Restart life

Chapter 477 0467 [This is what a man should do]

Chen Guiliang looked at Chi Yufeng as he came out of the main venue and asked, "Why did you slip away too?"

"Since you've already run away, how can I not run away?" Chi Yufeng laughed.

At this moment, the main forum summit has not yet ended, and among the top ten game companies, only the CEOs are still inside continuing their meetings.

The reason for this is that this year's event was poorly organized.

The deputy director of the State Administration of Press and Publication in charge of games has stepped down, and the new director is still unknown, leaving the industry conference without a responsible leader. The organizer has also been changed inexplicably, and even the venue was decided at the last minute.

The industry conference became extremely small, and foreign manufacturers were not even invited to participate, making it impossible to negotiate business cooperation during the event.

If it weren't for giving face to the deputy director, and the fact that the event was being held in Beijing, Chen Guiliang wouldn't have bothered to come in person.

As soon as the representative from the major factory finished speaking, Deputy Director Sun left early, and Chen Guiliang followed suit. In the end, Chi Yufeng also chose to leave.

"Should we go straight back to the company, or should we go out for a meal?" Chi Yufeng asked.

Chen Guiliang doesn't have the habit of wearing a watch, so he took out his phone to check the time: "It's still early before lunchtime."

Chi Yufeng said, "We'll be done at the restaurant. Let's find somewhere to talk."

"Alright then." Chen Guiliang no longer refused.

Chi Yufeng said, "How about I call Director Teng Huatao over too?"

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "You must have something on your mind. Just get straight to the point."

Chi Yufeng said, "There's a novel called 'Love is Not Blind,' and the film and television rights are held by ByteDance's publishing company. Director Teng Huatao wants to make it into a movie, but he hasn't been able to buy the rights."

"What does this have to do with you?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Chi Yufeng said, "Because I wanted to invest in that movie."

Chen Guiliang said, "Then let's invest together."

In the past two years, Chi Yufeng has ventured into the film and television industry, investing in Zhang Ziyi's "Sophie's Revenge". Later, he also invested in films and television series such as "The Piano in a Factory", "Legend of Chu and Han", and "Legend of Lu Zhen".

As for "Love is Not Blind," the novel was originally serialized on Douban, but the author was signed by ByteDance and it was serialized simultaneously on Renren and HaiNei.

The original novel was published last year, and ByteDance has also acquired the film and television rights.

Chen Guiliang didn't interfere at all; it was the ByteDance employees who made the decision.

Byte Publishing performed well last year, publishing three novels and two professional books, and surprisingly making a profit of several million yuan.

Moreover, they have stockpiled the film and television adaptation rights to a considerable number of novels—mainly serialized works from Renren.com and HaiNei.com.

Chen Guiliang plans to expand the business scope of Byte Publishing Company into the film and television production field and rename it "Byte Film and Television Publishing and Production Company".

In the current gaming industry, at least six or seven companies have expanded their business into film and television production. With so many resources at his disposal, Chen Guiliang couldn't possibly remain inactive.

Chi Yufeng took him to a restaurant, and soon Teng Huatao arrived, bringing Wen Zhang and Bai Baihe with him.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, I am Teng Huatao." Teng Huatao extended both hands.

Chen Guiliang nodded: "Hello, Director Teng."

Teng Huatao further introduced: "These two are the male and female leads I selected for 'Love is Not Blind'. Wen Zhang and Bai Baihe."

"You haven't even finalized the film and television rights, yet you've already chosen the actors?" Chen Guiliang was speechless.

Teng Huatao was quite embarrassed: "When this novel was still called 'Diary of a Broken Heart,' a friend recommended that I pay attention to it. I didn't expect that the novel would change its serialization website and that the film and television rights would be sold as well."

Wen Zhang quickly bowed and said, "Hello, Mr. Chen! I'm a big fan of yours and I've been following your Weibo for a long time!"

Bai Baihe also bowed and greeted, "Hello, Mr. Chen!"

"Please sit down," Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

When he saw the two people, he immediately thought of Yao Di and Yu Fan.

It's tough to keep up.

That said, Yao Di is quite pretty.

The food was served, and the other three people were seated. The two actors stood up and poured them drinks.

Teng Huatao said, "Mr. Chen, I guarantee this movie will do well at the box office, and it'll be a high-return investment with a small budget. The investment isn't large, but the return on investment is very high. Of course, it depends on who directs it. I'm not bragging, but there aren't many directors who can make this movie well."

“I know Director Teng is very capable, and ‘Dwelling Narrowness’ had very high ratings,” Chen Guiliang said with a smile. “Today we’re just drinking and chatting, not talking about making a movie. I’ve already agreed to invest with President Chi. As for the specifics of the collaboration, you can discuss it with my staff.”

"Mr. Chen is indeed very generous. I'd like to toast Mr. Chen," Teng Huatao said, raising his glass. "I'll drink this in one go, Mr. Chen, please feel free to drink as you like!"

"No problem." Chen Guiliang picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

He had just taken a couple of bites of food when Wen Zhang stood up again, bowed, and said with a smile, "I'd also like to toast President Chen. President Chen is my greatest idol, and to meet him in person today is the fulfillment of my dream of the past few years."

The young man is quite eloquent.

After Wenzhang finished offering his toast, Bai Baihe came up next.

Bai Baihe was even arranged to sit next to Chen Guiliang, with her chair deliberately pulled very close, but unfortunately Chen Guiliang didn't like her type.

Once the atmosphere was just right, Chi Yufeng started chatting with Chen Guiliang: "Future Era is really popular overseas. It's even made it from Europe to North America."

