Roland, in fact, ignored a problem.

When he was worth 300 million, the most valuable asset in his hand was Berkshire Hathaway stock.

When he was worth 800 million, the most valuable asset in his hand was Berkshire Hathaway stock.

In two and a half years, Berkshire Hathaway went from 15,004 per share to 313,000 per share, and the net income of more than 50 million yuan he originally received from "Jurassic Park" only turned into 140 million in cash.

He felt that the benefits were already very substantial, but ......

The speed of asset appreciation has not outrun the stocks that don't need to be taken care of!

After all, among the 140 million, there are more than 90 million of his own endorsement value and the share of "The Lion King"!

If you calculate carefully, the more than 50 million you got at the beginning, after two and a half years of operation, he played more than 40 million!

The operation is as fierce as a tiger, take a closer look at the pestle in situ!

It's a loss!

Compared with the rise of stocks, it is still a blood loss!

What a sad story this is true!

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Although "The Seven Deadly Sins" and "The Shawshank Redemption" can bring him a steady stream of income and tickets to other circles, the book algorithm that you have to lose money for a long time when you play movies and television is still valid.

The production cycle is too long, the speed of capital withdrawal is too slow, there are too many force majeure factors, and the risk cannot be controlled......

In this case, it would be stupid to make a movie with your own money!

Calm down, after reading the report brought by David, Roland decided that if he was working on a project in the future, he would definitely not be like "The Seven Deadly Sins", and he would spend 30 million real money out of his own pocket to David Fincher!

You have to go to the bank for a loan!

Either that, or create a fund for film production projects!

Borrow someone else's chicken to lay golden eggs for yourself!

And their own chickens are thrown into the Internet field to produce nuclear bombs!

"1400 million will be put in the company's account first, and there seems to be no place to use money recently."

"Just keep up with Yahoo's financing progress, make sure that 20% of the shares are not diluted, and then let the guys at the investment company pay more attention to Internet companies, and if anyone is looking for investment, the project report can be faxed directly to me."

"Doesn't seem like anything else?"

"Oh, no!"

"Blizzard Entertainment, is the game ready?"

"Sony, is the game console on sale?"

Don't look at the past two months, Roland has spent most of his time at home.

But he wasn't playing, but focused on the promotion and negotiation of the two movies!

So much so that he ignored that PlayStation had logged in to America on September 9 this year, and even more forgot what Blizzard Entertainment's "Spider-Man" was developed into, and whether "Warcraft 2: Black Tide" had already begun to be produced?

He didn't even know anything!

Looking at Roland, who slapped his head, David who was leaning on the back of the chair yawned, and after rummaging through the information for a while, he threw out a copy and threw it in front of Roland, "PlayStation has been released, and the game disc of "Jurassic Park" has also sold a lot, and as before, people who like Steven don't like this game, but they still buy it. ”

"Since September, sales have exceeded one million units."

"However, Sony has encountered a problem, the PlayStation is easy to overheat during the running of the game, resulting in a disk reading error, so that many players choose to turn the machine upside down to let it dissipate heat when playing games."

"It was because of this problem that Sony had to adjust and revise the machine that had not yet left the factory."

"The new version will be launched next year, so even if the sales are good now, it won't be enough for them to have a celebration."

"Because the problem of disk reading errors cannot be solved, then this product will die violently after all."

Oh...... Then I'm relieved......

Hearing David say this, Roland nodded.

In any case, it was he who instigated Spielberg to sell the game rights of "Jurassic Park" to Sony.

If sales are dying flat, it's affecting Spielberg's revenue, now......

Sony and Roland have just encountered the heat dissipation problems in their previous lives, so how to adjust and modify it has nothing to do with him!

"As for Blizzard Entertainment......

Seeing Roland nodding and expressing his understanding, David continued: "The "Spider-Man" game has been completed, but Sony is ready to go on the market with next year's movie, and "Warcraft 2: Black Tide" will go on sale on the fifteenth of next month. ”

"Because you are busy, Blizzard Entertainment is directly connected with Sony and EA."

