……

The success of the Matrix naturally laid a foundation for Yuehe's future development in Hollywood, and it will be much more convenient to find actors, directors, and negotiate sponsorship in the future.

Now that The Matrix 1 has been launched, it is natural that the production of a sequel will also be made.

So Ichibashi Wenhua found Qing Zhiyuan for the first time and asked about the sequel production plan and cycle.

"Since it's all planned, let's do it as soon as possible." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"But there's a hard thing to do." Hitobashi knocked on the notebook in his hand and said to Qing Zhiyuan, "The production cost of The Matrix 2 is estimated to be $150 million. ”

Hearing this number, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but frown fiercely.

Damn, movies are really money-burning machines.

filmed one, and more than 100 million yuan was gone.

It's still dollars!!

And the production cost of the next two films seems to be only getting higher and higher.

Qing Zhiyuan thought for a while, "With the advancement of Pokeni special effects technology, in fact, the cost of post-production can be lowered. ”

"But the cost of actors and directors has become higher," Hitotsubashi reminded with a smile, "This time the Matrix box office is a big hit, and the value of all the people involved in the production of the Matrix has risen a lot."

Keanu Reeves's worth alone has risen from $6 million before filming to $15 million.

Fortunately, we signed with them for 3 years before the price was not raised to the sky by his agent. ”

I guess I didn't think that the Matrix would catch fire before, right?

So Keanu Reeves saw that he could sign 3 movies in one go, and from the first one, each of them could increase his salary by $2 million, of course, he felt that he was earning.

Now I'm afraid that I will regret my death, why not sign one by one, but three in one go.

The so-called rising tide lifts all boats, and now Keanu Reeves naturally won't want to get off, everyone knows that The Matrix 1 is just the beginning, and after the next 2 or 3 parts are released, anyone who plays the starring role will rise several levels in value.

So everyone is still willing to follow the producer Ichibashi Wene and complete the filming of the next two films.

"Okay, I'll leave the production side to you, and keep the cost down as much as possible." Qing Zhiyuan thought for a while and said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll bring in some sponsors." ”

The Matrix 1 seems to make a lot of money, but in fact, after you throw away some costs, the remaining profits don't seem to be as much as Qing Zhiyuan imagined, and at the same time, at most, it will be enough to support the filming of two Matrix empires at the same time in the future.

Therefore, in Hollywood, it is very risky to invest in blockbuster films, especially in the case of exclusive production and shooting, and once the box office fails, it is not a small loss.

Even a giant like Warner is estimated to go bankrupt thanks to a few times.

Fortunately, Qing Zhiyuan has an insight into the money-making blockbuster in the next 20 years, otherwise his behavior is completely looking for death, and there is not much difference in following up the casino.

"Okay, boss." Hitotsubashi nodded.

"And ......" Before she left the conference room, Qing Zhiyuan stopped her again.

"Huh?" Hitotsubashi bunka looks back.

"Spider-Man is also on the shooting schedule." Qing Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and said.

"Spider-Man?" Hitotsubashi raised an eyebrow and asked with some confusion.

"Oh, yes, now the copyright of Spider-Man is on the Pokeni side...... I wanted to adapt it into a live-action movie. ”

Qing Zhiyuan told Hitotsubashi about how Pokeni acquired Marvel, and reconciled his idea of bringing Spider-Man to the big screen.

After listening to Qing Zhiyuan's plan, Ichibashi's eyes sparkled.

"Wow, if you can really do it to this extent, then it looks like it will be a very beneficial special effects blockbuster."

"Well, and it can accumulate another wave of popularity."

In the future, in the film and television industry, it will become [Moon River production must be a high-quality product], after the myth of Moon River is created, the corresponding IP influence will be maximized, and then the game will be spread through influence, which is actually a complete set of coherent play.

The fastest popularization and circulation in the world is definitely film and television.

Then there will be the game.

To put it bluntly, the communication power of film and television is strong, the threshold for getting started is low, and the threshold for getting started in games is high, which is destined to be not as wide as that of film and television.

The two complement each other and complement each other, which is the most authentic core gameplay of film and game linkage.

Just like The Matrix, after the movie exploded, the game can lag a little behind, and give full play to the influence of the movie, so that the world knows the IP of the Matrix, and then launch the game at this time, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

It's the same with Spider-Man.

IN ADDITION TO HELPING POKENI SELL GAMES, SPIDER-MAN ALSO HAS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TASK -

Open the Marvel Universe.

