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"Bill. Congratulations to the Cendant Group, Mr. Hunt, and now you can travel lightly and solve your problems. At the signing ceremony, Lin Zheng held the CEO of Cendant Group, Bill Cendant.www.biquge.info Hunter's hand, smiling passionately.

Compared with Lin Zheng, who was full of enthusiasm, Bill. No matter how you look at the smile on Hunter's face, he said to Lin Zheng with a wry smile: "Mr. Lin, it should be me who should say congratulations, with Blizzard Entertainment and Xuele Mountain Online, ICQ has inserted a pair of wings to take off." ”

Although it didn't pay much attention to ICQ before, Cendant Group has worked ICQ since learning from Allenadham, a new Internet company, is interested in Blizzard Entertainment...... Cendant Group's approach is easy to understand, only by understanding the strength of its own buyers, Cendant can sell its own baggage at a good price! …… The more he learned, the more surprised Cendant was with ICQ, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that after the acquisition of Blizzard by relying on the platform of ICQ, ICQ's second profit point has emerged.

Realizing this, Cendant Group couldn't help but have mixed feelings: why is Blizzard, which is a money-losing company in its own hands, very likely to become a money-making machine in the hands of ICQ?

Bill. Hunter had mixed feelings in his heart, but Benier, who came all the way, almost laughed at his face, he didn't expect that his boss would get Cendant so quickly, the group, and successfully bring Blizzard Entertainment under the umbrella of ICQ, last night after listening to Lin Zheng's development plan for Blizzard after acquiring Blizzard, Benier has seen a shining golden avenue in front of his eyes.

"Mr. Allenadham, it is a great honor to work with you, you and Mr. Mikemorhaime and Mr. Frankpearce developed Warcraft is my favorite game, I firmly believe that this collaboration is the beginning of a great journey for Blizzard Entertainment, and you and Mr. Mikemorhaime and Mr. Frankpearce will definitely not regret today's decision."

"Yes, we firmly believe that partnering with ICQ is the right decision for Blizzard." Allenadham, who was in a good mood, nodded.

Not only was Allenadham nodding, but Mikemorhaime and Frankpearce were also smiling.

In order to reassure them, Lin Zheng showed them an introduction to the income of ICQ's account security service during this period last night, looking at the steady stream of cash flow on the account that is increasing every day, Allenadham, Mikemorhaime and Frankpearce are completely relieved, and the last bit of uneasiness in their hearts has finally disappeared: With the support of a steady stream of cash, Blizzard is still worried about not being able to make a good game? With the support of the ICQ platform, are you worried that Blizzard, which is known for making high-quality games, will not make money?

Blizzard can finally get rid of the reputation of "money-losing professionals".

Compared with Benier, Lin Zheng is more concerned about the production of "Diablo". After Hunter said goodbye, Lin Zheng immediately came over to Allenadham and asked, "Allen, has Diablo been made?" ”

According to Blizzard Entertainment's original plan, "Diablo" was originally scheduled to be released next month, but if the conditions are met, Lin Zheng hopes to use the release of "Diablo" to announce that Blizzard has been successfully acquired by ICQ, and nothing can be more happy than this way.

"Boss, what do you mean ......" After a moment's hesitation, Allenadham asked Lin Zheng.

"In this way, I want to make it clear to Blizzard's supporters that Blizzard's decision to join ICQ is the right one."

“frank？” Allenadham didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Frankpearce.

"Diablo is in the final stages of production, and it will be released in about a week." Frankpearce gave Lin Zheng an affirmative answer.

"A week, Frank, are you sure?" Lin Zheng asked rhetorically, it's not that Lin Zheng doesn't believe Frankpearce's words, it's really Blizzard's "good name" for skipping tickets, look at the games that Blizzard is launching today, even if one doesn't skip the ticket, Lin Zheng is really not sure if "Diablo" can be released as scheduled as Frankpearce said.

