Chapter 20: Negotiating Copyright
Li Tengfei didn't know what effect Chen Haojie and Zhao Dequan would have if they joined forces, but as enemies, at least in his mind, he and Zhao Dequan were enemies. The Huateng Group under his leadership should encircle and suppress Tianruan.
It's just that Tianruan's current QQ software product is not that easy to encircle and suppress. At least with the game "Legend" and QQ groups, QQ users have grown greatly. Li Tengfei knows that as long as Chen Haojie is given time, he will wait until
After their company makes a profit, they will no longer be able to suppress Tianruan.
But how to deal with it, Li Tengfei, the richest man in China, has no idea. Because of the QQ group system, Li Tengfei has a few white hairs on his head.
"Do you have any suggestions for Tianruan Company?" Li Tengfei couldn't think of a way on his own. Fortunately, he is not a centralized leader. Although he always likes to speak out on major matters of right and wrong, he has no thoughts in this situation.
, it is best to ask more people.
Doesn't it mean that the Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang?
When there are many people, there is always a good solution.
Yang Wei, the senior administrator behind Li Tengfei, thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Currently, people from large companies such as Netyi, Alibaba, and Luyou plan to cooperate with Tiansoft Tianyou. They also
Someone was sent over to ask if we would like to go to Tianyou's headquarters together and discuss cooperation with them. Before, our company should have grudges with Tianyou. My proposal was not to go, but now we are going.
Still not going?"
Li Tengfei thought for a while and said firmly: "Go, you go in person this time. You have two important tasks this time. First, get the agency rights for the game "Legend", even if it costs 5 billion, you must give it
Take it down; secondly, forget it, we WeChat can also develop WeChat groups, there are no strict restrictions on copyright, so you can talk about the agency rights for the game "Legend"."
Originally, Li Tengfei wanted to buy the copyrighted ideas of the QQ group, but he thought that although Tianruan has the copyright, there are no strict restrictions on ideas such as group chat, or in other words, as long as it is a company that develops instant messaging, it can
Development does not involve copyright, and what they develop is a WeChat group, not a QQ group, so he removed this point.
"By the way, how is the situation of the game "Wentian" that the group spent 5 billion to create? Why is it that it has not been developed yet for two years?" Li Tengfei suddenly asked such a question when Yang Wei was about to walk out.
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"Wentian" is a large-scale online game that was quickly approved before Huateng Group proposed it two years ago. The technology involved is d. Yes, in a world where d online games are now generally popular, Huateng Group quickly integrated d technology into the game.
Among them, the game department of Huateng Group attaches more importance to this game than any other game developed by Huateng Group.
It's just that this game has been developed for two years and it's not ready yet. The speed is slow enough. Even if Li Tengfei has money, he can't waste it like this, right?
Yang Wei recalled for a while and then came back: "President, the completion work of "Wentian" has been basically completed. However, because of "Legend", the release time of this game seems to be postponed again.
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"Why? Isn't "Legend" a 3D game? What we develop is a 3D fighting competition game. What happened to Tianyou's "Legend"?" Li Tengfei said in confusion.
After all, he is too old to keep up with the times. He, Li Tengfei, knows the fame of "Legend". He also knows that because of "Legend", all netizens in China have entered the cold season, otherwise there would not be so many big names.
The game production company went to Tianyou to negotiate the copyright, but "Wentian" seemed to be a fighting game in his memory, and it shouldn't need mission upgrades. How could it conflict with the copyright of "Legend"?
"Well, version 1 of "Legend" has updated some list-type things, including the competitive list. The characters in "Legend" can also be ranked through competition, and their ranking levels are:
There are seven levels: King, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Black Iron. People in the game department thought it was good, so they wanted to adopt such a level system, so they need to purchase authorization from Tianyou Company." Yang Wei was not in a hurry.
Speak slowly.
After hearing this, Li Tengfei waved his hand helplessly, indicating that he already knew. Yang Wei then exited Li Tengfei's office.
"The world knows that I am the richest man in China and even the world, but who knows my helplessness?" A heavy sigh sounded in Li Tengfei's office, and everything returned to calm after that.
A week later, representatives of the top four Internet companies in China today came to the headquarters of Tianyou, a company headquarters that is only three stories high. They are used to high-rise buildings. When these representatives entered Tianyou,
, there was more or less contempt in his eyes.
Chen Haojie was waiting for them in the conference room early in the morning. After all, it was not only the four major companies that valued the copyright held by Chen Haojie, but Chen Haojie also needed their company's product authorization for mutual benefit.
