Chatty Hollywood

"Chengdu University, Penguin, Dog City, Pig Farm..."

Seeing the list of agents on the other side of the Pacific who are interested in the "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" game, not only Stern, but also Charlotte was a little confused.

——There are many companies that will become famous in the future!

However, Charlotte also knows that unlike North America, where the IT industry has been developing for many years, on the other side of the Pacific, because the Internet industry has just emerged, the future giants are still just small fish and shrimps at this time.

Moreover, because the previous Internet economic bubble burst, many companies on the other side were affected.

In fact, due to the relative immaturity of the other side's economic system, the links between many industries have not yet been fully connected, which makes it more difficult for Internet companies on the other side to make profits.

But just at this moment, the richest man in the Internet industry appeared on the other side.

——Of course, it’s not ET or Brother Ma.

——The two future horse bosses are still in their infancy at this time.

The richest man is Chen Xqiao.

Although in Charlotte's time and space, the Chengdu University founded by this gentleman will become increasingly weak in the future, and will almost transform into an investment company after 2015, its influence on the history of the Internet industry on the other side is very huge - —

It can be said that the three giants of Batman (BAT) on the other side of the country in the future, combined with their main areas and profit models, plus Tudou and Youku, will basically be the "Internet Disney" plan originally conceived by Chen Xqiao.

Unfortunately, although this man is respected as the number one strategic master in the Internet industry on the other side, his company's implementation capabilities are mediocre, preventing his ideas from being implemented until he was overtaken by the three giants of BAT.

——Then realized his idea for him.

However, at this time in 2004, Chen Xqiao was still very good——

Relying on the online game "Legend", he was now regarded as a big brother in the Internet industry on the other side of the Pacific, and for a time became the richest man on the other side.

——This is already a legend, and the process of his fortune is even more “legendary” ——

When he just got the agency rights for "Legend", his company's capital chain was close to breaking. To operate an online game, in addition to the agency rights and the game itself,

Server and network bandwidth are also a must.

In this case, he just borrowed his name to rent the server for free, and then used the rented server for free to use the bandwidth for a period of time...

This kind of empty-handed method is just like the history of another richest real estate man on the other side. It makes people stunned and at the same time, it is extremely scary to think about it——

After all, in the 1980s on the other side, it was not easy to get a batch of supplies at will and rent a train to transport them to Hong Kong.

In contrast, maybe the "small goal" of "100 million" is really a small goal...

——After all, this is not just about ability, but more about background...

Of course, North America is actually no less generous on this poisonous chicken soup issue——

You know, when the idol classmate of countless IT people first made his fortune, when he got the initial version of the DOS system from IBM, his mother was on the board of directors of IBM...

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In short, on the other side of the Pacific in 2004, due to Chen Xqiao's inspiring role, countless Internet companies realized that online games were a feasible way for them to achieve profitability.

“You can make money if you have a game in your hand!”

——This is not only a slogan, but also a true portrayal of this era to a certain extent.

However, there are not many game developers on the other side of the Pacific in this era.

Under such circumstances, agents from all walks of life who have come to serve as game agents have focused on overseas products——

The nearby Bangzi Country is naturally the first choice, after all, there are successful examples;

The game industry in Maruko Country not far away is developed, so they will naturally not let it go;

Although the cultural differences between European and American games are greater, in this era when you can make money with a game, there are also many interested agents.

In particular, Spectre Studio's "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is a movie-game linkage, which is very beneficial for publicity now that the last part of the movie trilogy is about to be released.

Not to mention, the game "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has been publicly tested in North America and has caused a sensation. In this case, all fools know that the opportunity to make a lot of money by introducing this game is huge.

Therefore, many far-sighted and powerful companies from the other side came over because of the smell...

“But which company is the best agent?”

Charlotte knows how big the online game market on the other side of the Pacific will develop. Moreover, unlike the gradual explosion of the movie market, the expansion of the game market on the other side of the Pacific is almost explosive.

Therefore, when Stern in the game department didn't know how to choose an agent on the other side of the Pacific, he took over the matter with half interest and half attention.

In fact, because it has just emerged a few years ago, most of the game agents on the other side of the Pacific are novices, a mixed bag of good and bad, far inferior to the situation in Charlotte's original space and time that experienced brutal market elimination after 2012.

It was still 2004, and the Internet industry on the other side of the Pacific was still an era of competition. Even Pig Farm and Penguin, which would become famous in the future, were not very strong at this time. As for their ability to operate and promote games, there is no gap between them and other competitors.

——In this regard, Chengdu University, which has successfully operated "Legend", is relatively more experienced.

"But the problem is that there are vested interest groups within National Cheng Kung University, which may interfere with the promotion of new games!"

Charlotte's thinking circuit is slightly darker.

However, as a master of deception, his understanding of human nature and society made him understand that this possibility is inevitable——

If there are multiple competing project teams within an enterprise, interference between them will easily occur.

Especially when the company can only have one main development direction——

Just like Chengda.

In Charlotte's original time and space, this company had been focusing on "Legend" games because of the success of "Legend". Other projects, whether they were agents or self-developed, were not considered successful.

But when these projects or personnel are poached to other companies, there are not a few successful ones.

——For example, Shi Yizhu's "Journey", the production team was recruited from Chengdu University.

——Charlotte cannot say that "Zhengtu" is a fun game, but it is undoubtedly a successful commercial work.

...In short, because of possible malicious competition within Chengdu, Charlotte gave up on this company with the most experience in game operations.

Among the remaining companies, the current actual gap is really not that big.

"Why don't you just pay a higher price?"

Charlotte considered whether to be simple and crude, but saw that the company on the other side of the Pacific with the best bid turned out to be a company called Sheng Xuaming...

"forget it!"

——After all, as a time-traveling otaku, Charlotte has played "Age of Discovery Online".

——And Sheng Xuaming is the strange company that has derailed the future of this big IP game in the market on the other side of the Pacific.

"It's better to choose a company where you can succeed in the future!"

Charlotte thought helplessly.