Global Monopoly of Technology

The launch time of the two projects has also been basically determined. The "online cloud translation" project is a huge amount of engineering. The development team's goal is to strive to be able to launch the test version around 2009. Not only does its own technology development take time, but it also takes time with the cloud. There is a significant correlation to the progress of the computing service.

As for the "Virtual Idol" plan, which will be launched at the end of this year, the amount of engineering is relatively small.

Three days later, Bluestar Technology Headquarters, the Office of the General Planning Department of "Virtual Idol".

At this moment, Luo Sheng and a group of young people are gathered in the planning department. These people are members of the "Virtual Idol" development team who have just been transferred.

"Is there only so many people in the whole group?"

Luo Sheng looked around at the number 60 or 70 people present. Most of them were young people, with an average age of about 24 years old, or excellent software engineers, architects, painters, etc. All of them were selected from the personnel changes within the group company.

"Boss, that's all you need," said He Chao, who was in charge of the project.

"Well, recruiting people around the world, including not only going to Japan to dig talents in this area, but also game companies such as Blizzard Entertainment, Hollywood Pixar, etc., the birth of [Hatsune Miku], with powerful voice interaction technology On the one hand, it also requires a huge behind-the-scenes creative team to produce a lot of high-quality content for her." Luo Sheng said: "The most important thing for the company is money. Not enough money, you understand what I mean?"

After speaking, Luo Sheng looked at He Chao, the person in charge, who was stunned for a while, then nodded again and again: "Understood!"

He Chao can also see that the boss attaches great importance to this project.

In terms of name and setting, Bluestar Technology's "virtual idol" doesn't seem to have a name like "Hatsune Miku" in the previous life.

The key is that the name highlights the dynamic future elements are very standard, anyway, the Japanese side has not come out yet, decisively squatting IP, and the setting of elements such as the identity of virtual idols has also been determined.

Name: Hatsune Miku/Miku

Birthday: April 12, 2007

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Height: 158.8cm

Weight: 42.7kg

Language: Chinese, English, Japanese

Birthplace: Sioux City

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"For the 'Hatsune' project,

Our goal is to make her the world's No. 1 virtual idol. No matter how the idols change, there is one who will always stand as a mountain and continue to play for another five hundred years. This idol is Hatsune Miku. "

Luo Sheng looked at the team members present: "The project budget is 8 billion soft sister coins, which is about a little more than 1 billion US dollars. It is very likely that the cost will be recovered in about ten years, so I can allow this project to be unprofitable for ten years."

As soon as this remark came out, He Chao and others secretly smacked their lips. If it was an early employee, I am afraid that Luo Sheng would not be surprised by what he said, because many times when he started a new project, he often set a tone, how long this project will be. Unprofitable is allowed.

Bluestar Technology Group has never been a quick-money company.

The amazing thing is that Bluestar Technology has now become one of the most profitable Internet technology companies in the world.

Is it that the less you want to make money, the more you make?

Luo Sheng continued: "This project is covered by the parent company and me, so don't worry about the problem of not making money without budget investment, what the team has to do is to create the first in history with the true craftsmanship spirit. The most perfect and most successful virtual idol. However, my requirement is influence, what kind of influence? To become the most popular virtual idol in the world, in this field to be a pole of the world, no one can beyond."

He Chao said at this time: "First of all, I think it is impossible for a latecomer to surpass it in terms of capital investment."

As soon as these words came out, the other members of the office couldn't help laughing. There was nothing wrong with this, and Luo Sheng would play like this and agree to allocate so much budget.

That's a billion dollars.

Compared with the birth of Hatsune Miku in the previous life, the total budget for more than ten years is only the same. Such a huge budget investment is not a boutique but a boutique.

There is no doubt that Luo Sheng's ambition is huge. This time the layout is intended to lead the world in the next ten years. The new trend of the second yuan, the huge budget allocation, the purpose is to make the virtual idol of Bluestar Technology into one in the industry. A monument that cannot be surpassed by its peers in the series.

"How is the director's problem handled?" Luo Sheng looked at He Chao and asked again.

"I have already sent someone to Japan to discuss cooperation." He Chao replied quickly, and for a moment he couldn't help but ask, "It's just the boss, is this necessary?"

After learning about Luo Sheng's intentions, until now, He Chao couldn't understand why he made such a bad decision.

Really super prodigal, he actually wanted to create a pure CG animation film advertisement for the birth of "Hatsune Miku".

And the budget is a huge $450 million! ! !

It's insane. With this budget, three or four A-level Hollywood blockbusters can be filmed without calculating the cost of publicity, but Luo Sheng used the money to shoot a promotional film for advertising.

Can you believe this is a commercial?

Well, that's fine, Luo Sheng still decided not to make a fortune in the film industry. With so much money thrown in, it's just a little bit if he can make a little money. What if it catches fire?

But Luo Sheng didn't do this. The reason is very simple. If it is launched in a movie theater, if the box office performance is not good, it will be secondary to not making money. If you lose word of mouth, not only will you lose money, but word of mouth may also have an impact.

The core of the advertising film is advertising and publicity. It spends 450 million US dollars but does not make a fortune in the theater. This behavior itself has a super topical element and can attract huge attention.

If word of mouth rises, then there will be topics such as how much box office this promotional film will get if it is released. Because the film has not been released, there will be tearing, and then the heat and topic will come.

This is Luo Sheng's marketing strategy.

Obviously, if the news spreads, it will definitely stir up the entire entertainment media industry.

"Of course it is necessary."

Luo Sheng said calmly: "You guys think I'm a prodigal who has money and can do whatever he wants, but that's not the case. What is a classic? It is a classic to carve at any cost, even if it is put in ten or fifteen years, it will still be at the top of the world. The quality of the picture, the purpose is very simple, the debut is the peak, so that some colleagues who want to launch their original virtual idols do not even have the courage to enter this field. If he wants to play, he must look at the ones established by Hatsune Miku. Whether the monument can be surpassed, or even surpassed, of course I have an indirect monopoly.”

Filmmaking is not something Luo Sheng is good at, but business competition and technology development are his specialty.

From another point of view, now spending all the money to create this series of peak heights from all aspects, indirectly frustrating competitors who want to enter this field, or forever being held down by the virtual idols of Bluestar Technology, even without the courage to target. .

This is the biggest victory.

Because there is no company in this world that dares to copy Luo Sheng's gameplay. No one's money comes from the wind. If there is, only one party may do this, and that is the big dog owners in the Middle East world.

Their money is really no different from what the wind blows.

However, the big dog owners are not interested in this at all. Although the big dog owners spend money without blinking, they are not stupid. The key is that they are not that interested and can't play.

Luo Sheng set the tone for a promotional film with a budget of up to 450 million US dollars.

As for the specific creation, he is not a filmmaker and will naturally not interfere. He specializes in art, and the creation in this area is handed over to professional filmmakers, including song creation and so on.

But there is one thing that Luo Sheng and the team members have reached an unanimous consensus. The director of this promotional film will invite the Japanese director, the animation film industry and the virtual idol elements, and it is not wrong to invite the Japanese director, and Luo Sheng has Through my experience, I know that virtual idols may be the top priority in the Japanese market.

No way, there are many dead houses in Japan. Economically, it is now the second largest economy in the world after the United States, a developed country.

It will take two or three years for Hua Guo to surpass the small book economically.

Spending so little money ends up earning more little money.

Not surprisingly, Hatsune Miku will also take the lead in the Japanese market.

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