my return 2002

Chapter 212 The Poison Pill Project and Warcraft Closed Test

A few days later, Shen Lang picked up Wang Xing outside the Modu Airport, and the residence was arranged in Wang Xiaochuan's building.

Wang Xing was quite satisfied with the accommodation conditions, but asked curiously.

"All the people who greeted you along the way were Inspur employees?"

Shen Lang shrugged: "Yes."

The Huarong community has now become the staff dormitory of Inspur Technology. Of the forty apartments in Shen Lang's hands, only ten are rented out, and the rest are occupied by employees. Since it was the weekend, we ran into each other just now.

When Wang Xing heard that Shen Lang actually bought [-] suites here to be used as staff dormitories, he, as a rich second generation, was also shocked.

Shen Lang smiled helplessly: "There is no way. When Inspur Technology was first established, if we want to find suitable talents, we can only work hard on benefits."

Wang Xing nodded thoughtfully, greatly inspired.

On Monday, Wang Xing officially went to work, and Shen Lang specially took him around. Wang Xing also had a new understanding of Shen Lang's strength, and the last bit of resistance to coming to work here disappeared without a trace.

In the conference room, Shen Lang called Li Xuelin who was in charge of playing more games and Liang Han who was in charge of YY.

"Manager Liang, this is Wang Xing. From today on, he will officially join the YY project team as the deputy general manager. You can communicate more in the future." Shen Lang said to Liang Han.

Liang Han didn't dare to be negligent, after all, this person was hired by the boss himself, and after introducing him so solemnly, he quickly and politely shook hands with Wang Xing to say hello.

Wang Xing is also very vocal, he praised YY all the time, claiming that it is his dream to work in YY.

Shen Lang secretly smiled inwardly, as expected of being a boss, he is very familiar with the ways of the workplace.

"That's right. Although YY has already surpassed tens of millions of registered users, there is still a big gap compared to QQ. Therefore, I want to develop a new set of functions - YY Space."

"YY space?"

Li Xuelin, Liang Han and Wang Xing all looked at Shen Lang suspiciously.

Shen Lang explained: "Actually, this function is a bit similar to the wandering picture made by Vice President Wang before, but the function is more powerful. Users can use this space as a virtual home to decorate and remodel, and they can also upload pictures and photos to share. To increase YY’s user stickiness by using your own mood and feelings.”

Liang Han and Li Xuelin fell into deep thought after listening to it, but Wang Xing was overjoyed. You Zitu's failure brought him not only financial losses, but also self-doubt. Now Shen Lang undoubtedly gave him a new opportunity. Chance to prove yourself.

Li Xuelin quickly figured out the key point. He is a content editor, so he naturally knows the orientation of users. In the 90s when the Internet was just emerging, people who went online were born in the 60s and 70s. After entering the 21st century, they were born in the 80s and 90s. Gradually become the main group of Internet users.

For those born in the 60s and 70s, they habitually accept content, such as various news and reports. The popularity of the three major portal websites is also in line with the tide of the times.

However, the way of thinking of the post-80s and post-90s has changed a lot. They are more curious, unwilling to be the same, and focus on self-expression.

Take the QQ show as an example. Such a simple function can attract 500 million users to pay, and bring tens of millions of revenue to Penguin a year. It would have been unimaginable ten years ago.

Shen Lang said to Li Xuelin and Liang Han: "YY's current main user group is still gamers, and it will definitely need to play more games to carry out a wave of publicity. You should communicate well in advance, and Lao Li will cooperate more."

Liang Han politely said to Li Xuelin, "Mr. Li, I'm going to trouble you again."

"You're welcome, it should be." Li Xuelin smiled.

Wang Xing was a little surprised when he saw this scene. In his impression, even in the same company, there would be conflicts of interests between departments. Are these two too harmonious?Or is it because the boss Shen Lang is here, so he pretends to be like this?

Coming out of the meeting room, Liang Han brought Wang Xing to the YY project team and introduced him to the team members. The employees were not as restrained as Liang Han, and all of them looked at Wang Xing with curious eyes, wanting to see the airborne What's special about the vice president.

Liang Han cleared his throat, and called all the development personnel of the YY project team to the conference room for a meeting. Wang Xing sat where Liang Han started.

"Mr. Shen just gave us a task."

