Chapter 8 Game peripherals are the most profitable
After selling 150,000 copies, William stopped producing game discs. He now knows that the price of 6 pounds is a bargain, and many guys in the school have sold each copy for more than 10 pounds. Although it is not much, it is not too little.
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In this way, William will make hundreds of thousands of pounds less, but he can't help it. The most important thing for him now is to make the game famous. If the game sells for more than 10 pounds, it is thankful to be able to sell 50,000 copies now.
The sales of the game exploded in London. The sales and favorable reviews attracted big game companies such as EA and Ubisoft, game agents and supermarkets, and even Beston, which specializes in DVDs and computer games in the United States, to come. These days, hundreds of thousands of dollars are lost.
Just think of the pounds as the salary for the hundreds of alumni from the University of London who sell games to him, and the advertising fees to attract these big companies.
William received inquiries from these companies a few days ago, saying that they wanted to negotiate agents or want to buy the game, so he went to find some of the top law firms in London.
Anthony, William, senior partner of Yuelida Law Firm, costs 1,000 pounds an hour to hire this guy, and this kind of negotiation cannot be concluded in just a few days or ten days.
Then I have to pay Anthony tens of thousands of pounds. Fortunately, William signed an hourly fee contract with Yuelida Law Firm. If it were a sharing contract, I don’t know how much money I would have to pay to Yuelida Law Firm.
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William booked a conference room at the London Hilton Hotel, and at eight o'clock in the morning he met Anthony from Yuelida Law Firm on time.
After the meeting, William shook hands with Anthony and asked with a smile: "Good morning, Mr. Anthony, it's eight o'clock now, will the billing start?"
Anthony knew that William was joking: "Good morning, Mr. Devonshire, if you think it would make you happier to start billing in ten minutes, then we will start billing at 8:10, I don't mind."
"Haha, Anthony, you are very humorous. I like you. Okay, let's get down to the topic. I need you to help me solve all the legal problems. Isn't that the topic?"
"Of course there is no problem, Mr. Devonshire, this is what we do. I guarantee that there will be no problems with the contracts handled by our law firm. This is our confidence and commitment at Yuesida," Anthony said to William
said.
William nodded in agreement, which is why he hired Yue Shida's lawyer, "OK, I still trust you Yue Shida very much. As one of the top three law firms in England, your strength and credibility need not be questioned. So Anthony
Let's get started, we should be very busy today."
William shook hands with four members of Anthony's team and said hello. 1,000 pounds an hour can hire the best lawyer and his team in London. William doesn't think it is expensive at all. If something goes wrong because the lawyer is not professional enough, William won't even have the chance to cry.
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Of course, only barristers can make big money as lawyers, and those who work for barristers only earn a few thousand pounds a month.
At 9 o'clock sharp, several big companies such as EA, Ubisoft, Beststar, Jialefu and other game developers arrived on time.
After everyone found a good location, William was not polite. Everything depends on the quality, sales and profits of the game. No matter how good others say, these game companies and agents will not be interested.
William took the microphone and walked up to the platform of the conference room and said: "Welcome, gentlemen, my name is William Devonshire, I am the producer, designer and owner of the game Plants vs. Zombies. Your time is precious and I will
Without wasting everyone’s time, many people and companies have come to see me in the past few days. This tells me that everyone is here either to buy out the copyright of the game or to be an agent for the sales rights of the game. I’m right in saying that.
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After William said this, the company's negotiators nodded and said nothing more. These days, the companies sitting here have sent people to find William, but William has never said anything. Although they are optimistic about this game, they don't want to be beaten by William.
Treat him as someone who has been taken advantage of, and listen to what William wants to say first.
William continued: "Well, gentlemen, let me first tell you the bottom line that I can accept. If it is too different from what you can accept, if you are dissatisfied, please be quiet and listen to what I have to say."
