"Blair, do I really give the impression that I'm short of money, and why would they think I'm going to sell Minecraft and give up sustainability in favor of killing chickens and eggs?

It seems that I not only give them the impression that they are short of money, but also the impression that they have a brain problem... ”

Hearing the big boss's self-deprecation, Blair's black line on his forehead was wild, and he shook his head again and again in embarrassment, seeing the sneer on the corner of the boss's mouth in the video, he naturally saw that the boss was disgusted by Microsoft's harassment several times, and hurriedly said with a wry smile.

"Boss, in fact, they also know that there is little hope of acquisition, but they are giant companies, always thinking, how do you know if it is possible if you don't try? Maybe this refusal is because the bid is low, and you will try again next time you bid a higher price.

Some giant enterprises, after the development of their own professional projects have a bottleneck, they will wave the unrefusable check to acquire, invest, penetrate, let their tentacles extend horizontally, to carry out industrial diversification.

Because the mockingjay game company is the boss of your private property, these people will be anxious and tempted again and again, after all, the development and income of mockingbird are really too many people's eyes. ”

"This group of people always thinks too smart about themselves and looks too stupid at others, and they don't want to return this kind of thing about acquiring "Minecraft" in the future. Andy sneered and said, to be honest, he kind of hates people coveting his assets.

Minecraft is a game that can only be described as magical in the eyes of players, but also considered a masterpiece in Andy's eyes, because this game can be completed as long as it is simple, constantly circulating money from players.

Since there are no fixed tasks and fixed maps in the game, even if you update the new version, the changes are not very big, you only need to fix some bugs, add some trees, animals, rock types... That's pretty much what the game version has changed.

But for those who are already addicted to Minecraft, different versions can have different levels of fun. In their opinion, as long as it is not a bug that causes the game to crash, it is a rule that can be exploited, and they are willing to spend time looking for and researching, and the more they research, the more they will be fascinated.

"So is there anything else?"

Hearing his boss's inquiry, Blair no longer dwelled on what had happened before, but took out some screenshots of the video to show Andy in front of the camera one by one, and began to explain.

"Boss, this is a classic board online game called "Conquer the Campus", which is more like an intra-school or inter-school sport than a typical online video game, in which individuals or small groups compete against each other.

Reach the Campus teams can be made up of hundreds, if not thousands, of players who can represent real-world dormitories or schools, compete for supremacy on campuses or on specific maps, occupy hostile school game scenarios, and showcase real-world rivalry online.

I think it's interesting to be a new kind of game that unites participants in real-world community activities into a common online cause.

And the rules of this game are quite simple. Each player is assigned a certain amount of troops each day, and that player must coordinate attacks, deployments, and defenses with his teammates. Players can mobilize their armies once a day, and the game software uses algorithms to calculate the outcome of the conflict and give the defenders a small "favor".

Although this game is a little rough in all aspects at the moment, the core idea of the game is very desirable. ”

Looking at some of the rough game pictures displayed on the big screen, the army phalanx composed of villains, and the explanation made by Blair, Andy couldn't help but sigh, touched his chin with interest, and squinted his eyes slightly.

"Hehe, it's kind of interesting, someone actually coincides with some of my ideas, Blair, what do you think of showing me this game?"

"Yes boss, this game was developed by 4 Yale undergraduates and a Columbia undergraduate, and the Yale and Columbia schools are currently engaged in a brutal battle on this game, and players from the two prestigious schools will gather offline to make battle plans, elect commanders, hire players from other schools, discuss strategy and how to spy on the enemy.

I think this game has the potential to be a big fire among American colleges and universities, I want to acquire it, and then upgrade it again, whether it is the graphics, troops, props, maps, and systems are optimized, and then promoted in colleges and universities across the United States, the game is free to operate, and it is profitable by advertising placement. ”

Blair looked at the smile on his boss's face and the words he had said before that coincided with his thoughts, and knew that his boss had also become interested in the game.

"Hehe, good idea, five people working together to develop... Tsk, how much do you think would cost the five to agree to sell the game?" Andy asked with a smile on his face, looking at Blair with interest.

"Between 2 million and 3 million, if the other party doesn't agree, we will develop a new game ourselves to compete with them!" Blair said lightly, a sly glint flashing in his eyes.

"Hehe, to be honest, I actually have an idea of this type, but this game of mine is a mobile game, which is also online battles, but it focuses more on the competition between individuals, and I have the name of the game in mind, called "Clash of Clans".

And what you said about this "Crossing the Campus" is really very interesting.,You don't need to build.,You just need to go online every day to get a team.,And then you can fight alone.,You can also fight between dormitories and dormitories.,College to college,School to school,If it's promoted,You can even fight the world's famous schools.,Yes,It's very interesting.,I agree with your acquisition intention.,You can even directly absorb these five people into the company.,Responsible for the follow-up development of this game.。 ”

"Boss, have you written a plan for Clash of Clans? If you can, I think we can start the project now. Blair asked with some eagerness, you must know that the game plan of the big boss is simply a weapon for collecting money, which of the previous games is not a popular game, almost all of them are money printing machines.

"Not yet, I'll take it out as soon as possible, you start the acquisition of "Break Through the Campus" first, I need to plan "Clash of Clans" well, don't worry... ”

To be honest, Andy really doesn't want to throw out the "Clash of Clans" project so early, after all, the penetration rate of smartphones is not high, although the Android system has been opened to the market, but the first Android phone has not yet been born, and Apple is still dominating the real smartphone market.

Moreover, three days later, on June 10, Jobs will also hold the annual Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone Connisi Center in San Francisco, at which time the second generation of Crazy 3G mobile phones will be launched at the conference, and Andy also received a personal invitation from Jobs.

To be honest, Andy and the current Apple have almost completely torn their faces, after all, their peers are enemies.

Of course, Andy and Apple's direct competition focus is mainly on the APP store, although Apple has not completely closed the port of the Freedom City APP Mall, but has also defaulted to remove the embedded icon of the Freedom City APP Mall from the initial mobile phone program, leaving only Apple's own sales platform.

And the Free City APP Store got nothing more than 100 million US dollars in liquidated damages paid by Apple, but the impact on the Free City App Store is undoubtedly very fatal.

As a result, some excellent ISO software development programmers have set their sights on Apple's official platform.

And the Android-based APP software is not without opponents, there are rumors, Google also wants to build an official sales platform for Android, but because the current Android version of the mobile phone has not been launched, this idea has not been implemented for the time being.

But Andy knows that it is a matter of time before Google comes out to grab market share, after all, Google opens the Android system and uses it for free for global mobile phone manufacturers, but it is not really to be a saint, Google will still charge royalties.

Of course, this patent fee is no longer exclusive to Google, you must know that when the alliance was formed, Andy let several of his IT companies participate in it and get a part of the rights, in order to prevent Google from using patent barriers to attack Andy's Free City APP store.