Chapter Forty-Six: The Exploding Blizzard
Originally, Blizzard didn't pay much attention to China, perhaps because basically game manufacturers are very indifferent to the Chinese market. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Warcraft was very popular back then, and the biggest impact was the map of DOTA. There are still a lot of players who play RPGs on WAR3. Blizzard may not have imagined that a map editor would keep a game alive in China for more than a decade.
However, instead of teaming up with Ice Frog to win Dota 2, Blizzard became a Hero of the Storm. At that time, there were so many people in China who played DOTA, but Blizzard did not do it in such a large and mature market, but took risks to develop new games, and the success of LOL has given Blizzard a slap in the face.
You hate Tencent or despise LOL, LOL is the game with the most players. However, the original platform of MOBA was interstellar, and when it became popular, it was WAR3! What is this feeling? I'm afraid Blizzard can't say it right now. But what are the games that are being dominated in Internet cafes now? It's LOL.
And then there's the game Heroes of the Storm, which focuses on teamwork, so how many people in reality have the time and energy to find 4 teammates to work together for a long time. Some people even say that this game was made by Marx.
The earliest pandaren made a Japanese samurai shape in the illustration of Warcraft III, and the Pandaren cavalry in Hearthstone, don't say you didn't see whether its armor style was Chinese or Japanese, and there were no other features except for the panda people, and even put the Tai Chi pattern into the Indian skills. The dragon in Overwatch, hehe, was envoyed by the Japanese? I can't see what this means.
But over the past few days, although Blizzard is not particularly optimistic about Warcraft's movies, the slump at the box office for days and the skyrocketing comments on social platforms such as Facebook still attracted Blizzard's attention.
In fact, it is said that Blizzard is very unhappy with this Warcraft, but because they don't have much right to speak, they still endure some problems that they can't usually bear. But when the box office revenue for many days did not meet expectations, Blizzard President Mike couldn't help it.
"Why should we tolerate a drastic change in the plot of Legendary Pictures? Why isn't Warcraft promoted? Why didn't anyone mention the release time of Star Technology and us on the same day? At the emergency seminar, Mike couldn't help but be unfavorable, but he also had a lot of responsibility.
Some of the executives here are also speechless, could it be that they have always despised the Chinese market and companies? However, Allen, the founder and board member of the company, still spoke to break the awkward atmosphere: "Mike, now is not the time to discuss this, what we need to do now is to remedy it and minimize our losses." ā
Mike naturally didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Allen: "Boss, now the situation has reached the point of no return, I have also watched their movies, but I didn't expect Star Technology to suddenly be released on the same day as our movie, it can be said that there is no comparison at all, although some fans still buy our emotional points, but the plot of the movie is really terrible." ā
World of Warcraft designer Ghost Crab also chimed in and followed Mike's words: "This film is simply a discredit for the IP of Warcraft. The average score given by the critics was 31, and that's the quality they gave us. "In Blizzard, the status of the designer is also transcendent.
"What does that mean, that is, we have not only lost so much in film investment now, but also discredited the IP that we have cherished for so long?" Alan is also a little confused, although he has watched the film, but he thinks the Warcraft movie is not bad.
"Boss, if you've watched their films, you won't think so, it's the group of BC raised by Star Technology, which day is not good, but we have to choose the same day as us." Mike sat down weakly, and seemed to be unmotivated to speak, and in his opinion they were completely defeated. "I just don't know how much they cost such a movie, if it's low, I'm afraid it's not just us who are anxious."
"yes, it seems that we shouldn't be in this troubled water of the film industry." The people here who have watched the film of Star Technology also agree that it is not a heavyweight player, and in their opinion, this film is completely unnecessary to be rescued.
The representative of Tencent here also had a black face, as if everyone owed him a hundred yuan, and he did not speak, he knew that the head office was now adopting a blocking attitude towards Star Technology, but there was no way to take them.
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The storm soon swept through various countries like a virus, and although some portals on the Chinese side did not report on a large scale, foreign media praised Star Technology.
In the past two days, almost all the headlines of major foreign entertainment news have been occupied by "Infinite Horror: Resident Evil", and the popularity of the film has not exceeded Zhang Yang's expectations.
The box office of "Infinite Terror: Resident Evil" exceeded 50 million on the first day, and the good reputation of the film after that was word of mouth, resulting in a box office surge the day after its release. And "Have you watched the film?" It is also known as Baidu hot search words.
Although some large portals seem to have collectively lost their voices, there are still some small media who praise Star Technology.
"Infinite Terror: Resident Evil" is the first holographic movie in history, not only a box office success, but also a good reputation, and the highest ratings of netizens are constantly refreshing, which is definitely worth watching. -- Phoenix Entertainment
Undoubtedly the first in history, this will be the first step to subvert the traditional film industry, fame and fortune, Star Technology is undoubtedly the big winner, and the CTO of such a company turned out to be a Chinese, is China going to rise? -- Entertainment Today
There aren't too many words of praise, it's a whole new industry, CG is already lagging behind, and some conservative old stubbornness should pay the price. -- Sunrise News, Japan
Zhang Yang launched their own portal after getting the news from Ye Wen to him, although it was expected to achieve such results, but Zhang Yang was still very happy.
However, this website is a transition in Zhang Yang's plan, after all, it is too cold to have only one APP promotion window, and Zhang Yang also knows that it seems that those portals have formed an alliance for some reason, but he is dismissive of this.
In this world, Zhang Yang is the trend of the times, and anyone who opposes him will be crushed into slag.