Liu Yun and Lao Ma continued to eat a little more, and the conversation continued.

The two cunning foxes always test each other's bottom line and purpose, but they still find nothing.

"Mr. Ma, you have to show some sincerity. Liu Yun took a bite of the pastry and continued, "After all, Youku is the first thing I took a fancy to. ”

"Mr. Liu, I see that you are the first to take a fancy to it, but the progress of this negotiation is not a word. The old horse said with a smile.

Old fox!

"Mr. Ma, let's talk about your cooperation proposal first. I listened. Liu Yun answered.

There is only one reason why he wants to win Youku as soon as possible, and that is that the potential of the video site has not been fully tapped today, and its value will not be very high. He wants to buy Youku at a lower price and make a layout for the future.

Lao Ma frowned, pondered for a while, and said, "Mr. Liu, the two of us will come forward to put pressure on Youku together in the matter of the acquisition." The founder of Youku is actually familiar to me. ”

Liu Yun asked curiously, "Are you familiar?"

Lao Ma nodded and said, "Let me tell you a thing about the past, when I went with Gu Yong, the founder of Youku, to interview the COO of Sohu, that is, the chief operating officer, Zhang Chaoyang chose Gu Yong. ”

There is even this allusion, Liu Yun only remembers that this guy was rejected when he came to KFC because of his strange appearance and resemblance to an alien.

He showed a sudden look and said, "It's good to refuse, otherwise there would be no Ali today." Mr. Ma, this is 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, and the world is impermanent. ”

Liu Yun also knows that in the future, Lao Ma will also buy the business of KFC and Auchan Supermarket in the Huaxia area. In short, Ali is not bad for money, and he can buy it all.

It's just that in this time and space, with the addition of his variable, everything becomes unknown.

"Still, how should we put pressure on Youku. He added right away.

"Simple, our two companies jointly give Youku an offer, and then turn around and consult the quotations of Tudou, Ku6, 56 and other video sites, putting pressure on Youku. ”

After hearing this, Liu Yun bowed his head silently. These video sites, except for Tudou, which will be acquired by Youku in the future, the rest will basically go out of business in a few years.

After thinking for a while, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Okay, let's follow Mr. Ma's intention to put pressure on Youku." ”

The old horse was slightly stunned, how could he convince the other party so easily, would it be boring.

"Mr. Liu, don't you make a request?" he added tentatively.

"Mr. Ma, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet. Wait for Youku to agree to sell the shares, and then talk about the two companies. ”

Liu Yun was afraid that Lao Ma would be suspicious, so he continued, "Youyou is a little rich, but it's not a big wrong." I'm most afraid of competitors raising prices. ”

Lao Ma quickly reacted and said: "Yes, if Youku knows that Ali and Youyou have the intention of acquiring, they will definitely take the opportunity to increase the offer, and the loss will inevitably be you and me." ”

At this time, the two finally thought of a piece.

This is also the reason for Liu Yun's temporary compromise, if he insists on monopolizing Youku, Lao Ma will turn around and raise the price. Even if you can really win Youku, you will pay a lot of money, which is really more than worth the loss.

Liu Yun started a video website so early, because the price is more suitable now, it won't cost too much, if the price is raised by Ali, then it is better to observe for a few years before starting, and you can even consider setting up a video website by yourself.

He guessed Lao Ma's thoughts, and Lao Ma also guessed Liu Yun's thoughts, this kid just didn't want to spend more money.

The two of them have their own thoughts, and they can only take one step at a time, after all, if you want the founder of Youku to agree to sell control, it is not something that can be done in a while.

Liu Yun then said: "Mr. Ma, Youku's matter is over, let's talk about the game." ”

Lao Ma was slightly stunned, took a closer look at the other party, and found that Liu Yun didn't seem to be joking.

"Yoyo is a giant in the game market, a well-deserved overlord, do you want Ali to come in and share the cake?"

He was a little puzzled.

Liu Yun smiled: "I think it's only a matter of time before Ali enters the game industry. In that case, it's better to come in early. ”

The old horse frowned, thinking about how to reply.

is not to reply to Liu Yun, but to those netizens who have a very good memory.

Seeing that Yoyo has earned a huge fortune from the game market in just one year and has become a top company in the Internet, Lao Ma is actually very tempted.

