The reason why Blizzard has not been sold in the past few years is because Blizzard has been going uphill all these years, and in Richard's eyes, it has not yet reached the maximum benefit, so it is reluctant to do it.

But now the situation is different, Blizzard has made such a big wave, the valuation has been damaged, and if you don't make a move, it is really possible to smash it in your hands and not be able to sell it.

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"Did you hear that Vivendi is going to sell Blizzard, and now it has spread in the circle, and they have also consulted whether our company has any intention of acquiring it. Hell, who would dare to ask for Blizzard now, the old employees are all gone, and there is an empty shell left. That's it, Vivendi dared to open his mouth and ask for a sky-high price. Haha, let's let them have a headache on their own. ”

"Of course, I know that the current Blizzard is a hot potato, and no one will take over. ”

This is a conversation between two employees within a pension investment fund company.

Something like this has been common in American investment circles in recent days.

After Richard's assistant Jackson flew to the headquarters of Blizzard in the United States, according to Richard's instructions, he openly recruited all kinds of game master planners, programmers, artists, etc., and secretly contacted many investment companies to consult whether they had any intention of acquiring Blizzard.

There are no impermeable walls in the world, and this matter involves the famous Blizzard company, so the news spread quickly.

But Jackson doesn't care, the more investment companies know about it, the more likely it is to meet an interested investment company.

There has been little success in recruitment, but he has been approached by several investment firms to ask Vivendi for offers for Blizzard.

Although Blizzard is in a bad situation now, after all, with several god-level game IPs in hand, the company is still very valuable.

If it can be won at a relatively low price, there must be many companies willing to buy, but unfortunately, Vivendi itself is a company that is good at mergers and acquisitions, splitting and selling, and the price is bitten to death, and it is unwilling to give in to a single point.

This has made many investment companies that want to pick up cheap come and go.

"How's it going, is there a reliable investment company?" Richard asked with concern as he was talking to his assistant on the phone.

"I contacted a few companies, but the bids were too low, the highest one only paid 800 million US dollars, and even one came over and said that it would buy Blizzard for 200 million US dollars, and I was directly kicked out. Assistant Jackson said exasperatedly.

What a deception!

When did Blizzard's company fall to a value of only 200 million US dollars, even if the old employees are gone, it can't be less than a billion US dollars, those American investment companies are really like jackals, seeing Vivendi in trouble, they want to surround and take a bite of meat.

"If there is no bid of more than one billion dollars, there is no need to talk about it, I would rather Blizzard rot in my hands than sell it at a low price! Of course, if there is a company that is more sincere and can accept an offer of more than one billion, you notify me immediately, and I will fly over and talk to the other party in person. Richard instructed.

He said that he would rather rot in his hands than sell it, but this is just angry talk.

If someone does make an acceptable bid, Richard doesn't mind having a good talk with them.

............

Blizzard and Vivendi are in a mess, while on the other side of the ocean, in the distant magic capital, Yu Wenfei and Effie have been paying close attention to the changes in things.

Even SoftBank took action, and through the connections in the industry, it found out all the news of Vivendi's sale of Blizzard at any time, and passed the news to Yu Wenfei as quickly as possible to facilitate his decision.

"Okay, you and Brian go to the United States, contact Jackson first, quote a price of 900 million dollars, and see his reaction. If the other party refuses very resolutely, then pay another billion dollars!" Yu Wenfei calmly arranged.

Effie nodded in understanding, and immediately went back to pack her bags and prepare to fly to America with Brian.

Although Effie looked calm on the surface, she was still a little apprehensive in her heart, this is a large-scale merger and acquisition of more than a billion US dollars, which is converted into tens of billions of dollars!

I'm going to start participating in this kind of project, it's really like a play.

A year ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of it!

............

Of course, Yu Wenfei did not say that he would hand over the merger and acquisition case to Effie to be fully responsible, and he was not so big-hearted, this kind of large-scale merger and acquisition involving more than a billion US dollars, Effie's ability was not enough to support.

When it comes to the critical moment of negotiation, he will personally step in.

Moreover, the people on SoftBank's side will help behind the scenes.

Don't underestimate SoftBank's capabilities, even in the Internet and investment circles in Europe and the United States, SoftBank's influence and connections are very wide.

