"Mr. Zhang, the matter here has been prepared, do you think the acquisition will start according to the original plan?" Zhang Lexing had just finished communicating with Yang Xinxin, and a new satellite video connection was connected, this time it was Thomas Kalinsk, president of Camry Toys North America.

"Acquisitions?" Zhang Lexing tried hard to recall, remembering that some time ago, it seemed that an acquisition project was reported, and he had approved it at that time, but he almost forgot about it for a while during this period of time.

"Well, when are you going to start?" Zhang Lexing said to Thomas Kalinsk in the video frame.

"It officially starts the morning after tomorrow." Thomas Kalinsk replied.

Zhang Lexing remembered what he had just negotiated with Yang Xinxin, maybe he could go and see it the day after tomorrow, and he could get the "RealVirtuality" 3D engine as soon as possible after signing the agreement early, and the Iron and Blood Studio would be able to explain a little, he didn't want his serious game development plan to go wrong from the beginning, and if he could successfully win the order from the army, it would be a good start.

Although the matter of signing the agreement can be handed over to his subordinates, I believe that Yang Xinxin also plans to do so, the agreement that is only about 100 million US dollars is broken, and the bosses of the two groups still need to sit down face-to-face and sign solemnly, which seems to be a bit too wasteful of human resources. However, Zhang Lexing still wanted to go to the United States, not only to sign the "RealVirtuality" 3D engine technology licensing agreement, but more importantly, the acquisition target of Jiamei Toys North America made him very excited, and by the way, he could also inspect his own industry over there.

"Okay, you guys go according to the plan! By the way, I'll be here then. Zhang Lexing commanded.

"Ahh Thomas Karinske let out a low sigh, he didn't expect that he just wanted to ask for instructions one last time, but he got the big boss over, which made him feel a little stressed.

Zhang Lexing may have taken into account Thomas Kalinsk's worries, and finally said: "Oh, don't worry, the specific acquisition action is still up to you, I have something to do, by the way." ”

Since the big bosses said that they would not interfere with the specific operation, Thomas Karinsk naturally could not express any objection, so he agreed with the boat.

……

Eleven hours later, at 2 p.m. local time in the Czech Republic, on the east bank of the Vltava River in the heart of Prague, the Bohemian studio......

"What did you say?" Marcray Spanell looked at Kurt Dreyer, the new chairman, who was sitting across from him, in disbelief.

VS investment fund moves quickly, plus the asking price of the two Spanere brothers is not too high, as a small game development company, as a small acquisition, this kind of business activity does not need to involve such a high level of the European Union, and the two sides quickly got everything about the acquisition. Adhering to the agreement between the two parties, VS Investment Fund only sent two people, one is Kurt Dreyer, who is the chairman, and the other is Johanna Ledrell, who took over the financial operations, and it is said that she also worked in the internationally renowned KPMG accounting firm, and did not interfere too much in the games developed by Bohemia Studio, as well as the daily operations, everything went according to the company's internal processes, which made the Spanel brothers very happy.

Today, Kurt Dreyer suddenly called Marcray Spaner, who was checking the progress of the "RealBattle" project, and mysteriously revealed a message: "...... Makere, someone would like to buy our 'RealVirtuality' 3D engine ......"

Marcray Spanell was surprised that the studio's ongoing game, RealBattle, had not yet been shown to the public, and that the RealVirtuality 3D engine was not well understood.

"You're saying someone has taken a fancy to our 'RealVirtuality' 3D engine?" Marcray Spanele, who was a little confused, asked again.

"That's right, someone is planning to buy the 'RealVirtuality' 3D engine. I don't know why, I just know that there are people interested in the 'RealVirtuality' 3D engine. Kurt Dreyer said with a smile on his face, in fact, he was a little surprised when he received the instructions from above, because he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Marcray Spanell slowly calmed down, after obtaining the upfront money from VS Investment Fund, the financial situation of Bohemia Studio has been greatly improved, at least there is no problem with the "RealBattle" project, but what will happen to the "RealBattle" project when it reaches the release stage, he is not too sure, in the end, the "RealVirtuality" 3D engine is more like the interest of the two brothers, It's hard to say how much certainty you'll get from the player.

Marcray Spanell didn't want the Bohemian studio to become a money-burning tool like those websites, so he had to find a way to make a profit, which was the support for the studio's long-term operation. Marcray Spanell didn't know what the VS Investment Fund was optimistic about Bohemian Studios, but he knew that any loss-making project would not survive for long, so he had to find a way to make some money with the studio's existing resources, so it seemed like a good idea to trade the license of the "RealVirtuality" 3D engine for some money.

"Kurt, tell me what kind of company it is? Do they have any conditions? Although it was already a bit tempting, Marcré Spanell decided to find out about the situation first.

"Well, it's a Chinese game company based in the Far East, Oriental Electronic Entertainment Co., Ltd., have you heard of Markray?"

"Will there be good game companies in China?" Marcray Spanell joked that if it was five years ago, he really didn't think that there would be any video game companies in distant and ancient China, but Oriental Electronic Entertainment Co., Ltd. is different, just a few of its game development companies, Creative Workshop in Beijing, China, Maxis in Hong Kong, Bullfrog in the United Kingdom, and Blizzard in the United States, any of them are frequent visitors to E3, and they are the kind that attract the attention of the media and players. The reason why he still jokes like this is just a matter of habit.

"You're not funny." Kurt Dreyer shook his head, he didn't dare to make this kind of joke casually, so he simply turned to the topic and said: "The specific purchase price still needs to be discussed, but the other party hopes to get the source code of the engine......"

"What, to the source code, how can this be!" Marcray Spanell is really in a hurry right now.

……

Three hours later, at 11 a.m. local time in Rhode Island, Newport Avenue in Portucket, USA......