Chen Guiliang said, "I didn't manage it much; I was busy with the mobile phone business last year. The CEO was in charge of the games business."

"You're doing a good job as CEO," Chi Yufeng praised.

Chen Guiliang smiled and said, "It's alright." Qu Guohao, the CEO of Youke, was the elder brother who led Chen Guiliang's entrepreneurial venture in his previous life. He certainly has ability, but he's not exactly top-notch.

Having brought Qu Guohao here, he managed a large company at a young age, and his performance far exceeded Chen Guiliang's expectations.

Perhaps it was because of the platform that Qu Guohao's abilities improved even faster.

Chi Yufeng said, "A bunch of companies are holding back big productions this year. 'Age of Wushu' has been delayed several times, but it's estimated to be released this year. Shi Yuzhu has also acquired 'Wizard's Fury,' a game that directly rivals 'World of Warcraft,' and who knows, he might actually be able to make it a success."

"And you? Are you going to fight Jin Yong to the death?" Chen Guiliang asked.

For the next few years, Perfect World really went head-to-head with Jin Yong, buying the copyrights to "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", "The Return of the Condor Heroes", and "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", and constantly reskinning and quickly releasing new games to make money.

It's obvious that they've lost the drive they had in previous years; even the chairman has shifted his focus to film and television production.

Chi Yufeng said, "I feel that MMO games are declining. What are your thoughts?"

"What ideas could I possibly have? Youke doesn't have any MMO games yet," Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

Chi Yufeng said, "What about 'Wulin Gaiden'? This game has been in development for several years."

Chen Guiliang sighed, "Alas, it will take at least another year or two to finish."

"Damn! That's enough time to make a AAA game." Chi Yufeng was speechless upon hearing this.

The two bosses were talking about games, and the director and two actors next to them didn't dare to disturb them, all silently eating their food and pretending to listen attentively.

Chen Guiliang said, "If you want to promote your game, get a few high-level players to come to my platform and do live streams."

"When will your live streaming platform launch?" Chi Yufeng asked.

Chen Guiliang said, "It'll be soon. We started testing it two months ago, and it will be available for trial broadcast next week."

Chi Yufeng expressed his doubts: "Can this thing really make money?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Making money or not doesn't matter, as long as I don't lose too much. My purpose in doing game live streaming is to build an e-sports ecosystem. Currently, e-sports events are not allowed to be broadcast on satellite channels by the government, so they can't attract viewers like the NBA. I need to find a place to gather more e-sports fans."

“Esports ecosystem…NBA…” Chi Yufeng muttered to himself.

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "You could actually invest in an esports club. Nobody wants to invest right now; all the esports clubs are short of money. You could just invest a little bit, and that would be enough for them to survive."

Chi Yufeng doesn't believe that making money in esports is possible, but he trusts Chen Guiliang's vision.

Chen Guiliang has been acting very strangely these past few years.

While everyone else is rushing to make MMO games, Chen Guiliang hasn't released a single one. "Three Kingdoms Kill" is a card game, "Future Era" is a side-scrolling fighting MMO, and "Oracle Era" is an even more competitive MMO.

Ironically, MMO games are currently declining, while Chen Guiliang's three games are becoming increasingly popular.

It's pretty absurd to think about; they bet everything on the winning streak.

It's all about luck, but you can't be lucky all the time.

While it's true that they had foresight, it's impossible to have predicted the current state of the game market several years ago.

Anyway, I can't explain it clearly, and I can't even figure it out.

Since Chen Guiliang wants to get into e-sports and even says he wants to turn it into the NBA of the gaming world, Chi Yufeng should just throw some money at him and play along.

Perfect World has plenty of cash and doesn't know what to do with it, so they've come to invest in film and television dramas.

At this time, investing two or three million yuan in an e-sports club would be more than enough, and this amount of money is nothing to Chi Yufeng.

Chi Yufeng asked, "Which esports club do you think has the best chance?"

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "Go find out for yourself."

"I'll ask about it later," Chi Yufeng said.

Chen Guiliang said, "Tao Chenggang also plans to invest in an e-sports club, so we can all play together in the future."

"And you?" Chi Yufeng asked.

Chen Guiliang shook his head: "You are the players, and I am the referee. I want to gradually expand and standardize the tournaments of 'Oracle Era'. Therefore, I cannot invest in e-sports clubs, and I cannot be both a player and a referee."

Chi Yufeng sighed, "Your ambition is truly grand, reminding me of your Hongmeng faction. But can 'Oracle Era' really be that successful?"

Chen Guiliang said, "The only obstacle is League of Legends. If we can defeat League of Legends, then we'll be fine."

Teng Huatao sat down next to him and continued eating.

Although Wenzhang and Bai Baihe didn't quite understand the details, they knew that the two bosses were talking about something important.

I don't know how serious it is.

After finishing his meal, Chen Guiliang got up to leave.

The three men quickly saw them off, and only started chatting after they had put Chen Guiliang and Chi Yufeng into their car and watched them drive away.

Bai Baihe asked knowingly, "Director Teng, it seems that President Chen is more influential than President Chi? During dinner just now, it seemed like President Chi was constantly asking President Chen for advice."

Teng Huatao said, "This Mr. Chen has never failed in his investments since he started his business."

"If he invests in our movie, doesn't that mean the movie will be a huge hit?" Bai Baihe exclaimed excitedly.

Teng Huatao smiled and said, "Let's hope so. What's Xiaowen thinking?"

Wen Zhang stared at the rear of Chen Guiliang's car and said, "I'm thinking, this is how a man should be. So awesome! What's that old saying? A true man should be like this."

(End of this chapter)