Chapter 460: The action of the AZX Game Department
In the first half of 2008, Zhou Xiao's AZX network department and the game department jointly released a small game, which ...... In the eyes of some Japanese game makers, it's simply a "what a joke" level of rotten,This game,And the last game developed by Zhou Xiao "Minecraft" is a world of difference,Although it is also a simple game to die for,But this game is not only simple,And mentally retarded!
The two games developed by AZX, one called Farm and the other called Aquarium, are both of the type that are developed directly with flash and can be loaded in a short time.
To be honest, if these two games were released on those popular handheld consoles in Japan, the sales would be miserable, these two games are just too small and too simple.
But...... Only a time-traveler like Zhou Xiao in the world knows what these two games do and how much effect they can have.
Quietly, AZX put the two games on facebook's pretext for developers, and started promoting them through facebook.
There is a big difference between game production and production in Japan, game production and production in Europe and the United States, and there is also a big difference between traditional game production in Europe and the United States and this kind of falsh game on Facebook, and at first, almost everyone didn't notice what the two games were all about.
Things really changed when these two games were released a month later.
What can you do in a month?
In the space of a month, Facebook found that the two mini-games from the Japanese company Zuò reached a 37% market share, which means that 37% of the current active users of Facebook are playing one or both of these two games!
With so many users generated in just one month, it stands to reason that even when counting this number of users. The number of users of both games is also growing rapidly.
Facebook's operation found that this game has an unparalleled, as if viral transmission ability, the real excellence of these two games is not about the level of game production, what really makes people crazy is the kind of contagion ability that can connect everyone together, and it is precisely by virtue of this ability, coupled with some publicity on Facebook on the AZX side, it detonated the popularity of the entire game on the website, people discovered. These two games are actually epoch-making works, because for the first time, this game connects ordinary people with friends, as long as you are a Facebook user, you don't need special registration, no complicated downloads, and even no need for any of your skills, you can play with the people you know around you, communicate together!
Two months after the game's release, not only Facebook found out. It's been discovered by game makers all over the world, various venture capital companies, and the like!
Zhou Xiao's AZX, after making "Minecraft", is once again amazingly small and big. Created another epoch-making game, which, like the previous one, has nothing new and complicated programming and is almost non-technical. There is no plot and picture advantage.
Unlike the previous game, MC is a game that tells people what is a real game and what is true freedom in a game. But what about these two new games? As simple as the MC, there's nothing about this game that deserves to be called the essence of the game, not so much a game as a flash-based social ...... Plaything. That's right, it's a thing, this thing...... Not even a game!
However, even if you don't want to call this thing a game, one thing you must admit is that this so-called game doesn't need too many fun parts, nor does it need too beautiful graphics and complex systems, but the part of human interaction alone is already worth tens of millions of dollars.
The last point like MC is that this game is also a poor game with low development costs, but it also has unparalleled value.
Investors and game makers all over the world are eager to kill AZX, and with such a low investment, they can create such huge profits in zào, and it is the case for two consecutive games, which proves that the game development experience and ability of AZX are so ordinary that they explode, and the only value of this company is the vision of the helm.
Relying on this alone to make a lot of money, this is simply an ability that everyone in the world craves.
Along with the popularity of the game, it is still the legend of Zhou Xiao, AZX Game Department admitted that the two games produced by the company were designed by Zhou Xiao and required to be made, before these two games were made, the game makers on the company's side naturally all had a negative attitude, thinking that these two so-called games were a humiliation of the game makers, and the result was ...... As you can see, Zhou Xiao, a director and investor who just won the best foreign Chinese at the Oscars last year, has once again hunted successfully in a completely different field.
Unlike the previous news related to Zhou Xiao, the previous news was only spread in an environment such as a relatively small audience or reader, but this time the transmission channel of these things has become Facebook.
How much does the viral spread on this kind of website have, Zhou Xiao from later generations is naturally very clear, in just two or three days, Zhou Xiao's legendary deeds are almost known on Facebook.
By the way, there are also a large number of users who have played this so-called game developed by the Oscar director with the idea of trying.
Kindness...... The quality is really bad, but ...... Why do I always think about collecting food? This is not scientific!
These two games caused an uproar in Europe and the United States, but in Japan, because Facebook is not very popular in the first place, so few people know about these two games.
In Japan, Zhou Xiao and his AZX game department made zuò, which is another slightly larger game.
