Brandon Baker's studio created the globally popular League of Legends, sparking a global esports craze, and according to Raptr, this MOBA game has been the most popular title in the field of PC games in Europe and the United States, with 27 million players playing the game every day before Andy crossed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The online games in the rabbit country are all pits.,Especially the fat penguin's family.,(Ahem,Don't be angry with the owner!)Andy also likes to masturbate a few handfuls.,But at that time, it was already past the age of indulging in games.,It's nothing more than a pastime.,Passing the time.,And won't desperately throw money for skins.,Cards.,Tsk,For qualifying.,Crying and sticking to play.,While sending this head.。。。

Andy looked at the bearded Brandon Baker in front of him, and sighed in his heart, I don't know if I didn't regret being 100% controlled by the fat penguin, after all, the fire of "League of Legends" is real fire, not only in the rabbit country.

Andy also knows that if there was no previous DOTA to pave the way, and without the fat penguins' unsparing promotion, "League of Legends" may still be popular, but it is difficult to say in terms of time. Of course, no one can ignore that League of Legends is a very good competitive online game.

Although Andy is not a hardcore masturbation fan, however, such a money-making game is in front of him, and he will not let go of anything.

When Brandon Baker said what he meant and handed him a thick stack of materials, he was still a little excited, after all, the original text, and turned the game backstory.

"In Runeterra, magic is everything.

Here, magic is more than just a mystical energy concept. It is a materialized substance that can be guided, shaped, shaped, and manipulated. The magic of Runeterrae has its own laws of nature. The results of the random changes in the source eco-magic change the laws of science.

There are several continents in the Land of Runeterra, but all life is concentrated in the largest magical continent - Valoran. The Valoran Continent is located in the center of the Runeterras, and is the largest continent in the Runeterras... ”

History of the Alliance, War College, Noxus, Demacia, Bandel City, Ionia, Freljord, Piltover, Bilgewater, Zaun, Titan, Shurima, Shadow Isle.

SKETCHES AND RENDERINGS OF JING BEAUTY KEPT FLIPPING IN ANDY'S HANDS.

Matchmaking system, talent system, rune system... Hextech Loot Library.

There are also some renderings of heroes, Andy saw it quickly, he didn't expect Riot to be prepared for the game to this extent, of course, maybe it was just implemented on paper, after all, to find investors, of course, to make the information beautiful.

"So, Mr. Baker, how much do you want, and how many shares do I get?" Andy closed the information, pressed his right hand on the cover at the top of the information, and asked directly,

"We value our company at $10 million and are willing to take out 50 percent of our shares to raise money... ”

Brandon Baker himself knows that he is a lion, and it would be to say that Riot Games is worth 10 million now, but the team of their founders is still very confident and has great confidence in the prospects of the game they want to develop.

However, it is not so easy to raise funds and make investors believe and agree with what they think is valuable.

Investors who know a little bit of the game see that it is similar to the "DOTA" real-time strategy game launched by Bingwa last year, and at the same time, the main creators of Riot Games have a background in DOTA game development, which has to make people question that the final development of this game may be a copycat.

Then the copycat game also carries a lot of risk, and the investor's money is not blown by the wind, so he will naturally not be optimistic about this project, Brandon Baker also understands that "League of Legends" is difficult to get rid of the suspicion similar to "DOTA", and when he pulled the investment before, he also tried his best to get rid of the trace of blood with "DOTA" through explanation, and later found that it was useless.

Andy, an investor who also owns a game company, also knew that a lot of League of Legends was inspired by Dota (this is not in dispute, LOL's designers admit it). ）。

In general, LOL saves and simplifies the details of DOTA, which speeds up the pace of the game and increases the intensity of the game confrontation.

However, who is better and who is inferior to these two games, Andy feels that although these two games are similar, they still belong to two different games, each with its own strengths, and there is no need to compare.

Andy naturally understands that this was a matter of debate in his previous life, but when it comes to this, Andy became interested in the ice frog in Brandon Baker's mouth, after all, the ice frog has been low-key and mysterious for many years, which makes people still very curious.

