Chapter 301 Worries and opportunities coexist, anger and box office soar
"What? Do you still want me to participate in the company's operations?"
Roland looked at them with smiling eyes, and said in a joking tone: "I know what you are thinking, do you think my behavior of calling the parents was a bit too much last time, right? It's a special matter! I apologize~"
"No no no no~" Hearing these words, the two waved their hands again and again, saying: "Last time, there was a misunderstanding because the news was not equal. You should find a way to eliminate the misunderstanding, of course it's no problem!"
"We just don't want the tragedy of Infoseek to repeat itself, so ask one more question..."
"Yes, one more question..."
The cautious answer made Roland's facial features laugh. Why didn't he understand what these two guys meant?
Isn’t it just that Shouwang Venture Capital will take care of the seven after taking a stake in Google?
Although Roland is a well-known hands-off shopkeeper in the circle, when it comes to handing over money to Google, his desire to control is indeed stronger than anyone else. It is precisely because of personal experience that the two will worry.
The worries they showed also made Roland curious, "How did the three of them block you?"
As soon as Roland mentioned this matter, the faces of the two of them turned dark immediately.
After confirming that Roland didn't ask the question knowingly, they poured out their bitterness and complained to Roland about the bullying behavior of the Big Three of Blizzard. .”
"During the round trip, we can see them at the school gate and outside the venue every day."
"Once or twice, it doesn't matter, three or four times, it's a bit annoying, but if we see each other every day..."
"Then no one can bear it!"
"So, after completing the formalities at school, we moved out."
"In order to avoid their intrusion, we also deliberately asked others to help us rent a house."
"But even so, they still found it!"
"Since we have already left the school, they will come directly to the door without worrying about being chased away by the school police!"
"Then…"
"We don't need to prepare the alarm clock for early waking up, we don't need to buy our own breakfast, someone delivers lunch, and a chef comes to cook dinner, and the coffee for overtime... is even covered by them!"
"Although this kind of life is good, we are really afraid!"
Speaking of which, they imitated their original state and sighed sadly.
"Oh~~~"
As for Roland, his tone was reversed and his eyes narrowed with a smile.
The three co-authors helped Dabao win Google by acting as an endorsement for Dabao!
Meticulous care and punctual greetings, isn’t it—‘true love will never change, Dabao will see you every day’!
To be honest, Roland would be annoyed if someone treated him like this.
It was precisely because he could understand that after listening to their complaints, Roland solemnly assured them, "Don't worry, the last time was just an accident. In most cases, I will not be like Disney. Meddling in company affairs indiscriminately."
"You don't have to worry about Google becoming Infoseek."
"Of course, if there is a situation where communication is necessary, then I will not give priority to using the three of them!"
Sergey Brin and Larry Page were very happy when they heard the first half of Roland's sentence.
But after hearing the second half of the sentence, their faces were as embarrassed as Dayao's.
Not preferred to use them?
Doesn't that mean that in some cases, you'll still unleash the pigskin bully with outrageous behavior but a perfect attitude?
As for certain situations, what are the specific situations?
Isn't it up to you alone?
Eh! Forget it!
Life is not easy, Maomao sighs!
...
Although Roland did not personally experience that busy time, for Roland, the unflappable and stalking spirit of the Blizzard Big Three is worth encouraging, so after he got Google, he took a day off between filming At the right time, he flew to Irvine and fulfilled the promise he made at the beginning—inviting the three of them to dinner.
Because everyone is an old acquaintance who has known each other for almost ten years, it is easier to communicate with each other.
After describing the depressed appearances of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, a happy atmosphere rose in the box.
"The two of them really have a hard time communicating, and they treated us like a thief at the beginning." Alan Adham complained.
"That's why Mike thought of using love to influence them." Frank Pierce nodded in agreement.
And after hearing the flirtatious remarks of his companions, Mike Morwaimey, whose mouth twitched, waved his hands immediately and said, "Roland, don't listen to their nonsense, we simply couldn't contact them at first, so I chose the stupid way to wait!"
"As for love?" Speaking of which, Mike Mohaime directly cast his eyes on the other two.
"You know my sexual orientation. We saw bikini beauties together! But they..."
"Then you can't tell!"
As soon as these words came out, Alan Adham glared at King Kong, "Mike, who are you talking about?"
"You are discrimination! Discrimination!" Frank Pierce also patted the table.
Roland was scratching his head and laughing at the fire-like situation. He likes this kind of funny atmosphere regardless of status.
Of course, joy is joy, and mistakes cannot be made.
After the three of them revealed their secrets to each other for a while, Roland interrupted: "Okay, okay, let's stop talking about LGBT!"
"This topic is very sensitive now, let's not touch it."
Although there are still more than ten years away from the environment where supporting LGBT is politically correct, there are signs that if you don't support it, you will be criticized. Naturally, the three people who understand the key will not die. started the company.
In fact, after the successive releases of "Warcraft" and "StarCraft", Blizzard Entertainment has been on the right track. The company's profits don't even support the development of other masterpieces, even if it keeps acquiring excellent studios, No problem.
