1022. Eighth in the world
After spending three days with the four elderly people in France, Zhou Fangyuan finally returned to China.
The first thing I did when I returned to China was to return to Beitong and throw a lot of gifts to my parents.
In addition to the gifts given to them, the rest, they can give them away, and Zhou Fangyuan will no longer care about it.
Then he came to the headquarters of Yuanfang Group and met Zhao Xuzhen, who had already made an appointment. Zhao Xuzhen was recruited by him at a large price before, and was going to be the general manager of the newly established Yuanfang Automobile. This person used to be the vice president of a car company, and he was in the stage of being unknown at this time. But as a reborn, Zhou Fangyuan knows very well that in the future, this person will become the boss of the car company, leading the company under his control, not only breaking through many technical difficulties in a row, but also leading the car company to transform successfully.
Of course, such an achievement will definitely not work on his own.
But as the saying goes, the train runs fast because of the headband, and a good leader plays a very huge role.
So Zhou Fangyuan took a fancy to him and spent a lot of money to dig him up.
Of course, Zhao Xuzhen didn't know what kind of cow beer he would be in the future, and when he received the invitation from the distant group, the whole person was confused.
The car company he works for is now just a small enterprise, and the cars it produces have just left the province, and it is impossible to radiate the whole country. As for the Yuanfang Group, it is the largest consortium in China, with assets of more than 100 billion yuan, and it has laid a lot of money abroad, and it is now hot. I don't know how many people want to enter the distant group but have no way, but he suddenly received an invitation from the other party.
At first, he thought that someone was joking with him, but when the other party directly sent someone to pick him up, he realized that it was not a joke.
When I saw Zhao Xuzhen, this person was wearing a neat suit, polite and bookish.
But Zhou Fangyuan has seen his photos in the future, this person doesn't look angry now, when he goes down to the workshop, he is also a person who can roll up his sleeves and do it, and he is definitely not so quiet on the outside.
The conversation between the two lasted more than an hour.
When Zhou Fangyuan told Zhao Xuzhen that he had acquired part of Shijue's shares, Zhao Xuzhen was so excited. However, he quickly reacted and asked if he had already obtained some of the technology patents of Shijue. And when he learned of the excessive conditions proposed by Shijue, he was very indignant and a little disappointed at the same time. Those who make automobiles, but those who really have love and understand this industry better, no one is unaware of the unique technology possessed by major car companies.
For example, BMW studies handling, the biggest advantage of BMW cars is very good handling, BMW's front and rear 1:1 weight ratio, so that BMW has a very good balance. In particular, the chassis of the BMW car is basically an independent rear suspension, and it is also a 5-link link, and the configuration is much higher than other models in the same level.
For example, Mercedes-Benz studies luxury, "driving a BMW and riding a Mercedes-Benz", which means that BMW is well controlled and the most comfortable to drive, while Mercedes-Benz has achieved the ultimate in luxury and comfort, and riding a Mercedes-Benz is a kind of enjoyment.
Audi studies lighting and technology, and there are two kinds of lights in the world, one is Audi and the other is the other. This status is really unshakable by ordinary people. The interior is full of science and technology, and the cab is full of LCD screens, which makes people feel like they are in a sci-fi blockbuster.
Volvo's focus on safety is complemented by Dynamic Stability and Traction Control, Head and Neck Protection and City Safety as standard on all Volvo models. Of course, Volvo has now worked on active safety such as pedestrian protection and pre-collision, and with the blessing of Volvo's Sity Safety urban safety system, will it crash?
Honda researches engines, and Honda has original technology, and continues to develop and produce new products, and its research engine is known as the "global dream" engine. Buy a Honda engine and get a car, this sentence is good. His engine output is very amazing, every power of Honda is very fierce, and the acceleration is very fast, take his god car GK5 as an example, its acceleration to 100 kilometers takes only 9.3 seconds.
Of course, there are many other unique technologies from major car companies, and here are just a few examples.
