Chapter 547: You are really lucky to be able to join the Apocalypse Group! [Fourth Update]
The next day, Bruce went to Blizzard, met with Moss, and directly took out the contract for Moss to sign, but Moss looked at Bruce and did not sign it immediately.
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Who are you going to let take over Blizzard and bring back the founders of Blizzard, no, they are outdated and not suitable to lead the current Blizzard"
"I'm leaving, but I don't want Blizzard to fall."
"I can tell you this after you sign it" Bruce is very calm, I won't say anything if you don't sign, this meaning is very clear.
Moss shook his head and smiled bitterly, picked up the pen and said directly, "It's useless for me to sign, the Ministry of Commerce will not agree to your acquisition."
"You can rest assured that the Ministry of Commerce will agree, otherwise, there is no point in us acquiring your shares"
"With your 31 percent stake, plus our current 38 percent stake, it adds up to 69 percent of the shares."
"The majority shareholder, Porter, holds seven percent of the shares, and when you sell his shares, he will sell them to us, so we have seventy-five percent of the shares."
"Do you know why we don't snipe you in the stock market, because there is no need for this, this world is the world of capital, and we are very sure that we can buy you without having to do it in the stock market"
"Now that we have 75 percent of the shares, we can delist at any time"
"What's more, we made a deal a few months ago, otherwise, why do you think we stopped for so long," Bruce said unceremoniously.
After listening to Bruce's words, Moss let out a long sigh and signed directly, signing a total of four times, completing the share transfer.
"Now let's tell me who will take my place," Moss said directly as he looked at Bruce.
Bruce smiled "Mastin, he will take your place and keep the company running steadily".
"It's him," Moss looked shocked.
I thought about a lot of people, but I didn't expect it to be Mastin, as a person who usually works a lot in the company and doesn't talk much, it is easy to be ignored.
For a long time, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Yes, he is a doer and will lead Blizzard."
"The two conditions I said yesterday are still one short, you can announce the merger of the Blizzard Celestial Empire division into Apocalypse Games, and we have started to purchase the latest servers"
"This kind of server performance is three times that of the servers provided by your original agents, and the player's experience will be directly improved, and you should be able to see from this that the acquisition of Blizzard by the Apocalypse Group is the best result."
"We are true to the company and the players, and no other company can compare to that," Bruce said directly.
Moss didn't know what to say, Bruce called Masteen directly and began the handover, according to the contract, Moss had to cooperate for a month, and a month later before the matter could be announced.
With a month's time, with the cooperation of Mastin, the Apocalypse Group can easily master Blizzard, if Moss violates the agreement, sorry, the transaction price will be halved directly.
For the sake of money, Moss could only cooperate, and after discussing with Mastinn and Bruce for a while, Moss called over to the secretary and began to issue orders.
Soon, Activision Blizzard had a number of high-level executives fired on the same day, and then for several days, they were laying off people, making everyone scratch their heads, because the layoffs were all high-level executives, and many of them were people who were personally pulled up by Moss.
With the turmoil of Blizzard, the stock price began to fall, Blizzard didn't care, Bruce and Porter also completed the share transaction, and on the side of the Celestial Empire, the Blizzard division began to merge into Apocalypse Games.
Everything was going on in secret, the people belonging to Mastin, the value began to appreciate, and the time slowly passed for a week, and Blizzard announced that this year's earnings were lower than expected, and some projects would be axed.
This news directly caused the stock price to plummet, and it fell for four consecutive days, and suddenly, Blizzard stopped, which made everyone scratch their heads, and the relevant departments have already received Blizzard's delisting application.
Many people suddenly realized that the Tianqi Group had unexpectedly grasped 75 percent of the shares and applied for delisting, which was to be completely privatized.
The day before Christmas, the official website of Apocalypse Group and the official website of Blizzard announced the news together, Blizzard was officially acquired by Apocalypse Group and has been approved by the Ministry of Commerce.
A thunderclap shook everyone's nerves
The gaming world is in chaos
Major media around the world began to report on this matter, and the players on the Celestial Empire side were also shocked, they really didn't expect that the Apocalypse Group could successfully acquire Blizzard.
The next day, Blizzard's official website issued a statement that President Moss had resigned, and Vice President Masteen would serve as the company's president.
Carllon, the former vice president of Universal Pictures, will serve as the general manager and deputy general manager of Blizzard Films, with full responsibility for the development of the World of Warcraft IP film.
Apocalypse Group will inject one billion euros into Blizzard Blizzard Films and Televisions to bring the World of Warcraft series to the big screen.
This news shocked all World of Warcraft players, and obviously, the World of Warcraft series of movies will kick off, and they have left messages expressing their support and resolutely supporting this decision.
