Chapter 261 Game Development

"Mr. Wang, what do you think of Xu Ke? The animated film "A Chinese Odyssey" he produced was used as a reference for the Japanese classic animation "Spirited Away"!" Liu Wei Qiang suddenly suggested.

Wang Zhonglei was stunned when he heard this. Xu Ke was a very strong person in the past and could be considered a representative figure among Hong Kong directors.

It has been silent in recent years due to the box office failure of "The Legend of Zu".

During this period, he produced a movie called "Seven Swords", but the market response was still poor, and he had fewer and fewer movies to shoot.

According to the original history, it was not until 10 with "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" that Xu Ke made a comeback.

This movie was produced by Huayi Company.

Perhaps it was fate, Wang Zhonglei was really interested in this proposal.

He knew that "Spirited Away" was the pinnacle of Japanese animated films, but he didn't know what the relationship was between this film and the Hong Kong animation "A Chinese Odyssey".

I couldn't help but ask: "Is there such a thing?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Weiqiang hurriedly explained, "It is true, because the art team of A Chinese Ghost Story, including Endo Tetsuya, Komatsuhara Yoshi, Nakamura Takashi and others, have all participated in the creation of Hayao Miyazaki's famous works My Neighbor Totoro and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. This can be seen in the style of A Chinese Ghost Story."

Wang Zhonglei nodded slightly after hearing this.

Of course, he wouldn't care about the style of painting.

But it is easy to find out who is involved in the behind-the-scenes team of a film, so I don't think he will be fooled.

He immediately said, "If that's the case, Old Monster Xu has quite a bit of experience in animated films!"

"Of course, Old Xu is a reliable person most of the time..."

Liu Wei strongly recommends it. How should I put it? After all, they are all Hong Kong directors who come to the north to make a living, so they will naturally stick together.

Some of them can make good works, but some people see that mainland investors are not knowledgeable and call on their friends to team up to defraud their bosses of their money.

For example, they promote how great the cast is, but in fact they just invite a bunch of Hong Kong stars to make a cameo appearance and make a movie at random.

The result is naturally that the investors lose a lot of money, while the creative team makes a fortune.

However, this kind of thing can only fool coal bosses who don't know what's going on. There is no hope of fooling the Wang brothers.

Liu Weiqiang didn't have that intention. He just wanted to help his old friend get an opportunity because he saw that he was abandoned by "capital".

However, although the Wang brothers declined in their later years, they were influential figures in the Chinese film industry in their early years. Once the excitement wore off, they felt that making animated films was not a good idea.

At this point, the investment cost and shooting period of "Kung Fu Panda" are already well known to everyone. Generally speaking, the investment is huge, the period is long, and the box office prospects are still uncertain.

Although Wang Zhonglei is arrogant, he also knows that not everyone can make a lot of money by making an animated film.

If anyone dares to tell him that they can make an animated film as profitable as "Kung Fu Panda", he will spit in the person's face.

After much thought, I still think that live-action movies are more reliable, at least he won't be fooled.

"What is Lao Xu busy with now?"

"You're writing the script!" Liu Weiqiang said ambiguously.

Wang Zhonglei smiled and said, writing scripts means having nothing to do!
"Tell him to come to Huayi when he's free, I'll talk to him!"

Liu Weiqiang was stunned at first, then nodded and said yes, thinking to himself: "Old Xu, Old Xu, I have secured this opportunity for you. Whether you can seize it or not depends entirely on you!"

At the same time, his favorability towards Wang Zhonglei increased greatly. Among all the bosses in the domestic entertainment industry, apart from Jiang Heng who is extraordinary, the Wang brothers are the only ones with some courage.

However, after receiving the notice, Old Monster Xu rushed to Beijing to discuss the matter with Wang Zhonglei in detail.

Jiang Heng also welcomed a guest, Ding Lei, the boss of Wangyi.

The purpose of coming to see Jiang Heng was simple, he wanted to develop the "Zhu Xian" online game.

Ding Lei is a very practical and capable person. He took Wangyi public at the age of 29 and became China's richest man at the age of 32. But Jiang Heng doesn't like him. He doesn't like most of the bosses of domestic Internet companies and doesn't interact with them much.

How should I put it? Maybe it’s because this industry is too competitive, but I always feel that people working in Internet companies have a very tiring life.

Of course, the world is so big, and it’s not just the Internet industry that’s tiring!

So Jiang Heng was very direct and told Ding Lei clearly that the game adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" would not be sold!

Ding Lei was stunned. He did not expect Jiang Heng's answer to be so direct.

In fact, he had thought of this idea as early as when "Zhu Xian" was first published, but he heard that when his colleagues tried to buy the copyright, they were rejected.

Straight to the point, without even negotiating the price.

Ding Lei thought Jiang Heng had his own ideas for development, so he didn't consider this idea.

A few years passed and the movie version of "Zhu Xian" was released, but the so-called online game was still not available. Ding Lei became a little anxious.

If their relationship wasn't so ordinary, he really wanted to grab Jiang Heng by the collar and ask, "Don't you know how much money games can make? Why are you just throwing away such a good subject matter instead of making use of it?"

That's why I took the liberty of coming to your door and asking for the purchase of the rights to adapt the game.

After being rejected, Ding Lei asked, "Director Jiang, are you planning to develop it yourself? The novel has been published for so many years, but the online game of the same name has not been launched yet. It should be that Director Jiang lacks a suitable development team. I have an idea. How about we register a game company together and jointly develop it?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Before, I was indeed busy with the movie and neglected game development, but from now on, I will focus on it."

After hearing this, Ding Lei said nothing more.

At this point, Jiang Heng is no longer a potential partner, but a future opponent!

After a few polite words, he left without saying anything more, but Jiang Heng fell into deep thought.

It’s simple, game companies make too much money, and Internet companies make too much money.

He was still a "little brother" a few years ago, but in just a few years he turned around and became a big boss, sweeping the entertainment industry with the identity of "capital".

By then, can he still remain independent and unaffected by capital?
impossible!

There are few blockbusters at the moment, and no one is competing with him for schedules.

By the time several blockbuster movies were released during the Spring Festival, the situation was no longer the same as it is now.

The solution is easy. Just set up an Internet company and become a capital tycoon yourself.

The good news is that it is now 06, there is still time and sufficient funds.

However, Jiang Heng's biggest reliance is the "super microcomputer". With the help of this powerful tool, Jiang Heng is confident that he can shorten the development cycle of large-scale games to about one year.

It’s not that it can’t be faster, but if the time is shorter, it will be too outrageous.

After some thought, Jiang Heng called Du Huan and asked him to come to the set.

But this person was startled and thought something had happened!

After making some phone calls and finding out that Ding Lei had been there, I breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he mentioned the game two years ago, but seeing that Jiang Heng didn't look very enthusiastic at the time, he didn't mention it again.

After all, he didn't understand much, he just heard that games were more profitable.

He drove hurriedly to the set of "Havoc in Heaven" and approached Jiang Heng only when he saw that he was free.

"Director Jiang, you're looking for me?"

"Well, it's like this. I'm going to set up a game company and make two large games, one is Zhu Xian, and the other is a real-time battle game. I need a lot of people. Pay me to recruit them!"

(End of this chapter)