Even though Hong Kong films have all kinds of shortcomings, there is one contribution that cannot be ignored: Hong Kong films are one of the most successful cultural exports.
It can even be said that it was precisely based on the past glory of Hong Kong films that we exported "Kung Fu" to all over the world and became the only original genre film in Chinese films.
Such a good thing is gone.
In fact, there are a lot of kung fu fans all over the world. In later generations, the media has developed and the industry has prospered. As a result, we can’t film it ourselves!
In other words, the management believes that the market for kung fu movies is too small, so they don't make them.
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While Yu Jiajia was collecting talents, Yao Yuan brought a group of people to the United States.
This time was different from the last time. The last time Liulaoda was traveling, this time it was for business, so he brought his own business team to be responsible for analysis, negotiation and other work.
San Francisco.
The person in charge of the overseas studio, Zhao Haitao, could be said to have gone out of his way to welcome Master Wang. He rented the best car, called the most beautiful secretary, and greeted Mr. Yao with great force.
After resting in the hotel for a day, I went to the studio the next day.
Today's office has been replaced by a three-story building. Zhao Haitao has followed suit, with all kinds of fancy decorations and furnishings, giving it a sweet American air.
"This way please! This way please!"
He led Yao Yuan upstairs, passing a swaggering white young man riding a bicycle, two girls lying on mats doing yoga, and several employees nibbling potato chips and drinking Coke in the so-called "leisure and entertainment area"...
Finally entered the office.
Yao Yuan sat on the boss's chair and said, "Close the door."
"okay!"
Zhao Haitao happily turned around and closed the door, but Cheng Wei moved to the side without leaving a trace. Sure enough, the moment Zhao Haitao turned his head, a stack of documents hit him in the face.
boom!
Wow!
"Yao, Mr. Yao..."
Zhao Haitao was stunned for a moment. Since he joined 99, he has never seen the other party get angry, let alone throw things and hit people.
"Look what you look like!"
Yao Yuan pointed at his nose and scolded, "How long have you been here? Just follow the example of people who drive luxury cars to pick up foreign girls. What I told you before, don't be too arrogant, be steady! Look at those employees again, you
Are they working or treating themselves as ancestors? It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and I don’t even see anyone working seriously!”
"Mr. Yao, didn't I just come to greet you? It's so easy for you to come here."
Zhao Haitao felt aggrieved and said: "And I also learned from Facebook. Their working environment is like this. I also think it is very good. It is free and relaxed, which is conducive to creation and development."
boom!
Another pile was thrown over.
"I asked you to establish a firm foothold and expand your career, not to let you take it easy! What achievements did you have this year? Are you embarrassed to tell me about creation and development? The results have not been achieved, and you have learned a lot of bad things. If you are a new year
If I earn 100 million US dollars, I don’t care if they poop in the office!”
"..."
Zhao Haitao stopped talking.
The overseas studio was established last year and has so far developed several small games such as "Texas Hold'em Poker" and "Spelling Puzzle". It is also responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of "Grab Parking Space" and "Friend Buying and Selling" on Facebook.
There are really no creative achievements.
Yao Yuan got angry and said directly: "Those employees of yours can no longer be used, fire them all!"
"Then do we have to compensate?"
"Just pay it, this batch has been pampered by you, replace it with a new batch, we are just a small studio, the technical threshold is not high, don't always compare yourself with big companies!"
In the past, public intellectuals always shouted that there are labor unions in the United States, and American employees’ rights are supreme, and the company did not dare to fire Barabara… but he was slapped in the face by Musk until it became swollen.
Musk took over Twitter and laid off at least 70% of its employees, including a pregnant female executive.
In the United States, companies can fire employees without any reason, as long as they pay compensation. The regulations on this compensation vary from state to state, and the agreements between the company and its employees are also different.
Of course, this is not something to be proud of. The country also has this kind of morality. There is only labor and no law. You are always thinking about the three melons and two dates in your pocket.
What Yao Yuan is most angry about is that Zhao Haitao has been quickly assimilated just one year after he came here, and there is a hidden danger of being a double-crosser and cheating.
He has decided to make a substitution.
In the United States, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. If you can't achieve unity of thought with your own, then simply don't use this person. His purpose of setting up overseas studios is for social games now and mobile games in the future.
In the final analysis, it is for the 99 Group to make money, not for the welfare of the American people.
Yao Yuan scolded and then started to check his homework. He opened a game "FarmVille", which can be translated as "Virtual Farm".
Yes, this is the overseas version of "Farm" that will be launched on Facebook soon.
Historically, after "Farm Farm" became popular, a group of counterfeiters appeared in China. After the game was released overseas, a group of counterfeiters also appeared overseas.
Zynga, a company that specializes in social games, copied "Farm" and launched a version more suitable for Westerners.
It was a huge success, with hundreds of millions of players around the world, and annual revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars. It was the most popular game on Facebook, and it was not closed until 2020.
What Yao Yuan asked overseas studios to develop was Zynga's adapted version.
The domestic "Farm" is particularly stupid, easy to get started, and has no threshold. But this version is much more complicated. You can first choose your own character.
There are southern rednecks, Texas cowboys, ethnic minority hotties, and black guys... They are extremely targeted. Fortunately, it was 2008. In future generations, there will be more than a hundred genders alone.
In terms of gameplay, you can not only grow vegetables, but also build houses, raise livestock, plant trees, dig ponds, process in small workshops, etc.
"Happy Farm" is called a farm, but it's actually just a few vegetable fields. How many of us have seen a real farm? At most, we tinker in the village.
However, there are many private farms in the United States, so it is necessary to take the right medicine. Therefore, the map of "FarmVille" is larger, no longer just a few vegetable fields, and the operation process is closer to reality.
"Is everything settled?"
"We've negotiated and we'll go online in a week."
"Does Zuckerberg know I'm coming?"
"Uh, I told him."
Zhao Haitao was submissive, no longer as frustrated as before, and he probably knew that his career was over.
Alas, I was wrong at first, and I was wrong too...
Yao Yuan reflected on himself and found that when working abroad, ability is one thing, and character may be more important than ability. But forget it, he has to stay for a while, and it doesn't matter if he meets Zuckerberg.
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The next day.
He visited Facebook for the second time, and Zuckerberg personally received him again.
It was still the same small building with fancy decoration. Zuckerberg was dressed in casual clothes as usual, looking carefree and said with a smile: "I'm really happy that you can come. We had a pleasant communication last time, and of course the subsequent cooperation will be even more pleasant.
.
Your prophecy has come true, social games have become a booster, and we have grown a lot of users with "Grab a Parking Space" and "Friend Buying and Selling"... Unfortunately, the current environment is very bad, and both Wall Street and Silicon Valley are having a hard time."
Yao Yuan walked through the corridor and saw two people discussing in a room with large glass windows, one of whom was severely bald.
Zuckerberg is now very friendly to Yao Yuan. After all, he is a partner. He introduced: "That guy is Russian and wants to invest. I have already rejected it, but unexpectedly he came here in person."
After speaking, he shrugged his shoulders with a rather disdainful look.
Yao Yuan smiled. In Silicon Valley, taking Russian money is a very disgraceful thing.
But luckily, he had an impression of the Russian man's face.