After a few days of development, the popularity of Minecraft on social media has gradually reached 22,000 points, ranking among the top three in local trending topics.
This is also thanks to the spread of Juliet's videos; funny and lighthearted entertainment content always easily wins over idle netizens.
Basically, after reading the hottest local news, every netizen will see the hashtag #MinecraftJuliet# next.
The traffic is still pouring in.
Some people are already getting restless.
Just as Mingyan continued browsing the comments, his communicator rang.
Mingyan answered, "Hello, this is Mingyan."
"Hello, Mingyan. This is the IPP platform marketing department. I'm Manager Wiles."
Mingyan sat up slightly; he had finally caught the big fish he wanted.
He stated clearly, "I know you want to bring Minecraft to China. Let me make it clear beforehand that I will not accept a buyout model, only a revenue-sharing model. Also, Company A contacted me two days ago. Now you can name your price."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, clearly because they hadn't expected Mingyan, a student, to so decisively deliver such a powerful blow.
Wiles paused for a moment, then said, "Please wait a moment."
He apparently spoke briefly with the person next to him, then reopened the communication and said, "We can give you the top spot in this year's 'Newcomer, New Work' section, plus editor's playtest recommendations and reviews. Sign an A-level contract, and the simple profit-sharing ratio is 21%."
His offer was straightforward, but he made it clear that he was not satisfied.
“I won’t accept such an outrageous price, which is close to 20%,” Ming said. “You haven’t realized the value of this game yet.”
Wiles said, "Of course, we believe this game will perform well, and the current positive player reviews speak for themselves. But we also hope you realize that Minecraft's current success is based on R, and its players are mostly college students. Judging from Minecraft's art style, we are not optimistic about its appeal and market performance among other player groups."
Mingyan raised an eyebrow: "Since that's how you assess it, then there's nothing more to say."
Wiles said, "Wait, you can give me your target price."
Well, this shows that Aijia still wants to get Minecraft and is willing to negotiate to some extent.
but……
“No, thank you. My target price is a 10% commission,” Ming said.
Upon hearing this, Wiles blurted out, "That's impossible!"
What does a commission rate of around 10% mean?
Even if a product sells hundreds of millions of copies, the distribution channels are already close to making no profit, since they still have to invest in subsequent staff, maintenance, server traffic, and other resources.
So who is this price usually offered to?
It's a top-tier game company, with a god-level architect leading a high-end team, who spent years honing this AAA masterpiece.
At the same time, it also needs to have extremely high media ratings and the anticipation of millions of players.
This kind of work is no longer a buyer's market; there's no longer a need to contact platforms everywhere to try and get it listed online, or to engage in tug-of-war in meeting rooms to negotiate commission rates.
Instead, if the platform doesn't introduce it, users will slam their fists on the table and curse the platform—that's the kind of IP masterpieces that are so popular.
☆ Platform Contract
Mingyan ultimately hung up on Aijia's price negotiation call.
Now, within the Chaoyang Alliance, the two largest multimedia digital distribution platforms, A-Home and Ai-Home, have finally both approached Mingyan.
Company A went first, offering a 25% commission rate.
Aijia Houlai offers a 21% commission rate.
It seems the old saying, "Big shops bully their customers," is indeed true.
They become even more unrestrained when they are facing a novice student.
After drinking a cup of coffee and pondering for a while, Mingyan opened his contacts.
Ten minutes later.
Feiyang Games is a relatively unknown publishing platform in the sixth-star province.
The new intern editor knocked on the door excitedly, went in, and couldn't wait to say, "Minecraft responded to us! The creators have agreed to release it exclusively on our platform!"
The editor-in-chief was holding his forehead with one hand, his face as pale as a vengeful ghost.
He said weakly, "What are you yelling about? Which game?"
His attitude clearly shows that Feiyang Games platform is currently facing difficulties.
Or you could say it has hit rock bottom.
Last month, due to an intern's mistake, players discovered that the editor-in-chief had angrily criticized the IP masterpiece, which immediately caused a public outcry.
To be fair, those words were simply an expression of his dislike for a game, but they couldn't withstand the instigation and discord of those with ulterior motives.
Loyal fans of the IP deleted their Feiyang accounts one after another, and social media was filled with curses from trolls. The number of online users on the platform plummeted, many editors chose to leave before the end of the year, and the total revenue was insufficient to cover expenses...
The only reason it can still survive is because of the hundreds of thousands of local users on its own planet.
However, the financial statements at the end of this quarter are already predictably going to be disastrous.
"My world! The graduation project champion from the Otherworld Architecture Academy! That's amazing!" The intern editor waved the document in his hand excitedly. It was a newly printed email. "Exclusive first release authorization! And it's an exclusive first release for twenty days! The price and synopsis are already prepared. The producer is a genius!"