Everyone looked at each other. Everyone here is a competitor. The game has only been famous for a few days, and the companies that can come to this meeting are very optimistic about Plants vs. Zombies. Now no one wants to be the leader. Besides, William’s request
It wasn’t too much, so they all nodded again.
William was happy in his heart and thought, "It seems that these guys are very optimistic about Plants vs. Zombies, especially those game agents. They don't make games but only agent games. Of course they don't want to let go of good games."
Seeing no one objected, William nodded and said thanks: "Thank you everyone, let's talk about agents first. The agent price I can accept is 8 pounds per game disc. 8 pounds is almost 13 US dollars. I think Plants vs. Zombies sells for 20 US dollars in the United States.
There should be no problem. Everyone knows that the purchase price of EPS games in the late 1980s was US$25. You are all experts in the gaming industry. You know whether what I said is right and whether the price of 8 pounds is reasonable. So 8
Are you able to accept the British pound? If so, let's continue the discussion.
EA and Ubisoft have never thought about agency, but they are worried that the remaining companies will raise the agency price. By then, William will no longer sell games, and then their work will be in vain. They hurriedly nodded and responded: "8 pounds is fine.
accept,"
The agents thought about it. They were all game agents. They knew what William said was right. There are no popular games for less than $20 in the United States. However, seeing the game company agree, they secretly resented, "These guys deserve to go to hell."
, My company’s games are so expensive, and now I’m competing with us to be our agent’
The people from Baishida and Jiarefu also nodded and accepted the price.
"Very good, if everyone can accept the price of 8 pounds, then we have the conditions to continue the negotiation. I have this information on the sales of 150,000 game discs in London in one month, so I won't send it to you.
You must all know it, and that’s why we can all sit together. You may not know about this second one, but I think Gao Fu should know it."
William stopped and looked at the person in charge of Jia Refu. He smiled and nodded, because this had something to do with their Jia Refu.
20 days ago, Jiarefu and I signed a licensing contract for T-shirts, hats and other daily necessities. Now that I think about it, I signed it too early, but it doesn’t matter. I still want to thank Jiarefu. This contract is authorized for Jiarefu in
In the 5 counties surrounding London, regarding the production license of the cartoon image of Plants vs. Zombies, the sales data of Plants vs. Zombies in 120 stores around London in the 15 days since the sale was 430,000 pieces, with an average of 3,600 pieces sold per store in 15 days.
, selling 240 pieces per day, with a turnover of 6.45 million pounds, an average of 15 pounds per piece.
After hearing the data that William mentioned, this was the first time that everyone in the conference room knew about it except the people from Jiarefu.
These guys immediately became excited when they heard that the game sold in five surrounding counties in London for 6.45 million pounds in 15 days. How much money could it sell for around the world after the game became popular?
The peripheral products of Plants vs. Zombies are the main source of money. Europe and the United States are very strict in checking copyrights. Such lawsuits with clear copyrights will be accurate.
So Jiarefu is very happy now. They came here because they wanted to sell the game peripherals. However, after today's game peripherals were sold out, Jiarefu just wanted to get a bargain.
William knew that the companies here today would not be the only ones coming tomorrow.
After everyone calmed down, William continued: "So if any of you wants the full copyright of Plants vs. Zombies, what price should I pay? The game sold 1 million copies in the European Bar. I don't think it is much at all. I even think
After a few years, it will not be difficult to sell more than 3 million copies."
The people at the agency are looking very ugly now. They don't know much about this estimate in their minds. Some of them estimate a little more than this, but only a few hundred thousand more.
Although there are many good games in 2000, there is no game like Plants vs. Zombies. Both the elderly, children and adults will be interested in this game. You must know that Plants vs. Zombies has been downloaded more than 25 million times in 2013.
William continued: "In the United States of America, selling 2 million copies will not be a problem. Other countries combined can also sell about 2 million copies. Gentlemen, please think of a game that can sell more than 7 million copies plus the game.
How much wealth can he create for you around?"
"FUCK, this is to create wealth for you." Everyone cursed in their hearts.