After selling 150,000 copies, William stopped producing game discs. He now knew that the price of 6 pounds was a bargain, and many guys in the school had sold more than 10 pounds each. Although it was not much, it was not too little either.
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With this calculation, William would lose hundreds of thousands of pounds, but he had no choice. His most important thing now was to make the game famous. If the price was more than 10 pounds per copy, he would be thankful if he could sell 50,000 copies.
The game was a hit in London. The sales and good reviews attracted big game companies like EA and Ubisoft, game agents and supermarkets, and even Blockbuster, an American store specializing in DVDs and computer games. The hundreds of thousands of pounds he lost in recent days can be regarded as wages for the hundreds of alumni from the University of London who sold games to him, and advertising fees to attract these big companies.
William received inquiries from these companies a few days ago, saying that they wanted to discuss agency or buy the game and then go to one of the top law firms in London.
Anthony, senior partner of Yuelida Law Firm, costs William 1,000 pounds an hour to hire this guy, and this kind of negotiation will not be concluded within a few days or ten days.
Damn, then I would have to pay Anthony tens of thousands of pounds. Fortunately, William and Yuelida Law Firm signed a contract based on hourly fees. If it was a profit-sharing contract, I don't know how much I would have to pay Yuelida Law Firm.
William booked a conference room at the London Hilton Hotel and met with Anthony from Yuelida Law Firm at 8 o'clock in the morning.
After meeting, William shook hands with Anthony and asked with a smile: "Good morning, Mr. Anthony. It's eight o'clock now. Should the billing start?"
Anthony knew William was joking: "Good morning, Mr. Devonshire, if you think it would make you happier to start charging in ten minutes, then we will start charging at 8:10, I don't mind."
"Haha, Anthony, you're very humorous, I like you. Okay, let's get down to business. I need you to help me solve all my legal problems. No problem, right?"
"Of course there's no problem, Mr. Devonshire, this is what we do. I guarantee that there will be no problems with the contracts handled by our law firm. This is the confidence and commitment of our Yueshida," Anthony said to William.
William nodded in agreement. This was also the reason why he hired Yueshida's lawyers. "Okay, I still trust you Yueshida very much. As one of the three largest law firms in England, your strength and reputation are unquestionable. Then, Anthony, let's get started. It should be very busy today."
William shook hands and said hello to the four members of Anthony's team. He didn't think £1,000 an hour was too much for the best lawyer and his team in London. If anything went wrong because of the lawyer's lack of professionalism, William wouldn't even have a chance to cry.
Of course, only barristers can make big money, and those who work as assistants to barristers only make a few thousand pounds a month.
a. Several major companies such as Ubisoft, Bestar, and JRefu, as well as some other game companies, arrived on time.
After everyone found their positions and prepared everything, William didn't hesitate. Everything depended on the quality, sales and profits of the game. No matter how good the other suggestions were, the game companies and agents would not be interested.
William took the microphone and walked up to the stage in the conference room. He said, "Welcome, gentlemen. My name is William Devonshire, the producer, designer, and owner of Plants vs. Zombies. Your time is valuable, so I won't waste your time. A lot of people and companies have come to me these past few days, which tells me that everyone is here to buy out the game copyright or to become the agent for the game sales rights. Am I right?"
After William finished speaking, the negotiators of this company nodded without saying much. These companies present had sent people to find William in the past few days, but William had never said anything. Although they were optimistic about this game, they did not want to be taken advantage of by William, so they listened to what William wanted to say first.
William continued, "Then, gentlemen, let me first state the bottom line of what I can accept. If there is a big gap between what you can accept and what you are dissatisfied with, please be quiet and listen to me."
Everyone looked at each other. All of them were competitors. The game had only been popular for a few days, and the companies that were able to attend this meeting were all very optimistic about Plants vs. Zombies. Now no one wanted to be the first to speak out. Besides, William's request was not too excessive, so they all nodded again.
William was happy, thinking, "It seems these guys are still very optimistic about Plants vs. Zombies, especially those game agents. They don't make games, they only act as agents, so if they come across a good game, they certainly don't want to miss it."
Seeing no one objected, William nodded and thanked them, saying, "Thank you, everyone. Let's talk about the agency first. The agency price I can accept is 8 pounds per game disc, which is about 13 US dollars. I think Plants vs. Zombies can be sold for 20 US dollars in the United States. Everyone knows that the purchase price of EPS games in the late 1980s was 25 US dollars. You are all experts in the gaming industry. You know whether I am right or not, and you also know whether the price of 8 pounds is reasonable. So, is 8 pounds acceptable to you? If you can, then we can continue our discussion.
EA and Ubisoft hadn't considered the agency issue, but they were worried that the remaining companies would drive up the agency price. If William stopped selling games, their trip would be in vain. They nodded quickly and said, "8 pounds is acceptable."
The agents thought about it. They were all specialized in game agents and knew that William was right. No popular game in the United States was less than $20. However, seeing that the game company agreed, they secretly hated it. "These bastards should go to hell. Their own company's games are sold so expensively, and now they are competing with us for the agency."
The people from Bestar and Jiarefu also nodded, indicating that they accepted the price.
"Very good, if everyone can accept the price of 8 pounds, then we have the conditions to continue the discussion. I have this information on the sale of 150,000 game discs in London in a month. I won't send it to everyone, you must all know it, and this is also why we can sit together.
You may not know the reason for the second one, but I think Hot Fu should know it."
William stopped and looked at the person in charge of Jiarefu. He smiled and nodded, because this had something to do with their Jiarefu.
20 days ago, Jiarefu and I signed a licensing contract for daily necessities such as T-shirts and hats. Now I think I signed it too early, but it doesn't matter. I still want to thank Jiarefu. This contract authorizes Jiarefu to produce the cartoon characters of Plants vs. Zombies in the five counties around London. In the first 15 days of sales, the sales data of Plants vs. Zombies in 120 Jiarefu stores around London was 430,000 pieces. On average, each store sold 3,600 pieces in 15 days, 240 pieces per day, and the turnover was 6.45 million pounds, an average of 15 pounds per piece.
After hearing the data William mentioned, everyone in the conference room, except for the people from Jiarefu, knew about it for the first time.
When they heard that the game sold 6.45 million pounds in the five counties surrounding London in 15 days, they were immediately excited to know how much the game could sell for worldwide if it became a hit.
Damn, the peripheral products of Plants vs. Zombies are the main source of money. Europe and the United States are very strict in checking copyrights, and lawsuits with clear copyrights are very successful.
So Jiarefu is very happy now. They came here just to buy the game peripherals, but after the game peripherals sell well today, Jiarefu wants to get a bargain.
William knew that there would be more companies coming tomorrow than just the ones here today.
After everyone quieted down, William continued, "So if any of you want the full rights to Plants vs. Zombies, what should I offer? Selling one million copies in Europe isn't a lot, and I even think it won't be difficult to sell over three million copies in a few years."
The people from the agency now look grim. They think the number of tickets they check won't be much. Some of them estimate more than this, but only a few hundred thousand more.
It's only the year 2000 and there are many good games, but there is no game like Plants vs. Zombies that can be enjoyed by children, adults and the elderly.
William continued, "Selling 2 million copies in the United States won't be a problem. The other countries combined can probably sell 2 million copies. Gentlemen, please imagine how much wealth a game with over 7 million copies plus its peripherals can create for you."
"Fuck, this is to create wealth for you," everyone cursed in their hearts.
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