The Best Director

Chapter 133 What do you do if you have money and don't invest?

e-Jean-is-t-my-ver—— In the spacious living room, everyone was standing or sitting on the sofa, all with joyful smiles on their faces. (Reading novels) With the beautiful accompaniment, the LCD TV screen played the MV of the song. Joseph took the microphone and sang excitedly: But-the-d-is-t-my-n— he sang , while circling around Michael Pitt, suddenly imitated Michael Jackson and made a sound.

Everyone immediately laughed, and Wang Yang on the sofa couldn't help but waved his arms with a smile, and whistled cheers with Zachary next to him.

After all, unpleasant things happened one after another a few days ago, so Jessica proposed to hold a happy party at home. Wang Yang naturally nodded in agreement, so he took advantage of this weekend to invite everyone to come and play. Including Rachel, Zachary, Tom - Welling, Zooey - Deschanel and other High School Musical 3 friends, they happen to be in Los Angeles preparing for promotional activities; and Joseph, James - Franco, Friends from Sweetheart such as Anne Darren; a few young people including Kate Hudson, a good friend brought by Zoe; of course, there are also couples of some people, which is very lively.

Not all the people were singing in the living room, basking in the sun and blowing the wind in the back garden, eating in the dining room and kitchen, playing cards and games... They were playing around in this big house casually. Of course, the private places like the study and bedroom have been locked.

She-says-i-am-the-one—— Joseph clenched his fist selflessly, walked backwards in a moonwalk without aesthetic feeling, jumped up and tiptoed, and sang at the same time: But-the- d-is-t-my-n—oh He stumbled and fell two steps, and everyone laughed again, Michael Pitt said with a smile: Joy, you can't dance ballet like this. Joseph once again He jumped up, tiptoed steadily, and said, It was just a mistake just now, continue She-says-i-am-the-one—

Amid applause and laughter, Joseph finished singing e-Jean. He scanned the crowd: Who will sing next? He suddenly stopped his gaze on Wang Yang and shouted: Wang Yang Everyone laughed and applauded immediately, looking at Wang Yang on the sofa, Michael smiled: Come on, Jan. Tom Welling also laughed and said: Jan, don't be shy, you haven't sung yet. Li pushed Wang Yang and said with a smile, Man, please.

Ahem Wang Yang stood up with a smile, did not pick up the microphone in front of him, looked around, and asked in doubt: Where is my guitar? Where is my guitar? I like to sing and play, I will look for it. Speaking, he smiled and quickly left the living room and walked towards the back garden.

The afternoon sun was bright and warm. Next to the swimming pool in the back garden, there were several sun loungers and a set of parasol tables and chairs. Jessica, Scarlett, Rachel, Annie and other girls were wearing short-sleeved T-shirts and shorts. They were lying on sun loungers or sitting by tables and chairs.

While drinking drinks, chatting with laughter from time to time, enjoying the leisure summer.

Wang Yang was about to walk towards them to listen to the gossip of the girls, when he suddenly heard a few furtive Yang, Yang He turned his head and saw Joshua standing behind him with a weird face , came out of nowhere. Wang Yang asked suspiciously: What's the matter? Joshua looked at the girls in the distance and then at him, rubbing his hands and laughing: Hey, you know I don't have a girlfriend now. Wang Yang shrugged She shrugged, guessed what he meant, and said with a smile: So, you want to pursue one?

YES Joshua snapped his fingers, put his arms around his shoulders, looked at the girls, and said with a suppressed excited voice: Scarlett Johansson, don't you think she is beautiful? It's also very interesting, dude, What kind of person do you think she is, if I launch an offensive against her, do you think I have a chance?

How do I know? Wang Yang glanced at Scarlett who was lying on the sun lounger. How could he know what kind of person she was? A girl with outstanding acting talent? He smiled and said, Man, let's just go after her and see if it will be up to her.

Joshua nodded thoughtfully, touched his chin again and analyzed: Girls are animals, I can see through that they all like strong men, for example, you are very handsome, or you are rich and very rich. Talented, high-status...humorous, sweet-talking, but if you're a man anyway, if you want a girl, you have to have at least a little bit of it...

