Actor: Thank you.

"Play more games..."

Zhang Yuan looked at the densely packed company nameplates on the wall of the first floor of the office building. In the same building as the animation company, there was also a gaming company with a name that sounded very familiar to him.

"Why, do you know how to play more?" Huang Weimin asked when he heard his mumbling.

"heard about it……"

Duoyou Games is actually the later Joyy Times, the owner of YY Voice!
"Hey, their company has established a union platform. Several people in our company are in the same union as their management office, and we often team up with them to play World of Warcraft."

"Our company has a good relationship with them."

Yes, at that time, Duowan developed a simple game guild system based on the "World of Warcraft" game area.

In general, we are taking advantage of the rise of World of Warcraft and providing peripheral services based on it.

Moreover, the voice software that really made Duowan rise to prominence had probably not been developed yet at that time.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment.

"That means that this company is still in its earliest stages."

He asked Huang Weimin again.

Duowan Games was only established last year, and it has been almost a year now.

The company only has a few dozen people, which is only slightly more than his animation company.

After listening to this, Zhang Yuan clenched his fists.

Isn’t this a godsend?

He was still weak and needed money.

This kind of Internet technology company will become a market giant in the future.

There are high ecological barriers between the entertainment circle and the technology circle.

Now the Internet technology circle still has to rely on the entertainment and gaming circles to grow slowly.

But in another ten years, the entertainment industry will no longer be within reach!
Especially Alibaba and Tencent, the two giants that caused the country to intervene in anti-monopoly, have completely infiltrated and manipulated most of the Chinese entertainment industry in the later period.

But Duowan had only been established for a year at this time and was still a newborn.

What’s more, the other party was established based on games, namely “World of Warcraft”.

Zhang Yuan stroked his chin, and happened to have something in common with him.

"Old Huang."

"what's up?"

“Since they are neighbors, the employees often play games together.”

"It's a rare opportunity for me to come here, so I might as well tell them and have a meal together. I'll treat them all." Zhang Yuan made up his mind.

"Really?" Huang Weimin didn't expect Zhang Yuan to be so generous.

"Okay, I'll go say hello, but it's time to get off work now, I don't know how many people are still in the company."

As a result, forty or fifty people came at once...

The whole company is working overtime!
Programmers back then had a hard time.

"Hello, I've heard a lot about you." Duowan's boss is Li Xuelin, the former editor-in-chief of NetEase, who also worked at Sohu.

In the middle of last year, he left NetEase and founded Duowan Games.

Zhang Yuan calculated that the accounts were not right!

Huang Weimin said that Duowan was established at the beginning of last year, but he resigned from NetEase in the middle of the year... Wow, he started a company while still working, right?

Zhang Yuan was somewhat famous, and since he was treating Boss Li to a meal, even though Boss Li was not familiar with him, he was very polite.

When the programmers heard that there was Japanese food to eat, they were even more eager to try it.

There were about seventy or eighty people from the two companies in total. When they came to the Japanese restaurant, people thought they were a tour group!

The shop owner finally took out several large screens and separated half of the shop for them to use.

"Thank you Mr. Zhang Yuan for the treat. Let's raise our glasses!"

Boss Li also brought his employees to toast him.

However, the hard-working programmers had to go back to work overtime soon, and most of them didn't like drinking, so they all toasted with Coke and Calpis.

Zhang Yuan didn't care. He had a great chat with Li Xuelin beside him and got to know the other party's situation in depth.

Li Xuelin founded Duowan Game not by himself, but by finding an investor in the circle.

Speaking of which, he is also a big shot in the technology circle.

It’s Juner.

Which army?

Are you ok, Juner!

It’s Lei Jun!

Although Jun'er is still the CEO of Kingsoft now, he founded Joyo.com in 00.

Sold to Amazon in 04, made a profit of 7500 million US dollars!
The title of Capital City Cash King is not a joke.

Then Lei Jun started his investment career.

Duowan’s first investment came from his one million US dollars.

If this money was given to Huang Weimin's animation company, it would probably be able to operate prosperously for ten years.

But Duowan is an Internet company!

Not to mention anything else, the salary of a programmer alone is three to four times that of an artist!
There are also a lot of website operation and maintenance costs, as well as publicity costs.

They even have to spend money to compete with similar websites for users.

So in fact, in just about a year, most of this huge sum of one million US dollars had been burned.

