Shanda Headquarters, Shanghai.

"Manager Li, what else is there to talk about?"

Chen Tianqiao's expression was very calm now, as if he had already expected everything that happened today.

In fact, the legendary source code was leaked as early as July, for which there is also an English version of the legend in the UK, and now it is just a private server for the Chinese version.

"After talking about it, does Mr. Chen still think that it was our Actoz who deliberately leaked the source code?"

This time, it was "Lee Ji Hyun" of South Korea's Actoz Company, which developed the legendary online game company. Its products include the legendary, millennium, and later generations of 3D online game A3.

"Isn't it?"

Chen Tianqiao smiled coldly, and he didn't seem to have a good impression of Actoz Company.

As early as 2000, Chen Tianqiao took the price of $300,000 and represented the legend of Actoz. At that time, the agreement was signed for two years, that is, it was due to expire in 2002. For the two-year agreement, Chen Tianqiao did not think so much about it at that time. Because, he has nothing to think about. Only the legendary product will be so cheap to Shanda.

It's just that I didn't expect that after Tang Dynasty Network became a shareholder of Shanda, Shanda Company soared into the sky, and its legend also promoted and publicized through "Dudu Online", and became the second largest online game company in China at that time. Until now, the number of people online at the same time has remained at about 400,000, and the peak has even exceeded 500,000.

However, at this moment, because the contract is approaching. Actoz used this as a threat to contact Shanda Network directly, saying that it would increase the agency royalty. Otherwise, as soon as the contract period expires, the legendary agency will be transferred to Guangtong. This Guangtong is the network company that launched the Water Margin Q in the future.

Faced with this unreasonable request, Chen Tianqiao directly refused. In addition, the royalties allocated to South Korea in July, August, and September were directly deducted from the contract. At this point, on the surface, Tang Dynasty Company is still working closely with Actoz, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent. Actoz saw that Shanda was so strong and not weak, so he transferred all the technical specialists back to South Korea and no longer provided update services for the legend. That's why, for a long time, Legends never had an update.

Until now, the emergence of domestic legendary private servers.

"I think your company doesn't want to cooperate with us again, and you want to pay off the royalty."

Don't underestimate Actoz's only 3% of the profit. However, the popularity of the legend in China has made Shanda Network a lot of money. With the help of Shanda, Actoz has become a first-class game manufacturer in Korea from a small game company. Moreover, it is precisely because of the popularity of the legend in China that it has also stimulated the legend agent to all over the world. Because countries around the world have seen that among the Korean games, only "Legend" has achieved success in the Chinese market, and the performance of other games is average, or even very poor.

Therefore, countries around the world are very interested in the agency of legends.

"Joke, your company's secret development of Legend 3 has already signed a contract with Guangtong, can't it explain anything?"

Actoz has a number of "Legends Series", and in addition to "Legends of Blood", Actoz has now developed Legends 3. Basically, Legend 3 is pretty much the same as Bloody Legend. That is, the map and characters have been changed, just like the "legendary world" that Shanda is developing.

"Mr. Chen, so you don't have to negotiate?"

"What do you say?"

Why doesn't Chen Tianqiao want to get rid of Actoz Company, if 3% of the net profit is given away in vain. Whoever it is, they are also distressed. It's just that the contract has been signed, and you have to send it if you don't send it. Taking advantage of the leak of the legendary source code in July, Chen Tianqiao instantly became popular, directly deducted their royalties, and prepared to fight with Actoz Company.

Anyway, the legend has already taken care of it. Even if Actoz doesn't continue to update the bloody legend, Chen Tianqiao doesn't care. Besides, Shanda Network has a large number of technicians, and it can continue to develop on the basis of the bloody legend. As for whether infringement is infringing, then let's go to court.

"Mr. Chen, you have to remember that according to the terms of the agreement, if Party B is in arrears for 2 months, Party A has the right to terminate the contract."

At this time, Li Zhixian began to threaten Shanda Company.

The meaning of this sentence is that once Actoz and Shanda Network terminate the agency contract. Then, Actoz can transfer the agency of the bloody legend to any domestic manufacturer. For example, Guangtong. Later, Nine Cities acted as Blizzard's Warcraft Battle, but after the contract expired, a series of problems arose. In the end, the agency of World of Warcraft successfully fell into the hands of NetEase.

It is rumored that NetEase's share of the World of Warcraft may be 4/6, and it is also rumored to be 5/5. In short, it was much higher than when Nine Cities represented World of Warcraft.

It is also found that if a developer's game is popular in a certain region, the developer wants to capture a larger share of profits. If you agree, then, when the contract expires, I will follow you 88. At that time, Jiucheng relied on a Warcraft to become a first-class network company in China. However, Jiucheng did not have the means of the grand network in later generations to keep Warcraft supremacy.

Now for Chen Tianqiao, this crisis is also a challenge.