He suddenly looked Wang Yang up and down, and said in surprise: My God, why do you seem to have everything? I can't imagine that you are a white person. Wow, all the girls in this country will go crazy for you. Wang Yang Staring at him, he said, What are you talking about? Joshua spread his hands inexplicably, and said, What did I say? Dude, I'm a Mexican. You know that a large part of white people are that superficial.

Wang Yang smiled, nodded and said: Fact. But I don't agree with what you said earlier. I think it should be said that if you want a girl, you have to have qualities that make her like it. Every girl has different requirements. Joshua curled his lips in disdain, and said, The similarity between them is the part I mentioned.

He thought about it again and murmured: Now I'm handsome, a little money, potential talent, potential status, very funny, sweet talk, a man...cough He couldn't believe it himself, after thinking about it , suddenly his eyes lit up and said: Yes, I am a self-motivated girl and I like this

I wish you good luck. Wang Yang patted him on the shoulder, walked over to the girls with a smile, and said hello, Hi, beauties, Jessica, Scarlett, Rachel, Anne, Irene, and Zoe who were still sitting at the table and chairs all looked at him, and greeted him with smiles: Hey, Jan. He sat down on the vacant sun bench next to Jessica, and said, The sun is very bright. Good, what are you talking about?

The girls immediately laughed and drank drinks while looking at each other. Jessica gave him a blank look and said, I'm talking about girls, don't ask. Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, nodded, and said with a smile : OK, I'm here to gossip, I'm a paparazzi. But I'm a director, and girls, you all look like actors, so who wants to make a movie with me? Tell me

No, no... The girls smiled and shook their heads. Rachel sat up and said with a smile, Yang, a man can't gossip like that. Eileen, Zoe and others agreed, and Jessica stretched out her hand Patted him on the head and smiled crisply: Don't destroy your manliness

Oh, thank you. Wang Yang grinned, and was about to stand up and leave without disturbing their talk about girls, but he saw Joshua walking over and kept winking at him.

Joshua came to him immediately, and he said with a smile: Hey, everyone. Amidst the greetings from everyone, he walked to the sun table and sat down, picked up a can of drink and opened it, and asked with a smile: In What are you talking about? Wang Yang answered with a smile immediately: Some girls' topics have nothing to do with men. The girls all hummed, and Joshua raised his brows and said: Of course then...

A man with potential for self-motivation. He thought about it for a while, then turned up the topic he had just thought about, looked in Scarlett's direction, and said with a smile, Do you have any good investment ideas? I'm going to make some investments, you guys? Knowing that I have played a few small roles, I have some small money, what do I do if I have money? I am very mature, and I am not the kind of person who just messes around when I have money.

Jessica snorted noncommittally; Rachel next to her smiled and encouraged: Joshua, I support you. But remember to be cautious when investing, and don't worry. Looking at her, he said, Rachel, why aren't you my sister? Rachel shrugged, Jessica glared at him, Scarlett, Annie and the others all laughed.

My idea now is to do some real estate business, such as intermediaries, mortgages... Joshua casually counted several businesses, and said with a very modest look: It's actually a family business, nothing special. Then... ... Seeing that Scarlett didn't seem very interested, he looked at Wang Yang who was drinking a drink, and pulled him down the water: Yang, what about you? I heard that Flame Films recently acquired a special effects company, but they don't want movies... Have you invested in any family business?

The girls all looked over at once, Wang Yang shook his head, and said with a smile: No, my interest is not in the catering industry; my father has no idea of ​​opening a chain restaurant, so he just redecorated it. Thinking of his recent investment, He continued: In fact, I do have two acquisition plans that are not movies. I am talking to a Canadian game development company called Ware.

Since Paul Amory was hired as an agent, he gave the first task of finding a game development company suitable for acquisition. Paul Amory's strengths are not in packaging, publicity, endorsement activities and other entertainment matters. What he is good at is various investment acquisitions, fund management and so on. When he first heard about this plan, Paul was surprised and asked him several times: Is it wrong?

