Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 496 Product is king
Liu Tianxian had a very satisfying and happy birthday.

Just because this man was very romantic, he gave her a pink diamond that he could truly create as she liked.

After the ring is made, and the man puts it on her ring finger personally, her heart will be truly fulfilled!
After Fang Hong bought the diamond, he had about 1750 million US dollars left, which is about 1.2 million yuan.

In addition to paying the mortgage, 1 million yuan was transferred to the card used for the wedding to be used for wedding expenses.

The phoenix crown and bridal robe that Liu Tianxian had been working on had been handmade by a national-level inheritor of intangible cultural heritage.

Of course, he didn't do it alone, but he and his team of apprentices made it by hand. It is said that they can pull the gold into as thin as a hair and then weave it.

That is to say, the phoenix coronet and bridal robe can be sewn with gold thread.

It’s just that the price is too expensive. The labor fee of 10 million is just the labor fee and does not include the materials.

There is no way, the object is too big and too complicated.

The full name of “intangible cultural heritage inheritor” is: representative inheritor of intangible cultural heritage.

This is not something that was called out by anyone, nor is it something that is passed down by word of mouth, but these people have certificates and honors awarded by the state and enjoy subsidies.

The levels include national, provincial, municipal and county. Generally, only representative inheritors of a certain cultural heritage can be given such a title.

Therefore, such people all have real talents and knowledge.

Anyway, Fang Hong had spent almost all his money on the wedding. He spent 5.6 million on diamonds, 2 million on the wedding, and with the mortgage, it was equivalent to 8 million.

And the task has not been completed yet, only a preliminary stage has been completed.

Damn, who can afford this kind of marriage? No wonder young people don’t get married anymore. It’s like three generations of poverty.

Anyway, Fang Hong has to keep working hard. If he doesn't, he won't be able to get married.

"The Four 3" is still in theaters recently, but the box office collapsed, and only more than million was taken.

The movie collapsed on Liu Tianxian’s birthday, and the high box office only lasted for three or four days.

However, the audience is still complaining and calling it rubbish!

In sharp contrast, "Knife of the Assassin" received unanimous praise from the audience, and most people who have seen it said that the movie is good.

They don't care whether they are Manchus or not, and many people don't know about this anyway.

It’s just that the box office of this movie has not been very good. After being released for more than half a month, the box office was only 2.48 million. Now it has collapsed to only about to million.

But this movie made money and did not lose money. Its box office performance was ten times the production cost.

In today's film market, it is difficult to make a movie lose money, as long as the cost is controlled and not too high.

This year, there are nearly 70 movies with box office revenue exceeding million yuan. With such a large volume, it is hard to say that a movie would lose money.

For example, the production cost of a movie was 300 to 500 million yuan, but that was all nonsense. 30 to 50 million yuan is already a high-investment movie, and this amount of money can make a very good movie.

As long as you don't hire big names, make blockbusters with a big cast, or make movies with big special effects, it's hard to lose money by making feature films in such a market.

Today's special effects use more materials than movie special effects a few years later, and the production costs are not as exaggerated as advertised a few years later.

On that day, Fang Hong came to Swan Castle and met with the heads of interactive entertainment from various mobile phone manufacturers including Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Coolpad, Lenovo, and Meizu.

These first-tier mobile phone manufacturers are all members of the Hardcore Alliance. This alliance was established on the 1st of this month, but Xiaomi is not one of them and it did not join.

What is this hardcore alliance for? Simply put, it is to unify cooperative distribution and channel efficiency.

In simple terms, if you want your game to be exposed through the app stores of these mobile phone manufacturers and use their download channels, you have to use their servers, which is referred to as: channel servers!
You also have to pay a protection fee, which is 50% of the fee.

There is no way to avoid this because they control the mobile channels and terminals, and their phones have their own app stores embedded in them.

If you don't cooperate with them, the mobile games you develop won't even have the chance to be exposed, and there won't even be any channels for downloading.

If you download from other channels, you will get an error message saying there may be a virus. This is basic!

It’s just like movies. If you don’t give a share of the profits to the cinema, they won’t show your movie. It’s that simple.

"Honor of Kings" will be launched for public beta on September 1st, which means it will be available on major mobile phone shopping mall application platforms.

This time Fang Hong didn't talk to them about the profit sharing ratio. Of course, the ratio remained unchanged. He couldn't change it now, and he didn't have the ability to change it.

He was talking about joint operations, which means that the game operation rights and servers belong to Swan Castle. Channel operators cannot modify game data and can only provide original official server download channels.

Of course, the 50% commission for mobile phone manufacturers will remain unchanged. If this changes, they will definitely not agree.

Didn’t you see that Tencent tried to be naughty later and was confronted by Huawei?
In a large office, the heads of major mobile phone manufacturers looked at the Swan Castle operators' planning PPT on the screen in front of them and couldn't help but look thoughtful.

"That is to say, the commission rate remains unchanged, and the data, services, operations and everything else will be left to you. We cannot have channel services, only official original services." said the person in charge of Huawei.

