Chapter 302: The first round is a draw
Founded in 1975, GW in the UK, similar to Parker Brothers, publishes miniature war games and retails them through toy franchises around the world.
After being introduced, Yang Yun successfully met with Wales, the president of GW, and the two exchanged views on the development of global table games.
Speaking of which, in fact, GW and Longteng are quite complementary, GW has a lot of experience in the development and production of desktop games, and Longteng is a leading company in card games.
Yang Yun asked tentatively, "Mr. Wales, are you interested in cooperating with me?" Dragon Teng gets the game adaptation rights of Warhammer, and GW can also get the board game adaptation rights of any Dragon game? ”
For Yang Yun's arrival, Wales was prepared, he must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and he was relieved to hear this, as long as he didn't buy or buy his company, everything was easy to talk about.
"Since Dragon is interested in Warhammer games, of course we are willing to license them, but I can't guarantee that GW won't release Warhammer video games in the future, so I can only give you the right to use them, not the exclusive adaptation rights."
Yang Yun remained silent: "Then I want the exclusive right to use it except for GW Company, that is to say, this game company on shijie that can share the Warhammer series shijie view with GW Company is only Longteng, and no other company can." And this period, it must be unlimited! ”
After a quick calculation, Wales decided that this would only be beneficial to GW and not harmful, and added with a smile: "Dragon Teng only has the exclusive right to use video games outside of GW, and you can't use Warhammer's keywords, you can only share shijie views." It's best to scale on your own. ”
“OK! We at Dragon will never use the Warhammer series in the board game industry, there is no need for this! Yang Yun happily stood up and shook hands with Wales: "If GW wants to make Warhammer game cards in the future." Let's talk about cooperation! ”
"Happy working together!" Wales shook Yang Yun's hand and did not forget to compliment: "Mr. Yang can achieve such a large scale at a young age." When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name! ”
Yang Yun hahadaxiao, modestly said: "It is GW who lives up to its name, and I am an avid warhammer fan!" ”
As long as the right to use the shijie view of the warhammer is obtained, there will be no problem for Dragon Teng to do Warcraft and interstellar in the future, and for GW, this is also a disguised extension of the life ability of the Warhammer series, which is a mutually beneficial cooperation, and the two sides are of course hit it off.
The authorization contract was signed within two days. GW is also the middleman, they have obtained the right to adapt JJR's Lord of the Rings game, and now they have the exclusive right to use the video game, and they need to inform the legal heirs of the JJR family, and the three parties can sign a supplementary agreement.
And what about the cost?
Hehe, with Longteng helping to promote the Warhammer series for free, what additional fees does GW dare to charge? Yang Yun is not worried about GW turning his face in the future, what he wants to do is Warcraft and StarCraft, not Warhammer.
That is, after signing the agreement. Yang Yun can use Warhammer's shijie view to freely add or modify to make his own Warcraft and Interstellar, while GW can't use the part of Warcraft and Interstellar that is different from Warhammer's self-created shijie view, they can only use the original part of Warhammer.
Although tongue twister. But this is what European and American countries that respect intellectual property rights value the most.
What's yours is yours, and if I want to use it, I'll pay you.
I'm based on your stuff. Make the innovative part, if you need to use my innovative part. OK, please pay.
There is a clear separation of rights and responsibilities. In the future, there will be no such thing as pulling the skin and stretching, and there will not be too much trouble.
This time, after signing the contract and leaving GW, it was Yang Yun's turn to be blocked by EA Vice President Hawke.
"Hey! Hawk! Long time no see! Yang Yun gently raised the briefcase in his hand and gestured to the other party.
This time it was the EA side that turned into a pork liver face, looking at the appearance of Wales and Yang Yun's intimacy, everyone could see that GW and Longteng had reached some kind of agreement, which was almost exactly the same as the plot in Los Angeles four days ago, but the direction was reversed!
Hawk, they didn't expect things to turn out like this, they didn't expect that in the first round, the two sides would draw!
"Yang! Long time no see......" Hawke could only slap his swollen face and become fat, and took the initiative to greet with an embarrassed expression: "You and GW have signed a cooperation agreement?" ”
Yang Yun smiled: "GW is our haode company!" We felt that they had a lot of potential and that they were worth the investment, so we signed the contract. Why, EA is also bullish on them? ”
The words were prickly, Hawke was uncomfortable, he snatched Blizzard from Jiang Shaoyun, but after sending executives to take over Blizzard, they found out that they saw that Haode's creative Warcraft would face licensing problems!
It's a pity that it was a step late, and after a two-day delay in Los Angeles, a major change occurred on the British side, which made EA embarrassed all of a sudden.
