Chapter 243 Future Technology Company
The Dark Portal trilogy did not take up much of Liu Hongmin's time, but the profit was the greatest among all the books. If the time interval was not too short, and he was afraid that readers had not recovered from the Dark Portal trilogy, he would have wanted to start the next trilogy directly.
Liu Hongmin is already writing the outline for the next trilogy, which tells the story of the Lich King Arthas.
Liu Hongmin will not write according to the "World of Warcraft Chronicles" or the "World of Warcraft" background novel.
The chronicle is too general, and many plots in the background novels deviate from the setting. Therefore, although both have a huge world view and wonderful stories, their status is far inferior to that of "The Lord of the Rings".
When Liu Hongmin was writing the Dark Portal trilogy, he paid great attention to this point. He eliminated all the useless plots and only kept the most essential parts. Therefore, the Dark Portal trilogy can achieve results that are not inferior to the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
As for whether it can surpass the historical status of "The Lord of the Rings", Liu Hongmin doesn't care at all. What he cares about is the money. The royalties Tolkien earned from writing "The Lord of the Rings" are definitely not as much as those he earned from "Pirates of the Caribbean" or "Dark Gate".
"It seems that readers are very supportive of Dark Portal."
Richard smiled and said, "Of course. When we were promoting it, we compared it to The Lord of the Rings. And the reader feedback was very good. Although some people still think that The Dark Portal is not as good as The Lord of the Rings, more people still think that The Dark Portal is no worse than The Lord of the Rings."
"Really?" Liu Hongmin laughed. "Readers are so optimistic about The Dark Portal?"
"Of course!" Richard explained, "The reason why The Lord of the Rings has such a status is mainly because Tolkien created more than a dozen languages, which is unique among magic novels. Although there is no language in Dark Portal, it has every race and every profession, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages, as if there is really a world like this. This is also unique among magic novels."
The two chatted for a while, and Richard said again: "The manuscript of Source Code has been almost translated. Mr. Liu, I have to say that your creative ideas are really admirable."
Liu Hongmin said modestly: "I just like to daydream."
“The illustrations are also very good. I have consulted many professors and they all think that the technological products in those illustrations are indeed the development trend of the future.”
"Really?" Liu Hongmin said jokingly, "Should I set up a company to develop these things?"
Richard said seriously, "I think so."
Liu Hongmin was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that this was feasible. Those things were future technological products, and because of the industrial foundation, they could not be made at this stage. But it did not mean that they could not be made in ten or twenty years. If Liu Hongmin could seize the opportunity, he would definitely become a giant in the field of science and technology in the future.
Thinking of this, Liu Hongmin said, "Richard, how feasible do you think this is?"
Richard: "Mr. Liu, I'm just an editor and I can't give you reasonable advice. If you really want to start a technology company, I suggest you ask the university professors in the Bay Area. They should be able to give you reasonable advice."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Liu Hongmin immediately called Wang Yaowei. "Brother Wei, help me register another technology company in the Cayman Islands, called Future Technology. I will personally own 60% of the shares of this company, the Tomorrow Film Company and the Toy Factory will each own 10%, and the remaining 20% will be left to the Transformers Company."
Wang Yaowei: "No problem. Where should we set up the company? Do we need to hire a professional manager?"
Liu Hongmin: "The company's headquarters is located in Hong Kong, but only office staff are retained to apply for patents in various countries around the world. Then the branch is set up in the Bay Area of the United States, which has the best scientific and technological talents in the world."
Wang Yaowei went to handle it immediately, and all the procedures were completed within a few days.
But this is just the beginning. Liu Hongmin still needs to negotiate with Random House and Hasbro. Transformers, these two companies are only small shareholders, so they naturally cannot stop Liu Hongmin from investing in Future Technology. However, these two parties are the key to Liu Hongmin's recruitment of technical personnel, and they are also Liu Hongmin's spokespersons in the United States, so they must give some benefits.
Liu Hongmin sent invitations to both parties, and both parties immediately sent people to Beijing. During the period when the two parties' personnel had not arrived, Liu Hongmin wrote a purchase proposal.
"Mr. Liu, do you want to acquire this small company called Qualcomm?"
Qualcomm is a small company founded in 1985 by seven engineers. Due to insufficient funds, the founders had to work part-time to maintain the company. It was such a small company that successfully developed the world's first wireless communication system prototype using CDMA technology the next year.
"Although this company is small, I am very optimistic about their research projects. You all should know that I wrote a science fiction novel called Source Code. In it, there is an item called a mobile phone, which combines the functions of a mobile phone, a computer and other items. The inspiration for the mobile phone comes from Qualcomm's current research project."
The two representatives looked at each other and felt it was ridiculous. They got inspiration from a project that was still under research, created a powerful communication device, and then wanted to acquire the company that provided the inspiration.
Do you think you are God? Or can you predict the future?
Liu Hongmin smiled but didn't explain. He knew nothing about technology and couldn't explain it.
"You two, Transformers only holds 20% of the shares, and the two of you together only hold 8%. In other words, it's only a few million dollars. Are you still fussing over this little money?"
The representatives of both parties looked at each other and felt that what Liu Hongmin said made sense. Liu Hongmin himself invested nearly 100 million US dollars. Since Liu Hongmin was so confident, they were willing to follow Liu Hongmin to take a gamble. If they won, it would be pure profit, and if they lost, it would only be a few million US dollars. You know, these millions were earned by Liu Hongmin, so they should just treat it as a gift to Liu Hongmin.
They also knew why Liu Hongmin insisted on Transformers becoming a shareholder. The two companies had shares in Transformers, so Transformers could use their channels. And if Transformers became a shareholder in Future Technology, Future Technology could also use their channels through Transformers.
They had no idea about this. Even if they did not invest, they could still lend the channel to Liu Hongmin based on their close cooperative relationship with him. Now Liu Hongmin took out 8% of the shares because he did not want the interests of both parties to be damaged.
Cooperation! When all parties can gain benefits, it is the basis for continued cooperation.
(End of this chapter)
