Chapter 272 All-Star Lineup

The players' voices naturally reached heaven, attracting Cui Mingze's attention.

After some careful consideration, Cui Mingze suggested to Lin Feng whether he could invite more celebrities to endorse the game characters of "Audition". Of course, Cui Mingze also knew that this would be difficult. The most important thing was the cost. Li Zhiyou

, Lin Zhihui and Huang Meixi are three girls. Although they are quite famous and are considered household names in the country, they are actually not worth much. After all, the three of them have not released an album yet, nor have they participated in any TV series or movies.

, and the main job is still as a catwalk agent for various events. Besides, the three girls are signed spokespersons of Linfeng Company after all, so there is no need to consider the cost of their endorsements.

But if you invite other stars, they must be famous stars. After all, stars who are not famous enough will not be able to pass the player level first. Inviting them means not inviting them. However, if you want to invite the emperor superstar, the endorsement fee is a tricky issue.

problem.

Lin Feng frowned, the cost was the key to restricting Cui Mingze's good idea. Lin Feng looked at the crowd, and everyone thought it was a good idea, but stars, especially big stars, are all worth a lot of money. "Audition"

》That little profit may not be enough to pay for the eye replacement fees of these big stars.

Seeing everyone's expressions of embarrassment, Cui Mingze also knew that this matter would definitely not work, and he also knew in his heart how difficult it was. If he raised it at this moment, he was just doing his best and resigned to fate. If he didn't raise it, he would really not be willing to do so.

However, after Lin Feng pondered for a while, he gave an answer that surprised Cui Mingze.

"Well, okay, leave it to me to invite celebrities." Lin Feng thought for a moment and already had an idea, "Minister Cui, you can post a poll on the official website and let players vote to see which celebrities they want to invite to endorse game characters.

The game characters in "Audition" will all be made up of celebrities."

"But in this case, the cost..." Cui Mingze heard that Lin Feng agreed. Instead of being unhappy, he hesitated. Everyone also looked confused.

As everyone thinks, although the prospects of "Second World" are promising, the current profit points are only "Legend" and "Audition", as well as the "Asian version of "Counter-Strike Online" that will be charged soon.

Counting the three games together, "Legend" has a net profit of tens of millions of dollars in January, while "Audition" only has a net profit of about 500,000 U.S. dollars. "Counter-Strike Online Asia Edition" counts the profits of "Legend", and the three games

The total monthly profit is more than 20 million US dollars, which seems like a lot, but in reality it may not even be able to guarantee the normal operation of the "Second World" in the next year.

Regarding the current financial situation of the "Second World", the person who is most aware of and worried about is Wu Zhaopu.

"Director Lin, although 'Second World' currently has US$600 million in liquidity (Lin Feng invested 500 million, the company originally had 100 million), the starting capital for the development of "World War" is only US$100 million. In the next three years, at least

It still costs another 200-300 million U.S. dollars. The development fee for "Half-Life" is also between 40-50 million U.S. dollars, which has accounted for more than half of our company's working capital. There is also the development of "Swordsman Love Online".

The development of sports and leisure online games in the Second Game Department requires funds. Not to mention that we have to build the 'Second World' building, which requires a lot of funds." Wu Zhaopu said worriedly.

Lin Feng is well aware of Wu Zhaopu's concerns. The development of "World War" and "Half-Life 2" took up a large amount of funds, but there was no need to delay. This is one of the reasons why Lin Feng invested US$500 million. But the real reason for Lin Feng's investment was

The most important reason is that the "Second World" now urgently needs to build its own buildings.

With the increase in company employees, the continuous addition of servers, and the establishment of various game development departments, the current office buildings of "Second World" are already stretched. What's more, for the company's security and the protection of "cloud computing", it is necessary to build its own

Office buildings are even more urgent.

Wu Zhaopu's financial statements have even included the revenue for the next one or even two years. Now that Lin Feng suddenly decided to increase the budget, Wu Zhaopu really feels like a clever woman can't make a meal without rice.

"Don't worry, since we want to invite celebrities and let these beautiful players play the celebrity dress-changing game, they will naturally have to pay for it." Lin Feng smiled extremely cunningly, even treacherously.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. When Lin Feng showed this smile, it meant that the company was about to come up with a new idea to make profits.

"Minister Cui, we are announcing that "Audition" will launch a new expansion pack "Audition: Starry Stars" in the near future. All the game characters in the game will be endorsed by celebrities." Lin Feng said. After what he just said

Thinking deeply, Lin Feng has already thought of the first celebrity candidate to sign. I believe he will be very happy to sign the contract, and Lin Feng believes that the effect he will bring will definitely make his plan of celebrity endorsement of game characters a success. With his joining,

, Lin Feng believes that other celebrities will not hesitate too much.

Everyone was silent, waiting for Lin Feng's next words.