After the success of Spider-Man, the future Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, etc. will be able to develop simultaneously, and then another wave of Avengers will be able to bring Marvel to its peak.

The formation of the Marvel Universe naturally corresponds to the formation of the Marvel Game Universe.

And the starting point of it all fell on this ordinary-looking little spider.

……

In November, Satoshi Iwata concluded negotiations with AOL in the United States, and finally sold pokeni's RTT business in the United States for $340 million.

After doing this, Satoshi Iwata flew back to China from the United States.

Qing Zhiyuan picked him up, and the members of the company applauded Satoshi Iwata.

When Iwata joined the company, he first developed a strategy to acquire Sega and Marvel, and then sold RTT, all of which were successfully accomplished.

Maybe just from the books, it seems that there is a lot of loss.

However, from Qing Zhiyuan's point of view, he has made a very, very good amount.

Using the sale of RTT to recoup some of the funds, and then integrating Sega and Marvel, not only improved the technical reserves, but also had an IP treasure trove.

It's actually a pretty big thing.

It's just that the test for Qingzhiyuan and Pokeni in the future will be more difficult, because there are too many tentacles that extend out, and after the company's stalls are rolled out, no matter which department needs to use money, except for the game to make money, the others are basically losses.

If this continues, no matter how much money you make, it won't be enough.

Another thing is that at the beginning of this year, Nvidia Huang Jenxun invited Qing Zhiyuan to hold a shareholders' meeting together.

Although it is called a shareholders' meeting, it is actually Huang Jenxun and Qing Zhiyuan.

Lao Huang is preparing to carry out an IPO at the beginning of next year, almost in January 99, that is, to list Nvidia on the NASDAQ.

As a shareholder, he will work with Qingzhiyuan to take out 40% of the equity for additional issuance to raise funds.

In order to be able to go public, Lao Huang invited Citibank and Goldman Sachs to serve as underwriters, with a total valuation of $1.14 billion.

The 40% recruitment will be carried out, with a total of $456 million raised, an additional 40 million shares, and a single share price of $11.4.

Nvidia can also be regarded as a blessing to Pokeni, and its market value is much higher than in its previous life.

And now Nvidia is in full swing, and the most important reason why Lao Huang wants to go public is also to raise funds as soon as possible and expand the industrial chain.

Qing Zhiyuan can be said to hit it off with him, after Nvidia went public, Pokeni can also get a certain amount of recruitment capital income, although the equity has been diluted year-on-year, but in general, it can help the company alleviate the recent financial pressure.

At the same time, only the listed Nvidia is a good Nvidia.

After going public, NVIDIA's market value will continue to soar, you must know that this guy was a trillion-dollar behemoth in his previous life.

Qing Zhiyuan can be regarded as a further understanding of Son Masayoshi, the core gameplay of the capital game is to go public, raise money for the next ten years in a short time, and then expand through this money to maximize the use of funds.

……

On November 14, Qing Zhiyuan and Son Zhengyi had dinner together.

Son Masayoshi couldn't help but be a little anxious and persuaded bitterly, "Qingsang, let's see when P-Net will be listed?" When the time comes, I'll help you run the operation?

I am very familiar with the banking business, and I also have a lot of good friends in the bond business, and if I help you find an underwriter, you can get the maximum valuation.

Maybe it can reach 800 million, no, 1 billion dollars. ”

Qing Zhiyuan smiled bitterly, "Don't worry about it for the time being, now that P-net is not profitable, the valuation will definitely not be too ideal." ”

Profit?!

Son was stunned.

According to the way you operate now, you still expect P-net to be profitable?

Whether it's a website, RTT, a search engine, and a lot of Internet businesses combined, I don't know how much money I have to burn every month?

The advertiser fees you have pulled in alone are not enough to plug your teeth, and you still expect to make a profit?

Now the market can give a high valuation, which is completely confidence in the prospects of the Internet industry.

What's the use of you just having that many visits?

Until now, Son himself didn't know how to monetize P-NET.

"That's right," Qing Zhiyuan didn't pay much attention to it, and put the roasted meat on Sun Zhengyi's plate with a tong, "Sun Sang, do you remember the dandelion platform I mentioned to you before?" ”

Oh yes, there's also a so-called dandelion gaming platform.

Son said that when he heard it, it was going to burn money.

Although he was optimistic that Qing Zhiyuan would make such an online platform before, and also believed in his deception that he could generate value, but after going back, Sun Zhengyi thought about it carefully, and still didn't think too much about how profitable this thing could be.

