel and Salou. White went to the acquired publishing house, which had a lovely name, yes, cute, called Little Bear Press, which occupies one floor on a quieter street in Los Angeles and has 52 employees.

Lin Yuquan and Stephanie. Mel's arrival was warmly welcomed by all the staff, one is a popular kung fu idol in the United States, several of his films have set off an amazing box office storm in the United States, just acquired Summit Entertainment, and now it has become their big * OSS, and the other is the author of the best-selling author "Twilight" in the United States in the past two years, and the thought that each other's works will be published by Little Bear Press, everyone can't help but be excited, the publishing house is supported by best-selling works, the publication of a best-selling novel of the year, It will give Little Bear Publishing a bright future.

"Stephanie, how's that, this is our own publishing house." Lin Yuquan and Stephanie. Mel said, sitting in the office of the company's general manager.

"It's good." Stephanie. Mel had a look of satisfaction on his face, although the bear publishing house was much smaller than Hachette in terms of scale, but after all, it was a publishing house in which he had a stake, and it felt completely different.

"Paul, how will the Cub Press develop after the acquisition, Stephanie and I would love to hear your thoughts?" Lin Yuquan looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the sofa next to him with a smile, the former deputy general manager of Xiaoxiong Company, and Paul Brown, who will be the general manager of the company after the acquisition. Haggis.

"Okay, boss, you must know the current pattern of publishing houses in the United States. The share of 85% of the book sales market is in the hands of more than 40 large publishing houses that only account for 0.05 of the number of publishing houses, the reason for this phenomenon is the gap in strength, and the other is that large publishing houses occupy a monopoly advantage in high-quality works, but all writers who have confidence in their own works are the first choice when submitting their manuscripts are definitely these large publishing houses, we small and medium-sized publishing houses can only pick up what others do not look down on or lack of confidence in themselves, the work is the foundation of the publishing house, without effective works, the publishing house is naturally difficult to develop.

But with "Twilight", this qiē is of course easy to solve, with the publication of the sequel to "Twilight", we can quickly break through in the book sales market, but this is only the first step, if we want to build Little Bear Press into a large publishing house in the United States, really occupy a place, what we need is a steady stream of fresh blood, to do this, how to attract others to contribute is the key, and the realization is to have popularity, but this is not difficult for us, with the boss you, We'll quickly become a popular publisher, so we won't have a problem getting a lot of submissions.

The next step is the market operation of the work, if the work is fundamental, then the operation is the booster, we need to dig out the excellent works in the submission, and the other is to supplement the excellent talents in the operation of the works, and then operate the works into the bestseller lists. ”

Paul. Haggis said methodically.

"Great, so I'm relieved, Stephanie, what about you?" Lin Yuquan smiled and looked at Stephanie next to him. Mel.

"Me too." Stephanie. Mel was in high spirits.

"Paul, I'll leave the development of the publishing house to you, and I'll give you an urgent task to arrange an evening dinner." Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.

"No problem." Paul. Haggis nodded.

A few people chatted again, and Lin Yuquan and the three of them left Little Bear Publishing House and let Salo. White went about his own business, and he took Stephanie with him. Mel heads to Summit Entertainment to discuss the filming of "Twilight", and his own new film is also about to be set up.

After discussing the movie again, the two went to the dinner party of Little Bear Publishing House and mingled with everyone.

And the next morning, Lin Yuquan and Lothar again. White took a plane flight to San Francisco, the flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco only took 2 hours, after getting off the plane, the two did not have any delay, and went directly to the acquisition of the game company, Dimen Games, although it is not comparable with Activision Blizzard, EA, Zyngn and other game giants, but the acquisition price of up to 30 million US dollars Dimen Games is definitely the largest game company outside the major American giant game companies, with strong technical strength.

Compared with Little Bear Publishing House, the scale of Dimen Games is much larger, with more than 100 people in the whole company, although the office is also a one-story building, but the area is much larger.

Lin Yuquan usually hardly plays games, so he knows very little about games, so the time he visited Dimen Game Company is much longer than the previous time in Summit Entertainment and Little Bear Publishing House, which is an eye-opener for him, and after visiting, his first feeling is that developing games is actually very similar to doing computer special effects, especially in terms of art.

"Boss, you mean you have a game you want to develop?"

