"World of Warcraft? You even have the name of the movie in mind, did you plan to shoot the movie yourself in the first place? ”

"What about the director? Director, who are you going to look for? If you are not a well-known director, it is impossible for you to persuade investors who value money more than life to invest in your film. ”

McMohan became interested in Li Lin, and he refused to invest 100 million dollars to shoot "World of Warcraft" because he needed to be responsible for the company, but as a movie lover, especially a game producer, he was still looking forward to Li Lin's behavior of investing 100 million to bring "Warcraft" to the big screen.

But the biggest problem is the director.

Hollywood, like the Chinese entertainment industry, attaches great importance to directors, and the first thing to watch when a movie wants to attract investment is the director, but the second step in Hollywood is to look at the script rather than the cast.

If a novice like Li Lin doesn't find a big-name director, McMohan estimates that Li Lin has zero chance of getting investment, even if he sells his concept that "World of Warcraft" is equal to "The Lord of the Rings".

"Maybe Cameron!"

"Cameron!"

The corners of McMohan's mouth twitched.

Who is Cameron? That's the king of the world, how many years has "Titanic", the world's No. 1 box office, been dominant? How many latecomers tried to hit its first honor, but they didn't succeed.

In the world of directing, Cameron is a god.

If Li Lin invites Cameron, let alone 100 million, even if it is 200 million or 300 million, there will be investors who will send the money to Li Lin's hands, but can Li Lin invite Cameron?

"I'm just saying it casually." Li Lin said with a smile: "The ideal state is Cameron." If Director Cameron doesn't have time, we can also ask someone else to come over. ”

Li Lin remembers that Cameron was not the only one interested in shooting movies in IMAX-3D. Like the great director Steven. Spielberg, the father of the Lord of the Rings, Peter. Jackson has expressed his interest in IMAX-3D technology. Jackson had used IMAX-3D technology before, but he had only scratched the surface at the time.

After watching "Avatar", Peter. Jackson once said to the media: I regret not persevering to the end, if I insist on using IMAX-3D technology to make a movie, lead the IMAX-3D technology storm, let mankind remember the history of the may be me.

Steven. Director Spielberg also said: I used to be interested in IMAX-3D technology, but I refused because of my insistence. So I regretted it!

Known as the old stubborn and most resistant to digital technology in the film industry, Steven. Director Spielberg quickly turned to IMAX-3D technology after "Avatar" came out and directly filmed "The Adventures of Tintin".

"I see." McMohan waved his hand weakly, and he felt that it would be difficult for him to see the $100 million investment of World of Warcraft come out.

"If you could bring in Cameron to direct World of Warcraft. We at Blizzard will invest 20 million. ”

"Dollars, of course."

"What about film adaptation rights?" Li Lin hurriedly asked, "If I don't have the right to adapt the movie, I can't find anyone to direct." ”

"I can give it to you." McMohan waved his hand, "We can give you the rights to the film adaptation." But only if you can come up with 100 million to invest. Remember, it's the dollar. ”

"In addition, if you don't invest in 4 years, we will have the right to take back the adaptation rights, which will be written in the contract."

"Finally, the adaptation fee is an international practice, and 5% of the box office of the film is shared."

"The 5% box office share is already the top score in the world." Li Lin frowned, "The price you ask for is too ruthless!" ”

"Ruthless? I don't think so. McMohan smiled and said, "If you don't invest, you don't have to spend a penny." If you invest, we will definitely help you spread the word at the end of the day. ”

"Don't underestimate our Blizzard's propaganda prowess."

“3%！ Gives you up to 3% of the box office share. After all, we also need to take the risk of losing money. ”

“4%！ It can't be less, and if we don't have it, Blizzard Entertainment has become synonymous with cheapness in the American film industry. ”

"Okay, 4% is 4%, but the film adaptation rights of "Diablo" must be taken together." Li Lin said that if "World of Warcraft" is a hit, the film and television adaptation rights of Blizzard's other big killer "Diablo" will definitely rise with the tide, and it is better to take "Diablo" down than to negotiate hard at that time.

"No problem." McMohan doesn't care about "Diablo", although "Diablo" is a classic, but now is the era of "Warcraft" after all, and compared with the current popularity of "Warcraft", "Diablo" is a little weak.

"We'll sign up right away." Li Lin couldn't wait, the call for the adaptation of "Warcraft" in his previous life has not weakened, and Blizzard did sell the adaptation rights of "Warcraft", but the quality required by Blizzard is too high, and the legendary movie simply does not have the capital and technology to adapt "Warcraft", so Blizzard and the legendary movie have conflicts with each other and accuse each other, so that until 2014, before Li Lin's rebirth, he did not see the movie version of "Warcraft".

