Chapter 126 Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight

Daewoo Information, inside the conference room.

While chatting, the boss Wu Liangcai carefully looked at the young man in front of him.

"He looks like he's only in his 20s, and yet he lets someone like him negotiate... hehe."

Wu Liangcai looked around with his pair of sparkling eyes.

He found that Zhang Yuan didn't dare to look him in the eye, and once they made eye contact, he would look away.

And the whole person appeared to be in a very uncomfortable state.

His hands kept opening and closing, his fingers intertwined and twisted from time to time, and he looked anxious, worried and under a lot of pressure.

"You just arrived and you're already so nervous before we even talked about anything. You're not very useful!"

Wu Liangcai, like an old Chinese doctor, made a preliminary diagnosis for Zhang Yuan based on his more than ten years of business experience.

Of course, Zhang Yuan is playing him.

What is the biggest taboo when two armies go to war?
underestimate the enemy!

How did Guan Erye lose Jingzhou?

How did Emperor Liu's camp get burned down?

It was all done by Lu Xun, who was not well-known at the time and was regarded as a young boy and an unknown person.

It can be said that in the entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the turning point of the fate of the Shu Han camp was the actions of this wise general who was greatly underestimated at the time.

The most common mistake made by middle-aged people, especially those who have achieved success in their careers, is to underestimate young people.

They always think that they are experienced and well-informed and can easily crush the younger ones.

Little do they know that this is a mistake of empiricism.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan used up all his acting skills in the past and created the image of a "cowardly, soft, and stupid" embroidered pillow.

In those days, people from Taiwan generally acted bossy towards mainland Chinese and looked down on them.

The economic base determines the superstructure. At that time, the mainland had indeed just begun to take off and was in the period of "growing".

Even though they are all business owners, those Taiwan guys think they are superior.

Therefore, at this time Wu Liangcai believed that he was in a crushing position in all aspects, including age, experience, mentality, hometown, and vision.

"Mr. Zhang, let me show you around the company first."

Boss Wu took him around the office.

In the corridor, a large number of game posters were pasted on the walls, and Zhang Yuan admired them as he walked.

Soon after, I stopped in front of a poster.

"This is our famous work, The Legend of Sword and Fairy."

"Oh, I've heard of it, but I'm not very familiar with it." Zhang Yuan acted as if he was unfamiliar.

"There is also a company interested in the copyright of this game project. Coincidentally, it is also your mainland company." Wu Liangcai said this deliberately to show that their copyright is in high demand.

Zhang Yuan nodded curiously, thinking to himself.

Sure enough, I guessed right!
The company he was talking about should be Tangren.

After looking around, the stranger Zhang Yuan attracted the attention of many employees, especially female employees.

Back in the conference room, Mr. Wu called Cai Minghong, the person in charge of the "Xuan-Yuan Sword" project.

This gentle middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses is nicknamed "Cai Demon". He is the founder of the "Xuan-Yuan Sword" IP and one of the company's veterans.

This guy is dressed like a typical tech geek, and his temperament is similar to Lei Jun during his time at Kingsoft.

Cai Minghong gave him a detailed introduction to the history, future prospects, and past achievements of "Xuan-Yuan Sword", with a tone of pride like showing off one's baby on WeChat Moments.

Zhang Yuan nodded cooperatively. In fact, he understood all the contents clearly.

Moreover, his target was not "Xuan-Yuan Sword" but "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But he deliberately expressed his interest in "Xuan-Yuan Sword" first to conceal his true purpose.

He would do this because of one thing.

Infighting!

Internal strife within the company Daewoo Information!
Daewoo is a company with a unique management style.

The company's employees are divided into teams, but this grouping is not based on departments, but on IP.

The people who made "Xuan-Yuan Sword" will always just make "Xuan-Yuan Sword".

The people who make "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" will always just make "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

They almost never exchange what they have.

The advantage of this model is that team members have a high degree of familiarity and sense of belonging to the project.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. There is a serious division of personnel between projects, and team members only recognize the project leader, not the company.

This makes the star producers within Dahua look like Nian Gengyao.

Soldiers only recognize their generals, not the emperor.

At this time, the boss Wu Liangcai made his move and started playing the emperor's mind game.

Let heroes fight against heroes, and good men against good men.

