The Rebirth of the Male God Starts From Playing Games

  Chapter 190 188. Who gave boss Cao the courage?

The tug of war lasted 3 days.

  The other party seems to be very insistent on the price, and will not make concessions after it reaches 1.8 billion US dollars.

  Of course, Cao Yang also has his own persistence.

  The highest price Bomi can give is about 500 million US dollars.

  No matter how much he feels it is not worth it.

  Everyone is exhausted.

   But if the purchase price cannot even be reached, then future work cannot be carried out. For example, after discussing the arrangement of employees' stay and remuneration, how to deal with company assets...

  Cao Yang only felt big for a while.

  ……

  Not only Cao Yang has a big head, but the teacher Fang and the little secretary who followed him are also very tired.

  The excitement on the first day of the first few young legal professionals has turned into helplessness and sighs.

  Returning to the hotel in the evening, the entourage gathered in Cao Yang’s room for a meeting.

   Teacher Fang sat on the bed in Cao Yang’s room and beat his leg.

"So I said, is this company called Blizzard really that important? We have to buy this company?" Teacher Fang frowned and asked, "I think the attitude of Vivendi is very firm. Great, there should be no way to get together."

"Well... how do you say?" Cao Yang frowned. "Blizzard is a company that is relatively well-known in the world and is no stranger to Chinese players. The most important thing is that this company has two classic big IPs, one It is the Diablo series and the other is the Warcraft series. These two IPs can bring high profits in the future."

There are many well-known game companies in the country:

  Blizzard is one of them.

In addition to EA, this company is known as the game terminator. It is a game company in the industry that acquired crazy magic: Westwood (Westwood Studio) was acquired in 1998. The games developed by Westwood Studio are relatively well-known in the industry. Mainly represented by the "Command and Conquer" series. Then there is also the Bullfrog Company, which develops "Dungeon Guardian"; OriginSystems (Orange), produces "Genesis", the future of Orange platform is on the same level as Steam... Maxis, the "Sim City" and "The Sims" developed in 1999 "series……

  Take-two, similar to EA, is also a game giant, and there are many game subsidiaries below. The most famous of these are:

  2KGames, later developed the NBA2k series; FocusHomeInteractive and RockstarGames (R star)

R star has produced "Red Dead Redemption" and "GTA"...These two are very famous 3A masterpieces in the industry. At the same time, R star is also known for its money-burning madman, and "Red Dead Redemption 2" alone cost 8 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

   Then ZeniMaxMedia, also a giant game company, produced "German Headquarters".

Its most famous subsidiary is Bethesda Game Studio, known in the industry as Club B, and has produced the "Elder Scrolls" (Old Roll) series; ID software company, whose works include "Doom" and "Thor's Hammer"; Arkane Games Atelier, "Regional Heroes" and "Dark Messiah of Might and Magic"...

  But these giants are unlikely to be the target of Cao Yang’s acquisition, and they are unlikely to sell the following game companies.

  Change the direction, Bomi will be more likely to be acquired by them.

   Then there is Valve, or V for short. It hasn't been long since it started, and it will be the company of the world's largest gaming platform steam in the future.

But this company has a characteristic. The founder G is relatively lazy, and the atmosphere of the entire studio is liberalized and interested. You can join any development project you are interested in at any time as long as you want. The employees rely on their work. Passionate and conscious.

  G Fat is a strange leader who insists not to go public and will not let V company be acquired.

  In previous lives, some netizens ridiculed the possibility of V agency being acquired: V agency is the boss’s personal company. To acquire him, the boss needs a nod, but the boss is too fat to nod.

  So it is really harder to buy V company from G Fat.

  Perhaps this company can't continue to operate, it goes bankrupt, and only then can there be so little hope.

  After that, EpicGame will be EpicGame. The company that develops Unreal Engine doesn't have to say its own technical strength. At the same time, the company is relatively small and basically does not make much money, so the previous life Penguin aimed at this point and won it in one fell swoop.

  Epic is one of the few U.S. companies acquired by a Chinese company.

  The other is RiotGames, but Riot has not yet established.

  Now let alone the possibility of acquisition.

   Therefore, Cao Yang’s second filing is that if there is no agreement here, then he will directly move to the United States and acquire Epic. This is more likely.

  The most important thing is that there is a gripper in the West. This gripper is a well-known game company, even more perfect.

  ……

"Since only their IP is valuable, why do we have to package and buy it so persistently?" Teacher Fang asked with some confusion, "I think Vivendi is asking for such a high price, I really don't know what they think. Why do you agree to the interview if the price is so different from our offer?"

  "Since they have asked us to come, they should still want to talk...it means they really think the game department is not that important..."

  Cao Yang was taken aback for a moment.

  An electric light flashed in the brain.

   "Yes, why didn't I expect it?"

With a smile on his face, he stood up and gave Fang Qiong a big hug.

  The little old lady was hugged inexplicably, her face was flushed.

  This kid...

  What did you think of, you?

