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Henry shook his head, "I have received news that the ISO International Organization for Standardization and the IEC International Electrotechnical Commission will launch the MPEG-1 standard at the end of 1992, and at that time, Philips, Sony and many other companies will support this format and launch VCD technology!"

Jiang Wanmeng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this. Obviously, he had found the right target by cooperating with C-cube before. Jiang Wanmeng suddenly regretted in his heart, C-cube company is making MPEG-1 compression chips, and RealNetwork company is not...... But, fortunately, there is no contract yet!

Jiang Wanmeng was silent for a while, always absent-minded in the subsequent conversation, and quickly said goodbye to Henry.

Henry watched him leave with a smirk, and said nothing.

After Jiang Wanmeng left, he reported the situation to the company behind the scenes.

"MPEG-1 is on the verge of becoming a standard, so C-cube is the perfect partner for us. They already have mature technology and products, and we can launch VCD machines soon!" Jiang Wanmeng said.

"That's so?!" The company behind the scenes thought about it for a while, and finally adopted Jiang Wanmeng's opinion and said, "Okay, you go and contact the C-cube company right now!"

At this moment, in Henry's office, Sun Yansheng, chairman of C-Cube, is talking to Henry, but his identity has changed from chairman to CEO. After Henry met Jiang Wanmeng, he immediately ordered someone to buy C-Cube, which is only a very small company, and there is no pressure to acquire it. It took almost an afternoon to complete the acquisition in a flash-fast manner.

c-cube's best technology is the MPEG-1 compression chip, but. At present, we have not found a profitable direction.

Sun Yansheng came to report C-cube's technology to Henry: "The architecture of C-cube's MPEG-1 compression chip belongs to the ARM+MPEG-1 video compression unit, and the technology is currently in the leading position in the industry!"

Henry smiled at him and nodded knowingly, although the C-Cube company is small, it has a specialization in the art industry. No wonder later generations can monopolize China's VCD decoding chip market, if there are no two brushes, how can it work?

Sun Yansheng looked at the young face in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a trace of aura. He used to be the chairman of C-Cube and held 30% of the shares, but in the blink of an eye, the company's shares were acquired by Henry Williams for 51%, and subsequently. A board meeting was held to himself and other shareholders, at which Henry Williams officially became the chairman of C-Cube as chairman, then raised $100 million, diluted everyone's shares, and finally, Henry Williams personally held more than 85% of the shares!

Henry Williams' strength made everyone helpless. But the thought of the company getting a huge $100 million and being able to count on his support. Maybe the company can grow and become a company with a market value of tens of billions!

Thinking like this, everyone was unconsciously very excited.

Especially when they think that many of Henry's companies have a market value of more than $10 billion, they can't help but think that C-cube may have this potential......

Henry's $100 million investment was more than a simple acquisition of C-Cube. Diluting other people's shares, and more importantly, he wants to lay out for the DVD. VCDs use the MPEG-1 standard, while DVDs use the MPEG-2 standard. Clearly, C-cube has the potential to become a DVD standard-setter!!

The so-called first-class enterprise is the standard. Second-rate enterprises do brands, and third-rate enterprises make products.

How can a company that makes products compete to be a standard enterprise?

……

……

The next day, Jiang Wanmeng rushed to the C-cube company non-stop.

"Hello, I'm Jiang Wanmeng, and I'm going to discuss things with your chairman!" Jiang Wanmeng said to the front desk lady after walking into the C-Cube company.

"Hello, please wait, I'll call the chairman!" said the front desk lady with a smile.

"Okay!" Jiang Wanmeng nodded.

After a while, the front desk lady hung up the phone and said to Jiang Wanmeng, "Please come with me, the chairman happens to see you indirectly sometimes!"

Jiang Wanmeng observed the C-Cube company as he walked, because he found that the C-Cube company suddenly had many new faces, and the last time he came, the number of employees was not more than half of the number here. Jiang Wanmeng couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

Coming to the door of the chairman's office, the front desk lady knocked on the door, and then pushed the door open. She smiled at Jiang Wanmeng and said, "Mr. Jiang Wanmeng, please come in, I won't accompany you!"

Jiang Wanmeng nodded and walked in. After entering, he first saw a back. He thought it was Sun Yansheng sitting in the office chair, so he greeted: "Hello, Mr. Sun Yansheng!"

At this time, the office chair turned around, and Jiang Wanmeng's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"Will, Mr. Williams?!!"

Henry smiled at him, "What's the matter, Mr. Jiang Wanmeng, you were surprised to see me, aren't you?"

Jiang Wanmeng was stunned for a while before he nodded, and at the same time, his expression looked very unnatural!

He had already negotiated with Henry, but in the blink of an eye, he came to C-cube again, and his intention was obvious! When he saw Henry again, especially in C-cube, how could he not be embarrassed?

Jiang Wanmeng was puzzled in his heart, he had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but he couldn't open his mouth.

"You may be seated!" Henry beckoned to him.

When Jiang Wanmeng heard this, he slowly stepped forward and sat on the chair opposite the desk.

"Mr. Jiang Wanmeng, I don't know what you are doing at C-cube?" asked Henry deliberately.

