Chapter 541: Here comes the opportunity

Now that his old friends are leaving the company, the agency of World of Warcraft can't be taken down for the time being, and Brian is also very depressed.

After saying goodbye to Mike Mowymi, he returns to the hotel and calls Effie.

On the phone, Brian recounted what had happened, and finally asked, "Then should I go directly to Vivendi to talk about agency? Or wait a while and see who takes over from Blizzard before proceeding to the next step?"

This incident also surprised Effie, who didn't expect things to have such twists and turns.

She pondered for a moment and instructed: "Wait a minute, I just arrived at the company, and I will go to Mr. Fei to report later, and see what Mr. Fei has instructions." ”

Because winning the agency of the World of Warcraft was arranged by Yu Wenfei himself, and now that things have changed, of course Effie has to inform Yu Wenfei.

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"Mr. Fei, now that the situation is like this, what should we do next?"

Effie came to Yu Wenfei's office, recounted Brian's report, and then asked.

Yu Wenfei was also surprised, Blizzard had such a thing, why didn't he have any impression.

In fact, it is no wonder that even if Yu Wenfei once had memories of the next ten years in his dream, he was not an encyclopedia, and he did not cover many fields at all.

So although he was also obsessed with games when he was in his dreams, he was just playing games, and he didn't know much about the inside story of game manufacturers.

After a moment of silence, Yu Wenfei was thinking about what the Facebook game should do.

In fact, even if Blizzard's controller changes, it will not have much impact on Facebook Games, it is nothing more than that he can't directly win the agency through Brian's relationship and compete fairly with other competitors.

However, after listening to Effie's relay, Yu Wenfei was keenly aware that this seemed to be a good opportunity!

Blizzard and the parent company Vivendi fell out, and the departure of the founder will inevitably cause a shock to the entire company, and a large number of core employees will follow the founder to leave, and then Blizzard will exist in name only!

What if you take this opportunity to bring those core backbones of Blizzard under the banner of Facebook Games and set up a new studio?

Or, take Blizzard down directly from Vivendi......

Thinking of this, Yu Wenfei couldn't help but be a little excited.

Seriously, what founders and what core backbones, although these people are the elite of the game industry, they are not irreplaceable. It's good to be able to take it, but if you can't, it doesn't matter.

Talent is indeed precious, but don't forget that talent can be cultivated, generation after generation of talent is emerging, and new talents are emerging in an endless stream. And with the advancement and development of technology, the new generation of talent may be more technical and creative than the older generation.

However, Blizzard's IPs that have made a solid impression in the hearts of players around the world are irreplaceable!

Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft......

These big IPs are definitely priceless, and Blizzard at this time is far from tapping the true value of these IPs.

"How much is Blizzard worth now?" Yu Wenfei suddenly asked.

Effie was stunned, Yu Wenfei's thinking jumped too much, and he couldn't keep up.

I was talking about the agency of World of Warcraft, but I suddenly jumped to how much Blizzard is worth. Besides, does it have anything to do with how much Blizzard is worth, I can't afford it anyway.

"Uh...... I don't know. Effie replied dryly.

Yu Wenfei smiled dumbly, too, he asked Effie this question, didn't he ask Yu Blind.

Blizzard has not gone public, and its financial reports have not been made public, so how much it is worth is perhaps only Vivendi who can say clearly.

Because the ownership of Blizzard is in their hands, and how much it is worth is up to them.

"Let Brian go find that again...... Who's that? It's the current president of Blizzard, and I'll say that our Facebook Games can help him regain control of Blizzard, and take back the stake from Vivendi, so that he can fly to the mainland and talk to me. Yu Wenfei said directly.

Effie opened her mouth slightly, her rosy lips trembling slightly.

She's a little scared to buy Blizzard?!

Facebook Games has only been established for a month, and I haven't made any games at all, so I dare to think about buying the overlord of the game industry, the god in the minds of players - Blizzard!

She suppressed the horror in her heart, stood up, and replied, "Okay, Mr. Fei, I'll contact Brian immediately." ”

Effie has been following Yu Wenfei for so long, and she can be regarded as knowing some of Yu Wenfei's style of doing things.

Many things seem impossible, but in the hands of Yu Wenfei, they can achieve their goals like magic.

At the beginning, Yu Wenfei started an Internet company like a play, saying that he wanted to start a business, including himself, he felt that Yu Wenfei was young and frivolous, and he didn't know how to spend a little money in his hand.