If you can't release the game on SS, there is still a 3DO platform to release it.
But if you can't get the authorization of Warhammer Shijie, then you have to change the game content!
Hawker smiled dryly: "Of course we are also optimistic about them, GW can supplement the business type for EA company, and we are very interested in them." ”
Yang Yun smiled and said, "Hasbro, Disney, these companies can also supplement EA's business, wouldn't it be more convenient to acquire them?" ”
Hasbro is the largest toy company in North America, and Disney is a comprehensive behemoth, how dare EA?
Hawke was angry and didn't dare to speak: "Mr. Yang, you are laughing." ”
Yang Yun smiled and said: "No jokes, our "Cadillac and Dinosaurs" this summer has a total box office of 600 million US dollars, which is slightly higher than the 580 million of "Jurassic Park", and the profits are so rich that I am now interested in developing the film industry." EA is so rich, let's play along! Leave! ”
The pain and itchiness stimulated Hawke once, Yang Yun felt very comfortable and walked away.
However, you have a great ability to make money, which is not enough, you must be able to lead your competitors by the nose, jump over the pit by yourself, and let the enemies who follow you fall into the pit, this is the real skill!
EA everyone was dumbfounded, the first round of the two sides were evenly matched, one got shijie view, the other got the game project team, which is equivalent to a perfect photo being artificially torn in half, and each side holds a part.
Needless to say, the two companies have to fight for speed and quality.
As for EA, we made a game with people from Ed's group, remastered Shijie View, and released it on the 3DO platform.
In terms of Longteng, the game was made with the shijie view of Warhammer and Longteng's own people, and it was released on the SS platform.
It's up to whoever makes it first and who does it better!
The defeated Hawke reported the incident to President Larry over the phone, and Larry hesitated, but he eventually decided to start all over again and let Ed's team start the Warcraft project as soon as possible, because there was a job-hopping storm on EA's side.
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Jiang Shaoyun looked at the fourteen people in front of him, his face was a little unhappy.
"Hu Jie, how many people are there?" Jiang Shaoyun asked: "Back then, I personally sent twenty of you to EA Company, and one was sent to North America by EA halfway, and the other one went to KTT, and four people didn't come?" ”
Hu Jie, who led the team, said: "Eric, Pete and Tim are a team, and it is very difficult for us to see them in the core project group of EA Athletic, FIFA-Soccer. Then there's David, who says he doesn't want to leave EA......"
Jiang Shaoyun sneered: "Don't want to leave EA? Longteng has paid the salaries and living expenses of 20 of you, and reimbursed you for air tickets to visit relatives once a year, what is not enough? That David, what is his Chinese name? After eating foreign rice for a few years, have you forgotten who you are? ”
"His name in Chinese is Xue Dewei." Hu Jie's face turned red: "Mr. Jiang, these people here have never forgotten that we are Chinese, we are employees of Longteng, and our biggest purpose in EA is to learn jishu, and we can return to China at any time to serve when needed!" The heavens can testify to this, we can swear! ”
"That's right! As long as Long Teng is in need, we can give up everything here without hesitation! ”
"Mr. Jiang, only a few people are greedy for wealth and wealth, we are not that kind of people!"
Everyone swore and expressed their loyalty to Long Teng to Jiang Shaoyun.
Jiang Shaoyun sighed: "I'm sorry everyone, I was a little excited." Mr. Yang gave me several important tasks, but I didn't complete them, and I was a little impatient. Now that Longteng is in big trouble, EA has become our competitor, and at this critical moment, we can't drop the chain anymore! Thousands of Longteng's employees are looking at us......"
Hu Jie gasped and said hatefully: "Mr. Jiang, I'll go back again and personally arrest that kid!" This kid must have been blinded by lard, and really thought EA could give him everything? ”
Jiang Shaoyun stopped him: "No need, you won't be able to return to China for a while, just stay in our R&D center and find something to do by yourself." Mr. Yang will come to the United States soon, and he said that he will personally send 20 of you on the plane to the United States, and he will definitely bring you back to China in person! ”
"Mr. Yang wants to pick us up in person?"
"I haven't seen Mr. Yang for almost three years......"
"I saw it once when the bonus was paid the year before last, and Mr. Yang is so good!"
Everyone was talking and excited, they could be sent by Yang Yun in person, and then personally picked it up, it is not surprising that they will be entrusted with a heavy task after they go back!
The disappearance of 14 Chinese employees as if en masse shocked EA executives!
When Larry learned the news, he happened to receive a call from Hawke, and he quickly figured it out, immediately asked Hawke to return home, and personally met with the remaining four employees.
These four employees are Larry Zuihou's bargaining weights, and they are the hostages in his hands! (To be continued......)