giants of the era

Chapter 184 The development of the Flamingo game console is completed

When the Flamingo game is released, no matter Sunbird or Apple, they will all die!

At present, the development of Flamingo's game console is basically completed, and samples are being produced in the factory. After one or two months of testing and modification, mass production will begin in October.Ant Factory has trained thousands of workers to produce Flamingo game consoles and game cartridges, and its monthly production capacity can reach 10 million game consoles.

The time for the Flamingo company to kill the Quartet is coming soon. It is definitely a huge wrong decision for Apple to enter the game console industry at this time!
On August 8th, "Star Wars 15" began to be released in the United States, setting a new box office record, reaching 2 million US dollars in the first week!
At the end of August, "Star Wars 8" began to be released overseas, repeatedly breaking box office records in various countries.

Li Zetian found that making movies is really profitable. Every time the "Star Wars" series is released, it means that the company will increase its revenue by at least 6 million US dollars, including peripheral profits.

""Alien E·T" seems to be released in the early 80s, right? The box office is higher than that of "Star Wars 1" and "Star Wars 2", and it belongs to the global box office champion! It is worth mentioning that " The investment in Alien E·T is only US$1050 million!" Li Zetian mused.

On the night of September 9st, the Star Wars film company held a celebration banquet and invited many famous people in Hollywood.Li Zetian was free and had nothing to do, so he also went to the banquet.

Since movies are so profitable, now we have to get excellent works into our own company.

"Mr. Li, congratulations, "Star Wars 2" is a box office hit!"

"Mr. Li, congratulations..."

"..."

Many people greeted Li Zetian, whether they knew him or not, Li Zetian smiled.

Not far away, George Lucas was drinking and chatting with Spielberg. The two are friends and directors, and they often communicate together.

Previously, Spielberg filmed a "Jaws" movie, which became famous in Hollywood and was more famous than George Lucas.But after "Star Wars 1" was released, George Lucas' reputation surpassed Spielberg's. This time "Star Wars 2" made persistent efforts and made great achievements, making George Lucas the most dazzling director in Hollywood!

Holding a glass of red wine, Li Zetian walked towards the two of them.

"Mr. Li, you are here!" George Lucas was startled, because he rarely saw Li Zetian attend the banquet.

"Ok!"

At this time, Spielberg also greeted Li Zetian.

The three began to chat.

Li Zetian half-jokingly said to Spielberg: "Director Spielberg, are you interested in signing a contract with the Star Wars film company to make a movie?"

Currently, Spielberg is a director at Universal.

Li Zetian is poaching the wall!

Spielberg was taken aback, and said with a sneer: "As far as I know, Star Wars Film Company has no other film shooting plans other than investing in the "Star Wars" series of films."

Li Zetian said with a smile: "Not now, but it doesn't mean there has never been."

Spielberg pondered for a while, and said: "It would be my honor if Star Wars Film Company invites me to make a movie, of course I am very willing. However, I have to see if the script is suitable for me..."

George Lucas smiled wryly: "Mr. Li, I was just about to ask Spielberg to help me make a movie, and now I'm going to be poached by you~!"

"Haha," Li Zetian said with a smile, "Well then, director Spielberg will help you film first, and then help me film. During this period, I will ask someone to write the script." Li Zetian probably guessed that George Lucas invited What is the movie Spielberg made, it should be "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Li Zetian then asked: "George, does Lucasfilm need investment?" "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is also a very popular series. 3 million U.S. dollars, and its production cost is estimated to be less than 2000 million U.S. dollars.

At this time, George Lucas nodded and replied: "Need!"

No way, the copyright of "Star Wars" does not belong to Lucasfilm. Therefore, the current Lucasfilm does not have strong funds to invest in movies. One more investor can share some risks.

"How much do you plan to invest?" Li Zetian continued to ask while the iron was hot.

"Five million dollars!" George Lucas said after thinking for a while.

Li Zetian nodded, "Well, that's $500 million..." He could see that George Lucas had suffered a lot from "Star Wars" and didn't get the copyright, so he didn't want to use "Raiders of the Lost Ark" again this time. The copyright of "was released.

Li Zetian had already taken advantage of George Lucas, and felt that there was no need to keep cheating him.In addition, the peripheral products of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" are not very profitable, so it is not worth Li Zetian's efforts to grab the copyright of this movie.

So, the two reached a verbal agreement here.

Li Zetian clinked glasses with the two of them, drank a sip of red wine, and then left.

