Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 108 Superman?

Orange County, City of Newport Beach.

As a city established in 1906, most of the people living here are white people. The six-mile-long coastline is a seaside resort that many people yearn for, and the influx of people has also made it a The main popular shopping mall in Southern California, coupled with the pleasant climate and beautiful scenery, can overlook the Pacific Ocean from a slightly higher point, so the real estate here is very expensive, with an average house price of over one million, but even so, there are still many stars in it. Real estate has been bought here, such as the Oscar winner, Humphrey Bogart who was selected by the American Film Institute as the "Greatest Actor in a Century", John Wayne who was selected as the "Top Ten American Idols", and future Lakers star Kobe Bryant, they all live here.

Of course, if he wanted to eat at this place, even if Mohamy had both of his kidneys cut off, he would not be able to afford it.

You know, with a bald head like Kobe, it costs a thousand dollars to push here. If you give this money to the academician whose 'biggest mistake is to make you eat too much', then the other party can cut hair seventy times. .

The choice here is nothing more than being close to Irvine, Mohamy’s company, and secondly, eating at the seaside restaurant here, and you can see the white body when you turn your head; as a world-famous body surfing holy land, there are many guys who come here especially for the name , and guys in bikinis rolling with the waves, more...

"Wow...I didn't expect you to be such a guy..."

When Mohamy walked into the private room with a 180-degree sea view that Roland had reserved, the colorful and white waves on the beach not far away made him widen his eyes, "When I was with you before , really feel wrong?"

"I always thought that you don't like women!"

"Then you dared to stay with me before?"

Looking at the guy who was surprised and pretending to be surprised, Roland asked back with a smile.

"So I was reading during that time! I protected myself very well!"

Mohamy stretched out his hand and gestured, trying to imitate how he studied hard when he was with Roland.

However, before he could fully describe it, Roland leaned forward with a smirk and trembling eyebrows, "Really? Huh?"

The expression of "I'm so embarrassing, do you want to take a look at it" made Mohamy, who wanted to continue the joke, startled, and before Roland came up to him, he said seriously: " Well, I admit it, I confess, I was reading books on the set because there were no pretty girls in the set..."

The words like changing faces in a Sichuan opera made the time in the private room stand still for a few seconds. Under the interaction of the eyes of "sincerity" and "smirk", the two of them laughed at the same time, "Oh, Mike, I didn't expect that you are also I'll be kidding."

"Hey, Roland, you are not the same? You can feel more comfortable when you become famous? If you would not answer my words before changing your job, at most you can smile and expose my problem..."

"Really? Why don't I feel this way?"

"Maybe it's because you're in a good mood today?"

Roland is in a very good mood today, or in other words, since he received Mohamy's distress call the day before yesterday, he has been laughing like a joker. There is no other reason, it is purely because Mohamy asked himself for help.

To be honest, he wanted to vote for Mohamy a long time ago, but he didn't say anything, and it was hard for him to support this studio with only twelve people. Mohami is a friend, not a relationship between an investor and an investee that may be antagonistic, and this is actually very simple...

No matter where it is, the more famous a person is, the fewer friends he has.

Just like Ryan Reynolds who starred in Deadpool, the photos of his children were sold by friends who could enter the delivery room to bless them; Lindsay Lohan’s psychotherapy report was publicized by girlfriends. The list of compensated dating by rich people has been completely exposed; Little Pepper even took the script from Winona's house... There are too many incidents caused by these plastic friends.

To tell the truth, before Mohamy reported the letter, Roland only regarded him as an ordinary friend, but since the other party told him that someone posted his photo on the Internet community, he knew that this guy could actually be associated with him.

Since this is the case, it is even more difficult for him to tell the other party, I want you people.

Wait, this sounds so gay!

He didn't even think about picking up soap!

Anyway, the meaning is that if Mohamy doesn't speak, Roland is not easy to speak, and when Mohamy speaks, Roland is very enthusiastic!

After signaling to the waiter to serve the dishes he ordered yesterday, Roland, who was leaning on the sofa with Mohami on the left and right, smiled and said, "You called me the day before yesterday to say you were short of money?"

"Do you want to change the company name?"

