Chapter 148: Negotiations Breakdown
The technicians sent by Actoz company arrived and were ready to part ways in the future. Wang Liu did not pay much attention and did not show his face. He just sent Wang Zhixin to come forward and settle it.
The server order was reported to Inspur and Dell, and Inspur’s quotation was the lowest, and the order was finally handed over to Inspur.
Although the name sounds strange, it is also a big brand with annual revenue of over 100 billion yuan in later generations, and the quality is guaranteed.
The company was registered with one hand and the South Korean technicians arrived, everything was ready, and the company began to officially operate.
At the same time, Wang Zhixin contacted Shanghai Ubisoft, and the other party agreed to send someone to negotiate.
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"Mr. Wang, the people from Ubisoft Company have arrived." Tian Xiaoju suddenly came in to report.
Wang Liu nodded. He had to pay attention this time and asked for someone to come over to reduce the proportion of the amount as much as possible. He had to talk in person.
"Let him come in."
"Yes." Tian Xiaoju responded and turned around and left.
Soon, I returned with a man, looking in my thirties, with a middle-parted hairstyle and a suit, looking very capable.
Maybe I did my homework in advance. As soon as I entered the door, I smiled and said hello to Wang Liu: "Hello, Mr. Wang, I am Shen Jiaxing, the manager of Ubisoft Distribution Department. I am very happy to see you."
"Hello, Manager Chen." Wang Liu stood up and greeted him, pointed to the reception area, and invited him with a smile: "I'm sorry, Manager Chen has come from afar. Thank you for your hard work, please sit down, Xiaoju, and pour a cup of tea for Manager Chen."
"Yes." Tian Xiaoju responded with a crisp voice.
"Mr. Wang is polite. It's natural for work, and there's no hard work." Shen Jiaxing said politely, and walked to the reception area and sat down at the reception area with his kindness.
After a moment of silence, he tentatively said: "On the phone, your company said that there was a game and wanted to ask our company to issue it? I don't know what type of game it is?"
"To be honest, games are also products of other companies I represent. The type is probably... a large-scale multiplayer online role-playing online game."
Wang Liu thought about it and gave an answer.
Shen Jiaxing said cautiously: "The game is also represented by your company? Is there any problem with copyright?"
Wang Liu said seriously: "No, we have already obtained the exclusive domestic agency rights, and there will be no disputes in copyright. Manager Chen can rest assured about this."
Shen Jiaxing breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's good if there is no. Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang, should have understood the agency fees of our company? We can discuss in detail what conditions you have."
Wang Liu nodded and said, "I have understood that there are indeed some conditions, but before that, I would like to ask first, how many distribution channels are there in your company across the country?"
This is to look at the bottom of the matter... Shen Jiaxing knew it in his heart and said confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, our company has been established for a short time, but it is already in the same industry in terms of performance, and has greater advantages in issuance channels.
Currently, there are thousands of bookstores that we cooperate with, and basically have achieved national coverage. We have previously released many games such as "Lehman", "Death Planet", and "World Football", and have all achieved success.
Mr. Wang also makes games, so he should have heard of it?"
Sorry, I haven't heard of any of them... Wang Liu secretly complained that he had just started playing games, so he didn't know about these things. But seeing Shen Jiaxing's proud expression on his face, he was obviously quite content with this achievement.
Wang Liu couldn't bear to attack him and said perfunctorily: "It's so thunderous, so I asked you to cooperate with you. Thousands of bookstore channels can indeed basically cover the whole country. Your company is indeed very powerful."
At present, in China, games are basically sold through CDs, and are qualitatively regarded as books, so it is normal to sell them through bookstores.
It sounds a bit magical when buying games in a bookstore, but this is the reality. Wang Liu has already learned about it, so it is no surprise.
"But the 33% agent share is indeed a bit high. Can you reduce it a little?"
Shen Jiaxing said solemnly: "You get what you pay for. Mr. Wang won't understand this principle, right? Although our agent's share is high, high also has the benefits of high.
Our sales channels cover the whole country, and when Mr. Wang’s products are promoted, they can be directly deployed across the country.
At the same time, our company is responsible for the production, distribution and promotion of game installation CDs. This is also a considerable cost. We have to consider making a profit and making a profit. It is understandable that the high fees are too high, right?"
"I understand what Manager Chen said, but you have costs, and we have them too, game agency fees, server construction and bandwidth rental fees. In order to make this game, our company has invested tens of millions in the past. With such a large investment, we have to consider making a profit." Wang Liu argued accordingly.
The agency fee is US$300,000, which is calculated at the current exchange rate of RMB 8 against the US dollar, and at least 2.4 million.
There are more than 30,000 servers per unit, and more than 3 million units of one hundred. In addition, the monthly bandwidth rental fee of 1.25 million yuan, the total investment has steadily exceeded 7 million.
Rounding, isn’t it tens of millions?
Shen Jiaxing pondered for a moment and said, "How much does Mr. Wang want to subside?"
Wang Liu tentatively said: "How about 25%?"
"Impossible, 33% dropped to 25%, one drop of eight points. Not to mention that you are just a new product with unknown prospects, even a mature IP that has been successfully released, it is impossible to drop so much." Shen Jiaxing flatly refused, with a faint sneer on his face.
Wang Liu's face darkened: "That's nothing to talk about?"
To be fair, the initiative in negotiations is basically in the hands of the strong side.
Wang Liu now has to rely on Ubisoft's distribution channel, and is obviously on the weak side, with a passive position and does not have much say, but what does it mean to say that you still have a sarcastic expression on your face?
Looking down on me, too lazy to bargain?
Shen Jiaxing probably knew that he had lost his composure, and his face was calm and he pondered: "Sorry, I'm speechless for a moment, Mr. Wang, don't be surprised.
After receiving your company's business, I made a special trip from Shanghai. Mr. Wang should be able to see that our company also attaches great importance to this cooperation.
It's just a 25% agency fee, and once it drops by eight points, I really can't make the decision.
Let’s do this, let’s talk about this today. After I go back and ask the company for instructions, how about I’ll reply to Mr. Wang tomorrow?”
"Okay, then let's go here first, Manager Chen will walk slowly." After being despised, Wang Liu felt angry and said lightly.
"Goodbye Mr. Wang." Shen Jiaxing stood up and said goodbye.
Wang Zhixin hurriedly came over and said with anticipation: "How is the talk? Has the share ratio been lowered?"
Wang Liu curled his lips and said, "It's not so good. I just offered 25%, and he said he couldn't make a decision. He had to go back and ask for instructions first and then reply tomorrow."
Wang Zhixin grinned and said, "That's just that I haven't even talked much? 25%, that's not much. Is he really unable to make the decision, or is he too lazy to talk about it at all?"
"Who knows, wait for news tomorrow." Wang Liu said casually, but he was already pessimistic about the result tomorrow.
As expected.
Chapter completed!