"Not only that, but they're also eyeing a game studio, and you remember when you gave them a bonus at the beginning of the year?"

"You gave them a bonus of 30% of the company's profits, and the remaining 70 let them take care of it themselves, and they could develop any game, so they asked for 500,000 US dollars from the finance department and invested in another game project called Condor Studios in the name of the company, according to the report given to me by the general manager of the company, what is the name of that game project......

"Diablo?"

"Mike wants to swallow that studio, although you told them that you don't need to call you for the project and acquisition, they can make their own decisions, but they didn't do it immediately, but wanted to wait for you to finish talking to you, anyway, the project has been taken down, and it's not in a hurry to acquire it early or later......"

I'm going to be a good one!

Isn't Condor Studios Blizzard North?

With his hands on his cheeks, Roland, who cosed with sunflowers, laughed directly.

That's what a qualified employee should do!

The company is my home, and the development depends on everyone!

After learning that the group of guys were 'calling the shots', Roland was ready to go to the company.

No matter what "Spider-Man" does, whether "Warcraft 2" can be put on sale, he will not revise the decision of professionals, and what he wants to do is actually want to have a little fun in his boring life.

For example, playing a game that you just made.

So, after instructing David to let him launch a new product in the double star company, he called Scarlett's mother and informed the other party to bring her daughter to take pictures, and then threw a bunch of things to David's Roland to grease the soles of his feet again.

Grab your phone and let the driver drive to Blizzard Entertainment headquarters in Irvine.

With the arrival of Roland, the three giants of Blizzard, who had not seen him for a year, gave him a warm welcome, under their leadership, the new and old employees all met with Roland one by one, and when they learned that this group of guys was waiting for the old project to go on sale, and the new project was opened again depending on the sales, Roland was not stingy, paid out of his own pocket, and made an internal competition in the company.

The items of the competition, of course, are "Spider-Man" and "Warcraft 2"!

Employees can choose their own projects, and all applicants can get a participation prize of 1,000 US dollars, and the single champion can get a huge reward of 100,000 US dollars, and the runner-up and third runner-up on both sides also have a bonus of 50,000 and 20,000 yuan.

Of course, the prize money of the championship season does not overlap with the participation award.

To put it bluntly, Roland was annoyed by those complimentary phone calls and paid employees to play games with him.

But for those staff in Blizzard, this is simply a benefit from the boss's change of law!

This year, the programming ape of the game company is indeed popular, but that is also relative to the recent graduates of other industries.

After all, the video games of this year are not a money-absorbing weapon in the future, and the salary of the programming ape is high, but 100,000 dollars a year is still unimaginable, plus many guys are self-employed, so ......

Everyone fights for their dreams, as for money?

Under Roland's decentralization, Blizzard's treatment is already in the first echelon of the industry.

Roland knows better than anyone that the boss sings better than he does well.

In the case that he doesn't expect the game company to be profitable now, giving benefits to these guys is actually conducive to the development of the company's products, and what he wants is actually fun games and IP!

So, when Roland asked his assistant to take out the cash pile and put it in the company, more than 40 people had already signed up.

As a sponsor of the bonus, Rolana certainly has the right to play with everyone.

Although he has played "Warcraft 2" before, but after many years, he stroked the keyboard again, and wanted to win the developer in the battle, it was simply a fool's dream, plus the gap between the third generation and the second generation is actually quite large, so what kind of troops cooperate, in fact, it can't be fought, but the first introduction of the fog of war can allow him to stage a variety of tactical plays, but unfortunately, the game is played in public, he just played twice, and the next player has already watched it.

"Wow, can you please stop peeping at the screen!" Roland was a little 'broken'.

"Boss, of course we can't peep at the screen, but your tactics are really something we didn't think of when we were developing the game before, and we're just learning now, uh...... Yes, to learn, in order to better develop the next version. ”

With such a 'shameless' employee here, even if Roland has three heads and six arms, he can't beat them!

