If you ask what is the most anticipated new game for gamers around the world this year, I believe that most gamers will give the same answer - "Wild Wild", yes, the game with the same name as the "Wild Wild" novel and movie.

With the global best-selling of the "Wild Story" series of novels and the box office myth of "The Wild Story: The Rise of the Apes" created in film history, the three words "Wild Story" can be said to be resounding all over the world.

In addition, there are two points that make gamers look forward to the "Wild Wild" game, one is naturally the extremely high research and development cost of the "Wild Wild" game, with a research and development team of more than 500 people, which took nearly two years to build, and the research and development cost before the market alone is as high as 60 million US dollars, although it is far less than some stand-alone game masterpieces, such as "Final Fantasy 7" The research and development cost is a staggering 145 million US dollars, and "Shenmue 2" and "Grand Theft Auto 4" R&D expenses were $132 million and $100 million, respectively, but they deservedly topped the list in online games.

You must know that the "World of Warcraft", which is now popular all over the world, has a research and development cost of only 40 million US dollars, and the average cost of EA to develop a game is about 30 million US dollars. The South Korean game "TERA" is rumored to have a research and development cost of 400-50 billion won, about 40 million to 50 million US dollars.

An online game with such a high R&D cost is naturally highly anticipated by gamers, and the high R&D cost must have beautiful picture quality, isn't it?

Another point is that since the closed beta began on August 25th, gamers who have passed the early trial. "Wild Story" has achieved an amazing reputation all over the world. It is known as another "World of Warcraft". With a huge epic background, a rich and unique class and skill system, stunning graphics, smooth and gorgeous action fights, and fierce war scenes, all gamers can't wait for the Wild Global Open Beta on November 25th.

In fact, despite the fact that there are all kinds of entertainment blockbuster news around the world every day, it is in the hearts of a large number of gamers. But it is not comparable to the open beta of "Wild Wild" at all, and as the open beta day gets closer and closer, a storm of "Wild Wild" is continuing to spread around the world.

For this reason, Dimen Games, Dawning Games and the previously established branches of Dimen Games in Germany, South Korea, and Treasure Island have fallen into unprecedented busyness.

It stands to reason that a game company that has not launched any game products after two years of acquisition will not set up an overseas organization, but due to the particularity of the game "Wild Wild", the management of Dimen Games submitted a plan to Lin Yuquan to set up a branch overseas in the first half of this year, because everyone is optimistic about the market potential of "Wild Wild", and if all overseas franchises are adopted, then their own profits will be greatly lost. It is also subject to local game agents, and it causes great pressure on copyright. Multiply the risk and difficulty of promotion. The best solution is to set up a branch, operate autonomously, and take the fate of overseas development firmly in your own hands.

Although the establishment of a branch to operate independently, it means that there will be a huge number of additional operating costs, once the overseas operation fails, it will inevitably suffer extremely heavy losses, but Lin Yuquan almost did not consider it and agreed to everyone's plan, indeed, the risk of independent operation is much higher than that of authorized operation, but once the operation is successful, it will also obtain several times the profit.

As an extremely important form of entertainment in leisure life, the scale of the game industry in the world is not inferior to the film market, how amazing the profits of a popular game are, Lin Yuquan naturally cannot be unclear, not to mention stand-alone games, just look at the online game market, the total revenue of "World of Warcraft" is more than 1 billion US dollars a year, and what makes him feel more deeply is that with the amazing income of the game market, a number of domestic online game companies have risen rapidly in just a few years, during which they have created a wealth myth.

The success of a series of self-developed games such as "Westward Journey Online" and "Westward Journey OnlineII" has made NetEase's game revenue soar since 2003, driving the stock price to soar, in this year, Ding Lei, who was only 32 years old, topped the Hurun rich list and became the youngest richest man, in the words of the famous Internet critic Fang Xingdong at the time, "Ding Lei not only changed the influence of the rankings, but also changed the "color" of the richest man.

