Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 267 "Electronic Wooden Fish, Cyber Salvation"

At this time, Yang Ji, who was holding a meeting with employees to finalize the next promotional plan, was thinking about another problem.

For the big guys, it might be an unintentional action or a convenient help.

These are opportunities that others can only dream of.

Yang Ji himself didn't expect this.

An act of fraud, and the report was thrown to Star Entertainment, and it actually succeeded.

Whether it was bringing himself to Sony for a visit or his dedication to music creation, Yang Ji owed a great favor.

What's more, Yang Ji couldn't even imagine how much attention the name Li Can would attract with subsequent publicity and promotion.

In this situation, Yang Ji had no intention of accepting help with peace of mind.

Of course, everyone came together for the Xia country's gaming industry and to create works of art that can carry Xia country's artistic aesthetic ideas.

But feelings are feelings, and interests are interests, and Yang Ji is very clear about this.

"What I'm thinking is, how about we ask Brother Can to invest in our company as well?"

Yang Ji asked during the meeting.

Everyone looked at each other with almost no hesitation.

"Of course, no problem. This game also has Can's hard work. He participated in the development and will help promote it in the future. He also has a lot of connections in the game industry. He also asked the boss to visit Sony for a visit and exchange ideas. It's a good thing for him to reciprocate, so he should get some of the cake."

"What about the specifics?"

After Yang Ji finished speaking, everyone began to think.

Black Monkey is not short of money.

Although it is just a pie in the sky, it is definitely not a bluffing PPT. The game development progresses very quickly and we can often produce tangible things.

In the investment industry, many bigwigs with passion are not stingy with their wallets.

Just invest a little bit to fulfill your childhood or youthful dreams. It is also normal to invest more after seeing encouraging progress.

However, Yang Ji was very cautious.

It is impossible to let others take advantage of a game that has taken so much effort to create.

Therefore, when it comes to "investment", everyone has a very strict control.

"We are indeed not short of money, but we are short of people. Brother Chan's appeal in the music circle is obvious to all. As an important part of the game, with Brother Chan's help, we can quickly expand our talent pool."

"In that case, we can discuss whether the percentage will fluctuate between 5% and 10%?"

"As a preliminary estimate, 6 percent. How about the position of Art Director?"

“I think it’s great.”

After discussion.

Yang Ji decided to give out 5% of Youwang's shares in return, and he also felt that Li Can should be given more decision-making power at the artistic level.

The reason for making this decision was entirely because Lin Feng’s words had a huge impact on Yang Ji.

[He didn’t consider the market and commercial elements at all, and used artistic expression purely to serve the game content]

For Yang Ji, who regards the black monkey as his entire effort.

The lethality of this sentence is greater than hundreds of millions of investments.

"Old Yang, it looks like we may not need to wait another two or three years before considering publicity."

A senior executive of Youwang said with a smile.

"As long as it's related to Li Can, I feel like there's no need to promote it, it will become popular on its own. Instead of suppressing the news, it's better to just announce it directly."

". But if expectations are too high, it's not a good thing."

Yang Ji sighed.

If expectations are too high, any minor flaws in the game may greatly affect its reputation.

This is what Yang Ji doesn't want to see.

While Yang Ji was thinking, his cell phone rang.

After subconsciously looking at the screen, he quickly waved his hand and answered the call.

"Ok?"

"it is good."

"Ah, we are not short of money at the moment and we are not accepting investments."

"So good? Don't you have any selfish motives?"

"no!"

".Okay, let's meet and talk."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Ji's expression suddenly became strange.

He spoke slowly amid everyone's puzzled expressions.

“It’s Tencent.”

"?"

“It seems like they are going to invest.”

"!!!"

Everyone suddenly became serious.

This is not a joke.

It might be a good thing if such a giant targeted me, but it is unlikely to be a good thing.

"Their attitude is very strange. They said they don't accept financial investment, but technical investment is fine."

Yang Ji paused, and his tone became even stranger.

"They honestly said, don't be afraid, they are not trying to take advantage of others, they will not take up too much equity to interfere with subsequent issuance and operation rights, and they will not interfere with product decisions and the company's daily operations."

"? Is this still the Tencent I know?"

Everyone was confused.

In other words.

A penguin.

He waved money, connections, and technical skills.