Alan Hasenfeld flipped through the latest earnings reports, and he could tell at a glance that sales weren't improving without complicated calculations. This year has been pivotal for Hasbro, with its biggest rival Mattel in the face of an all-time low, CEO Jill Ballard being fired abruptly, and Mattel's sales growth taking a historic break.

When Hasbro first went public last year, Alan Hasenfeld had a lot of cash in his hands and had nowhere to go for a while, so he took it to fill the hole of the $590 million licensing fee for "Star Wars Prequel: Phantom Crisis", according to his idea at the time, as long as he got the Star Wars toys on the market, there was no problem at all to make a lot of money, not to mention $590 million at that time, maybe $1.59 billion would be no problem. It's a pity that the sky doesn't fulfill people's wishes, and the Star Wars movies are very popular, but the Star Wars toys have encountered unsalable.

Unfortunately, Alan Hassenfeld didn't know if he was too excited or something when he placed the order, anyway, the order was more than originally planned, and as a result, more than a dozen warehouses of Hasbro were piled up with Star Wars toys that could not be sold, and there were sellers constantly returning them every day, which directly caused hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, and even caused Hasbro to make ends meet, which is a rare time in recent years.

The first one was a loss, and the Star Wars toys definitely couldn't continue to play, but the money spent couldn't come back, so that Alan Husenfeld watched Mattel fall on a big horse, but couldn't do anything, and he was as depressed as he wanted to be.

originally thought that after going public, he would be able to live a good life and have a chance to catch up with Mattel, but he didn't expect that his life now would be even more embarrassing than before the listing, Alan Husenfeld couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "Why am I so unlucky!" ”

"Alan, it can't go on like this." Al Verrickchar, the company's veteran and current CEO, who was sitting next to Alan Hassenfeld, said with a frown.

"Of course I know it's dangerous, but what else can we do now?" Throwing the performance report in his hand onto the square table on the side with a "snap", Alan Hasenfeld said indignantly.

"We've relied too much on externally licensed products like Star Wars in recent years, which is not good for Hasbro's development and can easily lead to a weak foundation, and I suggest that now is best to find a way to stimulate the sales of our own core brand, after all, this is what we are fundamental." Al Verikchar explained.

"But can our current economic situation allow it? And ......"

Alan Halsenfeld stopped halfway through speaking, CEO Al Willikchar understood his subtext, lack of funds is one thing, the key is that the current strategy is because of the slow development of the core brand in the past few years, in order to find new profit growth points, at first the effect is still there, but now it has fallen a big heel.

If the external authorization is abolished now, Al Verikchar can't think of a better alternative strategy for a while, the key is how to revitalize the sales of the core brand, and they have not tried various methods in the past few years, and the effect is not obvious before they have come to this step, and if they go back, which direction should they go further.

CEO Al Verikchar, whose mind was like a mess, fell into deep thought......

……

Five hours later, at 4 p.m. local time in New York, USA, on the fifteenth floor of the Pennsylvania Hotel......

In a makeshift studio converted from a luxury suite, five or six people are sitting in front of their computers doing data sorting and analysis, and Thomas Kalinsk and Mak are quietly discussing something.

Thomas Karinske looked at the statistical table in his hand, then handed the statistical table to Mak Jiajun and asked, "Mai, you see that there is nothing wrong with today's operation, right?" ”

"Don't worry, Tom, it won't be long before we can go to Newport Avenue for coffee." Mai Jiajun replied with a smile, took the statistical table with his hand, and did not look at the numbers on it, in fact, he already had a spectrum in his mind, how many dollars were put into each operation, what kind of effect each dollar would achieve, plus the assistance of the temporarily enabled cloud computing server, he believed that he would be able to achieve ultimate success.

With Mai Jiajun's comfort, Thomas Kalinsk seemed a lot more relieved, in fact, he didn't need to be so nervous, as a business veteran, he is not a newcomer who has not seen any storms, mergers and acquisitions or something have not been played before, and even had the experience of being "abandoned from the beginning to the end", it is said that he should also be a tough guy like steel, but after all, this action is very important, once it succeeds, it will be a huge leap for Camry Toys North America, even according to the meaning of the big boss, It is possible that Camry Toys North America will become independent and become an organization on the same level as Camry Toys' headquarters in the future, which is a big temptation for Thomas Karlinsk. As the saying goes, "if you don't care, if you don't care, you will be chaotic", although Thomas Karinske has never heard of this Chinese saying, but his current mood is like this, fortunately there is a Mai Jiajun next to him, a terrible guy who works calmly.

……

Seventeen hours and twenty-seven minutes later, at 9:27 a.m. local time in New York, USA......

Zhang Lexing's "BL901 Global Express" has already flown over New York, and through the porthole of the plane, he can still see ships shuttling on the sea, as well as the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the American spirit. The plane slowly adjusted its course in the air, and slowly and quickly flew to its destination, LaGuardia Airport.

On the fifteenth floor of the Pennsylvania Hotel, in the studio that was temporarily converted from a luxury suite, Thomas Karinske looked at his watch, it was very close to the opening of half past nine, and his mood at this time calmed down, perhaps related to the ambiguous and lingering night yesterday, of course, more of it was his years of wandering in the mall.

As the hands on his watch moved slowly but firmly, the time soon came to half-past nine, and Thomas Karinsk turned his head to look at Mak Ka Joon beside him, and after receiving an encouraging smile, he turned his head and announced loudly: "The Autobots are leaving!" Let's take over the evil lair of the Decepticons! ”

There was a burst of light-hearted laughter in the studio, while crackling keyboard taps and mouse clicks rang out from time to time, and the battle began, and the Autobots morphed and set off!

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