Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 189 The Future Development Direction of Games

Cao Jian believed that 20th Century Fox would agree to invest because they had brought in Paramount Pictures as the scapegoat for Titanic because they were afraid of the risks and didn't want to increase the budget.

The box office was a huge success, earning Paramount a penny with tears in their eyes.

It would be strange if Fox Film Corporation could refuse Cao Jian's offer of money.

Since both parties were willing to give and receive, they agreed to sign the contract two days later.

The theme song, "My Heart Will Go On," was only licensed to the film; the copyright of the song belongs to Cao Jian.

At that time, they will also receive 30% of the song's revenue.

Cao Jian knew exactly how popular this song was after the movie's release.

Besides the financial rewards, he values ​​the Oscar statuette even more.

"Mr. James, thank you for your help."

After finishing their business, Cao Jian was about to take his leave when he suddenly had a thought and asked, "In the movie 'Titanic,' would it be okay to add a Chinese face for a cameo?"

"Are you planning to make a cameo appearance?"

James was taken aback. This Cao Jian did have a certain air of nobility. If he were to play a wealthy Chinese man, it wouldn't be bad.

Unexpectedly, Cao Jian said, "I'm thinking of having my girlfriend make a cameo appearance, I wonder if that's okay?"

You mean this young lady?

James thought Chen Hong was very beautiful as soon as he met her.

If the female lead didn't have to be a Westerner, she would have wanted Chen Hong to be the lead actress. Therefore, it would be no problem for her to make a cameo appearance as a Chinese socialite.

He immediately said, "I am very honored that this beautiful lady has a cameo role in my film."

Hearing their conversation, Chen Hong's legs trembled with excitement.

I never imagined I'd get a cameo role in a movie with a budget of two hundred million US dollars?

It seems Cao Jian really loves himself, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.

After everything was settled, as soon as Cao Jian and Chen Hong stepped out of the film set, Chen Hong couldn't wait any longer and threw herself into Cao Jian's arms: "Husband, I love you, I love you, I love you so much!"

The beautiful Ms. Chen said "I love you" four times, but felt that none of them could express her feelings.

"What's sixty million US dollars if you can make a cameo appearance? As long as you're happy."

Cao Jian embraced her soft, delicate body and laughed, "Just don't steal the spotlight from the lead actor."

Am I really that beautiful?

"of course."

The lead actress in "Titanic" is Jennifer Lawrence. If the two wore the same outfit, Chen Hong might steal her thunder.
Chen Hong was even happier: "Honey, you are the best man in the world, without a doubt."

"As long as you're happy, the money is well spent."

Cao Jian's sweet talk came naturally.

Although he invested 60 million, it was to earn more.

But going along with it and making the woman happy is harmless.

For the next two days, Cao Jian enjoyed Chen Hong's full-body care and felt incredibly happy.

At the same time, he also brought Chen Hong to his Blizzard Entertainment company.

The King of Fighters game has been released and is selling even better than Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, selling 1.8 million copies and earning the company more than 10 million US dollars.

That same year, "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" also sold 600,000 copies, earning three million.

This game company, which was originally similar to a small workshop, has become a well-known company in the industry.

If Chen Hong hadn't known that Cao Jian had a company in the United States, she wouldn't have believed what she was seeing.

"Boss, we're working on The King of Fighters 2. Do you have any other good game ideas?"

At this moment, Mo Huaimi had long admired this boss to the point of complete awe.

If it weren't for this person's game idea, he and his partners would probably still be holed up in a tiny apartment of just over ten square meters, writing code for other companies.

And now, he's worth nearly a million dollars.

Cao Jian thought for a moment and said, "Arcade games are not the future direction, but there is still a market for them in the next two years. You can develop a few shooting games and realistic shooting games."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Actually, computer games are the future trend."

"computer?"

Mo Huaimi was stunned for a moment.

Computers are high-end items, even in the United States. They are usually only found in better companies and are used for office work.

Do computer games have a future?
“That’s right, computers are the future. We should set up a team specifically to work on this.” It was almost 1994, and in two years, internet cafes would be booming in China.

Personal computers will gradually become more common in developed countries such as Europe, America, and Japan.

Now is the perfect time to start planning. Otherwise, if we wait until everyone else recognizes the importance of computer games before we begin, we'll never get a piece of the action.

As he spoke, Cao Jian explained the creative ideas and design concepts of games such as "Red Alert" and "Age of Empires" to Mo Huaimi and others.

"Games can be played like this?"

After hearing this, the group became even more convinced that handing over most of the company's shares to Cao Jian was an incredibly wise decision.

These few games, if they were actually developed, would definitely be huge hits.

However, it would be impossible to develop these games in less than a year.

"Hehe, we'll try to develop it by the end of next year."

After Cao Jian finished making his demands, he saw that the group had been blinded by the money they had made from arcade games over the past two years and had no idea about computer games. He sighed slightly.

He continued, "Besides the game I just mentioned, I have another idea called Warcraft."

"Boss, this name sounds good."

Upon hearing the game's name, Mo Huaimi felt a connection to it and hurriedly said, "Boss, tell me about it."

"This is a role-playing real-time strategy game."

Cao Jian explained the concept and gameplay of Warcraft.

After hearing this, Mo Huaimi and the others felt as if they had been enlightened.

The boss's ideas are truly unique.

Cao Jian said, "Now that we've made money, let's move to a bigger place, hire more people, and form different teams to develop the games I mentioned as soon as possible. Also, you should focus your development on computer games."

"clear."

Mo Huaimi immediately patted his chest and guaranteed it.

It's said that Chinese people are smart, and it seems that with this insightful and creative boss, the company might be able to go public in the future.

Even after leaving the blizzard, Chen Hong was still in a daze.

Those blond, blue-eyed foreigners were all completely subservient to Cao Jian's boyfriend, showing immense admiration. It seems Cao Jian's boyfriend is not only a good actor but also very knowledgeable about games.

And they've managed to run this company in the US so well.

They also marveled at how profitable games really are.

Two games earned nearly 20 million US dollars.

This is more profitable than making a movie.

Cao Jian noticed Chen Hong's adoring gaze and laughed, "Baby, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Honey, I've discovered that you're amazing in every way."

"Then I'll take you somewhere else."

This time, Cao Jian came to the entertainment company he had founded, but there was no employee in the house except for an empty building.

Tax matters and such were all handled by lawyers.

"Look at my company, isn't it a mess?"

“I believe that my husband will definitely make this place even more successful than the game company in the future.”

"Haha, you have such a sweet tongue."

With no one at the entertainment company, Cao Jian happened to be in the mood and began studying the structure of the character "昆" (Kun).

Two days later, the day finally arrived to sign the contract with 20th Century Fox.

"Hello, Mr. Cao."

When Alan Ryder, the head of Fox Film Corporation, saw the young Chinese man in front of him, he was polite but secretly thinking, "What a sucker."

"Hello."

Cao Jian seemed to detect a hint of mockery in the other person's smile.

"We'll find out who's the sucker in the future."

After saying that, he took out a bank draft and the theme song he had written, and said with a smile, "This is my investment of 60 million, plus the theme song I wrote. I wonder how much box office revenue Mr. Alan plans to give me. Let's settle this now so that there won't be any trouble in the future."

"Troublesome? How could it be troublesome?"

Alan Ryder was taken aback. "I'd be delighted if you, such a sucker, were willing to invest. I'll just give it to you proportionally. Why all the trouble?"

(End of this chapter)