On the third day, Blizzard's official website issued a statement that it would be delisted from the stock market, and those who held the shares could sell the shares at the price of the suspension money, and the company would directly recover them.
At the same time, the company's name will be changed to Apocalypse Blizzard Game Company, and all agent qualifications will be reviewed, and those who fail to meet the requirements will be disqualified.
Many people are pouting when they see this, and it is obvious that this is a liquidation of a group of agents who were attracted by the agents of the Celestial Empire some time ago.
It is indeed Xu Ping'an's consistent style, many agents are regretting beating their chests, Xu Ping'an's temperament They know it too well, why did they get dizzy and go to the book together.
On the fourth day, Apocalypse Blizzard issued a statement that it would severely crack down on the game studios and gold groups that appeared in its games to maintain the financial balance of the game.
When the news came out, the game studios of the Celestial Empire were in a wail, and many people scolded directly, they had all learned the methods of the Apocalypse Game Company, and now the World of Warcraft is also playing like this, how can they live.
Mastin's task was very tight, and in a series of adjustments within the company, in just a few days, more than two hundred people were cleared out of Blizzard's headquarters.
A lot of projects have been adjusted, and Mastin is very aware of the shortcomings of the current company, and he took this opportunity to directly and drastically reform, and the unreasonable products were eliminated one by one.
At the same time, Ernst & Young acquired 12 percent of the shares, and the remaining holders said that they would not sell anything, waiting for a higher price from the Apocalypse Group.
As a result, Bruce attended the board of directors, raised $10 billion, and contributed money according to the proportion of shares, and if you don't have the money, you will directly dilute the shares, which makes many shareholders feel pain.
One after another opposed this decision, the opposition was invalid, and Blizzard must make great strides in the next step, and will not stagnate in the buckle rope.
If you don't want the shares to be diluted, you choose to invest money or sell the shares, the stock price is discounted by 30%, you don't want to sell, and now the shares are worth this price, and you want to sell them to contact Ernst & Young.
After Bruce finished the announcement, he directly announced the dissolution of the meeting and left, too lazy to deal with these people.
On this day, Apocalypse Games announced that it will purchase the latest servers, which will triple the performance of the original, so that players can have a better experience.
At present, the server has begun to be assembled, and it is expected that the server will be officially launched in ten days, so as not to delay the entertainment of players.
When the news spread, the players of the Celestial Empire were relieved, the servers of the Apocalypse Game Company were strong, and the game was really smooth, and the game experience would definitely be more comfortable in the future.
Not only the server upgrade of the Celestial Empire, but also the servers provided by agents in various countries around the world must be upgraded, and if they are mandatory and not upgraded, the agency rights will be cancelled.
The only thing that makes these agents feel better is that this year's agency fee will not increase in price, the original price will be maintained, and the contract will be signed directly for two years, which is enough for you to get back the investment in the server.
A few days passed, and the agents of various countries signed new agency contracts with Blizzard, and the more than a dozen agents who followed Cheng Lei were all canceled and replaced with new agents.
After completing this, Mastinn and Carlon set off with Bruce for the Celestial Empire to attend the Apocalypse Group Annual Meeting.
Attending the Apocalypse Group's annual meeting for the first time, Masdin and Carlon were still quite excited, because they had the opportunity to get to know the Apocalypse Group intuitively, and directly asked Bruce on the plane if there was anything he needed to pay attention to.
Carlon next to him meant the same thing, looking at Bruce, hoping that Bruce would explain it.
Bruce smiled and told Mastin's talk to Carllon, "There's nothing special to pay attention to, one thing I want to remind you is that even if you lose tens of billions, you have to tell the truth, and if you violate it, you will be fired directly."
"The biggest taboo of the Apocalypse Group, you must not tell lies, and if you find a direct expulsion, there is no emotion to talk about, you have to keep this in mind"
"The rest is not very strict, you have done it in accordance with the company's regulations, you can communicate with the president at any time, you can also argue if you have different views, and the company advocates normal arguments at work"
"Once a decision is made, it must be implemented, no more arguments must be made, and if necessary, you can directly ask the president to be the referee"
"If you fire someone because of a dispute at work, what awaits you will also be fired, many management have suffered this loss and left the Apocalypse Group, you should pay attention to this aspect"
The three of them communicated a lot on the plane, and it wasn't until the end that Bruce looked at the two of them meaningfully and said with a smile.
"Don't be pressured at this meeting, after all, you are a newly acquired company, and there is no way to compare with other companies, and you can be mentally prepared for the profitability of other companies."
"At the same time, you also have to carry a certain amount of pressure, there is pressure to make progress, the real strength of the Apocalypse Group is stronger than reported by the outside world, you are really lucky to be able to join the Apocalypse Group!"