"... Got rich?"
Hearing Jun Lin's confused words, Hao Yun, who didn't understand the situation, was stunned. After calming down, he continued to ask, "What's going on?"
"The overseas version of Clash of Clans!"
With excitement in his tone, Lin Jun continued quickly, "Yesterday morning, the CEO of Magic Box Culture called me and said that a game publishing company in North America called 'Bulldog' planned to purchase from them. I bought the agency rights for Clash of Clans in the Americas!"
Bulldog
This name sounds so much like a dog food seller.
Hearing that someone was interested in the overseas distribution rights of Clash of Clans, Hao Yun was not as excited as Lin Jun, and said after thinking for a moment.
"This Bulldog Company... do you understand it?"
Without a second's delay, Lin Jun on the other end of the phone said immediately.
"That's necessary! Before making this call with you, I commissioned a reliable third-party agency to investigate this company."
"According to the information investigated, this company's current main business is overseas game translation and agency operations. The two mobile games currently operated by its company are both agents from game companies in Xia State, and the download data It ranks among the top ten in all major software markets in North America!”
“Whether it’s from the fundamentals of the company itself or from the reputation of North American players, this company is quite reliable!”
Even through the phone, Hao Yun could feel this guy's excitement and excitement.
In fact, it’s no wonder.
As a major electronics industry country, Xia's electronic game industry started relatively early. At this stage of development, competition has become fierce whether it is mobile games or client games.
Take mobile games as an example. The average lifespan of a mobile game is only one year at most, and short-lived ones may be gone in a month or two.
Even for a popular mobile game like Temple Run, which has become a phenomenon, its popularity and revenue are declining. Daily activity is less than one-third of its peak, and monthly revenue is even less than a quarter of its peak. Nothing left.
It is foreseeable that this number will be even lower in the future.
In comparison, the slightly better thing about PC games is that the transaction between the player and the game company is a one-time deal. If you do not proactively promise subsequent updates in the purchase agreement, the after-sales costs can be directly ignored. As long as the game time exceeds two hours, full refunds are not supported.
Unlike mobile games, because of the Xia Kingdom's virtual property protection law, even if the game is blocked, the server must be kept open. It must either reach a settlement with players through compensation or file for bankruptcy.
Compared with the domestic involution market, the North American market is undoubtedly a treasure land full of opportunities. Almost all game companies want to make money in this growing emerging market.
However, it is not easy to make money in North America.
Due to concerns about cultural invasion and the practical need to protect the domestic market and prevent the loss of foreign exchange, North America has implemented relatively strict control policies on game distribution, especially overseas games, on the grounds of protecting the eyesight and health of minors.
That is to say, games published by overseas game companies cannot be directly launched in North America. Only by registering a local company and cooperating with relevant agencies to complete the game content review can they legally set up servers in North America and log in to major software platforms for downloading.
For those games that have not passed the censorship, North American players who want to play must either use an agent or play side games. Anyway, it is basically impossible to go through normal channels.
Since the review process is relatively complex and is particularly strict for overseas companies, except for the subsidiaries of international giants such as Rice and Haishi, which have the conditions to directly operate their own games, other game companies are basically more inclined to find reliable local companies. Companies act as agents to avoid audit risks.
This is the most time-saving and labor-saving approach.
That means you don’t have to worry about the operation of the game, and you don’t have to worry about costs. You can make money just by releasing an IP.
No one knows how to deal with prosecutorial agencies and courts better than these local companies. If it is efficient, it will even take less than a week to pass all the review procedures.
And if you do it yourself, you may not be able to get it approved for a year, and the day lilies will be cold by then.
Although he didn't think that this company called Bulldog could charge a high price for a newly launched game, Hao Yun still asked casually.
"What are the conditions they offer? What are the specific methods of cooperation?"
Hearing that the boss finally asked the most critical question, Lin Jun smiled slightly and said while restraining the excitement in his tone.
"They are very optimistic about our Clash of Clans' ability to continue operating. They plan to sign a two-year buyout agency agreement with us. They do not impose any additional conditions except the right to renew the contract first, and the price is 100 million!"
After hearing the quotation, Hao Yun was not immediately excited, but asked subconsciously.
“USD or RMB?”
"Of course it's RMB, how can it be in US dollars?" I didn't expect the boss to ask such a strange question. Lin Jun, who was holding the mobile phone, answered with a weird look on his face.
Hearing these words, Hao Yun was slightly startled at first, but he quickly came to his senses.
To be honest, after all these years of being reborn, he still hasn't fully adapted to the differences between the two worlds.
Different from the previous life.
In this life, the Xia Kingdom, as the leading country of the People's Federation, occupies an absolutely dominant position in the international economy and production relations. The currency it issues is naturally the most mainstream currency in the People's Federation's international trade, so general cross-border transactions naturally use it. RMB to settle.
It was precisely because of this that Mr. Lin felt baffled by his subconscious reaction.
It is already an established practice to pay in RMB.
"Nothing, I just asked casually." Hao Yun coughed slightly and said, "One hundred million... is quite a lot."
Lin Jun said with a smile.
"Then if you have no objection, I will let Wu Junxian sign the contract?"
Judging from the boss's tone, this matter is basically settled.
However, what he didn't expect was that Mr. Hao's answer was beyond his expectation.
"What I mean is that one hundred million is too little. You can think of a way to ask Wu Junxian to talk to the foreigners to see if they can exchange the buyout agreement into a share. If they can accept the agreement to be signed once a year, the share ratio will be 6 , they 4 can continue to talk about this matter."
If they can't talk, forget it, Hao Yun doesn't feel particularly distressed.
After all, when he originally designed the game, his expectations for the game itself were in the overseas market.
If it's run properly, even if the game's profitability doesn't reach the heights of its previous life, it probably won't be too far off.
However, Lin Jun didn't know Mr. Hao's plan, and he was stunned because of the words "too little."
"Too, too little?" Lin Jun, who was holding the phone, had a dumbfounded expression on his face, thinking he had heard wrongly.
This is a fucking 100 million!
And it’s still 100 million for free!
If that was too little, he couldn't imagine how much was too much.
"Yes, I think it is too little," Hao Yun could guess the surprise in Lin Jun's heart at this moment. He paused and explained, "In principle, according to my plan, after half a year, the game data will be stable, and the operation team will also After accumulating enough experience, I will ask Magic Box Culture to contact a reliable agency to launch an overseas version and adopt a revenue sharing plan to operate it as an agency. However, I did not expect that our game would become popular as soon as it was launched. Now it seems that this Plans can be advanced.”
"I don't understand... why are you obsessed with sharing?" Lin Jun said in a dumbfounded voice, "There are too many variables in the overseas market. Even a game that is popular in Xia Kingdom may not be as popular overseas. Someone is willing to make a game 100 million to buy out our American version, I think this offer is quite sincere."
"So, you still don't understand the gaming industry," Hao Yun sighed and said, "Well, how about we make a bet?"
"What kind of bet are you making..." Mr. Lin said warily.
Hao Yun smiled lightly and said confidently.
“Let’s bet that our Clash of Clans will not only become a phenomenon-level game in China, but also become a phenomenon-level game abroad.”
“…can I ask your definition of phenomenal?”
"What is the definition of phenomenon?" Hearing this expected question, Hao Yun said with a smile, "The annual turnover must be at least 1 billion!"