But he pretended to be forced at the beginning, and he had to continue to pretend with tears.

In his previous life, Ali entered the game industry in 2014, and Liu Yun believes that in the previous years, Lao Ma must have had this thought, but he was undecided between slapping his face or not slapping his face.

Seeing Tencent get huge profits in the game market every year, and because of his original oath, he could only watch his competitors count the money and cramp their hands, his heart was definitely not good.

So Lao Ma endured until 2014, and resolutely chose the former between the company's money and personal face. For businessmen, as long as they can make money, what kind of face do they need?

But Ali's entry into the game industry is too late after all, this market has almost been monopolized by Tencent and NetEase, and the remaining game manufacturers can only drink some soup, and after Ali came in, he resolutely couldn't shake these two overlords, even if they almost hollowed out several studios under NetEase.

And this time and space situation is different, in 2008, Yoyo's game empire has begun to take shape, and he has seen the huge rewards in his eyes.

"Mr. Ma, can I give you a reason?"

"What reason?"

"Today is different, and the gaming industry is booming. At the beginning, I didn't engage in games to prevent netizens from becoming addicted to games, but now I do games to enrich the spare time life of netizens. ”

Lao Ma's bitter gourd face, pouting, looking left and right, his heart was tormenting.

"Mr. Liu, after Ali really came in, he grabbed your market. ”

"I don't mind, but we agreed that Ali can poach people all over the world, but definitely not Yoyo. You have to promise that. ”

"Mr. Liu, it turns out that you fought with this idea, so insidious!"

Lao Ma gave a rare thumbs up, it turned out that this guy was so enthusiastic to pull himself into the game market, it turned out that he wanted to follow Ali's hand to weaken the strength of Tencent and NetEase, to consolidate his position as the king.

Liu Yun showed a look of course and smiled: "Mr. Ma, this is normal." The employees I have worked so hard to train myself can't say that they just change jobs. We are partners and we must not tear each other apart. Therefore, the behavior of Yoyo Security Guards to list Taobao as a fake website, I disagree with 10,000. ”

"As for other companies, Ma always has the ability to dig and try to dig as much as possible. I always remember that Mr. Ma said that employees want to change jobs for two reasons: heart, they are wronged, and the money is not in place. In the job market, it is already extremely normal for employees to change jobs, and it is also in line with the law of talent flow. ”

After hearing this, the old horse shook his head helplessly and nodded again. The young guy in front of him was the most sophisticated person he had ever seen who played double standards.

Employees of their own company are absolutely not allowed to dig into the corners of their own companies, and it can be said that digging the corners of other companies is in line with the laws of the market.

He had never seen such a brazen person.

"Mr. Ma, as long as Ali agrees to enter the game market, I will give you a benefit!"

"What's the benefit?"

The old horse suddenly came to his senses, and his eyes were shining. But Liu Yun wondered a little in his heart, is this old fool really looking forward to it or pretending?

"That's right. Liu Yun thought for a while and said, "Mr. Ma, not long ago, we developed a lot of browser games. ”

"Browser games?"

Liu Yun explained: "Browser games, also known as EB games, are gratuitous online games, referred to as web games. It is a network online multiplayer interactive game based on EB browser, no need to download the client, there is no problem of insufficient machine configuration, and the most important thing is that it is extremely convenient to close or switch, especially suitable for office workers. ”

The old horse asked, "Does this game have a future?"

Liu Yun said with a smile: "There are prospects, there is also money, the cost is not high, even if you lose it, it will not be too much." ”

Lao Ma asked again: "Liu always hopes that Ali will also do this." ”

Liu Yun shook his hand and said: "No, it's our company's web games that Ali will operate as an agent, I don't charge agency fees, and we will share the profits equally." How about this gift?"

Lao Ma looked at Liu Yun in disbelief and asked, "Mr. Liu, when did you become so generous?"

Did Lao Ma always think that I was a petty person?

Liu Yun touched his chin and laughed a little, maybe he didn't want to raise the price of Youku just now, and he didn't want Lao Ma to raise the price, so that the other party had this feeling of picking the door.

"What if the operation loses money?"

"It's a loss, everyone loses together. We have invested a lot in the development of browser games. ”

The old horse smiled, and couldn't find a reason to refute it.

