art master

Chapter 206 Frustration
Mu Bai came to Hongyu Food Company with a few original advertisement paintings.

After several twists and turns, I met Ma Jingping in the office of the advertising department.

Ma Jingping smiled and said: "You can just send the original painting, why did you send it yourself?"

He opened the original painting and took a look. There were only four characters in the original painting. It depicted parents and younger sister, preparing a table of meals and a plate of mooncakes. The family waited until the elder brother came home and opened the door.

The details of the expressions of these four characters are well grasped. The younger sister is joyful, the father is happy, the mother is crying with joy, and the elder brother is warm.A very simple scene outlines a scene of family reunion.

Ma Jingping immediately felt the warm atmosphere and recalled the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

"Very good." Ma Jingping nodded: "Excellent value for money."

Mu Bai smiled slightly: "The old horse said so, next time the money will be raised again."

In fact, he is not willing to take on this kind of advertising original painting work anymore. Recently, two companies approached Guofeng Studio, hoping that Mu Bai could design advertising original paintings for them.

However, the original painting work is like digging natural resources. It is the most laborious but low-yield work, and it has to meet all kinds of wonderful requirements of "Party A".

Instead of taking on such small jobs, it is better to concentrate on long-term jobs like "Inuyasha".

Ma Jingping smiled, then sighed and said, "Let's talk about the next year tomorrow, I can't say for sure what will happen then."

Regarding the company's strategy for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ma Jingping has always held a pessimistic attitude, and has repeatedly persuaded the director, but each time they broke up unhappy, and even got scolded back a few times later.

Mu Bai also knows a little bit about the situation here, and he can't stop talking about this topic: "I'm here to find Lao Ma, and I want to ask for something."

While pouring tea for Mu Bai, Ma Jingping asked, "What's the matter?"

"The cooperation between our studio and Meihao has terminated, and now we want to publish the game we developed by ourselves."

"This is a good thing." Ma Jingping handed the teacup to Mu Bai: "Publishing it yourself makes more money than delivering it to a game company."

Mu Bai smiled and said, "But our studio doesn't have a distribution channel, so I came to Lao Ma to help me set up a match."

Ma Jingping nodded: "That's no problem." He remembered that he once said that he could provide Mu Bai with contacts in this area.

"Thank you, old horse."

"Hey," Ma Jingping waved his hand: "I'm not sure that it will be successful. When the cooperation intention is reached, it will not be too late to thank me."

He didn't talk too much, and in front of Mu Bai, he invited three game distributors to have dinner together tonight.

Mu Bai thanked Ma Jingping again, and went to book a hotel.

In the evening, Mu Bai arrived as promised. The three distributors were all middle-aged, two men and one woman. Ma Jingping introduced Mu Bai one by one.

Mu Bai took advantage of the conversation between several people to introduce the game developed by the studio.

But the three distributors were not very interested, and the female distributor, Boss Bai, was even more arrogant and said: "Young man, it is a good thing for young people to be aggressive, but you also think too easily about the release of the game." .

"If you want to release, let me ask you, which company do you find for production? What is their production speed? How much do you plan to put on the market for the first batch? What is the price? Will players like it?"

She thought this series of questions would confuse Mu Bai, but Mu Bai answered calmly: "We have established a cooperative relationship with Lively Color Publishing House, and they will be responsible for the production.

"The output is about [-] a day.

"The first batch plans to deliver about [-] pieces to the market. Of course, if there is a wider market, more will be released.

"The list price is 32.

"As for whether players will like it, I can't say, but after the test we just finished, the player's satisfaction is still quite high."

Vivid has never made game products, so it can't help Mu Bai, but Bai Xiaoliang can find a reliable manufacturer for Mu Bai.

Seeing Mu Bai talking so eloquently, this Ms. Bai didn't look at Mu Bai with admiration. Instead, she became even angrier in her heart. She always felt that Mu Bai was playing against her.

She smiled and shook her head: "The tests you do are prone to self-deception, and the credibility is not high.

"Let me tell you this, boy, I have seen a lot of games made by small studios like yours, which contain too much self-righteousness and self-deception.

"Often you think it's good, but when you go to the market, you are immediately beaten back to your original shape.

"You may be frustrated and disappointed at most, but we distributors and lower-level bookstores and audio-visual stores have to pay a certain economic price.

"We have no reason to pay for your dreams."

Mu Bai said patiently: "If you have time, Mr. Bai can take a look at the game we made later, and promise..."

"No need." Boss Bai refused cleanly: "Our time is very precious. If it wasn't for Lao Ma's face, we wouldn't come to see you."

The old horse said from the side: "Since everyone is here, let's find out."

Boss Bai shook his head: "Old Ma, next time you encounter such a thing, you have to say it clearly, we are not willing to do such a troublesome business that is difficult to make money."

