After listening to Gu Sheng's story, Sanshang Shinji's first reaction was surprise.
As Gu Sheng said, this Resident Evil game is different from the past.
There is no huge crisis of neutering Raccoon City, nor is there a huge crisis involved in rescuing the president's daughter.
The story takes place on a small farm in Louisiana.
This is where the story begins and where it ends.
The protagonist named Ethan, as an ordinary person, learned that he was missing and his long-time wife was now on a farm, so he decided to set off for Louisiana to rescue his wife.
It is such a simple story. Although there is no huge crisis, it is still thrilling and dangerous.
even!
Because of the lowered perspective and the identity of the protagonist as an ordinary person, it can create a terrifying atmosphere for the entire game.
This.
This is exactly what Gu Sheng said is the key to returning to classic horror.
"...As for horror games, I think we are quite confident."
After saying that, Gu Sheng smiled and nodded.
Hearing this, Sanshang Shinji also took a deep breath in his heart.
He knew that Gu Sheng's words were not Wang Po's words.
The confidence he talks about is not blind confidence.
Today, looking around the world, there are only a handful of horror games that can be as good as Golden Wind.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Comela had not been so greedy and arrogant back then, and had only been willing to go hand in hand with the Golden Wind, then the Silent Hill IP would never have fallen into the embarrassing situation it is in now, and it would still be very promising.
It may go hand in hand with the original Resident Evil and become another classic series IP.
Although there are only two and a half horror games produced by Golden Wind so far, namely Phobia, Escape, and Silent Hill PT.
But just through these two and a half works, it is not difficult for Shinji Sanshang to judge how well Golden Wind and Gu Sheng control horror games.
And now, the brand new "Resident Evil 7: Not a Hero" has also allowed him to see the exquisite ideas of Gu Sheng in the context of Resident Evil, focusing on ordinary little people.
Moreover, the flavor of "old life" can also be tasted from the details revealed in some of Gu Sheng's projects.
"It seems that our previous negotiations were not in vain,"
After a moment of silence, Sanshang Shinji took a deep breath, smiled and nodded:
"Then let's get to the point and talk about the price of copyright fees."
As soon as this statement came out!
Gu Sheng and Moriya were both shocked!
Both of them knew that as soon as these words came out, it meant that the matter was 90% successful.
After all, no one has ever been able to negotiate copyright fees with Shinji Sanso before, and most of them just got rejected.
"What is the copyright acquisition fee offered by your company?"
Sanshang Shinji asked.
This is a difficult problem.
Gu Sheng has always been worried about the copyright fees for the "Resident Evil" series of IPs.
The price of this thing is actually difficult to measure with actual money.
Games, movies, peripherals, toys...
There are too many things related to it, and the copyright price has already been astronomical.
But the problem is that although the copyright price is astronomical, the money Golden Wind can spend is limited.
Even though Sanshou Shinji boasts that he has made enough money in his three lifetimes, he doesn't care about money at all.
But you can't say that you just give away 18 million to others. That would seem too disrespectful of people and the copyright.
Think of this.
Gu Sheng opened his mouth and muttered: "425 million knives?"
After that, he added:
"Of course, this price is only issued by us. We still need to seek Mr. Sanshang's opinion on the specific details."
not enough.
In fact, before the acquisition, Gu Sheng also roughly checked the transaction prices of copyright acquisitions in this world.
It stands to reason that for a global game IP like "Resident Evil", if you want to negotiate for copyright acquisition, you have to pay at least 500 million US dollars.
That's it, it's the starting price.
$425 million is obviously less.
Gu Sheng didn't want to say such a low price, mainly because they really didn't have that much money!
after all!
Since "Garden Warfare" raised their disposable net worth to 1 billion yuan, or about 142 million U.S. dollars, Golden Wind has taken a big step and started to gallop wildly in the international market.
Take a look at these projects they have produced since becoming a mid-sized game company——
The four works produced by its three major studios cost Golden Wind a total of 620 million U.S. dollars!
