I never thought Pixar would have a games department! Angela suppressed her excitement. The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. Although Steve and Ed told her that there are not many people in the game department, but from the fact that they made some games for EA in the early 1990s, you can know that they have found a treasure!
"Relax! Angela, relax." The girl muttered to herself with her feet on the table. She looked at the ceiling with her head on her head, and after thinking for a few seconds, suddenly sat up.
"I think I should persuade Steve as soon as possible to let the game department fully operate, and then produce some games that can be sold!" Angela said to herself, she is now one of the shareholders of Pixar, and there is no reason to push the money-making thing out. , Besides, she has decided to have a good talk with her father after the release of "Toy Story". The better the results of Pixar, the more confident she will be!
So is it "Resident Evil" or "Tomb Raider"? Angela wrote the names of several games on the paper, then tapped the table with the pen, and wrote another name - or "Warcraft"
The girl thought for a while, stood up and took a few steps to the bedside to pick up the phone and dialed a number of numbers: "Hey, Jack, it's me. I asked you to find Blizzard this afternoon. Is there any situation?"
"You have a lot of things to do, Angie, well, here's a part, do you want me to send it to you now?" Sparrow's voice was a little helpless.
"Stop joking, Jack, what time is it now, let's talk about it first." Angela rolled her eyes and said.
"Well, this is a newly established company, formerly known as Chaos Studio, which was acquired at the beginning of the year and just changed its name to Blizzard. A game was released not long ago. The specific sales volume is unclear. But according to the data analysis I investigated, it is no less than 50 Thousands of copies."
"What's the name of the game?" Angela frowned.
"The World of Chaos is a real-time strategy game. The two sides are humans and monsters. It sounds a bit similar to your novel background."
Chaos world? The corners of the girl's mouth twitched, and she wondered what it was with her knees. Although she registered for Warcraft and World of Warcraft first, it seemed that she only asked the other party to change her name.
"Hey. Are you listening?"
"Oh, yes." Angela came back to her senses, just wanted to say nothing, but at the end of the sentence it became: "By the way, speaking of novels, you know "Ten Stories of Azeroth" What are the sales?"
"Of course, it was released in mid-September, and it has been three weeks so far, and it has sold about 350,000 copies. Mr. Vincent expects to buy at least about 1.5 million copies in two months. In the "New York Times" best-selling novel ranking Ranked 69th in the list. This score is already very good in fantasy novels."
"Sounds really good. But I want to say—I mean. If..." Angela rubbed her nose, mulling over her words.
"what if?"
"If my novel is used as a game background, and the game sells well, how much will it increase?"
"There is no precedent for this, so it's hard to say. But I can calculate how many copies of that game you have based on the ratio of Hollywood products."
"This, let's assume 30 million copies."
"30 million? It seems unlikely, right? Well, let's not talk about this, if according to the data you provided, it is conservatively estimated that this book can sell another 5 million copies."
"...Okay, I see, it's alright. Thank you." Angela hung up the phone with a bit of disappointment, then covered her forehead and sighed softly: "Sure enough!"
From the girl's point of view, this novel adapted from the classic Warcraft quest in the previous life, if not as sensational as "Harry Potter", at least it should give people a stunning feeling, but now it seems, unless it is titled as "Harry Potter" in the future. Published in her name, otherwise it would be like this.
"I made a big mistake!" Angela tapped the phrase "Warcraft" with the pen cap. She sighed for a while. She ignored a problem before. The success of Warcraft novels is based on the popularity of "World of Warcraft" and the huge FANS group cultivated in "Warcraft". It can be considered a good fantasy novel, after all, both "The Lord of the Rings" and "Dragon Gun" are more classic than it.
It's impossible to beg Blizzard eagerly to unify the novel and the game, right? The girl thought while biting the barrel of the pen. If it was a few days ago, there was such a possibility, but now that I have fully realized it, I have a ready-made studio in my hands. And she has the industry's top 3D technology, plus her own creativity - because of "World of Warcraft", she has a considerable understanding of "Warcraft 2" and "Warcraft 3" - why can't Blizzard say goodbye to his classics
"Okay, let me see the pros and cons of both sides." Angela said, and began to write down her thoughts on the paper.
Both "Resident Evil" and "Tomb Raider" were released in 1996, and it is completely too late to make them now, and Pixar has the best 3D engine and 3D artists, and the results will never be worse than the original.
