Kentaro Miyamoto made a habit of lying on Miki Miyamoto's stomach to listen to the fetal movements. He truly felt the wonder of life.

From the bottom of my heart, I don't reject starting a family early. He also does not think that his wife and children will become a rope that binds personal freedom.

However, Kentaro Miyamoto also understands that all this is based on his own money. For ordinary men, it is better to choose late marriage and late childbearing.

Without a certain economic foundation and a relatively stable income, it is really not suitable for marriage and starting a family. Living alone and living as a family are not the same thing at all.

In Japan, it is not difficult for a man to live alone, but it is rare for a man to support his family. Survival like this is stressful.

Not only will there be more expenses, but there will also be problems and worries that you have never thought about. Even ordinary dual-income families will still worry about money.

Miki Miyamoto suddenly asked curiously: "How much money did you invest in "Grand Theft Auto 6"?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto said truthfully: "200 million US dollars." ”

When Miki Miyamoto heard such an astronomical figure, she directly gasped and said, "Aren't you worried that you will lose so much money if you invest so much?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto sat up straight and said, "As long as you make an investment, then there will definitely be risks." All I need to do is manage the risk. The cost of a triple-A game masterpiece is not the highest, only higher. This is generally in the form of two or three hundred million dollars.

As for the cost of some 3A masterpieces, the cost is only about 100 million US dollars, which is based on the low labor cost in other countries, and the team is racking their brains and trying every means to reduce the cost, while everyone also has a sincere heart for the love of games.

I'll take Chinese mainland's "Black Myth: Wukong" as an example. The average annual income of programmers in Chinese mainland who participated in this triple-A game project is definitely not like that of programmers in the United States, and the average annual income of artists is $120,000.

Even if it's half, there won't be, at best it's a quarter. This is converted into RMB and is only 200,000 yuan.

That's still the average income of a programmer. If it's art, it's even lower. Because in Chinese mainland, the status of art is much lower than that of programmers.

The real situation of the annual income of programmers in Chinese mainland is that the annual salary of junior programmers is about 10-150,000 RMB, the annual salary of intermediate programmers is 15-200,000 RMB, and the annual salary of senior programmers is 30-500,000 RMB. Their average monthly salary is only about 15,000 yuan.

This month's income level is similar to the monthly income of graduates of Japan's prestigious universities who enter large-scale companies.

Of course, in Chinese mainland, programmers who can get about 15,000 yuan are often graduates of famous universities and have worked for several years.

Even so, many of them have precarious incomes. For example, the development of the game failed, and the staff was directly laid off. Or, there is no money in the development of the game, the team is disbanded, etc. ”

He paused here and continued: "Programmers and artists in Chinese mainland do more work than programmers and artists in the United States, and they really have a heart to make money selling cabbage, but selling white powder.

This is mainly due to the lack of talents in Chinese mainland. As far as I know, when the original game project of "Black Myth: Wukong" was established, the entire Chinese mainland could not find the relevant talents.

After all, no company had done that before. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there is a blank space in the field.

Therefore, recruiting people while doing and repaying financing has become the beginning of this game project. Even if there is relevant news released in Chinese mainland, or even spread on the Internet, it is not favored by the vast majority of people.

After all, this is something that even Tencent, NetEase and other large Internet game companies with strong capital dare not try. Game science, what kind of game company does the devil know?

It has previously developed several mobile game products such as "Hundred Generals" and "Art of War: Red Tide". This is 108,000 miles away from the 3A game masterpiece. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto changed his words and said, "Even so, I finally voted. I followed the example of Masayoshi Son who invested in Alibaba, and also invested $20 million.

That's why I dared to boldly invest in "Grand Theft Auto 6" up to $200 million, it is because this game IP belongs to a global big IP, not an original IP like "Black Myth: Wukong".

Grand Theft Auto was a success, and it cost $266 million. Not only that, but Rockstar Games also has an even more famous game, Red Dead Redemption 2. The cost of this game is $800 million. ”

"Avatar 2", which will be released in 2022, will cost only $400 million. This is also a Hollywood blockbuster directed by the famous American director James Cameron.

At that time, the cost of the movie "Titanic" directed by him was 294 million US dollars. However, this was before 1997. The film premiered in the United States on December 19, 1997.

For this reason, Twentieth Century Fox Film Company has come to the stud. Even then, it was not enough. Later, he also joined Paramount Pictures.

With such a cost investment, even if it is not a movie with the largest investment cost in Hollywood, it can definitely enter the top three.

However, compared to today's triple-A game masterpieces, that's it. Even if you count inflation or something. ”

Miyakoto Miki said straight: "Where did you get so much yuan and dollars?" ”

Kentaro Miyamoto smiled and said, "That's where the bank's help comes in." Karuizawa Commercial Bank's foreign exchange department has someone who specializes in helping me to pour foreign exchange.

In Japan, currency exchange is still quite free. This small amount of currency exchange can be completed by the exchange shop on the street. However, large orders have to go through specialized financial institutions such as commercial banks and investment banks.

Whether it is buying or selling, it will have a certain impact on the foreign exchange market of the country to a greater or lesser extent. This brings us to the onshore exchange rate. In addition to this, there is also the offshore exchange rate.

Whether it is from Japan to Chinese mainland, or to the United States, etc., or from Chinese mainland, the United States, ...... When I return to Japan, I will inevitably have to exchange currency.

If I have a large amount of foreign currencies such as RMB and US dollars in my account, it may not be a good thing. Nowadays, the strengthening of the dollar is accompanied by the continuous weakening of the currencies of many other countries, which means depreciation. ”

(End of chapter)