Although Ding Lei subsequently fell from the throne of the richest man, relying on the success of "Journey to the West 2" and "Fantasy Journey to the West", NetEase has maintained strong revenue growth every year, with annual revenue of billions, and has always ranked at the top of the Forbes and Hurun rich lists.

In the spring of 2001, Shanda Network obtained the exclusive agency rights of "Legend II." in China for 300,000 US dollars, and then rose rapidly, and was successfully listed on the NASDAQ in just three years, without background and support, Chen Tianqiao, who was only 31 years old, also achieved a wealth of tens of billions of yuan in five years, and became the richest man in the mainland of Xinke.

From Giant Hanka to Giant Building, from Brain Platinum to Golden Partner, and then to "Journey", Shi Yuzhu is one of China's most legendary entrepreneurs, with the success of "Journey" in China, Giant Network has become the first domestic online game company to be listed on the main board market in the United States, thanks to this, he has also returned to the top of the pyramid of wealth.

After winning the exclusive domestic operation agency of "World of Warcraft" at a price of 3 million US dollars, the ninth city soared to the sky with "World of Warcraft" and won a net profit of more than 300 million in 06 in one fell swoop

Like the management of Dimen Games, Lin Yuquan is also full of confidence in "Wild Legends", not to mention anything else, the professional skill system and gorgeous fighting actions designed by him with the memory of cultivators are not comparable to other games, in this case, he naturally hopes to maximize the profits created by "Wild Legends", and from the beginning, he never thought of handing over the domestic game operation to other companies, this is his base camp.

After agreeing to the plan, the management of Emperor Games quickly selected the country and region where the branch would be established, of course, it could not be established in all regions, which would require a huge amount of capital. Not necessary for the time being. Only Germany, South Korea, and Treasure Island were selected in a targeted manner. Such a choice is naturally based on the global gaming market, with Germany being the largest country in Europe and ranking fifth in the world; South Korea ranks fourth in the world after the United States, China, and Japan, and has a huge domestic online game market. Treasure Island is located in the top 20 in the world, and it also belongs to the radiation range of Lin Yuquan's base camp, so it naturally cannot be let go.

As for why I didn't choose Japan, it's because the Japanese game market is very special. Not only prefers Japanese games, but also prefers single-player games, although it is the third largest game market in the world, the scale of online games is not large, and "World of Warcraft" has not entered Japan before.

In addition, including South America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other regions, it is still a licensing method, of course, due to the strong expectations of "Wild Wild" around the world, both the licensing fee and the profit sharing ratio are much higher than that of ordinary online games.

And because of this. With the start of the closed beta test of "Wild Story", Emperor Games, Dawning Games and the Royal Gate Games branches established in Germany, South Korea, and Treasure Island immediately went all out to prepare for the open beta. Recruiting technicians, marketing personnel, and customer service personnel, purchasing and leasing servers, and overwhelming online and offline promotions are extremely busy.

And just when the companies were busy, after seven days, Lin Yuquan and the judges finally watched the 27 films nominated for the nomination, except for three on the first day, four were watched every day for the other six days.

After a night's rest, the next morning, all the judges of the final evaluation jury of this year's commendation conference gathered in the specially arranged conference room of the hotel, and Huang Jianxin, who is the chairman of the Directors Association, and the lawyer who performed the notarization also came to the conference room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have worked hard for everyone in the past seven days, and it is really not easy to watch 27 films in seven days, but as I said to you last night, now is not the time to relax, but the time to face the most severe test, because all the hard work and dedication of our past seven days is to wait for today's vote, in order to select the most deserved winners." Lin Yuquan said with a serious expression, he had to be serious, this commendation conference was initiated by him, he has already suffered a very unfair treatment He doesn't want history to repeat itself, looking around at everyone, he continued: "I hope that in the process of the award ceremony of this commendation conference, there are only cheers and applause on the scene, I hope that after the award ceremony ends, everyone thinks that this is a convincing Golden Horse Awards, so here, I implore everyone to put aside all the prejudices about the film genre, directors, actors, screenwriters, In the spirit of being responsible for this commendation conference and our most beloved film industry, follow your inner voice and choose the one who deserves the most award, okay? ”

"Yuquan, don't worry, as judges, we will definitely be fair and impartial, without personal bias." Zhang Yi took the lead in expressing his position.

