The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

Fan Zhe did not go to see Activision executive Arnold's arrival.

At present, the development of "Steam Daming" has entered the final and most critical finishing stage. He is very busy now, and he doesn't care about any commercial matters. Let Ye Jiayi talk about this matter and it's over. He still concentrates on the content work of his subordinates, creating a work with better quality and more able to stand the test, that is the kingly way.

Recently, he had quite a lot of communication with Gao Yixiang who was in charge of the project.

As Wanjie guessed, the completion of "Steam Daming" is already relatively good, and even if Dimension Entertainment is willing, the DEMO version can be released.

However, many procedural problems still need further investigation and optimization. Things like vicious bugs must be eliminated. Fan Zhe would rather the work be delayed - anyway, they haven't announced the specific launch time - and he doesn't want any vicious bugs to appear after the work is launched, causing the game to crash, the game is not smooth and so on. This kind of thing is too hurtful and too hurtful.

Moreover, if the work is well optimized, another very important point is the ability to perform on low-configuration hardware.

This is actually an aspect that cannot be ignored, and it even has great significance on the host.

"Steam Daming" should be launched on all platforms. But like the main XB platform and SN platform, there are some differences in their respective performances. This difference is something that Dimension Entertainment needs to overcome technically.

Of course, it's not difficult, at least not too difficult when it comes to multi-platform adaptation.

The biggest difficulty is the PC port.

On the PC side, since almost every user's hardware is different, optimization will be more difficult. Of course, high-end performance machines are not too scary, but how to make games run smoothly on mid-to-low-end computers is a challenge.

At present, the most important job for the technicians of the "Steam Great Ming" project team is to work hard in this area.

It is impossible to expect a low-configuration computer to be able to run the game with full special effects, but at least give players a choice, so that the game can enjoy the fun of the game smoothly even in the case of low and medium effects, and at the same time it will not be too laggy.

...

When Fan Zhe focused on monitoring the quality of the works, Ye Jiayi also met with Arnold.

Arnold really brings Activision's sincerity.

"...We are willing to give a more sincere quotation than "Taiwu 2". In terms of agency fees, we can give a price of 35 million US dollars, which is even higher than the original "Taiwu Picture Scroll 2" It is more than three million US dollars. We will also increase the publicity budget, and we promise to invest no less than 110 million US dollars in the global publicity of this work."

This is indeed quite good sincerity, the agency fee price is good, and the commitment to publicity and investment is quite good.

However, Ye Jiayi still just shook his head.

"Aren't you all satisfied with this?" Arnold made an unbelievable expression, but in fact he was quite calm in his heart.

When it comes to business, it is normal to ask for prices and bargain on the ground. Although there is no such idiom in the West, he certainly understands the meaning.

However, Ye Jiayi's next reaction was a bit beyond his expectation.

"Mr. Arnold, we have a good relationship, so there will be this meeting between us. However, personal relationships are personal relationships, and business matters are business matters. We really have no intention of reaching a cooperation with other companies on "Steam Daming" so soon. "

After speaking, Ye Jiayi stood up and said, "Thank you for your visit. If I have time tomorrow, I can take you to a nearby golf course. I remember you like this very much."

This is what it means to see off a guest.

Arnold opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but he immediately realized that it is normal for this kind of business involving hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars, to be unable to talk about any results for a while.

But even so, he was still confused by Ye Jiayi's attitude.

He thought that he had already brought Activision's sincere cooperation intention, but Ye Jiayi seemed not interested in it at all.

This gave him an ominous premonition—the taste of Dimension Entertainment this time may be very big.

...

The next day, Arnold accepted Ye Jiayi's invitation and played a round of golf together.

He is a master, Ye Jiayi can only be considered good at playing.

But basically, he didn't think much about playing this game.

Throughout the whole process, he was trying to test Dimension Entertainment's attitude on "Steam Daming", wanting to see what their needs were and where their bottom line was.

But unfortunately, he didn't try it out.

This made him very depressed.

You know, he is not an ordinary business negotiator. He is currently in Activision, not to mention covering the sky with one hand, at least he is one of the top management.

I came here in person like this, but the attitude of Dimension Entertainment is really uncomfortable.

There was some resentment and some anger in his heart, but he didn't show it.

Personal emotions are far less important than business cooperation.

He didn't intend to return to the United States just because of this, and he couldn't accept such a thing as returning without success.

In the following time, he kept in touch with Dimension Entertainment.

In the end, he finally got a more definite answer during his fourth meeting with Ye Jiayi.

Then, he was shocked.

Before, Dimension Entertainment's attitude made him consider that their appetite for this work will not be small, but in fact he is quite confident.

Although the initial quotation he gave seems to be only a part of the increase from the original "Taiwu 2", but in fact, according to the results of the internal discussions between Activision before he came, their bottom line is quite high , there is relatively large room for negotiation.

But unexpectedly, Dimension Entertainment's request suddenly compressed their space almost to the limit.

"In terms of agency fees, our requirements are not high, as long as it reaches the line of 60 million U.S. dollars. However, we hope that you can provide more protection for the publicity budget. We believe that investing 160 million U.S. dollars , is more reasonable."

When Ye Jiayi said these words, she looked quite calm, but Arnold was quite frightened.

These two figures were too exaggerated, and even once made him think that Ye Jiayi was joking with him.

But after calming down, he thought that he couldn't decide on this matter right now.

This is almost a third or so of their initial psychological price.

Is "Steam Daming" really worth the price?