The name of this game is ...... Amebapigg
Unlike the two games "Farm" and "Aquarium", "Amebapigg" is a game that is also basically based on web flash, but relatively much more complex, and very complete, in addition, "Amebapigg" has the same thing in common with the previous two games in that the game follows the same thing, that is, the relationship between the user itself on the Internet, the two games that are essentially the same. One is delicate and the other is rough, as if AZX is a better product for Japanese users.
Only those who know the laws of the market know that the essence of "amebapigg" is still those things on the Internet interaction, so to speak, the Japanese AZX game, as if the original beautiful woman was smeared with crappy and exaggerated makeup, as for why do it?
Simple, Facebook is based on the real relationship development, users use each other to communicate with each other on the website, and Zhou Xiao's Ameba. It was a blog site at the beginning, and now it has gradually developed into a comprehensive website based on blogs, including online videos, online communities and other applications, this website is the same as 2ch, as long as you don't want to, then absolutely no one will disclose your identity, so to speak, ameba series of websites. In essence, it is completely different from facebook, Zhou Xiao's AZX is clear about the habits of the Japanese, and they have not even tried whether the Japanese can accept a website like facebook. Directly made this ameba-based, anonymous interactive website game.
"Pigg" is a complete game, and there are a lot of people in the whole game to dress up your home and fish. Growing vegetables and mini-games and the like, in addition, this game is played by guò. Of course, the role of stars has also been played to the extreme, and the operating expenses of the game have enabled AKB48 as a spokesperson, not only the AKB girls have appeared in TV commercials, but also the facilities related to AKB48 have been specially made in the game, characters and even clothing, and the AKB girls even really enter the game and interact with the rice in the game, although this kind of marketing is not very new in Japan, but the rice just like this kind of thing.
Zhou Xiao and Zhou Xiao's games have had a lot of impact in Europe and the United States, and various TV show talk shows have even sent invitations, wanting to interview this genius and even a little weird young man, but most of these invitations have failed, AZX regretfully replied to these people, Zhou Xiao is preparing for the filming of a new drama, and has no time to go to Europe and the United States to do programs.
The inviter's face was also full of weirdness when he heard this refusal, we invited the boss of the game company, but now you actually say that your boss is filming......
It's a weird situation.
Zhou Xiao is indeed preparing for a new TV series, he hasn't filmed a new work for a while, well, this "some time" is only a few months, but this is indeed a long time for Zhou Xiao, who often enters the set of the next film after the front foot is filmed.
was selected by Zhou Xiao to make the next zuò, which was naturally "Housewife Sanda" that he had been thinking about for a long time.
In the drama "Housewife Sanda", Zhou Xiao actually doesn't have much expectation in his heart, because the production and broadcast time are quite special.
The original broadcast time of this drama was October 2011, this schedule was nothing, the key was the earthquake in Japan in the first half of 2011, the damage of this huge earthquake to the Japanese people is very huge, and after this earthquake, the Japanese will naturally be more eager for the kind of work that will heal a person and make people feel life from the bottom of their hearts.
The work "Housewife Mita" is such a work in the eyes of the audience.
However, this statement is not necessarily in the eyes of many people, and the reason why this drama became popular has other possibilities in the eyes of other people, such as the acting skills of Nanako Matsushima, the actor of Mita, and some people even associate the popularity of this drama with the fact that all TV signals in Japan were switched to high-definition digital broadcasting around 2011, saying that the makeup on other people's faces on TV is too thick, and Nanako Matsushima is shown by HDTV Her almost no-makeup side is liked......
Many of these statements are too reluctant.
There are many reasons why a drama is popular, so Zhou Xiao can't guarantee that this drama will still become popular in his own hands after a different time. But even if it is not as popular as in the previous life, this drama is still a very good work, and for the current Zhou Xiao, even if a work is just an ordinary evaluation and ratings, it can still create a lot of income.
If nothing else, let's talk about the drama "Housekeeping Woman Mita", the same hat, coat, and apron of Mita in this drama. Bags, and even plastic bags for grocery shopping, may become derivative goods in the future and make a lot of profits for the manufacturer, you know, as a derivative of a series, the price of these things is not just the price of ordinary clothing supplies.
After this drama in the previous life became popular, many of Sandian's things were sold at sky-high prices, such as Sandian's handbag, which looks very ordinary, and people with a little bit of fashion cells will feel very old and outdated, but they can take advantage of this drama. The bag sold for 65,000 yen, or about 4,500 yuan, which is about the same price as a top-of-the-line bag like LV in Japan.