It’s almost like making a fortune and burning a fortune!
Although the profits are indeed very strong, and if this momentum continues, the profits will become more and more abundant in the future.
But the problem is that the release time of these games is still short, and the accumulation of funds is not that fast.
In addition to the challenge of cooperation with Tencel Bull during the period, and the capital expenditure for the acquisition of Ubsoft.
The combination of various reasons has directly led to the fact that although the current Golden Wind is extremely profitable, its disposable net assets are only just over 500 million US dollars.
Yes.
"talent".
In the three quarters, while the fixed market value increased crazily, the company's disposable net assets also increased from the original 1 billion yuan to about 3.5 billion yuan.
In less than a year, disposable net assets increased 3.5 times.
If it were any other game company, their boss would probably laugh crazy if they could achieve such results.
But for Golden Wind, the $500 million in disposable funds is really too limited to acquire the copyright of "Resident Evil".
Therefore, the price of 425 million knives is really all the sincerity of Golden Wind.
It's not that they don't want to pay more, but that they really can't pay more.
After all, after buying the game copyright, you have to leave some foundation for early development work, right?
Gu Sheng can't wipe out his entire family fortune just because of a copyright, right?
…
Why not?!
Huh? Why?!
You pay for it! Isn’t all the money in this company yours? You made it for me!
Regarding this! Shen Miaomiao beat her chest and stamped her feet!
Spend money, my silly husband! What a waste of money you are! Why don’t you know how to take advantage of such a good opportunity to burn money?
Five hundred million dollars!
If we spend all this, plus the development costs, the overall price of a "Resident 7" will be at least 7 to 8 billion dollars!
Do you know what this concept is?
This is a concept where Yiyou and Xunteng join forces to create a one-piece sensory cabin with a PC platform, and everyone joins forces to sell it. Even if you sell Martian, you can't make back the cost within the specified time!
And when the time comes, even a mere 10 times rebate!
As long as we casually lose hundreds of millions, we can get more than a billion or even billions in rebates!
oops--
Shen Miaomiao's flesh ached to death.
You silly old man, you really don’t know that our family is spending more and more money!
Annoying!!!
That's right.
As the morning negotiation ended, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao left the company and took half a day off in the afternoon.
The two of them had to go to the housing management bureau in the afternoon. Gu Sheng wanted to add little Nezha's name to the housing book.
Although theoretically speaking, with the wealth of this eldest lady, Shen Miaomiao, she is not short of a house worth 1.8 million.
But when she heard that Lao Gu wanted to add her name, Shen Miaomiao was overjoyed and nodded in agreement.
During lunch, Shen Miaomiao asked Lao Gu how the copyright acquisition was going in the morning.
then!
I got such a heartbreaking answer!
Shen Miaomiao almost choked to death from the meatball soup, her face turned red from holding it in.
"so what?"
After finally slapping her chest to swallow the soup, Shen Miaomiao wiped her mouth and asked:
"Do they think our price is too low and just let it go? How about we contact them again and say that we are willing to raise the price and raise the overall purchase price? Or let them make an offer directly?"
Shen Miaomiao definitely did not want to miss such a good opportunity to spend money.
Although today's price seems a bit reluctant for Gold Wind.
But she still has Lao Shen!
In the worst case, just ask Lao Shen to borrow money!
Now that they are independent from Shen Capital, the worst they can do is apply for a loan from Shen Capital directly in the name of Golden Wind. Anyway, she will be able to repay it in the end. It must be such a formal loan, Old Shen also I won’t not borrow it.
However, Gu Sheng shook his head:
"No, the deal was finally done."
Hear the words.
Shen Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s okay, it’s okay.
Although the price was a bit low, the deal was finally completed, which was not unacceptable.
"$425 million?"
Shen Miaomiao asked:
"The charm of this electronic succubus of yours is really great. You can't even meet the starting price, so they just gave you the copyright, tsk tsk..."
However!
But Gu Sheng still shook his head: "It didn't cost that much."
Shen Miaomiao:?
What the hell are you???