"Is your company's name really changed, silicon and synapse? The most misspelled word, it is easy for people to come up with. This is the idea of ​​a breast augmentation and plastic surgery company. It has nothing to do with games, and it has no reputation at all."

"And even if you type it out, it will make people think you are a pervert."

The English word for silicon is 'silicon', and the English word for silicone is 'silicone'. Although there is an 'e' difference, this is the dividing line between normal and abnormal! Guys who know know that they are doing serious games, and guys who don’t know will definitely think that they started with little butter! Because there is no normal person who would play this kind of edge ball!

To know the glory of starting from small butter, the name is very tall, okay?

Even if Nintendo opened a love hotel, they would not name the company that kind of Chiguoguo!

Besides, when he was playing Blizzard games in his previous life, Roland had already learned that Mohamy and his group were originally regarded as small butter game manufacturers by the host platform, so they thought about changing the name, and they also collided with other studios. Yes, the other party asked Mohamy to pay 100,000 yuan to buy his name. Facing the high transfer fee, they chose Blizzard.

So, when Roland received Mohamy's distress call, he felt that this guy wanted to buy a name with money.

However, before Roland told Mohamy that he felt good about himself, I have a better name here, Mohamy picked up the glass and wanted to drink water, he was a little confused, "Roland, when will I tell you, Is our company going to change its name?"

"What? Didn't you say you want to buy the copyright of the company name?"

Roland frowned, and suddenly felt that the long speech he had prepared in advance might not be needed...

"I didn't say I would buy the copyright of the company name!"

Mohamy scratched his head. Seeing that Roland was serious about what he said, he was a little confused now, whether it was because he didn't make it clear on the phone the night before yesterday, or Roland might have misunderstood it, but it doesn't matter, just let the matter go straight finished?

"I mean, we want game production rights."

"Game production copyright?" Roland scratched his head, feeling that his brain memory might not be enough.

Blizzard bought the game copyright in the previous life?

Why doesn't he have the slightest impression of this matter?

But it doesn’t matter if you don’t have an impression. After seeing his confused face, Mohamy took the initiative to explain what happened.

"Do you still remember, in the summer of 1990, when I went to your house for a party, Director Chris Columbus and the others were there, and your uncle David asked me what the company's development plan was?"

“My answer at the time was, we didn’t think it through.”

"But after I went back and before I formally founded the company, I had already discussed with Alan and Frank."

“We decided to do all types.”

"The "RPM Racing" you played with Steven before is a racing game we made."

"The "Lost Vikings" we are working on now is an adventure action puzzle game similar to "Mario."

"Our next plan is to develop a shooting game similar to "Contra"."

"And a fighting game similar to Street Fighter."

“We want to verify which type of game we are suitable for through continuous production.”

"As for racing games, action puzzles, and shooting games, these plots can all be designed by ourselves, but fighting games are different. He must have a beautiful world view and clear camp positioning, otherwise it will look very twisted."

"So when we handed "The Lost Vikings" to the supplier for review, they made suggestions like us, using a mature world view to make fighting games, and recommended to us the projects they already had..."

"Superman."

Start-up game companies in the early 1990s want to try and make mistakes. This idea is not too common.

Because it is so easy to make games these days, four people can gather at a table, and a finished product can be squeezed out in three months.

Like in the future, the scene where the producer picks the head, design, art, music, and post-production a bunch of people gather together to squeeze toothpaste will never appear again in this year, and it is precisely because there are few people that things are easy to handle. Let’s take a look Which type is suitable for you, and then just get in and do it. If you have no money to maintain it, then take the order to help others work!

And Mohamy and the others didn't need to take orders at all, not only because their first game "RPM Racing" was profitable, but also because he was confident that he could get investment from Roland when the funds were exhausted, but This kind of self-confidence, with the disappearance of Superman in the mouth of suppliers and distributors, has disappeared. What is Superman?

That's Batman's grandson!

Using Superman's copyright to make a fighting game?

If it becomes popular, it will definitely be the signature of their studio!

"So, you need money now to buy the copyright of Superman?"

After listening to Mohamy's narration, Roland suddenly felt a toothache.

Don’t ask Mohamy how their suppliers received Superman’s game order, the word Superman alone can make Roland stare at him, not only because the other party has a big name, but also because—

This thing is expensive!