Not to mention bags, even Mita's aprons can be sold for 7,500 yen, and plastic bags for grocery shopping can be sold for 5,800 yen...... Plastic bags...... If it is an ordinary plastic bag, the 5,800 yuan should be able to buy tens of thousands of bags......
A work like this, the quality is good and good-looking, but the investment is very low compared to other works. The social evaluation is also very good, and it can also earn a considerable profit, only a fool would let this drama not shoot.
And to make this drama, of course, it is necessary to determine Nanako Matsushima, the actor of Mita.
Japanese entertainment industry. No one dares to call the new generation of female artists "queen".
Whether it is Maki Horikita or Masami Nagasawa, or Erika Toda and Yui Aragaki, their Japanese drama filming careers may be quite good. Compared with the previous generation of Japanese drama actresses, they always seem to lack some of the temperament of a queen.
The closest thing to the so-called queen temperament among the new generation of actresses is actually Erika Sawajiri, but this woman has her own personality and ideas. She couldn't concentrate on this work, and she eventually fell, so don't mention it.
Among the female artists of the previous generation, there are also different opinions on the candidates for the so-called Japanese drama queen, such as Miho Kanno, Takako Tokiwa, Ryoko Shinohara, Yuki Nakama...... But there is no doubt that Nanako Matsushima will always be the biggest candidate for the title of queen of Japanese dramas.
This is a woman with almost one excellent quality, beautiful, good figure, smart, modest, rigorous, and good vision...... This woman once had a qiē brilliance in the world, and this woman can even be said to be the spokesperson for the beauty of the world.
"Housewife Sanda" For Zhou Xiao, as long as Nanako Matsushima is invited, it should be more than half of the success for this drama.
This Nanako sister is actually very cautious in taking over the play, especially after marrying Takashi Antimachi in 2001, and even more so after the birth of her daughter in 2004, whether it is a movie or a TV series, sometimes it may just play a supporting role and be carefully selected, unless it is a script or role that she likes very much, otherwise she will not act, as a super artist in the Japanese entertainment industry for so many years, and an equally super husband, Nanako Matsushima has long passed the age of taking on the play at will.
Even this time Zhou Xiao's new drama, when AZX contacted her, she didn't agree to it, but said that she wanted to see the script.
This is Zhou Xiao's invitation, and it is also the position of the heroine, and most of the actors in Japan will probably nod and agree as soon as they get the invitation.
So, Zhou Xiao went, and he went to Nanako Matsushima's house with the script in person, in order to invite her out of the mountain and play the role of Mita.
Matsushima Nanako and Anti-Machi Takashi's home is located in a very high-end residential area in Japan, the three-story detached building is not particularly large but looks quite artistic, don't look at the area of this small building is not as good as those big villas, don't forget that the location of this residential area is very important in Tokyo, the land price is very high, and although Japanese artists have a high reputation and know a lot of people, if you want to talk about real income, there are still some things to do with China's top actresses, such as Matsushima Nanako's level, The industry's public performance price is only 400 to 5 million yen for an episode of TV series, which is about 300,000 yen when converted into RMB.
This price...... In China, it is less than the first-line, and the second-tier top actress is only paid.
This is Nanako Matsushima...... This is in Japan, where the per capita GDP is more than 40,000 US dollars......
Standing in front of Nanako's house, Zhou Xiao rang the doorbell with a "ding dong".
"Here, who is it?" A woman's soft voice came from the speaker.
"Sister Nanako, I'm Zhou Xiao." Zhou Xiao replied that of course he had contacted Nanako Matsushima's agent before coming.
"Ah, welcome, please come in." Nanako Matsushima said.
With her voice, the door clicked open.
Zhou Xiao walked in with a special souvenir specially prepared for this time.
After walking a few steps along the stone-paved path, as soon as I arrived at the door of the house, the main entrance of Nanako's sister's house opened, and the beautiful Nanako Matsushima walked out of the door.
Zhou Xiao saw the state of this sister, and immediately cried out in his heart, he found that his invitation this time was likely to be in vain.
Because the sister was holding a baby in her arm, and the baby looked small, probably not yet a year old.
Nanako, who is taking a child, how can she agree to play a role in a TV series? (To be continued......)