"Warcraft 3" has just come out, and some cities are preparing to hold city competitions.
The first one to make an announcement was New York. It was initiated by an Internet cafe. The prize money was not that big, and the one-to-one individual prize was only 3,000 US dollars.
However, even though the prize money is not large, there are still many people who signed up to participate. Many people who signed up to participate are in other cities. For many people, a round trip to New York may cost more than 3,000 US dollars in travel expenses.
These contestants are either really doing it for love, or they are players from some professional clubs.
In recent years, due to the organization of WCG, there have been more and more professional game clubs. Some of the larger clubs are involved in some famous games on the market.
This time "Warcraft 3" has become so popular that even before the game was officially released, some game clubs have already begun to prepare to form a "Warcraft 3" team. After all, there has been news that Deep Space Company is preparing to let
"Warcraft 3" has been added to the wcg project.
In this case, if WCG wants to invite teams for subsequent competitions, they must choose some well-known ones. Although the prize money for the New York City Competition is very small, it can increase the team's popularity.
In addition, although the prize money for the competition is very small, because this is the earliest competition of "Warcraft 3", Yawei Esports will also post their competition videos.
The Yawei Yawei website has a Yawei e-sports, which specifically publishes some videos related to e-sports. The attention of this account is definitely not comparable to that of big guys like Ma Tianyuan, but it still has tens of thousands of fans, and it is Yawei after all.
Duckweed official account, there may be updates in the future.
The second city to announce that it will hold a city competition is Lyon, France. Unlike New York, Lyon's "Warcraft 3" city competition is led by the local government and hosted by the Information Technology School. Not only does it have more prize money than New York's, but it also
Also has a little official background.
The most powerful thing is that the well-known local football team Lyon Football Club will also send a team to participate in this competition.
Yes, Lyon will become the only football club to establish an e-sports department, but for the time being, their club only has the "Warcraft 3" project and does not participate in other game competitions.
Lyon Club's idea is very simple. "Warcraft 3" is a new project. On this relatively new track, they hope to compete with some old clubs, which may produce miraculous results.
If they can get some results in this competition, they will also consider participating in other game projects in the future.
Deep Space Company actually attaches great importance to Lyon Club's establishment of a gaming team. Although the organizer this time is an information technology school, Deep Space Company has provided a lot of technical support.
There are many similar situations. The competitions held in other cities also have some shadow of Deep Space Company. The purpose of Deep Space Company is very simple, which is to cultivate a sufficient number of teams before the WCG officially starts this year.
, wait until the finals to directly add "Warcraft 3" to wcg, and then invite teams from various countries and regions to participate.
Of course, Deep Space Company must strongly support a team like Lyon Club. Although Lyon Club was previously engaged in football and has no experience in e-sports, they have money and background. As long as they are willing to invest, they will definitely be able to build a team.
Come with a strong team.
If Lyon Club succeeds this time, it will definitely attract more capital to enter this market. The cake will gradually get bigger, and the profits of Deep Space Company will naturally increase.
This year, some large companies, including electronic technology companies such as Motorola and Nokia, as well as Internet companies such as Google, have tried to form e-sports clubs.
The purpose of these companies establishing or funding e-sports clubs is of course not to make money from the clubs, but to promote their own companies through e-sports clubs. In the past two years, WCG has become more and more popular, and they all see it.
Although clothing brands such as Nike, Adidas, and Puma have not formed clubs, they are actively contacting various well-known clubs, hoping to sign sponsorship contracts with them.
Nowadays, in e-sports competitions, players appear more and more often, and their team uniforms are exposed more and more, which naturally attracts the attention of clothing brands.
Of course, the largest sponsors are peripheral companies. WCG does not prevent players from bringing their own peripherals. Except for the headphones, which must be prepared for the competition, other items such as mice, keyboards, and mouse pads can be brought by themselves. They just need to be delivered in advance.
Just check and record at the conference.
In the first competition, there were almost no players with sponsored peripherals. By the last competition, almost every player had sponsored peripherals in the final stage.
The more such sponsorships, the more e-sports clubs can survive.
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Competitions for "Warcraft 3" are in full swing across the country, and at the same time, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" is also steadily increasing.
The North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has already exceeded 250 million US dollars, and it is stable to exceed 300 million US dollars in the end. If it performs well before the movie is released, it may be able to hit 400 million US dollars.
It has also been released in several other countries and has performed well at the box office. The global box office has exceeded 300 million US dollars.
Some organizations have given new predictions that the final box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is likely to exceed US$700 million, more than double the initial prediction.
At this point, the topic of whether Deep Space Company can make money on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project has been ended. Even if the film's subsequent box office performance is not good, Deep Space Company can already be sure to make money.
Deep Space's investment in the production of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was basically the same as Disney's, but it was able to get more money in the final box office account. This is because Disneyland obtained the copyright to use the film's background and props.
In the future, Disneyland can create a theme park with the background of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but Deep Space Company cannot build a similar park.
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In short, Deep Space Company can get more of the box office share, so when the box office exceeds 300 million US dollars, they can say that they are not losing money, and they will start to make money when there is a box office later.
When Jimmy got the box office data of "Pirates of the Caribbean", he was not surprised at all. When he first started working on this project, he knew that the movie's box office would not be low.
First of all, he has confidence in the movie. After all, he is a screenwriter. He knows what the audience likes to watch and he also knows what the advantages of this script are. Secondly, he has confidence in the publicity capabilities of Deep Space Company and Disney Company.
