Chapter 7

In this way, William would have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds, but he had no choice. The main thing for him now is to make the game famous. If he sells more than 10 pounds, he can now sell 50,000 copies. Thank goodness.

The game has exploded in sales in London, and the sales and praise have made ea, Ubisoft and other big game companies, game agencies and supermarkets, and even Bestard, which sells DVDs and computer games in the United States. The pound should be the salary of the hundreds of alumni at the University of London who sold him games, and the advertising fees to attract these big companies.

William received inquiries from these companies a few days ago, saying that he would go to the top law firms in London if he wanted to talk about representation or buy the game.

Anthony, a senior partner at Yuelida Law Firm, William will cost 1,000 pounds an hour to hire this guy, and this kind of negotiation can't be negotiated in a few days or ten days.

Ma Dan, then I have to pay Anthony this guy tens of thousands of pounds. Fortunately, William signed an hourly contract with Yuelida Law Firm. If it is a share contract, I don't know if it will be paid to Yuelida Law Firm. How much.

William booked a conference room at the Hilton Hotel in London, and at eight o'clock in the morning he met Anthony of Gloria Law Firm on time.

After the meeting, William and Anthony shook hands and asked with a smile, "Good morning, Mr. Anthony, is it going to start billing at eight o'clock now?"

Anthony knew William was joking: "Good morning, Mr. Devonhill, if you think you'd be happier to start billing in ten minutes, then we'll start billing at 8:10, I don't mind".

"Haha, Anthony, you are very humorous, I like you, alright let's get to the point, I need you to help me with all my legal issues, no problem."

"Of course it's fine, Mr. Devonhill, that's what we do. I promise that there will be no problems with the contracts handled by our law firm. This is our confidence and commitment from Moonstar," Anthony said to William. said.

William nodded in agreement, which is why he hired Yueshida's lawyer, "OK, I still trust you Yueshida very much. As the three largest law firms in England, your strength and credibility need not be questioned, then Anthony Let's get started, it's going to be a busy day today."

William shook hands with four of Anthony's team members. 1,000 pounds an hour can hire the best lawyer and his team in London, William does not think it is expensive at all, if there is a problem because the lawyer is not professional enough, William has no chance to cry.

Of course, only a barrister can make a lot of money as a lawyer, and a month for a barrister is only a few thousand pounds.

At 9 o'clock, several big companies such as ea, Ubisoft, Beststar, Jiarefu and some other game companies have arrived on time.

After everyone found a good location, William was not polite. Everything depended on the quality and sales of the game and the interests of the game. No matter how good the other words were, these game companies and agents would not be interested.

William took the microphone and walked to the platform of the conference room and said: "Welcome, gentlemen, my name is William Devonhill, the game maker, designer and everyone of Plants vs. Zombies, your time is precious, I will Don't waste everyone's time. Many people and companies have come to me these days. This lets me know that everyone is here to buy out the copyright of the game, or to represent the sales rights of the game. I'm right. "

After William finished speaking, the company's negotiators nodded and didn't say much. These days, the companies that are sitting here have sent people to find William, but William has never revealed any words. Although they are optimistic about this game, they don't want to be attacked by William. Take it as a foe, and listen to what William wants to say first.

William continued: "Then, gentlemen, let me first tell you the bottom line that I can accept. If there is too much gap with what you can accept, if you are dissatisfied, please be quiet first, and listen to me, are you all right?"

Everyone looked at each other. All of them were competitors. It was only a few days after the game became famous. The companies that were able to participate in this conference were very optimistic about Plants vs. Zombies. Now no one wants to be this early bird. Besides William's request Not too much, they all nodded again.

William was happy and thought, "It seems that these guys are still very optimistic about Plants vs. Zombies, especially those game agents. They don't make games, they only represent games, and of course they don't want to let go of good games."

Seeing that no one objected, William nodded and said: "Thank you, let's talk about the agency first. The agency price I can accept is £8 per game disc, and £8 is almost $13. I think Plants vs. Zombies sells for $20 in the United States. There should be no problem. Everyone knows that the purchase price of eps games in the late 1980s is 25 dollars. You are all game experts. You know what I said, and whether the price of 8 pounds is reasonable, then 8 Can you accept the pound? If you can accept it, let's talk about it.

ea and Ubisoft never thought about the agency, but they were afraid that the remaining companies would increase the agency price. By then, William would not sell the game, so they would be in vain, and nodded quickly and replied: "8 pounds is fine. accept,"

The agents thought about it. They are all game agents. They know that William is right. There are no popular games in the United States that are less than 20 dollars. Go to hell, my company's games are so expensive, and now they are robbing us for agents'

The people from Bestard and Jiarefu also nodded their heads and accepted the price.

"Very good, everyone can accept the price of 8 pounds, then we have the conditions to negotiate, I have this information on the sales of 150,000 game discs in London in a month, I will not send it to everyone, As you must all know, this is where we all sit together

The reason, you may not know this second one, but I think Heafu should know. "

William stopped to look at the person in charge of Jiarefu, he nodded with a smile, because it had something to do with their Jiarefu.

20 days ago, I signed an authorization contract with Jiarefu for daily necessities such as T-shirts, hats, etc. Now I want to sign it too early, but it doesn't matter, I still want to thank Jiarefu Company, this contract is authorized to Jiarefu in In the 5 counties around London, about the production authorization of the cartoon image of Plants vs. Zombies, the sales data of Plants vs. Zombies in 120 homes around London in the 15 days since they began to sell is 430,000 pieces, with an average of 3,600 pieces per 15 days. , selling 240 pieces a day, with a turnover of 6.45 million pounds, an average of 15 pounds per piece.