  ……

  The next day, I continued to have a meeting with Vivendi. Only this time, Cao Yang changed the acquisition strategy and said that he would not purchase the game business department under Vivendi, and changed it into acquiring the copyright of [Warcraft].

   "Huh?" Fuertu was a little surprised. How did the talk turn into the acquisition of the copyright of Warcraft?

  "My idea is that since we can't agree on the price, it's better to do this. Bomi is very optimistic about Blizzard's Warcraft series, so I want to abandon the acquisition of the game division and only acquire the copyright of Warcraft."

  After acquiring the copyright of Warcraft, it means that all previous Warcraft games under Blizzard have moved back to China. Even if subsequent Warcraft products are to be released, Bomi will develop them, and Blizzard will never use Warcraft’s IP for creation.

  In this way, it is equivalent to directly getting a giant IP. The future "World of Warcraft" and "Heartstone" can be produced by Bomi.

  On the reminder of Teacher Fang, Cao Yang realized this truth.

  After removing the big IP of Warcraft, the rest of Blizzard is not important.

Fuertu is also very shrewd, "That won't work. Of course, we want to sell it with the entire game business department. Mr. Cao, we also agreed to have this interview because of your sincerity in the tender. , Does not mean that the game division lacks buyers.

  If you don’t want to buy the entire game division, then our negotiations will be difficult to continue this time. "

  "100 million U.S. dollars," Cao Yang directly offered the price.

   "What?" Fuertu was taken aback, looking at the translator next to her.

  "100 million U.S. dollars." Miss sister translated it again, "Bomi is here to bid 100 million U.S. dollars for the copyright of Warcraft."

  Fuertu was taken aback.

  Cao Yang continued, “Buying the entire Warcraft copyright for $100 million will cause no loss to your company. The game company is also there. Your game business department is intact. As long as someone can create a similar IP.

  Vivendi wanted to sell the game division later, but only one IP was missing. Mr. Fuertu, you can't say that this Warcraft IP is worth 1.5 billion, right? "

  Fuertu's eyes rolled.

  The instinct of the businessman is stimulated at this moment.

  Cao Yang made a lot of sense. Under the current circumstances, a Warcraft IP is definitely not worth 100 million. Selling it alone seems to be an option.

  Marvel once did that and sold its Spider-Man to Sony.

  Split IP for sale, it is possible to earn more.

  The culture of Warcraft has not yet become popular. It will not be a big explosion until World of Warcraft appears. Thanks to the writers of World of Warcraft, the story of a small RTS campaign has been adapted into a magnificent epic work.

   But if Cao Yang buys it, he can find someone to reproduce a similar plot. Blizzard will be more uncomfortable.

Fuertu did not agree, nor completely refused, "Otherwise, Mr. Cao Yang, since we cannot reach a reunification in a short time, I will keep your proposal first. We need time to discuss it. It may be in the next 3 to 5 months. I’ll give you a reply within the time limit. What do you think of this?"

All right.

  Cao Yang was actually a bit lost in his heart.

  But he can probably guess what Fuertu is thinking. Vivendi has now released the news of the sale of the game division, and they have to wait for more buyers.

  The so-called high price is the reason.

  Don’t say anything to death, leave room for loopholes, and then if there are better buyers during this period, Vivendi will definitely sell it without hesitation.

   But on this point, Cao Yang is still confident.

  In his previous life, it was because the Vivendi Lions opened their mouths and asked for $2 billion, so even if the giants such as Microsoft and EA offered him prices, they did not reach a consensus in the end.

  Specifically how much Microsoft and EA gave them, Cao Yang did not know.

   But he has already assessed that 500 million US dollars should be the limit, these giants are not necessarily willing to pay too much.

   "Okay, Mr. Furtu, then we await your good news."

  Cao Yang stood up and shook hands with Fuertu.

  ……

  Since we can’t agree, Bomi has already strived to the maximum. Cao Yang feels nothing to regret.

  Look at the follow-up development.

  Maybe things turn for the better.

  After the talk, the whole person is a lot easier.

  So Cao Yang took his secretary and Professor Fang on a 3-day tour of Paris, France.

  When returning to China, the little secretary was sitting next to Professor Fang, and the two were talking and laughing, laughing from ear to ear.

   "It seems worth it." The little secretary smiled and said, "At least we didn't come in vain. We have seen the Arc de Triomphe, and the tower has also played... Teacher Fang, let me see the souvenirs you bought?"

   "Where, I didn't buy anything..." Professor Fang showed her the clothes and bags she bought.

  Cao Yang sat in front and let out a sigh.

  Probably traveling and shopping are the nature of women.

  ……

  Although the acquisition has not been negotiated, and the IP has not been negotiated.

  But news about this trip to Bomi spread like wildfire.

  The fact that Vivendi wanted to sell its game division was enough to make a sensation in the game circle. At this moment, a Chinese buyer suddenly appeared, which naturally attracted attention and associations.

  Foreign media took photos of several people from Bomi Company entering the Vivendi Building, and attached a big headline in the newspaper:

  【Vivendi is about to sell its game division, will China become the largest buyer? 】

   Public opinion is in an uproar.