Liu Yun then added: "Specific games, there are popular adaptations of web games such as "Zhu Xian" and "Dragon Babu". We've already bought the rights. ”

Liu Yun had already won the web copyright of Zhuxian, as for the game copyright of "Dragon Babu", Sohu only bought the PC side at the beginning, and Liu Yun bought the web version and the mobile version in one go after learning about it.

When Zhang Chaoyang, the boss of Sohu, learned about it, he was so angry that he vomited blood, this kid is really good enough to pick the door. He fooled his "Dragon Babu" in the past, and now he doesn't even let go of the mobile version and the web version, which is simply shameless.

The decision I regret the most is to let Yoyo act as an agent for this Tianlong developed by Sohu after several years, but the other party signed a five-year agency contract in one go.

From 2007 to 2012, the end of the world as prophesied by the Mayans. If the end really comes, even if the game is back in his hands, he won't be able to make money for a few days, and if it weren't for the end of the world, most of the game's golden age would have passed, and all that could be earned would be a small amount of money.

Five years is enough time to change a lot, for example, if you go back five years and look at the Chinese Internet in 2002.

Shanda is so strong that it is even preparing to buy Sina, while NetEase has moved the company from Yanjing to Yangcheng and has just launched "Journey to the West", hoping to fight its way out of the siege of Korean games.

At the time, Tencent was struggling, Alibaba and Baidu were looking for financing, and Yoyo didn't exist at all.

In five years, Huaxia Internet has almost turned upside down, and Sohu, as one of the veteran companies of the Internet, has become less and less presence.

Lao Ma was a little stunned, and sighed lightly: "Mr. Liu, these popular adapted games, it is not difficult to make a profit, here, I thank Mr. Liu for his kindness!"

After a slight pause, he continued: "Mr. Liu, the game studio will also be gradually established, as for poaching people, do you want me to focus on Tencent, or NetEase?"

Liu Yun picked up the snack and took a bite, and said: "It doesn't matter who you dig, what matters is that the game companies you dig are turning the world upside down." ”

The old horse had a dark face, gritted his teeth and said a little frantically: "Mr. Liu, you are really ruthless!"

……

A few days later, Ali made a high-profile announcement to enter the gaming industry.

The Internet was in an uproar.

Some netizens shouted: Old Ma, you go back on your word, and your words don't count.

There are also some small-scale game companies that can only drink soup and say sourly: The cold winter is coming, and the future days will be even more difficult.

Of course, it was the boss who said this, and some of the technicians below had another thought: Will Ali want me, I should be able to increase my salary a lot if I go there.

Some industry insiders have made a judgment: Lao Ma's vision has always been very accurate, and since he has to enter the game industry at the cost of slapping his face, it shows that he has realized that this industry is very likely to usher in a wave of explosive growth.

Of course, there is also the cruel fact that it is getting harder and harder for small companies, Jiucheng relies on "Miracle MU", and Yoyo relies on the miracle of "World of Warcraft" once rising, which is almost difficult to replicate.

Those big companies have money and people, and they have channel traffic, and they won't let those popular games go by the side anymore.

2008 was the beginning of a new wave of reshuffle on the Chinese Internet.

On the second day of Ali's announcement, Lao Ma responded to those netizens who did good things: Ali's entry into the game industry is to enrich the spare time life of netizens, and he also wants to contribute to the game industry in China.

He really couldn't find a better reason, so Liu Yun copied a sentence from the suggestion he gave, and added another sentence himself.

Shameless and thick-skinned? Whatever! Those netizens who can only tap on the keyboard, what can they do to me?

Yoyo also quickly issued an announcement: they and Ali will deepen cooperation in the game business, and the several browser games just developed by the company will be handed over to Ali to operate in the mode of zero agency fee and profit sharing.

In the text, Yoyo also gave a web game that was ready to be represented by Ali: "Zhu Xian", "Dragon Babu".

At this moment, netizens realized that Ali's entry into the game industry must be inextricably linked with Yoyo.

Strong cooperation!

Immediately afterwards, there was an additional hot search on Weibo, and two photos were attached: one photo was an old horse in 2004, clenching his fist and saying: Ali doesn't play games. The other is an old horse in 2008, saying with a bright smile: Ali entered the game industry.

On the second photo, there is also a word: What a fragrance!

At the moment, Ali office building.

Lao Ma's secretary ran to his office and shouted: Mr. Ma, you are on the hot search!