Hearing the data from William, it was the first time that everyone in the conference room knew about it except Jiarefu.

Hearing that in 15 days it sold for £6.45 million in the surrounding 5 counties in London, if the game is sold in the world after the fire, these guys are excited.

Hemp eggs, the surrounding areas of Plants vs. Zombies are the most profitable ones. Europe and the United States have very strict copyright investigations. This kind of lawsuit with clear copyright is one of the most accurate.

So Jiarefu is very happy now. They came because they wanted to sell the game peripherals, but after today's big sales of the game peripherals, Jiarefu just wanted to get a bargain.

William knew that tomorrow would be more than the companies that were here today.

When everyone was quiet, William continued: "Then if any of you want the full copyright of Plants vs. Zombies, what price should I pay, the game sold 1 million copies in the European continent, I don't think it's much at all, even I think After a few years, it will not be difficult to sell more than 3 million copies."

The faces of the people in the agency company are ugly now. There are not many estimates in their hearts. There are a few estimates that are more than this, but there are only hundreds of thousands more.

Although there are many good games in 2000, there is no game like Plants vs. Zombies. Both the elderly, children and adults will be interested in this game. To know that in 13 years, Plants vs. Zombies has downloaded more than 25 million

William went on to say: "The United States of America, selling 2 million copies will not be a problem, other countries can add up to about 2 million copies, gentlemen, please think about a game that can sell more than 7 million copies plus games Surrounding, how much wealth he can create for you"

"Fuck, it is to create wealth for you." The crowd cursed in their hearts.

Chapter 9 I want to sell 100 million pounds

William smiled and looked at everyone who was doing it and stopped talking. He knew that what he said was almost the same. How much wealth the game can create, these people who have been playing the game all their lives know in their hearts, and he doesn't need to say more.

ea and Ubisoft are the world's top independent publishers, both of which publish games and game peripherals independently, and Blockbuster is now the largest DVD and game publisher in the United States.

Plants vs. Zombies can now sell at least £70 million on CDs alone, and new versions of the game can be released, which is a lot of money.

Coupled with the game peripheral products that can be sold several times or even ten times, it is no wonder that these game companies and agents do not want this game.

And now that Bestda is about to IPO (that is, going public), as long as it can become popular in the United States, it will be very helpful for him to go public next year. 1x revenue equals 20 times the market value increase, and the timing of selling things is very important.

The person in charge of Bestard couldn't help but said, "Well, we now know that Mr. Devonhill will sell the full copyright of the game. You said so much to tell us the prospects of this game. Guangming, let me guess, um, maybe you want to sell the game so much, do you want to make a lot of money when the market is good, and investing in the stock market may double in a year, haha , congratulations William, you are about to become a millionaire, but I still hope that you will tell us how much you want to sell the full copyright of the game."

"From £100m"

"crash"

Although everyone was prepared to a certain extent, when William said 100 million pounds, everyone in the conference room was still noisy.

Some game agents even shouted: "Are you crazy, Mr. Devonhill, 100 million pounds, are you crazy about money?"

William ignored the shouting of these people and stared into the eyes of the person in charge of Besta: "I think if Besta earns more than 300 million pounds of business after spending 100 million pounds, it will definitely agree, even to you next year. would be of great help, wouldn't it, Mr Wood."

Wood? Morris's heart jumped when William looked at it, and he thought to himself: "Does this guy know something? It's impossible. The board of directors of Beststar has just agreed to go public next year. How could this guy know?" .

But Wood Morris was still startled by the words that suddenly came out of William's mouth, and looked at William's eyes a little dodging, he felt that his plan was clearly seen by William.

William, who was staring at Wood Morris, knew that he had made a right bet. Bestard has plans to go public now, and the original time and space will be listed next year.

In this era, Bestda really has no rivals all over the United States. Naifei Company was almost acquired by Bestda several times, but Bestda was too arrogant and the acquisition price was too low. These guys underestimate the development of online shopping. There is no shortage of speed and money at all, but it will not be certain after March this year.

"I have to report to the company's board of directors about the Blockbuster offer. I can't make up the £100 million right now, Mr Devonhill, I think that's it for today.

Well, let's talk about it in a few days." Eric looked at Wood with a guilty conscience, and hurriedly changed the subject.

William looked at Wood? Morris and said: "Okay, let's do it today, gentlemen, we will see you in 3 days, I'll wait for your good news, Mr. Wood? Morris".

After William said hello to everyone in the conference room, he ignored the game agents who wanted to take him as an agent for the game today, and left with Anthony, a senior partner at Yuelida Law Firm, and his team.

William and his party went directly to the business suite he ordered at the Hilton Hotel. This business suite, which costs 600 pounds a day, has an office area of ​​more than 40 square meters.

Anthony looked at the young man sitting in front of him, who was only under 20 years old. According to the information, William Devon Hill was born on December 7, 1980. He is only 19 years and 2 months old now. Thought it would be nice if my son was like William?? Devon Hill.

"Congratulations, Mr Devonhill, I think you're on the verge of becoming the youngest billionaire in England, it's all incredible, William, you've managed to refresh my view of young people in the new world, you really are That's great, William, congratulations," Anthony exclaimed.

After taking the wine glass poured for him by Anthony, William smiled and said: "Thank you, Anthony, I think we are going to sign a new contract now. I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. It will be our battlefield in 3 days. I have received hundreds of news. Shida has a plan to go public, and now I need your law firm to fully cooperate with me, make a plan, release news, and attract more potential customers. Many times people grab things to sell at a better price."

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