Although there is no shadow of "The Last of Us" at this year's Game of the Year Awards due to the release time, the atmosphere of "The Last of Us" can be felt everywhere.

In terms of sales statistics of Chinese games, "The Last of Us" sold 2.3 million copies in the first week, 4 million copies in the second week, and 3.7 million copies in the third week.

But what I didn't expect was that with this wave of sales at the end of the year, "The Last of Us" sold three million copies at the end of December.

The game has already sold more than 15 million on physical discs alone, and it is only a matter of time before it surpasses 20 million.

Not to mention the digital version of the online store, the game topped the digital bestseller list for thirty-one consecutive days, from December 1st to the last day of the year.

This has brought a huge amount of income to Hatsune Games,At present, according to the analysis of some industry insiders,Phantom Animation,Hatsune Video Network,The valuation of the system of Hatsune Games should be more than 20 billion,In the field of video websites,Although it is not as good as 50 billion Tomato Video Network for the time being,But you know,Tomato Video Network has been operating hard for more than ten years,It has today's scale after listing,And Hatsune Video Network,It's just a video website that hasn't been listed。

Moreover, Xu Rui is quite cautious in his investments, and he seems to prefer to hold cash, and there are almost no investment projects other than the purchase of real estate in the park necessary for the necessary workplace expansion.

On the other hand, Tomato Video Network, after just developing, has invested in various film and television companies, animation companies, and game business in the future, and at the time of its largest, it has also tried to invest in real estate, physical sales, automobiles, electronics industries, etc., as if to build a huge business empire.

According to some people who have the information, the amount of cash held by Xu Rui's company is very terrifying, probably because its company has no income and can support it for several years.

Some people say that Xu Rui has no business acumen, does not know how to use funds, and if this cash is used to invest, the valuation of his own company will have doubled.

Some people also retorted that if Xu Rui had no business acumen, it would be impossible to rely on an animation company to achieve today's leading level in the industry.

Some people also suggested that Xu Rui is obviously doing animation, but now the main source of income has become games, does it mean a dead end for animation, only making games is the only way out for this kind of cultural and creative industry.

In the midst of all the opinions, the new year has arrived.

On the weekend just after New Year's Day, Ningjiang Economic News had news about Xu Rui.

He went so far as to buy a company.

This is a film and television company called Shahai Media, which previously launched an online TV series and broadcast it on Tomato Video Network, and later received financial support from Tomato Video Network, but in the end, due to the poor response to the work, Tomato Video Network withdrew its capital to invest in other companies, and the film and television company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Xu Rui only spent tens of millions of dollars to completely acquire this company, silently, if it weren't for the announcement of the change of legal person, many people would not even find out about it.

He bought it, screened a group of company members, and reorganized it and renamed it Phantom Media.

At the same time, Xu Rui also carried out a series of company reorganizations, the most important of which was to unite several of his companies to form the Phantom Electric Group, including Phantom Animation, which is responsible for animation production, Hatsune Video Network, which produces Hatsune Miku's series of software, Hatsune Electronics, as well as Hatsune Games and Phantom Media.

In response to Xu Rui's series of measures after acquiring Shahai Media, some people analyzed that Xu Rui actually just wanted the qualifications of a film and television company, and the acquisition was obviously faster than setting it up from scratch and applying for it step by step.

And Xu Rui is so anxious, presumably because he is ready to open up the film and television market.

A2Forum,Xu Rui's Phantom Electric Group has a huge impact,So the moderators simply opened up a Phantom Animation and Hatsune Game Zone,The special area is the partition of each game,In the Phantom TV comprehensive discussion area,There were many replies to this news post immediately。

[lordorc]: Phantom is ready to make a movie? TV series? Could it be a live-action TV series of "Music Girl"???

[Strawberry Jam]: No, I think "Classical Literature Club Series" is more suitable for making TV series, it is more realistic than "Music Girl", speaking of which, will Su Liyu herself play Tian Qianai???

[Flatbread without green onions]: I think it may be a new IP, animation adaptation of live-action, the previous films have been quite unsuccessful, even if Xu Rui is talented, from animation director to TV and movie director, it is not so easy.

[Barbecue at half past nine]: Wow, since you think so, I think it will be "The Last of Us" adapted into a movie, the plot of this game I think is very suitable to become a movie Wow!

[L94236]: I think it's good to make animation games honestly, there is no need to get involved in the film and television circles, the current movies and TV series are all small traffic and fresh meat, and it is extremely embarrassing to see people if they have no acting skills.

[Vanilla Sandwich Biscuit]: In the past two years, the New Year's festival of the audio and video network has gradually had some live-action programs, and I feel that even if I want to enter the film and television industry now, there is no big problem, as long as it does not affect the production of animation.

Most of the mainstream speculations are that Xu Rui is going to make a movie or TV series, and almost all of them are animated adaptations of guesses, after all, it is easy to associate this from phantom animation.

Ningjiang High-tech Development Zone, the park where Phantom Animation is located.

Now there are four buildings in this park that are Xu Rui's, and Phantom Electric Animation is still the same four-story building, and the Hatsune Video Network and Hatsune Studio next door share a building.

Hatsune Games is a separate building.

The fourth building, which was originally a cafeteria and part of Hatsune Games, is now home to Phantom Media.

Phantom Media on the fourth floor.

The original Shahai Media, now Zheng Weijie of Phantom Media is a director, the TV series before Shahai Media is from his handwriting, it is a youth idol drama, the starring role at that time is his own little fresh meat star brought by several investors, even the script written by the company's screenwriter has to pass the eyes of investors, and the places where they feel that they need to highlight their own stars have been modified, and Zheng Weijie, as a part-time director, naturally has no power to interfere, so he can only shoot hard.

Zheng Weijie felt that he had done his best, and when the series first began to be broadcast, there was still some attention, but later, due to the acting skills of the protagonist and the slightly routine plot, he finally became obscure.

Mr. Cheng and a few of his team members are now sitting in a slightly empty new office, a little uneasy.

Xu Rui sent a message asking them to wait here, and a few minutes later, the young boss walked in with a man.

"Let me introduce, this is Cheng Ke, the chief producer of Phantom Electric Animation, and he will temporarily join here and be responsible for the coordination of our next projects."

Xu Rui said that when Cheng Ke greeted Zheng Weijie and others, he asked about some matters related to film and television production, and when he listened to Zheng Weijie's explanation, Xu Rui seemed very serious.

"Uh, Mr. Xu, what is our next project?"

Zheng Weijie asked after the introduction, to be honest, due to his previous failures, he lacked self-confidence at the moment, and he was very worried that Xu Rui would fire him too, just like the administrative and personnel personnel in those companies before.

"You should know that my previous work, if it is a TV series, I am still a little sure, the movie may be a little ......"

"We don't make TV series for the time being, and of course, we don't make movies."

Hearing Zheng Weijie's inquiry, Xu Rui explained, and then said.

"Director Zheng, are you interested in making a documentary?"