At the banquet, Li Zetian met a lot of people. The contacts in the film industry are still useful to Li Zetian.In order to seize high-quality content resources, the technology giants in the previous life bought film companies one after another. Before Li Zetian traveled, it was rumored that Apple would buy Disney to strengthen its competitiveness in the video field! In 1989, Sony acquired Columbia Pictures in the United States, successfully making Sony an electronic entertainment giant!

When Li Zetian returned home that night, he planned to set up a new film company, not only to produce films, but also to own film distribution rights!Looking at the eight major Hollywood film companies, which one has no distribution rights.

In terms of movie box office share, movie distributors account for a large proportion!
Why not make the money yourself, but give it to other companies?Moreover, without distribution rights, it is tantamount to being controlled by others!
However, Li Zetian thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was too slow to establish a film distribution company by himself. The correct approach was undoubtedly to acquire a powerful film company, which was in line with the style of business leaders!

Li Zetian pondered for a while, which company is suitable to acquire, and his favorite company is Disney!
After the death of the founder of the Disney company in 1966, Disney faced the dilemma of losing creativity. In the 70s, only four cartoons were released, and factional disputes within the company intensified.

In the 80s, the U.S. economy was in recession, the Hollywood film market was in a downturn, many companies went bankrupt, and the U.S. entertainment industry began to set off a wave of mergers and acquisitions.At this moment, the Disney company can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles, precarious, and it is the best time to acquire Disney! ! !
At present, Disney's annual income is less than 14 billion US dollars, but in the mid-80s, after professional manager Michael Eisner took over, Disney developed rapidly. In 1998, the annual income reached more than 180 billion US dollars, a record high. With an annual growth rate of more than 14% for 20 consecutive years and an annual asset return rate of 18.5%, the market value has increased from the original US$30 billion to US$700 billion!
30 billion US dollars is not a big number, Li Zetian thought for a long time and decided to eat Disney! ! !

"Before the baby is born, I must buy Disney as a gift for her!" Li Zetian smiled and said firmly.

The due date is June 1981, and there is still a lot of time!
The next day, Li Zetian went to the Flamingo Company and agreed with Nolan Bushnell on the release of the Flamingo game console.

in the office.

Li Zetian said: "The name of the game console is - Flamingo-1. I plan to release it on RB for more than a month, and then move to the United States!"

Nolan Bushnell was very surprised and couldn't help asking: "Why not release it directly in the United States?"

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "In about October, the Flamingo-10 game console can be mass-produced. Generally speaking, it takes one or two months to produce the game console in the early stage, just in time for the Christmas shopping boom." But before that, we want to make the Flamingo game famous!" Li Zetian paused and said, "In November, the Flamingo game console and games will be released in RB first, because of the influence of the Atari 1 in RB. Far from being as big as in the United States, and RB is still a big game country, the market is second only to the United States. First occupy the RB market, the game is popular, and the fame will naturally spread to the United States, causing media and newspapers to report. Players read the report, They will be very eager for our company's products, but we just don't release them, so we just eat their appetite. Wait until the Christmas promotion, think about it, what will it be like!"

Nolan Bushnell couldn't help giving a thumbs up, and praised: "Mr. Li, your idea is very good! In a Chinese idiom, isn't it called 'Shengdong hits Xi'?"

When Li Zetian heard this, a black line appeared on his forehead.

"Bushnell, when did you start learning Chinese idioms?"

"I'm very curious about you, so I started to study Chinese culture when I have nothing to do! I didn't expect that Chinese culture is so broad and profound. I found that I have fallen in love with Chinese culture. It can bring me a lot of life insights and creative inspiration!" Nolan Bushnell laughed.

"Well, China has a long history of 5000 years, and it is indeed worth learning from many foreigners." Li Zetian nodded with a smile and said, feeling proud and proud in his heart, because under his own influence, more and more foreigners began to pay attention to China. cultural interest.

Then the two chatted for more than an hour before Li Zetian left Flamingo Company.

Because of the lessons learned from the past, every product must undergo rigorous testing.

The Flamingo-1 game console had some minor problems during testing, but they were quickly resolved.On September 9, the product passed the test and was finally handed over to the Ant Factory to start production.

A game hurricane sweeping the world is coming soon! ! !

PS: One update is going to be added today, so there are two more updates. The current monthly pass is 1200, and it is estimated that it will not reach 1400 tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)