125 A hammer deal
Several local TV stations want to invite Fat Brother to participate in their talk show, you must know that not only them, but countless people are also curious about what is special about this "Internet celebrity".
In response to the hijacking incident a few days ago, there was a complete introduction on the Internet, and some media interviewed several passengers who were on the plane at the time.
Zhao Qizhi and the others have not dared to tell the fat brother his new nickname, but fortunately, this matter has been hot for a day or two, and various brothers and sisters soon appeared on the Internet.
Posts on the Internet to buy CS game discs have also begun to appear, and there is no way to connect to the national network, so they are still very happy to play LAN.
On the last day of the E4 show, Counter-Strike finally became popular!
The fat brother talked and laughed loudly with the employees who cleaned up the stall, and after he went back, he had a treat, and the whole company was together, and everyone was not drunk and did not return!
As he was talking, a pot-bellied foreigner found Xinghuo's booth: "Is it Mr. Zhou?"
Operators who see the potential of CS have finally come to the door!
In the coffee shop of the pavilion.
"Hello Mr. Zhou, I'm Tom of Thermoelectric Games, and I want to talk to you about the agent of the game Counter-Strike. ”
Tom explained his intention straight to the point, their company intends to win the national agency of Counter-Strike, but the conditions offered make the fat brother a little disdainful.
$800,000 a year, with the CS promotion of Spark Games in the United States, but it does not guarantee the final player installed base and market coverage.
"As far as I know, it's rare for game affiliates to have a one-year contract, right? Even if I'm the boss of Spark, it's hard for me to convince my employees of the terms you offer, so I'm ......"
The fat brother didn't continue, but shrugged his shoulders with an apologetic face.
"But Mr. Zhou, you must know that Xinghuo is only a small and unknown company in the United States, and you have never set foot in this market, and I believe that with our involvement, your marketing in the United States will be much easier. ”
Tom replied unhurriedly, implying that if you don't cooperate, we can also make it difficult for you to move an inch.
"I understand, but the transaction needs to be equal, isn't it? If your company is still in this condition, I think I would consider building my own server, although it is more difficult. ”
Those who are familiar with the fat brother know that he is a typical eater who eats soft and does not eat hard, if Tom says it well, maybe the fat brother will agree as soon as his brain is hot, but he seems to put on a lofty posture because Xinghuo is Huaxia Company, and wants to forcibly press down Xinghuo, the dragon that crosses the river.
The negotiations ended unhappily, and Tom hoped that Zhou would think about it again, and repeatedly emphasized to him before leaving: This is the United States!
The fat brother just snorted coldly, without you as a butcher, if I don't believe me, I will eat hairy pigs!
In the next two days, there were constantly game companies coming to the door to seek cooperation, but all of them were some companies that were too small to be smaller, and some companies looked like middlemen, wanting to get agency rights at a low price and then subcontract them.
The fat brother in the United States market will definitely not hand it over so easily, but will sell the agency rights in several other regions, such as RB, South Korea, Taiwan Province, and some countries in South America.
Seeing that CS is finally no longer unattended, Zhao Qizhi and others can also go shopping with confidence, but the fat brother who stayed in the hotel is constantly sinking, and they are about to leave the plane the day after tomorrow, and the agency of the United States has simply become his heart disease, if he can occupy most of the American market, it is self-evident what it means to Xinghuo.
As soon as they sent away a proposal to build a server in the United States, and they helped manage the strange share, a middle-aged man with flaxen hair walked over, dressed in a well-fitting blue striped suit, and seemed to have a smile on his face forever.
"Hello, Zhou, I'm Michael, do you have time to talk?"
The fat brother saw a small badge pinned to the buttonhole of his shirt - a four-color Rubik's cube, and the fat brother's heart suddenly struck.
It's finally here!
Michael is more direct, the two of them just sat down and threw out their own conditions, although Microsoft is also uneasy about the routine, not responsible for the results of the operation, but the agency fee of $7 million for three years alone is enough to impress the fat brother, and the reason why the back is good for enjoying the shade of the big tree The fat brother understands better than anyone else.
That's right, that's like a sincere cooperation!
"But we also have a request, which is to open up all your code. ”
Michael threw out another request lightly.
The fat brother's face froze when he heard this, I'm afraid this is your ultimate goal!
Microsoft has an incredibly strong game development department, and they have never had a precedent for operating other companies' products, either by acquisition or by crushing.
Fat brother knows CS very well, so Xinghuo can be developed in the shortest possible time.
Microsoft has also studied CS these days, and it's probably easy for them to make one, but the feel is much worse, yes, the feel!
So getting all the code would have significantly slowed down the development of their new game.
As for what kind of new games to develop, everyone knows what kind of new games they will develop.
"No problem, but it's not the price, I want $15 million!"
The fat brother agreed after a little thought, he didn't mention anything about three years or three years, he understood that this was a one-shot deal.
Michael showed a surprised expression for the first time, thinking that the fat brother would refuse this excessive request without thinking, but he didn't expect to just ask for a price increase.
"Are you sure you can open up all the CS code?"
Michael was afraid that the fat brother didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it again.
"Of course, but we're going back tomorrow, so if we want to sign a contract or something, we'd better hurry up. ”
Michael walked aside and reported the situation to the above, and soon replied to the fat brother's request, 3 years 15 million is no problem, but the Spark game is required to sign an agreement to share all the CS code, including Microsoft porting to other games in the future, which is legal and valid.
I don't open the code, I don't sign contracts, won't you develop secretly?
Besides, even if you infringe, can I still sue Microsoft in a lawsuit in the United States?
Sign! Lao Tzu will take the money first.
In less than an hour, the people from Microsoft's legal department rushed to the hotel where the fat brother was staying with the contract, and after reading out the terms of the contract, the fat brother pretended to read it again, signed his name, and stamped the seal of Xinghuo.
"Happy working together!"
The fat brother stretched out his hand and smiled, I want to copy my game? Can you copy so many games in your previous life? You are ready to follow my brother and eat soil!
"Happy working together!"
Michael also smiled and shook hands with the fat brother and said, I'm afraid that in less than a year, CS will disappear from the market, and Microsoft's new games will replace it!
The fat brother stood at the door and waved goodbye to Michael with a smile, Michael also poked his head out of his head and waved his hand, and the fat brother shouted coldly: "Don't forget to urge your finances to pay quickly!"
Zhao Qizhi, who was walking downstairs to the hotel with a big bag and a small bag, saw the fat brother at the door, and hurriedly asked curiously: "Boss, what are you doing here?"
The fat brother raised the thick pile of contracts in his hand, and said with great emotion: "See?"
"What's this?Microsoft?!"
Sun Bin saw that the words on the contract were all out of tune!
"What Microsoft?"
"Boss, show me!"
Several people hurriedly opened the contract, and words such as Microsoft and $15 million jumped into everyone's sight.
"Ahhhh
A few people slammed their throats, startling the other people in the lobby to cast strange glances at the young men who were crying and laughing at the door.
The next day, not long after Fat Brother and others boarded the plane back to China, Microsoft's official website released a brief announcement.
"Microsoft has signed an agency agreement with Huaxia Xinghuo Games for Counter-Strike in North America, which is valid for 3 years and has an agency fee of $15 million, and Microsoft hopes to provide better games and services for players in the next three years!"
As soon as the announcement came out, the Quartet shook.