"Vice President Cui, "Audition" will make the following changes: Each player can only have one celebrity-endorsed game character when they initially enter the game. If they want to have other star-endorsed game characters, they must purchase the right to use the new star, and

In addition to universal clothes, every star also has a variety of clothes with unique personal styles, and the clothes will not be universal." After Lin Feng finished speaking, everyone secretly exclaimed.

In this way, these "Audition" players will definitely spend more money playing the game in order to pursue having more stars. Moreover, "Audition" already has a trend of comparison that is far more serious than in real society. Those who are extremely

Beautiful clothes require money to buy, and they are not cheap. Imagine that there are suddenly several or even more than a dozen celebrities, each with exclusive clothes. The profits will definitely be enough to pay for these celebrities.

endorsement fees.

"Also, our target is not only those players, but also advertisers. When celebrities enter the virtual world, their advertising effect will be equally huge. I believe this income will definitely satisfy us." Lin Feng said.

Everyone was stunned. Obviously, the advertising revenue in this area would probably not be less than the money spent by crazy players who are obsessed with the gorgeous appearance of game characters. But Wu Zhaopu had to worry about one thing.

"If a celebrity endorses, will it involve the image rights and commercial interests of the endorsed brand, and will it lead to lawsuits?" Wu Zhaopu is worried. For example, Lin Feng invited Beckenham, but in reality Beckenham is owned by Pepsi-Cola

Spokesperson, if Coca-Cola bought the advertising rights for him in the game, and before the game started, Beckenham was holding Coca-Cola, then it would be strange for Pepsi-Cola not to fight with Lin Feng!

Lin Feng frowned, thought for a while and said, "We can discuss this in detail in the future. As for infringement in this area, I will consult Ron Law Firm. Also, we are in China, and there is no relevant law in the country.

The laws of various countries around the world have not yet issued regulations in this regard." Lin Feng said cunningly.

Everyone thought, yes. Not to mention that it is just a proposal now. Whether it can be realized by then depends on the price negotiated after contacting these celebrities and signing the contract. If the invited celebrity lion opens his mouth, then naturally there is no need to think about this plan.

As for whether there is any infringement, it is natural to consult a lawyer before choosing an advertiser carefully.

Cui Mingze sat down with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with today's meeting and both of his suggestions were approved. He could predict that his first game development department would still be a very important department and profit point for the company in the future.

"By the way, Minister Cui, please pay attention to the game atmosphere in "Audition". You must not be merciful to those who wantonly insult other players. You can use screen blocking to speak, delete accounts, or even block their IPs. In short, you must

Severe punishment. I don’t want Audition to be criticized as a game for the mentally retarded." Lin Feng suddenly thought of the most criticized reason for Audition and reminded him.

"Yes, I will pay more attention." Cui Mingze broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. Recently, there has been a phenomenon of players abusing each other in "Audition". He didn't pay too much attention to it, thinking it was just a dispute between players.

, it is not convenient for the officials to intervene. But according to Lin Feng, this is indeed a big problem. After all, if the game is filled with more kinds of language to greet each other's maternal relatives all day long, such a game must give people a very bad impression.

The future plan of the second development department is still to focus on "Swordsman Love Online" and strive to complete it as soon as possible while maintaining quality and quantity.

Wu Gang, the third development department, has set his sights on sports and leisure online games. However, with the strength of the "Second World", the relevant engine technology is extremely lacking. Although the engine technology of "Counter-Strike" is available, the sports game engine

It is completely different from the engines of other games. Wu Gang can only slowly ponder and study this aspect. As for the future, Lin Feng will see if he can purchase the engine from the two big players in the industry - "ea" and "konami".

right.

The fourth development department, Min Wu Li’s main focus is still on “World War”, and of course also takes into account the maintenance and improvement of “Counter-Strike Online”.

"Director Lin, I suggest globalizing "Counter-Strike Online". First, to expand the company's influence, I can add some maps and competitive modes to it to completely replace the stand-alone version of "Counter-Strike"; second, to expand the global presence of "World War"

Experiment with the Internet." Minwu Li said.

Lin Feng was slightly surprised.

"Min Wu, if this happens, I'm afraid there will no longer be a market for the stand-alone version of Counter-Strike," Lin Feng said.

"Haha, with "Counter-Strike Online", I think there is no need for its stand-alone version, not to mention that it can also bring continuous income to the company." Minwu said with a smile. Although "Counter-Strike" was planned by him

, but when it comes to the end, it will naturally end. Now "Counter-Strike Online" can completely replace "Counter-Strike" and is more convenient for online battles. What's more, if Minwu announces that he will no longer update "Counter-Strike" and recommends players

Entering "Counter-Strike Online", from an authoritative point of view, is conducive to the promotion of "Counter-Strike Online".

Lin Feng nodded.
Chapter completed!