"$500 million? Mr. Pete, our boss doesn't think there's any problem......," said the representative of the investment team, without any psychological pressure.

Hearing this, the owner of the Manchester United team standing in front of him, Pete, was stunned for a moment......

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A month later, Ma Wei successfully bought Manchester United in the Premier League and the Los Angeles Lakers by throwing money and "other special means". It cost him a total of $960 million.

The combined valuation of these two teams in the future can reach more than $6 billion. It is 5 times the value in terms of return on investment. Although the low is a low point, it is better to be entertaining.

Not only can Ma Wei, in front of these famous stars, "throw money and pretend to be forced", but the new season's game and championship are also a big attraction. It has added a lot of fun to Ma Wei's entertainment life......

That's right, this is the daily operation of the world's top tyrants. If you're bored, buy a team and have fun. When you're bored, just find some fun in life.

For example, "Counter-Strike" has been online for more than a year. The current popularity has reached the point of becoming popular all over the world.

It's just that because of the saturation of gamers around the world, and the slight cooling of enthusiasm for games. The number of people online online in Counter-Strike worldwide is down slightly from the previous quarter.

Why do you want to say the word "again", it is because with the routine of the game, all of them are explored by players. It's less playable. So for two consecutive quarters, the game's global online population, as well as sales performance, have declined consecutively. This shows that the greatest potential, the best part of the game, has been absorbed.

The next thing is to see how long it can last before it is finally eliminated by the industry......

"Warcraft III", which was originally developed by Blizzard, and "World of Warcraft", which were originally developed by Ma Wei, are now in the third phase of production. It is expected that there are still three months to go, and Warcraft III can be completed first.

As for World of Warcraft, it will take about 5 to 6 months.

Considering that the popularity of "Counter-Strike" has cooled somewhat, Mavi immediately contacted the president of Blizzard, Mike Mokahan. And asked him about the latest situation, "Hey, Mike, Counter-Strike's quarterly sales have been declining recently, do you have any good solutions to this problem?"

After listening to Chairman Ma Wei's questioning, Mike Mokahan, the president of Blizzard, said to him with a sad face, "Uh...... Chairman Ma Wei, this ...... I've discussed this with the game development department and the game operations department. At the moment, we can only use more updates to the game map, guns and ammunition, or promotions to retain existing players......"

No company has a good way to lose gamers, or reduce spending. After all, a game that has been played for a long time can easily make people get bored. And the game developers don't dare to make drastic changes to the game version. I am afraid that a self-defeating will make the loss of the original players more serious.

After hearing this, Ma Wei thought about it carefully, and then suddenly an inspiration came to his mind, and said to Mike Mokahan, "Why don't you do this, Mike, maybe we can launch a follow-up version of Counter-Strike, so that players can rekindle their passion." ”

"What kind of follow-up version, Chairman Ma Wei, please say!" Mike, the president of Blizzard, said to Ma Wei with some curiosity.

As the president of a game company, Mike sometimes really wants to know where the chairman has so many game ideas in his head...... Oh, no! It's many.

"Uh...... The name of the follow-up version is simply called "Counter-Strike: PUBG"!" Because of this inspiration, Ma Wei also just came up with it. So many details have to be discussed again.

For example, the parameters of the game "Counter-Strike: PUBG", as well as the quality of the graphics. It must be adjusted according to the computer configuration of the majority of players in 2001. Otherwise, such a high requirement will definitely be applauded. Because I don't have many computers, I can run.

"Counter-Strike: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds?" Chairman Ma Wei, judging from the name you said, it is a survival shooter?" Mike Mokahan, the president of Blizzard, was very impressed when he heard the name Ma Wei.

"It's not a complete survival class. To be precise, battles, survival, and shooting games. It's still very different from Counter-Strike. Players need to collect various resources on the game map and fight other players in shrinking safe areas to survive until the end......"

Based on the memories of his previous life, Ma Wei explained the essence of the chicken game to Blizzard President Mike on the phone. Immediately attracted by these game elements that Ma Wei said!

"Chairman Ma Wei! Based on the popularity of "Counter-Strike", I think the "Counter-Strike: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" you just mentioned should also be able to catch the attention and senses of this kind of player!" His personality is more cautious.

Therefore, the praise he just gave was already very optimistic about Chairman Ma Wei's new game idea.

"Well, you can't think too idealistic. In this way, you send someone to contact Vivendi and see how much of their Ubisoft games are willing to sell?" Ma Wei said lightly on the phone.

Since the Blizzard team is currently working on two games, "Warcraft III" and "World of Warcraft". In terms of personnel allocation, there must be some shortcomings.

So Ma Wei decided to deal with his "old rival" Vivendi again. Look at the "Ubisoft Games Company" in their hands, how much money is willing to sell.

Speaking of "Ubisoft Games", it is also a company that has been squeezed and eaten by Vivendi. It's just that he wasn't as lucky as Blizzard and was saved by Mavi. is still being devastated by his old club, and his life is miserable......

In his previous life, his classic game works mainly include, "Rayman", "Assassin's Creed" series, "Prince of Persia", "Splinter Cell" and so on. It belongs to the top 10 companies on Steam by market capitalization and has a certain value potential.

"Ubisoft Games? Oh, okay, Chairman Mavi, I see!" Mike remembered his previous experiences as he heard the name. But now they're Blizzard, and they're different from before.

directly used the NASDAQ stock market to raise funds, showing off the old club's face......

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