"What do you mean by that?" Xia Lin motioned for Zhao Nuo to continue.

"It's true that my country's single-player game industry is in a state of depression right now, but because of this, the potential it has is also very amazing." Zhao Nuo said.

As he spoke, several beautiful waitress dressed in red began to serve the food. The cuisine here follows the principle of most three-star hotels and above, and it seems that you can eat a single dish in just two bites.

Although a dazzling array of dishes had been placed on the stone round table, except for Xia Shiren, who had always been very improper, the others present obviously had no intention of moving their chopsticks.

Breaking the silence that lasted about a minute, Xia Lin spoke:

"Young man, you are so naïve."

Zhao Nuo shook his head: "No, it's you who are too backward." ”

Seeing Zhao Nuo's tough attitude, Xia Xiaoling and her brother glanced at each other, and a faint worry rose in their hearts.

As Xia Lin's precious daughter, she often accompanied her father to dinners, but she hadn't heard such a thing said to her father for a long time.

However, Xia Lin, who had been in business wars, showed a calm side, and did not lose his temper with Zhao Nuo, but continued:

"Can I hear your thoughts?"

"Now that you know the market situation of stand-alone games, you should know the sales of stand-alone games abroad, right? A title like Call of Duty can sell a staggering $750 million in its first week of release. If you can make a good single-player game and good publicity, it is not difficult to make a lot of money. Zhao Nuo expressed his opinion.

"So you're naïve."

Xia Lin sighed: "You're talking about foreign markets with strict copyright protection, and most users in China use piracy. No matter how high the quality of the game you make, they will only download it directly from the website, and at most they will buy pirated discs, and only a very small number of people will pay for the original game. ”

――It seems that this man really cares about his daughter, otherwise he would not have investigated the game industry, which has nothing to do with real estate.

At this time, Zhao Nuo also had a little more admiration for the real estate businessman in front of him. But he knew that it would be much more difficult to convince the businessman now.

If it was a task that had to convince Xia Lin that it was "normal difficulty" before, now it has become a difficult difficulty. With no business experience, it is obviously not so easy to convince an old guy who has been in the business world for many years.

However, he certainly won't give up:

"Well, I know the current situation of domestic stand-alone games, and I also admit that many of the brilliant stand-alone game groups have been disbanded, and the companies that still insist on stand-alone games are regarded as jokes." Zhao Nuo nodded honestly.

"But—"

Zhao Nuo's words changed: "Do you know the current situation of domestic animation? ”

"We're talking about games now." Xia Lin frowned slightly.

"That's right, what I want to say is, if you look at the current situation of domestic animation, you will know that domestic users are actually very willing to pay in order to see good domestic works." Zhao Nuo said.

"What do you mean?" Xia Lin asked.

"As you may know, domestic animation is getting younger and younger. So now every time a high-quality normal animation appears, even if you only post a trailer on the Internet, say a few words like I hope you will support domestic animation, it can attract a lot of viewers to donate spontaneously. Some have even scraped together more than 10 million dollars. Why do you think this is? Zhao Nuo asked rhetorically.

"I don't know." Xia Lin shook his head, he didn't know anything about the movement of the anime market.

Zhao Nuo smiled slightly: "That's because everyone thinks that the current domestic animation is not very good, so they are more looking forward to seeing good domestic works, in order not to starve to death directly from those studios that seriously make zuò animation, they would rather make donations." Speaking of which, you should get the idea, right? ”

"You mean, the domestic stand-alone game industry is similar to the animation industry?" Xia Lin finally understood what Zhao Promise meant.

"Yes, domestic stand-alone games are actually the same as domestic anime. In the past, there were a few Xianxia-themed games that were very good, but at that time their sales were sluggish. As a result, most of them don't continue to make zuò now.,At least there won't be any sequels in the near future.。 ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Nuo showed a regretful expression on his face:

In order to support domestic games, as long as it is a domestic stand-alone game, he will buy a genuine copy.

But in recent years, he has found that even the genuine CDs of these games are not very popular on the market......

However, now is not the time to regret it, let's get down to business first:

"I know that the current domestic stand-alone games are in a depression, and I can't produce a few works a year. But this is our chance. It's not that the majority of domestic players don't want to pay for supporting good domestic games, they just can't find the opportunity to pay. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Nuo paused meaningfully, and then continued: "Think about it, if we make a stand-alone game with quality comparable to foreign masterpieces, and at the same time promote it with great fanfare, and label it as 'the hope of domestic stand-alone games'. What will domestic players think? ”

"Exaggerated propaganda to attract consumers?" Xia Lin asked.

"No, it's not an exaggeration, your daughter really has what it takes to make top games, I can assure you."

Zhao Nuo smiled at Xia Xiaoling, and then began to explain his point of view to Xia Lin:

"Think about it, while we are promoting the game, we are also releasing a top-notch game demo download. Then the news is released through the guò online media, similar to the company is now struggling to make ends meet, and the game plan may be stranded. Those single-player gamers who have been attracted will willingly pay for us in order to support the 'hope of domestic single-player games', right? ”

Before Xia Lin could speak, Xia Shiren, who was sitting on the side, suddenly applauded:

"Dude, do you want to come to work with us? Give you a CEO, and you can marry Bai Fumei to the pinnacle of your life right away! ”

"Shut up! Darn. Xia Lin whispered to his son who was still smiling, and then turned to Zhao Nuo with an approving expression on his face:

"I'm underestimating you, this idea is really feasible."

"Thank you for the compliment." Zhao Nuo said politely.

"I can not close Hellfire Games and give 2 million dollars in investment support. However, there is one condition. Xia Lin paused and said, "Within a year, I want to see your success." ”

Zhao Nuo frowned slightly: The number of two million sounds like a lot, but for the game production zuò, it is probably only enough to make a CG animation, and it is not enough to stuff your teeth at all!

It seems that before making zuò "the hope of domestic stand-alone games", it is necessary to find a way to make money first.

- The old fellow really didn't fully agree, he just made things difficult in a different way......

Although he was secretly complaining in his heart, Zhao Nuo still stood up and shook hands with Xia Lin, and said at the same time: "Thank you for your support, but I also have a condition here." ”

"Please."

"If we make a top-notch single-player game within a year and it's a big success, how about you hand back ownership of the company to Xia Xiaoling? What we want is our own game company, not a vassal attached to a real estate company. Zhao Nuo said confidently.

"Good! Be ambitious! ”

Xia Lin laughed heroically and shook Zhao Nuo's hand vigorously: "What level you can reach, I'll wait and see!" ”