The diva and I cross each other

Chapter 430 The Internet Bubble
The video call was quickly connected, and a middle-aged woman with blonde hair, blue eyes and who looked to be in her 40s appeared on the phone screen.

"Boss, these two are Mr. Luo and Mr. Rong from Zhuoguang Technology."

After hearing Zheng Siming's words, the middle-aged woman on the other end of the phone introduced herself in fluent Chinese: "Hello, both of you. I am Helen Katis, the largest shareholder of Polaris."

"Hello, Ms. Helen." Luo Ming and Rong Mu both greeted the woman on the other end of the phone.

"I'm really sorry to bother you two. Normally, I should come to China in person to ask for your help, but our company has just completed the acquisition of a film distribution company, so I really can't spare the time. I can only negotiate with you in this way. I hope you can forgive me."

"Ms. Helen, you are too polite. Our cooperation in the gaming field is very pleasant. We are all friends. Ms. Helen, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly." Luo Ming said with a smile.

"Then I'll be frank, Mr. Luo, Mr. Rong, I want to purchase the remake rights of your company's recently released movie "Charlotte's Troubles"."

Luo Ming was a little surprised when he heard this. He thought Polaris wanted to introduce "Charlotte's Troubles" to their place for screening, but he didn't expect that Polaris was interested in the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" itself.

“Mr. Luo, we are very optimistic about your company’s film, but the finished product your company has produced has too strong a Chinese flavor. If we show it directly, it is estimated that it will not do well at the box office.

So we plan to acquire the copyright of your film and remake it. As for the price, we can base it on the script written by the top screenwriters in Hollywood, or we can cooperate in the form of profit sharing. "

Luo Ming turned his head and glanced at Rong Mu, who shrugged to indicate that he would not get involved in the matter.

Luo Ming felt helpless when he saw this. He thought for a moment and said, "We can sell the remake rights of "Charlotte's Troubles". As for cooperation, we can take the form of profit sharing! I am still very confident in my work."

"Oh? Your own work? Could it be that "Charlotte's Troubles" was written by Mr. Luo?" Helen asked tentatively.

"Correct."

"Oh my god! Mr. Luo really gave me a big surprise."

"Ms. Helen, may I ask why your company would acquire a film production and distribution company?"

"Our company holds the copyrights of many games, and we want to develop some of these games in more forms, such as movies, TV series, and animations. Acquiring a film production and distribution company is just the beginning.

We would like to treat your company's "Charlotte's Troubles" as an attempt. If this attempt is successful, we can also take more actions in the future."

"So that's it, I understand."

"Is this a deal?" Helen asked.

“Well, your company can send someone over at any time for detailed negotiations.”

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Luo. By the way, Mr. Luo, please don't tell anyone about this. This plan is very important to our company, and we don't want to leak related plans for the time being."

"I see."

Helen nodded with satisfaction when she heard this.

After Helen hung up the phone, Zheng Siming immediately said, "Boss Luo, I will be responsible for the follow-up of this matter. Who do you think I should discuss this with?"

"'Charlotte's Troubles' is produced by Zhuoguang Entertainment. Go talk to the people from Zhuoguang Entertainment! Li Yan."

"Boss, your orders."

"Take Mr. Zheng to Mr. Chen's office."

"Okay, Boss. Mr. Zheng, please follow me."

"Then Mr. Luo, Mr. Rong, I will leave first."

Luo Ming and Rong Mu nodded, and then Zheng Siming followed Li Yan away.

After the two left, Rong Mu turned to Luo Ming and asked, "Er Ming, do you think Polaris's idea can be realized?"

"You mean the further development of the game IP?"

"Correct."

"Let's see what game they choose!" At this point, Luo Ming couldn't help but think of the famous "Resident Evil" series from his previous life.

This IP is very famous whether it is a movie or a game.

If Polaris could choose a similar game to adapt, it might really become a big hit.

"So you think highly of them?"

"I wouldn't say I'm optimistic! I just think this idea has the potential to succeed."

"Is that so? No wonder you're willing to sell 'Charlotte's Troubles' to them to test the waters."

Luo Ming smiled. He sold "Charlotte's Troubles" to Polaris not only because he was optimistic about their plan. Luo Ming felt that establishing a good relationship with a foreign film production and distribution company would be beneficial to the subsequent overseas expansion of Zhuoguang Entertainment's films.

Zhuoguang Entertainment will continue to produce one film every year and build good relationships with overseas film production and distribution companies. In the future, there may be opportunities to screen films directly overseas.

To put it bluntly, more friends mean more paths.

