Chapter 540: The first wave of confrontation with the World of Warcraft
"Mr. Allen, we at NetEase are already very sincere. ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ding, there is too much difference between your quotation and Huanyu Technology. ”
"Mr. Allen, do you really think Huanyu Technology wants to represent your World of Warcraft?"
Ding Yingfeng made an appointment with Blizzard's vice president Allen again.
"Why not, they can sign us right away. ”
"No, no, no, they're just saying, can't you see that they're raising the price?"
"Price increase, do you think someone is willing to spend $200 million just to raise the price?"
Alan shook his head and said: "Huanyu Technology has this strength and this fund, I believe they are a good agency, and we are more assured that we will hand over World of Warcraft to them." ”
"If that's the case, then Mr. Allen probably won't see me again. ”
Ding Yingfeng looked at Allen.
Alan didn't speak.
He took a sip of his coffee.
In fact, how could Allen not see Huanyu Technology's actions.
That's right.
Allen, including Blizzard headquarters, unanimously believes that Huanyu Technology is raising prices.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to pay a sky-high price of $200 million.
But even so, Alan didn't want to break it.
Regardless of whether the price is raised or not, it is beneficial for them Blizzard.
Even if it is not an agent to Huanyu Technology in the future, but to other game companies, the agency fee can rise a lot.
But it seems that NetEase also sees it.
At this time, it is a psychological warfare.
Both sides know that Huanyu Technology is raising prices, but both sides want to strive for the greatest benefits.
However, regardless of whether Huanyu Technology is raising the price or not, Allen will not admit it.
After thinking about it for a while, Alan smiled and said, "I also saw the sincerity of your company, so I wanted to talk to your company." Besides, I don't want to see Huanyu Technology dominate. You know, it's not good for us at Blizzard to operate globally. But if your company's sincerity is not enough, then we can only act as an agent for Huanyu Technology. ”
Regarding Allen's reply, Ding Yingfeng scolded in his heart.
Of course, they don't care about Huanyu Technology's price increase, but it's not them who lose anyway.
"Mr. Allen, you have a point. Regardless of whether Huanyu Technology raises prices, they have their own 3D online games, and when Huanyu Technology operates in the future, resources will inevitably be unevenly distributed. Even, for the sake of their own online games, they may also contain World of Warcraft. ”
This logic also makes sense.
Although he may not have imagined that the agent of Huanyu Technology was blocked in the past.
But Allen's side can also take into account that when the time comes, the two parties will fight, and Huanyu Technology will inevitably protect their Kyushu.
Because Kyushu is the core of them.
Acting is acting after all.
It's just that Alan is a super diplomatic master, and he still replied with a smile: "Even so, the strength of Huanyu Technology is still obvious to all." ”
Ding Yingfeng heard what Allen meant.
The meaning of this is very clear: "Even if they control the World of Warcraft by Huanyu Technology and hand it over to them to operate, they also have the strength to surpass all other game companies, including NetEase." ”
"Mr. Allen, don't beat around the bush, make an offer. ”
Continuing to talk like this, Ding Yingfeng knew that there was no result.
Both of them know what Universal Technology means.
In the same way, the two know what each other means.
If we continue to talk like this, we will not be able to talk about next year.
Rather than that, it's better to get straight to the point.
One of the two parties wants a little more agency fees, while the other wants to reduce them.
If both parties take a step back, then the two parties will cooperate.
"If Blizzard insists on a $200 million agency fee, then I'll just quit. ”
Ding Yingfeng said it very clearly.
"$190 million. ”
With a roll of his eyes, Alan quoted his price.
He knew that he couldn't hang NetEase's appetite anymore.
Hang it down again, in case they really leave, they can only find Huanyu Technology.
Of course, it's not impossible to find Huanyu Technology, but just like their globalization strategy, they don't like Huanyu Technology to be dominant.
In the future, the Chinese game market will be bigger and bigger, and Blizzard has a lot to do in the Chinese game market.
If Huanyu Technology becomes a giant like them, it will be really unfavorable for them to enter the Chinese market.
"190 million is too expensive, and we can only pay $100 million at most. ”
"$100 million is impossible, my reserve price is 180 million. ”
"Mr. Allen, you should have seen our sincerity, $120 million. ”
"Well, it's true that you're very sincere, 170 million. ”
......
After a bargain, the two parties determined the final number.
150 million.
This is $50 million less than the $200 million quoted by Huanyu Technology.
But compared with the original $7,400, it has doubled.
Moreover, both parties were afraid that the other party would regret it, so they gave a deposit of $10 million on the spot.
A week later, the two parties officially signed the agency contract.
Blizzard's World of Warcraft was officially represented by NetEase, one of the three major domestic game companies.
[Sky-high price, NetEase agent World of Warcraft. 】
[Blizzard's World of Warcraft agency fee, $150 million.] 】
[Big, NetEase beats all competitors. 】
[World of Warcraft, closed beta will start soon. 】
Although it was pitted by Huanyu Technology.
But NetEase is not a vegetarian either.
In addition to being cheated this time, NetEase also hyped the news of the sky-high agent of World of Warcraft into the hottest topic recently.
The World of Warcraft itself is very well-known, and now it is a sky-high price, and countless gamers have paid attention to it for the first time.
This kind of publicity also put pressure on Zou Tao of Huanyu Technology.
However, Huanyu Technology can become the first in the industry, which is not blown.
In the face of the World of Warcraft topic, a series of topics about Kyushu are also surging.
The first is a series of screenshots of the game about Kyushu.
These screenshots have previously been exposed to World of Warcraft by Blizzard.
Compared to the delicate perfection of World of Warcraft, Kyushu is magnificent.
This is not to say that World of Warcraft is not atmospheric, but Huanyu Technology has a choice to PK with them.
Of course, if it's just a screenshot of the game, that's nothing.
At the same time as the screenshots of the Huanyu Technology Exposure game, they also updated the Kyushu series.
Where is the Kyushu series today, Jiangnan they have created so far.
In addition to the fact that the Kyushu series is, he is a huge world.
At the same time, he is also the world background of Kyushu OL's large-scale 3D game.
It's not the same as the other game backgrounds.
Although the background of other games is also written, to be honest, most of the backgrounds of some other games are randomly found by a few authors to make up a few stories, even if they invite more powerful top authors, but they are also for the service of the game.
But Kyushu has a world structure first, and then a game.
So at the background level, the background of the Kyushu game world is more realistic than the background of a series of games.
However, Huanyu Technology's actions have always been serial combination techniques.
There are screenshots, yes, Huanyu Technology also launched songs of the three major races.
Do you think it's over with a song?
No......
A few days later, the TV series "Kyushu Ethereal Record" came to the sky.