As the only two comic IPs (Superman and Batman) in the market that have successfully made profits in film and television, the game copyright does not reach eight figures, so I am sorry for Warner, who once owned Atari!

And use eight figures to buy a game copyright?

Grab the grass!

I didn't expect that you, Mohami, a thick-eyed guy, would dare to treat me as an online loan!

However, just as Roland was touching his chin, turning a deaf ear to the colorful world outside the restaurant, and thinking about how to tactfully tell Mohamy that he couldn't handle this matter, Mohamy suddenly shook his head and said: "No no no…"

"We didn't want the rights to Superman."

"Really? So what do you want?"

Roland couldn't laugh anymore, he felt that Mohamy would definitely dig himself a bigger hole.

Superman doesn't even like it, so what he's looking at, shouldn't it be "Star Wars" that shoots spaceships with bows and arrows?

He is even more uncertain about this.

Because so far, the level scripts of the "Star Wars" game are written by Lucas and Spielberg themselves.

It seemed that he noticed that Roland's mood was wrong, but it was more like he had already thought about it for Roland. Mohamy's answer was clean and neat, "You have to decide what we want..."

"Last summer, James Cameron was going to shoot "Spider-Man", and the news that you were going to star at the same time spread all over the country."

"So after hearing Superman, we thought of Marvel."

"We want to know what you think. If you are close to Marvel, then we will not pick up Superman."

"At the same time, if we can get the game copyright from Marvel, or the authorization of a game, then we can do it too."

Roland is a golden thigh personally certified by the future Blizzard Big Three.

In this case, isn't taking on Superman the same as staying away from him?

Compared with the Superman proposed by the supplier, they think it is better to work around Roland.

This is not a question of money, but a question of standing in line.

As long as you do it around Roland, it means that the game has the opportunity to come to Spielberg again, and if the other party is happy with the game, he casually said to the media, I am playing "XXX" recently. Power is more terrifying than being a superman.

The quality of the game is not bad, and they can instantly become the most famous game company in America.

By then, are they afraid that they will not be able to recruit people? Can't make the game?

Hearing the other party's explanation, Roland, who was still sullen, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that it has something to do with Marvel again?

"I thought you asked me to buy you the copyright of the Superman game!" Roland complained, rolling his eyes.

Seeing Roland so relieved, how could Mohamy not know that this guy was thinking nonsense? He patted his thigh directly and said, "How is it possible? What are you thinking? Unless I am crazy, how could I let you buy the copyright of Superman?"

"Okay, let's not talk about Superman, just tell me, can Marvel handle it..."

Marvel?

If it was placed before "Home Alone 2", Roland would still feel that it was a bit awkward, but now...

Whether it’s calling James or Ivanka, it’s okay.

Perelman and Icahn have eaten Marvel to death, buying a game copyright is a matter of money!

As for how much?

Then Roland is not clear.

But he understands that with Mohamy, we can’t talk about copyright money first, we have to talk about—

company.

"What copyright do you want, as long as they don't sell it, I can get you here." Roland made it clear, "But there is one thing I want to know first, what do you think?"

Mohamy was silent for a while, he naturally understood what Roland was talking about, and they had actually thought about these things before coming, "We know that copyright will be expensive, and we also know that the company is worthless."

"We can just authorize once and leave when we're done."

"As for the company..."

"We have no opinion on whether to acquire or invest in shares."

"We have only one request."

"The three of us lead the game production, you can try it, you can give your opinion, you can even have a meeting to tell us why we made the changes, but you can't ask us to launch the game before a certain quarter, other than that, there is nothing else. of…"

"We know you can take it."

“Because everyone is a gamer.”

Note: ①The "RPM Racing" written before is the first game in the United States to be ported to the Japanese Super Nintendo. That's why Blizzard was chosen to jointly develop Superman, and after launching "Lost Vikings" in 1992, they were developing "Superman-Escape from the Dead" because of poor grades, and then did it with Condor A port of Justice League Task Force. Mohamy's group really took over Warner's project. ②Blizzard has never expanded by mergers and acquisitions. Before Vivendi intervened, Blizzard did two mergers and acquisitions, one was acquired by Davidson & Associates in 1994, and the other was the acquisition of Condor by Blizzard in 1996, that is, Blizzard North. Blizzard and Condor met through Justice League Task Force.