Zhang Yuan continued to ask questions and even gave Boss Li a lot of wine. He then told the truth and started to complain.

In fact, their company started contacting venture capital companies just after the Chinese New Year this year, and has talked to several of them.

It’s either that the other party has too big an appetite or that they are willing to invest too little.

And from what he said, it seems that Boss Li has discovered the importance of voice function in the union system and is considering developing related software.

But software development costs money!

Moreover, Duowan is now expanding rapidly, with thousands of new guilds added every month. The server rental alone is not a small expense, and now it plans to launch game information services to increase customer stickiness.

We also want to recruit more employees and double the number of employees by the end of the year.

At the end of the day, it’s all about money, money, money!
Internet technology companies are actually competing to burn money!

Whoever can't burn anymore will die, and all previous efforts will be wasted.

The later shared bicycle war is a typical case. In the end, the capital behind the few companies burned more than 300 billion in more than a year, and the survivors were the winners.

"In fact, I also have a great passion for the gaming industry." When Li Xuelin was drunk, Zhang Yuan hooked his shoulder and whispered.

"I know, I know. You even went to Singapore in person to accompany Li Xiaofeng in the competition. Everyone in the industry knows about this." Boss Li continued with a smile.

"Our companies are close to each other and we have a good relationship."

"So if you are short of money, we can discuss it." Zhang Yuan said with a ruthless look.

"That's great, your words are enough!" Li Xuelin obviously didn't take it seriously and said while praising him.

"Just tell me, how big is your company's current funding gap?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"At least two million dollars."

"Sure." Zhang Yuan thought about it and felt fortunate that he didn't use all his money to buy a house.

"Thank you very much, I'll be waiting for you to rescue us!"

The two of them clinked glasses and drank quite a bit.

After finishing the meal, everyone was fine... and went back to the company to work overtime.

Zhang Yuan changed his plan and did not return to the capital directly, but stayed for another night.

The next day, Li Xuelin came to the office and started working as usual.

After drinking a cup of coffee to refresh myself, the company's receptionist knocked on the door and entered the room.

"Mr. Li, someone is looking for you?"

"Who?"

"Zhang Yuan, who had dinner with me last night, is the boss of the animation company upstairs."

"Oh, please come in!" Li Xuelin felt embarrassed because he had eaten a meal with a big star yesterday.

“Welcome to visit our company.”

After Zhang Yuan came in, Boss Li very politely asked someone to make him a cup of tea.

"If there is a chance in the future, I think we can organize a game competition between the two companies." Boss Li said with a smile.

"No problem, but I'm not here to talk about this today."

"what?"

"Have you forgotten what we talked about last night?"

"What's the matter..." Li Xuelin had just said halfway when countless memories flooded into his brain like a tide.

"Are you serious?" he asked hesitantly.

Two million US dollars, isn't that just a joke at the dinner table?
Isn't this just bragging?

"I think we can cooperate, not just in investment." Zhang Yuan's face was serious, letting the other party know that he was not joking.

“In addition to the capital injection.”

"Li Xiaofeng and I can also advertise for Duowan."

"Not only that, I went to Hong Kong to film a movie a few days ago and found that Nicholas Tse is also a big fan of World of Warcraft."

"I can also bring him here to boost Duowan's popularity."

"How's it going? Not bad, right?"

After hearing what he said, Li Xuelin had a strange expression on his face.

Is being a celebrity so profitable?

Two million US dollars is more than 16 million!

How can a young actor come up with that much cash?
Ordinary actors really can't do it.

Even for Fan Bingbing, it is impossible to come up with tens of millions in cash in a short period of time.

But he is different. His main source of funds is film and television investment, so his cash flow is naturally much greater than that of ordinary actors.

Secondly, the reason why Li Xuelin didn’t take his words seriously was because of the barriers between the entertainment circle and the technology circle.

Most of the investments in the technology circle come from bigwigs in the same circle.

Just like Lei Jun, not only did he give money, he also later brought in several technical bigwigs from Kingsoft to help.

Or they may come from the financial circle, those venture capital companies, which can help technology companies lay the foundation for listing.

The entertainment industry can neither provide technical support nor financial services.

Even if you have money, people may not necessarily want it!
Just like there are almost no coal bosses in the technology circle, money alone is useless.