But the problem is that Pixar is still in a nightmare of ten years of losses. Before turning losses into profits, even if they have their own capital injection, I am afraid they can only choose one game to make. If they give up these two games, they will wait until the end of 1995. It's only been half a year since it started, so it's hard to say whether it will conflict with the original game. This time, "Toy Story" gave her a solid wake-up call.
Although "Warcraft" is also facing this situation - "Warcraft 2" was originally released in 1995 - but there is a difference, at least before the first expansion of "Warcraft 2", Blizzard did not make relevant background settings, And "Ten Stories of Azeroth" is on the bestseller list, and they can't use this setting anymore.
So if you really choose "Warcraft", you can combine it with the novel while promoting it, and you have your own supervision during the production, so you don't have to worry about not being able to compete with Blizzard.
"Blizzard doesn't rely on the game "Warcraft", and "Darkness" and "Interstellar" are also their signatures. Think about it, in the past life, there were N people who scolded Blizzard because of the constant bounce of "Interstellar 2", so I I think it's actually a good thing to take away "Warcraft"!" Angela said to herself, or she simply came up with the ideas of the three games, and then handed it over to CEO Ed, who would combine technology, manpower, The financial resources are comprehensively judged.
Putting this question aside for a while, the girl continued to film MTV for the next few days, and after "When the Wind Blows" was over, the last film of the trilogy followed: "I'm Here", both Directed by Chris.
The shooting took 8 or 9 days in total, but Angela actually showed up for less than 5 days. She was originally a supporting role, and she did not have a lot of scenes. Except for the outside scene where she needed to be with Liv and the others, everything else was concentrated in the studio alone. She was filmed in the studio, and then synthesized in the later stage, so her studies did not delay much, but the affairs of the club still troubled her. Laura couldn't coerce her, and she began to lure her again, such as her position in the student union.
But for Angela, who had already made up her mind to ignore the student council, it was completely useless. Anyway, Laura just wants to borrow her popularity, and she already has a club goal in her heart!
This is a not spacious room, there are three cabinets standing side by side in the corner, one is full of videotapes, one is full of books and materials, and the other is all kinds of shooting equipment. In particular, an old-model camcorder loaded with film stands out. Several desks were put together, and the floor was littered with waste paper. It looked messy, and the school lawn could be seen through the window.
There are 4 boys in the room. The one in the corner is a chubby white young man with a chubby body. He looks rather simple and honest. He is looking at the books in his hand while eating snacks. , wearing a plaid shirt, walking around the room against the camera, shooting casually. Two people were sitting on either side of the long table next to the wall, sorting out materials. One was a white young man with brown curly hair and looked very sturdy, and the man opposite him was a black-haired, bespectacled, gentle Asian young man.
"Felix, where did my videotape go? Damn it, don't lose it, it took me weeks to edit it!" At this moment, another white young man burst in, He went straight to the fat man and asked.
"Come on, Jim! I swear I haven't touched your tape, maybe you forgot it somewhere?" said fat Felix nonchalantly, without looking up.
"Forgot it? Where do you think I might have left it?!" Jim waved around, looking a little annoyed, "I never put it outside my backpack if it wasn't in it. , then there is only one possibility! Someone took it!"
The two people who were arranging the data raised their heads at the same time, shook their heads tacitly, and then continued to organize. The black young man who was photographing directly pointed the camera at Jim with a smile. The other party was not conscious at all, and faced the camera. "I don't care who you are, just let me know that you took my videotape, and I will definitely make you pay!"
Then he extended from this, and continued to talk, until the white young man who was sorting out the information looked up helplessly: "Okay, Jim, besides your backpack, the videotape will stay in one place. "
The other party immediately turned his head: "Where?!"
"Camera!"
Jim was stunned for a while, then suddenly turned to look at the black youth in front of him, and the black youth also realized something at this time, and immediately put away his smile, and Jim didn't wait for him to make a move, he had already rushed over and grabbed the camera, and then After some inspection, he let out a whimper, then turned his head and glared at the other party and roared: "Morris!"
"Wait, man, it's none of my business!" Morris yelled, rushing to the door, and was about to grab the handle when there was a knock on the door. He couldn't help but be taken aback, and then was restrained by Jim from behind: "I want you to pay the price! Morris!"
"Come on, Jim, there's a knock on the door!" Morris cried quickly, grabbing his hand.
"I don't care! I just want you to pay the price!" Jim growled nervously, strangling him to the corner.