In this case, Roland no longer had to give random comments like he had asked "Spider-Man". Because of this, he didn't understand anything except the game project developed by Blizzard Entertainment itself.
Especially when the three guys told him that the current Blizzard Entertainment also undertakes the distribution business of other small studios, Roland's face really showed surprise, and when he learned that DreamWorks Interactive's distribution business was also While they are doing...
The surprised words blurted out even more, "Why didn't I know about this?"
"Didn't Steven tell you?" The three were also surprised.
"No! What's going on?" Roland beeped in bewilderment.
Dreamworks Interactive, established in 1995, is a game company created by the old man.
Well, it’s actually more like a peripheral development company.
Because since the establishment of the company, the products they have developed are either the derivative game "Goosebumps: Escape" of the TV series "Goosebumps", or the variant game "Chaos Island: The Lost World" of the movie "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World". world".
Playing games with the idea of ??"just bad money", it is naturally impossible for them to lay a complete distribution channel.
So, finding a publisher to issue on your behalf has become a matter of course.
Plus, those games were meant to make money, so the old man never mentioned this matter to Roland, let alone approached Blizzard Entertainment, because Blizzard Entertainment—carrying his dream!
He once extinguished his dream with his own hands, how could he repeat the same mistakes again?
But last year, when I was at home on vacation after filming "Saving Private Ryan", I found that my son was playing the trashy "007: Goldeneye" with a Nintendo game console. , prepared a game.
After writing the game script and designing the game levels, he felt that he would be popular, so he sent people to Blizzard Entertainment to discuss the release matters-this is actually very understandable, the work of making money can be done by anyone, but To do practical things, you have to find people who do things.
Although even if he brought the garbage, the Big Three of Blizzard would look at Roland's face and help release it, but after the three of them read the game script written by the old man himself, their admiration was beyond words.
The guy who is awesome is really good at everything.
"So...DreamWorks Interactive gave you "Medal of Honor"?" Hearing this, Roland smiled.
"Didn't you say you didn't know?" This time, it was the turn of the three of them to be confused.
"Ah~ He told me before that he wanted to make a first-person shooter game, but he didn't say he wanted us to publish it."
How could Roland not know about Medal of Honor?
When filming "Captain Hook" again, he was already thinking about the game company formed by the old man.
At the time, his goal was the team that could make Call of Duty and Battlefield.
And now...
Hi! This is not free!
Although Roland never thought that DreamWorks Interactive would take the initiative to discuss with Blizzard Entertainment about the release of "Medal of Honor", but he personally felt that the old man's choice was actually quite normal.
Because the probability of encountering opportunities has always increased with the promotion of status.
When Roland was poor and poor, if he wanted to buy Blizzard, he had to rely on PY; if he wanted to invest in Yahoo, he had to rely on persecution;
But now, as long as he sits at home, opportunities will come to him.
Because the status is different!
When you were poor and white, who knew you?
Just like Jack Ma, the rich man of the people, whoever you find will be regarded as a liar!
But when his net worth swells to a certain level and he will be recognized wherever he goes, he has the right to question other people's attributes!
When I change from begging to giving, the chances I encounter will increase exponentially!
Just as entrepreneurs in America hope to get investment from Berkshire Hathaway!
When all start-ups are eager to give shares to Warren Buffett, when all start-ups are proud to invite Warren Buffett—capital, it begins to snowball crazily!
What if you miss Amazon and Google?
It's regrettable, but not regretful.
Because I have enough opportunities!
There are so many that I can pick and choose at will, and my wealth is still skyrocketing!
...
Invited the Big Three of Blizzard to a meal and thanked them for their contributions in investing in Google. Roland, who was debt-free, returned to Los Angeles to finish the leftover studio fighting scenes of the movie with peace of mind.
In fact, as early as March 10th, all the scenes of "Spider-Man 2" had been completed. In the afternoon of that day, they entered the rough cut stage. Tower Digital has already started subcontracting and rushing to work. After that, all that is left to the crew are the confrontation scenes of "Spider-Man 3".
Since the villains of "Spider-Man 3" are the little green goblin and the goblin, Roland meets Leo and Bell every day. Although the status of the three is different, Roland doesn't care about these things and still gets along very happily with them .
Among them, it is natural to appreciate Bell's figure.
Even though the shooting is very hard and the amount of exercise is very large, this legendary rubber man will still guarantee normal training every day.
The orange tights that belonged to the identity of the evil spirit were worn on his body, which gave people a sense of muscle without deliberately concave shape, and after seeing this situation... Roland directly locked Kate at home and did not take it out.
Even if Kate is purely admiring, that's not enough!
No way, the face is a natural thing, but the body can be practiced by yourself.
Although Roland thinks that he is in good shape, compared with Bell, there is still a gap.
After all, he's just working out, not bodybuilding.