Jiang Wanmeng's face flushed and he couldn't speak.

Henry smiled and said, "Mr. Jiang Wanmeng, are you very confused that you didn't see Sun Yansheng here but saw me?"

Jiang Wanmeng nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Hehe, it's actually very simple, because I bought C-cube a long time ago!"

After Henry finished speaking. He looked at him with a smile.

Jiang Wanmeng couldn't help but show a shocked look.

"Mr. Jiang Wanmeng, it seems that you still don't have confidence in me, otherwise, you wouldn't have come to C-cube ......"

Jiang Wanmeng smiled awkwardly, "Mr. Williams, I'm really sorry. I was so ashamed to see you at C-cube today! You know, after hearing you say that MPEG-1 will become a standard, it is clear that C-cube will be a better partner to work with, and the company behind me has also decided to cooperate with C-cube. But now, now that Mr. Williams has also acquired C-cube, it just so happens that what we talked about can remain the same. If you wish, we can sign up now. lest you fear that we will change our minds again!"

Henry smiled but said nothing.

Is there such a cheap thing in the world? If you want to cooperate, you can cooperate, if you don't want to cooperate, you will kick it off, and everyone else will ask for you?

Jiang Wanmeng looked at Henry's expression, and couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart.

"Mr. Williams, what do you think?" Jiang Wanmeng asked again.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood to take a stake in your new VCD company!" Henry laughed mockingly. "But don't worry. The decoding chip will still be sold to you!"

Henry had already decided to start anew.

Now that China has allowed foreign investors to set up companies directly there, there is no need to compromises and take a stake in a Chinese company.

When Jiang Wanmeng heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the decoding chip was provided. The rest doesn't matter.

Jiang Wanmeng chatted for a while and then left, staying here made him very uncomfortable!

……

Henry merged C-cube into Williams Electronics, and then used the power of the group to accelerate VCD research. Strive to develop the whole machine as soon as possible, and then apply for a patent. Since Jiang Wanmeng doesn't pay attention to the patent of the whole machine, then he is not welcome.

In China, this patent may not be of much use. But if you go out of China and don't pay royalties, can you still sell it?

By August, the Steam platform was already in place.

Firefly Games immediately gathered all the partners for a meeting, at which the Steam platform plan was officially announced. Henry also attended this conference this time, and the importance of the Steam platform is self-evident, it will be the first platform for countless new game releases, and it will also be the platform with the most games in the world, and may even make more money than the Firefly platform!

With its gaming platform and two games, Firefly Games has established itself as the undisputed number one in the world of computer games.

This time alone, there were thousands of attendees, including most of the world's game companies, including Firefly Games' rival, EA Games.

Henry slowly walked to the stage in a handsome suit.

"Welcome to this conference organized by Firefly Games, which is very important and invites all the powerful game companies in the world. You must already be very confused, what is the purpose of such a conference of Firefly Games! Now, let me tell you!"

Henry smiled and said loudly, "Everyone should be familiar with the Firefly game platform! Previously, many game companies wanted to land games on the platform, but due to some factors, Firefly Game Company did not agree at that time. But we will try our best to meet the customer's requirements. So, we developed another game platform - the Steam platform!!"

"The steam platform relies on the firefly game platform, which can be regarded as a sub-platform of the firefly game platform, so you don't have to worry about not being popular! Our company aims to build two game platforms, the steam game platform is like the NBA draft, and the firefly game platform is like the NBA. Under normal circumstances, when a new game is released to the Steam platform, if the game is popular, you can enter the Firefly game platform!!!

As soon as Henry's words fell, a group of people below immediately discussed.

Many people have an expression of interest on their faces, and it is clear that the benefits of this decision outweigh the disadvantages for them!

But there are also those who show jealous expressions. Representatives of EA Games are one of them.

Henry waited for them to discuss for five minutes, then stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "If you join the Steam platform, we will charge 20% of the distribution fee, and if you enter the Firefly game platform, we will charge 25% of the distribution fee! Join our company's gaming platform and you will earn more !!"

"There are currently more than 15 million registered Firefly Game Platform users, which means that as long as you enter the Firefly Game Platform, you will have 15 million potential users, and as time passes, the platform will have more and more users. I might as well tell you here that as many as 11.5 million users have purchased the registration code for the Doom game, and as many as 9.8 million users have purchased the registration code for the Warcraft 1 game! Firefly Games earned more than $400 million in !!"

As soon as Henry's words were finished, there was a tumult like a fryer.

"Oh my God, this is too profitable, I actually made $400 million a month!!"

"Yes, Firefly Game Company is like digging a mountain of gold! Have you ever wondered what the net profit is?! Except for the little operating expenses of the game platform, which is not even $1 million, the rest is net profit!!

"Oh, my heart can't take it anymore! It's too exciting for me!"

"Huh. If there is any company whose game can also be used on the Firefly game platform, I'm sure. It's going to make a lot of money!"

"The steam platform is also good, since it is a sub-platform of the firefly game platform, it can naturally attract the popularity of the firefly game platform. ”

"Not only that, but after logging in to the Steam platform, it is possible to land on the Firefly game platform. If it were me, I'd be willing to release the game to Steam!"