In the entire Dahua company, there are actually only two most powerful producers, besides the evil Cai Minghong, the other is Yao Zhuangxian, the father of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Not only did Yao Zhuangxian come to the company a year earlier than Cai Minghong, he also created another top cash cow, the Monopoly series!
"Xuan-Yuan Sword" was fed by the money earned from "Monopoly".

After the great success of "Xuan-Yuan Sword", Yao Zhuangxian also took a fancy to this game mode and began to produce "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" in 94.

At that time, everyone with a discerning eye in the company could see that this project had the potential to become a big hit.

But for Wu Liangcai, he was very happy that the project could make money.

But at the same time, Yao Zhuangxian, who is about to hold the two top IPs of the company, "Monopoly" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", already has the potential to surpass his boss.

So, when the screenwriters Xie Chonghui and Yao Zhuangxian of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" project had differences over the plot, Boss Wu actually sided with screenwriter Xie Chonghui!
Forced project manager Yao Zhuangxian to make concessions.

The most direct result is the "Lingyue dispute", which is the dispute between the two female protagonists, Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru, over who is the leading female character.

Including in the original plot, Yao Zhuangxian wanted Zhao Linger to use Lin Yueru's body to revive, but was rejected by Xie Chonghui with the support of Boss Wu.

So after the release of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1", Yao Zhuangxian left in anger and took his people to the imperial capital to establish the Imperial Capital Studio.

What's even more outrageous is that when Yao Zhuangxian started preparing for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II", he found out after he had completed half of it that Boss Wu had actually handed over the production of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II" to screenwriter Xie Chonghui, who had a conflict with him!

In other words, there were actually two different versions of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II" appearing simultaneously within Dahua.

As the father of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Yao Zhuangxian almost fainted.

You made a sequel to the IP I created without even saying hello.

I'm still in the company!
Old Yao protested wildly and led his men to attack directly.

In the end, Xie Chonghui, who was a screenwriter, "voluntarily" resigned with his team, leaving behind a mostly completed mess.

Mr. Wu thought about it and decided that it would be a shame to just throw it away after spending so much money.

So he showed off again and asked Yao Zhuangxian to turn "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II" into "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III".

The "Legend of Sword and Fairy II" left by Xie Chonghui was given to Cai Motou, who let his team pick it up, make it into a finished product and put it on the shelves.

You can still make money, and the second and third generations can do it together, isn’t that wonderful?
Then, the sales of "Legend of Sword and Fairy II" unsurprisingly flopped.

With such a mess, it was a miracle that the game was able to be released, and it was normal for it to fail. Under the guidance of Boss Wu, the responsibility for this failure was smoothly placed on the shoulders of Cai Motou and his Xuan-Yuan Sword team, who were responsible for cleaning up the mess.

Yao Zhuangxian hated the evil Tsai, thinking that he almost destroyed his IP.

The devil Cai was unwilling to take over the mess and felt that he was being tricked by his boss and Yao Zhuangxian.

Seeing that his two generals were swearing at each other under his arrangement, General Wu finally felt relieved.

This is a true case of being an expert in internal fighting but a layman in external fighting.

So at this time, there were actually two factions within Glory, one for "Xuan-Yuan Sword" and the other for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

And because of the failure of "Chinese Paladin II", Dahua was actually seriously injured and in urgent need of a transfusion.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have released the news that they were going to sell the copyright, attracting Sugar Man to come.

"Mr. Zhang, do you think our TV adaptation of "Xuan-Yuan Sword" has a bright future?"

After Demon Cai finished his introduction, Boss Wu asked with a smile.

"I'm really optimistic. How about we talk about the price?"

Wu Liangcai sneered in his heart.

Fool!

You're in a hurry to negotiate the price after just a few words. I'm going to rip you off, you loser from the mainland!

"Regarding the price, our expectation is 6000 million."

"Ah..." Zhang Yuan made an extremely surprised expression.

Of course, he was surprised.

I can't even afford this price even if I eat 18 kilograms of pineapples a day!
Although he said New Taiwan Dollars, 6000 million is equivalent to nearly 1400 million Chinese Yuan.

Just wait, the Varyag is currently being repaired at the Dalyan Shipyard. Otherwise, I will drive over and park downstairs of your company to see if you still dare to ask for such an exorbitant price.

"I only have a total budget of 3000 million. Your offer is too expensive. I can't afford it." Having said that, Zhang Yuan stood up and was about to leave.

