Chapter 486
Since the IP craze began, the copyright operation department of the reading website has become very busy, and film and television companies and game companies across the country have come to buy adaptation rights.
However, facing this great business opportunity, the website found that they were getting more and more struggling and inventory was in a hurry.
The works of ordinary authors are constantly born, but there are very few works that can be recognized by buyers, and the number of masters is limited. It is difficult to start several projects in a row without finishing this book. Not everyone is as systematic as Zhang Chu.
So now there is a very special situation, that is, if you don’t write a word, you can sell it at an incredible sky-high price with the title of the book!
In the past, the copyright operation department basically took the initiative to sell it to film and television companies. Sometimes the throat was like smoke, but the other party was still unmoved.
However, with the popularity of film and television IP in recent years, the copyright department has finally ushered in spring. In the past, it was distressed because the copyright could not be sold, but now it is troubled because the copyright was sold too quickly.
Moreover, this price has been refreshed every few days. In the past few years, it is worth celebrating after selling the copyright by one million. Now ordinary IPs are at this price, and top masters are even tens of millions.
A large number of Internet users have been sold before they have finished writing their copyrights. Some authors have not written a word of the work. They have just taken a name and bought it by other companies.
The connection between the Internet and the film and television industry is deeper than imagined. In addition to adapting it, there are also writing specifically for games, such as official, official fan, etc.
Now Haoyi Games just wants Zhang Chu to write an official account for them, and even offered a high price of tens of millions of yuan!
In fact, this is no longer the one who started to take the lead. Many games have been written by the author for promotion, but sometimes the quality of these is worrying or the publicity is not strong enough, and they have not become popular.
Ye Shumei asked with concern: "They named this game "The Great Jianghu". Do you want to take this order?"
"This name sounds like a web game." Zhang Chu complained slightly, "Forget about this kind of customization, any copyright written by someone else, and there are so many requirements."
There is almost no room for freedom to write customization. You can't go against the main line of the game, nor can you let the plot characters die at will.
If you don't get called back and modify it ten or eight times, it's really not called customization.
"Actually, they gave a solution, which is to borrow your author's name. When it was announced, it was your customization of "The Great Jianghu", which was actually to find a gunman for you to complete. According to the market conditions of three million words, even if you take out 500,000 yuan, you can find an excellent gunman, which means you have a net profit of nine million!"
The situation of gunmen or studio pens is already very common on the Internet, especially in a certain flying and a certain Lu, and there are many in other stations, especially those who buy out at high prices.
If you use the money from a high price to buy out the gunman at a bargain price, you will give the beginning and outline yourself, which is equivalent to doing nothing.
If it was really based on the concept of Haoyi Games, then Zhang Chu could indeed make a lot of money once in and out, but this became a huge hidden danger. If it was revealed, his reputation would be ruined!
"Sister Ye, there is no need to discuss such a thing. Don't cooperate with them in the future and join the blacklist." Zhang Chu would not go to agree foolishly. For the sake of these millions of RMB, how many millions of dollars will you have to pay for the reputation you have worked hard to manage?
Originally, he was a little sorry for Haoyi Game's invitation, but now he just wants to quickly separate his relationship so as to avoid any problems in the future.
Ye Shumei also heard Zhang Chu's stern tone, "I also think this situation is not reliable, it is equivalent to giving the handle to someone else."
Asking a gunman is a deceptive act. If exposed, the reader's anger can burn both the author and the company!
There is a bright future, why do you need to fall down here?
"Let them find the other great masters. If you are a little more tactful, you will say that I have created too many works recently and can't take care of them." Zhang Chu did not directly retort, and found a way out for both parties.
"Boss, the next thing is the main thing. Penguin Games wants to buy Soshenji's game adaptation rights, and they plan to develop this game into a 3D online game."
The beginning of the relationship is just an appetizer!
Zhang Chu was a little speechless. He thought today's conversation was over, but he didn't expect that a bombshell would appear now.
Penguin Games is already the number one game company in China. Penguin's total revenue in the first half of this year was 120 billion yuan, of which the game department contributed almost 58 billion yuan in revenue, mainly from mobile games and PC games.
Even in the ranking of global game companies, Penguin Games ranks first!
Last year, Penguin Games ranked first in the world with US$11.8 billion, 30% higher than Sony, which was second-placed and more than twice the second-placed in China.
In the specific game profit ranking, seven of the top ten are related to Penguin, either they are invested in and developed teams, they are acquired as a whole, or they have been represented.
Some people think that the reason why Penguin Games can be successful is nothing more than plagiarism. At any point in time, there is a similar Penguin product next to any very popular game on the market, but most of the time, Penguin games have been successful.
In addition to Penguin having the platform advantage, there are countless users as the player base. What cannot be ignored is that they have put in hard work in the game experience and production.
It’s not enough to have users, but the game itself must attract these players to stay!
Penguin Games has strong funds, talented and experienced in game development. It should be the most appropriate for them to develop Soshenji games, at least more reliable than some small companies that go bankrupt at any time.
"Soushenji develops online games, it should take quite a while, right?" Zhang Chu didn't know much about the game industry, but it took two or three years for most games from the beginning to the public beta. This is not to make a simple mobile game like 2048.
Ye Shumei smiled and said, "It should be true. They have been trying to develop original games all the time. Sou Shenji, a world framework with an oriental atmosphere, is something they value more. They did not mention the specific price, but expressed this intention."
Chapter completed!