Time flies, and time passes.

The flash of horses passes by, and the stars change.

The filming of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is in full swing. As the progress gradually increases, 2007 is coming to an end.

This year was a year worth remembering for Wan Xiaohu's life and career. His marriage with Su Ya changed from a boyfriend to a husband, making him more mature than before. The birth of Xiao Xiaohu made the unrestrained Wan Xiaohu tasted what responsibility is and the responsibility of being a father for the first time.

"Little Tiger is born, Jeon Ji-hyun wants a daughter, and Jessica is pregnant. She has said before that she wants three children, and Su Ya's parents have also begun to urge us to have children. My children will inevitably be missing in the future! For the sake of her son and daughter's future happiness, we must work hard to make money."

Wan Xiaohu often sighed, and therefore paid more attention to business matters.

In 2007, Jiahe Entertainment produced only two commercial films, one of which was "Ip Man" directed by Liu Yang. It was released in September and achieved a good result of RMB 94.3 million in the mainland, plus some fragmented box offices outside Shanghai, with a total box office of 120 million, which also made Liu Yang, who was an assistant to n movies for Wan Xiaohu, become famous in one fell swoop.

"Ip Man" became popular, and Liu Yang immediately decided to start filming "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grandmaster". However, what is unpleasant is that when Hong Kong Meiya Entertainment saw that Ip Man made money, they immediately invited Yau Lai Tao to film "Ip Man Prequel". There is no copyright restriction on this kind of movie, and Jiahe Entertainment can only watch others follow the trend.

Another commercial film by Jiahe Entertainment is "The Golden Robbery", which Ning Hao has worked on for more than two years, and is scheduled to be released in December, which will hit the mainland Chinese New Year holiday this year.

The main reason why only these two commercial movies are released is not that there is no script. It is to avoid risks for financing this year's listing. After more than a year of integration, Jiahe Entertainment has become a top-notch entertainment group in Asia.

Currently, its subsidiaries include Jiahe Entertainment Co., Ltd., Dandelion Film Company, Flash Star Culture Brokerage Co., Ltd., Adventure Island Entertainment Company, Tangren Film Production Company, Dandelion Cinema Company, Jiahe Cinema Management Company, and a number of subsidiaries responsible for production, printing, copyright and management.

Of course, the industries that are being financed this time do not include Jiahe Cinema Management Company and Dandelion Film Company. Jiahe Cinema is real estate and the foundation of the industry, while Dandelion Film Company is an investment company, responsible for investing in overseas film businesses. Both companies are very core businesses.

In this way, in the midst of the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis, Jiahe Entertainment listed on time to issue stocks on time in November. It immediately became a hot spot for Hong Kong stocks, hitting the daily limit, hitting the daily limit, hitting the daily limit... In just one month, the market value increased by more than 9 times.

Originally, the market value of Jiahe Entertainment Group was RMB 6.2 billion, but now it is RMB 29.5 billion, which is well-deserved as the largest entertainment company in China and even Asia. Even China Film Group, which is already preparing for an ice-breaking journey and entering the A-share market, is only valued between 6 billion and 10 billion.

While Jiahe Entertainment is rising, the management team of Tiger Ruiya, which has tasted the sweetness, has begun to prepare for a new round of listing.

As the private holding company of Wan Xiaohu and Su Ya, as the holdings have more and more subsidiaries, the management team has become larger and larger. In order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness, it has attracted a group of small shareholders, such as Jiahe Entertainment, Sasha Entertainment, and several executives of Marvel Comics.

The king of starting a company is to monopolize the upstream, and the king of making money is to share equal interests.

With the identity of shareholders, these management personnel naturally spared no effort to work hard for the company and dealt with the listing of Jiahe Entertainment. Then they focused on Time Internet Group.

This is a group company that is planned to integrate in the next year. It plans to plan the entire Chinese Internet companies controlled by Tiger Ruiya into the framework of a group company to seek to go public in the United States to make money.

These companies include China Net Literature’s dominance starting point. One of China’s four major portals, MTime Network, which started with movie information, China’s largest interactive entertainment community Time Post Bar, China’s largest instant messaging software Yaya Voice, China’s largest online video website Youku Video, China’s largest blog and scarf time scarf.

Moreover, under Wan Xiaohu's suggestion, Time Internet Group will focus on online games in the future, planning to represent "Cross Fire" developed by Korean Neowiz and "Dungeon and Warriors" developed by Korean Neople. Wan Xiaohu found that these two popular games have been developed in the future, but there are no agents in China.

"Our goal is to acquire these two companies, and at least we must grab the copyrights of these two games for me!" As a rich man, Wan Xiaohu's principle has always been that I either don't buy it, but I want to buy it, and even buy the copyright.

"At the same time, contact me the creative team of "Warcraft" and I want them to help me develop a game. I believe everyone here has heard of "Warcraft" even if they have never played "Warcraft", there is a battle mode in it, which is to control a 'hero' to fight other players' 'hero'."

