Chapter 23: On the Importance of IP
"Copyright Agency?"
Chen Lin, who was recording game information, turned around and took the phone in surprise.
As soon as he put it to his ear, a polite voice came from the other side.
"Hello, is it Mr. Chen? I am Su Peng, the person in charge of marketing at Station B, and I want to talk to you about the copyright of "Prison Break Rabbit". ”
"yes, I am, you're pretty fast."
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Are video sites so much rolled up now?
"Mr. Chen said with a smile, what we do in this line of work is to smell the market, I wonder if your studio has any plans to act as copyright agents?"
"Yes, yes, but it depends on whether the price is suitable or not."
Chen Lin's system requires the revenue generated by the game to obtain wealth value, and other additional income will not be counted.
But it can't be helped, he's poor.
Originally, the previous two games earned more than three million.
But since the establishment of the studio and the expansion of equipment, there is not much left.
In addition, there are so many employees waiting to be fed at the bottom, and new game development and personnel recruitment are very expensive places.
The revenue of the two games alone is simply not enough.
You'll have to find a way to make some extra money.
"The price...... Su Peng on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and then said: "What do you think of 600,000?" Buy the agency copyright of the first and second seasons of "Prison Break Bunny" for two years. ”
"Less." Chen Lin didn't have time to think about it and replied, "With the current popularity of "Prison Break Rabbit", the price of 300,000 per season is low, at least 500,000, unless you give up the exclusive copyright." ”
The agency copyright of animation is the same as that of games, which are divided into exclusive and non-exclusive, and generally only sell for two years.
Whether to renew the contract depends on the follow-up situation.
As long as you are not stupid, you know that exclusive copyright is definitely much better than non-exclusive, and the income that can be generated is naturally different.
Su Peng didn't speak, as if he was engaged in a psychological struggle.
Because he doesn't dare to guarantee that no matter how high the price is, he will be able to return to his capital, after all, "Prison Break" is just a small-scale animation.
Once it dies violently on the shelves, the performance does not meet expectations and causes losses, and the high-level side must be scolded.
"I can also give you the premiere of the third season."
At this time, Chen Lin's voice sounded, and he added another handful of firewood to it.
"Good! Deal! ”
Su Peng gritted his teeth and finally agreed.
Although the exclusive rights of the 500,000 season are much more expensive than expected, if you add the premiere of the third season, it will be different, and it will definitely attract a lot of heat.
"It's a pleasure to work with."
"Happy working together!"
After a few simple greetings, Chen Lin hung up the phone.
He made a lot of money for nothing, and he was in a good mood, at least in the short term, the financial problem was solved.
Anyway, it only takes 180,000 wealth to make a CG animation of a season of prison break rabbit, and it doesn't cost money.
Thinking about it, he called out the interface and glanced at it.
[Game wealth value: 1.47 million/10 million]
There are more than a million wealth left.
It's still far from the goal of 10 million.
Considering that it costs a part to make a game, if you want to save it at once, you need several games, or a big hit.
After thinking for a long time, he looked at Duchenne, who had just returned from outside.
"Duchenne, how is the investigation of other manufacturers?"
"It's been investigated, Mr. Chen." Du Xing hurriedly took out a document from his arms and quietly came over.
"This is the result of my survey in the venue in the past two days, and some of them are from colleagues and friends from other manufacturers."
Chen Lin took the information and looked at it, good guys, densely recorded the game materials exhibited by major manufacturers and studios, and even recorded the next game project plans of some major manufacturers.
This made him look up at Duchenne.
I didn't expect this guy to have this talent.
"Good job, more detailed than I expected, are you interested in transferring to the marketing department?"
"Huh? Isn't that good? Duchenne scratched his head, "I still prefer to sit in front of the computer and write code, and this time I was lucky enough to meet a few friends to investigate so much." ”
Prefer to code?
What a strange hobby......
The employees under him are really not ordinary people.
However, Chen Lin still respects personal choice and says, "Okay, you can tell Lao Song when you want to change departments in the future." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Chen!"
Duchenne grinned, not annoyed by the loss of a promotion.
Perhaps it is his free and easy personality that has allowed him to make so many friends in the circle, and he has made special acquaintances with other manufacturers.
This reminded Chen Lin of when he was a code farmer.
That's really called a person who doesn't listen to anything outside the window, and only has 1 and 0 in his eyes......
Shaking his head, he looked at the information in his hand again and studied it carefully.
Soon, he found out.
Including Huanhai, nearly sixty percent of these big manufacturers are developing survival and adventure games.
Even the remaining forty percent, half are considering expanding their business in this direction.
The reason is very simple, it is because there have been a large number of well-known movies such as wild adventure and battlefield survival in China recently, which has pushed the popularity of this theme to the peak and is sought after by countless netizens.
With such a big piece of tempting cake, major game manufacturers naturally won't let it go, and immediately changed their plans and joined the research and development of such games.
Chen Lin is very clear.
Market demand is the main factor that determines the gaming industry.
A game that is popular in this world may not be equally popular in another world, and there are many uncertainties in it.
And the development trajectory of the game industry in this world is obviously different from what he remembers.
If he only bores his head and makes games that he thinks is good, without being familiar with the market demand, there is a high probability that he will fail.
"I think I kind of know what I'm going to do with the next game."
After reading the information, the corners of Chen Lin's mouth gradually showed a confident smile.
"The next game? Mr. Chen, do you have plans for a new game? ”
The four employees who were greeting the players turned back one after another, excited and looking forward to it.
Their idea is simple.
As long as there are games to do, then they will be paid more.
There is no need to start work when there is an outsourcing order, like the previous Dawn Studio, and be idle and panicked when there is no order.
"Well, survival and adventure games, if nothing else, this game will be our first IP!"
Chen Lin stood up from his seat, arrogant, and anyone could feel a strong determination from him.
With a new idea, there was no need for him to stay here any longer, he turned his head and said, "I'll go back to the studio to prepare first, and I'll leave it to you here, no problem, right?" ”
"No problem, just leave it to us!" The four of them replied in unison.
Because of the appearance of the second season of Prison Break Bunny, more and more players have been attracted to it, and the scale is even more terrifying than yesterday.
At this rate, it is only a matter of time before it surpasses Huanhai.
As long as the player traffic is enough, they are still very confident in the games they have worked hard to make.