Just by playing mahjong online and opening a room, can you sell games faster than you?

Will you be able to feed this dandelion platform?

In this regard, Son Zhengyi is actually very bottomless, and he is particularly panicked.

He is now thinking only of taking advantage of the fact that the outside world is still optimistic about the Internet, the Internet battle has not yet entered the white-hot stage, and P-net can still sell at a good price.

Son said that I was just an investment, and if there was no return on the investment, it would be too uncomfortable.

However, no matter how anxious Son is, it is useless, the key is to see Qing Zhiyuan's decision.

He is the major shareholder, and the major shareholder does not want to go public, and you have no choice.

At most, it is to hold the shares for a while and then see if you want to transfer some of them first next year? Even if P-net is not listed, Son is not going to hold it in his hands.

"Remember, what's wrong with the dandelion game platform?" Son was anxious in his heart, but on the surface, he still asked lightly.

If it weren't for this so-called game platform, Son Masayoshi would not have been able to gain such important information as building an [online bank] from Qing Zhiyuan.

At least in this respect, Son is grateful to Qing Zhiyuan.

SoftBank is now truly living up to its name, having both a software business and a banking business, and it has invested in and established Neon Internet Bank, which has been developed and opened to the public in the middle of this year.

Now the results are also very gratifying, many users through the Internet banking to start business, trade, for some large multinational groups to provide transaction convenience, but also gradually in the neon domestic promotion.

However, it may not be the same as Qingzhiyuan expected, and the main customer group of online banking is now companies rather than individuals.

If you want to spread it to individuals, I'm afraid it will take some time.

However, Qing Zhiyuan had already thought of Alternative B, that is, the plan of the point card, so he was not very panicked.

Qing Zhiyuan ate a piece of pork belly, and Yun smiled lightly, "Our game platform has been developed and will be launched at the beginning of next year." ”

In fact, the Dandelion platform had already been completed a few months ago, and Ken Akanishi was just testing the pressure of the network.

"When the time comes, you will be able to download and sell the previous Pokeni games on the game platform."

Qing Zhiyuan smiled, "After our platform is launched, there will be profitability." At that time, the valuation of P-net listing will be higher. ”

Son Zhengyi really couldn't cry or laugh, although he felt that it was very problematic, and Qing Zhiyuan was too optimistic.

However, if you think about it, it's not bad to wait until this so-called gaming platform comes out and see how it works.

"Well, let's go public as soon as possible, Qingsan." Masayoshi Son raised his glass, "I hope your game platform will sell well." ”

Well...... It should be said that the game platform is a big hit.

But that's okay anymore.

Qing Zhiyuan smiled slightly, also raised the wine glass, and drank all the wine in the cup.

……

It's so busy at the end of every year, but the slightly better thing about this year is that after Sega was acquired by Sega, President Hayao Nakayama was not as eager to have dinner with him as he used to be.

Now it's a family, and it's all about our own business.

After having dinner with Son, Qing Zhiyuan asked Hiroyuki Hattori to have dinner the next day.

"Wow, what's the game this time?" Hiroyuki Hattori asked with a smile.

"The sequel to the big world of Pokémon 3D." Qing Zhiyuan laughed happily, and pulled a large gift box out from behind him and placed it at Hattori's feet.

Hattori couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the bag, which was almost 50 centimeters tall.

Good guys, more polished than any game he's ever seen.

Qing Zhiyuan, this guy, seems to be inappropriate again, at this point in time, it looks like it is used to harvest the children's New Year's money.

But well......

I love it.

Hiroyuki Hattori laughed badly, it is really worry-free to have a partner like Aochiyuan, they have their own corresponding marketing strategy, so you don't have to think about how to help them sell the game better, as long as you order the game CD, the players themselves will send it to the door.

"By the way, you'll have to get me one for your DC console too." Hiroyuki Hattori said.

"It's ready." Qing Zhiyuan picked his chin and said that it was all in the bag.

"Uh-huh, it's really Qingsang, so well prepared." Hiroyuki Hattori laughed, relieved in his heart.

DC consoles have to be dedicated to the trash can gods, otherwise......

Just if the game is a big hit, it's not good if the game console dies violently.

"Seriously, I admire you for daring to go to war with Sony head-on," Hiroyuki Hattori amazed, "Courage is commendable." ”

"Do you think we're going to win?" Qing Zhiyuan asked.

"Hmm...... It's hard to say," Hattori smiled, "but I'll try to help you." ”

He also watched the press conference, and Sega's DC game console is a real cow.