"That's right, every judge should be like this, and if there is personal bias, it is not only for the award, for the nominees, but also for themselves." Li Shaohong nodded.

"Director Lin, I believe that no one wants the final winner to be considered unworthy of the name." Zhou Liming said.

Others also spoke out to express their attitudes.

"Thank you all for your support!" Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, and then resumed his serious look: "In terms of the order of voting for the awards, I mean that we will not vote according to the weight of the awards or the order in which they are awarded, but will intersperse the four most important awards such as Film of the Year, Director of the Year, and Actor of the Year with other awards, do you have any opinions?" ”

"No, that's fine." "Nope." "Nope." The judges have expressed their opinions.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's first evaluate the film of the year, the shortlisted nominees are "Assembly Number", "Lust Caution", "Casting Names", "Crazy Racing", "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", let's talk about your views on these five nominated films, senior, let's start with you!" Lin Yuquan looked at Zhang Yimou, who was sitting first on his right hand.

"In my opinion, all five films are good movies, there is no doubt about it, among them, "Lust and Caution" won a big victory at the Golden Horse Awards last year, and "Vote for Fame" won a big victory at the Academy Awards at the beginning of the year, but these historical honors are not important, what matters is what kind of film we choose, the film of the year, the film of the year, it is certainly not simply the highest box office movie of the year, but should be the best movie of the year, what is the best, is the scene the best? I don't think so. I think it's probably the most touching movie. Look at the five nominated films by such standards. "Crazy Racing" is very interesting, but lacks emotion, "Lust and Caution", this is a good movie, that's all, its gimmick is far greater than its own artistic value, the director is Li Yu, and the original work is Zhang Ailing. The selling point is the incense between Liang Chaowei and Tang Wei. Glamorous scenes, is it emotional? I didn't feel it.

And "Assembly Number", "Casting the Name", and "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", these three movies all have something that makes me emotional. Among them, the first two, respectively, are the transformations of Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kexin, and they are both relatively successful transformations. "Assembly" tells the story of the persistent male protagonist, in order to correct the name of his dead brothers, he gave up a lot of fame and fortune that he should have, and has been trying to do one thing, the front war scene is extremely good, and it is eye-catching at the beginning. The latter relies on emotion to move people's hearts. "Vote for Fame" revolves around betrayal, reflecting the deceit between brothers.

Sentiment alone is used as a reason for judging. I think "The Assembly" obviously does a better job, and the theme of "Casting the Name" is too dark, which weakens the expression of emotion. But what moved me the most was "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", there were no big scenes, no good special effects, and even the scenes were not exquisite, and there was no consistent theme idea, but it was so moving, let me choose, I will definitely choose "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", compared with the box office of the other four films over 100 million, this is a good film that has been buried. Zhang Yi said slowly.

"What do other people think of Director Zhang?" Lin Yuquan asked.

"I roughly agree with Director Zhang's opinion, the annual film must have the power to move people's hearts, but in addition to the emotional factor, we also need to comprehensively consider the quality of the film, "Casting the Name" is undoubtedly the most well-made film in the past two years, and it is a model for a blockbuster, from the picture, to the special effects, to the soundtrack, to the editing, to the set, to the costumes, all of them are excellent, the overall level is very high, and this movie does not lose emotion, and has humanistic care, I think it is more appropriate to choose "Casting the Name" for the film of the year." Huang Jianeng said.

"What about other people's opinions?" Lin Yuquan continued to ask.

