Chapter 133 Marriage with Hollywood

Being able to live in the Tang family during the Chinese New Year, of course Lin Fengjiao knew what it meant, so she has always been very careful to show her advantages, trying to make progress and retreat, and get up early the next day to prepare breakfast, okay To show the necessary housekeeping.

Needless to say, at present Lin Fengjiao is very concerned about her first impression with Tang Yun.

After boiling the water, Lin Fengjiao came to the gate of the yard and took out several copies of today's newspapers from the mailbox, almost all of which were in English. Handshake photo.

At this time, Tang Huan, who was wearing a tracksuit, came out, exercising his muscles and bones while teasing Lin Fengjiao, "I didn't exercise enough at night, so I need to make up for it in the morning."

Lin Fengjiao glared at Tang Huan with a red face, and waved the newspaper in front of his eyes, "There is a photo of you on it, and you look very energetic and majestic."

Tang Huan took it and flipped through it quickly, and found that the media's overall reports on Shennong Fund were quite positive and friendly.

The worst of them is to say sourly, "This Chinese young man who was pursued by the richest woman found a huge treasure, and instead of spending it for himself like ordinary people, he took it out and made some money. It is a very meaningful thing, I hope it is not for economic reasons such as tax avoidance, but completely out of sincerity, and I wish him the best of luck in discovering the next treasure.”

Obviously, even if some people are very unhappy with Tang Huan's reputation as a Chinese, they dare not go against the trend and jump out to make waves.

As for the positive comments in the newspapers, they are not in the same format, but have different angles and emphases. For example, one comment mentioned, "It's not surprising that Tang Huan did this. He is an ideal young man, and He has always paid close attention to public affairs. Even the Xiaobawang electronic game console, which is currently selling well in North America, will print warnings on the packaging that moderate games will benefit the brain and indulging in games will harm the body. It can be seen that Tang Huan is not an eye A businessman who only looks at the money."

It has to be said that in terms of professionalism alone, American journalists are still very clever, and they look at issues more comprehensively.

Putting the newspaper back into Lin Fengjiao's hand, Tang Huan, who was in a good mood, joked: "When Jiaojiao is making breakfast, secretly add some to me. I have a good appetite today."

"Understood, master." Lin Fengjiao rolled his eyes and entered the room with a newspaper.

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After Tang Huan drove to the company headquarters in Cupertino, the 386 Project R&D team was ready and waiting for him to take the lead in evaluating the prototype.

As a result, Hawkins found the meeting room and told Tang Huan sweating that the inventory of game consoles was seriously insufficient. After contacting the factory in Asia, he replied that overtime had been arranged, but it was during the Chinese New Year, and all links were inevitable. Slow down.

For this situation, Hawkins can only come to Tang Huan, the big boss, to come forward to coordinate.

Tang Huan rubbed the center of his brows, and secretly said in his heart, this is really a trouble of happiness.

So far, the global sales volume of Xiaobawang game consoles has exceeded 1.7 million units, and the entire sales area is roughly divided into three parts: the Asian region dominated by the Japanese market, the North American region dominated by the American market, There is also the South American and European regions developed by Christina from Argentina and Greece, and thus the entire production capacity is allocated in a ratio of 2:7:1.

"I remember that it hasn't been long since the last coordination,

Or let other regions, such as Europe, adjust and support the United States first. " Tang Huan tentatively suggested.

"Don't worry, Boss, this is not a temporary market. According to my observation, the market has reached a new height. And recently, your public image has become very popular, and many orderers have come here specifically for your name. Yes, that's why the pressure is so great. At present, countless people are staring at EA's operational capabilities. If something goes wrong, it will affect our position as the industry leader. Temporary adjustments cannot fundamentally solve the problem. What's more, you don't You know, the Little Overlord game console has also opened up in Europe, especially in Eastern Europe. It is said that the Tetris game is very popular, and I am almost crazy about it. Even if I want to adjust, the margin is very limited.”

Hawkins talked a lot, and the central idea is to let the factory continue to increase production capacity.

A series of prestige activities have really achieved results here in the United States, Tang Huan secretly sighed inwardly.

"The second phase of the Asian factory is under construction, and the production capacity will be greatly increased by then, which will definitely alleviate the current shortage of supply, but you can only adjust it skillfully at the moment, and I will also let the Asian factory work overtime Tang Huan spread his hands and gave the answer, and then added: "But EA can't pick sesame seeds and lose watermelons. There must be no low-level mistakes in game quality, and the bulk of profits depend on it."

"Okay, I understand." Hawkins nodded, "In addition, there is another problem that is more difficult, that is, piracy and imitation. Many original games on the Xiaobawang game console platform have been illegally ported to CP/ There are many PCs on the M platform, and even Apple machines. At the same time, there are many small companies in Silicon Valley. They are imitating the hardware architecture of the Xiaobawang game console, trying to come up with a compatible platform. Although there are no successful ones, but The outlook is bleak."