At the preparatory online meeting of Time Internet Group, Wan Xiaohu talked to the computer: "The game I want is the online version of this mode, plus some other elements, so you might as well name it "League of Legends".

Before the executives could digest it, Wan Xiaohu touched his chin again and said, "When it comes to Warcraft, I suddenly remembered that the online version of the game "World of Warcraft" has not been sold yet. Adam Ferguson, you have to prepare the copyright department of Sasha Entertainment to see if you can take the movie adaptation rights from Blizzard Company!"

Warcraft and Blizzard, speaking of these two words, almost half of the gamers in the world have heard of it.

Blizzard Entertainment Company was born in 1991 in Orange County, California, USA. It is one of the most famous game companies in the world. The world-spread "Diablo", "Starcraft", "Warcraft", "World of Warcraft", and "Dota" are all produced by Blizzard.

Among them, the stand-alone version of "Warcraft" is the most classic, and countless sets are sold. It has no fewer fans around the world than "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter". By the time the online version of "World of Warcraft" was launched in 2004, it once again conquered the field of online games.

"tiger, as far as I know, Blizzard has reached an agreement with Legend Pictures for World of Warcraft. You may not know yet. When I was at Universal Pictures, I was interested in this copyright, and I have never stopped paying attention. Legend Pictures and Blizzard have been talking about it since 2006. It has been a year or two."

"Blizzard has already hooked up with Legend Pictures?" Wan Xiaohu frowned.

"Obviously yes."

"Talk about Legend Pictures, I don't know much about this company." Wan Xiaohu's eyes narrowed slightly when he thought of something.

"Legendary Pictures was founded in 2004 by Thomas Tour. This man is an absolute genius. He has a keen sense of movies, especially the adaptation of the movie. "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow" was produced by him in conjunction with Christopher Nolan."

Adam Ferguson seemed to appreciate Thomas Tour: "However, his most powerful thing is his eloquence. Before 2004, he was penniless, but relying on his eloquence, he raised $500 million from private equity funds and established Legend Pictures. In 2005, he signed a contract for 7 years to jointly distribute 40 movies from Warner Bros. The implementation also proves that he has the ability to do a good movie."

"It seems like a talented person. Do you think we can grab the copyright of World of Warcraft from Legend Pictures? If not, is it possible to cooperate with Legend Pictures. Or, we acquired it?"

"It is difficult to acquire. Behind Legend Pictures are many private equity funds. If we dare to touch Legend Pictures, we will definitely be beaten up. We can consider cooperation. However, Legend Pictures has already married Warner Bros. We may not be as good as Warner Bros. It is difficult to be a third party. I can only say, try our best to contact Blizzard and fire a more appropriate price. See if we can impress the other party."

Wan Xiaohu nodded: "Just do your best, I won't force you."

The copyright of "World of Warcraft" is something Wan Xiaohu wants, but it is not very strong. It is indeed a treasure, not just a game, but also a grand world.

In 1994, Blizzard released its earliest version of "Warcraft: Humans and Orcs", in 1995, "Warcraft 2: Dark Tide", in 1996, and in 1999, "Warcraft 2: Warnet Edition". The first and second versions have huge background story settings.

In 2002, "Warcraft 3: The Rule of Chaos" was released, and in 2003, "Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne", the entire world background is extremely detailed.

In 2004, Blizzard finally released the online version of World of Warcraft. On January 11, 2007, the number of players in World of Warcraft globally exceeded 8 million. The number of players in North America exceeded 2 million, while the number of players in Europe and China exceeded 1.5 million and 3.5 million respectively. As of July 24, 2007, it had reached 9 million.

During this period, "World of Warcraft" has been updated many versions, and the earliest version is a story, "Arriving at the Black Wings Nest", "The Resurrection of the Blood God", "The Battle of Quicksand", "The Gate of Anqira", "Shadow of Naxxamas", etc.

Later, the expansion pack began to be released.

In 2007, the first expansion film "World of Warcraft: The Burning Expedition", including "The Temple of Darkness", "The Forbidden Land Aman of the Evil God", "The Battle of the Sun Well" and other versions.

The second expansion pack, "World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King", was released in 2010.

In 2011, the third expansion film "World of Warcraft: The Fission of the Earth" was released, including "The Wrath of the Flame", "Twilight Trial" and other versions.

The fourth expansion film "World of Warcraft: The Mystery of the Panda Man" was released in 2012.

The fifth expansion pack, "World of Warcraft: King of Draenor", is expected to be released in 2014.

Once these versions and stories are developed, it is conceivable that they will definitely surpass the "Lord of the Rings" series, and everyone is salivating. But what makes many people hesitate, including Wan Xiaohu, is that no one dares to guarantee whether World of Warcraft can be developed successfully.

There are countless movies that failed to adapt games in reality.

Wan Xiaohu's memory is only in 2014, and "World of Warcraft" directed by Duncan Jones will not be released until 2016. Who knows the result?

Therefore, if you can rob it, you will rob it, and if you can't rob it, you won't force it. (To be continued...)
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