"Yes sir, I'm sure," Frankpearce nodded affirmatively, "I know that Blizzard has been too focused on the quality of the game's production in the past, which has led to many ticket bounces, but rest assured, this time it will be completed on time...... We've jumped three times before. ”

What is this? Isn't it more than three? Hearing Frankpearce say this, Lin Zheng was also happy: "Okay, Frank, this is what you said, if you skip the ticket again this time, your dividend will be halved next year." ”

"Huh?" Frankpearce, who was still firm just now, suddenly turned into a bitter face, "Boss, can I go back?" ”

"What do you say?" Lin Zheng laughed.

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Throughout January 1998, the most sensational thing is the advent of Microsoft's new generation of Windows operating system windows98, compared with windows95 more humanized mode of operation, more comprehensive functions and a number of first-class functions, so that windows98 since the moment it appeared like a frenzy swept the world, almost all the media are discussing windows98, for a time, Windows 98 has become a social phenomenon.

In this case, the official launch of the ICQ membership function, the new ICQ game lobby and ICQ battle network did not cause much sensation in the media, but the media did not cause much sensation, which does not mean that the network is also silent, on the contrary, the ICQ membership function, ICQ game lobby and ICQ battle network were launched at the same time, and the sensation caused on the network is no less than the sensation caused by Windows 98 in the traditional media.

As for the reason, it's actually very simple, overnight, everyone suddenly found that there will always be a few people's avatars among their ICQ friends that are no longer the ones provided by the system, replaced by a variety of custom avatars, and the color of the name is no longer the same black, some are red, some are blue, and of course, there is a small diamond icon of the same color behind the name......

"!" Steven, who was once again "invited" from the Texas Hold'em table, finally couldn't stand it, slapped the table hard, and screamed angrily.

"What's wrong Steven?" Listening to Steven's yelling, his roommate asked in surprise.

Steven is a young man who loves to laugh, he has a good temper, and it is rare to hear him say a dirty word on weekdays, he is simply a good gentleman in the dormitory, and now everyone is surprised to hear Steven say a dirty word.

Steven's face turned red with anger, and he pointed to his computer screen and scolded: "Why did you drive Lao Tzu away?" Isn't it because Lao Tzu is not a member? Lao Tzu also wants to be a member! One year! Lao Tzu also wants to drive others! ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Steven's words completely confused everyone: what game can still drive people away?

It wasn't until Steven took two breaths to explain the situation that everyone understood what was going on: in ICQ games, users who had paid to become members were eligible to "invite" those who were not members to leave the table.

Nima, I understand what is going on, Steven's roommates immediately understand why Steven is so annoyed: Nima, you can make Lao Tzu so troubled for less than $1? Do you really think that Lao Tzu is short of that dollar?

"Charge!" Steven's roommates, who understood what was going on, shouted in unison: "It's just a dollar, why should Lao Tzu suffer from this bird anger?" ”

Members who recharge should naturally make good use of the "rights" in their hands: since they have spent money, of course, they must enjoy their rights; Countless ordinary ICQ users who originally planned to play games without money can't stand it, don't you just spend $0.99, what's worth it, when Lao Tzu is not even worth $1?

ICQ members have initially shown their great power, in just one week, ICQ's daily recharge amount has repeatedly climbed, reaching a staggering $420,000, ICQ has been praised by some media as a money-grabbing machine in the IT field.

This number not only scared Lin Zheng, but also scared Citibank: now ICQ has only opened two functions: account security and game lobby, and they are now making the interface between Battle.net and ICQ after acquiring Blizzard.

Citibank sadly found that the terms of the cooperation it had just negotiated with ICQ were about to be readjusted...... They know that ICQ's situation can't be hidden from other banks, and now the banks are sharpening their knives and preparing to poach ICQ from Citi, whether it is for the sake of actual interests or face, Citibank cannot allow this to happen.

But as always, Lin Zheng once again threw the matter to Benier, and as for himself, he had quietly returned to China. r1152

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