The Strongest Hacker

Chapter 378 Blowout Rhythm (Part 2)

Chapter 378 Blowout Rhythm (Part 2)

After everyone's laughter was over, Baker continued: "Okay, I won't be a joke, and I will go straight to the point. This time, the main cooperation between Paramount Film Production Company and Star Group is about a new movie." , this movie series must be familiar to everyone, it is definitely familiar to everyone."

"This movie is the fifth in the Superman series. The exact name has not yet been determined, but we have decided to hand over the special effects of this movie to the Star Group at a price of 100 million U.S. dollars, and we will make a down payment of 30 million U.S. dollars. Deposit." Seeing that everyone was a little anxious, Baker didn't play sloppy anymore, and directly told the content of the press conference held by the two companies.

Although everyone had already guessed it, but when Baker said this, the whole venue was silent at first, and then there was an uproar, and all the reporters couldn't wait to throw out various questions almost immediately. Immediately, the meeting room became like a vegetable market. The decoration inside the meeting room was made according to the decoration of the attraction booth, but there were still many echoes.

"Everyone, please be quiet, please be quiet!" The host immediately shouted from the side. These reporters are all people who have seen the big scene. Although the news made them a little shocked and lost their composure, they asked those questions. When the host shouted, these reporters also knew that none of them could get any information about such a scene. , everyone immediately quieted down.

"The following is the time for reporters to ask questions. Please abide by the order of the venue." The host quickly emphasized the discipline of the venue before entering the next session. There are quite a lot of news media here this time, so there are also many people watching the press conference at the same time. Through various channels, everyone was shocked by the news. Most of the domestic netizens and the public are optimistic. After all, there is indeed a blank in the country in terms of technical special effects. Now there are companies that can directly get orders from Hollywood, which is naturally worthy of everyone's joy.

This at least means that the production level of domestic film special effects will keep up in the future, and those film companies that don't want to spend money can't find an excuse to shirk. However, most foreign people, especially those in the United States, cannot understand what happened to Paramount. Some media who did not come to interview directly published their own comments. Several major newspapers directly used Paramount used a trick to describe the cooperation between Paramount and Star Group.

Even some fierce media directly claimed that Paramount would die because of this. It is true that Chinese products are very competitive in the United States, and many, many American companies have factories in China, and then sell them back to the United States. Therefore, the American market There are a lot of made in China, but this does not mean that in terms of film special effects, made in China is also so highly competitive. As we all know, apart from Hong Kong movies in China, movies from mainland China are popular all over the world. Inside is like a scum.

But now Paramount has signed a contract with such a company,

Some people in the know knew about the signing of the contract between Star Group and Blizzard Entertainment. The video released by Star Group surprised everyone in the world. of difference.

Being able to do a good job in game special effects does not mean that you can do a good job in movie special effects. What surprised more people was not the question of which company Paramount signed a special effects production contract with, but how did the Superman series of movies go to Paramount? If memory serves me, shouldn't that be from Warner Bros.? This question was also asked by a reporter at the scene, and Zhang Yang also wanted to know the answer to this question, but unfortunately, Baker did not say a reason.

And the third thing that is astonishing is the production cost of the film. The overall special effects production is only 100 million US dollars. More than $200 million.

Zhang Yang does not know the specific production cost of Superman Returns, but it should have exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars. Although it is said that the special effects were produced for 100 million U.S. dollars to the Star Group, Zhang Yang, who understands the contract, naturally knows Well, this price is simply false. There is a stipulation in the contract that the final production cost will be 60% of the 100 million U.S. dollars, which is about 60 million U.S. dollars.

The remaining 40 million US dollars will be handed over to Paramount, and Paramount will do its best to promote Star Group. The global box office of The Return of Superman does not seem to be particularly high, but as Star Group’s first step into the film special effects production industry, there is nothing wrong with it. Anyway, Star Group’s production costs are almost zero, nothing more than employees’ wages. As for wages Well, without this business, the Star Group would still have to pay wages!

Huang Yi, who was in front of the computer at the moment, was full of sluggishness. He never thought that the Star Group would have 30 million US dollars all of a sudden, and there would be another 70 million US dollars after that! Thirty million US dollars is 240 million RMB! The Star Group surpassed Phantom Technology in an instant. When negotiating with the technical director and president of Xingkong Group, Huang Yi also said that the strength of the other party was not as good as Phantom Technology.

That's good, they have 240 million at once, and it's cash! Even if Huang Yi doesn't know the cost of producing special effects for movies, it is well known that the profits in the software industry are terribly high. This is almost universal and there is no need to think about it.

Like Huang Yi, I know that there are many people in the Star Group, and there are also a lot of dull people. The speed of the rise of the Star Group makes everyone feel a little scary. At the beginning, the Star Group is really not profitable, and many people are ready to watch it. Star Group's joke, Star Group is not the same as Matrix Security. After Matrix Security swallowed Baiying Security, it already has the Agricultural Bank of China as a major customer, and its enterprise-level users are charged.

Although Matrix Security also has security software that users can use for free, but their profit point is not here, it is nothing more than wasting some servers, nothing, but Star Group is different. game developed.