In the process of catching up with the progress, on May 3, a huge tornado hit the central and western regions of America. Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee and Texas all suffered losses to varying degrees. At least 55 people were killed in this incident, more than 500 people were missing, thousands of houses were destroyed, and the direct economic loss was as high as one billion US dollars.
But no matter how strong the tornado is, it cannot take away the enthusiasm of the American people for "Star Wars".
Half a month later, on May 19th, when "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" was released, crazy Star Wars fans contributed nearly 65 million box office in the first weekend!
Since Roland was invited to attend the premiere, the fans at the scene were loud, and he could understand.
How could he not understand how tricky the selection is?
But after a few days, when countless fans frantically flocked towards the theater with their surroundings, the visual impact was still very shocking. After all, a group of people appeared in the theater with diodes emitting red and blue light. that feeling...
It's like the emoji pack of crazy calling.
If BGM is added—
‘Like a seaweed tree~swaying with the waves~’
These excited guys can turn their heads away!
Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
When the expectant movie fans walked into the theater excitedly, George Lucas gave them a soul blow!
Different from the classics on Douban in the future, in the eyes of American people, "The Phantom Menace" is simply a piece of shit!
The whole movie doesn’t tell any story at all, it just adds an introductory chapter to the already told story, and slowly portrays something that can be finished in a few hundred words in two hours, in this case Next, fans who are already familiar with the trilogy don't have any sense of expectation. Not only that, George Lucas also made a big BUG!
You know, in the main story trilogy, Obi-Wan personally described his state when he first met Anakin: "When I first met him, your father was already a great pilot. I felt a powerful force in him, so I personally trained him to be a Jedi Knight."
Then-
Anakin appeared directly as a child in the prequels.
What is this?
The fans are here for Anakin!
They want to know how awesome the legendary Son of Prophecy is!
As a result, what George Lucas showed them was a shrunken version of Anakin?
It’s as if I read the book for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", but the author had to pick it up from everyone's ancestral grave!
This is no longer a trickery!
But the boundless water!
Phew!
In this way, when a group of people rushed into the theater with light-emitting diodes, they were stunned when they saw the content of the movie!
The sea-salty plot made them feel like they were sitting on pins and needles. Two hours later, when they came out again...
The pipe in his hand collapsed into several pieces!
When they found out that there was a reporter interviewing them at the door, their anger caused them to directly evolve into Di Daxing!
Art is a blast!
"This is a trash movie! I'm here for Darth Maul! His avatar is even the background of the entire poster! But apart from the final confrontation, Darth Maul's scenes are so pitiful!"
"Too much preaching makes me feel tired! The original trilogy has already pointed out the relationship between the Force and genes, but this movie still re-does a scientific explanation of the origin of the Force! More than half of the dialogues make me bored! "
"The Phantom Menace is the worst movie I've ever seen! Darth Maul looks cool, but he's just a lone shell! How many seconds is he on screen? Say twenty Words? And then there's nothing? The point is, I don't see a trace of the Dark Lord other than the twin lightsabers! This is so disappointing!"
The overwhelming negative reviews have turned George Lucas from the father of Star Wars to the most garbage director in Hollywood who can't write scripts, but even so, the power of feelings is still strong!
The rising box office trend directly tells people that this movie is aimed at one billion!
Such a result made Star Wars fans extremely angry!
No one thought that the more he scolded, the more people would watch it?
Perhaps it was because the high box office aroused the rebellious psychology of fans. In the first week of the film’s release, IMDb’s fan rating was still 7.8, but after the box office broke 200 million, the rating had dropped to 7.0.
The negative correlation between the public opinion feedback and the box office has made Hollywood practitioners bewildered, because according to common sense, the harder the scolding, the less people will watch it? Why are there still people who are mean and watch while scolding?
"It's not scientific!" Everyone sighed in confusion.
"The power of feelings is so powerful?" Wondering words enveloped the offices of the giants.
But just when they wanted to see with their own eyes how far the ratings of the movie "The Phantom Menace" would be pulled by fans, hey, they have been paying attention to audience feedback, in the discussion areas of major websites, in In the world's largest movie database, I saw the same name, a name that has nothing to do with "The Phantom Menace"—
Roland Allen.
Note: ①In reality, after the game copyright of "Jurassic Park" was sold, DreamWorks Interactive is still making the game of "Jurassic Park", but changed the name to "Chaos Island: Jurassic Park" ·The Lost World, does this count as copyright infringement? Anyway, they were sued, but they also won. So... Picking up the guide tube is a director, putting down the guide tube is a businessman, this evaluation is not for nothing, the old man is only good to his own people, other guys are all souls killed by swords. ② "Star Wars Prequel" has always been scolded by fans, and it is also the only series in film history that the more scolded by fans, the higher the box office will be. The power of feelings is great, and the wallets of fans are endless. Although the 19-year movie is not good, the game "Falling Samurai" has sold 10 million in half a year. Don't look at 10 million, it's rare. You must know that it can In front of them, there are only two IPs, Batman and Spiderman, these three belong to the kind that makes money no matter what they do.
(end of this chapter)
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