"Yes, this will save you a lot of operating costs and service fees, right? Even if I give the game to you to run the channel service, you will still have costs." Fang Hong said it very nicely.

The person in charge from Huawei couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are very cunning. The data are all yours. Without channel services, how do we know how much money the players have recharged and whether it is recharged through our Huawei channels." "Mr., what you said is a bit unprofessional. Which platform to recharge from, which channel to recharge from, this technology and operation, I think not only your Huawei, but any other manufacturer can achieve it, and it is not difficult at all." Fang Hong said.

This made the Huawei executive blush. It is indeed possible. They can just transfer the collection company of the recharge channel to other companies.

For example, if you recharge through the channel downloaded from Xiaomi, the payment will be collected by the payment company created by Xiaomi; if you recharge through the channel downloaded from Huawei, the payment will be collected by the payment company created by Huawei.

The payee does not have to be the head office, it can be any name.

It can be said that every mobile phone manufacturer has such a payee, because they also have many channel services.

After receiving the payment, just divide it according to the proportion.

The advantage of channel services is that every dollar recharged by players is recharged through their channels, and they control all the player data.

So what he said just now was that he thought that by doing this, the principal was taking away all the data and collection data.

"I don't stop players from recharging through any channel. All I want is to unify the servers and provide players with unified operation services. It's not that you serve yours and he serves his. I cannot accept this." Fang Hong said again.

According to his idea, he only wanted to create two major regions, one for the Android region, and the other for the Apple IOS region, and cut off all channel services.

Unified operations provide unified services to players.

This idea caused a buzz of discussion among the people present, and their opinions varied. Some thought it was feasible, while others thought it was not.

Some people think that the principal taking away the players' data is equivalent to taking away their user data through their channels, which is a bit too serious.

What’s the use of those data for them? They just need to make good mobile phones. Providing them with channel services is also a way to make money.

"Principal, you asked us to discuss this matter specifically for a game. It seems that you are very confident about this game!" said the person in charge of vivo.

"I wouldn't say I have confidence. I just want to do my best to make the game well, operate it well, and provide players with a good service environment." Fang Hong said this very nicely.

"The principal is quite sentimental."

These words made the heads of major mobile phone manufacturers smile at each other.

It's rare to find people making games so seriously nowadays, while others are just making money by cutting leeks.

However, looking at his resume in making games, he is indeed a very passionate person. He spent five years making a game called "Honor of Kings" and managed the players very well.

"I don't know whether this game will be successful or a failure after it goes online. I can't predict it. Even if it fails, I want to do it well and try my best. I am not greedy for your interests. I will give you what I deserve." Fang Hong said sincerely.

Li Min was also present. Seeing the principal's eloquence, he was moved by what he said.

Looking at the group of mobile phone manufacturers' CEOs, they all looked silent and hesitant. Some of them had their own plans, while some had already agreed.

After all, some people just want to make money and don't care about anything else, and the principal has not harmed their interests.

"This is the first time the principal has made a mobile game. He is so sincere to us and the users. If we don't agree, it will make us look like the bad guys."

The Xiaomi person in charge laughed and said, "But you can ask for channels, but you have to do the promotion and ranking manipulation yourself, we won't take care of it."

"Of course. You just need to provide me with the mobile app store channel, and we will handle the rest ourselves." Fang Hong said.

"Then I have no objection." The Xiaomi person in charge spread his hands.

As long as their interests are not harmed, there is nothing wrong with this model of cooperation, and they don't lose anything.

I just opened my channels to others.

The others also nodded, without any objections, as long as they could make money.

This is actually not a difficult thing to do. The difficult part is the uneven distribution of the spoils. The major game manufacturers such as Tencent and QQ later came into conflict with these Android phone manufacturers because of the uneven distribution of the spoils.

Apple only charges 30%, so why do you charge 50%? So they started to make a fuss and boycott.

But they are powerful. Although these mobile phone manufacturers are fighting each other to the death, their interests in the game commission ratio are surprisingly consistent.

We can’t accept any less. If you don’t agree, we will remove your game from the app store. It’s that tough.

Of course, some mobile phone manufacturers later refused to follow suit, so Xiaomi changed the commission rate to 30%. They did not join the hardcore alliance and set their own prices.

In fact, channels are not only the application stores of major mobile phone manufacturers, but also major software apps are also considered channels, and these can bypass the mobile application stores.

For example, Tencent’s App Store and WeChat.

There are also Bilibili, TikTok, etc. which are channels that can bypass these mobile phone manufacturers.

MiHoYo's Honkai Impact 3rd was released through Bilibili, and later on, Genshin Impact was not released through Android phone manufacturers, but through other channels.

They have also achieved success and are living a comfortable life. It seems that product and service are the key.

Tencent has no products, no services, and is always controlled by others. It cannot do what MiHoYo does, which is to ignore mobile channel operators.

(End of this chapter)