Everyone doesn't know what the Star Group's profit is, but now the Star Group tells everyone at once, what the Star Group relies on to make money! And the development of the Star Group also made everyone a little confused. Although it is said that high-tech companies have something in common, especially in terms of computers, the jump is too big. At first, Star Group seemed to be doing security, but now it has jumped directly to computer special effects.

And it seems that the computer special effects are quite good, at least much more reliable than their current photon defense software that has not started to make a profit at all. Of course, that software is easy to use, but in the eyes of many businessmen, It's easy to use, but what's the use of being free?

Zhang Yang grinned at the computer screen. It has to be said that most people still can't change their minds. How did Tencent make a fortune? Isn't it because of free? And the 360 ​​of the later generations dared to challenge Tencent in the end, what did they rely on? Isn't it because of its huge installed capacity and user base? Although 360 said at the time that the installed capacity of 300 million was a little watery, the number of Tencent users was not small. At least it is normal for each person to have seven or eight accounts.

But these people don't understand, Zhang Yang is happy, like Matrix Security, although Zhang Yang once gave them advice, but Matrix Security's current focus is not on the free software, but on theirs. For other fee-based businesses, the installed capacity of Matrix Security's free security software is not increasing so rapidly, and it all depends on the mutual communication between users.

Since they don't want it, Zhang Yang doesn't care about it. Anyway, although he said he owns 40% of the shares in Matrix Security, he can't get the shares. With that little effort, it's better to develop the Star Group Woolen cloth. Star Group's press conference was not long, but it caused quite a stir. Domestic newspapers and media were fine, but major foreign newspapers and media were almost flooded by the news.

Paramount's reach is one of the most important. At the end of the press conference, Zhang Yang suddenly received a call from Chen Xiaowei from the venue. "What's the matter? Why are you calling me if you're not in the meeting? Do you want me to go on stage to answer questions again?" Zhang Yang asked quickly.

"I didn't ask this question, but if you can answer me now, I can guarantee that at the end of today's press conference, there will be an even more explosive news that will make these reporters reluctant to leave our company." Chen Xiaowei smiled Said.

"Tell me." Zhang Yang immediately asked curiously. "That's right, I didn't ask this question, but Mr. Microsoft's Chief Software Architecture Engineer." Chen Xiaowei said with a smile.

"Bill Gates?" Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Bill Gates to talk to Chen Xiaowei on the phone. It is an absolutely unforgivable embarrassment. Although there is no conflict between Star Group and Microsoft at present, to put it bluntly, there will never be absolute friends in the mall, and there are only absolute interests.

Even if you are a company that makes tanks and a company that makes guns, there may be conflicts one day, not to mention that in a sense, the two parties are still peers, especially what Zhang Yang plans to do next. Definitely will collide with Microsoft.

Although Microsoft is not currently committed to the research and development of mobile phone systems, as long as Zhang Yang makes certain achievements in mobile phones, Microsoft will definitely not be left behind! Microsoft is in the operating system industry, just like Tencent in the domestic game industry, brother is rich! Brother is rich and powerful, brother also has technology, brother is a copycat, what do you want to do?

What can be done? It can only be served cold! The success of an enterprise is definitely not a coincidence. It is not a coincidence that Microsoft is today. There is no doubt that Bill Gates is excellent. His achievements have proved his excellence. Now it seems that Bill Gates is not as proud as the legend says , It's just that he didn't meet anyone who asked him to come forward in person.

For example, the current Star Group's total assets are not even as high as Microsoft's ten-day profit. In such a company, even if it is a president, a manager of Microsoft may be able to talk to you directly, but Bill Gates contacted him personally Chen Xiaowei, it can be seen from this point that Microsoft still attaches great importance to Star Group.

"What's the question?" After receiving Chen Xiaowei's affirmative answer, Zhang Yang asked back. "The other party just wants to know how our optimization software works. Bill Gates bluntly said that they have tested it, and even a new system they are currently developing, your software can be used by ordinary users. The performance has improved by more than 30%. Ask if we can cooperate." Chen Xiaowei passed Bill Gates' question to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, asking how he did it was a useless question, it was a secret, Starry Sky Group would not be able to tell Microsoft of course, Bill was probably just asking the question casually, the real question was probably the latter one. "Cooperation? How? Did he mention the method?" Zhang Yang frowned and asked directly.

"Yes, after the release of the new system, Microsoft will add a built-in interface of our software, and recommend our software to become the first software necessary for the system. At the same time, our company needs to share the technology of photon defense to optimize the system with Microsoft. As a cooperation, Microsoft will share part of the core technology of the system with us, or we can choose to share the sales, of course, the proportion of the share cannot be too large." Chen Xiaowei said quickly.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but sneer after hearing this, Microsoft has a good idea, share technology with them, and they will share technology with you, but do you think Microsoft may share all the core technology of Windows with you? Zhang Yang immediately asked, "Share all the source codes?" Chen Xiaowei choked for a moment, and then said, "Of course not, do you think it's possible? They said they only share technology with us in terms of system security, and let us do this. It will be easier when."

"It's impossible. If it's fair cooperation, remember, I'm talking about fair cooperation. Even if Microsoft pays, we can help them optimize their new products, but technology sharing is impossible." Zhang Yang directly refused, if it is With such a cooperation, it is impossible to cooperate with Microsoft even if Zhang Yang is killed. Because Photon Defense seems to be a free software, but its core core has many secrets.