He finally understood why Harry had told Ron that two guns were better than wands.

Because as long as you shoot your opponent in the head, you can win!

Of course, it doesn't matter if "Warcraft 2" can't beat the developer, "Spider-Man" is a side-scrolling fighting game, which is purely based on operation and understanding; Although he was not proficient in getting started for the first time, after playing for a while, Roland could clearly feel that the game in front of him was really similar to the cool "King of Fighters"!

The point is, it's easy!

Let's take the '→+X' keys.

Use Spider-Man to rub out this sequence, that is, the wrist spits spider silk;

Use the Green Goblin to rub out this sequence, that is, throw out the pumpkin bomb;

Use Doctor Octopus to rub out this sequence, that is, the arm behind the back suddenly stretches out and strikes from a long distance;

Use the lizard professor to rub this sequence, that is, take out a brick or trash can or stone from the ground out of thin air and smash it forward.

To put it bluntly, at the time of development, Mike Mohami and they made the final refinement of each character.

What ranged attacks, melee strikes, control skills, these operations are all fixed by the same keys, so that players can familiarize themselves with all the characters in the shortest time after purchasing the game.

Doing so will help players get started quickly, but how resistant to play will be......

That, of course, follows the decrease in the difficulty of getting started, with a certain reduction.

However, in their words, "the selling point of the whole game is actually the name Spider-Man and the skill textures made according to the comic book prototype, and as for the operability, it is up to the player to figure it out." ”

"We don't know what kind of combos they can make."

"It's like when you're playing Warcraft 2 these days, you're able to play different tactics."

"There are a lot of things that we couldn't have imagined when we were developing."

For the explanation of the Blizzard Triumvirate, Roland can understand.

After all, Blizzard's Big Three are just codewriters, and they know how to play a game!

DOTA was born in the Warcraft map editor, but was picked up by G.

Isn't the act of throwing out other people's money in your hands enough to prove that the Blizzard triumvirate doesn't understand the game at all?

And the guy who doesn't understand the game says the words that let the player explore the game on their own, Roland can naturally understand it!

Of course, for him, he is very satisfied with the current level of "Spider-Man".

Easy to use, fast fighting, this is the core meaning of the game, there is no need to make it the same as "Street Fighter", rubbing a skill and talking about accumulation, "The King of Fighters 97" is Roland's favorite difficulty.

After all, the threshold is low, and the audience is wider, so the number of guys who are willing to pay for it will increase accordingly.

Unlike traditional fighting, "Spider-Man" is sold as a derivative product developed by IP, not a simple fighting game.

After spending a week holding Blizzard's first internal game competition, Roland, who was annoyed by the phone, finally left Irvine refreshed, and before leaving, he also told Mike and others that he felt that the game plan of "Diablo" was OK and that he could try to take down the other party's studio.

Roland spoke, and the others had no objections, and just when they were about to make an appointment with the four founders of Condor Studio to discuss the acquisition, Roland, who returned home, finally got a peaceful life.

He's been out and hiding for a week, and if the others still chase after him, it won't be able to say anything.

After returning home, with Christmas approaching and the awards season hype in full swing, Roland didn't actually have much to do.

Together with the Olsen sisters and James, I went to the theater to see Pixar's first step on the road to greatness - "Toy Story"; This was followed by the support of the Olsen sisters and attended the premiere of "Jumanji".

At the premiere, Robin Williams, who had helped Roland, pulled him and asked him if he was interested in participating in his new project.

"New project?" Roland blinked, feeling that there was something wrong with Robin Williams' inquiry.

How can there be new projects like him that can't attract investment?

"Yes, new project, Miramax's, the Weinstein brothers." Robin Williams nodded, not feeling any problem with Roland's surprise, "You know, they two brothers, they like to save money. ”

"They scavenged a notebook in '95 about a mathematically gifted cleaner who solved a math problem for a math professor at MIT, but because he was rebellious and unruly, he often got into trouble."