"Alas. The firefly game platform alone is already enviable. Now, Firefly Games has discovered another cash cow!!"

"Do you think anyone can have a cash cow? You go and develop a game platform and try it and see how many companies are willing to publish games on it?"

"Hehe, my company doesn't have the ability to have a cash cow game platform, but other companies do!"

"You mean EA Games? Tripp Hawkins, the founder and CEO of EA, is already bruised, and he probably hates Firefly Games. Presumably, with the launch of the Steam platform, many game companies will switch to Firefly Games!"

"Hehe, that's right! In addition, Firefly Games has also invented disc encryption technology, even if it is sold offline, it has an advantage over EA! Anyway, I have already decided that I will hug the thigh of Firefly Games in the future!"

"Hug your thighs together!"

“……”

Henry coughed twice and pressed it with his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Henry's influence was not blown, and the audience was silent all of a sudden, waiting for his speech.

"If the game is released on the Steam platform, then the offline distribution rights must also be handed over to the Firefly Game Company, so as to facilitate management and create greater value! Offline distribution, our channels are gradually improving, Firefly game houses all over the United States, and then will also establish branches in Europe, and even around the world! To put it bluntly, we have the financial resources to build the world's largest sales channels, and we have the ability to create the greatest profits for our customers! Today, you are proud of Firefly, tomorrow, Firefly will be proud of you! We believe that under the Firefly game platform, there will be such extremely popular good games as "Doom" and "Warcraft 1!! ”

Bang Bang Bang !!!

Suddenly, a burst of applause rang out, wave after wave, and the faces of many game company representatives showed extremely excited looks!

Henry raised his hand, and the audience fell silent.

"After the conference, the Steam platform was officially invited, and a month later, the Steam platform was officially released, and interested parties came to sign a contract !!"

Bang Bang Bang !!

There was another round of applause.

After Henry finished speaking, he bent down and bowed, and walked off the stage. The conference also ended, and the staff of Firefly Games began to organize other game companies to sign contracts.

At the end of the day, more than 600 game companies signed contracts with Firefly Games. In other words, in the future, there will be at least 600 games on the Steam platform!

At this time, the homepage of the Firefly game platform also began to promote the Steam platform.

Even game companies that have not received an invitation can learn about the situation on the Steam platform, and they can also release the game through the Steam platform after signing a contract!

The success of the Firefly game platform has made many game companies envious and jealous, and the current Steam platform has touched their nervous nerves! These companies have followed suit and want to launch their own game platforms! However, these companies don't know how high the sky is, and most of them will end in failure!

By this time, the long-awaited game discs for Doom and Warcraft 1 had been deployed from the factory to each Firefly playhouse.

Countless players are already hungry and thirsty, and Henry can't whet their appetite anymore.

The day after the Steam investment conference, it was officially released in the United States!

In order to inform players, it was specially promoted on the firefly game platform. It is believed that this little news will soon spread throughout the United States. And the major media in the United States also reported the news as soon as possible!

Soon, there was a long line outside the Firefly Playhouse!

On this day, the truancy rate across the United States rose by 30 percent, and almost every school had a group to buy game CDs!!

In some schools, more than half of the students even skipped class to buy game CDs, and looking at the empty classrooms, the principal smiled bitterly, and in desperation, he could only announce that the day was closed!

Countless people flocked to the house, and the Firefly Playhouse was overcrowded!

In the game experience center of the game house, a new arcade machine was placed at this time, and people originally came to buy game CDs for Doom and Warcraft 1, but because they were curious, they went to play the arcade game, and this time it was amazing!

Playing this new arcade game is simply addictive!!

This arcade is the new game "The King of Fighters 1992" developed by Capcom Co., Ltd., and it will be released worldwide in early August!

"The King of Fighters 1992" is cooler than "Street Fighter 2", with many characters, strong balance, a variety of moves, and a variety of combination moves emerge in endlessly, which is easy to play and has a strong sense of operation!

Taking advantage of today's high traffic, the Firefly Game House released "The King of Fighters 1992" by the way, and now there is no need to publicize it, the game has spread among American players! It won't be long before it will be popular all over the world!

And after the end of this day, in addition to the fame of "The King of Fighters 1992", 1.5 million "Doom" game CDs were sold, and 1.1 million "Warcraft 1" game CDs were sold.

Countless people are red and envious, and at the same time bring great influence to Firefly Games!

"It's unbelievable that so many game discs can be sold in one day!"

"These two games are really good, and because you need to be on the Internet to play, many players can't play them. After waiting for a long time, and finally waiting for the day when the game disc is released, everyone still has to rush to buy it? Otherwise, it would not be possible to create a miracle of selling so many game discs in one day!!

"yes, that's right!

"In addition, disc encryption is probably one of the main reasons for this hot sales!"

……

Simon Hodge, CEO of Firefly Games, called Henry and said, "Chairman, Firefly Game Houses are overcrowded right now, and as more game companies choose to let us publish, we have to build bigger and bigger game houses to meet the requirements!"

"Well, then step up the construction of the Firefly Playhouse!"

(To be continued.) )