Come here purely to help farmers and alleviate poverty, without asking for anything in return?
This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!
"No request?!"

"Have."

"What?"

Amid everyone's puzzled expressions, Yang Ji slowly spoke.

"He asked if we could put the Tencent logo on the product when it was released."

"you"

"I said no, very firmly."

"Then him."

"He said we can discuss it later if the problem isn't serious. By then, it will be in black and white, so there's no need to worry about regretting it."

"Has he lost his mind?"

Everyone looked at each other, feeling a sense of magic.

only.

Yang Ji did have some insight into the essence of the problem.

There is no 3A masterpiece in the first sense in China.

The demand in the stand-alone market is increasing day by day.

Tencent is also developing a game platform similar to the foreign ES platform, but there are few domestically produced stand-alone games that can be bought out.

If Black Monkey can become the first "college student" in the village.
They do have huge benefits to gain.

But they themselves have little confidence in making money from this project, and may even lose a lot. How could they suddenly be so confident?

"Forget it, don't think about it anymore, just deal with it as it comes!"

Yang Ji didn't waste any time.

Decide on an interview first.

Let’s deal with Li Can’s feedback first.

It wasn't too long.

Li Can received a response from Yang Ji.

Right in the office, Li Can couldn't help but speak.

"Yang Ji asked me to vote for them and gave me 5 percent."

"Huh? How come you're eating and taking things at the same time?"

Lin Feng frowned and was about to express his dissatisfaction when he heard Li Can speak.

"30,000 yuan, symbolic, it's a share of resources and technology, and I'll be given the position of art director."

"That's all right, my good man. This is really a benefit for you."

Lin Feng smacked his lips.

5 percent doesn't sound like much.

But it’s actually quite a lot.

Especially since the investment amount is 30,000 yuan, it is indeed a technology investment and is just a symbolic amount of money.

Compared with the previous "Devil Hunter", TT's courage is not as great as Black Monkey.

After all, the share that TT Company got was the sales of the game "Devil Hunter", but Yang Ji was directly given company shares, so they cannot be compared.

In the current strategic development stage, Black Monkey is not accepting investment.

It's full of sincerity.

"In this case, I really need to increase the stakes."

Li Can chuckled.

"You get what you pay for. I'm an honest man, so I'll give you 5% of the hard power."

"you"

"Shake someone."

"?"

Lin Feng's eyes widened and his heart began to beat faster.

God knows who this guy can get.

Since he asked for help, it was obviously impossible for him to just find someone.

"Who are you shaking?"

"Oh, since Sony wants to cooperate, then show some sincerity. It's very likely that we will have in-depth cooperation in the future, don't you think?"

Looking at Li Can's iconic smile.

Lin Feng felt his scalp tingling.

The familiar feeling came to my mind again, someone must be bleeding heavily.

"Since we want to cooperate, I will definitely invest some money with them and he will invest some money with us, right?"

“That’s the dominance and the right to speak.”

"Now he's begging me."

"6"

Lin Feng didn't dare to think about it.

But Li Can was too bold.

After making a decision.

Li Can then contacted Shinichi Yoshida.

Through Shinichi Yoshida, I had a conversation with senior executives of Sony's gaming division.

The last time I took Yang Ji to Sony, at least it was relatively low-key, and we could at least say it was a "visit and study" trip.

But now it’s a little different.

It's just poaching.

All they recruited were talents with technical capabilities in game production, domestic talents from Sony's Shanghai branch.

Get professional guidance in these two aspects: QA support and middleware support.

And the price paid was almost no price.

He took over the music production of a game and two animations of the studio, as well as DP band's three tours in Neon under the sponsorship of Sony.

Just give me the money.

"These should be enough."

Li Can thought so.

at the same time.

Qu Qiang from Tencent also nodded slowly.

"These should be enough."

Tencent provided corresponding technical personnel for code review, scanning modeling, and Unreal Engine support.

After happily bringing his skills to Youwang to communicate with Yang Ji.

But I learned that Li Can found Sony, provided QA and middleware support, and served as art director.

Qu Qiang was sweating profusely.

It was almost a wasted trip.

"Really, the industry really needs a product like this. Domestic stand-alone games are a promising land waiting to be developed. We will definitely not hold back or give you any pointers. Everything will be left to you."

