Of course, Jamie knows that he doesn't even need 500,000 at the moment, as long as he makes a random price, the Treasure Trio is willing to sell the game "Bejeweled" to Steam.

But what about after that?

When they found out that Bejeweled was selling out on Steam, and they only got a measly half a million dollars, would their mentality be out of balance?

And Jamie is also counting on these three guys to develop a series of classic casual games from the future world.

At this time, it is obviously not in Jamie's long-term interest to kill the chicken and collect the eggs.

And there is also a "demonstration effect" involved.

Jamie chose "Bejeweled", a casual game, as the first paid download game on Steam, the practical reason is, of course, because of the small size of the game, the volume of dozens of MB is more suitable for the Internet download environment in 2001 than those 3A masterpieces that often have several Gs.

Starting from casual games, first build up Steam's user ecology, which is the first step of Jamie's development strategy for Steam.

However, relying on "Bejeweled" alone is obviously unable to achieve the goal of supporting the construction of the entire Steam user ecosystem.

Even if all the popular products in the future generations of Baokai are taken out, it is far from enough.

Jamie needs to set an example for studios that develop mini-games, attracting thousands of mini-games to Steam shelves, in order to build a complete user ecosystem.

But the three John Vicky in front of them didn't know this.

Looking at the buyout agreement that Jamie had torn up on the floor, all three wanted to pick it up and put it back together, and then sign their names as quickly as they could.

However, Jamie told the three of them bluntly that they would either sign the sharing agreement in their hands, and everyone would take the hot girl out to sea on a yacht together.

Or fuck off now!

John Vicky exchanged glances quickly, and finally signed the share contract as if resigned.

Chuck raised his hand and motioned for the yacht steward to bring the girls in.

Jamie stops Chuck and says he has something to talk to about John Vicky.

"You've all seen the Giorgio Romero movie, right?"

John Vicky was stunned at the same time.

The father of modern horror movies, the originator of Hollywood zombie films, the works of the famous George Romero, of course, they have seen it.

It's just that what do you do when you suddenly talk about such a heavy topic?

"I'd like to commission you to make a zombie game as a tribute to George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead."

Jamie's explanation causes the three of John Vicky to look at each other.

In their understanding, homage and plagiarism both mean the same thing.

AFTER ALL, BEJEWELED IS THE RESULT OF THEIR TRIBUTE TO THAT JAVA MINI-GAME.

So in the eyes of the three of them, Jamie's so-called tribute is to plagiarize "Night of the Living Dead".

The key is to leave the work to them.

The trio's dog-headed trainer, Kapaca, moved his mouth, and he was tempted to suggest that Jamie should change to a slightly less famous movie.

Anyway, there are a lot of zombie movies, and some film companies are bankrupt, and no one will sue you if you copy it.

But George Romero, the originator of zombie films, can't do it, people will really sue him.

However, before Kapaca could figure out how to tactfully convey this to Jamie, John Vicky suddenly spoke.

"I have a friend—"

As soon as Carpacca and Brian Fett, who were sitting on either side, heard this familiar beginning, they immediately understood their friend's intentions.

It's about being ready to throw the trouble on someone else.

So the two nodded very cooperatively.

Yes, yes, there is such a friend!

They can testify.

John Vicky was shocked.

He hasn't said the man's name yet, what are you two nodding here now?

It's just that the atmosphere has already been set here, and he can only continue to say stubbornly:

"I met him when I was teaching myself game making in college, and his name is George Fan."

Another George?

The same name as George Romero?

Jamie abruptly interrupts John Vicky.

It was only then that he realized that the name George was as common in the United States as Zhang Wei.

The same name is perfectly normal.

I don't know if it's a coincidence that the last big boss in the game he said, Dr. Zombie, is named George Edgar.

After shrugging, Jamie reverted to looking like he was okay and motioned for John Vicky to continue.

John Vicky felt that Jamie's reaction was a little strange, but he didn't dare to ask more.

"George is now working for Blizzard, and one of the most recent projects he worked on was Warcraft 3, and the last time we passed, he expressed the idea of leaving Blizzard to go it alone, and it just so happened that he was also very interested in the development and production of this kind of small game, and the key is that he also has experience in the development of large games, so-"

John Vicky silently said sorry to George.