  Foreign media did not use the words Bomi or Chinese companies. They actually played a word game to make grandstanding.

  In 2003, although China made a lot of money from online games, game companies still couldn’t compare with these big names in the world.

  Vivendi is also an international giant with a large number of industries. The game division is very famous in the game industry, which is in sharp contrast with the [weak] Bomi company.

  This news is like an unknown company in Africa in 21 years coming to buy the entire game business unit of Penguin. Once it was released, it immediately caused a sensation.

  Bomi suddenly became the headline in the next few days.

  ……

  The location of the first earthquake was in the United States.

  The news that Vivendi is going to sell its game division caused an uproar among Western countries.

  Not to mention the buyer is a Chinese company.

  【Wtf? Vivendi wants to sell Blizzard? 】

  【Sell to a Chinese company, are the French crazy? 】

  [This matter, I don’t even know which side of the station should be, the **** company Vivendi, Blizzard can only be tortured and dismantled if it stays under its banner, and finally squeezed dry and disappeared.

In theory, I support Vivendi’s sale of the game division, so that we can see a good Blizzard, a Blizzard that is not oppressed, and they can do better things according to their own ideas and give We bring better works.

  But the buyer is a Chinese company, this is hard to say.

  I heard that the Chinese are actually the most exploited and undemocratic people in the world. Maybe the new owner is even worse than Vivendi.

  Blizzard’s future is worrying. 】

   [Yes, I very much agree, why let a Chinese company buy the game division? What about the companies in our country? 】

  【I suggest that Microsoft hurry up and make a proposal, it will certainly not lose money. 】

  【Microsoft? Forget about Microsoft, right? Gates is not a good thing either. I support EA more. EA is the dawn of the game industry. If it can acquire Blizzard, then it is equivalent to a strong alliance. Who else can become EA's opponent in the future? 】

  ……

  In short, there are all legends in the world.

   And this wave of public opinion quickly blew back to China from the West.

  The first people to know this news are people in the industry.

When the employees of Xishanju saw this reposted news from abroad, everyone was so surprised that their jaws fell.

   "Is Bo Mi crazy? He wants to buy Blizzard?"

  "You can see clearly that Blizzard is just one of them. To be precise, Bomi is to acquire the entire global game division of Vivendi, including Blizzard."

   "My mother, this is too exaggerated? Who gave Boss Cao the courage to come up with such a bold plan?"

   "Hahaha, of course Liang Jingru gave it."

   Liang Jingru sang the song "Courage" in 2000, and now the stalk of courage has been played badly.

  "The key is, does Bomi have so much money? I have paid attention to this matter before. According to Western media reports, Vivendi seems to have a stock price of 800 million, or US dollars.

  It’s impossible to think about it. How could Bomi have made as much as $800 million? "

   "Yeah, it makes sense. Is this the media made up?"

   "But it's not right, look at this picture."

  A colleague moved the computer monitor over and showed everyone the photos on the screen.

  Everyone took a closer look. Although there is only one side face, but that figure, that chic, and perfect side face, who else could it be if it wasn’t Boss Cao?

   Boss Cao is now in China, more famous than many big celebrities.

   "That's right, is Boss Cao crazy? How did you think of buying Blizzard as a small Karami like Bomi?"

  ……

  No matter how you look at it, Bomi does not have this economic strength.

  Qiu Bojun also feels really inexplicable. Although Bomi has made a lot of money in the past two years, you can find out by careful calculation that it is impossible for them to come up with 800 million US dollars.

  At most 400 million is good.

  Among them, you have to find a bank loan.

   So when I saw the report, Qiu Bojun’s first reaction was the same as everyone’s. It was impossible, nonsense, and nonsense.

  However, I will carefully integrate the news and study it. Qiu Bojun has imagined another possibility, which is that Vivendi’s asking price is not as high as reported by the media.

  However, the details will not be known until Cao Yang and the others return to China.

  No one knows the inside story better than the person involved.

  ……

  In addition to Xishanju, other game companies have almost the same reaction.

   "Is Boss Cao crazy? How did you think of buying Blizzard?"

   "Yes, the report is reversed? It should be Vivendi's acquisition of Bomi."

  "Hahahaha...it hurts you too much. People may have done too well in this period of time, so their mentality is a bit swollen, and they want to reach the sky in one step. Please understand this feeling."

   "Hahaha, yes, you can cook two bowls of rice today, don't you have to swallow an elephant tomorrow?"

  ……

  On the first day of returning to China, as soon as he got off the plane, Boss Cao and his party were surrounded by the media pouring in from outside.

  Where did Cao Yang have seen this kind of battle?

  The only regret is that he did not bring bodyguards.

  Only a few young lawyers stopped in front of reporters and gave verbal warnings.

   "Mr. Cao, I heard that Bomi was going to Paris, France this time to discuss the acquisition of its game division. Is this true? Can you tell us about it?"

  Am I special...

   Cao Yang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

  Mom! ! !

  In the Internet age, news spreads too quickly, right?

  ……

  (End of this chapter)