The Creator of the Second Dimension

Although this year's annual game awards ceremony did not have the shadow of "The Last Survivor" due to the release time, the atmosphere of "The Last Survivor" can be felt everywhere.

According to China's game sales statistics, "The Last of Us" sold 2.3 million copies in the first week, 4 million copies in the second week, and 3.7 million copies in the third week. They are all numb.

But what I didn't expect was that with this wave of promotions at the end of the year, "The Last of Us" sold 3 million copies at the end of December.

The game has already sold more than 15 million copies for the physical disc alone, and it is only a matter of time before it breaks through 20 million.

Not to mention the digital version of the online store, this game has been on the digital bestseller list for 31 consecutive days, from the release date on December 1st to the last day of the year without exception.

This has brought a huge amount of income to Hatsune Games. According to the analysis of some industry insiders, the valuation of the system of Fantastic Animation, Hatsune Video Network, and Hatsune Games should be more than 20 billion. In the field of video websites, Although it is not as good as the 50 billion Tomato Video Network for the time being, you must know that Tomato Video Network has worked hard for more than ten years before it went public. website.

Moreover, Xu Rui's investment is quite cautious. He seems to be more willing to hold cash, and has almost no investment projects except for the purchase of real estate in the park required for the expansion of the workplace.

On the other hand, Tomato Video Network, just after its development, has invested in various film and television companies, animation companies, and game businesses in the future. When it was the largest, it also tried to invest in real estate, physical sales, automobiles, electronics industries, etc. To build a huge business empire.

According to speculation by some people who have information, the amount of cash held by Xu Rui's company is terrifying, probably because the company under it does not have any income and can support the level for several years.

Some people say that Xu Rui doesn't have any business acumen and doesn't know how to use funds flexibly. If the cash was used for investment, the valuation of his own company would have doubled long ago.

Some people also refuted that if Xu Rui had no business acumen, it would be impossible to rely on an animation company to achieve the current leading level in the industry.

Some people also suggested that Xu Rui obviously does animation, but now the main source of income has become games instead. Does it mean that animation is a dead end, and only making games is the only way out for this kind of cultural and creative industry.

Amidst the divergent opinions, the new year has arrived.

On the weekend just after New Year's Day, Ningjiang Economic News had news about Xu Rui.

He actually bought a company.

This is a film and television company called Shahai Media. It previously launched an online TV series, which was broadcast on Tomato Video Network. Later, it received financial support from Tomato Video Network. Withdrew capital to invest in other companies, and the film and television company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Xu Rui only spent tens of millions of dollars to completely acquire this company. If it wasn't for the announcement of the change of legal person, many people would not have even discovered it.

He bought it, screened out a group of company members, and reorganized it, changing its name to Phantom Media.

At the same time, Xu Rui also carried out a series of company reorganizations. The most important thing was to combine several companies under him to form the Magic Electric Group, which included Magic Electric Animation in charge of animation production, Hatsune Video Network of the video website, and the production of Hatsune Hatsune Electronics of the Mirai series of software, as well as Hatsune Games and Mirage Media.

In response to Xu Rui's series of actions after the acquisition of Shahai Media, some people analyzed that Xu Rui actually just wanted the qualifications of a film and television company. Compared with starting from scratch and applying step by step, the acquisition is obviously faster.

And Xu Rui is so anxious, presumably because he is ready to open up the film and television market.

In the A2 forum, Xu Rui's Phantom Group has a huge influence, so the moderators simply opened up a special section for Phantom animation and Hatsune games. Inside the special section are the divisions of each game. In the Phantom comprehensive discussion area, this news post Immediately there were many replies.

【lordorc】: Magic Electric is going to make a movie? TV drama? Is it a reality TV series of "Music Girl"? ? ?

[Strawberry Jam]: No, I think "Classic Literature Society Series" is more suitable for filming TV dramas. Compared with "Music Girl", it is more realistic. Speaking of which, would Su Liyu herself play the role of Tian Qian'ai? ? ?

[Pie without green onions]: I think it might be a new IP, such as animation adaptation of real people. The previous few films were quite a failure. No matter how talented Xu Rui is, from animation director to TV movie director, it’s not that bad. easy.

[9:30 BBQ]: Wow, now that I think so, I think "The Last Survivor" will be adapted into a movie. I think the plot of this game is very suitable to be turned into a movie!

[L94236]: I think it’s good for Fandian to do animation games honestly. There’s no need to get involved in the film and television industry. The current movies and TV shows are all low-traffic, and it’s extremely embarrassing to watch without acting skills.

[Vanilla Sandwich Biscuit]: In the past two years, the audio and video network's New Year's greeting festival has gradually had some real-life programs. I feel that even if I want to enter the film and television industry, there is no big problem, as long as it does not affect the production of animation.

Most of the mainstream guesses are that Xu Rui is going to make a movie or TV series, and almost all of them are guessed animation adaptations. After all, it is easy to think of this from the fantasy animation.

Ningjiang High-tech Development Zone, the park where Magic Animation is located.

Now there are four buildings in the park that are owned by Xu Rui, and the animation animation is still the same four-story building, which is shared by the Hatsune Video Network and Hatsune Studio next door.

Hatsune Games is a separate building.

The fourth building was originally the cafeteria and a part of the real-location studio of Hatsune Games, but now there is an addition of Phantom Media.

The fourth floor of Phantom Media.

The original Shahai Media, now Zheng Weijie of Magic Media is a director. The previous TV series of Shahai Media was written by him. It was a youth idol drama, and the leading role at that time was brought by several investors. Even the scripts written by the company's screenwriters have to pass the eyes of investors for their own small fresh meat stars. They have made revisions where they feel that they need to highlight their own stars, and Zheng Weijie, as a part-time director, naturally has no power To interfere, I can only bite the bullet and shoot it down.

Zheng Weijie felt that he had tried his best. When the series first aired, there was still some attention, but later on, due to the acting skills of the protagonist and the slightly routine plot, he eventually became unknown.

Zheng Weijie is now sitting in a new, slightly empty office with several of his team members, feeling a little uneasy.

Xu Rui sent a message asking them to wait here, and a few minutes later, the young boss walked in with a man.

"Let me introduce, this is Cheng Ke, the chief producer of Fantastic Animation, and he will join here temporarily to be responsible for the overall planning of our next project."

Xu Rui introduced that after Cheng Ke had greeted Zheng Weijie and others, he asked about some matters related to film and television production. When listening to Zheng Weijie's explanation, Xu Rui seemed very serious.

"Uh, Mr. Xu, what is our next project?"

Zheng Weijie asked after the introduction. To be honest, due to previous failures, he lacked self-confidence at the moment, and was worried that Xu Rui would fire him as well, just like the administrative and personnel personnel in those companies before.

"You should know that my previous work, if it is a TV series, I am still a little bit sure, and the movie may have some."

"We will not be making TV dramas for the time being, and of course, we will not be making movies either."

Hearing Zheng Weijie's inquiry, Xu Rui explained, and then said.

"Director Zheng, are you interested in making a documentary?"