The two people who were arranging the information shook their heads together again, and then the Asian youth stood up, walked to the door and opened the door: "Hello, this is the film club, who should I look for?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was stunned. There was a girl in front of him, about 5 feet tall, with long golden curly hair hanging lazily on his shoulders, emerald green eyes seemed to be flashing at any time, and his facial features were both Caucasian. The beauty of the sculpture also contains the beauty of the ceramics of the yellow race. The lines are clear but not abrupt, and there is a feeling of jade carving. A lip is her most attractive place - on the left and right corners of her upper lip, there is a slight rounded arc, which makes her look as if she is always smiling mischievously.
The young man clearly felt that he swallowed, and then hesitantly asked, "Miss Angela?"
Perhaps because of his Asian face, the girl was stunned for a moment, but then smiled and said, "Yes, I am. You should have said that this is the movie club, right?"
The other party was stunned again, and nodded quickly: "Yes, this is indeed the movie club, um, please come in."
Wait for the girl to enter the house. All the boys stopped their own affairs and looked at her with a little surprise. The white young man who was sorting out the information was the first to react, got up a few steps and walked in front of Angela, stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Miss Angela, I'm Louis Heller, the president of the film company, may I ask you who..."
"You know why I'm here, Mr. Chairman?" Angela smiled and shook hands with him.
Jim, who was still holding Morris, suddenly let out a strange cry, came to Angela, grabbed the girl's hand and shouted, "Are you coming to the movie club? Miss Angela! Oh, my God, I'm so happy. Yes." The girl was startled.
Louis quickly pulled him away: "I'm sorry, Miss Angela, he's actually... a person with a lot of personality."
"I can tell." The girl forced a smile. "Well, just call me Angela."
"Okay, let's find a place to sit first." Louis smiled and welcomed the girl in, then motioned to the others to tidy up the house quickly, moved a few chairs, and sat down together.
Then, Louis began to introduce them one by one: "This is Felix Doug, responsible for a series of work such as recording, lighting engineer, photography and so on."
"Hello, Angela, nice to meet you." The fat Felix wiped his hands hard on his body. Just reached out and shook hands with her, smiling all over his face.
"This is Rex Young. In charge of art direction."
"Hello, Angela." The Asian youth said briefly, smiling and shaking hands with her.
"This is Maurice Virgil, our photographer, who is top-notch."
"I'm glad you can come here, we look forward to working with you." The black guy is very good at talking.
"As for this one, you've just seen it, Jim Ford, editor, pretty good."
"I'm so excited, Angela, you're so beautiful, I love your music, you know, the last time we entered the competition, I edited while listening to "God is a Girl", which gave me a lot of inspiration, Maybe you can sing or something while we work later, and let's make something better!" Jim's chatter and scruples made everyone laugh wryly.
"Okay, Jim, if you have something to say later, let's go to the side now." Louis pulled him away again, and then faced Angela and continued: "I just introduced myself, and I won't repeat it now. I'm in charge of directing, and our advisor is Mr. Calvin Conrad, who comes every day and is only temporarily away.
We come here every day for discussions and productions. Every week, each member of the club has to come up with a short film shot independently, at least 1 minute. The whole club can usually produce 2 to 3 works a year, most of which are documentaries. 9 Our documentary "Halloween's School" won a Silver Award from the California United Photography Society in 2009, and last year's 30-minute documentary "Paleontology Museum" was nominated for Best Documentary at the High School Film Festival in Tennessee and is currently in production A documentary about the school cheerleading team. I plan to participate in this year's International Amateur Film Documentary Exhibition in California. Well, this documentary is our best! "
After a pause, he asked in a somewhat uncertain tone: "So, is there any problem? Angela? Would you like to come to the film club?"
"I think I can decide." Angela said with a smile, but then she frowned slightly: "However, it seems that I should be the only female member of the film club?"
"What's the matter! We welcome you, so that you don't have to go to the members of the performance club when shooting certain films!" Jim still wanted to say something, which made everyone a little embarrassed.
"I'm so sorry, I don't think he meant that." Louis said with a wry smile, and he made a gesture as if to strengthen his persuasion.
"It's okay, I understand." The girl showed a knowing smile.
"By the way, Angela, can you help me with something?" Louis said suddenly, with eagerness in his tone.
"Speaking."
"We all know you've been filming MTV outside recently, and I thought, let's go check it out on set!"
The girl was a little surprised, she blinked: "Are you all interested in going?"
"Yes! Of course!" Several people suddenly shouted.
"As a matter of fact, next week I'm going to Disney to direct an MTV, my own MTV of "It's Just That"." Angela said with a smile, "So, the opportunity is at hand, how do you impress me? "