"The company's name will be PopCap Games, and it will be a subsidiary under the Golden Dawn Entertainment Group."
"You don't need to be accountable to anyone else, only to myself and the group's CEO Victor. It will be under the direct vertical leadership of the group's headquarters."
"The company's location is tentatively set for Seattle."
"Of course, once my tech industrial park is finalized, I will reserve a fantastic spot for PopCap Games."
"PopCap Games will have a total investment of $5 million. The first batch of project funds, $2 million, will be in place in three days; the subsequent $3 million will be released in installments over six months."
Kyle introduced the details as if he knew them by heart.
Strictly speaking, the first $2 million was for acquiring a game company. After all, building a new company from scratch would inevitably be time-consuming and labor-intensive.
It's just money.
Was Kyle someone who lacked money?!
Not even mentioning the profitability of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group's various subsidiaries, the billions of dollars in cash lying in his personal account alone were enough to be called wealthy and powerful.
Obviously, acquiring a game company directly was more efficient.
"Dave Roberts, uh, I'll just call you Dave," Kyle smiled.
"Boss, please go ahead," Dave Roberts said seriously.
Kyle smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. The development direction I've set for PopCap is to focus on providing puzzle and casual games for social software companies like MSN and ICQ in the early stages. I hope to see your report within two weeks."
"Boss, I can get it done in one week."
Dave Roberts answered very forcefully; at this moment, he was completely bursting with energy.
You should know that before this, although he was a middle manager at Microsoft with extremely rich management experience, he had been sidelined for a long time due to serious internal infighting at Microsoft. He didn't want to think about anything else now; he just wanted to get to work quickly.
"Don't rush, buddy. Haste makes waste."
Kyle looked at Dave.
He smiled and said, "Of course, if the report you submit to me in a week satisfies me, I will consider an additional $1 million investment."
5 + 1 = $6 million!
"I guarantee the mission will be accomplished," Dave promised loudly.
John and the other two immediately looked at Dave with hopeful eyes. After all, it was an extra $1 million!
In 1999, $1 million was a very huge sum. Of course, even by 2020, not many people could produce $1 million in cash at once.
A few hours later, the meeting ended.
Dave, John, and the others left one after another, full of joy.
"Boss, I have some doubts I want to ask you?" Alexander suddenly spoke.
"Oh? You want to ask why, with our massive capital volume, we aren't doing the currently popular large-scale computer games but choosing puzzle and casual mini-games instead, right?" Kyle smiled.
"Yes."
Hearing this, Alexander immediately nodded and said, "Looking at the global game market, whether it's Electronic Arts in America, Vivendi and Ubisoft in France, or Sony, Capcom, and Nintendo in Japan, they have all invested heavily in large-scale computer game projects in recent years. After all, the market in this area is hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times larger than that of puzzle and casual mini-games."
Do large-scale computer games make money?
Of course they do!
The "Need for Speed" series, "Warcraft" series, "Resident Evil" series, "Half-Life" series, "Command & Conquer" series... which one didn't make a huge profit?
Kyle was very envious, but he lacked the ability to match his desires!
As a transmigrator, even if Kyle wasn't good at playing games in his past life, he still knew a lot. Right now, he had many game designs in his mind, but... they needed people to complete them!
"I lack people, I lack talent!"
Kyle spread his hands and said helplessly, "Game giants like Electronic Arts, Blizzard under Vivendi, Ubisoft, Capcom, and so on, are all very short of talent now. What about us? We can't find talent on the market!"
Puzzle and casual mini-games were just the only choice for now!
Of course, Kyle was also waiting—waiting for the Dot-com Bubble to burst. At that time, a large number of internet companies would go bankrupt, and at the same time, game companies would be widely affected, and many game talents would be forced into the market.
"In a few months, will I still be afraid of lacking talent?" Kyle thought to himself.
In fact, Kyle wasn't in a hurry.
Puzzle and casual mini-games were actually very profitable too!
For example, Tencent Group's QQ software; the money its platform games make every year from mini-games is definitely not a small amount. On the contrary, it's a very massive sum.
But the premise is that this platform must belong to one's own company.
Otherwise, a game production company's earnings would, at most, be the scraps left over by the platform owner.
"Skype (Internet Phone) is my trump card!"
"As long as Skype's R&D is successful, I can quickly establish a new instant messaging platform. By then, bundling it with a game company, the money earned will definitely be quite considerable."
For a moment, Kyle's thoughts wandered... In the blink of an eye, more than 20 days had passed.
The annual Halloween slot was not far off.
Every major movie studio in Hollywood, as long as they had filmed horror or thriller movies, would release them during this period to compete for the Halloween audience.
Especially medium and small movie companies; they didn't have much capital to invest in blockbusters and high-budget films, so they could only focus on horror and thriller movies.
There was no shortage of movie companies that relied on low-budget horror movies every year to make money and put food on the table.
So, how could they not take it seriously?
...Warner Bros. Pictures.
"It's truly a case of 'no coincidence, no book'!"
"Who would have thought that in the Halloween slot, we would clash with Page Pictures again!"
"My God! How many times has it been this year?"
"Three times, buddy!"
A group of Warner Bros. Pictures executives looked at the list of movies being released in the Halloween slot. When they found Page Pictures' production, "final destination," they all couldn't help but complain.
"Are we and Page Pictures really destined enemies?" one executive said, holding his forehead.
Valentine's Day slot: "my big fat greek wedding" Vs "message in a bottle";
April slot: "300" Vs "The Matrix";
Current Halloween slot: "final destination" Vs "the haunted house";
At this moment, even the battle-hardened Warner executives were very unwilling to run into Page Pictures. After all, in their current head-to-head record, they had one loss and one draw.
"Even if we win, it won't be great; we'll still lose a lot of box office."
One executive complained, "Damn Page Pictures, why don't they just go to hell~"
That's right. In this year's Halloween slot, Page Pictures' movie "final destination" would be released on October 29th, along with Warner's movie "the haunted house."
"Alright, gentlemen, quiet down."
The new president, Barry Meyer, looked at everyone and said loudly, "It's meaningless to argue about this now. What we need to do is win this Halloween battle!"
"Defeat Page Pictures' new film~"
...Paramount Pictures.
"Heh~"
Owner Redstone looked at the report in his hand and couldn't help but smile. "I didn't expect that I just finalized a cooperation deal with that fellow Kyle, and now we're facing competition again? Truly interesting."
Shortly after Page Pictures' new film "final destination" was released, Paramount Pictures' new work, "sleepy hollow," would also be released on November 9th.
At that time, there would be no lack of fierce competition... Page Pictures.
Kyle smiled and said, "What needs to be fought for must still be fought for. If I were afraid, I might as well just surrender."
Bill McNickle echoed, "This year is still considered good. After all, the sequels to 'Halloween' and 'Alien' aren't being released this Halloween; otherwise, it would definitely be a complete mess."
"Hahaha~"
Kyle laughed loudly. "Mr.Bill, just you wait. This year's Halloween slot will be a complete mess!"