Because in the video game industry, investors have always been only interested in acquiring big publishers, but for developers, no one will invest heavily, no one will invest. But now someone is waving a 15 million check and saying I'm going to fund a game developer? This is unprecedented.

Wang Yang just answered him, I'm not wrong, I just want to buy a developer. His purpose of this investment is not to make a lot of money, but to make fun games. He doesn't have this ability, but he can use money to support those who are capable.

After Paul Amory was confirmed, he started looking for a job, which was actually very simple. The 15 million check immediately attracted the attention of many game developers. Soon, he sent a list full of names of game developers to Wang Yang. There were Black Island Studio, , Ware, etc. on the list...

Black Isle Studio is part of the production and distribution company Interplay. It is a well-known developer of RPG (role-playing) games. Its representative works include Radiation and Baldur's Gate jointly developed with Ware. But its life is not easy now, as early as shortly after the release of Fallout 2, a large number of outstanding employees left the studio in large numbers, because the leader of the Black Isle, Fergas Urquhart, was too tempered; this year At the beginning of the year, Black Island announced the production of Torn, and the company was full of energy. As a result, Interplay recently decided to cancel this plan. Now the entire Black Island is full of worries. According to Paul Amory, its internal conflicts are very serious, and it will happen at any time. collapse.

In addition, Black Island is not an independent company, but belongs to Interplay, so the acquisition must be more troublesome.

So although Fergas Urquhart's attitude is very sincere, he hopes to get this fund to solve the problem of the Black Isle. But Wang Yang decided to abandon Hei Dao after careful consideration, not because of the troubles in the acquisition, but because of its internal conflicts. Throughout the history of Black Island from its establishment to the present, it has been a movie that has lost talents, and a large number of people have been leaving. Apart from the poor management of Interplay, is there no other reason?

He doesn't want a dying company, he wants a vibrant company. So he set his goal on Ware, another developer of Baldur's Gate.

In 1995, three doctors in Edmonton, Canada took off their white coats and established Ware Studio. In 1997, they developed the Infinite engine, which is one of the most advanced and successful game engines. This engine also attracted Black Isle Studios, which is authorized by the rules of Dungeons and Dragons. The two companies hit it off and produced 2.5 million copies of Baldur's Gate. And now Ware independently develops an RPG game called Neverwinter Nights.

What Wang Yang likes about Ware is its innovative ability in RPG games and strong storytelling ability, such as the ability to play different plots in Baldur's Gate 2; at the same time, it also has excellent R\u0026D technology, With a thriving company atmosphere, this is definitely a company with bright future potential, and it is also capable enough to make District 9 into a fun RPG game.

His plan is to acquire Ware first, and then let it absorb the outstanding talents who have left Black Island Studio. The two companies have had a good cooperative relationship for many years. Most of the employees know each other, and there is no problem in integration. Now the acquisition team headed by Paul Amory has conducted preliminary negotiations with Ware. It is estimated that the entire acquisition price will not exceed 10 million, but the specific details still need to be discussed.

That's it. Wang Yang took a sip of iced Coke to moisten his throat, looked at the girls and Joshua, and said with a smile: If everything goes well, I will have a game development company soon, and Bard The developer of The Door, that's exciting.

Oh. Annie, who doesn't play computer games at all, nodded confusedly, but her face was full of happy smiles for him; and Rachel, Scarlett, Erin and others were no better, they basically didn't understand Games, not to mention the game industry behind it; only Jessica, who had already heard what he said, had a proud smile of I know what he is talking about.

Seeing that the girls, including Scarlett, were all attracted by Wang Yang, Joshua scratched his hair helplessly, and muttered to himself, I would have let him go if I knew it earlier, the current scene is completely controlled by him. Already. At this moment, Scarlett smiled curiously and asked, What about the second one? You said just now that you have two plans.

Yes. Wang Yang smiled. This plan is because there are 5 million left after the acquisition of the game developer. Of course, this is not true. The real reason is that he is very interested in that thing. He nodded and smiled: The second project is a website, maybe you know it, gger.