This is also the reason why Yuwenfei introduced such a strategic partner.

............

"How much? 900 million ......" Jackson looked at a man and a woman opposite, a little hesitant.

The two people opposite, according to their own introduction, said that they were from China, an unknown company called Facebook Games.

This made Jackson sigh, the world has really changed, when will even backward China have companies that come up with more than a billion dollars in one go to buy the world's first-rate game companies!

Although he is a little skeptical that this Facebook game company has the strength to come up with so much money, this problem should not be big, because there is no need for the other party to fly so far and deliberately go to the United States to tease him, right?

"Yes, Mr. Jackson, I think our offer is a reflection of the sincerity of our company. In addition, our company is the largest Internet game platform in Chinese mainland with the largest number of users. So, leaving Blizzard to us is also the most suitable and best option. ”

Effie spoke fluent American English and spoke eloquently.

Jackson thought to himself, I don't care what you do, as long as the price is right, I'll sell it!

The price is not right, even if Blizzard's old employees want to buy it, it is impossible to give it to you.

"Beautiful Miss Effie, thank you for the interest your company has shown in Blizzard, and for this ...... Compare sincere offers. But you should have understood, Blizzard's glorious history, such an industry giant-level company, is it worth 900 million dollars?" Jackson said with a pretended "righteous indignation".

"Hey, man! I said you don't act, I know more about Blizzard than you do! I've been there for five or six years, working on Diablo myself. Now Blizzard, there is only an empty shell left, and of course, those game IPs. What our company acquired, that is, the IP of those three games. Otherwise, let's talk about the IPs of those three games separately, how much is appropriate. Brian said mercilessly.

Jackson glanced at Brian in surprise, he really didn't expect that there was an old Blizzard employee in this game company from China.

But it's no wonder that it was probably the suggestion of this old Blizzard employee that let the company know the news that Blizzard was going to sell.

"Hehe, then let's make it clear. The price of $900 million is a bit reluctant. But for the sake of you coming from afar, I will also report your offer to the headquarters, and what the result is, let's see the resolution of the headquarters. Jackson laughed.

Although the price did not satisfy him, it was already the highest offer in recent days, and Jackson felt that he had better report it to the CEO.

Sure enough, after listening to Jackson's report, Richard said without hesitation: "Let them wait, I will fly over and talk to them immediately, the first offer can reach 900 million, I feel that they still have leeway." ”

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"Is our company really going to buy Blizzard?"

In the hotel, Brian still can't believe it.

When Ogilvy was acquired by Facebook Games, in his eyes, Facebook Games was just a relatively powerful Internet company, and Blizzard was not qualified to compare.

But how long has it been, and Facebook Games is about to buy Blizzard, and he doesn't know about Facebook's secret financing, so he has always been suspicious.

Although he was the first to pull the string at the beginning of this acquisition, helping Facebook Games contact Alan Mike and them, but I haven't seen any big moves from the company recently, where does the money for the acquisition come from?

"Of course it's true, the company is so busy, how can I come all the way to joke with others. Effie said seriously.

"But...... It's more than a billion dollars to buy Blizzard, do we have that much money?" Brian asked.

"This matter has been settled, the company has money now, a lot of money!" Effie said in an accentuated tone.

This is not to deceive Brian, SoftBank's funds are in place, and the equity change procedures are being handled, as long as the procedures are completed, the 1.5 billion US dollars will arrive at any time, and the acquisition of Blizzard will definitely not be delayed.

............

After Richard flew to the United States, he immediately asked Jackson to meet Effie.

After two rounds of probing each other, Richard ran out of patience and showed his cards.

"Miss Effie, if you can come up with $1.2 billion, then I will give 70% of Blizzard's shares. If it's less than $1.2 billion, then ...... Then please. ”

In Vivendi's hands, there is only a total of 70% of Blizzard's shares, and the remaining 30% is still in the hands of Allen, Mike and those core old employees.

This is one of the reasons why Vivendi wants to sell Blizzard.

Think about it, the minority shareholders in the company have left to set up their own business, and not only do they have to compete with you, but they also hold a portion of your company's shares.

Whether you win or lose, you feel like you're at a loss.

Needless to say, if you lose, if you win, you have to share a part of the hard-earned battle record to those "traitors", it's not cool to think about it!

Isn't that disgusting......