Then she got up and said, "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

The other two distributors also stood up and said goodbye.

Ma Jingping and Mu Bai sent it to the door, and then went back to the private room. Mu Bai saw a table of delicious dishes without a chopstick, and said with some regret: "Let's eat by ourselves."

"How could two people eat so much?" Ma Jingping said with a wry smile, "Good things take time, so don't take it too seriously."

He knew that Boss Bai had always been straightforward, and he was afraid that Mu Bai would be hit by what he said just now.

Then he lamented in his heart that the distance is like a mountain. Although Ma Jingping has cooperated with Mr. Bai and the others, which can be regarded as some friendship, he has never cooperated in the game industry.

Mr. Bai's words just now left no room at all, not even the slightest intention of cooperation.Maybe in their opinion, Mu Bai's game is not profitable at all?

Mu Bai listened to Ma Jingping's comfort, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I won't be knocked down by just a few words."

He paused and said again: "The two of us can't eat, I'll call someone to eat."

Soon Yang Wenjun, Ji Yuanjie, Liu Zhe, Wu Jun, Bai Xiaoqi, Fang Jiao, Zheng Huan, the seven Mu Bai's confidantes all arrived, and Ma Jingping knew most of them, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was pleasant.

While talking, everyone talked about the release of the game. When Mu Bai talked about his cold reception just now, several people had different expressions.

Ji Yuanjie obviously felt sorry for Mu Bai, but he felt relieved when he saw that Mu Bai was not hurt.

Liu Zhe patted the table: "Are people so blind now?"

Bai Xiaoqi frowned tightly, as if thinking about how to help Mu Bai.

Fang Jiao and Zheng Huan were worried, and wanted to share Mu Bai's worries, but there was nothing they could do.

Wu Jun's expression didn't show any big twists and turns. Mu Bai and the third princess told him to fight. As for how to break the game, he knew that he was not good enough, so he didn't bother thinking about it.

Yang Wenjun sighed: "My contact with several distributors in the past two days has not been smooth, either they are not interested at all, or their asking price is too high."

Seeing that the morale was a bit low, Mu Bai was about to say a few words to boost morale, but Ma Jingping smiled and said first: "When our company first started, there were no channels."

Everyone froze for a moment, all of their attention was focused on him.

"I was so impressed by those two years," Ma Jingping said with a sigh of relief: "In the cold winter months, several partners including me went to large supermarkets to recommend our Lantern Festival, and if they can listen to us patiently, then Already thank God.”

Liu Zhe and others sighed. The scene Lao Ma mentioned was so similar to what they were experiencing now.

Ma Jingping changed the subject, and his tone suddenly became high: "But we have never lost heart, we believe that our products are the best.

"While we are doing our best to let more people accept our products, we are constantly summarizing and exploring.

"With our unremitting efforts, we finally found a distributor who is willing to accept our products. After a year or two, the company quickly got on the right track, and now it has become a first-class food factory in Zhouguo!"

It's just that this food factory, which grew up in the hands of Ma Jingping and others, has now encountered new problems, but Ma Jingping is helpless about it.

But Ma Jingping's words really inspired everyone, Mu Bai suddenly took the lead in applauding, and everyone came back to applaud together.

Ma Jingping smiled and shook his head: "So, this difficulty in front of you is a test for you, as long as you can overcome it, you will definitely become stronger.

"And you are so young, what are you afraid of!"

Mu Bai said with a smile: "I am deeply touched by the old horse's words, everyone, we are back on the road again! We can never be controlled by others! Otherwise, we will only be manipulated and looked down upon by others!

"Temporarily suspend contact with distributors, let's summarize our experience and find a new direction."

Ma Jingping looked at Mu Bai with some emotion, this situation, how much like the time when Hongyu Company was full of vitality.

Mu Bai changed the subject: "In the afternoon, Lao Zheng said that the game will be designed in a day or two. Let's quickly decide on a name for the game."

Regarding the name of the game, there are already some choices, but it has not been decided for a long time.

Everyone chattered, and finally decided on the name, called: "Xiangwang Fengyunlu".

After eleven o'clock, a table was dispersed.

As usual, Yang Wenjun drove Mu Bai back to Yushan Villa.

Mu Bai's car hasn't been bought yet, otherwise he wouldn't bother Yang Wenjun.

In the car, Mu Bai and Yang Wenjun first exchanged their experiences over the past two days. Yang Wenjun suddenly asked: "Senior Sister Gu, is there any relevant way?"

"I've asked, the cooperation unit of Shesheng doesn't make games." Mu Bai leaned on the seat: "I heard what Lao Ma said at the banquet, and suddenly I have a bold idea!

"How about we skip the distributor?"

(End of this chapter)