For example, the sports cars they produce are all hand-built, with a unique lightweight body, using a large-displacement mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, and a number of indicators using F1 standards, with amazing performance parameters. In addition, Spyker's customized cars are second to none in the world, and their appearance design capabilities are extremely strong, and their after-sales service is also the best in the world.
In short, Shijue has some technologies that are original to them, and they have patents, which other car companies can't learn if they want to.
If you can get it, it will naturally have many benefits for the upcoming distant car.
So when he heard that the technology didn't start, Zhao Xu was really a little disappointed.
Zhou Fangyuan smiled.
"Don't worry, I've already started to buy more of their shares, and once I have a controlling stake, none of these technologies will be a problem. ”
A controlling stake?
No, Zhou Fangyuan is not even satisfied with a controlling stake now.
He just wants a wholly-owned acquisition, or even a hostile takeover, and since the senior management of Shijue is shameless, then he won't care so much. What about the Dutch government? What about the "national treasure"? In his previous life, he was not bankrupt, and he did not see the Dutch government jump out to help. This is the case in capitalist countries, where the economy is very free, and the government generally does not intervene in the profits or bankruptcy of enterprises, unless it is related to the fundamentals of the state, and will just sit idly by.
After all, Shijue Group is not a pillar industry in the Netherlands, at most the policy support is great, if you can't afford to go bankrupt, then no one will care.
Hearing this, Zhao Xuzhen relaxed a little and nodded with satisfaction.
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After the interview.
Zhao Xuzhen left Beitong City, and he was going to integrate several car companies that Yuanfang Group had bought.
He has also left the trademarks of these car companies, and he may be able to make more series in the future. Now the senior management of these car companies has received orders from the group, knowing that several companies are going to integrate, and a grandfather has been sent down to take care of them. But everyone has no complaints, even the company has been sold, and if the senior management of the group gets rid of them all with a slap, it is reasonable. Now keeping them and paying them wages is already considered benevolent and righteous.
After Zhao Xuzhen left, Zhou Fangyuan dealt with some of the company's affairs on a daily basis.
Abroad, a piece of news caught his eye.
A game website that is relatively well-known in the world, evaluated all the games in 2006, as well as all game companies, and finally rated the top ten games in the world and the top ten game companies in the world in 2006.
Far away games are finally shortlisted.
In fact, as early as a few years ago, this list was already there, but unfortunately at that time, there were many games launched in distant games, which were highly praised at home and abroad, and their sales were also very good, but they have not been able to enter the list.
In fact, as far as Zhou Fangyuan is concerned, he doesn't care if he is on the list or not.
But the people below can't, these people are also industry insiders, and they all know that this list is famous all over the world, and being on the list is of great benefit to the development of the company and the development of the game, so they are very serious about it.
Zhou Fangyuan expressed disdain for this, but he didn't say it, and he didn't want to discourage everyone's enthusiasm.
Now that he has finally made it to the list, the people below are happy, and he is also happy.
This year's list has been re-recorded since the announcement of last year's list.
On this year's list, Far Away Games made it into the top 10 and took the eighth place. The shortlisted game is the Meteor Butterfly Sword, which has been released for two or three years, but it is true that it has caused a sensation abroad this year. In fact, in the final analysis, foreigners are curious about Huaxia. No matter how much the media demonizes China, many foreign people still have no prejudice against China. It's just that there are too few channels for them to understand Huaxia, and the literary and artistic works that can go abroad are often those with strong literary and artistic models, and most foreigners actually don't like to watch literary films.
As for the film and television works related to China filmed by foreign countries, they are all kinds of distortions and smears.
Now it's hard to appear such a game, with a strong Chinese style, all kinds of weapons, all kinds of moves, and all kinds of plots.
In particular, the term hero, in foreign countries, is directly translated as ranger. In Western culture, rangers are a group of people who like to help the weak, but they are different from knights, they may be poor, and sometimes even eating is a problem, but this group of people is very free, and even if it is not the same as the domestic knights, it is somewhat similar.