"By the way, Erming, our company will start large-scale recruitment after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Do you have any requirements?" Rong Mu asked, changing the subject.

"Let's hire more technical personnel! The subsequent development of Toutiao will definitely require a lot of technical personnel."

"I know that. I'm asking if you need to expand your work group, or if you have any other personal requests." "No, by the way, Mu Tou, raise the salary of old employees as well! As long as they have worked in the company for a full year, they will get a raise."

"Are you still bringing it up? Our company's welfare benefits should be considered the highest in the industry, right?" Rong Mu said with a frown.

"With so much money, it's only right that we treat our employees better, right? Besides, if our benefits are good, it will be easier to attract more talent!"

Hearing this, Rong Mu no longer objected.

It is now 2015, and programmers are still quite popular, especially high-end talents in the Internet industry.

In another 3 or 4 years, there will no longer be such a shortage of talent in this area.

From 2019 to 2022, the number of employees in more famous domestic and foreign Internet companies has actually been increasing.

Overseas companies like Facebook had only more than 2019 employees in 4, but by 2022, it had 8.6 employees, which directly doubled.

Amazon has 2019 people in 7.98, and then there will be 2022 by 15, which is almost doubled.

谷歌在2019年有11万员工，到了2022年就有19万人了增加了7，80%。

Microsoft is about the same, from 2019 in 13 to 2022 in 22.

The number of iPhones increased from 13 to 16, but the number of iPhones was relatively stable, with both hiring and layoffs maintaining a relatively stable ratio.

But by the second half of 2022, except for iPhone, which has not yet started large-scale layoffs, other large foreign Internet companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all experienced large-scale layoffs.

There are also many large Internet companies in China.

The growth of China's Internet companies is similar to that of foreign countries. In the three years from 2019 to 2022, several companies have grown rapidly.

There were more than 2019 penguins in 6, and 2022 in 10.8, which is a significant increase.

Alibaba had 2019 employees in 11.6 and 2022 employees in 23.9, doubling.

Baidu did not grow much due to some issues within the company, and Meituan's growth was close to 70 to 80 percent.

These companies also experienced significant layoffs in the second half of 2022.

Luo Ming’s last job change in his previous life was also related to this large-scale layoff.

From his personal point of view, the crazy expansion of large domestic and foreign Internet companies in recent years is actually related to the misjudgment of corporate strategic decisions, and this misjudgment is a systematic misjudgment, not just one or two companies, but all companies.

Previously, the average time Chinese people spent at home and at work was about 2:3.

That is to say, out of 24 hours a day, the Chinese people spend an average of 9.6 hours at home and the rest of the time at work.

In developed countries abroad, this ratio is generally 3 to 2 or even 4 to 2.

For some reason, everyone has been spending more time at home.

The ratio of Chinese people staying at home has reached 5 to 5, and many even reach 3 to 2 as in developed countries.

The longer you stay at home, the more you use various Internet services.

The business scope of major Internet companies has also expanded accordingly, and these Internet companies have intentionally or unintentionally regarded this expansion as a norm.

They believe that the total value of the Internet industry will reach a new high with the help of this opportunity, and the GDP of the entire industry, both in terms of total volume and individual size, will be improved.

This is obviously wrong. To put it bluntly, this growth is unhealthy and is an illusion caused by specific things.

However, major Internet companies think that this will be the norm.

The large-scale layoffs in the second half of 2022 actually corrected the mistakes.

At this time, these Internet companies no longer need so many employees and can only lay off employees.

To put it bluntly, the bubble in the Internet industry has been burst.

If that incident had not happened, major Internet industries would not have made such predictions. By 2019, they would have found that the market had become saturated, while newly graduated programmers were still entering the society in an endless stream.

The market can no longer absorb so many programmers, and internal circulation will occur, and programmers' salaries will naturally decrease.

Of course, real technical masters will not be affected too much. Only newly graduated students and programmers with average skills will be affected.

But because of this, the cost of recruitment and trial and error for enterprises will also be reduced. This is what Luo Ming just thought. In another 3 or 4 years, talents in this area will not be so scarce.

"Ding Dong~" The sudden sound of the quick book prompt interrupted Luo Ming's thoughts.

Luo Ming took out his mobile phone and opened Kuaishu, and found that it was an audio clip sent by Lin Shuwen.

Luo Ming clicked it and listened.

The audio clip is "Wall of Heart". Lin Shuwen watched videos and read novels the whole night last night. As Luo Ming was not around today, Lin Shuwen put herself into the situation and finally mastered the song perfectly.

"You sing very well." Luo Ming replied.

(End of this chapter)