giants of the era

Chapter 449 Thoughts on "StarCraft Online" (Second Change)

Li Zetian said with a smile: "As Blizzard's first step in adapting a game to a movie, "StarCraft: Uprising" is very important and must be successful, so...the production budget of this movie must be sufficient. I think we can come up with 3 billion dollars to create a magnificent epic masterpiece!!!”

Although Blizzard is rich, $3 million is not a small amount.Mike Mohan did not expect that Li Zetian's determination was so great.Immediately, Mike Mohan gritted his teeth, thinking that Blizzard is a company that pursues perfection, if you don't do anything, you must do your best! $3 million is $3 million!
At this time, Li Zetian continued: "In two days, Blizzard will go to register Blizzard Pictures, and this company will be responsible for the film and television adaptation, production and distribution of Blizzard games in the future! The heroes in "Warcraft" and "World of Warcraft" Not many, game characters such as Orgrim Doom Hammer, Anduin Lothar, Garona, Gul'dan, Khadgar, Durotan, Ryan, Medivh remind me of Marvel. Marvel Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Captain America in the comics can be made into movies, why can’t Blizzard make the game characters into movies?”

Mike Mohan nodded heavily, "Okay, Mr. Li, I understand!"

"Ah."

……

A week later, Blizzard Pictures was formed.

Subsequently, Blizzard held a press conference to announce that Blizzard Pictures will plan to shoot Blizzard's first game adaptation movie "StarCraft: Uprising" and invest 3 million US dollars to create a perfect work.

As soon as the news came out, the media was stunned, and the players went crazy!
On Blizzard's official website, countless netizens commented one after another.

"I'm so excited, I didn't expect that "StarCraft" will be made into a movie, and the investment is 3 million US dollars, which can be called the largest production in the history of movies! Awesome! The movie is released, and I firmly support it!! !"

"The story background of "StarCraft" is more complicated than that of "Star Wars". It must be very shocking to make a movie!"

"As a "StarCraft" game fan, I am looking forward to the release of the movie!"

"Excuse me, Blizzard, when will I shoot "Warcraft"? I prefer to play "Warcraft."

""Diablo" can also be made into a movie, it's absolutely popular!"

"Blizzard 666..."

In schools and Internet cafes, countless players are talking about "StarCraft", and at this time, the number of people playing "StarCraft" has skyrocketed.

As one of the most famous game manufacturers in the world, Blizzard wants to make a movie, which will undoubtedly cause shock and imitation in the industry.

At this moment, many game manufacturers held a meeting to discuss whether their games could be adapted.

Mike Mohan was a little dizzy with his busy schedule. Ever since the news that Blizzard was going to shoot "StarCraft" came out, Hollywood film companies have extended an olive branch one after another, wanting to seek cooperation. There are too many players and fans of "StarCraft", and the movie became popular before it was released. Hollywood film companies are not afraid of losing money at all, so they rush to invest.

Hollywood stars use their contacts to contact Blizzard one by one, hoping to get a role.

"Ah, just releasing a piece of news, the repercussions caused are so great! Mr. Li's idea is really right, and Blizzard has benefited a lot from it!" Mike Mohan said with a wry smile.

At this moment, he is in pain and happiness.Sales of nearly all of Blizzard's titles soared, and the headlines in the entertainment media were all about Blizzard and StarCraft.It's just that because Blizzard is the first time involved in film and television, there are many things that I don't understand.As the CEO, Mike Mohan is naturally exhausted.

Fortunately, Li Zetian made an arrangement for Blizzard Pictures to cooperate with Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Time Warner, three Hollywood companies, to jointly invest in the filming of "StarCraft", and hand over the distribution and promotion to these three companies.

At noon that day, Michael from the Disney Company suddenly called Li Zetian.

"Mr. Li, can Blizzard Pictures accept Disney's investment?" Michael said, "If not, then I also hope that Disney can cooperate with Blizzard Pictures to sign 6 films!!!"

Li Zetian asked in surprise, "Michael, are you so optimistic about Blizzard Pictures?"

"Of course!!" Michael said with a smile, "Mr. Li, how can Blizzard be compared with ordinary game companies. Isn't there a saying in the game industry, 'A product produced by Blizzard must be a boutique'! This sentence This shows the status of Blizzard in the game industry. The "Warcraft", "StarCraft" and "Diablo" series produced by Blizzard are all super popular games. These games were adapted into movies and became popular before they were broadcast! Disney The company doesn’t have to worry about the box office at all!”

At this time, Li Zetian couldn't help but think that Disney has many super IPs such as Marvel, "Star Wars", "Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", "Transformers", "Fast and Furious", "Pirates of the Caribbean", etc. Got Blizzard again... Fuck, is this the rhythm of dominating Hollywood's top ten box office for a long time?

Still, it's exciting to think about.

So Li Zetian told Michael that he agreed with Disney to sign a cooperation agreement with Blizzard Pictures for 6 films. For Blizzard Pictures, it would share the risk and get Disney's support, which would be beneficial to the rapid development of Blizzard Pictures.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian looked at the computer screen, and what appeared on it was a beautiful space game screen.

Recently, because Li Zetian was dealing with the matter of "StarCraft", he couldn't help but suddenly thought of "EVE Online" just launched by CPP (Icelandic game developer) in May this year.

"EVE Online" can be described as a world-renowned Star Wars online game. It has won many world game awards including GDC. The production quality also made it included in famous exhibition halls such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

With the grand space as the background and highly integrated hard science fiction elements, this game presents an extremely free virtual universe sandbox world for players.Various activities can be carried out in the sandbox universe of the game, including mining, industrial manufacturing, scientific research, financial trade, exploration and archaeology, etc.

Li Zetian studied "EVE Online", and realized that since Blizzard could launch the online game "World of Warcraft" based on the real-time strategy game "Warcraft", it could naturally launch the online game "StarCraft Online" based on "StarCraft". Maybe when the time comes to launch with the movie "StarCraft: Uprising", it can be a big success!
Blizzard actually has a project to develop "StarCraft 2", but "StarCraft 2" was not popular in the previous life, and Li Zetian can't guarantee that it will be popular in this life... It seems that there are no masterpieces of real-time strategy games in the future, but instead Like DOTA, LOL but the fire mess.

Li Zetian doesn't intend to stop Blizzard from developing "StarCraft 2", but "StarCraft Online" can try, maybe this online game can be successful, and in the end it won't be just a "StarCraft 2" to maintain feelings...

(End of this chapter)