Cultural export, this is not an overnight thing, all of a sudden let foreigners understand the hero, they must not understand.
can only take their time, little by little, let them establish the concept of chivalry in their hearts.
The original players of this game are really not many, mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia, and the popularity in Europe and the United States is not enough.
However, with the cap of several foreign video websites, some game videos have been uploaded, which has unconsciously attracted the attention of many people. Then they bought the game, and after experiencing it, they felt that the game was really good, so they began to recommend it to their friends and family, and then in 06, not long after the Spring Festival, it finally caused a small wave of sales explosion, which attracted the attention of the evaluation website.
Except for distant games, the other players on the list are all well-known big companies.
Number one, needless to say, Blizzard.
These years were the heyday of Blizzard, and no other company could compare to him, not even Far Games.
Blizzard's fame covers the whole world, whether you are a Chinese player or a foreign player, just a few years ago in the 21st century, if you want to say that you don't know Blizzard, you can actually understand it, but if you don't know Blizzard's Warcraft series, StarCraft series, Dark series, and now World of Warcraft, then you are really too low.
Whether you know the series, or just know just one of the games, it means that Blizzard's fame covers one more player. Blizzard in this period is definitely the world's top game company.
2nd place, Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts Company S (EA) is also a very well-known interactive entertainment software company in the world, founded by Tripp Hawkins in 1982 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. EA is mainly engaged in the development, publishing and sales of video games, and has launched a number of classic series: Need for Speed series, The Sims series, FIFA series, etc. Among them, the "Need for Speed" series and the "FIFA" series are classic works in sports games and have an irreplaceable position in the hearts of gamers.
Its position in the game industry can be said to be second only to Blizzard, and these classic series of games have a very, very large number of loyal fans among the player base. Until Zhou Fangyuan's rebirth, these series continued to launch sequels, and every time a sequel was launched, it would still cause many fans to buy wildly. Let's put it this way, if Blizzard is the most popular representative today, then EA is a giant crocodile lurking underwater, letting others rise and fall, and I will not move.
Third place, Nintendo. It is the most influential and well-known producer of gaming platforms, a leader in portable gaming console platforms, headquartered in Kyoto City. Nintendo manufactures and sells home consoles and gaming software, including the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy series, the world's best-selling handheld consoles. The company has sold more than 2 billion copies of game software worldwide, created many famous figures in game history, such as Mario and Donkey Kong, and created the most classic games in game history, such as "The Legend of Zelda" and other works.
Yuanfang Group acquired part of Nintendo's shares, but did not control it, so this third place actually has some relationship with Yuanfang Group, but the relationship is not strong enough, so the previous list did not include Yuanfang Group.
The fourth R Star, often referred to simply as "R Star" by players, is a game development arm of game publisher Take-Two Interactive, headquartered in New York City. Among the company's works, the Grand Theft Auto series is best known. The Max Payne series and the Red Dead Redemption series are also its classic game titles.
5th place Ubisoft. Ubisoft Software is a multinational game producer, publisher, and distributor. It was founded in France in 1986 by the five French Guillemot brothers. Ubisoft has 23 game development studios around the world, and in 2008 became the third-largest independent game developer in Europe and the fourth-largest independent game publisher in North America. It's just that this company is a mixed reputation among players, and those who like it really like it, and those who don't like it have a reason. After all, the saying of buying a bug and giving away a game starts with it.
In his previous life, Zhou Fangyuan also liked some Ubisoft games, and he really couldn't stand its various bugs, and when he was just reborn, he also had the idea of acquiring this company, but then he thought about it and gave up for the time being. After all, for him at that time, the most important target was Blizzard, and now he has free his hands, but he is too lazy to buy it. Yuanfang Group has now acquired a number of game companies, including Blizzard, including Nanxian, Fusang, and Miguo.
That's pretty unpleasant.
Now this is actually quite good, the scale of the company is enough, its brands are enough, and the IP is enough, and I will talk about it later, many things have changed in this life, maybe one day he will buy other companies.