However, Yu Wenfei slapped many people in the face with facts, and Facebook only took half a year to become a social giant in the domestic Internet industry.

In the first round of financing, the valuation reached 4 billion US dollars, which made countless peers shout incredible.

Similarly, the Facebook game was spun off, the Facebook board game platform was launched, the Ogilvy was acquired, and the battle network was launched.

All this, in the eyes of outsiders, is like magic, and incredible results have been achieved.

So, now that he says he wants to buy Blizzard, Effie is convinced that it can be done!

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Back in the office, Effie called Brian as soon as possible and conveyed Yu Wenfei's meaning.

As you can imagine, Brian's reaction was even greater, and he couldn't believe that Facebook Games had the strength to eat Blizzard.

"Mr. Ai, do you know how much Blizzard is worth?" Brian blurted out.

"I don't know, but no matter how much money it is, I believe there will always be a way to fly. Effie replied cheerfully.

"You...... He...... Don't be kidding! If Blizzard is going to sell it, I estimate it will cost about two billion dollars!" Brian said dumbfounded.

Brian is also an employee of Facebook, and of course he has some understanding of Facebook's strength.

Although Facebook is valued at $4 billion, that's just a valuation, Facebook isn't even listed, and the company doesn't have much cash on its books, so why buy Blizzard.

"You don't care about money, just go and talk to Allen, as long as they have the mind to cooperate, there will always be a solution to things. Effie said vaguely, she didn't know how Yu Wenfei was going to solve the money matter now.

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The next day, Brian went to Blizzard again, found Mike, and relayed Yuwenfei's invitation to meet Mike.

"Brian, your boss is not joking, is he? When did China have such a big business?" Mike looked puzzled.

In his eyes, is there a game industry in China?

Oh, maybe Shanda is one, Shanda relied on a kimchi online game to make crazy money, which has been spread all over the world.

If Shanda said that he wanted to buy Blizzard, Mike could still understand, although he didn't want to cooperate with Shanda......

"Mike, please pay attention, our Facebook company, not only has Facebook Games, but also Facebook.com, Facebook Games now has two game platforms, chess and card games and Battle.net, these two game platforms, just Battle.net, the number of people online every day is more than 10 million! And Facebook, the number of registered users has reached almost 200 million! It can be said that Facebook in China is equivalent to Yahoo's status in the United States!" Bryan said.

As a member of Facebook, of course, he has to protect Facebook's reputation.

Hearing him say this, Mike got a certain idea of Facebook's strength, although he was very suspicious that the data Brian said was mixed with water.

"Well, that is, you bosses, you want to work with me to buy back Blizzard's shares from Vivendi, right?" Mike emphasized.

"Yes, our boss invited you and Alan to fly to the magic capital, and you can meet and talk about the details of cooperation. Brian replied.

Mike thought for a moment, "Well, I'll talk to Allen, because we were going to go out and start a new studio on our own." Now there's another chance to regain control of Blizzard......"

Yu Wenfei's suggestion was very attractive to Mike.

After all, Blizzard was founded by him and a group of old guys who have struggled for so many years, and there are darkness, Warcraft, and interstellar here.

Even if there was even the slightest possibility, Mike didn't want to leave Blizzard.

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Soon, Mike replied and agreed to go to the magic capital with Alan to meet Yuwenfei to talk.

When Effie conveyed the news to Yu Wenfei, he asked a little worriedly: "There is still 100 million US dollars in the account of Facebook Games, but this money is definitely not enough to acquire Blizzard." ”

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this matter, I have a way. Yu Wenfei smiled faintly, not worried about money at all.

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Mike and Alan were more anxious than Yuwen Fei, and they flew to the magic capital with Brian the next day.

Effie personally drove them to the airport to pick them up.

Sitting in the back seat of the Audi and looking at Effie who was driving, Alan secretly asked Brian next to him, "This is your boss, why are you so young!"

In fact, he and Effie had just gotten to know each other, but until now, Alan still didn't dare to imagine that such a young girl was Brian's boss.

Brian grinned, "Allen, when you come to our company, you have to get used to and accept a fact. That is, there are indeed geniuses in this world! The big boss of our company is only 19 years old this year, and he is worth a fortune...... Maybe it's four or five billion dollars. ”

Of course, this four or five billion dollars is to include Facebook games and exaggerate them appropriately.

Alan and Mike exclaimed at the same time, what an amazing company.

The two of them have worked hard for most of their lives, and they are considered to be the top and most successful small group of people in the game industry, but in terms of net worth......

Forget it, let's not mention this.