Beside them, Wolong Phoenix Carpacca and Brian took the initiative to take over the conversation, showing that they were very familiar with George Fan, talking about how good George was and how interested he was in making casual games, but he was limited to not having enough manpower and funds, as well as a suitable project.

The implication is that George Van is the most suitable person to take on Jamie's commission.

John Vicky's guilt was also slightly reduced as a result, after all, it was Kapaca and Brian who finally recommended George to Jamie, and he just started up.

Jamie crossed his arms and thought for a few seconds.

He was now almost certain that George Fan was the designer responsible for making that game in his previous life.

"Okay, you give me that George's contact information, and I'll get in touch with him."

Khapaca and Brian breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but John Vicky began to lose track of it, so he dared to ask Jamie a question.

"Mr. Dutton, wouldn't it really cause any legal trouble if you directly used George Romero's movie as a game reference?"

Jamie immediately frowned at John Vicky, while Carpacca and Brian were eager to cover John Vicky's mouth immediately.

Shut up and leave this alone!

That's when Jamie spoke.

"Are you kidding me? Anyone with a little legal knowledge knows that it is definitely not possible to adopt some of the settings of the other party's movie without the consent of the original author. ”

John Vicky was stunned at the same time.

Then you're still—

"Nonsense, of course I've got Giorgio Romero's permission."

In fact, Jamie not only got George Romero's consent, but also planned to remake "Night of the Living Dead" into a new movie.

The script has already been written, and the name is "Dawn of the Living Dead".

In fact, the game that Jamie wanted to find John Vicky to make was "Plants vs. Zombies", which was famous in his previous life and sent Bao Kai to the altar in one fell swoop.

With a capacity of less than 50MB, it successfully sold more than 40 million copies, with an IGN rating of 9.0, killing a number of triple-A games in seconds.

Although this game has been in the hands of Baokai for many years of preparation, Baokai did not expect it to have such a crazy performance before it went public.

At the beginning of the project, when the project team called for game names, someone proposed to name the game "Lawn of the Living Dead", which was used as a tribute to George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Living Dead" released in 04.

After all, Baokai Company at that time was no longer an unknown person, so it was qualified to use the word tribute.

But to put it bluntly, in fact, I just want to rub off on the popularity of George Romero's movie.

This is like deliberately hiding the first two words during the promotion of "I Am Nezha 2", rubbing the popularity of "Nezha's Demon Boy Descends".

In China, this kind of thing is a war of words, but in the United States, it is a lawsuit.

In order to avoid legal disputes, the project team sent an application email to Giorgio Romero's company.

The other party replied with a very public, but not impolite reply.

"Thank you for your support, but no!"

The project team was so disappointed that they had to change the name of the game to the more youthful "Plants vs. Zombies".

Later, the game exploded, and a very dramatic thing happened.

The new employees of George Romero's company didn't know about the company's previous holiday with the "Plants vs. Zombies" project team, and actually sent another email to Baokai Company, hoping to promote the company's new zombie-themed movie with "Plants vs. Zombies".

This turned into Baokai's hard anger.

You ignored me at the beginning, and now I can't make you climb.

The person in charge of replying to George Romero was Gareth Shuto, vice president of public relations at BoCap.

This person is a master of topic hype, and he directly shouted and replied publicly in the media.

You turned down our request to use Lawn of the Living Dead as the name of the game, and now I just want to send you a word.

I bought a watch last year!

This is the original sentence in English.

Not only was the execution and humiliation publicly carried out in the media, but whenever there was a new production in the "Plants vs. Zombies" series, the vice president of public relations would always shout at Giorgio Romero from the air and keep whipping the corpse with the incident.

Once or twice will make people feel very relieved, but too many times will give people a feeling that the villain is rampant.

In this life, Jamie directly asked George Romero to buy the game license and adaptation license in one go.

When the time comes, the game and the movie will be linked, and they can also bring a wave of popularity to each other.

And John Vicky and the three of them ignored at first that Jamie has "money ability", and things that ordinary people can't easily handle are just a piece of cake for Jamie.

Knowing that this zombie game project was actually authorized, the three of them regretted it in their hearts.

However, John Vicky thought about it, George Van must have lacked manpower and team when he jumped out of Blizzard, and it was reasonable for the three of them to join the project team as referees.

If Jamie asked, it was George Fan who offered them help.

We are all friends, and we should help each other.

Ask for a wave of monthly pass support!

(End of chapter)