Liang Han told everyone about the situation in YY space, and the employees present immediately started talking. Wang Xing observed it, and was surprised to find that the faces of these employees were more excited, and there were very few expressions caused by the aggravation of tasks. Resistance.

A member of the development team raised his hand and spoke: "Mr. Liang, if we follow Mr. Shen's request, our current server will not be able to accommodate it. Will the budget also increase?"

Wang Xing suddenly realized that it was for research and development funds.

Liang Han gave this person an angry look: "You don't have to worry about server expansion. I will apply to Mr. Shen. I still think about how to develop this function well. There are so many projects in the company, and now it's just us YY is dragging its feet, you don’t think it’s embarrassing, but I also feel ashamed.”

The meeting room suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere became a little heavy.

Next, the members of the development team began to discuss how to implement and expand the various functions of YY space, so as to allocate development tasks. Wang Xing sometimes put forward his own ideas, but more is still learning.

At the end of the meeting, Wang Xing also felt that he had benefited a lot, and couldn't help feeling: the standardized process of a large company is indeed different from his previous random start-ups, and the task assignment, rights and responsibilities, and procedures are very complete.

"Vice President Wang, how about this? You are responsible for following up the development progress of YY diary and YY photo album. I heard from President Shen that you have experience in this field." Liang Han said to Wang Xing who was about to leave.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Liang." Wang Xing knew that Liang Han was taking care of him. If the other party handed over the main frame of YY Space to him, he would be blinded instead, and he didn't know where to start.

During the period when Shen Lang went north to dig people, Shanda's acquisition of Sina became more and more bizarre. At first, everyone thought that Sina would respond soon. clear attitude.

However, Sina has never issued a statement on this matter, and even all Sina executives have kept secret about this matter.

Sina's attitude is not clear. Shanda has not moved since it took more than 20% of Sina's shares. Some media speculate that Chen Tianqiao has no money in his hands. Some media also said that Shanda and Sina are conducting secret negotiations, but No one can give evidence.

Netizens are even more arguing about this. Some people support Chen Tianqiao, thinking that the richest man in the mainland is courageous and courageous, and some people bad-mouth Shanda, thinking that Shanda's strength is not enough to convince Sina's board of directors.

In fact, Shanda and Sina are indeed negotiating. Sina has not welcomed Shanda's acquisition from the very beginning. The reason why they did not express their position is because they are afraid that Chen Tianqiao will become angry and do nothing.

It's just that the negotiations between the two sides did not go smoothly, and Chen Tianqiao's patience was worn out bit by bit. In fact, Chen Tianqiao was also under a lot of pressure. Since Shanda announced the acquisition of Sina, the capital market began to sing bad news about Shanda, and the stock price has been falling. continued to decline.

"What did Sina say?" Chen Tianqiao didn't turn his head when he heard the door opening, but stood in front of the window and looked into the distance.

Tan Qunzhao shook his head with a wry smile: "The attitude over there is very firm, and they only agree to give Shanda a board seat."

"Don't wait, let's launch a comprehensive acquisition!" Chen Tianqiao waved his hand and said impatiently.

Tan Qunzhao's face changed drastically: "Mr. Chen, should you think again, if you do this, I'm afraid Sina will jump over the wall in a hurry!"

"We can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, we will be dragged to death by Sina. Don't worry, the people from Stone are more afraid of death than us. If they dare to do anything wrong, I will drag them to death together!" Chen Tianqiao sneered.

"." Tan Qunzhao couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly. To be honest, he admired Chen Tianqiao's courage. No matter when, Chen Tianqiao could make a decision, but the risk of doing so was huge. Who could guarantee that he could win forever?
Soon, Shanda issued an announcement, saying that it would conduct a comprehensive acquisition of Sina. In a short time, Sina's stock price began to rise sharply, and even Shanda's stock price also changed from a continuous decline to a skyrocketing increase.

However, just an hour later, Sina announced that it would launch a "share option plan", the so-called "poison pill plan", to prevent any third-party acquisitions, including Shanda.This plan means that if Shanda insists on increasing its stake in Sina by more than 20%, the purchase price for the excess will be $150 per share.

Once this announcement was released, both Sina and Shanda's stock prices, which were still rising, immediately began to turn around, falling as much as 7%, causing the stock prices of both companies to shrink sharply.

This forced the two companies to sit back at the negotiating table.