"Whatever."

The legendary source code has been leaked since July, although the Chinese version has not appeared until now. But this period of time is enough for Chen Tianqiao to prepare. For this reason, this time "Li Zhixian" came to Shanda Network, and Chen Tianqiao also directly talked to them on the beach, which can be regarded as a complete break in the agency relationship.

…… Tsinghua University, 6 p.m.

At this time, Chen Jiayi received a call from Chen Tianqiao.

"Mr. Chen, how was the conversation with Actoz?"

Listening to Zhang Zixian, Chen Tianqiao was negotiating with South Korea's Actoz Company, and Chen Jiayi's first sentence was to ask directly.

"It is possible that Actoz will break Legend's agency rights to Shanda Network."

Chen Tianqiao didn't answer immediately, but thought about it before slowly speaking. Perhaps, he was also thinking about how to explain it to Chen Jiayi. Although Shanda Network has always been managed by itself, Shanda Network should still give an explanation to the headquarters in the event of such a big event as a breach of contract and an agency incident.

"Well, let's tell me about the whole thing, including the private server incident that happened today."

Chen Jia nodded, not surprised. Because, Chen Tianqiao in later generations also did this.

Chen Jiayi replied so calmly, but Chen Tianqiao was taken aback. However, Chen Tianqiao soon woke up. What kind of person is Chen Jiayi, he has played too much against major companies in the international market. Not to mention the recent e-commerce, even if the Tang Dynasty company first started, Chen Jiayi also used a lot of means. I'm afraid that this little thing is not Chen Jia's turn to pay attention.

Subsequently, Chen Zaiqiao reported the whole thing to Chen Jiayi.

"I see."

Hearing Chen Tianqiao's explanation, Chen Jiayi finally understood.

On the one hand, Actoz wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail Shanda Network before the private server appeared. When the other party was not convinced, he also wanted to take advantage of this private service incident to completely get rid of Actoz Company and interrupt the sharing fee.

"Listening to what you said so calmly, I'm afraid Mr. Chen already has a way to deal with it, let's talk about it."

In later generations, Chen Tianqiao had two more classic battles, one was the "empty gloves and white wolf" tactics when Chen Tianqiao started. The other is to take advantage of the domestic private server incident to completely get rid of the control of Actoz. This is also the first classic business battle in China in which an agency company defeats a game development company.

"This time I broke with the Korean ACTOZ company, and I am afraid that the Korean ACTOZ company will unilaterally terminate the agency contract with Shanda Network. However, the legendary client is already in the grand run, and his termination of the proxy has little impact on us. If you're afraid, Actoz sued Shanda Network ......"

After all, while internet laws aren't very sound. However, Shanda signed an agency contract with Actoz, which is directly valid and protected by law. No matter how horizontal Shanda Network is, it is impossible to operate it by itself and not give the developer agency fees.

"Taking advantage of this private service crisis, we decided to take the lead and sue them."

At this time, Chen Tianqiao directly stated his strategy.

"It's a good one, and the first strike is the strongest."

Regardless of whether Actoz leaked the legendary source code or not, he has the responsibility to pass it away. Moreover, he is a first-party doubter. Shanda Network took the lead and sued Actoz for leaking the source code, which made Shanda's operation bleak. Even if there is no direct evidence that Actoz did leak the source code, it can continue to operate the legend with this paper complaint.

Moreover, it is impossible for other companies to take back the agency of the bloody legend from Actoz, because no one can come in until this lawsuit is divided. If this time drags on, this international lawsuit will be fought, and it may be another year or two. At that time, Actoz will not be able to get any royalties, and I am afraid that he will also relent.

In fact, after Chen Tianqiao sued Actoz for leaking the source code, Actoz reached a settlement agreement with Shanda and renewed the legendary agency contract for another two years.

Chen Tianqiao is worthy of Chen Tianqiao, even if Chen Jiayi's arrival did not change Chen Tianqiao's wisdom. It's just that although Chen Tianqiao's measures are good, they only solve the problem of Shanda's agency with Actoz. In other words, at this step, Chen Tianqiao can keep the bloody legend from being represented by other online game companies. However, Chen Tianqiao still has not solved the matter of the legendary private server.

"So, what is Shanda going to do with the matter of the legendary private server?"

If you don't deal with the matter of the legendary private server, even if you keep the legend, Shanda will have to reduce its profits by a lot. Fortunately, the grand wisdom of later generations directly copied a legendary world. has pulled many users who have lost hot-blooded legends into the world of legends. But that's not the way to go.

If the private service is not eliminated, with an agency method like Shanda, it will still fall into the private service circle.

This strange circle, to say a little bit of image, is to act as an agent for a game, and then, after about a year of operation, a private server appears in the market, and the official service is over. Continue to act as an agent, then out of private service, and then finish the official service......

(To be continued)