Soon, Yoyo Network initialed an agreement with Blizzard, and the formal contract will be officially signed in a month after Liu Yueru rushed to the United States.

1. The game agency is five years, with an agency fee of $8 million for the first year and $13 million for the next four years.

2. If the game generates profits, the score is 17%.

3. Yoyo Network is responsible for the online and offline promotion of the game, and bears all related costs, and Blizzard is responsible for technical assistance.

Liu Yun carefully read the agreement and added a few more. He thinks agency fees should be settled quarterly, as many Internet companies also have quarterly financial statements.

Blizzard's executives thought about it for a while and agreed to the plan. This kind of payment method has been used by many enterprises, as long as they can get the full agency fee within a year, they don't care about paying in batches. Yoyo Network also has more funds to promote the game.

The Americans also added an article: within one year from the date of signing the contract, if the agency fee for the year is not settled, Blizzard has the right to charge liquidated damages of up to 2/1000 per day.

This amount is twice as high as the usual liquidated damages of 1/1000. If the agency fee is in arrears for more than three months, Blizzard has the right to discontinue the World of Warcraft game service.

The purpose of this clause is also to target Liu Yun's quarterly payment proposal, and after a little thought, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

He squinted slightly, thinking back to everything that had just happened, and also thinking about what he had missed.

Five-year contract, but what about five years later? He suddenly remembered NetEase, and also remembered the sensational Internet agency battle in his previous life in 2009.

NetEase ...... , whether they will come back after five years, as they did in their previous lives. Five years later, NetEase has several successful games, among which "Fantasy Journey to the West", a huge cash cow, will bring NetEase very amazing profits in the next five years.

Five years later, their wealth, power, and ambition are completely different. In 2009, when BAT had not yet completed its formation, NetEase was still a pivotal company in the Chinese Internet, especially in the game industry, and before the emergence of "League of Legends", it still had the ability to compete with the Penguin Empire.

Liu Yun felt that he should make a plan for what was unknown in five years, but it was inevitable.

"Mr. President, I would like to sign a supplementary agreement. If the five-year contract expires, we need a one-year renewal right. As a long-term partner, we should have such a friendly and honest agreement. ”

Kaplan muttered to himself, the priority is a one-year renewal agreement, but one year is not too long, this condition is not unacceptable. He asked, "That's fine, but what kind of conditions can Yoyo Network give?" ”

Liu Yun pondered for a while, and then said: "20 million US dollars for a year agency fee, 20% profit sharing, if we give such conditions, let us give priority to renew the contract for one year." Liquidated damages are calculated at 3 times the highest amount in ChinaAMC. ”

20 million US dollars, 20% profit share! The conditions are good, very sincere. Kaplan nodded and said, "No problem, I can agree to this condition." The $60 million penalty is an astronomical amount and will always remind us to maintain the spirit of the contract. ”

He didn't think Blizzard would break the contract, and such a lucrative renewal was probably the most satisfying addition they'd ever gotten.

Liu Yun was also overjoyed in his heart, he knew that he had gained the initiative, and the operation rights from 2004 to 2010 were in his own hands. He thinks back to the game's most glorious years, which were these six years. He gave a one-year extension option, not two years is very smart.

2010 was the last year of glory for World of Warcraft. Wrath of the Lich King, the expansion that took the game to its peak, will also come to an end this year, bringing the game to a successful conclusion. Since then, World of Warcraft has slowly declined from its peak.

Six years is enough time for him to extract the maximum benefit from this game. Six years later, he could have waved his sleeves and walked away.

He dug a pit for Blizzard and NetEase. No one knows this except Liu Yun himself. He understood that in five years, NetEase would inevitably wave a lot of dollars in money and want to get "World of Warcraft" into their pockets, and they even offered an agency fee of $50 million and a profit share of nearly 50%.

Such a condition, even if "World of Warcraft" makes money again, he will not agree to it. This kind of small profit is meaningless to him, and he also remembers that more than ten years later, NetEase's profit report has contributed less and less from World of Warcraft.

For him, these six years are the most profitable time for Warcraft, after which the value of the game will drop rapidly, while the agency fee and profit share will continue to rise.

In the previous life, NetEase's purpose was to bring down a first-tier but fragile Internet company, Jiucheng, and at the same time increase the share of the game market, which could push their stock price up.

After five years, Liu Yun can directly come up with this clause and extend the operation right for one year. can make NetEase and Blizzard stare together, but there is nothing they can do, unless they are willing to bleed and take out the liquidated damages of 0 million US dollars in the high mainland.

Liu Yun still wants to make another fortune with this priority renewal clause after the five-year contract expires, because it is the tail of the pinnacle of this classic game.

In 2004, he began to quietly lay out without anyone knowing. At this moment, Liu Yun had a subtle feeling in his heart that the 5+1 agreement in his hand was not like a commercial contract, but more like a peace treaty with a time limit.

Liu Yueru was a little puzzled and asked, "Looking at your demeanor, it seems that you don't want to renew the contract after six years?" ”

Liu Yun thought for a while and replied: "Although it is a 5+1 agreement, our time is only 5 years. In the past five years, we must strengthen our ability to survive and need an industry that can give us a steady stream of blood transfusion. ”

He knew that World of Warcraft would become a huge cash cow, but he didn't want to suffer from World of Warcraft dependency like Jiucheng in his previous life, and put the fate of his company in the hands of others.

Liu Yun's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a calm tone: "This contract can be regarded as a five-year peace treaty, and I believe that whether it is Blizzard or other Internet companies, it is impossible for them to be indifferent after witnessing the popularity of this game." Five years later, there will inevitably be a bloody storm. ”

"We have a one-year right of first refusal. Liu Yueru said after thinking about it.

Liu Yun glanced at the agreement in his hand and said with a smile: "This agreement does not make us invincible, but it can make us not become so passive after five years, maybe some companies would rather pay this liquidated damages and want to get the agency, then we can at least get some compensation." ”

Five years is a long time, and it seems like a short time. But Liu Yun hopes that this time is enough for him and for Yoyo Network.