Just as Shanda and Sina were pulling each other, the time came to March 2005. A big news came out. Ninetowns announced that the first internal beta of World of Warcraft national server will be launched at 3:3 am on March 6. .

"Warcraft is coming" has become a hot spot for netizens. Even if you are not a game lover, you have heard of Warcraft more or less. Compared with European and American players, Warcraft 1 and 2 have little influence in the mainland. , but Warcraft 3 has a huge domestic audience.

In addition to CS, Warcraft 3 has the most players on Haofang's battle platform. In addition, the e-sports trend that has just emerged in recent years has swept through, and domestic e-sports clubs have also been established. Li Xiaofeng, who is later known as the emperor SKY , participated in the WCG e-sports competition for the first time last year, and also received a lot of attention.

Coupled with Blizzard's production and Ninetowns' agent, such a strong alliance naturally makes players look forward to it.

For players, World of Warcraft is a gluttonous feast, but for domestic game manufacturers, there is undoubtedly an extra powerful competitor.

For a while, the major online game companies started working overtime in hell mode. Even in the early morning, you can still see brightly lit offices. Some projects that have not yet formed are desperately compressed to complete, trying to grab a profit before World of Warcraft is officially launched.

There are also some projects that have not been developed, or have just been developed, and have been cut in half.

On the day Ninetowns announced the closed beta of World of Warcraft, Zhu Jun called Shen Lang, wanting Shen Lang to help promote more games.

Shen Lang scolded with a smile: "You kid poach my corner, and you want me to hand you a hoe. It's a good idea."

Although Jianyu Jianghu is a martial arts game with a different theme from World of Warcraft, as the most popular MMO online game in China, it is inevitable to be impacted. It is foreseeable that after World of Warcraft is launched, the simultaneous online game of Jianyu Jianghu will definitely drop a lot.

Zhu Jun said awkwardly: "Well, even if I don't act as an agent, Blizzard will find another agent."

"Okay, I'm just joking with you. I'm not that stingy. Besides, why don't you do business that makes money? You can ask someone to connect with Duowan. I won't interfere with normal business practices."

More importantly, the popularity of World of Warcraft is extremely high. If World of Warcraft is blocked, this wave of traffic will undoubtedly be pushed to the opponent. If 17173 or other competitors seize this opportunity, it will in turn threaten the status of playing more games. The loss outweighs the gain.

It's better to sell Zhu Jun's face, and the money has been earned, so why not do it, not to mention, if World of Warcraft is not popular, how can he cash out the Ninetowns stocks at a high price?

"Hey, I just said you're not that stingy, I'll buy you a drink when you're free." Zhu Jun was overjoyed.

"roll."

After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun looked at Shen Lang worriedly: "Is the World of Warcraft closed beta time set?"

"Yeah." Shen Lang patted Lei Jun on the shoulder and smiled: "Actually, it's a lot later than I expected. It seems that Ninetowns has really worked hard on the translation of World of Warcraft."

"You still have the heart to laugh, aren't you afraid that Jian Yujianghu will be cut in half at the same time online?" Lei Jun rolled his eyes. He has been to Blizzard headquarters and knows the power of World of Warcraft.

Shen Lang shrugged his shoulders: "If you don't laugh, don't you still make me cry? Besides, there is no need to be so pessimistic. The computer configuration required by World of Warcraft is destined to be a game that will not be popular all at once. Wait until the computers in Internet cafes across the country are updated. In another generation, our [Zhu Xian] has almost come out."

Lei Jun thinks about it too, not to mention that World of Warcraft needs to occupy 7G of hard disk space, which is enough to drink a pot of computers in many Internet cafes, but Lei Jun is not as optimistic as Shen Lang. Steel, he was always skeptical.

Compared with Shen Lang's calmness, the news of World of Warcraft's closed beta is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Chen Tianqiao. The capital market originally lacked confidence in Shanda because of Sina's poison pill plan.

The entry of World of Warcraft into the mainland market has undoubtedly aggravated this suspicion. After all, Shanda's main source of revenue is the game business.

At the same time, major game manufacturers in Europe and the United States are also staring at the first closed beta of World of Warcraft. After all, many online games that have been popular in Europe and the United States have not caused any waves in the mainland. Many European and American game manufacturers once suspected that European and American online games are not available in the mainland. market.

For a time, the eyes of the whole world were focused on March 3th.

(End of this chapter)