North Carolina, USA.

A massive Boeing 787 slowly lands at the airport.

Along the VIP passage, a row of bodyguards quickly opened the way, and under the surprised eyes of the passengers next to them, they got into a few Mercedes-Benzes and left.

Epic's headquarters are located on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.

In a Maybach in the center of the convoy, Shen Lang sat in the back seat and asked, "Has Epic contacted you?"

"Soderlaide is waiting for you. Chen Meng said sideways.

Soldlaide is Epic's recently hired CEO, formerly EA's senior vice president, who has been poached at Epic.

The convoy galloped through a sparsely populated foreign country, and it didn't take long to reach Epic's headquarters.

There are no grand mansions, and there are no splendid exteriors.

It's just a few low-rise buildings, and many places on the outside walls are the handwriting of graffiti lovers.

It's making Fortnite a game that makes all game companies jealous, but its parent company, Epic, is so low-key.

The convoy was all contacted by Epic and drove until it stopped in front of a five-story building.

Chen Meng got out of the car first, looked at a group of elite-looking white people standing at the door, and assessed the safety of the environment before opening the car door.

The leader of the group was a middle-aged white man who was Soderlaide.

"Boss, I'm Soderlaide, and I welcome you on behalf of all Epic employees. Soderride said respectfully.

Shen Lang smiled and shook hands with Soderlaide, and after a few simple greetings, a group of people walked into the company.

Soderlaide introduced Epic's corporate culture to Shen Lang and took Shen Lang to visit several important departments of Epic.

The various departments went around in a circle, in the conference room on the fifth floor.

Soderlaide took Epic's senior management to report to Shen Lang.

"Boss, Fortnite has reached $50 million in the Apple App Store so far.

It is expected that by the end of November, Fortnite will be the fastest game to complete a total turnover of $100 million. ”

After Soderlaide finished reporting, he looked at Shen Lang and waited for Shen Lang's instructions.

Shen Lang was still very satisfied with Soderlaide's results, and praised: "I am very satisfied with your results, I heard that you have the idea of developing a game purchase platform?"

Soderride was about to talk about it, and hurriedly said: "Boss, we do have this plan, we also officially sent an invitation to Huaxia's Star Entertainment, and we just got the other party's consent not long ago." ”

Soderlaide knew in his heart that Star Mutual Entertainment was Shen Lang's company.

Star Mutual Entertainment agreed that the official version of PUBG would be sold on the Epic platform, and it must have been instructed by Shen Lang.

Shen Lang asked again: "Are there any other manufacturers who have agreed to cooperate?"

"Ubisoft has also recently agreed that they plan to take out The Division 2 and sell it on our platform. Soderlaide replied with a smile.

When it comes to Ubisoft, everyone has the impression that Ubisoft and Steam basically wear the same pair of pants, which is the most solid ally.

But no matter how good the cooperation is, Ubisoft can't accept Steam's fixed 30% commission.

Faced with only 12% of the commission on Epic's side, Ubisoft decisively chose to betray and took out the masterpiece of the year "The Division 2" to log in to Epic.

Shen Lang already understands the subconscious meaning of Soderlaide, and even a super factory like Ubisoft can't resist this temptation, let alone other small and medium-sized game manufacturers?

Shen Lang glanced at Soderlaide with satisfaction: "Yes, you can grab Ubisoft, your efforts are indispensable." ”

"You've won the prize, and that's what we should do. Soderlaide said modestly.

Then Soderlaide said: "Boss, I have observed a statistic, now Steam has 297 million accounts, of which 63 million are brought by PUBG. ”

Shen Lang was not surprised at all, PUBG has this potential, otherwise how would it cause heated discussions around the world?

How do you bring yourself a lot of dollars?

Soderlaide couldn't help but clench his fists and said, "Boss, we took PUBG and The Division 2 plus our Fortnite, and I predict that the Epic platform we will launch this year will not have less than 100 million users!"

Don't underestimate the earning power of the game platform, Steam made a profit of more than $4 billion last year.

The most important thing is that Steam makes money too easily, relying on its own dominance makes many game manufacturers even if they are dissatisfied, but they don't dare to protest anything.

Now the emergence of Epic is definitely Steam's biggest opponent, especially the lowest 12% is too attractive to game manufacturers.

Otherwise, why would Ubisoft abandon Steam, the industry leader and solid ally, and choose to cooperate with Epic, a newcomer?

Isn't it just for more profit?

It's easy for a popular game to sell more than $100 million.

Ubisoft also chose to cooperate, but it was able to earn tens of millions of dollars more on Epic, which is simply a multiple-choice question for Ubisoft.

Soderlaide then revealed several other game manufacturers, all of which are well-known studios in the gaming industry.

Faced with Epic's bait, they all took the bait.

After the adjournment, in the office of Soderlaide.

After the secretary poured water for the two of them, Soderride looked at Shen Lang with a dry throat.

Tim Sweeney, the former CEO and shareholder of Epic, was fired step by step, and Soderlaide is quite clear, and knows how strong Shen Lang's desire to control Epic is.

Shen Lang glanced at Soderlaide, who was a little nervous, and smiled to ease Soderlaide's nervousness.

"Don't be nervous, I'm satisfied with your work, I'm mainly going to give you a few words. ”

Soderlaide hurriedly said: "Boss, you said, I will carry it out 100%. ”

"Well, in the future, Epic will try to transform from a game development company to a game service company. ”

Soderlaide had this thought: "Boss, that's what I'm going to do. I've always felt that being a game service company is more promising. ”

Steam makes a lot of money, that's a well-known thing, and Soldlaide was previously EA's senior vice president.

It is even more clear that compared with the earning power of steam and EA, there is no doubt that steam is easier and earns more.

Steam is mainly a game service provider, and Soderlaide also hopes that Epic will develop in the direction of Steam in the future.

Shen Lang also believes that Soderlaide can do a good job, and if he doesn't do well, there will be the next person to replace him.

"Don't ignore the Huaxia region, there must be Huaxia in the supported languages, and the download speed must also keep up, and the game reserve will take your time. ”

Soderlaide silently remembered it in his heart, and at the same time, Soderlaide also knew very well that as long as he could not reach the level that Shen Lang was satisfied with, he would definitely be fired directly.

Soderlaide said with a serious expression: "Boss, I will do everything you say and not let you down." ”

For Soderlaide, Epic couldn't have been more than suitable.

According to Soderlaide's predictions, it will be easy for Epic to surpass EA in the future.

Soderlaide certainly wanted to stay at Epic, and maybe when he would get the equity incentive, Sodlaide felt like he could wake up laughing from his dreams.

Shen Lang's definition of Epic is a monarchicide.

But if you want to take the country away from Steam, Epic has to be more mature and have more power in your hands.

/43_

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors