Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

Chapter 429 Amazing lineup!

This year marks the third year since the release of NICO and Giant Silver handheld game consoles, and also the fourth year since the release of SATE's new console.

That’s why this year is a big year for games, not to mention the “World of Warcraft” that exploded at the beginning of the year. Because the previous generation of handhelds and consoles have reached the mid-term stage, whether it’s NICO, Juyin or SATE, they have all launched some influential first-party masterpieces this year.

A collection of masterpieces.

Since the beginning of this year, several works from famous studios have been released almost every month. However, the most anticipated games by players are Hearthstone and Pokémon. But compared with the two, Hearthstone has received more attention in the gaming circle.

Although the global influence and popularity of Ohara Nanako's "Pokemon" anime is greater than that of the "World of Warcraft" IP, "Pokemon" has not yet been turned into a game after all, so its influence in the gaming circle is still smaller.

Another reason is the quality of Japanese comic-adapted games. Those who understand know that the quality is not high, and the price is very high, purely to harvest fans' wallets.

Although Dongchuan Che has always had a good reputation in the player circle, most players are still looking forward to Hearthstone. And it is obvious that the reason why players are looking forward to Hearthstone is because of the IP influence created by World of Warcraft in the past six months.

The fact that the IP influence of "World of Warcraft" can be achieved in such a short period of time is also due to the excellent game mechanism provided by the original "World of Warcraft", as well as the large number of gameplay additions and plot changes made by Dongchuan Che in the subsequent period!

It must be said that Blizzard is indeed a very good game manufacturer, but Blizzard's strengths lie mainly in gameplay design.

You can see this from the types of games they play, whether it is "StarCraft", "Warcraft", "World of Warcraft", "Diablo", or the later "Hearthstone", "Overwatch", etc.

The gameplay of these games is very good, but none of them are known for their plots. However, everyone understands how important the plot is to a game.

Obviously, this is not because Blizzard does not want to do a good job of the plot, but because Blizzard itself is not good at plot. But Dongchuan Che does not have this worry, because he has too many bombshell plots in his mind.

The reason why this life's "World of Warcraft" has achieved such a great success is partly because Dongchuan Che has made some improvements to the gameplay based on the original work in the previous life, and the other half is because the plot of "World of Warcraft" is really excellent!

Nowadays, more than half of the videos and posts about "World of Warcraft" on the Internet are discussing the plot!

Therefore, players not only pay attention to the derivative work of World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, but also pay close attention to the TV series of World of Warcraft! When discussing TV series, in addition to the plot, players and audiences must also pay attention to the casting!

As this year's first summer fireworks display bloomed over Tokyo Bay, countless players who had downloaded the [GOGO Platform APP] on their mobile phones received a push message - ["World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rise" will start filming next week, and all character casts have been confirmed (click to view)].

It was just a plain message push, but this message was like a huge rock, instantly igniting the gaming and entertainment circles!

"What?! Scarlett Johansson plays Sylvanas??? Is this true?"

"Dwayne Johnson plays Sal? Is this true?"

"I am the King of Wa, Siguoyi! Sylvester Stallone?! Sylvester Stallone plays the King of Wa?!"

"The Holy Light Society is really amazing. They can even invite Hollywood movie stars to star in a TV series."

"Hey, is the emperor of the Dragon Clan played by a Chinese actor? His name is... Chen Daoming? Have you heard of him?"

"I heard that he is a professional emperor actor. I have seen him in a Chinese costume drama. Hey! Is Kimura Takuya going to play Van Cleef of the Brotherhood?! Is this true? Although I like him very much, it feels a bit weird to let an Asian play the ace thief of the Brotherhood!"

"It shouldn't be a big problem. I heard that this movie will have a lot of special effects. Look at this. The actor who plays Gul'dan is also Asian. His name is... Daniel Wu?"

"So handsome?! He's not suitable to play Gul'dan."

The fireworks were blooming in the night sky, but many men who were watching the fireworks show with their girlfriends had no time to pay attention to the beautiful fireworks! Looking at the makeup photos of the actors playing the roles on the phone screen and the famous card-playing actors, countless Warcraft players were excited!

too exaggerated!

Yes, it is indeed exaggerated!

In this TV series "World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising", almost all the actors of important roles are international big-name actors!

There is no way. Dongchuan Che, who is worth more than 20 billion US dollars and has nearly 10 billion US dollars in cash in his account, is a bit of a dimensionality reduction blow for him to come to film a TV series.

Of course, group companies like Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and SATE all have a scale of over 200 billion US dollars, but these companies are all listed companies.

Listed companies can raise funds in the stock market, so it is certainly easier for them to expand in size, but the disadvantage is that the rights of listed companies are relatively dispersed.

Even if he was the CEO of a listed company with a market value of 200 billion US dollars, it would be difficult to convince other shareholders to jointly shoot a TV series with a cost of more than 1 billion US dollars, because the risk of doing so was too great. However, Shengguangshe was different. Although Dongchuan Che gave Sayoko and the others shares, Shengguangshe was essentially a one-man show of Dongchuan Che.

To use a less appropriate example, a public company is more like a modern democratic system, while the Holy Light Society is more like the centralized system of ancient emperors.

Democracy, centralization.

The latter doesn't sound so great.

Most things in this world have both good and bad sides, and the good and bad will continue to change depending on the environment and the user.

If Dongchuan Che is a stupid and incompetent ruler, and Shengguang Society is surrounded by external enemies, then under his rule, the final result of the centralized system is the collapse of Shengguang Society. But if Dongchuan Che is a strong man sent from heaven, and Shengguang Society is in a stage where it needs external development and expansion, then this highly centralized system can indeed allow Dongchuan Che to concentrate all the company's strength and resources to do great things.

It's the same this time.

Although the TV series "World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising" was initially advertised as having a production cost of more than 10 million US dollars for each episode, in fact, Dongchuan Che did not set any limits for Yuezhu Asuka at all.

Yes, there are no limits.

Yue Zhu Feiniao was able to shoot this TV series completely according to her ideas, and what's interesting is that Yue Zhu Feiniao is a woman who has no concept of money.

Yuezhu Feiniao grew up in a big family. Not to mention luxury cars and villas, even private jets and yachts, as long as she wanted, her family would buy them for her. Moreover, when she grew up, Yuezhu Feiniao not only inherited part of the inheritance, but she was also a super genius who could easily become the best in everything she did.

Then, I met him again, Dongchuan Che

To put it bluntly, Yuezhu Feiniao has never experienced poverty in her life. In her mind, money has never been a precious thing that is difficult to obtain.

As a result, the cost of World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising has increased from the initial production cost of more than 10 million US dollars per episode to more than 90 million US dollars per episode.

Yes, $90 million.

What is the concept?

The production cost of a single episode of "Game of Thrones" is 1500 million U.S. dollars; "The Pacific", which is known as the "most expensive American TV series on World War II", costs 2000 million U.S. dollars per episode; Netflix's "Stranger Things" costs 3000 million U.S. dollars per episode; and the most expensive TV series in history, "The Lord of the Rings: The Power of the Rings", costs 5800 million U.S. dollars per episode.

Yuezhu Feiniao almost doubled the production cost of World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising to the highest level in history, and the consequence of doing so was that.

Many big names gathered here.

Almost all the important characters in World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising are international superstars that are familiar to the audience! The reason why international superstars are sought after by capital is because they have huge influence and can attract the audience's attention!

Needless to say, once the Holy Light Society’s news was released, it triggered a huge earthquake in the global gaming and entertainment circles! All the viewers and players around the world who were paying attention to World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising were stunned by the extremely luxurious cast!

But this is just the beginning!

The reason why Yuezhu Feiniao was able to invite a lot of international superstars this time was not only because Dongchuan Che had the money, but also because of the matchmaking by Gani Global Entertainment.

For superstars like Sylvester Stallone, when they accept a script, they not only look at the money, but also pay attention to issues such as reputation and influence. After all, as long as the reputation of superstars like them is not a problem, they can make a living for the rest of their lives. And Yuezhu Feiniao, strictly speaking, is just a new director who has shot two variety shows and some low-budget horror films.

Under such circumstances, although Dongchuan Che could spend money to invite some international superstars, it was difficult to achieve the current situation of star-studded brilliance. On the one hand, this was because the director Yuezhu Feiniao was not well-known, and on the other hand, it was also because the European and American entertainment circles were also full of factions, and

To be more realistic, European and American entertainment companies all hope that their works can enter the Asian market and that their star artists can gain greater influence in Asia. But they don't want local Asian film and television companies to stand up.

This is very simple logic.

What do companies, or capital, want most?

money.

Where does the money come from?

Come to the market.

Therefore, European and American film and television companies and entertainment companies all hope that their products and stars can enter the Asian market, thereby expanding the market and expanding their channels for making money. However, if local Asian entertainment companies and film and television companies stand up, they will compete with them for the market.

What they want is the Asian market, not an Asian version of Hollywood.

This is actually the same as the gaming industry.

Dongchuan Che wants everyone in Europe and America to like playing games, but he is also happy to see all game companies in Europe and America go bankrupt.

For this reason, it is actually very difficult for Japanese companies like Shengguangshe, which are developing film and television businesses, to invite top European and American celebrities.

But this time it's different.

On the one hand, Gani Global Entertainment is one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, with many big-name stars and extensive connections.

To be honest, Dongchuan Che is not very interested in the film and television industry.

The market value of this industry is not that large. If he didn't want to promote the "World of Warcraft" IP, he would not have invested so much money in the film and television industry.

To put it bluntly, although "World of Warcraft: Stormwind Rising" has generated a lot of public opinion, the production cost of one billion US dollars cannot be recovered by selling the broadcasting rights alone.

He is making a loss to gain publicity. The ultimate goal of investing one billion dollars is to make the IP of "World of Warcraft" popular, not to really go deep into the film and television industry. Moreover, he is also very clear that being too strong will lead to failure, and eating alone will easily make too many enemies.

The money he made now could not be spent in a hundred lifetimes. The interest on the billions of dollars in Japanese and American banks alone was an astronomical figure every day. Moreover, Chika Ohara also used part of the money to buy some Apple and Nvidia stocks.

Dong Chuanche is not short of money. In fact, if it weren't for the ugly behavior of the handheld platform and mobile channels, the commission would be close to 40%. Moreover, the channel is the lifeline. Without your own channel, you have to rely on others. And once the channel is strangled, the company's game sector will have big problems.

If it weren't for these reasons, he wouldn't even want to make handheld games, and would just go for Juyin's handheld game cooperation. As for the film and television industry, it's even more so.

The only attraction of the film and television industry to him is that film and television works have better publicity effects, and he can rely on film and television works to expand the influence of his own IP.

If he had the opportunity to enter the European and American entertainment industry at a relatively low cost, he would definitely be willing to do so. But if that wasn't possible, then finding some partners in Europe and America would not be unacceptable. When Dong Chuan Che didn't want to enter the European and American film and television entertainment industry, there would be no core conflict of interest between him and those European and American entertainment companies, and without the core conflict of "life and death", everything would become negotiable.

but

This negotiation is definitely not that easy.

Therefore, a week ago, Toru Fuyukawa took Chika Ohara and Asuka Tsukitake to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States to meet and discuss with many behind-the-scenes bigwigs in the European and American entertainment circles.

The trio wakes up every day to eat and go shopping, and in the afternoon they start to be received by various big bosses to discuss business, so their schedule is quite full. But it should be said that Los Angeles, a sunny coastal city known as the City of Angels, is actually quite interesting.

There are many things to do, the coast is beautiful, and there are two beautiful women around.

But it was obvious that when they first met, it was Toru Dongchuan who was impatient, but now that they have lived together for four or five years, the impatient people have changed from Toru Dongchuan to the two wives.

Needless to say, on the first night in Los Angeles, the curious Yuezhu Asuka dragged Dongchuan Che to the beach late at night and had sex under a sunshade that had not been put away. And it was not only Yuezhu Asuka, but also Ohara Chika.

The seaside on a summer night has a unique flavor. Although Ohara Chika is not as unrestrained as Yuezhu Asuka, she enjoys the night breeze and drinks some wine. When she sees Dongchuan Che leave the limp Yuezhu Asuka on the lounge chair, she puts down the bottle with a red face, kneels on the beach, and then shyly holds another bottle.

The Asian cannon roars over Los Angeles!