Chapter 058 Li Jiacheng, the richest man in China
People always have to do a variety of multiple-choice questions in their lives, such as the current Wenming.
If he doesn't sell Plants vs. Zombies, then a year later, the game and its sequel will bring him at least $100 million in cash flow. And, even after two or three years, the game will still be able to provide benefits for it.
In three years, there is absolutely no problem with a revenue of 200 million US dollars, and don't underestimate the income from advertising and peripherals.
But if he sells the game now, then he will only receive a net profit of $80 million.
For many people, of course, they will not choose to kill chickens and eggs. Because not all businesses can invest $80 million, and after three years, it will become $200 million, and there will still be profits after three years.
But if you get $80 million now, a year later, or less, you can turn that $80 million into $200 million, or even more?
The benefits that can be created by the same money, in the hands of different people, are completely different.
"So, we have to sell Plants vs. Zombies, this matter is not negotiable."
Wen Ming, who is eager for hardware manufacturers to start processing parts for the iphone4, is not killing chickens and eggs, but making big things with small things.
"I can't tell you what I'm working on right now, but I can tell you what you need to do."
Wen Ming took out a plan from the drawer of his desk, and the name of this plan was "Talking Tom".
After Tomding took over the plan, he couldn't wait to look through it, he had no right to stop his boss from selling the company's products, and the reason why he came to Wenming to complain was that he just didn't know what he should do.
I had just joined the company, and before I had time to familiarize myself with the company's existing products, I learned that the product had been sold. So, as the head of the planning department, does he need to come up with a new plan?
It's too late!
Getting the boss's new plan for the 'game genius', Thomding instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
But after flipping through a few pages, Tomding was confused.
"The owner...... Your plan ......"
Wen Ming smiled: "Don't you think it's too simple?" ”
This game plan that Wen Ming hurriedly made is just one of the plans he has conceived in his spare time recently. Whether it's a game he has played in his past life, or the information he got about a high-selling game from Apple's App store department, as long as it hasn't appeared in this world, and no other company is working on it, then he will write out the plan.
"Talking Tom" is the simplest of those games, which is also indispensable for defense. If those game planners who can make a lot of money are handed over to Tomding, who knows if he will give Wen Ming a slap in the face with his backhand...... Sold him.
"It's really too simple, it's just an interaction with a virtual pet," Tomding said. No, it's not interactive at all, it's just the ability to repeat what the user has said, and even with the addition of a voice changing function, how attractive is it? ”
Wen Ming also didn't understand the secret of this game's success, and released two sister games like 2010's "Talking Tom Cat" and "Talking Tom Friends", which have been downloaded more than 5.6 billion times worldwide, although the vast majority of them are free advertising versions, but you can also see its strong allure.
In addition to the success of downloads, Wen Ming also remembers that before he crossed over, in his previous life, in 2017, he had seen a piece of news that a Chinese company would spend $1 billion to buy the production company of "Talking Tom". And under the name of this company, there are only two games, "Talking Tom Cat" and "Talking Tom Friends".
Although the final acquisition failed, it only shows the value of this game.
"Games are not more complicated, especially mobile games."
Wen Ming said: "Is "Plants vs. Zombies" complicated? It may seem like the variety of plants as well as the map is very complicated, but in reality? Also, Was Plants vs. Zombies a success? ”
Tomding was speechless, Wen Ming looked at Tomding's expression at this time, and I didn't know why I thought of a TV series I watched in my previous life, in the name of the people, and there was also a character named Tomding.
Of course, the skin tones of these two people are completely different.
"I understand the boss, I will make this game as soon as possible, I have learned about the ability of the R&D team of our company's game division, this kind of small game is absolutely no problem."
"Good."
Wen Ming smiled, opened the drawer again, then took out a stack of plans and said, "Make it as soon as possible, because I still have a lot of plans here." ”
Tom Ding was stunned again, looked at Wen Ming dumbfounded, and muttered, "Boss, I want to know, what is the point of you hiring me to come to the company?" ”
As the head of the game planning department, Tomding felt very ashamed at this time, and asked again in an instant: "Boss, are you sure that the plan in your hand is not a blank slate?" ”
Wen Ming laughed, the reason why he did this was to see if Tom Ding would do anything. Although this method is suspected of phishing (anti-screen) law enforcement, shopping malls are like battlefields and have to use some means.
"I can't devote myself to the company's game division, but I can't give up the game division, because I firmly believe that the future mobile game market will definitely exceed the PC game market share."
In the previous life, Tencent's stock rose sharply because of the revenue capacity of Honor of Kings, which shows how mobile games will explode after the continuous upgrading of smartphones in the future. Even the real Apple, which has a market value of $500 billion, cannot ignore the interests of this area.
"So, I need you to complete the plan I explained, of course, this is only the early stage, and you need to hand over the plan to me in the later stage."
Thomding has some complications in his heart, his favorite game is still a PC or similar Xbox game, although he does not exclude mobile games, but this is still different from his dream. It's like someone who wants to fly a fighter jet, but only turns out to fly a civilian plane.
"No problem, boss, I won't let you down. Of course, if I have a good PC game plan, I hope you don't refuse, because we can't just develop mobile games. ”
Wen Ming smiled: "As long as it's a fun game, you can make money, as long as you can make money, why should I refuse?" ”
Thomding left Wen Ming's office with "Talking Tom Cat", and Wen Ming also dialed the Sith to complete the sale of "Plants vs. Zombies" as soon as possible. Unlike InstagramArm's modus operandi, Plants vs. Zombies will be sold as a single product at once, without the need to create a new company.
InstagramArm, on the other hand, needs to make a round of financing before it is officially sold, so it needs to establish a leather bag company.
After Sith determined the task assigned by Wen Ming, he said directly: "Teresa Roy has replied, this time Facebook's acquisition of Instagram is not a separate acquisition, but a four-way merger. ”
Wen Ming frowned and asked, "Who else besides our Apple Company, Teresa Roy's investment company, and Facebook?" ”
Facebook wants to buy Instagram, but he doesn't have any money, so he naturally needs to find someone rich. This fourth party is the one who needs to pay the bills, and he doesn't have to think about it to know that his gain will be the equity of InstagramArm.
Sith replied: "It's your fellow countryman, Li Jiacheng, the richest man in China." ”