"The math professor appreciated his talent, bailed the cleaner out and found a psychiatrist to help him find meaning in life."

Hearing Robin Williams say this, Roland suddenly understood, isn't this "Soul Catcher"!

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's fame, and Robin Williams won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor!

This kind of movie pulled him into the game, of course he was interested, maybe after he asked about the entry conditions, he waved his hand directly and refused.

"For a project with a total investment of 10 million, they want to give up 8 million investment shares?"

"The point is, with the proceeds that go with the eight million shares, there are only overseas distribution rights and copyrights other than America?"

"I can't accept this condition at all, Robin, if the copyright of the script is not in the hands of the Weinstein brothers, then you can let Matt and Ben come to me directly, but if so, I can't get in."

That's right, just when Roland made up his mind to borrow chickens to lay eggs, the Weinstein brothers had already used this trick perfectly.

Eighty percent of the investment share will be transferred to overseas copyrights?

Only the guy with a bad brain agrees to be slaughtered!

Seeing that Roland didn't even have the heart to negotiate, Robin Williams, who knew that the cooperation offer was very pitiful, also stopped.

After the premiere, Roland, who had no debts and a light life, chartered the venue and pulled James to watch two movies with him.

One is "007: GoldenEye" and the other is "Twelve Monkeys".

To be honest, when Roland pulled James to the cinema at first, James refused, because he didn't like the "007" series, he wasn't interested in the kind of movies produced for the sake of the black bear, plus the woolly bear had disintegrated, that kind of old-fashioned routine, he was even more lazy to waste time watching.

As for "Twelve Monkeys", just by hearing the name, he felt that there was something wrong with this movie.

What's not to see?

Do you have to see twelve monkeys?

With this spare time, isn't it really good to go to the zoo by yourself?

The money for the theater is enough to buy hundreds of monkeys!

But after James, who couldn't resist Roland, watched this R-rated movie, he realized that there was a reason why Roland Fila came over by himself!

"Who is the heroine in that movie just now? It's so beautiful! ”

As soon as he finished watching "Twelve Monkeys", James directly abandoned the plot of time and space travel and asked about the information of Roland's heroine.

"Do you know how old she is?" Roland did not reply directly.

"How much?" James was unusually curious.

"My name is Madeleine Stowe, five or eight years old, and now I'm thirty-seven years old."

“What？ I can't see it at all! ”

"If you can't see it, you're right! If you could see it, would you still be surprised by now? ”

That's right, since "Twelve Monkeys" avoids a bunch of theories such as parallel universes, quantum theory, grandfather paradox, and the butterfly effect, then Roland really sees this movie as a romance.

And what is the root of a romance movie?

Of course, the heroine is beautiful!

When he watched "Twelve Monkeys", he thought that the heroine was very beautiful, and later chased "Revenge" because of the other party's face.

Now, he thinks it's okay to watch it again.

As for "007: GoldenEye......

It's actually the heroine who watches.

There is no other reason, it is purely that the new version of the Phoenix Lady Sophie Turner is really not as good as the old version of the Bond girl Famick Janssen!

When "X-Men: Apocalypse" came out, he couldn't get the appearance of three fools, and the styling in "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" was even more indescribable, plus Aunt Jensen was already at a low point in appearance when she played the Phoenix Girl, so now that he has the opportunity to watch the Phoenix Girl when he was young, why should he refuse?

And after "007: GoldenEye" was played, Roland took the initiative to turn his head to look at James and said, "What do you think?" ”

"I think it's OK." James pursed his lips and nodded, "On par with Madeleine Stowe." ”

"Hey, by the way, why did you suddenly remember to watch these two movies?" Coming back to his senses, James felt that something was wrong.

"Pick actors." Roland shrugged his shoulders and directly prevaricated with a valid reason, "I have a lot of copyrights in my hands." ”

"Pick an actor?" Hearing Roland say this, James's voice suddenly rose a lot, "What movie are you going to make?" ”

"My dad told me before, you don't mean to start a new project lately!"