"Hello, I am Chen Haojie, the president of Tianyou. I am honored to meet you today!" Chen Haojie said politely and shook hands with the four people one by one.
"Hello, I am Yang Wei, the representative of Huateng Group this time." Yang Wei also responded politely, but Chen Haojie suddenly felt happy when he heard the name, but he still did not laugh out of politeness
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"Hahaha, it seems that Mr. Yang has a good attitude. We all know that you are 'Yang Wei'. Just say it without meeting anyone. Isn't that good? Hello, Mr. Chen. I am Zhou Fu, the representative of Wangyi, um
, is just one character different from the jewelry-buying guy Chow Tai Fook." Zhou Fook interrupted cheerfully.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, I am Chutian, the representative of Alibaba."
"Hello, Mr. Chen, I am Lu Zhengyi, the representative of Luyou Group. According to Mr. Zhou, I only have a different last name from the richest man in the island country." Lu Zhengyi also said optimistically.
After a brief introduction, Chen Haojie indicated that they could sit anywhere they wanted, while Chen Haojie himself sat in the middle seat, facing them.
A minute passed like this. None of the five people said anything. Chen Haojie took out his mobile phone and participated in the QQ group chat. The other four people were each looking at their own things. The weirdest one was Lu You.
The representative of the group, Lu Zhengyi, actually looked at Chen Haojie for a whole minute, which made Chen Haojie feel a little embarrassed.
"Ahem, everyone, I don't have much time. If nothing happens, let's go into the whole body. I am just a young man, and I don't have so many twists and turns. Seniors, please give me some advice." Finally, Chen Haojie said.
Looking at them, it felt like the scene would remain silent as long as he didn't speak, so he had no choice but to speak.
The other four people looked at it, and finally Zhou Fu, who was one word different from Zhou Tai Fook, stood up and said: "Haha, Mr. Chen, although you are young, but just a comparison can see that you are not inferior to our seniors, okay? Remember back then?"
When I was your age, I was just picking up dog poop on the roadside."
Regarding the matter of picking up dog poop, Chen Haojie heard his parents say that it was a period of particularly difficult economic times. At that time, every household in the countryside raised quite a lot of livestock. Dogs should be considered livestock, too, in a country where fertilizers were scarce.
In the 1970s, dog and chicken feces could be sold to the production team in exchange for food, which gave rise to the special profession of picking up dog feces.
It's just that picking up dog poop seems to be looked down upon by people now.
"No, Mr. Zhou, are you kidding me? You have to endure hardships to become a great person. Your previous efforts have brought you today's success, okay?" Chen Haojie said with a smile, "Besides, now you still have to be successful."
There is a GDP of dog poop. Two piles of dog poop contributed 200 million to the GDP. Picking up dog poop seems to be a good idea, okay?"
"Hahaha, that's true."
"You are worthy of being the top scorer in the college entrance examination. The application of this knowledge makes a difference."
"Okay, let's talk about the topic, Mr. Chen, how can you license the agency rights for the game "Legend" and some of the creative ideas in it to us?" Chutian said it directly, regardless of Ali's
Specialized in e-mall experience, but the strength of their Alibaba games is not weak, at least the profitability is not lower than their e-mall. Today, naturally they want to obtain the agency rights and game creative authorization of "Legend", so that they can
Be able to develop games based on these foundations.
Some people may ask, why don't they simply purchase creative licenses and then develop different online games based on this? Why do they have to have agency rights?
In fact, there is a reason for this. Don’t look at the earth in the previous life, a 3D online game only took a day or two from development to release. I really think that in China, it only takes a day or two to develop a game.
This is dead wrong.
How long did Luyou Group's "Eternal Region" take to develop before? Five years. As the largest game production company in China, it actually takes five years to develop a 3D game. You can imagine their efficiency.
If you have to develop it yourself, it will take at least a year. If you give up the agency rights for your own research and development, then the agency rights will be taken by other companies, and if your company does not update the game, then the money will be lost to other companies.
If you make money, you can get in trouble with anyone, but you can't get in trouble with the money in front of you.
So they want the authorization contract, and they also want the agency rights.
So why are they sure that Chen Haojie will sell the agency rights for the game? They naturally believe that Chen Haojie will definitely sell it, because his company needs to develop, and development requires a lot of funds. Where will the funds come from? In the end, he must not sell the agency rights.
Exchange money.
Chapter completed!