But Li Xuelin discovered that the biggest difference between Zhang Yuan and other artists is that he is the only well-known actor in the Chinese entertainment industry who has a direct and in-depth connection with games.

Photos of the legendary night in Singapore are still circulating on the Internet. The basis of multi-player games, "World of Warcraft", was originally made based on the world view of "Warcraft".

Duowan Games, which was established only a year ago, is in great need of publicity at this time to expand its market.

Li Xiaofeng can now be regarded as a living saint in the Chinese gaming circle!
A lousy gamer was interviewed on CCTV?

Before him, almost no one had done it.

If we have this big banner, playing more will be what the people want.

Plus what he said about Nicholas Tse...

It was only at the beginning of this year that he appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage for the second time, and that was when he was really popular.

I have indeed heard of this person who loves to play "World of Warcraft".

Looking for celebrity endorsement?

Other websites rarely have this kind of operation.

Because the endorsement fees are high, and the overlap between fans of ordinary stars and users of gaming websites is not high.

Li Xuelin thought about it and found that Zhang Yuan was a strange case!

"Mr. Li, I have worked in the entertainment industry for several years." Zhang Yuan saw the other person's drooping eyebrows and trembling eyelashes. He knew that he must be thinking, so he thought of adding more urgency.

"It made me understand something."

"That is, laymen cannot lead professionals. Professional matters should be left to professionals."

"If you are willing to cooperate with me, I will only be involved in the company's publicity business."

"As for internal management, company development, and business development, as an outsider, I have no interest in, nor the ability to manage them."

"So, I hope to make you my equity holder."

Li Xuelin's eyes widened.

No, you are really serious!

Holding shares on behalf of others means giving up rights without giving up profits.

If two people sign a proxy holding agreement, then except for important resolutions such as equity transfer and sale, ordinary shareholder rights will be exercised by the proxy holder.

Although the profits have been given up, the power remains in his hands.

This shows that this person is not greedy. He just wants to make money, not seize power.

Give me money, I can do publicity, and they don’t interfere with my management of the company...hiss!

The company’s angel investor is Mr. Lei, but why do I feel that he is more like an angel?
"Uh...can you let me think about it?" Li Xuelin said after a while, biting his lip.

"Of course, but I have to go back to the imperial capital today."

"Please leave me your phone number and we can contact you at any time."

"Of course, of course..." Mr. Li took out his cell phone.

He still needs to discuss the capital injection with Lei Jun, after all, he is the company's major shareholder.

If Zhang Yuan injects capital, it will definitely dilute part of his equity. It depends on whether President Lei agrees.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Yuan took the initiative to stand up and leave, giving the other party space to think.

I also greeted Huang Weimin.

Based on what Zhang Yuan said yesterday, he planned to adjust the protagonist of the new animation and remove the negative parts of the character to avoid affecting children's values.

"Okay, that's good, come up with a plan as soon as possible."

"Oh, right!" Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered.

“We can also make theme songs for new animations.”

"No problem, that's easy. I can just get the music team from 'My Baby Daughter, My Good Mother' back."

"The team is fine, but please give me a free singer this time."

"What? Do you have any ideas?" Huang Weimin wondered.

"Yes, look, I'm going to give you a big job." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder confidently.

Afterwards, he flew back to the capital and rested at home.

I have to go to Anji to shoot the last few scenes of "The Banquet" in a while.

Before that, he had to plan the celebrities and activities for the Ho family's charity car race.

"Hey, Brother Hua..."

He called Liu Dehua and asked if he had time to show up.

Brother Hua was very busy, but he still agreed to be there that day.

And I feel very sad about Zhang Yuan’s development.

At the same time, he was very pleased that he had found another way to promote his upcoming movie.

"Do you want to find someone else? Chengzai likes to play with cars and race cars." Brother Hua said.

"Of course, you are the only one who can invite him."

"Haha, okay, I'll contact him then."

The Chengzai that Brother Hua was talking about is another one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Guo Fucheng.

He is a well-known car lover in Hong Kong, and like Uncle Long, he has also held charity racing events at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Brother Hua and Guo Fucheng have a very good relationship. Not only have they collaborated many times, they also played father and son in "The Legend of Lei Luo".

"Two of the Four Heavenly Kings, plus Chen Long... well, this sign is attractive enough!"

Zhang Yuan saw that the preparations were almost done, so he planned to start casting his net under the banner of these superstars and the Huo family!
Once the news gets out, it will be a big deal!