The girls all sighed in amazement, of course they knew what website it was, and they only knew it because of him; and now they were not surprised by his acquisition plan. Everyone knows that Wang Yang was one of the first batch of bloggers, and he was one of them when there were only tens of thousands of registered users.

In Hollywood and film and television entertainment circles, celebrities still generally use personal websites to communicate with movie fans and fans. Not many people use blogs; Wang Yang is the celebrity who likes blogging the most. The top blogger has also attracted many friends to join.

gger? Joshua frowned, feeling very puzzled in his heart, and asked: Brother, as far as I know, it seems that it can't make money, right? It's making itself close to bankruptcy. Regarding this matter, The girls who followed his blog had heard about it, and they were a little confused for a while.

In the 1990s, Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan founded the Pyra company together, and opened the test gger service to the public in August 1999. Now almost two years have passed, and gger is becoming more and more successful However, Pyra was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Because gger's business is completely free, it can't find any profitable way at present. With the bursting of the Nasdaq dotcom stock bubble, it has become even more difficult. The company's accounts are only in and out, and there is no venture capital of one dollar. Pyra has no money. In recent months, it has been continuously in arrears with the wages of its employees. This incident finally broke out recently.

Employees left the company en masse, including Meg Hourihan, one of the founders. Even the founder resigned? This can be said to be a certain death situation. The bankruptcy seems to have become a fact, and the only thing left is to choose whether to announce today or tomorrow.

But another founder, Evan Williams, did not give up. He still struggled to support the normal operation of gger, but he also released the news of seeking funds, hoping to get help and tide over the difficulties. At this time, there is a person who is willing to inject 5 million funds into it.

Yes, but I don't intend to make money from it. Wang Yang shrugged, glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: I bought it mainly because I thought it was very good. You know that everyone can write, show, and share, it's the trend

The reason why he thinks the blog is very good is because it is similar to a shared diary, where he can share his latest life, mentality, and views with others; It's fun to get to know friends and other people.

And after many times of viral marketing and my own feelings, the holy king of Wudong Qiankun created the holy king, the king will kill the gods at night, the throne of the gods, the throne of the world, the strongest abandoned young man, the royal family of Zhou, the king, the king of heaven, the king of the gods, the throne of the gods, the strongest of the nine heavens. Abandoned young Zhou royal family martial arts Qiankun will kill the gods and seal the throne in the night to seek the magic and proud of the world The strongest abandoned young Zhou royal family God-making general Ye kills the gods and sealed the throne in the night to seek the demons I know people's desire for sharing and interaction too well, and gger is a very good way, things in life, comments on current events, novel articles, etc... You can share whatever you want, this is definitely a trend.

In fact, the rapid growth of blog users also proves this point, and now its number of bloggers is about to exceed 500,000; and he can often see blogs in some future movies and TV shows, which shows that its It must be very popular in the future. As for whether blogging will still be something that can't make money by then? It doesn't matter, and he doesn't believe that popular things will have no commercial value. Sooner or later, bloggers will find their own way to make money.

Blog is a long-term potential stock. It may not be unprofitable, but it has to be done slowly. Before that, I don't want gger to go bankrupt. I am one of its most popular bloggers. Wang Yang took a sip of his drink with a smile , glanced at Joshua, and smiled again: And like what Joshua said, what do you do if you have money? I'm very mature, and I'm not the kind of person who spends all day fooling around when I have money.

The girls immediately burst into laughter, and Zooey Deschanel made a wow sound; Rachel looked at Jessica next to her, and said in a serious and joking way: I really envy this guy. Eileen also laughed She nodded and said, I'm also Zachary, that idiot will make me angry all day long. Jessica rolled her eyes with a smile, couldn't help showing a happy smile on her pretty face, and hugged his arm affectionately, Smiling sweetly: Ha, you are all envious. Wang Yang smiled and kissed her forehead.

Seeing Scarlett's smiling face seemed to be a little envious, Joshua couldn't help sighing inwardly, he had seen through animals like women

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Note: Considering that Ware hadn't even launched Neverwinter Nights in 2001, the price of 10 million is no problem.

PS: I just got online, I can’t sleep without updating, wow what a tragedy