But before that, let's take Riot Games first, Andy is not short of this money, of course, the price that Brandon Baker said must be unacceptable to him, as a businessman, "League of Legends" will be very popular in the future, but unfortunately that is the future, not the present.

If you don't take advantage of the fact that it's worthless now, it's a good opportunity to send it to your door.

"5 million, 70% of the shares, I don't invest in this game, but your excellent team, I also have a game company, and the operation is not bad, as a member of the industry, I believe that excellent teams can create great games, your game is just a concept, I don't know if it will generate profits in the future, but I am willing to invest in your team... ”

Andy's price reduction is what Brandon Baker has long thought about, to be honest, developing games is not just a story, someone can do it, you need funds, you need enough money to operate, no one will even be unable to eat and die and never look back, such idealists died on the eve of success.

Although Andy's investment plan is a bit harsh, it is within the acceptable range of their riot company, and when the money is used to buy rice and put it in the pot, they can't pick and choose, of course, this needs to go back to a meeting to discuss.

Andy spoke to Brandon Baker before he left, which was the main reason why Brandon Baker finally went back and persuaded the other founders and team to agree to Andy's investment plan.

"It's true that great teams can make great games, but do the boards, investors, shareholders, and executives understand the concept?" Andy asked Brandon with a smile, without waiting for him to answer, and then said, "Because of a lot of business accounting standards, these standards only recognize a company's IP, tangible assets, and total assets, because these are related to the stock price and valuation.

There is no equivalent way to measure how a company attracts, motivates and retains great teams. This is the problem faced by the game industry, I am willing to believe in the value of your talents, and I am willing to invest in your talents, I bring not only money, but also trust and encouragement, not regulations that restrict your freedom, believe me, we will do something together!"

Looking at the figure of Brandon Baker leaving, the corners of Andy's mouth turned up slightly, he knew that this matter was basically successful, for them programmed apes, Andy really knew their minds too well.

He doesn't make the mistake of treating talent as a commodity and a game masterpiece as a treasure, which is why he is willing to give a share of the rights to the development team of Mockingjay Games.

Sure enough, it was not to Andy's surprise, and in the afternoon I received a call from Brandon Baker, and after discussion between the founder and the team, they accepted Andy's investment plan, 500 US dollars and 70% of the shares.

And the reason why Andy did not directly acquire all the shares is because there is no need now, as long as the goal of fully controlling the fist company is achieved, it is necessary to ensure that the founder of the company has a stake in the company, and eating alone is not beneficial for doing business.

Andy doesn't know how much money Riot paid to get 22.5% of the shares in 08 when Riot raised 8 million from investors including Fat Penguin, but he also expressed his understanding of Fat Penguin's behavior of controlling Fist 100% later.

At that time, "League of Legends" had already begun to seize a certain market after all, and as a fat penguin, it was natural that he would not use his huge resources to promote a game company as a minority shareholder.

Since it was decided to acquire, and it is also an overseas company, to be honest, on the premise of not changing the original company's management structure, it is hard to believe that Lao Mei will not make any moths, it is better to buy it out, and then take out a little soup and water and then go back to feed them safely.

Even if you want to open the door to the management, there is no need to ask for the opinions of other shareholders, and a piece of paper from the headquarters can directly complete the control of the game company, of course, it is not excluded that the fat penguin has been used to eating alone in the rabbit country for so many years.

Now that "League of Legends" has been in his hands, how can it be said that he is not interested in Ice Frog's Dota, then how is it possible, the problem is that this Ice Frog is a difficult person to handle, if I am not mistaken, Ice Frog himself is still an employee of Villefort Software, which developed the game "Half-Life".

Low-key, mysterious, indifferent to fame and fortune...

The problem is that there are a lot of map makers in the game Dota, and if you want to completely acquire it and form a company to run it, the price and time to pay is not acceptable to Andy.

At present, the only feasible thing is to cooperate with Ice Frog to form a company like Villefort Software, to develop Dota 2, form a DU project, and register the Dota trademark, although it has to face Blizzard's doubts, however, Andy is not worried about this, Blizzard is just howling, and it can't form any real threat.

Well, it shouldn't be a problem to let Brandon Baker introduce himself to the mysterious ice frog.