"There is no way to do this. As a leader, you will naturally become the target of public criticism. Fortunately, the losses are limited, so let's patiently wait for the software copyright protection to be further improved." Tang Huan was also very helpless, and said in a deep voice: "Little Overlord Game The machine has two layers of protection mechanisms, hardware and software, it is not so easy to crack it perfectly, and after the 1980 Little Overlord game machine was launched in the middle of the year, there will be improvements, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

Speaking of this, Tang Huan smiled, "If you still can't stop it, then open the platform to third-party game developers."

"Then let's bear with it for the time being." Hawkins took a long breath, "By the way, you asked me to release the news of the financing a few days ago, and the response was very positive, and several investment institutions took the initiative to contact you soon. come over."

"First hang their appetites. We are the emperor's daughter and we don't have to worry about marrying. Judging from the current sales momentum, it's really not a problem to ship 5 million units in North America this year. That's 1 billion US dollars in sales. . " The old god Tang Huan pointed on the ground.

Now that the business has reached the current level, the control of the company will be guaranteed, so his attitude towards financing has become more proactive.

In Tang Huan's eyes, if you borrow 100,000, the bank is the uncle; if you borrow 10 million, the bank becomes your friend; The bank was forced to take the initiative to clean up the mess.

"Actually, we don't lack liquid cash at all now." Hawkins said tentatively. He only knew that Tang Huan wanted to promote EA to the stock market, but he had no way of knowing the detailed plan in the boss' mind.

"Aren't you worried about EA being imitated and pirated just now? If our entertainment content is more abundant, then such troubles will not be worth mentioning. You see, Warner stands behind Atari. If a Warner movie If it sells well, Atari can adapt it into a game; conversely, if a certain Atari game is popular, Warner can also take it and make it into a movie. What a perfect fit, but they haven't fully utilized it yet It's just an advantage." Tang Huan saw Hawkins' curiosity, so he revealed his thoughts.

"Could it be, boss, you want to buy a Hollywood company?" Hawkins asked in a voiceless voice, "It is said that the water in Hollywood is very deep."

"It's not rumored, but it's really deep." Tang Huan laughed.

Of course he knows the tricks in Hollywood. In the late 1980s in his previous life, Sony bought Columbia, and Panasonic bought Universal. As a result, the shrewd little Japan suffered untold losses. After the dollar paid a huge amount of tuition fees, it finally survived.

Of course, Sony, which has adapted to Hollywood, has a more reasonable layout of its entertainment industry, which can be said to benefit endlessly.

Taking advantage of the fact that the entire Hollywood is still in a low period, Tang Huan naturally wants to seize the opportunity to join it, so as to gain more time to adapt, not to mention using EA to attract funds from the United States, and then use this money to buy Hollywood in the United States , no matter how you look at it, it’s not a loss.

"MGM, Paramount, Columbia, Warner, Universal Pictures, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Disney, among these companies, which one do you think we should buy?" Tang Huan counted on his fingers, and then asked Hawkins.

"It seems to be too expensive, and we can't afford it with our financing capabilities." Hawkins replied with a bitter face.

"You're too pessimistic. Lianmei won't be able to get it with 400 million yuan?" Tang Huan looked at Hawkins with a smile, "It seems that you don't know much about Hollywood."

In the previous life, the relatively well-known small film companies in Hollywood, such as New Line and Miramax, have been established, but their development is limited. Judging from the resources they have accumulated so far, there is no acquisition value at all. Tang Huan can only Set your sights on the Big Eight.

Among these first-line companies, United Artists is the smallest, and its director Andy Albert is still killing himself, abandoning the tradition of careful calculation, and passed a disaster blockbuster "Heaven's Gate" with a budget of 11.5 million US dollars. Michael Cimino of "The Deer Hunter" came to direct, and now the investment has increased to 44 million US dollars.

According to the historical development, "Heaven's Gate" made little profit after it was released in November this year, and United Artists, which was already in jeopardy, never recovered. In 1981, it was sold to MGM for US$350 million by the owner Pan Am, and the two brothers eventually fell together.

Although "Heaven's Gate" has not yet been released, United Artists has spent more than 30 million US dollars more than the budget. Presumably the financial situation is already stretched, but we can get in touch with it before it is completely abandoned by Pan Am.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan said: "You have to have greater confidence in the video game industry. All kinds of media are cheering for us. Compared with our rising sun, Lianmei is a bit depressed. If you don't believe me, go Ask the other party, would you like to marry EA?"

"Then I'll try it?" Hawkins' eyes showed excitement, but his tone was still lacking in confidence.

"If you have no other questions to report to me, you can try it." Tang Huan made an encouraging gesture.

"Okay, I'll try it now." Hawkins slapped his thigh hard, and left in a hurry.