"Really?"

"Really! It's written in black and white!"

Yang Ji carefully weighed the pros and cons.

Black Monkey is indeed in great need of technical and related talents.

If we can have support from Tencent and cooperate with the support from Sony, the progress of game development will be greatly accelerated.

It would not be a bad idea to get it done within three years, or even two years.

This is much earlier than planned, at least worth five years of hard work.

He nodded immediately.

".Then it's a deal. I can only give you 5%."

"No problem, we'll provide you with the technology."

Qu Qiang nodded and asked.

"how much is it?"

"You have to pay fifty thousand."

"to make."

Qu Qiang agreed immediately.

Qu Qiang has the decision-making power over the allocation of resources for these technical personnel and investments within 100 million yuan.

Just fifty thousand.

Compared to trying to develop the stand-alone console market beyond mobile and online games, this cost is not worth mentioning.

After the document was signed, Yang Ji smiled evilly.

They are all technology investments, and they will charge you an extra 20,000 yuan.

Time passes little by little.

In the blink of an eye, it is already the end of February.

The production of "Quit the Internet" has been completely completed.

When the complete version of "Quit the Internet" and the corresponding three lyric-free situational music appeared in the Black Monkey production team, the response was extremely explosive.

In fact.

In the eyes of Li Can and Lin Feng.

This song is not designed with market and commercialization in mind, it is entirely for the purpose of serving the game.

But what if it is heard by non-music professionals?
Even if you don’t understand the plot of the game, you may not be too deeply moved, but can’t you tell whether the song is good or not?

Especially those people in Youwang who are involved in game production.

It sounds even more explosive.

"If they don't sell the original soundtrack, I'd think Brother Chan is doing charity!"

"Shit, this song wouldn't be out of place even if it was put on their album of love songs for the gods."

"Boy, he can write duets, he's still writing duets!"

“I think I must give a Black Monkey concert in my lifetime, it’s so great.”

Seeing my friends excited.

Yang Ji has finally found the track.

He immediately introduced it to his friends in the company with great pride.

"You may not know this, but this song is written in the minor key of Western music, but it uses the common and unique blank space method in our traditional art of the Xia country to convey the Xia country style from the artistic conception."

“A totally top-notch production!”

"hiss!"

"Bullshit!"

Everyone was very excited.

Games really need music, but there are not many games that can find top producers.

Many foreign games and famous hit songs are mostly created by top music producers.

But even so, looking at the entire game market, there are only a few works and famous scenes that players often talk about with relish that can reach a certain top level in terms of art.

This is just great.

Black monkeys may be coming.

The first piece is so intense that it’s hard to imagine if there will be more explosive ones later.

"Speed up the production of the trailer. It would be best if you could bring some in-game real-game and CG demos!"

"No problem! Speed up!"

Everyone is full of motivation and increasingly feels that creating a successful domestic 3A masterpiece is no longer a dream.

During this time.

Technical personnel supported by Tencent and Sony have come to the company one after another to carry out outsourced work and provide support from a technical level, which has accelerated Black Monkey's progress by more than one level.

After the meeting, Yang Ji called Li Can to thank him in person.

However, as soon as the call was made, Li Can took the lead in asking.

"Is this promotional song okay? If not, I have another one that's guaranteed to be a hit."

"Ah? The one with fire?"

Yang Ji was stunned, and then he heard Li Can's voice coming from the phone.

"Yes, check out Cyber Chanting, Eastern hip-hop, and the electronic wooden fish. It has an amazing sense of rhythm."

After a slight pause, Li Can spoke.

"To bring culture abroad with unique oriental art is not just for self-entertainment, but to keep up with the times. There should be no limitation on the type of music. All kinds of Xiaguo style need to be displayed."

"I've been thinking about this for the past few days."

Hearing this, Yang Ji subconsciously shook his head.

But you can't build up your expectations too much at the beginning, otherwise you may end up in trouble in the future.

"Ah, this will do. Hehe, let's finish this round of publicity first."

When saying these words, Yang Ji was a little dumbfounded.

The game is still in production.

The music industry has already started thinking about giving the world a little shock of oriental aesthetics, and has even begun preparing for cultural exports?

"Don't worry, I'll send you the music first."

"what?"

"Oh, there's more than one. Take your pick."

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)