Are you a dog? Gu Sheng?
You're already a poor person and can't afford someone's starting price, but you still hesitate to haggle. Are you still a human being?
The most outrageous thing is... this product was successfully bargained for?
"You mean it didn't cost that much...?"
Shen Miaomiao grinned and gave a questioning look.
My heart says, don’t just cut it in half, right? That’s too grandiose. Please help our future children gain some virtue.
Inquiry room!
Gu Sheng stretched out a finger.
Shen Miaomiao suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest!
Holy shit!!!
You are a real dog!
You didn't cut me in half, you were more ruthless than cutting me in half!
"One... one... one hundred million?!"
Shen Miaomiao was shocked:
"You bid 425 million...how on earth did you pretend to be poor so that you could cut the transaction price to 100 million?!"
Don’t give it to Sanshang Shinji, right?!
But!
What Shen Miaomiao didn't expect was that after hearing her quotation of 100 million, Gu Sheng still raised his finger and shook his head:
"The unit is wrong."
Shen Miaomiao's little face froze immediately!
You translate for me.
What the fuck is the wrong unit?
"Ten million?"
After a long silence, Shen Miaomiao tentatively spoke, saying in her heart, Gu Sheng, don't be too outrageous.
But Gu Sheng still shook his head, saying that I was so outrageous:
"Wealth limits your imagination, honey,"
"One knife."
Shen Miaomiao:......
Shen Miaomiao was confused, completely confused.
The knife in Gu Sheng's mouth was like a knife to her brain.
From billions of dollars to one dollar.
"So you followed the Internet cable and stabbed Sanshou Shinji?"
Shen Miaomiao blinked her big, completely blank eyes:
"Lao Gu, we can't threaten people. It's illegal..."
This time, it was Gu Sheng's turn to be choked.
Sometimes he really couldn't figure out what was going on in Miao Miao's little head, but he could always say amazing things and come up with some wild imaginations.
Holding his forehead and being speechless, Gu Sheng waved his hand: "Mr. Sanshang suggested it..."
Yes!
As Shinji Sansho himself said!
Today's "Resident Evil" is actually no longer a money-making tool for him.
Without bragging at all, he no longer has much desire for money.
After all, he has no family and no children. In his middle age, he has achieved both fame and fortune. His biggest wish for the rest of his life is to go fishing in the Pacific Ocean with his own fishing rod.
All he is interested in is "who can do a good job in biohazard".
Even before that, he was ready to hide this work forever.
But at this moment, Gu Sheng came, with the greatest enthusiasm and respect for Resident Evil, and presented him with a refreshing Resident Evil story about ordinary people.
Sanshang liked this story and was looking forward to what kind of bizarre and thrilling stories he would experience as an ordinary person on a small farm.
Ever since, Sanshang Shinji decided to give Golden Wind a chance to show off his talent——
He licensed "Resident Evil" to Golden Wind for the price of one knife.
Yes, authorized.
Because according to Gu Sheng, his Resident Evil sequel will be presented in two parts.
In this authorization, Shinji Sanshou only took one shot and was willing to be a special game director.
If this time, Golden Wind can break out of the siege with the IP "Resident Evil" and regain a new life at E3, then he will hand over the copyright to Golden Wind at a mysterious price, allowing them to The story of this ordinary man named 'Ethan' is finished.
And he himself retired and went to the Pacific to be a fisherman.
But if Golden Wind continues the decline of Resident Evil 5 and 6 this time, then "Resident Evil" will be permanently sealed and will never appear again until it enters the coffin with San Shang.
A price as light as a feather.
A test as heavy as Mount Tai.
Shinji Mitsuo wants to find a worthy destination for the IP that he has worked so hard to create and is like his own child.
The golden wind is his only choice at the moment and most likely the only choice in this life.
He chose to believe in Golden Wind and Gu Sheng.
So now.
It's Golden Wind's turn.
The once dazzling IP needs to see the light of day again, with an unparalleled new look, so that biochemical horror can once again come to the gaming industry...