"Well, we can talk it over." Boss Wu quickly stood up to stop him, and at the same time he was very happy.

This crazy-headed guy from mainland China actually gave out the lowest price...hahaha!

Even though he was forced to sit down by the other party, Zhang Yuan's head was still shaking like a rattle.

"Your copyright is too expensive. I can't accept this price."

"Do you have any copyrights to sell at a cheaper price?" Zhang Yuan asked casually.

"Of course there is. The Chinese Paladin you just saw is also selling the rights to its adaptation. But as I said just now, that project has already been booked. If you want to discuss it..."

Boss Wu smiled in a sly way, and his meaning was very clear.

Need more money!
"If it's cheaper, the copyright of Chinese Paladin II can also be sold."

Zhang Yuan cursed in his heart.

The game failed like that, I bought it to clean up my mess!

But he remained calm: "What's the price?"

"2500."

"This is quite cheap, but it's so much cheaper, could it be that the project is not very good?" Zhang Yuan put on a silly and cute look.

"How can it be bad? Besides..." Boss Wu suddenly came up to him and said, "If you buy this project, I can give you a rebate."

Wu Liangcai found out that Zhang Yuan was the company representative, not the boss, and wanted to use this to seduce him.

"Hahaha, Boss Wu is very generous. There is always something to talk about!" He immediately revealed a greedy look who was obsessed with money.

"Then I'll call the people from the Chinese Paladin project over to talk to you?"

"it is good!"

Both Zhang Yuan and Wu Liangcai had smiles on their faces, but there was another person in the meeting room.

The expression on Demon Cai's face at this moment was as if he had eaten shit!
Obviously I came here first...

"Xuan-Yuan Sword" is his project. If the copyright is sold at a high price, he will definitely benefit from it, and his status in the company will be improved, putting him above that old man Yao Zhuangxian.

Now the investor suddenly turned around and asked about "Legend of Sword and Fairy", and he almost vomited blood in anger!

Although the original team of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" moved to the imperial capital with Yao Zhuangxian, there are still contacts and post-production teams in Taiwan.

When the person in charge arrived, he was not very happy to hear that someone was interested in the copyright.

He immediately and enthusiastically introduced the project "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But the focus is on the first generation, not the second generation which failed.

"This one is not bad either." After listening to his introduction, Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

The devil Cai felt a chill in his heart.

“But I think Xuan-Yuan Sword is also good.”

The devil Cai felt warmed up again.

“It’s a pity it’s too expensive.”

The devil Cai felt a chill in his heart again.

"But it's expensive for a reason."

The devil Cai...his heart was as calm as still water because he could no longer beat.

Zhang Yuan's few words made his heart feel like it was on a roller coaster.

The person in charge of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" saw that Demon Cai was also there, and after hearing what Zhang Yuan said, he roughly understood the current situation.

Investors have money, but they only want to invest in one project!
The current situation of Dahua is that both "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Xuan-Yuan Sword" are developing sequels, but due to the failure of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II", Dahua suffered heavy losses and is having a hard time.

If the copyright of a project can be sold, the company will inevitably inject more funds into the sequel of that project.

Especially "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

The Chinese Paladin III, which is reviving the series' reputation, will not be released for another half a year, and the market is criticizing this IP.

Zhang Yuan chatted with them for a while about this and that, and said that he needed time to think about it.

After a joyful dinner with the other party, Zhang Yuan took a car back to Taipei.

After he left, the person in charge of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" hurriedly called Yao Zhuangxian, who was far away in the mainland, to report the situation.

After his interference throughout the day, Yao Zhuangxian and Cai Minghong, the two mainstays of Daewoo Information, both breathed a sigh of relief.

"We must sell the copyright and never let the investment fall into the hands of the other party!"

The two company veterans who had become enemies now had highly consistent ideas.

Sitting in the car, Zhang Yuan burped, put his hands behind his head, stretched comfortably, and then recited the opening poem while shaking his head.

"The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of morality, the achievements of Xia, Shang and Zhou."

"Seven heroes and five tyrants fought for the Spring and Autumn Period. Rise and fall were in the palm of their hands in an instant."

"There are a few lines of names in the history of Qing Dynasty, and there are countless barren hills in Beimang."

"The land that was cultivated by the ancestors will be harvested by the descendants..."

Zhang Yuan slapped his thigh and said, "I want to see the internal fighting between dragons and tigers in Daewoo!"

(End of this chapter)