However, Hiroyuki Hattori said that his personal feelings cannot influence the market, and the most important thing is what the players think.

Whether to have more confidence in Sega DC or Sony PS2, whether to wait another year for PS2 is the most critical question.

"So, the first battle is very important."

Hiroyuki Hattori turned his glass and said, "Actually, third-party game providers are actually waiting and watching, don't look at your "Automata" that has made such a big splash.

But it didn't work.

It's all a picture, it's nothing.

You look at Konami, Namco, look at Square Enix, which one of them isn't all old foxes?

Imaginary things are useless, and what can really impress them is only the real sales of DC game consoles. ”

"Hmm." Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously.

That's what he thinks too.

Don't look at the fact that Pokeni has the advantage in the public opinion offensive so far, the media and players have great expectations for them.

But in reality, the first part of the journey was lonely and difficult.

Only when you make beautiful achievements and really let the world see the sales volume of DC machines and the subsequent majestic vitality, can you build enough confidence for them.

And at the very beginning, it is very important to pull the results.

This is also the reason why Qing Zhiyuan has been holding Pokémon unspent, in addition to harvesting New Year's money, it is also equivalent to a DC machine town.

This time, to put it bluntly, was a big gamble.

Bet on whether players will buy DC consoles for Pokémon.

That's where the greatest power of exclusive games lies.

Just like Sony signed Pokeni and Square Enix as exclusives back then, but this time the difference is that Qingzhiyuan only has himself.

……

The two of them were drinking and chatting at the same time.

It's almost time to say goodbye.

"By the way, there's one more important thing." Qing Zhiyuan remembered something, and handed the two cards he had prepared from his coat pocket to Hattori Yuyuki.

"What is this?"

Hattori Yuyuki glanced down, it was a paper hard card, the pattern was quite beautiful, and it read: Dandelion Game Point Card.

The lower part is a scratch-off seal.

"Point card." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"It's written in denomination."

"3000 points." Hiroyuki Hattori asked with some confusion, "What's the use of this?" ”

"Well, it's the same as currency." "That's the equivalent of 300 yen." ”

300 yen is almost equivalent to 15 yuan soft girl coins, which is just the price of a breakfast for neon people.

Qingzhiyuan initially set the price a little higher, taking into account the inflation problem that may occur in the game in the future.

"Is this money?" Hiroyuki Hattori was taken aback.

"It's just the currency in the game.

It's virtual currency, not real. ”

Qing Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said with a smile, "But its value is artificially given, for those who need it, it is valuable, and for those who don't need it, it is just garbage." ”

Saying the same thing as not saying it, Hattori Hiroyuki rolled his eyes.

"When the time comes, this thing can be used to recharge into the virtual game as currency, and we will put all the point cards to offline retailers for sale."

"Uh-oh."

Hattori Yuyuki almost understood, this should be what Qing Zhiyuan told him last time.

Merely......

Can this thing really make money?

In fact, Hattori Yuyuki still has some doubts in his heart.

That didn't stop him from giving it a try, though.

"Then if you give us a discount?" Hiroyuki Hattori asked.

"Of course," Qing Zhiyuan laughed, "and we will sell recharge point cards of different denominations in the future, and we will give you a 20% discount on each one." ”

"So little?" Hiroyuki Hattori was a little unhappy.

"Hattori-san, you believe me, you won't feel less when the time comes, and we still have our own operating costs in it."

Once the online platform is opened, there are hundreds of millions of virtual currencies circulating every day, think about it, how can this money be less?

"Okay." Hiroyuki Hattori accepted the card suspiciously.

……

After talking about everything at the wine table, Qing Zhiyuan sent Hiroyuki Hattori out of the door of the barbecue restaurant.

Hiroyuki Hattori got into the car and waved his hand to Aochiyuan outside the window.

"It's going to be a big hit."

"Thank you."

The car stopped at the old place, and Hiroyuki Hattori opened the large gift boxes one by one.

First, the Sega DC console was put in the trash.

Then I put two more Pokémon discs in it.

Finally, suddenly remembering the contents of his pocket, Hattori Hiroyuki continued to gently throw two 3,000-point point cards into the trash.

After doing this, Hattori Hiroyuki closed his eyes and prayed reverently:

"Hopefully! Well...... Game consoles are a big deal!

The game is a big hit!

Point cards are on sale! ”

……

Seeing the pile of stuff in the garbage can, the wanderers hiding in the corner were stunned.

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There is another chapter in the evening (end of this chapter)