Speaking of which, Li Lin's Blizzard in his previous life was really idealistic, and after the legendary movie waved the banner of Warner, he gave "Warcraft" with both hands without asking for a penny, and looked forward to a blockbuster that was not inferior to "The Lord of the Rings".

Li Lin didn't expect that in this time and space, Blizzard was still idealized, and the only pity was that the contract had a time limit.

"There's no hurry." McMohan laughed, "There are other things to discuss with you this time besides the movie, although the movie seems to have collapsed." ”

"Not counting the collapse, for you Blizzard, whoever adapts "Warcraft" is the same, anyway, your fundamental goal is to expand the influence of "Warcraft" through the movie." Li Lin and McMohan looked at each other. "You take what you want, I take what I want, and we work together. Isn't it pleasant? ”

"The only pity is that you are a white wolf with empty gloves, if it weren't for the entertainment paradise in your hands, I would have kicked you out as a madman."

"You've proven that you value me when you came to see me, didn't you?"

Suddenly, Li Lin and McMohan laughed together.

"Li Lin." McMohan smiled, "The second thing, we're going to do a CG animation. But we need your entertainment paradise to cooperate. ”

They have long planned for the production of CG animation, and their partner in Europe and the United States is Yahoo, but in China. They ran into difficulties.

There is no professional entertainment video website on the Huaxia network, and the TV station is affected by the policy, and there are great restrictions on the broadcast of CG animation, if it was in Li Lin's previous life. Blizzard will simply abandon the Chinese market. But this plane is different.

Huaxia in this time and space is the second largest game market in the world because of the fight against piracy, second only to the United States, Blizzard does not want to give up, and Vivendi behind Blizzard does not allow them to give up.

Just when they had a headache, Li Lin's entertainment paradise was born, filling the gap of Huaxia entertainment video website, so they set their sights on entertainment paradise.

"The movie section has a large homepage closure for one consecutive week, a small seal for three weeks, and a first-level sub-page recommendation for the film sector for two consecutive months, in return. We allow you to take clips from CG animations as your MVs. ”

The homepage has been sealed for a week, and the president's appetite is really big! Li Lin's smile also put away. "Mr. McMohan, do you know how much a week's home page cover of the movie section can bring to my website?"

The homepage of the movie section is a huge poster banner recommendation that scrolls back and forth at the top after clicking into the entertainment paradise movie section.

And this recommendation can only be recommended by works like "Heroes", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Lord of the Rings", and "Finding Nemo", which have been tested in the domestic or foreign film market.

And a week's recommendation brought 200,000 orders to "Memories of Murder", and according to the price of Japanese and Korean movies, "Memories of Murder" attracted 1 million Chinese coins a week.

According to the sharing agreement, Entertainment Paradise can receive 500,000 Huaxia coins.

With 500,000 Huaxia coins to buy the clips in Blizzard's CG animation, Li Lin is crazy to do this, and Blizzard wants not only a big cover on the homepage, but also a small cover for three weeks, and the first-level sub-page recommendation of the movie section for two consecutive months, Li Lin will only agree if he is crazy.

"But ......." Li Lin's voice changed, "If your company promises me the priority of two online game agents, it is not impossible for me to agree." ”

The online game in Li Lin's mouth is the classic online game "World of Warcraft" that swept China in the previous life.

In Li Lin's previous life, the number of active payers alone has reached 12 million, and it has attracted more than $1 billion every year, and China alone has attracted nearly 200 million dollars.

Li Lin believes that in this time and space, "World of Warcraft" will once again stage the myth of attracting gold.

And another online game work in his mouth is "Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne", which he proposed to focus on the DotA mode.

In his eyes, this work is likely to become a copy of LOL, and he has been looking forward to it for a long time.

"Priority? Priority under the same conditions? McMohan repeated.

"Yes."

"I promise." McMohan agreed, in fact, Blizzard has not had much interest in developing online games until now, in their eyes, single player is king, and even if they develop online games? It doesn't matter if the priority is given to Li Lin under the same conditions, anyway, Li Lin's offer will be the highest among all agents.

"Alright, in that case, I wish us a good time." McMohan smiled and said, "Originally, there was a third cooperation, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary." ”

"I wish us a happy cooperation." Li Lin was also very happy to start with the two gold-absorbing weapons, he poured a glass of wine from the table for himself, and then raised it high, "Please allow me to celebrate." (To be continued......)