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Of course Ren Yuxin thinks so too!

I didn’t expect that the cooperation with Konami would be so smooth.

For popular games, you can refer to the cooperation model of "Pro Evolution Soccer" to conduct a series of copyright distribution and copyright exchanges. For outdated games, just follow the model of "Contra" and "Red Fortress". The mobile game copyrights of the two games were bought out for US$3 million... which is simply a bargain price.

Ren Yuxin was very excited. Zhou Buqi was a little tired and wanted to go home and rest early.

On the other hand, I have an appointment tonight.

Zhou Buqi has always been thinking about raising a group of Japanese maids at home. Sun Zhengyi had already helped take the lead and contacted Mr. Mitsui, the big man behind this industry.

Mr. Mitsui means that since you want to enjoy it, you should follow tradition. Of course, the younger the girl, the better. Fourteen or fifteen years old is the best.

Zhou Buqi thought he was an old bastard.

Even if Mr. Mitsui repeatedly promised that it would be okay, it would be absolutely foolproof.

Zhou Buqi doesn't accept this.

This posed a big problem for Mr. Mitsui.

He has a lot of girls with pretty faces and good figures, but there are relatively few who are still virgins after they are eighteen years old. Fortunately, Mr. Mitsui is no ordinary person. He has several gangs under him, covering several big cities.

But this is not a "recruitment system", but a "talent scouting system."

They have a group of talent scouts who wander around and see a beautiful girl on the road, so they take the initiative to talk to her and ask her if she likes to study, if she wants to make a lot of money, and if she wants to enjoy the beautiful life of the upper class.

When it comes to boss Zhou, it's even easier. Ask her if she wants to live in a top-notch mansion like those in Hollywood movies? Want to fly on a private jet? Do you want to travel around on a luxury yacht?

And the most important point is, are you willing to pay 1 million US dollars per year?

Not to mention recruiting maids, even recruiting actresses for small movies is the same model. There are such talent scouts everywhere. They will ask about pretty girls when they see them on the street.

In a modern society, how many people are not short of money?

Especially in Japanese society, money worship is prevalent. Young girls must have exquisite makeup and beautiful clothes when going out. If they don’t carry an LV bag, they will feel a little inferior.

But where is the money?

Another more important issue is that the economic structure of Japanese society is rather rigid, industrial development has stagnated, and the number of jobs available to society as a whole is very limited.

And the phenomenon of men being superior to women in the workplace is extremely serious.

This makes it very difficult for women to find jobs.

No job, no money.

The best way out is to get married and become a housewife.

In this environment, the usefulness of "talent scouts" will be greatly increased.

For young girls, if there is no chance, that's it. If you have the opportunity and are really spotted by a talent scout, it's really hard to refuse. Who would be willing to live the ordinary life of raising a husband and raising children?

Not only Japan, but also South Korea.

Among Korean girls, if you see three or five girls on the street, one of them will definitely be discovered by a talent scout and become a trainee. The ratio is extremely high.

However, there are only so many people in South Korea, how can there be so many beautiful girls?

This has given rise to a very powerful plastic surgery industry.

It doesn't matter if it's not pretty, you can just straighten it out.

South Korea's talent scouting model is actually learned from Japan, but only part of it is learned. Japan's talent scouting coverage is wider.

Mr. Mitsui cast a wide net.

It has only been more than a month, and already more than a dozen beautiful girls have been recruited across the country. In the evening, I was just waiting to invite Boss Zhou to come over and see me.

However, this kind of thing is difficult to explain clearly.

Zhou Buqi could only patiently talk to Ren Yuxin about some game business ideas.

Ren Yuxin’s meaning is very simple. He just wants to buy the mobile game copyrights of Konami’s other outdated games. “Many of Konami’s outdated games are outdated because they mainly It is a console game model, either connected to a TV through a game console, or a handheld game console. It is difficult for this kind of game to make a big difference on the computer side, but it has a huge market on the mobile phone side."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, one of the biggest advantages of mobile games is that the threshold is low. In the future, everyone in the world will definitely have a smartphone, which means billions of potential players."

Ren Yuxin said with a smile: "Yes, the prices of home game consoles and handheld game consoles are not low. Players who buy game consoles to play games are relatively experienced players themselves, but mobile phones have changed the nature of games."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, there is no threshold for mobile phones, and there are many kinds of mobile game players. Games that are outdated to some senior players will be very new to many mobile game players. , very interesting. Not only games, but also novels, movies and TV shows. The threshold determines the category."

Ren Yuxin said: "It's hard to say anything else. At least in the domestic market, there are some older middle-aged people who played red and white consoles when they were young. They have all played "Contra" and "Red Fortress". As soon as this kind of nostalgic game comes out, it will attract such a group."

Zhou Buqi said cautiously: "Don't be in a hurry. Do the research first. I can't say whether it will work or not. But one thing is clear. Playing with mobile phones uses fragmented time. So when designing mobile phones When developing products, we must make good use of fragmented time. For example, archive pauses, such as turn-based games.”

Ren Yuxin won't discuss matters that are too detailed. Boss Zhou doesn't know much about games. He is more concerned about Changyou's cooperation model with the Japanese game industry.

What he meant was obvious.

Since you, Boss Zhou, are so proud, why don't you come forward and talk to Nintendo?

Maybe we can get the copyright to "Mario"!

"Mario" has a much higher brand value than "Talking Cat", which is the world's largest game IP. In order to win the "Talking Cat" game IP, Changyou spent a total of 700 million US dollars.

If the big boss was so proud that he bought the mobile game copyright of "Mario" from Nintendo for millions of dollars, then Changyou would be invincible.

Ren Yuxin had just revealed a little bit of this idea when he was interrupted by Zhou Buqi, who laughed angrily and said: "How can it be that simple? Nintendo is a world-class gaming giant with several branches in the United States. It’s different from a deeply localized game company like Konami.”

"We can talk to Nintendo based on the model of "Pro Evolution Soccer"..."

"Don't!"

"ah?"

Ren Yuxin was slightly startled.

Zhou Buqi said: "It's best not to offend Nintendo. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It's not a matter of market value. If Nintendo is an elephant, Konami is a grasshopper. Konami can bully it at will, but Nintendo can Stop moving.

"Bullying?" Ren Yuxin didn't quite understand what he meant, "You can't talk about bullying, right?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Well... do you see what I mean by changing the name of "Pro Evolution Soccer"?"

Ren Yuxin was a little surprised, "What's wrong with the name change? It's not appropriate to call football Soccer."

"That's it?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, not satisfied with this answer.

Ren Yuxin said with a smile: "I know that the 2K brand after the acquisition of take-two, football games and the 2K brand complement each other."

Zhou Buqi said: "This is only one aspect, there is also the most important point."

"What is it?"

"Ship of Theseus."