Chapter One Hundred and One: Lightning Games, Inc
Under the introduction of Liu Hongguang, Gu Cheng found a private restaurant with a good reputation and opened a private room.
In addition to Zhang Zhongtian, Gu Cheng also called Dajiang.
The two arrived together.
Oe is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a Chinese character face and a very tall figure.
As soon as he entered the box and saw Su Qi, Dajiang was directly stunned in place, his eyes straight.
"Su ...... Sue...... Su Qi?! ”
Su Qi got up with a smile and stretched out his hand to say hello: "Editor-in-chief Jiang, it's a pleasure to meet you!" ”
Da Jiang stepped forward excitedly, and wiped a few handfuls of his big hand on the trouser tube before he dared to reach out and shake it back.
"Hello Queen Su!"
Although he knew that Gu Cheng and Su Qi had a close relationship, Da Jiang never imagined that he would have the opportunity to meet her today.
After all, Su Qi is Chinese...... No! Now an international diva!
How can a diva be seen casually?
knew that Su Qi would come, so he brought the album over.
"Queen Su, our whole family is your fan, can you sign me later?"
Su Qi smiled and nodded, "No problem." ”
"Jiang Da, you sit first!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gu Cheng beckoned the waiter to serve the food.
While waiting for the dishes, Zhang Zhongtian asked casually.
"Gu Cheng, how many subscriptions does Zhu Xian have now?"
"There are still 3,000 or 100,000 orders left."
Everyone moved.
Liu Hongguang gasped even more.
"Gu Cheng, the subscription to your novel is actually so high?!"
Gu Cheng nodded, "If nothing else, we will be able to break through 100,000 orders before the end of the month!" ”
Liu Hongguang said with a stagnation: "100,000 are ordered!" Obediently, how much manuscript fee does this month get! ”
Dae said bluntly: "Earning a million a month is not a dream!" ”
The vast majority of online writers are struggling with food and clothing.
100,000 Equalized Achievements!
Even the leading boss Lewen, at present, can only achieve this result with one hand.
The most important thing is that Zhu Xian has no krypton gold at all, and he used absolute strength to obtain this result.
During the serialization period, it can exceed 100,000 subscriptions, which is enough to be recorded in the history of online literature.
Da Jiang tilted his head, "Speaking of which, I have to thank Lao Zhang, if it weren't for your introduction, I wouldn't have had a chance to sign this masterpiece!" ”
Zhang Zhongtian couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect it myself!" ”
The novel "Zhu Xian", Zhang Zhongtian has been chasing it all the time, and he has also rewarded Gu Cheng with a few supremes.
He didn't expect that the novel written by Gu Cheng could actually set off such a big movement in the online literature industry.
Gu Cheng said modestly: "It's all loved by readers!" ”
In the process of small talk, the restaurant serves the dishes in turn.
Gu Cheng beckoned: "Let's eat first, let's talk while eating." ”
After the half-tour of the wine.
Only then did Gu Cheng get to the point.
"Brother Zhang, what is the name of the game company you told me before?"
"Lightning Games."
Oe blurted out, "Isn't this company going out of business?" ”
Zhang Zhongtian frowned, "Who said it went out of business?" ”
"Didn't the news say before that Lightning's capital chain was broken?"
At the beginning of the year, many of Lightning's game products were taken off the shelves, and then the media wrote about the news that Lightning's capital chain was broken, and it was not operating well and losing money year after year.
Dae thought that the company had closed down, and he regretted a few words with his colleagues.
I never thought that this company was still surviving!
"The news is all fabricated by bad media."
Zhang Zhongtian sighed, "But Lightning's current situation is basically similar to going out of business." ”
Gu Cheng poured him a glass of wine.
"Brother Zhang, I don't know much about these game companies, please tell me the real situation of Lightning."
Zhang Zhongtian nodded.
"I'm sure you've all heard of the name of Lightning Games."
"In addition to the popular games such as "Jedi Assault" and "Battle Royale" developed by the company, Lightning is most famous for the Unreal Engine developed by his company!"
Gu Cheng still knew about this.
Unreal Engine used to be one of the most popular game engines for third-party manufacturers, and some desktop and mobile games on the market have been built with Unreal Engine as a selling point to attract traffic.
Gu Cheng really didn't expect that it was Lightning Games Company that created this Unreal Engine.
Unreal Engine is extremely easy to use in every aspect, with a particular focus on data generation and programming, and it's easy to use.
If this engine is used in the development of Zhuxian.
Artists can then develop as much of the game's data resources as possible in a fully visual environment with minimal assistance from programmers.
Gu Cheng was puzzled, "Brother Zhang, since Lightning has Unreal Engine in hand, how can it be reduced to the brink of bankruptcy?" ”
"Because the market share is too low!"
Zhang Zhongtian gave him an analysis, "Large companies have their own engines developed by themselves, and small companies can't afford to use expensive Unreal Engines, resulting in lightning obviously having core technologies, but still losing money year after year." ”
Gu Cheng understood.
As a commercial engine, Unreal Engine requires a lot of investment as the technology is developed.
However, the price is high and the sales volume is low, and the funds cannot be returned, and the company will naturally lose money year after year.
Zhang Zhongtian then added: "There is another point that really causes lightning to not be able to support, and the storm group is eyeing Lightning's Unreal Engine. ”
"At the beginning of the year, the storm poached the technical backbone of Lightning, and then used the company's resources to prepare for the development of the same engine, which directly led to the stillbirth of the development of Lightning's new generation engine, and the situation became more difficult."
Oe listened with an angry face.
"Baofeng Group is worthy of being a Japanese-funded enterprise, and it will only engage in the business of poaching people and plagiarism, and the means are despicable!"
Liu Hongguang is no longer surprised, "Capital is like this, small companies do not have enough strength, and can only be played by large companies between applause." ”
"The lightning is no longer sustainable, and a public tender will be held in three days to auction the company's equity."
Zhang Zhongtian looked at Gu Cheng.
"If you want to develop your own Zhuxian, buying lightning is a good choice, but this cost may not be your budget."
Gu Cheng fell into deep thought.
What Zhang Zhongtian meant by this was that the funds needed to acquire lightning would obviously be beyond Gu Cheng's ability.
But relatively speaking.
Lightning also has core technologies that other game companies do not have, as well as professional technicians.
If Gu Cheng can successfully acquire Lightning, then the development and listing of the "Zhu Xian" game will be much faster than Gu Cheng expected.
Now that "Zhu Xian" is the most popular, the speed of IP monetization is naturally as fast as possible.
Gu Cheng's biggest problem now is lack of money!
"Brother Zhang, if you buy Lightning, how much money do you need at least?"
"Not low!" Zhang Zhongtian said bluntly.
"Lightning bids this time, and Baofeng Group is also involved, do you know why?"
Gu Cheng frowned and guessed, "Because lightning has the core technology of Unreal Engine. ”
Zhang Zhongtian nodded, "That's right!" The real core technology of Unreal Engine is still in the hands of Lightning. ”
"So even if there is a problem with the lightning capital chain, according to the company's current market value estimate, seventy or eighty million funds are indispensable."
Gu Cheng was silent.
Because he has only more than 10 million in his hands.
One's eyes are bigger than one's stomach..
Liu Hongguang saw that Gu Cheng was really interested, and couldn't help but speak.
"Gu Cheng, are you crazy? You don't really plan to spend tens of millions to buy Lightning, do you? ”
originally thought that Gu Cheng's acquisition of the game company was just a small fight, and he invested millions to test the waters.
But if you want to buy Lightning now, the nature is completely different.
Just developing a game,
Throwing seventy or eighty million into it, this is too risky!