In just one morning, Zhang Yuan had drained the battery of his cell phone.

First of all, Huayi will definitely not be able to escape.

Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi will all be present.

And they all came with a mission, which was to promote their respective movies.

They are "Yun Shui Yao", "Warring States" and "Night Banquet" respectively.

Since that was the case, everyone wanted to do publicity, so Zhang Yuan simply came up with an idea.

Let the Shanghai racing track put decals on all the racing cars.

Write the promotional purpose on the side of the car, followed by the artist's name.

For example: “The Warring States” by Fan Bingbing.

"Baby Project" · Chen Long.

"Crazy Stone" by Liu Dehua.

This saves the stars from scrambling for time to go on stage for promotion, which then leads to fights.

Not only Huayi, but other major film and television companies also called him.

Sun Li called him.

Yang Mi was almost coming to the door.

Wang Jinhua even took the initiative to contact him.

She wanted to get Xia Yu, Hu Jun, Song Jia and all her subordinates over here.

Many young stars also called him and said that they would do anything he wanted them to do as long as they could participate in racing.

We all want to make progress!
But it would be fine if it was just a female artist, but several male artists also said the same thing, which made him a little unbearable.

But generally speaking, those who say this are small-time figures who are not in the limelight, so he didn't take it seriously.

But what’s interesting is that a well-known female artist also called him and their words were full of ambiguity.

This person is Zhang Jingchu.

"I've wanted to meet you for a long time. Why don't we have a meal together and make friends?"

"Or give me your address and I can go to your house to find you..."

Although this person was good-looking and capable, Zhang Yuan still declined the offer.

And he knew very well why this already famous actress teased him so much.

Because this person has been banned by the Capital Wives Group!
Not only did she get slapped in the face by Jiang Wenli in public at the award ceremony, but all of her scenes in "Li Chun" were also deleted.

Her affair with Gu Changwei was known to everyone in the circle, so Jiang Wenli joined other wives of directors in the entertainment circle to issue a ban on this person.

This person who has been suppressed can only hang out in the Hong Kong circle.

Later, Huayi took her in and allowed her to return to the mainland film and television industry.

As a result, she had just filmed a few movies and had an affair with Feng Xiaogang during the filming of "Aftershock". This time it was Xu Fan's turn to take action and issued a ban order against her.

The director’s nickname “Harvester” isn’t for nothing!
There are actually many female stars who do this, and most of the time, Jiang Wenli, Xu Fan and others will turn a blind eye.

But Zhang Jing doesn't betray anyone!

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, I turned off the lights!
In the two films "Li Chun" and "Tangshan Earthquake", the wife of the host was acting in the crew, and she always did this job.

You act like this in front of me. You are not asking for benefits, you are planning to replace me... Those ladies all think so.

How can she be good in this?
The phone calls came one after another, and he was so busy that he had no time to eat.

If this phone is set to vibrate and placed in the crotch, Zhang Yuan will be happy all day long...

Cheng Hao, who hadn't seen him for a long time, knew that he had returned home and went to his house to look for him.

As a result, I waited for a long time, but he didn't stop and didn't even have time to say a word.

But not only was she not angry, she was also watching with her chin in her hand and smiling.

In the past, it was Zhang Yuan who begged others, but now, thanks to this car race, it is others who beg him!
Cheng Hao understood that he was no longer the same as before.

I feel naturally happy in my heart.

"Huh..." After draining the spare battery, Zhang Yuan finally took a break.

"Here." Cheng Hao handed over another one that had been fully charged.

"Secretary Chen, thank you." Zhang Yuan joked, and was rewarded with a coquettish roll of the eyes.

"Once this battery runs out, you are not allowed to answer the phone today and you have to eat with me."

"Okay." Zhang Yuan agreed.

Cheng Hao speaks and acts with reason and logic. She is completely unlike those rude women who would violently interrupt men's work for their own emotional needs.

Since the other person is so reasonable, he has to comply with his request.

After plugging in the battery, I took a deep breath while waiting for the phone to boot up, preparing for the next round of phone calls.

drop by drop...

Sure enough, as soon as I turned on the phone, a call came in.

"Ok?"

However, unlike before, Zhang Yuan knew that the caller this time was not asking about racing.

Because two big words were displayed on the phone screen.

Table Reed...(End of this chapter)