"What Director Zhang and Director Huang said makes sense, and I personally tend to choose the film of the year from these three films, I prefer "Assembly Number", talk about my views on "Casting Names" and "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", "Casting Names" is very good, as Director Huang said that the overall standard of this film is very high, but there are also many problems.

The first point is the seemingly grand war scenes and wonderful fights in the film, for me who has watched Director Lin's "Red Cliff", not only did I feel shocked, but I felt the same taste as chewing wax, I believe that no one who has watched "Red Cliff" will object to this, and this is the biggest attraction of the film to the outside world, there is no doubt that this is the only point, the audience will have questions, why can a film with an average degree of good-looking get the award for Movie of the Year?

Secondly, this film tries to present the so-called theme of good and evil through the betrayal of brothers, but its expression is not good, the plot is general and not full, and the audience cannot have any deep experience of it after watching the movie. Moreover, Chen Kexin's grasp of the overall rhythm of the movie is obviously not in place, the rhythm is obviously too fast, and the plot before and after is slightly abrupt.

And "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", as Director Zhang said, this is indeed a touching movie, and it is also a good movie that rarely reflects the real life conditions of Hong Kong people, and it is the most artistic one of the shortlisted nominated films, its biggest problem is undoubtedly the small-cost production, the total investment seems to be only more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars, such an investment even in the entire Chinese film industry, it belongs to the very few categories, because of the serious lack of funds, which makes it difficult to be called excellent in many aspects.

So I tend to choose "Assembly Number", which is more brilliant than "Casting Names" in terms of emotional transmission, and more sophisticated in production than "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", with better overall quality. Zhang Guoli said.

"What about the other directors?" Lin Yuquan looked at the others.

"I also don't approve of the choice of "Casting Names" because of the overall level of well-made, although "Casting Names" performs well in all aspects, but compared with a number of Chinese blockbusters in recent years, "Hero", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Red Cliff", "Painted Skin", "Night Banquet", "Painted Wall", "Full of Golden Armor", "Ambush on All Sides" and other films, "Casting Names" is really not outstanding, whether it is visual effects, exquisite pictures, ideological art, fight scenes, soundtracks, all seem very mediocre, Let's ask how such a film can afford to be the film of the year, I agree with Director Zhang's opinion, "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai" is very moving, we need to choose such a good movie, the problem of being well-made is caused by investment, and has nothing to do with the artistry of the film itself. Li Shaohong said clearly.

"What about the others?" Lin Yuquan asked again.

"I agree with the opinion of the national director, "The Assembly" is a rare Chinese masterpiece in recent years, and it is balanced in all aspects, with no obvious shortcomings, and the other four nominated films have more or less serious problems, which is very important." Yin Li said.

"What about the others?"

"Director Yin is very reasonable, no one can deny that "Assembly" is a good thing, and no one can deny that "Assembly" should not win the award, I believe that on the whole, its recognition of the award is the highest." Li Zongsheng said.

"Being well-made is the flaw of Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai, but does that negate the sincerity of its production? Can you deny its excellence? We didn't choose the movie of the year for balance, but to like it from the bottom of our hearts, I love this movie, it's a film that is indifferent and ordinary but touching, and it's hard that it's a movie that reflects the truth, and now there are so few movies that reflect the truth, why not give it more encouragement? Tian Zhuangzhuang said excitedly.

"What about the others?"

"I also agree with the choice of "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", I don't have a special preference, "Assembly Number", "Casting Names", "Lust Caution", "Crazy Racing" are all good movies, but "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai" moved me more." Xie Fei said.

Later, Senior Lu and Zhou Liming also spoke one after another, and other judges also continued to expound their views, focusing on the three films "Assembly Number", "Casting Names", and "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai".

"What do you think, Rain Spring? We've all said it, but you, the chairman of the jury, don't speak. ”

Zhang Yi's words made everyone's eyes focus on Lin Yuquan. (To be continued......)

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