In the office of the general manager of the company, Lin Yuquan and several managers of the company sat on the sofa and chatted. Sessions said in amazement.

"Yes, you all know that I make movies, and I have some stories that I plan to make novels and games in addition to making movies." Lin Yuquan nodded with a smile.

There are many adaptations of novels, games, and movies, and there are countless successful examples. Sessions then asked, "What game are you going to develop?" ”

"It's a story about the war between humans and the savage races of the Savage Continent." Lin Yuquan spoke slowly.

Since he came to Hollywood to make movies, considering the acceptance of Westerners, of course he can't shoot the Xianxia genre, but this is not difficult for him, the cultivator has seen countless scenes unimaginable to earthlings in the long journey of life, he has been to a wild continent far beyond the area of the Eurasian continent, where it is the world of the wild race, there are golden lion clans with golden bodies and swallowing mountains and rivers, there are strong bull demon clans with body size and infinite brute strength, there are silver moon wolf clans that swallow the moon and are as fast as lightning, and there are giant clans that are 100 feet tall and break the mountains, there is a silver-white, nine-headed hydra, there are hundreds of ice dragons born in the land of frost, fierce beasts are everywhere, and inter-ethnic battles are staged all the time, and the game starts from the adventurers of the human world who land on the wild continent for wealth.

The name of the game, he also thought of it, is called "Wild Age".

"Oh, that's amazing." "yes, if this game is made, it will definitely be better than World of Warcraft." "However, the technology required for R&D is also very high."

Lin Yuquan's narration made everyone in the office exclaim excitedly.

"How's that, are you sure you can do it well?" Looking at everyone's expressions, Lin Yuquan asked with a smile.

Ramon. Sessions said with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "Although it is a little difficult, it can still be developed with the strength of our emperor, but the funds for research and development are too high, boss, are you really ready to research and develop?" ”

"How much do you need?" Lin Yuquan asked lightly.

"It depends on the boss and your requirements for the level of the game, but due to the complexity of the game scene, at least tens of millions of dollars will be invested in research and development, and if you want to keep improving, it will not be less than the previous research and development expenses of "World of Warcraft"." Ramon. Sessions said slowly.

"World of Warcraft." Lin Yuquan was a little puzzled.

"World of Warcraft" is an online game launched by Blizzard last year, it can be said that it is currently the hottest online game in the world, this game has been developed since the end of 2000, and it took almost five years to build, with a total R&D cost of up to 40 million US dollars, and this is only the R&D expenses before the market, excluding the follow-up promotion and operation costs, if you count it, it is definitely an astronomical amount." Ramon. Sessions explained.

"R&D costs are not a problem, quality must be guaranteed, but the time is too long, if it is handed over to you to do, how long is it expected to take at the earliest?" Lin Yuquan didn't want to wait another five years, you must know that this game is only for practice, and his purpose is a Xianxia game.

"Boss, do you really want to develop?" Ramon. Sessions was incredulous, as were the other management in the office.

"Of course, I will allocate $50 million to you for research and development expenses, and all you need to do is to develop the game I want with quality and efficiency." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Wow, $50 million." Ramon. Sessions was a little dumbfounded, you must know that "World of Warcraft" is currently the most expensive online game with R&D costs, and its R&D cost is only $40 million, if it is $50 million, they will surpass "World of Warcraft" in one fell swoop, but then they are irrepressibly excited, their highest R&D investment before is only a few million, as a game practitioner, who doesn't want to participate in the development of a top game.

And not only Raymond. Sessions and the other high-ranking officials of the Imperial Gate were also red-eyed, obviously excited about this.

Next, everyone began to talk about the details of developing the game, and when the conversation was almost over, Lin Yuquan smiled and said, "Do you have any good recommendations for the dinner party in the evening?" ”

"Boss, you haven't been to San Francisco before, have you?" Vice President of Operations, Drew. Gooden smiled.

"That's right, it's the first time." Lin Yuquan nodded.

"Then let's go to Chinatown at night, we have the largest number of Chinese in San Francisco in the United States, and Chinatown is also the largest Chinatown in major cities in the United States, with a history of hundreds of years, and the Chinese restaurants in it taste very authentic." Drew. Gooden smiled.

"I know, I knew about it before I came, and to be honest, I'm looking forward to Chinatown, so let's be there at night!" Lin Yuquan said happily. R1152