Let alone a high-quality movie like "Pirates of the Caribbean", even if it is a piece of shit, the two companies can sell it at a high price together.
For their pirate theme park, Disney is more active than Deep Space in promoting "Pirates of the Caribbean", and they have many traditional promotional methods that Deep Space is not good at, which complement Deep Space.
Since the movie has not yet been released, all visitors to Disneyland will receive a promotional leaflet, which in addition to the introduction of some of the main parks in the park, is the promotion of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
There are many viewers who only enter the cinema after seeing flyers at Disneyland.
After the movie was released, a large statue of Captain Jack Sparrow was placed at the entrance of Disneyland in Orlando. You can definitely see this statue when you enter the park.
In fact, before the movie was released, Disney and Deep Space were already preparing for the second one, which shows how confident they are in the movie. Moreover, the investment in the second movie will be higher, at least 200 million US dollars.
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After flipping through the box office analysis report again, Jimmy asked his assistant, "I remember, YU's other movie "Heartbeat" is also about to be released."
The assistant nodded, ""Pumping Heart" will be released at the end of October, but our promotion plan for this movie is Category C, which you personally approved."
"I know, Category C is Category C, just follow the original plan, no need to make it special."
Deep Space Company's publicity plan has several levels. The highest level is Category S, the second level is Category A, and so on, with Category C being the fourth level.
In fact, for Deep Space Company's products, the C-category promotion plan is quite good. After all, only a few Deep Space Company's S-category promotions can be achieved every year. The "Source Code" released some time ago was only A-category.
"The Bourne Supremacy" even only has a B category.
If "Pumping Heart" was not written by Yu Dong, a movie with a cost of only a few million US dollars might only have D-type publicity. After all, the higher the level of publicity, the higher the cost.
Of course, even if "Pumping Heart" only has C-category promotion, its box office performance will definitely not be too bad, because before the movie is released, the novel of the same name will also be released, and there will definitely be a lot of readers going to the cinema to buy it.
A project like "Pumping Heartbeat" is very small for Deep Space Company, but its profit margin will definitely not be low. The cost of the movie plus Yu Dong's screenwriting fee is less than US$7 million. If you want to make a profit at the box office
This is really too simple.
Moreover, this kind of movie basically has a lot of stamina, and the subsequent DVDs and various copyrights will definitely sell well. It is very easy to recover several times the profit after investing 7 million US dollars.
After the assistant left, Jimmy looked out the window at the Deep Space Building that was still under construction and fell into deep thought.
Whether it's "Heartbeat" or "Pirates of the Caribbean", in his eyes now, they are just trivial matters, even if "Pirates of the Caribbean" can bring them hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.
What he really cares about now is actually China. He is not the only one who cares about China. Since China joined the WTO in December last year, many eyes around the world have been on China.
There are two completely different views on China's accession to the WTO. One side actively believes that it is time for China to join the WTO. They believe that China should follow the wave of economic globalization, participate in international competition, and enjoy the dividends of economic globalization. The other side believes that China should join the WTO at this time.
It was too early to join the WTO at this time. The country had just reformed, and all walks of life were very backward, and there was no international competitiveness. They were worried that once it joined the WTO, the Chinese economy would be crushed by international competitors.
Some experts even put forward the "China Collapse Theory", believing that once China joins the WTO, it will face collapse.
Jimmy is an activist. He believes that China is fully qualified to join the WTO. Experts who put forward the "collapse theory" only believe that China's traditional agriculture, automobile industry and financial industry will be affected by international impacts.
This worry seems reasonable, but a closer analysis shows that this worry is unnecessary. Compared with the benefits brought by opening up trade, this risk is not worth mentioning. China now has a population of more than one billion, and its age structure
It is very good and can continue to export a large number of working people for subsequent industrial development.
And with the opening of trade channels, trade between China and Europe and the United States will definitely increase significantly.
Facts have also proven that Jimmy's view is correct. In the past year or so, China's exports to the United States have exceeded last year, and there are still two or three months left this year. In November and December, China's exports to the United States will still be
It is a critical period for exports because the United States is celebrating the New Year at that time.
In Jimmy's view, the next ten years are crucial. If they can seize these ten years, they will take off.
Jimmy looked at the time. He had half an hour to go to meet the president of Nintendo. Blue Starry Sky was preparing to enter the game console chip market and needed Nintendo's support. This time he met with the other party to discuss cooperation.
Recently, Deep Space Games is working on two games, one is a horror game based on "Terror Cruise", and the other is a war game called "Mount and Blade".
The production costs of these two games are not low. In particular, "Mount and Blade" can be said to be the most expensive and troublesome game Deep Space Games has made since its establishment. Especially this time, Yu Dong only provided ideas.
Even the plot is not provided, so the production team has to figure out the plot themselves.
The game "Mount and Blade" was an idea proposed by Yu Dong last summer. However, more than a year has passed and the plot of the game has not been completely finalized. When the production is completed and can be played by players, it will at least be necessary.
If you encounter any difficulty in a year or two, it will only take longer.
"Terror Cruise" is a little simpler. The plot of the game is based on the plot of the movie. In the game, players can choose many characters, and different characters have different tasks. Players need to complete the tasks to end the cycle. Even if it is the same
Characters may also be randomly assigned to different time periods and face different situations.
The main focus of this game is horror. How to pass the level is not important. What is important is to scare players into heart attacks.
If nothing else happens, "Terror Cruise" will be launched in the first half of next year.
Chapter completed!